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

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ption:** 2 young men. Saucer hovers / town. Beams red rays. Going quickly west. / r139 #1p43.
Type: sighting
Reference: FLYING SAUCER REVIEW (FSR), London. Bimonthly. PO Box 162; High Wycombe, Bucks. HP135 DZ, England. (Index 14)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_4577

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

Extra Data: Country: “France”, Credibility: “7”, Duration: “1”, HatchDesc: “MONTMORILLON,FR:2 YOUNG MEN:SCR HVRS/TOWN:BEAMS RED RAYS:>>W:/r139 #1p43”, LatLong: “46.433336 0.833333”, LatLongDMS: “46:26:00 N 00:50:00 E”, Locale: “Town & City”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Vienne”, Strangeness: “7”

Event 17082 (FCABC4B3)

Date: 3/27/1955
Time: ~18:00
Location: HAWICK, SCOTLAND
Description: 4 / car. Black cloud darts about. Changes shapes. Spins. Shoots away.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO’s a HISTORY-1955 (3 booklets) Self published. (Index 143)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_4578

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, CMF: Camouflage/disguise

Extra Data: Country: “Great Britain and Ireland”, Credibility: “8”, Duration: “30”, Elev: “140”, HatchDesc: “HAWICK,SCOTLAND:4/CAR:BLACK CLOUD DARTS ABOUT:CHANGES SHAPES:SPINS:SHOOTS AWAY”, LatLong: “55.416669 -2.916667”, LatLongDMS: “55:25:00 N 02:55:00 W”, Locale: “Pasture”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Scotland”, Strangeness: “9”

Event 17083 (451DBEAA)

Date: 3/28/1955
Location: JOSEPH CITY, AZ
Description: 2 observer(s). Huge circular cloud. 50 separate objects break formation / high speed. Going quickly southwest.
Type: sighting
Reference: MUFON UFO JOURNAL, Seguin, TX USA. Monthly. (Index 263)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_4579

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

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “7”, Duration: “6”, Elev: “1531”, HatchDesc: “JOSEPH CITY,AZ:2 OBS:HUGE CIRC.CLOUD:50 SEP.OBJs BREAK FORMATION/HI SPEED:>>SW”, LatLong: “34.955557 -110.333339”, LatLongDMS: “34:57:20 N 110:20:00 W”, Locale: “Town & City”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Arizona”, Strangeness: “7”

Event 17084 (D459C5AD)

Date: 3/28/1955 (approximate)
Time: 11:00
Location: SOUTH / METHOW, WA
Description: Ex pilot and 1. Disk hovers / 11K’ altitude. Shoots 3mi going quickly north. Instant turn then gone.
Type: sighting
Reference: FARISH, Jucius: UFO NEWSCLIPPING SERVICE: $5/Monthly. Plumerville, AR. (Index 311)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_4580

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: “351”, HatchDesc: “S/METHOW,WA:EX PILOT+1:DISK HVRS/11K’alt:SHOOTS 3mi>>N:INSTANT TURN then GONE”, LatLong: “48.105558 -120.000006”, LatLongDMS: “48:06:20 N 120:00:00 W”, Locale: “Farmlands”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, RelAlt: “3350”, State/Prov: “Washington”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 17085 (37D1C3A4)

Date: 3/29/1955
Location: Sonoma (and Soledad), CA
Description: (McDonald list) Object Rises Almost Vertically, Blip On Radar (BBU) (NICAP: 09 - RADAR Cases, Code: R, Rating: 5, BB: BBU)
Reference: NICAP: 550329
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_1823

Event 17086 (ED8D19FF)

Date: 3/29/1955
Time: 12:55:00.1
Location: 37.0956 -116.1028
Description: Nuclear test: Air, confirmed. Country: USA Name: “Apple-1” Yield: 14KT
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_58

Extra Data: LatLong: “37.0956 -116.1028”, LatLongDMS: “37:05:44 N 116:06:10 W”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, NukeCountry: “USA”, NukeDepth: “-0.15”, NukeName: “Apple-1”, NukeSource: “G+P”, NukeType: “NACU”, NukeY: “14”

Event 17087 (A3BA2661)

Date: 3/29/1955
Time: 17:59:54.8
Location: 37.0867 -116.0578
Description: Nuclear test: Air, confirmed. Country: USA Name: “Wasp Prime” Yield: 3KT
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_59

Extra Data: LatLong: “37.0867 -116.0578”, LatLongDMS: “37:05:12 N 116:03:28 W”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, NukeCountry: “USA”, NukeDepth: “-0.23”, NukeName: “Wasp Prime”, NukeSource: “G+P”, NukeType: “NACU”, NukeY: “3”

Event 17088 (A88743F1)

Date: 3/29/1955?
Locations: Wright-Patterson AFB; Dayton, Ohio
Description: Early morning. A bus driving past Wright-Patterson AFB near Dayton, Ohio, sees a silver, triangular object hovering above the base for 15 minutes.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: “Sightings,” APRO Bulletin, August 1955, p. 9
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_2698

Event 17089 (BB32FCF1)

Date: 3/30/1955
Time: 03:20
Location: EAST / TUCSON, AZ
Description: Car malfunctions due to EME (electro-magnetic effects). 100’ saucer. Beam burns paint and observer(s) skin. Electrical damage. / r79p6.
Type: sighting
Reference: FALLA, GEOFFREY: VEHICLE INTERFERENCE PROJECT. BUFORA Ltd. 1979. C.F. Lockwood & A.R. Rice editors. (Index 10)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_4581

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, HUM: Humans affected: Injury/burns/marks/abduction/death, VEH: Vehicle affected: Marks/damage/EME effects, EME: Electro-Magnetic Effects, TRC: Physical traces, INJ: Injuries, illness/death, mutilations

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “7”, Duration: “10”, Elev: “720”, HatchDesc: “E/TUCSON,AZ:CAR EMES:100’SCR:BEAM BURNS PAINT+OBS SKIN:ELECTRCL DAMAGE:/r79p6”, LatLong: “32.216668 -110.666672”, LatLongDMS: “32:13:00 N 110:40:00 W”, Locale: “Pasture”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Arizona”, Strangeness: “8”

Event 17090 (7B57D2D5)

Date: 3/30/1955
Time: 10:10
Location: WRIGHT-PAT.AFB, OH
Description: Chemist and many. Triangle / box flashes over airbase / 15 minute(s). / r139#1p46.
Type: sighting
Reference: The APRO BULLETIN: Monthly. Jim & Coral Lorenzen: Tucson,AZ (USA. defunct) By volume and number. (Index 668)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_4582

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), SIG: Signals/responses to/from/between UFO’s/occupants/observers, TCH: New technical details/clues, MIL: Military investigation, BBK: Project BLUEBOOK

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “7”, Duration: “17”, Elev: “251”, HatchDesc: “WRIGHT-PAT.AFB,OH:CHEMIST+MANY:TRIANGLE/BOX FLASHES OVR AB/15min:/r139#1p46”, LatLong: “39.816669 -84.050004”, LatLongDMS: “39:49:00 N 84:03:00 W”, Locale: “Town & City”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Ohio”, Strangeness: “8”

Event 17091 (941A3C8B)

Date: 3/30/1955
Description: Andy Florio sighted a disc-shaped object at least 100 feet in diameter while driving near Tucson, Arizona. It made a humming sound and had bluish-green lights on its top and amber lights around the rim. He stopped his car when his car radio failed, his headlights dimmed, and the car lost power and slowed to 12-15 mph. The UFO swayed back and forth while hovering and shot a beam of white light at the witness, burning his elbow and bubbling paint on the car. Mr. Florio also felt heat and a tingling sensation. After the sighting the car was checked by a mechanic, and was found to have a defective battery, a dead radio, and only three spark plugs were still firing.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: Mark Rodeghier, UFO Reports Involving Vehicle Interference, p. 6
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_1731

Event 17092 (B5F93082)

Date: 4/1955
Location: USA
Description: (Translated from French) In April 1955, Leo Childers would also have had the immense privilege of taking a trip in a saucer-shaped spacecraft piloted by an Extraterrestrial who told him he was Commander Marcosan.
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_1986

Event 17093 (DCD974A3)

Date: 4/1955
Location: HONTIANSKY-NEMCE, KRUPINA, SLOVAKIA
Description: Retired pilot sees classic saucer. Convinced.
Type: sighting
Reference: HOBANA Ion & WEVERBERGH,Julien: UFO’S from BEHIND the IRON CURTAIN; Bantam Books,1975. 308pp. (Index 216)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_4583

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: “Czech and Slovak Republics”, Credibility: “6”, Duration: “5”, HatchDesc: “HONTIANSKY-NEMCE,KRUPINA,SLOVAKIA:RETIRED PILOT SEES CLASSIC SCR:CONVINCED”, LatLong: “48.288891 19.000001”, LatLongDMS: “48:17:20 N 19:00:00 E”, Locale: “Mountains”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “STS”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 17094 (A375869E)

Date: 4/1955 (approximate)
Time: 09:00
Location: FORET DE CHIZE, FR
Description: Small humanoids (or Greys) with “cone-hats” by domed UFO with cone / top. (Bottom hidden.)
Type: sighting
Reference: FIGEUT, Michel & RUCHON, Jean-Louis: OVNI - Le Premier Dossier…; Alain LeFeuvre, Paris 1979. (Index 214)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_4584

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

Extra Data: Country: “France”, Credibility: “7”, Duration: “3”, HatchDesc: “FORET de CHIZE,FR:OIDS W/“CONE-HATS” BY DOMED UFO W/CONE/TOP:(BOTTOM HIDDEN)”, LatLong: “46.155558 -0.416667”, LatLongDMS: “46:09:20 N 00:25:00 W”, Locale: “Forest”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Deux-Sèvres”, Strangeness: “9”

Event 17095 (42C544FA)

Date: 4/1955
Time: 10:00?
Location: NEAR WORCESTER, MA
Description: FAA official / light plane. Dark blue cylinder/cigar-shape. Sudden turn up! Returns…
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO’s a HISTORY-1955 (3 booklets) Self published. (Index 441)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_4585

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

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “8”, Duration: “3”, Elev: “145”, HatchDesc: “nr WORCESTER,MA:FAA OFFICIAL/LITE PLANE:DRK BLU CGR:SUDDEN TURN UP!:RETURNS…”, LatLong: “42.266669 -71.816670”, LatLongDMS: “42:16:00 N 71:49:00 W”, Locale: “Metropolis”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Massachusetts”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 17096 (5CF1C82B)

Date: 4/1955
Time: ~13:00
Location: NASHVILLE, TN
Description: Kids / school. Shiny 6M disk hovers close / 2 minutes. Away incredibly fast. / APRO.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO’s a HISTORY-1955 (3 booklets) Self published. (Index 447)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_4586

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: “133”, HatchDesc: “NASHVILLE,TN:KIDS/SCHOOL:SHINY 6M DISK HVRS CLOSE/2mins:AWAY XXFAST:/APRO”, LatLong: “36.150002 -86.800004”, LatLongDMS: “36:09:00 N 86:48:00 W”, Locale: “Residential”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, RelAlt: “150”, State/Prov: “Tennessee”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 17097 (02DF62F7)

Date: 4/1955 (approximate)
Time: ~19:00
Location: RIVOLI, ITL
Description: Metallic disk / ground. 3 pseudo-human/entity outside. 1 like Christ! Give observer(s) a warning…
Type: sighting
Reference: ITACAT, Catalogo Italiano degli Incontri Ravvicinati. Maurizio Verga, 1989 CISU/Torino, Italy. (Index 48)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_4587

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, CVS: Conversation/communication, LND: UFO landing or any part touches ground

Extra Data: Country: “Italy”, Credibility: “3”, Duration: “1”, HatchDesc: “RIVOLI,ITL:MTLC DISK/GND:3 PSH OUTSIDE:1 like Christ!:give OBS a warning…”, LatLong: “45.066669 7.516667”, LatLongDMS: “45:04:00 N 07:31:00 E”, Locale: “Town & City”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Torino”, Strangeness: “9”

Event 17098 (621C4468)

Date: 4/1955
Locations: Groom Lake area in Nevada; Washington, D.C.
Description: U-2 project director Richard M. Bissell Jr. secures a presidential action adding the Groom Lake area in Nevada to the AEC proving grounds for CIA use. Kelly Johnson meets with CIA officials in Washington, D.C., and discusses progress on Project Aquatone, proposing to use the name “Paradise Ranch” for the new base.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Peter W. Merlin, “Groom Lake Timeline: The First Fifty Years,” Secret Heroes, November 10, 2021
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_2701

Event 17099 (9BA0B7CB)

Date: 4/2/1955 (approximate)
Time: 19:30
Location: MANSA TO/FROM KASAMA NORTH RHODESIA
Description: 2 / car. Night light / ovoid buzzes car 3x. Separate observer(s). / r139#1p46.
Type: sighting
Reference: FLYING SAUCER REVIEW (FSR), London. Bimonthly. PO Box 162; High Wycombe, Bucks. HP135 DZ, England. (Index 14)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_4588

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, LND: UFO landing or any part touches ground

Extra Data: Country: “Zimbabwe & Zambia”, Credibility: “7”, Duration: “30”, HatchDesc: “MANSA><KASAMA N.RHODESIA:2/CAR:NLT/OVOID BUZZES CAR 3x:sep.obs:/r139#1p46”, LatLong: “-10.666667 30.000001”, LatLongDMS: “10:40:00 S 30:00:00 E”, Locale: “Pasture”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “NRH”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 17100 (D8B31C13)

Date: Early 4/1955
Locations: Pentagon; Colorado
Description: Pentagon press officer Capt. Robert White writes to Claude H. Marck Jr., an interested citizen in Colorado, that Dewey Fournet’s motion studies project was a personal endeavor, that the probability of UFOs being spacecraft is “extremely remote,” and that the Air Force does not try to influence public opinion on the matter.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Swords 209–210
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_2700

Event 17101 (331FEF58)

Date: 4/5/1955
Locations: Southern New Mexico; Sacramento Peak near Cloudcroft; Biggs Air Force Base [now Biggs Army Airfield] in El Paso, Texas; Weed, New Mexico; Oil Center, New Mexico
Description: 9:55–10:15 a.m. Three or four fireballs fall in various places in southern New Mexico. Air Force Sgt. Camilla Saenz is stationed on Sacramento Peak near Cloudcroft when she sees a yellow fireball with a red tail traveling fast from east to west on the south side of the peak. An airplane from Biggs Air Force Base [now Biggs Army Airfield] in El Paso, Texas, sees an apparent meteor strike near Weed, New Mexico, but USAF planes comb the area for 2 hours afterward without finding anything. Bill Watson sees a dark object smash into the earth near Oil Center, New Mexico, but he can find no fragments. Lincoln LaPaz reports that heavy shortwave and TV interference accompany the appearance of the fireballs.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: “Fireballs Shower on State,” Alamogordo (N.Mex.) Daily News, April 6, 1955, p. 1
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_2702

Event 17102 (9ADE7026)

Date: 4/5/1955
Description: Producer Ivan Tors debuts Science Fiction Theatre, a science fiction anthology TV series that presents scientifically plausible stories in an unsensational manner. Many episodes deal with UFO or alien themes, including the season opener, “Beyond,” in which a test pilot bails out and loses his plane because he thinks he’s going to crash into a UFO. The program runs 78 episodes through 1957 and is hosted by veteran announcer Truman Bradley. Each episode opens with Bradley on a laboratory set, sometimes quoting from a recent Scientific American article, and he discusses and demonstrates a scientific principle that plays a role in the story he is introducing.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Internet Movie Database, “Science Fiction Theatre”; Curt Collins, “The UFO Message of Science Fiction Theatre,” The Saucers That Time Forgot, January 18, 2019
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_2703

Event 17103 (AF16385D)

Date: 4/6/1955
Time: 12:00?
Location: BEAUMONT, CA
Description: Teen. Saucer = silver dollar / arms length. Fades away. = airport beacon / Blue Book.
Type: sighting
Reference: HYNEK, Dr. J. Allen: THE HYNEK UFO REPORT; Dell Publ., NY 1977. 298pp. (Index 44)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_4589

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: “799”, HatchDesc: “BEAUMONT,CA:TEEN:SCR=SLVR DOLLAR/ARMS LENGTH:FADES AWAY:=AIRPORT BEACON/BBK”, LatLong: “33.927779 -116.977783”, LatLongDMS: “33:55:40 N 116:58:40 W”, Locale: “Town & City”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “California”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 17104 (0502804B)

Date: 4/6/1955
Location: Beaumont, CA
Description: Briggs. (Hynek UFO Rpt p. 44; FUFOR Index) (NICAP: 01 - Distant Encounters, BB: BBU)
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_1824

Event 17105 (E75D45CA)

Date: 4/6/1955
Time: 18:00:04.1
Location: 37.0286 -116.0578
Description: Nuclear test: Air, confirmed. Country: USA Name: “HA (High Altitude)” Yield: 3KT
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_60

Extra Data: LatLong: “37.0286 -116.0578”, LatLongDMS: “37:01:43 N 116:03:28 W”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, NukeCountry: “USA”, NukeDepth: “-11.16”, NukeName: “HA (High Altitude)”, NukeSource: “G+P”, NukeType: “NACU”, NukeY: “3”

Event 17106 (E4D30384)

Date: 4/6/1955
Location: New Mexico
Description: Night. Three unusual green fireballs pass over New Mexico. Radio and TV interference are reported over a wide area.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Keyhoe, FS Conspiracy, pp. 264–265
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_2704

Event 17107 (325F29C2)

Date: 4/8/1955
Location: GANDER AIR FORCE BASE, NFLD
Description: RCAF ground observer(s). White “magnetic flare” disk. Very fast and erratic and silent.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO’s a HISTORY-1955 (3 booklets) Self published. (Index 149)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_4590

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

Extra Data: Country: “Canada”, Credibility: “7”, Duration: “10”, Elev: “33”, HatchDesc: “GANDER AFB,NFLD:RCAF GND OBS:WHT “MAGN.FLARE” DISK:VFAST+ERRATIC+SILENT”, LatLong: “48.950002 -54.572225”, LatLongDMS: “48:57:00 N 54:34:20 W”, Locale: “Town & City”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Newfoundland”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 17108 (AE6DDEB8)

Date: 4/8/1955
Time: 09:30
Location: CHERRY VALLEY, IL
Description: Air Force jets shoot weather balloon. Saucer shoots past / same time. / MJ#264.
Type: sighting
Reference: KEHOE, Donald: The FLYING SAUCER CONSPIRACY; Henry Holt, NY 1955; HC (Index 265)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_4591

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, ODD: Atypical/Forteana/paranormal, SCR: Classic saucer/disk/sphere shaped UFO, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), COV: Indication of coverup

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “7”, Duration: “3”, Elev: “223”, HatchDesc: “CHERRY VALLEY,IL:AF JETS SHOOT WTHR BALLOON:SCR SHOOTS PAST/SAME TIME:/MJ#264”, LatLong: “42.238891 -89.016671”, LatLongDMS: “42:14:20 N 89:01:00 W”, Locale: “Town & City”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Illinois”, Strangeness: “7”

Event 17109 (79ED8619)

Date: 4/8/1955
Location: Rockford, IL
Description: Silver Disc Shot Down Over Rockford (NICAP: 11 - Aviation Cases, Code: A, Rating: 5)
Reference: NICAP: 550408
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_1825

Event 17110 (4F8C6949)

Date: 4/8/1955
Location: Albuquerque, New Mexico
Description: 9:25 p.m. Three residents of Albuquerque, New Mexico, watch a blue-green fireball streak west over the city. It appears to have a rose-orange tail.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: “Fire Balls Again Seen over City,” Albuquerque Journal, April 9, 1955, p. 1
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_2705

Event 17111 (667D7288)

Date: 4/8/1955
Location: Rockfield, Illinois
Description: Air Force jets fired at a UFO circling a balloon, but destroyed the balloon and missed the UFO, over Rockfield, Illinois. This was a story about the fish, or I mean, the “saucer” that got away.
Type: ufo sighting
Reference: The Flying Saucers are Hostile!, by George D. Fawcett 1961
Source: HostileFawcett, ID: HostileFawcett_45

Event 17112 (3C136C17)

Date: 4/9/1955
Time: 01:30
Location: PLATTSBURGH, NY
Description: Ground Observer Corps (GOC) and newsmen. Saucers and cylinder/cigar-shape to 0408hrs. Back 21+28 May / 36 saucers. / r139#4.
Type: sighting
Reference: KEHOE, Donald: The FLYING SAUCER CONSPIRACY; Henry Holt, NY 1955; HC (Index 267)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_4592

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

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “9”, Duration: “156”, Elev: “41”, HatchDesc: “PLATTSBURGH,NY:GOC+NEWSMEN:SCRS+CGR to 0408hrs:BACK 21+28 MAY/36 SCRS:/r139#4”, LatLong: “44.700002 -73.455559”, LatLongDMS: “44:42:00 N 73:27:20 W”, Locale: “Town & City”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “New York”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 17113 (60C4F4AA)

Date: 4/9/1955
Time: 12:30:00.2
Location: 37.1222 -116.0344
Description: Nuclear test: Air, confirmed. Country: USA Name: “Post” 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_61

Extra Data: LatLong: “37.1222 -116.0344”, LatLongDMS: “37:07:20 N 116:02:04 W”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, NukeCountry: “USA”, NukeDepth: “-0.09”, NukeName: “Post”, NukeSource: “G+P”, NukeType: “NACU”, NukeY: “2”

Event 17114 (B6A35088)

Date: 4/11/1955 (approximate)
Time: 13:00?
Location: NEAR ARENAL, C.RICA
Description: “Several observer(s)”. Volcano crater opens trapdoor. 100M saucer exits… .
Type: sighting
Reference: The UFO REGISTER. CONTACT INTERNATIONAL/UK. (annual sightings catalog.) (Index 77)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_4593

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

Extra Data: Country: “Costa Rica”, Credibility: “3”, Duration: “2”, Elev: “700”, HatchDesc: “nr ARENAL,C.RICA:“SVRL OBS”:VOLCANO CRATER OPENS TRAPDOOR:100M SCR EXITS…”, LatLong: “10.666667 -85.000004”, LatLongDMS: “10:40:00 N 85:00:00 W”, Locale: “Mountains”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “GNC”, Strangeness: “10”

Event 17115 (53585F9B)

Date: 4/12/1955
Description: (Translated from French) First Japanese probe rockets. (April 12)
Reference: rr0 - Beau
Source: rr0, ID: rr0_1608

Event 17116 (C0FEAEDE)

Date: 4/12/1955
Description: (Translated from French) Tony LeVier, a test pilot at Lockheed, on Kelly Johnson’s orders, searched for a remote site to test the U-2. He found Groom Lake and returned with Kelly Johnson and a representative from the CIA. Johnson decided to place the runway at the South end of Groom Lake. Work began on the installation under the direction of Lockheed Skunk Works.
Reference: Rich 1994
Reference: rr0 - Beau
Source: rr0, ID: rr0_1609

Event 17117 (3E76934C)

Date: 4/15/1955?
Time: 12:00
Location: NUBIAN DESERT, SUDAN
Description: 2 / light plane. Classic saucer nears / 3 minutes. Going quickly northwest. / Flying Magazine.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO’s a HISTORY-1955 (3 booklets) Self published. (Index 440)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_4594

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: “Sudan”, Credibility: “7”, Duration: “3”, HatchDesc: “NUBIAN DESERT,SUDAN:2/LITE PLANE:CLASSIC SCR NEARS/3mins:>>NW:/Flying Magazine”, LatLong: “18.666668 32.000002”, LatLongDMS: “18:40:00 N 32:00:00 E”, Locale: “Metropolis”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “NSD”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 17118 (E142F927)

Date: 4/15/1955
Time: 19:15:00.3
Location: 36.7981 -115.9289
Description: Nuclear test: Air, confirmed. Country: USA Name: “Met” Yield: 22KT
Type: atomic
Reference: “columbia.edu: Worldwide Nuclear Explosions”, by Yang, North, Romney, and Richards
Reference: “archive.org: Worldwide Nuclear Explosions”, by Yang, North, Romney, and Richards
Source: NukeExplosions, ID: NukeExplosions_62

Extra Data: LatLong: “36.7981 -115.9289”, LatLongDMS: “36:47:53 N 115:55:44 W”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, NukeCountry: “USA”, NukeDepth: “-0.12”, NukeName: “Met”, NukeSource: “G+P”, NukeType: “NACU”, NukeY: “22”

Event 17119 (A241E6FE)

Date: 4/18/1955
Location: Princeton, NJ
Description: Albert Einstein dies
Type: scientist
Reference: Wikipedia
Source: Maj2, ID: Maj2_550

Event 17120 (6E806281)

Date: 4/21/1955
Location: Hopkinsville, KY
Description: Kelly–Hopkinsville encounter, 5 adult and 7 child witnesses, UFO spotted, “twelve to fifteen” short, dark figures who repeatedly popped up at the doorway or peered into the windows.
Type: ufological event
Reference: link
Source: Maj2, ID: Maj2_551

Event 17121 (69D9E05B)

Date: 4/21/1955
Location: New Orleans (3 miles NE of Moisant Airport), LA
Description: L-19 Encounters Silver Delta (NICAP: 11 - Aviation Cases, Code: A, Rating: 5, BB: BBU)
Reference: NICAP: 550421
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_1826

Event 17122 (9027EDAF)

Date: 4/22/1955
Time: 07:50
Location: TINTINARA, SOUTH AUS
Description: 10M Saturn-saucer slow over road. 90° turn. Speeds going east and quickly going up. / r242p150.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO’s a HISTORY-1955 (3 booklets) Self published. (Index 444)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_4595

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: “Australia”, Credibility: “7”, Duration: “2”, HatchDesc: “TINTINARA,S.AUS:10M SATURN-SCR SLO ovr ROAD:90°TURN:SPEEDS >E+↑↑:/r242p150”, LatLong: “-35.866668 140.066673”, LatLongDMS: “35:52:00 S 140:04:00 E”, Locale: “Desert”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, RelAlt: “52”, State/Prov: “South Australia”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 17123 (BE68C299)

Date: 4/22/1955
Location: Tintinara, AU
Description: Saturn-shaped UFO made sharp turn, ascended. [UFOE, XII] (NICAP: 01 - Distant Encounters)
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_1827

Event 17124 (2B2BCE6E)

Date: 4/22/1955
Description: At 7:45 a.m. a ten-meter diameter Saturn-shaped sphere flew slowly over a road in Tintinara, South Australia, then made a ninety-degree turn. It then sped away to the northeast.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: Australian Centre for UFO Studies, case SA55001; Richard Hall, The UFO Evidence (Volume 1), p. 135
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_2210

Event 17125 (B5D1DDB7)

Date: 4/25/1955
Locations: Council Bluffs, Iowa; Nebraska; Waverly, Nebraska
Description: 1:00–1:30 a.m. Residents and motorists see a brilliant fireball streak across the sky above Council Bluffs, Iowa. State Highway Patrolman John Ebert says the light was as bright as an arc welder. One resident sees the light burst into flame and drop to earth. Witnesses in Nebraska think the fireball descends abut 3 miles southeast of Waverly, Nebraska.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Council Bluffs (Iowa) Nonpareil, April 25, 1955; Nukes 93
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_2706

Event 17126 (BDD781DB)

Date: 4/28/1955
Time: 01:00
Location: LOUP CITY GOING [TO] ORD, NE
Description: 1 / car. 6M vertical cylinder/cigar-shape over road. Hides. Paces. Cows stampede. / r139#4.
Type: sighting
Reference: The APRO BULLETIN: Monthly. Jim & Coral Lorenzen: Tucson,AZ (USA. defunct) By volume and number. (Index 668)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_4596

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, NWS: News media report, CIG: Torpedo/cigar/cylinder shaped UFO, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), OBS: Observation/chasing vehicles, ANI: Animals affected or injuries/marks, VEH: Vehicle affected: Marks/damage/EME effects

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “6”, Duration: “10”, Elev: “631”, HatchDesc: “LOUP CITY>ORD,NE:1/CAR:6M VRTCL CGR OVR ROAD:HIDES:PACES:COWS STAMPEDE:/r139#4”, LatLong: “41.366669 -98.950005”, LatLongDMS: “41:22:00 N 98:57:00 W”, Locale: “Pasture”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Nebraska”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 17127 (2F2945A2)

Date: 4/28/1955
Location: Dahlgren, VA
Description: (McDonald list) Theodolite Tracks UFO & Radar Confirms (NICAP: 09 - RADAR Cases, Code: R, Rating: 5, BB: BBU)
Reference: NICAP: 550428
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_1828

Event 17128 (2CC7FBDE)

Date: 4/30/1955
Description: (Translated from French) Sighting in Travis County (Texas). (April 30)
Reference: case Blue Book #3517 unsolved
Reference: rr0 - Beau
Source: rr0, ID: rr0_1610

Event 17129 (FDF7D984)

Date: 4/30/1955
Location: Travis County, TX
Description: 4 black objects in a cluster make a whooshing sound (NICAP: 01 - Distant Encounters, BB: 3517)
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_1829

Event 17130 (00DC023D)

Date: 4/30/1955
Time: 7:30 AM
Location: Travis County, Texas
Description: Witness USAF Wing Intelligence Officer Maj. L…J. Pagozalski. Four black objects in a cluster made a whooshing sound like a zephyr. Sighting lasted 2-3 seconds.
Type: ufo sighting
Reference: BlueBook Unknowns PDF
Source: BerlinerBBUnknowns, ID: BerlinerBBU_384

Event 17131 (2EC862E6)

Date: 4/30/1955
Description: A member of the Soviet Academy of Sciences tells a radio audience that UFOs do not exist.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Ruppelt, pp. 238–239
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_2707

Event 17132 (7BB9C36F)

Date: 4/30/1955
Description: In Travis County, Texas USAF Intelligence Officer Major L. J. Pagozalski sighted four black objects at 7:30 a.m. flying in a cluster. They made a whooshing sound like a zephyr. The sighting was very brief and lasted for only 2-3 seconds.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: Project Blue Book files counted in official statistics, case #3517; Don Berliner, Project Bluebook UFO Unknowns
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_2420

Event 17133 (7F132FDE)

Date: 5/1955
Location: FRANE, Pontoise
Description: (Translated from French) My mother saw it first. She was working in the garden, pulling weeds and tending to her flowers. She was about to put away her tools to go and prepare the afternoon coffee, a sacred tradition in our family. She must have shouted to get our attention as my father and I were in the attic, where he had his workshop. He was busy and didn’t find the event important enough to come down. I rushed to the window which faced south, but I couldn’t make out anything unusual; I tumbled down the three floors and joined my mother in the garden: that’s when I saw it. What I observed was a grey metallic cigar or maybe a disc seen from the side, with a transparent bubble on top. It had the apparent size of a full Moon and it hovered silently in the sky above the Saint Maclou church. I don’t remember seeing it leave. My mother told me that the object went away leaving behind it like flakes of a white substance (…) The next day I met my friend Philippe at school, we were revising together for the baccalaureate exams. He mentioned having seen the same strange object from his house less than a kilometer away from my position, on a higher ground. He had observed it through binoculars and confirmed my description". (1955, May (a Sunday))
Reference: personal observation by Jacques Vallée, cfr his book “Forbidden Science, journal 1957-1969” O.P. Editions 1997, p. 26,27
Reference: Mini catalogue chronologique des observations OVNI, by Godelieve Van Overmeire
Source: Overmeire, ID: Overmeire_1989

Event 17134 (CC587515)

Date: 5/1955
Location: USA, Branch Hill
Description: (Translated from French) R. Hunnicut was driving at 4 o’clock in the morning towards Loveland and in the lights of his headlights he suddenly saw what seemed to be three men kneeling on the right side of the road. Thinking there was an injured person, he stopped to offer his help. He then discovered that these silhouettes were not human, about 90 cm tall, gray in color, including their clothing. These clothes seemed very tight and stretched on the chest “crookedly” which seemed abnormally strong on the right side and protruding from the shoulder to the armpit. To this bulbous part hung a slender arm that seemed much longer than the arm on the other side. The legs and feet were not discernible, hidden in the vegetation, but the witness had the impression of “something bagged.” The head reminded him of “a frog face” especially because of the mouth, a thin line cutting across the smooth and gray face. The eyes had no eyebrows, the nose was indistinct, the top of the skull gave the impression of painted hair, apparently consisting of rolls of fat running horizontally from the top of the eyes, over and around the entire head. The one in the middle of the three had appeared first with an arm raised above his head and seemed to hold a dark chain or stick that emitted blue-white sparks. When the witness approached, the entity lowered the object to his ankle. (…) One of the creatures made a gesture that the witness understood as a defense to get closer. (1955, May (instead of March))
Reference: Charles BOWEN: “In Search of Humanoids” - J’ai Lu 1974, p. 181, 182
Reference: Mini catalogue chronologique des observations OVNI, by Godelieve Van Overmeire
Source: Overmeire, ID: Overmeire_1990

Event 17135 (8D6BEACC)

Date: 5/1955
Description: (Translated from French) The ATIC publishes Special Report No. 14 of the Blue Book project. This is a computerized study of nearly 4000 UFO sighting reports received by the ATIC. This study, consisting largely of statistical tables, concludes that there is no evidence that extraterrestrial craft have visited the earth and that with more information all observations could be explained. This report also includes summaries of the best unexplained cases received. To help alleviate criticism of a “cover-up” by the USAF of its UFO discoveries, the USAF Secretary decides to place this report in the public domain and authorizes the Department of Commerce to sell copies to the public.
Reference: rr0 - Beau
Source: rr0, ID: rr0_1612

Event 17136 (8B1A041D)

Date: 5/1955
Time: ~18:00
Location: YULE ISL., PAPUA-NG
Description: Doctor and wife. Green-glow disk half-moon-size. Going [to] slow. Vanishes.
Type: sighting
Reference: The APRO BULLETIN: Monthly. Jim & Coral Lorenzen: Tucson,AZ (USA. defunct) By volume and number. (Index 739)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_4597

Attributes: 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: “Pacific Ocean and non - Asian islands”, Credibility: “7”, Duration: “1”, Elev: “2”, HatchDesc: “YULE Isl.,PAPUA-NG:DOCTOR+WIFE:GRN-GLOW DISK HALF-MOONSIZE:> SLOW:VANISHES”, LatLong: “-8.816667 146.533340”, LatLongDMS: “08:49:00 S 146:32:00 E”, Locale: “Coastlands”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “PNG”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 17137 (C985E950)

Date: 5/1955
Time: ~18:00
Location: ALGHERO, SARDINIA
Description: 1 observer. Circle / light going down [to] vertically. Light reflects off soil. No further details.
Type: sighting
Reference: ITACAT, Catalogo Italiano degli Incontri Ravvicinati. Maurizio Verga, 1989 CISU/Torino, Italy. (Index 48)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_4598

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, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), LND: UFO landing or any part touches ground

Extra Data: Country: “Italy”, Credibility: “6”, Duration: “1”, HatchDesc: “ALGHERO,SARDINIA:1 OBS:CIRCLE/LITE ↓ VERTICALLY:LITE REFLECTS OFF SOIL:NFD”, LatLong: “40.561113 8.316667”, LatLongDMS: “40:33:40 N 08:19:00 E”, Locale: “Islands”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “SS”, Strangeness: “4”

Event 17138 (9EDCFC73)

Date: 5/1955
Location: UK
Description: The UK Air Ministry announces that the report in March on a five-year investigation into UFOs by the RAF has been submitted to high-ranking officers, but the results cannot be released publicly for security reasons. MP Maj. Patrick Wall asks the Under-Secretary of State for Air George Ward to confirm whether or not he would publish a report. Ward replies that only 10% of UFO reports are unidentified and that is because of lack of data.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Derek Dempster, [Editorial], Flying Saucer Review 1, no. 2 (May/June 1955): 1; Good Above, p. 43; UFOFiles2, p. 60– 61
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_2708

Event 17139 (55ED6296)

Date: 5/1955
Location: Pontoise, France
Description: 15-year-old Jacques Vallée and his mother see a “gray, metallic disc with a clear bubble on top” hovering above a church in Pontoise, France.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Jacques Vallée, Forbidden Science, North Atlantic, 1992, pp. 15–16
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_2709

Event 17140 (DB0BD9D2)

Date: 5/1/1955
Time: ~19:00
Location: WEIDEN, BAVARIA
Description: 3+observer(s). Brilliant sphere zips back and forth / one hour. Spirals. Absolute(ly) silent.
Type: sighting
Reference: The UFO REGISTER. CONTACT INTERNATIONAL/UK. (annual sightings catalog.) (Index 77)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_4599

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: “Germany”, Credibility: “8”, Duration: “60”, HatchDesc: “WEIDEN,BAVARIA:3+OBS:BRILL.SPHERE ZIPS BACK+FORTH/1hr:SPIRALS:ABS.SLNT”, LatLong: “49.683336 12.083334”, LatLongDMS: “49:41:00 N 12:05:00 E”, Locale: “Town & City”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Bavaria”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 17141 (19E80B5D)

Date: 5/1/1955
Time: 21:30
Location: GRAFENWOHR, BAVARIA
Description: Soldiers. Strange white sphere/orb/globe / 4 passes. Hovers. No planes here. / r70p3-40.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO’s a HISTORY-1955 (3 booklets) Self published. (Index 157)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_4600

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)

Extra Data: Country: “Germany”, Credibility: “10”, Duration: “30”, HatchDesc: “GRAFENWOHR,BAVARIA:GIs:STRANGE WHT ORB/4 PASSES:HVRS:no planes here:/r70p3-40”, LatLong: “49.700002 11.900001”, LatLongDMS: “49:42:00 N 11:54:00 E”, Locale: “Town & City”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Bavaria”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 17142 (451BA454)

Date: 5/4/1955
Description: (Translated from French) Observation at Keflavik Airport (Iceland). (4 May)
Reference: case Blue Book #3523 unsolved
Reference: rr0 - Beau
Source: rr0, ID: rr0_1613

Event 17143 (7A5C051D)

Date: 5/4/1955
Time: 12:40
Location: KEFLAVIK, ICEL
Description: Air Force Colonel and 1. 10+60’ saucers / 25K’ altitude / loose formation. 1000knts and more/others. / r70p3-40.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO’s a HISTORY-1955 (3 booklets) Self published. (Index 158)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_4601

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,ICEL:AF COLONEL+1:10+60’SCRS/25K’alt/LOOSE FORMn:1000knts++:/r70p3-40”, LatLong: “63.983336 -22.550001”, LatLongDMS: “63:59:00 N 22:33:00 W”, Locale: “Town & City”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, RelAlt: “7620”, State/Prov: “KEF”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 17144 (16385428)

Date: 5/4/1955
Location: Keflavik Airport, Iceland
Description: 10 round, white objects, one of which left a brief smoke trail (NICAP: 01 - Distant Encounters, BB: 3523)
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_1830

Event 17145 (600CD721)

Date: 5/4/1955
Time: 12:38 PM
Location: Keflavik, Iceland
Description: Witnesses: Lt. Col. E.J. Stealy, lst Lt. J.W. Burt. About 10 round, white objects, one of which left a brief smoke trail, flew in an irregular formation, some of them making erratic movements during the 5-8 second sighting.
Type: ufo sighting
Reference: BlueBook Unknowns PDF
Source: BerlinerBBUnknowns, ID: BerlinerBBU_385

Event 17146 (2F72ECF8)

Date: 5/4/1955
Locations: Groom Lake, Nevada; southwest corner of the lakebed
Description: A survey team arrives at Groom Lake, Nevada, and lays out a 5,000-foot north to south runway on the southwest corner of the lakebed and designates a site for a base support facility. The “Ranch” initially consists of little more than a few shelters, workshops, and trailer homes in which to house its small team. In a little over three months, the base consists of a single paved runway, three hangars, a control tower, and rudimentary accommodations for test personnel. The few amenities include a movie theater and volleyball court. There is also a mess hall, several wells, and fuel storage tanks.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Wikipedia, “Area 51”; Peter W. Merlin, “Groom Lake Timeline: The First Fifty Years,” Secret Heroes, November 10, 2021
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_2710

Event 17147 (52467A56)

Date: 5/4/1955
Location: Keflavík Airfield, Iceland
Description: Afternoon. Lt. Col. Edward J. Stealy, commander of the 57th Fighter Interceptor Squadron at Keflavík Airfield, Iceland, and 1stLt. Joseph Burt see 10–15 flying objects, 60–70 feet in diameter, at about 25,000 feet. They fly in loose formation for about 4–5 seconds and are traveling at a tremendous rate of speed (perhaps 1,150 mph).
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Loren E. Gross, The Fifth Horseman of the Apocalypse: UFOs, a History: 1955 January–June, The Author, 1992, pp. 5–58; Sparks, p. 226; Clark III 376
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_2711

Event 17148 (40A5FA65)

Date: 5/4/1955
Description: One year later, at 1:38 p.m. at the Keflavik Air Force Base in Iceland, two USAF officers, USAF Lt. Col. E. J. Stealy and 1st Lt. J. W. Burt, spotted 10 white oval-shaped objects, some 60-70 feet in diameter, moving “rapidly and jerkily.” One of them left a brief smoke trail. The UFOs moved at a tremendous rate of speed, and were gone from sight in five seconds. This case was listed as an “unknown” by Project Blue Book.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: Project Blue Book case files counted in official statistics, case #3523; Don Berliner, Project Bluebook Unknowns; Richard Hall, The UFO Evidence, p. 61
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_2503

Event 17149 (39FC37BF)

Date: 5/5/1955
Location: US
Description: Project Blue Book “Special Report No. 14” declassified.
Type: declassified report
Reference: “The UFO Evidence” (1964) by Richard H. Hall, page 106-108
Reference: “Report on Unidentified Flying Objects” (Dec. 1956) by Capt. Edward J. Ruppelt
Source: Maj2, ID: Maj2_881

Event 17150 (A366DA9B)

Date: 5/5/1955
Description: (Translated from French) Recovery of 4 bodies following a crash in Brighton (England). (May 5)
Reference: rr0 - Beau
Source: rr0, ID: rr0_1614

Event 17151 (6957AED1)

Date: 5/5/1955
Time: 12:10:00.0
Location: 36.0531 -116.1025
Description: Nuclear test: Air, confirmed. Country: USA Name: “Apple-2” Yield: 29KT
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_63

Extra Data: LatLong: “36.0531 -116.1025”, LatLongDMS: “36:03:11 N 116:06:09 W”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, NukeCountry: “USA”, NukeDepth: “-0.15”, NukeName: “Apple-2”, NukeSource: “G+P”, NukeType: “NACU”, NukeY: “29”

Event 17152 (F3C582EB)

Date: 5/5/1955
Description: ATIC declassifies Battelle Memorial Institute’s 1951–1954 study of UFOs, completed in March 1954, as Project Blue Book Special Report No. 14 but does not release it until October 25.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Special Report No. 14: Analysis of Reports of Unidentified Aerial Objects, US Air Force, 1955; Clark III 929–932
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_2712

Event 17153 (6D658948)

Date: 5/5/1955
Description: USAF ATIC and contractor Battelle Memorial Institute publish “Special Report No. 14,” a comprehensive analysis of 3,200 UAP sightings. The report concludes that UAP are not aerial craft beyond human scientific knowledge because no “physical matter” had ever been recovered in any UAP sighting. This contradicts two declassified metallurgical analyses on shape memory alloys Battelle itself performed for Wright-Patterson AFB six years earlier, which weren’t declassified until 2010.

• https://www.academia.edu/49680297/Project
• https://i.redd.it/etzfu3r7h4a61.jpg
• https://www.sunrisepage.com/roswell/files/government/usaf/1949_First_Progress_Report_AF33(038)-3736.pdf
• https://www.sunrisepage.com/roswell/files/government/usaf/1949_Second_Progress_Report_AF33(038)-3736.pdf
• https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/1028202

Reference: Anonymous 2023 PDF
Source: Anon2023PDF, ID: Anon2023PDF_63

Event 17154 (538C39A7)

Date: 5/8/1955
Time: 19:20
Location: DETROIT, MI
Description: Several observer(s) / (seen thru) binoculars. White perfect cylinder/cylindrical object going quickly west tilted 30°. Center part glows.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO’s a HISTORY-1955 (3 booklets) Self published. (Index 159)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_4602

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, HQO: High-quality observer(s), NWS: News media report, CIG: Torpedo/cigar/cylinder shaped UFO, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), TCH: New technical details/clues

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “9”, Duration: “2”, Elev: “180”, HatchDesc: “DETROIT,MI:SVRL OBS/BINOCS:WHT PERFECT CYL >>W TILTED 30°:CENTER PART GLOWS”, LatLong: “42.316669 -83.066671”, LatLongDMS: “42:19:00 N 83:04:00 W”, Locale: “Residential”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Michigan”, Strangeness: “8”

Event 17155 (E9DD65C9)

Date: 5/9/1955
Time: 12:00
Location: ARROYO SECO CANYON, CA
Description: 1 / car. Many 2’ white silver saucers circle and flip over. Near Mt. Wilson.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO’s a HISTORY-1955 (3 booklets) Self published. (Index 160)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_4603

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

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “6”, Duration: “5”, Elev: “350”, HatchDesc: “ARROYO SECO CANYON,CA:1/CAR:MANY 2’WHT SLVR SCRS CIRCLE+FLIP OVR:nr Mt WILSON”, LatLong: “34.350002 -118.150006”, LatLongDMS: “34:21:00 N 118:09:00 W”, Locale: “Mountains”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “California”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 17156 (A81E15E0)

Date: 5/9/1955
Description: At 12:05 p.m. four witnesses in Arroyo Seco Canyon, California watched many 2-foot white silver saucers circle and flip over near Mount Wilson.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: Loren E. Gross, The Fifth Horseman of the Apocalypse: UFOs: A History. 1955: January-June, p. 60
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_2677

Event 17157 (3ABD8D6D)

Date: 5/11/1955
Time: 21:50
Location: TERRYVILLE, CT
Description: 3 observer(s). Saucer maneuvers all over sky. 3 jets chase. Big military investigation/investigators and news.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO’s a HISTORY-1955 (3 booklets) Self published. (Index 161)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_4604

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), MIL: Military investigation, BBK: Project BLUEBOOK

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “8”, Duration: “130”, Elev: “186”, HatchDesc: “TERRYVILLE,CT:3 OBS:SCR MNVRS ALL OVR SKY:3 JETS CHASE:BIG MIL INV+NEWS”, LatLong: “41.677780 -73.022226”, LatLongDMS: “41:40:40 N 73:01:20 W”, Locale: “Residential”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Connecticut”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 17158 (A1A939C7)

Date: 5/12/1955
Location: Thurmon, CO
Description: DC-7 Encounters Object At 20,000’ (NICAP: 11 - Aviation Cases, Code: A, Rating: 5, BB: BBU)
Reference: NICAP: 550512
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_1831

Event 17159 (EA07BB2C)

Date: 5/13/1955
Location: Duluth, MN
Description: (McDonald list) F-89D Locks Onto Target at 1000 Knots (NICAP: 09 - RADAR Cases, Code: R, Rating: 5, BB: BBU)
Reference: NICAP: 550513
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_1832

Event 17160 (EB5F21F1)

Date: 5/14/1955
Location: FRANCE, Dinan (Côtes du Nord)
Description: (Translated from French) Mr. Droguet, residing at the girls’ college, found himself upon returning from the cinema around 11:45 pm (0:15?), in the presence of a craft, stationary at 1.50 m from the ground, in the courtyard of this school establishment. Paralyzed by surprise, or by a blue-green ray that illuminated him immediately, he distinguished two small humanoids, dressed in diving suits with helmets, one of which was taking samples of the large gravel in the courtyard alley. (Henry DURRANT: “First Investigations on ET Humanoids” - Laffont 1977 - p. 92) (…) "Under the craft I distinguished a black hole from which hung a kind of metal ladder with only a few rungs. When they went back up I distinctly heard a metal noise coming from their soles and the ladder. When they were inside it was raised. I then felt a kind of suction. The craft, still lit, rose higher. It was circular and seemed to turn on itself. In the center there was the black hole that I had noticed and which seemed motionless. When the craft was higher than the trees, everything went out and I saw nothing more.
Reference: GARREAU and LAVIER: “Facing the Extra-terrestrials” - DELARGE 1975 - J’ai Lu, p. 142, 143
Reference: Mini catalogue chronologique des observations OVNI, by Godelieve Van Overmeire
Source: Overmeire, ID: Overmeire_1987

Event 17161 (E1476717)

Date: 5/14/1955
Description: (Translated from French) Creation of the Warsaw Pact. (14 May)
Reference: rr0 - Beau
Source: rr0, ID: rr0_1615

Event 17162 (A72EA174)

Date: 5/14/1955
Time: 00:20
Location: DINAN, FR
Description: Domed saucer / low altitude. 2 small humanoids (or Greys) / Sp-suits exit. Box / chests. Observer(s) frozen. / r30p216.
Type: sighting
Reference: LUMIERES DANS la NUIT (LDLN), Paris. Bimonthly since 1957. LDLN B.P.3; 77123 Le Vaudoue, FRANCE. (Index 106)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_4605

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, SCR: Classic saucer/disk/sphere shaped UFO, OID: Humanoid: Small alien or “Grey”, RAY: Odd light/searchlight/beam/laser-like, NUC: Nuclear facility related, HUM: Humans affected: Injury/burns/marks/abduction/death, LND: UFO landing or any part touches ground, TCH: New technical details/clues

Extra Data: Country: “France”, Credibility: “6”, Duration: “9”, HatchDesc: “DINAN,FR:DOMED SCR/LO ALT:2 OIDS/SP-SUITS EXIT:BOX/CHESTS:OBS FROZEN:/r30p216”, LatLong: “48.450002 -2.050000”, LatLongDMS: “48:27:00 N 02:03:00 W”, Locale: “Town & City”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “CDN”, Strangeness: “9”

Event 17163 (7A2D3A92)

Date: 5/14/1955
Time: 20:00:00.0
Location: 28.7333 -126.2667
Description: Nuclear test: Water, confirmed. Country: USA Name: “Wigwam” Yield: 30KT
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_64

Extra Data: LatLong: “28.7333 -126.2667”, LatLongDMS: “28:44:00 N 126:16:00 W”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, NukeCountry: “USA”, NukeDepth: “0.61”, NukeName: “Wigwam”, NukeSource: “G+P”, NukeType: “NWCU”, NukeY: “30”

Event 17164 (D7D53671)

Date: 5/14/1955
Description: At 12:15 a.m. in Dinan, Cotes-Nord, France Mr. M. Droguet sighted a large domed disc hovering five feet above the courtyard outside his house. Two short humanoids in Michelin Man spacesuits exited the craft. Both wore boxes on their chests. Mr. Droguet was paralyzed in place and could not move during the encounter, and he was temporarily blinded by a blue-green light. The men walked with an ackward gait. The UFO left silently by making a vertical ascent.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: Jacques Cresson, FSR Case Histories, October 1970, p. 13; Alain Gamard, UFO Register, Volume 7, p. 44; David F. Webb & Ted Bloecher, HUMCAT: Catalogue of Humanoid Reports, case A0365
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_2824

Event 17165 (F5F05E24)

Date: 5/15/1955
Time: 13:00?
Location: MANHATTAN, NY
Description: Many observer(s) and photographs. Blazing ovoid loops over city. Darkens. Going east. / Flying Saucer Review (FSR) v2#3.
Type: sighting
Reference: FLYING SAUCER REVIEW (FSR), London. Bimonthly. PO Box 162; High Wycombe, Bucks. HP135 DZ, England. (Index 15)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_4606

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

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “13”, Duration: “2”, Elev: “10”, HatchDesc: “MANHATTAN,NY:MANY OBS+FOTOS:BLAZING OVOID LOOPS OVR CITY:DARKENS:>E:/FSR v2#3”, LatLong: “40.761113 -73.961115”, LatLongDMS: “40:45:40 N 73:57:40 W”, Locale: “Metropolis”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “New York”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 17166 (29778C7B)

Date: 5/15/1955
Time: 11:59:59.9
Location: 37.0947 -116.0239
Description: Nuclear test: Air, confirmed. Country: USA Name: “Zucchini” 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_65

Extra Data: LatLong: “37.0947 -116.0239”, LatLongDMS: “37:05:41 N 116:01:26 W”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, NukeCountry: “USA”, NukeDepth: “-0.15”, NukeName: “Zucchini”, NukeSource: “G+P”, NukeType: “NACU”, NukeY: “28”

Event 17167 (E04E7C9B)

Date: 5/17/1955
Time: 19:00
Location: MACDILL AIR FORCE BASE, FL
Description: Saucer seen as large square glow / 30K’ altitude. 90-turns. Leaves (something behind) straight up!
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO’s a HISTORY-1955 (3 booklets) Self published. (Index 165)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_4607

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, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), MIL: Military investigation, BBK: Project BLUEBOOK

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “6”, Duration: “3”, Elev: “4”, HatchDesc: “MACDILL AFB,FL:SCR SEEN as LRG SQUARE GLOW/30K’alt:90-TURNS:LVS STRAIGHT UP!”, LatLong: “27.850001 -82.477782”, LatLongDMS: “27:51:00 N 82:28:40 W”, Locale: “Town & City”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Florida”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 17168 (F0280B72)

Date: 5/17/1955
Time: 20:20
Location: MOJAVE, CA
Description: 9 grapefruit-size objects seen / 10 minute(s). TV Radio Frequency Interference (RFI). 6 fade. 1 flares. 2 vanish.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO’s a HISTORY-1955 (3 booklets) Self published. (Index 168)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_4608

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), EME: Electro-Magnetic Effects, TCH: New technical details/clues, CMF: Camouflage/disguise

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “8”, Duration: “10”, Elev: “840”, HatchDesc: “MOJAVE,CA:9 GRAPEFRUIT-SIZE OJS SEEN/10min:TV RFI:6 FADE:1 FLARES:2 VANISH”, LatLong: “35.055557 -118.166672”, LatLongDMS: “35:03:20 N 118:10:00 W”, Locale: “Desert”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “California”, Strangeness: “8”

Event 17169 (371D5D96)

Date: 5/17/1955
Time: 22:10
Location: SAN FRANCISCO, CA
Description: Bright round object hangs / W. sky / minutes. Goes / tremendous speed.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO’s a HISTORY-1955 (3 booklets) Self published. (Index 166)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_4609

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: “5”, Elev: “20”, HatchDesc: “SAN FRANCISCO,CA:BRITE ROUND OBJ HANGS/W.SKY/minutes:GOES/TREMENDOUS SPEED”, LatLong: “37.783335 -122.483339”, LatLongDMS: “37:47:00 N 122:29:00 W”, Locale: “Residential”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “California”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 17170 (63BEC91A)

Date: 5/17/1955
Location: Mojave, CA
Description: Nine Moving Red Objects / TV Interference (NICAP: 03 - EME Cases, Code: E, Rating: 5)
Reference: NICAP: 550517
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_1833

Event 17171 (13F58220)

Date: 5/17/1955
Description: At McDill Air Force Base, Florida a disc appeared at 7:00 p.m. as a large, square glowing object. It was at an estimated 30,000 feet altitude. It made 90 degree turns for 3 minutes, and then left by shooting straight up.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: Loren E. Gross, The Fifth Horseman of the Apocalypse: UFOs: A History. 1955: January-June
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_2917

Event 17172 (1E2CBF67)

Date: 5/18/1955
Location: Groom Lake
Description: News release from AEC announcing “preliminary work” had begun “on a small satellite installation” within the Las Vegas Bombing and Gunnery Range. Contractor was adding “Limited additional facilities and modifications” to a small installation near Groom Lake (now known as Area 51).
Type: news release
Reference: “Dreamland” by Bob Lazar
Source: Maj2, ID: Maj2_552

Event 17173 (50C7C14D)

Date: 5/18/1955
Location: Niagara Falls, NY
Description: F-86 Pilot Encounters 10’ Sphere (NICAP: 11 - Aviation Cases, Code: A, Rating: 5)
Reference: NICAP: 550518
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_1834

Event 17174 (00B5F9CA)

Date: 5/19/1955
Time: 17:10
Location: TUJUNGA AND MONTROSE AND MORE/OTHERS, CA
Description: Thousands / observer(s). 3 silver disks play tag over Mt. Wilson. / r32p151.
Type: sighting
Reference: The APRO BULLETIN: Monthly. Jim & Coral Lorenzen: Tucson,AZ (USA. defunct) By volume and number. (Index 668)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_4610

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

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “13”, Duration: “50”, Elev: “538”, HatchDesc: “TUJUNGA+MONTROSE++,CA:1000s/OBS:3 SLVR DISKS PLAY TAG ovr Mt WILSON:/r32p151”, LatLong: “34.233335 -118.100006”, LatLongDMS: “34:14:00 N 118:06:00 W”, Locale: “Mountains”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “California”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 17175 (A1CD9C52)

Date: 5/19/1955
Description: At 7:15 p.m. three silver disc-shaped UFOs played tag over Mount Wilson for 50 minutes. They were seen by several thousand from Pasadena, Tujunga, and Montrose, California.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: APRO Bulletin, August 1955, p. 5; Lenoard H. Stringfield, CRIFO News, June 1955, p. 5; Richard F. Haines, Project Delta, p. 115
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_2973

Event 17176 (C0DFA03B)

Date: 5/20/1955
Time: 02:30
Location: HAM-SUR-MEUSE, FR
Description: Cops. Saucer going northwest against wind. Multi-color beams going down. Interior lit.
Type: sighting
Reference: BOURRET, Jean-Claude: Le NOUVEAU DEFI des OVNI. Editions France Loisirs, Paris. 1976 ISBN 2-7242-0104-3 395pp. (Index 34)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_4611

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, RAY: Odd light/searchlight/beam/laser-like, NUC: Nuclear facility related, OGA: Non-Covert Government Agencies

Extra Data: Country: “France”, Credibility: “7”, Duration: “1”, HatchDesc: “HAM-sur-MEUSE,FR:COPS:SCR >NW AGAINST WIND:MULTI-CLR BEAMS ↓:INTERIOR LIT:”, LatLong: “50.116669 4.783334”, LatLongDMS: “50:07:00 N 04:47:00 E”, Locale: “Pasture”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Ardennes”, Strangeness: “7”

Event 17177 (80ABA5FE)

Date: 5/20/1955
Location: Tokyo, Japan
Description: Swept Wing Object Over Tokyo (NICAP: 11 - Aviation Cases, Code: A, Rating: 5)
Reference: NICAP: 550520
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_1835

Event 17178 (248A5A01)

Date: 5/21/1955
Time: 13:10
Location: NORTON AIR FORCE BASE, CA
Description: Ground-visual military observer(s). 3 silver-grey orbs / V-formation. Going quickly east and climb O / O / south.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO’s a HISTORY-1955 (3 booklets) Self published. (Index 170)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_4612

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: “343”, HatchDesc: “NORTON AFB,CA:GND-VISUAL MIL OBS:3 SILVER-GREY ORBS/V-FORMn:>>E+CLIMB O/O/S”, LatLong: “34.100002 -117.266672”, LatLongDMS: “34:06:00 N 117:16:00 W”, Locale: “Town & City”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “California”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 17179 (1520CE21)

Date: 5/22/1955
Time: 00:30
Location: US85 SOUTH / CHEYENNE, WY
Description: 2 / USAF. Thin white-glowing cylinder/cylindrical object vanishes. 2 hat saucers appear. Up and going south.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO’s a HISTORY-1955 (3 booklets) Self published. (Index 450)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_4613

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, PRB: Probe: Possibly remote controlled, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), OBS: Observation/chasing vehicles, VEH: Vehicle affected: Marks/damage/EME effects

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “8”, Duration: “10”, Elev: “1900”, HatchDesc: “US85 S/CHEYENNE,WY:2/USAF:THIN WHT-GLO CYL VANISHES:2 HAT SCRS APPEAR:UP+>S”, LatLong: “41.033335 -104.766672”, LatLongDMS: “41:02:00 N 104:46:00 W”, Locale: “Pasture”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Wyoming”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 17180 (911DABE2)

Date: 5/22/1955
Location: Los Angeles Examiner
Description: Journalist Dorothy Kilgallen writes in the Los Angeles Examiner that “British scientists and airmen” have examined the wreckage of a crashed flying saucer. Her informant is a “British official of Cabinet rank,” who tells her that the “saucers were staffed by small men—probably under four feet tall.” Flying Saucer Review editor Gordon Creighton later researches this story in detail and thinks Kilgallen’s source is First Sea Lord Louis Mountbatten. Some suggest that Kilgallen picked the story up at a cocktail party hosted by Mountbatten. Her story is widely dismissed as a hoax, but other events put her claims in a new light.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: “U.F.O. Crash in Britain?” Flying Saucer Review 1, no. 3 (July/Aug. 1955): 6; Loren E. Gross, The Fifth Horseman of the Apocalypse: UFOs, a History: 1955 January–June, The Author, 1992, p. 69; Good Above, pp. 43–44
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_2713

Event 17181 (40182631)

Date: 5/23/1955
Location: USA, Cheyenne, Wyoming.
Description: (Translated from French) Midnight. Personal witnesses from the Air Force: I.J. Shapiro and E.C. Ingber. For 5 minutes, two thin rectangles in a vertical position were seen low on the horizon, while two black ovals with a blue light were higher up.
Reference: Project Blue Book - cfr Don Berliner
Reference: Mini catalogue chronologique des observations OVNI, by Godelieve Van Overmeire
Source: Overmeire, ID: Overmeire_1988

Event 17182 (2831493D)

Date: 5/23/1955
Description: (Translated from French) Sighting in Cheyenne (Wyoming). (May 23)
Reference: case Blue Book #3565 unsolved
Reference: rr0 - Beau
Source: rr0, ID: rr0_1616

Event 17183 (A33B9AEA)

Date: 5/23/1955
Location: Cheyenne, WY
Description: 2 slender, vertical rectangles low on the horizon (NICAP: 01 - Distant Encounters, BB: 3565)
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_1836

Event 17184 (7D053BBA)

Date: 5/23/1955
Time: Midnight
Location: Cheyenne, Wyoming
Description: Witnesses: USAF Airman/Basic I.J. Shapiro and E.C. Ingber. During a 5 minute period, two slender, vertical rectangles were seen low on the horizon, and two ovals with tops (dark, with dark blue illumination) flew higher.
Type: ufo sighting
Reference: BlueBook Unknowns PDF
Source: BerlinerBBUnknowns, ID: BerlinerBBU_386

Event 17185 (0B4C4BC6)

Date: 5/23/1955
End date: 5/26/1955
Location: Ent AFB [now the US Olympic Training Center], Colorado Springs, Colorado
Description: At the Fifth AISS Commander’s Conference at Ent AFB [now the US Olympic Training Center], Colorado Springs, Colorado, an analysis of UFOs and science fiction is presented that notes: “General public not qualified to evaluate material propounded in science fiction. Absurd and fantastic theories given credence solely on the basis of ignorance.” Also, “Abnormal predisposition to attach belief to the more fanciful aspects of UFOBs, e.g. ‘Flying Saucers’ would tend to negate the source’s reliability as a factual observer.”
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: “Report of Fifth Commander’s Conference, 23 May to 26 May 1955,” in History of 4602d Air Intelligence Service Squadron, vol. 2, January 1–June 30, 1955, reprinted in CUFON, “4602d AISS Unit History Sampler, Part 7 of 7 Parts”
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_2714

Event 17186 (D2C99AD4)

Date: 5/24/1955
Location: MOON
Description: Astronomer Firsoff. Flashes / lunar south pole resemble lightning / discharges.
Type: sighting
Reference: PINDEVIC, Thierry: Le NOEUD GORDIEN ou la FANTASTIQUE HISTOIRE des OVNI. Editions France-Empire, Paris 1979. (Index 51)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_4614

Attributes: 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), RAY: Odd light/searchlight/beam/laser-like, TCH: New technical details/clues, HST: Historical account

Extra Data: Country: “The Moon”, Credibility: “7”, Duration: “1”, HatchDesc: “MOON:ASTRONOMER FIRSOFF:FLASHES/LUNAR SOUTH POLE RESEMBLE LIGHTNING/DISCHARGES”, LatLong: “90.000004 -0.000000”, LatLongDMS: “90:00:00 N 00:00:00 W”, Locale: “Residential”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “SPL”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 17187 (3AD1285D)

Date: 5/24/1955 (approximate)
Location: WEST / DORKING, SURREY
Description: Silver cylinder/cigar-shape going quickly southeast under nose / Portuguese airliner. / r139 #1p72.
Type: sighting
Reference: FLYING SAUCER REVIEW (FSR), London. Bimonthly. PO Box 162; High Wycombe, Bucks. HP135 DZ, England. (Index 15)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_4615

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, AIR: Observer(s) on aircraft, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, HQO: High-quality observer(s), NWS: News media report, CIG: Torpedo/cigar/cylinder shaped UFO, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), OBS: Observation/chasing vehicles, VEH: Vehicle affected: Marks/damage/EME effects, COV: Indication of coverup

Extra Data: Country: “Great Britain and Ireland”, Credibility: “8”, Duration: “1”, HatchDesc: “W/DORKING,SURREY:SLVR CGR >>SE UNDER NOSE/PORTUGUESE AIRLINER:/r139 #1p72”, LatLong: “51.233336 -0.416667”, LatLongDMS: “51:14:00 N 00:25:00 W”, Locale: “Metropolis”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “England”, Strangeness: “7”

Event 17188 (4F33A608)

Date: 5/24/1955
Time: 19:50
Location: LOVELAND, OH
Description: 4 saucers pass low over Ground Observer Corps (GOC) post. 2 Ground Observer Corps (GOC) run. Jets scramble / local papers.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO’s a HISTORY-1955 (3 booklets) Self published. (Index 171)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_4616

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

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “8”, Duration: “30”, Elev: “178”, HatchDesc: “LOVELAND,OH:4 SCRS PASS LO OVR GOC POST:2 GOC RUN:JETS SCRAMBLE/LOCAL PAPERS”, LatLong: “39.261113 -84.261115”, LatLongDMS: “39:15:40 N 84:15:40 W”, Locale: “Town & City”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Ohio”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 17189 (6A8C3CC2)

Date: 5/24/1955
Locations: Loveland, Ohio; Columbus Filter Center
Description: 7:48 p.m. GOC spotter Charlotte Whitecotton and another woman at Loveland, Ohio, watch four UFOs in formation pass low over their enclosure, then zoom to the north. They report the incident to the Columbus Filter Center.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Loren E. Gross, The Fifth Horseman of the Apocalypse: UFOs, a History: 1955 January–June, The Author, 1992, p. 71; Isabel Davis and Ted Bloecher, Close Encounter at Kelly and Others of 1955, CUFOS, 1978, pp. 145–146
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_2715

Event 17190 (6D2BDF02)

Date: 5/25/1955
Time: 03:30
Location: BRANCH HILLS, OH
Description: 1 observer. 3 small humanoids (or Greys) / roadside / sparkling tool. Possible missing time. / r41p468.
Type: sighting
Reference: STRINGFIELD, Leonard: SITUATION RED - The UFO Siege. Fawcett Crest, NY 1977 (Index 115)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_4617

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, NFO: No craft seen, OID: Humanoid: Small alien or “Grey”, MST: Missing time or time anomaly, MIL: Military investigation, BBK: Project BLUEBOOK

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “6”, Duration: “12”, Elev: “174”, HatchDesc: “BRANCH HILLS,OH:1 OBS:3 OIDS/ROADSIDE/SPARKLING TOOL:POSS.MST:/r41p468”, LatLong: “39.238891 -84.277782”, LatLongDMS: “39:14:20 N 84:16:40 W”, Locale: “Pasture”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Ohio”, Strangeness: “10”

Event 17191 (E86D47A9)

Date: 5/25/1955
Time: 22:20
Location: LONDON, ENGL
Description: Luminous/glowing saucer-cylinder/cigar-shape buzzes B17+airline(s)/airliner. Fast 180 turns. Going quickly southwest. / APRO v4#1+/ r139#4.
Type: sighting
Reference: FLYING SAUCER REVIEW (FSR), London. Bimonthly. PO Box 162; High Wycombe, Bucks. HP135 DZ, England. (Index 15)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_4618

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

Extra Data: Country: “Great Britain and Ireland”, Credibility: “7”, Duration: “2”, HatchDesc: "LONDON,ENGL:LUMn SCR-CGR BUZZES B17+AL:FAST 180 TURNS:>>SW:/APRO v4#1+/r139#4 ", LatLong: “51.466669 -0.100000”, LatLongDMS: “51:28:00 N 00:06:00 W”, Locale: “Metropolis”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “England”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 17192 (07D52C5E)

Date: 5/25/1955
Location: Alexandra Park, London, UK
Description: Circular, luminous object approached B-47, quickly reversed direction and shot away. [UFOE, II] (NICAP: 11 - Aviation Cases)
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_1837

Event 17193 (FA06C328)

Date: 5/25/1955
Locations: Loveland-Madeira Road; Branch Hill area of Loveland, Ohio; Hopewell Road intersection
Description: Around 3:30 a.m. Robert Hunnicut is driving along the Loveland-Madeira Road in the Branch Hill area of Loveland, Ohio. At the Hopewell Road intersection, his headlights illuminate three short figures kneeling next to the road. They are grayish humanoids with a wide slit for a mouth, an indistinct nose, and normal eyes without eyebrows. The heads are hairless with prominent wrinkles on the forehead. They are wearing one-piece grayish garments. One arm seems longer than the other and the upper torso is lopsided. One of the figures is holding a rod emitting blue-white sparks. Hunnicut gets out of the car and walks towards them. They look towards him and there is a 3-minute standoff. Hunnicut goes to the police station and returns with Police Chief John K. Fritz. No trace of anything is found.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Stringfield, 3-0 Blue, CRIFO, 1957, pp. 66–68; Stringfield, Situation Red, Fawcett Crest, 1977, pp. 115–116; Isabel Davis and Ted Bloecher, Close Encounter at Kelly and Others of 1955, CUFOS, 1978, pp. 138–148; Clark III 270; Rob Ryder, “On the Trail of the Loveland Frogman,” Fortean Times 361 (Christmas 2017): 38–41
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_2716

Event 17194 (357DFFF6)

Date: 5/25/1955
Description: Mr. Robert Hunnicutt was driving down a road in Branch Hill, Ohio at 3:30 a.m. when he saw three 3.5 foot tall hunchbacked gray entities by the side of the road. They had forehead folds, slit mouths, and lopsided chests. They were standing by the roadside as his car passed. Mr. Hunnicutt reported an odor like alfalfa and almonds. No UFO was seen.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: Isabel Davis, Close Encounter at Kelly and Others of 1955, p. 138; Richard H. Hall, Uninvited Guests, p. 60; David F. Webb & Ted Bloecher, HUMCAT: Catalogue of Humanoid Reports, case A0366; Leonard H. Stringfield, Situation Red: The UFO Siege, p. 115
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_3082

Event 17195 (96A86B49)

Date: 5/27/1955
Description: (Translated from French) 1st flight of the Caravelle. (May 27)
Reference: rr0 - Beau
Source: rr0, ID: rr0_1617

Event 17196 (E2E5D371)

Date: 5/27/1955
Description: (Translated from French) Observation of June 5th near Namur. See photo at images/1955-06-05_Namur_2.jpg.
Reference: rr0 - Beau
Source: rr0, ID: rr0_1618

Event 17197 (CA3ACFC1)

Date: 5/27/1955
Time: 13:00?
Location: ECCLESFIELD, YORKS
Description: Perfectly circular chrome disk going quickly northwest fast. Reflects sun. No further details.
Type: sighting
Reference: FLYING SAUCER REVIEW (FSR), London. Bimonthly. PO Box 162; High Wycombe, Bucks. HP135 DZ, England. (Index 15)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_4619

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

Extra Data: Country: “Great Britain and Ireland”, Credibility: “6”, Duration: “1”, Elev: “80”, HatchDesc: “ECCLESFIELD,YORKs:PERFECTLY CIRCULAR CHROME DISK >>NW FAST:REFLECTS SUN:NFD”, LatLong: “53.433336 -1.466667”, LatLongDMS: “53:26:00 N 01:28:00 W”, Locale: “Town & City”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “England”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 17198 (711E966E)

Date: 5/27/1955
Time: 23:00?
Location: PISCO, PERU
Description: Several / theodolite and air observer(s). 5 rhomboids circle airport / 2km altitude. / APRO 8’55.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO’s a HISTORY-1955 (3 booklets) Self published. (Index 453)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_4620

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, ODD: Atypical/Forteana/paranormal, DLT: Delta/vee/boomerang/rectangular shaped UFO, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), OBS: Observation/chasing vehicles, VEH: Vehicle affected: Marks/damage/EME effects, BLD: Building/man-made structure/roads/power lines, TCH: New technical details/clues

Extra Data: Country: “Peru”, Credibility: “10”, Duration: “120”, Elev: “13”, HatchDesc: “PISCO,PERU:SVRL/THEODOLITE+AIR OBS:5 RHOMBOIDS CCL AIRPORT/2km alt:/APRO 8’55”, LatLong: “-13.716667 -76.166670”, LatLongDMS: “13:43:00 S 76:10:00 W”, Locale: “Metropolis”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, RelAlt: “1000”, State/Prov: “ICA”, Strangeness: “8”

Event 17199 (318A9903)

Date: 5/27/1955
Description: A perfectly circular chrome disc flew over Ecclesfield, England at 1:00 p.m. at high speed. The disc reflected sunlight and went off toward the northwest.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: Larry Hatch, U computer database, case 4354
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_3113

Event 17200 (3DADBD12)

Date: 5/28/1955
Time: 20:50
Location: LUSAKA, NORTH RHODESIA
Description: Many observer(s). Night light changes color(s) and shapes going south. Returns. Maneuvers. / r90p147.
Type: sighting
Reference: FLYING SAUCER REVIEW (FSR), London. Bimonthly. PO Box 162; High Wycombe, Bucks. HP135 DZ, England. (Index 15)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_4621

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, MIL: Observer(s) military, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, HQO: High-quality observer(s), NWS: News media report, MID: Likely mis-identification, SCR: Classic saucer/disk/sphere shaped UFO, CIG: Torpedo/cigar/cylinder shaped UFO, DLT: Delta/vee/boomerang/rectangular shaped UFO, FBL: Fireball: Blazing undistinguished form/orb., NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s)

Extra Data: Country: “Zimbabwe & Zambia”, Credibility: “11”, Duration: “20”, HatchDesc: “LUSAKA,N.RHODESIA:MANY OBS:NLT CHANGES CLRS+SHAPES >S:RETURNS:MNVRS:/r90p147”, LatLong: “-15.416667 28.283335”, LatLongDMS: “15:25:00 S 28:17:00 E”, Locale: “Town & City”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “ZAM”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 17201 (2835A343)

Date: 5/29/1955 (approximate)
Time: 19:20
Location: SMITHFIELD / CAIRNS, AUS
Description: Night light lights entire area. Follows edge / swamp. Maneuvers. / LDLN#104.
Type: sighting
Reference: VALLEE, Jacques: PASSPORT TO MAGONIA; H. Regnery, Chicago HC 1969 & Contemporary Books,Chicago 1993. 372pp. (Index 363)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_4622

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CST: Observer(s) in coastal area/just offshore, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, NLT: Nightlights/points of light, PRB: Probe: Possibly remote controlled, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), OBS: Observation/chasing vehicles, VEG: Plants affected or sampled/crop circles, ANI: Animals affected or injuries/marks, LND: UFO landing or any part touches ground

Extra Data: Country: “Australia”, Credibility: “9”, Duration: “5”, HatchDesc: “SMITHFIELD/CAIRNS,AUS:NLT LITES ENTIRE AREA:FOLOS EDGE/SWAMP:MNVRS:/LDLN#104”, LatLong: “-17.166667 145.666674”, LatLongDMS: “17:10:00 S 145:40:00 E”, Locale: “Coastlands”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Queensland”, Strangeness: “7”

Event 17202 (1CE73B8E)

Date: 5/29/1955
Time: 1920
Location: Smithfield, near Cairns, Australia
Description: Approximate date. Three farmers, among them Thomas Robinson, saw a light growing in size for 2 min and flying between them and Mt. Williams. Looking like a “light airplane on fire,” it changed course, losing altitude and trailing flames. It touched the ground, lighting up the whole area, rose again, and began to “feel its way along the crooked edge of the cane field and the swamp toward our house.” It returned to earth four times. The dogs ran out barking as it landed within 100 m of the witnesses before taking off again.
Type: ufo sighting
Reference: UFO Bulletin Mar., 58 (Vallee)
Source: ValléeMagonia, ID: Magonia_363

Event 17203 (E1B2BE7E)

Date: 5/29/1955
Description: Five rhomboid-shaped objects circled the airport at Pisco, Peru at 11:00 p.m. They flew at one kilometer altitude, and were viewed through a theodolite.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: APRO Bulletin, August 1955; Richard F Haines, Project Delta: A Study of Multiple UFO, p. 122
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_3147

Event 17204 (2ABC169A)

Date: 5/31/1955
Time: 11:10
Location: PUY ST. GULMIER, PDD, FR
Description: 1.1M saucer flies / edge. Maneuvers over hedge. Filaments radiate.
Type: sighting
Reference: VALLEE, Jacques: PASSPORT TO MAGONIA; H. Regnery, Chicago HC 1969 & Contemporary Books,Chicago 1993. 372pp. (Index 364)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_4623

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, LND: UFO landing or any part touches ground, TCH: New technical details/clues

Extra Data: Country: “France”, Credibility: “6”, Duration: “1”, HatchDesc: “PUY St GULMIER,PDD,FR:1.1M SCR FLIES/EDGE:MNVRS OVR HEDGE:FILAMENTS RADIATE”, LatLong: “45.788891 2.594445”, LatLongDMS: “45:47:20 N 02:35:40 E”, Locale: “Farmlands”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Puy-de-Dôme”, Strangeness: “8”

Event 17205 (F6575877)

Date: 5/31/1955
Time: 1110
Location: Puy-Saint-Gulmier, France
Description: A farmer, 74-year-old J. B. Collange, was watching his cows on a clear, calm morning when he suddenly observed, in an easterly direction, a vertical circular object about 3 m away, the bottom edge about 30 cm from the ground. It measured about 1.10 m in diameter, was very luminous, white, but not blinding. Many filaments of various colors were radiating from the disk. Their length varied between 0.5 and 2 m. The object rose over a hedge and was lost to sight behind some woods.
Type: ufo sighting
Reference: Ouranos 14, 15, 22 (Vallee)
Source: ValléeMagonia, ID: Magonia_364

Event 17206 (619DAAD4)

Date: 5/31/1955
Description: At 11 o’clock in the morning on the farm of Messr. Coulange, in Puy St. Gulmier, France a 1.1 meter (5 feet) in diameter luminous white disc hovered vertically only a few meters away from the 74-year-old farmer, and only three meters from the ground. Many multi-colored filaments of light radiated from the UFO. The object rose up, went over the old man’s head, and flew out of sight behind some nearby woods.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: Jimmy Guieu, Flying Saucers Come from Another World, p. 253
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_3178

Event 17207 (DAABE598)

Date: 6/1955
Time: 01:00
Location: MUROS, SP
Description: Sailor zapped / blue light. Temporarily paralysis. Small humanoid (or Grey) on deck with hood and overalls.
Type: sighting
Reference: BALLESTER OLMOS, Vicente-Juan: CATALOG of 200 TYPE-1 EVENTS in SPAIN & PORTUGAL; CUFOS 1976. (Index 4)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_4624

Attributes: CST: Observer(s) in coastal area/just offshore, SEA: Observer(s) at sea, NFO: No craft seen, OID: Humanoid: Small alien or “Grey”, RAY: Odd light/searchlight/beam/laser-like, MST: Missing time or time anomaly, HUM: Humans affected: Injury/burns/marks/abduction/death

Extra Data: Country: “Spain”, Credibility: “8”, Duration: “10”, Elev: “0”, HatchDesc: "MUROS,SP:SAILOR ZAPPED/BLU LITE:TEMP.PARALYSIS:OID ON DECK W/HOOD+OVERALLS ", LatLong: “42.800002 -9.000000”, LatLongDMS: “42:48:00 N 09:00:00 W”, Locale: “Coastlands”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “LAC”, Strangeness: “9”

Event 17208 (8E116BE6)

Date: 6/1955
Description: James W. Moseley renames Nexus as Saucer News and it becomes a popular bimonthly UFO magazine.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Clark III 1032
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_2718

Event 17209 (67BEA1F6)

Date: 6/1955
Location: Cincinnati, Ohio
Description: Cincinnati, Ohio, businessman Thomas Eickhoff buys a copy of George Adamski’s Inside the Space Ships. Upset with Adamski’s statement that his space contacts can be corroborated, he takes steps to take him to federal court to make him prove his story or face fraud for using the US mail system to sell his book. Eickhoff’s lawyer brings in a government adviser who advises them to drop the lawsuit. Eickhoff’s efforts eventually bring a reply from a lawyer for CIA Director Allen Dulles, who says the problem is that Adamski could “prevent anyone from testifying in court concerning this book because maximum security exists concerning the subject of UFOs.” The lawyer says he would be subject to a countersuit.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Stringfield, Situation Red, Fawcett Crest, 1977, pp. 169–170; Good Above, pp. 341–342
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_2719

Event 17210 (7C1A9C0F)

Date: 6/1/1955
Time: 13:00?
Location: DINGLE, LIVERPOOL, ENG
Description: 2 observer(s). 3+1 very large silver saucers from sea going quickly east toward(s) Warrington.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO’s a HISTORY-1955 (3 booklets) Self published. (Index 174)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_4625

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: “1”, Elev: “2”, HatchDesc: “DINGLE,LIVERPOOL,ENG:2 OBS:3+1 VLARGE SLVR SCRS from SEA>>E twrd WARRINGTON”, LatLong: “53.438891 -2.955556”, LatLongDMS: “53:26:20 N 02:57:20 W”, Locale: “Residential”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “England”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 17211 (06153C61)

Date: 6/2/1955
Location: CATIA LA MARCH, VNZL
Description: Many observer(s). Huge fireball going down. Hovers / 10M. Windows. Going [to] along beach. / r139#1p74.
Type: sighting
Reference: The APRO BULLETIN: Monthly. Jim & Coral Lorenzen: Tucson,AZ (USA. defunct) By volume and number. (Index 668)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_4626

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, FBL: Fireball: Blazing undistinguished form/orb., NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), OBS: Observation/chasing vehicles, DRT: Dirt/soil traces/marks/footprints etc.

Extra Data: Country: “Venezuela”, Credibility: “11”, Duration: “5”, Elev: “82”, HatchDesc: “CATIA la MAR,VNZL:MANY OBS:HUGE FBL ↓:HVRS/10M:WINDOWS:>ALONG BEACH:/r139#1p74”, LatLong: “10.600001 -67.033337”, LatLongDMS: “10:36:00 N 67:02:00 W”, Locale: “Coastlands”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, RelAlt: “10”, State/Prov: “DF”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 17212 (9B1F237B)

Date: 6/2/1955
Description: A huge luminous sphere hovered at ten meters over the beach at Catia La Mar, Venezuela and then flew along the beach.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: APRO Bulletin, August 1955
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_3223

Event 17213 (80744E36)

Date: 6/4/1955
Location: Melville Sound, Canada
Description: Radar-visual; RB-47 tracks silver metallic object; movie footage.
Type: ufo sighting
Reference: UFOs and the National Security State: Chronology of a Cover-up, 1941–1973, by Richard Dolan
Source: Dolan, ID: Dolan_193

Event 17214 (8D113779)

Date: 6/4/1955
Location: MELVILLE SOUND, NWT, CND
Description: NSA RB47 RADAR-visual (observation)-Pht / saucer / 9 min. Near North magnetic pole.
Type: sighting
Reference: GOOD, Timothy: ABOVE TOP SECRET; Sidgewick & Jackson, London 1987 & Quill Books, 1988. 592pp. (Index 285)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_4627

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), PHT: Photos/movies/videos taken, RDR: Radar traces/blips, GSA: Covert Security Agency

Extra Data: Country: “Canada”, Credibility: “10”, Duration: “10”, Elev: “0”, HatchDesc: “MELVILLE SOUND,NWT,CND:NSA RB47 RDR-VIS-PHT/SCR/9 MIN:NR North MAGNETIC POLE.”, LatLong: “74.000004 -105.000005”, LatLongDMS: “74:00:00 N 105:00:00 W”, Locale: “Offshore”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Northwest Territories”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 17215 (DDD07173)

Date: 6/4/1955
Time: 02:50
Location: PARKER, AZ
Description: USAF T33 pilot. Yellow-white-red object hovers still. Suddenly vanishes. Type unknown.
Type: sighting
Reference: WEINSTEIN, Dominique; UAP: 80 Years of Pilot Sightings Privately published. 7 avenue Bartholome. 75015 Paris, FRANCE. (Index 37)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_4628

Attributes: AIR: Observer(s) on aircraft, MIL: Observer(s) military, NLT: Nightlights/points of light, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s)

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “7”, Duration: “1”, Elev: “500”, HatchDesc: “PARKER,AZ:USAF T33 PILOT:YLW-WHT-RED OBJ HVRS STILL:SUDDENLY VANISHES:type unk”, LatLong: “34.150002 -114.283339”, LatLongDMS: “34:09:00 N 114:17:00 W”, Locale: “Metropolis”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Arizona”, Strangeness: “3”

Event 17216 (A3FBD1D0)

Date: 6/4/1955
Location: Parker, AZ
Description: Two Sightings From T-33 / Magnetic Variations Reported (NICAP: 11 - Aviation Cases, Code: A, Rating: 5, BB: BBU)
Reference: NICAP: 550604
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_1838

Event 17217 (D3AF308A)

Date: 6/4/1955
Location: Melville Sound, Nunavut, Canada
Description: A Boeing RB-47 reconnaissance aircraft of the Air Force Special Security Service (air arm of NSA?) tracks an unknown object visually and by radar for 9 minutes near Melville Sound, Nunavut, Canada. The crew chief describes it as “glistening silver metallic.” The crew obtains gun camera film, but of poor quality. The object speeds off to the north.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Good Above, p. 285; Sparks, p. 226
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_2720

Event 17218 (BF5484F0)

Date: 6/4/1955
Description: Over the Melville Sound in the Northwest Territories of Canada, a National Security Agency RB-47 jet bomber, newly re-fitted for aerial electronic surveillance, made radar and visual contact with a disc-shaped UFO for 9 minutes. This encounter occurred in 1955 near the north magnetic pole.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: Larry Hatch, U computer database, case #4362; Richard M. Dolan, UFO’s and the National Security State: Chronology of a Cover-up 1941-1973, p. 408
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_3268

Event 17219 (F3046CED)

Date: 6/5/1955
Location: BELGIUM, Namur, St Marc)
Description: (Translated from French) Lenticular flying object photographed, very bright underneath, rounded dark top. (Jacques POTTIER: “Les Soucoupes Volantes” - DE VECCHI - 1974 - p. 24) Mr. Muyldermans takes 3 photographs of a silver-gray UFO, of a disc-like appearance: the first photo shows an object in the sky, the second reveals a large condensation trail while the UFO is moving through it, the third shows the object moving away, leaving behind a small luminous trail. (Inforespace n° 11, p. 4) the photos are published in (J. Allen HYNEK and Jacques VALLEE: “Aux limites de la réalité” - ed. Albin Michel 1978, p 144) and (June 5, 1955)
Reference: A. SCHNEIDER-H. MALTHANER: “Le dossier secret des OVNI”, ed. De Vecchi, 1978, p.167
Reference: Mini catalogue chronologique des observations OVNI, by Godelieve Van Overmeire
Source: Overmeire, ID: Overmeire_1991

Event 17220 (411C9B71)

Date: 6/5/1955 (approximate)
Time: 07:20
Location: NEW ULM, MN
Description: Saucer spirals out of storm cloud. See DWG. Oval windows / dome. Good view.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO’s a HISTORY-1955 (3 booklets) Self published. (Index 455)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_4629

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: “308”, HatchDesc: "NEW ULM,MN:SCR SPIRALS OUT OF STORM CLOUD:SEE DWG:OVAL WINDOWS/DOME:GOOD VIEW ", LatLong: “44.300002 -94.450005”, LatLongDMS: “44:18:00 N 94:27:00 W”, Locale: “Residential”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Minnesota”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 17221 (9079CA12)

Date: 6/5/1955
Time: 16:00
Location: OFF NORTH HOLLAND
Description: UK trawler crew. Silver disk / 3km altitude. Crosses sky / 5 minutes. “No plane”.
Type: sighting
Reference: FLYING SAUCER REVIEW (FSR), London. Bimonthly. PO Box 162; High Wycombe, Bucks. HP135 DZ, England. (Index 15)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_4630

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: “Atlantic Ocean + islands”, Credibility: “8”, Duration: “5”, HatchDesc: “off N.HOLLAND:UK TRAWLER CREW:SLVR DISK/3km alt:CROSSES SKY/5 mins:“no plane””, LatLong: “53.583336 5.166667”, LatLongDMS: “53:35:00 N 05:10:00 E”, Locale: “Offshore”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “NSE”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 17222 (E9ECA528)

Date: 6/5/1955
Time: ~19:30
Location: NAMUR, BELGIUM
Description: Classic saucer / 1.5km altitude. Photographs pass fake tests. / r219p10+/ Flying Saucer Review (FSR) v7#1.
Type: sighting
Reference: VALLEE, Jacques: CHALLENGE to SCIENCE, The UFO ENIGMA; Henry Regnery 1966 & Ballentine Books, NY 1974. PB (Index 156)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_4631

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), PHT: Photos/movies/videos taken

Extra Data: Country: “Belgium, Netherlandsand Luxembourg”, Credibility: “10”, Duration: “6”, HatchDesc: “NAMUR,BELG:CLASSIC SCR/1.5km alt:FOTOS PASS FAKE TESTS:/r219p10+/FSR v7#1”, LatLong: “50.483336 4.916667”, LatLongDMS: “50:29:00 N 04:55:00 E”, Locale: “Town & City”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Belgium”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 17223 (709D4A4E)

Date: 6/5/1955
Location: Namur, Belgium
Description: Namur, Belgium (images) (NICAP: 08 - Photographic Cases)
Reference: NICAP: 550605
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_1839

Event 17224 (44B6A18B)

Date: 6/5/1955
Locations: Saint-Marc; Namur; Belgium
Description: 7:30 p.m. François-Gilbert Muyldermans is cycling on a deserted road near Saint-Marc, near Namur, Belgium, when he sees a bright disc moving at a high speed at an altitude of around 4,900 feet. He takes out his camera and snaps a photo. The object descends, then rises again emitting a cloud of white smoke. He takes two more photos. Anomalies in the blurred grain, inconsistencies in orientation, and the circumstances by which the story entered UFO lore suggest a deliberate hoax, perhaps with the help of a journalist.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: “A ‘Classic’ from Belgium,” BUFORA Journal 4, no. 12 (March/April 1976): 12–13; Vicente-Juan Ballester Olmos and Wim van Utrecht, Belgium in UFO Photographs, Volume 1 (1950–1988), FOTOCAT Report no. 7, 2017, pp. 38–69
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_2721

Event 17225 (D735DB06)

Date: 6/5/1955
Description: In 1955 a British fishing trawler crew spotted a silver daylight disc flying over the North Sea off the coast of Holland at 7:30 p.m. It flew at an estimated 3000 meters altitude, and crossed the sky in five minutes. It was definitely “not a plane,” according to the witnesses. At the same time, a sequence of three photographs were taken in St. Marc, Belgium showing a convex, lens-shaped disc object in front of some clouds. The object had a bright bottom and dark, shadowed top. Motion is implied by the different angles in the photos. The UFO was seen low nearby the witness’s car.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: Larry Hatch, U computer database, case 4364; Jacques Bonabot, Catalogue of Belgian UFO Cases, case #77
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_3293

Event 17226 (1BA3CE88)

Date: 6/6/1955
Location: City not noted, NM
Description: Three unusual green fire balls; heavy radio and TV disturbance reported (NICAP: 03 - EME Cases, NC)
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_1840

Event 17227 (188B5331)

Date: 6/7/1955
Location: Elison AFB, AK
Description: RB-47 tracks UFO on radar; experiences radar jamming.
Type: ufo sighting
Reference: UFOs and the National Security State: Chronology of a Cover-up, 1941–1973, by Richard Dolan
Source: Dolan, ID: Dolan_194

Event 17228 (BCB5849E)

Date: 6/7/1955
Location: SOUTHEAST / BANKS I, NWT, CND
Description: NSA RB47 ELINT jet / Eilson Air Force Base gets small square RADAR blip. P286.
Type: sighting
Reference: GOOD, Timothy: ABOVE TOP SECRET; Sidgewick & Jackson, London 1987 & Quill Books, 1988. 592pp. (Index 286)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_4632

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), DLT: Delta/vee/boomerang/rectangular shaped UFO, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), RDR: Radar traces/blips, TCH: New technical details/clues, GSA: Covert Security Agency

Extra Data: Country: “Canada”, Credibility: “8”, Duration: “3”, Elev: “0”, HatchDesc: “SE/BANKS I,NWT,CND:NSA RB47 ELINT JET/EILSON AFB GETS SMALL SQR RDR BLIP:p286”, LatLong: “70.083337 -120.000006”, LatLongDMS: “70:05:00 N 120:00:00 W”, Locale: “Town & City”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Northwest Territories”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 17229 (B43D4AC0)

Date: 6/7/1955
Locations: Eielson AFB, Fairbanks, Alaska; Banks Island, Northwest Territories, Canada
Description: An RB-47 en route to Eielson AFB, Fairbanks, Alaska, registers an electronic contact southeast of Banks Island, Northwest Territories, Canada, at 10,500 feet range. The radar return is small and rectangular.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Good Above, p. 286; Sparks, p. 227
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_2722

Event 17230 (F6D3F13D)

Date: 6/9/1955
Time: 21:30
Location: ENID, OK
Description: Several observer(s). Bright saucer swoops / various directions and cuts fancy turns.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO’s a HISTORY-1955 (3 booklets) Self published. (Index 175)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_4633

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: “10”, Elev: “374”, HatchDesc: “ENID,OK:SVRL OBS:BRITE SCR SWOOPS/VARIOUS DIRECTIONS+CUTS FANCY TURNS:”, LatLong: “36.400002 -97.877782”, LatLongDMS: “36:24:00 N 97:52:40 W”, Locale: “Town & City”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Oklahoma”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 17231 (95176275)

Date: 6/10/1955
Location: US
Description: Science fiction movie “This Island Earth” is released. A group of scientists receive special materials that are technologically more sophisticated than anything available at the time from a secret research group.
Type: movie
Reference: Wikipedia
Source: Maj2, ID: Maj2_553

Event 17232 (D19AD105)

Date: 6/10/1955
Time: 20:00
Location: PETARE, VNZ
Description: Family. 5 ovoids going down / hillside. Smoke and beams. Figure(s) move inside. Going quickly east. / r139.
Type: sighting
Reference: The APRO BULLETIN: Monthly. Jim & Coral Lorenzen: Tucson,AZ (USA. defunct) By volume and number. (Index 668)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_4634

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, OBS: Observation/chasing vehicles, RAY: Odd light/searchlight/beam/laser-like, LND: UFO landing or any part touches ground

Extra Data: Country: “Venezuela”, Credibility: “8”, Duration: “10”, Elev: “890”, HatchDesc: “PETARE,VNZ:FAMILY:5 OVOIDS ↓/HILLSIDE:SMOKE+BEAMS:FIGs MOVE INSIDE:>>E:/r139”, LatLong: “10.466667 -66.800003”, LatLongDMS: “10:28:00 N 66:48:00 W”, Locale: “Residential”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “MRN”, Strangeness: “8”

Event 17233 (D0CDF84E)

Date: 6/10/1955
Description: In Petare, Venezuela five ovoid objects descended on a hillside. They emitted smoke or fog and beams of light. Figures could be seen moving around inside the haze. The objects took off flying to the east.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: APRO Bulletin, August 1955
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_3406

Event 17234 (0E210AE1)

Date: 6/12/1955
Location: OFF KIGOMA, TANZANIA
Description: Several observer(s). Silver sphere/orb/globe going north. Stops over bay / 5 minute(s). Going quickly west into cloud.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO’s a HISTORY-1955 (3 booklets) Self published. (Index 176)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_4635

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: “Tanzania”, Credibility: “9”, Duration: “6”, HatchDesc: “off KIGOMA,TANZANIA:SVRL OBS:SLVR ORB > N:STOPS OVR BAY/5min:>>W INTO CLOUD”, LatLong: “-4.866667 29.600001”, LatLongDMS: “04:52:00 S 29:36:00 E”, Locale: “Wetlands”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “SEA”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 17235 (F18E4792)

Date: 6/13/1955
Location: Navy Department at the Pentagon
Description: Frank Edwards travels with a TV film producer to the Navy Department at the Pentagon and asks for some unclassified photos of rockets. When the Navy learns that Edwards wants to show them on TV during a panel discussion on UFOs, the office refuses to cooperate.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Keyhoe, [FS Conspiracy](

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http://www.nicap.org/books/fsc/flying-saucer-conspiracy.pdf), p. 269
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_2723

Event 17236 (826FD1CA)

Date: 6/15/1955
Time: 14:00?
Location: BRYAN, TX
Description: Airport/apartment tower. Cylinder/cylindrical object makes 3 30 second(s) passes / 10 minute(s) intervals. 500mph. See Dallas.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO’s a HISTORY-1955 (3 booklets) Self published. (Index 177)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_4636

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, MIL: Observer(s) military, WAV: Wave/cluster/flap, 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: “84”, HatchDesc: “BRYAN,TX:APT TOWER:CYL MAKES 3 30sec PASSES/10min INTERVALS:500mph:SEE DALLAS”, LatLong: “30.633335 -96.372227”, LatLongDMS: “30:38:00 N 96:22:20 W”, Locale: “Town & City”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Texas”, Strangeness: “8”

Event 17237 (AC50E448)

Date: 6/15/1955
Time: 21:50
Location: ANITA, IA
Description: Blue and white glowing cylinder/cigar-shape at 500-1000’ altitude. Red “jet”. Soft hissing sounds (made by UFO’s). Project Bluebook Case #unknown.
Type: sighting
Reference: VALLEE, Jacques: UFO’S IN SPACE - Anatomy of a Phenomenon; Henry Regnery 1966 & Ballentine PB 1974 294pp. (Index 141)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_4637

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

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “6”, Duration: “1”, Elev: “381”, HatchDesc: “ANITA,IA:BLU+WHT GLOWING CGR @500-1000’ ALT:RED “JET”:SOFT HISSING SND:BBK#UNK”, LatLong: “41.450002 -94.766671”, LatLongDMS: “41:27:00 N 94:46:00 W”, Locale: “Farmlands”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Iowa”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 17238 (F72BA77A)

Date: 6/15/1955
Description: A cigar-shaped craft zoomed over the town of Anita, Iowa at an altitude under 1000 feet at 9:47 p.m. It was luminous with a white and blue glow, and red exhaust. It made a hissing sound. The file on the case is missing from the US Air Force records.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: Project Blue Book files counted in official statistics, June 1955; Jacques Vallee, Anatomy of a Phenomenon, p. 103
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_3496

Event 17239 (64C5598A)

Date: 6/16/1955
Location: EASTERN USA
Description: Many and dozens / pilots. UFO’s over very wide area. Jets scramble all over.
Type: sighting
Reference: HALL, Richard: The UFO EVIDENCE; NICAP,Washington, DC 1964. Reprinted 1997 Barnes & Noble Books ( only $7.98! ) (Index 22)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_4638

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CST: Observer(s) in coastal area/just offshore, SEA: Observer(s) at sea, AIR: Observer(s) on aircraft, MIL: Observer(s) military, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, HQO: High-quality observer(s), NWS: News media report, 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)

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “11”, Duration: “120”, Elev: “100”, HatchDesc: “EASTERN USA:MANY+DOZENS/PILOTS:UFOs OVR VERY WIDE AREA:JETS SCRAMBLE ALL OVER”, LatLong: “40.000002 -74.000004”, LatLongDMS: “40:00:00 N 74:00:00 W”, Locale: “Coastlands”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “???”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 17240 (FB708F80)

Date: 6/16/1955
Time: 23:00
Location: 40 MI NORTHEAST / SPRINGFIELD, MO
Description: Blue-white saucer circles flying-tiger plane. Tilts up and away.
Type: sighting
Reference: KEHOE, Donald: The FLYING SAUCER CONSPIRACY; Henry Holt, NY 1955; HC (Index 270)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_4639

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

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “8”, Duration: “1”, Elev: “393”, HatchDesc: “40mi NE/SPRINGFIELD,MO:BLU-WHT SCR CIRCLES FLYING-TIGER PLANE:TILTS UP+AWAY”, LatLong: “37.633335 -92.816671”, LatLongDMS: “37:38:00 N 92:49:00 W”, Locale: “Metropolis”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Missouri”, Strangeness: “7”

Event 17241 (572BE11A)

Date: 6/17/1955
Time: 14:20
Location: ADELAIDE, SOUTH AUSTR
Description: 1 / (seen thru) binoculars. Silver Oblong object hovers. Hides / clouds when plane nears.
Type: sighting
Reference: HALL, Richard: The UFO EVIDENCE; NICAP,Washington, DC 1964. Reprinted 1997 Barnes & Noble Books ( only $7.98! ) (Index 146)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_4640

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), OBS: Observation/chasing vehicles, CMF: Camouflage/disguise

Extra Data: Country: “Australia”, Credibility: “7”, Duration: “3”, HatchDesc: “ADELAIDE,S.AUSTR:1/BINOCs:SLVR OBLONG OBJ HVRs:HIDES/CLOUDS WHEN PLANE NEARS”, LatLong: “-34.916668 138.616673”, LatLongDMS: “34:55:00 S 138:37:00 E”, Locale: “Coastlands”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “South Australia”, Strangeness: “7”

Event 17242 (3889AEF6)

Date: 6/17/1955
Location: Adelaide (near), AU
Description: Silver oblong UFO viewed through binoculars; hovered; moved away behind clouds as an aircraft neared. [UFOE, XII] (NICAP: 01 - Distant Encounters)
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_1841

Event 17243 (ACF79CBC)

Date: 6/17/1955
Description: In 1955 a silver, oblong object hovered over Adelaide, South Australia at 2:15 p.m. The object was viewed through binoculars, and was seen to hide in some clouds when a plane approached.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: Richard Hall, The UFO Evidence, Volume I, p. 135
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_3527

Event 17244 (361BF0CE)

Date: 6/20/1955
Time: 22:10
Location: DALLAS, TX
Description: 2 observer(s). Red saucer makes 3 90 second(s) passes / 10 minute(s) intervals. See Bryan, TX.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO’s a HISTORY-1955 (3 booklets) Self published. (Index 177)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_4641

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), TCH: New technical details/clues

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “7”, Duration: “30”, Elev: “140”, HatchDesc: “DALLAS,TX:2 OBS:RED SCR MAKES 3 90sec PASSES/10min INTERVALS:SEE BRYAN,TX”, LatLong: “32.783335 -96.800005”, LatLongDMS: “32:47:00 N 96:48:00 W”, Locale: “Residential”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Texas”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 17245 (D9DEEDF0)

Date: Summer 1955
Location: Hârşeni, Romania
Description: 12:30 a.m. Dumitru Coca watches a strange object emitting a ring of white sparks at an altitude of 3,000 feet above Hârşeni, Romania. It is blue with white stripes and flying noiselessly at high speed. He watches it for 3 minutes.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Hobana and Weverberh 229–230; Romania 11
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_2717

Event 17246 (9F3C13BC)

Date: 6/23/1955
Time: 12:20
Location: ALBANY, NY
Description: 3 airline(s)/airliner crews and Air Traffic Controllers and Boston RADAR. Saucer / 4 windows. 4500MPH. 3500’ altitude. / r37p143.
Type: sighting
Reference: UFO INVESTIGATOR: NICAP: Kensington, MD & Washington, DC [defunct]. University Microfilms, Ann Arbor, MI 48106 (Index 57)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_4642

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, AIR: Observer(s) on aircraft, MIL: Observer(s) military, HQO: High-quality observer(s), SCR: Classic saucer/disk/sphere shaped UFO, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), RDR: Radar traces/blips, MIL: Military investigation, BBK: Project BLUEBOOK, GSA: Covert Security Agency, OGA: Non-Covert Government Agencies

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “10”, Duration: “30”, Elev: “64”, HatchDesc: “ALBANY,NY:3 AL CREWS+ATCs+BOSTON RDR:SCR/4 WINDOWS:4500MPH:3500’alt:/r37p143”, LatLong: “42.650002 -73.750004”, LatLongDMS: “42:39:00 N 73:45:00 W”, Locale: “Metropolis”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, RelAlt: “1066”, State/Prov: “New York”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 17247 (A96C6D14)

Date: 6/23/1955
Location: Utica, NY / Boston, MA, Various
Description: 150’ Object Passes Over DC-3 Crew From Behind (NICAP: 09 - RADAR Cases, Code: R, Rating: 5)
Reference: NICAP: 550623
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_1842

Event 17248 (155E8F78)

Date: 6/23/1955
Locations: Utica, New York; Albany; Boston
Description: 12:15 p.m. A Mohawk Airlines DC-3 is cruising at 3,000 feet in good daylight visibility about 15 miles east of Utica, New York, on a heading to Albany. Both pilot and copilot see an object come over the top of the aircraft from behind, an estimated 500 feet above their altitude. They estimate the length of the object at about 150 feet. It is described as “light gray, almost round, with a center line Beneath the line there were several (at least four) windows which emitted a bright blue-green light. It was not rotating but went straight. [The lights] seemed to change color slightly from greenish to bluish or vice versa [as the object receded]. A few minutes after it went out of sight, two other aircraft (one, a Colonial DC-3, the other I did not catch the number) reported that they saw it and wondered if anyone else had seen it. The Albany control tower also reported that they had seen an object go by on Victor-2 [airway]. As we approached Albany, we overheard that Boston radar had also tracked an object along Victor-2, passing Boston.”
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: NICAP, “150ʹ Object Passes over DC-3 Crew from Behind”; Condon, p. 143
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_2724

Event 17249 (207D09A7)

Date: 6/25/1955
Location: Hillcrest Heights, Maryland
Description: 10:45 p.m. Two civilian and two military witnesses see a yellow, shining sphere with a trail 4–5 times its length over Hillcrest Heights, Maryland. It appears to oscillate in the air, stops, oscillates again, then finally moves away at high speed. It travels nearly overhead and then is lost in the sky at a 45° elevation. It is visible for 7 minutes.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Michael D. Swords, “Air Force UFO Investigations in the Mid-1950s,” IUR 29, no. 3 (Fall 2004): 8– 10
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_2725

Event 17250 (E53DB10D)

Date: Late 6/1955
Alternate date: Early 7/1955
Locations: Little Miami River; Loveland, Ohio
Description: Early evening. A 19-year-old Civil Defense worker named Carlos Flannigan is driving a truck across a bridge over the Little Miami River near Loveland, Ohio, when he notices 4 small figures about 3 feet high on the riverbank. A terrible smell hangs over the area. He only watches them for about 10 seconds then immediately drives to police headquarters to report the incident.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Isabel Davis and Ted Bloecher, Close Encounter at Kelly and Others of 1955, CUFOS, 1978, pp. 129–132; Patrick Gross, URECAT, February 14, 2008
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_2730

Event 17251 (2D39BA98)

Date: 6/26/1955
Location: HOLT, FL
Description: Several civil and military observer(s). Blue-white disc-UFO with 10-14 blinking lights.
Type: sighting
Reference: HYNEK, Dr. J. Allen: THE HYNEK UFO REPORT; Dell Publ., NY 1977. 298pp. (Index 45)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_4643

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: “9”, Duration: “2”, Elev: “61”, HatchDesc: “HOLT,FL:SVRL CIV+MIL OBS:BLU-WHT DISC-UFO W/10-14 BLINKING LITES.”, LatLong: “30.716668 -86.744449”, LatLongDMS: “30:43:00 N 86:44:40 W”, Locale: “Town & City”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Florida”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 17252 (73A0D91B)

Date: 6/26/1955
Location: WASHINGTON, DC
Description: Yellow-saucer / National airport/apartment. Lights electro-magnetic effect (EME). Spotlights quit when pointed at saucer!
Type: sighting
Reference: MICHEL, Aime: FLYING SAUCERS & the STRAIGHT LINE THEORY HB (hard to find) (Index 236)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_4644

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

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “10”, Duration: “7”, Elev: “9”, HatchDesc: “WASHINGTON,DC:YEL-SCR/NATL Apt:LITES EME:SPOTLITES QUIT WHEN POINTED at SCR!”, LatLong: “38.866669 -76.966670”, LatLongDMS: “38:52:00 N 76:58:00 W”, Locale: “Metropolis”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “WDC”, Strangeness: “7”

Event 17253 (08F77F84)

Date: 6/26/1955
Location: Washington, D.C.
Description: A brilliant round object with trail 4 or 5 times its own length approached National Airport, stopped, oscillated, and moved off at high speed. Ceiling lights at airport went out when object approached; returned to operation when UFO left. [UFOE, VIII, XII] (NICAP: 03 - EME Cases)
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_1843

Event 17254 (AB9A4C0F)

Date: 6/26/1955
Location: Holt, FL
Description: Civilian and military witnesees. (Hynek UFO Rpt p. 45) (NICAP: 01 - Distant Encounters, BB: BBU)
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_1844

Event 17255 (E590DAAB)

Date: 6/26/1955
Location: Holt, Florida
Description: Several civilian and military witnesses in Holt, Florida, see a disc with blinking lights.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Sparks, p. 227; Michael D. Swords, “Air Force UFO Investigations in the Mid-1950s,” IUR 29, no. 3 (Fall 2004): 10; Hynek UFO Report, p. 45
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_2726

Event 17256 (6210C0CD)

Date: 6/26/1955
Locations: National Airport in Washington, D.C.; Silver Hill Observatory in Hillcrest Heights, Maryland
Description: 10:45 p.m. A brilliant round object with a trail 4–5 times its own length approaches National Airport in Washington, D.C., stops, oscillates, and moves off at high speed. Ceiling lights at the airport go out when the object approaches and return to operation when the UFO leaves. Searchlights are trained on the object, but when they catch it in their beams, the searchlights go out. A check with the Silver Hill Observatory in Hillcrest Heights, Maryland, determined that a small weather balloon carrying a magnesium flare was released aboiut the same time as the visual sighting.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Aimé Michel, Straight-Line, p. 236; Schopick, p. 21; Loren E. Gross, The Fifth Horseman of the Apocalypse: UFOs, a History: 1955, January–June, The Author, 1992, pp. 84–85
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_2727

Event 17257 (5F79345D)

Date: 6/28/1955
Location: 15 MI NORTH / SAN ANTONIO, TX
Description: 2+observer(s). 2 / US281. 2 coin-shaped saucers going quickly east. High-altitude. No further details.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO’s a HISTORY-1955 (3 booklets) Self published. (Index 186)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_4645

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: “170”, HatchDesc: “15mi N/SAN ANTONIO,TX:2+OBS:2/US281:2 COIN-SHAPED SCRS >>E:HI-ALTITUDE:NFD”, LatLong: “29.633335 -98.494449”, LatLongDMS: “29:38:00 N 98:29:40 W”, Locale: “Pasture”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Texas”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 17258 (4FFE806A)

Date: 6/29/1955
Location: Congress
Description: The Second Hoover Commission presents its final report to Congress on streamlining procedures in the executive branch. Gen. Mark W. Clark, heading the commission’s task force on intelligence, notes the CIA’s lack of accountability and recommends establishing an intelligence oversight committee.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Wikipedia, “Hoover Commission”; Richard A. Best Jr. and Herbert Andrew Boerstling, “Proposals for Intelligence Reorganization, 1949–1996,” Report to the US House Select Committee on Intelligence, Congressional Research Service, February 28, 1996, pp. 9–10
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_2728

Event 17259 (169DAE0A)

Date: 6/30/1955
Time: ~10:00
Location: NEAR PANTELLERIA ISLAND, ITALY
Description: Different tanker crews. Cylinder/cigar-shape / 7K’ altitude / 16 minute(s). Strong beams / light.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO’s a HISTORY-1955 (3 booklets) Self published. (Index 186)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_4646

Attributes: CST: Observer(s) in coastal area/just offshore, SEA: Observer(s) at sea, 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, MIL: Military investigation, BBK: Project BLUEBOOK

Extra Data: Country: “Italy”, Credibility: “12”, Duration: “16”, Elev: “0”, HatchDesc: “nr PANTELLERIA ISL,ITALY:DIFF.TANKER CREWS:CGR/7K’alt/16min:STRONG BEAMS/LITE:”, LatLong: “36.777780 12.000001”, LatLongDMS: “36:46:40 N 12:00:00 E”, Locale: “High Seas”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “PNT”, Strangeness: “7”

Event 17260 (6EF4413D)

Date: 6/30/1955
Description: The 4602nd AISS reports that of its 194 preliminary UFO reports for 1955, it has made 23 field investigations and has 25 unsolved reports, or an unknown rate of 13%. Going back to August 12, 1954, and removing cases of insufficient evidence, the percentage of unknowns is lower: 23 unknowns from 306 reports, or about 7.5%. In reality, however, none of these numbers mean much; they reflect the creativity and audacity of the explainers at ADC and ATIC.
Reference: Eberhart
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_2729

Event 17261 (C28CAF65)

Date: 6/30/1955
Description: A tanker crew in a vessel near Pantelleria Island off the coast of Sicily in the Mediterranean Sea, at around ten o’clock in the morning, sighted a cigar-shaped object at 7,000 feet altitude, emitting strong beams of light. The crew watched it for more than 16 minutes.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: Loren E. Gross, The Fifth Horseman of the Apocalypse: UFOs: A History. 1955: January-June, p. 86
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_3742

Event 17262 (F91CAF02)

Date: 7/1955
Location: AUSTRALIA, near Eucla
Description: (Translated from French) Three young people arrive in Melbourne with what they say is a photo of an entity. A bright object had fallen from the sky. They searched and found chipped, shining metal pieces and 50 meters in front of them, there was a moving silhouette. From behind it looked like a toad, and from the front it seemed humanoid. Some sort of green slime hung from its knees. Its feet and hands seemed to be covered in a sheet metal armor. Photos would have (would have, this conditional deserves special attention…) been taken just before the thing disintegrated in front of their eyes. (July 1955)
Reference: “Daily Telegraph” Aug 2 1955 - Keith Basterfield
Reference: Mini catalogue chronologique des observations OVNI, by Godelieve Van Overmeire
Source: Overmeire, ID: Overmeire_1993

Event 17263 (876D9598)

Date: 7/1955
Description: (Translated from French) Drawing of the observation of July 3. See photo at images/DESSINDSTOCK.jpg.
Reference: rr0 - Beau
Source: rr0, ID: rr0_1619

Event 17264 (A17647B8)

Date: 7/1955
Description: (Translated from French) The work of the “Ranch” at Groom Lake is completed and cost 800000 $. It consists of 3 hangars, a control tower, the mess hall, a runway, and many mobile homes.
Reference: Rich 1994
Reference: rr0 - Beau
Source: rr0, ID: rr0_1620

Event 17265 (EC8FDF41)

Date: 7/1955
Location: Pepperell AFB, Canada
Description: Approx. date. Forty-nine-minute radar/visual of UFO; CIA report.
Type: ufo sighting
Reference: UFOs and the National Security State: Chronology of a Cover-up, 1941–1973, by Richard Dolan
Source: Dolan, ID: Dolan_195

Event 17266 (9403F023)

Date: 7/1955
Time: 06:00
Location: VASTERNORRLAND, SWD
Description: Woodsmen. Cylinder/cigar-shape crashes. Small humanoid (or Grey) / ground badly injured. Converses. Dies.
Type: sighting
Reference: Periodical: UFO-NORWAY NEWS (Norway, in English) No. 1 1989. Mentz Kaarbo ed. PO Box 14; N-3133 DUKEN,Norway. 1-2 issues/year
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_4647

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, CNT: Contactee related, CIG: Torpedo/cigar/cylinder shaped UFO, OID: Humanoid: Small alien or “Grey”, LND: UFO landing or any part touches ground, INJ: Injuries, illness/death, mutilations, SND: UFO sounds heard or recorded

Extra Data: Country: “Scandanavian and Finland”, Credibility: “4”, Duration: “30”, HatchDesc: “VASTERNORRLAND,SWD:WOODSMEN:CGR CRASHES:OID/GND BADLY INJURED:CONVERSES:DIES”, LatLong: “63.500003 18.000001”, LatLongDMS: “63:30:00 N 18:00:00 E”, Locale: “Forest”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Sweden”, Strangeness: “9”

Event 17267 (1C614A23)

Date: 7/1955
Location: In air over S. Alabama, AL
Description: Col. Coleman Case / Chases UFO At Low Altitude (NICAP: 11 - Aviation Cases, Code: A, Rating: 5)
Reference: NICAP: 550700
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_1845

Event 17268 (99675D96)

Date: 7/1955
Locations: Groom Lake base in Nevada; Area 51
Description: Construction of the Groom Lake base in Nevada is completed and the CIA begins utilizing it, along with the US Air Force, for Project Aquatone, the development of the Lockheed U-2 strategic reconnaissance aircraft, the nation’s first aerial espionage program. It consists of one paved runway, three hangars, a control tower, a makeshift mess hall, and rudimentary accommodations. A movie theater and volleyball court are added. CIA officer Richard Newton is assigned as base commander. Other key organizations are briefed on Area 51’s existence—the National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics, the US Navy, the National Security Agency, and the Defense Intelligence Agency. A small group of four Lockheed test pilots, two dozen Lockheed mechanics and engineers, a handful of CIA officers who double as security guards, and some of Col. Ritland’s staff take up residence.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Jacobsen, Area 51, pp. 5, 51–53; Peter W. Merlin, “Groom Lake Timeline: The First Fifty Years,” Secret Heroes, November 10, 2021; “Pilots of the U-2,” Secret Heroes, November 10, 2021
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_2731

Event 17269 (5571D50F)

Date: 7/1955
Locations: Miami, Florida; Southern Alabama
Description: 2:00 p.m. Col. William T. Coleman is flying a B-25 out of Miami, Florida, with a copilot, flight engineer, a Lockheed test engineer, and a General Motors jet engine technician. As he is moving northward into southern Alabama, he spots at 2 o’clock high what he calls a “craze” in the windshield. He calls the others’ attention to it. He gives chase to it at low altitude over farmland and sees its shadow on the ground, as well as two vortices coming out of the shiny metallic disc that kicks up dust on the ground. When he tries to cut it off at a maximum speed of 345 mph, the object is gone, leaving behind the vortices on the ground. Duration of the sighting is 10–11 minutes.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: NICAP, “Col. Coleman Case / Chases UFO at Low Altitude”
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_2732

Event 17270 (07DAE7F2)

Date: 7/1/1955
Location: Sacramento, CA
Description: Air/Grd Radar Tracks Vertical Descent of Silver Object (NICAP: 09 - RADAR Cases, Code: R, Rating: 5)
Reference: NICAP: 550701
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_1846

Event 17271 (FBB8D686)

Date: 7/1/1955
Location: China Lake, CA
Description: (McDonald list) (NICAP: 01 - Distant Encounters, BB: BBU)
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_1847

Event 17272 (B9B62708)

Date: 7/1/1955
Description: CRIFO Newsletter becomes CRIFO Orbit. This issue reviews several airplane crashes and disappearances that Stringfield thinks might be related to UFO activity.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: “World’s Air Forces, in Joint Operations, Challenge Incursion of UFO’s,” CRIFO Orbit 2, no. 4 (July 1, 1955): 1– 2; Clark III 460, 1114
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_2733

Event 17273 (E3727D25)

Date: 7/2/1955
Time: 03:30
Location: SOUTH / STOCKTON, GA
Description: 4 small humanoids (or Greys) / road. 1 pokes / asphalt with rod. Jumps back / avoid car. / r112p121.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO’s a HISTORY-1955 (3 booklets) Self published. (Index 502)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_4648

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, HOX: Suspicion of hoax, NFO: No craft seen, OID: Humanoid: Small alien or “Grey”, SMP: Sampling of plant/animal/soil/tissue/specimens, DRT: Dirt/soil traces/marks/footprints etc., TRC: Physical traces, TCH: New technical details/clues

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “6”, Duration: “1”, Elev: “56”, HatchDesc: “S/STOCKTON,GA:4 OIDS/ROAD:1 POKES/ASPHALT W/ROD:JUMPS BACK/AVOID CAR:/r112p121”, LatLong: “30.866668 -83.000004”, LatLongDMS: “30:52:00 N 83:00:00 W”, Locale: “Pasture”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Georgia”, Strangeness: “8”

Event 17274 (CAE085CE)

Date: 7/3/1955
Location: USA, Stockton (Georgia)
Description: (Translated from French) Mrs. Wesley Symmonds of Cincinnati was driving through Stockton towards Florida and saw four creatures with “stalked eyes” near the road. Her drawing shows small bipeds with thin arms, large eyes, and pointed chins. The two in the background seem to be turning away, a third was bent over what seemed to be a stick held in its hand, and the fourth had its right arm raised and was facing forward. It had large protuberant eyes, something resembling a cap on its head, no visible mouth, a long pointed nose, and a chin that ended in a sharp point. Its long arms ended in appendages resembling claws. (July 3, 1955)
Reference: Charles BOWEN: “In Search of Humanoids” - J’ai Lu 1974, p. 181
Reference: Mini catalogue chronologique des observations OVNI, by Godelieve Van Overmeire
Source: Overmeire, ID: Overmeire_1992

Event 17275 (B48781CD)

Date: 7/3/1955
Location: Stockton, Georgia
Description: Mrs. Wesley Symmonds was driving near this town when she saw four “bug-eyed” creatures near the road. They were small beings with thin arms, large eyes, and pointed chins. Two were turned away from the witness; one was bending over with something like a stick in its hand; and the fourth one was facing her with its right arm raised. It had bulging eyes, a sort of cap, no visible mouth, a long pointed nose, a chin which came to a sharp point, and long thin arms with claws.
Type: ufo sighting
Reference: Stringfield; Humanoids 54 (Vallee)
Source: ValléeMagonia, ID: Magonia_365

Event 17276 (C797241F)

Date: 7/3/1955
Location: Stockton, Georgia
Description: 3:30 a.m. Margaret Symmonds is driving on US 129 seven miles south of Stockton, Georgia, when four small humanoid figures with caps and huge eyes are caught in the headlights. They seem to be digging a hole in the road with some sticks. She yells and swerves the car, driving past them. The figures seem oblivious.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Loren E. Gross, The Fifth Horseman of the Apocalypse: UFOs, a History: 1955 July–September 15th, The Author, 1992, pp. 2–3; Stringfield, 3-0 Blue, CRIFO, 1957, pp. 63–64; Clark III 270; Isabel Davis and Ted Bloecher, Close Encounter at Kelly and Others of 1955, CUFOS, 1978, pp. 149–160; Patrick Gross, URECAT, February 16, 2008
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_2734

Event 17277 (71B85253)

Date: 7/3/1955
Description: Mrs. Wesley Symmonds was driving near Stockton, Georgia when she saw four “bug-eyed” creatures near the road. They were small beings with thin arms, wide shoulders, large eyes, and pointed chins. Two were turned away from the witness; one was bending over with something like a stick in its hand; and the fourth one was facing her with its right arm raised. It had bulging eyes, a sort of cap, no visible mouth, a long pointed nose, a chin that came to a sharp point, and long thin arms with claws.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: Leonard Stringfield, Inside Saucer Post…3-0 Blue, Jacques Vallee, Passport to Magonia: A Century of Landings, p. 249-250
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_3800

Event 17278 (CDEA99D2)

Date: 7/5/1955
Time: 03:40
Location: OFF WEST, NFLD
Description: 2 KC97 crews and ground RADAR. 2 bright objects and 5 small objects buzz tanker. Going quickly northeast.
Type: sighting
Reference: LEDGER, Don: MARITIME UFO FILES: 1998 Nimbus Publ. Ltd. Halifax, NS. ISBN 1-55109-269-7 162pp. trade paper. (Index 42)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_4649

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, 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, OGA: Non-Covert Government Agencies

Extra Data: Country: “Canada”, Credibility: “10”, Duration: “60”, Elev: “0”, HatchDesc: “off W.,NFLD:2 KC97 CREWS+GND RDR:2 BRITE OBJs+5 SML OBJS BUZZ TANKER:>>NE”, LatLong: “49.583336 -59.250003”, LatLongDMS: “49:35:00 N 59:15:00 W”, Locale: “Metropolis”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Newfoundland”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 17279 (DC7629BD)

Date: 7/5/1955
Time: 10:00
Location: GEORGETOWN, MASS
Description: Ground Observer Corps (GOC) observer(s). 70M silver white disk curves east going quickly north / 6 second(s). / Blue Book. No further details.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO’s a HISTORY-1955 (3 booklets) Self published. (Index 204)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_4650

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: “24”, HatchDesc: “GEORGETOWN,MASS:GOC OBS:70M SLVR WHT DISK CURVES E>>N/6sec:/BBK:NFD”, LatLong: “42.733335 -70.983337”, LatLongDMS: “42:44:00 N 70:59:00 W”, Locale: “Town & City”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Massachusetts”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 17280 (551FF17A)

Date: 7/5/1955
Location: Goose Bay, Newfoundland, CAN
Description: During refueling mission pilots saw 2 bright objects at 20,000 ft (NICAP: 11 - Aviation Cases, BB: BBU)
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_1848

Event 17281 (01500F90)

Date: 7/5/1955
Location: Pepperrell AFB, Newfoundland, CAN
Description: Newfoundland, G,V; Archie 29 KC-97 Radar Case (BBU) (NICAP: 09 - RADAR Cases, Code: R, Rating: 5, BB: BBU) (NICAP: 11 - Aviation Cases)
Reference: NICAP: 550705
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_1849

Event 17282 (39F4D76C)

Date: 7/5/1955
Location: Newfoundland
Description: 3:00 a.m. USAF pilot Lt. Homer H. Speer Jr and copilot Lt. Paul Daily, call sign Archie 29, and pilot Lt. Robert W. Schneck and copilot Lt. David Cueldner, call sign Archie 91, are flying Boeing KC-97 Stratofreighters at 20,000 feet on a refueling mission off the coast of Newfoundland. They see two bright objects at 20,000 feet, apparently stationary. Ground radar picks up several objects, some in a distant cluster flying erratically. Speer is able to maintain visual contact, calling direction change of the object to the radar site by radio. The objects are tracked on radar for 49 minutes.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: NICAP, “Archie 29 KC-97 Radar Case”; Sparks, p. 228; Chris Rutkowski and Geoff Dittman, The Canadian UFO Report, Dundurn Press, 2006, pp. 296–297; Chris Rutkowski, Canada’s UFOs: Declassified, August Night, 2022, pp. 263–264
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_2735

Event 17283 (814FC041)

Date: 7/7/1955
Time: 10:50
Location: BALTIMORE, MD
Description: 2+observer(s). 3 huge white saucers / 1 mile altitude. Going straight and level single file. Too late / scramble.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO’s a HISTORY-1955 (3 booklets) Self published. (Index 212)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_4651

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: “30”, HatchDesc: “BALTIMORE,MD:2+OBS:3 HUGE WHT SCRS/1mi ALT:> S/L SINGLE FILE:TOO LATE/SCRAMBLE”, LatLong: “39.266669 -76.616670”, LatLongDMS: “39:16:00 N 76:37:00 W”, Locale: “Metropolis”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Maryland”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 17284 (CD4B0940)

Date: 7/8/1955
Location: BADIA POLESINE, ITL
Description: 2 observer(s). Unusual double cone with thin cylinder/cylindrical object going down. Stops / 10M altitude. Going up [to] and away.
Type: sighting
Reference: ITACAT, Catalogo Italiano degli Incontri Ravvicinati. Maurizio Verga, 1989 CISU/Torino, Italy. (Index 48)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_4652

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, SCR: Classic saucer/disk/sphere shaped UFO, CIG: Torpedo/cigar/cylinder shaped UFO, DLT: Delta/vee/boomerang/rectangular shaped UFO, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), TCH: New technical details/clues

Extra Data: Country: “Italy”, Credibility: “7”, Duration: “3”, HatchDesc: “BADIA POLESINE,ITL:2 OBS:UNUSUAL DOUBLE CONE W/THIN CYL ↓:STOPS/10M alt:↑+AWAY”, LatLong: “45.083335 11.483334”, LatLongDMS: “45:05:00 N 11:29:00 E”, Locale: “Town & City”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “RO”, Strangeness: “7”

Event 17285 (3307579F)

Date: 7/8/1955
Location: Augusta, ME
Description: Green Object With Trail Tracked (NICAP: 09 - RADAR Cases, Code: R, Rating: 5)
Reference: NICAP: 550708
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_1851

Event 17286 (2CA8DDE4)

Date: 7/9/1955
Time: 09:00
Location: DEWEY, OK
Description: 2 separate observer(s). 15m saucer / 4500m altitude going quickly NNE / very fast. Stops. Circles. Continues.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO’s a HISTORY-1955 (3 booklets) Self published. (Index 214)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_4653

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: “275”, HatchDesc: “DEWEY,OK:2 SEP.OBS:15m SCR/4500m alt >>NNE/VFAST:STOPS:CIRCLES:CONTINUES”, LatLong: “36.783335 -95.933338”, LatLongDMS: “36:47:00 N 95:56:00 W”, Locale: “Residential”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, RelAlt: “4500”, State/Prov: “Oklahoma”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 17287 (3B11523A)

Date: 7/9/1955
Time: 13:30
Location: NEAR SANTA CATALINA IS, CA
Description: Several / separate boats. 50’ saucer spins and smokes. 10 July cylinder/cigar-shape seen too.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO’s a HISTORY-1955 (3 booklets) Self published. (Index 213)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_4654

Attributes: CST: Observer(s) in coastal area/just offshore, SEA: Observer(s) at sea, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, SCR: Classic saucer/disk/sphere shaped UFO, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), 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: “11”, Duration: “30”, Elev: “0”, HatchDesc: “nr SANTA CATALINA IS,CA:SVRL/SEP BOATS:50’SCR SPINS+SMOKES::10JLY CGR SEEN TOO”, LatLong: “33.483335 -118.616672”, LatLongDMS: “33:29:00 N 118:37:00 W”, Locale: “Offshore”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “California”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 17288 (7D50E466)

Date: 7/9/1955
Time: 21:00
Location: HARTFORD, CT
Description: 1 observer. Orange saucer very high and very fast going quickly northeast. Turns going north. Turns going southeast. Returns going quickly northeast path.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO’s a HISTORY-1955 (3 booklets) Self published. (Index 213)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_4655

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: “12”, HatchDesc: “HARTFORD,CT:1 OBS:ORG SCR VHI+VFAST>>NE:TURNS> N:TURNS> SE:RETURNS>>NE PATH”, LatLong: “41.783335 -72.666670”, LatLongDMS: “41:47:00 N 72:40:00 W”, Locale: “Residential”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Connecticut”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 17289 (DDD2618A)

Date: 7/9/1955
Location: Santa Catalina Channel, CA
Description: Family aboard boat saw a round cylinder, greyish and white, surrounded by a “haze of fumes.” UFO zig-zagged upward, then sped away. [UFOE, XII] (NICAP: 01 - Distant Encounters)
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_1852

Event 17290 (3986CE31)

Date: 7/9/1955
Description: A perfectly round, gray-white disc paced a pleasure boat for six minutes nine miles west of Newport Beach, California at 1:32 p.m. It was surrounded by a “haze of fumes.” It suddenly rose upward in a zigzag motion and flew into a cloudbank.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: Project Blue Book files counted in official statistics; Morris Jessup, The UFO Annual, p. 225
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_3951

Event 17291 (BCF5E7CA)

Date: 7/10/1955
Time: 16:30
Location: CHISWICK, ENG
Description: 2 / ballgame. 2 silver domed disk going quickly southwest / 25K’ altitude. Stack formation. / r139 #2p15.
Type: sighting
Reference: FLYING SAUCER REVIEW (FSR), London. Bimonthly. PO Box 162; High Wycombe, Bucks. HP135 DZ, England. (Index 15)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_4656

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

Extra Data: Country: “Great Britain and Ireland”, Credibility: “7”, Duration: “1”, HatchDesc: “CHISWICK,ENG:2/BALLGAME:2 SLVR DOMED DISK >>SW/25K’alt:STACK FORMn:/r139 #2p15”, LatLong: “51.466669 -0.266667”, LatLongDMS: “51:28:00 N 00:16:00 W”, Locale: “Metropolis”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “England”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 17292 (87956FC4)

Date: 7/10/1955
Description: About seven to nine miles west of Newport Beach, California at 2:32 in the afternoon, a perfectly round, grayish-white UFO paced a pleasure boat for six minutes. It was surrounded by a “haze of fumes.” It suddenly rose upward in a zigzag flight path and flew into a cloud bank.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: Richard Haines, CE-5: Close Encounters of the Fifth Kind, p. 167
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_3982

Event 17293 (101BF40A)

Date: 7/11/1955
Time: ~20:30
Location: GREENVILLE, ME
Description: Civil observer(s). Silver-pink saucer circles observer(s) 4 times / 20 minute(s). Light flashes / top.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO’s a HISTORY-1955 (3 booklets) Self published. (Index 216)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_4657

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: “20”, Elev: “316”, HatchDesc: “GREENVILLE,ME:CIV OBS:SLVR-PINK SCR CIRCLES OBS 4 TIMES/20min:LITE FLASHES/TOP”, LatLong: “45.461113 -69.588892”, LatLongDMS: “45:27:40 N 69:35:20 W”, Locale: “Town & City”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Maine”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 17294 (0C749E5B)

Date: 7/11/1955
Time: 22:10
Location: CHINA LAKE NAS, CA
Description: 3 military observer(s) and RADAR. Fireball makes 23 minute(s) south-curve / northwest sky. Unidentified / local headquarters.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO’s a HISTORY-1955 (3 booklets) Self published. (Index 217)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_4658

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, MIL: Observer(s) military, HQO: High-quality observer(s), FBL: Fireball: Blazing undistinguished form/orb., NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), RDR: Radar traces/blips, MIL: Military investigation, BBK: Project BLUEBOOK

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “9”, Duration: “23”, Elev: “690”, HatchDesc: “CHINA LAKE NAS,CA:3 MIL OBS+RDR:FBL MAKES 23min S-CURVE/NW SKY:UID/LOCAL HQ”, LatLong: “35.500002 -117.000006”, LatLongDMS: “35:30:00 N 117:00:00 W”, Locale: “Town & City”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “California”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 17295 (3838AB20)

Date: 7/11/1955
Location: China Lake, CA
Description: Round reddish-orange light changing color to bright white (NICAP: 09 - RADAR Cases, Code: R, Rating: 5)
Reference: NICAP: 550711
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_1853

Event 17296 (37462C39)

Date: 7/11/1955
Location: Toulab, France
Description: C-47 Pilot Sees Light Changing Color (NICAP: 01 - Distant Encounters, Code: A, Rating: 5, BB: BBU)
Reference: NICAP: 550711
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_1854

Event 17297 (F388D9D0)

Date: 7/12/1955
Location: Pepperrel AFB, Newfoundland
Description: Unusual UFOB report from Pepperrel AFB, Newfoundland. UFO sighted by a tanker aircraft (KC97) pilot and ground radar. “Unusual” in that the pilot of the Archie 29 called direction changes of the UFO to ground radar which correlated exactly with those painted by the radar scope. This observation went on for 49 minutes. Signed: Todos M. Odarenko.
Type: ufo sighting
Reference: Pea Research
Source: Maj2, ID: Maj2_554

Event 17298 (B1C3C961)

Date: 7/12/1955
Time: 10:30
Location: WALLOWA, OR
Description: 2 observer(s) / (seen thru) telescope. 10-12 aluminum saucers spin. Jets chase 20 July… too high…
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO’s a HISTORY-1955 (3 booklets) Self published. (Index 219)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_4659

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

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “7”, Duration: “3”, Elev: “899”, HatchDesc: “WALLOWA,OR:2 OBS/TSCOPE:10-12 ALUM.SCRS SPIN::JETS CHASE 20JLY…TOO HIGH…”, LatLong: “45.572224 -117.527783”, LatLongDMS: “45:34:20 N 117:31:40 W”, Locale: “Residential”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Oregon”, Strangeness: “7”

Event 17299 (6CE4C738)

Date: 7/12/1955
Time: 20:00
Location: INNERKIP, ONT
Description: 2 observer(s). 8 chrome dinner-PLATEs / 15 minute(s). Sharp edges. 1 huge. / r173p275.
Type: sighting
Reference: The APRO BULLETIN: Monthly. Jim & Coral Lorenzen: Tucson,AZ (USA. defunct) By volume and number. (Index 668)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_4660

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

Extra Data: Country: “Canada”, Credibility: “7”, Duration: “15”, Elev: “298”, HatchDesc: “INNERKIP,ONT:2 OBS:8 CHROME DINNER-PLATEs/15min:SHARP EDGES:1 HUGE:/r173p275”, LatLong: “43.211113 -80.694448”, LatLongDMS: “43:12:40 N 80:41:40 W”, Locale: “Farmlands”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Ontario”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 17300 (5A770420)

Date: 7/12/1955
Time: 20:20
Location: PALMDALE, CA
Description: Air Traffic Controllers / (seen thru) telescope and several. 3 silver triangles soar and dart all about themselves.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO’s a HISTORY-1955 (3 booklets) Self published. (Index 218)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_4661

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, 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

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “10”, Duration: “30”, Elev: “775”, HatchDesc: “PALMDALE,CA:ATCs/TSCOPE+SVRL:3 SLVR TRIANGLES SOAR+DART ALL ABOUT THEMSELVES”, LatLong: “34.577779 -118.116672”, LatLongDMS: “34:34:40 N 118:07:00 W”, Locale: “Desert”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “California”, Strangeness: “8”

Event 17301 (D4DC86EC)

Date: 7/13/1955
Location: LONDON, ONT
Description: Several observer(s). 200’ saucer going quickly south over Lake Erie. Suddenly shoots going up [to] and away. RCAF alert.
Type: sighting
Reference: KEHOE, Donald: The FLYING SAUCER CONSPIRACY; Henry Holt, NY 1955; HC (Index 275)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_4662

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

Extra Data: Country: “Canada”, Credibility: “9”, Duration: “1”, Elev: “263”, HatchDesc: “LONDON,ONT:SVRL OBS:200’SCR>>S OVR LAKE ERIE:SUDDENLY SHOOTS ↑+AWAY:RCAF ALERT”, LatLong: “43.000002 -81.350004”, LatLongDMS: “43:00:00 N 81:21:00 W”, Locale: “Town & City”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Ontario”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 17302 (6435464C)

Date: 7/13/1955
Time: 20:40
Location: GLEN AVON, CA AND LONG BEACH
Description: 2 separate observer(s). Red round object drops. Rises. Going quickly west then going up.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO’s a HISTORY-1955 (3 booklets) Self published. (Index 220)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_4663

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: “USA”, Credibility: “7”, Duration: “5”, Elev: “227”, HatchDesc: “GLEN AVON,CA+LONG BEACH:2 SEP.OBS:RED ROUND OBJ DROPS:RISES:>>W THEN ↑:”, LatLong: “34.011113 -117.483339”, LatLongDMS: “34:00:40 N 117:29:00 W”, Locale: “Residential”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “California”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 17303 (21944EA3)

Date: 7/14/1955
Location: BOCA CHICA NAS, FL
Description: Navy astronomer. 800’ meteor / 40 mile(s) altitude / 63000mph “artificial”…
Type: sighting
Reference: MUFON UFO JOURNAL, Seguin, TX USA. Monthly. (Index 267)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_4664

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CST: Observer(s) in coastal area/just offshore, MIL: Observer(s) military, HQO: High-quality observer(s), SCI: Scientist involvement, NWS: News media report, MID: Likely mis-identification, 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: “USA”, Credibility: “10”, Duration: “1”, Elev: “2”, HatchDesc: “BOCA CHICA NAS,FL:NAVY ASTRONOMER:800’METEOR/40mi ALT/63000mph “ARTIFICIAL”…”, LatLong: “24.566668 -81.766671”, LatLongDMS: “24:34:00 N 81:46:00 W”, Locale: “Residential”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, RelAlt: “19999”, State/Prov: “Florida”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 17304 (164A31C9)

Date: 7/14/1955
Time: 19:50
Location: OTTER TAIL LAKE, MN
Description: 2 / boat and several. Ovoid / windows / side hovers / 15 minute(s). Shift / no drift.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO’s a HISTORY-1955 (3 booklets) Self published. (Index 220)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_4665

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: “9”, Duration: “30”, Elev: “402”, HatchDesc: “OTTER TAIL LAKE,MN:2/BOAT+SVRL:OVOID/WINDOWS/SIDE HVRS/15min:SHIFT/NO DRIFT”, LatLong: “46.400002 -95.661116”, LatLongDMS: “46:24:00 N 95:39:40 W”, Locale: “Farmlands”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Minnesota”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 17305 (867C327C)

Date: 7/16/1955
Location: Eastern United States, various
Description: UFOs observed over wide area, jets scrambled. [UFOE, III] (NICAP: 01 - Distant Encounters)
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_1855

Event 17306 (E2130B6B)

Date: 7/17/1955
Location: SOUTH AFRICA, Drakensberg Range (Natal)
Description: (Translated from French) Around 11 o’clock Mrs. Elizabeth Klarer, who was walking in the mountainous region with a simple small camera box, saw a low, metallic-looking flying disc entering and exiting scattered clouds. The object seemed to be making an erratic flight, seemed to land, and then rose again. She was able to take 7 black and white photographs of the phenomenon. [note from vog: I have not found this information in Elizabeth Klarer’s biography anywhere…]
Reference: CDROM - SPACE ODYSSEY
Reference: Mini catalogue chronologique des observations OVNI, by Godelieve Van Overmeire
Source: Overmeire, ID: Overmeire_1994

Event 17307 (B6B99D0A)

Date: 7/17/1955
Time: 13:00?
Location: BEXLEY, LONDON
Description: 2 / car. Shadow follows car. Car malfunctions due to EME (electro-magnetic effects). 18’ dumbbell hovers overhead. Separate observer(s).
Type: sighting
Reference: FARISH, Jucius: UFO NEWSCLIPPING SERVICE: $5/Monthly. Plumerville, AR. (Index 303)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_4666

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, VEH: Vehicle affected: Marks/damage/EME effects, EME: Electro-Magnetic Effects, TCH: New technical details/clues

Extra Data: Country: “Great Britain and Ireland”, Credibility: “7”, Duration: “10”, HatchDesc: "BEXLEY,LONDON:2/CAR:SHADOW FOLOS CAR:CAR EMES:18’DUMBBELL HVRS OVHD:SEP.OBS ", LatLong: “51.466669 0.116667”, LatLongDMS: “51:28:00 N 00:07:00 E”, Locale: “Residential”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “England”, Strangeness: “7”

Event 17308 (97B8CD84)

Date: 7/17/1955
Time: 20:00
Location: CANTON, OH
Description: Silent domed saucer hovers. Climbs away as airliner nears. / r78p174.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO’s a HISTORY-1955 (3 booklets) Self published. (Index 222)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_4667

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

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “8”, Duration: “10”, Elev: “330”, HatchDesc: “CANTON,OH:SILENT DOMED SCR HVRS:CLIMBS AWAY AS AIRLINER NEARS:/r78p174”, LatLong: “40.800002 -81.372226”, LatLongDMS: “40:48:00 N 81:22:20 W”, Locale: “Town & City”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Ohio”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 17309 (F423AE68)

Date: 7/17/1955
Location: Nr. Adelaide, AU
Description: Silver oblong UFO viewed through binoculars; hovered; moved away behind clouds as an aircraft neared. [UFOE, XII] (NICAP: 01 - Distant Encounters)
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_1856

Event 17310 (46B6F681)

Date: 7/17/1955
Location: Canton, OH
Description: Disc hovered, climbed away as airliner approached. [UFOE, XII] (NICAP: 01 - Distant Encounters)
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_1857

Event 17311 (C7577EF7)

Date: 7/17/1955
Description: Shortly before noon in Bexleyheath, England and while driving a country road with two passengers, Mr. Fry noticed a dark shadow hanging over the road. His car began to slow down, and stop and start intermittently. Above was an gray oval-shaped disc 100 to 150 feet in diameter. It was spinning and making a swishing or humming noise. The UFO flipped over and rose up into the sky.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: FSR, November 1976, p. 30
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_4123

Event 17312 (B71080D1)

Date: 7/17/1955
Description: At dusk a man in Meopham, Kent County, England had taken his dog out for a walk through some local fields when he suddenly felt that he was being watched. Also, his dog was acting peculiar and the hairs on his dog’s back were standing straight up. He looked up and saw a very large, hovering cigar-shaped object with large rounded windows, almost directly overhead. The windows were brightly lit and inside he could see several humanoid figures who appeared to be observing him. The object followed him without making any noise, as he ran with his dog across the fields and to his home. The witness hid inside his house, and he last saw the object hovering over some nearby buildings.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: Albert S. Rosales, case # 838, citing Mrs M. Fry, Contact, FSR, Volume. 27, # 5
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_4124

Event 17313 (EDA2217C)

Date: 7/18/1955
Time: 02:30
Location: PLESSIEL FIELD / ABBEVILLE, FR
Description: 2 separate observer(s). Vibrant bright slow silent saucer southeast going quickly northwest. Leaves (something behind) trail.
Type: sighting
Reference: VALLEE, Jacques: PASSPORT TO MAGONIA; H. Regnery, Chicago HC 1969 & Contemporary Books,Chicago 1993. 372pp. (Index 366)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_4668

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

Extra Data: Country: “France”, Credibility: “9”, Duration: “30”, HatchDesc: “PLESSIEL FIELD/ABBEVILLE,FR:2 SEP.OBS:VBRITE SLOW SLNT SCR SE>>NW:LVS TRAIL”, LatLong: “50.138891 1.833333”, LatLongDMS: “50:08:20 N 01:50:00 E”, Locale: “Town & City”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Somme”, Strangeness: “7”

Event 17314 (335942D6)

Date: 7/18/1955
Time: 0300
Location: Plessiel Airfield, near Abbeville, France
Description: Mr. Maupin and five other witnesses on the airfield were blinded by a light from a disk-shaped object 150 m away. It left orange glows in its trail. Silent, flying slowly, it hovered near the Metro station, close to the ground, but did not actually land. It left toward the northwest. A woodsman from Mareul-Caubert, Mr. Rolle, saw the object half-an-hour earlier. It came from the direction of Amiens.
Type: ufo sighting
Reference: Personal (Vallee)
Source: ValléeMagonia, ID: Magonia_366

Event 17315 (11103A24)

Date: 7/18/1955
Description: At 3 o’clock in the morning at Plessiel Airfield, near Abbeville, France Mr. Maupin and five other witnesses on the field were blinded by the light from a disc-shaped object 150 m away. The disc left an orange glowing trail. It was silent, flew slowly, and hovered near the Metro station close to the ground, but did not actually land. It left toward the northwest. A woodsman from Mareul Caubert, Mr. Rolle, saw the object half an hour earlier. It came from the direction of Amiens.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: Jacques Vallee, Passport to Magonia, A Century of UFO Landings, p. 250
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_4164

Event 17316 (689EB939)

Date: 7/20/1955
Location: WESTON, OR
Description: Ground Observer Corps (GOC) observer(s). Silver saucer / 22km altitude. Jets chase. Rises / 32km. Jets can’t reach.
Type: sighting
Reference: LUMIERES DANS la NUIT (LDLN), Paris. Bimonthly since 1957. LDLN B.P.3; 77123 Le Vaudoue, FRANCE. (Index 333)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_4669

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, VEH: Vehicle affected: Marks/damage/EME effects, TCH: New technical details/clues, MIL: Military investigation

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “9”, Duration: “20”, Elev: “560”, HatchDesc: “WESTON,OR:GOC OBS:SLVR SCR/22km ALT:JETS CHASE:RISES/32km:JETS CAN’T REACH”, LatLong: “45.816669 -118.416672”, LatLongDMS: “45:49:00 N 118:25:00 W”, Locale: “Metropolis”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Oregon”, Strangeness: “7”

Event 17317 (F28FF3C7)

Date: 7/20/1955
Time: 20:00
Location: LINCOLN, NE
Description: Civil observer(s). Silver saucer = 4cm / arms-length. Clearly spins. Northeast going quickly southwest very fast.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO’s a HISTORY-1955 (3 booklets) Self published. (Index 223)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_4670

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: “345”, HatchDesc: “LINCOLN,NE:CIV OBS:SLVR SCR = 4cm/ARMS-LENGTH:CLEARLY SPINS:NE>>SW VFAST”, LatLong: “40.800002 -96.683338”, LatLongDMS: “40:48:00 N 96:41:00 W”, Locale: “Town & City”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Nebraska”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 17318 (B2749B44)

Date: 7/20/1955
Location: Portland, OR
Description: 2 fighter pilots saw round object with/silver lower part climb when approached (NICAP: 11 - Aviation Cases, BB: BBU)
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_1858

Event 17319 (685CBC06)

Date: 7/20/1955
Description: In the afternoon a farmhand in Edison, Georgia saw a four-foot tall, hairy little gray man without clothes emerge from some nearby woods and walk along a fence. The dwarf was visible for 25 minutes before he returned to woods.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: Atlanta (GA) Constitution, July 26, 1955; Ted Bloecher
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_4229

Event 17320 (1A80EA8F)

Date: 7/22/1955
Location: USA, Cincinnati (Ohio)
Description: (Translated from French) 5:30 p.m. A resident of Mt Adams observed an object shaped like a pear, flying low above his house. The object discharged a dark, reddish-brown, liquid substance which burned his arms and hands. A peach tree above which the object was located was found dead the next day, with the leaves and stems curled up, as if having suffered extreme frost. Plant samples and liquid were submitted to the AFOSI of the Air Force at Wright Patterson, who warned the witness a few days later that it was a violent poison.
Reference: C.R.I.F.O. Newsletter, Vol.2
Reference: Mini catalogue chronologique des observations OVNI, by Godelieve Van Overmeire
Source: Overmeire, ID: Overmeire_1995

Event 17321 (A66FF0DA)

Date: 7/22/1955
Location: WEST / SANTA MARIA, CA
Description: Long silvery object emerges / ocean and flies away. No further details. / r44p38.
Type: sighting
Reference: UFO INVESTIGATOR: NICAP: Kensington, MD & Washington, DC [defunct]. University Microfilms, Ann Arbor, MI 48106 (Index 53)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_4671

Attributes: CST: Observer(s) in coastal area/just offshore, SEA: Observer(s) at sea, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, CIG: Torpedo/cigar/cylinder 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: “2”, Elev: “0”, HatchDesc: “W/SANTA MARIA,CA:LONG SILVERY OBJ EMERGES/OCEAN AND FLIES AWAY:NFD:/r44p38”, LatLong: “34.883335 -120.666672”, LatLongDMS: “34:53:00 N 120:40:00 W”, Locale: “Offshore”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “California”, Strangeness: “7”

Event 17322 (58C39850)

Date: 7/22/1955
Time: 18:00
Location: CINCINNATI, OH
Description: 1 observer. Pear-UFO / 500’ altitude sprays peach tree. Dead to roots in 24 hours!
Type: sighting
Reference: STRINGFIELD, Leonard: SITUATION RED - The UFO Siege. Fawcett Crest, NY 1977 (Index 204)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_4672

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, MID: Likely mis-identification, ODD: Atypical/Forteana/paranormal, SCR: Classic saucer/disk/sphere shaped UFO, PRB: Probe: Possibly remote controlled, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), VEG: Plants affected or sampled/crop circles, HUM: Humans affected: Injury/burns/marks/abduction/death, TRC: Physical traces, TCH: New technical details/clues, INJ: Injuries, illness/death, mutilations

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “6”, Duration: “1”, Elev: “208”, HatchDesc: “CINCINNATI,OH:1 OBS:PEAR-UFO/500’alt SPRAYS PEACH TREE:DEAD TO ROOTS in 24hrs!”, LatLong: “39.127780 -84.538893”, LatLongDMS: “39:07:40 N 84:32:20 W”, Locale: “Residential”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, RelAlt: “150”, State/Prov: “Ohio”, Strangeness: “10”

Event 17323 (151FF2C3)

Date: 7/22/1955
Time: 23:00
Location: LEICESTER, ENGL
Description: Formation / bright silver balls. Orbs change positions. Seen widely going quickly northeast.
Type: sighting
Reference: HAINES, Richard Ph.D: PROJECT DELTA; 1994, LDA Press, PO Box 880, Los Altos, CA 94023 USA (Index 38)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_4673

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

Extra Data: Country: “Great Britain and Ireland”, Credibility: “9”, Duration: “2”, Elev: “76”, HatchDesc: “LEICESTER,ENGL:FORMn/BRITE SLVR BALLS:ORBS CHANGE POSITIONS:SEEN WIDELY >>NE”, LatLong: “52.616669 -1.116667”, LatLongDMS: “52:37:00 N 01:07:00 W”, Locale: “Residential”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “England”, Strangeness: “7”

Event 17324 (82BD7E4D)

Date: 7/22/1955
Description: At eleven o’clock at night a formation of several bright silver balls was sighted that changed positions as they flew over Leicester, England. There were widely reported sightings of these objects as they flew off toward the northeast.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: Richard F. Haines, Project Delta: A Study of Multiple UFO, p. 38
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_4292

Event 17325 (7B1F261F)

Date: 7/22/1955
Description: At 2:30 p.m. several witnesses including one name Estes saw a UFO land in the Atlantic Ocean. It was seen on the surface of the ocean near Santa Maria Island in the Azores. Project Blue Book’s explanation of this sighting was that it might have been an aircraft.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: NICAP UFO Investigator, March 1968, p. 5; Ivan T. Sanderson, Invisible Residents, p. 38
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_4293

Event 17326 (1AB37B88)

Date: 7/22/1955
Description: At 5:30 p.m. Mr. E. Mootz was gardening in his yard in Cincinnati, Ohio when he was pelted with a dark reddish colored liquid from a pear-shaped object flying slowly at 1,000 feet altitude. The liquid caused his bare skin to feel like someone had poured kerosine on a wound. When he washed the substance off he felt better. The next day his peach tree was dead.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: Leonard H. Stringfield, CRIFO Orbit, September 1955, p. 4
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_4294

Event 17327 (A92C5D09)

Date: 7/23/1955
Time: 10:10
Location: AGENVILLERS, 80, FR
Description: Farmer. Aluminum saucer follows plane going south / 30 second(s). Suddenly shoots off.
Type: sighting
Reference: BOURRET, Jean-Claude: Le NOUVEAU DEFI des OVNI. Editions France Loisirs, Paris. 1976 ISBN 2-7242-0104-3 395pp. (Index 36)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_4674

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: “France”, Credibility: “6”, Duration: “1”, HatchDesc: “AGENVILLERS,80,FR:FARMER:ALUMINUM SCR FOLOS PLANE >S/30sec:SUDDENLY SHOOTS OFF”, LatLong: “50.183336 1.916667”, LatLongDMS: “50:11:00 N 01:55:00 E”, Locale: “Farmlands”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Somme”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 17328 (78A5BB45)

Date: 7/24/1955
Description: (Translated from French) The first prototype of U-2 is brought to Groom Lake from Lockheed Skunk Works in Burbank via a C-124 transport plane. (23 or 24 July)
Reference: Rich 1994
Reference: Peebles 1995
Reference: rr0 - Beau
Source: rr0, ID: rr0_1621

Event 17329 (F470908B)

Date: 7/24/1955
Location: ATLANTA, GA
Description: 40+reports. 100’ ovoid-saucer / 2 miles altitude. Stops / 30 second(s) then out of sight / 2 second(s).
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO’s a HISTORY-1955 (3 booklets) Self published. (Index 225)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_4675

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: “12”, Duration: “1”, Elev: “320”, HatchDesc: “ATLANTA,GA:40+REPORTS:100’OVOID-SCR/2mi ALT:STOPS/30sec THEN OUT OF SIGHT/2sec”, LatLong: “33.766668 -84.416671”, LatLongDMS: “33:46:00 N 84:25:00 W”, Locale: “Town & City”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, RelAlt: “3170”, State/Prov: “Georgia”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 17330 (319B10BC)

Date: 7/24/1955
Locations: Groom Lake “Ranch” in Nebada; Burbank, California; Area 51; Lockheed’s offices in Burbank
Description: The Groom Lake “Ranch” in Nebada receives it first delivery of U-2s from Burbank, California, in a C-124 Globemaster II cargo plane, accompanied by Lockheed technicians on a Douglas DC-3. Regular Military Air Transport Service flights are set up between Area 51 and Lockheed’s offices in Burbank. To preserve secrecy, personnel fly to Nevada on Monday mornings and return to California on Friday evenings.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Wikipedia, “Area 51”
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_2737

Event 17331 (678B39EB)

Date: 7/25/1955
Location: Syracuse (near), NY
Description: Pilot flying F-86 fighter saw an orange object (NICAP: 11 - Aviation Cases, BB: BBU)
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_1859

Event 17332 (09F4A8A1)

Date: Late 7/1955
Location: Lake Ontario beach in St. Catharines, Ontario
Description: A man, a female companion, and two children are picnicking on a Lake Ontario beach in St. Catharines, Ontario, when a silvery disc approaches them rapidly across the water, then hovers above them before heading to another family nearby. It swings back to the original group, “moving like a clock pendulum.” The man flees to his car but finds it will not start. Through the windows of the UFO, just a few feet above the ground, the witnesses see the faces of four pale-faced men with black hoods covering their ears and heads, sitting straight and rigid. The object shoots over the lake, ascends rapidly, and disappears.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Clark III 268
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_2736

Event 17333 (CD47F74A)

Date: 7/26/1955
Time: 13:10
Location: LASHAM, ENGL
Description: Boomerang hovers over glider-plane / 30 second(s). Going quickly northwest behind trees. / r139#5p10.
Type: sighting
Reference: HALL, Richard: The UFO EVIDENCE; NICAP,Washington, DC 1964. Reprinted 1997 Barnes & Noble Books ( only $7.98! ) (Index 150)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_4676

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, AIR: Observer(s) on aircraft, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, HQO: High-quality observer(s), NWS: News media report, DLT: Delta/vee/boomerang/rectangular shaped UFO, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), OBS: Observation/chasing vehicles, VEH: Vehicle affected: Marks/damage/EME effects

Extra Data: Country: “Great Britain and Ireland”, Credibility: “7”, Duration: “2”, HatchDesc: “LASHAM,ENGL:BOOMERANG HVRS ovr GLIDER-PLANE/30sec:>>NW bhnd TREES:/r139#5p10”, LatLong: “51.183336 -1.050000”, LatLongDMS: “51:11:00 N 01:03:00 W”, Locale: “Farmlands”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, RelAlt: “900”, State/Prov: “England”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 17334 (598D9F75)

Date: 7/26/1955
Time: 15:30
Location: KANSAS CITY, MO
Description: B47 pilot. White saucer / 66K’ altitude. Going quickly southwest / 1300knts. “Possible balloon” / USAF.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO’s a HISTORY-1955 (3 booklets) Self published. (Index 227)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_4677

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, AIR: Observer(s) on aircraft, 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, COV: Indication of coverup

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “7”, Duration: “1”, Elev: “224”, HatchDesc: “KANSAS CITY,MO:B47 PILOT:WHT SCR/66K’alt:>>SW/1300knts:“POSSIBLE BALLOON”/USAF”, LatLong: “39.116669 -94.566671”, LatLongDMS: “39:07:00 N 94:34:00 W”, Locale: “Metropolis”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, RelAlt: “20000”, State/Prov: “Missouri”, Strangeness: “7”

Event 17335 (36A0DC3D)

Date: 7/26/1955
Location: Lasham, Hants, UK
Description: Members of British Gliding Association watched boomerang -shaped object (or flattened triangle) hover above glider then speed away. [UFOE, XII] (NICAP: 01 - Distant Encounters)
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_1860

Event 17336 (7A176BB4)

Date: 7/26/1955
Location: Kansas City, KS
Description: B-47 Encounters Moving At 1,300 Knots (NICAP: 11 - Aviation Cases, Code: A, Rating: 5, BB: BBU)
Reference: NICAP: 550726
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_1861

Event 17337 (36DE329D)

Date: 7/26/1955
Locations: National Airport; Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport; Washington, D.C.
Description: A brilliant round object with a trail 4–5 times its own length approaches National Airport [now Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport] in Washington, D.C., stops, oscillates, and moves off at high speed. Ceiling lights at the airport go out when the object approaches and returns to operation when the UFO departs.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: UFOEv, p. 135
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_2738

Event 17338 (62FCA0A1)

Date: 7/27/1955 (approximate)
Time: 20:00
Location: PATERSON, NJ
Description: 1 observer and more. 1 observer. Ringed cylinder/cylindrical object = double-Derby / dwg. Rim-band turns. 10 minute(s). Going quickly west.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO’s a HISTORY-1955 (3 booklets) Self published. (Index 230)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_4678

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: “6”, Duration: “10”, Elev: “21”, HatchDesc: “PATERSON,NJ:1 OBS+:1 OBS:RINGED CYL=DOUBLE-DERBY/dwg:RIM-BAND TURNS:10min:>>W”, LatLong: “40.916669 -74.166670”, LatLongDMS: “40:55:00 N 74:10:00 W”, Locale: “Town & City”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “New Jersey”, Strangeness: “7”

Event 17339 (2B93C185)

Date: 7/28/1955
Time: ~00:10
Location: SOUTH / KEY WEST, FL
Description: 2 / Navy jet paced / red night light. Shoots away / 2Kmph. Enormous “exhaust”.
Type: sighting
Reference: MUFON UFO JOURNAL, Seguin, TX USA. Monthly. (Index 166)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_4679

Attributes: CST: Observer(s) in coastal area/just offshore, 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)

Extra Data: Country: “Caribbean area”, Credibility: “7”, Duration: “1”, Elev: “0”, HatchDesc: “S/KEY WEST,FL:2/NAVY JET PACED/RED NLT:SHOOTS AWAY/2Kmph:ENORMOUS “EXHAUST””, LatLong: “24.333334 -81.783337”, LatLongDMS: “24:20:00 N 81:47:00 W”, Locale: “Metropolis”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “FLR”, Strangeness: “5”

Event 17340 (7A069F5A)

Date: 7/28/1955
Time: 02:50
Location: UPLAND, CA
Description: 2 observer(s). Orange-yellow fireball going [to] San Bernardino. Turns going quickly northeast. Silent. No sparks.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO’s a HISTORY-1955 (3 booklets) Self published. (Index 228)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_4680

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

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “7”, Duration: “1”, Elev: “396”, HatchDesc: “UPLAND,CA:2 OBS:ORG-YEL FBL > SAN BERNARDINO:TURNS>>NE:SILENT:NO SPARKS”, LatLong: “34.100002 -117.650006”, LatLongDMS: “34:06:00 N 117:39:00 W”, Locale: “Residential”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “California”, Strangeness: “5”

Event 17341 (EDDC253D)

Date: 7/29/1955
Description: (Translated from French) Sighting in Columbus (Nebraska). (July 29)
Reference: case Blue Book #3673 unsolved
Reference: rr0 - Beau
Source: rr0, ID: rr0_1622

Event 17342 (8E0DF5E8)

Date: 7/29/1955
Time: 01:00
Location: CINCINNATI, OH
Description: Ground Observer Corps (GOC). Neon sphere/orb/globe-light. Screech! Zigzags and square turns. Going quickly north. / r139#2p28.
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_4681

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, NWS: News media report, NLT: Nightlights/points of light, FBL: Fireball: Blazing undistinguished form/orb., NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), MIL: Military investigation, BBK: Project BLUEBOOK, SND: UFO sounds heard or recorded

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “7”, Duration: “2”, Elev: “208”, HatchDesc: “CINCINNATI,OH:GOC:NEON ORB-LITE:SCREECH!:ZIGZAGS+SQUARE TURNS:>>N:/r139#2p28”, LatLong: “39.133335 -84.550004”, LatLongDMS: “39:08:00 N 84:33:00 W”, Locale: “Metropolis”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Ohio”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 17343 (530577C0)

Date: 7/29/1955
Time: 04:30
Location: KEY BISCAYNE, FL
Description: Humming noise abates when light on. Night light maneuvers. Dark ovoid near.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO’s a HISTORY-1955 (3 booklets) Self published. (Index 227)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_4682

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), OBS: Observation/chasing vehicles, BLD: Building/man-made structure/roads/power lines, TCH: New technical details/clues, SND: UFO sounds heard or recorded

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “7”, Duration: “10”, Elev: “1”, HatchDesc: “KEY BISCAYNE,FL:HUMMING NOISE ABATES WHEN LITE ON:NLT MNVRS:DARK OVOID NEAR”, LatLong: “25.700001 -80.150004”, LatLongDMS: “25:42:00 N 80:09:00 W”, Locale: “Residential”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Florida”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 17344 (ECF541BB)

Date: 7/29/1955
Time: 22:50
Location: COLUMBUS, NE
Description: Project Bluebook Case #3673. 1 observer. 4 orange and 1 white night light. All going up and down [to] like yoyos for 5-6 min.
Type: sighting
Reference: BERLINER, DON: The BLUEBOOK UNKNOWNS; (FUFOR). (Index 25)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_4683

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: “5”, Elev: “440”, HatchDesc: “COLUMBUS,NE:BBK#3673:1 OBS:4 ORG+1 WHT NLT:ALL ↑+↓ LIKE YOYOS FOR 5-6min.”, LatLong: “41.416669 -97.416671”, LatLongDMS: “41:25:00 N 97:25:00 W”, Locale: “Pasture”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Nebraska”, Strangeness: “5”

Event 17345 (793F8AF7)

Date: 7/29/1955
Location: Cincinnati, OH
Description: Zigzagging UFO made shrill sound. [UFOE, VIII] (NICAP: 01 - Distant Encounters)
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_1862

Event 17346 (A2634289)

Date: 7/29/1955
Location: Columbus, NE
Description: 4 orange flashing lights and a white flashing light (NICAP: 01 - Distant Encounters, BB: 3673)
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_1863

Event 17347 (814F0642)

Date: 7/29/1955
Time: 10:45 PM
Location: Columbus, Nebraska
Description: Witness: Morrice Raymond. Four orange flashing lights and one whIte flashing light moved up and down like yo-yos for 5-6 minutes.
Type: ufo sighting
Reference: BlueBook Unknowns PDF
Source: BerlinerBBUnknowns, ID: BerlinerBBU_387

Event 17348 (029A7D25)

Date: 7/29/1955
Location: 50.4375 77.814167
Description: Nuclear test: Air, confirmed. Country: USSR Yield: 1.3KT
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_1050

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: “1.3”

Event 17349 (C75A2A65)

Date: 7/29/1955
Description: President Eisenhower announces a program to launch a scientific satellite during the International Geophysical Year. The program will be run by the National Science Foundation and the National Academy of Sciences, with advice coming from the Department of Defense.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Amy Shira Teitel, “How the Stage Was Set for the Satellite Race,” Popular Science, January 3, 2016; Amy Shira Teitel, Breaking the Chains of Gravity: The Story of Spaceflight before NASA, Bloomsbury Sigma, 2017
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_2739

Event 17350 (F4A8867E)

Date: 7/29/1955
Locations: Lake Ronkonkoma; Long Island, New York
Description: 8:30–9:30 p.m. An aircraft engineer and four others notice a “2nd magnitude star” in the vicinity of Saturn at Lake Ronkonkoma on Long Island, New York. The star moves in a perfect circle around Saturn, heads east until it gets to the Moon, where it executes a half-circle pass and disappears. The object then appears 120° away and moves horizontally until it takes an abrupt turn vertically. It disappears again at about 70° above the horizon. Then it reappears in a straight dive-like descent until it reacquires its original 30° elevation. It proceeds horizontally again, makes an abrupt angular shift again downwards, and is lost in the trees. Through binoculars the object looks spherical and yellowish.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Michael D. Swords, “We Know Where You Live,” IUR 30, no. 2 (January 2006): 8–9; Swords 227
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_2740

Event 17351 (416C4266)

Date: 7/29/1955
Description: In Columbus, Nebraska at 10:45 p.m.Morrice Raymond watched four orange flashing lights and one whIte flashing light move up and down like yo-yos for 5-6 minutes.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: Don Berliner, Project Bluebook UFO Unknowns
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_4478

Event 17352 (4A6A1D60)

Date: 7/30/1955
Location: KING SALMON, AK
Description: 2 Air Traffic Controllers. Comet-fireball makes several 90-turns / 5 minute(s). 25K’ altitude. Supersonic.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO’s a HISTORY-1955 (3 booklets) Self published. (Index 228)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_4684

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CST: Observer(s) in coastal area/just offshore, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, HQO: High-quality observer(s), NWS: News media report, NLT: Nightlights/points of light, FBL: Fireball: Blazing undistinguished form/orb., NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s)

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “7”, Duration: “5”, Elev: “17”, HatchDesc: “KING SALMON,AK:2 ATCS:COMET-FBL MAKES SVRL 90-TURNS/5min:25K’alt:SUPERSONIC”, LatLong: “58.694447 -156.661119”, LatLongDMS: “58:41:40 N 156:39:40 W”, Locale: “Town & City”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Alaska”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 17353 (AFF230DA)

Date: 7/30/1955
Time: 11:10
Location: WINSTED, CT
Description: Civil observer(s). Round silver object flies west going quickly north. Size = baseball / arms length.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO’s a HISTORY-1955 (3 booklets) Self published. (Index 229)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_4685

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: “217”, HatchDesc: “WINSTED,CT:CIV OBS:ROUND SILVER OBJ FLIES W>>N:SIZE=BASEBALL/ARMS LENGTH”, LatLong: “41.933335 -73.050003”, LatLongDMS: “41:56:00 N 73:03:00 W”, Locale: “Residential”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Connecticut”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 17354 (E2D13196)

Date: 7/30/1955
Time: ~20:00
Location: NEAR NIAGARA FALLS, NY
Description: Saucer rises / Lake Erie. Buzzes 2 families. Cars inoperative. 4 small humanoids (or Greys) / dome.
Type: sighting
Reference: RODEGHIER, Mark/CUFOS: UFO REPORTS INVOLVING VEHICLE INTERFERENCE; CUFOS 1979. Available as CUFOS UFO Archive #1 CD-ROM. http://www.cufos.org/Pubform.pdf (Index 6)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_4686

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, SCR: Classic saucer/disk/sphere shaped UFO, SUB: Submersible: Rises from or submerges into water, OID: Humanoid: Small alien or “Grey”, OBS: Observation/chasing vehicles, VEH: Vehicle affected: Marks/damage/EME effects, LND: UFO landing or any part touches ground, EME: Electro-Magnetic Effects

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “10”, Duration: “10”, Elev: “177”, HatchDesc: “nr NIAGARA FALLS,NY:SCR RISES/LAKE ERIE:BUZZES 2 FAMILYS:CARS INOP:4 OIDS/DOME”, LatLong: “42.750002 -78.833337”, LatLongDMS: “42:45:00 N 78:50:00 W”, Locale: “Pasture”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “New York”, Strangeness: “8”

Event 17355 (BBE63A54)

Date: 8/1955
Location: FRANCE, Cazères
Description: (Translated from French) Mrs. Dejean, living in the Gironne district, was busy putting the hook on the window of her bedroom around 10 pm when she saw two objects on the ground in a meadow near the Ayguecau stream, resembling eggshells with beautiful lights. Next to these objects were two beings about 90 cm tall, bald headed. Mr. Dejean got up, watched the spectacle and took his gun to go warn the neighbors. The dog barked and immediately the two craft flew away quickly. The neighbors Mr. and Mrs. Araignon only saw two reddish stars. - Ground traces.
Reference: M. FIGUET/ J.L. RUCHON: “Ovni, Premier dossier complet…” ed. Alain Lefeuvre 1979, p. 218
Reference: Mini catalogue chronologique des observations OVNI, by Godelieve Van Overmeire
Source: Overmeire, ID: Overmeire_2000

Event 17356 (E07730BC)

Date: 8/1955
Location: USA, Roverside (California)
Description: (Translated from French) A group of children aged 4 to 14 had seen saucers and little men. One boy said he was climbing a tree when the first of a series of saucers arrived. A silver arm waved at him, he said, and “I began to float in space from the roof of a house”. How did he get to that roof? “He sort of slid in there”. Other children in the group had seen the boy fall straight off the roof, landing on his head but not getting hurt. Another child said he saw a man about 90 cm tall come out of a saucer that had landed in the nearby field. The creature had a “big red mouth, big red eyes and four diamond-shaped things where his nose should have been”. Another boy said he saw a strange man carrying two guns with which he paralyzed two of the boys. (August 1955)
Reference: Charles BOWEN: “In Search of the Humanoids” - J’ai Lu 1974, p. 183
Reference: Mini catalogue chronologique des observations OVNI, by Godelieve Van Overmeire
Source: Overmeire, ID: Overmeire_2001

Event 17357 (7BC10A64)

Date: 8/1955
Time: 12:00
Location: JEDBURGH, SCOTLAND
Description: Air Cadet. Dog panics. Silent 40’ silver cylinder/cigar-shape going northeast / 10mph cloud to cloud.
Type: sighting
Reference: FLYING SAUCER REVIEW (FSR), London. Bimonthly. PO Box 162; High Wycombe, Bucks. HP135 DZ, England. (Index 293)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_4687

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, MIL: Observer(s) military, CIG: Torpedo/cigar/cylinder shaped UFO, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), ANI: Animals affected or injuries/marks, INJ: Injuries, illness/death, mutilations, CMF: Camouflage/disguise

Extra Data: Country: “Great Britain and Ireland”, Credibility: “6”, Duration: “10”, Elev: “129”, HatchDesc: “JEDBURGH,SCOTL:AIR CADET:DOG PANICS:SLNT 40’SLVR CGR >NE/10mph CLOUD to CLOUD”, LatLong: “55.483336 -2.533333”, LatLongDMS: “55:29:00 N 02:32:00 W”, Locale: “Farmlands”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Scotland”, Strangeness: “7”

Event 17358 (DFD01336)

Date: 8/1955
Time: 22:00
Location: CAZERES, FR
Description: 2 egg-yolks / field. 2 bald 90cm small humanoids (or Greys) near. Bits / aluminum found. / r30p218.
Type: sighting
Reference: LUMIERES DANS la NUIT (LDLN), Paris. Bimonthly since 1957. LDLN B.P.3; 77123 Le Vaudoue, FRANCE. (Index 158)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_4688

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, SCR: Classic saucer/disk/sphere shaped UFO, OID: Humanoid: Small alien or “Grey”, 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: “7”, Duration: “2”, HatchDesc: “CAZERES,FR:2 EGG-YOLKS/FLD:2 BALD 90cm OIDS NEAR:BITS/ALUMINUM FOUND:/r30p218”, LatLong: “43.216669 1.083333”, LatLongDMS: “43:13:00 N 01:05:00 E”, Locale: “Residential”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Haute Garonne”, Strangeness: “8”

Event 17359 (3178EF35)

Date: 8/1955
Location: Jedburgh, Scotland, UK
Description: Dog bolts as cigar-shaped object flies by (NICAP: 04 - Animal Reactions)
Reference: NICAP: 550800
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_1864

Event 17360 (4C8307B8)

Date: 8/1955
Locations: Black Arch; Antrim Coast Road; Larne, County Antrim; Northern Ireland
Description: Hundreds of people gather each night at the Black Arch, on the Antrim Coast Road near Larne, County Antrim, Northern Ireland, to watch a mysterious display of lights at sea. The light flashes three or four times in quick succession, then flashes again about 6 minutes later. The Larne police suspect that the lights are flares dropped from aircraft.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Larne Times, August 18, 1955; Shane Cochrane, “Ireland vs. the Flying Saucers,” Fortean Times 317 (September 2014): 54–55
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_2741

Event 17361 (F4D920D7)

Date: 8/1955
Locations: Luzern, Switzerland; Waldibrücke; Eschenbach
Description: Police from Luzern, Switzerland, investigate a sighting of a shiny metallic disc seen at Waldibrücke and Eschenbach.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: “Forscher findet verschollene UFO-Akten der Schweiz,” Grenzwissenschaft-Aktuell, July 8, 2013; “The Swiss X-Files,” Fortean Times 312 (April 2014): 24
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_2742

Event 17362 (1A56CEA7)

Date: 8/1/1955
Time: 21:00
Location: WILLOUGHBY, OH
Description: 4 observer(s). 100’ saucer with lit dome. Fan noise. Light beams / openings. / r2p183.
Type: sighting
Reference: HALL, Richard: The UFO EVIDENCE; NICAP,Washington, DC 1964. Reprinted 1997 Barnes & Noble Books ( only $7.98! ) (Index 114)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_4689

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, HQO: High-quality observer(s), SCR: Classic saucer/disk/sphere shaped UFO, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), RAY: Odd light/searchlight/beam/laser-like, 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: “203”, HatchDesc: “WILLOUGHBY,OH:4 OBS:100’SCR W/LIT DOME:FAN NOISE:LITE BEAMS/OPENINGS:/r2p183”, LatLong: “41.633335 -81.416671”, LatLongDMS: “41:38:00 N 81:25:00 W”, Locale: “Farmlands”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Ohio”, Strangeness: “8”

Event 17363 (32775098)

Date: 8/1/1955
Time: 22:00?
Location: SALON-DE-PROVENCE, FR
Description: 12M saucer dives at & circles car. Silent. 2 observer(s) go to police.
Type: sighting
Reference: VALLEE, Jacques: PASSPORT TO MAGONIA; H. Regnery, Chicago HC 1969 & Contemporary Books,Chicago 1993. 372pp. (Index 367)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_4690

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, OGA: Non-Covert Government Agencies

Extra Data: Country: “France”, Credibility: “8”, Duration: “3”, HatchDesc: “SALON-de-PROVENCE,FR:12M SCR DIVES AT & CIRCLES CAR:SILENT:2 OBS GO TO POLICE”, LatLong: “43.633335 5.100000”, LatLongDMS: “43:38:00 N 05:06:00 E”, Locale: “Wetlands”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Bouches-du-Rhône”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 17364 (5DB08997)

Date: 8/1/1955
Time: night
Location: Salon, near Arles, France
Description: Two persons in a car saw a lighted object dive toward them and hover about 30 m above the road. A disk, 12 m in diameter, it flew around the car and went away without noise. The witnesses were tourists, who went straight to the Arles police.
Type: ufo sighting
Reference: 105 (Vallee)
Source: ValléeMagonia, ID: Magonia_367

Event 17365 (CBA780BB)

Date: 8/1/1955
Time: 2100
Location: Chardon Road, Ohio
Description: Mr. Sheneman, who was coming from Willoughby, came out of his car and saw a circular object with a red light on it that came down fast, hovered, and emitted two beams of light. The witness fled toward his house, and the object appeared to chase him at less than 70 m altitude. It measured about 30 m in diameter and supported a dome. Mr. Sheneman, his wife, and their two children saw it fly away.
Type: ufo sighting
Reference: Evidence 114 (Vallee)
Source: ValléeMagonia, ID: Magonia_368

Event 17366 (7207B559)

Date: 8/1/1955
Location: Groom Lake, Nevada
Description: The first test flight of the Lockheed U-2 takes place at Groom Lake, Nevada. During a high-speed-taxi test in the first U-2, Lockheed’s chief test pilot, Tony LeVier, inadvertently becomes airborne after accelerating the U-2 to 70 knots. He is unable to land the U-2 on his first attempt, and it bounces back into the air, but he manages to successfully bring it down on a second try. Damage to the prototype U-2 is very minor.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Wikipedia, “Lockheed U-2”; “Area 51 and the Accidental Test Flight,” Central Intelligence Agency, August 6, 2015
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_2743

Event 17367 (2551C6EF)

Date: 8/1/1955
Location: Willoughby, Ohio
Description: 8:45 p.m. William M. Sheneman, the owner of a radio/TV store in Willoughby, Ohio, pulls into his driveway and walks across the street to check his mailbox. He sees a red light about 1,000 feet away coming at him at a right angle. He thinks it is a plane about to crash. Then the ground is illuminated with two brilliant lights aimed directly from the object. He runs back into the house as the UFO moves over his garage about 50–100 feet in the air. He sees a big red light at the front and a green light at the rear. Then all the lights turn off and the object moves away over the woods. He and his wife can now see the outline of a dome lit up with tiny lights inside. It hovers there for 5 minutes then moves away.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: UFOEv, p. 114; Loren E. Gross, The Fifth Horseman of the Apocalypse: UFOs, a History: 1955 July–September 15th, The Author, 1992, pp. 31–32; Isabel Davis and Ted Bloecher, Close Encounter at Kelly and Others of 1955, CUFOS, 1978, p. 180; Clark III 244–245
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_2744

Event 17368 (ED519EE1)

Date: 8/1/1955
Description: Joseph Whaley, age 20, was cutting the grass along Highway 118 in Bronwood, Georgia when he saw a six-foot “gorilla” come running towards him. It was covered with shaggy gray hair and had tusk like teeth, and it grunted like a pig. Whaley struck at it with his scythe and then ran to this jeep, but it pursued him and clawed at him, ripping his shirt and scratching his shoulder. It moved “in a lumbering and slow moving” manner.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: Atlanta Constitution, August 3, 1955; David F. Webb & Ted Bloecher, HUMCAT: Catalogue of Humanoid Reports, case # 1955-14 (A0376)
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_4560

Event 17369 (A1901793)

Date: 8/1/1955
Description: Mr. Sheneman had just driven home from Willoughby, Ohio and was preparing to go into his house at around 9:00 p.m. He got out of his car and saw a circular object with a red light on it. The UFO came down fast, hovered, and emitted two beams of light. The witness fled toward his house while the object appeared to pursue him less than 70 meters above the ground. The domed disc was estimated to measure about 30 meters in diameter. His wife and their two children saw it fly away.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: Richard Hall, The UFO Evidence (Volume I), p. 114; Jacques Vallee, Passport to Magonia: A Century of Landings, p. 250
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_4561

Event 17370 (2B2D9D87)

Date: 8/1/1955
Description: On this night two tourists in a car in Salon, near Arles, France saw a lighted object dive toward them and hover 30 meters above the road. The disc-shaped object flew around the car and flew away without making a sound. The witnesses went straight to the Arles police.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: Passport to Magonia: A Century of Landings, p. 250
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_4562

Event 17371 (FDDFA4BA)

Date: 8/2/1955
Time: 03:10
Location: SF BAY OFF RICHMOND, CA
Description: 2 observer(s). White fireball / colored lights going quickly east. Splits / 3 parts going quickly [to] different directions.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO’s a HISTORY-1955 (3 booklets) Self published. (Index 237)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_4691

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

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “7”, Duration: “2”, Elev: “0”, HatchDesc: “SF BAY off RICHMOND,CA:2 OBS:WHT FBL/CLRD LITES >>E:SPLITS/3 PARTS >>DIFF.DIRs”, LatLong: “37.883335 -122.416673”, LatLongDMS: “37:53:00 N 122:25:00 W”, Locale: “Coastlands”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “California”, Strangeness: “5”

Event 17372 (FC866BC0)

Date: 8/2/1955
Time: 13:30
Location: FRESNO, CA
Description: Weatherman / theodolite. Bright silver saucer near balloon. Going quickly [to] against wind. / r139#2.
Type: sighting
Reference: The APRO BULLETIN: Monthly. Jim & Coral Lorenzen: Tucson,AZ (USA. defunct) By volume and number. (Index 668)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_4692

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: “89”, HatchDesc: “FRESNO,CA:WTHRMAN/THEODOLITE:BRITE SLVR SCR nr BALLOON:>>AGAINST WIND:/r139#2”, LatLong: “36.733335 -119.766672”, LatLongDMS: “36:44:00 N 119:46:00 W”, Locale: “Town & City”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “California”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 17373 (888ABF69)

Date: 8/2/1955
Location: 50.4375 77.814167
Description: Nuclear test: Air, confirmed. Country: USSR Yield: 12KT
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_1051

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: “12”

Event 17374 (06E184C2)

Date: 8/2/1955
Locations: Copenhagen, Denmark; Russia
Description: Frederick C. Durant informs the Sixth Congress of the International Astronautical Federation in Copenhagen, Denmark, that President Eisenhower has decided to back the launch of a US scientific satellite during the upcoming International Geophysical Year. Not to be outdone, Soviet delegate Leonid I. Sedov calls a press conference and announces that Russia can launch an artificial satellite within the next 2 years that will be more sophisticated than the Americans’ efforts.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Amy Shira Teitel, “How the Stage Was Set for the Satellite Race,” Popular Science, January 3, 2016; Amy Shira Teitel, Breaking the Chains of Gravity: The Story of Spaceflight before NASA, Bloomsbury Sigma, 2017
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_2745

Event 17375 (1D3FAFF1)

Date: 8/3/1955
Location: BRONWOOD, GA
Description: UFO seen. Jeep stalls. 6’ hairy entity attacks / driven off. Jeep OK.
Type: sighting
Reference: RODEGHIER, Mark/CUFOS: UFO REPORTS INVOLVING VEHICLE INTERFERENCE; CUFOS 1979. Available as CUFOS UFO Archive #1 CD-ROM. http://www.cufos.org/Pubform.pdf (Index 6)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_4693

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, SCR: Classic saucer/disk/sphere shaped UFO, MON: Monster: Life form fits no category, FIG: Undefined or poorly seen figure/entity, OBS: Observation/chasing vehicles, HUM: Humans affected: Injury/burns/marks/abduction/death, VEH: Vehicle affected: Marks/damage/EME effects, EME: Electro-Magnetic Effects

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “4”, Duration: “5”, Elev: “112”, HatchDesc: “BRONWOOD,GA:UFO SEEN:JEEP STALLS:6’ HAIRY ENTITY ATTACKS/DRIVEN OFF:JEEP OK”, LatLong: “31.833335 -84.366671”, LatLongDMS: “31:50:00 N 84:22:00 W”, Locale: “Farmlands”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Georgia”, Strangeness: “9”

Event 17376 (23610E18)

Date: 8/3/1955
Time: 19:20
Location: MCDONALD, PA
Description: Civil observer(s). Red-orange-yellow saucer climbs / 45d angle going quickly north. Seen / 4 minute(s). Blue Book report.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO’s a HISTORY-1955 (3 booklets) Self published. (Index 239)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_4694

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: “4”, Elev: “305”, HatchDesc: “McDONALD,PA:CIV OBS:RED-ORG-YEL SCR CLIMBS/45d ANGLE >>N:SEEN/4min:BBK REPORT”, LatLong: “40.372224 -80.233337”, LatLongDMS: “40:22:20 N 80:14:00 W”, Locale: “Town & City”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Pennsylvania”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 17377 (25985035)

Date: 8/4/1955
Description: (Translated from French) First flight of U-2 at Groom Lake. (August 4)
Reference: Rich 1994
Reference: rr0 - Beau
Source: rr0, ID: rr0_1623

Event 17378 (4CF4D989)

Date: 8/4/1955
Location: EAST ST. LOUIS, IL
Description: Several observer(s). Silver “weather balloon” hovers / minutes. Zooms away.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO’s a HISTORY-1955 (3 booklets) Self published. (Index 238)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_4695

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: “5”, Elev: “123”, HatchDesc: “E.St LOUIS,IL:SVRL OBS:SLVR “WEATHER BALLOON” HVRS/MINUTES:ZOOMS AWAY:”, LatLong: “38.633335 -90.133338”, LatLongDMS: “38:38:00 N 90:08:00 W”, Locale: “Town & City”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Illinois”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 17379 (11277123)

Date: 8/5/1955
Time: 14:30
Location: BUZANCY, FR
Description: 3 observer(s). 5 disks going down [to] and going up [to] very fast. 2 land / German cemetery. 3 going quickly south fast. / r8#369.
Type: sighting
Reference: BOURRET, Jean-Claude: Le NOUVEAU DEFI des OVNI. Editions France Loisirs, Paris. 1976 ISBN 2-7242-0104-3 395pp. (Index 39)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_4696

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, SCR: Classic saucer/disk/sphere shaped UFO, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), OBS: Observation/chasing vehicles, RAY: Odd light/searchlight/beam/laser-like, VEH: Vehicle affected: Marks/damage/EME effects, LND: UFO landing or any part touches ground, EME: Electro-Magnetic Effects

Extra Data: Country: “France”, Credibility: “7”, Duration: “1”, HatchDesc: “BUZANCY,FR:3 OBS:5 DISKS ↓+↑ VFAST:2 LAND/GERMAN CEMETERY:3 >>S FAST:/r8#369”, LatLong: “49.427780 4.961111”, LatLongDMS: “49:25:40 N 04:57:40 E”, Locale: “Forest”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Ardennes”, Strangeness: “7”

Event 17380 (61937B8D)

Date: 8/5/1955
Time: 20:40
Location: CINCINNATI, OH
Description: Thousands / observer(s). Teardrop south going quickly north. Windows! 6 August saucer lands going quickly [to] atomic plant!
Type: sighting
Reference: STRINGFIELD, Leonard: SITUATION RED - The UFO Siege. Fawcett Crest, NY 1977 (Index 148)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_4697

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), NUC: Nuclear facility related, LND: UFO landing or any part touches ground

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “13”, Duration: “200”, Elev: “207”, HatchDesc: “CINCINNATI,OH:1000s/OBS:TEARDROP S>>N:WINDOWS!::6AUG SCR LANDS>>ATOMIC PLANT!”, LatLong: “39.094446 -84.538893”, LatLongDMS: “39:05:40 N 84:32:20 W”, Locale: “Metropolis”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Ohio”, Strangeness: “7”

Event 17381 (53485A7D)

Date: 8/5/1955
Time: 1430
Location: Buzancy, Ardennes, France
Description: Messrs. Coisin and Mahieu saw five brown, disk-shaped machines coming down and up again at great speed. One of them flew under the others, then two disks appeared to land 300 m away near the German cemetery. The others flew away toward the south at tremendous speed.
Type: ufo sighting
Reference: Personal (Vallee)
Source: ValléeMagonia, ID: Magonia_369

Event 17382 (F7ECCB11)

Date: 8/5/1955
Location: 50.4375 77.814167
Description: Nuclear test: Air, confirmed. Country: USSR Yield: 1.2KT
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_1052

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: “1.2”

Event 17383 (34EA7EBC)

Date: 8/5/1955
Description: Buzancy, Ardennes, France - At 2:30 p.m. Messrs. Coisin and Mahieu saw five brown, disc-shaped craft come down from the sky and fly back up again at a high rate of speed. One of them flew under the others. Two discs appeared to land 300 meters away near the German cemetery. The others flew away toward the south at tremendous speed.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: Jacques Vallee, Passport to Magonia: A Century of Landings, p. 250
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_4673

Event 17384 (76F5EDF1)

Date: 8/5/1955
Description: A photograph of a spherical UFO was taken at a school in Anchorage, Alaska by a man named G. Henning.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: Max Miller, Saucers, May 1956, p. 1; J. Bernard Delair, UFO Register, Volume 6, 1975, p. 43
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_4674

Event 17385 (556ECA25)

Date: 8/5/1955
Description: At 2:30 p.m. Messrs. Coisin and Mahieu saw five brown, disc-shaped machines coming down in Buzancy, Ardennes, France. They maneuvered at great speed. One of them flew under the others, then two discs appeared to land 300 meters away near the German cemetery. The others flew away toward the south at tremendous speed.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: Jacques Vallee, Passport to Magonia: A Century of Landings, case 369
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_4675

Event 17386 (18CB836F)

Date: 8/6/1955
Location: PUERTO CUMAREBO, VNZ
Description: 3 observer(s). Brilliant object going quickly south through clouds. Retraces path south going quickly north.
Type: sighting
Reference: The APRO BULLETIN: Monthly. Jim & Coral Lorenzen: Tucson,AZ (USA. defunct) By volume and number. (Index 668)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_4698

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

Extra Data: Country: “Venezuela”, Credibility: “8”, Duration: “3”, Elev: “74”, HatchDesc: “PUERTO CUMAREBO,VNZ:3 OBS:BRILLIANT OBJ >> S THRU CLOUDS:RETRACES PATH S>>N”, LatLong: “11.466667 -69.350003”, LatLongDMS: “11:28:00 N 69:21:00 W”, Locale: “Coastlands”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “FLC”, Strangeness: “5”

Event 17387 (99C743F6)

Date: 8/6/1955
Location: Cincinnati, OH
Description: Oval-shaped UFO observed ascending at high speed. [UFOE, XII] (NICAP: 01 - Distant Encounters)
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_1865

Event 17388 (55FDC13C)

Date: 8/6/1955
Description: A UFO witness watched an extremely brightly lit UFO over Cincinnati, Ohio for less than 10 seconds. He later suffered from red, irritated eyes.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: CRIFO Orbit, September 1955, p. 2, Leonard Stringfield, Situation Red: The UFO Siege, p. 148; T. Scott Crain, Jr., Flying Saucers magazine, June-July 1971, p. 7, Otto Binder, What We Really Know About Flying Saucers, p. 85
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_4722

Event 17389 (CEEF53B5)

Date: 8/6/1955
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cation:** Cincinnati, Ohio
Description: Witness, not wanting name revealed, reported he saw an oval-shaped UFO resting near his driveway. While watching the pulsating of the object, his eyes suffered severe irritation and he had to consult the doctor for relief.
Type: ufo sighting
Reference: The Flying Saucers are Hostile!, by George D. Fawcett 1961
Source: HostileFawcett, ID: HostileFawcett_46

Event 17390 (C8D048AA)

Date: 8/7/1955
Time: 11:00
Location: HOBART, IN
Description: 1 observer / (seen thru) binoculars. Silver sphere/orb/globe criss-crosses entire sky. / letter to Bluebook.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO’s a HISTORY-1955 (3 booklets) Self published. (Index 241)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_4699

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: “196”, HatchDesc: “HOBART,IN:1 OBS/BINOCS:SLVR ORB CRISS-CROSSES ENTIRE SKY:/LETTER to BLUEBOOK”, LatLong: “41.533335 -87.266671”, LatLongDMS: “41:32:00 N 87:16:00 W”, Locale: “Residential”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Indiana”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 17391 (2860F45F)

Date: 8/7/1955
Time: 20:10
Location: AKRON, OH
Description: Ground Observer Corps (GOC) observer(s). Pink streak going quickly south / 10 minute(s). 15K’ altitude. Exits going up. 9 August military and civil Ground Observer Corps (GOC). Saucer going quickly southwest.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO’s a HISTORY-1955 (3 booklets) Self published. (Index 244)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_4700

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, MIL: Observer(s) military, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, MID: Likely mis-identification, 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: “7”, Duration: “10”, Elev: “315”, HatchDesc: “AKRON,OH:GOC OBS:PINK STREAK>>S/10min:15K’alt:EXITS↑::9AUG MIL+CIV GOC:SCR>>SW”, LatLong: “41.100002 -81.516671”, LatLongDMS: “41:06:00 N 81:31:00 W”, Locale: “Town & City”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, RelAlt: “4500”, State/Prov: “Ohio”, Strangeness: “5”

Event 17392 (E1853265)

Date: 8/7/1955
Time: 20:40
Location: FRASERBURGH, SCOTLAND
Description: Sea cadets. Dark grey ‘space-ship’ over bay. Amazing speed. No further details.
Type: sighting
Reference: The APRO BULLETIN: Monthly. Jim & Coral Lorenzen: Tucson,AZ (USA. defunct) By volume and number. (Index 673)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_4701

Attributes: CST: Observer(s) in coastal area/just offshore, SEA: Observer(s) at sea, MIL: Observer(s) military, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, HQO: High-quality observer(s), CIG: Torpedo/cigar/cylinder shaped UFO, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s)

Extra Data: Country: “Great Britain and Ireland”, Credibility: “9”, Duration: “1”, Elev: “0”, HatchDesc: “FRASERBURGH,SCOTL:SEA CADETS:DRK GRY ‘SPACE-SHIP’ OVR BAY:AMAZING SPEED:NFD”, LatLong: “57.700003 -1.966667”, LatLongDMS: “57:42:00 N 01:58:00 W”, Locale: “Offshore”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Scotland”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 17393 (A3AF2D0B)

Date: 8/8/1955
Time: 04:10
Location: MARENGO, IL
Description: 2 observer(s) / (seen thru) binoculars. 4 bright saucers spin / southwest sky. Tilt-hover-zip-hover etc. Going quickly southeast.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO’s a HISTORY-1955 (3 booklets) Self published. (Index 246)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_4702

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: “10”, Elev: “255”, HatchDesc: “MARENGO,IL:2 OBS/BINOCS:4 BRITE SCRS SPIN/SW SKY:TILT-HVR-ZIP-HVR etc:>>SE”, LatLong: “42.266669 -88.600004”, LatLongDMS: “42:16:00 N 88:36:00 W”, Locale: “Residential”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Illinois”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 17394 (B9949DA0)

Date: 8/8/1955
Description: The CIA’s Todos Odarenko writes an office memorandum recommending that the CIA should maintain a file of UFO sightings but deny that all investigations are inactive, and separate explainable UFOs from unidentifiable reports.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Jacobsen, Area 51, pp. 75–76
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_2746

Event 17395 (848F97D0)

Date: 8/9/1955
Time: 21:00
Location: NEAR MOON LAKE, NE
Description: 3 farm families. Bright moon-size object hovers low / 2 hours. Night lights exit going quickly north.
Type: sighting
Reference: The APRO BULLETIN: Monthly. Jim & Coral Lorenzen: Tucson,AZ (USA. defunct) By volume and number. (Index 668)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_4703

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)

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “9”, Duration: “120”, Elev: “807”, HatchDesc: “nr MOON LAKE,NE:3 FARM FAMILIES:BRITE MOONSIZE OBJ HVRS LO/2hrs:NLTS EXIT >>N:”, LatLong: “42.400002 -100.100005”, LatLongDMS: “42:24:00 N 100:06:00 W”, Locale: “Farmlands”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Nebraska”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 17396 (B98958B3)

Date: 8/9/1955
Description: A bright object, the apparent size of the Moon, hovered low near the horizon near Moon Lake, Nebraska for two hours. Nocturnal lights exited from it and flew off to the north. There were several witnesses from three families.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: APRO Bulletin, August 1955; Larry Hatch, U computer database
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_4790

Event 17397 (640D54C1)

Date: 8/10/1955
Location: GRAND ISLAND, NE
Description: Several observer(s). Many disks cross northeast sky. 1 or 2 at a time / several hours.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO’s a HISTORY-1955 (3 booklets) Self published. (Index 245)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_4704

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

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “9”, Duration: “44”, Elev: “563”, HatchDesc: “GRAND ISLAND,NE:SVRL OBS:MANY DISKS CROSS NE SKY:1 OR 2 AT A TIME/SVRL HOURS”, LatLong: “40.916669 -98.333338”, LatLongDMS: “40:55:00 N 98:20:00 W”, Locale: “Residential”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Nebraska”, Strangeness: “8”

Event 17398 (458C9E27)

Date: 8/10/1955
Time: 12:00
Location: ST. PAUL, MN
Description: Silver hamburger-saucer going [to] over capitol building. Stops. Descends. Shoots going quickly east.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO’s a HISTORY-1955 (3 booklets) Self published. (Index 514)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_4705

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

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “6”, Duration: “2”, Elev: “234”, HatchDesc: “St.PAUL,MN:SLVR HAMBURGER-SCR >ovr CAPITOL BLDG:STOPS:DESCENDS:SHOOTS >>E”, LatLong: “44.950002 -93.083338”, LatLongDMS: “44:57:00 N 93:05:00 W”, Locale: “Metropolis”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Minnesota”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 17399 (0C4F566B)

Date: 8/10/1955
Time: 18:50
Location: PERGINE-V, ITL
Description: Several observer(s). Silver-green half-moon-size disk going quickly west. Stops. Changes color(s). Going quickly west.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO’s a HISTORY-1955 (3 booklets) Self published. (Index 512)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_4706

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: “Italy”, Credibility: “8”, Duration: “2”, HatchDesc: “PERGINE-V,ITL:SVRL OBS:SLVR-GRN HALF-MOONSIZE DISK >>W:STOPS:CHANGES CLRS:>>W”, LatLong: “46.066669 11.233334”, LatLongDMS: “46:04:00 N 11:14:00 E”, Locale: “Mountains”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, RelAlt: “3000”, State/Prov: “TAA”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 17400 (C1E4A240)

Date: 8/11/1955
Description: (Translated from French) Sighting in Iceland. (August 11)
Reference: case Blue Book #3699 unsolved
Reference: rr0 - Beau
Source: rr0, ID: rr0_1624

Event 17401 (3AC6B74E)

Date: 8/11/1955
Time: ~08:00
Location: STOCKPORT, ENGL
Description: 6 kids. Bubble dome saucer hums going north. Spots = possible portholes. No maneuvers.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO’s a HISTORY-1955 (3 booklets) Self published. (Index 516)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_4707

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: “Great Britain and Ireland”, Credibility: “8”, Duration: “1”, HatchDesc: “STOCKPORT,ENGL:6 KIDS:BUBBLE DOME SCR HUMS >N:SPOTS=POSS.PORTHOLES:NO MNVRS”, LatLong: “53.400003 -2.150000”, LatLongDMS: “53:24:00 N 02:09:00 W”, Locale: “Residential”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “England”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 17402 (97544347)

Date: 8/11/1955
Time: ~19:00
Location: ALTAR, MEXICO
Description: Many observer(s). Large luminous body hovers / 1 hour! Clouds pass beneath. Then extremely quickly going up.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO’s a HISTORY-1955 (3 booklets) Self published. (Index 515)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_4708

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: “Mexico”, Credibility: “11”, Duration: “60”, Elev: “495”, HatchDesc: “ALTAR,MEXICO:MANY OBS:LRG LUMn.BODY HVRS/1 HOUR!:CLOUDS PASS BENEATH:THEN ↑↑↑”, LatLong: “30.700001 -111.816672”, LatLongDMS: “30:42:00 N 111:49:00 W”, Locale: “Desert”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Sonora”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 17403 (31D6D697)

Date: 8/11/1955
Time: 21:30
Location: CAIRO, IL
Description: Lady. Vibrant bright triangle going quickly NNW low / horizon. Silent. No contrail. Seen / 20 second(s). No further details.
Type: sighting
Reference: The APRO BULLETIN: Monthly. Jim & Coral Lorenzen: Tucson,AZ (USA. defunct) By volume and number. (Index 668)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_4709

Attributes: CIV: Observer(s) civilian, DLT: Delta/vee/boomerang/rectangular shaped UFO, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s)

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “6”, Duration: “1”, Elev: “98”, HatchDesc: “CAIRO,IL:LADY:VBRITE TRIANGLE >>NNW LOW/HRZN:SLNT:NO CONTRAIL:seen/20sec:NFD”, LatLong: “37.000002 -89.166671”, LatLongDMS: “37:00:00 N 89:10:00 W”, Locale: “Residential”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Illinois”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 17404 (8DF7FDD9)

Date: 8/11/1955
Location: Unknown Location in Iceland, Iceland
Description: 12 Objects Observed By AF Officer (NICAP: 01 - Distant Encounters, Code: D, Rating: 5, BB: 3699)
Reference: NICAP: 550811
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_1866

Event 17405 (2A57FD5E)

Date: 8/11/1955
Time: 11:45 AM
Location: Iceland
Description: Witness: 2nd Lt. E.J. Marlow. Twelve grey objects, from cigar to egg-shaped, varied their formation from elliptical to wavy line to scattered to straight line to trail formation. Speed varied from hover to 1,000 m.p.h. Sighting lasted 3-4 minutes.
Type: ufo sighting
Reference: BlueBook Unknowns PDF
Source: BerlinerBBUnknowns, ID: BerlinerBBU_388

Event 17406 (6D7BDFAB)

Date: 8/11/1955
Location: Cairo, Illinois
Description: 9:30 p.m. A witness in Cairo, Illinois, sees a triangular-shaped UFO low on the horizon above the trees, heading silently north and slightly west. Its front end is dark, its middle section bluish green, and its end very bright.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: “Sightings,” APRO Bulletin, August 1955, p. 9
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_2747

Event 17407 (943F894E)

Date: 8/11/1955
Description: Iceland. At 11:45 a.m. Lt. E. J. Marlow sighted twelve gray objects, from cigar to egg-shaped, flying in formation. The objects varied their formation from elliptical to wavy line to scattered to straight line to trail formation. Speeds varied from hovering to 1,000 mph. His sighting lasted 3-4 minutes.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: Leonard Stringfield, CRIFO Newsletter, February 1956, p. 3; Don Berliner, Project Bluebook UFO Unknowns
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_4860

Event 17408 (B2CDB721)

Date: 8/11/1955
Description: A very bright triangular object flew over Cairo, Illinois at 9:30 p.m. and rapidly flew off to the north-northwest low on the horizon. It was silent, and left no contrail. The sighting lasted for 20 seconds.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: APRO Bulletin, August 1955
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_4861

Event 17409 (19FC4352)

Date: 8/12/1955
Time: 22:00
Location: NORTHWEST / MT. DORA, FL
Description: 5 observer(s). Night lights playfully flit about / sky north / Lake Gertrude. To and fro going up and down.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO’s a HISTORY-1955 (3 booklets) Self published. (Index 248)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_4710

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: “8”, Duration: “10”, Elev: “50”, HatchDesc: “NW/Mt DORA,FL:5 OBS:NLTS PLAYFULLY FLIT ABOUT/SKY N/LAKE GERTRUDE:TO+FRO ↑+↓”, LatLong: “28.816668 -81.650004”, LatLongDMS: “28:49:00 N 81:39:00 W”, Locale: “Residential”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Florida”, Strangeness: “4”

Event 17410 (ACFB0267)

Date: 8/14/1955
Time: 19:50
Location: WADENA, MN
Description: Civil observer(s). Silent metal ovoid with windows going quickly [to] against wind. Extremely bright. Going up.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO’s a HISTORY-1955 (3 booklets) Self published. (Index 249)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_4711

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), MIL: Military investigation, BBK: Project BLUEBOOK

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “7”, Duration: “40”, Elev: “417”, HatchDesc: “WADENA,MN:CIV OBS:SILENT MTL OVOID W/WINDOWS >>AGAINST WIND:EXTREMELY BRITE:↑”, LatLong: “46.444447 -95.133338”, LatLongDMS: “46:26:40 N 95:08:00 W”, Locale: “Residential”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Minnesota”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 17411 (EC553C64)

Date: 8/14/1955
Description: On this afternoon in Dogtown, Indiana a woman swimming in the Ohio River, a Mrs. Johnson, had her left leg grabbed by a hairy creature with large claws. It pulled her under the water twice, and she was left with scratches and brushes. A shiny round object was seen in the sky across the river a few minutes later.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: Evansville Press, August 15, 1955; Isabel L. Davis & Ted Bloecher, Close Encounter at Kelly and Others of 1955, p. 181; David F. Webb & Ted Bloecher, HUMCAT: Catalogue of Humanoid Reports, case # A0377
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_5001

Event 17412 (48BF3BB6)

Date: 8/15/1955 (approximate)
Location: CAISTOR, LINCOLNSHIRE
Description: 1 observer. Silvery sphere/orb/globe going down. Releases red hoop going down. Sphere/orb/globe zooms going up [to] and away.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO’s a HISTORY-1955 (3 booklets) Self published. (Index 250)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_4712

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: “Great Britain and Ireland”, Credibility: “6”, Duration: “2”, Elev: “125”, HatchDesc: “CAISTOR,LINCOLNSHIRE:1 OBS:SLVRY ORB ↓:RELEASES RED HOOP ↓:ORB ZOOMS ↑+AWAY.”, LatLong: “53.494447 -0.322222”, LatLongDMS: “53:29:40 N 00:19:20 W”, Locale: “Residential”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “England”, Strangeness: “8”

Event 17413 (88D83CD6)

Date: 8/15/1955
Time: 13:20
Location: KLAMATH FALLS, OR
Description: Ground Observer Corps (GOC) Ustack and Taylor / (seen thru) binoculars. Bouncing sphere/orb/globe east going quickly west. / 22 minute(s). No further details.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO’s a HISTORY-1955 (3 booklets) Self published. (Index 250)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_4713

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

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “8”, Duration: “22”, Elev: “1323”, HatchDesc: “KLAMATH FALLS,OR:GOC USTACK+TAYLOR/BINOCS:BOUNCING ORB E>>W:/22min:NFD”, LatLong: “42.222224 -121.783339”, LatLongDMS: “42:13:20 N 121:47:00 W”, Locale: “Pasture”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Oregon”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 17414 (D9996673)

Date: 8/15/1955
Time: 19:30
Location: BETLEY, STAFFS
Description: 3 separate observer(s). Adamski-saucer drops and hovers / 200’ altitude. Shoots going quickly north. Back 22 Nov. '55.
Type: sighting
Reference: GIBBONS, Gavin: The COMING of the SPACE SHIPS; Neville-Spearman, London HB 1956. 13s.6d (Index 127)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_4714

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: “Great Britain and Ireland”, Credibility: “4”, Duration: “1”, Elev: “98”, HatchDesc: “BETLEY,STAFFs:3 SEP.OBS:ADAMSKII-SCR DROPS+HVRS/200’alt:SHOOTS>>N:BACK 22NOV55”, LatLong: “53.038891 -2.366667”, LatLongDMS: “53:02:20 N 02:22:00 W”, Locale: “Residential”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, RelAlt: “60”, State/Prov: “England”, Strangeness: “4”

Event 17415 (F475E31A)

Date: 8/16/1955
Time: 04:00
Location: BRADFORD, WEST YORKS
Description: 1.2M small humanoid (or Grey). Feet together. Hops into alley. Silver disk / chest.
Type: sighting
Reference: VALLEE, Jacques: PASSPORT TO MAGONIA; H. Regnery, Chicago HC 1969 & Contemporary Books,Chicago 1993. 372pp. (Index 370)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_4715

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, ODD: Atypical/Forteana/paranormal, NFO: No craft seen, OID: Humanoid: Small alien or “Grey”, RBT: Possible robot or “Grey”, mechanical motions, LND: UFO landing or any part touches ground, TCH: New technical details/clues

Extra Data: Country: “Great Britain and Ireland”, Credibility: “7”, Duration: “3”, Elev: “152”, HatchDesc: “BRADFORD,W.YORKS:1.2M OID:FEET TOGETHER:HOPS INTO ALLEY:SLVR DISK/CHEST:”, LatLong: “53.783336 -1.733333”, LatLongDMS: “53:47:00 N 01:44:00 W”, Locale: “Town & City”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “England”, Strangeness: “10”

Event 17416 (5624B7F0)

Date: 8/16/1955
Time: 0400
Location: Bradford, England
Description: Mr. Ernest Suddard, 35, and his 13-year-old son were in a lorry on Roundhill Street when they saw what seemed to be a human being about 1.20 m tall, dressed in skin-tight black clothes. It held its arms close to its sides, its feet close together, and walked by a series of jumps. On its chest was a silver disk perforated with holes. It turned off suddenly into a passageway and was lost to sight. The witnesses were too amazed to follow it.
Type: ufo sighting
Reference: Constance 222 (Vallee)
Source: ValléeMagonia, ID: Magonia_370

Event 17417 (DFB87EB9)

Date: 8/16/1955
Location: Bradford, West Yorks, England
Description: Early morning. Truck driver Ernest Suddard and his 13-year-old son are returning home to Bradford, West Yorks, England, when their headlights light up a small figure in the street. It is 4 feet tall, dressed in skin-tight black clothes, and is hopping forward in a series of jerky movements. A circular, silvery object, perforated with holes, appears on the figure’s chest just below its throat. It approaches the truck then turns away abruptly into a passage. Suddard alerts the police, but they find nothing.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Loren E. Gross, The Fifth Horseman of the Apocalypse: UFOs, a History: 1955 July–September 15th, The Author, 1992, p. 50; Patrick Gross, URECAT, February 19, 2008
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_2748

Event 17418 (1F730C93)

Date: 8/16/1955
Locations: Belfast, Northern Ireland; Cave Hill
Description: 3:55 p.m. Mechanic Hugh Saunders sees a silver object above a white cloudbank above Cave Hill in Belfast, Northern Ireland. It is flat and moves swiftly.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Belfast Telegraph, August 17, 1955; Shane Cochrane, “Ireland vs. the Flying Saucers,” Fortean Times 317 (September 2014): 55
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_2749

Event 17419 (D5D4C2E3)

Date: 8/16/1955
Description: Mr. Ernest Suddard, age 35, and his 13-year-old son were driving in a truck in Bradford, England at 4:00 in the morning when they saw what seemed to be a short human being about 1.20 meters (4 feet) tall, dressed in skin-tight black clothes. It held its arms close to its sides, its feet close together, and walked by a series of jumps. On its chest was a silver disc perforated with holes. It turned off suddenly into a passageway and was lost from view. The witnesses were too amazed to follow.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: Jack Ibson, Flying Saucer Review, September 1955, p. 4; Arthur Constance, The Inexplicable Sky, p. 222; Jacques Vallee, Passport to Magonia: A Century of Landings, pp. 250-251; David F. Webb & Ted Bloecher, HUMCAT: Catalogue of Humanoid Reports, case A0378
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_5072

Event 17420 (6705DD95)

Date: 8/17/1955
Time: 04:30
Location: US95 NORTHWEST / LAS VEGAS, NV
Description: Teacher. Pear-shaped object jumps all over and about car / 90 minute(s). Going quickly east.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO’s a HISTORY-1955 (3 booklets) Self published. (Index 251)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_4716

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, SCR: Classic saucer/disk/sphere shaped UFO, PRB: Probe: Possibly remote controlled, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), OBS: Observation/chasing vehicles, HUM: Humans affected: Injury/burns/marks/abduction/death, VEH: Vehicle affected: Marks/damage/EME effects, MIL: Military investigation, BBK: Project BLUEBOOK

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “6”, Duration: “90”, Elev: “610”, HatchDesc: “US95 NW/LAS VEGAS,NV:TEACHER:PEAR-SHAPED OBJ JUMPS ALL OVR+ABOUT CAR/90min:>>E”, LatLong: “36.633335 -116.000006”, LatLongDMS: “36:38:00 N 116:00:00 W”, Locale: “Pasture”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, RelAlt: “3”, State/Prov: “Nevada”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 17421 (E2A00763)

Date: 8/17/1955
Time: 23:40
Location: BREMERTON, WA
Description: 2 teens. 8 saucers / tight formation curve southwest going quickly west / seconds. Absolute(ly) silent.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO’s a HISTORY-1955 (3 booklets) Self published. (Index 251)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_4717

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

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “6”, Duration: “1”, Elev: “30”, HatchDesc: “BREMERTON,WA:2 TEENS:8 SCRS/TIGHT FORMATION CURVE SW>>W/SECONDS:ABS SILENT:”, LatLong: “47.566669 -122.633339”, LatLongDMS: “47:34:00 N 122:38:00 W”, Locale: “Residential”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Washington”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 17422 (D912FA46)

Date: 8/18/1955
Location: SOUTHEAST / OXFORD, NE
Description: 3 observer(s). Dark silent circular object blocks stars. 12 lights / rim. Going west low and slow.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO’s a HISTORY-1955 (3 booklets) Self published. (Index 517)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_4718

Attributes: 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: “4”, Elev: “638”, HatchDesc: “SE/OXFORD,NE:3 OBS:DRK SLNT CIRC.OBJ BLOCKS STARS:12 LITES/RIM:>W LO+SLOW:”, LatLong: “40.200002 -99.550005”, LatLongDMS: “40:12:00 N 99:33:00 W”, Locale: “Pasture”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Nebraska”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 17423 (C44266E4)

Date: 8/18/1955
Time: 18:00
Location: SAINT-PAIR, MANCHE, FR
Description: Intense light. Saucer lands / field / total silence. Dog scared.
Type: sighting
Reference: FIGEUT, Michel & RUCHON, Jean-Louis: OVNI - Le Premier Dossier…; Alain LeFeuvre, Paris 1979. (Index 220)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_4719

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: “France”, Credibility: “6”, Duration: “12”, HatchDesc: “SAINT-PAIR,MANCHE,FR:INTENSE LITE:SCR LANDS/FIELD/TOTAL SILENCE:DOG SCARED”, LatLong: “48.816669 -1.566667”, LatLongDMS: “48:49:00 N 01:34:00 W”, Locale: “Farmlands”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Manche”, Strangeness: “7”

Event 17424 (20FA990A)

Date: 8/19/1955
Description: (Translated from French) President Eisenhower signs Executive Order 10633 restricting airspace above Groom Lake for the first time. The rectangular space is an extension of the Test Site airspace (known as the “Project Las Vegas”) at its northeast end and measures 5 nautical miles by 9. (August 19)
Reference: Federal Register
Reference: rr0 - Beau
Source: rr0, ID: rr0_1625

Event 17425 (91CA5918)

Date: 8/19/1955
Time: ~20:00
Location: PISA, ITALY
Description: 6 saucers fly over in backwards V-formation! 1 larger than others. Dusk.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO’s a HISTORY-1955 (3 booklets) Self published. (Index 252)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_4720

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: “Italy”, Credibility: “7”, Duration: “0”, HatchDesc: “PISA,ITALY:6 SCRS FLY OVR IN BACKWARDS V-FORMATION!:1 LARGER THAN OTHERS:DUSK”, LatLong: “43.850002 10.400000”, LatLongDMS: “43:51:00 N 10:24:00 E”, Locale: “Farmlands”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “PI”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 17426 (6EBB31C2)

Date: 8/19/1955
Time: 23:30
Location: BRADFORD, WEST YORKSHIRE
Description: 1 observer. 4M-high bullet-shaped object behind hill. High-pitch-buzz.
Type: sighting
Reference: VALLEE, Jacques: PASSPORT TO MAGONIA; H. Regnery, Chicago HC 1969 & Contemporary Books,Chicago 1993. 372pp. (Index 371)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_4721

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, CIG: Torpedo/cigar/cylinder shaped UFO, PRB: Probe: Possibly remote controlled, 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: “Great Britain and Ireland”, Credibility: “6”, Duration: “1”, Elev: “152”, HatchDesc: “BRADFORD,W.YORKSHIRE:1 OBS:4M-HI BULLET-SHAPED OBJ BEHIND HILL:HI-PITCH-BUZZ”, LatLong: “53.766669 -1.750000”, LatLongDMS: “53:46:00 N 01:45:00 W”, Locale: “Town & City”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “England”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 17427 (A97A81A9)

Date: 8/19/1955
Time: 2330
Location: Bradford, England
Description: About 700 m away from Roundhill street, Mr. Wood, a warehouseman, saw a bright, bullet-shaped, silvery object behind a hillock. It measured about 4 m in height, 1.5 m in diameter, had a surface similar to chromium and made a highpitched buzzing sound.
Type: ufo sighting
Reference: Constance 222 (Vallee)
Source: ValléeMagonia, ID: Magonia_371

Event 17428 (D1ED6666)

Date: 8/19/1955
Location: Lisburn, Northern Ireland
Description: 2:00 p.m. A “shining, glittering ball” zigzags across the sky over Lisburn, Northern Ireland. It is seen by many people for about 10 minutes. Jeffrey Moore, 17, says it looks like a steel ball at first, then as it gets closer it appears “cross-shaped.” It moves in a variety of directions before disappearing into the clouds.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Belfast Telegraph, August 20, 1955; Shane Cochrane, “Ireland vs. the Flying Saucers,” Fortean Times 317 (September 2014): 55
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_2750

Event 17429 (D838060E)

Date: 8/19/1955
Description: At 11:30 p.m. about 700 meters away from the site of another humanoid encounter only three days before in Bradford, England, Mr. Wood, a warehouseman, saw a bright, silvery, bullet-shaped object behind a hillock. It measured about four meters in height and 1.5 meters in diameter. It had a highly polished chrome-like surface and made a high-pitched buzzing sound.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: Arthur Constance, The Inexplicable Sky, p. 222; Jacques Vallee, Passport to Magonia: A Century of Landings , p. 251
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_5155

Event 17430 (B9726621)

Date: 8/20/1955
Description: (Translated from French) One of the witnesses was on a dock in Ontario (Canada). A night watchman pointed out an unusual apparition to him: Its shape resembled two saucers placed one on top of the other, side by side… the whole object was of a beautiful silver-white color and it seemed to be radiating, like a lighthouse in a foggy night. The device performed a series of maneuvers about 100 m away from the men: It seemed to be throwing sparks as if all its surfaces were radiating an electric current or overheated air… After a first stop, the machine seemed to slide laterally for about 15 m, then stopped again. Its speed did not exceed 6 to 7 km/h. After 1 or 2 minutes, it accelerated so violently that it disappeared in 3 s, like a star would diminish. It left in the direction it had come from, from the west. It was climbing at an angle of about 40°. I reported this observation to the Canadian government… It was silver-white in color… I cannot better describe this hue, I have never seen anything like it… It was luminous, but without glare, rather like a fluorescent glow… It kept sparkling, like the lights of a diamond. It was a beautiful luminous thing… (August 20, 10:45 PM)
Reference: rr0 - Beau
Source: rr0, ID: rr0_1626

Event 17431 (0AFF43C7)

Date: 8/20/1955
Description: (Translated from French) In Kenora (Ontario), two distant witnesses (1 pilot president of a seaplane company and 1 night watchman) observe for 4 minutes a small disc. The luminous object descends, skirts the clouds, makes various inclinations, stops at low altitude above a lake, throws sparks, then suddenly accelerates and disappears into the sky. Extract from the pilot’s account: Coming from the West, it was heading towards us. It was in the shape of a saucer. It turned and dove to skirt a low cloud. It did not venture into the low drifting clouds in the sky but remained in the clear areas. When it arrived about 180 m from us, it inclined on its side and then returned to its initial position, parallel to the ground… it stopped about a dozen m above the lake, and about 75 m from us. We detected neither noise nor smell. The thing seemed to me at most 1.20 to 1.50 m wide with a thickness of 20 to 25 cm. It was silver white in color. I cannot better describe this shade, I have never seen one like it… It seemed to throw sparks as if all its surfaces were radiating an electric flux or overheated air… After a first stop, the machine seemed to slide laterally for about fifteen m, then stopped again. Its speed did not exceed 6 to 7 km/h. After 1 to 2 minutes, it accelerated so violently that it disappeared in 3 s, like a star that would diminish. It left in the direction from which it had come, from the West. It was climbing at an angle of about 40°. I reported this observation to the Canadian government. (August 20, 10:45 PM)
Reference: Poher 2003
Reference: rr0 - Beau
Source: rr0, ID: rr0_1627

Event 17432 (AFA75143)

Date: 8/20/1955
Time: ~12:00
Location: ROCKY MOUNTAINS, CO
Description: NY going quickly [to] Los Angeles. 25 / airliner. Metal UFO paces / 45 minute(s). Not on RADAR!
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO’s a HISTORY-1955 (3 booklets) Self published. (Index 253)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_4722

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, TCH: New technical details/clues, CMF: Camouflage/disguise

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “11”, Duration: “45”, Elev: “2700”, HatchDesc: “ROCKY MTNS,CO:NY>>LOS ANGELES:25/AIRLINER:MTL UFO PACES/45min:NOT ON RDR!”, LatLong: “38.000002 -107.000005”, LatLongDMS: “38:00:00 N 107:00:00 W”, Locale: “Metropolis”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Colorado”, Strangeness: “7”

Event 17433 (262818BF)

Date: 8/20/1955
Time: 22:50
Location: KENORA, ONT
Description: 2 civil airmen. 120cm x 23cm saucer checks out seaplanes. Shoots going quickly west. Blue Book.
Type: sighting
Reference: HYNEK, J. Allen: The UFO EXPERIENCE, A Scientific Inquiry; Ballentine Books, NY 1974,1977. (Index 111)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_4723

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

Extra Data: Country: “Canada”, Credibility: “7”, Duration: “4”, Elev: “328”, HatchDesc: “KENORA,ONT:2 CIV AIRMEN:120cm x 23cm SCR CHECKS OUT SEAPLANES:SHOOTS>>W:BBK”, LatLong: “49.783336 -94.483338”, LatLongDMS: “49:47:00 N 94:29:00 W”, Locale: “Forest”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Ontario”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 17434 (6A2B93CC)

Date: 8/20/1955
Location: Palmdale, California
Description: Pilot Horace A. Hanes attains an airspeed record of 822 mph in a North American F-100C Super Sabre at Palmdale, California.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Wikipedia, “North American F-100 Super Sabre”
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_2751

Event 17435 (BCC4D9B3)

Date: 8/20/1955
Location: Kenora, Ontario
Description: 10:45 p.m. The president of a small Canadian air service and his nightwatchman are checking their seaplanes in their dock at Kenora, Ontario, when they see an object “shaped like two saucers with their open tops touching, one above the other” streaking toward them from the west. It is silvery-white in color and sending out rays from its surface or sparkling “as if some electric force or very hot air was flowing from all the surfaces.” It tilts on its side about 600 feet from them, then straightens out with the flat side parallel with the ground and hovers about 225 feet from them and 40 feet above the surface of the lake. It is completely silent and looks to be only 4–5 feet across.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: J. Allen Hynek, The UFO Experience, Ballantine ed., 1974, pp. 111–112
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_2752

Event 17436 (8956C435)

Date: 8/20/1955
Description: At 10:45 p.m. two men on a lake in Kenora, Ontario, Canada saw a saucer-shaped UFO come in front of them, hovering just 40 feet over the water. It was silver white in color, four or five feet across, and at a distance of less than 75 meters. It slid sideways, hovered again, tilted on its side, straightened out, then shot away. It was gone in three seconds, covering 40 degrees of arc in the sky.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: J. Allen Hynek, The UFO Experience, p. 97; UNICAT, case # 382
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_5171

Event 17437 (61F7AA61)

Date: 8/21/1955
Location: USA, Kelly-Hopkinsville, Kentucky
Description: (Translated from French) RR3 - Evening, 7 adult witnesses and 4 children, duration: 4 hours (…) One of the witnesses had seen a UFO land in a ravine near the Sutton farm. When he returned he told his adventure. He was gently mocked and no one thought about it anymore. An hour had not passed when the dog started barking violently in the yard. Two of the men in the house went to the back door to see what was going on. A small luminous man with huge eyes, his arms raised above his head “as if he was being robbed” was slowly approaching the house. In this region, the material level of the witnesses and the social contingencies mean that they shoot first and talk afterwards. The two men did not fail to follow the rule, one pointing a 22 long rifle and the other a hunting rifle. They fired together when the “ufonaut” was no more than about six meters away from them. The shots echoed, they say, exactly as if they had been fired into a bucket. The visitor had a sudden jerk and immediately disappeared into the night. Soon another visitor showed up at the window and was likewise greeted with rifle shots. The wire mesh that protects the window still bears the mark (the bullet pierced it) of this defense against the invader.

The men then went out to see if they had killed the intruder, and as the first in line had momentarily stopped under a small projection of the roof, those who followed him saw a clawed hand descend to touch his hair. New shots, this time directed against the creature on the roof and against another one noticed in a nearby tree. This last one was apparently hit directly but it floated to the ground and ran away. Not much can unsettle a Kentucky farmer more than the inefficiency of his firearms and soon the whole family had barricaded themselves in the house. From time to time the visitors showed up again at the windows. About three hours later the family unanimously decided that the siege had lasted long enough and the eleven occupants of the house piled into two cars and raced into town to alert the police. It was 11 o’clock at night. Given that it certainly takes a great stimulation for a family of eleven people to cram into two cars, cover a dozen kilometers at full speed and come to ask for the help of the police, one can judge the terror of the Suttons. They returned to the farm accompanied by policemen who scrutinized the place, pointed their spotlights in all directions, made a great noise, but found nothing. (J. Allen HYNEK: "UFOs, Myth or Reality? - trans. Belfond 1974, p. 180 to 185, 278
Reference: Mini catalogue chronologique des observations OVNI, by Godelieve Van Overmeire
Source: Overmeire, ID: Overmeire_1996

Event 17438 (CFC0DE27)

Date: 8/21/1955
Description: (Translated from French) In Kentucky, Kelly-Hopkinsville encounter. (August 21)
Reference: rr0 - Beau
Source: rr0, ID: rr0_1628

Event 17439 (F5DD8D48)

Date: 8/21/1955
Location: CHALMETTE, LA
Description: Saturn-object glows and hovers and rotates. Turns sideways. Shoots away. / r78p175.
Type: sighting
Reference: HALL, Richard: The UFO EVIDENCE; NICAP,Washington, DC 1964. Reprinted 1997 Barnes & Noble Books ( only $7.98! ) (Index 150)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_4724

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

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “6”, Duration: “5”, Elev: “2”, HatchDesc: “CHALMETTE,LA:SATURN-OBJ GLOWS+HVRS+ROTATES:TURNS SIDEWAYS:SHOOTS AWAY:/r78p175”, LatLong: “29.950001 -89.966671”, LatLongDMS: “29:57:00 N 89:58:00 W”, Locale: “Wetlands”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Louisiana”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 17440 (AF61602E)

Date: 8/21/1955
Time: 20:30
Location: KELLY, KY
Description: Saucer lands. Suttons 4 hr shoot-out / floating small humanoids (or Greys). 7 observer(s). / r0p172+/ APRO.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO’s a HISTORY-1955 (3 booklets) Self published. (Index 518)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_4725

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, OID: Humanoid: Small alien or “Grey”, OBS: Observation/chasing vehicles, HUM: Humans affected: Injury/burns/marks/abduction/death, BLD: Building/man-made structure/roads/power lines, LND: UFO landing or any part touches ground, TRC: Physical traces, TCH: New technical details/clues, MIL: Military investigation, BBK: Project BLUEBOOK

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “8”, Duration: “240”, Elev: “211”, HatchDesc: “KELLY,KY:SCR LANDS:SUTTONS 4 hr SHOOT-OUT/FLOATING OIDS:7 OBS:/r0p172+/APRO”, LatLong: “36.966668 -87.483338”, LatLongDMS: “36:58:00 N 87:29:00 W”, Locale: “Mountains”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Kentucky”, Strangeness: “14”

Event 17441 (BA2C3FD9)

Date: 8/21/1955
End date: 8/22/1955
Location: Kelly (7 miles N of Hopkinsville), KY
Description: Sutton (Kelly / Hopkinsville) Encounter (NICAP: 07 - Entity Cases, Code: En, Rating: 5, BB: BBU)
Reference: NICAP: 550821-22
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_1867

Event 17442 (9F9A0B67)

Date: 8/21/1955
Location: Chalmette, LA
Description: Glowing-white Saturn-shaped object hovered, rotating; turned sideways and shot away. [UFOE, XII] (NICAP: 01 - Distant Encounters)
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_1868

Event 17443 (E4E0D2A3)

Date: 8/21/1955
Time: 2030
Location: Hopkinsville, Kentucky
Description: The Sutton family saw a light landing near their farmhouse, then several nightmarish entities about 1 m tall, with glowing silver clothing, an oversized round head, huge eyes and ears, and a slit-like mouth harassed them for several hours, in spite of heavy gunfire. At one point, one of the entities was knocked down from the roof by a bullet: it “floated down.” Running out of ammunition, the Suttons got the police, who observed a lighted object in the sky, flying very fast.
Type: ufo sighting
Reference: Atic, Anatomy 173; Magonia (Vallee)
Source: ValléeMagonia, ID: Magonia_372

Event 17444 (1236A918)

Date: 8/21/1955
End date: 8/22/1955
Locations: Hopkinsville, Kentucky; Elmer “Lucky” Sutton farmhouse; Kelly; Fort Campbell; Shady Oaks restaurant; Sutton farm
Description: About 7:00 p.m. Billy Ray Taylor goes into the backyard of the Elmer “Lucky” Sutton farmhouse 7 miles north of Hopkinsville, Kentucky, and sees a bright object come from the south-southwest, pass over, and descend into a gully about 500 feet north and about 35-40 feet lower elevation. Glennie Lankford and 6 other adults (Elmer Sutton, Vera Sutton, John Charley Sutton, Alene Sutton, June Taylor, O. P. Baker) plus 3 children (Charlton, Lonnie, and Mary Lankford), see several gremlin-like creatures float down from trees and approach the house from the dark. They are about 3 feet high with roundish heads, elephantine ears, slit-like mouths extending ear to ear, huge and wide-set eyes, no visible necks, and long arms ending in clawed hands. They wear glowing silver clothing. When they run, they drop on all fours. When one of them approaches the house, Sutton and Taylor fire shotguns through the window screen, scoring a direct hit. The creature is knocked over, but gets up and scuttles off. Taylor walks out the door and one of the creatures grabs at his head. This activity continues the greater part of the night and includes heavy gunfire at times. Sutton fires point blank at it, knocking it from the roof, but it just “floats down.” At about 11:00 p.m. they run out of ammunition, and the entire group flees in terror in two cars and drives at high speed into Hopkinsville to report the incident to the police. A state patrolman leaves the Shady Oaks restaurant 3 miles north of Hopkinsville in a car to respond to the call and sees several meteor- like objects streaking over him sounding like artillery fire. He sees two in a series looking like meteors coming from the southwest, headed towards Kelly from the direction of Fort Campbell, a US Army installation. City, county, state, and military police and reporters drive out to the Sutton farm to investigate from 11:30 p.m. to 2:00 a.m. The UFO entities return at about 2:30 a.m. Glennie Lankford is trying to get to sleep when she sees one outside her window stretching its claw-like hands up to the screen. Elmer Sutton again shoots at them without effect. The last one is seen at about 5:15 a.m. Clark writes that investigations by “police, Air Force officers from nearby Fort Campbell, and civilian ufologists found no evidence of a hoax”; however, Brian Dunning reports that “the claim that Air Force investigators showed up the next day at Mrs. Lankford’s house has been published a number of times by later authors, but I could find no corroborating evidence of this.” Dunning also observes that “the four military police who accompanied the police officers on the night of the event were from an Army base, not an Air Force base.” Skeptic Joe Nickell notes that the family could have misidentified great horned owls, which are nocturnal, fly silently, have yellow eyes, and aggressively defend their nests. He thinks Taylor and Sutton were drinking heavily. Meteor sightings also occurred at the time that could explain Billy Ray Taylor’s claim that he saw “a bright light streak across the sky and disappear beyond a tree line some distance from the house.”
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Wikipedia, “Kelly–Hopkinsville encounter”; Loren E. Gross, The Fifth Horseman of the Apocalypse: UFOs, a History: 1955 July–September 15th, The Author, 1992, pp. 54–75; Loren E. Gross, The Fifth Horseman of the Apocalypse: UFOs, a History: 1955 July–September 15th, Supplemental Notes, The Author, 2002, pp. 18– 36; J. Allen Hynek, The UFO Experience, Ballantine ed., 1974, pp. 172–178; Story, pp. 190–192; Clark III 642– 643; Isabel Davis and Ted Bloecher, Close Encounter at Kelly and Others of 1955, CUFOS, 1978; Sparks, p. 230; “The Close Encounter of the Third Kind at Kelly Re-examined,” IUR 3, no. 5 (May 1978): 4–6; Kim Hansen, “UFO Casebook,” UFOs 1947–1987, Fortean Tomes, 1987, pp. 53–56; Joe Nickell, “Siege of ‘Little Green Men’: The 1955 Kelly, Kentucky, Incident,” Skeptical Inquirer 30, no. 6 (Nov./Dec. 2006); Brian Dunning, “The Kelly- Hopkinsville Encounter,” Skeptoid podcast no. 331, October 9, 2012; Patrick Gross, “The Kelly-Hopkinsville Case, 1955”
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_2753

Event 17445 (6FAF9D4B)

Date: 8/21/1955
Description: Hopkinsville, Kentucky. The Sutton family saw a light land near their farmhouse. Shortly after several goblin-like entities about one meter tall, with glowing silver clothing, oversized round heads, big eyes and huge pointed ears harassed them for several hours. They got out their hunting rifles and started shooting at them. At one point one of the entities was struck by gunfire and was knocked off their roof, but inside of falling normally it “floated down” Close to running out of ammunition, the Suttons fled their farmhouse and got the police, who observed a lighted object in the sky, flying away very fast.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: Project Blue Book; Isabel Davis, Close Encounter at Kelly and Others of 1955; Jacques Vallee, Anatomy of a Phenomenon, p. 173; Jacques Vallee, Passport to Magonia: A Century of Landings, p. 251
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_5207

Event 17446 (3481EB83)

Date: 8/22/1955
Location: USA, Casa Blanca (California)
Description: (Translated from French) At 2:00 PM, in the Douglas garden, the children followed the capricious maneuvers of UFOs, sometimes silver, sometimes semi-transparent. They hovered, disappeared, returned. The flight of the UFOs was accompanied by musical sounds. An object landed and a small being wearing a kind of shiny disc at its waist came towards them. A second character also appeared
Reference: Inforespace n° 11, p 4 - 1973 SOBEPS
Reference: Mini catalogue chronologique des observations OVNI, by Godelieve Van Overmeire
Source: Overmeire, ID: Overmeire_1997

Event 17447 (D60638E2)

Date: 8/22/1955
Time: 15:20
Location: NEAR RIVERSIDE, CA
Description: 12 kids. Saucers hover. 1 lands. Small humanoids (or Greys) exit and speak. / r8#373+/ Flying Saucer Review (FSR) v13#1.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO’s a HISTORY-1955 (3 booklets) Self published. (Index 279)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_4726

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, HQO: High-quality observer(s), SCR: Classic saucer/disk/sphere shaped UFO, OID: Humanoid: Small alien or “Grey”, ABD: Human or animal abduction, LND: UFO landing or any part touches ground, TCH: New technical details/clues

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “10”, Duration: “15”, Elev: “259”, HatchDesc: “nr RIVERSIDE,CA:12 KIDS:SCRS HVR:1 LANDS:OIDS EXIT+SPEAK:/r8#373+/FSR v13#1”, LatLong: “33.966668 -117.400006”, LatLongDMS: “33:58:00 N 117:24:00 W”, Locale: “Residential”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “California”, Strangeness: “9”

Event 17448 (1DA266F3)

Date: 8/22/1955
Time: 1400
Location: Casa Blanca, near Riverside, California
Description: A group of children was playing in the garden of Mr. and Mrs. Douglas when they observed a hovering object which disappared and reappeared as a spinning disk with curved lines radiating from it. Other objects, silvery and semi-transparent, soon appeared and were seen by all children. They made musical sounds as they vanished and reappeared. One of them landed, and a creature the size of a 4-year-old child, transparent, wearing a belt with a bright disk, was seen nearby. Another creature appeared and spoke to one of the boys. All the children experienced visions of the object and the creatures, as well as “arms” which appeared to beckon to them.
Type: ufo sighting
Reference: TSR 67, 5 (Vallee)
Source: ValléeMagonia, ID: Magonia_373

Event 17449 (3EAFFE7F)

Date: 8/22/1955
Description: Casa Blanca, near Riverside, California. At two o’clock in the afternoon some children were playing in the garden of Mr. and Mrs. Douglas when they observed a hovering object that disappeared and reappeared as a spinning disc with curved lines radiating from it. Other objects, silvery and semitransparent, soon appeared and were seen by all of the children. They made musical sounds as they vanished and reappeared. One of them landed, and a creature the size of a four-year-old child, transparent and wearing a belt with a bright disc on it, was seen nearby. Another creature appeared and spoke to one of the boys. All the children experienced visions of the object and the creatures, as well as “arms” which appeared to beckon to them.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: Flying Saucer Review, September-October 1967, p. 16; Jacques Vallee, Passport to Magonia; A Century of Landings, p. 251, case 373
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_5218

Event 17450 (2C7F61AD)

Date: 8/22/1955
Description: One of the most famous humanoid reports ever, came to a conclusion on this date at the Sutton farm in Kelly, near Hopkinsville, Kentucky. After the police had searched the Sutton farm and found no creatures, they left and at two a.m. the little “men” returned, with at least one of them putting its “little clawed hands” up on the window screen. Again they were fired at with rifles without apparent effect. The last of the creatures was seen about half an hour before sunrise. No ground traces of the creatures’ presence could be found anywhere during the search that occurred later that same day.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: Isabel L. Davis & Ted Bloecher, Close Encounters at Kelly and Others of 1955; David F. Webb & Ted Bloecher, HUMCAT: Catalogue of Humanoid Reports, case # 1955-18
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_5219

Event 17451 (A1CBA074)

Date: 8/23/1955
Description: (Translated from French) 3 fighter jets engage in a dogfight with a flying saucer. They are observed by the SAC radar. No casualties are to be deplored.
Reference: rr0 - Beau
Source: rr0, ID: rr0_1629

Event 17452 (91B519D5)

Date: 8/23/1955
Description: (Translated from French) Observation Arlington (Virginia) (= previous SAC incident?)
Reference: case Blue Book #3720 unsolved
Reference: rr0 - Beau
Source: rr0, ID: rr0_1630

Event 17453 (A268FFE4)

Date: 8/23/1955
Location: Cincinnati, OH
Description: Three white spheres; jets scrambled; objects depart rapidly.
Type: ufo sighting
Reference: UFOs and the National Security State: Chronology of a Cover-up, 1941–1973, by Richard Dolan
Source: Dolan, ID: Dolan_196

Event 17454 (DDF9ABD4)

Date: 8/23/1955
Time: 00:00
Location: MT. HEALTHY, OH AND LOVELAND AND FORESTVILLE
Description: White orbs and disks swing in sky. Erratic maneuvers.
Type: sighting
Reference: STRINGFIELD, Leonard: SITUATION RED - The UFO Siege. Fawcett Crest, NY 1977 (Index 28)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_4727

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: “30”, Elev: “260”, HatchDesc: “Mt HEALTHY,OH+LOVELAND+FORESTVILLE:WHT ORBS+DISKS SWING IN SKY:ERRATIC MNVRS”, LatLong: “39.233335 -84.544448”, LatLongDMS: “39:14:00 N 84:32:40 W”, Locale: “Farmlands”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Ohio”, Strangeness: “8”

Event 17455 (160514D7)

Date: 8/23/1955
Time: 22:50
Location: ARLINGTON, VA
Description: Project Bluebook Case #3720. Amateur astronomer. 5 separate night lights circle sky / different trajectories.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO’s a HISTORY-1955 (3 booklets) Self published. (Index 276)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_4728

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, SCI: Scientist involvement, 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: “30”, Elev: “76”, HatchDesc: “ARLINGTON,VA:BBK#3720:AM.ASTRONOMER:5 SEP NLTS CIRCLE SKY/DIFF.TRAJECTORIES”, LatLong: “38.866669 -77.100004”, LatLongDMS: “38:52:00 N 77:06:00 W”, Locale: “Metropolis”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Virginia”, Strangeness: “5”

Event 17456 (62014A22)

Date: 8/23/1955
Time: 23:30
Location: HARRISBURG, PA
Description: Observer(s) = Mclaren. Several objects wobble south going quickly north. 6mm / arms length. 10 second(s) each.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO’s a HISTORY-1955 (3 booklets) Self published. (Index 276)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_4729

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: “1”, Elev: “98”, HatchDesc: “HARRISBURG,PA:OBS=MCLAREN:SVRL OBJS WOBBLE S>>N:6mm/ARMS LENGTH:10sec EACH”, LatLong: “40.266669 -76.883337”, LatLongDMS: “40:16:00 N 76:53:00 W”, Locale: “Town & City”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Pennsylvania”, Strangeness: “3”

Event 17457 (16829D83)

Date: 8/23/1955
Time: 23:50
Location: CINCINNATI, OH
Description: 3 bright orbs elude F84s / Max speed. Military observer(s) and RADAR’s confirm. / r28p434.
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_4730

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, AIR: Observer(s) on aircraft, MIL: Observer(s) military, HQO: High-quality observer(s), SCR: Classic saucer/disk/sphere shaped UFO, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), RDR: Radar traces/blips

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “10”, Duration: “25”, Elev: “210”, HatchDesc: “CINCINNATI,OH:3 BRITE ORBS ELUDE F84s/MAX SPEED:MIL OBS+RDRs CONFIRM:/r28p434”, LatLong: “39.100002 -84.550004”, LatLongDMS: “39:06:00 N 84:33:00 W”, Locale: “Metropolis”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Ohio”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 17458 (290BE9BB)

Date: 8/23/1955
Location: Cincinnati, OH
Description: Jet Fighters Dogfight With UFO Picked Up On Radar (NICAP: 09 - RADAR Cases, Code: R, Rating: 5, BB: BBU) (NICAP: 11 - Aviation Cases)
Reference: NICAP: 550823
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_1869

Event 17459 (19858E52)

Date: 8/23/1955
Location: Arlington, VA
Description: Several (6+) orange lights moving singly or in groups (NICAP: 01 - Distant Encounters, BB: 3720)
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_1871

Event 17460 (E830BDBA)

Date: 8/23/1955
Time: 10:45 AM
Location: Arlington, Virginia
Description: Witness: G.M. Park, using a 400x telescope. Several orange lights moved singly or in groups, circling and stopping during 30 minute sighting.
Type: ufo sighting
Reference: BlueBook Unknowns PDF
Source: BerlinerBBUnknowns, ID: BerlinerBBU_389

Event 17461 (D9F33A4A)

Date: 8/23/1955
End date: 8/24/1955
Locations: Hamilton County, Ohio; Lockbourne AFB [now Rickenbacker Air National Guard Base]; Columbus; Cincinnati; Greater Cincinnati Airport; Wright-Patterson AFB
Description: 11:50 p.m. Personnel at the Ground Observer Corps tower in Hamilton County, Ohio, notice three white spheres between Columbus and Cincinnati. Tracking the UFOs on radar, they notify SAC at Lockbourne AFB [now Rickenbacker Air National Guard Base], which scrambles jets to investigate. The UFO approaches the tower and hovers in pendulum-like motions directly above it. The interceptors give chase, but the UFO disappears at an incredible speed. The Greater Cincinnati Airport also tracks unidentified blips on radar. To his surprise, Stringfield obtains clearance to write about these sightings in CRIFO Orbit. But when he tries to interest the Cincinnati newspapers, they are not interested. A Wright-Patterson AFB spokesperson denies the incident to the press and claims to know nothing about Stringfield’s relationship with ADC.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Stringfield, Situation Red, Fawcett Crest, 1977, pp. 12–14; Sparks, p. 230; Loren E. Gross, The Fifth Horseman of the Apocalypse: UFOs, a History: 1955 July–September 15th, The Author, 1992, p. 75
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_2754

Event 17462 (6E077841)

Date: 8/23/1955
Description: In Arlington, Virginia at 10:45 a.m. G.M. Park, using a 400x telescope, witnessed several orange lights moving singly and in groups, circling and stopping for 30 minutes.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: Don Berliner, Project Bluebook UFO Unknowns
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_5250

Event 17463 (A0E79457)

Date: 8/24/1955
Time: 20:30
Location: MARYSVILLE, OH
Description: Ground Observer Corps (GOC) and 2 observer(s). 10’ saucer / terrific speed. “All lit up inside”. Seen / 15 second(s).
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO’s a HISTORY-1955 (3 booklets) Self published. (Index 277)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_4731

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: “302”, HatchDesc: “MARYSVILLE,OH:GOC+2 OBS:10’SCR/TERRIFIC SPEED:“ALL LIT UP INSIDE”:SEEN/15sec”, LatLong: “40.238891 -83.366671”, LatLongDMS: “40:14:20 N 83:22:00 W”, Locale: “Residential”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Ohio”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 17464 (08F51151)

Date: 8/25/1955
Location: USA, Cincinnati, Ross (Ohio)
Description: (Translated from French) 10:55 p.m. Sgt. Ralph Weber of the Hamilton County Police, patrolman Ernest Nehrer and Maurice Wiseman and many other witnesses observe a red glowing object hovering vertically from the Fernald Uranium station near Ross, after being first reported by police on Hamilton Pike. The object is described as something resembling an airplane engine, but emitting sparks and surrounded by a reddish glow. The object is seen descending from 100 to 300 feet, then rising vertically. At times it would tilt to the side, as if having difficulty maintaining its hover. The Atomic Energy Commission launched an investigation. (The Cincinnati Post 8-26-55) Witnesses observe three fighter planes engaging in a dogfight with three circular UFOs, with no damage to either party. After a few turns the UFOs break the circle, accelerate and disappear. The incident is tracked by SAC radar: Strategic Air Command [note from vog: Otto Binder seems to have information no other American author possesses, strange…]
Reference: Jean-Gabriel GRESLE: OVNI, a Pilot Speaks, ed. Guy Trédaniel, 1993, p. 46
Reference: Otto Binder, p. 36
Reference: Mini catalogue chronologique des observations OVNI, by Godelieve Van Overmeire
Source: Overmeire, ID: Overmeire_1998

Event 17465 (1C502617)

Date: 8/25/1955
Location: USA, Green Hills
Description: (Translated from French) At around 11pm two witnesses called the Green Hills police: they had encountered a “green man” 1m to 1m 20 tall, glowing a dark green, who in 3 steps covered a distance of nearly 15 meters. He had luminous eyes with a black center, and something blurry around the head like a hat. In the newspapers the next day it read: “Little green man chases teenagers, police chase lights, a ghost man crosses the streets”. (August 25, 1955)
Reference: The Cincinnati Post 8-26-55
Reference: Mini catalogue chronologique des observations OVNI, by Godelieve Van Overmeire
Source: Overmeire, ID: Overmeire_1999

Event 17466 (02E080A9)

Date: 8/25/1955
Location: BEDFORD, IN
Description: 2 / car. House lights dim / unison when UFO pulses over house. Imprints / ground.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO’s a HISTORY-1955 (3 booklets) Self published. (Index 277)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_4732

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., LND: UFO landing or any part touches ground, TRC: Physical traces, TCH: New technical details/clues

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “7”, Duration: “2”, Elev: “221”, HatchDesc: “BEDFORD,IN:2/CAR:HOUSE LITES DIM/UNISON WHEN UFO PULSES OVR HOUSE:IMPRINTS/GND”, LatLong: “38.861113 -86.483337”, LatLongDMS: “38:51:40 N 86:29:00 W”, Locale: “Residential”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Indiana”, Strangeness: “7”

Event 17467 (012C3113)

Date: 8/25/1955
Time: 10:40
Location: FERNALD, OH
Description: 2 separate cops. Light brown sphere/orb/globe hovers over atomic plant / nuclear facility.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO’s a HISTORY-1955 (3 booklets) Self published. (Index 277)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_4733

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), NUC: Nuclear facility related, OGA: Non-Covert Government Agencies

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “8”, Duration: “3”, Elev: “158”, HatchDesc: “FERNALD,OH:2 SEP.COPS:LITE BROWN ORB HVRS OVR ATOMIC PLANT/NUCL FACILITY”, LatLong: “39.277780 -84.688893”, LatLongDMS: “39:16:40 N 84:41:20 W”, Locale: “Town & City”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Ohio”, Strangeness: “8”

Event 17468 (52F5BA9D)

Date: 8/25/1955
Time: 19:30
Location: BIRMINGHAM, ENGL
Description: Navy man. 15 luminous object / stately in formation leave vapor trails. Very fast northwest going quickly south.
Type: sighting
Reference: HAINES, Richard Ph.D: PROJECT DELTA; 1994, LDA Press, PO Box 880, Los Altos, CA 94023 USA (Index 40)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_4734

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

Extra Data: Country: “Great Britain and Ireland”, Credibility: “6”, Duration: “1”, Elev: “134”, HatchDesc: “BIRMINGHAM,ENGL:NAVY MAN:15 LUM.OBJ/STATELY/FORMn LV VAPOR TRAILS:VFAST NW>>S.”, LatLong: “52.483336 -1.883333”, LatLongDMS: “52:29:00 N 01:53:00 W”, Locale: “Metropolis”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “England”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 17469 (4BBA5DF9)

Date: 8/25/1955
Location: Bedford, IN
Description: House lights dimmed and brightened as hovering UFO pulsated (NICAP: 03 - EME Cases)
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_1872

Event 17470 (0F832E6F)

Date: 8/25/1955
Location: Fordland, MO
Description: (McDonald list; FUFOR Index) Catch-Me-If-You-Can UFO on Radar (NICAP: 09 - RADAR Cases, Code: R, Rating: 5, BB: BBU)
Reference: NICAP: 550825
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_1873

Event 17471 (BAA419AD)

Date: 8/25/1955
Location: Greenhills, Ohio
Description: Four adolescents in a car saw a creature with a luminous body, standing near a fireplug.
Type: ufo sighting
Reference: Stringfield 64 (Vallee)
Source: ValléeMagonia, ID: Magonia_374

Event 17472 (ADCEC8B3)

Date: 8/25/1955
Location: Bedford, Indiana
Description: 8:30 p.m. Mrs. Lloyd Wright and Mrs. Lester Parsons of Bedford, Indiana, see a huge white object with a black streak down the center. The object seems to expand and contract regularly as it hovers over Mrs. Parsons’s home. The houselights appear to dim and pulsate in rhythm with the object.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Schopick, p. 114
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_2755

Event 17473 (D2E1336B)

Date: 8/25/1955
Description: Four teenagers in a car in Greenhills, Ohio saw a creature with a luminous body, standing near a fireplug.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: Leonard Stringfield, Inside Saucer Post…3-0 Blue, p. 64; Jacques Vallee, Passport to Magonia: A Century of Landings, p. 252
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_5313

Event 17474 (DBF26AB2)

Date: 8/26/1955
Location: GUARENAS, VNZ
Description: Humming! Silver sphere/orb/globe zips to and fro and hovers / town. Tickling sensation. / r139#2p78.
Type: sighting
Reference: The APRO BULLETIN: Monthly. Jim & Coral Lorenzen: Tucson,AZ (USA. defunct) By volume and number. (Index 671)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_4735

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, TCH: New technical details/clues, SND: UFO sounds heard or recorded

Extra Data: Country: “Venezuela”, Credibility: “8”, Duration: “1”, Elev: “512”, HatchDesc: “GUARENAS,VNZ:HUM!:SLVR ORB ZIPS TO+FRO+HVRS/TOWN:TICKLING SENSATION:/r139#2p78”, LatLong: “10.466667 -66.616670”, LatLongDMS: “10:28:00 N 66:37:00 W”, Locale: “Coastlands”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “DF”, Strangeness: “8”

Event 17475 (09F4BF27)

Date: 8/26/1955
Description: On this day many witnesses in Guarenas, Venezuela saw a silver orb zipping back-and-forth and hovering over the town, making a humming sound. The witnesses reported feeling a tickling sensation.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: Morris K. Jessup, The UFO Annual, p. 355
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_5358

Event 17476 (7B26F436)

Date: 8/26/1955
Description: There were three reports of unusual humanoids in Ohio on this date, two from Hamilton County and one from Franklin County. A child with the last name Perry, in Camp Washington, Ohio was reported in hysterics after seeing a “green man” at the window in the evening. Several people in Mount Air, Ohio saw a dwarf creature that night. A man from Cheviot, Ohio called Donna Meiers to tell her that he had experienced a similar incident involving a “little man” about the same time as the Winton Woods encounter.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: David F. Webb & Ted Bloecher, HUMCAT: Catalogue of Humanoid Reports, cases A0383, A0385, A0386; Cincinnati Times-Star, August 27, 1955; Leonard H. Stringfield, Inside Saucer Post…3-0 Blue, p. 63
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_5359

Event 17477 (6CB5F9CC)

Date: 8/28/1955
Location: Yonkers, NY
Description: Board of Education official and others saw a white Saturn-shaped object through a telescope. [UFOE, XII] (NICAP: 01 - Distant Encounters)
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_1874

Event 17478 (2EAB5075)

Date: 8/29/1955
Time: 15:20
Location: CINCINNATI, OH
Description: Bright metal saucer hovers over Ohio River. Speeds going quickly southwest when plane nears.
Type: sighting
Reference: STRINGFIELD, Leonard: SITUATION RED - The UFO Siege. Fawcett Crest, NY 1977 (Index 149)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_4736

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: “205”, HatchDesc: “CINCINNATI,OH:BRITE MTL SCR HVRS OVR OHIO RIVER:SPEEDS >>SW WHEN PLANE NEARS”, LatLong: “39.105557 -84.505560”, LatLongDMS: “39:06:20 N 84:30:20 W”, Locale: “Metropolis”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Ohio”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 17479 (844FF1F3)

Date: 8/29/1955
Location: England
Description: RAF pilot Walter Gibb reaches an official record altitude of 65,876 feet in an English Electric Canberra B.2 turbojet.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Wikipedia, “Walter Gibb”
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_2756

Event 17480 (591DC1E6)

Date: 8/29/1955
Description: Eight children in Casa Blanca, Riverside County, California, from 4-15 years of age, saw a “semi transparent” round object of various colors in the sky at around three o’clock in the afternoon. It would appear and disappear with musical “pings.” Some adults were called to come see it, but they saw nothing. An object, “as large as 3 houses,” came down to hover three feet from the ground. Beside it appeared a transparent being 3.5 feet tall, with red eyes and mouth, and a brilliant disc on its belt. Other similar objects also landed, one on a housetop. One boy started walking toward one of the vessels and was forcibly restrained. Another saw a beckoning, disembodied arm in mid-air. A creature with four arms appeared, and told two of the boys to climb a tree to be “picked up.” They did so, and a UFO started to approach with little men riding on its rim. One boy climbed down after a garden hose was turned on him by the other children; the other “slid” onto a nearby roof and then walked off it, landing on his head, stunned but with no apparent serious injury.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: Riverside Daily Press, August 30, 1955; David F. Webb & Ted Bloecher, HUMCAT: Catalogue of Humanoid Reports, case 1955-21 (A0387), citing Bob Boden, Jean Rowlands & Mary Starbuck for BSRA, Uranus, February 1956
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_5459

Event 17481 (FE2D09C8)

Date: 8/30/1955
Location: DUDIGNAC, BA, ARG
Description: 2 observer(s). Tremendous domed saucer. Photograph / wide attention. / r139#2p82.
Type: sighting
Reference: The APRO BULLETIN: Monthly. Jim & Coral Lorenzen: Tucson,AZ (USA. defunct) By volume and number. (Index 683)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_4737

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: “Argentina”, Credibility: “7”, Duration: “2”, Elev: “81”, HatchDesc: “DUDIGNAC,BA,ARG:2 OBS:TREMENDOUS DOMED SCR:FOTO/WIDE ATTENTION:/r139#2p82”, LatLong: “-35.650002 -60.733336”, LatLongDMS: “35:39:00 S 60:44:00 W”, Locale: “Farmlands”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Buenos Aires”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 17482 (A053714B)

Date: 8/30/1955
Location: Dudignac, Buenos Aires province, Argentina
Description: 9:30 a.m. Pedro Navarro, 25, takes a photograph of some swirling storm clouds over Dudignac, Buenos Aires province, Argentina. When he develops them, he notes that the disturbance looks more like a giant disc. The newspapers reproduce enhanced versions of the photo, but it is never critically analyzed until several decades later. The best guess is that the photo shows a round cloud.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Vicente-Juan Ballester-Olmos, “Exigesis of the Dudignac Saucer of 1955,” UFO FOTOCAT Blog, December 26, 2021; Vicente-Juan Ballester Olmos, “Exegesis of the Dudignac Saucer of 1955,” January 2022
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_2757

Event 17483 (624D37F7)

Date: 8/31/1955
Location: PONTELAND, ENGL
Description: 4 boys. Large saucer / windows / edge. Low altitude. Drone sound. / r139 #2p82.
Type: sighting
Reference: FLYING SAUCER REVIEW (FSR), London. Bimonthly. PO Box 162; High Wycombe, Bucks. HP135 DZ, England. (Index 16)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_4738

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, SND: UFO sounds heard or recorded

Extra Data: Country: “Great Britain and Ireland”, Credibility: “8”, Duration: “2”, Elev: “78”, HatchDesc: “PONTELAND,ENGL:4 BOYS:LRG SCR/WINDOWS/EDGE:LO alt:DRONE SOUND:/r139 #2p82”, LatLong: “55.055558 -1.755556”, LatLongDMS: “55:03:20 N 01:45:20 W”, Locale: “Town & City”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “England”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 17484 (1A6983E9)

Date: 8/31/1955
Description: A large disc-shaped object with windows around the rim flew at a low altitude in Ponteland, Northumberland, England. It made a droning sound as it flew.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: Larry Hatch, U computer database
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_5521

Event 17485 (8D5BFBF0)

Date: 9/1955
Location: USA, Troy (New York)
Description: (Translated from French) Richard Price, 8 years old, was playing with a friend near the Troy cemetery. The children heard a surprising noise: like a steam locomotive. They walked in that direction, but the little girl, scared, stopped. Richard continued alone, saw a small ET in military uniform with a belt and transparent helmet approaching and allowed himself to be taken aboard a hexagonal-shaped vessel where he witnessed a special projection: a kind of interactive virtual reality. He discovered an orange planet, ETs, the variety of their ships and witnessed a battle between two galactic fleets. The film allowed him to participate in the events. Then he was taken to another room where he underwent a medical examination and an implant was inserted into his sex. (…) In 1989, the implant broke: part of it was expelled through the skin, then the rest came out two days later. At MIT, Professor Pritchard was interested in it: the implant would be metallic, coated with a biological material. After a while, Pritchard announced that the implant was not metallic but organic: 90% carbon, traces of oxygen and nitrogen…
Reference: Marie-Thérèse de BROSSES: “Investigations on ET Abductions” - Plon 1995, p. 267, 268
Reference: Mini catalogue chronologique des observations OVNI, by Godelieve Van Overmeire
Source: Overmeire, ID: Overmeire_2005

Event 17486 (7F3DF321)

Date: 9/1955 (approximate)
Time: 10:00?
Location: WHITE SANDS RANGE, NM
Description: Small metallic football follows missile test up / close range.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO’s a HISTORY-1955 (3 booklets) Self published. (Index 501)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_4739

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, MIL: Observer(s) military, HQO: High-quality observer(s), PRB: Probe: Possibly remote controlled, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), OBS: Observation/chasing vehicles, VEH: Vehicle affected: Marks/damage/EME effects, TCH: New technical details/clues

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “5”, Duration: “2”, Elev: “1250”, HatchDesc: “WHITE SANDS RANGE,NM:SML MTLC FOOTBALL FOLOS MISSILE TEST UP/CLOSE RANGE”, LatLong: “32.883335 -106.216672”, LatLongDMS: “32:53:00 N 106:13:00 W”, Locale: “Town & City”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, RelAlt: “100”, State/Prov: “New Mexico”, Strangeness: “7”

Event 17487 (7BE1AE2E)

Date: 9/1955
Locations: Austrian; American
Description: Austrian Countess Zoe Wassilko von Serecki writes an article for American Astrology in which she conceives of UFOs as living animals that inhabit the ionosphere and are attracted to electrical sources.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Zoë Wassilko-Serecki, “Startling Theory on Flying Saucers,” American Astrology 23 (September 1955): 2–5; Clark III 1099–1100
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_2758

Event 17488 (3325975D)

Date: 9/1955
Location: Lima, Ohio
Description: Day. Several witnesses see four silver discs flying in formation over Lima, Ohio.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Michael D. Swords, “The Timmerman Files,” IUR 26, no. 4 (Winter 2001–2002): 13
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_2759

Event 17489 (FE6B8FA0)

Date: 9/1/1955
Time: ~15:00
Location: EDMORE, MI
Description: 4 Ground Observer Corps (GOC) observer(s). Thin silver-white coin-disk going quickly east / 9km altitude. 3000kph. Ash falls…
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO’s a HISTORY-1955 (3 booklets) Self published. (Index 540)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_4740

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), TRC: Physical traces

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “8”, Duration: “2”, Elev: “250”, HatchDesc: “EDMORE,MI:4 GOC OBS:THIN SLVR-WHT COIN-DISK >>E/9km alt:3000kph:ASH FALLS…”, LatLong: “43.405558 -85.038893”, LatLongDMS: “43:24:20 N 85:02:20 W”, Locale: “Town & City”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, RelAlt: “9000”, State/Prov: “Michigan”, Strangeness: “7”

Event 17490 (B2BF9E70)

Date: 9/2/1955
End date: 9/4/1955
Locations: Kalispell, Montana; Whitefish; Malmstrom AFB in Great Falls; Spokane, Washington
Description: 9:05 p.m. Eddy Geddes notices a fireball as he is driving to Kalispell, Montana, from Whitefish. He stops at a Ground Observer post and notifies the women stationed there. Jets are scrambled from Malmstrom AFB in Great Falls and arrive shortly after midnight, long after the object is gone, but another fireball is apparently seen later. The same scenario occurs on September 4 when five F-94C Starfire jets (as well as other aircraft from Great Falls and Spokane, Washington, are sent to the Kalispell area.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: “Air Force Jets Called in Search for ‘Fireball’ over Kalispell,” The Missoulian, September 5, 1955, p. 7; “Recent Sightings,” APRO Bulletin, September 15, 1956, p. 19
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_2760

Event 17491 (88ED28D0)

Date: 9/3/1955
Description: (Translated from French) Sighting in Bellingham (Washington). (September 3)
Reference: case Blue Book #3743 unsolved
Reference: rr0 - Beau
Source: rr0, ID: rr0_1631

Event 17492 (012B5C66)

Date: 9/3/1955
Time: 21:20
Location: CINCINNATI, OH
Description: 2 observer(s). 4’ grey metal sphere/orb/globe just over ground. Quickly going up [to] when observer(s) yells. / r148p65.
Type: sighting
Reference: MUFON UFO JOURNAL, Seguin, TX USA. Monthly. (Index 269)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_4741

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: “7”, Duration: “3”, Elev: “206”, HatchDesc: “CINCINNATI,OH:2 OBS:4’GRY MTL ORB JUST OVR GND:↑↑ WHEN OBS YELLS:/r148p65”, LatLong: “39.111113 -84.555560”, LatLongDMS: “39:06:40 N 84:33:20 W”, Locale: “Residential”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, RelAlt: “2”, State/Prov: “Ohio”, Strangeness: “8”

Event 17493 (12C6EED6)

Date: 9/3/1955
Location: Bellingham, WA
Description: White pinpoint move slowly across 30° of sky (NICAP: 01 - Distant Encounters, BB: 3743)
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_1875

Event 17494 (E8ADB2B2)

Date: 9/3/1955
Time: Unknown time
Location: Bellingham, Washington
Description: Witness: Observer Saunders for Ground Observer Corps. One white pinhead moved slowly across 30 degrees of sky in 15 minutes. No further information.
Type: ufo sighting
Reference: BlueBook Unknowns PDF
Source: BerlinerBBUnknowns, ID: BerlinerBBU_390

Event 17495 (7FF39BFA)

Date: 9/6/1955 (approximate)
Location: AGRINION, GREECE
Description: 2 / truck faint. Engine stops as luminous/glowing object going [to] over. / Flying Saucer Review (FSR) v1#4p31+/ r79.
Type: sighting
Reference: FALLA, GEOFFREY: VEHICLE INTERFERENCE PROJECT. BUFORA Ltd. 1979. C.F. Lockwood & A.R. Rice editors. (Index 10)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_4742

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), VEH: Vehicle affected: Marks/damage/EME effects, EME: Electro-Magnetic Effects

Extra Data: Country: “Greece and Island nations”, Credibility: “7”, Duration: “1”, HatchDesc: “AGRINION,GREECE:2/TRUCK FAINT:ENGINE STOPS as LUMN OBJ >OVR:/FSR v1#4p31+/r79”, LatLong: “38.633335 21.100001”, LatLongDMS: “38:38:00 N 21:06:00 E”, Locale: “Pasture”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “GRC”, Strangeness: “7”

Event 17496 (8C547A53)

Date: 9/7/1955
Description: (Translated from French) Sighting in Washington, D.C… (September 7)
Reference: case Blue Book #3750 unsolved
Reference: rr0 - Beau
Source: rr0, ID: rr0_1632

Event 17497 (AF2C48E0)

Date: 9/7/1955
Time: 06:30
Location: WASHINGTON, DC
Description: 3 observer(s). Saucer crosses sky in an arc / 1 minute(s). Size = 4cm / arms length.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO’s a HISTORY-1955 (3 booklets) Self published. (Index 288)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_4743

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

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “8”, Duration: “1”, Elev: “9”, HatchDesc: “WASHINGTON,DC:3 OBS:SCR CROSSES SKY IN AN ARC/1min:SIZE = 4cm/ARMS LENGTH”, LatLong: “38.916669 -76.983337”, LatLongDMS: “38:55:00 N 76:59:00 W”, Locale: “Metropolis”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “DC”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 17498 (FFD32C34)

Date: 9/7/1955
Time: 08:00?
Location: NEAR DUNOON, SCOTLAND
Description: Teacher and 10 / school-bus. 5 shiny metallic saucers reflect sun. No further details.
Type: sighting
Reference: The APRO BULLETIN: Monthly. Jim & Coral Lorenzen: Tucson,AZ (USA. defunct) By volume and number. (Index 673)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_4744

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: “Great Britain and Ireland”, Credibility: “9”, Duration: “1”, Elev: “50”, HatchDesc: “nr DUNOON,SCOTL:TEACHER+10/SCHOOL-BUS:5 SHINY MTLC SCRS REFLECT SUN:NFD”, LatLong: “55.950003 -4.916667”, LatLongDMS: “55:57:00 N 04:55:00 W”, Locale: “Coastlands”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Scotland”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 17499 (106F9B45)

Date: 9/7/1955
Time: 11:00
Location: COLFAX, IA
Description: Project Bluebook Case #unknown. Ground Observer Corps (GOC) observer(s). Rounded object / black spots. Rolls and circles / 10 minute(s). Direction unknown.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO’s a HISTORY-1955 (3 booklets) Self published. (Index 286)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_4745

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

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “7”, Duration: “10”, Elev: “241”, HatchDesc: “COLFAX,IA:BBK#UNK:GOC OBS:ROUNDED OBJ/BLACK SPOTS:ROLLS+CIRCLES/10min:DIR UNK”, LatLong: “41.666669 -93.250004”, LatLongDMS: “41:40:00 N 93:15:00 W”, Locale: “Farmlands”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Iowa”, Strangeness: “4”

Event 17500 (1B0EA5B6)

Date: 9/7/1955
Location: Washington, D.C.
Description: Glowing round object fly an arc (NICAP: 01 - Distant Encounters, BB: 3750)
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_1876

Event 17501 (AC3E2B7D)

Date: 9/7/1955
Time: Unknown time
Location: Washington, DC
Description: Witnesses: Two photographers, one plate maker for the Army Map Service (one named Smith). One glowing round object flew an arc for 1 minute.
Type: ufo sighting
Reference: BlueBook Unknowns PDF
Source: BerlinerBBUnknowns, ID: BerlinerBBU_391

Event 17502 (1282AAE7)

Date: 9/7/1955
Description: At 8:00 a.m. GMT a teacher and ten students aboard a school bus in Dunoon, Scotland, UK sighted five shiny, metallic saucers that reflect sunlight as they flew.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: APRO Bulletin, January 1956
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_5712

Event 17503 (5F569771)

Date: 9/7/1955
Description: Washington, D.C. Two photographers and an engraving plate maker for the Army Map Service sighted a glowing round object that flew in an arc through the sky for one minute at 6:30 a.m. EST.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: Project Blue Book files counted in official statistics, case #3750; Don Berliner, Project Bluebook UFO Unknowns
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_5713

Event 17504 (47AE76E8)

Date: 9/8/1955
Location: MOON
Description: Astronomer Lambert. 2 “lightning flashes” / side / mount Taurus. No atmosphere.
Type: sighting
Reference: PINDEVIC, Thierry: Le NOEUD GORDIEN ou la FANTASTIQUE HISTOIRE des OVNI. Editions France-Empire, Paris 1979. (Index 51)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_4746

Attributes: CIV: Observer(s) civilian, HQO: High-quality observer(s), SCI: Scientist involvement, ODD: Atypical/Forteana/paranormal, NFO: No craft seen, RAY: Odd light/searchlight/beam/laser-like

Extra Data: Country: “The Moon”, Credibility: “7”, Duration: “1”, HatchDesc: “MOON:ASTRONOMER LAMBERT:2 “LIGHTNING FLASHES”/SIDE/MOUNT TAURUS:no atmosphere”, LatLong: “90.000004 -0.000000”, LatLongDMS: “90:00:00 N 00:00:00 W”, Locale: “Residential”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “MTN”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 17505 (DB8B297E)

Date: 9/8/1955
Locations: Groom Lake, Nevada; Pacific Ocean
Description: Test pilot Ray J. Goudey reaches an altitude of 65,000 feet in a Lockheed U-2 at Groom Lake, Nevada, a feat not revealed until declassification in 1998. “From where I was up above Nevada I could see the Pacific Ocean, which was 300 miles away.”
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Wikipedia, “Lockheed U-2”
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_2761

Event 17506 (161823A4)

Date: 9/9/1955
Description: (Translated from French) Observation at Rock Garden (Tennessee). (9 September)
Reference: case Blue Book #3757 unsolved
Reference: rr0 - Beau
Source: rr0, ID: rr0_1633

Event 17507 (9A333553)

Date: 9/9/1955
Description: (Translated from French) Observation of Jean-Gabriel Greslé at Cap Saint Jacques (Vietnam).
Reference: rr0 - Beau
Source: rr0, ID: rr0_1634

Event 17508 (E6DBCFDC)

Date: 9/9/1955
Time: 09:00
Location: PORTLAND, IN
Description: 2 men. Round black saucer hovers / 5500’ altitude. Circles and maneuvers. Going east. Too fast / balloon.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO’s a HISTORY-1955 (3 booklets) Self published. (Index 542)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_4747

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: “277”, HatchDesc: “PORTLAND,IN:2 MEN:RND BLK SCR HVRS/5500’alt:CCLS+MNVRS:>E:TOO FAST/BALLOON.”, LatLong: “40.433335 -84.977782”, LatLongDMS: “40:26:00 N 84:58:40 W”, Locale: “Town & City”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, RelAlt: “1676”, State/Prov: “Indiana”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 17509 (390CBDA3)

Date: 9/9/1955
Time: 12:00
Location: ALCOA, TN
Description: 1 observer / (seen thru) binoculars. Brown nearly square object circles / 10-15 minute(s). No further details.
Type: sighting
Reference: BERLINER, DON: The BLUEBOOK UNKNOWNS; (FUFOR). (Index 25)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_4748

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, MIL: Military investigation, BBK: Project BLUEBOOK

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “6”, Duration: “12”, Elev: “273”, HatchDesc: “ALCOA,TN:1 OBS/BINOCS:BROWN NEARLY SQUARE OBJ CIRCLES/10-15min:NFD”, LatLong: “35.788891 -83.972226”, LatLongDMS: “35:47:20 N 83:58:20 W”, Locale: “Residential”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Tennessee”, Strangeness: “7”

Event 17510 (220D55BD)

Date: 9/9/1955
Time: 21:00
Location: INDIANAPOLIS, IN
Description: Moon-size red sphere going northwest over homes. Silent. No trail. No further details / news.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO’s a HISTORY-1955 (3 booklets) Self published. (Index 541)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_4749

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: “215”, HatchDesc: “INDIANAPOLIS,IN:MOONSIZE RED SPHERE >NW OVR HOMES:SLNT:NO TRAIL:NFD/NEWS”, LatLong: “39.733335 -86.166671”, LatLongDMS: “39:44:00 N 86:10:00 W”, Locale: “Residential”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Indiana”, Strangeness: “5”

Event 17511 (8086C60C)

Date: 9/9/1955
Location: Rock Garden, TN
Description: Brown, almost square object fly with a circular motion (NICAP: 01 - Distant Encounters, BB: 3757)
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_1877

Event 17512 (38B7CA3D)

Date: 9/9/1955
Time: 12 noon
Location: near Alcoa, Tennessee
Description: Witness: M.N. Dawkins, using binoculars. One brown, almost square object flew with a circular motion for 10-15 minutes.
Type: ufo sighting
Reference: BlueBook Unknowns PDF
Source: BerlinerBBUnknowns, ID: BerlinerBBU_392

Event 17513 (51B2E230)

Date: 9/9/1955
Locations: Columbus, Ohio; Cincinnati; Southwestern Ohio
Description: Capt. Hugh McKenzie of the Air Defense Command in Columbus, Ohio, contacts UFO researcher Leonard Stringfield in Cincinnati and asks for CRIFO’s cooperation in providing them with new UFO reports. He also says that Ground Observer Corps in southwestern Ohio is to report UFO activity to CRIFO for screening. Screened reports are then to be forwarded to the ADC filter center using the code “Fox Trot Kilo 3-0 Blue.” All expenses will be reimbursed by the Air Force.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Stringfield, Situation Red, Fawcett Crest, 1977, p. 11; Clark III 1114
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_2762

Event 17514 (43722548)

Date: 9/9/1955
Description: At noon on this day Mr. M. N. Dawkins, using binoculars, spotted a brown, almost square object near Alcoa, Tennessee that flew with a circular motion for 10-15 minutes.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: Don Berliner, Project Bluebook UFO Unknowns
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_5786

Event 17515 (434B038B)

Date: 9/11/1955
Time: 01:20
Location: BOUNDARY PEAK, NV / CA
Description: 2 hikers. Beams from crescent light valley and peak. Missing time?
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO’s a HISTORY-1955 (3 booklets) Self published. (Index 295)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_4750

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), OBS: Observation/chasing vehicles, RAY: Odd light/searchlight/beam/laser-like, MST: Missing time or time anomaly, DRT: Dirt/soil traces/marks/footprints etc., VEG: Plants affected or sampled/crop circles

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “7”, Duration: “30”, Elev: “4000”, HatchDesc: “BOUNDARY PEAK,NV/CA:2 HIKERS:BEAMS fm CRESCENT LITE VALLEY+PEAK:MISSING TIME?”, LatLong: “37.844446 -118.350006”, LatLongDMS: “37:50:40 N 118:21:00 W”, Locale: “Mountains”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Nevada”, Strangeness: “8”

Event 17516 (AC251E61)

Date: 9/11/1955
Time: 22:00
Location: NEAR KOJONUP, AUST
Description: 3 observer(s). Glowing-saucer / very low altitude. Rises / treetops and hovers again. Maneuvers. Going quickly south.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO’s a HISTORY-1955 (3 booklets) Self published. (Index 543)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_4751

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: “Australia”, Credibility: “7”, Duration: “40”, HatchDesc: “nr KOJONUP,AUST:3 OBS:GLO-SCR/VLO ALT:RISES/TREETOPS+HVRS AGAIN:MNVRS:>>S”, LatLong: “-33.833335 117.150006”, LatLongDMS: “33:50:00 S 117:09:00 E”, Locale: “Desert”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “XXX”, Strangeness: “7”

Event 17517 (0927D7AA)

Date: 9/12/1955
Time: ~21:00
Location: SANTA BARBARA, CA
Description: 2 observer(s). Night light streaks over big fire / hills and going quickly south out to sea. Shoots going up.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO’s a HISTORY-1955 (3 booklets) Self published. (Index 296)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_4752

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), OBS: Observation/chasing vehicles, DRT: Dirt/soil traces/marks/footprints etc., VEG: Plants affected or sampled/crop circles

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “7”, Duration: “1”, Elev: “50”, HatchDesc: “SANTA BARBARA,CA:2 OBS:NLT STREAKS OVR BIG FIRE/HILLS+>>S OUT TO SEA:SHOOTS ↑”, LatLong: “34.416668 -119.716672”, LatLongDMS: “34:25:00 N 119:43:00 W”, Locale: “Coastlands”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “California”, Strangeness: “5”

Event 17518 (D03888EE)

Date: 9/13/1955
Location: PALMDALE, CA
Description: Blue Book. Saucer = silver dollar / arms length. Deep rumble and jets / side. 100mph.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO’s a HISTORY-1955 (3 booklets) Self published. (Index 296)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_4753

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: “USA”, Credibility: “7”, Duration: “4”, Elev: “775”, HatchDesc: “PALMDALE,CA:BBK:SCR=SLVR DOLLAR/ARMS LENGTH:DEEP RUMBLE+JETS/SIDE:100mph:”, LatLong: “34.566668 -118.116672”, LatLongDMS: “34:34:00 N 118:07:00 W”, Locale: “Town & City”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “California”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 17519 (D18D0D2E)

Date: 9/13/1955
Time: 02:00
Location: WEGENSTEDT, GERMANY
Description: Civil observer(s). Rectangular object / lights / side. 1 / 4 of sky in 4 second(s).
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO’s a HISTORY-1955 (3 booklets) Self published. (Index 297)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_4754

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), MIL: Military investigation, BBK: Project BLUEBOOK

Extra Data: Country: “Germany”, Credibility: “6”, Duration: “1”, HatchDesc: “WEGENSTEDT,GERMANY:CIV OBS:RECTANGULAR OBJ/LITES/SIDE:1/4 OF SKY IN 4sec:”, LatLong: “52.416669 11.416667”, LatLongDMS: “52:25:00 N 11:25:00 E”, Locale: “Town & City”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “SXA”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 17520 (DFBE597B)

Date: 9/13/1955
Time: 02:10
Location: ST. LOUIS, SENEGAL
Description: Silent red sphere going northeast. Curves. Spirals. Quickly going up [to] very high. Going southeast then going quickly west.
Type: sighting
Reference: LUMIERES DANS la NUIT (LDLN), Paris. Bimonthly since 1957. LDLN B.P.3; 77123 Le Vaudoue, FRANCE. (Index 96)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_4755

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

Extra Data: Country: “Ivory Coast, Ghana, Togo, Benin, Liberia”, Credibility: “7”, Duration: “15”, HatchDesc: “St.LOUIS,SENEGAL:SLNT RED SPHERE > NE:CURVES:SPIRALS:↑↑ VHI:> SE then >>W”, LatLong: “16.033334 -16.500001”, LatLongDMS: “16:02:00 N 16:30:00 W”, Locale: “Coastlands”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “SNG”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 17521 (6C4E759E)

Date: 9/13/1955
Description: At 2:10 a.m. a silent red sphere flew across the sky to the northeast in St. Louis, Senegal, curving and spiraling. It made an ascent to a higher altitude, flew to the southeast, and then shot off to the west.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: Lumieres dans la Nuit, November 1968
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_5909

Event 17522 (9E9D783A)

Date: 9/14/1955
Time: ~21:00
Location: BAIROIL, WY
Description: Oilmen. Round glowing-object with green stripe / center. Flashes colored lights. Local flap.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO’s a HISTORY-1955 (3 booklets) Self published. (Index 544)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_4756

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, HQO: High-quality observer(s), WAV: Wave/cluster/flap, SCR: Classic saucer/disk/sphere shaped UFO, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), OBS: Observation/chasing vehicles, VEH: Vehicle affected: Marks/damage/EME effects

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “8”, Duration: “60”, Elev: “2091”, HatchDesc: “BAIROIL,WY:OILMEN:RND GLO-OBJ W/GRN STRIPE/CTR:FLASHES CLRD LITES:local flap”, LatLong: “42.244446 -107.561116”, LatLongDMS: “42:14:40 N 107:33:40 W”, Locale: “Oil & Coal”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Wyoming”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 17523 (D84B7ABD)

Date: 9/15/1955
Location: FRANCE, Wissembourg/Lauterbourg
Description: (Translated from French) At 9:55 PM, Mr. Kolesnikof was leaning in a ditch to ease his back pain. Suddenly it became bright and in a clearing of the forest, he saw a flying rocket whose luminosity spread over a radius of about 1000 meters. At the front, the rocket was veiled by a reddish halo, on the side a brief jet of luminous lines of various colors, on the right side 3 rows of portholes: 25, 26 and again 25, making 76 portholes lit from the inside. Two curious wings in the shape of half crescents arched towards the front from which three precise points emitted luminous arcs of different colors, at a precise cadence. The craft moved slowly and silently at 10 meters above the tall oaks. It could measure 375 to 400 meters. A streak of fire came out of the end of the rocket, three times the length of the craft. The wind that had been blowing strongly a few minutes before had completely stopped. Mr. Kolesnikof saw 3 wild boars brush past him: they fled the trajectory of the object.
Reference: M. FIGUET/ J.L. RUCHON: “Ovni, Premier dossier complet…” ed. Alain Lefeuvre 1979, p. 221, 222
Reference: Mini catalogue chronologique des observations OVNI, by Godelieve Van Overmeire
Source: Overmeire, ID: Overmeire_2002

Event 17524 (0D9855A9)

Date: 9/15/1955?
Time: 13:00?
Location: EAST / TROY, NY
Description: Saucer / cemetery. Richard Price age 8 first abducted. Implants and long story…
Type: sighting
Reference: PHENOMENA Revue / SOS-OVNI, France; Perry Petrakis ed. B.P 324; 13611 Aix-Cedex 1, Fr. sosovni at pacwan.mm-soft.fr (Index 12)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_4757

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

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “5”, Duration: “60”, Elev: “11”, HatchDesc: “E/TROY,NY:SCR/CEMETERY:RICHARD PRICE age 8 FIRST ABD’d:IMPLANTS+LONG STORY…”, LatLong: “42.733335 -73.666670”, LatLongDMS: “42:44:00 N 73:40:00 W”, Locale: “Residential”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “New York”, Strangeness: “10”

Event 17525 (2A745A48)

Date: 9/16/1955
Location: FRANCE, Boisseuges
Description: (Translated from French) Near Boisseuges an unusual whistling sound attracted the attention of the young shepherd M. Frigoul at around 6 pm. He saw a dark mass descend from the sky. A strong gust of wind made him fall. The object measured 3.50 m in length and 2 m in height. It looked like a machine with an opening from which he saw a staircase. There were two occupants. One of them had a red face, a bald head and very small teeth. They picked some plants and flew off to the northwest.
Reference: Henry DURRANT: “Le dossier des OVNI” - Laffont 1973 - p. 72
Reference: Jacques VALLEE: “Chronique des apparitions E.T.” DENOEL 1972 - coll. J’AI LU, p. 294, 295
Reference: Mini catalogue chronologique des observations OVNI, by Godelieve Van Overmeire
Source: Overmeire, ID: Overmeire_2003

Event 17526 (6605F4E0)

Date: 9/16/1955
Location: USA, (New York)
Description: (Translated from French) This observation took place in the night of September 16 to 17, 1955, at the Titicus Reservoir in the Northern Westchester County, state of New York. I reproduce this account, word for word as it appeared in the magazine of a New York organization called Civilian Saucer Intelligence (Civil Intelligence Service on Flying Saucers), extremely serious, but which unfortunately was dissolved 10 years ago (1969). "The couple arrived at the lake to fish for perch with a spoon shortly before midnight. Around 1:30, they were in a small cove on the north shore of the lake, which is about 5 km long and which is oriented east to west. Mrs. Bordes was rowing while her husband was untangling the fishing lines. For the first time in their lives, they had not caught a single fish. It was pitch black; there was no moon, and the clouds hid the stars. At this moment, Mrs. Bordes saw a strange object rise out of the water between the boat and the shore, at a distance of only a few meters. It was a luminous pink sphere - at least seen from above it appeared spherical - about the size of a basketball, with darker plates.

The object rose about thirty centimeters and then fell back into the water with a loud splash. Mr. Bordes, standing at the back and his back turned, thought that a big fish had jumped. Mrs. Bordes is a rather more intrepid than average young woman who likes to fish and hunt at night, but the spectacle was so abnormal that it scared her; she took up the oars and rowed straight to the shore. Her husband, still absorbed in his task, swore and protested, until suddenly he also saw something. He whispered: “Shh! I think I see a phenomenon!” Mrs. Bordes, petrified, then saw the “phenomenon” too. About 200 meters southeast, towards the middle of the lake and apparently floating on its surface, two parallel lights shone, like fluorescent tubes of a bluish white. They had a wavy but rigid shape; they did not undulate. Their length seemed twice that of a 5 m boat. Above these “serpents” there was a less bright round light, and of a more yellowish white. Much smaller than a full moon, and less bright than a car headlight, at a distance of 200 m it appeared to be the size of a basketball. It did not hover in the air but was apparently attached to a solid body, visible only intermittently as a grayish shape in the darkness. They were able to observe that this round light was regularly eclipsed on one side and then became round again, giving a very clear impression of a rotating lighthouse; and if it did not project a visible beam, they could see each other when the light shone towards them. (1955, September 16-17)
Reference: Yvan T.SANDERSON: “The Invisible Under the Seas” Albin Michel 1979 p.83-85
Reference: Mini catalogue chronologique des observations OVNI, by Godelieve Van Overmeire
Source: Overmeire, ID: Overmeire_2004

Event 17527 (611DA10C)

Date: 9/16/1955
Time: 18:00
Location: BOISSEUGES, FR
Description: 3.5M glowing saucer / pasture. Men descend / steps and take plants. Going quickly northwest.
Type: sighting
Reference: VALLEE, Jacques: PASSPORT TO MAGONIA; H. Regnery, Chicago HC 1969 & Contemporary Books,Chicago 1993. 372pp. (Index 375)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_4758

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, SCR: Classic saucer/disk/sphere shaped UFO, OID: Humanoid: Small alien or “Grey”, RBT: Possible robot or “Grey”, mechanical motions, MON: Monster: Life form fits no category, SMP: Sampling of plant/animal/soil/tissue/specimens, VEG: Plants affected or sampled/crop circles, LND: UFO landing or any part touches ground

Extra Data: Country: “France”, Credibility: “6”, Duration: “5”, HatchDesc: “BOISSEUGES,FR:3.5M GLOWING SCR/PASTURE:MEN DESCEND/STEPS+TAKE PLANTS:>>NW”, LatLong: “45.150002 3.072222”, LatLongDMS: “45:09:00 N 03:04:20 E”, Locale: “Pasture”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Haute-Loire”, Strangeness: “10”

Event 17528 (CC75C411)

Date: 9/16/1955
Time: 1800
Location: Boisseuges, France
Description: A young shepherd heard a whistling sound as a dark mass appeared to fall from the sky and a rush of air swept him from his feet. The object looked like a machine with an opening where a stairway became visible. Two occupants were seen. One was observed to have a reddish face, a bald head and very fine teeth. The craft was round, about 3.5 m diameter, 2 m high, lighted with neon-like light. The occupants gathered some plants and flew away to the northwest.
Type: ufo sighting
Reference: Personal (Vallee)
Source: ValléeMagonia, ID: Magonia_375

Event 17529 (193C2E64)

Date: 9/16/1955
Description: Boisseuges, France. A young shepherd heard a whistling sound at 6:00 p.m. as a dark mass appeared to fall from the sky and a rush of air swept him from his feet. The object looked like a machine with an opening where a stairway became visible. Two occupants were seen. One was observed to have a reddish face, a baldhead, and very fine teeth. The craft was round, about 3.5 meters in diameter, and two meters high; it was lighted with a neon-like light. The occupants gathered some plants and flew away to the northwest.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: Jacques Vallee, Passport to Magonia: A Century of Landings, p. 252 (case 375); Gamard Alain, UFO Register 1978 (volume 7), p. 44
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_6008

Event 17530 (90F1DBE9)

Date: 9/17/1955
Time: ~01:00
Location: TITICUS RESERVOIR, NY
Description: 5M saucer rises / lake 2’. Dives. Trails boat. Away very fast. / r8#376.
Type: sighting
Reference: The APRO BULLETIN: Monthly. Jim & Coral Lorenzen: Tucson,AZ (USA. defunct) By volume and number. (Index 673)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_4759

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, 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: “USA”, Credibility: “7”, Duration: “12”, Elev: “99”, HatchDesc: “TITICUS RSVR,NY:5M SCR RISES/LAKE 2’:DIVES:TRAILS BOAT:AWAY VFAST:/r8#376”, LatLong: “41.300002 -73.866670”, LatLongDMS: “41:18:00 N 73:52:00 W”, Locale: “Farmlands”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “New York”, Strangeness: “7”

Event 17531 (0387FF89)

Date: 9/17/1955
Time: night
Location: Bush Pine, New York
Description: Mr. and Mrs. Bordes, of New York City, were fishing when they heard a loud splash and a “gurgling sound,” saw a pink, iridescent, mushroom-shaped object rise about 70 cm above the water, and sink into the reservoir. Later, they saw the object again, about 5 m long and surrounded with turbulence. It reversed direction several times without turning around and finally flew away very fast.
Type: ufo sighting
Reference: Constance 226; FSR 55,5 (Vallee)
Source: ValléeMagonia, ID: Magonia_376

Event 17532 (0FFB0CED)

Date: 9/17/1955
Description: Pine Bush, New York. Mr. and Mrs. Bordes of New York City wer

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e fishing at night when they heard a loud splash and a “gurgling sound.” They then saw a pink, iridescent, mushroom-shaped object rise about 70 cm out of the water, then sink back into the reservoir. Later, they saw the object again. It was about five meters long and surrounded by turbulence. After it took off it reversed direction several times without turning around and finally flew away at a high rate of speed.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: Arthur Constance, The Inexplicable Sky, p. 226; Flying Saucer Review, May-June 1955; Ivan T. Sanderson, Invisible Residents, p. 226; Jacques Vallee, Passport to Magonia: A Century of Landings, p. 252
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_6042

Event 17533 (60E435E8)

Date: 9/18/1955
Location: SPRINGFIELD, IL
Description: Ground Observer Corps (GOC) flash. Glowing ovoid speeds east going quickly west. Makes 90 degree turn going quickly south.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO’s a HISTORY-1955 (3 booklets) Self published. (Index 301)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_4760

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: “183”, HatchDesc: “SPRINGFIELD,IL:GOC FLASH:GLOWING OVOID SPEEDS E>>W:MAKES 90dgr TURN>>S”, LatLong: “39.783335 -89.650004”, LatLongDMS: “39:47:00 N 89:39:00 W”, Locale: “Town & City”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Illinois”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 17534 (FD638398)

Date: 9/19/1955
Time: 09:20
Location: MIDAN AL TAHRIR, EGYPT
Description: Numerous observer(s). Thin featureless white cylinder going quickly west. Slight turn.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO’s a HISTORY-1955 (3 booklets) Self published. (Index 602)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_4761

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: “Egypt”, Credibility: “10”, Duration: “2”, HatchDesc: “MIDAN al TAHRIR,EGYPT:NMRS OBS:THIN FEATURELESS WHT CYLINDER >>W:SLIGHT TURN”, LatLong: “30.666668 30.250001”, LatLongDMS: “30:40:00 N 30:15:00 E”, Locale: “Town & City”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “CAI”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 17535 (9CCBC27C)

Date: 9/20/1955
Location: Ohio
Description: In response to a September 13 letter from Rep. Gordon H. Scherer (R-Ohio) about the contactee claims of George Adamski, CIA Director Allen Dulles replies that the “CIA shall have no police, subpoena, law- enforcement powers, or internal-security functions” over mail fraud related to UFOs.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Allen W. Dulles, Letter to Gordon H. Scherer, September 20, 1955
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_2763

Event 17536 (FE069AF0)

Date: 9/21/1955
Location: Soviet Union
Description: Soviet underwater atomic bomb test, 3.5kt
Type: atomic
Reference: link
Source: Maj2, ID: Maj2_555
Atomic type: aboveground
Atomic KT: 3.5

Event 17537 (265ED6DC)

Date: 9/21/1955
Location: 70.7030 54.60
Description: Nuclear test: Water, confirmed. Country: USSR Yield: 3.5KT
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_1053

Extra Data: LatLong: “70.7030 54.60”, LatLongDMS: “70:42:11 N 54:36:00 E”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, NukeCountry: “USSR”, NukeDepth: “0.01”, NukeSource: “KHRISTOFOROV”, NukeType: “NWCS”, NukeY: “3.5”

Event 17538 (8B4DD740)

Date: 9/22/1955
Time: 19:30
Location: HICKAM FIELD, OAHU, HI
Description: Many observer(s). Large sausage shape overhead / 1700mph. Several RADAR’s. 32K’ altitude.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO’s a HISTORY-1955 (3 booklets) Self published. (Index 302)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_4762

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), CIG: Torpedo/cigar/cylinder shaped UFO, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), RDR: Radar traces/blips, MIL: Military investigation

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “11”, Duration: “1”, Elev: “6”, HatchDesc: “HICKAM FIELD,OAHU,HI:MANY OBS:LRG SAUSAGE SHAPE OVHD/1700mph:SVRL RDRS:32K’alt”, LatLong: “21.350001 -157.900008”, LatLongDMS: “21:21:00 N 157:54:00 W”, Locale: “Town & City”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, RelAlt: “9750”, State/Prov: “Hawaii”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 17539 (8B2F3734)

Date: 9/22/1955
Time: 19:40
Location: NEAR CINCINNATI, OH
Description: 4 observer(s). Red-glowing ovoid maneuvers / all directions. Crushed corn found later.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO’s a HISTORY-1955 (3 booklets) Self published. (Index 603)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_4763

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

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “7”, Duration: “5”, Elev: “200”, HatchDesc: “nr CINCINNATI,OH:4 OBS:RED-GLO OVOID MNVRS/ALL DIRs:CRUSHED CORN FOUND LATER”, LatLong: “39.166669 -84.500004”, LatLongDMS: “39:10:00 N 84:30:00 W”, Locale: “Farmlands”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Ohio”, Strangeness: “7”

Event 17540 (5F47EBF9)

Date: 9/22/1955
Time: 22:20
Location: LODI, OH
Description: 2 separate observer(s). 2 ovoids large and small orbit each other / counterclockwise. Rocket sound.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO’s a HISTORY-1955 (3 booklets) Self published. (Index 306)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_4764

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: “45”, Elev: “282”, HatchDesc: “LODI,OH:2 SEP.OBS:2 OVOIDS LRG+SML ORBIT EACH OTHER/CCW:ROCKET SOUND”, LatLong: “41.033335 -82.000004”, LatLongDMS: “41:02:00 N 82:00:00 W”, Locale: “Town & City”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Ohio”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 17541 (D6F24386)

Date: 9/22/1955
Description: At Hickham Field in Honolulu, Hawaii at 7:30 p.m. a huge sausage-shaped craft, traveling at a speed of 1,700 mph and an altitude 32,000 feet, was tracked on several radar sets and seen visually by many.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: Civilian Saucer Intelligence (New York) Newsletter, February 1956, p. 29, citing M. Myerson; Loren E. Gross, UFOs: A History. 1955: September 15-December, p. 2
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_6220

Event 17542 (21C1B5C0)

Date: 9/23/1955
Location: KREUZLINGEN, SWZ
Description: 2 observer(s). 8M grey plate / 50M altitude spins / 6 second(s). Slants going up [to] and away. / B. Mancusi.
Type: sighting
Reference: ZINSTAG, Lou & ALLEMANN, Dr. T; UFO-SICHTUNGEN uber der SCHWEIZ; UFO-Verlag, Basel/Zurich 1958 (via Bruno Mancusi) (Index 21)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_4765

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: “Switzerland”, Credibility: “7”, Duration: “1”, HatchDesc: “KREUZLINGEN,SWZ:2 OBS:8M GRY PLATE/50M alt SPINS/6 sec:SLANTS↑+AWAY:/B.Mancusi”, LatLong: “47.633336 9.166667”, LatLongDMS: “47:38:00 N 09:10:00 E”, Locale: “Town & City”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “TRG”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 17543 (4A7BF729)

Date: 9/23/1955
Description: An eight meter wide gray colored plate-shaped disc flew at only 50 meters altitude over the town of Kreuzlingen, Switzerland on this day. It was rotating as it flew by, six cycles per second. It tilted upward and flew away. There were two witnesses.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: L. Zinstag, UFO Sichtungen, p. 21
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_6251

Event 17544 (D48DAABF)

Date: 9/25/1955
Time: 22:00
Location: SALTSBURG, PA
Description: 2+observer(s). UFO / fast flashing lights. Flies and hovers. Silent. Seen / reservoir earlier.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO’s a HISTORY-1955 (3 booklets) Self published. (Index 308)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_4766

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: “2”, Elev: “274”, HatchDesc: “SALTSBURG,PA:2+OBS:UFO/FAST FLASHING LITES:FLIES+HVRS:SILENT:SEEN/RSVR EARLIER”, LatLong: “40.483335 -79.466670”, LatLongDMS: “40:29:00 N 79:28:00 W”, Locale: “Residential”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Pennsylvania”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 17545 (E390DA24)

Date: 10/1955
Location: SA, White Sands
Description: (Translated from French) Launch of an Aerobee, the emission of the sodium vapor trail is visible up to Amarillo in Texas.
Reference: GESAG, Launches: Ley 1958, 288
Reference: Mini catalogue chronologique des observations OVNI, by Godelieve Van Overmeire
Source: Overmeire, ID: Overmeire_2006

Event 17546 (75D4528D)

Date: 10/1955
Location: Near Lovington, NM
Description: Unknown object hits B-47; one survivor.
Type: ufo sighting
Reference: UFOs and the National Security State: Chronology of a Cover-up, 1941–1973, by Richard Dolan
Source: Dolan, ID: Dolan_198

Event 17547 (3E47D556)

Date: 10/1955 (approximate)
Time: ~14:00
Location: MT. LA SALLE, CA
Description: Engineer. 2 large aluminum buttons with rims going south / 50kph. Air Force planes circle. / APRO.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO’s a HISTORY-1955 (3 booklets) Self published. (Index 601)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_4767

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: “650”, HatchDesc: “Mt.LA SALLE,CA:ENGINEER:2 LRG ALUM BUTTONS W/RIMS >S/50kph:AF PLANES CCL:/APRO”, LatLong: “38.338891 -122.388895”, LatLongDMS: “38:20:20 N 122:23:20 W”, Locale: “Mountains”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “California”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 17548 (8AAA537F)

Date: 10/1955
Time: 21:30
Location: ESE / DALLAS, TX
Description: 2 / car. 15M ring / multicolor night lights rotates. 45M altitude. Absolute(ly) silent. Going quickly north.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO’s a HISTORY-1955 (3 booklets) Self published. (Index 604)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_4768

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: “7”, Duration: “3”, Elev: “450”, HatchDesc: “ESE/DALLAS,TX:2/CAR:15M RING/MULTICLR NLTS ROTATES:45M alt:ABS SLNT:>>N”, LatLong: “32.633335 -96.050005”, LatLongDMS: “32:38:00 N 96:03:00 W”, Locale: “Pasture”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, RelAlt: “45”, State/Prov: “Texas”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 17549 (2F8201AE)

Date: 10/1955
Time: 22:00?
Location: HARTFORD, KY
Description: Farmer. 40cm fireball scouts barns and cabins / 1m altitude. Follows road and creek bed.
Type: sighting
Reference: The APRO BULLETIN: Monthly. Jim & Coral Lorenzen: Tucson,AZ (USA. defunct) By volume and number. (Index 366)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_4769

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, PRB: Probe: Possibly remote controlled, FBL: Fireball: Blazing undistinguished form/orb., NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), OBS: Observation/chasing vehicles, BLD: Building/man-made structure/roads/power lines

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “6”, Duration: “5”, Elev: “163”, HatchDesc: “HARTFORD,KY:FARMER:40cm FBL SCOUTS BARNS+CABINS/1m alt:FOLOS ROAD+CREEK BED”, LatLong: “37.450002 -86.900004”, LatLongDMS: “37:27:00 N 86:54:00 W”, Locale: “Farmlands”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, RelAlt: “1”, State/Prov: “Kentucky”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 17550 (E91E6205)

Date: 10/1955
Location: Area 51
Description: President Eisenhower gives the CIA control over the U-2 spy plane program and Area 51.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Jacobsen, Area 51, p. 58
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_2764

Event 17551 (7AD32E6A)

Date: 10/1955
Location: St. Joseph’s Minor Seminary in Peterborough, New Hampshire
Description: 8:00 p.m. A student at St. Joseph’s Minor Seminary in Peterborough, New Hampshire, sees four glowing, bluish-white objects to the southwest. One appears to be on the ground with 3–4 figures beside it. He goes into the recreation room to find more witnesses. When they go outside, the objects are slowly moving above the school building toward the northeast.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: “New Hampshire,” CUFOS Associate Newsletter 6, no. 2 (April/May 1985): 4–5
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_2765

Event 17552 (57884B6C)

Date: 10/1/1955
Time: 22:30
Location: MELBOURNE, AUST AND MORE/OTHERS
Description: Hundreds / observer(s). Classic domed saucer with lit portholes. Slow and conical. Whines.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO’s a HISTORY-1955 (3 booklets) Self published. (Index 606)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_4770

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, MIL: Observer(s) military, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, HQO: High-quality observer(s), WAV: Wave/cluster/flap, SCR: Classic saucer/disk/sphere shaped UFO, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), SND: UFO sounds heard or recorded

Extra Data: Country: “Australia”, Credibility: “12”, Duration: “40”, HatchDesc: “MELBOURNE,AUST++:100s/OBS:CLASSIC DOMED SCR W/LIT PORTS:SLOW+CONICAL:WHINES”, LatLong: “-37.816668 144.983340”, LatLongDMS: “37:49:00 S 144:59:00 E”, Locale: “Metropolis”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Victoria”, Strangeness: “7”

Event 17553 (5AB6EE44)

Date: 10/2/1955
Time: 10:00
Location: UHRICHSVILLE, OH
Description: Several observer(s). Several saucers / high-altitude. Away and back / 1300h. Angel hair / r64p275.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO’s a HISTORY-1955 (3 booklets) Self published. (Index 605)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_4771

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), TRC: Physical traces

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “6”, Duration: “200”, Elev: “262”, HatchDesc: “UHRICHSVILLE,OH:SVRL OBS:SVRL SCRS/HI-ALT:AWAY+BACK/1300h:ANGEL HAIR/r64p275”, LatLong: “40.394446 -81.344448”, LatLongDMS: “40:23:40 N 81:20:40 W”, Locale: “Town & City”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Ohio”, Strangeness: “7”

Event 17554 (759E3DD4)

Date: 10/2/1955
Time: 12:50
Location: HOLYOKE, MASS
Description: Civil observer(s). 5-10 silver orbs. Hover. Crisscross sky. Sharp turns. Going quickly SSW.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO’s a HISTORY-1955 (3 booklets) Self published. (Index 312)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_4772

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: “6”, Duration: “10”, Elev: “35”, HatchDesc: “HOLYOKE,MASS:CIV OBS:5-10 SLVR ORBS:HVR:CRISSCROSS SKY:SHARP TURNS:>>SSW”, LatLong: “42.200002 -72.616670”, LatLongDMS: “42:12:00 N 72:37:00 W”, Locale: “Town & City”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Massachusetts”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 17555 (E7E29AD6)

Date: 10/2/1955
Time: 16:10
Location: ALLIANCE, OH
Description: 8 separate observer(s). Orange saucer / edge slowly turns. Tilts level. Seen widely.
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_4773

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: “10”, Elev: “358”, HatchDesc: “ALLIANCE,OH:8 SEP.OBS:ORG SCR/EDGE SLOWLY TURNS:TILTS LEVEL:SEEN WIDELY”, LatLong: “40.933335 -81.100004”, LatLongDMS: “40:56:00 N 81:06:00 W”, Locale: “Town & City”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Ohio”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 17556 (EC9FE5E6)

Date: 10/2/1955
Time: 18:20
Location: 5MI NNE / POUGHKEEPSIE, NY
Description: Airline pilot. Meteor-night light passes plane. Hovers. Rises away.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO’s a HISTORY-1955 (3 booklets) Self published. (Index 308)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_4774

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

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “7”, Duration: “1”, Elev: “65”, HatchDesc: “5mi NNE/POUGHKEEPSIE,NY:AIRLINE PILOT:METEOR-NLT PASSES PLANE:HVRS:RISES AWAY”, LatLong: “41.777780 -73.900004”, LatLongDMS: “41:46:40 N 73:54:00 W”, Locale: “Metropolis”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “New York”, Strangeness: “4”

Event 17557 (CF18679A)

Date: 10/2/1955
Time: 23:00
Location: COLUMBUS, OH
Description: Military observer(s). Fast silent orange-white night light darts and stops. Zigzag path / 40 minute(s).
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO’s a HISTORY-1955 (3 booklets) Self published. (Index 314)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_4775

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: “40”, Elev: “240”, HatchDesc: “COLUMBUS,OH:MIL OBS:FAST SILENT ORG-WHT NLT DARTS+STOPS:ZIGZAG PATH/40min”, LatLong: “39.950002 -83.016671”, LatLongDMS: “39:57:00 N 83:01:00 W”, Locale: “Pasture”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Ohio”, Strangeness: “5”

Event 17558 (12D57211)

Date: 10/2/1955
Location: Akron and Alliance, OH
Description: Hovering disc- like UFO observed over wide area. [UFOE, VII] (NICAP: 01 - Distant Encounters)
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_1878

Event 17559 (3DB3E116)

Date: 10/2/1955
Location: Poughkeepsie, NY
Description: Airline Pilots Report Round Blue-White Object (NICAP: 11 - Aviation Cases, Code: A, Rating: 5)
Reference: NICAP: 551002
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_1879

Event 17560 (209EC814)

Date: 10/3/1955
Locations: Davis-Monthan AFB in Tucson, Arizona; Lovington, New Mexico
Description: A B-47 from Davis-Monthan AFB in Tucson, Arizona, crashes northwest of Lovington, New Mexico. The lone survivor, 2nd Lt. William Daniel Borggen, says the plane is flying at 15,000 feet when three instruments go out after it breaks away from a refueling plane in a pre-dawn flight. The crew drops 5,000 feet, then the bomber hits something and crashes.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: “B-47 Crash Is Probed,” Clovis (N.Mex.) News-Journal, October 3, 1955, pp. 1-2
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_2766

Event 17561 (1037D914)

Date: 10/4/1955
Description: (Translated from French) In Russia, 3 US officials (Senator Richard Russell, Lieutenant Colonel E. U. Hathaway and Ruben Efron, Commission Counsel) travelling by train between Atjaty and Adzhijabul (Trans-Caucasian region) see 2 unconventional round objects resembling discs or flying saucers taking off almost vertically at one-minute intervals. The disc-shaped object rises near dusk with its outer surface rotating slowly to the right and with 2 stationary lights at the top of its central part. Sparks and flames are seen emitted by the object. No openings are seen on the object as it passes over the witnesses’ train. The 2 flying discs rise relatively slowly up to 6000 feet, then suddenly increase their speed in horizontal flight towards the North. The disc’s altitude remained the same during the ascent (?) as in cruise, as a disc launched in flight. Two searchlights pointed almost vertically are seen near the takeoff zone about 1-2 miles (16-32 km (?)) south of the railway. After their observation the Soviet railwaymen are very excited and close the curtains and forbid looking out the windows. The US observers are convinced that these unconventional objects are authentic discs or flying saucers. (October 4, 7:10 PM)
Reference: Timothy Good, Above Top Secret, page 227
Reference: rr0 - Beau
Source: rr0, ID: rr0_1635

Event 17562 (9DD2F7CA)

Date: 10/4/1955
Location: Near Kiev, USSR
Description: U.S. Senator Richard Russell, two aides see two UFOs from a train.
Type: ufo sighting
Reference: UFOs and the National Security State: Chronology of a Cover-up, 1941–1973, by Richard Dolan
Source: Dolan, ID: Dolan_197

Event 17563 (CBFFEEEF)

Date: 10/4/1955
Time: 19:10
Location: ATJATY TO/FROM ADZHIJABUL, AZERBAIJAN SSR
Description: Sen.Russell and 3 / train. 2 saucers going up / 1 minute(s) apart.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO’s a HISTORY-1955 (3 booklets) Self published. (Index 319)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_4776

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), GSA: Covert Security Agency

Extra Data: Country: “Turkmen Republic”, Credibility: “9”, Duration: “5”, HatchDesc: “ATJATY><ADZHIJABUL,AZERBAIJAN SSR:Sen.RUSSELL+3/TRAIN:2 SCRS ↑/1min APART”, LatLong: “39.983335 46.916669”, LatLongDMS: “39:59:00 N 46:55:00 E”, Locale: “Town & City”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “TRC”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 17564 (DF076CB0)

Date: 10/4/1955
Locations: USSR; Baku, Azerbaijan; Prague, Czechoslovakia; Czech Republic
Description: 7:10 p.m. Senator Richard B. Russell Jr. (D-Ga.), chairman of the Armed Services Committee, on a trip to the USSR, is on a Soviet train near Baku, Azerbaijan, when he spots a disc-shaped craft taking off near the tracks. Russell sees the “first flying disc ascend and pass over the train” and goes “rushing in to get Mr. Efron [Reuben Efron, his interpreter] and Col. Hathaway [Col. E. U. Hathaway, his aide] to see it,” the report says. “Col. Hathaway stated that he got to the window with the Senator in time to see the first [UFO], while Mr. Efron said that he got only a short glimpse of the first. However, all three saw the second disc and all agreed that they saw the same round, disc-shaped craft…as the first.” A fourth witness is unidentified. “One disc ascended almost vertically, at a relatively slow speed, with its outer surface revolving slowly to the right, to an altitude of about 6,000 feet, where its speed then increased sharply as it headed north,” the report states. “The second flying disc was seen performing the same actions about one minute later. The take-off area was about 1–2 miles south of the rail line.” The Air Force report is written by Lieut. Col. Thomas Ryan, who interviews Russell’s companions in Prague, Czechoslovakia [now Czech Republic], on October 13, after they arrive there from Russia shortly after the sighting. The report remains Top Secret until April 30, 1959, and Secret until March 1985 when Stanton Friedman manages to get it declassified following a FOIA request.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: NICAP, “Senator Russell Observes UFO from Train”; Clark III 1049–1050; Sparks, p. 231; Joel Carpenter, “The Senator, the Saucer, and Special Report 14,” IUR 25, no. 1 (Spring 2000): 3–7; Swords 227–228; Good Above, pp. 224–226
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_2767

Event 17565 (09C3CCC4)

Date: 10/4/1955
Description: United States Senator Richard Russell, Head of the Senate Armed Services Committee, was on a high-level diplomatic mission to the Soviet Union and was traveling on the trans-Caucasus railway outside of Baku, Azerbaijan on this day in 1955. While on the train at 7:10 p.m. he and his aide saw a disc-shaped UFO slowly ascend to 6000 feet and then shoot to the North. A second disc appeared and maneuvered about the sky.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: Michael David Hall, UFOs: A Century of Sightings, p. 240
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_6554

Event 17566 (172FE5B3)

Date: 10/5/1955
Location: Pearl Harbor
Description: Letter from US Navy Rear Admiral J. L. Herlihy at Pearl Harbor to the future director of the BSRA, Riley Crabb. They gave him an award of $200 in recognition of his superior performance in his duties.
Type: letter
Reference: Twitter
Source: Maj2, ID: Maj2_556

Event 17567 (1F51A372)

Date: 10/7/1955
Locations: Naples; New York City; Waldorf-Astoria Hotel
Description: Retired Gen. Douglas MacArthur tells Achille Lauro, the mayor of Naples, that he does not think there will be a war with the Soviet bloc, but that “because of the developments of science all countries on earth will have to survive and to make a common front against attack by people from other planets.” The meeting takes place in the Waldorf-Astoria Hotel in New York City.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: “M’Arthur Greets Mayor of Naples,” New York Times, October 8, 1955, p. 7; “Space War Possible Is MacArthur Hint,” CRIFO Orbit 2, no. 8 (November 4, 1955): 1; Loren E. Gross, The Fifth Horseman of the Apocalypse: UFOs, a History: 1955 September 15th–December 31st, The Author, 1993, pp. 15–17
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_2768

Event 17568 (82158813)

Date: 10/8/1955
Description: (Translated from French) Sighting in Loogootee (Indiana). (October 8)
Reference: case Blue Book #3800 unsolved
Reference: rr0 - Beau
Source: rr0, ID: rr0_1636

Event 17569 (1BFC14FB)

Date: 10/8/1955
Time: 06:30
Location: SCOTTS FORK, KY
Description: Cop and 1. 18 1M and 2M silent white disks / various formations. Very fast maneuvers. Going quickly north.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO’s a HISTORY-1955 (3 booklets) Self published. (Index 607)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_4777

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, NWS: News media report, WAV: Wave/cluster/flap, SCR: Classic saucer/disk/sphere shaped UFO, PRB: Probe: Possibly remote controlled, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), TRC: Physical traces

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “7”, Duration: “45”, Elev: “280”, HatchDesc: “SCOTTS FORK,KY:COP+1:18 1M+2M SLNT WHT DISKS/VARIOUS FORMNs:VFAST MNVRS:>>N”, LatLong: “37.650002 -84.550004”, LatLongDMS: “37:39:00 N 84:33:00 W”, Locale: “Farmlands”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Kentucky”, Strangeness: “7”

Event 17570 (207BF543)

Date: 10/8/1955
Time: 16:40
Location: LOOGOOTEE, IN
Description: Project Bluebook Case #3800. Prather and Ahern. Silver-white saucer / 5K’ altitude. 1000mph. Silent. No trail.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO’s a HISTORY-1955 (3 booklets) Self published. (Index 317)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_4778

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: “1”, Elev: “164”, HatchDesc: “LOOGOOTEE,IN:BBK#3800:PRATHER+AHERN:SLVR-WHT SCR/5K’alt:1000mph:SLNT:NO TRAIL”, LatLong: “38.666669 -86.916671”, LatLongDMS: “38:40:00 N 86:55:00 W”, Locale: “Residential”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, RelAlt: “1500”, State/Prov: “Indiana”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 17571 (15C9C442)

Date: 10/8/1955
Location: Loogootee, IN
Description: Round, silver or white object fly straight and level (NICAP: 01 - Distant Encounters, BB: 3800)
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_1880

Event 17572 (C43825A0)

Date: 10/8/1955
Time: 4:38 PM
Location: Loogootee, Indiana
Description: Witnesses: R.D. Prather, H. Ahern. One round, silver or white object flew straight and level at more than 1,000 m.p.h. for an unstated length of time.
Type: ufo sighting
Reference: BlueBook Unknowns PDF
Source: BerlinerBBUnknowns, ID: BerlinerBBU_393

Event 17573 (DE422BEE)

Date: 10/8/1955
Description: R. D. Prather and H. Ahern sighted a round, silverly white flying object at 4:38 p.m. in Loogootee, Indiana that zoomed through the sky at a speed in excess of 1,000 m.p.h.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: Project Blue Book files counted in official statistics, case # 3800; Don Berliner, Project Bluebook UFO Unknowns
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_6645

Event 17574 (EA0E7738)

Date: 10/9/1955
Description: (Translated from French) Interview with MacArthur in the New York Times. (9 October)
Reference: rr0 - Beau
Source: rr0, ID: rr0_1637

Event 17575 (1BD70FE7)

Date: 10/10/1955
Locations: Fort Worth, Texas; US
Description: The Air Force releases a statement from Fort Worth, Texas, saying that anyone reporting flashing lights for the next two months across the US is seeing wind-driven experimental plastic balloons that might travel as fast as 110 mph.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Keyhoe, FS Conspiracy, p. 206; Keyhoe, FSTS, p. 43
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_2769

Event 17576 (36728662)

Date: 10/11/1955
Description: (Translated from French) Sighting at Point Lookout (Maryland). (October 11)
Reference: case Blue Book #3810 unsolved
Reference: rr0 - Beau
Source: rr0, ID: rr0_1638

Event 17577 (0EBFF126)

Date: 10/11/1955
Location: Point Lookout, MD
Description: Round object, white in daylight and turning red (NICAP: 01 - Distant Encounters, BB: 3810)
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_1881

Event 17578 (173BDBDA)

Date: 10/11/1955
Time: 4 PM
Location: Pt. Lookout, Maryland
Description: Witnesses: B. Hale, A. Ostrom. One round object which looked white in the daylight and turned red with sparks toward the end of the 2.5 hour sighting, made a deep roar, unlike an aircraft.
Type: ufo sighting
Reference: BlueBook Unknowns PDF
Source: BerlinerBBUnknowns, ID: BerlinerBBU_394

Event 17579 (C9478E07)

Date: 10/11/1955
Description: At four o’clock in the afternoon in Point Lookout, Maryland witnesses B. Hale and A. Ostrom sighted a round UFO that looked white in the daylight and turned red with sparks toward the end of their two and a half hour long sighting. It made a deep roaring sound, unlike any known aircraft.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: Project Blue Book files counted in official statistics, case # 3810; Don Berliner, Project Bluebook UFO Unknowns
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_6759

Event 17580 (0A414C00)

Date: 10/12/1955
Location: HARMON AIR FORCE BASE, NFLD
Description: 3 observer(s). Night light stops and hovers and jumps / 4 times. Very fast. 50K’ altitude. Exits going up.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO’s a HISTORY-1955 (3 booklets) Self published. (Index 319)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_4779

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

Extra Data: Country: “Canada”, Credibility: “8”, Duration: “2”, Elev: “33”, HatchDesc: “HARMON AFB,NFLD:3 OBS:NLT STOPS+HVRS+JUMPS/4 TIMES:VFAST:50K’alt:EXITS ↑”, LatLong: “48.533336 -58.550003”, LatLongDMS: “48:32:00 N 58:33:00 W”, Locale: “Town & City”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, RelAlt: “15000”, State/Prov: “Newfoundland”, Strangeness: “5”

Event 17581 (E6DE6E51)

Date: 10/12/1955
Location: MARSHALL, TX
Description: 1+observer(s). Long silver rod-cylinder/cigar-shape passes going quickly northwest in very erratic manner. / news.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO’s a HISTORY-1955 (3 booklets) Self published. (Index 317)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_4780

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

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “7”, Duration: “2”, Elev: “123”, HatchDesc: “MARSHALL,TX:1+OBS:LONG SLVR ROD-CGR PASSES >>NW in VERY ERRATIC MANNER:/NEWS”, LatLong: “32.550002 -94.383338”, LatLongDMS: “32:33:00 N 94:23:00 W”, Locale: “Town & City”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Texas”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 17582 (3D518E4D)

Date: 10/14/1955
Location: Transcaucasus region, Russia
Description: Senator Richard B. Russell, Jr. (D-GA)—then chairman of the Armed Services Committee—was on a Soviet train when he spotted a disc-shaped craft taking off near the tracks. (NICAP: 01 - Distant Encounters)
Reference: NICAP: 551014
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_1882

Event 17583 (37E65D27)

Date: 10/15/1955
Time: 22:00
Location: D3 ESE / WISSEMBOURG, FR
Description: Wind stops. 400M UFO 6M over oaks. 76 portholes / 3 rows. / r30p221.
Type: sighting
Reference: LUMIERES DANS la NUIT (LDLN), Paris. Bimonthly since 1957. LDLN B.P.3; 77123 Le Vaudoue, FRANCE. (Index 163)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_4781

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, DLT: Delta/vee/boomerang/rectangular shaped UFO, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), RAY: Odd light/searchlight/beam/laser-like, TCH: New technical details/clues

Extra Data: Country: “France”, Credibility: “6”, Duration: “7”, HatchDesc: “D3 ESE/WISSEMBOURG,FR:WIND STOPS:400M UFO 6M OVR OAKS:76 PORTS/3 ROWS:/r30p221”, LatLong: “49.000002 7.916667”, LatLongDMS: “49:00:00 N 07:55:00 E”, Locale: “Forest”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Bas-Rhin”, Strangeness: “8”

Event 17584 (1F49E4B2)

Date: 10/15/1955
Description: In a forest east-southeast of Wissembourg, Bas-Rhin, France a huge, 400 meter long UFO was seen flying only six meters over some oak trees by a witness while driving on highway D3. It had 76 porthole-shaped windows in three rows.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: Lumieres dans la Nuit, February 1977
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_6859

Event 17585 (15C889B2)

Date: 10/15/1955
Description: Sen. Richard Russell sees two circular flying discs while traveling by train in the Soviet Union. The CIA classified this Top Secret and did not share the case with the Air Force, Project Blue Book, or the Condon Committee, and it was withheld from Congressional committees in 1960 and 1966 and withheld from the public until it was declassified in 2019.

• https://www.cia.gov/readingroom/docs/CURRENT%20INTELLIGENCE%20BULL%5B15721996%5D.pdf (p4-5)

Reference: Anonymous 2023 PDF
Source: Anon2023PDF, ID: Anon2023PDF_64

Event 17586 (F150D4DC)

Date: 10/18/1955
Description: CIA Director Allen Dulles informs the joint Intelligence Advisory Committee about Senator Russell’s sighting.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Joel Carpenter, “The Senator, the Saucer, and Special Report 14,” IUR 25, no. 1 (Spring 2000): 7
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_2770

Event 17587 (E49970C8)

Date: 10/19/1955
Time: 17:20
Location: WREXHAM, WALES
Description: 2 observer(s). Silver cylinder/cigar-shape-saucer going quickly southwest. 90° turn going quickly northwest. Trail / black smoke?
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO’s a HISTORY-1955 (3 booklets) Self published. (Index 611)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_4782

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

Extra Data: Country: “Great Britain and Ireland”, Credibility: “6”, Duration: “1”, HatchDesc: “WREXHAM,WALES:2 OBS:SLVR CGR-SCR >> SW:90°TURN >>NW:TRAIL/BLK SMOKE?”, LatLong: “53.066669 -3.000000”, LatLongDMS: “53:04:00 N 03:00:00 W”, Locale: “Town & City”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “WLS”, Strangeness: “5”

Event 17588 (14094142)

Date: 10/19/1955
Location: Knoxville (40 miles NW of ), TN
Description: (McDonald list; FUFOR Index) F-86 Unable to Close on Radar/Visual Target (NICAP: 09 - RADAR Cases, Code: R, Rating: 5, BB: BBU)
Reference: NICAP: 551019
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_1883

Event 17589 (A82C74D1)

Date: 10/19/1955
Description: Wilton E. Lexow, head of the CIA Applied Science Division, notes the similarity of the objects seen by Sen. Russell to the Avro Canada Project Y-2 (Silver Bug), a proposed vertical take-off gyroplane now under development by the US Air Force.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Wikipedia, “Avro Canada”; Wikipedia, “Avro Canada VZ-9 Avrocar”; Joel Carpenter, “The Senator, the Saucer, and Special Report 14,” IUR 25, no. 1 (Spring 2000): 8
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_2771

Event 17590 (15C8BA81)

Date: 10/20/1955
Time: 16:00
Location: NORFOLK, VA
Description: 2 observer(s). Shiny round object stops and maneuvers. Very fast. Shoots straight up.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO’s a HISTORY-1955 (3 booklets) Self published. (Index 611)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_4783

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: “7”, Duration: “2”, Elev: “3”, HatchDesc: “NORFOLK,VA:2 OBS:SHINY RND OBJ STOPS+MNVRS:VFAST:SHOOTS STRAIGHT UP:”, LatLong: “36.866668 -76.283337”, LatLongDMS: “36:52:00 N 76:17:00 W”, Locale: “Coastlands”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Virginia”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 17591 (33C3A394)

Date: 10/20/1955
Location: Minneapolis, MN
Description: Object Makes 90-Degree Turns & Tracked On Radar (NICAP: 09 - RADAR Cases, Code: R, Rating: 5, BB: BBU)
Reference: NICAP: 551020
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_1884

Event 17592 (B9665A90)

Date: 10/20/1955
Description: Manuel Gonzalez Vazquez and his neighbor Erminda where in a field tending some cattle in Portela de Pau, Orense, Spain in the late afternoon when they felt a slight tremor that lasted a few minutes. Moments later they saw an undetermined figure inside a “screen-like” image in the sky. The figure had a definite human shape. Seconds later they spotted a second flying figure approaching under the clouds. As the figure approached they could tell that it was a female figure, flying at three meters above the ground. It resembled an 18-year-old girl, and was a little over a meter in height. Her hair was gathered up in a bun and she was wearing a light turquoise colored cloak. The woman flew by the two witnesses and turned to look at them but did not say anything. It eventually glided away and disappeared from sight.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: Albert S. Rosales, Humanoid Contact Database 1955, citing Gaceta OVNI
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_7001

Event 17593 (96683B7B)

Date: 10/21/1955
Time: 06:00
Location: CREAM RIDGE, NJ
Description: 2 observer(s). Dog barks. Bright glare. White cylinder/cylindrical object passes over house going quickly west.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO’s a HISTORY-1955 (3 booklets) Self published. (Index 329)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_4784

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), ANI: Animals affected or injuries/marks

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “7”, Duration: “1”, Elev: “41”, HatchDesc: “CREAM RIDGE,NJ:2 OBS:DOG BARKS:BRITE GLARE:WHT CYL PASSES OVR HOUSE >>W”, LatLong: “40.133335 -74.522226”, LatLongDMS: “40:08:00 N 74:31:20 W”, Locale: “Residential”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “New Jersey”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 17594 (BD082AC1)

Date: 10/21/1955
Time: 19:20
Location: CLEVELAND, OH
Description: 2 separate observer(s). Silent 15M hamburger-saucer with windows / edge. Going [to] over buildings and yards.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO’s a HISTORY-1955 (3 booklets) Self published. (Index 329)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_4785

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: “15”, Elev: “207”, HatchDesc: “CLEVELAND,OH:2 SEP.OBS:SLNT 15M HAMBURGER-SCR W/WINDOWS/EDGE:>ovr BLDGS+YARDS”, LatLong: “41.483335 -81.700004”, LatLongDMS: “41:29:00 N 81:42:00 W”, Locale: “Metropolis”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Ohio”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 17595 (3845D681)

Date: 10/21/1955
Time: 20:30
Location: RITTMAN, OH
Description: 2 and more/others observer(s). Classic saucer circles and corkscrews going quickly southwest. Each circle = 2-3 second(s). / news.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO’s a HISTORY-1955 (3 booklets) Self published. (Index 329)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_4786

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

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “8”, Duration: “2”, Elev: “298”, HatchDesc: “RITTMAN,OH:2++OBS:CLASSIC SCR CIRCLES+CORKSCREWS >>SW:EACH CIRCLE=2-3sec:/NEWS”, LatLong: “40.977780 -81.783337”, LatLongDMS: “40:58:40 N 81:47:00 W”, Locale: “Town & City”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Ohio”, Strangeness: “7”

Event 17596 (795D9469)

Date: 10/21/1955
Time: 22:30
Location: MINNEAPOLIS, MN
Description: Jet pilot and ground and air RADAR’s. White ovoid makes 90-turns / 1000mph. Very large.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO’s a HISTORY-1955 (3 booklets) Self published. (Index 328)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_4787

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

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “9”, Duration: “1”, Elev: “245”, HatchDesc: “MINNEAPOLIS,MN:JET PILOT+GND+AIR RDRS:WHT OVOID MAKES 90-TURNS/1000mph:VLARGE”, LatLong: “44.983335 -93.266671”, LatLongDMS: “44:59:00 N 93:16:00 W”, Locale: “Metropolis”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Minnesota”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 17597 (B2FE732A)

Date: 10/23/1955
Location: Indianapolis, Indiana
Description: Farmer John Hobner was forced by a blinding bluish-white lighted UFO in a nearby field close to the highway to crash his car into a tree. Hobner suffered minor injuries.
Type: ufo sighting
Reference: The Flying Saucers are Hostile!, by George D. Fawcett 1961
Source: HostileFawcett, ID: HostileFawcett_28

Event 17598 (6DE1B11C)

Date: 10/25/1955
Location: US
Description: Summary of Blue Book report released to press; linked with statement that Air Force would soon have its own saucer-shaped aircraft, the AVRO disc. (The AVRO disc project subsequently was scrapped without producing a flying model). Reported no evidence that UFOs “constituted a threat to the security of the United States. . .”
Type: summary of report
Reference: “The UFO Evidence” (1964) by Richard H. Hall, page 106-108
Reference: “Report on Unidentified Flying Objects” (Dec. 1956) by Capt. Edward J. Ruppelt
Source: Maj2, ID: Maj2_882

Event 17599 (FAE3872D)

Date: 10/25/1955
Location: Columbus, Ohio
Description: Project Blue Book Special Report No. 14 is released, months after it is completed by analysts at Battelle Memorial Institute in Columbus, Ohio, using cases supplied by the Air Force and tabulated on IBM punch cards. The original report by Battelle is about 300 pages, but the Air Force distills this down to 100. It is accompanied by a press release in which Secretary of the Air Force Donald A. Quarles states: “On the basis of this study we believe that no objects such as those popularly described as flying saucers have overflown the United States.” (At the same time, Quarles states that the Air Force is working on radical new aircraft that “are sure to be mistaken for flying saucers.”) Only 100 copies are printed initially, but scientist Leon Davidson prints and sells copies of it beginning in 1956, along with his analysis and commentary. The report includes 3,201 reported UFO sightings. Battelle employs four scientific analysts, who divide cases into knowns, unknowns, and a third category of insufficient information. They also break down knowns and unknowns into four categories of quality, from excellent to poor. For a case to be called identified, two analysts must independently agree on a solution; for a case to be called unidentified, all four analysts must agree. A report classified as unidentified is defined as: “Those reports of sightings wherein the description of the object and its maneuvers could not be fitted to the pattern of any known object or phenomenon.” Out of 3,201 cases, 69% are judged to be identified, 22% are unidentified, and 9% have insufficient information to make a determination. The report further breaks these results down based on whether the identification is considered certain or merely doubtful. For example, in both the astronomical and aircraft IFO categories, 12% are considered certain and 9% are doubtful. Overall, of the 69% listed as IFOs, 42% are thought to be solved with certainty, while 27% are still considered doubtful. In addition, if a case is lacking in adequate data, it is placed in the insufficient information category, separate from both IFOs and UFOs. A key feature is to statistically compare IFOs and UFOs by six characteristics: color, number of objects, shape, duration, speed, and brightness. If there are no significant differences, the two classes are probably the same, the UFOs then representing merely a failure to properly identify prosaic phenomena that can already account for IFOs. On the other hand, if the differences are statistically significant, this suggests IFOs and UFOs are indeed distinctly different phenomena. In the initial results, all characteristics except brightness test significant at less or much less than 1% (brightness is greater than 5%). By removing astronomical sightings from the knowns and redoing the test, just two categories, number and speed, are significant at less than 1%, the remainder having results between 3% and 5%. This indicates that there is a statistically significant difference between the characteristics ascribed to UFOs and IFOs, but perhaps not as significant as the initial results suggested. For two characteristics, brightness and speed, the significance actually increases with the revised test. Hynek later calls the Battelle report a “shamefully biased interpretation of statistics to support a preconceived notion.” Keyhoe asks Ruppelt what he thinks. Ruppelt says the report “was a shock to me. I was the one that had the IBM system tried out. It didn’t prove a thing, and I had written it off as worthless before I left the project… also this report was drawn up in 1953, yet the Air Force released it as the latest hot dope in October, 1955.” The Air Force releases a second edition, with a new preface and an addendum that brings the subject up to date, in July 1957. In the 1990s, after interviewing three men (Art Westerman, Perry Rieppel, and William T. Reid) who had participated in the Battelle project, Mark Rodeghier and Jennie Zeidman of the Center for UFO Studies conclude that the engineering mindset at Battelle had caused a disconnect between its data and its conclusions. Because the project cannot reverse engineer a UFO from the reports (because of faulty witness testimony, multicausal UFOs, etc.), the engineers conclude that a structured craft does not exist.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Wikipedia, “Identification studies of UFOs”; Wikipedia, “Project Blue Book”; US Air Force Air Technical Intelligence Center, Special Report No. 14; Analysis of Reports of Unidentified Flying Objects, May 5, 1955; Leon Davidson, Flying Saucers: An Analysis of Project Blue Book Special Report No. 14, [1956], 3d ed., Ramsey-Wallace, 1966; “Plan Radical New Aircraft,” Franklin (Pa.) News-Herald, October 26, 1955, p. 1; Clark III 929–932; Jacobs, UFO Controversy in America, Signet ed., 1976, pp. 123–126; Keyhoe, FSTS, p. 770; Jennie Zeidman, “I Remember Blue Book,” IUR 16, no. 2 (Mar./Apr. 1991): 7–8; Jennie Zeidman and Mark Rodeghier, “The Pentacle Letter and the Battelle UFO Project,” IUR 18, no. 3 (May/June 1993): 4–12, 19–21; Joel Carpenter, “The Senator, the Saucer, and Special Report 14,” IUR 25, no. 1 (Spring 2000): 3, 9; Loren E. Gross, The Fifth Horseman of the Apocalypse: UFOs, a History: 1955 September 15th–December 31st, The Author, 1993, pp. 30–63; Swords 220–224, 239–241
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_2772

Event 17600 (6C7ECBCF)

Date: 10/25/1955
Locations: Serbia; Belgrade Observatory
Description: A mysterious object passes over Serbia and is seen throughout the country. Milorad B. Protić and other astronomers at Belgrade Observatory track the object and determine that it is not a meteor. After the launch of Sputnik in November 1957, Protić decides that the object must have been an experimental Soviet satellite.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Lorenzen, UFOs: The Whole Story, Signet, 1969, p. 68
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_2773

Event 17601 (83082831)

Date: 10/26/1955
Location: Minneapolis, MN
Description: [Same as Oct. 21, 1955, case?] (McDonald list) (NICAP: 01 - Distant Encounters, BB: BBU)
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_1885

Event 17602 (91E926ED)

Date: 10/27/1955
Time: 12:00?
Location: WHITSETT, NC
Description: All / Elementary School. Steely spheres cavort. Angel hair falls. / r139#6p24.
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_4788

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, TRC: Physical traces

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “11”, Duration: “3”, Elev: “207”, HatchDesc: “WHITSETT,NC:ALL/ELEM.SCHOOL:STEELY SPHERES CAVORT:ANGEL HAIR FALLS:/r139#6p24”, LatLong: “36.066668 -79.566670”, LatLongDMS: “36:04:00 N 79:34:00 W”, Locale: “Residential”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “North Carolina”, Strangeness: “7”

Event 17603 (395237A5)

Date: 10/27/1955 (approximate)
Time: 21:00
Location: INGLESIDE, IL
Description: Deep rumble. Glowing ovoid going [to] overhead. Fizzy-fuzzy edges. Stops. Going quickly southeast.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO’s a HISTORY-1955 (3 booklets) Self published. (Index 622)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_4789

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

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “6”, Duration: “1”, Elev: “235”, HatchDesc: “INGLESIDE,IL:DEEP RUMBLE:GLOWING OVOID >OVHD:FIZZY-FUZZY EDGES:STOPS:>>SE”, LatLong: “42.383335 -88.138893”, LatLongDMS: “42:23:00 N 88:08:20 W”, Locale: “Residential”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Illinois”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 17604 (E4F7E464)

Date: 10/27/1955
Locations: Whitsett Elementary School, North Carolina; Burlington Industries
Description: Afternoon. Hosea D. Lambeth, principal of Whitsett Elementary School, North Carolina, and about 100 students watch 10 objects like “steel balls” dart through the sky for 25 minutes. Light-colored wispy material in 2–3-inch strips falls from the sky at the same time. Nearby Burlington Industries tests a sample and declares it not a synthetic material. No spiders are found in the strands.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Clark III 124; Loren E. Gross, The Fifth Horseman of the Apocalypse: UFOs, a History: 1955 September 15th–December 31st, The Author, 1993,pp. 72–75
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_2774

Event 17605 (4598DF47)

Date: 10/28/1955
Time: 19:30
Location: NEWTON STEWART, SCOTLAND
Description: Saucer circles van / 5 minute(s). Engine fails. Odd noises. / r23 pg10.
Type: sighting
Reference: FLYING SAUCER REVIEW (FSR), London. Bimonthly. PO Box 162; High Wycombe, Bucks. HP135 DZ, England. (Index 25)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_4790

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, EME: Electro-Magnetic Effects, TCH: New technical details/clues, SND: UFO sounds heard or recorded

Extra Data: Country: “Great Britain and Ireland”, Credibility: “6”, Duration: “5”, Elev: “43”, HatchDesc: “NEWTON STEWART,SCOTL:SCR CCLs VAN/5min:ENGINE FAILS:ODD NOISES:/r23 pg10”, LatLong: “54.966669 -4.477778”, LatLongDMS: “54:58:00 N 04:28:40 W”, Locale: “Pasture”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Scotland”, Strangeness: “8”

Event 17606 (56C42731)

Date: 10/28/1955
Time: 22:00
Location: NEAR UBATUBA, BRZ
Description: 4 / airline(s)/airliner crew. Huge luminous ball changes color(s). Away extremely fast. / r150p37.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO’s a HISTORY-1955 (3 booklets) Self published. (Index 624)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_4791

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)

Extra Data: Country: “Brazil”, Credibility: “8”, Duration: “2”, Elev: “200”, HatchDesc: “nr UBATUBA,BRZ:4/AL CREW:HUGE LUMn.BALL CHANGES CLRS:AWAY XFAST:/r150p37”, LatLong: “-23.250001 -45.033335”, LatLongDMS: “23:15:00 S 45:02:00 W”, Locale: “Metropolis”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “São Paulo”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 17607 (A487D5C6)

Date: 10/28/1955
Location: Galloway, UK
Description: Disc with row of blue lights on rim, maneuvered slowly over car on lonely road. [UFOE, XII] (NICAP: 02 - Close Encounters)
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_1886

Event 17608 (7740A3C4)

Date: 10/28/1955
Location: Galloway, England
Description: A disk with a row of blue lights on the periphery slowly maneuvered above a car on a deserted road.
Type: ufo sighting
Reference: Evidence 135, 146 (Vallee)
Source: ValléeMagonia, ID: Magonia_377

Event 17609 (A56D493C)

Date: 10/28/1955
Description: A disc-shaped object with a row of blue lights on the periphery slowly maneuvered above a car on a deserted road In Galloway, England.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: Richard Hall, The UFO Evidence, p. 135, Jacques Vallee, Passport to Magonia: A Century of Landings, case # 377
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_7221

Event 17610 (A9D588C0)

Date: 10/29/1955
Time: 17:00
Location: SANTA ANA, CA
Description: 2 observer(s). Long large “pipe” with ball underneath. Going quickly east / 5000’ altitude. / news.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO’s a HISTORY-1955 (3 booklets) Self published. (Index 376)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_4792

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), TCH: New technical details/clues

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “7”, Duration: “1”, Elev: “35”, HatchDesc: “SANTA ANA,CA:2 OBS:LONG LARGE “PIPE” W/BALL UNDERNEATH:>>E/5000’alt:/NEWS”, LatLong: “33.750002 -117.833339”, LatLongDMS: “33:45:00 N 117:50:00 W”, Locale: “Residential”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “California”, Strangeness: “8”

Event 17611 (581CBF8E)

Date: 10/30/1955
Time: 18:50
Location: KIGANJO, KENYA
Description: Military observer(s). Brilliant sphere/orb/globe going southeast. Crosses moons face / 15 second(s). Continues.
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_4793

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)

Extra Data: Country: “Kenya”, Credibility: “6”, Duration: “1”, HatchDesc: “KIGANJO,KENYA:MIL.OBS:BRILL.ORB >SE:CROSSES MOONS FACE/15sec:CONTINUES:”, LatLong: “-0.400000 37.016668”, LatLongDMS: “00:24:00 S 37:01:00 E”, Locale: “Town & City”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “KGJ”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 17612 (6DD53DEA)

Date: 10/31/1955
Time: ~22:00
Location: NORTH / WAITARA, NZ
Description: Crew and passengers / DC3. Night light paces plane / 5 minute(s). 850mph. High-Q. Big flap.
Type: sighting
Reference: HALL, Richard: The UFO EVIDENCE; NICAP,Washington, DC 1964. Reprinted 1997 Barnes & Noble Books ( only $7.98! ) (Index 125)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_4794

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

Extra Data: Country: “New Zealand”, Credibility: “11”, Duration: “5”, HatchDesc: “N/WAITARA,NZ:CREW+PASSENGERS/DC3:NLT PACES PLANE/5min:850mph:HI-Q:BIG FLAP”, LatLong: “-38.500002 174.500008”, LatLongDMS: “38:30:00 S 174:30:00 E”, Locale: “Metropolis”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “NI”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 17613 (04CC13CE)

Date: 10/31/1955
Location: Nr. Auckland, NZ
Description: Bright object passed National Airlines DC-3. [UFOE, X] (NICAP: 11 - Aviation Cases)
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_1887

Event 17614 (6BBB925C)

Date: 11/1955
End date: 4/1956
Location: McMurdo Station
Description: Admiral Richard E. Byrd’s fifth Antarctic expedition (Operation Deep Freeze). By 1955 Byrd was in charge of the United States’ Antarctic program and supervised the U.S. Navy’s Operation Deep Freeze, which was sent to support the International Geophysical Year (1957–58). This was Byrd’s final visit to Antarctica and although he was only there for a week, he also took his last flight over the South Pole on January 8, 1956. This expedition also established permanent Antarctic bases at McMurdo Sound (McMurdo Station) and the South Pole (Amundsen-Scott Base).
Type: lecture
Reference: Wikipedia
Source: Maj2, ID: Maj2_545

Event 17615 (EA6B931C)

Date: 11/1955
Time: 23:00?
Location: NEAR CHARTRES, FR
Description: AV.mechanic. Cafe parasol follows car! Both stop. Other cars stop.
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 16)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_4795

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: “France”, Credibility: “8”, Duration: “20”, HatchDesc: “nr CHARTRES,FR:AV.MECHANIC:CAFE PARASOL FOLOS CAR!:BOTH STOP:OTHER CARS STOP”, LatLong: “48.333336 1.416667”, LatLongDMS: “48:20:00 N 01:25:00 E”, Locale: “Pasture”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Eure-et-Loir”, Strangeness: “8”

Event 17616 (7B9B7BF5)

Date: 11/1955
Location: Zürich, Switzerland
Description: J. Heinrich Ragaz begins publishing Weltraumbote in Zürich, Switzerland. It continues through June 1961.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Weltraumbote, no. 1 (November 1955)
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_2775

Event 17617 (8F6F2F56)

Date: 11/1/1955
Time: 12:00?
Location: SOUTH / CIMA, CA
Description: Astronomer and more/others. 800’ metallic cylinder/cigar-shape and domed saucer pace railroad/railway train going southwest / 3 minute(s). / r74p20.
Type: sighting
Reference: HALL, Richard: The UFO EVIDENCE; NICAP,Washington, DC 1964. Reprinted 1997 Barnes & Noble Books ( only $7.98! ) (Index 52)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_4796

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

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “10”, Duration: “3”, Elev: “1200”, HatchDesc: “S/CIMA,CA:ASTRONOMER++:800’MTLC CGR+DOMED SCR PACE RR TRAIN >SW/3min:/r74p20”, LatLong: “35.083335 -115.550006”, LatLongDMS: “35:05:00 N 115:33:00 W”, Locale: “Pasture”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “California”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 17618 (2884FAF4)

Date: 11/1/1955
Location: Mojave Desert, CA
Description: Astronomer observed cigar-shaped UFO and smaller disc. [UFOE, VI] (NICAP: 01 - Distant Encounters)
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_1888

Event 17619 (C0B16CE0)

Date: 11/1/1955
Location: 37.0000 -116.0000
Description: Nuclear test: Air, confirmed. Country: USA Name: “Project 56 No. 1” Yield: 0KT YieldMax: 0KT
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_66

Extra Data: LatLong: “37.0000 -116.0000”, LatLongDMS: “37:00:00 N 116:00:00 W”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, NukeCountry: “USA”, NukeDepth: “0.00”, NukeName: “Project 56 No. 1”, NukeSource: “NV209”, NukeType: “NACU”, NukeY: “0”, NukeYMax: “0”

Event 17620 (B4BEFEBE)

Date: 11/1/1955
Locations: New Zealand National Airways DC-3 Flight 108; Waitara, New Zealand
Description: 8:06 p.m. A flying light paces New Zealand National Airways DC-3 Flight 108 west of Waitara, New Zealand, at 8,000 feet for about 5 minutes. Capt. William T. Rainbow and Copilot Stanley G. Trounce spot the object behind them flying along the coast on a parallel course. Changing color from white to yellow to gold to red, it overtakes the aircraft and flies alongside it for 15 miles, then picks up speed and disappears into the distance ahead. Rainbow estimates it is traveling at 850 mph.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: UFOEv, p. 125; “1955: ‘Flying Light’ Seen by NAC Captain and Crew,” Ufocus.nz, June 15, 2021
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_2776

Event 17621 (D863D178)

Date: 11/1/1955
Description: An 800 foot long cigar-shaped object was seen during the middle of the day over the Mojave Desert in California and then a second object, disc shaped, appeared suddenly and joined it quickly.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: Frank Edwards, Flying Saucers – Serious Business, p. 41; Richard F. Haines, Project Delta: A Study of Multiple UFO, p. 185
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_7370

Event 17622 (443D5DC2)

Date: 11/2/1955
Time: 22:20
Location: WILLISTON, FL
Description: 30m saucer and 6 bell-shapes. Cops limbs go dead and clothes hot. / r70p3-42.
Type: sighting
Reference: VALLEE, Jacques: PASSPORT TO MAGONIA; H. Regnery, Chicago HC 1969 & Contemporary Books,Chicago 1993. 372pp. (Index 378)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_4797

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, SCR: Classic saucer/disk/sphere shaped UFO, PRB: Probe: Possibly remote controlled, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), OBS: Observation/chasing vehicles, HUM: Humans affected: Injury/burns/marks/abduction/death, LND: UFO landing or any part touches ground, EME: Electro-Magnetic Effects, TRC: Physical traces, TCH: New technical details/clues, INJ: Injuries, illness/death, mutilations, OGA: Non-Covert Government Agencies

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “9”, Duration: “8”, Elev: “23”, HatchDesc: “WILLISTON,FL:30m SCR+6 BELL-SHAPES:COPS LIMBS GO DEAD+CLOTHES HOT:/r70p3-42”, LatLong: “29.383335 -82.450004”, LatLongDMS: “29:23:00 N 82:27:00 W”, Locale: “Farmlands”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Florida”, Strangeness: “8”

Event 17623 (DCE2CF0B)

Date: 11/2/1955
Location: Williams, FL
Description: Police, others saw as many as six oval-shaped objects in formation. [UFOE, VIII] (NICAP: 01 - Distant Encounters)
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_1889

Event 17624 (67F186EC)

Date: 11/2/1955
Location: Williston, Florida
Description: Deputy-sheriff A. H. Perkins, C. F. Bell, and a dozen other witnesses saw six bellshaped objects moving by successive leaps. One came close to a patrol car; the men inside felt that their arms and legs “went dead” and that their clothes were burning them.
Type: ufo sighting
Reference: Evidence 64 (Vallee)
Source: ValléeMagonia, ID: Magonia_378

Event 17625 (89F113C9)

Date: 11/3/1955
Location: 37.0000 -116.0000
Description: Nuclear test: Air, confirmed. Country: USA Name: “Project 56 No. 2” Yield: 0KT YieldMax: 0KT
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_67

Extra Data: LatLong: “37.0000 -116.0000”, LatLongDMS: “37:00:00 N 116:00:00 W”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, NukeCountry: “USA”, NukeDepth: “0.00”, NukeName: “Project 56 No. 2”, NukeSource: “NV209”, NukeType: “NACU”, NukeY: “0”, NukeYMax: “0”

Event 17626 (312D1C9A)

Date: 11/4/1955
Time: 01:00
Location: AUCKLAND, NZ
Description: 2 / cab. Swish sound. Large silent object with very large windows going south. Lost / cloud bank.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO’s a HISTORY-1955 (3 booklets) Self published. (Index 625)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_4798

Attributes: 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), SND: UFO sounds heard or recorded

Extra Data: Country: “New Zealand”, Credibility: “7”, Duration: “4”, HatchDesc: “AUCKLAND,NZ:2/CAB:SWISH SOUND:LRG SLNT OBJ W/VLRG WINDOWS >S:LOST/CLOUD BANK”, LatLong: “-36.883335 174.716675”, LatLongDMS: “36:53:00 S 174:43:00 E”, Locale: “Metropolis”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “NI”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 17627 (43FB833A)

Date: 11/4/1955
Time: 18:50
Location: ELWOOD, IN
Description: 2 / Ground Observer Corps (GOC) post. Saucer with amber lights over town. Going southwest. Returns. Quickly going up [to] straight up!
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO’s a HISTORY-1955 (3 booklets) Self published. (Index 625)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_4799

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: “7”, Duration: “2”, Elev: “262”, HatchDesc: “ELWOOD,IN:2/GOC POST:SCR W/AMBER LITES OVR TOWM:> SW:RETURNS:↑↑ STRAIGHT UP!”, LatLong: “40.277780 -85.844449”, LatLongDMS: “40:16:40 N 85:50:40 W”, Locale: “Town & City”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Indiana”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 17628 (650E9E29)

Date: 11/4/1955
Time: 21:30
Location: NEAR DACCA, PAKISTAN
Description: Airport/apartment crews. Large round blue object going south / 7 min. 2nd joins. Lights airport.
Type: sighting
Reference: FLYING SAUCER REVIEW (FSR), London. Bimonthly. PO Box 162; High Wycombe, Bucks. HP135 DZ, England. (Index 25)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_4800

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

Extra Data: Country: “Pakistan”, Credibility: “10”, Duration: “8”, HatchDesc: “nr DACCA,PAKISTAN:APT CREWS:LRG RND BLU OBJ >S/7 min:2nd joins:LITES AIRPORT”, LatLong: “24.933335 67.216670”, LatLongDMS: “24:56:00 N 67:13:00 E”, Locale: “Town & City”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “DCC”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 17629 (0A8E1B84)

Date: 11/5/1955
Time: 18:00
Location: CLEVELAND, OH
Description: Minister and 1 / car. Silent 30M saucer / square windows hovers / road. Going west. / r70p3-42.
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_4801

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: “12”, Elev: “207”, HatchDesc: “CLEVELAND,OH:MINISTER+1/CAR:SLNT 30M SCR/SQR WINDOWS HVRS/ROAD:>W:/r70p3-42”, LatLong: “41.500002 -81.683337”, LatLongDMS: “41:30:00 N 81:41:00 W”, Locale: “Metropolis”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, RelAlt: “10”, State/Prov: “Ohio”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 17630 (F528BA47)

Date: 11/5/1955
Location: Cleveland, OH
Description: Minister observed elliptical UFO with square “windows”. [UFOE, VIl] (NICAP: 01 - Distant Encounters)
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_1890

Event 17631 (448DDCB4)

Date: 11/5/1955
Location: 37.0000 -116.0000
Description: Nuclear test: Air, confirmed. Country: USA Name: “Project 56 No. 3” Yield: 0KT YieldMax: 0KT
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_68

Extra Data: LatLong: “37.0000 -116.0000”, LatLongDMS: “37:00:00 N 116:00:00 W”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, NukeCountry: “USA”, NukeDepth: “0.00”, NukeName: “Project 56 No. 3”, NukeSource: “NV209”, NukeType: “NACU”, NukeY: “0”, NukeYMax: “0”

Event 17632 (672863B0)

Date: 11/6/1955
Time: 05:30
Location: BOSTON, MA
Description: Huge lens saucer going down [to] on edge. Flips vertical. Hovers / 2 minutes. Turns on side and quickly going up [to] .
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO’s a HISTORY-1955 (3 booklets) Self published. (Index 629)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_4802

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: “3”, Elev: “8”, HatchDesc: “BOSTON,MA:HUGE LENS SCR ↓ ON EDGE:FLIPS VERTICAL:HVRS/2mins:TURNS ON SIDE+↑↑.”, LatLong: “42.350002 -71.066670”, LatLongDMS: “42:21:00 N 71:04:00 W”, Locale: “Metropolis”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Massachusetts”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 17633 (2C369C2A)

Date: 11/6/1955
Location: 50.4375 77.814167
Description: Nuclear test: Air, confirmed. Country: USSR Yield: 250KT
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_1054

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: “250”

Event 17634 (958BD023)

Date: 11/7/1955
Time: 15:00
Location: JEFFERSON, TX
Description: Metallic sphere turns white / approach. Stops. Sways / sides. Going quickly northeast very fast.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO’s a HISTORY-1955 (3 booklets) Self published. (Index 629)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_4803

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), BBK: Project BLUEBOOK

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “6”, Duration: “2”, Elev: “58”, HatchDesc: “JEFFERSON,TX:MTLC SPHERE TURNS WHT/APPROACH:STOPS:SWAYS/SIDES:>>NE VFAST”, LatLong: “32.755557 -94.344449”, LatLongDMS: “32:45:20 N 94:20:40 W”, Locale: “Residential”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Texas”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 17635 (3953141B)

Date: 11/8/1955
Time: 21:30
Location: ATLANTIC / SS MATHERAN
Description: Bright yellow night light / 150’ altitude. Nears ship. Responds / lamp signals.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO’s a HISTORY-1955 (3 booklets) Self published. (Index 390)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_4804

Attributes: SEA: Observer(s) at sea, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, HQO: High-quality observer(s), NLT: Nightlights/points of light, 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: “Atlantic Ocean + islands”, Credibility: “8”, Duration: “5”, Elev: “0”, HatchDesc: “ATLANTIC/SS MATHERAN:BRITE YEL NLT/150’alt:NEARS SHIP:RESPONDS/LAMP SIGNALS”, LatLong: “35.633335 -14.283334”, LatLongDMS: “35:38:00 N 14:17:00 W”, Locale: “High Seas”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “NAT”, Strangeness: “5”

Event 17636 (17E22802)

Date: 11/9/1955
Time: 06:30
Location: MESSINI, GREECE
Description: 2 observer(s). Deep humming. Area lit. 5M saucer hovers. Going [to] over hill and hovers again / 30 minute(s).
Type: sighting
Reference: FLYING SAUCER REVIEW (FSR), London. Bimonthly. PO Box 162; High Wycombe, Bucks. HP135 DZ, England. (Index 294)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_4805

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CST: Observer(s) in coastal area/just offshore, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, SCR: Classic saucer/disk/sphere shaped UFO, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), OBS: Observation/chasing vehicles, RAY: Odd light/searchlight/beam/laser-like, DRT: Dirt/soil traces/marks/footprints etc., VEG: Plants affected or sampled/crop circles, SND: UFO sounds heard or recorded

Extra Data: Country: “Greece and Island nations”, Credibility: “7”, Duration: “32”, HatchDesc: “MESSINI,GREECE:2 OBS:DEEP HUM:AREA LIT:5M SCR HVRS:>OVR HILL+HVRS AGAIN/30min”, LatLong: “37.083335 22.000001”, LatLongDMS: “37:05:00 N 22:00:00 E”, Locale: “Pasture”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “GRC”, Strangeness: “7”

Event 17637 (52FE5401)

Date: 11/9/1955
Time: 18:10
Location: PHILADELPHIA, PA
Description: Photographer and several. 12 silver saucers change / V-formation going quickly [to] a-formation.
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_4806

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

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “8”, Duration: “5”, Elev: “40”, HatchDesc: “PHILADELPHIA,PA:PHOTOGRAPHER+SVRL:12 SLVR SCRS CHANGE/V-FORMn>>A-FORMn”, LatLong: “39.933335 -75.166670”, LatLongDMS: “39:56:00 N 75:10:00 W”, Locale: “Metropolis”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Pennsylvania”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 17638 (A59F03D3)

Date: 11/9/1955
Time: 21:20
Location: ATLANTIC
Description: Steamship Matheran again. Same yellow night light hovers near ship / 15 minute(s). Clear weather.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO’s a HISTORY-1955 (3 booklets) Self published. (Index 390)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_4807

Attributes: SEA: Observer(s) at sea, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, HQO: High-quality observer(s), MID: Likely mis-identification, NLT: Nightlights/points of light, PRB: Probe: Possibly remote controlled, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), OBS: Observation/chasing vehicles, VEH: Vehicle affected: Marks/damage/EME effects, MIL: Military investigation, BBK: Project BLUEBOOK

Extra Data: Country: “Atlantic Ocean + islands”, Credibility: “8”, Duration: “15”, Elev: “0”, HatchDesc: “ATLANTIC:SS MATHERAN AGAIN:SAME YLW NLT HVRS NEAR SHIP/15min:CLEAR WEATHER”, LatLong: “35.266668 -20.733334”, LatLongDMS: “35:16:00 N 20:44:00 W”, Locale: “High Seas”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “NAT”, Strangeness: “4”

Event 17639 (988E864C)

Date: 11/9/1955
Location: Philadelphia, PA
Description: Newspaper photographers and others saw 12 silvery-white round objects in formation. [UFOE, VII] (NICAP: 01 - Distant Encounters)
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_1891

Event 17640 (36DC8911)

Date: 11/10/1955
Time: ~10:00
Location: SUNDERLAND, ENGL
Description: 2 / shop. Silver-grey hemisphere / very low altitude. Silent glide going northwest. No further details / news.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO’s a HISTORY-1955 (3 booklets) Self published. (Index 630)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_4808

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: “1”, HatchDesc: “SUNDERLAND,ENGL:2/SHOP:SLVR-GRY HEMISPHERE/VLO ALT:SLNT GLIDE >NW:NFD/news”, LatLong: “54.900003 -1.400000”, LatLongDMS: “54:54:00 N 01:24:00 W”, Locale: “Town & City”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “England”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 17641 (166B1C1A)

Date: 11/10/1955
Time: 22:00?
Location: FORT DAVIS, PANAMA CZ
Description: Several soldiers. Silent disk / 30 mn. Glow / rim. Going up and down. Light pulses / bottom/underside.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO’s a HISTORY-1955 (3 booklets) Self published. (Index 630)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_4809

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: “Panama”, Credibility: “9”, Duration: “30”, Elev: “42”, HatchDesc: “FORT DAVIS,PANAMA CZ:SVRL GIs:SLNT DISK/30mn:GLOW/RIM:↑+↓:LITE PULSES/BTM”, LatLong: “9.283334 -79.905559”, LatLongDMS: “09:17:00 N 79:54:20 W”, Locale: “Coastlands”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Canal Zone”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 17642 (BC1A1F10)

Date: 11/11/1955
Time: 00:10
Location: MIAMI SHORES, FL
Description: 12 separate observer(s). Whistling sound. Green-glowing saucer over Biscayne Bay.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO’s a HISTORY-1955 (3 booklets) Self published. (Index 391)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_4810

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), SND: UFO sounds heard or recorded

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “10”, Duration: “3”, Elev: “3”, HatchDesc: “MIAMI SHORES,FL:12 SEP.OBS:WHISTLING SOUND:GREEN-GLOWING SCR OVR BISCAYNE BAY”, LatLong: “25.861112 -80.194448”, LatLongDMS: “25:51:40 N 80:11:40 W”, Locale: “Residential”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Florida”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 17643 (391C1B91)

Date: 11/12/1955
Location: GORING, OXFORDS
Description: 3 observer(s). Clearly defined disk east going quickly west over R. Thames. Shoots sparks.
Type: sighting
Reference: GIBBONS, Gavin: The COMING of the SPACE SHIPS; Neville-Spearman, London HB 1956. 13s.6d (Index 48)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_4811

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: “Great Britain and Ireland”, Credibility: “8”, Duration: “1”, HatchDesc: “GORING,OXFORDs:3 OBS:CLEARLY DEFINED DISK E>>W OVR R.THAMES:SHOOTS SPARKS”, LatLong: “51.522225 -1.144444”, LatLongDMS: “51:31:20 N 01:08:40 W”, Locale: “Town & City”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “England”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 17644 (3394E22D)

Date: 11/12/1955
Description: A clearly defined disc-shaped object flew over the Thames River at Goring, Oxfordshire, England, shooting sparks.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: UFO Nachtrichten, July 1957
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_7607

Event 17645 (A65728DA)

Date: 11/14/1955
Time: 18:00
Location: DESERT HOT SPRINGS, CA
Description: Globe / light responds / plane landing lights. 180° turn. / MJ#271.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO’s a HISTORY-1955 (3 booklets) Self published. (Index 631)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_4812

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, AIR: Observer(s) on aircraft, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, NWS: News media report, SCR: Classic saucer/disk/sphere shaped UFO, NLT: Nightlights/points of light, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), OBS: Observation/chasing vehicles, SIG: Signals/responses to/from/between UFO’s/occupants/observers, VEH: Vehicle affected: Marks/damage/EME effects

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “7”, Duration: “5”, Elev: “335”, HatchDesc: “DESERT HOT SPRINGS,CA:GLOBE/LITE RESPONDS/PLANE LANDING LITES:180°TURN:/MJ#271”, LatLong: “33.961113 -116.500006”, LatLongDMS: “33:57:40 N 116:30:00 W”, Locale: “Metropolis”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “California”, Strangeness: “5”

Event 17646 (A8BE11C9)

Date: 11/14/1955
Time: 19:30
Location: GALLOWAY FOREST, SCOTLAND
Description: 3 separate observer(s). 60’ saucer rotates. Dives at car. Clicking sound.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO’s a HISTORY-1955 (3 booklets) Self published. (Index 392)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_4813

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: “Great Britain and Ireland”, Credibility: “8”, Duration: “1”, Elev: “70”, HatchDesc: “GALLOWAY FOREST,SCOTL:3 SEP.OBS:60’SCR ROTATES:DIVES AT CAR:CLICKING SOUND”, LatLong: “55.138892 -4.572222”, LatLongDMS: “55:08:20 N 04:34:20 W”, Locale: “Forest”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Scotland”, Strangeness: “7”

Event 17647 (CA0B20A7)

Date: 11/14/1955
Location: San Bernardino Mts, CA
Description: Pilot saw a globe of white light approach plane, blinked landing lights; object blinked in seeming response, reversed course. [UFOE, V] (NICAP: 11 - Aviation Cases)
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_1892

Event 17648 (3EECEE59)

Date: 11/14/1955
Location: Deming, NM
Description: Fast Object With Light On Rear Observed By Airliner (NICAP: 11 - Aviation Cases, Code: A, Rating: 5, BB: BBU, NC)
Reference: NICAP: 551114
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_1893

Event 17649 (2D0CD15E)

Date: 11/14/1955
Description: In 1955, Dr. Leslie Ward of Redlands, California, was flying with a passenger over Desert Hot Springs from Phoenix, Arizona. He saw what he first thought was an airliner and blinked his lights twice as a recognition signal. The fiery globe flipped its lights out twice in answer.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: Morris Jessup, The UFO Annual, p. 349
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_7665

Event 17650 (483C05B2)

Date: 11/17/1955
Description: (Translated from French) Observation in St. Louis (Missouri).
Reference: case Blue Book #3860 unsolved
Reference: rr0 - Beau
Source: rr0, ID: rr0_1639

Event 17651 (95F3D0E6)

Date: 11/17/1955
Description: (Translated from French) A C-54 transport, en route to Groom Lake from Burbank, crashed on Mt. Charleston, killing all passengers, 9 civilian employees and 5 military personnel.
Reference: Los Angeles Times, November 19th, 1955
Reference: rr0 - Beau
Source: rr0, ID: rr0_1640

Event 17652 (8006EB6D)

Date: 11/17/1955
Time: 06:10
Location: ST. LOUIS, MO
Description: 2 observer(s). 12 saucers / 3x4 rectangular formation. Subtend 6.25°. Dark bot and silver top. Going quickly northeast.
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_4814

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, COV: Indication of coverup

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “7”, Duration: “1”, Elev: “137”, HatchDesc: “ST LOUIS,MO:2 OBS:12 SCRS/3x4 RECT.FORMn:SUBTEND 6.25°:DARK BOT+SLVR TOP:>>NE”, LatLong: “38.650002 -90.183338”, LatLongDMS: “38:39:00 N 90:11:00 W”, Locale: “Metropolis”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Missouri”, Strangeness: “7”

Event 17653 (926CE267)

Date: 11/17/1955
Location: St. Louis, MO
Description: Saw 12 round, flat objects, silver on top/dark on bottom (NICAP: 01 - Distant Encounters, BB: 3860)
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_1894

Event 17654 (77ADA869)

Date: 11/17/1955
Time: 6:10 AM
Location: St. Louis, Missouri
Description: Witness: J.A. Mapes. Twelve round, flat objects, silver on top and dark on the bottom, flew in 4-deep formation, tipping in pitch and roll, for 45 seconds.
Type: ufo sighting
Reference: BlueBook Unknowns PDF
Source: BerlinerBBUnknowns, ID: BerlinerBBU_395

Event 17655 (1CFAFF44)

Date: 11/17/1955
Description: At 6:10 a.m. in St. Louis, Missouri Mr. J. A. Mapes sighted twelve round, flat objects flying in a four-deep formation. They were silver on top and dark on the bottom. They tipped in pitched and rolled as they flew by. They were in sight for 45 seconds.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: Don Berliner, Project Bluebook UFO Unknowns
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_7720

Event 17656 (509B324B)

Date: 11/19/1955
Time: 15:30
Location: GAWLER, SOUTH AUSTR
Description: 5 / car. Small white objects exit odd cloud. Spin? Maneuver in formation. Lost / “cloud”.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO’s a HISTORY-1955 (3 booklets) Self published. (Index 632)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_4815

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), CMF: Camouflage/disguise

Extra Data: Country: “Australia”, Credibility: “8”, Duration: “15”, HatchDesc: “GAWLER,S.AUSTR:5/CAR:SML WHT OBJS EXIT ODD CLOUD:SPIN?:MNVR/FORMn:LOST/“CLOUD””, LatLong: “-34.600002 138.733340”, LatLongDMS: “34:36:00 S 138:44:00 E”, Locale: “Pasture”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “South Australia”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 17657 (F84F526A)

Date: 11/20/1955
Description: (Translated from French) Sighting at Lake City (Tennessee). (November 20)
Reference: case Blue Book #3862 unsolved
Reference: rr0 - Beau
Source: rr0, ID: rr0_1641

Event 17658 (4361322C)

Date: 11/20/1955
Location: Oak Ridge, TN
Description: Air space violation by two shiny elliptical 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_199

Event 17659 (B14B428B)

Date: 11/20/1955
Time: 15:20
Location: CORSGAM, ENGL
Description: 3 near quarry. 2 silver bowl saucers flip over. Flat side black. Quickly going up [to] extremely fast.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO’s a HISTORY-1955 (3 booklets) Self published. (Index 633)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_4816

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: “Great Britain and Ireland”, Credibility: “8”, Duration: “1”, HatchDesc: “CORSGAM,ENGL:3 nr QUARRY:2 SLVR BOWL SCRS FLIP OVER:FLAT SIDE BLACK:↑↑ XFAST”, LatLong: “51.433336 -2.166667”, LatLongDMS: “51:26:00 N 02:10:00 W”, Locale: “Town & City”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “England”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 17660 (199C521B)

Date: 11/20/1955
Time: 17:40
Location: LAKE CITY, TN
Description: Project Bluebook Case #3862. Several observer(s). 2 semi-transparent ovoids. Erratic. Restricted area.
Type: sighting
Reference: LOFTIN, Robert: IDENTIFIED FLYING SAUCERS: D. McKay, NY 1968 (Index 175)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_4817

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, CIG: Torpedo/cigar/cylinder 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, TCH: New technical details/clues, MIL: Military investigation, BBK: Project BLUEBOOK, CMF: Camouflage/disguise

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “9”, Duration: “15”, Elev: “261”, HatchDesc: “LAKE CITY,TN:BBK#3862:SVRL OBS:2 SEMI-XPARENT OVOIDS:ERRATIC:RESTRICTED AREA”, LatLong: “36.216668 -84.155560”, LatLongDMS: “36:13:00 N 84:09:20 W”, Locale: “Town & City”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Tennessee”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 17661 (5B28F2EF)

Date: 11/20/1955
Location: Lake City, TN
Description: 2 oblong, bright orange, semi-transparent objects (NICAP: 01 - Distant Encounters, BB: 3862)
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_1895

Event 17662 (708D54E2)

Date: 11/20/1955
Time: 5:20 PM
Location: Lake City, Tennessee
Description: Witnesses: Operations Officer Capt. B.G. Denkler and five men of the USAF 663rd AC&W Sqdn. Two oblong, bright orange, semi-transparent objects flew at terrific speed and erratically, toward and away from each other. Observed by various persons form 4 to 15 minutes.
Type: ufo sighting
Reference: BlueBook Unknowns PDF
Source: BerlinerBBUnknowns, ID: BerlinerBBU_396

Event 17663 (D3BC03B2)

Date: 11/20/1955
Location: Lake City [now Rocky Top], Tennessee
Description: 5:20 p.m. Operations Officer Capt. Edward G. Denkler Jr. and 5 men of the USAF 663rd AC&W Squadron see two oblong, bright orange, semi-transparent objects fly erratically at terrific speed toward and away from each other, over Lake City [now Rocky Top], Tennessee.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: NICAP, “Seven Witnesses Observe Maneuvering Objects near Oak Ridge Plant”; Sparks, p. 232
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_2777

Event 17664 (D187EFB7)

Date: 11/20/1955
Description: New York Herald Tribune journalist Ansel E. Talbert
writes about an “incredible program” to solve the “secret of gravity” at top U.S. scientific laboratories and research centers. Anti-gravity is reportedly being studied at the Institute for Advanced Study at Princeton University, the University of Indiana’s School of Advanced Mathematical Studies, the Purdue University Research Foundation, MIT, the Roger Babson Gravity Research Institute of New Boston, NH, and the Institute of Pure Physics (IPP) at the University of North Carolina.

Former UNC President Gordon Gray approved funding for IPP; Gray was formerly Secretary of the Army, Assistant Secretary of Defense and special assistant to the President of the United States (Truman, Eisenhower). Scientists in the project tell Talbert they expect to discover anti-gravity within years to a quarter of a century at most; corporate IPP partners include Glenn L. Martin Co., Convair, Bell Aircraft, the Sikorsky Division of United Aircraft, Lear Inc., Clarke Electronics, the Sperry Gyroscope Division of Sperry-Rand Corp., and General Dynamics Corp.

Among the IPP participants mentioned are: Bryce S. Dewitt of the Radiation Laboratories at University of California at Berkeley, Burkhard Heim of Goettingen University, Pascual Jordan of Hamburg University, Vaclav Hlavaty of the University of Indiana, and Stanley Deser and Richard Arnowitt of the Princeton Institute for Advanced Study.

• https://www.thedrive.com/content-b/message-editor%2F1571426976078-conquest2.jpg?auto=we
• https://www.sunrisepage.com/uft/files/media/Conquest_of_Gravity_Aim_of_Top_Scientists_in_US.docx

Note: The article also mentions George S. Trimble’s RIAS (see 1955), and states it is financed by Glenn L. Martin Co. but isolated from the company’s aircraft building business and managed by Welcome Bender. It is suggested RIAS partnered with IPP.

Note: Gordon Gray’s presence in IPP anti-gravity studies is noteworthy. Gray was the director of the Psychological Strategy Board, a committee formed by the Truman Administration to coordinate and plan psychological operations. The Board included representatives from DOD and DCI.

Gray’s name also appears on disputed “TS/MAJIC EYES ONLY” documentation, specifically an alleged briefing document of a Majestic-12 Group, a R&D intelligence operation allegedly established by Pres. Truman in 1947. Gray is listed as one of twelve members with access to the information, allegedly pertaining to UAP crash recoveries, study and analysis of the intent of UAP occupants.

• https://citeseerx.ist.psu.edu/viewdoc/download?doi=10.1.1.627.8550&rep=rep1&type=
• https://www.trumanlibrary.gov/photograph-records/97-1869

Reference: Anonymous 2023 PDF
Source: Anon2023PDF, ID: Anon2023PDF_65

Event 17665 (2D8C6C37)

Date: 11/21/1955 (approximate)
Time: 19:00
Location: BEDFORD, PA
Description: 2 observer(s). Small silent moon descends. Circles Ground Observer Corps (GOC) post. Rises until star-like.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO’s a HISTORY-1955 (3 booklets) Self published. (Index 634)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_4818

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: “7”, Duration: “2”, Elev: “337”, HatchDesc: “BEDFORD,PA:2 OBS:SML SLNT MOON DESCENDS:CCLS GOC POST:RISES UNTIL STARLIKE:”, LatLong: “40.016669 -78.505559”, LatLongDMS: “40:01:00 N 78:30:20 W”, Locale: “Town & City”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Pennsylvania”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 17666 (7E8F9353)

Date: 11/22/1955
Location: Semipalatinsk Test Site
Description: First megaton-class Soviet hydrogen bomb test RDS-37 at the Semipalatinsk Test Site
Type: atomic
Reference: link
Source: Maj2, ID: Maj2_557
Atomic type: aboveground
Atomic MT: 1.6

Event 17667 (838E4FCD)

Date: 11/22/1955
Time: 14:00?
Location: SOUTH ALPS, NZ
Description: Very shiny cylinder/cigar-shape-saucer hovers / foothills. Puffs smoke. Enters Sole cloud. Going quickly north.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO’s a HISTORY-1955 (3 booklets) Self published. (Index 635)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_4819

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), CMF: Camouflage/disguise

Extra Data: Country: “New Zealand”, Credibility: “7”, Duration: “7”, HatchDesc: “S.ALPS,NZ:VSHINY CGR-SCR HVRS/FOOTHILLS:PUFFS SMOKE:ENTERS SOLE CLOUD:>>N”, LatLong: “-44.000002 171.000008”, LatLongDMS: “44:00:00 S 171:00:00 E”, Locale: “Mountains”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “SI”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 17668 (EFE292BE)

Date: 11/22/1955
Time: 21:00?
Location: NAPIER, NZ
Description: 5+20 observer(s). Green ball hovers. Turns red. Going west. Going east. Shadow above object. Away incredibly fast.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO’s a HISTORY-1955 (3 booklets) Self published. (Index 645)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_4820

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)

Extra Data: Country: “New Zealand”, Credibility: “10”, Duration: “6”, HatchDesc: “NAPIER,NZ:5+20 OBS:GRN BALL HVRS:TURNS RED:>W:>E:SHADOW ABOVE OBJ:AWAY XXFAST”, LatLong: “-39.516669 176.950008”, LatLongDMS: “39:31:00 S 176:57:00 E”, Locale: “Coastlands”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “NI”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 17669 (482CD8AE)

Date: 11/22/1955
Location: 50.4375 77.814167
Description: Nuclear test: Air, confirmed. Country: USSR Yield: 1600KT
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_1055

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: “1600”

Event 17670 (CA00A9B2)

Date: 11/22/1955
Locations: Semipalatinsk Test Site; Kazakhstan
Description: The first Soviet test of a true thermonuclear bomb takes place at the Semipalatinsk Test Site in Kazakhstan.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Wikipedia, “RDS-37”
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_2778

Event 17671 (646FCC1C)

Date: 11/23/1955
Time: 17:50
Location: SPIRIT LAKE, IA
Description: Ground Observer Corps (GOC). Brilliant object hovers / lake. Maneuvers. Going quickly southwest. Back 4X / 7 nights. / r242p66.
Type: sighting
Reference: The APRO BULLETIN: Monthly. Jim & Coral Lorenzen: Tucson,AZ (USA. defunct) By volume and number. (Index 673)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_4821

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, 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

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “6”, Duration: “20”, Elev: “427”, HatchDesc: “SPIRIT LAKE,IA:GOC:BRILL.OBJ HVRS/LAKE:MNVRS:>>SW::BACK 4X/7 NITES:/r242p66”, LatLong: “43.466669 -95.116671”, LatLongDMS: “43:28:00 N 95:07:00 W”, Locale: “Farmlands”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Iowa”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 17672 (27B67B0A)

Date: 11/23/1955
Location: Spirit Lake, IA
Description: Ground Observer Corps spotters reported a brilliant object which changed color, moved erratically. [UFOE, VII] (NICAP: 01 - Distant Encounters)
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_1896

Event 17673 (3572B83A)

Date: 11/25/1955
Description: (Translated from French) Sighting at LaVeta (Colorado). (November 25)
Reference: case Blue Book #3869 unsolved
Reference: rr0 - Beau
Source: rr0, ID: rr0_1642

Event 17674 (C92E3720)

Date: 11/25/1955
Location: BANNING, CA
Description: USAF flight instructor and doctor. Very large white globe instantly reverses course.
Type: sighting
Reference: FLAMMONDE, Paris: UFO EXIST!; Ballentine Books, NY 1976. PB 480pp. (Index 434)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_4822

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, MIL: Observer(s) military, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, HQO: High-quality observer(s), SCI: Scientist involvement, SCR: Classic saucer/disk/sphere shaped UFO, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), TCH: New technical details/clues

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “10”, Duration: “15”, Elev: “732”, HatchDesc: “BANNING,CA:USAF FLT INSTRUCTOR+DOCTOR:VLRG WHT GLOBE INSTANTLY REVERSES COURSE”, LatLong: “33.933335 -116.866672”, LatLongDMS: “33:56:00 N 116:52:00 W”, Locale: “Town & City”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “California”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 17675 (41D5BDD0)

Date: 11/25/1955
Time: 10:30
Location: LA VETA, CO
Description: Blue Book. Senator. Blimp / 15K’ altitude. Descends. Levels off. Rises and away. / r70p3-43.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO’s a HISTORY-1955 (3 booklets) Self published. (Index 399)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_4823

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: “2137”, HatchDesc: “LA VETA,CO:BBK:SENATOR:BLIMP/15K’alt:DESCENDS:LEVELS OFF:RISES+AWAY:/r70p3-43”, LatLong: “37.505557 -105.005561”, LatLongDMS: “37:30:20 N 105:00:20 W”, Locale: “Mountains”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Colorado”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 17676 (17A4B683)

Date: 11/25/1955
Location: LaVeta, CO
Description: Dirigible-shaped object, fat front, tapered toward the tail (NICAP: 01 - Distant Encounters, BB: 3869)
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_1897

Event 17677 (60FF0833)

Date: 11/25/1955
Time: 10:30 AM
Location: La Veta, Colorado
Description: Witness: State Senator S.T. Taylor. One dirigible-shaped object (fat front, tapered toward the tail) object, which was luminous green-blue and jellylike, appeared overhead diving at a 45’ angle, then reduced angle to 30’. Object seen for 5 seconds.
Type: ufo sighting
Reference: BlueBook Unknowns PDF
Source: BerlinerBBUnknowns, ID: BerlinerBBU_397

Event 17678 (22AEFCB7)

Date: 11/25/1955
Description: State Senator S. T. Taylor reported seeing a dirigible-shaped object in La Veta, Colorado with a fat front, tapered toward the tail, which was luminous green-blue and jellylike. It first appeared overhead diving at a 45 degree angle, then reduced the angle to 30 degrees. The object was seen for 5 seconds.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: Don Berliner, Project Blue Book Unknowns
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_7902

Event 17679 (A0514C91)

Date: 11/30/1955
End date: 12/2/1955
Locations: New York Herald Tribune; Miami Herald
Description: The New York Herald Tribune and Miami Herald publish two articles by aviation journalist Ansel Talbert in which he lists the names of aerospace firms conducting gravity-control propulsion research, including Glenn L. Martin Company, Convair, Bell Aircraft, Lear Inc., Clarke Electronics, and Sperry Gyroscope Division. The Gravity Research Group indicates these companies have constructed “rigs” to improve the performance of Thomas Townsend Brown’s gravitators through attempts to develop materials with high dielectric constants. Articles about the gravity propulsion research by the aerospace firms cease after 1974. Follow-up studies on Brown’s work and other claims are conducted by R. L. Talley in 1990 and 2013 US Air Force studies, NASA scientist Jonathan W. Campbell in a 2003 experiment, and Martin Tajmar in a 2004 paper. They find that no thrust can be observed in a vacuum and that Brown’s and other ion-lifter devices produce thrust along their axis regardless of the direction of gravity—consistent with electrohydrodynamic effects.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Wikipedia, “United States gravity control propulsion research”; Wikipedia, “Anti-gravity”; Ansel E. Talbert, “Scientists Taking First Steps in Assault on Gravity Barrier,” Miami Herald, November 30, 1955, pp. 1–2; Ansel E. Talbert, “Future Planes May Defy Gravity and Air Lift in Space Travels,” Miami Herald, December 2, 1955, p. 8
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_2779

Event 17680 (47649C6C)

Date: 12/1955
Location: SANGRE GRANDE TO/FROM PORT OF SPAIN, TRINIDAD
Description: Glowing circular object passes over men / road.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO’s a HISTORY-1955 (3 booklets) Self published. (Index 399)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_4824

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: “Caribbean area”, Credibility: “8”, Duration: “1”, Elev: “5”, HatchDesc: “SANGRE GRANDE><PORT OF SPAIN,TRINIDAD:GLOWING CIRCULAR OBJ PASSES OVR MEN/ROAD”, LatLong: “10.733334 -61.333336”, LatLongDMS: “10:44:00 N 61:20:00 W”, Locale: “Pasture”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “TRN”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 17681 (1267E46D)

Date: 12/1/1955
Time: 08:20
Location: INGERS

[c0mmando]

OLL, ON
Description: Several observer(s) and photograph. Black disk going north against wind. 90° turn going east. Slow and silent.
Type: sighting
Reference: The APRO BULLETIN: Monthly. Jim & Coral Lorenzen: Tucson,AZ (USA. defunct) By volume and number. (Index 683)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_4825

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

Extra Data: Country: “Canada”, Credibility: “8”, Duration: “2”, Elev: “289”, HatchDesc: “INGERSOLL,ON:SVRL OBS+FOTO:BLK DISK > N AGAINST WIND:90°TURN >E:SLOW+SILENT”, LatLong: “43.033335 -80.883337”, LatLongDMS: “43:02:00 N 80:53:00 W”, Locale: “Residential”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Ontario”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 17682 (A4D225E5)

Date: 12/1/1955
Time: 16:00
Location: SOUTH / COLORADO CITY, CO
Description: 2 / US85. White cylinder/cylindrical object glows on top. Goes slowly going quickly west over Mt. baldy.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO’s a HISTORY-1955 (3 booklets) Self published. (Index 399)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_4826

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, MID: Likely mis-identification, CIG: Torpedo/cigar/cylinder shaped UFO, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), MIL: Military investigation, BBK: Project BLUEBOOK

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “7”, Duration: “20”, Elev: “3153”, HatchDesc: “S/COLORADO CITY,CO:2/US85:WHT CYL GLOWS ON TOP:GOES SLOWLY>>W OVR Mt BALDY”, LatLong: “37.044446 -104.483338”, LatLongDMS: “37:02:40 N 104:29:00 W”, Locale: “Pasture”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Colorado”, Strangeness: “5”

Event 17683 (A8FA9582)

Date: 12/6/1955
Time: 16:20
Location: ASHFIELD AND GREENFIELD, MA
Description: Several observer(s). Cylinder/cigar-shape going quickly south. Long rows red lights / side. Going quickly south. / r139#3.
Type: sighting
Reference: The APRO BULLETIN: Monthly. Jim & Coral Lorenzen: Tucson,AZ (USA. defunct) By volume and number. (Index 673)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_4827

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: “9”, Duration: “5”, Elev: “379”, HatchDesc: “ASHFIELD+GREENFIELD,MA:SVRL OBS:CGR >>S:LONG ROWS RED LITES/SIDE:>>S:/r139#3”, LatLong: “42.527780 -72.794448”, LatLongDMS: “42:31:40 N 72:47:40 W”, Locale: “Residential”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Massachusetts”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 17684 (A567A743)

Date: 12/6/1955
Location: Ashfield & Greenfield, MA
Description: Several people watched a cigar-shaped object with long rows of brilliant, reddish body lights, moving slowly south. [UFOE, XII] (NICAP: 01 - Distant Encounters)
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_1898

Event 17685 (05B15F19)

Date: 12/6/1955
Location: Marianna, FL
Description: MATS Pilot Tracks Unidentifed Target (BBU) (NICAP: 09 - RADAR Cases, Code: R, Rating: 5, BB: BBU)
Reference: NICAP: 551206
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_1899

Event 17686 (3A967C48)

Date: 12/9/1955
Description: A bluish white elongated UFO was sighted by a married couple from a terrace of an apartment building in Boonton, New Jersey at 7:00 p.m. as it slowly descended toward the ground above the Empire State Building and the New York City skyline. After several seconds it “blinked out as if lights had been turned off.” At 7:30 p.m. a luminous green, bullet-shaped UFO was seen from the New Jersey Turnpike as it flew to the west. It had two round portholes that gave off a white light. It was in full view before it vanished. “It was there and then it wasn’t,” said the witness.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: Alexander Mebane, Civilian Saucer Intelligence New York Newsletter, February 1956, p. 29 & January 1956, p. 10
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_8281

Event 17687 (C59B22C1)

Date: 12/10/1955
Time: 07:00
Location: BALBOA, PANAMA CZ
Description: Several observer(s). Odd fast 2M ring stops. Hovers 50M from hill / 20 minutes…
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO’s a HISTORY-1955 (3 booklets) Self published. (Index 635)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_4828

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: “Panama”, Credibility: “8”, Duration: “20”, Elev: “2”, HatchDesc: “BALBOA,PANAMA CZ:SVRL OBS:ODD FAST 2M RING STOPS:HVRS 50M from HILL/20mins…”, LatLong: “8.966667 -79.583337”, LatLongDMS: “08:58:00 N 79:35:00 W”, Locale: “Coastlands”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Canal Zone”, Strangeness: “7”

Event 17688 (7FA052E8)

Date: 12/11/1955
Description: (Translated from French) A swirling battle ensues between a flying disc and 3 US Navy fighter jets. The latter are heavily outmatched by their adversary. The battle is tracked on radar. (December 11)
Reference: rr0 - Beau
Source: rr0, ID: rr0_1643

Event 17689 (8AC4A126)

Date: 12/11/1955
Location: Near Jacksonville, FL
Description: Navy jets in dogfight with round, reddish 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_200

Event 17690 (F2D10E17)

Date: 12/11/1955
Time: 21:00
Location: JACKSONVILLE, FL
Description: 2 airline(s)/airliner crews and many / ground. USAF jets / dogfight / fast orange saucer. / r46p195.
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_4829

Attributes: 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), RDR: Radar traces/blips, MIL: Military investigation

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “12”, Duration: “20”, Elev: “4”, HatchDesc: “JACKSONVILLE,FL:2 AL CREWS+MANY/GND:USAF JETS/DOGFIGHT/FAST ORG SCR:/r46p195”, LatLong: “30.350001 -81.683337”, LatLongDMS: “30:21:00 N 81:41:00 W”, Locale: “Coastlands”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Florida”, Strangeness: “7”

Event 17691 (35EA2DF3)

Date: 12/11/1955
Location: Jacksonville (near), FL
Description: Fast maneuvering orange-red round object, with ground radar tracking (NICAP: 09 - RADAR Cases, Rating: 5, BB: BBU)
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_1900

Event 17692 (19664EC9)

Date: 12/11/1955
Locations: Near Jacksonville, Florida; Naval Air Station Jacksonville
Description: 9:00 p.m. Near Jacksonville, Florida, two airline pilots and ground observers see a fast-maneuvering, orange-red, round object, with ground radar tracking. Two USN jets on a practice night-flying mission are vectored to the object by a Naval Air Station Jacksonville controller. On approach the object suddenly rises up to 30,000 feet then dives back down in a circle, buzzing the jets.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Sparks, p. 232
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_2780

Event 17693 (883BBD8A)

Date: 12/12/1955
Time: 06:50
Location: BECKENHAM, LONDON
Description: Observer(s) feels urge to look up. Gold saucer streaks across sky.
Type: sighting
Reference: GIBBONS, Gavin: The COMING of the SPACE SHIPS; Neville-Spearman, London HB 1956. 13s.6d (Index 129)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_4830

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

Extra Data: Country: “Great Britain and Ireland”, Credibility: “6”, Duration: “1”, HatchDesc: “BECKENHAM,LONDON:OBS FEELS URGE TO LOOK UP:GOLD SCR STREAKS ACRS SKY:”, LatLong: “51.411114 -0.033333”, LatLongDMS: “51:24:40 N 00:02:00 W”, Locale: “Metropolis”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “England”, Strangeness: “4”

Event 17694 (664043AD)

Date: 12/12/1955
Time: 16:40
Location: HITCHIN, HERTFS
Description: Bright silver “saucer” curves down and back up to clouds going quickly southwest. Very fast.
Type: sighting
Reference: GIBBONS, Gavin: The COMING of the SPACE SHIPS; Neville-Spearman, London HB 1956. 13s.6d (Index 128)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_4831

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)

Extra Data: Country: “Great Britain and Ireland”, Credibility: “6”, Duration: “1”, HatchDesc: “HITCHIN,HERTFs:BRITE SLVR “SCR” CURVES DOWN+BACK UP to CLOUDS >>SW:VFAST”, LatLong: “51.933336 -0.261111”, LatLongDMS: “51:56:00 N 00:15:40 W”, Locale: “Town & City”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “England”, Strangeness: “4”

Event 17695 (1CA8FBD0)

Date: 12/12/1955
Time: ~17:00
Location: HORSHAM, WEST SUSSEX
Description: 2 separate observer(s). 25’ gold saucer streaks going quickly south / 2500’ altitude. Vanishes in sight.
Type: sighting
Reference: GIBBONS, Gavin: The COMING of the SPACE SHIPS; Neville-Spearman, London HB 1956. 13s.6d (Index 130)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_4832

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, MID: Likely mis-identification, ODD: Atypical/Forteana/paranormal, WAV: Wave/cluster/flap, SCR: Classic saucer/disk/sphere shaped UFO, FBL: Fireball: Blazing undistinguished form/orb., NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s)

Extra Data: Country: “Great Britain and Ireland”, Credibility: “7”, Duration: “1”, HatchDesc: “HORSHAM,W.SUSSEX:2 SEP.OBS:25’GOLD SCR STREAKS >>S/2500’alt:VANISHES IN SIGHT”, LatLong: “51.077780 -0.327778”, LatLongDMS: “51:04:40 N 00:19:40 W”, Locale: “Residential”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “England”, Strangeness: “4”

Event 17696 (97E4BBC1)

Date: 12/12/1955
Description: In 1955 there were three UFO reports from London, Hertfordshire, and West Sussex, England. At 6:45 a.m. an observer in the Beckenham neighborhood of London felt the urge to look up, and then watched a golden colored disc streak across the sky. At 4:40 p.m. a bright silver disc curved down and then flew back up into the clouds over Hitchin, England. It then shot away to the southwest very fast. Twenty minutes later a 25-foot wide golden disc streaked across the sky in Horsham, England heading toward the south. It flew at an estimated altitude of 2500 feet and vanished quickly from sight.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: Larry Hatch, U computer database, citing Gavin Gibbons, The Coming of the Spaceships, pp. 128-130
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_8352

Event 17697 (81682FCF)

Date: 12/13/1955
Location: Caddo Lake, LA
Description: B-47 Tracks Oblong Object (NICAP: 09 - RADAR Cases, Code: R, Rating: 5, BB: BBU)
Reference: NICAP: 551213
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_1901

Event 17698 (2FC18E4A)

Date: 12/15/1955
Time: 13:00
Location: OFF SANIBEL, FL
Description: Buzzing sound. Double-plate saucer hovers over buoy. Portholes. Flashes.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO’s a HISTORY-1955 (3 booklets) Self published. (Index 636)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_4833

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, TCH: New technical details/clues

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “7”, Duration: “5”, Elev: “0”, HatchDesc: “off SANIBEL,FL:BUZZING SOUND:DBL-PLATE SCR HVRS ovr BUOY:PORTHOLES:FLASHES”, LatLong: “26.483335 -82.022226”, LatLongDMS: “26:29:00 N 82:01:20 W”, Locale: “Offshore”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, RelAlt: “450”, State/Prov: “Florida”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 17699 (1C54FBC9)

Date: 12/15/1955
Time: 19:40
Location: GREENFIELD, MASS
Description: 2 observer(s). Cylinder/cigar-shape / bright lights / ends. 7 lights / side. Very slow. Jet sound!
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO’s a HISTORY-1955 (3 booklets) Self published. (Index 399)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_4834

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), TCH: New technical details/clues, SND: UFO sounds heard or recorded

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “7”, Duration: “2”, Elev: “76”, HatchDesc: “GREENFIELD,MASS:2 OBS:CGR/BRITE LITES/ENDS:7 LITES/SIDE:VERY SLOW:JET SOUND!”, LatLong: “42.583335 -72.600003”, LatLongDMS: “42:35:00 N 72:36:00 W”, Locale: “Town & City”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Massachusetts”, Strangeness: “8”

Event 17700 (952826C1)

Date: 12/15/1955
Time: 21:50
Location: CESSIEU, ISERE
Description: 1 green globe joins 2nd. 3rd red sphere/orb/globe takes off from other side / swam.
Type: sighting
Reference: FIGEUT, Michel & RUCHON, Jean-Louis: OVNI - Le Premier Dossier…; Alain LeFeuvre, Paris 1979. (Index 222)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_4835

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

Extra Data: Country: “France”, Credibility: “9”, Duration: “2”, HatchDesc: “CESSIEU,ISERE:1 GREEN GLOBE JOINS 2nd:3rd RED ORB TAKES OFF FM OTHER SIDE/SWAM”, LatLong: “45.572224 5.372222”, LatLongDMS: “45:34:20 N 05:22:20 E”, Locale: “Town & City”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Isère”, Strangeness: “7”

Event 17701 (952280C1)

Date: 12/17/1955
Location: Laguna, CA
Description: (McDonald list) Radar Ops Tracked Target For 13 Minutes / Up To 3000 Knots (NICAP: 09 - RADAR Cases, Code: R, Rating: 5, BB: BBU)
Reference: NICAP: 551217
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_1902

Event 17702 (CFA0D00B)

Date: 12/18/1955
Location: USSR-SPACE
Description: (Translated from French) In 1979, magazines put on their front page the claims of Professor Sergei Boshich, saying that a dozen debris of a space ship that exploded on December 18, 1955 were floating 1240 miles above the Earth and had been discovered by Russian scientists at the beginning of the 60s. He added that the extraterrestrial vessel must have measured 70 m long by 33 m wide, that there were computers on board, dome antennas and portholes and that the bodies of the extraterrestrials must still be there.
Reference: Roger BOAR and Nigel BLUNDEL: “The World’s Greatest Ufo Mysteries” ed. Hamlyn 1995, p. 100
Reference: Mini catalogue chronologique des observations OVNI, by Godelieve Van Overmeire
Source: Overmeire, ID: Overmeire_2007

Event 17703 (1AFB231B)

Date: 12/18/1955
Location: EARTH ORBIT
Description: Much unknown debris backtraced / time and place. Very large and artificial. Origin unknown.
Type: sighting
Reference: BLUNDELL, Nigel & BOAR, Roger: The WORLDS GREATEST UFO MYSTERIES; Octopus, London 1989 & PB/Berkley Books, NY 1990 (Index 115)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_4836

Attributes: MIL: Observer(s) military, HQO: High-quality observer(s), ODD: Atypical/Forteana/paranormal, PRB: Probe: Possibly remote controlled, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), TRC: Physical traces, TCH: New technical details/clues

Extra Data: Country: “Earth Orbit or seen from space stations/capsules”, Credibility: “4”, Duration: “1”, HatchDesc: “EARTH ORBIT:MUCH UNK DEBRIS BACKTRACED/TIME+PLACE:VLARGE+ARTIFICIAL:ORIGIN UNK”, LatLong: “90.000004 -0.000000”, LatLongDMS: “90:00:00 N 00:00:00 W”, Locale: “Residential”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Unknown”, Strangeness: “5”

Event 17704 (820C74CA)

Date: 12/21/1955
Description: (Translated from French) Sighting in Caribou (Maine). (December 21)
Reference: case Blue Book #3993 unsolved
Reference: rr0 - Beau
Source: rr0, ID: rr0_1644

Event 17705 (0A010868)

Date: 12/21/1955
Description: (Translated from French) First flight of the B2 from Area 51.
Reference: rr0 - Beau
Source: rr0, ID: rr0_1645

Event 17706 (64A794E4)

Date: 12/21/1955
Time: 23:00
Location: SOUTHEAST / WASHBURN, ME
Description: Project Bluebook Case #3893. Domed saucer lights farm. Observer(s) feels mind was read. / r185p25.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO’s a HISTORY-1955 (3 booklets) Self published. (Index 399)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_4837

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, TLP: Telepathy, NWS: News media report, 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

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “6”, Duration: “2”, Elev: “150”, HatchDesc: “SE/WASHBURN,ME:BBK#3893:DOMED SCR LITES FARM:OBS FEELS MIND WAS READ:/r185p25”, LatLong: “46.788891 -68.066670”, LatLongDMS: “46:47:20 N 68:04:00 W”, Locale: “Farmlands”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Maine”, Strangeness: “9”

Event 17707 (488E3558)

Date: 12/21/1955
Location: Caribou, ME
Description: Round, very bright gold, domed disc in short climb, then rotate (NICAP: 01 - Distant Encounters, BB: 3893)
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_1903

Event 17708 (FDCC4ED0)

Date: 12/21/1955
Time: 111 PM
Location: Caribou, Maine
Description: Witness: Roberta V. Jacobs. One round, very bright gold, domed disc made a short climb, rotated, hovered and then accelerated during the 6-8 minute sighting.
Type: ufo sighting
Reference: BlueBook Unknowns PDF
Source: BerlinerBBUnknowns, ID: BerlinerBBU_398

Event 17709 (6AAECE10)

Date: 12/21/1955
Description: From her bedroom window in Washburn, Maine Mrs. Jacobs watched a reddish-orange glare resolve into a golden domed elliptical saucer at eleven o’clock at night. In the lower part of the dome she could see figures moving about, like people “walking in front of a light.” The experience made her feel nauseous, and at the same time she had a definite feeling of being watched.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: Otto Binder, What We Really Know About Flying Saucers, p. 19; Project Blue Book cases counted in official statistics, case no. 3893; Thomas M. Olsen, The Reference for Outstanding UFO Sighting Reports, p. 71
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_8545

Event 17710 (CA5BD1A7)

Date: 12/28/1955 (approximate)
Location: DOUNEIKA, GREECE
Description: Several observer(s). Cylinder/cigar-shape circles village / several minutes. Vanishes / cloud / smoke. No further details.
Type: sighting
Reference: FLYING SAUCER REVIEW (FSR), London. Bimonthly. PO Box 162; High Wycombe, Bucks. HP135 DZ, England. (Index 25)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_4838

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, CMF: Camouflage/disguise

Extra Data: Country: “Iceland”, Credibility: “7”, Duration: “3”, HatchDesc: “DOUNEIKA,GREECE:SVRL OBS:CGR CCLs VILLAGE/SVRL mins:VANISHES/CLOUD/SMOKE:NFD”, LatLong: “37.750002 21.333334”, LatLongDMS: “37:45:00 N 21:20:00 E”, Locale: “Residential”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “GRC”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 17711 (23EB67DD)

Date: 12/29/1955
Time: 00:00
Location: BIRKDALE, LIVERPOOL
Description: Several observer(s). 16’ saucer going south. Turns going quickly west to sea at Formby. No meteor.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO’s a HISTORY-1955 (3 booklets) Self published. (Index 399)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_4839

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: “9”, Duration: “1”, Elev: “6”, HatchDesc: “BIRKDALE,LIVERPOOL:SVRL OBS:16’SCR > S:TURNS >>W to SEA at FORMBY:no meteor”, LatLong: “53.616669 -3.033333”, LatLongDMS: “53:37:00 N 03:02:00 W”, Locale: “Coastlands”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “England”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 17712 (0A353540)

Date: 12/29/1955
Location: New Britain, CT
Description: Shiny object hovered, sped away. [UFOE, XII] (NICAP: 01 - Distant Encounters)
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_1904

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Year: 1956, 872 Event(s), (Back to Top)

Event 17713 (A5E6DD51)

Date: 1956
Location: Mexico
Description: Much UFO activity and interest in Mexico.
Type: ufo sightings
Reference: Keziah Poster
Source: Maj2, ID: Maj2_143

Event 17714 (B1421DCB)

Date: 1956
Location: South America
Description: Much UFO activity in South America
Type: ufo sightings
Reference: Keziah Poster
Source: Maj2, ID: Maj2_144

Event 17715 (713F991C)

Date: 1956
Location: Twin Falls, Idaho
Description: E. R. Rayburn, Twin Falls, Idaho see saucer capture 400lbs steer from farm
Type: ufo sighting
Reference: Keziah Poster
Source: Maj2, ID: Maj2_147

Attributes: cattle mutilation

Event 17716 (29FDCA4B)

Date: 1956
Description: According to researcher Yuri Stroganov, Russian intel chiefs met with counterparts from France, Britain, and the USA to discuss the UFO problem. The agreed upon the necessity to keep the issue top secret and maintain a unified approach in handling witnesses, the media and UFO research groups.
Type: secret meeting
Reference: “The Alien Gene”, Moira McGhee, page 69
Source: Maj2, ID: Maj2_558
See also: 1955

Event 17717 (15B14B9D)

Date: 1956
Location: Soviet Union
Description: Soviet “Krasnoyarsk-45” nuclear weapons program plant opens (Uranium enrichment)
Type: atomic plant
Reference: link
Source: Maj2, ID: Maj2_559

Event 17718 (1BE7B503)

Date: 1956
Location: NORWAY, near Lake Gjersjoen
Description: (Translated from French) Trygve Jansen and Mrs. Buflot were in the car in the evening and were driving towards Ski from Oslo. At the Gjersjoen bridge an object came at great speed, flew over the lake for a moment and returned towards the road. At one point the light followed the car, approached it 6 or 7 times and the occupants were scared. As the road left the lake, the object suddenly flew in front of the car, stopped above the road. Jansen braked, but the car stopped abruptly, all by itself, and when it stopped moving the object slowly approached it by descending. Right in front of the car the object stopped again, then suddenly rose into the air at a prodigious speed and disappeared vertically. When the object was in front of them, the witnesses had a tingling sensation on their faces. When they arrived home Mrs. Jansen noticed that the car, normally a dull beige, was of a sparkling greenish color. The next day it had its normal color again. The two witnesses did not feel well, but this sensation disappeared the next day. The saucer was a shiny disc with wings. It seemed to rotate on itself and at its top it had a kind of dome, the bright color emanating from it was pale green. It spread in waves and at times this light illuminated the whole forest.
Reference: B. Le Poer Trench - 1960: “The People of the Sky” - I have read - p. 124 to 126
Reference: Mini catalogue chronologique des observations OVNI, by Godelieve Van Overmeire
Source: Overmeire, ID: Overmeire_2024

Event 17719 (2ABFB6E4)

Date: 1956
Location: ARGENTINE, Desert of Atacama
Description: (Translated from French) Inhabitants of these sparsely populated Andean regions reported in 1956 the presence of strange giants on the snowy slopes of Mount Macon (over 6000 meters) where huge tracks had been discovered in the snow. A year earlier, a huge cigar-shaped craft had been seen flying over the region; it was reported to have landed in the Cordillera or crashed against a peak. Furthermore, large quantities of condors and eagles were found dead, and many of their nests were ravaged and destroyed in the same region where the giant footprints had appeared.
Reference: Charles BOWEN: “In Search of the Humanoids” - J’ai Lu 1974, p. 118
Reference: Mini catalogue chronologique des observations OVNI, by Godelieve Van Overmeire
Source: Overmeire, ID: Overmeire_2025

Event 17720 (DBA77960)

Date: 1956
Location: SOUTH AFRICA
Description: (Translated from French) (cf: 1954) 18 months after the observation of the saucer, Elisabeth Klarer sees it again in the same place. She runs to meet the man who had come out of the craft and they embrace. She recognizes him as her soul mate. He is a tall blond, close to two meters tall, and he wears a cream-colored garment. He has gray eyes and high cheekbones like Asians. Both of them board the saucer and settle on a cross-shaped couch. His name is Akon and he comes from another solar system. They take off and position themselves near a mothership. Akon tells her that she is his soul mate and that she will give birth to a son for him (note from vog: a vein at 45 past!). Originating from Venus, Akon’s race lives somewhere in the outskirts of Proximus of Centaurus, on the new planet Meton. (…) Eight months later Akon comes to fetch Elisabeth and she gives birth to a boy, Ayling, on the planet Meton. (…) In the meantime (note from vog: it is not said how long) her son Ayling is himself the commander of a space ship.
Reference: Mitarbeiter, “Ufo Geheimnisse”, Berlin, January 1998
Reference: Mini catalogue chronologique des observations OVNI, by Godelieve Van Overmeire
Source: Overmeire, ID: Overmeire_2027

Event 17721 (6B7BCCC8)

Date: 1956
Location: Castle AFB, CA
Description: Late 1956; Castle AFB, CA, luminous elliptical object and two F-86’s, radar (NICAP: 09 - RADAR Cases)
Reference: NICAP: 560000
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_1905

Event 17722 (66399C97)

Date: 1956
Location: Modesto (near), CA
Description: Late 1956; Castle AFB, CA. Luminous ellipt. object and two F-86’s (NICAP: 09 - RADAR Cases)
Reference: NICAP: 560000
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_1906

Event 17723 (4D76183E)

Date: 1956
Location: North/South Dakota Airspace, Various
Description: 1956, Late; Bet. N. & S. Dakata. Filmed by AF crew (NICAP: 08 - Photographic Cases)
Reference: NICAP: 560000
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_1907

Event 17724 (9323E68A)

Date: 1956
Location: North/South Dakota Airspace, Various
Description: RB-36H Encounter / Gnd radar Track of UFO (NICAP: 09 - RADAR Cases, Code: R, Rating: 5)
Reference: NICAP: 560000
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_1908

Event 17725 (0D54E80C)

Date: 1956
Location: North/South Dakota Airspace, Various
Description: Fall/Winter 1956; North/South, Dakota, Military a/c CE (NICAP: 11 - Aviation Cases)
Reference: NICAP: 560000
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_1909

Event 17726 (F208A9AB)

Date: 1956
Description: French ufologist Aimé Michel publishes The Truth about Flying Saucers, one of the best early books on UFOs, originally published in French in 1954.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Aimé Michel, The Truth about Flying Saucers, Criterion, 1956; “First Read: Aimé Michel’s ‘The Truth about Flying Saucers,’” Magonia, February 25, 2012
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_2781

Event 17727 (1125CE70)

Date: 1956
Description: Gray Barker publishes They Knew Too Much about Flying Saucers, a bestselling book about the supposed Albert K. Bender mystery and his encounter with three men in black.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Gray Barker, They Knew Too Much about Flying Saucers, University Books, 1956; Clark III 178, 190; David Halperin, “‘They Knew Too Much’: The Book That (Almost) Scared Me under My Bed,” Ms.Horror.com, March 16, 2017
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_2782

Event 17728 (DE47895D)

Date: 1956
Description: Morris K. Jessup publishes The UFO Annual, an anthology of newspaper and magazine articles about UFOs, and UFO and the Bible, the first book-length attempt to connect biblical miracles with space visitors. Jessup is the first writer to use the term “ufology” in his introduction (dated December 31, 1955).
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Morris K. Jessup, The UFO Annual, Citadel, 1956; Clark III 106, 634–635
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_2783

Event 17729 (AECDFCD6)

Date: 1956
Location: Cape Morris Jesup, Greenland
Description: Soviet polar aviator Valentin Akkuratov is flying a Tupolev Tu-4 aircraft near Cape Morris Jesup, Greenland, performing strategic ice reconnaissance. Dropping down below the clouds, he sees an unknown object moving on the port side parallel to his course. It looks like a “large pearl-colored lens with wavy, pulsating edges.” Thinking it is a US aircraft, Akkuratov heads back into the clouds. After flying for 40 minutes to the southeast, the cloud cover ends and Akkuratov encounters it again. He decides to approach the object, which changes course and paces the airplane at the same speed. After 15–18 minutes, the UFO sharply alters course, speeds ahead, and rises quickly until it disappears.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Felix Ziegel, “Unidentified Flying Objects,” Soviet Life, no. 137 (February 1968): 27– 29; Good Above, pp. 226–227
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_2784

Event 17730 (48C8AA18)

Date: 1956
Locations: lake Ozero Blagodati, Primorsky Krai, Russia; Sea of Japan
Description: Fishermen at lake Ozero Blagodati, Primorsky Krai, Russia, allegedly see an enormous silvery object with an apparent diameter of 4,900 feet rapidly flying above them at 1,960 feet. It resembles a hat with red portholes around its rim and is accompanied by loud grinding sounds and black smoke. The object emits numerous thin metal threads resembling horse hairs that the fishermen pick up the next day. The object crashes into the Sea of Japan.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Stonehill and Mantle, Russia’s USO Secrets, Flying Disk, 2020, pp. 113–114
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_2785

Event 17731 (051CA587)

Date: 1956
Alternate date: 1957
Locations: North Pacific; Midway Island; Japan
Description: 7:45 p.m. W. J. Kyncy is aboard the destroyer USS Maddox in the North Pacific between Midway Island and Japan. He and some 30 other sailors on the stern see a steady orange light coming toward them at about 50 mph. It stops for 2 minutes about 1,300 feet away at about 400 feet altitude. It begins moving again at 35 mph then blinks out after 5–10 seconds.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: “Correspondence,” CUFOS Associate Newsletter 3, no. 4 (Aug./Sept. 1982): 6
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_2786

Event 17732 (3598A513)

Date: 1956
Location: off Gander, Newfoundland
Description: Above the Atlantic Ocean, off Gander, Newfoundland—A Navy R7V-2 Transport, a Four Engine Super Constellation had to dive to avoid a collision course with a giant disc-shaped UFO "like gigantic dish on top of another,” which appeared to be approximately 350 and 400 feet in diameter, with lighted edges. Confirmed by ground radar.
Type: ufo sighting
Reference: The Flying Saucers are Hostile!, by George D. Fawcett 1961
Source: HostileFawcett, ID: HostileFawcett_49

Event 17733 (09A6C198)

Date: 1956
Location: Antarctica
Description: Despite the seemingly implausible idea of hidden Nazi bases in Antarctica, there have been mysterious and unexplained occurrences reported in the area post-WWII. In a 1956 account, four Chilean scientists reported witnessing UFOs in the Antarctic skies. They described observing two metallic, cigar-shaped objects reflecting sunlight. These objects remained perfectly still, and even after changing their viewing point to rule out optical illusions, the appearance remained consistent. Both objects performed intricate aerial maneuvers, with sharp turns and instant stops. Using equipment, the scientists estimated the altitude of these objects to be around 24,000 feet, with each object measuring approximately 450 feet in length and 75 feet in diameter. When one of the scientists aimed a polarized spotlight at an object, it responded with a bright flash, altered its altitude, then resumed its aerial display, achieving speeds up to 24,000 miles per hour. The sighting ended when clouds obstructed the view. (Chapter 8, Ref 319)
Type: UFO sighting
Reference: It Didn’t Start with Roswell, by Philip L. Rife, 2001
Source: Rife, ID: Rife_310

Event 17734 (566B0E14)

Date: 1956
Description: Testimony of USAF Gen. Bernard Schriever states when he was with the Development Planning Office, he worked very closely with the Technical Intelligence Office at Wright Field (which became the Foreign Technology Division). Schriever states Project West Wing was
set up on the “West Coast” funded through the technical intelligence operation out of Wright Field, staffed with people from Ramo-Wooldridge. West Wing analyzed foreign intelligence from the Soviet Union and foreign technology from the Soviet Union.

• https://www.si.edu/media/NASM/NASM-NASM_AudioIt-000003014DOCS.pdf

Note: FTD swept up UAP information in its Project Moon Dust, and personnel from Ramo-Wooldridge later joined TRW and after that Aerospace Corp. Aerospace spun out of
TRW’s Space Technologies Laboratories in 1960 and took West Wing with it. TRW also has alleged linkages to UAP crash recoveries (see Richard Dolan’s claims), while Aerospace Corp has linkages as well (see Ross Coulthart’s claims).

Reference: Anonymous 2023 PDF
Source: Anon2023PDF, ID: Anon2023PDF_66

Event 17735 (057251D8)

Date: Early 1956
Location: FRANCE, Barre des Cévennes (Lozère)
Description: (Translated from French) Two gendarmes, MM. Barboule and Simon, were coming from Cassagnac around 01:00 in the night and were pushing their bicycles up a small hill. They then heard a noise that was getting louder, like that of a truck engine. Above them appeared a craft of about ten meters in diameter. They could make out some sort of nozzles from which short, reddish glows were escaping. At the same time, an extremely violent hot breath pressed them against the wall of a building next to which they had stopped. The craft landed a little further away on a flat piece of land. Shortly afterwards, a white ball emerged from the upper dome and, at a low speed, made two laps around the Castelai hill, then returned to the craft, passing silently 50 meters away from the gendarmes, who were still pressed - out of fear? - against the wall. Meanwhile, four figures had come out of the craft and were moving around. Shortly after the ball’s return to the craft, the figures got on board. The takeoff was immediate, with a deafening noise, but without any glows or flames. The inhabitants of Barre des Cévennes had been woken up that night by a loud noise above their heads. (1956, beginning of the year)
Reference: GARREAU and LAVIER: “Face aux extra-terrestres” - DELARGE 1975 - J’ai Lu, p. 119, 120
Reference: Mini catalogue chronologique des observations OVNI, by Godelieve Van Overmeire
Source: Overmeire, ID: Overmeire_2009

Event 17736 (AE11FC17)

Date: 1/1956 (approximate)
Time: 01:00
Location: BARRE-DES-CEVENNES, FR
Description: 2 cops. 12M domed saucer lands. 4 pseudo-human/entity exit. Sphere/orb/globe flies. / MJ#144.
Type: sighting
Reference: GARREAU, Charles: SOUCOUPES VOLANTES, Vingt-cinq Ans d’Enquetes. 3rd Editn = 1973? Maison Mame ISBN 2-250-00464-1 (Index 201)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_4840

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, SCR: Classic saucer/disk/sphere shaped UFO, RBT: Possible robot or “Grey”, mechanical motions, PSH: Pseudo-human: Clone/organic robot/human-like, RAY: Odd light/searchlight/beam/laser-like, LND: UFO landing or any part touches ground, EME: Electro-Magnetic Effects, OGA: Non-Covert Government Agencies

Extra Data: Country: “France”, Credibility: “7”, Duration: “8”, HatchDesc: “BARRE-des-CEVENNES,FR:2 COPS:12M DOMED SCR LANDS:4 PSH EXIT:ORB FLIES:/MJ#144”, LatLong: “44.250002 3.638889”, LatLongDMS: “44:15:00 N 03:38:20 E”, Locale: “Mountains”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Lozère”, Strangeness: “10”

Event 17737 (B2D88B75)

Date: 1/1956
Location: Edgewood Arsenal facility at the Aberdeen Proving Ground, Maryland
Description: The US Army Chemical Corps begins classified human experiments at its Edgewood Arsenal facility at the Aberdeen Proving Ground, Maryland. The Medical Research Volunteer Program (1956–1975) is driven by intelligence requirements and the need for new and more effective interrogation techniques. Overall, about 7,000 soldiers take part in these experiments that involve exposure to more than 250 different chemicals. Some of the volunteers exhibit symptoms at the time of exposure to these agents but long-term follow-up is not planned as part of the Department of Defense studies. The experiments are abruptly terminated by the Army in late 1975 amid an atmosphere of scandal and recrimination as lawmakers accuse researchers of questionable ethics. Many official government reports and civilian lawsuits follow in the wake of the controversy. The chemical agents include VX, sarin, mustard gas, atropine, scopolamine, 2-PAM chloride, LSD, PCP, cannabinoids, riot control agents, alcohol, and caffeine.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Wikipedia, “Edgewood Arsenal human experiments”
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_2787

Event 17738 (EED61FD2)

Date: 1/1956
Description: Edward J. Ruppelt’s Report on Unidentified Flying Objects is published. His candid opinions about UFOs contradict many of the positions taken on UFOs by the Air Force. He has personally seen the Estimate of the Situation, he confirms the existence of Fournet’s motion study, and he first describes the basic contours of the Robertson Panel.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Edward J. Ruppelt, The Report on Unidentified Flying Objects, Doubleday, 1956; Michael D. Swords, [Review], JUFOS 3 (1991): 179–183
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_2788

Event 17739 (36887A23)

Date: 1/2/1956
Time: 13:00?
Location: OVER PASADENA, CA
Description: 2 / plane. 3 15M saucers / 1900kph. Circle plane. Going quickly west. Clearly seen. / MJ#273.
Type: sighting
Reference: The APRO BULLETIN: Monthly. Jim & Coral Lorenzen: Tucson,AZ (USA. defunct) By volume and number. (Index 673)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_4841

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

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “7”, Duration: “1”, Elev: “263”, HatchDesc: “ovr PASADENA,CA:2/PLANE:3 15M SCRS/1900kph:CCL PLANE:>>W:CLEARLY SEEN:/MJ#273”, LatLong: “34.183335 -118.150006”, LatLongDMS: “34:11:00 N 118:09:00 W”, Locale: “Metropolis”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “California”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 17740 (86C1DA97)

Date: 1/3/1956
Time: 19:30
Location: SCOTT AIR FORCE BASE, IL
Description: Military observer(s). Orange fireball / green tail. Gradual climb / high-speed. = meteor / USAF.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO’s a HISTORY-1956 (3 booklets) 1994 Self published. (Index 102)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_4842

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, MIL: Observer(s) military, FBL: Fireball: Blazing undistinguished form/orb., 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: “140”, HatchDesc: “SCOTT AFB,IL:MIL OBS:ORG FBL/GRN TAIL:GRADUAL CLIMB/HI-SPEED:=meteor/USAF”, LatLong: “38.583335 -89.783338”, LatLongDMS: “38:35:00 N 89:47:00 W”, Locale: “Town & City”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Illinois”, Strangeness: “1”

Event 17741 (8EBFCEF6)

Date: 1/5/1956 (approximate)
Time: 12:00?
Location: FT. WOOD, MO
Description: 2 soldiers. Big silver balloon going [to] slow. None up then. Rotates? Vanishes!
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO’s a HISTORY-1956 (3 booklets) 1994 Self published. (Index 601)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_4843

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, 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), CMF: Camouflage/disguise

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “8”, Duration: “2”, Elev: “370”, HatchDesc: “Ft.WOOD,MO:2 GIs:BIG SLVR BALLOON >SLOW:NONE UP THEN:ROTATES?:VANISHES!”, LatLong: “37.822224 -92.116671”, LatLongDMS: “37:49:20 N 92:07:00 W”, Locale: “Town & City”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Missouri”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 17742 (5BBF3EE1)

Date: 1/5/1956
Description: At midday two soldiers at Fort Wood, Missouri saw a big silver balloon like object fly by slowly. No balloons were scheduled for release in the area at that time. The object rotated, then vanished.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: Larry Hatch, U computer database, case # 4893
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_113

Event 17743 (C1B445BF)

Date: 1/7/1956
Location: HONOLULU, HI
Description: 6 observer(s) / (seen thru) binoculars. 100’ saucer over homes. Drops going down / ground when plane passes. Sparks.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO’s a HISTORY-1956 (3 booklets) 1994 Self published. (Index 103)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_4844

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), LND: UFO landing or any part touches ground, CMF: Camouflage/disguise

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “9”, Duration: “3”, Elev: “6”, HatchDesc: “HONOLULU,HI:6 OBS/BINOCS:100’SCR OVR HOMES:DROPS↓/GND WHEN PLANE PASSES:SPARKS”, LatLong: “21.333334 -157.866674”, LatLongDMS: “21:20:00 N 157:52:00 W”, Locale: “Residential”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Hawaii”, Strangeness: “8”

Event 17744 (7A64FD55)

Date: 1/8/1956
Location: ROBERTSON ISLAND, ANTARC
Description: 4 CHL scientists. 2 vertical 150M metal cigars. Radiation/radioactivity. Photograph. 40 Kkph. / r148p66.
Type: sighting
Reference: FLYING SAUCER REVIEW (FSR), London. Bimonthly. PO Box 162; High Wycombe, Bucks. HP135 DZ, England. (Index 170)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_4845

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, CIG: Torpedo/cigar/cylinder shaped UFO, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), SIG: Signals/responses to/from/between UFO’s/occupants/observers, PHT: Photos/movies/videos taken, RDA: Radiation/high energy fields detected, MIL: Military investigation

Extra Data: Country: “Antarctic below 70 degrees South”, Credibility: “10”, Duration: “64”, HatchDesc: “ROBERTSON Isl,ANTARC:4 CHL SCIs:2 VERT.150M MTL CGRS:RDA:FOTO:40Kkph:/r148p66”, LatLong: “-65.166670 -59.616670”, LatLongDMS: “65:10:00 S 59:37:00 W”, Locale: “Islands”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “CHL”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 17745 (FD90F3AC)

Date: 1/8/1956
Time: 07:00
Location: NORTHWEST / BEDFORD, IN
Description: Several Ground Observer Corps (GOC) observer(s) and more/others. Grey ovoid / disk flashes. Going [to] up and down. Military planes chase.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO’s a HISTORY-1956 (3 booklets) 1994 Self published. (Index 602)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_4846

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

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “10”, Duration: “160”, Elev: “225”, HatchDesc: “NW/BEDFORD,IN:SVRL GOC OBS++:GRY OVOID/DISK FLASHES:>UP+DN:MIL PLANES CHASE”, LatLong: “38.883335 -86.500004”, LatLongDMS: “38:53:00 N 86:30:00 W”, Locale: “Farmlands”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Indiana”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 17746 (91C4B1EC)

Date: 1/8/1956
Description: At nine o’clock in the morning on Robertson Island, Antarctica a photograph was taken by the Chilean Antarctic Expedition of two cigar-shaped objects, hanging in a vertical position in the sky for 64 minutes. The objects were estimated to be 150 meters in length, and their presence was reportedly confirmed by radar. They shot away at an estimated speed of 40,000 kilometers per hour.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: Gordon Creighton, Flying Saucer Review, March-April 1968, p. 20
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_191

Event 17747 (0B9DD899)

Date: 1/9/1956
Time: ~18:00
Location: BLOOMINGTON, IN
Description: Several jets and P51 chase saucers. P51 O / O / control. Explodes over farm.
Type: sighting
Reference: VESCO, Renato: INTERCEPT but DON’T SHOOT; transl. from Italian. Goofy. (Index 26)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_4847

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), HUM: Humans affected: Injury/burns/marks/abduction/death, VEH: Vehicle affected: Marks/damage/EME effects, INJ: Injuries, illness/death, mutilations, MIL: Military investigation

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “7”, Duration: “15”, Elev: “168”, HatchDesc: “BLOOMINGTON,IN:SVRL JETS+P51 CHASE SCRS:P51 O/O/CONTROL:EXPLODES OVR FARM”, LatLong: “39.166669 -86.533337”, LatLongDMS: “39:10:00 N 86:32:00 W”, Locale: “Farmlands”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Indiana”, Strangeness: “8”

Event 17748 (C40B6224)

Date: 1/9/1956
Time: ~20:00
Location: KILBEGGAN, EIRE
Description: Judge. Circular object whistles going north / low altitude. Fast spin. Flashes. / FSRv2#1.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO’s a HISTORY-1956 (3 booklets) 1994 Self published. (Index 601)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_4848

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: “Great Britain and Ireland”, Credibility: “6”, Duration: “1”, Elev: “80”, HatchDesc: “KILBEGGAN,EIRE:JUDGE:CIRC.OBJ WHISTLES >N/LO ALT:FAST SPIN:FLASHES:/FSRv2#1”, LatLong: “53.372225 -7.505556”, LatLongDMS: “53:22:20 N 07:30:20 W”, Locale: “Metropolis”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Ireland”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 17749 (6D062F0A)

Date: 1/9/1956
Description: The CIA’s Applied Science Division takes on the job of holding UFO reports.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: ClearIntent, p. 135
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_2789

Event 17750 (28B44032)

Date: 1/11/1956
Time: 18:40
Location: WURTSMITH AIR FORCE BASE, MI
Description: 2 / (seen thru) binoculars. Red-orange fireball / end / runway. Jet scrambles. RADAR. / r148p193.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO’s a HISTORY-1956 (3 booklets) 1994 Self published. (Index 106)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_4849

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

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “7”, Duration: “20”, Elev: “193”, HatchDesc: “WURTSMITH AFB,MI:2/BINOCS:RED-ORG FBL/END/RUNWAY:JET SCRAMBLES:RDR:/r148p193”, LatLong: “44.450002 -83.388893”, LatLongDMS: “44:27:00 N 83:23:20 W”, Locale: “Metropolis”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Michigan”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 17751 (5C72C52E)

Date: 1/11/1956
Location: Wurtsmith AFB, MI
Description: Culpepper and Complaer. (McDonald list; FUFOR Index) F-89 Has Radar LockOn (NICAP: 09 - RADAR Cases, Code: R, Rating: 5, BB: BBU)
Reference: NICAP: 560111
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_1910

Event 17752 (4014A211)

Date: 1/12/1956
Description: At 5:30 a.m. a scarlet colored object streaked across the northeast sky in Kuantan, Malaysia and then dove into the sea.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: Ahmad Jamaludin, Summary of Unidentified Flying Objects and Related Events in Malaysia, case # 17
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_275

Event 17753 (F6D54D89)

Date: 1/13/1956
Description: (Translated from French) Morris Jessup receives the first letter from Carlos Allende. (January 13)
Reference: rr0 - Beau
Source: rr0, ID: rr0_1646

Event 17754 (F9A9AE97)

Date: 1/13/1956
Locations: New Kensington, Pennsylvania; Philadelphia
Description: UFO researcher Morris K. Jessup receives a letter from someone in New Kensington, Pennsylvania, who calls himself Carlos Miguel Allende [a pseudonym of Carl Allen], who alludes to a US Navy experiment to make a destroyer invisible in October 1943 [the bogus Philadelphia Experiment]. He writes another letter postmarked May 25 that suggests hypnosis or truth serum might bring out more details.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Wikipedia, “Philadelphia Experiment”; Clark III 95; Andrew H. Hochheimer, “The Carl Allen Letters,” The Philadelphia Experiment from A–Z, January 31, 2001
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_2790

Event 17755 (480AD19C)

Date: 1/14/1956
Time: 22:20
Location: HOUSTON, TX
Description: Amateur astronomer. 4 grey ovoids going / linear echelon toward(s) Ellington Field. Silent.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO’s a HISTORY-1956 (3 booklets) 1994 Self published. (Index 601)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_4850

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

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “7”, Duration: “1”, Elev: “15”, HatchDesc: “HOUSTON,TX:AM.ASTRON:4 GRY OVOIDS >/LINEAR ECHELON twrd ELLINGTON FIELD:SLNT”, LatLong: “29.783335 -95.383338”, LatLongDMS: “29:47:00 N 95:23:00 W”, Locale: “Residential”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Texas”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 17756 (1CAF092D)

Date: 1/14/1956
Description: A 51-year-old amateur astronomer in Houston, Texas named Johnson reported sighting four gray ovoid objects flying by at 10:15 p.m. in linear echelon formation, toward Ellington Field. They made no sound.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: CUFOS files, letter dated April 16, 1966; Loren E. Gross, The Fifth Horseman of the Apocalypse: UFOs: A History. 1956 (Volume 6), p. 1
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_310

Event 17757 (84B3567B)

Date: 1/15/1956
Location: Pusan, Korea
Description: Glowing object sinks into sea; seen by U.S. military police.
Type: ufo sighting
Reference: UFOs and the National Security State: Chronology of a Cover-up, 1941–1973, by Richard Dolan
Source: Dolan, ID: Dolan_201

Event 17758 (B2B3EECA)

Date: 1/15/1956
Location: SEA / JPN NEAR PUSAN, KOREA
Description: Large glowing washtub falls to sea. Floats. Glows. Sinks.
Type: sighting
Reference: SANDERSON, Ivan: INVISIBLE RESIDENTS; World Publishing HB 1970 & Avon Books PB 1973 (Index 38)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_4851

Attributes: SEA: Observer(s) at sea, 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, TCH: New technical details/clues

Extra Data: Country: “Pacific Ocean and non - Asian islands”, Credibility: “8”, Duration: “11”, Elev: “0”, HatchDesc: “SEA/JPN nr PUSAN,KOREA:LARGE GLOWING WASHTUB FALLS TO SEA:FLOATS:GLOWS:SINKS”, LatLong: “35.000002 130.000006”, LatLongDMS: “35:00:00 N 130:00:00 E”, Locale: “Offshore”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “SJP”, Strangeness: “8”

Event 17759 (00DACFFC)

Date: 1/15/1956
Locations: Busan, South Korea; 150 feet offshore Busan, South Korea
Description: An object the apparent size of a washtub is seen falling into the sea 150 feet offshore Busan, South Korea, by large numbers of townspeople. The glow continues for an hour and a half before the object sinks. Korean and American military authorities are alerted. Military Police Cpl. Ben Elliot observes the glow, which resembles burning alcohol or benzene.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Samuel Norman, “Recent UFOs over Japan,” Fate 9, no. 6 (June 1956): 22–24
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_2791

Event 17760 (ED48674B)

Date: 1/16/1956
Time: 20:00?
Location: LEEDS, ENGL
Description: 2 observer(s). 2 shiny balls shoot down. Converge. Bank. Back up and going quickly west xfast.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO’s a HISTORY-1956 (3 booklets) 1994 Self published. (Index 604)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_4852

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: “Great Britain and Ireland”, Credibility: “7”, Duration: “1”, HatchDesc: “LEEDS,ENGL:2 OBS:2 SHINY BALLS SHOOT DOWN:CONVERGE:BANK:BACK UP+>>W XFAST.”, LatLong: “53.816669 -1.566667”, LatLongDMS: “53:49:00 N 01:34:00 W”, Locale: “Town & City”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “England”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 17761 (706F5E55)

Date: 1/17/1956
Time: 22:50
Location: ORANGEVILLE, ONT
Description: 1 observer. Silent 45M saucer / 15M altitude. Lights farmyard. Glows. Gone in seconds.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO’s a HISTORY-1956 (3 booklets) 1994 Self published. (Index 605)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_4853

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

Extra Data: Country: “Canada”, Credibility: “6”, Duration: “1”, Elev: “426”, HatchDesc: “ORANGEVILLE,ONT:1 OBS:SILENT 45M SCR/15M alt:LITES FARMYARD:GLOWS:GONE IN SECs”, LatLong: “43.916669 -80.100004”, LatLongDMS: “43:55:00 N 80:06:00 W”, Locale: “Farmlands”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, RelAlt: “15”, State/Prov: “Ontario”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 17762 (FFE6B3AC)

Date: 1/17/1956
Location: Orangeville, CAN
Description: Disc-shaped UFO seen at close range; rings of light visible on bottom. [UFOE, XII] (NICAP: 02 - Close Encounters)
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_1911

Event 17763 (1C89AE23)

Date: 1/18/1956
Location: NORTH / MAIQUETIA, VNZL
Description: Many observer(s). 50M glowing-object dives to sea. Big search finds nothing.
Type: sighting
Reference: The APRO BULLETIN: Monthly. Jim & Coral Lorenzen: Tucson,AZ (USA. defunct) By volume and number. (Index 679)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_4854

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CST: Observer(s) in coastal area/just offshore, MIL: Observer(s) military, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, HQO: High-quality observer(s), MID: Likely mis-identification, SCR: Classic saucer/disk/sphere shaped UFO, FBL: Fireball: Blazing undistinguished form/orb., NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s)

Extra Data: Country: “Venezuela”, Credibility: “12”, Duration: “1”, Elev: “0”, HatchDesc: “N/MAIQUETIA,VNZL:MANY OBS:50M GLOW-OBJ DIVES to SEA:big search finds nothing”, LatLong: “10.700001 -67.000003”, LatLongDMS: “10:42:00 N 67:00:00 W”, Locale: “Offshore”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “CRC”, Strangeness: “5”

Event 17764 (495FAA39)

Date: 1/18/1956
Time: 01:00
Location: ITAZUKI AIR FORCE BASE, JPN
Description: USAF men. White round object moves fast. No contrail. No further details.
Type: sighting
Reference: WEINSTEIN, Dominique; UAP: 80 Years of Pilot Sightings Privately published. 7 avenue Bartholome. 75015 Paris, FRANCE. (Index 39)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_4855

Attributes: 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)

Extra Data: Country: “Japan”, Credibility: “7”, Duration: “2”, HatchDesc: “ITAZUKI AFB,JPN:USAF MEN:WHT ROUND OBJ MOVES FAST:NO CONTRAIL:NFD”, LatLong: “33.850002 130.416673”, LatLongDMS: “33:51:00 N 130:25:00 E”, Locale: “Town & City”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Kyushu”, Strangeness: “5”

Event 17765 (458C0C0D)

Date: 1/18/1956
Location: Itazuke AFB, Japan
Description: Object With No Trail Zooms Over Aircraft (NICAP: 11 - Aviation Cases, Code: A, Rating: 1, BB: BBU)
Reference: NICAP: 560118
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_1912

Event 17766 (9D9BF4E0)

Date: 1/18/1956
Location: 37.0000 -116.0000
Description: Nuclear test: Air, confirmed. Country: USA Name: “Project 56 No. 4” Yield: 0KT YieldMax: 20KT
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_69

Extra Data: LatLong: “37.0000 -116.0000”, LatLongDMS: “37:00:00 N 116:00:00 W”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, NukeCountry: “USA”, NukeDepth: “0.00”, NukeName: “Project 56 No. 4”, NukeSource: “NV209”, NukeType: “NACU”, NukeY: “0”, NukeYMax: “20”

Event 17767 (0C208B7E)

Date: 1/18/1956
Description: A 50-meter wide glowing object dove into the ocean north of Maiqueta, Venezuela on this night. A large-scale search of the area found nothing.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: APRO Bulletin, July 1956
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_365

Event 17768 (8945132C)

Date: 1/19/1956
Time: 12:00?
Location: HORNSBY, NSW
Description: 12M saucer hovers / 5 minutes. Green vapor / port / bottom/underside. Shoots going quickly southeast toward(s) Sydney.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO’s a HISTORY-1956 (3 booklets) 1994 Self published. (Index 604)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_4856

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), ABD: Human or animal abduction, TCH: New technical details/clues

Extra Data: Country: “Australia”, Credibility: “6”, Duration: “5”, HatchDesc: “HORNSBY,NSW:12M SCR HVRS/5mins:GREEN VAPOR/PORT/BTM:SHOOTS >>SE twrd SYDNEY”, LatLong: “-33.700002 151.083341”, LatLongDMS: “33:42:00 S 151:05:00 E”, Locale: “Residential”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “NSW”, Strangeness: “7”

Event 17769 (540BC29F)

Date: 1/20/1956
Location: NEWCASTLE-UPON-TYNE, ENGL
Description: Schoolteacher. Huge dark saucer over town / 15 second(s). Going quickly south.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO’s a HISTORY-1956 (3 booklets) 1994 Self published. (Index 110)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_4857

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: “6”, Duration: “1”, Elev: “41”, HatchDesc: “NEWCASTLE-upon-TYNE,ENGL:SCHOOLTEACHER:HUGE DARK SCR OVR TOWN/15sec:>>S”, LatLong: “55.000003 -1.750000”, LatLongDMS: “55:00:00 N 01:45:00 W”, Locale: “Town & City”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “England”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 17770 (8710F88A)

Date: 1/20/1956
Time: 21:00?
Location: NEAR WILLIAMS, WEST AUSTR
Description: 12+observer(s). Silent domed saucer / 15K’ altitude. Moves / jerks. Several recent UFO’s.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO’s a HISTORY-1956 (3 booklets) 1994 Self published. (Index 111)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_4858

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: “10”, Duration: “2”, HatchDesc: “nr WILLIAMS,W.AUSTR:12+OBS:SLNT DOMED SCR/15K’alt:MOVES/JERKS:SVRL RECENT UFOS”, LatLong: “-33.016668 116.866672”, LatLongDMS: “33:01:00 S 116:52:00 E”, Locale: “Pasture”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Western Australia”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 17771 (56DB8807)

Date: 1/21/1956
Time: 00:40
Location: WALDEN, NY
Description: Extra red-glow moon glides by going west. Jet plane follows 10 minute(s) after.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO’s a HISTORY-1956 (3 booklets) 1994 Self published. (Index 604)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_4859

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

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “6”, Duration: “1”, Elev: “108”, HatchDesc: “WALDEN,NY:EXTRA RED-GLOW MOON GLIDES BY >W:JET PLANE FOLOS 10min after”, LatLong: “41.561113 -74.188892”, LatLongDMS: “41:33:40 N 74:11:20 W”, Locale: “Residential”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “New York”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 17772 (38558AD9)

Date: 1/21/1956
Time: 04:00
Location: 210MI SOUTHEAST / BERMUDA
Description: “Star” falls. Hovers. Shoots going quickly north / instantaneous speed. No acceleration.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO’s a HISTORY-1956 (3 booklets) 1994 Self published. (Index 114)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_4860

Attributes: SEA: Observer(s) at sea, 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: “Atlantic Ocean + islands”, Credibility: “8”, Duration: “2”, Elev: “0”, HatchDesc: “210mi SE/BERMUDA:“STAR” FALLS:HOVERS:SHOOTS>>N/INSTANTANEOUS SPEED:NO ACCEL.”, LatLong: “29.666668 -62.000003”, LatLongDMS: “29:40:00 N 62:00:00 W”, Locale: “High Seas”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “NAT”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 17773 (A9783BA1)

Date: 1/21/1956 (approximate)
Time: ~18:00
Location: EUPHRATES GOVNT, SYRIA
Description: Pyramid-object going [to] fast over 2 villages. Also saucer over Aleppo. No further details.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO’s a HISTORY-1956 (3 booklets) 1994 Self published. (Index 607)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_4861

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, 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: “Syria”, Credibility: “6”, Duration: “2”, HatchDesc: “EUPHRATES Govnt,SYRIA:PYRAMID-OBJ >FAST OVR 2 VILLAGES:+SCR ovr ALEPPO:NFD”, LatLong: “36.000002 40.000002”, LatLongDMS: “36:00:00 N 40:00:00 E”, Locale: “Desert”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “EUP”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 17774 (5B991987)

Date: 1/22/1956
Time: 19:30
Location: GMX, LA TO FL
Description: PAA flight engineer. Large long object / yellow exhaust going quickly east / clouds. / r28p435+/ r242.
Type: sighting
Reference: The APRO BULLETIN: Monthly. Jim & Coral Lorenzen: Tucson,AZ (USA. defunct) By volume and number. (Index 685)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_4862

Attributes: SEA: Observer(s) at sea, AIR: Observer(s) on aircraft, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, 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)

Extra Data: Country: “Caribbean area”, Credibility: “8”, Duration: “2”, Elev: “0”, HatchDesc: “GMX,LA to FL:PAA FLITE ENG:LRG LONG OBJ/YLW EXHAUST >>E/CLOUDS:/r28p435+/r242”, LatLong: “28.416668 -86.333337”, LatLongDMS: “28:25:00 N 86:20:00 W”, Locale: “Offshore”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “GMX”, Strangeness: “4”

Event 17775 (1DEB08AE)

Date: 1/22/1956
Location: Gulf of Mexico (nr. New Orleans), At Sea
Description: PanAm engineer saw large elongated object, emitting yellow flame [UFOE, V] (NICAP: 01 - Distant Encounters)
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_1913

Event 17776 (048A5FE2)

Date: 1/22/1956
Description: Jonathan N. Leonard reviews Harold T. Wilkins’s Flying Saucers Uncensored, Keyhoe’s Flying Saucer Conspiracy, and Ruppelt’s Report on UFOs in the New York Times. He calls Wilkins a mystic, Keyhoe “repetitious and unconvincing,” and Ruppelt (most unfairly) “the longest and dullest of the current crop of saucer books.”
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Jonathan N. Leonard, “Visitors from Space,” New York Times Book Review, January 22, 1956, p. 25
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_2792

Event 17777 (48A609BF)

Date: 1/22/1956
Description: At 8:30 p.m. a Pan American Airways flight engineer named Mueller sighted a saw long cylindrical object with yellow exhaust while flying not far from New Orleans over the Gulf of Mexico from Louisiana to Florida. The UFO flew to the east into the clouds.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: APRO Bulletin, January 1957; Paris Flamonde, UFO Exist!, p. 435; Edward J. Ruppelt, Report on Unidentified Flying Objects, p. 246; Dominique Weinstein, Aircraft UFO Encounters, p. 27
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_409

Event 17778 (9CF22962)

Date: 1/24/1956
Location: Wheelus AFB, Tripoli, Libya
Description: (McDonald list; FUFOR Index) Object Tracked For 12 Minutes (NICAP: 09 - RADAR Cases, Code: R, Rating: 5, BB: BBU)
Reference: NICAP: 560124
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_1914

Event 17779 (F51FADBE)

Date: 1/24/1956
Description: Wright-Patterson AFB monitored a reported “landing” of a flying saucer in the Kataghan province of Afghanistan. USAF attempted an overflight for aerial view, search and confirmation of info, and to determine if Afghanistan authorities were hauling the recovered craft to Kabul. Neither USAF ATIC nor Battelle amended their conclusion that a lack of physical evidence meant UAP were not advanced craft, and CIA OSI did not update their conclusions. Subsequent Congressional inquiries in the 1960s relied on conclusions that were out of date and continued to not include physical debris.

• https://archive.org/details/1956-01-7340421-Afghanistan/page/n2/mode/1up

Reference: Anonymous 2023 PDF
Source: Anon2023PDF, ID: Anon2023PDF_67

Event 17780 (9F9B22CB)

Date: 1/25/1956
Time: 20:50
Location: PULLMAN, WA
Description: Ground Observer Corps (GOC) and several. “Big moon buzzes town”. Fast. Over airport. No planes in area.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO’s a HISTORY-1956 (3 booklets) 1994 Self published. (Index 120)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_4863

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

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “9”, Duration: “1”, Elev: “732”, HatchDesc: “PULLMAN,WA:GOC+SVRL:“BIG MOON BUZZES TOWN”:FAST:OVR AIRPORT:NO PLANES IN AREA”, LatLong: “46.716669 -117.188894”, LatLongDMS: “46:43:00 N 117:11:20 W”, Locale: “Town & City”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Washington”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 17781 (1881E53C)

Date: 1/26/1956
Time: ~15:00
Location: TOLEDO, OH
Description: Woman / driveway. Silent silver pancake disk passes smoothly. No further details.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO’s a HISTORY-1956 (3 booklets) 1994 Self published. (Index 609)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_4864

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: “185”, HatchDesc: “TOLEDO,OH:WOMAN/DRIVEWAY:SLNT SLVR PANCAKE DISK PASSES SMOOTHLY:NFD”, LatLong: “41.683335 -83.566671”, LatLongDMS: “41:41:00 N 83:34:00 W”, Locale: “Residential”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Ohio”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 17782 (B1C6EA68)

Date: 1/26/1956
Description: On this afternoon a woman in her driveway in Toledo, Ohio spotted a silver, pancake-shaped disc that flew by smoothly for about a minute.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: Alexander Mebane, Civilian Saucer Intelligence New York Newsletter, February 1956, p. 5; Loren E. Gross, The Fifth Horseman of the Apocalypse: UFOs: A History. 1956 (volume 6), p. 9
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_516

Event 17783 (FBCAD0B3)

Date: 1/30/1956
Time: 21:30
Location: 9MI EAST / HOLDENVILLE, OK
Description: 3+1 observer(s). 120’ ovoid lights 15 acres from underside. Follows car.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO’s a HISTORY-1956 (3 booklets) 1994 Self published. (Index 120)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_4865

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: “9”, Duration: “16”, Elev: “255”, HatchDesc: “9mi E/HOLDENVILLE,OK:3+1 OBS:120’ OVOID LITES 15 ACRES fm UNDERSIDE:FOLOS CAR”, LatLong: “35.077779 -96.250005”, LatLongDMS: “35:04:40 N 96:15:00 W”, Locale: “Pasture”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Oklahoma”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 17784 (A43345B2)

Date: 1/30/1956
Description: At 9:30 p.m. in Lamar, nine miles east of Holdenville, Oklahoma a low flying, 120 foot long ovoid object illuminated an area 15 acres in size; it then pursued four witnesses in a car for 16 minutes.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: Loren E. Gross, The Fifth Horseman of the Apocalypse: UFOs: A History. 1956: January-April, p. 20
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_598

Event 17785 (A3E2B946)

Date: 1/31/1956
Locations: Kentucky; Standiford Field; Louisville, Kentucky; Bedford, Indiana
Description: 3:24 p.m. Kentucky National Guard pilot Lt. Col. Lee J. Merkel is flying an F-51 Mustang out of Standiford Field [now Louisville International Airport] in Louisville, Kentucky, on a maintenance test flight. His aircraft crashes 10 miles north of Bedford, Indiana, following some confusing information from various sources about an unknown radar target or visual observation in the vicinity.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: ClearIntent, pp. 62–63; Good Need, pp. 215– 216
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_2793

Event 17786 (5A87520C)

Date: 2/1956
Time: 12:00
Location: PATHFINDER LK, WY
Description: Whistle. 7 10M disks going [to] abreast. 2 zigzag. Rest not. 1300kph?
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO’s a HISTORY-1956 (3 booklets) 1994 Self published. (Index 64)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_4866

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

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “7”, Duration: “2”, Elev: “1783”, HatchDesc: “PATHFINDER Lk,WY:WHISTLE:7 10M DISKS > ABREAST:2 ZIGZAG:REST NOT:1300kph?”, LatLong: “42.483335 -106.866672”, LatLongDMS: “42:29:00 N 106:52:00 W”, Locale: “Mountains”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, RelAlt: “2500”, State/Prov: “Wyoming”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 17787 (FE82FA0D)

Date: 2/1956 (approximate)
Time: ~21:00
Location: NEAR DAWSON, GA
Description: Private pilot. Ovoid with lit portholes and 3 strong beams going down. Vanishes on approach.
Type: sighting
Reference: UFO INVESTIGATOR: NICAP: Kensington, MD & Washington, DC [defunct]. University Microfilms, Ann Arbor, MI 48106 (Index 53)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_4867

Attributes: AIR: Observer(s) on aircraft, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, SCR: Classic saucer/disk/sphere shaped UFO, CIG: Torpedo/cigar/cylinder shaped UFO, OBS: Observation/chasing vehicles, RAY: Odd light/searchlight/beam/laser-like, CMF: Camouflage/disguise

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “6”, Duration: “1”, Elev: “108”, HatchDesc: “nr DAWSON,GA:Pvt.PILOT:OVOID W/LIT PORTS+3 STRONG BEAMS ↓:VANISHES on approach”, LatLong: “31.750002 -84.483337”, LatLongDMS: “31:45:00 N 84:29:00 W”, Locale: “Metropolis”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Georgia”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 17788 (6FAF82E8)

Date: 2/1956
Location: Nr. Fishguard, S. Wales
Description: Test Pilot Chases Disc (NICAP: 11 - Aviation Cases, Code: A, Rating: 5)
Reference: NICAP: 5602XX
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_1917

Event 17789 (1B9CC30E)

Date: 2/1956
Description: USAF Capt. Edward J. Ruppelt writes that while he was assigned to the Air Technical Intelligence Center as director of Project Grudge at Wright-Patterson AFB in 1951, he saw a Top Secret Estimate of the Situation that stated UAP were “interplanetary” in origin created by the predecessor Project Sign in 1948. Ruppelt states the Estimate was rejected in 1948 by Gen. Hoyt S. Vandenberg and ordered for destruction. Ruppelt states a few copies survived and circulated within ATIC, but no declassified copies have ever been released to Congress or the public.

• https://archive.org/details/reportonunidenti00rupp/page/45/mode/1up (p45)

Reference: Anonymous 2023 PDF
Source: Anon2023PDF, ID: Anon2023PDF_68

Event 17790 (33CAC142)

Date: 2/1/1956
Time: 21:10
Location: MT. HAMILTON, CA
Description: UFO going quickly east / MACH 1+. Returns / 30 second(s). Circles San Jose. Going quickly NNW.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO’s a HISTORY-1956 (3 booklets) 1994 Self published. (Index 122)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_4868

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, MIL: Observer(s) military, NWS: News media report, 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: “USA”, Credibility: “6”, Duration: “2”, Elev: “1263”, HatchDesc: “Mt HAMILTON,CA:UFO >> E/MACH 1+:RETURNS/30sec:CIRCLES SAN JOSE:>>NNW”, LatLong: “37.344446 -121.666672”, LatLongDMS: “37:20:40 N 121:40:00 W”, Locale: “Mountains”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “California”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 17791 (53BF8303)

Date: 2/2/1956
Time: 13:00
Location: FORT IRWIN, CA
Description: Military observer(s). UFO north going quickly south. Thousands / MPH. Stops / ‘grid 3114’. Rumor = RADAR confirm.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO’s a HISTORY-1956 (3 booklets) 1994 Self published. (Index 122)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_4869

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

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “7”, Duration: “2”, Elev: “718”, HatchDesc: “FORT IRWIN,CA:MIL OBS:UFO N>>S:1000s/MPH:STOPS/‘GRID 3114’:RUMOR=RDR CONFIRM”, LatLong: “35.466668 -116.666672”, LatLongDMS: “35:28:00 N 116:40:00 W”, Locale: “Town & City”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “California”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 17792 (62CB82F9)

Date: 2/2/1956
Location: Camp Irwin, CA
Description: Radar Tracks Objects In Three Instances (NICAP: 01 - Distant Encounters, Code: D, Rating: 5, BB: BBU) (NICAP: 09 - RADAR Cases)
Reference: NICAP: 560202
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_1915

Event 17793 (BCE4C862)

Date: 2/2/1956
Location: 48.56956, 45.90346
Description: Nuclear test: Air, confirmed. Country: USSR Yield: .3KT
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_1056

Extra Data: LatLong: “48.56956, 45.90346”, LatLongDMS: “48:34:10 N 45:54:12 E”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, NukeCountry: “USSR”, NukeDepth: “0.00”, NukeSource: “RFAE”, NukeType: “NACS”, NukeY: “.3”

Event 17794 (5BEABBA8)

Date: 2/3/1956
Description: (Translated from French) Off the coast of New Zealand and the Fiji Islands, 5 unknown origin rockets were seen in the sky, a kind of submarine, a dark object, a strange ship without mast or chimney, then a violent explosion in the sky. (February 3-24)
Reference: rr0 - Beau
Source: rr0, ID: rr0_1647

Event 17795 (421B7074)

Date: 2/3/1956
Time: 19:30
Location: SOMERS POINT, NJ AND MORE/OTHERS
Description: 2+several. Luminous saucer hovers and darts to and fro going up and down. Dark hole / center. / r140#1p22.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO’s a HISTORY-1956 (3 booklets) 1994 Self published. (Index 613)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_4870

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: “30”, Elev: “8”, HatchDesc: “SOMERS POINT,NJ++:2+SVRL:LUM SCR HVRS+DARTS TO+FRO ↑+↓:DRK HOLE/CTR:/r140#1p22”, LatLong: “39.616669 -74.600004”, LatLongDMS: “39:37:00 N 74:36:00 W”, Locale: “Town & City”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “New Jersey”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 17796 (1926541E)

Date: 2/5/1956
Location: Kapustin Yar
Description: Soviet atomic bomb test R-5M. The RDS-4 comprised the warhead of the R-5M, the first medium-range ballistic missile in the world, which was tested with a live warhead for the first and only time on February 5, 1956.
Type: atomic
Reference: Wikipedia
Reference: Wikipedia
Source: Maj2, ID: Maj2_560
Atomic type: aboveground
Atomic KT: .3

Event 17797 (BF65D82D)

Date: 2/7/1956
Location: Coral Gables, FL
Description: Engineer Norman S. Bean gives a lecture to a discussion group in Coral Gables, FL
Type: lecture
Reference: NICAP
Source: Maj2, ID: Maj2_561

Event 17798 (D9F59187)

Date: 2/7/1956
Location: Biloxi (Keesler AFB), MS
Description: (McDonald list; FUFOR Index) (NICAP: 01 - Distant Encounters, BB: BBU)
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_1918

Event 17799 (66F3E7F5)

Date: 2/8/1956
Location: Miami, FL
Description: Miami News: Engineer Norman S. Bean gives a lecture on flying saucers
Type: lecture
Reference: NICAP
Source: Maj2, ID: Maj2_562

Event 17800 (414E505F)

Date: 2/8/1956
Location: ST. PETERSBURG, FL
Description: Silver-white UFO going quickly west. Back west going quickly east chased / jets. MacDill denies involve.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO’s a HISTORY-1956 (3 booklets) 1994 Self published. (Index 125)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_4871

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CST: Observer(s) in coastal area/just offshore, AIR: Observer(s) on aircraft, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, NWS: News media report, SCR: Classic saucer/disk/sphere shaped UFO, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), MIL: Military investigation, COV: Indication of coverup

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “7”, Duration: “3”, Elev: “13”, HatchDesc: “St.PETERSBURG,FL:SLVR-WHT UFO >> W:BACK W>>E CHASED/JETS:MacDILL DENIES INVOLV”, LatLong: “27.783335 -82.683337”, LatLongDMS: “27:47:00 N 82:41:00 W”, Locale: “Town & City”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Florida”, Strangeness: “7”

Event 17801 (D9A89B61)

Date: 2/9/1956
Description: (Translated from French) A memorandum titled “Responsibilities Related to Unidentified Flying Objects” assigns the ASD the archiving of files related to the subject. (February 9)
Reference: rr0 - Beau
Source: rr0, ID: rr0_1648

Event 17802 (1F681DB3)

Date: 2/9/1956
Time: 13:00
Location: CAMP IRWIN, CA
Description: 2 observer(s). Silent brilliant ovoid / grid 3114 going quickly [to] grid 4502. Hovers / 4mn. RADAR 21 February.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO’s a HISTORY-1956 (3 booklets) 1994 Self published. (Index 125)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_4872

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

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “7”, Duration: “5”, Elev: “718”, HatchDesc: “CAMP IRWIN,CA:2 OBS:SILENT BRILL.OVOID/GRID 3114>>GRID 4502:HVRS/4mn:RDR 21FEB”, LatLong: “35.466668 -116.683339”, LatLongDMS: “35:28:00 N 116:41:00 W”, Locale: “Town & City”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “California”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 17803 (CBB79747)

Date: 2/9/1956
Location: Redondo Beach, California
Description: 1:30 a.m. Patrolmen Marvin Poer and John Freeland see a ball of fire plunge behind the breakwater at Redondo Beach, California. It bobs on the water’s surface before sinking into 15 feet of water some 300 feet off the shore. Five county lifeguards row out to look for it and retrieve a US Army Signal Corps battery light that was dropped from an airplane.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: “Sea Cools Mystery of Hot Disk,” Los Angeles (Calif.) Mirror-News, February 9, 1956, p. 8; “Sea-Saucer or Searchlight?” CRIFO Orbit 2, no. 12 (March 2, 1956): 4
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_2794

Event 17804 (0FFA5355)

Date: 2/9/1956
Description: In a memo, “Responsibility for Unidentified Flying Objects,” the CIA’s Applied Science Division retains files for incoming raw reports that might provide information on foreign weapons R&D. Other (more significant?) reports are forwarded to the Fundamental Sciences Area for review of information on foreign science developments. Still others are to be destroyed.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: ClearIntent, pp. 135–136
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_2795

Event 17805 (242302CB)

Date: 2/10/1956
Location: COSTA MESA, CA
Description: 2 cops. 2 flame-color saucers hover / marine airbase. Away / plane nears. / r140#1+6.
Type: sighting
Reference: The APRO BULLETIN: Monthly. Jim & Coral Lorenzen: Tucson,AZ (USA. defunct) By volume and number. (Index 673)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_4873

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, VEH: Vehicle affected: Marks/damage/EME effects, BLD: Building/man-made structure/roads/power lines, OGA: Non-Covert Government Agencies

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “7”, Duration: “2”, Elev: “31”, HatchDesc: “COSTA MESA,CA:2 COPS:2 FLAME-CLR SCRS HVR/MARINE AB:AWAY/PLANE NEARS:/r140#1+6”, LatLong: “33.638890 -117.916672”, LatLongDMS: “33:38:20 N 117:55:00 W”, Locale: “Town & City”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “California”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 17806 (45C10D40)

Date: 2/10/1956
Description: On this night in Costa Mesa, California two flame-colored discs hovered over the Marine Corp Air Base for two minutes. They flew away when approached by a plane.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: APRO Bulletin, January-February 1956
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_795

Event 17807 (1AC4055B)

Date: 2/11/1956
Time: ~16:00
Location: BASTROP, LA
Description: 5 observer(s). 5 saucers emit “smoke-screen” and offload 500 disk-probes going quickly [to] all directions.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO’s a HISTORY-1956 (3 booklets) 1994 Self published. (Index 128)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_4874

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, CMF: Camouflage/disguise

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “8”, Duration: “45”, Elev: “38”, HatchDesc: “BASTROP,LA:5 OBS:5 SCRS EMIT “SMOKE-SCREEN”+OFFLOAD 500 DISK-PROBES>>ALL DIRs”, LatLong: “32.777779 -91.916671”, LatLongDMS: “32:46:40 N 91:55:00 W”, Locale: “Residential”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Louisiana”, Strangeness: “7”

Event 17808 (5DFC0EBC)

Date: 2/11/1956
Time: 19:20
Location: PACIFIC 131’30E-28’53N
Description: Military Air Transport Service (MATS, US) C124 crew. Amber pumpkin / 1000+knts / 7500M altitude. Going quickly southwest.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO’s a HISTORY-1956 (3 booklets) 1994 Self published. (Index 126)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_4875

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: “8”, Duration: “1”, Elev: “0”, HatchDesc: “PACIFIC 131’30E-28’53N:MATS C124 CREW:AMBER PUMPKIN/1000+knts/7500M alt:>>SW”, LatLong: “28.883335 131.500006”, LatLongDMS: “28:53:00 N 131:30:00 E”, Locale: “Metropolis”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “PHS”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 17809 (8AC1F32A)

Date: 2/11/1956
Location: Japan (S of), At Sea
Description: C-124 Encounters “Jack O’Lantern” At 1,000 Knots (NICAP: 11 - Aviation Cases, Code: A, Rating: 5, BB: BBU)
Reference: NICAP: 560211
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_1919

Event 17810 (FB248A96)

Date: 2/11/1956
Description: In Bastrop, Louisiana at 4:00 p.m. at least five silver disc-shaped objects emitted a “smoke screen,” darted rapidly, then ejected smaller satellite objects that dispersed in all directions." The duration of the sighting was 45 minutes.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: Civilian Saucer Intelligence–New York Newsletter, May 1956, citing a newspaper account
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_820

Event 17811 (A077A1B0)

Date: 2/12/1956
Description: (Translated from French) In Goose Bay (Labrador), Bowen, pilot of an F-89, and Crawford, radar observer, observe for 1 minute a red and green object quickly circling around their aircraft. They also see it on the radar. (February 12, 11:25 PM)
Reference: case Blue Book #3969 unsolved
Reference: rr0 - Beau
Source: rr0, ID: rr0_1649

Event 17812 (701B4803)

Date: 2/12/1956
Time: 23:20
Location: 38 MI SOUTHEAST / GOOSE BAY, NFL
Description: Project Bluebook Case #3969. 2 F89s RADAR-visual (observation). Also ground RADAR. Blip fades when neared.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO’s a HISTORY-1956 (3 booklets) 1994 Self published. (Index 141)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_4876

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, AIR: Observer(s) on aircraft, MIL: Observer(s) military, HQO: High-quality observer(s), SCR: Classic saucer/disk/sphere shaped UFO, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), RDR: Radar traces/blips, TCH: New technical details/clues, MIL: Military investigation, BBK: Project BLUEBOOK, CMF: Camouflage/disguise

Extra Data: Country: “Canada”, Credibility: “9”, Duration: “15”, Elev: “50”, HatchDesc: “38mi SE/GOOSE BAY,NFL:BBK#3969:2 F89s RDR-VIS:+GND RDR:BLIP FADES WHEN NEARED.”, LatLong: “53.000003 -60.166670”, LatLongDMS: “53:00:00 N 60:10:00 W”, Locale: “Metropolis”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Newfoundland”, Strangeness: “7”

Event 17813 (33B9D762)

Date: 2/12/1956
Location: Goose Bay, Labrador, CAN
Description: Green & Red Object Circles Jet, Tracked on Radar (BBU 3969) (NICAP: 09 - RADAR Cases, Code: R, Rating: 5, BB: 3969) (NICAP: 11 - Aviation Cases)
Reference: NICAP: 560212
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_1920

Event 17814 (1C9EE1BD)

Date: 2/12/1956
Time: 11:25 PM
Location: Goose Bay, Labrador, Canada
Description: Witnesses: F-89 pilot Bowen, radar observer Crawford. One green and red object rapidly circled the aircraft while being tracked on radar during 1 minute sighting. No further details.
Type: ufo sighting
Reference: BlueBook Unknowns PDF
Source: BerlinerBBUnknowns, ID: BerlinerBBU_399

Event 17815 (E6405185)

Date: 2/12/1956
Location: Goose Bay AFB [now CFB Goose Bay], Labrador
Description: 10:55 p.m. Two F-89D fighters flying at 20,000 feet, one crewed by pilot Bowen and radar observer Crawford, suddenly see a green and red object 40 miles southeast of Goose Bay AFB [now CFB Goose Bay], Labrador. It rapidly circles thir jet, and the other fighter tracks it on radar but cannot see it visually. About 15 minutes later, operators at Goose Bay paint a stationary target about 40 miles southwest of the base. The two pilots vectot toward the object and obtain radar contact, but it vanishes when they get within 8 miles.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Sparks, p. 233; Chris Rutkowski, Canada’s UFOs: Declassified, August Night, 2022, p. 262
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_2796

Event 17816 (E9A75D1E)

Date: 2/15/1956
Time: 20:40
Location: RIVERSIDE, CA
Description: Navy pilot. Plain brown cylinder/cigar-shape flies straight and level. No further details. / Jan Aldrich.
Type: sighting
Reference: WEINSTEIN, Dominique; UAP: 80 Years of Pilot Sightings Privately published. 7 avenue Bartholome. 75015 Paris, FRANCE. (Index 39)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_4877

Attributes: AIR: Observer(s) on aircraft, MIL: Observer(s) military, CIG: Torpedo/cigar/cylinder shaped UFO, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s)

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “7”, Duration: “1”, Elev: “259”, HatchDesc: “RIVERSIDE,CA:NAVY PILOT:PLAIN BROWN CGR FLIES S/L:NFD:/Jan Aldrich”, LatLong: “33.933335 -117.383339”, LatLongDMS: “33:56:00 N 117:23:00 W”, Locale: “Town & City”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “California”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 17817 (39019CB7)

Date: 2/15/1956
Time: 21:30
Location: KEANSBURG, NJ
Description: 6 observer(s). Large saucer hovers. Offloads 2 small saucers which follow large object away.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO’s a HISTORY-1956 (3 booklets) 1994 Self published. (Index 132)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_4878

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: “9”, Duration: “2”, Elev: “4”, HatchDesc: “KEANSBURG,NJ:6 OBS:LRG SCR HVRS:OFFLOADS 2 SML SCRS which FOLO LRG OBJ AWAY”, LatLong: “40.444446 -74.127781”, LatLongDMS: “40:26:40 N 74:07:40 W”, Locale: “Residential”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “New Jersey”, Strangeness: “7”

Event 17818 (7DE324B5)

Date: 2/15/1956
Location: Riverside, CA
Description: F9F Encounters Brown Cigar (NICAP: 11 - Aviation Cases, Code: A, Rating: 5, BB: BBU)
Reference: NICAP: 560215
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_1922

Event 17819 (2D84B561)

Date: 2/15/1956
Description: At 12:40 p.m. a brown cigar-shaped object was seen flying on a straight and level course over Riverside, California by a US Navy enlisted man named Taylor. The sighting lasted eight minutes.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: Dominique Weinstein, Aircraft UFO Encounters, p. 027
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_921

Event 17820 (392EF11D)

Date: 2/15/1956
Description: While a large luminous disc hovered over Keansburg, New Jersey in Monmouth County at 9:30 p.m. two small satellite objects were ejected from it and flew away.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: Alexander Mebane, Civilian Saucer Intelligence of New York Newsletter, May 1956, p. 4; Richard F. Haines, Project Delta: A Study of Multiple UFO, p. 185; Loren E. Gross, The Fifth Horseman of the Apocalypse: UFOs: A History. 1956: January-April, p. 32
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_922

Event 17821 (77BA2DC2)

Date: 2/17/1956
Description: (Translated from French) Echoes on radar at 3600 km/h on Orly, optical observations, and communication jamming. (February 17th, 11 PM)
Reference: rr0 - Beau
Source: rr0, ID: rr0_1650

Event 17822 (C3274E4D)

Date: 2/17/1956
Time: 16:00
Location: ANDERSON, SC
Description: 10000 frantic birds going quickly north. Some die. Silver wheel according to separate observer(s) / south.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO’s a HISTORY-1956 (3 booklets) 1994 Self published. (Index 617)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_4879

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, INJ: Injuries, illness/death, mutilations

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “6”, Duration: “10”, Elev: “235”, HatchDesc: “ANDERSON,SC:10000 FRANTIC BIRDS >>N:SOME DIE:SLVR WHEEL PER SEP.OBS/SOUTH”, LatLong: “34.516668 -82.650004”, LatLongDMS: “34:31:00 N 82:39:00 W”, Locale: “Farmlands”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “South Carolina”, Strangeness: “7”

Event 17823 (D27A8437)

Date: 2/17/1956
Time: 22:50
Location: ORLY AIRPORT/APARTMENT, FR
Description: Large RADAR blip / 4 hours. 2250mph. Vague shape / lights / airliner. / LDLN#132p26.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO’s a HISTORY-1956 (3 booklets) 1994 Self published. (Index 618)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_4880

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

Extra Data: Country: “France”, Credibility: “10”, Duration: “240”, HatchDesc: “ORLY Apt,FR:LRG RDR BLIP/4hrs:2250mph:VAGUE SHAPE/LITES/AIRLINER:/LDLN#132p26”, LatLong: “48.750002 2.400000”, LatLongDMS: “48:45:00 N 02:24:00 E”, Locale: “Town & City”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Paris”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 17824 (81083768)

Date: 2/17/1956
Location: Paris, France
Description: Paris, France, G,V (NICAP: 09 - RADAR Cases, Rating: 5)
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_1923

Event 17825 (BC89D671)

Date: 2/17/1956
Locations: Orly Airport, Paris, France; Gometz-le-Châtel, Seine et Oise; Les Mureaux military base, Yvelines
Description: 10:50 p.m. Air traffic controllers at Orly Airport, Paris, France, see a target appear on their radar screens that is twice the size of a conventional aircraft. It cruises around, hovers, and accelerates at fantastic speeds, and is tracked for a total of 4 hours. When it first appears on radar it is directly above Gometz-le-Châtel, Seine et Oise, and 30 seconds later it is 19 miles away, having moved at nearly 2,500 mph. A second, smaller target appears, identified as an Air France DC-3 airliner flying over the Les Mureaux military base, Yvelines, at 4,500 feet (800 feet lower than the UFO). Orly radios the pilot to alert him to the unidentified target. Radio Officer Beaupertuis sees the object through a window on the starboard side of the plane—enormous in size, indistinct in outline, and lit in some areas with a red glow. Capt. Michel Desavoye confirms the sighting, saying he and the crew watch the object for 30 seconds and are certain it is no civil airliner. The sighting duration is nearly 3 hours.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: NICAP, “Large UFO Tracked on Ground Radar”; “A Saucer Shows Up over Paris and Creates a Stir in a Radar Room and a Cockpit,” Flying Saucer Review 2, no. 2 (March/April 1956): 3; Patrick Gross, “Orly Airport, France, February 1956”
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_2797

Event 17826 (5204AB32)

Date: 2/17/1956
Description: Multiple radar sets at Orly Airport, Paris, France tracked an unknown blip for four hours beginning at 10:50 p.m. It was twice the size of and airliner, and made 2,000 mph bursts of speed. A visual sighting of the object was briefly made by a pilot landing at the airfield.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: Alexander Mebane, Civilian Saucer Intelligence-NY Newsletter, February 1956, p. 6; Dominique Weinstein, Aircraft UFO Encounters, p. 17; Jimmy Guieu, Flying Saucers Come from Another World, p. 260
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_959

Event 17827 (EDCACB05)

Date: 2/17/1956
Description: In Anderson, South Carolina at 4:15 p.m. several thousand frantic birds took off and flew off >S, some died in the process. A silvery wheel-shaped UFO was sighted by a separate witness.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: Anderson (SC) Independent, February 21, 1956; Leonard H. Stringfield, CRIFO Orbit, April 3, 1956
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_960

Event 17828 (167C349C)

Date: 2/18/1956
Location: Montelimar Airdrome (N of), France
Description: A round dot change color every 30 secs from white to red to green (NICAP: 01 - Distant Encounters, BB: BBU)
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_1924

Event 17829 (7D07B5E3)

Date: 2/18/1956
Location: Orly Airport, Paris, France
Description: Light red blinking light flying erratically, tracked by ground radar (NICAP: 09 - RADAR Cases, Code: R, Rating: 5, BB: BBU)
Reference: NICAP: 560218
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_1925

Event 17830 (9F3898E1)

Date: 2/18/1956
Description: Stringfield receives a letter from Lord Hugh Dowding that says he doesn’t think there is an official “British attitude to UFOs.”
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Stringfield, Situation Red, Fawcett Crest, 1977, p. 165
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_2798

Event 17831 (735AB897)

Date: 2/18/1956
Description: At 8:30 p.m. a golden colored disc-shaped UFO with haze around it circled slowly over the treetops in Atlantic City, New Jersey. It then darted into the air and out of sight.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: newspaper clipping
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_979

Event 17832 (E5849F72)

Date: 2/19/1956
Description: (Translated from French) In Houston (Texas), the crew of an Eastern Airlines Super Constellation sees an intense white light moving 4 to 5 times faster than their aircraft. It is avoided by the pilot. (February 19, 6:07 AM)
Reference: case Blue Book # 3977 unsolved
Reference: rr0 - Beau
Source: rr0, ID: rr0_1651

Event 17833 (A0E06002)

Date: 2/19/1956
Time: 06:10
Location: NEAR HOUSTON, TX
Description: Project Bluebook Case #3977. Unidentified. Airline crew. Intense white night light buzzes and paces / 28 minute(s).
Type: sighting
Reference: BERLINER, DON: The BLUEBOOK UNKNOWNS; (FUFOR). (Index 25)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_4881

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

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “8”, Duration: “28”, Elev: “2”, HatchDesc: “nr HOUSTON,TX:BBK#3977:UID:AIRLINE CREW:INTENSE WHT NLT BUZZES+PACES/28min”, LatLong: “29.766668 -95.383338”, LatLongDMS: “29:46:00 N 95:23:00 W”, Locale: “Metropolis”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Texas”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 17834 (805C1CD2)

Date: 2/19/1956
Location: Houston, TX
Description: Object Evades Crew of Airliner (NICAP: 11 - Aviation Cases, Code: A, Rating: 5, BB: 3977)
Reference: NICAP: 560219
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_1926

Event 17835 (1E97FC80)

Date: 2/19/1956
Time: 6:07 AM
Location: Houston, Texas
Description: Witnesses: crew of Eastern Airlines Super Constellation. One intense white light, moving 4-5 times the speed of the airplane, was evaded by the pilot.
Type: ufo sighting
Reference: BlueBook Unknowns PDF
Source: BerlinerBBUnknowns, ID: BerlinerBBU_400

Event 17836 (359AE3E2)

Date: 2/19/1956
Description: An Eastern Airlines flight crew reported that a white nocturnal light buzzed their plane over Houston, Texas at 6:07 p.m., and then paced them for 28 minutes. A Project Blue Book unknown.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: Project Blue Book “unidentified” case #3977; Robert Gribble, MUFON UFO Journal, February 1992, p. 15; Don Berliner, Project Blue Book Unknowns, p. 25
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_994

Event 17837 (87971CDE)

Date: 2/21/1956
Time: 09:20
Location: NEAR KINGSVILLE, ON
Description: 1 / plane. Flash. Swarm / objects pace airliner. Duck / clouds and return.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO’s a HISTORY-1956 (3 booklets) 1994 Self published. (Index 620)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_4882

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), OBS: Observation/chasing vehicles, VEH: Vehicle affected: Marks/damage/EME effects, CMF: Camouflage/disguise

Extra Data: Country: “Canada”, Credibility: “6”, Duration: “3”, Elev: “183”, HatchDesc: “nr KINGSVILLE,ON:1/PLANE:FLASH:SWARM/OBJS PACE AIRLINER:DUCK/CLOUDS+RETURN”, LatLong: “42.000002 -82.500004”, LatLongDMS: “42:00:00 N 82:30:00 W”, Locale: “Metropolis”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Ontario”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 17838 (0861851F)

Date: 2/22/1956
Time: 15:00
Location: EAST ROCKAWAY, LI, NY
Description: 1 observer. Slanting line near airliner = saucer tilting. Air Force uninterested.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO’s a HISTORY-1956 (3 booklets) 1994 Self published. (Index 142)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_4883

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

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “6”, Duration: “1”, Elev: “43”, HatchDesc: “E.ROCKAWAY,LI,NY:1 OBS:SLANTING LINE nr AIRLINER=SCR TILTING:AF UNINTERESTED”, LatLong: “40.633335 -73.177781”, LatLongDMS: “40:38:00 N 73:10:40 W”, Locale: “Residential”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “New York”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 17839 (527F77D9)

Date: 2/23/1956
Location: SUN
Description: (Translated from French) Spectacular solar eruption today.
Reference: Mini catalogue chronologique des observations OVNI, by Godelieve Van Overmeire
Source: Overmeire, ID: Overmeire_2010

Event 17840 (6B87C057)

Date: 2/23/1956
Time: 15:00?
Location: BROOKLYN, NY
Description: Army Sgt. Glowing-saucer rumbles. Trails smoke. Circles airport/apartment. Going quickly northwest. / r140#6p21.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO’s a HISTORY-1956 (3 booklets) 1994 Self published. (Index 142)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_4884

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), OBS: Observation/chasing vehicles, 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: “6”, Duration: “30”, Elev: “15”, HatchDesc: “BROOKLYN,NY:ARMY SGT:GLOW-SCR RUMBLES:TRAILS SMOKE:CCLS APT:>>NW:/r140#6p21”, LatLong: “40.650002 -73.966670”, LatLongDMS: “40:39:00 N 73:58:00 W”, Locale: “Metropolis”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “New York”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 17841 (6D86C5A1)

Date: 2/23/1956 (approximate)
Time: 20:00
Location: NEAR LAMORICIERE, ALG
Description: Fr. soldiers. Huge UFO hovers and flashes / 3 hours. Ring / portholes.
Type: sighting
Reference: LDLN CONTACT LECTEURS: by Series and #. May’68 -JAN’72 (Entire set of 18 issues) LDLN local chapters & individual members’ UFO reports. (Index 52)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_4885

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

Extra Data: Country: “Algeria”, Credibility: “8”, Duration: “180”, HatchDesc: “nr LAMORICIERE,ALG:FR.SOLDIERS:HUGE UFO HVRS+FLASHES/3hrs:RING/PORTHOLES:”, LatLong: “34.866668 -1.016667”, LatLongDMS: “34:52:00 N 01:01:00 W”, Locale: “Desert”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “ORA”, Strangeness: “7”

Event 17842 (DD2BFC1D)

Date: 2/23/1956
Description: In the middle of the afternoon, a blue luminous disc-shaped object was watched by an Army Sergeant for 15 minutes in the Bushwick neighborhood of Brooklyn, New York. It made a loud rumbling noise, and left behind a white trail of smoke. That evening several French soldiers near Lamoriciere, Algeria watched a huge UFO hover and flash for three hours. It had a ring of portholes.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: (1) Loren E. Gross, The Fifth Horseman of the Apocalypse: UFOs: A History. 1956: January-April, p. 42; Alexander Mebane, Civilian Saucer Intelligence of New York Newsletter, February 1956, p. 6; (2) Larry Hatch, U computer database, case 4935, citing LDLN Lecteurs
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_1061

Event 17843 (B604B65E)

Date: 2/25/1956
Description: The Special Weapons Study Unit of Aviation Studies International, Ltd. delivers an examination of electrogravitics systems (the link between electromagnetism and gravity to produce antigravity) to Wright-Patterson Air Force Base. The report refers to a Project Winterhaven that suggested a “saucer” could create a local gravitational field and serve as a USAF interceptor with Mach 3 capability. It was declassified in 1995. Winterhaven was allegedly based on the designs of Thomas Townsend Brown.

It states Glenn Martin Co. (see 20 November 1955) could be achieved in six years but it would need a “Manhattan Project” environment to achieve it; Clarke Electronics, General Electric, Bell Labs, Convair, Lear Inc., Sperry-Rand, Curtiss-Wright, Lockheed, Boeing and North American are all mentioned as working on antigravity “rigs.”

• https://www.cufon.org/cufon/elecgrav.htm

Reference: Anonymous 2023 PDF
Source: Anon2023PDF, ID: Anon2023PDF_69

Event 17844 (E4160EE0)

Date: 2/29/1956
Time: ~06:00
Location: DONELSON, TN
Description: 2 / home. 12-inch metal disk going [to] past window. Bang! hits garage and flies away.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO’s a HISTORY-1956 (3 booklets) 1994 Self published. (Index 621)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_4886

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), BLD: Build

[c0mmando]

ing/man-made structure/roads/power lines, TCH: New technical details/clues

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “7”, Duration: “1”, Elev: “169”, HatchDesc: “DONELSON,TN:2/HOME:12-INCH MTL DISK >PAST WINDOW:BANG! HITS GARAGE+FLIES AWAY”, LatLong: “36.161113 -86.672226”, LatLongDMS: “36:09:40 N 86:40:20 W”, Locale: “Residential”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, RelAlt: “3”, State/Prov: “Tennessee”, Strangeness: “7”

Event 17845 (6B3D0E7A)

Date: 2/29/1956
Description: At 6:00 a.m. two witnesses in Donelson, Tennessee (a neighborhood of Nashville) watched in astonishment as a 12 inch wide metallic disc flew past their window, banged into a garage, and then flew away.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: Larry Hatch, U computer database, case # 4936; Loren E. Gross, The Fifth Horseman of the Apocalypse: UFOs: A History. 1956 (volume 6), p. 21
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_1187

Event 17846 (FC4045A5)

Date: 3/1956
Location: USA, unspecified
Description: (Translated from French) (cf: June 1946, High Bridge) Starting in March 1956, Howard Menger took care of welcoming the extraterrestrials who were to stay on Earth: their hair had to be cut, they had to be provided with clothes and informed about Earth customs. They brought their own dried food and mainly ate fruits, vegetables and whole wheat bread. They had previously learned the language of the country they were going to live in, thanks to an impressive linguistic transformer-converter, both visually and audibly, to their brain cells. Through this system they could assimilate 3 languages in one week.
Reference: Jean-Francis CROLARD: “The Enigma of the E.T.” - ed. Guy Trédaniel 1995, p. 146
Reference: following July 4th 1956
Reference: Mini catalogue chronologique des observations OVNI, by Godelieve Van Overmeire
Source: Overmeire, ID: Overmeire_2011

Event 17847 (F1E20B4A)

Date: 3/1956
Location: USA, near Holloman Air Force Base.
Description: (Translated from French) Around 3 o’clock in the night Major Cunningham of the USAF and Sgt. Lovette were outside in a sand dune field, looking for debris after a missile test. At a certain moment Sgt. Lovette was behind a dune and out of sight when Major Cunningham heard him scream, a scream of terror or agony. Cunningham thought Lovette had been bitten by a snake and running towards the scream, he saw Lovette being carried away in what appeared to him to be a silver disc, hovering 3 to 5 meters in the air. Major Cunningham described what appeared to him as a long object, like a flexible tube, wound around Lovette’s legs and carrying him away in the disc. Cunningham watched helplessly as the disc quickly disappeared into the sky. He ran to the jeep and reported the incident by radio to Missile Control, who confirmed a radar echo. A search party was organized to find Lovette and Cunningham was admitted to the White Sands dispensary for observation. The search for Lovette lasted three days, and eventually his naked body was found 10 miles from the disappearance site. The body was mutilated: tongue excised, incision under the chin extended to the larynx and esophagus. He was emasculated and enucleated, the anus was excised and part of the colon. Completely exsanguinated corpse. Nearby were birds of prey, which no doubt had been fighting over the corpse, dead themselves. Death apparently dated back two days. At first Cunningham was suspected of having killed Lovette, but then he was acquitted.
Reference: prepared and reported by John Lear - USA
Reference: Mini catalogue chronologique des observations OVNI, by Godelieve Van Overmeire
Source: Overmeire, ID: Overmeire_2012

Event 17848 (A7F5555D)

Date: 3/1956
Locations: MIT; Wright-Patterson AFB
Description: Mechanix Illustrated publishes a story on the Avro Canada MX-1794 (Y-2, or Silver Bug) vertical take-off gyroplane under development by the US Air Force. The cover proclaims, “U.S. Air Force Reveals Our Flying Saucer.” Through 1958, Avro spends $2.5 million and the USAF $5.4 million funding the project. Numerous models are built, and wind-tunnel testing is undertaken at MIT and Wright-Patterson AFB. The design includes eight Armstrong Siddeley Viper turbojet engines, a very large center rotor/impeller with Lundstrom compressor turbines, with the cockpit mounted in the top center. Control is achieved through eight small exhausts at the outer edge, directed either through the top or bottom, in addition to the main turbine exhaust through the bottom center of the craft. A multiengine test rig is built and tested in 1956, resulting in powerful thrust, a great deal of noise, and vibrations. In 1957, the USAF provides additional funding to extend the project, by then highly classified and designated as Weapon System 606A. The concept developed is for a circular-winged, supersonic aircraft. Over 1,000 hours of wind-tunnel testing are performed. Drawings developed by Avro show an aircraft that appears to be a merging of a flying saucer with more conventional fuselage shapes—a tailless aircraft with circular wings.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Wikipedia, “Avro Canada”; Willy Ley, “How the Flying Saucer Works,” Mechanix Illustrated 52 (March 1956): 78–81; Good Need, p. 215; Charles Mandel, “A Saucer from Mars? Nope, Canada,” Wired, July 5, 2001
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_2799

Event 17849 (444DD66C)

Date: 3/3/1956
Location: US
Description: Science fiction movie “Forbidden Planet” is released
Type: movie
Reference: Wikipedia
Source: Maj2, ID: Maj2_563

Event 17850 (FB001A82)

Date: 3/3/1956
Time: 19:20
Location: FREDERICK, OK
Description: Civil observer(s). 12 lights / semicircle going quickly north. 600m altitude. Level course. Seen 3 second(s).
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO’s a HISTORY-1956 (3 booklets) 1994 Self published. (Index 146)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_4887

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, MID: Likely mis-identification, 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: “383”, HatchDesc: “FREDERICK,OK:CIV OBS:12 LITES/SEMICIRCLE>>N:600m alt:LEVEL COURSE:SEEN 3sec”, LatLong: “34.383335 -99.016671”, LatLongDMS: “34:23:00 N 99:01:00 W”, Locale: “Town & City”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, RelAlt: “600”, State/Prov: “Oklahoma”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 17851 (9A3D064E)

Date: 3/3/1956
Location: Spokane, WA
Description: (McDonald list; FUFOR Index) (NICAP: 01 - Distant Encounters, BB: BBU)
Reference: NICAP: 560303
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_1927

Event 17852 (55DFC319)

Date: 3/3/1956
Location: Spokane, WA
Description: 4:40 PM PST, (04/0040Z) 1st Lt. Donald A. Stoner flying an F-86D at 22,000 feet on an air defense mission saw a target on his radar that moved up the scope rapidly and faded. (NICAP: 09 - RADAR Cases, Code: R, Rating: 5, BB: BBU)
Reference: NICAP: 560303
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_1928

Event 17853 (0DD16FC4)

Date: 3/4/1956
Time: 10:00?
Location: NEAR LA GUAIRA, VNZL
Description: Several / car. 3M metallic blimp with 3+windows slow over hills. Silent.
Type: sighting
Reference: The APRO BULLETIN: Monthly. Jim & Coral Lorenzen: Tucson,AZ (USA. defunct) By volume and number. (Index 679)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_4888

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

Extra Data: Country: “Venezuela”, Credibility: “8”, Duration: “2”, Elev: “720”, HatchDesc: “nr La GUAIRA,VNZL:SVRL/CAR:3M MTLC BLIMP W/3+WINDOWS SLOW ovr HILLS:SLNT”, LatLong: “10.583334 -66.916670”, LatLongDMS: “10:35:00 N 66:55:00 W”, Locale: “Mountains”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “CRC”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 17854 (CDA33B2A)

Date: 3/4/1956
Description: In 1956 a 3-meter long metallic blimp with 3 or more windows was sighted in La Guaira, Venezuela at about 10 o’clock in the morning. It flew over the hills silently and slowly.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: APRO Bulletin
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_1290

Event 17855 (2CF5028D)

Date: 3/5/1956
Time: 00:20
Location: WASHINGTON, DC
Description: Ground Observer Corps (GOC) observer(s). Bright wheel / light spins. Erratic. Bobs going up and down [to] as jets circle.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO’s a HISTORY-1956 (3 booklets) 1994 Self published. (Index 145)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_4889

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: “10”, Elev: “9”, HatchDesc: “WASHINGTON,DC:GOC OBS:BRITE WHEEL/LITE SPINS:ERRATIC:BOBS ↑+↓ AS JETS CIRCLE”, LatLong: “38.933335 -77.050004”, LatLongDMS: “38:56:00 N 77:03:00 W”, Locale: “Metropolis”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “WDC”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 17856 (458708B3)

Date: 3/5/1956
Location: Honolulu, HI
Description: UFO formation photographed. (UFOE, VIII) (NICAP: 08 - Photographic Cases)
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_1929

Event 17857 (0769ED6A)

Date: 3/10/1956
Location: Chichester, England
Description: British pilot Peter Twiss reaches an official airspeed of 1,132 mph in a Fairey Delta 2 over Chichester, England.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Wikipedia, “Peter Twiss”
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_2800

Event 17858 (8700B4A4)

Date: 3/13/1956
Time: 03:00
Location: BARQUISIMETO AND CARORA, VNZ
Description: 17+observer(s). Violet saucer / several passes / town. Photographs. / APRO JLY’56.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO’s a HISTORY-1956 (3 booklets) 1994 Self published. (Index 152)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_4890

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, MIL: Military investigation, BBK: Project BLUEBOOK

Extra Data: Country: “Venezuela”, Credibility: “10”, Duration: “30”, Elev: “584”, HatchDesc: “BARQUISIMETO+CARORA,VNZ:17+OBS:VIOLET SCR/SVRL PASSES/TOWN:FOTOs:/APRO JLY’56”, LatLong: “10.066667 -69.300003”, LatLongDMS: “10:04:00 N 69:18:00 W”, Locale: “Town & City”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “LRA”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 17859 (2A0905A8)

Date: 3/13/1956
Time: 09:30
Location: PONTA GROSSA, BRZ
Description: Hundreds / observer(s). Silent silver disk going quickly west. Wild maneuvers. Away with bang!
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO’s a HISTORY-1956 (3 booklets) 1994 Self published. (Index 622)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_4891

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: “Brazil”, Credibility: “11”, Duration: “60”, Elev: “913”, HatchDesc: “PONTA GROSSA,BRZ:100s/OBS:SLNT SLVR DISK >>W:WILD MNVRS:AWAY w/BANG!”, LatLong: “-25.083335 -50.150002”, LatLongDMS: “25:05:00 S 50:09:00 W”, Locale: “Town & City”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “PRN”, Strangeness: “7”

Event 17860 (B550390B)

Date: 3/13/1956
Description: At 3:00 a.m. a violet colored saucer-shaped object made several passes over the city of Barquismeto, Venezuela. There were more than 17 witnesses who reported the event.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: Loren E. Gross, The Fifth Horseman of the Apocalypse: UFOs: A History. 1956: January-April, p. 52
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_1448

Event 17861 (A5100862)

Date: 3/13/1956
Description: At 9:30 a.m. a silent, silver colored disc flew over Ponta Grossa, Brazil and off to the west, making wild maneuvers in the sky. It flew away with a bang.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: Larry Hatch, U computer database, case 4941, citing Loren E. Gross, UFOs: A History. 1956 Supplement, p. 22
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_1449

Event 17862 (76E2B8A1)

Date: 3/15/1956
Time: 12:00?
Location: LA PUNA REGN, ARG
Description: Several cigars / amazing maneuvers. Wingless and silent. Photos taken not shown.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO’s a HISTORY-1956 (3 booklets) 1994 Self published. (Index 623)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_4892

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), PHT: Photos/movies/videos taken

Extra Data: Country: “Argentina”, Credibility: “10”, Duration: “15”, Elev: “3500”, HatchDesc: “LA PUNA REGN,ARG:SVRL CGRS/AMAZING MNVRS:WINGLESS+SLNT:PHOTOS TAKEN not shown”, LatLong: “-24.166668 -65.333336”, LatLongDMS: “24:10:00 S 65:20:00 W”, Locale: “Mountains”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Juhuy”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 17863 (3967ADC8)

Date: 3/16/1956
Time: 14:20
Location: GABLINGEN AIRFIELD, GERM
Description: Glitter-globular hovers. Turns. Shoots upward / amazing speed.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO’s a HISTORY-1956 (3 booklets) 1994 Self published. (Index 624)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_4893

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, 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), OBS: Observation/chasing vehicles, HUM: Humans affected: Injury/burns/marks/abduction/death, VEH: Vehicle affected: Marks/damage/EME effects, BLD: Building/man-made structure/roads/power lines

Extra Data: Country: “Germany”, Credibility: “7”, Duration: “1”, HatchDesc: “GABLINGEN AIRFIELD,GERM:GLITTER-GLOB HVRS:TURNS:SHOOTS UPWARD/AMAZING SPEED”, LatLong: “48.450002 10.816667”, LatLongDMS: “48:27:00 N 10:49:00 E”, Locale: “Town & City”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Bavaria”, Strangeness: “7”

Event 17864 (79920156)

Date: 3/16/1956
Location: 50.4375 77.814167
Description: Nuclear test: Air, confirmed. Country: USSR Yield: 14KT
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_1057

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: “14”

Event 17865 (408A8324)

Date: 3/16/1956
Description: Stringfield receives a letter from Gen. John A. Samford that ends his affiliation with ADC.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Stringfield, Situation Red, Fawcett Crest, 1977, p. 14
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_2801

Event 17866 (1A4B63EC)

Date: 3/20/1956
Location: WASHINGTON, DC
Description: 3 silver-white saucers over capitol. Tilt. Wobble. Move up and down. / NICAP.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO’s a HISTORY-1956 (3 booklets) 1994 Self published. (Index 153)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_4894

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: “5”, Elev: “9”, HatchDesc: “WASHINGTON,DC:3 SLVR-WHT SCRS OVR CAPITOL:TILT:WOBBLE:MOVE UP+DOWN:/NICAP”, LatLong: “38.933335 -77.000004”, LatLongDMS: “38:56:00 N 77:00:00 W”, Locale: “Metropolis”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “WDC”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 17867 (500FED83)

Date: Spring 1956
Location: YWCA in Washington, D.C.
Description: The Flying Saucer Discussion Group begins meeting on a more-or-less monthly basis at the YWCA in Washington, D.C. It is begun by Mrs. Walton C. “Clara” John, the publisher of a mimeographed zine called The Little Listening Post, which often covers UFOs.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: “‘Toward a Broader Understanding…’: The Story of How NICAP Began,” UFO Investigator, October 1971, p. 2
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_2802

Event 17868 (1FDAE80C)

Date: 3/22/1956
Time: ~18:00
Location: OFF COOEE, TASMANIA
Description: Several observer(s). Cylinder/cigar-shape going quickly east. Row / windows on side. 1200M altitude?
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO’s a HISTORY-1956 (3 booklets) 1994 Self published. (Index 624)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_4895

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

Extra Data: Country: “Australia”, Credibility: “8”, Duration: “1”, Elev: “0”, HatchDesc: “off COOEE,TASMANIA:SVRL OBS:CGR >>E:ROW/WINDOWS ON SIDE:1200M alt?:”, LatLong: “-41.000002 145.866674”, LatLongDMS: “41:00:00 S 145:52:00 E”, Locale: “Offshore”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, RelAlt: “1200”, State/Prov: “TSM”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 17869 (34554805)

Date: 3/23/1956
Time: 03:00
Location: GRAND LEDGE, MI
Description: 1.5m globe 3m away. “Tries to contact ME-lost all sense / time”.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO’s a HISTORY-1956 (3 booklets) 1994 Self published. (Index 153)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_4896

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, TLP: Telepathy, NWS: News media report, ODD: Atypical/Forteana/paranormal, PRB: Probe: Possibly remote controlled, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), MST: Missing time or time anomaly, SIG: Signals/responses to/from/between UFO’s/occupants/observers

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “6”, Duration: “30”, Elev: “257”, HatchDesc: “GRAND LEDGE,MI:1.5m GLOBE 3m AWAY:“TRIES TO CONTACT ME-LOST ALL SENSE/TIME””, LatLong: “42.755558 -84.744448”, LatLongDMS: “42:45:20 N 84:44:40 W”, Locale: “Town & City”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, RelAlt: “3”, State/Prov: “Michigan”, Strangeness: “8”

Event 17870 (B3B796C3)

Date: 3/23/1956
Location: Goose Bay AFB, Labrador, CA
Description: Object Trailing Sparks Observed By Aircrew (NICAP: 11 - Aviation Cases, Code: A, Rating: 5)
Reference: NICAP: 560323
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_1930

Event 17871 (947ECFA4)

Date: 3/23/1956
Description: While walking along the river bank in Grand Ledge, Michigan at three o’clock in the morning a 27-year-old lab technician named Bassett “felt the presence of something” and looked up. He saw a rapidly descending metallic sphere that gave off an orange glow, then stopped just ten feet away and only four feet above the ground. It made no sound. He “lost all track of time” and felt the UFO had tried to make contact with him. There was possible missing time associated with this case.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: Jerome Clark, The Anomalist, April 2000, p. 21, citing the Lansing State Journal, March 23, 1956
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_1621

Event 17872 (2CD8FE3A)

Date: 3/25/1956
Location: 50.4375 77.814167
Description: Nuclear test: Air, confirmed. Country: USSR Yield: 5.5KT
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_1058

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: “5.5”

Event 17873 (D6FA614A)

Date: 3/26/1956
Time: 21:20
Location: WESTOVER AIR FORCE BASE, MASS
Description: Jets chase 130’ saucer. Possible gun-footage / landing lights. Glows.
Type: sighting
Reference: KEHOE, Maj Donald: FLYING SAUCERS TOP SECRET; NICAP and G.P. Putnam’s Sons, NY 1960 HB. (Index 78)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_4897

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

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “7”, Duration: “15”, Elev: “75”, HatchDesc: “WESTOVER AFB,MASS:JETS CHASE 130’SCR:POSSBL.GUN-FOOTAGE/LANDING LITES:GLOWS”, LatLong: “42.183335 -72.533337”, LatLongDMS: “42:11:00 N 72:32:00 W”, Locale: “Town & City”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Massachusetts”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 17874 (19C49A21)

Date: 3/26/1956
Location: Westover AFB, MA
Description: At 9:17 PM. A strange blip appeared on Westover tower radar scopes. Jets were quickly scrambled, then vectored toward the circling UFO. (NICAP: 09 - RADAR Cases, Code: R, Rating: 5)
Reference: NICAP: 560326
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_1931

Event 17875 (84FFE473)

Date: 3/27/1956
Time: 10:30
Location: LELAND AND EMPIRE, MI
Description: Many reports / night lights. Seen / (seen thru) binoculars = mushroom with red stalk and white top.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO’s a HISTORY-1956 (3 booklets) 1994 Self published. (Index 157)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_4898

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: “30”, Elev: “183”, HatchDesc: “LELAND+EMPIRE,MI:MANY REPORTS/NLTS:SEEN/BINOCS=MUSHROOM W/RED STALK+WHT TOP”, LatLong: “45.022224 -85.761115”, LatLongDMS: “45:01:20 N 85:45:40 W”, Locale: “Farmlands”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Michigan”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 17876 (0C8F7646)

Date: 3/31/1956
Time: ~21:00
Location: MIAMI, FL
Description: 2+5 kids. 3 round silent night lights. Erratic maneuvers. Going south. Turn going east. Turn going quickly north and gone.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO’s a HISTORY-1956 (3 booklets) 1994 Self published. (Index 157)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_4899

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: “USA”, Credibility: “9”, Duration: “1”, Elev: “3”, HatchDesc: “MIAMI,FL:2+5 KIDS:3 RND SLNT NLTS:ERRATIC MNVRS:> S:TURN> E:TURN>>N+GONE”, LatLong: “25.800001 -80.172226”, LatLongDMS: “25:48:00 N 80:10:20 W”, Locale: “Residential”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Florida”, Strangeness: “5”

Event 17877 (2AC838FD)

Date: 3/31/1956
Description: Three round lights moved erratically and silently over Miami, Florida at 9:00 p.m. in a perfect equilateral triangle formation.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: Loren Gross, The Fifth Horseman of the Apocalypse: UFOs: A History - 1956: January-April, p. 57; Richard Haines, Project Delta: A Study of Multiple UFO, p. 185
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_1760

Event 17878 (A1B9D7A9)

Date: 4/1956 (approximate)
Location: BRAZIL, Sao Sebastiao
Description: (Translated from French) Professor Joao de Freitas Guimaraes was walking along the bay between 7:10 and 7:15 PM and had sat down on the sand. Suddenly the water became clearer in the strait between Bela Island and Sao Sebastiao, then a jet of water rose up and he saw a round craft heading towards the bay. There it dropped an anchor made of a rope with spheres. Two men jumped out of the craft and came towards him. They had the appearance of human beings. They were quite tall (1.75m), fair-skinned, with long hair, wearing a one-piece green suit. They had light eyes and a sharp gaze. (…) So he got on board. The conversation was held telepathically. (…) When he returned, his watch had stopped, but he thought the journey had lasted 30 or 40 minutes. (Perrin Jack R. “The Mystery of UFOs” - J’ai Lu/Pygmalion 1976 pp. 59-65) Joao Freitas de Guimaraes is a professor of Law at the Catholic University of Santos. In May 1956 he was in Sao Sebastian, called for a military justice case. (…) they had long blond hair, fair skin, thin eyebrows and clear, calm eyes. Their green suit covered their feet and hands. The professor asked them if they had a breakdown in the machine: no answer. He repeated his question in French, English and Italian, with no more success. He had the impression that they wanted to show him around the machine and he followed them. On board there was a third person. [followed by a similar sequence as in Perrin, with telepathic conversation and warning against atomic dangers] (1956, April or May (approximate date))
Reference: Mitarbeiter, “Ufo Geheimnisse”, Berlin, January 1998
Reference: Mini catalogue chronologique des observations OVNI, by Godelieve Van Overmeire
Source: Overmeire, ID: Overmeire_2014

Event 17879 (CF95D1D4)

Date: 4/1956
Location: AREQUIPA, PERU
Description: Several separate observer(s). Silver cylinder/cigar-shape going quickly south. Hovers downtown / 3 minute(s). Exits going quickly west. / Flying Saucer Review (FSR.)
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO’s a HISTORY-1956 (3 booklets) 1994 Self published. (Index 159)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_4900

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: “Peru”, Credibility: “9”, Duration: “4”, Elev: “2414”, HatchDesc: “AREQUIPA,PERU:SVRL SEP.OBS:SLVR CGR>>S:HVRS DOWNTOWN/3min:EXITS >>W:/FSR”, LatLong: “-16.400001 -71.550003”, LatLongDMS: “16:24:00 S 71:33:00 W”, Locale: “Town & City”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Arequipa”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 17880 (E9F05D21)

Date: 4/1956
Time: 12:00?
Location: LOCATION UNKNOWN, KENYA
Description: 3+/ Safari. Silent dull silver object going [to] overhead / low altitude. Going quickly north. Huge red and orange lights.
Type: sighting
Reference: UFO AFRINEWS; Twice annually. Cynthia Hind, editor; PO Box MP 49, Mount Pleasant, Harare, Zimbabwe. (Index 12)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_4901

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

Extra Data: Country: “Kenya”, Credibility: “7”, Duration: “1”, HatchDesc: “loc.unk,KENYA:3+/SAFARI:SLNT DULL SLVR OBJ >OVHD/LO ALT:>>N:HUGE RED+ORG.LITES”, LatLong: “-1.000000 37.833335”, LatLongDMS: “01:00:00 S 37:50:00 E”, Locale: “Pasture”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Unknown”, Strangeness: “7”

Event 17881 (9A576E2C)

Date: 4/1956 (approximate)
Time: 21:00
Location: CHATEAUROUX, FR
Description: Star rushes up. = 12M domed saucer with portholes. See dwg. Lost behind trees.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO’s a HISTORY-1956 (3 booklets) 1994 Self published. (Index 735)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_4902

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), OBS: Observation/chasing vehicles, VEH: Vehicle affected: Marks/damage/EME effects, BLD: Building/man-made structure/roads/power lines

Extra Data: Country: “France”, Credibility: “7”, Duration: “2”, HatchDesc: “CHATEAUROUX,FR:STAR RUSHES UP:=12M DOMED SCR W/PORTS:see dwg:LOST BHND TREES”, LatLong: “46.783336 1.650000”, LatLongDMS: “46:47:00 N 01:39:00 E”, Locale: “Town & City”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Indre”, Strangeness: “7”

Event 17882 (C9A0B383)

Date: 4/1956
Time: 22:00?
Location: NEAR MOOSE JAW, SASK
Description: 5M domed saucer dives / car. 2M deep. Glow / top. Bottom/underside dark. Going up [to] and vanishes.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO’s a HISTORY-1956 (3 booklets) 1994 Self published. (Index 629)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_4903

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, HUM: Humans affected: Injury/burns/marks/abduction/death, VEH: Vehicle affected: Marks/damage/EME effects, CMF: Camouflage/disguise

Extra Data: Country: “Canada”, Credibility: “6”, Duration: “2”, Elev: “545”, HatchDesc: “nr MOOSE JAW,SASK:5M DOMED SCR DIVES/CAR:2M DEEP:GLOW/TOP:BTM DRK:↑+VANISHES”, LatLong: “50.383336 -105.500005”, LatLongDMS: “50:23:00 N 105:30:00 W”, Locale: “Pasture”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Sasketchewan”, Strangeness: “7”

Event 17883 (D41CCD35)

Date: 4/1956
Description: USAF Capt. George T. Gregory succeeds Capt. Charles Hardin as director of Project Blue Book.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Sparks, p. 14
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_2803

Event 17884 (F4FF3D92)

Date: 4/1956
Locations: Seminole, Texas; Garland, Texas; Philadelphia Navy Yard; APRO headquarters; Pennsylvania
Description: An annotated copy of the paperback edition of Morris K. Jessup’s The Case for the UFO (1955) is sent in a manila envelope from Seminole, Texas, to Adm. Frederick R. Furth, chief of the Office of Naval Research. The annotations are written in three different colors of ink, apparently by three persons, A, B, and Jemi, who claim to know a great deal about the UFO intelligences. They mention space people, underwater cities, force fields, and much more. The book falls into the possession of Maj. Darrell L. Ritter, USMC aeronautical project officer at ONR, who brings it to the attention of ONR Capt. Sidney Sherby and ONR Projects Officer Cmdr. George W. Hoover, who become interested and get permission (as long as it does not involve official naval personnel) to send the copy to the Varo Manufacturing Company, in Garland, Texas, which has contracts with the military. Varo publishes 25 spiral-bound copies of the book in black and red ink, which shows the annotations. Meanwhile, Jessup has been receiving at least two strange letters (January 13 and May 25, 1956) from someone calling himself Carlos Miguel Allende, which claim that as a result of a strange experiment at sea utilizing principles of Einstein’s Field Theory, a destroyer (identified by some as the USS Eldridge and others by the USS Engstrom, which were not in the Philadelphia Navy Yard at the time) and all its crew became invisible in October 1943, but the sailors showed side effects. Allende says he has witnessed all of this. Sherby talks to Jessup about the Varo edition; Jessup isn’t much interested but tells him about the Allende letters, which talk about the same things as the annotations and are obviously written by the same person. Gray Barker’s Saucerian Press publishes the Varo edition in July 1972. Sometime in the 1970s, Carlos Allende appears at APRO headquarters and confesses that the whole annotations thing was a hoax, but he surfaces a few years later saying that the CIA coerced him into saying it was a hoax. In the late 1970s, Robert A. Goerman identifies Allende as Carl Allen, who lives near him in Pennsylvania. In the October 1980 issue of Fate, Goerman explains the entire mess, saying that Allen had written all three of the annotation types. Bill Moore and Charles Berlitz take the whole thing seriously enough to write The Philadelphia Experiment in 1979, which links the force fields back to T. Townsend Brown, later the founder of NICAP.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Morris K. Jessup, The Case for the UFO, annotated Varo ed., Saucerian, 1972; Wikipedia, “Philadelphia Experiment”; Ivan T. Sanderson, “Jessup and the Allende Case,” Pursuit 1, no. 4 (September 30, 1968): 8–10; William L. Moore, with Charles Berlitz, The Philadelphia Experiment: Project Invisibility, Grosset and Dunlap, 1979; Robert A. Goerman, “Alias Carlos Allende,” Fate 33, no. 10 (October 1980): 69–75; Clark III 95–97; Kevin D. Randle, “The Allende Letters,” A Different Perspective, July 5, 2009; Kevin D. Randle, “Chasing Sources: The Philadelphia Experiment,” A Different Perspective, August 9, 2016; Andrew H. Hochheimer, “Carlos Miguel Allende or Carl Meredith Allen or…,” The Philadelphia Experiment from A–Z, August 13, 2016; Andrew H. Hochheimer, “The Varo Edition,” The Philadelphia Experiment from A–Z, December 13, 2016
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_2804

Event 17885 (7E0EC683)

Date: 4/1956
Description: USMC Maj. Darrell L. Ritter, ONR Capt. Sidney Sherby and ONR Projects Officer Cmdr. George W. Hoover receive an annotated copy of Morris K. Jessup’s The
Case for the UFO (1955), with annotations from three different persons who claim to know about UFO intelligences, deep space origin, underwater bases, force fields, and more. Sherby and Hoover reprint the annotated version with government contractor Varo Manufacturing and prints 25 copies.

ONR’s link to Jessup is curious because in this same year, Jessup claims to have been receiving letters from someone known as “Carlos Miguel Allende,” who claims that an 1943 experiment in the Philadelphia Navy Yard rendered a destroyer (the USS Eldridge or USS Engstrom) invisible and personnel on board showed side effects. The project is soon allegedly linked to the work of Thomas Townsend Brown, who earlier that year proposed a Project Winterhaven to the US military to use electrogravitics for aerospace purposes.

The “Philadelphia experiment,” as it becomes known, allegedly utilized electrogravitics for naval stealth purposes. It is unknown what the extent of the experiment produced, whether it was successful, and if cloaking was achieved.

• http://kevinrandle.blogspot.com/2009/07/allende-letters.html
• http://kevinrandle.blogspot.com/2016/08/chasing-sources-philadelphia-experiment.html
• https://www.de173.com/carlos-miguel-allende-carl-allen/
• https://www.de173.com/the-varo-edition/

Note: The timing of the Philadelphia experiment rumor coming out four years after Brown’s proposal of Project Winterhaven and months after Wright-Patterson’s examination of Winterhaven is curious.

Reference: Anonymous 2023 PDF
Source: Anon2023PDF, ID: Anon2023PDF_70

Event 17886 (21351EA3)

Date: 4/1956
Description: Author Morris K. Jessup states he received two strange letters from an alleged Carlos Miguel Allende who claims the USS Eldridge or the USS Engstrom were subject to an experiment at the Philadelphia Navy Yard. Allende claims he witnessed it, and the ship and its crew became invisible temporarily, before experiencing side effects. Allende later tells APRO the “Philadelphia Experiment” was a hoax, but then states the CIA “coerced” him into saying it was a hoax.

Allende was later identified as Carl Allen, who also admits to writing the annotations in the Jessup/Varo book that ONR chose to copy (see April 1956). Ufologists later link the alleged experiment back to T. Townsend Brown, the founder of NICAP, but it is an unproven claim.

• https://files.afu.se/Downloads/Magazines/United%20States/Pursuit%20-%20SITU%20(Sanderson)/Pursuit%20-%20No%2004%20-%20Vol%2001%20No%204%20-%201968.pdf
• http://kevinrandle.blogspot.com/2009/07/allende-letters.html
• http://kevinrandle.blogspot.com/2016/08/chasing-sources-philadelphia-experiment.html
• https://de173.com/carlos-miguel-allende-carl-allen/

Reference: Anonymous 2023 PDF
Source: Anon2023PDF, ID: Anon2023PDF_71

Event 17887 (6139EB8D)

Date: 4/2/1956
Time: 20:00
Location: COFFEYVILLE, KS
Description: Saucer stops low over house. Circles 2nd house. Emits spots / light.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO’s a HISTORY-1956 (3 booklets) 1994 Self published. (Index 629)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_4904

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, SIG: Signals/responses to/from/between UFO’s/occupants/observers, BLD: Building/man-made structure/roads/power lines

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “7”, Duration: “5”, Elev: “229”, HatchDesc: “COFFEYVILLE,KS:SCR STOPS LO OVR HOUSE:CCLS 2nd HOUSE:EMITS SPOTS/LITE:”, LatLong: “37.050002 -95.566671”, LatLongDMS: “37:03:00 N 95:34:00 W”, Locale: “Residential”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, RelAlt: “100”, State/Prov: “Kansas”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 17888 (DD1B396F)

Date: 4/3/1956
Description: CIA agent Joseph Bryan III writes to Ruppelt, saying that while he served as special assistant to Air Force Secretary Thomas Finletter, he tried to “have him prepare a statement for release when communication was established with a saucer.” Finletter declines to do so.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Michael David Hall and Wendy Ann Connors, Captain Edward J. Ruppelt: Summer of the Saucers, Rose Press International, 2000, p. 10
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_2805

Event 17889 (3B37C71E)

Date: 4/3/1956
Location: Virginia
Description: Keyhoe writes a lengthy letter to Sen. Harry F. Byrd (D-Va.), criticizing Air Force secrecy, deconstructing Blue Book Special Report no. 14, and requesting a congressional hearing. Keyhoe asks Byrd to forward his letter to the Air Force for a response, but he forwards it himself anyway, as does Byrd. The Air Force’s Gen. Joe W. Kelly responds, dismissing both Keyhoe and UFOs.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Swords 222–223
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_2806

Event 17890 (42DAD03B)

Date: 4/3/1956
Description: A flying humanoid, described as a “silver-colored angel” was sighted flying north over a coal and iron plant in Birmingham, Alabama on this night.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: Alexander Mebane, Civilian Saucer Intelligence–New York Newsletter, May 1956, p. 5
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_1813

Event 17891 (1CB0B4BC)

Date: 4/4/1956
Description: (Translated from French) In McKinney (Texas), Roy Hall, a retired US Army Captain, Charles Anderson and other witnesses observe with a 6 inch telescope — others with a 55-200x telescope — a huge oblong object with 2 lines around its middle, remaining stationary for 6 hours. (April 4, 3:15 PM)
Reference: case Blue Book #4050 unsolved
Reference: rr0 - Beau
Source: rr0, ID: rr0_1652

Event 17892 (F313EF92)

Date: 4/4/1956
Description: (Translated from French) Captain George T. Gregory succeeds Charles Hardin as head of the Blue Book project.
Reference: rr0 - Beau
Source: rr0, ID: rr0_1653

Event 17893 (3DBB2E72)

Date: 4/4/1956
Time: 15:20
Location: 7MI EAST / MCKINNEY, TX
Description: Project Bluebook Case #4050. 2 observer(s). 2M UFO lands / field 100M away. Fantastic speed.
Type: sighting
Reference: VALLEE, Jacques: UFO’S IN SPACE - Anatomy of a Phenomenon; Henry Regnery 1966 & Ballentine PB 1974 294pp. (Index 183)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_4905

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

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “7”, Duration: “104”, Elev: “201”, HatchDesc: “7mi E/McKINNEY,TX:BBK#4050:2 OBS:2M UFO LANDS/FLD 100M AWAY:FANTASTIC SPEED”, LatLong: “33.200002 -96.500005”, LatLongDMS: “33:12:00 N 96:30:00 W”, Locale: “Pasture”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Texas”, Strangeness: “7”

Event 17894 (D78A1548)

Date: 4/4/1956
Location: McKinney, TX
Description: Fat, oblong, stationary object with two lines around its middle (NICAP: 01 - Distant Encounters, BB: 4050)
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_1932

Event 17895 (058438B0)

Date: 4/4/1956
Time: 3:15 PM
Location: McKinney, Texas
Description: Witnesses: Capt. Roy Hall, U.S. Army, ret.; Charles Anderson and others; some observed through a 6" telescope, others through a 55-200x telescope. One fat, oblong object with two lines around its middle, remained stationary for 6 hours.
Type: ufo sighting
Reference: BlueBook Unknowns PDF
Source: BerlinerBBUnknowns, ID: BerlinerBBU_401

Event 17896 (E4F5E460)

Date: 4/4/1956
Description: At 3:15 p.m. retired US Army Captain Roy Hall, Charles Anderson and others in McKinney, Texas observed through telescopes a stationary oblong object. One telescope was a 6" diameter model and the other was a 55-200x telescope. The fat, oblong object had two lines around its middle. It remained stationary for six hours.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: Don Berliner, Project Bluebook UFO Unknowns
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_1831

Event 17897 (1F59D90E)

Date: 4/5/1956
Time: 20:20
Location: CASABLANCA, MAROC
Description: Project Bluebook Case #unknown. 1 meteor-like night light-but for 2+min! No Sputniks up yet.
Type: sighting
Reference: UFOCAT CATALOG: Assorted Printouts. Donald A. Johnson Ph.D (CUFOS). P.O. Box 446, Concord, NH 03302-0446 (Index 41)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_4906

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

Extra Data: Country: “Morocco”, Credibility: “6”, Duration: “2”, HatchDesc: “CASABLANCA,MAROC:BBK#UNK:1 METEOR-LIKE NLT-BUT FOR 2+min!:NO SPUTNIKS UP YET”, LatLong: “33.650002 -7.633334”, LatLongDMS: “33:39:00 N 07:38:00 W”, Locale: “Metropolis”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “CAS”, Strangeness: “5”

Event 17898 (FFD61BD6)

Date: 4/5/1956
Location: Newport (Almy Pond), RI
Description: Circular silver object with no trail or sound descending from 45° elevation (NICAP: 01 - Distant Encounters, BB: BBU)
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_1933

Event 17899 (C5E68267)

Date: 4/5/1956
End date: 5/10/1956
Locations: Thule Air Base in Greenland; North Pole; Siberia
Description: Some 156 overflight missions into Soviet territory by RB-47 reconnaissance aircraft from Thule Air Base in Greenland begin in Operation Home Run. They fly over the North Pole and into Siberia, probing for electronic intelligence.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Wikipedia, “Project HOMERUN”; R. Cargill Hall and Clayton D. Laurie, eds., Early Cold War Overflights, 1950–1956: Symposium Proceedings Held at the Tighe Auditorium, Defense Intelligence Agency, 22–23 February 2001, Volume 1, US National Reconnaissance Office, 2003, pp. 259–313
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_2807

Event 17900 (563C7AA2)

Date: 4/5/1956
Description: A flying humanoid was seen in Birmingham, Alabama.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: George Eberhart, A Geo-Bibliography of Anomalies, p. 398
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_1845

Event 17901 (F9533F41)

Date: 4/6/1956
Time: 05:00
Location: US1 NORTH / HENDERSON, NC
Description: FBI and NSA men. Large 20’ top saucer going [to] over car. Absolute(ly) silent. / r8#381.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO’s a HISTORY-1956 (3 booklets) 1994 Self published. (Index 160)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_4907

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, GSA: Covert Security Agency

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “8”, Duration: “1”, Elev: “119”, HatchDesc: “US1 N/HENDERSON,NC:FBI+NSA MEN:LRGE 20’TOP SCR >OVR CAR:ABS SLNT:/r8#381”, LatLong: “36.327780 -78.400004”, LatLongDMS: “36:19:40 N 78:24:00 W”, Locale: “Farmlands”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “North Carolina”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 17902 (86FCFC44)

Date: 4/6/1956
Time: 19:00
Location: BRISTOL, AVON
Description: Several separate observer(s). Brilliant white delta/triangle/box-like craft going quickly NNE toward(s) Gloucester. Much faster / jet.
Type: sighting
Reference: GIBBONS, Gavin: The COMING of the SPACE SHIPS; Neville-Spearman, London HB 1956. 13s.6d (Index 145)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_4908

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

Extra Data: Country: “Great Britain and Ireland”, Credibility: “9”, Duration: “1”, Elev: “47”, HatchDesc: “BRISTOL,AVON:SVRL SEP.OBS:BRILL.WHT DLT>>NNE TWRD GLOUCESTER:MUCH FASTER/JET:”, LatLong: “51.466669 -2.666667”, LatLongDMS: “51:28:00 N 02:40:00 W”, Locale: “Town & City”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “England”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 17903 (4673987D)

Date: 4/6/1956
Location: McKinney (5 miles E of ), TX
Description: 6 ft silvery, balloon-shaped craft land in a field 300 ft away from them (NICAP: 01 - Distant Encounters, BB: BBU)
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_1934

Event 17904 (F2961140)

Date: 4/6/1956
Location: McKinney, Texas
Description: Two men saw a silvery, balloonshaped craft about 2 m in diameter land in a field 100 m away from them, about 8 km east of McKinney. They stopped their car to investigate, but the object took off at fantastic speed.
Type: ufo sighting
Reference: Atic (Vallee)
Source: ValléeMagonia, ID: Magonia_379

Event 17905 (26D552E5)

Date: 4/6/1956
Description: Two men saw a silvery, balloon-shaped craft about two meters in diameter land in a field 100 meters away from them, about eight kilometers east of McKinney, Texas. They stopped their car to investigate, but the object took off at fantastic speed.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: Project Blue Book; Jacques Vallee, Passport to Magonia, pp. 252-253
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_1858

Event 17906 (470C96F7)

Date: 4/7/1956
Location: South Africa
Description: Elizabeth Klarer, South Africa takes ride in saucer, talks to Venusians.
Type: ce4 event
Reference: Keziah Poster
Source: Maj2, ID: Maj2_145

Event 17907 (B728B26C)

Date: 4/7/1956
Locations: Flying Saucer Hill southwest of Rosetta, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa; Alpha Centauri system
Description: Elizabeth Klarer returns to Flying Saucer Hill southwest of Rosetta, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa, drawn by a strange compulsion. The spaceship is waiting for her, and Akon takes her in his hands and says, “Not afraid this time?” He leads her on board the craft, which she learns also carries a second alien, who looks much like Akon except he is darker and more muscular. As the ship first rises into space, Akon says he has been watching her for some time. He lets her look at the earth below through a viewing lens that also has x-ray capability. The saucer goes to a “mother ship” filled with friendly space people. At one point a huge video image projected on the wall allows her to view scenes from their home planet, Meton, in the Alpha Centauri system. They serve her a vegetarian meal. Klarer and Akon begin a lifelong romantic attachment that includes sexual activity.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: “Landing in South Africa,” Flying Saucer Review 2, no. 6 (Nov./Dec. 1956): 2–5; Elizabeth Klarer, Beyond the Light Barrier, Howard Timmins, 1980; Clark III 657; Paul Seaburn, “Woman from Earth Claimed to Have Already Been to Proxima b,” Mysterious Universe, August 31, 2016
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_2808

Event 17908 (0A2FE8CB)

Date: 4/8/1956
Location: USA, New York State, in flight.
Description: (Translated from French) A bright light was followed by a civilian airliner with Captain Raymond Ryan as pilot and William Neff as first officer. As incredible as it may seem, the civilian plane was ordered to pursue the UFO. On April 16, the two pilots gave an interview on the “Meet the Millers” talk show in Canada and the incident is described in “the Fund for UFO Research, Inc. -The UFO Evidence, Vol.1, by Richard Hall/NICAP.” where you can also find a copy of the audio cassette of this interview recorded by Bill Weitzel (April 8, 1956)
Reference: for a fee, of course
Reference: Mini catalogue chronologique des observations OVNI, by Godelieve Van Overmeire
Source: Overmeire, ID: Overmeire_2013

Event 17909 (35684146)

Date: 4/8/1956
Location: Near Syracuse, NY
Description: Radar-visual; military orders commercial pilot to pursue 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_202

Event 17910 (228DC0E5)

Date: 4/8/1956
Time: 22:20
Location: OVER SCHENECTADY, NY
Description: Airliner and jets chase UFO / 1600kph. Going quickly northwest. Coverup. / r46p167+/ r242.
Type: sighting
Reference: UFO INVESTIGATOR: NICAP: Kensington, MD & Washington, DC [defunct]. University Microfilms, Ann Arbor, MI 48106 (Index 15)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_4909

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, NLT: Nightlights/points of light, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), OBS: Observation/chasing vehicles, NUC: Nuclear facility related, RDR: Radar traces/blips, MIL: Military investigation, COV: Indication of coverup

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “10”, Duration: “120”, Elev: “74”, HatchDesc: “ovr SCHENECTADY,NY:AIRLINER+JETS CHASE UFO/1600kph:>>NW:COVERUP:/r46p167+/r242”, LatLong: “42.833335 -73.916670”, LatLongDMS: “42:50:00 N 73:55:00 W”, Locale: “Metropolis”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “New York”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 17911 (3607CC57)

Date: 4/8/1956
Time: 23:50
Location: ELBOEUF, FR
Description: 5 observer(s). Domed saucer / fireball drops / trees. Fins spin under. Glows. Extremely fast. / r8#380.
Type: sighting
Reference: FIGEUT, Michel & RUCHON, Jean-Louis: OVNI - Le Premier Dossier…; Alain LeFeuvre, Paris 1979. (Index 224)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_4910

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), OBS: Observation/chasing vehicles

Extra Data: Country: “France”, Credibility: “8”, Duration: “25”, HatchDesc: “ELBOEUF,FR:5 OBS:DOMED SCR/FBL DROPS/TREES:FINS SPIN UNDER:GLOWS:XFAST:/r8#380”, LatLong: “49.283336 1.033333”, LatLongDMS: “49:17:00 N 01:02:00 E”, Locale: “Residential”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Seine Maritime”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 17912 (7E7E481D)

Date: 4/8/1956
Location: Schenectady, NY
Description: Air Force Requests Plane Loaded With Passengers To Chase UFO (NICAP: 11 - Aviation Cases, Code: A, Rating: 5, BB: BBU)
Reference: NICAP: 560408
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_1935

Event 17913 (32BB255D)

Date: 4/8/1956
Time: 2345
Location: Elboeuf, France
Description: Near Exauroux, two brothers, 18 and 20, saw a red ball to their left coming down and hovering at tree height. It then left at fantastic speed. Three additional witnesses reported it independently. The object was a disk about 7.5 m in diameter, with a red dome, and rotating fins under it. It emitted a yellow-orange glow.
Type: ufo sighting
Reference: Personal (Vallee)
Source: ValléeMagonia, ID: Magonia_380

Event 17914 (44CA657D)

Date: 4/8/1956
Locations: Albany, New York; Schenectady; Griffiss International Airport, Rome, New York; Syracuse; Oswego, New York
Description: 10:15 p.m. Capt. Raymond E. Ryan, First Officer William Neff, flight attendant Phyllis Reynolds, and many passengers take off on American Airlines Flight 715 from Albany, New York, heading north then nearly due west at 260 mph and 6,000 feet north of Schenectady, when a brilliant white light about 2–3 miles away is spotted about 90° to the left appearing like an airliner heading in to land at Albany. The white light moves about 90° to dead ahead position about 8–10 miles away at high speed, estimated at about 800–1,000 mph, where it changes color to orange and seems to block the airliner’s path or risk collision. It disappears briefly and reappears as an orange light again but standing still ahead of the airliner to the west. The Convair airliner contacts Griffiss AFB [now Griffiss International Airport], Rome, New York, where controllers ask Ryan to turn his lights off and on to help identify aircraft. He is told the airliner is seen and the orange UFO are to the south. The airliner is ordered to maintain course to follow the UFO to the west, skipping its scheduled landing at Syracuse after nearly 30 minutes of following the object. The promised fighter jet interception is never seen. The object disappears at high speed to the northwest towards Oswego, New York.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: NICAP, “Air Force Requests Plane Loaded with Passengers to Chase UFO”; Sparks, p. 236; “Cover-Up Suspected in Reported Air–UFO Chase,” UFO Investigator 1, no. 3 (January 1958): 10–12; UFOEv, p. 117
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_2809

Event 17915 (F34DBC54)

Date: 4/8/1956
Description: At 11:45 p.m. near Exauroux, France two brothers, ages 18 and 20, saw a red ball of light come down to their left and hover at tree height. It then left at fantastic speed. Three additional witnesses reported it independently. The object was a disc about 7.5 meters in diameter, with a red dome, and rotating fins under it. It emitted a yellow-orange glow. It moved away extremely quickly.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: Jacques Vallee, Passport to Magonia: A Century of Landings, p. 253 (case 380)
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_1899

Event 17916 (995558D7)

Date: 4/9/1956
Time: 19:50
Location: NORTHAMPTON, NY
Description: 2 observer(s). Circle-of-lights beams strong rays going down. Very high. Very fast northeast going quickly southwest.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO’s a HISTORY-1956 (3 booklets) 1994 Self published. (Index 166)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_4911

Attributes: NWS: News media report, SCR: Classic saucer/disk/sphere shaped UFO, NLT: Nightlights/points of light, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), RAY: Odd light/searchlight/beam/laser-like

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “7”, Duration: “8”, Elev: “240”, HatchDesc: “NORTHAMPTON,NY:2 OBS:CIRCLE-OF-LITES BEAMS STRONG RAYS ↓:VHI:VFAST NE>>SW:”, LatLong: “43.150002 -74.116670”, LatLongDMS: “43:09:00 N 74:07:00 W”, Locale: “Residential”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “New York”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 17917 (D4C3803C)

Date: 4/9/1956
Description: A round UFO surrounded by a “circle of red, blue and green lights” traveled at a high speed from the northeast to the southwest over Northampton, New York as “rays of penetrating light shot from it.” There were three witnesses.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: Alexander Mebane, CSI-NY Newsletter, May 1956; Amsterdam Record, April 12, 1956
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_1921

Event 17918 (76E2202B)

Date: 4/16/1956
Location: Henderson, NC
Description: Top-shaped object as large as the road pass over their car, no sound (NICAP: 01 - Distant Encounters, BB: BBU)
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_1936

Event 17919 (117DD392)

Date: 4/16/1956
Time: 0500
Location: Henderson, North Carolina
Description: On Route 1, just before dawn, two government employees saw for a few seconds a large, top-shaped object passing over their car. It was as large as the road and made no sound.
Type: ufo sighting
Reference: Atic (Vallee)
Source: ValléeMagonia, ID: Magonia_381

Event 17920 (7450AD5F)

Date: 4/16/1956
Locations: Griffiss AFB; Syracuse
Description: An interview with Ryan and Neff is taped on the TV show Meet the Millers. They claim that Griffiss AFB “asked us our next point of landing and to identify the aircraft. I told them Syracuse and identified the flight number. Then they told us: ‘Abandon that next landiat-postcardat-postcardng temporarily. Maintain your course and altitude. We’re sending two jets to intercept the object.’” About the UFO, Ryan says, “This was absolutely real. I’m convinced there was something fantastic up there.” Keyhoe obtains a copy of the tape.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: NICAP, [transcript of Meet the Millers program, April 16, 1956]
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_2810

Event 17921 (09A1DF23)

Date: 4/16/1956
Description: On U.S. Route 1 in Henderson, North Carolina just before dawn, two government employees saw for a few seconds a large, top-shaped object passing over their car. It was as large as the road and made no sound.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: Project Blue Book; Jacques Vallee, Passport to Magonia, p. 253
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_2050

Event 17922 (DA188314)

Date: 4/16/1956
Description: Two police officers, Perkins and Williams, in Lexington, Kentucky sighted a small, pale-red light in the western sky at 11:55 p.m. They drove closer to get a better look. After 5 minutes the object disappeared; it left a glow in the sky for a few seconds. The object appeared to change shape, from round to ellipse, and then back to a circle again.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: Lexington Herald, April 17, 1956; Alexander Mebane, CSI-NY News, June 1956, p. 8
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_2051

Event 17923 (048D0EED)

Date: 4/24/1956
Time: 13:00?
Location: NEAR FT. WINGATE, NM
Description: 2 / car. 2 disks going [to] fast. Sudden reversal of direction! Change color(s).
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO’s a HISTORY-1956 (3 booklets) 1994 Self published. (Index 633)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_4912

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “7”, Duration: “1”, Elev: “2131”, HatchDesc: “nr Ft.WINGATE,NM:2/CAR:2 DISKS >FAST:SUDDEN REVERSAL OF DIRECTION!:CHANGE CLRS”, LatLong: “35.466668 -108.538894”, LatLongDMS: “35:28:00 N 108:32:20 W”, Locale: “Pasture”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, RelAlt: “6000”, State/Prov: “New Mexico”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 17924 (18728CA7)

Date: 4/24/1956
Time: 20:30
Location: EL MONTE, CA
Description: 1 / car. Silent half-egg hovers / 300M altitude. Loops. Speeds back going quickly east. No flame.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO’s a HISTORY-1956 (3 booklets) 1994 Self published. (Index 633)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_4913

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: “90”, HatchDesc: “EL MONTE,CA:1/CAR:SLNT HALF-EGG HVRS/300M alt:LOOPS:SPEEDS BACK >>E:NO FLAME”, LatLong: “34.077779 -118.000006”, LatLongDMS: “34:04:40 N 118:00:00 W”, Locale: “Residential”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, RelAlt: “305”, State/Prov: “California”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 17925 (915634CD)

Date: 4/27/1956
Time: 20:30
Location: VUYYURU, INDIA
Description: Numerous observer(s). 5 silent cigars going south / delta/triangle/box-like craft-formation. Light contrail. / r140 #1p84.
Type: sighting
Reference: FLYING SAUCER REVIEW (FSR), London. Bimonthly. PO Box 162; High Wycombe, Bucks. HP135 DZ, England. (Index 28)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_4914

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

Extra Data: Country: “India”, Credibility: “10”, Duration: “1”, HatchDesc: “VUYYURU,INDIA:NMRS OBS:5 SLNT CGRS >S/DLT-FORMn:LITE CONTRAIL:/r140 #1p84”, LatLong: “16.383334 80.850004”, LatLongDMS: “16:23:00 N 80:51:00 E”, Locale: “Town & City”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “ANP”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 17926 (C741A781)

Date: 4/27/1956
Description: Five silent cigar-shaped objects flew south over Vuyyuru, Andra Pradesh State, India in a delta formation at 8:30 p.m. They left behind a light contrail.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: Project Blue Book files counted in official statistics, monthly report April 1956; UFO Nachtrichten, February 1957; Larry Hatch, U computer database, case 4964, citing Flying Saucer Review, volume 2, number 4
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_2365

Event 17927 (A08D85F7)

Date: 4/28/1956
Location: Newport (near), UK
Description: Bright white star increase in brightness in the E at “high altitude” (NICAP: 01 - Distant Encounters, BB: BBU)
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_1937

Event 17928 (AA911122)

Date: 4/28/1956
Locations: Landers, California; San Luis Obispo; Los Angeles
Description: At the third Giant Rock Interplanetary Spacecraft Convention near Landers, California, contactee Dick Miller plays tape recordings allegedly made by Mon-Ka, a Martian, in which he asks Los Angeles radio stations to shut down for two minutes at 10:30 p.m. on November 7, 1956, so that Mon-Ka can speak from his spacecraft. As a publicity gimmick, two radio stations (KATY [now KYNS] of San Luis Obispo and KBIA of Los Angeles) go off the air at that time, and KTTV in Los Angeles sends up an airplane to watch for the approaching spacecraft. Nothing happens.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Clark III 531, 766–767
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_2811

Event 17929 (A02FFBDC)

Date: 5/1956
Time: 15:30
Location: PAYSANDU PROV, URUG
Description: 3 observer(s). Silent grey domed 50M saucer hovers. Maneuvers and banks. Lost in clouds.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO’s a HISTORY-1956 (3 booklets) 1994 Self published. (Index 703)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_4915

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: “Uruguay”, Credibility: “8”, Duration: “1”, Elev: “100”, HatchDesc: “PAYSANDU PROV,URUG:3 OBS:SLNT GRY DOMED 50M SCR HVRS:MNVRS+BANKS:LOST/CLOUDS”, LatLong: “-32.000002 -57.500003”, LatLongDMS: “32:00:00 S 57:30:00 W”, Locale: “Mountains”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, RelAlt: “4000”, State/Prov: “PYS”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 17930 (F6DDA3AD)

Date: 5/1956
Time: 19:30
Location: LIMA, PERU
Description: Engineer. Loud roar. Wingless fuselage going quickly west. No jets used there then…
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO’s a HISTORY-1956 (3 booklets) 1994 Self published. (Index 702)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_4916

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), CMF: Camouflage/disguise

Extra Data: Country: “Peru”, Credibility: “7”, Duration: “1”, Elev: “67”, HatchDesc: “LIMA,PERU:ENGINEER:LOUD ROAR:WINGLESS FUSILAGE >>W:no jets used there then…”, LatLong: “-12.066667 -77.050004”, LatLongDMS: “12:04:00 S 77:03:00 W”, Locale: “Metropolis”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “LMA”, Strangeness: “5”

Event 17931 (23E072E6)

Date: 5/1956 (approximate)
Time: 23:30
Location: SAN ANTONIO, TX
Description: 2+observer(s). Huge silent saucer covers house and more/others. Pipe extends / bottom/underside. Red glow.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO’s a HISTORY-1956 (3 booklets) 1994 Self published. (Index 701)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_4917

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: “7”, Duration: “1”, Elev: “165”, HatchDesc: “SAN ANTONIO,TX:2+OBS:HUGE SLNT SCR COVRS HOUSE++:PIPE EXTENDS/BTM:RED GLOW”, LatLong: “29.400001 -98.483338”, LatLongDMS: “29:24:00 N 98:29:00 W”, Locale: “Residential”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Texas”, Strangeness: “7”

Event 17932 (064E3F09)

Date: 5/1/1956 (approximate)
Time: 10:00?
Location: WHITE SANDS MR, NM
Description: 200+observer(s). 1 / 4 moon-size metal saucer hovers during missile tests. News.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO’s a HISTORY-1956 (3 booklets) 1994 Self published. (Index 634)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_4918

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

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “12”, Duration: “240”, Elev: “1250”, HatchDesc: “WHITE SANDS MR,NM:200+OBS:1/4 MOONSIZE MTL SCR HVRS DURING MISSILE TESTS:NEWS”, LatLong: “32.883335 -106.250005”, LatLongDMS: “32:53:00 N 106:15:00 W”, Locale: “Town & City”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “New Mexico”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 17933 (E279539F)

Date: 5/1/1956
Location: Virginia
Description: USAF Gen. Joe W. Kelly writes to Sen. Harry F. Byrd (D-Va.) that there is a “total lack of evidence that [UFOs] are interplanetary vehicles.”
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: “How about Those Three Secret Reports, General Kelly?” CSI News Letter, no. 5 (September 21, 1956): 1
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_2812

Event 17934 (4D375575)

Date: 5/1/1956
Description: Air Force Manual section 190-4 goes into effect. It affects all USAF official press releases, statements to Congress and the public, and publications about UFOs. It requires the Secretary of the Air Force Office of Information to “delete all evidence of UFO reality and intelligent control, which would, of course, contradict the Air Force stand that UFOs do not exist.” NICAP is made aware of the regulation in 1962 when former USAF information spokesman Maj. William T. Coleman admits to a NICAP member that Maj. Lawrence J. Tacker’s book Flying Saucers and the US Air Force was reviewed under AFM 190-4.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: “Air Force Reveals Censorship Controls,” UFO Investigator 2, no. 4 (July 1962): 1
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_2813

Event 17935 (52F4F5E8)

Date: 5/1/1956
Location: Koto Ward, Tokyo, Japan
Description: 7:55 p.m. Koto Ward, a factory worker, along with many others, see a large bright object flying low over the rooftops in Tokyo, Japan. Turuko Kurihara, in a different location, sees a greenish object at 7:59 p.m. The object makes no noise but causes severe distortion on the TV sets in the area.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Schopick, p. 103
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_2814

Event 17936 (63A19253)

Date: 5/1/1956
Description: Former USAFHQ spokesman Maj. William T. Coleman claims Air Force Manual section 190-4 was in effect as of this date and after, affecting all USAF press releases, statements to Congress and the public, and publications about UFOs. Coleman later tells NICAP that AFM 190-4 requires the Secretary of the Air Force Office of Information to delete all evidence of UFO intelligence control, which contradicts the official stance at the time that true UFOs didn’t exist. He
admits that Maj. Lawrence J. Tacker’s book was reviewed under the regulation, something the Air Force previously denied. Coleman states even if Tacker wished to provide UAP evidence, it would have been prohibited.

• http://www.cufos.org/UFOI_and_Selected_Documents/UFOI/016%20MAR-%20JUL%201962.pdf

Reference: Anonymous 2023 PDF
Source: Anon2023PDF, ID: Anon2023PDF_72

Event 17937 (6E5FB4E3)

Date: 5/2/1956 (approximate)
Location: BUDAPEST
Description: Army men. Group / UFO’s going quickly east. 2 months of sightings all over/all about / hung reported.
Type: sighting
Reference: FAWCETT, Lawrence & GREENWOOD, Barry: The UFO COVERUP (Formerly Clear Intent); Prentice Hall, NJ 1984. 264pp. (Index 136)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_4919

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

Extra Data: Country: “Hungary”, Credibility: “6”, Duration: “1”, HatchDesc: “BUDAPEST:ARMY MEN:GROUP/UFOS >>E.:2 MONTHS OF SIGHTINGS ALLO/HUNG REPORTED”, LatLong: “47.483336 19.083334”, LatLongDMS: “47:29:00 N 19:05:00 E”, Locale: “Metropolis”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “BDP”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 17938 (89B40987)

Date: 5/3/1956
Time: 22:00
Location: PUEBLO, CO
Description: Blue Book. Several observer(s). 2 saucers circle. “Wink out”. Wave / delta/triangle/box-like crafts etc. 2-7 May / MJ#277.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO’s a HISTORY-1956 (3 booklets) 1994 Self published. (Index 202)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_4920

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, MIL: Observer(s) military, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, HQO: High-quality observer(s), NWS: News media report, ODD: Atypical/Forteana/paranormal, WAV: Wave/cluster/flap, 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, CMF: Camouflage/disguise

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “9”, Duration: “64”, Elev: “1400”, HatchDesc: “PUEBLO,CO:BBK:SVRL OBS:2 SCRS CIRCLE:“WINK OUT”::WAVE/DLTs ETC 2-7MAY /MJ#277”, LatLong: “38.250002 -104.616672”, LatLongDMS: “38:15:00 N 104:37:00 W”, Locale: “Farmlands”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Colorado”, Strangeness: “8”

Event 17939 (CBA14935)

Date: 5/3/1956
Locations: Montana; Utah; Washington, D.C.
Description: Hollywood producer Clarence Greene releases a semi-documentary about the UFO phenomenon in the US, U.F.O. Edward J. Ruppelt, Dewey Fournet, and Albert M. Chop assist in the production. The principal character is Chop, played by Los Angeles Examiner journalist Tom Towers, and examines his career going from skeptical USAF public information officer to Pentagon UFO press spokesman. The film uses only one professional actor, Harry Morgan, in a voiceover part. UFO witnesses Delbert Newhouse, Nicholas Mariana, and Willis Sperry play themselves, and Los Angeles policemen stand in for Ruppelt, Fournet, and Gen William Garland. The Air Force carefully monitors its reception and readies itself to counter the film’s impact. The documentary analyzes two famous pieces of UFO footage: the Montana film of 1950 and the 1952 UFO Utah film (both shown for the first time in public). It concludes with the famous 1952 Washington, D.C., UFO incident, in which Chop played a central role, and recreates his experiences. At the end of the documentary, Chop states his belief that UFOs are a real, physical phenomenon of unknown origin.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Wikipedia, “UFO (1956 film)”; Internet Movie Database, “Unidentified Flying Objects: The True Story of Flying Saucers”; Robert Barrow, “Unidentified Flying Objects, Accidental Epic,” IUR 30, no. 2 (January 2006): 3–6; Robert Barrow, “Tom Towers: The Other Al Chop,” IUR 30, no. 4 (August 2006): 17–19; Clark III 1188–1189; Swords 222; Curt Collins, “Project Blue Book: UFO, the Motion Picture,” The Saucers That Time Forgot, August 24, 2018
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_2815

Event 17940 (CC51A053)

Date: 5/3/1956
Description: At 7:32 a.m. several observers including a Ground Observer Corp member, watched two saucers circle in the sky over Pueblo, Colorado and then “wink out”.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: Project Blue Book files, report dated May 3, 1956; Alexander Mebane, CSI-New York News, June 1956, p. 8; Loren E. Gross, The Fifth Horseman of the Apocalypse: UFOs: A History. 1956: May-July, p. 2; MUFON UFO Journal, issue # 277
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_2468

Event 17941 (C53D8A00)

Date: 5/4/1956
Time: 20:30
Location: MARINETTE, WI
Description: Several observer(s). 1-6-2-9 silent orange blobs going west / one hour. Group / 9 objects going quickly [to] WNW over horizon.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO’s a HISTORY-1956 (3 booklets) 1994 Self published. (Index 704)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_4921

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: “9”, Duration: “85”, Elev: “185”, HatchDesc: “MARINETTE,WI:SVRL OBS:1-6-2-9 SLNT ORG BLOBS >W/1hr:GRP/9 OBJS>>WNW ovr HRZN”, LatLong: “45.100002 -87.633338”, LatLongDMS: “45:06:00 N 87:38:00 W”, Locale: “Farmlands”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Wisconsin”, Strangeness: “8”

Event 17942 (C10EDE7C)

Date: 5/4/1956
Time: 18:25:29.9
Location: 11.5578 162.3550
Description: Nuclear test: Air, confirmed. Country: USA Name: “Lacrosse” Yield: 40KT
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_70

Extra Data: LatLong: “11.5578 162.3550”, LatLongDMS: “11:33:28 N 162:21:18 E”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, NukeCountry: “USA”, NukeName: “Lacrosse”, NukeSource: “G+P”, NukeType: “NACU”, NukeY: “40”

Event 17943 (7377ABC4)

Date: 5/4/1956
Location: Marinette, Wisconsin
Description: 9:30 p.m. Rev. Charles Burmeister, an amateur astronomer, sees five “orange blobs” flying in a U-shape formation east to west at high speed over Marinette, Wisconsin. His son joins him to watch. One more object passes in the same flight path, then a group of six, then one more, followed by another. Blue Book classes the sighting as meteors without even consulting Hynek, who later says that meteors do not fly in formation.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Loren E. Gross, The Fifth Horseman of the Apocalypse: UFOs, a History: 1955 May–July, The Author, 1993, pp. 2–7; Swords 229–230
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_2816

Event 17944 (2FB2B23C)

Date: 5/6/1956
Time: 21:10
Location: OKLAHOMA CITY, OK
Description: 3 observer(s). “Strange machine” zigzags across sky. Air Force explosive = star Capella.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO’s a HISTORY-1956 (3 booklets) 1994 Self published. (Index 211)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_4922

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, COV: Indication of coverup

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “8”, Duration: “50”, Elev: “359”, HatchDesc: “OKLAHOMA CITY,OK:3 OBS:“STRANGE MACHINE” ZIGZAGS ACRS SKY:AF EXPL=STAR CAPELLA”, LatLong: “35.483335 -97.533338”, LatLongDMS: “35:29:00 N 97:32:00 W”, Locale: “Metropolis”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Oklahoma”, Strangeness: “7”

Event 17945 (309AE9CD)

Date: 5/7/1956
Time: 15:20
Location: ALLIANCE, OH
Description: Silver ovoid briefly / window. Gone / seconds as astronomer runs outside.
Type: sighting
Reference: DAVID, Jay (ed.): FLYING SAUCERS HAVE ARRIVED: HB World Publ. NY 1970. (Index 69)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_4923

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)

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “7”, Duration: “1”, Elev: “358”, HatchDesc: “ALLIANCE,OH:SLVR OVOID BRIEFLY/WINDOW:GONE/secs AS ASTRONOMER RUNS OUTSIDE”, LatLong: “40.916669 -81.116671”, LatLongDMS: “40:55:00 N 81:07:00 W”, Locale: “Residential”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Ohio”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 17946 (48E89AFD)

Date: 5/8/1956
Time: 20:00
Location: VISTA, CA
Description: Several observer(s). 'Mothership hovers / 3 hours. Small objects with square portholes orbit. All going west.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO’s a HISTORY-1956 (3 booklets) 1994 Self published. (Index 705)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_4924

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

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “8”, Duration: “180”, Elev: “104”, HatchDesc: “VISTA,CA:SVRL OBS:'MOTHERSHIP’HVRS/3hrs:SML OBJs W/SQR PORTS ORBIT:ALL >W”, LatLong: “33.200002 -117.266672”, LatLongDMS: “33:12:00 N 117:16:00 W”, Locale: “Residential”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “California”, Strangeness: “4”

Event 17947 (E0713EE5)

Date: 5/8/1956
Time: 20:30
Location: PRATT, KS
Description: Ground Observer Corps (GOC) and many and Air Force Base. 3 showings. Pink-glowing saucers going quickly northeast. 1 saucer / 0030hrs. / MJ#277.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO’s a HISTORY-1956 (3 booklets) 1994 Self published. (Index 706)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_4925

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

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “10”, Duration: “44”, Elev: “595”, HatchDesc: “PRATT,KS:GOC+MANY+AFB:3 SHOWINGS:PINK-GLO SCRS >>NE:1 SCR/0030hrs:/MJ#277”, LatLong: “37.644446 -98.738894”, LatLongDMS: “37:38:40 N 98:44:20 W”, Locale: “Town & City”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Kansas”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 17948 (B30F13DD)

Date: 5/8/1956
Location: Aliquippa, PA
Description: (McDonald list) RV Draws Scramble of F-86 (NICAP: 09 - RADAR Cases, Code: R, Rating: 5, BB: BBU)
Reference: NICAP: 560508
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_1938

Event 17949 (1B3E9D94)

Date: 5/8/1956
Description: At 9:48 a.m. (EST), a flight of seven objects, silver in color, appearing the size of a baseball held at arm’s were observed moving south over Aliquippa, Pennsylvania at an altitude of 5,000 to 15,000 feet at an estimated speed of 36 mph. An F-86D fighter was scrambled, but there were negative sightings. The sighting was visual and electronic by TPS 1D radar. Length of observation was 10 minutes.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: McDonald list, Brad Sparks, Dan Wilson, http://www.nicap.org/waves/1956fullrep.htm
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_2650

Event 17950 (F0C9C238)

Date: 5/8/1956
Description: On this evening a large “mothership” hovered for three hours over Vista, California in San Diego County. Several small objects with square windows were seen orbiting it. They all flew off to the west.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: Loren E. Gross, The Fifth Horseman of the Apocalypse: UFOs: A History. 1956: May-July, p. 5
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_2651

Event 17951 (B2091537)

Date: 5/9/1956
Time: 23:00
Location: JACKSONVILLE, FL
Description: 5+observer(s). Small saucer going [to] in and out of large saucer. Silent / low altitude. Possible abduction. / r8#382.
Type: sighting
Reference: The APRO BULLETIN: Monthly. Jim & Coral Lorenzen: Tucson,AZ (USA. defunct) By volume and number. (Index 711)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_4926

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CST: Observer(s) in coastal area/just offshore, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, HQO: High-quality observer(s), TLP: Telepathy, SCR: Classic saucer/disk/sphere shaped UFO, ABD: Human or animal abduction, HUM: Humans affected: Injury/burns/marks/abduction/death, LND: UFO landing or any part touches ground

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “10”, Duration: “25”, Elev: “4”, HatchDesc: “JACKSONVILLE,FL:5+OBS:SML SCR >IN+OUT OF LRG SCR:SLNT/LO ALT:POSS.ABD:/r8#382”, LatLong: “30.350001 -81.666671”, LatLongDMS: “30:21:00 N 81:40:00 W”, Locale: “Metropolis”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Florida”, Strangeness: “9”

Event 17952 (AA2C11C3)

Date: 5/9/1956
Time: 2300
Location: Jacksonville, Florida
Description: Two girls, Joan Frost and Gertie Wynn, while waiting for a bus, saw two pulsating lights flying horizontally and disappearing. 15 min later the lights were seen again, stopping at the zenith, merging, and diving to 50 m altitude. As the bus arrived, it seemed that the objects had separated and were about to abduct the witnesses, and they ran to the vehicle in terror.
Type: ufo sighting
Reference: APRO Mar., 59 (Vallee)
Source: ValléeMagonia, ID: Magonia_382

Event 17953 (52B9D17B)

Date: 5/9/1956
Description: A small disc flew in and out of a larger disc at a low altitude in Jacksonville, Florida shortly after 11:00 p.m. They made no noise. Two girls, Joan Frost and Gertie Wynn, while waiting for a bus, saw two pulsating lights flying horizontally and disappearing. Fifteen minutes later the lights were seen again, stopping at the zenith, merging, and diving to an altitude of only 50 meters. It seemed that the disc-shaped objects had separated and the girls were in fear of being abducted when the bus arrived, and they ran to the vehicle in terror.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: Leonard Stringfield, CRIFO Newsletter, July 1956, p. 3; Jacques Vallee, Passport to Magonia: A Century of Landings, case # 382, citing APRO Bulletin, March 1959; Richard F. Haines, Project Delta, p. 86
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_2678

Event 17954 (BEB15ECF)

Date: 5/10/1956
Time: 05:00?
Location: TOKYO AND CHIBA CITY, JPN
Description: Several observer(s). Classic saucer skims rooftops. TV electro-magnetic effect (EME). / r140 #2p26.
Type: sighting
Reference: FLYING SAUCER REVIEW (FSR), London. Bimonthly. PO Box 162; High Wycombe, Bucks. HP135 DZ, England. (Index 28)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_4927

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: “Japan”, Credibility: “9”, Duration: “2”, HatchDesc: “TOKYO+CHIBA CITY,JPN:SVRL OBS:CLASSIC SCR SKIMS ROOFTOPS:TV EME:/r140 #2p26”, LatLong: “35.616668 140.133340”, LatLongDMS: “35:37:00 N 140:08:00 E”, Locale: “Residential”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Honshu Island”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 17955 (24B76DA2)

Date: 5/10/1956
Time: 07:30
Location: TATOW KNOB, UT
Description: 3 U-prospectors. Bright silver ovoid hovers / strong wind. Up / 75° angle.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO’s a HISTORY-1956 (3 booklets) 1994 Self published. (Index 706)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_4928

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: “8”, Duration: “4”, Elev: “2400”, HatchDesc: “TATOW KNOB,UT:3 U-PROSPECTORS:BRITE SLVR OVOID HVRS/STRONG WIND:UP/75°angle”, LatLong: “39.455557 -113.338894”, LatLongDMS: “39:27:20 N 113:20:20 W”, Locale: “Mountains”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, RelAlt: “300”, State/Prov: “Utah”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 17956 (4CA7B147)

Date: 5/10/1956
Time: 19:30
Location: HARINGEY, LONDON
Description: Several observer(s). Brilliant sphere/orb/globe hovers / 45 minute(s) / strong W. wind. Then goes going south / Sussex.
Type: sighting
Reference: GIBBONS, Gavin: The COMING of the SPACE SHIPS; Neville-Spearman, London HB 1956. 13s.6d (Index 146)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_4929

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

Extra Data: Country: “Great Britain and Ireland”, Credibility: “9”, Duration: “50”, HatchDesc: “HARINGEY,LONDON:SVRL OBS:BRILL.ORB HVRS/45min/STRONG W.WIND:THEN GOES>S/SUSSEX”, LatLong: “51.566669 -0.100000”, LatLongDMS: “51:34:00 N 00:06:00 W”, Locale: “Metropolis”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “England”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 17957 (BC6D037D)

Date: 5/12/1956
Time: 03:30
Location: LAKEWOOD, CA
Description: Nurse. Silent brilliant saucer with wires / edge. 4 turns and away extremely fast. Also 2 separate observer(s).
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO’s a HISTORY-1956 (3 booklets) 1994 Self published. (Index 709)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_4930

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

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “8”, Duration: “2”, Elev: “15”, HatchDesc: “LAKEWOOD,CA:NURSE:SLNT BRILL.SCR W/WIRES/EDGE:4 TURNS+AWAY XFAST:+2 sep.obs”, LatLong: “33.855557 -118.133339”, LatLongDMS: “33:51:20 N 118:08:00 W”, Locale: “Residential”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “California”, Strangeness: “7”

Event 17958 (BB6F0D57)

Date: 5/12/1956
Description: At 3:30 a.m. in Lakewood, Los Angeles County, California several witnesses had a close encounter with a silent, brilliant saucer-shaped object with wires around its edge. It made four turns, then shot away extremely fast. There were at least two independent witnesses, and there were physiological effects reported.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: Loren E. Gross, The Fifth Horseman of the Apocalypse: UFOs: A History. 1956: May-July, p. 26
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_2756

Event 17959 (43641580)

Date: 5/15/1956
Time: 21:20
Location: JOHOT BAHARU, MALAYA
Description: Cop and 1. 4 30M saucers exit 150M cylinder/cigar-shape. Going quickly south / V-formation. / r140 #2p27.
Type: sighting
Reference: FLYING SAUCER REVIEW (FSR), London. Bimonthly. PO Box 162; High Wycombe, Bucks. HP135 DZ, England. (Index 37)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_4931

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), OGA: Non-Covert Government Agencies

Extra Data: Country: “Malaysia”, Credibility: “7”, Duration: “3”, HatchDesc: “JOHOT BAHARU,MALAYA:COP+1:4 30M SCRS EXIT 150M CGR:>>S/VFORMn:/r140 #2p27”, LatLong: “1.483333 103.766672”, LatLongDMS: “01:29:00 N 103:46:00 E”, Locale: “Town & City”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “JHR”, Strangeness: “7”

Event 17960 (AEEFD472)

Date: 5/15/1956
Description: Two police watched four 30 meter diameter discs exit from a 150 meter cigar-shaped mother craft over Johot Baharu, Malaysia at 9:15 p.m. The discs then flew to the south in a V formation.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: Larry Hatch, U computer database, case 4981, citing Flying Saucer Review, volume 3, number 1
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_2850

Event 17961 (3DF58B19)

Date: 5/16/1956
Time: 14:20
Location: NORTH / NORTON AIR FORCE BASE, CA
Description: 2 civilians / radio tower. Silent white ovoid going north overhead. 2000+kph estimated.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO’s a HISTORY-1956 (3 booklets) 1994 Self published. (Index 710)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_4932

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

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “7”, Duration: “1”, Elev: “1600”, HatchDesc: “N/NORTON AFB,CA:2 CIVs/RDO TOWER:SLNT WHT OVOID >N OVHD:2000+kph estm.”, LatLong: “34.116668 -117.266672”, LatLongDMS: “34:07:00 N 117:16:00 W”, Locale: “Mountains”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, RelAlt: “400”, State/Prov: “California”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 17962 (B1EE5A0F)

Date: 5/16/1956
Time: 22:20
Location: WOODSTOWN, NJ
Description: 1 observer. Orange-red night light streaks going north. Veers going west. Then going quickly south. Zigzags. Very fast and bright.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO’s a HISTORY-1956 (3 booklets) 1994 Self published. (Index 227)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_4933

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: “6”, Elev: “14”, HatchDesc: “WOODSTOWN,NJ:1 OBS:ORG-RED NLT STREAKS> N:VEERS> W:THEN>>S:ZIGZAGS:VFAST+BRITE”, LatLong: “39.650002 -75.327781”, LatLongDMS: “39:39:00 N 75:19:40 W”, Locale: “Town & City”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “New Jersey”, Strangeness: “5”

Event 17963 (9171C3B5)

Date: 5/16/1956
Location: -20.0000 115.0000
Description: Nuclear test: Air, confirmed. Country: Britain Name: “Mosaic G1” 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_1750

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: “Mosaic G1”, NukeSource: “BOLT”, NukeType: “NACG”, NukeY: “15”

Event 17964 (F22FC4B6)

Date: 5/16/1956
Description: At 10:15 p.m. in Woodstown, Salem County, New Jersey Mr. Locuson, a building contractor, watched an orange-red light zig-zag across the sky near the Delaware River and Delaware Bay. It went north, veered to the west, shot off to the south, and then zig-zagged away. It was very fast and bright.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: Salem Sunbeam, May 22, 1956; Loren E. Gross, The Fifth Horseman of the Apocalypse: UFOs: A History. 1956: May-July, p. 27; Larry Hatch, U computer database, case # 4983
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_2886

Event 17965 (626DE77D)

Date: 5/17/1956
Time: 06:30
Location: SOUTH BAY, NY
Description: Several observer(s). Silver metal saucer over east mountain. Rim / edge. Suddenly gone.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO’s a HISTORY-1956 (3 booklets) 1994 Self published. (Index 715)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_4934

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

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “9”, Duration: “2”, Elev: “65”, HatchDesc: “SOUTH BAY,NY:SVRL OBS:SLVR MTL SCR ovr EAST MTN:RIM/EDGE:SUDDENLY GONE”, LatLong: “43.522224 -73.505559”, LatLongDMS: “43:31:20 N 73:30:20 W”, Locale: “Residential”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “New York”, Strangeness: “8”

Event 17966 (A46F9F47)

Date: 5/17/1956
Time: 10:20
Location: ADA, OK
Description: 2 boys. 20 silver disks going north in V-groups / 4. Silent. No contrail. / FSRv2#4+/ r140#2.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO’s a HISTORY-1956 (3 booklets) 1994 Self published. (Index 713)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_4935

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: “310”, HatchDesc: “ADA,OK:2 BOYS:20 SLVR DISKS >N in V-GROUPS/4:SLNT:NO CONTRAIL:/FSRv2#4+/r140#2”, LatLong: “34.783335 -96.666671”, LatLongDMS: “34:47:00 N 96:40:00 W”, Locale: “Town & City”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Oklahoma”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 17967 (8E4C1F95)

Date: 5/17/1956
Description: At 6:30 p.m. several people in South Bay, New York including witnesses named Winchell, Green and Harris observed a metallic saucer-shaped craft with a rim hovering over nearby East Mountain from the eastern shore of Lake George. It was silent.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: Alexander Mebane, Civilian Saucer Intelligence New York Newsletter, June 1956, p. 9, citing Glens Falls Post Statesman, May 18, 1956; Loren E. Gross, The Fifth Horseman of the Apocalypse: UFOs: A History. 1956: May-July, p. 28
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_2918

Event 17968 (7E5BFA8E)

Date: 5/17/1956
Description: A man by the name of Meyer reported a formation of twenty silvery gray discs flying in close formation at a low altitude over Ada, Oklahoma at 10:22 p.m. The sighting lasted less than three minutes.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: Project Blue Book files counted in official statistics, letter dated May 24, 1956; Flying Saucer Review, July 1956, p. 27; Richard F. Haines, Project Delta: A Study of Multiple UFO, p. 185
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_2919

Event 17969 (7CEADBCC)

Date: 5/17/1956
Description: On the same day a Sasquatch was sighted by a man named Hunt along Highway 1 in Flood, British Columbia, Canada.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: George Eberhart, A Geo-Bibliography of Anomalies, p. 21, citing the Toronto Globe, July 6, 1957
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_2920

Event 17970 (1391D3DB)

Date: 5/20/1956
Time: 08:50
Location: WEST / PARKER, AZ
Description: 1 observer. 2 silent silver disks going SSE. Turn going SSW. Bob and bounce / sky. / r140#7p13.
Type: sighting
Reference: The APRO BULLETIN: Monthly. Jim & Coral Lorenzen: Tucson,AZ (USA. defunct) By volume and number. (Index 679)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_4936

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: “3”, Elev: “500”, HatchDesc: “W/PARKER,AZ:1 OBS:2 SLNT SLVR DISKS > SSE:TURN >SSW:BOB+BOUNCE/SKY:/r140#7p13”, LatLong: “34.133335 -114.283339”, LatLongDMS: “34:08:00 N 114:17:00 W”, Locale: “Desert”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, RelAlt: “2400”, State/Prov: “Arizona”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 17971 (4358F31D)

Date: 5/20/1956
Time: 16:00
Location: COLUMBIA, TN
Description: 4 Ground Observer Corps (GOC) and more/others. 4 classic saucers. RADAR only sees searching USAF jet. / r140#7p14.
Type: sighting
Reference: MUFON UFO JOURNAL, Seguin, TX USA. Monthly. (Index 277)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_4937

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), RDR: Radar traces/blips, MIL: Military investigation

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “9”, Duration: “4”, Elev: “194”, HatchDesc: “COLUMBIA,TN:4 GOC++:4 CLASSIC SCRS:RDR ONLY SEES SEARCHING USAF JET:/r140#7p14”, LatLong: “35.616668 -87.033337”, LatLongDMS: “35:37:00 N 87:02:00 W”, Locale: “Town & City”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Tennessee”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 17972 (0B47BAA0)

Date: 5/20/1956
Time: 22:30
Location: KINGSTON, RI
Description: Fireman. 2 glowing saucers glide going northeast during rare aurora Borealis.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO’s a HISTORY-1956 (3 booklets) 1994 Self published. (Index 713)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_4938

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)

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “7”, Duration: “2”, Elev: “77”, HatchDesc: “KINGSTON,RI:FIREMAN:2 GLOWING SCRS GLIDE >NE during rare AURORA BOREALIS”, LatLong: “41.466669 -71.533337”, LatLongDMS: “41:28:00 N 71:32:00 W”, Locale: “Residential”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Rhode Island”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 17973 (4B9BCBBC)

Date: 5/20/1956
Time: 17:50:38.7
Location: 11.6683 165.3942
Description: Nuclear test: Air, confirmed. Country: USA Name: “Cherokee” Yield: 3800KT
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_71

Extra Data: LatLong: “11.6683 165.3942”, LatLongDMS: “11:40:06 N 165:23:39 E”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, NukeCountry: “USA”, NukeDepth: “-1.32”, NukeName: “Cherokee”, NukeSource: “G+P”, NukeType: “NACU”, NukeY: “3800”

Event 17974 (BB145E0C)

Date: 5/22/1956
Time: 23:10
Location: 50 MI NORTHWEST / MONROE, LA
Description: 2 / USAF. Stub-winged Lima-bean buzzes T33 2X. Fantastic maneuvers.
Type: sighting
Reference: OLSEN, Thomas: REFERENCE for OUTSTANDING UFO SIGHTINGS REPORTS. 1966 UFO Information Retrieval Center, Riderwood, MD 21139. (Index 345)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_4939

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, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), OBS: Observation/chasing vehicles, RAY: Odd light/searchlight/beam/laser-like, VEH: Vehicle affected: Marks/damage/EME effects, TCH: New technical details/clues, MIL: Military investigation, BBK: Project BLUEBOOK

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “8”, Duration: “3”, Elev: “54”, HatchDesc: “50mi NW/MONROE,LA:2/USAF:STUB-WINGED LIMA-BEAN BUZZES T33 2X:FANTASTIC MNVRS”, LatLong: “32.933335 -92.733338”, LatLongDMS: “32:56:00 N 92:44:00 W”, Locale: “Metropolis”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Louisiana”, Strangeness: “8”

Event 17975 (3E3D825F)

Date: 5/22/1956
Location: Monroe (58 miles NW of ), LA
Description: Elliptical Object Comes Straight At T-33 (NICAP: 11 - Aviation Cases, Code: A, Rating: 5, BB: BBU)
Reference: NICAP: 560522
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_1939

Event 17976 (41F95237)

Date: 5/22/1956
Location: Monroe, Louisiana
Description: 11:05 p.m. USAF 1st Lt. Earl D. Holwadel and 1st Lt. Curtis Carley are piloting a T-33 jet at 18,000 feet 58 miles northwest of Monroe, Louisiana, when they see a bright light due east. They see it again in the east at 11:15 p.m. Holwadel banks right to the southeast somewhat behind the object, which is now a great distance away. The object suddenly comes straight at them at high speed, passing in front of the T-33 at about 225 feet away. It flashes an intensely bright white light from a “greenhouse-shaped dome” or cockpit window at its front end that lights up the canopy of the T-33. The object is about 30-40 feet long, elliptical in shape, shorter than a C-47 but wider, a small steady red running light in the center, with no wings, only stubby protrusions extending 3-4 feet and 25 feet long on each side. The bottom surface is like steel with ribs extending down 2–4 feet with a wave-like appearance. It moves away then returns at high speed on a westerly course with “fantastic” maneuverability. It never changes flight attitude at any time.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: NICAP, “Elliptical Object Comes Straight at T-33”; Walter N. Webb, “Inside Building 263: A Visit to Blue Book, 1956,” IUR 17, no. 5 (Sept./Oct. 1992): cover, 5; Sparks, p. 237
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_2817

Event 17977 (A8D16A0C)

Date: 5/23/1956 (approximate)
Location: BARENTS SEA MURMANSK TO/FROM TERIBERKA, RUSSIA
Description: Several / (seen thru) binoculars. Saucer maneuvers all over/all about ship. Going south / shore.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO’s a HISTORY-1956 (3 booklets) 1994 Self published. (Index 227)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_4940

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: “Russia”, Credibility: “9”, Duration: “15”, Elev: “0”, HatchDesc: “BARENTS SEA MURMANSK><TERIBERKA,RUS:SVRL/BINOCS:SCR MNVRS ALLO SHIP:>S/SHORE”, LatLong: “69.500003 34.500002”, LatLongDMS: “69:30:00 N 34:30:00 E”, Locale: “Offshore”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “MRM”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 17978 (0B6C3152)

Date: 5/26/1956
Time: 16:40
Location: BERNE, SWITZ
Description: Hundreds / military airshow. White triangle hovers / 3km altitude. Center spins. / r153p17.
Type: sighting
Reference: ZINSTAG, Lou & ALLEMANN, Dr. T; UFO-SICHTUNGEN uber der SCHWEIZ; UFO-Verlag, Basel/Zurich 1958 (via Bruno Mancusi) (Index 25)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_4941

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

Extra Data: Country: “Switzerland”, Credibility: “13”, Duration: “30”, HatchDesc: “BERNE,SWITZ:100s/MIL.AIRSHOW:WHT TRIANGLE HVRS/3km alt:CENTER SPINS:/r153p17”, LatLong: “46.916669 7.416667”, LatLongDMS: “46:55:00 N 07:25:00 E”, Locale: “Town & City”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Berne”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 17979 (0E4C735C)

Date: 5/26/1956
Description: At 2:40 p.m. hundreds of witnesses at a military airshow in Flutag outside of Bern, Switzerland watched a white triangle-shaped craft hover at three kilometers altitude. The center of the craft was spinning.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: UFO Nachrichten, October 1956
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_3096

Event 17980 (66143A42)

Date: 5/27/1956
Location: 11.0000 162.0000
Description: Nuclear test: Air, confirmed. Country: USA Name: “Yuma” Yield: .19KT
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_72

Extra Data: LatLong: “11.0000 162.0000”, LatLongDMS: “11:00:00 N 162:00:00 E”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, NukeCountry: “USA”, NukeDepth: “0.00”, NukeName: “Yuma”, NukeSource: “NV209”, NukeType: “NACU”, NukeY: “.19”

Event 17981 (0F981498)

Date: 5/27/1956
Time: 17:56:00.3
Location: 11.4967 165.3692
Description: Nuclear test: Air, confirmed. Country: USA Name: “Zuni” Yield: 3500KT
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_73

Extra Data: LatLong: “11.4967 165.3692”, LatLongDMS: “11:29:48 N 165:22:09 E”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, NukeCountry: “USA”, NukeName: “Zuni”, NukeSource: “G+P”, NukeType: “NACU”, NukeY: “3500”

Event 17982 (309B8A81)

Date: 5/28/1956 (approximate)
Time: 19:10
Location: KWEKWE, RHODESIA
Description: Blue-glowing disk on edge paces 2 / car going south. Instant shifts. Lights farms.
Type: sighting
Reference: UFO AFRINEWS; Twice annually. Cynthia Hind, editor; PO Box MP 49, Mount Pleasant, Harare, Zimbabwe. (Index 13)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_4942

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

Extra Data: Country: “Zimbabwe & Zambia”, Credibility: “7”, Duration: “5”, HatchDesc: “KWEKWE,RHODESIA:BLU-GLO DISK ON EDGE PACES 2/CAR >S:INSTANT SHIFTS:LITES FARMS”, LatLong: “-18.816668 29.750001”, LatLongDMS: “18:49:00 S 29:45:00 E”, Locale: “Pasture”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “RHD”, Strangeness: “7”

Event 17983 (B0EDBFB3)

Date: 5/28/1956 (approximate)
Time: 23:50
Location: LA PORTE, IN
Description: 1 / new car. Radio and lights electro-magnetic effect (EME). Moon colored object scans ground / Ir light?
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO’s a HISTORY-1956 (3 booklets) 1994 Self published. (Index 718)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_4943

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, SCR: Classic saucer/disk/sphere shaped UFO, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), OBS: Observation/chasing vehicles, RAY: Odd light/searchlight/beam/laser-like, DRT: Dirt/soil traces/marks/footprints etc., VEG: Plants affected or sampled/crop circles, EME: Electro-Magnetic Effects, TCH: New technical details/clues

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “6”, Duration: “1”, Elev: “245”, HatchDesc: “La PORTE,IN:1/NEW CAR:RADIO+LITES EME:MOON CLRD OBJ SCANS GROUND/IR LIGHT?:”, LatLong: “41.600002 -86.733337”, LatLongDMS: “41:36:00 N 86:44:00 W”, Locale: “Pasture”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, RelAlt: “300”, State/Prov: “Indiana”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 17984 (5C3C4D0F)

Date: 5/28/1956
Description: A blue glowing disc flying on edge pursued a car in Kwekwe, Zimbabwe in what was then Rhodesia. It made instantaneous maneuvers, and illuminated a farm as it flew over.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: Cynthia Hind, UFO Afri News, January 1996
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_3131

Event 17985 (66C7F101)

Date: 5/30/1956
Time: 18:15:29.3
Location: 11.5444 162.3644
Description: Nuclear test: Air, confirmed. Country: USA Name: “Erie” Yield: 14.9KT
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: Nu

[c0mmando]

keExplosions, ID: NukeExplosions_74

Extra Data: LatLong: “11.5444 162.3644”, LatLongDMS: “11:32:40 N 162:21:52 E”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, NukeCountry: “USA”, NukeDepth: “-0.09”, NukeName: “Erie”, NukeSource: “G+P”, NukeType: “NACU”, NukeY: “14.9”

Event 17986 (5A1A8802)

Date: 6/1956
Location: FRANCE, Feyzin
Description: (Translated from French) Roland X. was cycling and when he came out of a hollow path around 6 o’clock in the morning, he saw a bright object on the ground, which resembled a miner’s leather hat. The main body, whose darkest part was hidden by vegetation, was topped with a kind of cockpit. He observed without daring to approach. Suddenly he saw a gray, robustly-shouldered being, the size of a 9-year-old child, wearing a diving suit, who was moving without haste. He disappeared from the witness’s sight without him being able to say how. Then the object rose, described a spiral, inclined and moved away in absolute silence. The witness said that between the object and him there was an energy that paralyzed him and forced him to turn away his gaze. Afterwards he had difficulty pedaling.
Reference: M. FIGUET/ J.L. RUCHON: “Ovni, Premier dossier complet…” ed. Alain Lefeuvre 1979, p. 225
Reference: Mini catalogue chronologique des observations OVNI, by Godelieve Van Overmeire
Source: Overmeire, ID: Overmeire_2015

Event 17987 (7ABF54BC)

Date: 6/1956
Time: 06:00
Location: FT FEYZIN, FRANCE
Description: Landed domed saucer. Small humanoid (or Grey) moves slow and vanishes. “Shock” paralyzes observer(s).
Type: sighting
Reference: FIGEUT, Michel & RUCHON, Jean-Louis: OVNI - Le Premier Dossier…; Alain LeFeuvre, Paris 1979. (Index 225)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_4944

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”, HUM: Humans affected: Injury/burns/marks/abduction/death, LND: UFO landing or any part touches ground, EME: Electro-Magnetic Effects, TCH: New technical details/clues, CMF: Camouflage/disguise

Extra Data: Country: “France”, Credibility: “6”, Duration: “8”, HatchDesc: “Ft FEYZIN,FRANCE:LANDED DOMED SCR:OID MOVES SLO+VANISHES:“SHOCK” PARALYZES OBS”, LatLong: “45.683336 4.850000”, LatLongDMS: “45:41:00 N 04:51:00 E”, Locale: “Town & City”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Rhône”, Strangeness: “9”

Event 17988 (FC638B88)

Date: 6/1956
Time: 07:00
Location: N7 NEAR LA TURBIE, FR
Description: Football ovoid hovers low / rocky hill. Observer(s) goes to work. No further details.
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 53)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_4945

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: “N7 nr La TURBIE,FR:FOOTBALL OVOID HVRS LO/ROCKY HILL:obs goes to work:NFD”, LatLong: “43.744447 7.405556”, LatLongDMS: “43:44:40 N 07:24:20 E”, Locale: “Pasture”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Alpes Maritimes”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 17989 (AEFEE76F)

Date: 6/1956 (approximate)
Time: 15:00
Location: SACANDAGA RESERVOIR, NY
Description: Camper. 3 F86’s going quickly south. White 6M circular object follows 30M behind last jet.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO’s a HISTORY-1956 (3 booklets) 1994 Self published. (Index 719)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_4946

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, TCH: New technical details/clues

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “6”, Duration: “1”, Elev: “232”, HatchDesc: “SACANDAGA RSVR,NY:CAMPER:3 F86s >>S:WHT 6M CIRC.OBJ FOLOS 30M BHND LAST JET”, LatLong: “43.483335 -71.388892”, LatLongDMS: “43:29:00 N 71:23:20 W”, Locale: “Mountains”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “New York”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 17990 (2B0BF2A4)

Date: 6/1956
Time: 23:00
Location: VOLOS, GRC
Description: 2 observer(s). Huge saucer over estuary. 3 cones / top. Door opens. Small object flies in.
Type: sighting
Reference: FLYING SAUCER REVIEW (FSR), London. Bimonthly. PO Box 162; High Wycombe, Bucks. HP135 DZ, England. (Index 294)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_4947

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)

Extra Data: Country: “Greece and Island nations”, Credibility: “7”, Duration: “2”, HatchDesc: “VOLOS,GRC:2 OBS:HUGE SCR ovr ESTUARY:3 CONES/TOP:DOOR OPENS:SML OBJ FLIES IN”, LatLong: “39.383335 22.900001”, LatLongDMS: “39:23:00 N 22:54:00 E”, Locale: “Coastlands”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “GRC”, Strangeness: “7”

Event 17991 (E1FB3EA2)

Date: 6/1956
Alternate date: 6/1957
Locations: Wellington, New Zealand; RNZAF Base Ohakea near Bulls
Description: RNZAF Airman Derek Mansell is a passenger in a Bristol 170 Freighter Mk 31M near Wellington, New Zealand, when the aircraft encounters severe turbulence and its compass and other instruments spin wildly. All communications fail and the engine spurts intermittently for 25 minutes before everything returns to normal. When the Freighter lands at RNZAF Base Ohakea near Bulls, the pilot of a Douglas C-47 Dakota lands and asks them whether they had seen a huge metallic disc about 250 feet in diameter with a blue light on top and a red light on the bottom, which he had observed just above the Freighter pacing it. The Dakota crew apparently took photos, but these have not turned up. After a two-hour debriefing, both crews are told never to discuss the matter.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Good Above, pp. 432–433
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_2820

Event 17992 (33458ADF)

Date: 6/1956
Locations: New Hampshire; Ohio
Description: 10:00 p.m. Two women are driving north toward New Hampshire, Ohio, when a bright light approaches them from a small wooded area. They stop their car to look at it. The light is attached to a large rectangular object resembling a railroad box car that settles near the ground at the edge of the highway opposite to them about 30 feet away. Suddenly the side of the object facing them lights up from inside with a pale green light and they can see three small entities. One is standing next to a console “operating some kind of controls,” and the two others are also active. For 5 minutes, they appear to be observing the women. The entities have dark hair on their heads and arms and are wearing short-sleeved smocks. The object moves up and away toward the southwest and disappears.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: “Unreported 1956 CEIII Discovered in Ohio,” CUFOS Associate Newsletter 3, no. 3 (June/July 1982): 4–5
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_2821

Event 17993 (8287E7EC)

Date: 6/1/1956
Description: (Translated from French) First stone of the Chinese site of Jiuquan. (June 1st)
Reference: rr0 - Beau
Source: rr0, ID: rr0_1654

Event 17994 (17949022)

Date: 6/1/1956
Time: ~23:00
Location: NEAR ATLANTIC CITY, NJ
Description: 2 observer(s). Slow ‘flying hotel’ stops / house nearby. Windows. Going quickly southeast.
Type: sighting
Reference: The APRO BULLETIN: Monthly. Jim & Coral Lorenzen: Tucson,AZ (USA. defunct) By volume and number. (Index 679)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_4948

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CST: Observer(s) in coastal area/just offshore, 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), OBS: Observation/chasing vehicles, BLD: Building/man-made structure/roads/power lines

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “7”, Duration: “1”, Elev: “3”, HatchDesc: “nr ATLANTIC CITY,NJ:2 OBS:SLOW ‘FLYING HOTEL’ STOPS/HOUSE nearby:WINDOWS:>>SE”, LatLong: “39.366669 -74.450004”, LatLongDMS: “39:22:00 N 74:27:00 W”, Locale: “Residential”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, RelAlt: “10”, State/Prov: “New Jersey”, Strangeness: “7”

Event 17995 (2A402EC9)

Date: 6/2/1956
Location: Newton, MS
Description: Military pilot of Convair T-29 saw white-green light on parallel course (NICAP: 11 - Aviation Cases, BB: BBU)
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_1940

Event 17996 (12A6B1A0)

Date: 6/4/1956
Description: There was a reported landing of a UFO near Hicksville, New York on Long Island at just after midnight in 1956. The unconfirmed report said there were landing traces, but the report couldn’t be followed up.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: Civilian Saucer Intelligence of New York Newsletter, June 1956, p. 10
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_3269

Event 17997 (2B36D537)

Date: 6/5/1956
Time: 08:40
Location: BIRMINGHAM, AL
Description: 2 Air Force pilots / B25. 15m silver saucer going quickly south. 900m altitude. Spins. Silent. / Blue Book report.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO’s a HISTORY-1956 (3 booklets) 1994 Self published. (Index 234)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_4949

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: “1”, Elev: “183”, HatchDesc: “BIRMINGHAM,AL:2 AF PILOTS/B25:15m SLVR SCR >>S:900m alt:SPINS:SILENT:/BBK RPT”, LatLong: “33.516668 -86.833337”, LatLongDMS: “33:31:00 N 86:50:00 W”, Locale: “Metropolis”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, RelAlt: “600”, State/Prov: “Alabama”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 17998 (2A4EDA35)

Date: 6/6/1956
Description: (Translated from French) In Banning, California, Mr. Bierman saw a thin disc with a small dome, with silver reflections, hovering in flight at about 100 yards for 8 to 10 seconds and then flying away. (June 6, 5:30)
Reference: case Blue Book #4127 unsolved
Reference: rr0 - Beau
Source: rr0, ID: rr0_1655

Event 17999 (6C76109B)

Date: 6/6/1956
Description: (Translated from French) Sergeant O. D. Hill, who worked for the Blue Book project at Wright-Patterson base, told Tom Comella and ufologist Edgar Smith that USAF (USAF.html) planes were disappearing from time to time after encounters with UFOs. To back up his claims, he gave two examples, intentionally omitting names, places and dates. One of them seems to be, with one or two details changed, the Kinross case (November 23, 1953). For the second one, Edgar Smith’s notes indicate: A transport plane with 26 people on board was quickly approaching its base. It was about 16 km from the coast. On the ground, in the radar station, the operator was carefully following the transport plane and maintaining constant radar contact with it. Suddenly, the operator discovered a second trace on his screen. He immediately contacted the transport plane by radio and warned the pilot to be careful of the unidentified object. The UFO was moving at a very high speed, about 4000 km/h. It was jumping on the screen like a tennis ball. Suddenly, the mysterious “blip” flew straight to the transport plane’s one and, before the operator had time to warn the pilot, the two objects became one on the screen. The remaining trace then disappeared into the sky at a dizzying speed. The search revealed no trace of oil on the surface of the water. Nothing but a general’s briefcase floating. The plane had disappeared without a trace. American researcher Jerome Clark has noted that no one, neither Sergeant Hill nor the USAF, had denied Tom Comella’s allegations. Moreover, Fate is a well-known magazine in the Anglo-Saxon world and the article had specifically named certain people.
Reference: “Have UFOs “swallowed” Our Aircraft”, Fate, May 1961
Reference: rr0 - Beau
Source: rr0, ID: rr0_1656

Event 18000 (1CA893A5)

Date: 6/6/1956
Description: (Translated from French) The revelations made to Doctor Rolf Alexander in summer 1951 are revealed, without citing the persons involved.
Reference: rr0 - Beau
Source: rr0, ID: rr0_1657

Event 18001 (CE55CC0F)

Date: 6/6/1956
Time: 05:30
Location: 5MI / BANNING, CA
Description: Silent domed saucer circles car / 100’ altitude 100’ away. Vanishes. / r8#383.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO’s a HISTORY-1956 (3 booklets) 1994 Self published. (Index 237)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_4950

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), 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: “6”, Duration: “1”, Elev: “732”, HatchDesc: “5mi/BANNING,CA:SLNT DOMED SCR CCLs CAR/100’alt 100’AWAY:VANISHES:/r8#383”, LatLong: “33.933335 -116.883339”, LatLongDMS: “33:56:00 N 116:53:00 W”, Locale: “Pasture”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “California”, Strangeness: “8”

Event 18002 (272CEBC8)

Date: 6/6/1956
Location: Banning, CA
Description: Thin disc with a small dome, shimmering silver (NICAP: 01 - Distant Encounters, BB: 4127)
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_1941

Event 18003 (8E173F15)

Date: 6/6/1956
Time: 0430
Location: Banning, California
Description: An object hovered about 30 m above and 100 m away from the witness’s car. Showing something like a dome on top, it crossed the road slowly, turned, and crossed the road again behind the car, then vanished suddenly.
Type: ufo sighting
Reference: Atic (Vallee)
Source: ValléeMagonia, ID: Magonia_383

Event 18004 (4B378C76)

Date: 6/6/1956
Time: 5:30 AM
Location: Banning, California
Description: Witness: Mr. Bierman. One thin disc with a small dome, shimmering silver, hovered about 100 yards away for 8-10 seconds, then zoomed up.
Type: ufo sighting
Reference: BlueBook Unknowns PDF
Source: BerlinerBBUnknowns, ID: BerlinerBBU_402

Event 18005 (2EF46AE1)

Date: 6/6/1956
Time: 00:55:30.0
Location: 11.6764 162.2222
Description: Nuclear test: Air, confirmed. Country: USA Name: “Seminole” Yield: 13.7KT
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_75

Extra Data: LatLong: “11.6764 162.2222”, LatLongDMS: “11:40:35 N 162:13:20 E”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, NukeCountry: “USA”, NukeName: “Seminole”, NukeSource: “G+P”, NukeType: “NACU”, NukeY: “13.7”

Event 18006 (36005D98)

Date: 6/6/1956
Description: Banning, California - At 5:30 a.m. PDT Mr. Bierman watched a thin disc with a small dome on top, shimmering silver, hover about 30 yards up and 100 yards away for 8-10 seconds. It crossed the road slowly, turned, and crossed the road again behind his car. It then suddenly shot straight up.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: Don Berliner, Project Bluebook UFO Unknowns; Project Blue Book files counted in official statistics, case 4127; Jacques Vallee, Passport to Magonia: A Century of Landings, p. 253
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_3318

Event 18007 (A9F7112D)

Date: 6/10/1956
Time: 21:30
Location: WAIKUMETE, NZ
Description: Airman / ground. Domed saucer flickers. East going west slow. Shoots quickly going up [to] extremely fast. / r140#2p24.
Type: sighting
Reference: FLYING SAUCER REVIEW (FSR), London. Bimonthly. PO Box 162; High Wycombe, Bucks. HP135 DZ, England. (Index 28)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_4951

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”, HatchDesc: “WAIKUMETE,NZ:AIRMAN/GND:DOMED SCR FLICKERS:E>W SLO:SHOOTS ↑↑ XFAST:/r140#2p24”, LatLong: “-36.900002 174.650008”, LatLongDMS: “36:54:00 S 174:39:00 E”, Locale: “Residential”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “NI”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 18008 (283B8B3B)

Date: 6/10/1956
Time: 23:10
Location: 5MI SOUTH / MARCH AIR FORCE BASE, CA
Description: Air Force ground-visual observer(s). “Half dollar size” saucer makes 180 degree turn.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO’s a HISTORY-1956 (3 booklets) 1994 Self published. (Index 239)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_4952

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: “470”, HatchDesc: “5mi S/MARCH AFB,CA:AF GND-VISUAL OBS:“HALF DOLLAR SIZE” SCR MAKES 180dgr TURN”, LatLong: “33.800002 -117.266672”, LatLongDMS: “33:48:00 N 117:16:00 W”, Locale: “Mountains”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “California”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 18009 (59053160)

Date: 6/11/1956
Time: 18:26:00.1
Location: 11.6000 165.4514
Description: Nuclear test: Air, confirmed. Country: USA Name: “Flathead” Yield: 365KT
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_76

Extra Data: LatLong: “11.6000 165.4514”, LatLongDMS: “11:36:00 N 165:27:05 E”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, NukeCountry: “USA”, NukeName: “Flathead”, NukeSource: “G+P”, NukeType: “NACU”, NukeY: “365”

Event 18010 (FF86346F)

Date: 6/11/1956
Time: 18:26:00.3
Location: 11.5511 162.3586
Description: Nuclear test: Air, confirmed. Country: USA Name: “Blackfoot” 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_77

Extra Data: LatLong: “11.5511 162.3586”, LatLongDMS: “11:33:04 N 162:21:31 E”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, NukeCountry: “USA”, NukeDepth: “-0.06”, NukeName: “Blackfoot”, NukeSource: “G+P”, NukeType: “NACU”, NukeY: “8”

Event 18011 (9BC30517)

Date: 6/11/1956
Description: Nueces River, Texas - Dan Martin claimed he was taken aboard a large landed UFO, where he spent seven hours being lectured by the master of the ship. He wrote a book about his experience, entitled 7 Hours Aboard a Space Ship.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: Hollywood Citizen-News, July 20, 1956
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_3417

Event 18012 (A095BF4D)

Date: 6/12/1956
Time: 23:30
Location: CHELTENHAM AND MORE/OTHERS, ENGL
Description: Huge silent object over hill. Big square windows. Separate observer(s). / r140#7p25.
Type: sighting
Reference: FLYING SAUCER REVIEW (FSR), London. Bimonthly. PO Box 162; High Wycombe, Bucks. HP135 DZ, England. (Index 28)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_4953

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: “Great Britain and Ireland”, Credibility: “10”, Duration: “30”, Elev: “72”, HatchDesc: “CHELTENHAM++,ENGL:HUGE SLNT OBJ ovr HILL:BIG SQR WINDOWS:SEP.OBS:/r140#7p25”, LatLong: “51.916669 -2.066667”, LatLongDMS: “51:55:00 N 02:04:00 W”, Locale: “Town & City”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “England”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 18013 (65FCC536)

Date: 6/13/1956
Location: US
Description: Science fiction movie “Earth vs. the Flying Saucers” is released
Type: movie
Reference: Wikipedia
Source: Maj2, ID: Maj2_564

Event 18014 (37E0F17C)

Date: 6/13/1956
Time: 21:00
Location: SHADY COVE, OR
Description: Bright red saucer over house. 2 more join low over river. Upstream and down slow.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO’s a HISTORY-1956 (3 booklets) 1994 Self published. (Index 727)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_4954

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, DRT: Dirt/soil traces/marks/footprints etc., BLD: Building/man-made structure/roads/power lines

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “8”, Duration: “30”, Elev: “426”, HatchDesc: “SHADY COVE,OR:BRITE RED SCR OVR HOUSE:2 MORE JOIN LO OVR RVR:UPSTREAM+DOWN SLO”, LatLong: “42.616669 -122.816673”, LatLongDMS: “42:37:00 N 122:49:00 W”, Locale: “Residential”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, RelAlt: “6”, State/Prov: “Oregon”, Strangeness: “7”

Event 18015 (437EF062)

Date: 6/13/1956
Location: 11.0000 162.0000
Description: Nuclear test: Air, confirmed. Country: USA Name: “Kickapoo” Yield: 1.49KT
Type: atomic
Reference: “columbia.edu: Worldwide Nuclear Explosions”, by Yang, North, Romney, and Richards
Reference: “archive.org: Worldwide Nuclear Explosions”, by Yang, North, Romney, and Richards
Source: NukeExplosions, ID: NukeExplosions_78

Extra Data: LatLong: “11.0000 162.0000”, LatLongDMS: “11:00:00 N 162:00:00 E”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, NukeCountry: “USA”, NukeDepth: “0.00”, NukeName: “Kickapoo”, NukeSource: “NV209”, NukeType: “NACU”, NukeY: “1.49”

Event 18016 (1A795593)

Date: 6/13/1956
Locations: Los Angeles; Hollywood
Description: Earth vs. the Flying Saucers, an American black-and-white science fiction film from Columbia Pictures, produced by Charles H. Schneer, directed by Fred F. Sears, starring Hugh Marlowe and Joan Taylor, and with special effects by Ray Harryhausen, is released in Los Angeles. The film’s storyline is suggested by Donald E. Keyhoe’s nonfiction Flying Saucers from Outer Space (1953), but bears little resemblance to the content. Keyhoe has sold the rights to Clover Productions in Hollywood.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Wikipedia, “Earth vs. the Flying Saucers”; Internet Movie Database, “Earth vs. the Flying Saucers”; Clark III 434
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_2822

Event 18017 (7BD96CA6)

Date: 6/14/1956
Time: 00:20
Location: WASHINGTON, DC
Description: Ground Observer Corps (GOC) observer(s). 2 ‘UFO’s’. Lights flash. Hover. Make 4 complete stops then go.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO’s a HISTORY-1956 (3 booklets) 1994 Self published. (Index 245)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_4955

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), MIL: Military investigation, BBK: Project BLUEBOOK

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “7”, Duration: “87”, Elev: “9”, HatchDesc: “WASHINGTON,DC:GOC OBS:2 ‘UFOs’:LITES FLASH:HVR:MAKE 4 COMPLETE STOPS THEN GO”, LatLong: “38.950002 -77.050004”, LatLongDMS: “38:57:00 N 77:03:00 W”, Locale: “Metropolis”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “WDC”, Strangeness: “5”

Event 18018 (5689AFAC)

Date: 6/14/1956
Time: 04:10
Location: ENCANTO, CA
Description: Civil observer(s) / (seen thru) binoculars. Glowing ovoid going quickly southeast 5mi away. Seen / 3 minute(s).
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO’s a HISTORY-1956 (3 booklets) 1994 Self published. (Index 241)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_4956

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: “3”, Elev: “73”, HatchDesc: “ENCANTO,CA:CIV OBS/BINOCS:GLOWING OVOID >>SE 5mi AWAY:SEEN/3min:”, LatLong: “32.716668 -117.116672”, LatLongDMS: “32:43:00 N 117:07:00 W”, Locale: “Residential”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “California”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 18019 (692989A9)

Date: 6/14/1956
Time: 23:00?
Location: OVER NORFOLK, UK
Description: Ground and air RADAR’s. Huge blip stops. Away as F86-D attacks. / r141#12p29.
Type: sighting
Reference: Periodical: VSD Magazine, France: Special Issue. OVNIs: 50 ans de Rapports Officiels; June 2002 (Bernard Thouanel)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_4957

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CST: Observer(s) in coastal area/just offshore, SEA: Observer(s) at sea, AIR: Observer(s) on aircraft, MIL: Observer(s) military, HQO: High-quality observer(s), WAV: Wave/cluster/flap, CIG: Torpedo/cigar/cylinder shaped UFO, NLT: Nightlights/points of light, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), RDR: Radar traces/blips, COV: Indication of coverup

Extra Data: Country: “Great Britain and Ireland”, Credibility: “7”, Duration: “15”, Elev: “0”, HatchDesc: “ovr NORFOLK,UK:GND+AIR RDRS:HUGE BLIP STOPS:AWAY as F86-D ATTACKS:/r141#12p29”, LatLong: “52.666669 1.316667”, LatLongDMS: “52:40:00 N 01:19:00 E”, Locale: “Metropolis”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “England”, Strangeness: “5”

Event 18020 (AF0CAE9F)

Date: 6/14/1956
Locations: Wright-Patterson AFB; Ohio
Description: Walter N. Webb visits and interviews Project Blue Book head Capt. George T. Gregory at Wright-Patterson AFB in Ohiob .
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Walter N. Webb, “Inside Building 263: A Visit to Blue Book, 1956,” IUR 17, no. 5 (Sept./Oct. 1992): 3–5
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_2823

Event 18021 (662D5A69)

Date: 6/16/1956
Time: 01:13:53.1
Location: 11.5467 162.3608
Description: Nuclear test: Air, confirmed. Country: USA Name: “Osage” Yield: 1.7KT
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_79

Extra Data: LatLong: “11.5467 162.3608”, LatLongDMS: “11:32:48 N 162:21:39 E”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, NukeCountry: “USA”, NukeDepth: “-0.21”, NukeName: “Osage”, NukeSource: “G+P”, NukeType: “NACU”, NukeY: “1.7”

Event 18022 (B3B98097)

Date: 6/17/1956
Description: In 1956 a bright blob of light zoomed away when approached by a Royal New Zealand Air Force Vampire jet interceptor, near Ohakea AFB, New Zealand.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: Dominique Weinstein, Aircraft UFO Encounters, p. 28). In Abingdon, England on this night in 1966, an astronomer, a second scientist, and five others watched a domed disc w headlights maneuver in the sky for 90 minutes, beginning at 8:50 p.m. (Source: Flying Saucer Review, September-October 1966, p. 27). Four pinkish-white football-shaped objects, flying in a rectangular formation, paced a private plane flying between Ladd and Peru, Illinois in the early morning hours of this day in 1969. (Source: Data-Net Report, April 1971). In 1971 at 9:40 p.m. a domed disc with flashing red and green lights repeatedly buzzed the Smith family farmhouse in Gorae West, Victoria, Australia. Watched through binoculars, the Smiths could see that a silver flash emanated from the object when it swooped low over the farmyard. It moved back and forth at high speed for 55 minutes. (Source: Portland (Victoria) Observer, June 21, 1971). In 1972 a 350-meter wide bright orange object descended near George Air Force Base in California at 11:50 p.m. More than thirty base personnel witnessed it. (Source: APRO Bulletin, May 1972
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_3528

Event 18023 (5AB58A63)

Date: 6/19/1956
Time: 00:10
Location: ARKANSAS CITY, KS
Description: 3 cops and 4 others. Several luminous/glowing objects with appendages. Seen / hours. No further details.
Type: sighting
Reference: VALLEE, Jacques: UFO’S IN SPACE - Anatomy of a Phenomenon; Henry Regnery 1966 & Ballentine PB 1974 294pp. (Index 235)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_4958

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, HQO: High-quality observer(s), NWS: News media report, PRB: Probe: Possibly remote controlled, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), TCH: New technical details/clues, OGA: Non-Covert Government Agencies

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “10”, Duration: “240”, Elev: “335”, HatchDesc: “ARKANSAS CITY,KS:3 COPS+4 OTHERS:SVRL LUMn OBJS w/APPENDAGES:seen/hours:NFD”, LatLong: “37.066668 -97.033338”, LatLongDMS: “37:04:00 N 97:02:00 W”, Locale: “Oil & Coal”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Kansas”, Strangeness: “7”

Event 18024 (6503CD4C)

Date: 6/19/1956
Time: ~01:00
Location: HUTCHINSON, KS AND WICHITA AND ELDORADO AND WELLINGTON
Description: Night lights cavort. Hutch RADAR paints blip.
Type: sighting
Reference: VALLEE, Jacques: UFO’S IN SPACE - Anatomy of a Phenomenon; Henry Regnery 1966 & Ballentine PB 1974 294pp. (Index 235)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_4959

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), RDR: Radar traces/blips

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “10”, Duration: “90”, Elev: “470”, HatchDesc: “HUTCHINSON,KS +WICHITA+ELDORADO+WELLINGTON:NLTS CAVORT:HUTCH RDR PAINTS BLIP”, LatLong: “38.033335 -97.933338”, LatLongDMS: “38:02:00 N 97:56:00 W”, Locale: “Town & City”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Kansas”, Strangeness: “5”

Event 18025 (C1EB2A61)

Date: 6/19/1956
Location: -20.0000 115.0000
Description: Nuclear test: Air, confirmed. Country: Britain Name: “Mosaic G2” Yield: 60KT
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_1751

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: “Mosaic G2”, NukeSource: “BOLT”, NukeType: “NACG”, NukeY: “60”

Event 18026 (06FF347C)

Date: 6/21/1956
Location: WATERLOO, IA
Description: 2 observer(s) / (seen thru) binoculars. White saucer / red center. To and fro / sky / 30 minute(s). Goes straight going up.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO’s a HISTORY-1956 (3 booklets) 1994 Self published. (Index 252)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_4960

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: “30”, Elev: “255”, HatchDesc: “WATERLOO,IA:2 OBS/BINOCS:WHT SCR/RED CENTER:TO+FRO/SKY/30min:GOES STRAIGHT ↑”, LatLong: “42.500002 -92.350004”, LatLongDMS: “42:30:00 N 92:21:00 W”, Locale: “Farmlands”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Iowa”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 18027 (64D265CA)

Date: 6/21/1956
Time: 20:40
Location: HOMESTEAD, PA
Description: 12 scouts and more. Numerous shiny silver disks maneuver / 40 second(s). Enter clouds.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO’s a HISTORY-1956 (3 booklets) 1994 Self published. (Index 731)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_4961

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

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “9”, Duration: “1”, Elev: “238”, HatchDesc: “HOMESTEAD,PA:12 SCOUTS+:NMRS SHINY SLVR DISKS MNVR/40sec:ENTER CLOUDS”, LatLong: “40.405557 -79.900004”, LatLongDMS: “40:24:20 N 79:54:00 W”, Locale: “Mountains”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Pennsylvania”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 18028 (7EC74730)

Date: Summer 1956
Location: Nellis Air Force Base
Description: A pilot driving through the desert and bound for Nellis Air Force Base experienced a sudden and inexplicable engine failure. He tried to start the car with no success, then started walking. He saw a strange shape at the side of the highway and, being curious, approached it. To his surprise it took off. Before it left, however, he got a good look, it was a circular disk shaped with a dome on top. When it took off, he clearly saw 3 circular appendages underneath. The pilot went back to his car which started with no trouble. When he reached Nellis, he reported the incident to intelligence and he and one of their officers immediately drove back to the scene. On the ground at the location of the sighting, they found 3 clearly defined concave impressions in the sand.
Type: ufo sighting
Reference: Trace Cases
Source: Trace, ID: Trace_2

Event 18029 (C58085D6)

Date: 6/21/1956
Location: 11.0000 162.0000
Description: Nuclear test: Air, confirmed. Country: USA Name: “Inca” Yield: 15.2KT
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_80

Extra Data: LatLong: “11.0000 162.0000”, LatLongDMS: “11:00:00 N 162:00:00 E”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, NukeCountry: “USA”, NukeDepth: “0.00”, NukeName: “Inca”, NukeSource: “NV209”, NukeType: “NACU”, NukeY: “15.2”

Event 18030 (B4CBFB0A)

Date: Summer 1956?
Location: Garland, Texas
Description: Morris K. Jessup is invited to the Office of Naval Research to examine the mysteriously annotated version of his The Case for the UFO. He becomes convinced that his correspondent Carl Allen has written all or most of it. Capt. Sidney Sherby and Cmdr. Hoover ask for the Allen letters and these are included in a special printing of the annotated book by the Varo Publishing Company of Garland, Texas. In 1969, Allen confesses to APRO that he had written the annotations, but he retracts the confession later.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: (Clark III 95–97; Andrew H. Hochheimer, “The Varo Edition,” The Philadelphia Experiment from A–Z, December 13, 2016).
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_2818

Event 18031 (0E97364F)

Date: Summer 1956
Location: southwest part of Springfield, Illinois
Description: 11:30 p.m. A cigar-shaped UFO with lighted portholes is seen by two witnesses in the southwest part of Springfield, Illinois. The car driven by one of the witnesses quits, and the UFO seems to affect the traffic lights as well. The object looks slightly smaller than a blimp. After about 30 seconds it moves straight up and disappears.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Michael D. Swords, “The Timmerman Files,” IUR 26, no. 4 (Winter 2001–2002): 14, 30
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_2819

Event 18032 (F5A9EBE6)

Date: 6/21/1956
Description: At 10:35 p.m. a group of boy scouts and their scoutmaster sighted several silvery discs in the southeastern sky near Homestead, Pennsylvania maneuvering at high speed among the clouds.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: Alexander Mebane, Civilian Saucer Intelligence Newsletter, September 1956, p. 3; Richard F. Haines, Project Delta: A Study of Multiple UFO, p. 186
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_3570

Event 18033 (61927B34)

Date: 6/24/1956
Time: 22:00?
Location: LUTZ, FL
Description: 2 observer(s) / (seen thru) binoculars. Orange saucer / red bottom. East going quickly west. Sweeps up and down and up again.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO’s a HISTORY-1956 (3 booklets) 1994 Self published. (Index 252)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_4962

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: “22”, HatchDesc: “LUTZ,FL:2 OBS/BINOCS:ORG SCR/RED BOTTOM:E>>W:SWEEPS UP+DOWN+UP AGAIN”, LatLong: “28.150001 -82.461115”, LatLongDMS: “28:09:00 N 82:27:40 W”, Locale: “Town & City”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Florida”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 18034 (B7808A4A)

Date: 6/25/1956
Time: 18:06:00.2
Location: 11.6028 165.4514
Description: Nuclear test: Air, confirmed. Country: USA Name: “Dakota” Yield: 1100KT
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_81

Extra Data: LatLong: “11.6028 165.4514”, LatLongDMS: “11:36:10 N 165:27:05 E”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, NukeCountry: “USA”, NukeName: “Dakota”, NukeSource: “G+P”, NukeType: “NACU”, NukeY: “1100”

Event 18035 (5DE94B21)

Date: 6/25/1956
Description: ATIC’s Col. John Eriksen, writing for Secretary of the Air Force Donald A. Quarles, replies to a query from Rep. John E. Moss (D-Calif.), explaining why USAF is not handing out multiple copies of Blue Book Special Report no. 14 and that it does not intend to withhold UFO information from the public.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Swords 223
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_2824

Event 18036 (9B001BCA)

Date: 6/27/1956
Location: PLATTSBURG, NY
Description: Ground Observer Corps (GOC) observer(s). Glowing yellow mass nears plane. Then goes going quickly east descending.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO’s a HISTORY-1956 (3 booklets) 1994 Self published. (Index 256)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_4963

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: “41”, HatchDesc: “PLATTSBURG,NY:GOC OBS:GLOWING YELLOW MASS NEARS PLANE:THEN GOES>>E DESCENDING”, LatLong: “44.700002 -73.466670”, LatLongDMS: “44:42:00 N 73:28:00 W”, Locale: “Town & City”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “New York”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 18037 (A7A11DD3)

Date: 6/27/1956
Location: TRIESTE, ITL
Description: Many observer(s) / coast. Luminous object hovers / 10 second(s). Speeds going quickly northeast. No further details.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO’s a HISTORY-1956 (3 booklets) 1994 Self published. (Index 257)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_4964

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CST: Observer(s) in coastal area/just offshore, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, NLT: Nightlights/points of light, PRB: Probe: Possibly remote controlled, FBL: Fireball: Blazing undistinguished form/orb., NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s)

Extra Data: Country: “Italy”, Credibility: “11”, Duration: “2”, HatchDesc: “TRIESTE,ITL:MANY OBS/COAST:LUMINOUS OBJECT HOVERS/10sec:SPEEDS>>NE:NFD”, LatLong: “45.650002 13.800001”, LatLongDMS: “45:39:00 N 13:48:00 E”, Locale: “Islands”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “TS”, Strangeness: “4”

Event 18038 (011D8334)

Date: 6/27/1956
Time: 14:30
Location: JAMESTOWN, OH
Description: 3 observer(s). Car-size domed disk takes off / ground. Silent. Climbs / steep angle.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO’s a HISTORY-1956 (3 booklets) 1994 Self published. (Index 258)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_4965

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, MIL: Military investigation, BBK: Project BLUEBOOK

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “8”, Duration: “1”, Elev: “322”, HatchDesc: “JAMESTOWN,OH:3 OBS:CAR-SIZE DOMED DISK TAKES OFF/GND:SILENT:CLIMBS/STEEP ANGLE”, LatLong: “39.655557 -83.733337”, LatLongDMS: “39:39:20 N 83:44:00 W”, Locale: “Pasture”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Ohio”, Strangeness: “7”

Event 18039 (46D10AAC)

Date: 6/27/1956
Time: 20:20
Location: MAHANOY CITY, PA
Description: Several observer(s). 2 glistening orbs hover. Then shoot upward / seconds.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO’s a HISTORY-1956 (3 booklets) 1994 Self published. (Index 260)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_4966

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

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “9”, Duration: “1”, Elev: “383”, HatchDesc: “MAHANOY CITY,PA:SVRL OBS:2 GLISTENING ORBS HVR:THEN SHOOT UPWARD/SECONDS:”, LatLong: “40.811113 -76.144448”, LatLongDMS: “40:48:40 N 76:08:40 W”, Locale: “Town & City”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Pennsylvania”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 18040 (7D025BB1)

Date: 6/27/1956
Time: ~22:00
Location: NORTH DALLAS, TX
Description: Amateur astronomers / (seen thru) binoculars and (seen thru) telescope. Round body glows / pulses. Straight and level going quickly [to] horizon.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO’s a HISTORY-1956 (3 booklets) 1994 Self published. (Index 256)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_4967

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: “150”, HatchDesc: “N.DALLAS,TX:AM.ASTRONOMERS/BINOCS+TSCOPE:ROUND BODY GLOWS/PULSES:S/L >>HRZN”, LatLong: “32.816668 -96.800005”, LatLongDMS: “32:49:00 N 96:48:00 W”, Locale: “Residential”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Texas”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 18041 (79D57137)

Date: 6/27/1956
Location: Trieste, IT
Description: Luminous object hovered, sped away. (UFOE, XII) (NICAP: 01 - Distant Encounters)
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_1942

Event 18042 (9BF81F43)

Date: 6/27/1956
Description: Two ball-shaped objects were seen hovering over Mahonoy City, Pennsylvania at 8:15 p.m. They glistened brilliantly at the height of normal aircraft height, when suddenly they shot straight up vertically, leaving behind short vapor trail in their wakes. One of the witnesses was a newspaper reporter.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: Loren E. Gross, The Fifth Horseman of the Apocalypse: UFOs: A History. 1956: May-July, p. 60; Richard F. Haines, Project Delta: A Study of Multiple UFO, p. 186
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_3693

Event 18043 (A47C2E22)

Date: 6/28/1956
Time: 13:40
Location: SEATTLE, WA
Description: Civil observer(s). Silver saucer going up / very fast. Seen / car windshield / 1 minute(s). No further details.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO’s a HISTORY-1956 (3 booklets) 1994 Self published. (Index 261)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_4968

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: “1”, Elev: “105”, HatchDesc: “SEATTLE,WA:CIV OBS:SLVR SCR ↑/VFAST:SEEN/CAR WINDSHIELD/1min:NFD”, LatLong: “47.583336 -122.316672”, LatLongDMS: “47:35:00 N 122:19:00 W”, Locale: “Metropolis”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Washington”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 18044 (E2F1AAF4)

Date: 6/29/1956
Location: BANNING, CA
Description: Ground Observer Corps (GOC) and cops and observer(s) / plane. 400’ object / 40K’ altitude / 8 hours! 4 square circuits / town!
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO’s a HISTORY-1956 (3 booklets) 1994 Self published. (Index 260)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_4969

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, HUM: Humans affected: Injury/burns/marks/abduction/death, 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, OGA: Non-Covert Government Agencies

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “11”, Duration: “224”, Elev: “732”, HatchDesc: “BANNING,CA:GOC+COPS+OBS/PLANE:400’ OBJ/40K’alt/8hrs!:4 SQUARE CIRCUITS/TOWN!”, LatLong: “33.916668 -116.883339”, LatLongDMS: “33:55:00 N 116:53:00 W”, Locale: “Metropolis”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “California”, Strangeness: “7”

Event 18045 (CD76112D)

Date: 6/29/1956
Time: 03:30
Location: SR8A SOUTHEAST / AUSTIN, NV
Description: 2 observer(s) / (seen thru) binoculars. 2+6 silent orange ovoids circle. All shoot up / 45° angle.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO’s a HISTORY-1956 (3 booklets) 1994 Self published. (Index 756)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_4970

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: “20”, Elev: “2200”, HatchDesc: “SR8A SE/AUSTIN,NV:2 OBS/BINOCS:2+6 SLNT ORG OVOIDS CCL:ALL SHOOT UP/45°ANGLE”, LatLong: “39.483335 -116.950006”, LatLongDMS: “39:29:00 N 116:57:00 W”, Locale: “Pasture”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, RelAlt: “30”, State/Prov: “Nevada”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 18046 (9B3F3177)

Date: 6/29/1956
Location: Los Angeles to San Diego, CA
Description: (McDonald list; FUFOR Index) Object Tracked At 59,000’ (NICAP: 09 - RADAR Cases, Code: R, Rating: 5, BB: BBU)
Reference: NICAP: 560629
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_1943

Event 18047 (D8380AFA)

Date: 6/30/1956
Time: 12:00
Location: MURPHY, OR
Description: 5 observer(s). 2 groups / 5-6 saucers streak going quickly northwest 4 minute(s) apart. No contrails. High altitude.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO’s a HISTORY-1956 (3 booklets) 1994 Self published. (Index 262)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_4971

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: “324”, HatchDesc: “MURPHY,OR:5 OBS:2 GROUPS/5-6 SCRs STREAK>>NW 4min APART:NO CONTRAILS:HI ALT.”, LatLong: “42.350002 -123.333339”, LatLongDMS: “42:21:00 N 123:20:00 W”, Locale: “Town & City”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Oregon”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 18048 (FDE2DC2B)

Date: 6/30/1956
Time: 14:30
Location: WELLINGTON, NZ
Description: 3 glowing cigars speed over town. 1754hrs orange saucers over Nelson, NZ.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO’s a HISTORY-1956 (3 booklets) 1994 Self published. (Index 264)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_4972

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: “New Zealand”, Credibility: “8”, Duration: “204”, HatchDesc: “WELLINGTON,NZ:3 GLOWING CGRS SPEED OVR TOWN::1754hrs ORG SCRS ovr NELSON,NZ”, LatLong: “-41.250002 174.766675”, LatLongDMS: “41:15:00 S 174:46:00 E”, Locale: “Town & City”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “NI”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 18049 (E0C33B32)

Date: 6/30/1956
Description: At 2:30 p.m. three glowing cigar-shaped objects sped over the city of Wellington, New Zealand. At 5:54 p.m. several orange discs were later seen for several minutes over Nelson, New Zealand.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: Leonard H. Stringfield, CRIFO News, August 1956, p. 4; Loren E. Gross, The Fifth Horseman of the Apocalypse: UFOs: A History. 1956: May-July, p. 64; Richard F. Haines, Project Delta: A Study of Multiple UFO, p. 186
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_3743

Event 18050 (C03233AF)

Date: 7/1956
Time: 00:30
Location: NEWVILLE, PA
Description: Smooth humming. Huge red-glow ovoid just over barn. Small disk attached. Going east.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO’s a HISTORY-1956 (3 booklets) 1994 Self published. (Index 734)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_4973

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, SCR: Classic saucer/disk/sphere shaped UFO, CIG: Torpedo/cigar/cylinder shaped UFO, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), OBS: Observation/chasing vehicles, RAY: Odd light/searchlight/beam/laser-like, BLD: Building/man-made structure/roads/power lines

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “6”, Duration: “1”, Elev: “160”, HatchDesc: “NEWVILLE,PA:SMOOTH HUM:HUGE RED-GLOW OVOID JUST OVR BARN:SML DISK ATTACHED:>E”, LatLong: “40.166669 -77.400004”, LatLongDMS: “40:10:00 N 77:24:00 W”, Locale: “Farmlands”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, RelAlt: “30”, State/Prov: “Pennsylvania”, Strangeness: “7”

Event 18051 (D601BDA4)

Date: 7/1956 (approximate)
Time: 07:00
Location: FORET DE MARSOIS, FR
Description: 2 helmeted 120cm small humanoids (or Greys) / path stop to see hiker. Walk away.
Type: sighting
Reference: LUMIERES DANS la NUIT (LDLN), Paris. Bimonthly since 1957. LDLN B.P.3; 77123 Le Vaudoue, FRANCE. (Index 260)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_4974

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, NFO: No craft seen, OID: Humanoid: Small alien or “Grey”, OBS: Observation/chasing vehicles, HUM: Humans affected: Injury/burns/marks/abduction/death, LND: UFO landing or any part touches ground

Extra Data: Country: “France”, Credibility: “6”, Duration: “1”, HatchDesc: “FORET de MARSOIS,FR:2 HELMETED 120cm OIDS/PATH STOP TO SEE HIKER:walk away”, LatLong: “48.033336 5.350000”, LatLongDMS: “48:02:00 N 05:21:00 E”, Locale: “Forest”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “HMR”, Strangeness: “8”

Event 18052 (92221F52)

Date: 7/1956?
Time: ~07:00
Location: LA GRANJA, SEGOVIA, SP
Description: Farmer and 2. Saucer lands. “Spectacular Case”. Government investigation. No further details.
Type: sighting
Reference: BALLESTER OLMOS, Vicente-Juan: CATALOG of 200 TYPE-1 EVENTS in SPAIN & PORTUGAL; CUFOS 1976. (Index 5)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_4975

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, MIL: Military investigation

Extra Data: Country: “Spain”, Credibility: “10”, Duration: “2”, HatchDesc: “LA GRANJA,SEGOVIA,SP:FARMER+2:SCR LANDS:“SPECTACULAR CASE”:GOVT INVEST.:NFD”, LatLong: “40.883335 -4.000000”, LatLongDMS: “40:53:00 N 04:00:00 W”, Locale: “Farmlands”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “SGV”, Strangeness: “7”

Event 18053 (D5D3A543)

Date: 7/1956
Time: 19:00
Location: MAILLY-LE-CAMP, FR
Description: Noisy 15M saucer with red dome and big windows 50M over military camp. Going quickly northeast.
Type: sighting
Reference: LUMIERES DANS la NUIT (LDLN), Paris. Bimonthly since 1957. LDLN B.P.3; 77123 Le Vaudoue, FRANCE. (Index 322)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_4976

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, MIL: Observer(s) military, HQO: High-quality observer(s), SCR: Classic saucer/disk/sphere shaped UFO, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), OBS: Observation/chasing vehicles, HUM: Humans affected: Injury/burns/marks/abduction/death, VEH: Vehicle affected: Marks/damage/EME effects, BLD: Building/man-made structure/roads/power lines, TCH: New technical details/clues, SND: UFO sounds heard or recorded

Extra Data: Country: “France”, Credibility: “9”, Duration: “1”, HatchDesc: “MAILLY-le-CAMP,FR:NOISY 15M SCR W/RED DOME+BIG WINDOWS 50M OVR MIL.CAMP:>>NE”, LatLong: “48.666669 4.183334”, LatLongDMS: “48:40:00 N 04:11:00 E”, Locale: “Town & City”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Aube”, Strangeness: “8”

Event 18054 (14ECC051)

Date: 7/1956
Time: 20:30
Location: MONTDIDIER, FR
Description: Domed saucer lands / field. Observer(s) flees. Gone on return. / Lumieres dans la Nuit (monthly, Paris) APR69+Flying Saucer Review (FSR.)
Type: sighting
Reference: FIGEUT, Michel & RUCHON, Jean-Louis: OVNI - Le Premier Dossier…; Alain LeFeuvre, Paris 1979. (Index 226)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_4977

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: “France”, Credibility: “6”, Duration: “3”, HatchDesc: “MONTDIDIER,FR:DOMED SCR LANDS/FIELD:OBS FLEES:GONE ON RETURN:/LDLN APR69+FSR”, LatLong: “49.638891 2.566667”, LatLongDMS: “49:38:20 N 02:34:00 E”, Locale: “Farmlands”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Somme”, Strangeness: “8”

Event 18055 (7F41D4D5)

Date: 7/1956
Description: Brinsley Le Poer Trench, 8th Earl of Clancarty, takes over as editor of Flying Saucer Review from Derek Dempster.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Flying Saucer Review 2, no. 4 (July/Aug. 1956); Clark III 498
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_2825

Event 18056 (DAEF7CF7)

Date: 7/1956
Locations: Acámbaro, Guanajuato, Mexico; Glen Cove, Maine
Description: US parapsychologist Andrija Puharich and Dutch psychic Peter Hurkos accidentally meet Charles Laughead and his wife Lillian in Acámbaro, Guanajuato, Mexico, both groups in town to view the famous figurines of Waldemar Julsrud, during the time that Hurkos is being studied by Puharich at his medical facility in Glen Cove, Maine. The Laugheads are convinced that Puharich and Hurkos are space people come to assist them, based on the channelings of their associate George Hunt Williamson (although they do not name him).
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Andrija Puharich, Uri: A Journal of the Mystery of Uri Geller, Bantam, 1975, pp. xviii–xxiv; Zirger and Martinelli, The Incredible Life of George Hunt Williamson, Verdechiari, 2016, p. 104
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_2826

Event 18057 (797AFC0B)

Date: 7/1/1956?
Location: CAPE JESUP, NORTH / GREENLAND
Description: Soviet TU-4 pilot. Pearl colored lens-saucer. / r120p226+/ LDLN#204.
Type: sighting
Reference: The APRO BULLETIN: Monthly. Jim & Coral Lorenzen: Tucson,AZ (USA. defunct) By volume and number. (Index 823)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_4978

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)

Extra Data: Country: “Arctic above 70 degrees North”, Credibility: “8”, Duration: “4”, Elev: “0”, HatchDesc: “CAPE JESUP,N/GREENLAND:SOV TU-4 PILOT:PEARL CLRD LENS-SCR:/r120p226+/LDLN#204”, LatLong: “84.000004 -35.000002”, LatLongDMS: “84:00:00 N 35:00:00 W”, Locale: “Coastlands”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “GRN”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 18058 (33B68D6B)

Date: 7/1/1956
Time: 20:50
Location: OVER WINNEMUCCA, NV
Description: Several observer(s). Huge object circles airliner 3X. Shoots going up / terrific speed/velocity.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO’s a HISTORY-1956 (3 booklets) 1994 Self published. (Index 264)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_4979

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, AIR: Observer(s) on aircraft, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, NWS: News media report, SCR: Classic saucer/disk/sphere shaped UFO, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), MIL: Military investigation, BBK: Project BLUEBOOK, COV: Indication of coverup

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “9”, Duration: “10”, Elev: “1313”, HatchDesc: “ovr WINNEMUCCA,NV:SVRL OBS:HUGE OBJ CIRCLES AIRLINER 3X:SHOOTS ↑/TERRIFIC SPD”, LatLong: “40.972224 -117.733339”, LatLongDMS: “40:58:20 N 117:44:00 W”, Locale: “Metropolis”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Nevada”, Strangeness: “7”

Event 18059 (68EF3213)

Date: 7/1/1956?
Time: 22:00
Location: US40 EAST / BRIDGELAND, UT
Description: Orange sphere 30M overhead. Hums. Very fast. No further details.
Type: sighting
Reference: SALISBURY, Frank: The UTAH UFO DISPLAY – a Biologist Reports; 1974 Devin Adair, New Greenwich,CT. HB 286pp. ISBN 0-815-97000-5 (Index 240)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_4980

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

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “6”, Duration: “5”, Elev: “1614”, HatchDesc: “US40 E/BRIDGELAND,UT:ORANGE SPHERE 30M OVERHEAD:HUMS:VFAST:NFD”, LatLong: “40.172224 -110.205561”, LatLongDMS: “40:10:20 N 110:12:20 W”, Locale: “Pasture”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, RelAlt: “30”, State/Prov: “Utah”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 18060 (D14F0022)

Date: 7/2/1956
Location: CONWAY, MASS
Description: 1 observer. Night light makes several passes over town. 180 turns. Low-pitch humming. Very fast.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO’s a HISTORY-1956 (3 booklets) 1994 Self published. (Index 737)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_4981

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), SND: UFO sounds heard or recorded

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “6”, Duration: “3”, Elev: “189”, HatchDesc: “CONWAY,MASS:1 OBS:NLT MAKES SVRL PASSES OVR TOWN:180 TURNS:LO-PITCH HUM:VFAST”, LatLong: “42.511113 -72.700003”, LatLongDMS: “42:30:40 N 72:42:00 W”, Locale: “Town & City”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Massachusetts”, Strangeness: “5”

Event 18061 (1D681641)

Date: 7/2/1956
Time: 13:20
Location: FITZROY, AUSTRALIA
Description: 8+observer(s). ~30 translucent round objects appear and shoot away. 90° turns etc.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO’s a HISTORY-1956 (3 booklets) 1994 Self published. (Index 737)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_4982

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: “Australia”, Credibility: “10”, Duration: “10”, HatchDesc: “FITZROY,AUSTRL:8+OBS:~30 XLUCENT RND OBJs APPEAR+SHOOT AWAY:90°TURNS ETC”, LatLong: “-37.800002 144.966674”, LatLongDMS: “37:48:00 S 144:58:00 E”, Locale: “Town & City”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Victoria”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 18062 (DB073AD7)

Date: 7/2/1956
Time: 20:20
Location: WINCHESTER, MASS
Description: Civil observer(s). Night light makes tight circles. 4 90-turns. 700mph. Exits going quickly northwest.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO’s a HISTORY-1956 (3 booklets) 1994 Self published. (Index 267)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_4983

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: “2”, Elev: “19”, HatchDesc: “WINCHESTER,MASS:CIV OBS:NLT MAKES TIGHT CIRCLES:4 90-TURNS:700mph:EXITS >>NW”, LatLong: “42.450002 -71.138892”, LatLongDMS: “42:27:00 N 71:08:20 W”, Locale: “Town & City”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Massachusetts”, Strangeness: “5”

Event 18063 (865584C9)

Date: 7/2/1956
Location: 11.0000 162.0000
Description: Nuclear test: Air, confirmed. Country: USA Name: “Mohawk” Yield: 360KT
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_82

Extra Data: LatLong: “11.0000 162.0000”, LatLongDMS: “11:00:00 N 162:00:00 E”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, NukeCountry: “USA”, NukeDepth: “0.00”, NukeName: “Mohawk”, NukeSource: “NV209”, NukeType: “NACU”, NukeY: “360”

Event 18064 (33F595BF)

Date: 7/2/1956
Description: A bright object crossed and re-crossed the sky over Conway, Massachusetts. The Greenfield Recorder-Gazette said that “although traveling at what appeared to be a high rate of speed” the object “was able to reverse its course completely”.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: Arthur Constance, The Inexplicable Sky. New York: Citadel Press, 1956, pg. 280
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_3785

Event 18065 (DCF48A76)

Date: 7/3/1956
Time: 20:00
Location: AINSWORTH, NE
Description: Orange-silver guitar-pick going south against northwest wind. Point up. / r140#7p37.
Type: sighting
Reference: The APRO BULLETIN: Monthly. Jim & Coral Lorenzen: Tucson,AZ (USA. defunct) By volume and number. (Index 681)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_4984

Attributes: CIV: Observer(s) civilian, MID: Likely mis-identification, DLT: Delta/vee/boomerang/rectangular shaped UFO, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s)

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “6”, Duration: “2”, Elev: “789”, HatchDesc: “AINSWORTH,NE:ORG-SLVR GUITAR-PICK >S AGAINST NW WIND:POINT UP:/r140#7p37”, LatLong: “42.550002 -99.861116”, LatLongDMS: “42:33:00 N 99:51:40 W”, Locale: “Farmlands”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Nebraska”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 18066 (A2936A91)

Date: 7/4/1956
Location: USA, unspecified
Description: (Translated from French) (cf: March 1956, USA) Howard Menger is invited to board a saucer, rises to 1500 m and observes everything that is happening below through a powerful magnifying lens. Then he does a teleportation experiment, round trip of 13 km from there, which lasts about 15 minutes
Reference: Jean-Francis CROLARD: “The Mystery of the E.T.” - ed. Guy Trédaniel 1995, p. 146, 147
Reference: follow-up: 1956, second week of August
Reference: Mini catalogue chronologique des observations OVNI, by Godelieve Van Overmeire
Source: Overmeire, ID: Overmeire_2016

Event 18067 (7E141ABF)

Date: 7/4/1956
Time: 00:00
Location: PESHAWAR, PAKISTAN
Description: Red saucer trails bursts of sparks. Goes behind Khyber hills.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO’s a HISTORY-1956 (3 booklets) 1994 Self published. (Index 266)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_4985

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: “Pakistan”, Credibility: “7”, Duration: “2”, HatchDesc: “PESHAWAR,PAKISTAN:RED SCR TRAILS BURSTS of SPARKS:GOES BHND KHYBER HILLS:”, LatLong: “34.016668 71.566670”, LatLongDMS: “34:01:00 N 71:34:00 E”, Locale: “Mountains”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “NW”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 18068 (CDE4D698)

Date: 7/4/1956
Locations: Wiesbaden; East Germany; Poland; Grodno, Belarus; Minsk, Belarus; Leningrad [now St. Petersburg], Russia; Baltic states
Description: Pilot Hervey Stockman makes the first of eight U-2 flights over Soviet Russia, Mission 2013. He flies from Wiesbaden over East Germany and Poland before crossing the Soviet border near Grodno, Belarus, then over bomber bases at Minsk, Belarus; Leningrad [now St. Petersburg], Russia; and the Baltic states. The mission is tracked by Soviet radar; a number of MiG fighters unsuccessfully try to intercept the U-2.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Spyflight, “Lockheed U-2”; Jacobsen, Area 51, pp. 86–88
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_2827

Event 18069 (D3F0742E)

Date: 7/5/1956
Time: 08:10
Location: MAINZ, GERMANY
Description: 1 observer. Cylinder/cigar-shape changes shape as it crosses sky. (Saucer?). / Flying Saucer Review (FSR) report.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO’s a HISTORY-1956 (3 booklets) 1994 Self published. (Index 266)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_4986

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

Extra Data: Country: “Germany”, Credibility: “6”, Duration: “1”, HatchDesc: “MAINZ,GERMANY:1 OBS:CGR CHANGES SHAPE AS IT CROSSES SKY:(SCR?):/FSR REPORT”, LatLong: “49.983336 8.266667”, LatLongDMS: “49:59:00 N 08:16:00 E”, Locale: “Town & City”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “RHP”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 18070 (F115B2AF)

Date: 7/5/1956
Description: Rep. John Moss, Chairman of the Subcommittee on Government Information, complains that the USAF “Blue Book Special Report No. 14” on UAP is not available to the public despite it being unclassified. Moss asks the USAF why it hasn’t produced more copies, to which it replies “the full report…is not available for widespread distribution because of prohibitive costs.”

• https://files.afu.se/Downloads/Documents/USA%20-%20Congress/1956%20-%20Congressional%20Sub-Committee%20on%20Government%20Information.pdf

Note: Given Blue Book scientific advisor J. Allen Hynek later said (see 1979) the USAF and CIA wanted to cool down public reaction, the Air Force’s reluctance to distribute its largest study to date fits with that strategy. See 5 May 1955 entry for information on how the report also withheld key information on physical evidence; metallurgical studies performed by USAF contractor Battelle.

Reference: Anonymous 2023 PDF
Source: Anon2023PDF, ID: Anon2023PDF_73

Event 18071 (A6D8C01E)

Date: 7/5/1956
Description: Alleged unnamed U.S. Navy pilots at Naval Air Station Los Alamitos tell news reporters they have orders to shoot down hostile UAP. Pilots claim this order is standard for flights over the Pacific. This information does not seem to have been shared with Congress over the next decade of hearings or briefings, and contradicts the official Air Force stance at the time that no physical evidence of UAP existed or was sought after.

• http://www.ignaciodarnaude.com/ufologia/FSR,1957,Jan-Feb,V%203,N%201.pdf

Reference: Anonymous 2023 PDF
Source: Anon2023PDF, ID: Anon2023PDF_74

Event 18072 (F45CFD9B)

Date: 7/6/1956
Location: Euclid, OH
Description: 9:37 AM. One spherical object, large, white in color, appeared to be revolving at 5 to 6 thousand feet. Ground visual and ground radar sighting. (NICAP: 09 - RADAR Cases, Code: R, Rating: 5, BB: BBU)
Reference: NICAP: 560706
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_1944

Event 18073 (0E9385A7)

Date: 7/8/1956
Time: 18:06:00.2
Location: 11.6714 162.2003
Description: Nuclear test: Air, confirmed. Country: USA Name: “Apache” Yield: 1850KT
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_83

Extra Data: LatLong: “11.6714 162.2003”, LatLongDMS: “11:40:17 N 162:12:01 E”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, NukeCountry: “USA”, NukeName: “Apache”, NukeSource: “G+P”, NukeType: “NACU”, NukeY: “1850”

Event 18074 (98945EC9)

Date: 7/9/1956
Locations: Engels-2 airfield; Saratov, Russia
Description: One early U-2 mission, Mission 2020, flown by Martin Knutson, flies over Engels-2 airfield, near Saratov, Russia, and photographs 20 M-4 Bison bombers on the ramp. Multiplying by the number of Soviet bomber bases, the intelligence suggests the Soviets are already well on their way to deploying hundreds of aircraft. Ironically, the U-2 has actually photographed the entire Bison fleet; there is no bomber at any of the other bases. Similar missions over the next year finally prove that. At least in official circles, the bomber gap is disproven.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Spyflight, “Lockheed U-2”
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_2828

Event 18075 (A909D50C)

Date: 7/10/1956
Time: ~14:00
Location: STONESFIELD, ENGL
Description: 1 observer. B52-size dumbell-shape going quickly [to] overhead very fast and very high. / r140 #7p40.
Type: sighting
Reference: FLYING SAUCER REVIEW (FSR), London. Bimonthly. PO Box 162; High Wycombe, Bucks. HP135 DZ, England. (Index 28)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_4987

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), TCH: New technical details/clues

Extra Data: Country: “Great Britain and Ireland”, Credibility: “6”, Duration: “1”, HatchDesc: “STONESFIELD,ENGL:1 OBS:B52-SIZE DUMBELL-SHAPE >> OVHD VFAST+VHIGH:/r140 #7p40”, LatLong: “51.833336 -1.433333”, LatLongDMS: “51:50:00 N 01:26:00 W”, Locale: “Town & City”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “England”, Strangeness: “8”

Event 18076 (DC142329)

Date: 7/10/1956
Time: 17:56:00.3
Location: 11.6633 165.3872
Description: Nuclear test: Air, confirmed. Country: USA Name: “Navajo” Yield: 4500KT
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_84

Extra Data: LatLong: “11.6633 165.3872”, LatLongDMS: “11:39:48 N 165:23:14 E”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, NukeCountry: “USA”, NukeName: “Navajo”, NukeSource: “G+P”, NukeType: “NACU”, NukeY: “4500”

Event 18077 (D4A5A6FB)

Date: 7/10/1956
Location: Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
Description: The Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, coastline and suburbs are draped with “angel hair” that hangs from utility lines and trees. It vanishes within hours, but a sample is recovered for analysis by the Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Organisation. It cannot be identified, although six scientists rule out wool, cotton, feathers, cellulose, and synthetic fibers.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Brian Boldman, “Angel Hair Physical Analyses: A Review,” JUFOS 9 (2006): 102; Keith Basterfield, “Angel Hair: An Australian Perspective,” IUR 27, no. 1 (Spring 2002): 7
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_2829

Event 18078 (5A15119E)

Date: 7/11/1956
Time: 11:00?
Location: SETE, HERAULT
Description: Several / bridge. Red metal UFO appears and vanishes several times / bay surface!
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO’s a HISTORY-1956 (3 booklets) 1994 Self published. (Index 269)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_4988

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, SUB: Submersible: Rises from or submerges into water, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), CMF: Camouflage/disguise

Extra Data: Country: “France”, Credibility: “9”, Duration: “20”, HatchDesc: “SETE,HERAULT:SVRL/BRIDGE:RED MTL UFO APPEARS+VANISHES SVRL TIMES/BAY SURFACE!”, LatLong: “43.433335 3.716667”, LatLongDMS: “43:26:00 N 03:43:00 E”, Locale: “Coastlands”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Hérault”, Strangeness: “7”

Event 18079 (7D8C0E5F)

Date: 7/11/1956
Time: 21:00
Location: WILMINGTON, DE
Description: Civil observer(s). Pink-glowing saucer. Quarter / arms length. Straight and level flight south going quickly north.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO’s a HISTORY-1956 (3 booklets) 1994 Self published. (Index 270)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_4989

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: “30”, HatchDesc: “WILMINGTON,DE:CIV OBS:PINK-GLOWING SCR:QUARTER/ARMS LENGTH:S/L FLITE S>>N:”, LatLong: “39.750002 -75.533337”, LatLongDMS: “39:45:00 N 75:32:00 W”, Locale: “Metropolis”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Delaware”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 18080 (9D30C2E2)

Date: 7/11/1956
Time: 21:30
Location: WEST / DURANGO AND PUEBLO, CO
Description: Blue Book. Weatherman / (seen thru) binoculars and more/others. Red-glowing football maneuvers. / r140#3p24.
Type: sighting
Reference: The APRO BULLETIN: Monthly. Jim & Coral Lorenzen: Tucson,AZ (USA. defunct) By volume and number. (Index 681)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_4990

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, HQO: High-quality observer(s), SCI: Scientist involvement, 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: “10”, Duration: “60”, Elev: “2000”, HatchDesc: “W/DURANGO+PUEBLO,CO:BBK:WEATHERMAN/BINOCS++:RED-GLO FOOTBALL MNVRS:/r140#3p24”, LatLong: “38.266668 -104.600005”, LatLongDMS: “38:16:00 N 104:36:00 W”, Locale: “Mountains”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Colorado”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 18081 (4B1BCDB1)

Date: 7/12/1956
Time: 00:30
Location: AGAWAM, MASS
Description: 3 observer(s). Bright night light scouts / erratically. Flashes. Quickly going up [to] and going quickly east. / r140#2p72.
Type: sighting
Reference: The APRO BULLETIN: Monthly. Jim & Coral Lorenzen: Tucson,AZ (USA. defunct) By volume and number. (Index 681)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_4991

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: “8”, Duration: “120”, Elev: “27”, HatchDesc: “AGAWAM,MASS:3 OBS:BRITE NLT SCOUTS/ERRATICALLY:FLASHES:↑↑ and >>E:/r140#2p72”, LatLong: “42.083335 -72.616670”, LatLongDMS: “42:05:00 N 72:37:00 W”, Locale: “Residential”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Massachusetts”, Strangeness: “5”

Event 18082 (D54BFDC1)

Date: 7/12/1956
Time: 13:00?
Location: OFF WAKAYA ISLAND, FIJI
Description: 10 / boat. Saucer seen / 2 hours going northwest. Square portholes strongly lit.
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_4992

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

Extra Data: Country: “Pacific Ocean and non - Asian islands”, Credibility: “9”, Duration: “120”, Elev: “0”, HatchDesc: “off WAKAYA Isl,FIJI:10/BOAT:SCR SEEN/2 hrs >NW:SQUARE PORTHOLES STRONGLY LIT”, LatLong: “-17.616668 179.000009”, LatLongDMS: “17:37:00 S 179:00:00 E”, Locale: “Offshore”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “FJI”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 18083 (2A213029)

Date: 7/12/1956
Time: 15:50
Location: NEAR ONTARIO, OR
Description: Separate observer(s). Grey blimps and silver saucers over airport etc. Air Force team sent in.
Type: sighting
Reference: The APRO BULLETIN: Monthly. Jim & Coral Lorenzen: Tucson,AZ (USA. defunct) By volume and number. (Index 679)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_4993

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)

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “8”, Duration: “5”, Elev: “660”, HatchDesc: “nr ONTARIO,OR:SEP.OBS:GRY BLIMPS+SLVR SCRS ovr AIRPORT etc.:AF TEAM SENT IN”, LatLong: “44.033335 -117.000006”, LatLongDMS: “44:02:00 N 117:00:00 W”, Locale: “Town & City”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Oregon”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 18084 (EBD0DDB2)

Date: 7/12/1956
Time: 22:00
Location: MONROVIA, IN
Description: Civil observer(s). Orange saucer very fast going quickly northwest. Ascends straight up. Quarter / arms length.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO’s a HISTORY-1956 (3 booklets) 1994 Self published. (Index 241)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_4994

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: “265”, HatchDesc: “MONROVIA,IN:CIV OBS:ORG SCR VFAST>>NW:ASCENDS STRAIGHT UP:QUARTER/ARMS LENGTH”, LatLong: “39.577780 -86.483337”, LatLongDMS: “39:34:40 N 86:29:00 W”, Locale: “Town & City”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Indiana”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 18085 (89373300)

Date: 7/12/1956
Description: On the Pacific island of Levuka in the Fiji Islands, several people on a fishing boat saw a cigar-shaped UFO. It was close enough that the witnesses were able to describe square windows visible in the object.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: APRO Bulletin, September 1956
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_4000

Event 18086 (3A0DEA5C)

Date: 7/13/1956
Time: 02:00
Location: LEVUKA IS.FIJI
Description: 10 observer(s) / boat. Circular / light with square windows going south. Inside lit. / APRO 9’56.
Type: sighting
Reference: The APRO BULLETIN: Monthly. Jim & Coral Lorenzen: Tucson,AZ (USA. defunct) By volume and number. (Index 681)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_4995

Attributes: SEA: Observer(s) at sea, 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: “Pacific Ocean and non - Asian islands”, Credibility: “8”, Duration: “120”, Elev: “0”, HatchDesc: “LEVUKA Is.FIJI:10 OBS/BOAT:CIRCL/LITE W/SQR WINDOWS >S:INSIDE LIT:/APRO 9’56”, LatLong: “-17.633334 178.833342”, LatLongDMS: “17:38:00 S 178:50:00 E”, Locale: “Offshore”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, RelAlt: “50”, State/Prov: “FIJ”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 18087 (9A065F19)

Date: 7/14/1956
Time: 0140
Location: Holloman AFB-White Sands range area, NM
Description: A pale yellow ball of indistinct outline and approximately one fourth the diameter of the sun’s image was seen rapidly approaching Holloman AFB from the direction of White Sands, approximately SW. The object was apparently following a flat trajectory when the yellow glow was replaced by two close-set red lights, which appeared to rise straight up and disappeared at a high rate of speed. The observer was anonymous, but his profession was Chemical Engineering.
Type: ufo sighting
Reference: APRO Bulletin, 1/1957, page 5
Source: Maj2, ID: Maj2_921

Event 18088 (F8E27D3B)

Date: 7/14/1956
Location: ARLINGTON, VA
Description: Amateur astronomer. Vibrant bright “star” wobbles around sky / 4 hours. / r25.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO’s a HISTORY-1956 (3 booklets) 1994 Self published. (Index 271)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_4996

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

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “7”, Duration: “240”, Elev: “76”, HatchDesc: “ARLINGTON,VA:AM.ASTRONOMER:VBRITE “STAR” WOBBLES AROUND SKY/4hrs:/r25.”, LatLong: “38.883335 -77.100004”, LatLongDMS: “38:53:00 N 77:06:00 W”, Locale: “Residential”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Virginia”, Strangeness: “5”

Event 18089 (DFAE9A46)

Date: 7/15/1956
Time: 12:30
Location: ALTO COMEDERO, ARG
Description: Aviators and more/others. Several silent translucent saucers going quickly southwest. 5000kph. 6km altitude.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO’s a HISTORY-1956 (3 booklets) 1994 Self published. (Index 747)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_4997

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: “Argentina”, Credibility: “10”, Duration: “2”, HatchDesc: “ALTO COMEDERO,ARG:AVIATORS++:SVRL SLNT XLUCENT SCRS >>SW:5000kph:6km alt”, LatLong: “-24.250001 -65.083336”, LatLongDMS: “24:15:00 S 65:05:00 W”, Locale: “Town & City”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, RelAlt: “6000”, State/Prov: “Juhuy”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 18090 (8608E27C)

Date: 7/16/1956
Time: 23:00
Location: SOUTHWEST LOS ANGELES, CA
Description: Hundreds / observer(s) and Air Traffic Controllers. Brilliant night light going quickly southeast / 4 minute(s). Gone in a flash of light.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO’s a HISTORY-1956 (3 booklets) 1994 Self published. (Index 274)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_4998

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

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “12”, Duration: “5”, Elev: “80”, HatchDesc: “SW LOS ANGELES,CA:100s/OBS+ATCS:BRILL.NLT >>SE/4min:GONE IN A FLASH OF LITE:”, LatLong: “34.000002 -118.316672”, LatLongDMS: “34:00:00 N 118:19:00 W”, Locale: “Metropolis”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “California”, Strangeness: “2”

Event 18091 (0D591166)

Date: 7/16/1956
Locations: Caraguatatuba, São Paulo, Brazil; São Sebastião; Ilhabela
Description: 7:00 p.m. Lawyer (or law professor) João de Freitas Guimarães is taking a walk on the beach at Caraguatatuba, São Paulo, Brazil, when he observes a hat-shaped, luminous object leave the sea between São Sebastião and Ilhabela and land only a few yards away from him. A door opens, a metallic stairway emerges, and two tall, human-looking men with long, fair hair emerge wearing green jumpsuits. Through gestures, they encourage him to enter the craft. Inside, the saucer takes off and the crew communicate with him telepathically, telling him about a radiation protection system that exists around the ship and that they have left the atmosphere. They are supposedly from Venus. His alleged trip lasts an hour. When he returns, his watch no longer works.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Luiz do Rosário Real, “Caso Dr. Freitas Guimarães,” April 1976; Clark III 548–549; Vallée, Magonia, pp. 257–258; Equipe UFO, “João de Freitas Guimarães, o advogado que passeou em um UFO,” Portal UFO, October 1, 2013; Brazil 32–35
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_2830

Event 18092 (BB7747DF)

Date: 7/17/1956
Time: 21:30
Location: WESTOVER AIR FORCE BASE, MASS
Description: Observer(s) = Nelson. Large RADAR target. 180-turn / 5 second(s). Incredible acceleration.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO’s a HISTORY-1956 (3 booklets) 1994 Self published. (Index 275)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_4999

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: “7”, Duration: “4”, Elev: “75”, HatchDesc: “WESTOVER AFB,MASS:OBS=NELSON:LRG RDR TARGET:180-TURN/5sec:INCREDIBLE ACCELERTN”, LatLong: “42.188891 -72.522226”, LatLongDMS: “42:11:20 N 72:31:20 W”, Locale: “Town & City”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Massachusetts”, Strangeness: “5”

Event 18093 (A60BA4EA)

Date: 7/17/1956
Time: 22:40
Location: OTIS AIR FORCE BASE, MASS
Description: Military-air visual. Glowing saucer / jet-speed. Reverses course without banking.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO’s a HISTORY-1956 (3 booklets) 1994 Self published. (Index 276)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_5000

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CST: Observer(s) in coastal area/just offshore, 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: “40”, Elev: “15”, HatchDesc: “OTIS AFB,MASS:MIL-AIR VISUAL:GLOWING SCR/JET-SPEED:REVERSES COURSE W/O BANKING”, LatLong: “41.683335 -70.600003”, LatLongDMS: “41:41:00 N 70:36:00 W”, Locale: “Metropolis”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Massachusetts”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 18094 (EE7AEC5F)

Date: 7/17/1956
Location: Westover (Otis AFB), MA
Description: Uncorrelated Target Tracked At 2400 MPH (NICAP: 09 - RADAR Cases, Code: R, Rating: 5, BB: BBU)
Reference: NICAP: 560717
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_1945

Event 18095 (670EE2D0)

Date: 7/17/1956
Location: Westover (Otis AFB), MA
Description: Jet Pilot Sees Object Reverse Course (NICAP: 11 - Aviation Cases, Code: A, Rating: 5, BB: BBU)
Reference: NICAP: 560717
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_1946

Event 18096 (88EAE2BB)

Date: 7/17/1956
Location: Mastic, Long Island, NY
Description: Brief Sighting By AF Pilot (NICAP: 11 - Aviation Cases, Code: A, Rating: 2)
Reference: NICAP: 560717
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_1947

Event 18097 (6EF0F4A2)

Date: 7/17/1956
Locations: Flying Saucer Hill; Rosetta, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa
Description: Elizabeth Klarer takes several photos of a silvery disc as it is hovering around Flying Saucer Hill, southwest of Rosetta, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Clark III 657–658
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_2831

Event 18098 (FED33CC4)

Date: 7/18/1956
Time: 20:00
Location: RUSSELL, MASS
Description: 4 observer(s). Silent metal saucer reflects sun. Hovers and gyrates. 1500’ altitude. Going quickly [to] east-northeast.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO’s a HISTORY-1956 (3 booklets) 1994 Self published. (Index 280)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_5001

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: “91”, HatchDesc: “RUSSELL,MASS:4 OBS:SILENT MTL SCR REFLECTS SUN:HVRS+GYRATES:1500’alt:>>ENE”, LatLong: “42.194446 -72.850003”, LatLongDMS: “42:11:40 N 72:51:00 W”, Locale: “Residential”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, RelAlt: “450”, State/Prov: “Massachusetts”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 18099 (13151D41)

Date: 7/18/1956
Time: 23:00
Location: ARKANSAS CITY, KS AND MORE/OTHERS
Description: Separate observations. TEARDROPs maneuver. Beams. Jets chase. / r28p435+/ APRO 7’56.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO’s a HISTORY-1956 (3 booklets) 1994 Self published. (Index 752)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_5002

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, AIR: Observer(s) on aircraft, MIL: Observer(s) military, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, HQO: High-quality observer(s), NWS: News media report, SCR: Classic saucer/disk/sphere shaped UFO, PRB: Probe: Possibly remote controlled, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), OBS: Observation/chasing vehicles, RAY: Odd light/searchlight/beam/laser-like, RDR: Radar traces/blips, MIL: Military investigation

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “9”, Duration: “44”, Elev: “335”, HatchDesc: “ARKANSAS CITY,KS++:SEP.OVS:TEARDROPs MNVR:BEAMS:JETS CHASE:/r28p435+/APRO 7’56”, LatLong: “38.883335 -97.900005”, LatLongDMS: “38:53:00 N 97:54:00 W”, Locale: “Farmlands”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Kansas”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 18100 (1388D1AA)

Date: 7/19/1956
Location: California
Description: Michael Savage, Cal. takes pic of saucer.
Type: ufo sighting
Reference: Keziah Poster
Source: Maj2, ID: Maj2_146

Attributes: ufo photo

Event 18101 (D10CD1E6)

Date: 7/19/1956
Location: Naval AS, Hutchinson, KS
Description: Radar-visual; RN of teardrop-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_203

Event 18102 (7963EB59)

Date: 7/19/1956
Location: PHOENIX, AZ
Description: Luminous sphere/orb/globe hovers. Lower half dims. Speeds away. / hall r25.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO’s a HISTORY-1956 (3 booklets) 1994 Self published. (Index 278)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_5003

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: “6”, Duration: “2”, Elev: “345”, HatchDesc: “PHOENIX,AZ:LUMINOUS ORB HVRS:LOWER HALF DIMS:SPEEDS AWAY:/HALL r25.”, LatLong: “33.466668 -112.083339”, LatLongDMS: “33:28:00 N 112:05:00 W”, Locale: “Metropolis”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Arizona”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 18103 (23BB5CC0)

Date: 7/19/1956
Time: 13:00?
Location: SAN BERNARDINO, CA
Description: Teen photographs classic saucer over house. Shrinks / distance. / Flying Saucer Review (FSR) v2#4.
Type: sighting
Reference: The APRO BULLETIN: Monthly. Jim & Coral Lorenzen: Tucson,AZ (USA. defunct) By volume and number. (Index 681)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_5004

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: “6”, Duration: “1”, Elev: “360”, HatchDesc: “SAN BERNARDINO,CA:TEEN FOTOS CLASSIC SCR ovr HOUSE:SHRINKS/DISTANCE:/FSR v2#4”, LatLong: “34.116668 -117.283339”, LatLongDMS: “34:07:00 N 117:17:00 W”, Locale: “Residential”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “California”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 18104 (276B5230)

Date: 7/19/1956
Time: 14:00
Location: BELLINGHAM, WA
Description: 1 observer. House-size saucer cruises slowly then shoots away. Steady glow.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO’s a HISTORY-1956 (3 booklets) 1994 Self published. (Index 278)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_5005

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

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “6”, Duration: “1”, Elev: “30”, HatchDesc: “BELLINGHAM,WA:1 OBS:HOUSE-SIZE SCR CRUISES SLOWLY THEN SHOOTS AWAY:STEADY GLOW”, LatLong: “48.766669 -122.483339”, LatLongDMS: “48:46:00 N 122:29:00 W”, Locale: “Town & City”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Washington”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 18105 (8A28575B)

Date: 7/19/1956
Location: Phoenix, AZ
Description: Luminous round object hovered, sped away. (UFOE, XII) (NICAP: 01 - Distant Encounters)
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_1948

Event 18106 (C52F31BE)

Date: 7/19/1956
Location: Hutchinson, KS
Description: July 19, 1956; Hutchinson, Kansas, G,V; NAS Tracks UFO (NICAP: 09 - RADAR Cases, Code: R, Rating: 5)
Reference: NICAP: 560719
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_1949

Event 18107 (646E0696)

Date: 7/19/1956
Location: eastern Europe
Description: President Eisenhower temporarily halts U-2 overflights above eastern Europe.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Wikipedia, “Lockheed U-2”
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_2832

Event 18108 (A0657765)

Date: 7/19/1956
Location: Naval Air Station Hutchinson [now Hutchinson Air Force Station], Kansas
Description: Naval Air Station Hutchinson [now Hutchinson Air Force Station], Kansas, reports tracking “a moving unidentified object” on radar, observed visually by state police as a “teardrop shaped” light source. Witnesses report “noticeable maneuvers of UFO vertically and horizontally over a wide area of the sky.”
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: NICAP, “NAS Tracks UFO”
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_2833

Event 18109 (5B04146E)

Date: 7/19/1956
Description: At four o’clock in the morning at the Hutchinson Naval Air Station in Hutchinson, Kansas a teardrop-shaped UFO was tracked on radar and visually observed by State Police as it erratically moved about the sky. That afternoon in Panorama City, California three independent witnesses claimed to have seen three beings emerge from a sphere. They were two meters (6.6 feet) tall, had long blond hair, and wore tight-fitting green uniforms.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: Topeka (KS) Daily Capital, July 19, 1956; Hollywood (CA) Citizen-News, July 20, 1956
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_4195

Event 18110 (F8BD4297)

Date: 7/20/1956
Time: 03:00
Location: LONG BEACH, CA
Description: 1 observer. Brilliant light. Saucer with wires / edge. Wires rotate. Saucer spins. Going quickly east.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO’s a HISTORY-1956 (3 booklets) 1994 Self published. (Index 282)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_5006

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

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “6”, Duration: “1”, Elev: “9”, HatchDesc: “LONG BEACH,CA:1 OBS:BRILL.LITE:SCR W/WIRES/EDGE:WIRES ROTATE:SCR SPINS:>>E”, LatLong: “33.800002 -118.200006”, LatLongDMS: “33:48:00 N 118:12:00 W”, Locale: “Residential”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “California”, Strangeness: “7”

Event 18111 (55499F45)

Date: 7/20/1956
Location: Panorama City, California
Description: Three witnesses independently claimed that they observed a huge, ballshaped object from which emerged three beings. They were nearly 2 m tall, had long, blond hair, and wore tight, green suits.
Type: ufo sighting
Reference: Hanlon; Humanoids 64 (Vallee)
Source: ValléeMagonia, ID: Magonia_384

Event 18112 (874FE3E8)

Date: 7/20/1956
Time: 17:46:00.0
Location: 11.6739 165.3394
Description: Nuclear test: Air, confirmed. Country: USA Name: “Tewa” Yield: 5000KT
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_85

Extra Data: LatLong: “11.6739 165.3394”, LatLongDMS: “11:40:26 N 165:20:22 E”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, NukeCountry: “USA”, NukeName: “Tewa”, NukeSource: “G+P”, NukeType: “NACU”, NukeY: “5000”

Event 18113 (5BAEFB70)

Date: 7/20/1956
Location: Washington, D.C.
Description: In a lecture delivered at a meeting of Clara John’s Flying Saucer Discussion Group, author Morris K. Jessup declares that it is time for a new UFO organization. A consensus is reached that a Washington, D.C.–based agency should investigate UFOs, and T. Townsend Brown offers to draft a preliminary proposal.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Clark III 792; “‘Toward a Broader Understanding…’: The Story of How NICAP Began,” UFO Investigator, October 1971, p. 2
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_2834

Event 18114 (063DD88A)

Date: 7/20/1956
Locations: Panorama City; Los Angeles; California
Description: Three witnesses in the Panorama City neighborhood of Los Angeles, California, independently observe a huge, ball-shaped object from which emerge three beings. They are nearly 6 feet tall and have long, blond hair, and wear tight, green suits.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Donald B. Hanlon, “Questions on the Occupants,” in Charles Bowen, ed., The Humanoids, special issue of FSR, Oct./Dec. 1966, p. 64
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_2835

Event 18115 (0C1C51E1)

Date: 7/20/1956
Description: At three o’clock in the morning a brilliant light was seen in the sky over Long Beach, California. It appeared to be a saucer-shaped craft with wires around the edges. The wires seemed to be rotating while the disc flew eastward. At 4:30 a.m a photo was taken of a light seen east of Wichita, Kansas. There were several reports from this area, but most of them appear to be misidentifications of either Mars or Venus. Three witnesses in Panorama City, California independently claimed to have observed a huge, ball-shaped object from which three beings emerged. They were nearly two meters (6.6 feet) tall, had long, blond hair, and wore tight, green suits.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: Loren Gross, The fifth horseman of the Apocalypse: UFOs: A History. 1956: May-July, p. 82; Civilian Saucer Intelligence-New York Newsletter, September 1956, p. 5; Project Blue Book files; Jacques Vallee, Passport to Magonia, p. 253
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_4230

Event 18116 (5C71B1A5)

Date: 7/21/1956
Time: 05:50
Location: AUBURN, CA
Description: 1+2. Silent 2M torpedo follows river. Emits fireballs going quickly [to] all directions.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO’s a HISTORY-1956 (3 booklets) 1994 Self published. (Index 285)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_5007

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, 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: “2”, Elev: “383”, HatchDesc: “AUBURN,CA:1+2:SLNT 2M TORPEDO FOLOS RIVER:EMITS FBLS >>ALL DIRECTIONS”, LatLong: “34.005557 -118.311117”, LatLongDMS: “34:00:20 N 118:18:40 W”, Locale: “Mountains”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “California”, Strangeness: “7”

Event 18117 (36622D60)

Date: 7/21/1956
Time: 11:00
Location: ESCUINTLA, GUATEMALA
Description: Cops and several. Luminous cigarette zigzags. 4 saucers whiz going quickly northwest. Low and fast.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO’s a HISTORY-1956 (3 booklets) 1994 Self published. (Index 287)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_5008

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

Extra Data: Country: “Guatemala”, Credibility: “8”, Duration: “5”, Elev: “317”, HatchDesc: “ESCUINTLA,GUATEMALA:COPS+SVRL:LUM.CIGARETTE ZIGZAGS:4 SCRS WHIZ >>NW:LO+FAST”, LatLong: “14.266667 -90.783338”, LatLongDMS: “14:16:00 N 90:47:00 W”, Locale: “Town & City”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “ESC”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 18118 (EE580A32)

Date: 7/21/1956
Time: 18:16:00.1
Location: 11.6719 162.3692
Description: Nuclear test: Air, confirmed. Country: USA Name: “Huron” Yield: 250KT
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_86

Extra Data: LatLong: “11.6719 162.3692”, LatLongDMS: “11:40:19 N 162:22:09 E”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, NukeCountry: “USA”, NukeName: “Huron”, NukeSource: “G+P”, NukeType: “NACU”, NukeY: “250”

Event 18119 (5C3A1166)

Date: 7/21/1956
Description: At 11:00 a.m. police in Escuintla, Guatemala sighted a luminous, cigarette-shaped object that zig-zagged silently through the sky. After that four disc-shaped objects whizzed by, low and fast, flying o the northwest.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: Larry Hatch, U computer database, case 4677; Loren E. Gross, The Fifth Horseman of the Apocalypse: UFOs: A History. 1956: January-April, p. 87
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_4263

Event 18120 (1B953D4A)

Date: 7/22/1956
Description: (Translated from French) In the night, a C-131 twin-engine aircraft was struck by some sort of fast and heavy object, as its pilot, Commander Stenvers, would later declare. By an incredible luck, only the tail had received the shock and no injuries were reported. Something unknown had hit the plane from below. According to the investigators, this veteran, with thousands of flights under his belt, was wrong: the tailplane rivets popped out on their own… In other words, the rivets made a depression, broke all ties with the Convair to go their own way, no doubt… (July 22-23)
Reference: rr0 - Beau
Source: rr0, ID: rr0_1658

Event 18121 (3AFB7EF6)

Date: 7/22/1956
Location: Pixley, CA
Description: C-131-D hit by object; pilot radios it is a “flying saucer.”
Type: ufo sighting
Reference: UFOs and the National Security State: Chronology of a Cover-up, 1941–1973, by Richard Dolan
Source: Dolan, ID: Dolan_204

Event 18122 (D2B583BB)

Date: 7/22/1956
Time: 05:20
Location: WEST / BAKERSFIELD, CA
Description: Oilmen and more. 6 disks going southwest. Plane damaged / shock. / r140#7p52+/ r150.
Type: sighting
Reference: MUFON UFO JOURNAL, Seguin, TX USA. Monthly. (Index 279)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_5009

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

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “9”, Duration: “1”, Elev: “130”, HatchDesc: “W/BAKERSFIELD,CA:OILMEN+:6 DISKS >SW:PLANE DAMAGED/SHOCK:/r140#7p52+/r150”, LatLong: “35.333335 -119.166672”, LatLongDMS: “35:20:00 N 119:10:00 W”, Locale: “Oil & Coal”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “California”, Strangeness: “7”

Event 18123 (F97D603C)

Date: 7/22/1956
Time: 05:30
Location: PIEDRA AND PIXLEY AND FRESNO, CA
Description: Pilots and many. Wave. Several report(s) / Edwards Air Force Base. / APRO SEPT’56.
Type: sighting
Reference: MUFON UFO JOURNAL, Seguin, TX USA. Monthly. (Index 279)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_5010

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

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “11”, Duration: “20”, Elev: “165”, HatchDesc: “PIEDRA+PIXLEY+FRESNO,CA:PILOTS+MANY:WAVE:SVRL RPTs/EDWARDS AFB:/APRO SEPT’56”, LatLong: “36.822224 -119.366672”, LatLongDMS: “36:49:20 N 119:22:00 W”, Locale: “Mountains”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “California”, Strangeness: “8”

Event 18124 (BCAD72F8)

Date: 7/22/1956
Time: 05:40
Location: MOSQUITO RIDGE AND FORESTHILL, CA
Description: 2 observer(s). Torpedo-shape emits small fireballs / rear / 1 minute(s).
Type: sighting
Reference: MUFON UFO JOURNAL, Seguin, TX USA. Monthly. (Index 279)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_5011

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, NWS: News media report, WAV: Wave/cluster/flap, CIG: Torpedo/cigar/cylinder shaped UFO, FBL: Fireball: Blazing undistinguished form/orb., NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s)

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “7”, Duration: “1”, Elev: “990”, HatchDesc: “MOSQUITO RIDGE+FORESTHILL,CA:2 OBS:TORPEDO-SHAPE EMITS SML FBLS/REAR/1min”, LatLong: “39.038891 -120.666672”, LatLongDMS: “39:02:20 N 120:40:00 W”, Locale: “Mountains”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “California”, Strangeness: “8”

Event 18125 (F666DE4F)

Date: 7/22/1956
Time: 11:20
Location: PIXLEY, CA
Description: Blue Book. Air Force C131 hits saucer! Tail crushed. Crash landing. Big news. / r74p39.
Type: sighting
Reference: The APRO BULLETIN: Monthly. Jim & Coral Lorenzen: Tucson,AZ (USA. defunct) By volume and number. (Index 681)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_5012

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), HUM: Humans affected: Injury/burns/marks/abduction/death, VEH: Vehicle affected: Marks/damage/EME effects, TRC: Physical traces, TCH: New technical details/clues, INJ: Injuries, illness/death, mutilations, MIL: Military investigation, BBK: Project BLUEBOOK, COV: Indication of coverup

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “10”, Duration: “25”, Elev: “83”, HatchDesc: “PIXLEY,CA:BBK:AF C131 HITS SCR!:TAIL CRUSHED:CRASH LANDING:BIG NEWS:/r74p39”, LatLong: “35.966668 -119.288895”, LatLongDMS: “35:58:00 N 119:17:20 W”, Locale: “Farmlands”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “California”, Strangeness: “8”

Event 18126 (EB0F4E16)

Date: 7/22/1956
Location: Highway City, California
Description: 5:30 a.m. Mrs. Ray Brown sees an egg-shaped object giving off a green-colored light from its rear end over Highway City, California.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Lorenzen, UFOs: The Whole Story, Signet, 1969, p. 72
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_2836

Event 18127 (17E0110E)

Date: 7/22/1956
Locations: Pixley, California; Kern County Airport [now closed] in Lost Hills
Description: 11:00 a.m. USAF Maj. Merwin Stenvers is flying at 16,000 feet over Pixley, California, in a Convair C-131D and is suddenly staggered and knocked to the right by a terrific blow. He makes an emergency landing at Kern County Airport [now closed] in Lost Hills. An examination shows that more than half of the left elevator control surface is gone or smashed, leading to speculation that the airplane had been hit by something. However, an accident investigation team finds that a series of rivets had popped, jamming a rod that controls the elevator servotab and causing the elevator to get stuck.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: “Plane’s Dive Is Laid to Control Device Failure,” Fresno (Calif.) Bee, July 25, 1956, p. 4-B; Lorenzen, UFOs: The Whole Story, Signet, 1969, pp. 71–73; Frank Edwards, FS Serious Business, Bantam ed., 1966, pp. 39–40
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_2837

Event 18128 (73725ECA)

Date: 7/22/1956
Description: A married couple named McMullins driving between Bakersfield and Pixley, California reporeted seeing a bluish green light at 5:30 a.m. that appeared to be burning as it flew rapidly toward the west. It exploded in the air and fell in two pieces. At the same time a Mrs. Brown, driving near Highway City between Fresno and Pixley, California saw an egg-shaped object that flew south, emitting a green light like a flame from the back. It made no sound when it exploded in the air and crashed to the ground.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: (1) Alexander Mebane, Civilian Saucer Intelligence of New York Newsletter, citing Californian, July 23, 1956; (2) Leonard H. Stringfield, CRIFO Orbit, September 1956, p. 1; Coral & Jim Lorenzen, UFOs: The Whole Story, p. 71
Source: Johnson, ID:

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Johnson_4295

Event 18129 (AA6AF853)

Date: 7/23/1956
Time: 11:00
Location: ALPENA, MICH
Description: Civil observer(s) / car. Tub-shape saucer / holes / edge. Circles in and out / clouds / 7 minute(s).
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO’s a HISTORY-1956 (3 booklets) 1994 Self published. (Index 291)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_5013

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: “7”, Elev: “202”, HatchDesc: “ALPENA,MICH:CIV OBS/CAR:TUB-SHAPE SCR/HOLES/EDGE:CIRCLES IN+OUT/CLOUDS/7min:”, LatLong: “45.061113 -83.433337”, LatLongDMS: “45:03:40 N 83:26:00 W”, Locale: “Pasture”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Michigan”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 18130 (2F7FD030)

Date: 7/23/1956
Time: 19:50
Location: ENGLAND, ARK
Description: 2+observer(s). Star Spica changes shapes. Hovers and moves / 100mph. Smoke trail. / Blue Book.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO’s a HISTORY-1956 (3 booklets) 1994 Self published. (Index 292)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_5014

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, COV: Indication of coverup

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “7”, Duration: “90”, Elev: “72”, HatchDesc: “ENGLAND,ARK:2+OBS:STAR SPICA CHANGES SHAPES:HVRS+MOVES/100mph:SMOKE TRAIL:/BBK”, LatLong: “34.544446 -91.966671”, LatLongDMS: “34:32:40 N 91:58:00 W”, Locale: “Town & City”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Arkansas”, Strangeness: “7”

Event 18131 (C0D359BB)

Date: 7/23/1956
Time: 21:30
Location: SPRINGFIELD, MASS
Description: 2 observer(s). Yellow orbs zip and hover. Dart away when jets pass. / Stringfield.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO’s a HISTORY-1956 (3 booklets) 1994 Self published. (Index 289)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_5015

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)

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “7”, Duration: “3”, Elev: “21”, HatchDesc: “SPRINGFIELD,MASS:2 OBS:YEL ORBS ZIP+HVR:DART AWAY WHEN JETS PASS:/STRINGFIELD”, LatLong: “42.105558 -72.588892”, LatLongDMS: “42:06:20 N 72:35:20 W”, Locale: “Residential”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Massachusetts”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 18132 (06BA931B)

Date: 7/23/1956
Time: 22:00?
Location: INVERCARGILL, NZ
Description: 5 observer(s). Domed saucer below cloud cover. Going north slow then speeds to clouds.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO’s a HISTORY-1956 (3 booklets) 1994 Self published. (Index 752)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_5016

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: “New Zealand”, Credibility: “8”, Duration: “12”, HatchDesc: “INVERCARGILL,NZ:5 OBS:DOMED SCR BLW CLOUD COVER:>N SLOW then SPEEDS TO CLOUDS”, LatLong: “-46.400002 168.416675”, LatLongDMS: “46:24:00 S 168:25:00 E”, Locale: “Coastlands”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “XXX”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 18133 (F8657861)

Date: 7/23/1956
Description: Springfield, Massachusetts - Ms. Virginia Maratea and her sister were sitting on the back porch of her sister’s home in the evening, facing west, when suddenly a glowing red object came into view. The object was shaped like a barbell, with two bulbous spheres on each end connected by an amorphous bar. The ends scintillated and were a fiery red, while the part in the center was dimly visible. She estimated the size as that of a large bomber at high altitude.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: Thomas Olsen, Reference for Outstanding UFO Reports, p. 48
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_4320

Event 18134 (CA952CFB)

Date: 7/24/1956
Time: 20:00?
Location: WALNUT GROVE, CA
Description: Judge. Flying cornucopia going quickly ESE low and fast toward(s) Lodi. Nothing / RADAR.
Type: sighting
Reference: The APRO BULLETIN: Monthly. Jim & Coral Lorenzen: Tucson,AZ (USA. defunct) By volume and number. (Index 681)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_5017

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: “USA”, Credibility: “6”, Duration: “1”, Elev: “2”, HatchDesc: “WALNUT GROVE,CA:JUDGE:FLYING CORNUCOPIA >>ESE LO+FAST twrd LODI:NOTHING/RDR”, LatLong: “38.244446 -121.511117”, LatLongDMS: “38:14:40 N 121:30:40 W”, Locale: “Residential”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “California”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 18135 (36FE09C3)

Date: 7/24/1956
Time: 20:20
Location: SINGAPORE
Description: Doctor. Oval blue night lights hover and dart like fish in tank / 10 minutes. Vanish.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO’s a HISTORY-1956 (3 booklets) 1994 Self published. (Index 755)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_5018

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CST: Observer(s) in coastal area/just offshore, 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: “?”, Credibility: “7”, Duration: “10”, Elev: “1”, HatchDesc: “SINGAPORE:DOCTOR:OVAL BLUE NLTS HVR+DART LIKE FISH IN TANK/10mins:VANISH”, LatLong: “1.283333 103.866672”, LatLongDMS: “01:17:00 N 103:52:00 E”, Locale: “Islands”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “SNG”, Strangeness: “4”

Event 18136 (640C8D76)

Date: Late 7/1956
Locations: Naval Air Station Los Alamitos [now Joint Forces Training Base–Los Alamitos], California; US; Hawaii
Description: A group of US Navy pilots based at Naval Air Station Los Alamitos [now Joint Forces Training Base–Los Alamitos], California, tell news reporters from Orange County News Service that they have orders to shoot down any UFOs that seem hostile. The pilots say this is a standard command issued to pilots on the US to Hawaii run.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: “Unanswered Questions: No. 4, Have UFOs Been Fired Upon?” Flying Saucer Review 3, no. 1 (Jan./Feb. 1957): 18–19
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_2838

Event 18137 (1F1A9D51)

Date: 7/26/1956
Description: (Translated from French) Nasser nationalizes the Suez Canal. (July 26)
Reference: rr0 - Beau
Source: rr0, ID: rr0_1659

Event 18138 (14658292)

Date: 7/26/1956
Time: 21:30
Location: RIO DJ HARBOR, BRZ
Description: USS Roosevelt. Many / RADAR-visual. Fireball passes / top saucer going down [to] bottom saucer.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO’s a HISTORY-1956 (3 booklets) 1994 Self published. (Index 295)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_5019

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, 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), SIG: Signals/responses to/from/between UFO’s/occupants/observers, RDR: Radar traces/blips, MIL: Military investigation, BBK: Project BLUEBOOK

Extra Data: Country: “Brazil”, Credibility: “9”, Duration: “7”, Elev: “0”, HatchDesc: “RIO DJ HARBOR,BRZ:USS ROOSEVELT:MANY/RDR-VISUAL:FBL PASSES/TOP SCR↓BOTTOM SCR”, LatLong: “-22.966668 -43.133335”, LatLongDMS: “22:58:00 S 43:08:00 W”, Locale: “Offshore”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “RDJ”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 18139 (444A8D92)

Date: 7/26/1956
Location: Rio de Janeiro (USS FDR), Brazil
Description: Huge Cigar Observed & Tracked On Radar (NICAP: 09 - RADAR Cases, Code: R, Rating: 5)
Reference: NICAP: 560726
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_1950

Event 18140 (D63D6765)

Date: 7/26/1956
Location: Atlantic 43.12N 49.30W, At Sea
Description: DC-7 Encounters Object Over Atlantic (NICAP: 11 - Aviation Cases, Code: A, Rating: 5)
Reference: NICAP: 560726
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_1951

Event 18141 (58FE5E64)

Date: 7/26/1956
Location: Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Description: Two disc-shaped objects are suspended in mid-air, one above the other, over the aircraft carrier USS Franklin D. Roosevelt as it is berthed in the port of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. They are 75–100 feet in diameter and have two rows of counter-rotating lights. The upper one releases a ball of fire that drops into the top of the lower one. Within seconds they vanish with tremendous speed. One of the witnesses is Petty Officer 3rd Class (OI) Leon Treadwell, who signs papers agreeing he will tell no one for 20 years. Chief Warrant Officer John C. Hau reports that the ship’s radar tracked a cigar-shaped object the day before or after.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Good Need, p. 231
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_2839

Event 18142 (176ADD68)

Date: 7/26/1956
Locations: Kilburn Estate; District 21; King Albert Park; Singapore
Description: 8:20 p.m. Physician J. L. Bennet and his wife watch two spinning, powder-blue lights for 10 minutes outside his home in Kilburn Estate, in District 21 near King Albert Park, Singapore. They dart about the sky “like fish in a tank,” come together, hover, and separate at great speed, disappearing from sight. He manages to take several photos, one of which shows two objects, one a nearly perfect oval, the other blurred.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Lorenzen, UFOs: The Whole Story, Signet, 1969, p. 73
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_2840

Event 18143 (F193863E)

Date: 7/28/1956
Time: 22:10
Location: HARTFORD, CT
Description: 2 amateur astronomers / (seen thru) telescope. Domed saucer / low altitude. Meriden, CT Ground Observer Corps (GOC) observer(s) / 14 minute(s).
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO’s a HISTORY-1956 (3 booklets) 1994 Self published. (Index 295)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_5020

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

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “8”, Duration: “13”, Elev: “12”, HatchDesc: “HARTFORD,CT:2 AM.ASTRONOMERS/TSCOPE:DOMED SCR/LO alt::MERIDEN,CT GOC OBS/14min”, LatLong: “41.783335 -72.683337”, LatLongDMS: “41:47:00 N 72:41:00 W”, Locale: “Town & City”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Connecticut”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 18144 (5B37DB83)

Date: 7/28/1956
Location: Brentwood, California
Description: 9:55 p.m. Seven witnesses in Brentwood, California, see a sparkling green light flash through the sky and seemingly land in an orchard. Television reception is briefly interrupted. Sheriff’s deputies and reserve officers search a square-mile area for 3 hours but find nothing.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: “Mystery Light Falls in Contra Costa Co.,” Oakland (Calif.) Tribune, July 29, 1956, p. 1; “Saucer Sightings Mount As Mars Swings Close,” CRIFO Orbit 3, no. 6 (September 7, 1956): 2
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_2841

Event 18145 (16BC1EB5)

Date: 7/28/1956
Description: A green flash was seen in the sky over Brentwood, California and something crashed in an orchard there. When the unknown object passed over witnesses reported TV interference. The object gave off green sparks. Traces found in the orchard reportedly included a light metal and cardboard impregnated with “unknown substances.”
Reference: Johnson
Reference: Alexander Mebane, Civilian Saucer Intelligence-New York Newsletter, September 1956, p. 6; Leonard H. Stringfield, CRIFO News, September 1956, p. 2
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_4451

Event 18146 (497E1748)

Date: 7/29/1956
Time: 20:40
Location: PASADENA, CA
Description: Separate Ground Observer Corps (GOC) posts and Air Defense Command RADAR. White night light hovers and speeds about. Going quickly northeast. / r140#2p98.
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_5021

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, 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

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “9”, Duration: “5”, Elev: “265”, HatchDesc: “PASADENA,CA:SEP.GOC POSTS+ADC RDR:WHT NLT HVRS+SPEEDS ABOUT:>>NE:/r140#2p98”, LatLong: “34.150002 -118.150006”, LatLongDMS: “34:09:00 N 118:09:00 W”, Locale: “Residential”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “California”, Strangeness: “4”

Event 18147 (3730B4E9)

Date: 7/29/1956
Time: 20:40
Location: SAN BERNARDINO, CA
Description: Several observer(s). Night light faster / jet. Stops and continues. Pasadena RADAR confirm.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO’s a HISTORY-1956 (3 booklets) 1994 Self published. (Index 298)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_5022

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, NWS: News media report, NLT: Nightlights/points of light, FBL: Fireball: Blazing undistinguished form/orb., NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), PHT: Photos/movies/videos taken, RDR: Radar traces/blips, MIL: Military investigation, BBK: Project BLUEBOOK

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “9”, Duration: “1”, Elev: “360”, HatchDesc: “SAN BERNARDINO,CA:SVRL OBS:NLT FASTER/JET:STOPS+CONTINUES:PASADENA RDR CONFIRM”, LatLong: “34.116668 -117.300006”, LatLongDMS: “34:07:00 N 117:18:00 W”, Locale: “Town & City”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “California”, Strangeness: “5”

Event 18148 (176714D2)

Date: 7/29/1956
Location: Pasedena, CA
Description: July 29, 1956; Pasadena, California, G,V (NICAP: 09 - RADAR Cases, Rating: 5)
Reference: NICAP: 560729
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_1952

Event 18149 (D039C023)

Date: 7/30/1956
Location: UTICA, NY
Description: 22M mystery-ball going up and down / clouds / 15 minute(s). Hovers. Hides from planes. Very fast. / r148p20.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO’s a HISTORY-1956 (3 booklets) 1994 Self published. (Index 299)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_5023

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, CMF: Camouflage/disguise

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “7”, Duration: “15”, Elev: “125”, HatchDesc: “UTICA,NY:22M MYSTERY-BALL ↑+↓/CLOUDS/15min:HVRS:HIDES fm PLANES:VFAST:/r148p20”, LatLong: “43.100002 -75.233337”, LatLongDMS: “43:06:00 N 75:14:00 W”, Locale: “Town & City”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “New York”, Strangeness: “7”

Event 18150 (4A5B5E55)

Date: 7/30/1956
Location: RIALTO, CA
Description: Civil observer(s). Bright yellow object = dime / arms length. Violent maneuvers / 2-5 minute(s). Turns red.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO’s a HISTORY-1956 (3 booklets) 1994 Self published. (Index 299)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_5024

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: “5”, Elev: “378”, HatchDesc: “RIALTO,CA:CIV OBS:BRITE YEL.OBJ=DIME/ARMS LENGTH:VIOLNT MNVRS/2-5min:TURNS RED”, LatLong: “34.105557 -117.372228”, LatLongDMS: “34:06:20 N 117:22:20 W”, Locale: “Residential”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “California”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 18151 (5A21A40B)

Date: 7/30/1956
Time: 21:10
Location: SAGINAW, MI AND MORE/OTHERS
Description: Ground Observer Corps (GOC) and cops and many. Very fast luminous/glowing 4M object / 150M altitude. Colored lights. / r140#2p98.
Type: sighting
Reference: The APRO BULLETIN: Monthly. Jim & Coral Lorenzen: Tucson,AZ (USA. defunct) By volume and number. (Index 681)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_5025

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, 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: “USA”, Credibility: “12”, Duration: “20”, Elev: “179”, HatchDesc: “SAGINAW,MI++:GOC+COPS+MANY:VFAST LUMn 4M OBJ/150M alt:CLRD LITES:/r140#2p98”, LatLong: “43.416669 -84.016671”, LatLongDMS: “43:25:00 N 84:01:00 W”, Locale: “Farmlands”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, RelAlt: “150”, State/Prov: “Michigan”, Strangeness: “4”

Event 18152 (7CE4A711)

Date: 7/31/1956
Time: 13:30
Location: SOUTH / SALEM, OR
Description: 3 small round metallic objects going north / delta/triangle/box-like craft formation. Odd hopping trajectory. Lost in the distance.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO’s a HISTORY-1956 (3 booklets) 1994 Self published. (Index 734)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_5026

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, OBS: Observation/chasing vehicles, TCH: New technical details/clues

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “6”, Duration: “2”, Elev: “56”, HatchDesc: “S/SALEM,OR:3 SMALL RND MTLC OBJS >N/DLT FORMn:ODD HOPPING TRAJ:LOST/DISTANCE”, LatLong: “44.783335 -123.033339”, LatLongDMS: “44:47:00 N 123:02:00 W”, Locale: “Farmlands”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Oregon”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 18153 (36FAC017)

Date: 8/1956
Location: USA, unspecified
Description: (Translated from French) (cf: 1956, July 4th) Howard Menger makes his first space voyage in a saucer which completes an orbit around the Moon which he contemplates through a screen. During the same month he receives a message from a Great Instructor who disembarks from a UFO. (1956, August, second week)
Reference: Jean-Francis CROLARD: “The Enigma of the E.T.” - ed. Guy Trédaniel 1995, p. 147
Reference: following 1956, September 1st
Reference: Mini catalogue chronologique des observations OVNI, by Godelieve Van Overmeire
Source: Overmeire, ID: Overmeire_2017

Event 18154 (597BB632)

Date: 8/1956 (approximate)
Time: 01:30
Location: 300KM OFF BAJA CALIFORNIA
Description: 12M blot / light. Hovers and violent maneuvers. Studies fishing boat?
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO’s a HISTORY-1956 (3 booklets) 1994 Self published. (Index 757)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_5027

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), OBS: Observation/chasing vehicles, VEH: Vehicle affected: Marks/damage/EME effects

Extra Data: Country: “Pacific Ocean and non - Asian islands”, Credibility: “6”, Duration: “5”, Elev: “0”, HatchDesc: “300km off BAJA CALIF:12M BLOT/LITE:HVRS+VIOLENT MNVRS:STUDIES FISHING BOAT?”, LatLong: “31.000001 -120.000006”, LatLongDMS: “31:00:00 N 120:00:00 W”, Locale: “High Seas”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “MEX”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 18155 (44F5D26E)

Date: 8/1956
Time: 01:30
Location: LONDON, ONT
Description: Numerous observer(s). 4 silver disks wander all over/all about. Join / diamond formation. Going northwest horizon.
Type: sighting
Reference: FLYING SAUCER REVIEW (FSR), London. Bimonthly. PO Box 162; High Wycombe, Bucks. HP135 DZ, England. (Index 77)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_5028

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: “7”, Duration: “40”, Elev: “263”, HatchDesc: “LONDON,ONT:NMRS OBS:4 SLVR DISKS WANDER ALLO:JOIN/DIAMOND FORMn:>NW HORIZON”, LatLong: “43.000002 -81.333337”, LatLongDMS: “43:00:00 N 81:20:00 W”, Locale: “Town & City”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Ontario”, Strangeness: “4”

Event 18156 (1C5B8FC4)

Date: 8/1956
Location: PORTLAND, OR
Description: Bright silent orange umbrella top / 30M altitude. Paces fast car. Up and away.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO’s a HISTORY-1956 (3 booklets) 1994 Self published. (Index 801)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_5029

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: “6”, Duration: “2”, Elev: “16”, HatchDesc: “PORTLAND,OR:BRITE SLNT ORG UMBRELLA TOP/30M alt:PACES FAST CAR:UP+AWAY:”, LatLong: “45.533336 -122.666673”, LatLongDMS: “45:32:00 N 122:40:00 W”, Locale: “Metropolis”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, RelAlt: “30”, State/Prov: “Oregon”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 18157 (992D1061)

Date: 8/1956
Time: 13:00?
Location: ST. LAWRENCE ISLAND, AK
Description: Several / USAF. Bright object hovers / 9 km altitude. Quickly going up [to] to 24km! RADAR. 6400kph.
Type: sighting
Reference: Database/website: New York MUFON. Larry Clark dir. http://www.nymufon.org. Report NY sightings here!
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_5030

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), RDR: Radar traces/blips

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “6”, Duration: “6”, Elev: “2”, HatchDesc: “St.LAWRENCE Isl,AK:SVRL/USAF:BRITE OBJ HVRS/9 km alt:↑↑ to 24km!:RDR:6400kph”, LatLong: “63.250003 -168.800008”, LatLongDMS: “63:15:00 N 168:48:00 W”, Locale: “Islands”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, RelAlt: “9000”, State/Prov: “Alaska”, Strangeness: “4”

Event 18158 (2ED3341E)

Date: 8/1956
Time: ~14:00
Location: GRANJA DE TORRHERMOSA, SP
Description: 30 observer(s). Cone with 3 figure(s) with antennas / inside. Going quickly east. / LDLN#123.
Type: sighting
Reference: BALLESTER OLMOS, Vicente-Juan: CATALOG of 200 TYPE-1 EVENTS in SPAIN & PORTUGAL; CUFOS 1976. (Index 5)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_5031

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, HQO: High-quality observer(s), CIG: Torpedo/cigar/cylinder shaped UFO, OID: Humanoid: Small alien or “Grey”, LND: UFO landing or any part touches ground, TCH: New technical details/clues

Extra Data: Country: “Spain”, Credibility: “11”, Duration: “9”, HatchDesc: “GRANJA DE TORRHERMOSA,SP:30 OBS:CONE W/3 FIGS W/ANTENNAS/INSIDE:>>E:/LDLN#123”, LatLong: “38.305557 -5.566667”, LatLongDMS: “38:18:20 N 05:34:00 W”, Locale: “Town & City”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Badajoz”, Strangeness: “8”

Event 18159 (69A80C2B)

Date: 8/1956
Time: ~15:00
Location: SAN LUIS, AZ
Description: Saucer follows Air Force bomber. Stops and blows smoke. 2nd saucer joins. Helps 1st away.
Type: sighting
Reference: PHENOMENES SPATIAUX: Group GEPA, Gen. M. Lionel Chassin Paris. Quarterly 1964?-1977. Merged into Grp. GEPAN (Index 46)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_5032

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, TCH: New technical details/clues, CMF: Camouflage/disguise

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “6”, Duration: “3”, Elev: “39”, HatchDesc: “SAN LUIS,AZ:SCR FOLOS AF BOMBER:STOPS+BLOWS SMOKE:2nd SCR JOINS:helps 1st away”, LatLong: “32.500002 -114.783339”, LatLongDMS: “32:30:00 N 114:47:00 W”, Locale: “Desert”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Arizona”, Strangeness: “7”

Event 18160 (8ADF4721)

Date: 8/1956 (approximate)
Time: 22:00?
Location: NEAR NELLIS AIR FORCE BASE, NV
Description: Pilot / car / malfunctions due to EME (electro-magnetic effects). 100’ domed saucer / 3 circular “landing gear”.
Type: sighting
Reference: LORENZEN, Coral & Jim: FLYING SAUCER OCCUPANTS; Signet Books, NY 1967. (Index 29)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_5033

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), DRT: Dirt/soil traces/marks/footprints etc., VEH: Vehicle affected: Marks/damage/EME effects, EME: Electro-Magnetic Effects, TRC: Physical traces, TCH: New technical details/clues, MIL: Military investigation

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “6”, Duration: “5”, Elev: “570”, HatchDesc: “nr NELLIS AFB,NV:PILOT/CAR/EMEs:100’ DOMED SCR/3 CIRCULAR “LANDING GEAR””, LatLong: “36.250002 -115.000005”, LatLongDMS: “36:15:00 N 115:00:00 W”, Locale: “Desert”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Nevada”, Strangeness: “7”

Event 18161 (2C63714C)

Date: 8/1956
Time: 22:20
Location: SOUTH / AMERICUS, GA
Description: Scientist/science and 1 / (seen thru) telescope. 12M saucer nears. 2 night lights join. Going quickly southwest. / r210v30#7+/ MJ#280.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO’s a HISTORY-1956 (3 booklets) 1994 Self published. (Index 803)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_5034

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

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “7”, Duration: “3”, Elev: “120”, HatchDesc: “S/AMERICUS,GA:Sci+1/TSCOPE:12M SCR NEARS:2 NLTS JOIN:>>SW:/r210v30#7+/MJ#280”, LatLong: “32.027779 -84.233337”, LatLongDMS: “32:01:40 N 84:14:00 W”, Locale: “Residential”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Georgia”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 18162 (FB80C3C2)

Date: 8/1956
Location: Bornholm Island, Den
Description: August-September 1956; Bornholm Island, Denmark, G (NICAP: 09 - RADAR Cases, Rating: 5)
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_1953

Event 18163 (DA87BC2E)

Date: 8/1956
Location: Boulder City, NV
Description: Research technician observed formation of five flat, circular UFOs. (UFOE, VI) (NICAP: 01 - Distant Encounters)
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_1954

Event 18164 (114B2AB3)

Date: 8/1956
Description: FBI Director J. Edgar Hoover launches COINTELPRO (counter-intelligence programs). These are employed against American dissidents and their organizations; the first one targets the American Communist Party. Typical methods are anonymous or fictitious letters, false defamatory or threatening information, forged signatures, and other disinformation. The FBI blackmails insiders to spread false rumors or promote factionalism. It creates bogus organizations to attack or disrupt a bona fide group, and instigates hostile actions through third parties, such as employers, elected officials, and the media. It enables the FBI to investigate any political organization on the pretext of checking for Communists, including the NAACP, women’s rights groups, and gay rights groups. These programs prompt nearly 330,000 FBI investigations and create a Security Index of over 200,000 dangerous Americans to be detained in the event of war. Documents relating to these programs are marked “Do not file,” offering no clues that they exist.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Wikipedia, “COINTELPRO”
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_2842

Event 18165 (986E41C4)

Date: 8/1956
Description: John P. Cahn publishes a second article in True on the Scully hoax.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: J. P. Cahn, “Flying Saucer Swindlers,” True, August 1956, pp. 36–37, 69–72
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_2843

Event 18166 (D8192506)

Date: 8/1956
Location: London, England
Description: George King forms the Aetherius Society in London, England, as the result of what King claims are contacts with extraterrestrial intelligences, whom he refers to as “Cosmic Masters.” The main goal of the believer is to cooperate with these Cosmic Masters to help humanity solve its current earthly problems and advance into the New Age. Life on other planets is described as free from war, hatred, disease, want, and ignorance. According to King, the civilizations of Atlantis and Lemuria both vanished during an atomic war.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Wikipedia, “Aetherius Society”; Clark III 52–53; Douglas Curran, In Advance of the Landing: Folk Concepts of Outer Space, Abbeville, 1985, pp. 62–69
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_2844

Event 18167 (784266F8)

Date: 8/1956
Location: Newark, Ohio
Description: Late night. Two young men are camping near Newark, Ohio, when they see five bright lights in a rigid V- formation. They fly in erratic, sharp-turning patterns for about 5 minutes, including sharp 30° turns. One man takes a photo. They report the sighting to the newspapers and the Air Force, but a USAF officer confiscate both the print and the negatives; the newspaper’s copies are also taken.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Michael D. Swords, “Timmerman’s Triangles,” IUR 29, no. 2 (Summer 2004): 16
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_2845

Event 18168 (85C8236B)

Date: 8/1/1956
Time: 20:20
Location: MUSKEGON, MI
Description: 2 observer(s). Silver dinner-plate size disk circles house several X. Bright yellow rim.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO’s a HISTORY-1956 (3 booklets) 1994 Self published. (Index 802)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_5035

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

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “7”, Duration: “3”, Elev: “180”, HatchDesc: “MUSKEGON,MI:2 OBS:SLVR DINNER-PLATE SIZE DISK CCLS HOUSE SVRL X:BRITE YLW RIM”, LatLong: “43.216669 -86.250004”, LatLongDMS: “43:13:00 N 86:15:00 W”, Locale: “Residential”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, RelAlt: “30”, State/Prov: “Michigan”, Strangeness: “7”

Event 18169 (3EC1C054)

Date: 8/1/1956?
Time: 22:00
Location: EAST / EL PASO, TX
Description: T33 pilot. Glowing-ovoid ahead / 2 minute(s). Size = 6° / arc. Fades / 2 second(s). / APRO Sep. '56.
Type: sighting
Reference: Book: HAINES, Dr. Richard F.: Unpublished aircraft sightings files. (El Paso, TX 1956 pg 96.)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_5036

Attributes: AIR: Observer(s) on aircraft, MIL: Observer(s) military, 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), CMF: Camouflage/disguise

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “6”, Duration: “2”, Elev: “1400”, HatchDesc: “E/EL PASO,TX:T33 PILOT:GLO-OVOID AHEAD/2min:SIZE=6°/ARC:FADES/2sec:/APRO SEP56”, LatLong: “31.883335 -105.800005”, LatLongDMS: “31:53:00 N 105:48:00 W”, Locale: “Town & City”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Texas”, Strangeness: “4”

Event 18170 (C8611C02)

Date: 8/2/1956
Time: 04:10
Location: 10 MI EAST / AMARILLO, TX
Description: Ex-bomber pilot and more/others. Diamond-UFO. Photograph = squiggly trail. / r140#3p7.
Type: sighting
Reference: UFO INVESTIGATOR: NICAP: Kensington, MD & Washington, DC [defunct]. University Microfilms, Ann Arbor, MI 48106 (Index 15)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_5037

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, 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), PHT: Photos/movies/videos taken, TRC: Physical traces, MIL: Military investigation, BBK: Project BLUEBOOK

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “9”, Duration: “135”, Elev: “1120”, HatchDesc: “10mi E/AMARILLO,TX:EX-BOMBER PILOT++:DIAMOND-UFO:FOTO=SQUIGGLY TRAIL:/r140#3p7”, LatLong: “35.233335 -101.650005”, LatLongDMS: “35:14:00 N 101:39:00 W”, Locale: “Pasture”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Texas”, Strangeness: “8”

Event 18171 (EDE8A400)

Date: 8/2/1956
Location: Amarillo, Texas
Description: Pilot J. G. Kirby photographed a UFO with a long exhaust trail of some sort near it. Hensley Air Force Base officers told Kirby that the glow was caused by radiation vapor. He was instructed to keep silent about his photograph and his sighting by the Air Force, which he did for over a year, before breaking secrecy.
Type: ufo sighting
Reference: The Flying Saucers are Hostile!, by George D. Fawcett 1961
Source: HostileFawcett, ID: HostileFawcett_48

Event 18172 (11BF98F6)

Date: 8/3/1956
Time: 04:00
Location: DENVER, CO
Description: 6 round pea-size UFO’s / triangular formation. Blue Book evaluates = meteors.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO’s a HISTORY-1956 (3 booklets) 1994 Self published. (Index 320)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_5038

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: “1578”, HatchDesc: “DENVER,CO:6 ROUND PEA-SIZE UFOS/TRIANGULAR FORMATION:BBK EVALUATES=METEORS”, LatLong: “39.716669 -104.966672”, LatLongDMS: “39:43:00 N 104:58:00 W”, Locale: “Metropolis”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Colorado”, Strangeness: “5”

Event 18173 (E9288B47)

Date: 8/3/1956
Description: A press leak from the Air Force Association reveals that proposals for two types of UFO-detecting satellites are under development. A television subsystem is cancelled as impractical, but an infrared subsystem requires much lower data transmission rates. Lockheed has signed an Air Force contract. The CIA’s Richard M. Bissell later reveals that the CIA Office of Scientific Intelligence Deputy Director Gen. Philip G. Strong has been pushing the Air Force to develop an infrared tracking satellite. The infrared system actually begins as planned in 1968, with initial operational status in 1970.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Clark III 813, 1032
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_2846

Event 18174 (A5E06642)

Date: 8/4/1956
Location: Copenhagen, Den
Description: September 4, 1956; Copenhagen, Denmark, G,V (NICAP: 09 - RADAR Cases, Rating: 5)
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_1955

Event 18175 (38363231)

Date: 8/6/1956
Location: ROSEBURG, OR
Description: Odd night lights circle TV tower. Change color(s) red to/from/between green. Many reports / police.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO’s a HISTORY-1956 (3 booklets) 1994 Self published. (Index 321)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_5039

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), OBS: Observation/chasing vehicles, BLD: Building/man-made structure/roads/power lines, TCH: New technical details/clues, OGA: Non-Covert Government Agencies

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “9”, Duration: “2”, Elev: “140”, HatchDesc: “ROSEBURG,OR:ODD NLTS CIRCLE TV TOWER:CHANGE CLRS RED<>GRN:MANY REPTS/POLICE”, LatLong: “43.216669 -123.333339”, LatLongDMS: “43:13:00 N 123:20:00 W”, Locale: “Town & City”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, RelAlt: “200”, State/Prov: “Oregon”, Strangeness: “5”

Event 18176 (01CE3FD9)

Date: 8/6/1956
Location: SO.NEPAL
Description: Thousands / observer(s). Bright sun-size disk changes color(s) red and white. Going [to] clouds. / r140#3.
Type: sighting
Reference: FLYING SAUCER REVIEW (FSR), London. Bimonthly. PO Box 162; High Wycombe, Bucks. HP135 DZ, England. (Index 28)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_5040

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, HQO: High-quality observer(s), SCR: Classic saucer/disk/sphere shaped UFO, NLT: Nightlights/points of light, FBL: Fireball: Blazing undistinguished form/orb., NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s)

Extra Data: Country: “Himalayan states”, Credibility: “13”, Duration: “2”, HatchDesc: “So.NEPAL:1000s/OBS:BRITE SUN-SIZE DISK CHANGES CLRS RED+WHT:> CLOUDS:/r140#3”, LatLong: “26.933335 87.333337”, LatLongDMS: “26:56:00 N 87:20:00 E”, Locale: “Mountains”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “NPL”, Strangeness: “5”

Event 18177 (B45B3613)

Date: 8/6/1956
Time: 21:00
Location: LA JOLLA, CA
Description: Blue Book. Large silver saucer crosses jets’ contrails. Makes 90° turn going quickly north extremely fast.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO’s a HISTORY-1956 (3 booklets) 1994 Self published. (Index 320)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_5041

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, MIL: Military investigation, BBK: Project BLUEBOOK

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “6”, Duration: “1”, Elev: “34”, HatchDesc: “LA JOLLA,CA:BBK:LRG SLVR SCR CROSSES JETS’ CONTRAILS:MAKES 90°TURN >>N XFAST”, LatLong: “32.850002 -117.372228”, LatLongDMS: “32:51:00 N 117:22:20 W”, Locale: “Coastlands”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “California”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 18178 (90BBE2C4)

Date: 8/6/1956
Time: 22:30
Location: SSE / PITTSBURG, CA
Description: 3 teens / (seen thru) binoculars. Circular object glows and maneuvers. Sudden stop. Going quickly southeast.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO’s a HISTORY-1956 (3 booklets) 1994 Self published. (Index 806)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_5042

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: “3”, Elev: “180”, HatchDesc: “SSE/PITTSBURG,CA:3 TEENS/BINOCS:CIRC.OBJ GLOWS+MNVRS:SUDDEN STOP:>>SE”, LatLong: “37.916668 -121.855561”, LatLongDMS: “37:55:00 N 121:51:20 W”, Locale: “Pasture”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “California”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 18179 (DAB064AF)

Date: 8/6/1956
Time: 23:50
Location: LOS ANGELES, CA
Description: 1 observer. Silent red night light going north. 90-turn. Stops. Rises 700’. Hovers. Drops. Going north.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO’s a HISTORY-1956 (3 booklets) 1994 Self published. (Index 321)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_5043

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: “USA”, Credibility: “6”, Duration: “3”, Elev: “99”, HatchDesc: “LOS ANGELES,CA:1 OBS:SILENT RED NLT >N:90-TURN:STOPS:RISES 700’:HVRS:DROPS:>N”, LatLong: “34.050002 -118.233339”, LatLongDMS: “34:03:00 N 118:14:00 W”, Locale: “Metropolis”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “California”, Strangeness: “5”

Event 18180 (456249BF)

Date: 8/8/1956
Description: (Translated from French) 20 miles South of Quarsite (Arizona), attorneys W. B. Buttermore and J. W. Smith observed a pulsating blue-white light flying quickly and horizontally for 5 to 7 minutes. (August 8th, 11pm)
Reference: case Blue Book #4270 unsolved
Reference: rr0 - Beau
Source: rr0, ID: rr0_1660

Event 18181 (6E6A5244)

Date: 8/8/1956
Location: DURANGO, CO
Description: 2 separate observer(s). “Dented football” glows. Swings. Blows steam. Shoots away.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO’s a HISTORY-1956 (3 booklets) 1994 Self published. (Index 322)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_5044

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), MIL: Military investigation, BBK: Project BLUEBOOK, CMF: Camouflage/disguise

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “7”, Duration: “50”, Elev: “1988”, HatchDesc: “DURANGO,CO:2 SEP.OBS:“DENTED FOOTBALL” GLOWS:SWINGS:BLOWS STEAM:SHOOTS AWAY”, LatLong: “37.283335 -107.866672”, LatLongDMS: “37:17:00 N 107:52:00 W”, Locale: “Mountains”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Colorado”, Strangeness: “7”

Event 18182 (FFE1BC90)

Date: 8/8/1956
Time: 21:30
Location: EAST HARTFORD, CT
Description: Several observer(s). 5 pink-glowing saucers going north and northeast and going south. Silver cylinder/cigar-shape seen / 2000hrs.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO’s a HISTORY-1956 (3 booklets) 1994 Self published. (Index 321)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_5045

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: “9”, Duration: “40”, Elev: “12”, HatchDesc: “E.HARTFORD,CT:SVRL OBS:5 PINK-GLO SCRS > N+NE + >S:SLVR CGR SEEN/2000hrs”, LatLong: “41.766669 -72.611115”, LatLongDMS: “41:46:00 N 72:36:40 W”, Locale: “Residential”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Connecticut”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 18183 (EE2AC08A)

Date: 8/8/1956
Time: 23:00
Location: PERTHUS, FR
Description: Odd delta/triangle/box-like craft / mountainside. 20M WIDEx80M tall. Vanishes. Night lights seen over mountain after.
Type: sighting
Reference: FIGEUT, Michel & RUCHON, Jean-Louis: OVNI - Le Premier Dossier…; Alain LeFeuvre, Paris 1979. (Index 226)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_5046

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, DLT: Delta/vee/boomerang/rectangular shaped UFO, NLT: Nightlights/points of light, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), TCH: New technical details/clues, CMF: Camouflage/disguise

Extra Data: Country: “France”, Credibility: “6”, Duration: “1”, HatchDesc: “PERTHUS,FR:ODD DLT/MTNSIDE:20M WIDEx80M TALL:VANISHES:NLTS SEEN OVR MTN AFTER”, LatLong: “42.477780 2.850000”, LatLongDMS: “42:28:40 N 02:51:00 E”, Locale: “Residential”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Pyrénées-Orientales”, Strangeness: “7”

Event 18184 (7723488C)

Date: 8/8/1956
Location: Quartsite (20 miles south of), AZ
Description: Blue-white pulsating light fly fast straight and level (NICAP: 11 - Aviation Cases, BB: 4270)
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_1956

Event 18185 (E3FB8623)

Date: 8/8/1956
End date: 8/19/1956
Location: Various Cities, CT
Description: Concentration of sightings over 12-day period. Retired fire department engineer in Hartford saw an oblong UFO with halo (August 8); an egg-shaped UFO was seen over West Redding (August 11); unidentified white lights reported over West Hartford by Ground Observer Corps (August 14) (UFOE) (NICAP: 01 - Distant Encounters)
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_1957

Event 18186 (88B4EB60)

Date: 8/8/1956
Time: 11 PM
Location: 20 miles south of Quartsite, Arizona
Description: Witnesses: attorneys W.B. Buttermore and J.W. Smith. One blue-white pulsating light flew fast, straight and level, for 5-7 minutes.
Type: ufo sighting
Reference: BlueBook Unknowns PDF
Source: BerlinerBBUnknowns, ID: BerlinerBBU_403

Event 18187 (C97AD699)

Date: 8/9/1956
Location: NDOLA AND KITWE AND CHINGOLA AND MORE/OTHERS, ZAMBIA
Description: Bright pulsing saucer all over/all about copper belt. / r140 #3p22.
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_5047

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, DRT: Dirt/soil traces/marks/footprints etc., BLD: Building/man-made structure/roads/power lines

Extra Data: Country: “Zimbabwe & Zambia”, Credibility: “9”, Duration: “60”, HatchDesc: “NDOLA+KITWE+CHINGOLA++,ZAMBIA:BRITE PULSING SCR ALLO COPPER BELT:/r140 #3p22”, LatLong: “-12.966667 28.583335”, LatLongDMS: “12:58:00 S 28:35:00 E”, Locale: “Town & City”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “ZAM”, Strangeness: “7”

Event 18188 (C4D45648)

Date: 8/9/1956
Time: 00:10
Location: TARRYTOWN, NY
Description: 3 cops and 1. Night light 8X brighter / any star. Moves going quickly southeast / series of jerks.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO’s a HISTORY-1956 (3 booklets) 1994 Self published. (Index 322)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_5048

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, OGA: Non-Covert Government Agencies

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “9”, Duration: “3”, Elev: “2”, HatchDesc: “TARRYTOWN,NY:3 COPS+1:NLT 8X BRIGHTER/ANY STAR:MOVES >>SE/SERIES OF JERKS”, LatLong: “41.077780 -73.861115”, LatLongDMS: “41:04:40 N 73:51:40 W”, Locale: “Residential”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “New York”, Strangeness: “5”

Event 18189 (5213B178)

Date: 8/10/1956
Time: 13:30
Location: GRAND MERE, QBC
Description: 2 observer(s). Saucer easily seen / 3K’ altitude. Stops / 20 second(s). Shoots going quickly north. / Blue Book.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO’s a HISTORY-1956 (3 booklets) 1994 Self published. (Index 323)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_5049

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: “Canada”, Credibility: “7”, Duration: “1”, Elev: “68”, HatchDesc: “GRAND MERE,QBC:2 OBS:SCR EASILY SEEN/3K’alt:STOPS/20sec:SHOOTS>>N:/BBK”, LatLong: “46.600002 -72.716670”, LatLongDMS: “46:36:00 N 72:43:00 W”, Locale: “Residential”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, RelAlt: “900”, State/Prov: “Quebec”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 18190 (6C9C5900)

Date: 8/10/1956
End date: 8/11/1956
Location: Dallas (near Duncanville AFS, TX
Description: McConnell. (Jan Aldrich; McDonald list; FUFOR Index) Radar / Visual With CPS6B (NICAP: 09 - RADAR Cases, Code: R, Rating: 5, BB: BBU)
Reference: NICAP: 560810-11
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_1958

Event 18191 (5652D0D6)

Date: 8/11/1956
Time: 09:00?
Location: PITTSBURGH, PA
Description: Bright steel-grey saucer hovers / 2 hours and more. Disappears going quickly west. / newspaper account.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO’s a HISTORY-1956 (3 booklets) 1994 Self published. (Index 326)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_5050

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, MIL: Military investigation, BBK: Project BLUEBOOK

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “6”, Duration: “120”, Elev: “232”, HatchDesc: “PITTSBURGH,PA:BRITE STEEL-GREY SCR HVRS/2hrs+:DISAPPEARS>>W:/NEWSPAPER ACCT”, LatLong: “40.450002 -80.000004”, LatLongDMS: “40:27:00 N 80:00:00 W”, Locale: “Metropolis”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Pennsylvania”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 18192 (299DCC60)

Date: 8/11/1956
Description: A photograph of a UFO shaped like a dome was taken on this evening in Mo, Norway.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: J. Bernard Delair, UFO Register, Volume 6 (1975), page 44, case # 115, citing Oslo Nation, September 21, 1956
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_4862

Event 18193 (AE17EC27)

Date: 8/11/1956
Description: A woman by the name of Stauffer reported to the local newspaper that at around 9:00 a.m. a bright steel-gray, saucer-shaped object hovered over the city of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania for two hours, and then disappeared by flying off to the west.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: Leonard H. Stringfield, CRIFO Orbit, 19560903; Loren E. Gross, The Fifth Horseman of the Apocalypse: UFOs: A History. 1956: August, p. 26
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_4863

Event 18194 (6DA29BFF)

Date: 8/12/1956
Time: 00:00
Location: EAST / DANVILLE, IL
Description: Blue Book. Civil observer(s) = Nicoson. Large red saucer. Intense beam going down. Hovers / 30 minute(s). Going quickly west.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO’s a HISTORY-1956 (3 booklets) 1994 Self published. (Index 327)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_5051

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, MIL: Military investigation, BBK: Project BLUEBOOK

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “6”, Duration: “30”, Elev: “183”, HatchDesc: “E/DANVILLE,IL:BBK:CIV OBS=NICOSON:LRG RED SCR:INTENSE BEAM ↓:HVRS/30min:>>W”, LatLong: “40.122224 -87.583338”, LatLongDMS: “40:07:20 N 87:35:00 W”, Locale: “Farmlands”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Illinois”, Strangeness: “7”

Event 18195 (11C0AE06)

Date: 8/12/1956
Time: ~03:00
Location: DENVER, CO
Description: 2 observer(s). Saucer outlined / white lights. Going east. Very big. Hovers. Going quickly west. / r140#8p8.
Type: sighting
Reference: The APRO BULLETIN: Monthly. Jim & Coral Lorenzen: Tucson,AZ (USA. defunct) By volume and number. (Index 681)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_5052

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), OBS: Observation/chasing vehicles, RAY: Odd light/searchlight/beam/laser-like

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “6”, Duration: “5”, Elev: “1578”, HatchDesc: “DENVER,CO:2 OBS:SCR OUTLINED/WHT LITES:> E:VERY BIG:HVRS:>>W:/r140#8p8”, LatLong: “39.750002 -104.966672”, LatLongDMS: “39:45:00 N 104:58:00 W”, Locale: “Metropolis”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Colorado”, Strangeness: “7”

Event 18196 (2887765E)

Date: 8/12/1956
Time: 21:30
Location: PARKERSBURG, WV AND BELPRE AND VIENNA AND MORE
Description: 3+observer(s). Saucer-sphere/orb/globe in weird darting maneuvers. Exits going quickly east.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO’s a HISTORY-1956 (3 booklets) 1994 Self published. (Index 326)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_5053

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: “9”, Duration: “10”, Elev: “198”, HatchDesc: “PARKERSBURG,WV+BELPRE+VIENNA+:3+OBS:SCR-ORB in WEIRD DARTING MNVRS:EXITS>>E”, LatLong: “39.233335 -81.561115”, LatLongDMS: “39:14:00 N 81:33:40 W”, Locale: “Mountains”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Western Virginia”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 18197 (FB322A82)

Date: 8/12/1956
Description: A Mrs. McCaffrey and her daughter saw an oval disc-shaped object blazing with white lights over Denver, Colorado at around three o’clock in the morning. The object moved to the east, then hovered several minutes, and finally flew off to the west. The edges of the object were clearly defined. The sighting lasted several minutes.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: Rocky Mountain News, August 13, 1956; Leonard H. Stringfield, CRIFO Orbit, September 1956, p. 3; Alexander Mebane, Civilian Saucer Intelligence–New York Newsletter, September 1956, p. 7
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_4936

Event 18198 (EA9E1BB0)

Date: 8/13/1956
Location: GREAT BRITAIN, Lakenheath (Suffolk)
Description: (Translated from French) Complex series of visual and radar observations, both from the ground and from aircraft, for nearly six hours. The UFOs are sometimes isolated, sometimes in a flight formation. Sometimes they are stationary, sometimes they move at very high speed, or else play cat and mouse with the fighters (aircraft) (Science et Vie, special edition 1997: 50 years of UFO, Atlas of Unsolved Cases, pp. 60-63). The magazine Astronautics and Aeronautics published a study of the case by Thayer, the Condon Commission’s radar expert, in September 1971. For the record, let us note that on several occasions, and notably in 1976, Philippe Klass, editor of Aviation Week and Space Technology, attempted to criticize these works and reduce the case to a series of ordinary events (meteors, radar propagation anomalies, etc.). The incidents began at Bentwaters Base, preceded between 9 and 10 pm by unusual radar control approach observations, which we will not detail. (…) Thayer concluded his article in the Astronautics and Aeronautics magazine thus: "Considering the high credibility of the information and the coherence and continuity of the reports, as well as their high degree of ‘strangeness’, this UFO case is certainly one of the most troubling known to date. (1956, August 13-14)
Reference: 'COMETA Report, 1999
Reference: Mini catalogue chronologique des observations OVNI, by Godelieve Van Overmeire
Source: Overmeire, ID: Overmeire_2018

Event 18199 (375629A4)

Date: 8/13/1956
Description: (Translated from French) Start of the Lakenheath incident. (August 13, 9:30 PM)
Reference: rr0 - Beau
Source: rr0, ID: rr0_1661

Event 18200 (70064422)

Date: 8/13/1956
Description: (Translated from French) Some time after the Lakenheath incident, 2 pilots from the RAF were flying over the sea between the Isle of Wight and Bournemouth when they received orders to intercept a target detected by a secret radar not far away. They quickly found the object and, having it clearly in sight, described it as follows: it was a shiny disc that reflected the sunlight and that awaited them, motionless, as they headed straight for it. When the two planes were only a few km away, the object turned on its side and moved away at an incredible speed. A few moments later, the craft had disappeared.
Reference: rr0 - Beau
Source: rr0, ID: rr0_1662

Event 18201 (1CF7EB90)

Date: 8/13/1956
Location: Bentwaters & Lakenheath, UK
Description: Radar/visual sightings over NATO bases; intercept attempts. 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_205

Event 18202 (CF00EDD6)

Date: 8/13/1956
Time: 17:00
Location: ECCLES, ENG
Description: Silent red 45M domed saucer hovers very low / Barton power station/depot/facility / 15 second(s). Going quickly [to] east-northeast.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO’s a HISTORY-1956 (3 booklets) 1994 Self published. (Index 831)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_5054

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: “Great Britain and Ireland”, Credibility: “6”, Duration: “1”, Elev: “45”, HatchDesc: “ECCLES,ENG:SLNT RED 45M DOMED SCR HVRS VLO/BARTON PWR STN/15sec:>>ENE”, LatLong: “53.483336 -2.333333”, LatLongDMS: “53:29:00 N 02:20:00 W”, Locale: “Town & City”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “England”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 18203 (E6649157)

Date: 8/13/1956
Time: 18:20
Location: HERMANSVILLE, MI
Description: Blue Book. Observer(s) = jetty. Silver-metallic 6m saucer with flat bottom. Seen / 20 second(s). Going quickly south.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO’s a HISTORY-1956 (3 booklets) 1994 Self published. (Index 328)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_5055

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: “270”, HatchDesc: "HERMANSVILLE,MI:BBK:OBS=JETTY:SLVR-MTLC 6m SCR w/FLAT BOTTOM:SEEN/20sec:>>S ", LatLong: “45.711113 -87.600004”, LatLongDMS: “45:42:40 N 87:36:00 W”, Locale: “Farmlands”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Michigan”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 18204 (CCFC57DC)

Date: 8/13/1956
Time: 21:30
Location: BENTWATERS AB, ENG
Description: 3 groups / unidentified blips going quickly [to] WNW. Speeds to 6000mph. / r193#39+/ r24v4#9.
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_5056

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

Extra Data: Country: “Great Britain and Ireland”, Credibility: “10”, Duration: “35”, HatchDesc: “BENTWATERS AB,ENG:3 GRPS/UID BLIPS >>WNW:SPEEDS to 6000mph:/r193#39+/r24v4#9”, LatLong: “52.100002 1.400000”, LatLongDMS: “52:06:00 N 01:24:00 E”, Locale: “Town & City”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “England”, Strangeness: “7”

Event 18205 (EBED9A59)

Date: 8/13/1956
Time: 22:30
Location: LAKENHEATH AB, ENGL
Description: 4 RADAR’s and pilots and Air Traffic Controllers. Jets chase. Photos? Going east / 500mph. MJ#280 and more/others.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO’s a HISTORY-1956 (3 booklets) 1994 Self published. (Index 809)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_5057

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, FBL: Fireball: Blazing undistinguished form/orb., NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), OBS: Observation/chasing vehicles, NUC: Nuclear facility related, VEH: Vehicle affected: Marks/damage/EME effects, PHT: Photos/movies/videos taken, RDR: Radar traces/blips, EME: Electro-Magnetic Effects, MIL: Military investigation, BBK: Project BLUEBOOK

Extra Data: Country: “Great Britain and Ireland”, Credibility: “11”, Duration: “104”, HatchDesc: “LAKENHEATH AB,ENGL:4 RDRS+PILOTS+ATCS:JETS CHASE:PHOTOS?:>E/500mph:MJ#280++”, LatLong: “52.400002 0.550000”, LatLongDMS: “52:24:00 N 00:33:00 E”, Locale: “Town & City”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “England”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 18206 (8CCD5C6C)

Date: 8/13/1956
Location: Lakenheath AFB, Bentwaters, UK
Description: August 13, 1956; Eastern England, G,V,A (NICAP: 09 - RADAR Cases, Code: R, Rating: 5, BB: BBU)
Reference: NICAP: 560813
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_1959

Event 18207 (8AFB88F8)

Date: 8/13/1956
Location: Lakenheath AFB, Bentwaters, UK
Description: Aug 13, 1956; Lakenheath AFB, Bentwaters, England RV (M) (NICAP: 11 - Aviation Cases, BB: BBU)
Reference: NICAP: 560813
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_1960

Event 18208 (3E9833DD)

Date: 8/13/1956
End date: 8/14/1956
Locations: RAF Bentwaters; Bentwaters Parks; Suffolk, England; RAF Lakenheath; RAF Neatishead; Norfolk; RAF Waterbeach; Cambridgeshire; Whitehall; Colorado project; Ent AFB
Description: 9:30 p.m. A radar-visual UFO sighting begins at RAF Bentwaters [now Bentwaters Parks], Suffolk, England. A blip traveling approximately 4,000–8,000 mph on an east-west course is picked up on radar. It moves in a straight line to a position about 15 miles northwest of Bentwaters. Within a few minutes, about a dozen normal targets are spotted 8 miles southwest, moving northeast at about 100 mph. In front of the targets are three objects in a triangular formation, about 1,000 feet apart. All the targets then appear to converge into one extremely large target (several times the size of a B-36), which continues moving to the northeast, then stops for a few minutes, then resumes, and is lost to radar. The entire sighting up to this point takes 25 minutes. Five minutes later, another solid target appears, flying east to west at 4,000 mph or more, then vanishes when it moves out of range. A T-33 trainer from the 512th Fighter Interceptor Squadron crewed by 1st Lts. Charles Metz and Andrew Rowe is sent to investigate the radar contacts, but sees nothing. No visual sightings of the objects are made from Bentwaters in this period, with the exception of a single amber star-like object which was subsequently identified as probably being Mars. At 10:55 p.m., another target is picked up 30 miles to the east, traveling west at 2,000–4,000 mph. It passes directly overhead and is seen as a white light by both air (a C-47 at 4,000 feet reports it passed underneath him) and ground observers. Bentwaters notifies RAF Lakenheath, also in Suffolk, about what is going on, and Lakenheath personnel see a luminous object stop, then zoom off to the east. Also, two white lights are seen joining from different directions, which are tracked on two screens at Lakenheath. According to T/Sgt. Forrest Perkins, watch supervisor at the Lakenheath radar center, at midnight Lakenheath notifies RAF Neatishead, Norfolk, that a strange object is buzzing the base. A de Havilland Venom night fighter is scrambled, directed by Neatishead radar controller Flight Lt. Freddie H. C. Wimbledon. Perkins and Wimbledon claim the jets are sent up around midnight, but the crews think it is at 2:00 a.m. The Venom, crewed by Flight Officers David Chambers and John Brady from 23 Squadron at RAF Waterbeach [now closed] in Cambridgeshire, finds the object on radar north of Cambridge and sees it as a bright white light, which then disappears. The navigator says it is the “clearest target I have ever seen on radar.” The object, however, is behind the plane and stays there for some time, despite climbs, dives, and circling. Ground radar operators say that the object is glued right behind the fighter. After 10 minutes, the fighter heads back. The UFO follows briefly, then stops and hovers. Another Venom, crewed by Flight Officers Ian Fraser-Ker and Ivan Logan, is scrambled at 2:40 a.m. but experiences engine problems and aborts. Ministry of Defence officer Ralph Noyes says that one of the Venom pilots has taken a gun-camera film, which was later shown at a briefing in Whitehall. The object is tracked on two radars, leaving the area at 600 mph. The encounter is classified until 1969, when it is analyzed by the Colorado project. Gordon Thayer suggests that the “apparently rational, intelligent behavior of the UFO suggests a mechanical device of unknown origin as the most probable explanation of this sighting.” A later investigation is conducted by David Clarke, Andy Roberts, and Jenny Randles. In contrast to the reports given in the original classified teleprinter message (from 3910th Air Base Group to ADC at Ent AFB, now the US Olympic Training Center) three days after the event and in the accounts of both Wimbledon and Perkins, the air crews now state that the radar contacts were unimpressive and that no “tail-chase” or action on the part of the target occurred. They also assert no visual contacts were made. Chambers and Brady comment that “my feeling is that there was nothing there, it was some sort of mistake,” while Ivan Logan, the second Venom’s navigator, states that “all we saw was a blip which rather indicated a stationary target.” At the time 23 Squadron decides that the radar contact had, if anything, been with a weather balloon. Martin Shough concludes that there are actually several incidents at different times and places and that the relationship between each is unclear.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Wikipedia, “Lakenheath-Bentwaters incident”; NICAP, “Several Incidents of R/V at Bentwaters”; Center for UFO Studies, [case documents 1, case documents 2, case documents 3]; Condon, pp. 163–164, 248–256; James E. McDonald, “UFOs over Lakenheath in 1956,” Flying Saucer Review 16, no. 2 (Mar./Apr. 1970): 9–17, 29; J. Allen Hynek, The UFO Experience, Ballantine ed., 1974, p. 91; RAF Fighter Controller (Rtd.), “UFOs over Lakenheath,” Flying Saucer Review 24, no. 1 (June 1978): 31; Ian Ridpath, “New Light on Lakenheath,” IUR 3, no. 8 (August 1978): 6–7; Martin L. Shough, “Background & History”; Martin L. Shough, “Radar and the UFO,” UFOs 1947–1987, Fortean Tomes, 1987, pp. 219–226; Clark III 665–670; Good Above, pp. 44–46; Sparks, p. 238; Ivan Logan, [Letter to Dave Clarke], October 23, 2000; Don Berliner, with Marie Galbreath and Antonio Huneeus, UFO Briefing Document: The Best Available Evidence, Dell, 2000, pp. 64–66; UFOFiles2, pp. 66–69
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_2847

Event 18209 (6F186D7C)

Date: 8/13/1956
Description: At Bentwaters RAF Base in Suffolk, England radar returns at 9:20 p.m. showed a large unidentified craft moving in excess of 4,000 mph. The crew of a C-47 confirmed a visual sighting of a blur of light moving at high speeds. Both air and ground radars confirm fantastic maneuvers were performed.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: James E. McDonald, FSR, March 1970, p. 10; John W. Spencer, World Atlas of UFOs, p. 86; Michael D. Hall, UFOs: A Century of Sightings, p. 242; Illobrand von Ludwiger, Best UFO Cases–Europe, p. 12
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_4962

Event 18210 (41A6C986)

Date: 8/14/1956
Location: SAN ANTONIO, TX
Description: 4 white saucers change square to/from/between L-shaped formations repeatedly. Going quickly northeast.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO’s a HISTORY-1956 (3 booklets) 1994 Self published. (Index 344)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_5058

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: “4”, Elev: “165”, HatchDesc: “SAN ANTONIO,TX:4 WHT SCRS CHANGE SQUARE<>L-SHAPED FORMATIONS REPEATEDLY:>>NE”, LatLong: “29.400001 -98.466671”, LatLongDMS: “29:24:00 N 98:28:00 W”, Locale: “Residential”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Texas”, Strangeness: “7”

Event 18211 (D7EA3735)

Date: 8/14/1956
Time: ~18:00
Location: OADBY, LEICS
Description: 2 observer(s). 4 orange night lights converge / different directions. Green flash. Silent. Going quickly SSE going [to] London.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO’s a HISTORY-1956 (3 booklets) 1994 Self published. (Index 344)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_5059

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, WAV: Wave/cluster/flap, NLT: Nightlights/points of light, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), SIG: Signals/responses to/from/between UFO’s/occupants/observers

Extra Data: Country: “Great Britain and Ireland”, Credibility: “7”, Duration: “2”, Elev: “84”, HatchDesc: “OADBY,LEICs:2 OBS:4 ORG NLTs CONVERGE/DIFF.DIRs:GRN FLASH:SILENT:>>SSE>LONDON”, LatLong: “52.600003 -1.083333”, LatLongDMS: “52:36:00 N 01:05:00 W”, Locale: “Residential”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “England”, Strangeness: “5”

Event 18212 (15A96EB3)

Date: 8/14/1956
Time: 19:50
Location: ANNAPOLIS, MD
Description: 4 observer(s). 4 silver dish-saucers cavort over / naval academy. Silent. Form line.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO’s a HISTORY-1956 (3 booklets) 1994 Self published. (Index 831)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_5060

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

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “8”, Duration: “3”, Elev: “100”, HatchDesc: “ANNAPOLIS,MD:4 OBS:4 SLVR DISH-SCRS CAVORT OVR/NAVAL ACADEMY:SLNT:FORM LINE”, LatLong: “38.983335 -76.983337”, LatLongDMS: “38:59:00 N 76:59:00 W”, Locale: “Town & City”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Maryland”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 18213 (891856D3)

Date: 8/14/1956
Time: 20:30
Location: BOSTON, MASS
Description: 2 observer(s). Wingless silver-gray saucer with faint electric humming. Going quickly [to] east-northeast very fast.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO’s a HISTORY-1956 (3 booklets) 1994 Self published. (Index 343)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_5061

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: “7”, Duration: “1”, Elev: “8”, HatchDesc: “BOSTON,MASS:2 OBS:WINGLESS SLVR-GRAY SCR W/FAINT ELECTRIC HUM:>>ENE VFAST:”, LatLong: “42.333335 -71.066670”, LatLongDMS: “42:20:00 N 71:04:00 W”, Locale: “Metropolis”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Massachusetts”, Strangeness: “7”

Event 18214 (6406AA59)

Date: 8/15/1956
Time: 22:00
Location: EAST / WILLSBORO, NY
Description: Several observer(s). Orange glowing-sphere/orb/globe over Lake Champlain. Back 01 SEPT66. / r140#2p44.
Type: sighting
Reference: The APRO BULLETIN: Monthly. Jim & Coral Lorenzen: Tucson,AZ (USA. defunct) By volume and number. (Index 681)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_5062

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)

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “9”, Duration: “40”, Elev: “29”, HatchDesc: “E/WILLSBORO,NY:SVRL OBS:ORG.GLO-ORB ovr Lk.CHAMPLAIN:BACK 01SEPT66:/r140#2p44”, LatLong: “44.350002 -73.350003”, LatLongDMS: “44:21:00 N 73:21:00 W”, Locale: “Residential”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “New York”, Strangeness: “4”

Event 18215 (4BAEA1C6)

Date: 8/15/1956 (approximate)
Time: 22:20
Location: BOULDER CITY, NV
Description: 2 observer(s). 5 saucers / V-check formation going quickly south. 60 degree / sky in 6 second(s). / r140#3p44.
Type: sighting
Reference: HALL, Richard: The UFO EVIDENCE; NICAP,Washington, DC 1964. Reprinted 1997 Barnes & Noble Books ( only $7.98! ) (Index 58)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_5063

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

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “7”, Duration: “1”, Elev: “762”, HatchDesc: “BOULDER CITY,NV:2 OBS:5 SCRS/V-CHECK FORMn >>S:60dgr/SKY in 6sec:/r140#3p44”, LatLong: “35.977779 -114.833339”, LatLongDMS: “35:58:40 N 114:50:00 W”, Locale: “Residential”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Nevada”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 18216 (DDD49FC1)

Date: 8/15/1956
Location: Far East
Description: The RAND Corporation releases a top-secret 1955 summary detailing more than 143 aircraft incidents in the Far East.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Alexander L. George, “Case Studies of Actual and Alleged Overflights, 1930–1953,” Rand Corporation, RM-1349, August 15, 1956; Clark III 56
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_2848

Event 18217 (ED16D07B)

Date: Mid 8/1956
Location: Boulder City, Nevada
Description: 10:15 p.m. North American Aviation research technician Edison F. Carpenter observes a formation of five flat, circular, pinkish UFOs over Boulder City, Nevada.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Center for UFO Studies, [case documents]; UFOEv, p. 58
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_2849

Event 18218 (7BBC4A52)

Date: 8/16/1956
Location: NEW ROCHELLE, NY
Description: Orange-white sphere/orb/globe bobs going up and down / 25 minute(s). Dives climbs and circles across sky.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO’s a HISTORY-1956 (3 booklets) 1994 Self published. (Index 345)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_5064

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

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “7”, Duration: “25”, Elev: “29”, HatchDesc: “NEW ROCHELLE,NY:ORG-WHT ORB BOBS ↑+↓/25min:DIVES CLIMBS+CIRCLES ACROSS SKY”, LatLong: “40.911113 -73.783337”, LatLongDMS: “40:54:40 N 73:47:00 W”, Locale: “Residential”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “New York”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 18219 (3DE9AB9D)

Date: 8/16/1956
Location: ATLANTIC NEAR AZORES
Description: Airliner takes evasive action. White night light passes 40’ / plane.
Type: sighting
Reference: HYNEK, Dr. J. Allen: THE HYNEK UFO REPORT; Dell Publ., NY 1977. 298pp. (Index 44)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_5065

Attributes: SEA: Observer(s) at sea, AIR: Observer(s) on aircraft, 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), OBS: Observation/chasing vehicles, MIL: Military investigation, BBK: Project BLUEBOOK

Extra Data: Country: “Atlantic Ocean + islands”, Credibility: “9”, Duration: “1”, Elev: “0”, HatchDesc: “ATLANTIC nr AZORES:AIRLINER TAKES EVASIVE ACTION:WHT NLT PASSES 40’/PLANE”, LatLong: “37.733335 -29.416668”, LatLongDMS: “37:44:00 N 29:25:00 W”, Locale: “High Seas”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Azores”, Strangeness: “3”

Event 18220 (C13D992B)

Date: 8/16/1956
Time: 01:30
Location: SONNING, BERKS
Description: 1+2 observer(s). 1+2 silver saucers / red glow. Small dark circles merge on surface.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO’s a HISTORY-1956 (3 booklets) 1994 Self published. (Index 346)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_5066

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

Extra Data: Country: “Great Britain and Ireland”, Credibility: “8”, Duration: “6”, HatchDesc: “SONNING,BERKs:1+2 OBS:1+2 SLVR SCRS/RED GLOW:SML DARK CIRCLES MERGE ON SURFACE”, LatLong: “51.472225 -0.883333”, LatLongDMS: “51:28:20 N 00:53:00 W”, Locale: “Residential”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “England”, Strangeness: “8”

Event 18221 (69AFBDBC)

Date: 8/16/1956
Location: Near Azores, At Sea
Description: Object Makes Passes / DC-4 Takes Evasive Action (NICAP: 11 - Aviation Cases, Code: A, Rating: 5, BB: BBU)
Reference: NICAP: 560816
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_1961

Event 18222 (64D73330)

Date: 8/16/1956
Description: The CIA’s Richard M. Bissell assembles a group of advisers to begin work on solving the problem of Soviets tracking the U-2 flights. Among the group are Edwin H. Land, Edward Mills Purcell, and Kelly Johnson. They look into radar-absorbing paint.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Wikipedia, “Lockheed A-12”
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_2850

Event 18223 (B7CA84E2)

Date: 8/17/1956
Location: LONGVIEW, WA
Description: 2 civil and 1 military observer(s). Round object moves going up [to] going down [to] and sideways. Plane circles UFO 2X.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO’s a HISTORY-1956 (3 booklets) 1994 Self published. (Index 357)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_5067

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

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “8”, Duration: “3”, Elev: “8”, HatchDesc: “LONGVIEW,WA:2 CIV+1 MIL OBS:ROUND OBJ MOVES ↑↓+SIDEWAYS:PLANE CIRCLES UFO 2X”, LatLong: “46.166669 -122.950006”, LatLongDMS: “46:10:00 N 122:57:00 W”, Locale: “Town & City”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Washington”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 18224 (CA714AD7)

Date: 8/17/1956
Time: 22:00
Location: MOUSSAN, AUDE, FR
Description: Red fireball stops 100M from motorcycle. Shoots going quickly southeast out to sea.
Type: sighting
Reference: FIGEUT, Michel & RUCHON, Jean-Louis: OVNI - Le Premier Dossier…; Alain LeFeuvre, Paris 1979. (Index 227)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_5068

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CST: Observer(s) in coastal area/just offshore, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, PRB: Probe: Possibly remote controlled, FBL: Fireball: Blazing undistinguished form/orb., NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s)

Extra Data: Country: “France”, Credibility: “6”, Duration: “1”, HatchDesc: “MOUSSAN,AUDE,FR:RED FBL STOPS 100M FROM MOTORCYCLE:SHOOTS >>SE OUT TO SEA”, LatLong: “43.222224 2.950000”, LatLongDMS: “43:13:20 N 02:57:00 E”, Locale: “Farmlands”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Aude”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 18225 (663F5A04)

Date: 8/17/1956
Location: Spragueville (SSW [of] ), ME
Description: (McDonald list) F-89 Tracks Object 500 Knots (NICAP: 09 - RADAR Cases, Code: R, Rating: 5, BB: BBU)
Reference: NICAP: 560817
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_1962

Event 18226 (843B52AD)

Date: 8/19/1956
Time: 23:20
Location: NEWINGTON, CT
Description: Blue Book. Observer(s) = Gordes. Fiery object makes 90° turn. 4 windows. / r78p176+/ r141#1.
Type: sighting
Reference: HALL, Richard: The UFO EVIDENCE; NICAP,Washington, DC 1964. Reprinted 1997 Barnes & Noble Books ( only $7.98! ) (Index 146)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_5069

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: “8”, Duration: “1”, Elev: “30”, HatchDesc: “NEWINGTON,CT:BBK:OBS=GORDES:FIERY OBJ MAKES 90°TURN:4 WINDOWS:/r78p176+/r141#1”, LatLong: “41.694446 -72.722226”, LatLongDMS: “41:41:40 N 72:43:20 W”, Locale: “Farmlands”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Connecticut”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 18227 (2414B746)

Date: 8/19/1956
Location: Newington, CT
Description: Fiery object made turn, dimmed, window-like markings became visible. (UFOE, XII) (NICAP: 01 - Distant Encounters)
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_1963

Event 18228 (58871892)

Date: 8/20/1956
Location: CITRUS HEIGHTS, CA
Description: 2+observer(s). 25+Saturn-UFO’s / rough semicircle formation. No further details. / r78p176.
Type: sighting
Reference: HALL, Richard: The UFO EVIDENCE; NICAP,Washington, DC 1964. Reprinted 1997 Barnes & Noble Books ( only $7.98! ) (Index 135)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_5070

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: “10”, Elev: “38”, HatchDesc: “CITRUS HEIGHTS,CA:2+OBS:25+ SATURN-UFOS/ROUGH SEMICIRCLE FORMn:NFD:/r78p176”, LatLong: “38.705557 -121.277784”, LatLongDMS: “38:42:20 N 121:16:40 W”, Locale: “Metropolis”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “California”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 18229 (2D7E1539)

Date: 8/20/1956
Time: 20:20
Location: LOS ANGELES, CA
Description: 3+several observer(s). Fireball then 2 more. Instant 180° turn going quickly south. Plane vanishes?
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO’s a HISTORY-1956 (3 booklets) 1994 Self published. (Index 361)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_5071

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, HQO: High-quality observer(s), NWS: News media report, ODD: Atypical/Forteana/paranormal, 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: “USA”, Credibility: “9”, Duration: “55”, Elev: “97”, HatchDesc: “LOS ANGELES,CA:3+SVRL OBS:FBL THEN 2 MORE:INSTANT 180°TURN>>S:PLANE VANISHES?”, LatLong: “34.050002 -118.250006”, LatLongDMS: “34:03:00 N 118:15:00 W”, Locale: “Residential”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “California”, Strangeness: “9”

Event 18230 (44F374CD)

Date: 8/20/1956
Time: 23:30
Location: EL MONTE, CA
Description: Several kids. Saucer north going quickly south. Circles. Faint swishing sound. Continues going quickly south.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO’s a HISTORY-1956 (3 booklets) 1994 Self published. (Index 360)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_5072

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), SND: UFO sounds heard or recorded

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “8”, Duration: “5”, Elev: “86”, HatchDesc: “EL MONTE,CA:SVRL KIDS:SCR N>>S:CIRCLES:FAINT SWISHING SOUND:CONTINUES >>S”, LatLong: “34.066668 -118.027783”, LatLongDMS: “34:04:00 N 118:01:40 W”, Locale: “Residential”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “California”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 18231 (CB6EA02C)

Date: 8/20/1956
Location: Citrus Heights, CA
Description: Man & wife saw 25 or more bright, Saturn-like UFOs in a rough semi-circle formation. (UFOE, XII) (NICAP: 01 - Distant Encounters)
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_1964

Event 18232 (9678A3CC)

Date: 8/20/1956
Location: North Bend, OR
Description: Camillo. (McDonald list; FUFOR Index) Object Tracked At 54,000 Feet (NICAP: 09 - RADAR Cases, Code: R, Rating: 5, BB: BBU)
Reference: NICAP: 560820
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_1965

Event 18233 (CCFB6678)

Date: 8/21/1956
Time: 11:40
Location: OFF SAN FRANCISCO, CA
Description: USAF pilot. Fast “balloon” outmaneuvers and outraces F89D jet. Going quickly west.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO’s a HISTORY-1956 (3 booklets) 1994 Self published. (Index 361)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_5073

Attributes: CST: Observer(s) in coastal area/just offshore, 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, CMF: Camouflage/disguise

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “7”, Duration: “5”, Elev: “0”, HatchDesc: “OFF SAN FRANCISCO,CA:USAF PILOT:FAST “BALLOON” OUTMNVRS+OUTRACES F89D JET:>>W”, LatLong: “37.833335 -123.000006”, LatLongDMS: “37:50:00 N 123:00:00 W”, Locale: “Metropolis”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “California”, Strangeness: “7”

Event 18234 (255F27D5)

Date: 8/21/1956
Time: 15:00
Location: PASSO FUNDO, BRAZIL
Description: 2 cops and 2. 2 silent silver disks going west. Stop. Big saucer going west. Small saucer going north.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO’s a HISTORY-1956 (3 booklets) 1994 Self published. (Index 834)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_5074

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, TCH: New technical details/clues

Extra Data: Country: “Brazil”, Credibility: “8”, Duration: “2”, Elev: “550”, HatchDesc: “PASSO FUNDO,BRZL:2 COPS+2:2 SLNT SLVR DISKS >W:STOP:BIG SCR >W:SML SCR >N”, LatLong: “-28.283335 -52.216669”, LatLongDMS: “28:17:00 S 52:13:00 W”, Locale: “Town & City”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “RGS”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 18235 (6FED1963)

Date: 8/21/1956
Time: 20:10
Location: OVER CROW RESERVATION, MT
Description: Black dogbone buzzes plane. Going quickly northwest / 1Kmph / pilot radios. / r70p3-48.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO’s a HISTORY-1956 (3 booklets) 1994 Self published. (Index 357)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_5075

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, AIR: Observer(s) on aircraft, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, HQO: High-quality observer(s), CIG: Torpedo/cigar/cylinder shaped UFO, 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

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “8”, Duration: “2”, Elev: “1072”, HatchDesc: “OVR CROW Rsvn,MT:BLK DOGBONE BUZZES PLANE:>>NW/1Kmph/PILOT RADIOS:/r70p3-48”, LatLong: “45.333335 -107.500005”, LatLongDMS: “45:20:00 N 107:30:00 W”, Locale: “Metropolis”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Montana”, Strangeness: “7”

Event 18236 (9CBAB48E)

Date: 8/21/1956
Location: Wyoming-Montana, In Air
Description: Dumbbell-shaped UFOs approached plane. (UFOE, VII) (NICAP: 11 - Aviation Cases)
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_1966

Event 18237 (B0DF1025)

Date: 8/21/1956
Location: Hamilton AFB, CA
Description: F-89 Crew Encounter Daylight Object (NICAP: 11 - Aviation Cases, Code: A, Rating: 3)
Reference: NICAP: 560821
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_1967

Event 18238 (E37A779B)

Date: 8/21/1956
Description: A reddish orange elongated object jerked up and down over Los Angeles and the San Fernando Valley in California on this evening for several minutes around 9:30 p.m. A later report at 11:30 p.m. was made in El Monte, California.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: Los Angeles Times, August 1956, p. 22; Alexander Mebane, Civilian Saucer Intelligence–New York Newsletter, November 1956, p. 7
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_5208

Event 18239 (07F8EE5B)

Date: 8/22/1956
Location: FRANCE, Céret
Description: (Translated from French) Ms. P. was riding a moped around noon when she was overtaken by two enormous nickel-plated motorcycles, absolutely silent. Each was ridden by two sumptuously dressed passengers wearing a moiré fawn-colored jacket. They were gloved, helmeted and hermetically booted. Five hundred meters further on the two motorcycles were stopped side by side in the middle of the road, blocking it. Ms. P. had to pass them on the extreme left despite the lack of space, as the machines were enormous, of an unusual size. The travelers turned towards her. Their faces were totally hidden by thick smoked glasses: neither cheeks nor chins were visible. The witness, very impressed, looked back ten meters further on, but the road was deserted, the motorcycles had disappeared without a sound.
Reference: Pierre VIEROUDY: “These UFOs that announce the Superman” - Laffont 1979, p. 265, 266
Reference: Mini catalogue chronologique des observations OVNI, by Godelieve Van Overmeire
Source: Overmeire, ID: Overmeire_2019

Event 18240 (23999D2E)

Date: 8/22/1956
Time: 11:50
Location: ROUTE 115 NORTHEAST / CERET, FR
Description: 4 pseudo-human/entity / huge motorcycles stare at observer(s). Vanish silently. / FSRv15#6.
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 28)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_5076

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, ODD: Atypical/Forteana/paranormal, NFO: No craft seen, PSH: Pseudo-human: Clone/organic robot/human-like, SIG: Signals/responses to/from/between UFO’s/occupants/observers, EME: Electro-Magnetic Effects, CMF: Camouflage/disguise

Extra Data: Country: “France”, Credibility: “6”, Duration: “2”, HatchDesc: “Rte.115 NE/CERET,FR:4 PSH/HUGE MCYCLES STARE AT OBS:VANISH SILENTLY:/FSRv15#6”, LatLong: “42.516669 2.783333”, LatLongDMS: “42:31:00 N 02:47:00 E”, Locale: “Pasture”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Pyrénées-Orientales”, Strangeness: “8”

Event 18241 (F7728080)

Date: 8/22/1956
Time: 22:10
Location: NEAR TUCHOLA, POLAND
Description: Bornholm RADAR. 4 blips circle and maneuver. Speeds to 1Kmph going quickly west. Military investigate.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO’s a HISTORY-1956 (3 booklets) 1994 Self published. (Index 371)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_5077

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, MIL: Observer(s) military, HQO: High-quality observer(s), NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), RDR: Radar traces/blips, MIL: Military investigation, BBK: Project BLUEBOOK

Extra Data: Country: “Poland”, Credibility: “9”, Duration: “20”, HatchDesc: “nr TUCHOLA,POLAND:BORNHOLM RDR:4 BLIPS CCL+MNVR:SPEEDS TO 1Kmph>>W:MIL INVSTG”, LatLong: “53.600003 17.866668”, LatLongDMS: “53:36:00 N 17:52:00 E”, Locale: “Farmlands”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “BDG”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 18242 (A3FDF52B)

Date: 8/22/1956
Time: 22:50
Location: TURLOCK, CA
Description: 1 observer / bed. ORD-red ovoid flutters going down [to] behind garage. Away quickly. No further details.
Type: sighting
Reference: The APRO BULLETIN: Monthly. Jim & Coral Lorenzen: Tucson,AZ (USA. defunct) By volume and number. (Index 681)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_5078

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

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “6”, Duration: “1”, Elev: “31”, HatchDesc: “TURLOCK,CA:1 OBS/BED:ORD-RED OVOID FLUTTERS ↓ BHND GARAGE:away quickly:NFD”, LatLong: “37.494446 -120.844450”, LatLongDMS: “37:29:40 N 120:50:40 W”, Locale: “Farmlands”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, RelAlt: “2”, State/Prov: “California”, Strangeness: “7”

Event 18243 (CDF0B0F3)

Date: 8/22/1956
Time: 23:50
Location: FOSTORIA, OH
Description: Watchman. 24M round object / 1500’ altitude. Orange glow. Loud hiss. Away straight up.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO’s a HISTORY-1956 (3 booklets) 1994 Self published. (Index 835)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_5079

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: “6”, Elev: “238”, HatchDesc: “FOSTORIA,OH:WATCHMAN:24M RND OBJ/1500’alt:ORG.GLOW:LOUD HISS:AWAY STRAIGHT UP”, LatLong: “41.150002 -83.416671”, LatLongDMS: “41:09:00 N 83:25:00 W”, Locale: “Town & City”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, RelAlt: “450”, State/Prov: “Ohio”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 18244 (C42A9B38)

Date: 8/22/1956
Location: Bornholm Island, Den
Description: (McDonald list; FUFOR Index); Objects Orbiting Location & Tracked on Radar (NICAP: 09 - RADAR Cases, Code: R, Rating: 5, BB: BBU)
Reference: NICAP: 560822
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_1968

Event 18245 (EF9682F9)

Date: 8/22/1956
Location: Naval Air Station Cecil Field, near Jacksonville, Florida
Description: 3:40 p.m. A man named Sheetz and another civilian in a car chases a 50-foot, black, bell-shaped object bearing two bright, white lights at the top several miles east of Naval Air Station Cecil Field, near Jacksonville, Florida. Their engine stalls when the object hovers 10 feet away. The underside resembles a disc with fins. When a jet takes off from the airfield, the object shoots out of sight almost instantly. The car battery is completely dead. Noise from the object compares to a helicopter, but there is no helicopter in the area.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: NICAP, “Car Chases Bell- Shaped Object, Engine Stalls”; Sparks, p. 246
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_2851

Event 18246 (C6C9C978)

Date: 8/22/1956
Location: Bornholm, Denmark
Description: 8:50–11:59 p.m. Radars on the island of Bornholm, Denmark, first report 2–3 objects on an easterly heading at 800 mph. Approximately 2 hours later, four objects appear and orbit over the location. About 90 minutes later, the tracks fade.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: NICAP, “Objects Orbiting Location and Tracked on Radar”
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_2852

Event 18247 (75BEEEB9)

Date: 8/22/1956
Description: From the bedroom a witness in Turlock, California saw an orange-red ovoid UFO fluttering up behind the garage at 10:50 p.m. It went away quickly.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: APRO Bulletin, September 1956
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_5220

Event 18248 (F407753F)

Date: 8/23/1956
Location: FULLERTON, CA
Description: 3 kids. Large saucer hovers / minutes. Going quickly south slowly then zooms away. Blue glow.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO’s a HISTORY-1956 (3 booklets) 1994 Self published. (Index 366)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_5080

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: “6”, Elev: “35”, HatchDesc: “FULLERTON,CA:3 KIDS:LRG SCR HVRS/MINUTES:>>S SLOWLY THEN ZOOMS AWAY:BLUE GLOW”, LatLong: “33.872224 -117.922228”, LatLongDMS: “33:52:20 N 117:55:20 W”, Locale: “Residential”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “California”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 18249 (92752B4A)

Date: 8/23/1956
Time: 18:10
Location: GOLETA, CA
Description: 15 / National Guard. Moon-size saucer hovers 1K’ over convoy near missile test center.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO’s a HISTORY-1956 (3 booklets) 1994 Self published. (Index 369)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_5081

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, VEH: Vehicle affected: Marks/damage/EME effects

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “10”, Duration: “8”, Elev: “6”, HatchDesc: “GOLETA,CA:15/NATl GUARD:MOONSIZE SCR HVRS 1K’ ovr CONVOY nr MISSILE TEST CTR”, LatLong: “34.450002 -119.816672”, LatLongDMS: “34:27:00 N 119:49:00 W”, Locale: “Town & City”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, RelAlt: “300”, State/Prov: “California”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 18250 (F1C36CEC)

Date: 8/23/1956
Time: 18:10
Location: OVER STRATFORD, CT
Description: 2 / light plane. 2 2’ orbs / dumbell structure by helicopter plant. Going quickly north fast.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO’s a HISTORY-1956 (3 booklets) 1994 Self published. (Index 366)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_5082

Attributes: CST: Observer(s) in coastal area/just offshore, AIR: Observer(s) on aircraft, 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: “7”, Duration: “2”, Elev: “13”, HatchDesc: “ovr STRATFORD,CT:2/LITE PLANE:2 2’ORBS/DUMBELL STRUCT.by COPTER PLANT:>>N FAST”, LatLong: “41.188891 -73.133337”, LatLongDMS: “41:11:20 N 73:08:00 W”, Locale: “Metropolis”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Connecticut”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 18251 (949E0570)

Date: 8/23/1956
Time: 19:20
Location: NEAR FT. MCLEOD, ALTA
Description: RCAF pilot / 11km altitude photographs silver 10M saucer. 1 gigawatt! / r24v3#2.
Type: sighting
Reference: STURROCK, Dr. Peter A.: The UFO ENIGMA; Warner Books, NY 1999; ISBN 0-446-52565-0 HB 404pp. (Index 216)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_5083

Attributes: 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), PHT: Photos/movies/videos taken

Extra Data: Country: “Canada”, Credibility: “8”, Duration: “1”, Elev: “720”, HatchDesc: “nr Ft.McLEOD,ALTA:RCAF PILOT/11km alt FOTOS SLVR 10M SCR:1 gigawatt!:/r24v3#2”, LatLong: “49.750002 -113.416672”, LatLongDMS: “49:45:00 N 113:25:00 W”, Locale: “Metropolis”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Alberta”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 18252 (4CE60D93)

Date: 8/23/1956
Time: 20:30
Location: NEW ORLEANS, LA
Description: Orange night light flashes green. Sudden 180° turns. Violent zigzags. / r242p156.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO’s a HISTORY-1956 (3 booklets) 1994 Self published. (Index 368)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_5084

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), CMF: Camouflage/disguise

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “6”, Duration: “1”, Elev: “2”, HatchDesc: “NEW ORLEANS,LA:ORG NLT FLASHES GRN:SUDDEN 180°TURNS:VIOLENT ZIGZAGS:/r242p156”, LatLong: “29.950001 -90.083338”, LatLongDMS: “29:57:00 N 90:05:00 W”, Locale: “Metropolis”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Louisiana”, Strangeness: “5”

Event 18253 (B67D4FC1)

Date: 8/23/1956
Time: ~22:00
Location: COVINA, CA
Description: 4 kids / pool. 6M ball / light passes overhead. Returns and away. Swishing sound.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO’s a HISTORY-1956 (3 booklets) 1994 Self published. (Index 835)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_5085

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), SND: UFO sounds heard or recorded

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “7”, Duration: “2”, Elev: “166”, HatchDesc: “COVINA,CA:4 KIDS/POOL:6M BALL/LITE PASSES OVHD:RETURNS+away:SWISHING SOUND”, LatLong: “34.066668 -117.916672”, LatLongDMS: “34:04:00 N 117:55:00 W”, Locale: “Residential”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “California”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 18254 (CF40648F)

Date: 8/23/1956
Description: The crew of an F-86 fighter jet flying at 36,000 feet over the Canadian Rockies, near Fort MacLeod, Alberta photographed in color “an intensely brilliant, oval-shaped object” that was emitting a plasma glow.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: NICAP UFO Investigator, May 1965, p. 6; John R. Colombo, UFOs over Canada: Personal Accounts of Sightings and Close Encounters, p. 211
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_5251

Event 18255 (D9F9EB64)

Date: 8/24/1956
Location: 50.4375 77.814167
Description: Nuclear test: Air, confirmed. Country: USSR 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_1059

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: “27”

Event 18256 (49EDEF02)

Date: 8/25/1956
Time: 01:40
Location: READING AND CHARLESTOWN, MASS
Description: Saucer going quickly northeast. Glowing pear / 0230hrs. Going quickly west. Faint steady humming.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO’s a HISTORY-1956 (3 booklets) 1994 Self published. (Index 369)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_5086

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), SND: UFO sounds heard or recorded

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “8”, Duration: “65”, Elev: “39”, HatchDesc: “READING+CHARLESTOWN,MASS:SCR >>NE:GLOWING PEAR/0230hrs:>>W:FAINT STEADY HUM”, LatLong: “42.527780 -71.094448”, LatLongDMS: “42:31:40 N 71:05:40 W”, Locale: “Residential”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Massachusetts”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 18257 (673A5314)

Date: 8/25/1956
Time: ~22:00
Location: TANGIERS, MAROC
Description: Blue Book. Numerous observer(s). Glowing-discs hover / port / 10 second(s). Back 28 August / 0815hrs.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO’s a HISTORY-1956 (3 booklets) 1994 Self published. (Index 374)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_5087

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: “Morocco”, Credibility: “10”, Duration: “1”, HatchDesc: “TANGIERS,MAROC:BBK:NMRS OBS:GLO-DISCS HVR/PORT/10sec::BACK 28AUG/0815hrs”, LatLong: “35.800002 -5.750000”, LatLongDMS: “35:48:00 N 05:45:00 W”, Locale: “Coastlands”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “TAN”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 18258 (C17A689C)

Date: 8/26/1956 (approximate)
Location: LYNN, MASS
Description: 1 observer. 11 saucers spin rapidly. Rise going quickly [to] east-northeast toward(s) observer(s) leaving luminous trails.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO’s a HISTORY-1956 (3 booklets) 1994 Self published. (Index 373)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_5088

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

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “6”, Duration: “2”, Elev: “8”, HatchDesc: “LYNN,MASS:1 OBS:11 SCRS SPIN RAPIDLY:RISE>>ENE TWRD OBS LEAVING LUM.TRAILS:”, LatLong: “42.450002 -70.966670”, LatLongDMS: “42:27:00 N 70:58:00 W”, Locale: “Residential”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Massachusetts”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 18259 (8BFFA7A0)

Date: 8/26/1956
Time: 18:20
Location: NEAR CHEYENNE, WY
Description: Blue Book. UFO going quickly northwest over abandoned car. Rear window shatters. 15cm hole.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO’s a HISTORY-1956 (3 booklets) 1994 Self published. (Index 376)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_5089

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, 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), VEH: Vehicle affected: Marks/damage/EME effects, TRC: Physical traces, TCH: New technical details/clues, MIL: Military investigation, BBK: Project BLUEBOOK

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “6”, Duration: “1”, Elev: “1850”, HatchDesc: “nr CHEYENNE,WY:BBK:UFO >>NW ovr ABANDONED CAR:REAR WINDOW SHATTERS:15cm HOLE”, LatLong: “41.166669 -104.816672”, LatLongDMS: “41:10:00 N 104:49:00 W”, Locale: “Pasture”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Wyoming”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 18260 (E401468D)

Date: 8/26/1956
Time: 19:00
Location: COLORADO SPRINGS, CO
Description: Blue Book. Ground Observer Corps (GOC) observer(s). 8 dull metal objects cluster in formation. West going quickly southwest / 5 second(s).
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO’s a HISTORY-1956 (3 booklets) 1994 Self published. (Index 379)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_5090

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: “6”, Duration: “1”, Elev: “1802”, HatchDesc: “COLORADO SPRINGS,CO:BBK:GOC OBS:8 DULL MTL OBJS CLUSTER/FORMN:W>>SW/5sec”, LatLong: “38.850002 -104.816672”, LatLongDMS: “38:51:00 N 104:49:00 W”, Locale: “Residential”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Colorado”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 18261 (DEAECD81)

Date: 8/26/1956
Time: 22:00?
Location: FT. COLLINS, CO
Description: Red-glow cylinder/cigar-shape hovers. Mars also seen. Back 27 August / 10 minute(s). / r140#3p80.
Type: sighting
Reference: The APRO BULLETIN: Monthly. Jim & Coral Lorenzen: Tucson,AZ (USA. defunct) By volume and number. (Index 681)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_5091

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: “10”, Duration: “37”, Elev: “1525”, HatchDesc: “Ft.COLLINS,CO:RED-GLOW CGR HVRS:Mars also seen:BACK 27AUG/10min:/r140#3p80”, LatLong: “40.583335 -105.100005”, LatLongDMS: “40:35:00 N 105:06:00 W”, Locale: “Town & City”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Colorado”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 18262 (94E76FDE)

Date: 8/27/1956
Description: (Translated from French) The UFO photographed by the RCAF pilot. See photo at images/1956-08-27_RCAF_UFO.jpg.
Reference: rr0 - Beau
Source: rr0, ID: rr0_1663

Event 18263 (FD8F37BE)

Date: 8/27/1956
Description: (Translated from French) In Juniata (Pennsylvania), Miss R. S. Pope saw a bright disc with a transparent dome flying vertically, then towards the North. A very cold breeze seemed to have been caused by the object during the 3 minutes of observation. (21 h 55)
Reference: case Blue Book #4348 unsolved
Reference: rr0 - Beau
Source: rr0, ID: rr0_1664

Event 18264 (404C1504)

Date: 8/27/1956
Time: 12:20
Location: NELSON, NZ
Description: Family / (seen thru) telescope. Silver disk surrounded / glow. Never moves (still there?)
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO’s a HISTORY-1956 (3 booklets) 1994 Self published. (Index 837)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_5092

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: “New Zealand”, Credibility: “7”, Duration: “30”, Elev: “5”, HatchDesc: “NELSON,NZ:FAMILY/TSCOPE:SLVR DISK SURROUNDED/GLOW:NEVER MOVES (still there?)”, LatLong: “-41.266669 173.300008”, LatLongDMS: “41:16:00 S 173:18:00 E”, Locale: “Coastlands”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “SI”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 18265 (610DA151)

Date: 8/27/1956
Time: 22:00
Location: JUNIATA, PA
Description: Project Bluebook Case #4348. 2 observer(s). Domed disk rises going up [to] and turns going quickly north. Cold wind. / r185p26.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO’s a HISTORY-1956 (3 booklets) 1994 Self published. (Index 838)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_5093

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: “366”, HatchDesc: “JUNIATA,PA:BBK#4348:2 OBS:DOMED DISK RISES↑+TURNS>>N:COLD WIND:/r185p26”, LatLong: “40.533335 -78.383337”, LatLongDMS: “40:32:00 N 78:23:00 W”, Locale: “Farmlands”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, RelAlt: “1”, State/Prov: “Pennsylvania”, Strangeness: “7”

Event 18266 (089BAF41)

Date: 8/27/1956
Time: 22:50
Location: ALTOONA, PA
Description: 1 observer. 3’ saucer / plastic dome spins 4’ over backyard. Going up / cold wind. No traces.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO’s a HISTORY-1956 (3 booklets) 1994 Self published. (Index 378)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_5094

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., BLD: Building/man-made structure/roads/power lines, TCH: New technical details/clues

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “6”, Duration: “1”, Elev: “357”, HatchDesc: "ALTOONA,PA:1 OBS:3’SCR/PLASTIC DOME SPINS 4’OVR BACKYARD:↑/C

[c0mmando]

OLD WIND:NO TRACES", LatLong: “40.516669 -78.416670”, LatLongDMS: “40:31:00 N 78:25:00 W”, Locale: “Residential”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, RelAlt: “1”, State/Prov: “Pennsylvania”, Strangeness: “8”

Event 18267 (D8AB2FC8)

Date: 8/27/1956
Time: 23:30
Location: CALABOZO, VNZL
Description: 4 / truck. Area lit / day. Huge saucer offloads small saucers. Going quickly west / V formation very fast.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO’s a HISTORY-1956 (3 booklets) 1994 Self published. (Index 840)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_5095

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: “Venezuela”, Credibility: “9”, Duration: “3”, Elev: “80”, HatchDesc: “CALABOZO,VNZL:4/TRUCK:AREA LIT/DAY:HUGE SCR OFFLOADS SML SCRS:>>W/VFORM VFAST”, LatLong: “8.800000 -67.450003”, LatLongDMS: “08:48:00 N 67:27:00 W”, Locale: “Pasture”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “GRC”, Strangeness: “7”

Event 18268 (0A5925E5)

Date: 8/27/1956
Location: Juniata, PA
Description: Bright disc with a clear dome fly vertically, then N (NICAP: 01 - Distant Encounters, BB: 4348)
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_1969

Event 18269 (8D6F1498)

Date: 8/27/1956
Location: Ft. Macleod, Alberta, CAN
Description: RCAF Pilot Photographs Object Radiating Power (NICAP: 11 - Aviation Cases, Code: A, Rating: 5)
Reference: NICAP: 560827
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_1970

Event 18270 (D5377BBE)

Date: 8/27/1956
Time: 9:55 PM
Location: Juniata, Pennsylvania
Description: Witness: Mrs. R.S. Pope. One bright disc with a clear dome flew vertically, then north. A very cold breeze seemed to have been originated by the object during the 3 minute sighting.
Type: ufo sighting
Reference: BlueBook Unknowns PDF
Source: BerlinerBBUnknowns, ID: BerlinerBBU_404

Event 18271 (CB225641)

Date: 8/27/1956
Locations: Royal Canadian Air Force; Canadian Rockies; Fort Macleod, Alberta
Description: 7:20 p.m. Royal Canadian Air Force pilot Robert James “Chick” Childerhose is flying nearly due west over the Canadian Rockies near Fort Macleod, Alberta. He is flying at 36,000 feet in the second position (far left side) of a formation of four F-86 Sabre jet aircraft. While approaching a large thunderhead (cumulonimbus) at a ground speed of about 460 mph, he sees at a much lower altitude a “bright light which was sharply defined and disc- shaped” or “like a shiny silver dollar sitting horizontal.” He takes a color photo. An analysis suggests that it would have been radiating in excess of a gigawatt of power within the spectral range of the film.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: NICAP, “RCAF Pilot Photographs Object Radiating Power”; Jacques Vallée, “Estimates of Power Optical Output in Six Cases of Unexplained Aerial Objects with Defined Luminosity Characteristics,” Journal of Scientific Exploration 12, no. 3 (1998): 346–348; Richard F. Haines, “Analysis of Photograph of a High-Speed Ball of Light,” JUFOS 8 (2003): 27–48; Chris Rutkowski and Geoff Dittman, The Canadian UFO Report, Dundurn Press, 2006, pp. 68–69
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_2853

Event 18272 (8FAE7840)

Date: 8/27/1956
Description: In Juniata, Pennsylvania at 9:55 p.m. Mrs. R.S. Pope saw a bright disc-shaped object with a clear transparent dome. It flew vertically, and then went off toward the north. A very cold breeze originated from the object during the three-minute sighting.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: Don Berliner, Project Bluebook UFO Unknowns
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_5393

Event 18273 (F10D91EC)

Date: 8/27/1956
Description: An hour later, at 10:55 p.m. a domed disc with a transparent dome twirled like a top only four feet above the ground over a backyard in Altoona, Pennsylvania. The witness, a married woman, felt a cold wind. The object ascended rapidly into the sky. No traces were found.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: Civilian Saucer Intelligence-New York Newsletter, September 1956, p. 8
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_5394

Event 18274 (215CE260)

Date: 8/28/1956
Location: SOUTH / INNERKIP, ON
Description: Truck malfunctions due to EME (electro-magnetic effects). Saucer 300M overhead. Strong beam going down. Chases driver / 10km. / r140.
Type: sighting
Reference: The APRO BULLETIN: Monthly. Jim & Coral Lorenzen: Tucson,AZ (USA. defunct) By volume and number. (Index 685)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_5096

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), VEH: Vehicle affected: Marks/damage/EME effects, EME: Electro-Magnetic Effects

Extra Data: Country: “Canada”, Credibility: “6”, Duration: “20”, Elev: “295”, HatchDesc: “S/INNERKIP,ON:TRUCK EMEs:SCR 300M OVHD:STRONG BEAM ↓:CHASES DRIVER/10km:/r140”, LatLong: “43.166669 -80.683337”, LatLongDMS: “43:10:00 N 80:41:00 W”, Locale: “Pasture”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, RelAlt: “300”, State/Prov: “Ontario”, Strangeness: “7”

Event 18275 (1D37CE76)

Date: 8/28/1956
Time: 06:30
Location: CAMBUQUIRA, BRAZIL
Description: 6 observer(s). Luminous disk stops over town / 5 minutes. Then going northwest slowly. / A. Fontes.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO’s a HISTORY-1956 (3 booklets) 1994 Self published. (Index 841)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_5097

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: “Brazil”, Credibility: “8”, Duration: “6”, Elev: “913”, HatchDesc: “CAMBUQUIRA,BRZL:6 OBS:LUMN.DISK STOPS OVR TOWN/5mins:THEN >NW SLOWLY:/A.Fontes”, LatLong: “-21.850001 -45.300002”, LatLongDMS: “21:51:00 S 45:18:00 W”, Locale: “Town & City”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, RelAlt: “2000”, State/Prov: “MGR”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 18276 (445A6F88)

Date: 8/28/1956
Time: 08:20
Location: WEST / TANGIERS, MAROC
Description: 2 observer(s). Brilliant silver box going northwest over hills. Local wave.
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_5098

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, WAV: Wave/cluster/flap, DLT: Delta/vee/boomerang/rectangular shaped UFO, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s)

Extra Data: Country: “Morocco”, Credibility: “7”, Duration: “1”, HatchDesc: “W/TANGIERS,MAROC:2 OBS:BRILL.SLVR BOX >NW ovr HILLS:LOCAL WAVE”, LatLong: “35.783335 -3.783334”, LatLongDMS: “35:47:00 N 03:47:00 W”, Locale: “Farmlands”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “TNG”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 18277 (55B15871)

Date: 8/28/1956
Location: Calabozo, Venezuela
Description: 11:30 p.m. León Febres, Miguel Talavera, Jesús Prada, and Tomás Hernández are returning home in Calabozo, Venezuela, when the ground around them is lit up by a bright white light. Looking up, they see a large disc hovering silently. Several smaller objects emerge from the large disc, leaving behind a wake of phosphorescent smoke that dissipates quickly. The whole group flies off to the west in a V formation with the large object in the lead.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Lorenzen, UFOs: The Whole Story, Signet, 1969, p. 74
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_2854

Event 18278 (C4494209)

Date: 8/28/1956
Description: Mr. Corbett, age 57, was driving two miles south of Innerkip, Ontario, Canada on this night when he encountered a disc-shaped object overhead that shone a strong beam of light on his truck, then chased it for ten kilometers. Some EM effects were noted during the pursuit.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: Fate Magazine, December 1956, p. 11; APRO Bulletin, January 1957; Ray Palmer, Flying Saucers, September 1962, p. 36; George Eberhart, A Geo-Bibliography of Anomalies, p. 893
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_5410

Event 18279 (124162FB)

Date: 8/29/1956
Location: Washington DC
Description: National Investigations Committee on Aerial Phenomena organized in Washington DC
Type: historical event
Reference: Keziah Poster
Source: Maj2, ID: Maj2_148

Event 18280 (682433E5)

Date: 8/29/1956
Time: ~15:00
Location: BRADFORD, PA
Description: 3 observer(s). Double soup-bowl saucer with rim hovers / 1 minute(s). Spirals straight up.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO’s a HISTORY-1956 (3 booklets) 1994 Self published. (Index 843)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_5099

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

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “7”, Duration: “1”, Elev: “440”, HatchDesc: “BRADFORD,PA:3 OBS:DBL SOUP-BOWL SCR W/RIM HVRS/1min:SPIRALS STRAIGHT UP”, LatLong: “41.983335 -78.633337”, LatLongDMS: “41:59:00 N 78:38:00 W”, Locale: “Residential”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Pennsylvania”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 18281 (6D8D154D)

Date: 8/29/1956
Time: 15:30
Location: HIGH POINT, NC
Description: 2 Ground Observer Corps (GOC) and MD. 2 perfect silver disks going quickly east. Turn straight up;leave trail / light.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO’s a HISTORY-1956 (3 booklets) 1994 Self published. (Index 841)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_5100

Attributes: 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: “286”, HatchDesc: “HIGH POINT,NC:2 GOC+MD:2 PERFECT SLVR DISKS >>E:TURN STRAIGHT UP;Lv TRAIL/LITE”, LatLong: “35.966668 -80.016670”, LatLongDMS: “35:58:00 N 80:01:00 W”, Locale: “Town & City”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “North Carolina”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 18282 (0E4AD7F5)

Date: 8/29/1956
Location: Washington, D.C.
Description: T. Townsend Brown files incorporation papers for a new UFO group, the National Investigations Committee on Aerial Phenomena in Washington, D.C.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: “‘Toward a Broader Understanding…’: The Story of How NICAP Began,” UFO Investigator, October 1971, pp. 2–3; Loren E. Gross, The Fifth Horseman of the Apocalypse: UFOs, a History: 1956 August, The Author, 1994, pp. 46–56, 82, 85; Clark III 792
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_2855

Event 18283 (A82F3D66)

Date: 8/30/1956
Location: ENCONTRAMENTO, PORTUGAL
Description: Small white sphere/orb/globe flies over town. / Comercio do Porto.
Type: sighting
Reference: LOURENCO, Victor: The PORTUCAT CATALOG; (BBS Download). (Index 27)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_5101

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

Extra Data: Country: “Portugal”, Credibility: “6”, Duration: “1”, HatchDesc: “ENCONTRAMENTO,PORTUGAL:SML WHT ORB FLIES OVR TOWN:/COMERCIO do PORTO”, LatLong: “39.466669 -8.466667”, LatLongDMS: “39:28:00 N 08:28:00 W”, Locale: “Town & City”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “RBT”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 18284 (1A28259B)

Date: 8/30/1956
Time: 10:00
Location: HIGH POINT, NC
Description: 2 Ground Observer Corps (GOC). 2 silver disks again large and small. 1 going southwest. Other going west.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO’s a HISTORY-1956 (3 booklets) 1994 Self published. (Index 843)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_5102

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: “7”, Duration: “2”, Elev: “286”, HatchDesc: “HIGH POINT,NC:2 GOC:2 SLVR DISKS AGAIN LARGE+SMALL:1 >SW:OTHER >W:”, LatLong: “35.950002 -80.000004”, LatLongDMS: “35:57:00 N 80:00:00 W”, Locale: “Town & City”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “North Carolina”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 18285 (5A21D1D3)

Date: 8/30/1956
Time: 11:00?
Location: NORTH / ISLE / WIGHT
Description: 2 RAF pilots. RADAR visual. 300M metal-grey disk. Sudden vertical ascent.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO’s a HISTORY-1956 (3 booklets) 1994 Self published. (Index 845)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_5103

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)

Extra Data: Country: “Great Britain and Ireland”, Credibility: “8”, Duration: “2”, Elev: “0”, HatchDesc: “N/Isle/WIGHT:2 RAF PILOTS:RDR VISUAL:300M MTL-GRY DISK:SUDDEN VERTICAL ASCENT”, LatLong: “50.766669 -1.333333”, LatLongDMS: “50:46:00 N 01:20:00 W”, Locale: “Metropolis”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “England”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 18286 (8C5FC43A)

Date: 8/30/1956
Location: 50.4375 77.814167
Description: Nuclear test: Air, confirmed. Country: USSR Yield: 900KT
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_1060

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: “900”

Event 18287 (E6D17255)

Date: 8/30/1956
Locations: English Channel; Isle of Wight, England; RAF Odiham in Hampshire; RAF Sopley
Description: Day. Two RAF Gloster Javelin interceptors, one piloted by E. H. “Wilbur” Wright, are flying west over the English Channel south of the Isle of Wight, England, when one of the navigators obtains a radar return at 19 miles distance (later calculations indicate it has a diameter of 600 feet). The pilots get permission to abandon their test exercise and investigate the object. Wright turns north toward the object on his right wing, but it has apparently slowed down and is maintaining its position. The second Javelin pilot has caught up from behind and confirms radar and visual sightings. The two aircraft bank steeply so the object is at 15 miles dead ahead on the radar screen They close the distance to 10 miles and see that the object has a metallic gray appearance. At 8 miles distance, the object suddenly climbs vertically too fast for radar to track (estimated at 18,000 mph) and vanishes. After landing at RAF Odiham in Hampshire, the crews are told that ground radar at RAF Sopley [now closed] has tracked the object. They are ordered not to speak about the event.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Jenny Randles, “Scramble, UFO!” Fortean Times 386 (December 2019): 26–27
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_2856

Event 18288 (186D5256)

Date: 8/31/1956
Time: 20:00
Location: NEAR FT. SMITH, MT
Description: Ground and air observers. Black dog-bone follows plane. More objects join. / FSRv3#1.
Type: sighting
Reference: The APRO BULLETIN: Monthly. Jim & Coral Lorenzen: Tucson,AZ (USA. defunct) By volume and number. (Index 683)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_5104

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, AIR: Observer(s) on aircraft, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, HQO: High-quality observer(s), ODD: Atypical/Forteana/paranormal, CIG: Torpedo/cigar/cylinder shaped UFO, TCH: New technical details/clues

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “8”, Duration: “5”, Elev: “1000”, HatchDesc: “nr Ft.SMITH,MT:GND+AIR OBSs:BLK DOG-BONE FOLOS PLANE:MORE OBJS JOIN:/FSRv3#1”, LatLong: “45.316669 -107.933338”, LatLongDMS: “45:19:00 N 107:56:00 W”, Locale: “Metropolis”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Montana”, Strangeness: “7”

Event 18289 (EED5C37A)

Date: 9/1956
Location: USA, High Bridge, New Jersey
Description: (Translated from French) (cf: 1955, same place) For 10 days Howard Menger and his group prepared for a trip to the Moon. In September 1956 it took place. (Mitarbeiter, “Ufo Geheimnisse”, Berlin, January 1998) (cf: 1956, August, second week) Howard Menger is taken in a much larger craft which circles Venus and shows him its surface from 30 m high, like in a kind of 3D movie. Still in September he is taken to the Moon, after a 10-day one-way trip in a saucer, the necessary time to subject his organism to a treatment allowing him to adapt to the vibrational frequency of our satellite. He takes pictures, collects moonstone and visits the underground installations. Howard Menger gives lectures and writes books to expose what he experienced.
Reference: Jean-Francis CROLARD: “L’énigme des E.T.” - ed. Guy Trédaniel 1995, p. 147
Reference: Mini catalogue chronologique des observations OVNI, by Godelieve Van Overmeire
Source: Overmeire, ID: Overmeire_2020

Event 18290 (C6F2D0FE)

Date: 9/1956
Location: USA, Lake Wilson near Chester (California)
Description: (Translated from French) An ex-sheriff, out hunting, had an encounter with a small man of 1.2m in height, who appeared to be entirely human. He was wearing a red and gold cape, tight green trousers, a gold-coloured jacket, and small boots. There were no buttons or other fastenings on the clothing. After a minute of facing each other, the small being ran towards a pile of gravel and disappeared.
Reference: Janet and Colin BORD: “Modern Mysteries of the World” - Guild Publishing London 1989, p. 360
Reference: Mini catalogue chronologique des observations OVNI, by Godelieve Van Overmeire
Source: Overmeire, ID: Overmeire_2021

Event 18291 (6270EF87)

Date: 9/1956
Location: FRANCE, Le Houlme
Description: (Translated from French) At around 11:20 PM, Mr. Follon was riding his Solex and was about to cross Barentin when he saw a bright light, resembling a barn fire. As he crossed the town, he saw nothing, but on the hill a strong light was visible again in the direction of the St Jean du Cardonnay plateau. He decided to go and see. He then saw along the N 13bis (Le Havre-Rouen) 8 to 10 people hidden behind the plane trees. At 60 m there was the saucer, hovering 80 cm above the ground (diameter 12 to 13m, height 9m, antenna on the top). 3 to 4 human-shaped silhouettes visible through the 35x50 cm windows seemed to be doing some work. From underneath the small antenna, gray-green flames of about 10 cm were coming out. After 10 minutes, these flames grew to approximately 7m, and a very powerful beacon illuminated 300m to the south. The noise produced by this device became very loud, as the witness, who was a bit deaf, could hear it very well. The craft rose at an angle of 45° for 500 m and then disappeared at the speed of our jet planes. The witness was troubled for 15 to 20 hours after this observation.
Reference: M. FIGUET/ J.L. RUCHON: “Ovni, Premier dossier complet…” ed. Alain Lefeuvre 1979, p. 228
Reference: Mini catalogue chronologique des observations OVNI, by Godelieve Van Overmeire
Source: Overmeire, ID: Overmeire_2022

Event 18292 (2797E595)

Date: 9/1956
Location: FRANCE, Serdon
Description: (Translated from French) Around midnight, the two witnesses in the car, near a chestnut tree, were stopped by a “breakdown” of the engine. The driver got out and examined it. Suddenly he shouted, and the two witnesses tumbled into the ditch near the cornfield to hide. About 200 m above them was a huge silent mass, like the volume of a five-story house. After 5 minutes a light shot out from the edge and it unrolled like a rope ladder, slowly, to sweep the area. The surroundings were lit up but had distorted colors. The witnesses stayed crouched for an hour and a half, with this thing above them. Suddenly the craft rose vertically and disappeared in the direction of the Loire.
Reference: J.C. BOURRET: “La nouvelle vague des S.V.” - France Empire 1975, pp. 73-77
Reference: Mini catalogue chronologique des observations OVNI, by Godelieve Van Overmeire
Source: Overmeire, ID: Overmeire_2023

Event 18293 (4ED2F60B)

Date: 9/1956
Time: 00:10
Location: D948 SOUTHEAST / CERDON, 45, FR
Description: Car / malfunctions due to EME (electro-magnetic effects). 2 hide / field. Beam unrolls and searches. Going quickly north.
Type: sighting
Reference: MUFON UFO JOURNAL, Seguin, TX USA. Monthly. (Index 281)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_5105

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, HUM: Humans affected: Injury/burns/marks/abduction/death, VEH: Vehicle affected: Marks/damage/EME effects, EME: Electro-Magnetic Effects

Extra Data: Country: “France”, Credibility: “7”, Duration: “10”, HatchDesc: “D948 SE/CERDON,45,FR:CAR/EMEs:2 HIDE/FIELD:BEAM UNROLLS+SEARCHES:>>N”, LatLong: “47.588891 2.400000”, LatLongDMS: “47:35:20 N 02:24:00 E”, Locale: “Farmlands”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Loiret”, Strangeness: “7”

Event 18294 (E795FA92)

Date: 9/1956
Time: 00:30?
Location: LE BORDES, 45, FR
Description: Milk truck stalls. UFO shines beams. Driver hides under truck.
Type: sighting
Reference: MUFON UFO JOURNAL, Seguin, TX USA. Monthly. (Index 281)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_5106

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, HUM: Humans affected: Injury/burns/marks/abduction/death, VEH: Vehicle affected: Marks/damage/EME effects, EME: Electro-Magnetic Effects

Extra Data: Country: “France”, Credibility: “6”, Duration: “25”, HatchDesc: “LE BORDES,45,FR:MILK TRUCK STALLS:UFO SHINES BEAMS:DRIVER HIDES UNDER TRUCK”, LatLong: “47.805558 2.405556”, LatLongDMS: “47:48:20 N 02:24:20 E”, Locale: “Town & City”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Loiret”, Strangeness: “8”

Event 18295 (2D59FF2C)

Date: 9/1956
Time: 07:50
Location: US70 12 MI SOUTHWEST / HOLLOMAN AIR FORCE BASE, NM
Description: Domed saucer / roadside causes traffic jam. Cars electro-magnetic effect (EME.)
Type: sighting
Reference: MUFON UFO JOURNAL, Seguin, TX USA. Monthly. (Index 281)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_5107

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, LND: UFO landing or any part touches ground, EME: Electro-Magnetic Effects, OGA: Non-Covert Government Agencies, COV: Indication of coverup

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “10”, Duration: “12”, Elev: “1228”, HatchDesc: "US70 12mi SW/HOLLOMAN AFB,NM:DOMED SCR/ROADSIDE CAUSES TRAFFIC JAM:CARS EME ", LatLong: “32.711113 -106.211116”, LatLongDMS: “32:42:40 N 106:12:40 W”, Locale: “Pasture”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “New Mexico”, Strangeness: “7”

Event 18296 (BCDC7C2F)

Date: 9/1956
Time: 15:00
Location: NEAR CHESTER, CA
Description: Hunter. Human looking small humanoid (or Grey). Goes away uphill in 20’ leaps on gravel!
Type: sighting
Reference: MUFON UFO JOURNAL, Seguin, TX USA. Monthly. (Index 112)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_5108

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, ODD: Atypical/Forteana/paranormal, NFO: No craft seen, OID: Humanoid: Small alien or “Grey”, LND: UFO landing or any part touches ground

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “6”, Duration: “1”, Elev: “421”, HatchDesc: “nr CHESTER,CA:HUNTER:HUMAN LOOKING OID:GOES AWAY UPHILL in 20’LEAPS on GRAVEL!”, LatLong: “40.305557 -121.233339”, LatLongDMS: “40:18:20 N 121:14:00 W”, Locale: “Mountains”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “California”, Strangeness: “8”

Event 18297 (CED0F659)

Date: 9/1956
Time: 20:00
Location: ST.-PIERRE-DE-FURSAC, 23, FR
Description: Long luminous UFO. 3 passes and drops near / ground. Observer(s) immobilized.
Type: sighting
Reference: FIGEUT, Michel & RUCHON, Jean-Louis: OVNI - Le Premier Dossier…; Alain LeFeuvre, Paris 1979. (Index 227)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_5109

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), HUM: Humans affected: Injury/burns/marks/abduction/death

Extra Data: Country: “France”, Credibility: “6”, Duration: “10”, HatchDesc: “St-PIERRE-de-FURSAC,23,FR:LONG LUM UFO:3 PASSES+DROPS NR/GND:OBS IMMOBILIZED”, LatLong: “46.133336 1.516667”, LatLongDMS: “46:08:00 N 01:31:00 E”, Locale: “Town & City”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Creuse”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 18298 (E7473161)

Date: 9/1956
Time: 20:30
Location: CABO FRIO, BRZ
Description: 20M object rises / sea. 2 pseudo-human/entity gather junk / beach. Reboard and fly away.
Type: sighting
Reference: VALLEE, Jacques: PASSPORT TO MAGONIA; H. Regnery, Chicago HC 1969 & Contemporary Books,Chicago 1993. 372pp. (Index 385)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_5110

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CST: Observer(s) in coastal area/just offshore, SEA: Observer(s) at sea, 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, SMP: Sampling of plant/animal/soil/tissue/specimens, DRT: Dirt/soil traces/marks/footprints etc., VEG: Plants affected or sampled/crop circles, ANI: Animals affected or injuries/marks, LND: UFO landing or any part touches ground

Extra Data: Country: “Brazil”, Credibility: “6”, Duration: “10”, Elev: “0”, HatchDesc: “CABO FRIO,BRZ:20M OBJ RISES/SEA:2 PSH GATHER JUNK/BEACH:REBOARD+FLY AWAY”, LatLong: “-22.883334 -42.033335”, LatLongDMS: “22:53:00 S 42:02:00 W”, Locale: “Coastlands”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “RDJ”, Strangeness: “10”

Event 18299 (A7BB14A2)

Date: 9/1956
Time: 23:20
Location: LE HOULME, FR
Description: Domed saucer / 9M altitude. Rays shoot / antenna base. 3 pseudo-human/entity / portholes. Going quickly south. / r30p228.
Type: sighting
Reference: LUMIERES DANS la NUIT (LDLN), Paris. Bimonthly since 1957. LDLN B.P.3; 77123 Le Vaudoue, FRANCE. (Index 137)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_5111

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, HQO: High-quality observer(s), SCR: Classic saucer/disk/sphere shaped UFO, PSH: Pseudo-human: Clone/organic robot/human-like, FIG: Undefined or poorly seen figure/entity, HUM: Humans affected: Injury/burns/marks/abduction/death, VEH: Vehicle affected: Marks/damage/EME effects, EME: Electro-Magnetic Effects, TCH: New technical details/clues

Extra Data: Country: “France”, Credibility: “10”, Duration: “12”, HatchDesc: “Le HOULME,FR:DOMED SCR/9M ALT:RAYS SHOOT/ANTENNA BASE:3 PSH/PORTS:>>S:/r30p228”, LatLong: “49.516669 1.033333”, LatLongDMS: “49:31:00 N 01:02:00 E”, Locale: “Town & City”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Seine Maritime”, Strangeness: “9”

Event 18300 (6E0CB1C5)

Date: 9/1956
Time: 2030
Location: Cabo Frio, Brazil
Description: O. Guarichi was walking on the beach with his dogs when he saw an object come from the sea and land. Two men, 1.80 m tall, wearing metallic-looking uniforms, emerged. One of them picked up objects from the beach. There was an exchange of gestures with the witness. One of the dogs turned away when the witness approached the craft, which was 20 m wide 3 m high and showed flashing lights as it left.
Type: ufo sighting
Reference: Nachrichten Mar., 61 (Vallee)
Source: ValléeMagonia, ID: Magonia_385

Event 18301 (9D3EF196)

Date: 9/1956
Location: Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Dayton, Ohio
Description: The General Physics Laboratory of the Aeronautical Research Laboratories (ARL) at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Dayton, Ohio, launches an intense program to coordinate research into gravitational and unified field theories with the hiring of Joshua N. Goldberg. The precise rationale for creating the program and justifying its budgets and personnel may never be determined. Neither Goldberg nor USAF Deputy for Scientific and Technical Information Walter Blados can locate the founding documents. Roy Kerr, a former ARL scientist, says the antigravity propulsion purpose of ARL was “rubbish” and that “The only real use that the USAF made of us was when some crackpot sent them a proposal for antigravity or for converting rotary motion inside a spaceship to a translational driving system.”
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Wikipedia, “United States gravity control propulsion research”
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_2857

Event 18302 (9A22ACEA)

Date: 9/1956
Locations: White Sands Proving Ground, New Mexico; US Highway 70; Holloman AFB
Description: Just before 8:00 a.m. A domed, disc-shaped craft allegedly lands within White Sands Proving Ground, New Mexico, just 150 feet away from US Highway 70. Radios and ignition systems of passing cars go dead, as witnesses—including two USAF colonels, two sergeants, and dozens of base personnel—observe the object as it takes off with a whirring sound. All personnel at Holloman AFB are assembled in a hangar, debriefed, and sworn to secrecy.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Ralph and Judy Blum, Beyond Earth: Man’s Contact with UFOs, Bantam, 1974; Good Need, pp. 219–220
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_2858

Event 18303 (EB22F35E)

Date: 9/1956
Location: Great Falls, Montana
Description: At Great Falls, Montana the Air Force Base sent 3 jets to investigate a hovering UFO over Missoula, Montana. As they approached the strange flying object, their plane instruments went crazy (magnetic field?) and became useless. One jet went into a dive for 15,000 feet. The nose and wing of his plane were slightly damaged.
Type: ufo sighting
Reference: The Flying Saucers are Hostile!, by George D. Fawcett 1961
Source: HostileFawcett, ID: HostileFawcett_50

Event 18304 (29290CF6)

Date: 9/1956
Description: Alleged unconfirmed reports of a domed disc-shaped craft landing at White Sands Proving Ground, NM. Witnesses include dozens of base personnel and watch the object land before shortly taking off. Personnel are allegedly assembled at Holloman AFB and told not to speak to anyone about the event.

• https://dailydialectics.com/space/MUFON/MUFON%20UFO%20Journal%20-%201973%203.%20March%20-%20Skylook.pdf

Reference: Anonymous 2023 PDF
Source: Anon2023PDF, ID: Anon2023PDF_75

Event 18305 (16335BB5)

Date: 9/1/1956
Time: 13:30
Location: NEAR TRAIL, OR
Description: 9M saucer going [to] up canyon / 70kph. Going up [to] and hovers. Tilts / 45°. Watching military planes?
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO’s a HISTORY-1956 (3 booklets) 1994 Self published. (Index 903)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_5112

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: “5”, Elev: “600”, HatchDesc: “nr TRAIL,OR:9M SCR >UP CANYON/70kph:↑+HVRS:TILTS/45°:WATCHING MIL PLANES?”, LatLong: “42.666669 -122.833339”, LatLongDMS: “42:40:00 N 122:50:00 W”, Locale: “Mountains”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Oregon”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 18306 (588461E0)

Date: 9/2/1956
Time: 04:30
Location: DAYTON, OH
Description: 6M ovoid hovers 5’ / golf course. 40’ area lit. Vanishes when lit. / r148p67.
Type: sighting
Reference: VALLEE, Jacques: UFO’S IN SPACE - Anatomy of a Phenomenon; Henry Regnery 1966 & Ballentine PB 1974 294pp. (Index 184)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_5113

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, HOX: Suspicion of hoax, SCR: Classic saucer/disk/sphere shaped UFO, PRB: Probe: Possibly remote controlled, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), ANI: Animals affected or injuries/marks, MIL: Military investigation, BBK: Project BLUEBOOK, CMF: Camouflage/disguise

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “6”, Duration: “30”, Elev: “225”, HatchDesc: “DAYTON,OH:6M OVOID HVRS 5’/GOLF COURSE:40’AREA LIT:VANISHES WHEN LIT:/r148p67”, LatLong: “39.750002 -84.200004”, LatLongDMS: “39:45:00 N 84:12:00 W”, Locale: “Residential”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, RelAlt: “2”, State/Prov: “Ohio”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 18307 (D0483D18)

Date: 9/2/1956
Time: 10:00?
Location: LEESPORT, PA
Description: Boy and 2 / farm. 3M thick saucer 60M over field. Glows red going [to] orange going [to] yellow going [to] silver. Quickly going up.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO’s a HISTORY-1956 (3 booklets) 1994 Self published. (Index 905)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_5114

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: “2”, Elev: “90”, HatchDesc: “LEESPORT,PA:BOY+2/FARM:3M THICK SCR 60M ovr FLD:GLOWS RED>ORG>YLW>SLVR:↑↑”, LatLong: “40.444446 -75.966670”, LatLongDMS: “40:26:40 N 75:58:00 W”, Locale: “Farmlands”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, RelAlt: “60”, State/Prov: “Pennsylvania”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 18308 (F5F47086)

Date: 9/2/1956
Location: 50.4375 77.814167
Description: Nuclear test: Air, confirmed. Country: USSR Yield: 51KT
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_1061

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: “51”

Event 18309 (F1BB95C5)

Date: 9/2/1956
Description: At 4:30 a.m. a six meter long ovoid UFO hovered 5 feet over a golf course in Dayton, Ohio. It illuminated an area 40 feet wide. The sighting lasted more than 30 minutes, but the UFO vanished when the 19-year-old witness shone a light on it. A Project Blue Book “unknown.”
Reference: Johnson
Reference: Project Blue Book files counted in official statistics, case 4379; Jacques Vallee, Anatomy of a Phenomenon, p. 135; Richard F. Haines, CE-5: Close Encounters of the Fifth Kind, p. 13
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_5566

Event 18310 (50E42662)

Date: 9/3/1956
Time: 13:00?
Location: NORWOOD, OH
Description: 3 observer(s). Colored spot hover / sky. 2 more join. Going in formation. Beam flashes between 2.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO’s a HISTORY-1956 (3 booklets) 1994 Self published. (Index 403)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_5115

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), RAY: Odd light/searchlight/beam/laser-like, SIG: Signals/responses to/from/between UFO’s/occupants/observers

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “8”, Duration: “1”, Elev: “201”, HatchDesc: “NORWOOD,OH:3 OBS:CLRD SPOT HVR/SKY:2 MORE JOIN:>/FORMn:BEAM FLASHES BETWEEN 2”, LatLong: “39.161113 -84.461115”, LatLongDMS: “39:09:40 N 84:27:40 W”, Locale: “Residential”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Ohio”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 18311 (B5D38CCD)

Date: 9/3/1956
Time: 16:20
Location: DAYTON, OH
Description: 3M metallic ovoid circles / sky. Blurs and vanishes in place! 2nd object shoots by.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO’s a HISTORY-1956 (3 booklets) 1994 Self published. (Index 402)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_5116

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), CMF: Camouflage/disguise

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “6”, Duration: “2”, Elev: “225”, HatchDesc: “DAYTON,OH:3M MTLC OVOID CIRCLES/SKY:BLURS+VANISHES IN PLACE!:2nd obj shoots by”, LatLong: “39.761113 -84.211115”, LatLongDMS: “39:45:40 N 84:12:40 W”, Locale: “Residential”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Ohio”, Strangeness: “7”

Event 18312 (F58B0C93)

Date: 9/3/1956
Time: 19:50
Location: SILVER SPRING, MD
Description: Blue Book reports. Civil observers. Large white ovoid overhead / 10 second(s). Goes straight quickly going up.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO’s a HISTORY-1956 (3 booklets) 1994 Self published. (Index 404)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_5117

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: “105”, HatchDesc: “SILVER SPRING,MD:BBK RPS:CIV.OBSs:LRG WHT OVOID OVHD/10sec:GOES STRAIGHT ↑↑:”, LatLong: “39.016669 -77.033337”, LatLongDMS: “39:01:00 N 77:02:00 W”, Locale: “Residential”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Maryland”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 18313 (6298684F)

Date: 9/3/1956
Time: 20:00?
Location: LIVINGSTON, NJ
Description: Private pilot and 1. 2 white disks hover 1200M over airport. Quickly going up. / r140#9p7.
Type: sighting
Reference: The APRO BULLETIN: Monthly. Jim & Coral Lorenzen: Tucson,AZ (USA. defunct) By volume and number. (Index 681)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_5118

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

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “7”, Duration: “1”, Elev: “94”, HatchDesc: “LIVINGSTON,NJ:Pvt.PILOT+1:2 WHT DISKS HVR 1200M ovr AIRPORT:↑↑:/r140#9p7”, LatLong: “40.783335 -74.316670”, LatLongDMS: “40:47:00 N 74:19:00 W”, Locale: “Pasture”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, RelAlt: “1200”, State/Prov: “New Jersey”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 18314 (2839BA80)

Date: 9/3/1956
Time: 21:00
Location: SOUTH RIVER, NJ
Description: 4 boys. Small white disk going [to] overhead. Huge red disk hovers / chemical plant. Going quickly south.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO’s a HISTORY-1956 (3 booklets) 1994 Self published. (Index 907)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_5119

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

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “7”, Duration: “10”, Elev: “24”, HatchDesc: “SOUTH RIVER,NJ:4 BOYS:SML WHT DISK >OVHD:HUGE RED DISK HVRS/CHEMICAL PLANT:>>S”, LatLong: “40.444446 -74.388892”, LatLongDMS: “40:26:40 N 74:23:20 W”, Locale: “Town & City”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “New Jersey”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 18315 (8B4433E1)

Date: 9/3/1956
Time: 22:00
Location: HIGUEROTE, VNZL
Description: Many / beach. Several silent saucers with somewhat rectangular (SWR) windows / rim. 1 going down / sea and quickly going up / surface.
Type: sighting
Reference: The APRO BULLETIN: Monthly. Jim & Coral Lorenzen: Tucson,AZ (USA. defunct) By volume and number. (Index 681)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_5120

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), LND: UFO landing or any part touches ground

Extra Data: Country: “Venezuela”, Credibility: “10”, Duration: “3”, Elev: “1”, HatchDesc: “HIGUEROTE,VNZL:MANY/BEACH:SVRL SLNT SCRs W/SWR.WINDOWS/RIM:1 ↓/SEA+↑↑/SURFACE”, LatLong: “10.516667 -66.083336”, LatLongDMS: “10:31:00 N 66:05:00 W”, Locale: “Coastlands”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “MRN”, Strangeness: “7”

Event 18316 (BD4EDE82)

Date: 9/3/1956
Description: At 10:00 p.m. many people on the beach in Higuerote, Venezuela watched several silent disc-shaped objects with square windows on the rim; one hovered over the sea, while another one landed on the surface of the ocean.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: Larry Hatch, U computer database, case # 4771, citing APRO Bulletin, September 1956
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_5590

Event 18317 (DE6E2F42)

Date: 9/4/1956
Description: (Translated from French) In Dallas, Texas, Marine T/Sgt. R. D. Rogers and his family saw a large star turn red, remain stationary for 20 minutes, then head West at 200 knots (230 mph). The observation lasted 23 minutes. (September 4, 9 PM)
Reference: case Blue Book #4379 unsolved
Reference: rr0 - Beau
Source: rr0, ID: rr0_1665

Event 18318 (13221F51)

Date: 9/4/1956
Location: -
Description: Danish radar tracks several objects at 1,800 mph. 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_206

Event 18319 (A0D9F1CC)

Date: 9/4/1956
Time: ~03:00
Location: COPENHAGEN, DK
Description: Many. Fireballs and saucers / 3000kph / 5km altitude. RADAR traces. Jets chase. / APRO 56’11.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO’s a HISTORY-1956 (3 booklets) 1994 Self published. (Index 908)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_5121

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

Extra Data: Country: “Scandanavian and Finland”, Credibility: “10”, Duration: “2”, HatchDesc: “COPENHAGEN,DK:MANY:FBLS+SCRS/3000kph/5km alt:RDR TRACES:JETS CHASE:/APRO 56’11”, LatLong: “55.683336 12.450001”, LatLongDMS: “55:41:00 N 12:27:00 E”, Locale: “Metropolis”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “DNM”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 18320 (C4C33D44)

Date: 9/4/1956
Time: 21:00
Location: DALLAS, TX
Description: Project Bluebook Case #4379. Military observer(s) and family. Star changes color(s). Hovers and maneuvers. Going quickly west against wind.
Type: sighting
Reference: BERLINER, DON: The BLUEBOOK UNKNOWNS; (FUFOR). (Index 26)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_5122

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: “23”, Elev: “160”, HatchDesc: “DALLAS,TX:BBK#4379:MIL OBS+FAMILY:STAR CHANGES CLRS:HVRS+MNVRS:>>W AGNST WIND”, LatLong: “32.800002 -96.783338”, LatLongDMS: “32:48:00 N 96:47:00 W”, Locale: “Metropolis”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, RelAlt: “9999”, State/Prov: “Texas”, Strangeness: “5”

Event 18321 (C79AE378)

Date: 9/4/1956
Location: Dallas, TX
Description: Family saw a large star, changing to red color, remain stationary (NICAP: 01 - Distant Encounters, BB: 4379)
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_1971

Event 18322 (C24166C2)

Date: 9/4/1956
Location: Copenhagen, Denmark
Description: Radar tracking of several UFOs at about 1800 mph. (UFOE, VIII) (NICAP: 09 - RADAR Cases, Rating: 5)
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_1972

Event 18323 (4812F63F)

Date: 9/4/1956
Time: 9 PM
Location: Dallas, Texas
Description: Witnesses: U.S. Marine Corps T/Sgt. R.D. Rogers and family. One large star, changing to red color, remained stationary for 20 minutes, then went west at 200 kts. (230 m.p.h.). Sighting lasted 23 minutes.
Type: ufo sighting
Reference: BlueBook Unknowns PDF
Source: BerlinerBBUnknowns, ID: BerlinerBBU_405

Event 18324 (AD653ED4)

Date: 9/4/1956
Location: Copenhagen, Denmark
Description: Several fireball-like objects fly over Copenhagen, Denmark, tracked by radar at about 1,800 mph.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: UFOEv, p. 79
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_2859

Event 18325 (A788CF8C)

Date: 9/5/1956
Time: 01:30
Location: KAPONGA, NZ
Description: Farmer. Delta/triangle/box-like craft with clear cockpit / front hisses going [to] overhead. Rounded delta/triangle/box-like craft-wings.
Type: sighting
Reference: CATHIE, Bruce: HARMONIC 33. A. & A. Reed, Wellington, NZ (Index 106)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_5123

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CST: Observer(s) in coastal area/just offshore, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, MID: Likely mis-identification, DLT: Delta/vee/boomerang/rectangular shaped UFO, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), SND: UFO sounds heard or recorded

Extra Data: Country: “New Zealand”, Credibility: “6”, Duration: “1”, HatchDesc: “KAPONGA,NZ:FARMER:DLT W/CLR COCKPIT/FRONT HISSES >OVHD:ROUNDED DLT-WINGS”, LatLong: “-39.427780 174.144453”, LatLongDMS: “39:25:40 S 174:08:40 E”, Locale: “Farmlands”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “NI”, Strangeness: “5”

Event 18326 (A5D4461A)

Date: 9/5/1956 (approximate)
Time: 21:00
Location: EAST / BUTLER, PA
Description: 2 / farm. 60cm washtub saucer circles potato patch 30x. Slow. 6 pegs / top.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO’s a HISTORY-1956 (3 booklets) 1994 Self published. (Index 909)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_5124

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, DRT: Dirt/soil traces/marks/footprints etc., BLD: Building/man-made structure/roads/power lines

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “7”, Duration: “60”, Elev: “280”, HatchDesc: “E/BUTLER,PA:2/FARM:60cm WASHTUB SCR CCLS POTATO PATCH 30x:SLOW:6 PEGS/TOP”, LatLong: “40.833335 -79.766670”, LatLongDMS: “40:50:00 N 79:46:00 W”, Locale: “Farmlands”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, RelAlt: “2”, State/Prov: “Pennsylvania”, Strangeness: “7”

Event 18327 (23EDD670)

Date: 9/5/1956
Description: At 1:30 a.m. a delta-shaped UFO with a transparent cockpit on the front passed over Kaponga, New Zealand making a hissing noise. Its wings were rounded at the ends.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: Bruce Cathie, Harmonic 33, p. 106
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_5650

Event 18328 (E713EB71)

Date: 9/6/1956
Time: 01:00
Location: MERIDA, VNZL
Description: Line of 4 70M saucers going [to] over city / 600M altitude. Glow red and green. Split and away.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO’s a HISTORY-1956 (3 booklets) 1994 Self published. (Index 914)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_5125

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: “Venezuela”, Credibility: “7”, Duration: “2”, Elev: “1500”, HatchDesc: “MERIDA,VNZL:LINE of 4 70M SCRS >OVR CITY/600M alt:GLOW RED+GRN:SPLIT+AWAY”, LatLong: “8.583334 -71.150003”, LatLongDMS: “08:35:00 N 71:09:00 W”, Locale: “Town & City”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, RelAlt: “600”, State/Prov: “MRD”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 18329 (2ABF9B6F)

Date: 9/6/1956
Time: 22:10
Location: PASADENA, CA
Description: Airline(s)/airliner pilot and Ground Observer Corps (GOC) and many. Erratic white night lights. Report / Air Defense Command. / r78p177+/ APRO SEPT56.
Type: sighting
Reference: HALL, Richard: The UFO EVIDENCE; NICAP,Washington, DC 1964. Reprinted 1997 Barnes & Noble Books ( only $7.98! ) (Index 36)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_5126

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)

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “8”, Duration: “3”, Elev: “260”, HatchDesc: “PASADENA,CA:AL PILOT+GOC+MANY:ERRATIC WHT NLTS:Rpt/ADC:/r78p177+/APRO SEPT56”, LatLong: “34.166668 -118.133339”, LatLongDMS: “34:10:00 N 118:08:00 W”, Locale: “Town & City”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “California”, Strangeness: “5”

Event 18330 (004EAC22)

Date: 9/6/1956
Time: 22:20
Location: SOUTH / WANGANUI, NZ
Description: 5+observer(s). Cylinder/cigar-shape shaped object does strange aerobatics. No further details / local news.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO’s a HISTORY-1956 (3 booklets) 1994 Self published. (Index 914)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_5127

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: “New Zealand”, Credibility: “8”, Duration: “2”, Elev: “1”, HatchDesc: “S/WANGANUI,NZ:5+OBS:CGR SHAPED OBJ DOES STRANGE AEROBATICS:NFD/LOCAL NEWS”, LatLong: “-39.966669 175.050008”, LatLongDMS: “39:58:00 S 175:03:00 E”, Locale: “Coastlands”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “???”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 18331 (8BF11203)

Date: 9/6/1956
Time: 22:30
Location: MAINZ, GERM
Description: Bell-saucer “half Mars size”. Glows red going [to] orange. Dims away. No further details.
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_5128

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: “Germany”, Credibility: “6”, Duration: “1”, HatchDesc: “MAINZ,GERM:BELL-SCR “HALF MARS SIZE”:GLOWS RED > ORG:DIMS AWAY:NFD”, LatLong: “49.983336 8.250000”, LatLongDMS: “49:59:00 N 08:15:00 E”, Locale: “Residential”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “???”, Strangeness: “5”

Event 18332 (6318B0BD)

Date: 9/6/1956
Time: 23:00
Location: WEST / JUNCTION CITY, KS
Description: 2 observer(s). 4 silent 30M disks hover north / US40. Lit rims. Going southwest. Stop and go.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO’s a HISTORY-1956 (3 booklets) 1994 Self published. (Index 913)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_5129

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: “5”, Elev: “330”, HatchDesc: “W/JUNCTION CITY,KS:2 OBS:4 SLNT 30M DISKS HVR N/US40:LIT RIMS:>SW:STOP+GO”, LatLong: “39.033335 -96.866671”, LatLongDMS: “39:02:00 N 96:52:00 W”, Locale: “Farmlands”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Kansas”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 18333 (B8FECE12)

Date: 9/6/1956
Location: Pasadena, CA
Description: Airline Pilot Reports UFO To Air Defense Command (NICAP: 11 - Aviation Cases, Code: A, Rating: 5)
Reference: NICAP: 560906
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_1973

Event 18334 (6C30B2DE)

Date: 9/6/1956
Description: White lights were seen flying erratically over Pasadena, California at 1:10 a.m. and were reported to the US Air Force by two airline pilots for Western Airlines.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: Leonard H. Stringfield, CRIFO Newsletter, October 1956, p. 4
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_5679

Event 18335 (CB82ABC2)

Date: 9/7/1956
Location: Moneymore, Ireland
Description: Hutchinson of Moneymore, Ireland wrestles with UFO. Disc escapes.
Type: ufo encounter
Reference: Keziah Poster
Source: Maj2, ID: Maj2_149

Event 18336 (8459B044)

Date: 9/7/1956
Location: SOUTHEAST / CHIHUAHUA, MX
Description: 4 / car. Fast brilliant silent 4M saucer. Windows / dome. Night light / many separate observer(s).
Type: sighting
Reference: The APRO BULLETIN: Monthly. Jim & Coral Lorenzen: Tucson,AZ (USA. defunct) By volume and number. (Index 681)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_5130

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: “Mexico”, Credibility: “8”, Duration: “1”, Elev: “1440”, HatchDesc: “SE/CHIHUAHUA,MX:4/CAR:FAST BRILL.SLNT 4M SCR:WINDOWS/DOME:NLT/MANY SEP.OBS”, LatLong: “28.500001 -106.000005”, LatLongDMS: “28:30:00 N 106:00:00 W”, Locale: “Pasture”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Chihuahua”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 18337 (71689D04)

Date: 9/7/1956
Time: 11:30
Location: MONEYMORE, NORTH IRL
Description: 3’ saucer going down. Man grabs it. Spins and flies away when set down. / MJ#281.
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_5131

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), OBS: Observation/chasing vehicles, SMP: Sampling of plant/animal/soil/tissue/specimens, LND: UFO landing or any part touches ground, TCH: New technical details/clues, MIL: Military investigation, COV: Indication of coverup

Extra Data: Country: “Great Britain and Ireland”, Credibility: “7”, Duration: “30”, Elev: “63”, HatchDesc: “MONEYMORE,N.IRL:3’SCR ↓:MAN GRABS IT:SPINS+FLIES AWAY WHEN SET DOWN:/MJ#281”, LatLong: “54.700003 -6.666667”, LatLongDMS: “54:42:00 N 06:40:00 W”, Locale: “Farmlands”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Northern Ireland”, Strangeness: “11”

Event 18338 (E0D31BBC)

Date: 9/7/1956
Time: 17:00
Location: SOUTH / ROGERSON, ID
Description: 3 observer(s). 60M glowing-saucer spins going down [to] over steer. Steer gone. / Flying Saucer Review (FSR) v2#6+/ MJ#281.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO’s a HISTORY-1956 (3 booklets) 1994 Self published. (Index 915)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_5132

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), ABD: Human or animal abduction, ANI: Animals affected or injuries/marks

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “8”, Duration: “1”, Elev: “1500”, HatchDesc: “S/ROGERSON,ID:3 OBS:60M GLO-SCR SPINS↓ OVR STEER:STEER GONE:/FSR v2#6+/MJ#281”, LatLong: “42.033335 -114.433339”, LatLongDMS: “42:02:00 N 114:26:00 W”, Locale: “Pasture”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Idaho”, Strangeness: “9”

Event 18339 (0F6966B5)

Date: 9/7/1956
Time: 21:00
Location: HASTINGS, NZ
Description: Cylinder/cigar-shape with row / lights circles city. Stops at Paki Paki. Circles there then going quickly south.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO’s a HISTORY-1956 (3 booklets) 1994 Self published. (Index 914)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_5133

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

Extra Data: Country: “New Zealand”, Credibility: “9”, Duration: “3”, HatchDesc: “HASTINGS,NZ:CGR W/ROW/LITES CCLs CITY:STOPS at PAKI PAKI:CCLs THERE THEN >>S”, LatLong: “-39.672224 176.822231”, LatLongDMS: “39:40:20 S 176:49:20 E”, Locale: “Town & City”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “NI”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 18340 (1920A4F6)

Date: 9/7/1956
Location: The Loup (near Moneymore), County Derry, Northern Ireland
Description: 12:30 p.m. Thomas J. and Maud Hutchinson watch an object drop out of low clouds and land in the middle of a bog at The Loup (near Moneymore), County Derry, Northern Ireland. They wade 600 feet into the bog until they come upon the small (3 feet high, 18 inches in diameter), red, rubbery, motionless object. There are 3 white stripes around the middle and it is pointed at both ends. Hutchinson kicks the object, which rolls over then resumes its upright position. He picks it up and is surprised at its lightness (estimated 2 pounds); the top is spinning while the bottom (a small, saucer-shaped base) remains stationary. It appears to be made of canvas-like material. They try to take it back with them, but Thomas has to put it down to negotiate a hedge, and the object takes off and disappears.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: “Irishman Caught a ‘Saucer,’” The Guardian (UK), September 8, 1956, p. 10; Desmond Leslie, “The Strangest UFO Case of All,” Flying Saucer Review 2, no. 5 (Sept./Oct. 1956): 2–4; Lorenzen, UFOs: The Whole Story, Signet, 1969, pp. 74–76; Clark III 328
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_2860

Event 18341 (A5454632)

Date: 9/7/1956
Description: Test pilot Iven Carl Kincheloe Jr. reaches an altitude of 126,283 feet in the Bell X-2.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Wikipedia, “Iven Carl Kincheloe Jr.”
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_2861

Event 18342 (98321DBF)

Date: 9/7/1956
Description: In Moneymore, Northern Ireland, United Kingdom at noon on this day a three-foot long cigar-shaped UFO landed in a nearby bog. The witness, a Mr. Hutchinson, attempted to capture it, but it began spinning and rose out of sight. It had three red stripes around the center, and a saucer-shaped base.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: APRO Bulletin, March-April 1963, p. 6
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_5714

Event 18343 (09C48EE4)

Date: 9/7/1956
Description: A fast moving, brilliant domed disc with windows was seen in the night sky by many separate witnesses southeast of Chihuahua, Mexico. It was estimated to be about four meters in diameter.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: APRO Bulletin, September-October 1956
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_5715

Event 18344 (C587C4C4)

Date: 9/7/1956
Description: An attorney and two ranch hands on a ranch 40 miles south of Twin Falls, Idaho reported watching a 200-foot diameter saucer-shaped object land near a steer. When it sped off the steer was gone.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: FSR, July-August 1970, p. 35
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_5716

Event 18345 (B4406FFF)

Date: 9/8/1956
Time: 13:40
Location: GLEN EDEN, NZ
Description: 3 / (seen thru) binoculars. Silver ovoid maneuvers and hovers repeatedly. High altitude. Going quickly west.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO’s a HISTORY-1956 (3 booklets) 1994 Self published. (Index 917)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_5134

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: “New Zealand”, Credibility: “8”, Duration: “10”, HatchDesc: “GLEN EDEN,NZ:3/BINOCS:SLVR OVOID MNVRS+HVRS REPEATEDLY:HI ALT:>>W”, LatLong: “-36.916668 174.650008”, LatLongDMS: “36:55:00 S 174:39:00 E”, Locale: “Coastlands”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “NI”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 18346 (FDD35504)

Date: 9/8/1956
Location: Las Cruces, New Mexico
Description: 9:30 p.m. Frank C. Clark is observing Mars with a 12.5-inch reflector in Las Cruces, New Mexico, when he sees a faint starlike object passing in a direction opposite to the apparent drift of Mars. It is visible for 10 seconds before passing out of the field. Clark moves the telescope and is able to see it again for another 10 seconds. It is a yellowish color.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Frank C. Clark, “An Observation of an Unidentified Celestial Object,” The Strolling Astronomer 10 (May/June 1956): 67–68
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_2862

Event 18347 (6AC80B26)

Date: 9/9/1956
Time: 10:00
Location: PUTARURU, NZ
Description: 2 observer(s). 2M silver mirror rises / field. Splits / 2. 90° turn over car and away.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO’s a HISTORY-1956 (3 booklets) 1994 Self published. (Index 918)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_5135

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, CMF: Camouflage/disguise

Extra Data: Country: “New Zealand”, Credibility: “6”, Duration: “1”, HatchDesc: “PUTARURU,NZ:2 OBS:2M SLVR MIRROR RISES/FIELD:SPLITS/2:90°TURN OVR CAR+AWAY”, LatLong: “-38.050002 175.783342”, LatLongDMS: “38:03:00 S 175:47:00 E”, Locale: “Pasture”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “NI”, Strangeness: “7”

Event 18348 (741D4ECB)

Date: 9/9/1956
Time: 17:20
Location: RAPID CITY, SD
Description: 3 engineers. Silent 6M ovoid flips and wobbles. Rises going north / 190kph.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO’s a HISTORY-1956 (3 booklets) 1994 Self published. (Index 460)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_5136

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: “975”, HatchDesc: “RAPID CITY,SD:3 ENGINEERS:SLNT 6M OVOID FLIPS+WOBBLES:RISES >N/190kph:”, LatLong: “44.100002 -103.216672”, LatLongDMS: “44:06:00 N 103:13:00 W”, Locale: “Town & City”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “South Dakota”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 18349 (A98B383C)

Date: 9/10/1956
Time: 21:50
Location: WALDOBORO, ME
Description: Blue Book. Military and civil observer(s). Silver grey cylinder/cigar-shape hovers. 2 90° turns. Going SSE over hills.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO’s a HISTORY-1956 (3 booklets) 1994 Self published. (Index 418)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_5137

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

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “7”, Duration: “4”, Elev: “15”, HatchDesc: “WALDOBORO,ME:BBK:MIL+CIV OBS:SLVR GRY CGR HVRS:2 90°TURNS:>SSE ovr HILLS:”, LatLong: “44.094447 -69.377781”, LatLongDMS: “44:05:40 N 69:22:40 W”, Locale: “Coastlands”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Maine”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 18350 (15A326E2)

Date: 9/10/1956
Location: 50.4375 77.814167
Description: Nuclear test: Air, confirmed. Country: USSR Yield: 38KT
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_1062

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: “38”

Event 18351 (2E94AE72)

Date: 9/11/1956
Location: Baltic Sea, At Sea
Description: Radar sightings of “mysterious objects” during previous three weeks (Altus (Okla.) Times-Democrat; 7-11-56.) (UFOE) (NICAP: 09 - RADAR Cases, Rating: 5)
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_1974

Event 18352 (9BC0D263)

Date: 9/11/1956
Locations: Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory; Harvard University; US
Description: The Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory officially launches Operation Moonwatch, an effort to enlist amateur astronomers in tracking an artificial satellite that the US intends to launch during the International Geophysical Year. The announcement is made at a news conference by Armand Spitz, coordinator of visual satellite observations. The program is largely the brainchild of Harvard University’s Fred Whipple, who recruits J. Allen Hynek as assistant director to help with the central operation. Until professionally manned optical tracking stations (using Baker-Nunn camera-telescopes) come online in 1958, this network of amateur scientists and other interested citizens plays a critical role in providing crucial information on the world’s first satellites. The team records some 36 UFO reports from 1957 to 1966. The program is discontinued in 1975.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Wikipedia, “Operation Moonwatch”; Walter N. Webb, “Allen Hynek As I Knew Him,” IUR 18, no. 1 (Jan./Feb. 1993): 4–5; Michael D. Swords, “Gazing at the Moons,” IUR 32, no. 4 (October 2009): 9–16, 24; Center for UFO Studies, “Moonwatch Mystery Satellites, 1958–1962”
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_2863

Event 18353 (603B8C08)

Date: 9/12/1956
Time: ~07:00
Location: MENE GRANDE, VNZ
Description: 5 observer(s). 2 circular objects going quickly south very fast over Santa Rosa oilfield. Yellow trail.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO’s a HISTORY-1956 (3 booklets) 1994 Self published. (Index 919)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_5138

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: “Venezuela”, Credibility: “8”, Duration: “1”, Elev: “66”, HatchDesc: “MENE GRANDE,VNZ:5 OBS:2 CIRC. OBJS >>S VFAST ovr SANTA ROSA OILFIELD:YLW TRAIL”, LatLong: “9.650000 -70.855559”, LatLongDMS: “09:39:00 N 70:51:20 W”, Locale: “Oil & Coal”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “ANZ”, Strangeness: “5”

Event 18354 (BD28B884)

Date: 9/12/1956
Time: 11:40
Location: NORTHWEST / ELSINORE, CA
Description: Ex Air Force pilot. Large silver ovoid sucks and blows smoke / forest fire. / r140.
Type: sighting
Reference: OLSEN, Thomas: REFERENCE for OUTSTANDING UFO SIGHTINGS REPORTS. 1966 UFO Information Retrieval Center, Riderwood, MD 21139. (Index 348)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_5139

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, VEG: Plants affected or sampled/crop circles, TCH: New technical details/clues, CMF: Camouflage/disguise

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “7”, Duration: “5”, Elev: “300”, HatchDesc: “NW/ELSINORE,CA:EX AF PILOT:LRG SLVR OVOID SUCKS+BLOWS SMOKE/FOREST FIRE:/r140”, LatLong: “33.750002 -117.750006”, LatLongDMS: “33:45:00 N 117:45:00 W”, Locale: “Forest”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “California”, Strangeness: “7”

Event 18355 (E4ECDFF9)

Date: 9/13/1956
Time: 20:50
Location: LITCHFIELD, IL
Description: 2 / US66. 3 saucers. Big saucer / middle. Dip and reflect light. Going quickly [to] away. / news.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO’s a HISTORY-1956 (3 booklets) 1994 Self published. (Index 920)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_5140

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: “212”, HatchDesc: “LITCHFIELD,IL:2/US66:3 SCRS:BIG SCR/MIDDLE:DIP+REFLECT LITE:>> AWAY:/NEWS”, LatLong: “39.166669 -89.666671”, LatLongDMS: “39:10:00 N 89:40:00 W”, Locale: “Pasture”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Illinois”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 18356 (1764A03D)

Date: 9/13/1956
Location: Stockton, CA
Description: Commercial Pilots Report High Speed Object (NICAP: 11 - Aviation Cases, Code: A, Rating: 5, BB: BBU)
Reference: NICAP: 560913
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_1975

Event 18357 (3C6AB077)

Date: 9/14/1956
Description: (Translated from French) In Highland, North Carolina, police officer O.S. Gryman sees 14 yellow-to-red round objects with incredible trails flying in a vague formation from Southwest to East, Northeast and back again, darting up and down. The observation lasts 1.5 hours. (September 14, 1 AM)
Reference: case Blue Book #4399 unsolved
Reference: rr0 - Beau
Source: rr0, ID: rr0_1666

Event 18358 (B9855EB0)

Date: 9/14/1956
Time: 01:00
Location: HIGHLANDS, NC
Description: Project Bluebook Case #4399. Cop and 1. 14 saucers southwest going quickly east / 90 minute(s) in all. Swoop up and down.
Type: sighting
Reference: BERLINER, DON: The BLUEBOOK UNKNOWNS; (FUFOR). (Index 26)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_5141

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, OGA: Non-Covert Government Agencies

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “7”, Duration: “90”, Elev: “1169”, HatchDesc: “HIGHLANDS,NC:BBK#4399:COP+1:14 SCRS SW>>E/90min IN ALL:SWOOP UP+DOWN”, LatLong: “35.055557 -83.194448”, LatLongDMS: “35:03:20 N 83:11:40 W”, Locale: “Residential”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “North Carolina”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 18359 (3C9A53A9)

Date: 9/14/1956
Location: Highland, NC
Description: Policeman saw 14 yellow-to-red round objects (NICAP: 01 - Distant Encounters, BB: 4399)
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_1976

Event 18360 (677E56F4)

Date: 9/14/1956
Time: 1 AM
Location: Highland, North Carolina
Description: Witness: Scaly, N. Car. policeman O.S. Gryman. Fourteen yellow-to-red round objects with tremendous exhaust, flew in a Vague formation from southwest to east to northeast and back again, while swoooping up and down. Sighting lasted 1.5 hours.
Type: ufo sighting
Reference: BlueBook Unknowns PDF
Source: BerlinerBBUnknowns, ID: BerlinerBBU_406

Event 18361 (BC4511C9)

Date: 9/14/1956
Description: At one o’clock in the morning in Highland, North Carolina three men, one a policeman, sighted fourteen yellow-to-red round objects giving off a tremendous exhaust and flew in a vague formation from southwest to east to northeast and back again, while swooping up and down. The sighting lasted 1.5 hours.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: Don Berliner, Project Bluebook UFO Unknowns
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_5950

Event 18362 (6015A75B)

Date: 9/15/1956
Time: 06:20
Location: NORTHEAST / FRENCH LICK, IN
Description: 2 / car. Large metallic yo-yo saucer hovers low. Tilts / edge and away incredibly fast.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO’s a HISTORY-1956 (3 booklets) 1994 Self published. (Index 434)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_5142

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), COV: Indication of coverup

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “7”, Duration: “4”, Elev: “165”, HatchDesc: “NE/FRENCH LICK,IN:2/CAR:LRG MTLC YO-YO SCR HVRS LOW:TILTS/EDGE+AWAY XXFAST”, LatLong: “38.833335 -86.000004”, LatLongDMS: “38:50:00 N 86:00:00 W”, Locale: “Pasture”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Indiana”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 18363 (3BDB2A48)

Date: 9/15/1956
Location: Salem, Indiana
Description: About 6:30 a.m. A married couple is driving in Salem, Indiana, when they notice a saucer hovering about 100 feet away in a field by the road. They stop the car and get out for a better look. The object is gunmetal gray in color and looks like two shallow bowls with a dark gap between them. Wisps of smoke are coming from the gap. The object looks as large as the town’s courthouse. It begins undulating as it hovers. After 5 minutes, it tips over on its edge and vanishes.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: NICAP case file
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_2864

Event 18364 (88860235)

Date: 9/16/1956
Time: 20:00
Location: AUCKLAND, NZ
Description: 11 / telescopes. Cylinder/cigar-shape offloads 3 saucers. Saucers return. Cylinder/cigar-shape going up [to] and gone. / r212p120.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO’s a HISTORY-1956 (3 booklets) 1994 Self published. (Index 21)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_5143

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

Extra Data: Country: “New Zealand”, Credibility: “10”, Duration: “10”, HatchDesc: “AUCKLAND,NZ:11/TELESCOPES:CGR OFFLOADS 3 SCRS:SCRS RETURN:CGR↑+GONE:/r212p120”, LatLong: “-36.933335 174.766675”, LatLongDMS: “36:56:00 S 174:46:00 E”, Locale: “Metropolis”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “NI”, Strangeness: “7”

Event 18365 (3365D303)

Date: 9/18/1956 (approximate)
Time: ~18:00
Location: NEAR MELTON, ENGL
Description: 4 / car. Large orange flying biscuit with lights / sides passes straight and level. Separate observer(s).
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO’s a HISTORY-1956 (3 booklets) 1994 Self published. (Index 921)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_5144

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: “Great Britain and Ireland”, Credibility: “8”, Duration: “2”, HatchDesc: “nr MELTON,ENGL:4/CAR:LRG ORG FLYING BISCUIT W/LITES/SIDES PASSES S/L:SEP.OBS”, LatLong: “53.500003 -1.333333”, LatLongDMS: “53:30:00 N 01:20:00 W”, Locale: “Town & City”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “England”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 18366 (7E563AF6)

Date: 9/20/1956
Time: 20:20
Location: USS TAKELMA
Description: Blue Book. Lookout. Silent black cylinder/cigar-shape crosses moon. 300° turn. Going quickly [to] east-northeast / 950kph.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO’s a HISTORY-1956 (3 booklets) 1994 Self published. (Index 440)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_5145

Attributes: SEA: Observer(s) at sea, 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: “Pacific Ocean and non - Asian islands”, Credibility: “7”, Duration: “1”, Elev: “0”, HatchDesc: “USS TAKELMA:BBK:LOOKOUT:SLNT BLK CGR CROSSES MOON:300° TURN:>>ENE/950kph”, LatLong: “35.000002 -131.250006”, LatLongDMS: “35:00:00 N 131:15:00 W”, Locale: “High Seas”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “NPC”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 18367 (80ED59CC)

Date: 9/20/1956
Description: The witness was sitting on the bank of a pond on a sunny day in Hope, Arkansas when at twelve noon he observed nine silver saucers that appeared at a very high altitude in the sky. The sighting lasted 20 minutes.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: Peter Davenport, National UFO Reporting Center, report uploaded to September 1956 webpage on April 16, 2005
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_6123

Event 18368 (B6D74960)

Date: 9/21/1956
Time: 11:30
Location: BIRCHLEIGH, RSA
Description: Large saucer makes wide circles / sky. Contrail. Flash and fast exit. / r140#4p37.
Type: sighting
Reference: FLYING SAUCER REVIEW (FSR), London. Bimonthly. PO Box 162; High Wycombe, Bucks. HP135 DZ, England. (Index 30)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_5146

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: “Republic of South Africa”, Credibility: “6”, Duration: “2”, HatchDesc: “BIRCHLEIGH,RSA:LRG SCR MAKES WIDE CCLS/SKY:CONTRAIL:FLASH+FAST EXIT:/r140#4p37”, LatLong: “-26.066668 28.233335”, LatLongDMS: “26:04:00 S 28:14:00 E”, Locale: “Farmlands”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “TRV”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 18369 (31F4F402)

Date: 9/21/1956
Time: 13:00?
Location: PRETORIA, RSA
Description: Several / courthouse. Saucer gleams overhead. Suddenly quickly going up [to] extremely fast. / r140 #4p37.
Type: sighting
Reference: FLYING SAUCER REVIEW (FSR), London. Bimonthly. PO Box 162; High Wycombe, Bucks. HP135 DZ, England. (Index 37)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_5147

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: “Republic of South Africa”, Credibility: “8”, Duration: “2”, HatchDesc: “PRETORIA,RSA:SVRL/COURTHOUSE:SCR GLEAMS OVHD:SUDDENLY ↑↑ XFAST:/r140 #4p37”, LatLong: “-25.716668 28.283335”, LatLongDMS: “25:43:00 S 28:17:00 E”, Locale: “Town & City”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “TRV”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 18370 (386ACE57)

Date: 9/21/1956
Time: 18:10
Location: SOUTH / FT. MYERS, FL
Description: Ex-Navy pilot / Cessna. Huge cylinder/cigar-shape going quickly east. 3X size / Navy blimp.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO’s a HISTORY-1956 (3 booklets) 1994 Self published. (Index 923)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_5148

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

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “7”, Duration: “2”, Elev: “0”, HatchDesc: “S/Ft.MYERS,FL:EX-NAVY PILOT/CESSNA:HUGE CGR >>E:3X SIZE/NAVY BLIMP:”, LatLong: “25.583335 -81.750004”, LatLongDMS: “25:35:00 N 81:45:00 W”, Locale: “Metropolis”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, RelAlt: “3000”, State/Prov: “Florida”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 18371 (0E49B2DE)

Date: 9/22/1956
Time: 04:30
Location: OFF ST. PETERSBURG, FL
Description: 2 / (seen thru) binoculars. Circular array / lights or windows hovers / 7 minutes. USAF form.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO’s a HISTORY-1956 (3 booklets) 1994 Self published. (Index 926)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_5149

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

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “7”, Duration: “7”, Elev: “0”, HatchDesc: “off St.PETERSBURG,FL:2/BINOCS:CIRC ARRAY/LITES or WINDOWS HVRS/7mins:USAF FORM”, LatLong: “27.733335 -82.733337”, LatLongDMS: “27:44:00 N 82:44:00 W”, Locale: “Coastlands”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Florida”, Strangeness: “5”

Event 18372 (6FB4F778)

Date: 9/22/1956
Time: ~15:00
Location: CLEETHORPS, ENGL
Description: Thousands and RADAR. 24M glass sphere/orb/globe hovers / 16km altitude / 60kph wind. 2 jets quickly going up.
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_5150

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), RDR: Radar traces/blips, MIL: Military investigation

Extra Data: Country: “Great Britain and Ireland”, Credibility: “13”, Duration: “60”, Elev: “1”, HatchDesc: “CLEETHORPS,ENGL:1000s+RDR:24M GLASS ORB HVRS/16km alt/60kph wind:2 JETS ↑↑”, LatLong: “53.550003 -0.033333”, LatLongDMS: “53:33:00 N 00:02:00 W”, Locale: “Coastlands”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, RelAlt: “16000”, State/Prov: “England”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 18373 (F1E50002)

Date: 9/22/1956
Time: 19:50
Location: WILLISTON, ND
Description: Amateur astronomer. Silent 30M domed V-saucer rocks and follows river going east. / r70p349.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO’s a HISTORY-1956 (3 booklets) 1994 Self published. (Index 928)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_5151

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)

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “6”, Duration: “1”, Elev: “572”, HatchDesc: “WILLISTON,ND:AM.ASTRON:SLNT 30M DOMED V-SCR ROCKS+FOLOS RIVER >E:/r70p349”, LatLong: “48.133336 -103.616672”, LatLongDMS: “48:08:00 N 103:37:00 W”, Locale: “Farmlands”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “North Dakota”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 18374 (49E054E6)

Date: 9/22/1956
Locations: Williston, North Dakota; Missouri River
Description: 7:50 p.m. An amateur astronomer in Williston, North Dakota, sees a dull-metallic, elliptical object the size of a small plane, oscillating side to side as it moves at 150 mph above the Missouri River.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Williston (N.Dak.) Plains Register, September 22, 1956; Richard F. Haines and Franklin Carter, “A 1956 Military Aircraft–UFO Close Encounter,” IUR 25, no. 1 (Spring 2000): 25
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_2865

Event 18375 (82CAD523)

Date: 9/22/1956
Description: At 7:50 p.m. Mr. Borrud, an amateur astronomer, sighted a dull metallic elliptical object over Williston, North Dakota. It was the size of a small airplane, and it oscillated in a side-to-side motion as it moved above the Missouri River. The estimated speed of the craft was 150 miles per hour, and the sighting lasted five minutes.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: Leonard H. Stringfield, CRIFO Orbit, November 1956, p. 3; Thomas M. Olsen, The Reference for Outstanding UFO Reports, case 79; Richard F. Haines, International UFO Reporter, April 2000, p. 25
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_6221

Event 18376 (ACC9E22B)

Date: Fall 1956
Locations: Europe; Gander, Newfoundland
Description: More than 30 pilots, navigators, and flight engineers are on their way home from special duty in Europe on a US Navy Super Constellation transport. When they are about 50 miles northeast of Gander, Newfoundland, the pilot notices a cluster of lights beneath the aircraft. Suddenly, the lights dim and spread out, the largest light ascending on an apparent collision course with the transport. As it reaches the plane’s altitude, it tilts, shoots to one side, and paces them at a distance of 300 feet. It is a huge metallic disc, 30 feet thick at the center and 350–400 feet wide, with a blurry glow around the rim. Gradually it pulls ahead, tilts upward, accelerates, and zooms away in 5–8 seconds. Gander Airport confirms that it had a radar target near them.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Keyhoe, FSTS, pp. 16–19; Keyhoe, Aliens from Space, Signet ed., 1974, pp. 78–84; Yurko Bondarchuk, UFO Sightings, Landings, and Abductions, Methuen, 1979, pp. 104–106
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_2867

Event 18377 (9DDDDA2B)

Date: Fall 1956
Location: Falls City, Nebraska
Description: A man in Falls City, Nebraska, sees a winged human with a demonic face that approaches him from three blocks away. It is about 8–9 feet tall and approaches him closely, hovering in the air about 25 feet away. As it passes over him, the man feels numb and paralyzed. The episode haunts him for the next 23 years when he talks to an investigator.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Clark III 778
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_2868

Event 18378 (88DD0555)

Date: Fall 1956
Alternate date: Winter 1956
Location: Ellsworth AFB, Rapid City, South Dakota
Description: Shortly after 12:00 noon. An Air Force Convair RB-36H of the 28th Strategic Reconnaissance Wing based at Ellsworth AFB, Rapid City, South Dakota, captained by Lt. C. Lenny Marquis, is flying in northern South Dakota at 423 mph when one of the crew sees a metallic disc 100 feet in diameter fly toward the airplane from the left and take up a fixed position on the left wing less than 300 feet away. Other crew members rush to the portholes to take photos. The object has a low dome at the top with three round openings or light sources. The bottom is nearly flat. Its narrow vertical sides are populated by many separate light sources, each a different color. The rest of the disc is a “light golden” hue. After 5–8 minutes, the object suddenly accelerates in parallel with the B-36 and then rises about 30° above the horizontal. The peripheral lights become brighter and turn greenish as it speeds out of sight in several seconds. Both inflight and ground radars detect the object. Substitute navigator Lt. Jimmie Lloyd says the crew turned in all photos, logs, and equipment to an intelligence unit after landing.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Richard F. Haines and Franklin Carter, “A 1956 Military Aircraft–UFO Close Encounter,” IUR 25, no. 1 (Spring 2000): 22–25
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_2869

Event 18379 (6EADCC4F)

Date: 9/24/1956
Time: 15:30
Location: WEST / BRISTOL, TN
Description: 2 10M saucers / 300M altitude. 1 hovers. 1 rocks. Dark circles / rims. Suddenly going quickly east.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO’s a HISTORY-1956 (3 booklets) 1994 Self published. (Index 444)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_5152

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: “520”, HatchDesc: “w/BRISTOL,TN:2 10M SCRS/300M alt:1 HVRS:1 ROCKS:DRK CIRCLES/RIMS:SUDDENLY >>E”, LatLong: “36.566668 -82.250004”, LatLongDMS: “36:34:00 N 82:15:00 W”, Locale: “Mountains”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Tennessee”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 18380 (54A81085)

Date: 9/24/1956
Time: 16:00?
Location: NORTHWEST / ILKLEY, YORKS
Description: 4 hikers. Bright orange sphere hovers / 5 minute(s). Going down [to] slow behind hill. / r234p107.
Type: sighting
Reference: FLYING SAUCER REVIEW (FSR), London. Bimonthly. PO Box 162; High Wycombe, Bucks. HP135 DZ, England. (Index 30)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_5153

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

Extra Data: Country: “Great Britain and Ireland”, Credibility: “8”, Duration: “3”, Elev: “280”, HatchDesc: “NW/ILKLEY,YORKs:4 HIKERS:BRITE ORG.SPHERE HVRS/5min:↓ SLOW BHND HILL:/r234p107”, LatLong: “53.916669 -1.833333”, LatLongDMS: “53:55:00 N 01:50:00 W”, Locale: “Forest”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “England”, Strangeness: “7”

Event 18381 (A36D1168)

Date: 9/24/1956
Description: Two 10 meter wide disc-shaped objects were observed at 300 meters altitude in Gibston, Tennessee at 5:30 a.m. One hovered while the other rocked back and forth. They both had a dark circle around their rims. They suddenly shot off to the east.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: Loren E. Gross, The Fifth Horseman of the Apocalypse: UFOs: A History. 1956: September-October, p. 44
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_6284

Event 18382 (B8F1025D)

Date: 9/25/1956
Time: 10:00?
Location: PAJAS BLANCAS, ARG
Description: Farmers. 21M black egg lands! Spirals up fast as observers near.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO’s a HISTORY-1956 (3 booklets) 1994 Self published. (Index 929)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_5154

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, NWS: News media report, SCR: Classic saucer/disk/sphere shaped UFO, LND: UFO landing or any part touches ground

Extra Data: Country: “Argentina”, Credibility: “7”, Duration: “2”, HatchDesc: “PAJAS BLANCAS,ARG:FARMERS:21M BLACK EGG LANDS!:SPIRALS UP FAST as OBSs NEAR”, LatLong: “-34.216668 -64.300003”, LatLongDMS: “34:13:00 S 64:18:00 W”, Locale: “Farmlands”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “SLT”, Strangeness: “7”

Event 18383 (0477F783)

Date: 9/25/1956
Location: Grand Rapids, MI
Description: Pilot saw 2 delta-shaped objects flying S under the right wing (NICAP: 11 - Aviation Cases, BB: BBU)
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_1977

Event 18384 (FBB3B195)

Date: 9/25/1956
Location: Cincinnati, Ohio
Description: Leonard Stringfield’s wife Adelia observes several white tufts of angel’s hair floating down in the front yard of their home in Cincinnati, Ohio. She places it in an airtight jar. After the Stringfields contact the Air Force, M/Sgt Oliver D. Hill retrieves the sample on October 12. Analysis was done by C. G. Cocks and L. Leatherland, who find that the fibers are “multifilament bundles” that are characteristic of “regenerated cellulose fibers, either viscose or cuprammonium rayon,” perhaps from a defective filter.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Brian Boldman, “Angel Hair Physical Analyses: A Review,” JUFOS 9 (2006): 102–103
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_2866

Event 18385 (7F5AC749)

Date: 9/27/1956
Description: (Translated from French) The Bell X-2 rocket plane reaches Mach 3.2. (September 27)
Reference: rr0 - Beau
Source: rr0, ID: rr0_1667

Event 18386 (27DA69D4)

Date: 9/27/1956
Time: 03:00
Location: NORTHERN HILLS, OH
Description: Physician and wife. Small balls maneuvers all directions. All colors. Vanish!
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO’s a HISTORY-1956 (3 booklets) 1994 Self published. (Index 448)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_5155

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)

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “7”, Duration: “30”, Elev: “256”, HatchDesc: “NORTHERN HILLS,OH:PHYSICIAN+WIFE:SML BALLS MNVRS ALL DIRs:ALL COLORS:VANISH!”, LatLong: “39.166669 -84.550004”, LatLongDMS: “39:10:00 N 84:33:00 W”, Locale: “Residential”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Ohio”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 18387 (59F3D2CB)

Date: 9/27/1956
Time: ~09:00
Location: LISBON, PORT
Description: Numerous observer(s). Domed metallic ovoid. Jerks all directions. Stops / 3 minutes. Shoots up.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO’s a HISTORY-1956 (3 booklets) 1994 Self published. (Index 930)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_5156

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

Extra Data: Country: “Portugal”, Credibility: “10”, Duration: “5”, Elev: “20”, HatchDesc: “LISBON,PORT:NMRS OBS:DOMED MTLC OVOID:JERKS ALL DIRs:STOPS/3mins:SHOOTS UP.”, LatLong: “38.733335 -9.066667”, LatLongDMS: “38:44:00 N 09:04:00 W”, Locale: “Metropolis”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, RelAlt: “9999”, State/Prov: “EST”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 18388 (33CB0B26)

Date: 9/27/1956
Time: 19:20
Location: DARMANNES, FR
Description: Huge blue domed disk by N65. Portholes. Hot beams. Motor and lights electro-magnetic effect (EME.)
Type: sighting
Reference: LUMIERES DANS la NUIT (LDLN), Paris. Bimonthly since 1957. LDLN B.P.3; 77123 Le Vaudoue, FRANCE. (Index 260)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_5157

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, HUM: Humans affected: Injury/burns/marks/abduction/death, VEH: Vehicle affected: Marks/damage/EME effects, EME: Electro-Magnetic Effects

Extra Data: Country: “France”, Credibility: “6”, Duration: “2”, HatchDesc: “DARMANNES,FR:HUGE BLUE DOMED DISK by N65:PORTHOLES:HOT BEAMS:MOTOR+LITES EME”, LatLong: “48.166669 5.216667”, LatLongDMS: “48:10:00 N 05:13:00 E”, Locale: “Pasture”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “HMR”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 18389 (915D0C39)

Date: 9/27/1956
Time: 23:00?
Location: CRYSTAL, MI
Description: 2 amateur astronomers / (seen thru) telescope. Silent perfect disk hovers overhead. Glows red and quickly going up [to] fast.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO’s a HISTORY-1956 (3 booklets) 1994 Self published. (Index 930)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_5158

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: “275”, HatchDesc: “CRYSTAL,MI:2 Am.ASTRONs/TSCOPE:SLNT PERFECT DISK HVRS OVHD:GLOWS RED+↑↑ FAST”, LatLong: “43.261113 -84.900004”, LatLongDMS: “43:15:40 N 84:54:00 W”, Locale: “Residential”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Michigan”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 18390 (50AD65E6)

Date: 9/27/1956
Location: -30.0000 132.0000
Description: Nuclear test: Air, confirmed. Country: Britain Name: “Buffalo” 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_1752

Extra Data: LatLong: “-30.0000 132.0000”, LatLongDMS: “30:00:00 S 132:00:00 E”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, NukeCountry: “Britain”, NukeDepth: “0.00”, NukeName: “Buffalo”, NukeSource: “BOLT”, NukeType: “NACG”, NukeY: “15”

Event 18391 (455708D6)

Date: 9/28/1956
Time: 11:20
Location: COLUMBUS, OH
Description: Ex Air Force pilot and 1. 8 cigars hover overhead. Follow airliner. Return and maneuver. Rise going quickly west.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO’s a HISTORY-1956 (3 booklets) 1994 Self published. (Index 448)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_5159

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, VEH: Vehicle affected: Marks/damage/EME effects

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “8”, Duration: “2”, Elev: “240”, HatchDesc: “COLUMBUS,OH:EX AF PILOT+1:8 CGRS HVR OHVD:FOLO AIRLINER:RETURN+MNVR:RISE >>W”, LatLong: “39.966669 -82.966671”, LatLongDMS: “39:58:00 N 82:58:00 W”, Locale: “Metropolis”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Ohio”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 18392 (16BAAD78)

Date: 9/29/1956
Time: 17:00
Location: BASEL, SWTZ
Description: Several observer(s). Silent irregular ellipse with smoky rim going west. Lit interior.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO’s a HISTORY-1956 (3 booklets) 1994 Self published. (Index 931)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_5160

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: “Switzerland”, Credibility: “9”, Duration: “2”, HatchDesc: “BASEL,SWTZ:SVRL OBS:SLNT IRREGULAR ELLIPSE W/SMOKY RIM >W:LIT INTERIOR”, LatLong: “47.500002 7.566667”, LatLongDMS: “47:30:00 N 07:34:00 E”, Locale: “Mountains”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Basel”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 18393 (6CDA0362)

Date: 9/30/1956
Description: On this evening several UFOs were observed over Cherry Valley, Illinois by Mr. & Mrs. L. L Leonard, and afterward “angel hair”, in the form of a spider web-like substance, was found floating to the ground.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: Stringfield Leonard H. Stringfield, Inside Saucer Post…3-0 Blue, pp. 49-50; Richard Hall, The UFO Evidence, p. 101; Jay Rath, The I-Files: True Reports of Unexplained Phenomena in Illinois, p. 57
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_6440

Event 18394 (D4D4B7C1)

Date: 10/1956
Location: OSLO, NORWAY
Description: UFO goes over car and hovers. Prickly sensation. Observers watch magnetized / Jeweler.
Type: sighting
Reference: MANEY, Charles & HALL, Richard: The CHALLENGE OF UFO’S; NICAP, Washington, DC. 1961 (Index 191)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_5161

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

Extra Data: Country: “Scandanavian and Finland”, Credibility: “6”, Duration: “1”, HatchDesc: “OSLO,NORWAY:UFO GOES OVR CAR+HVRS:PRICKLY SENSATION:OBSs WATCH MAGNTZD/Jeweler”, LatLong: “59.916670 10.666667”, LatLongDMS: “59:55:00 N 10:40:00 E”, Locale: “Pasture”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Norway”, Strangeness: “7”

Event 18395 (FF33C198)

Date: 10/1956
Location: Oslo, Norway
Description: October 1956; Oslo, Norway. Motorist felt “prickly sensation,” wristwatch magnetized when UFO flew in front of car and hovered over road (NICAP: 03 - EME Cases)
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_1978

Event 18396 (885723E1)

Date: 10/1956
Location: Wiesbaden, Germany
Description: Karl L. Veit founds the Deutsche UFO/IFO-Studiengemeinschaft in Wiesbaden, Germany, which publishes the newspaper-format UFO-Nachrichten.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: “60 Jahre UFO-Nachrichten,” 2016
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_2870

Event 18397 (357C14DF)

Date: 10/1/1956
Time: 16:30
Location: LIESTAL, SWITZ
Description: Several observer(s). Silent silver ovoid spins / mountains. Shoots rays every 30 second(s). Going quickly west.
Type: sighting
Reference: The APRO BULLETIN: Monthly. Jim & Coral Lorenzen: Tucson,AZ (USA. defunct) By volume and number. (Index 683)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_5162

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, RAY: Odd light/searchlight/beam/laser-like, SIG: Signals/responses to/from/between UFO’s/occupants/observers

Extra Data: Country: “Switzerland”, Credibility: “8”, Duration: “2”, HatchDesc: “LIESTAL,SWITZ:SVRL OBS:SLNT SLVR OVOID SPINS/Mtns:SHOOTS RAYS EVERY 30sec:>>W”, LatLong: “47.466669 7.733334”, LatLongDMS: “47:28:00 N 07:44:00 E”, Locale: “Mountains”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Basel”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 18398 (26090BF4)

Date: 10/2/1956
Location: Trenton, NJ
Description: Harry Sturdevant, a night watchman of some 20 years, said, “a red light in the sky shot at him. This UFO had no wings, fins or propulsion sounds, except for the sound of “escaping steam”. It was about 60 to 100 ft. in diam. and cigar shaped. The UFO gave him “the greatest shock of my life”. There was a nauseating smell like sulfur and brimstone. He lost the sense of taste and smell and couldn’t swallow properly. He collapsed on the ground and was unable to move for half an hour, after which he managed to drive to his home and call for aid. Six weeks later, a New Jersey workmen’s compensation referee decided that Sturdevant should be paid for medical expenses incurred for the injury done by the UFO.
Type: ufo sighting with injury
Reference: Pea Research
Source: Maj2, ID: Maj2_566

Event 18399 (3DDF2038)

Date: 10/2/1956
Time: 03:50
Location: TRENTON, NJ
Description: Guard burnt! Glowing-cylinder/cigar-shape swoops over river and back up. Hiss. Odors. / r70p349.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO’s a HISTORY-1956 (3 booklets) 1994 Self published. (Index 450)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_5163

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), TCH: New technical details/clues, INJ: Injuries, illness/death, mutilations, SND: UFO sounds heard or recorded, ODR: Odors associated with UFO’s

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “6”, Duration: “1”, Elev: “17”, HatchDesc: “TRENTON,NJ:GUARD BURNT!:GLOW-CGR SWOOPS OVR Rvr+BACK UP:HISS:ODORS:/r70p349”, LatLong: “40.200002 -74.750004”, LatLongDMS: “40:12:00 N 74:45:00 W”, Locale: “Town & City”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, RelAlt: “10”, State/Prov: “New Jersey”, Strangeness: “7”

Event 18400 (F4B7ED19)

Date: 10/2/1956
Locations: Herbert Elkin and Company; Trenton, New Jersey
Description: 3:45 a.m. Harry J. Sturdevant is on duty as a night watchman at Herbert Elkin and Company, a construction firm in Trenton, New Jersey. He sees a cigar-shaped object some 60–100 feet long and 15 feet in diameter swiftly descending toward him. Emitting a red glow, the object is making a hissing noise like steam and generating a foul odor. It swoops past him and vanishes. He loses his sense of taste and smell, possibly permanently. His face is burned to the point where he cannot shave for two weeks. He begins to lose hearing in his right ear. When he returns to work the next day, he finds leaves on the ground that have burned up like tissue paper. Sturdevant applies for workmen’s compensation from the state for his medical expenses. An adjudicator awards him the money based on the fact that he may have only thought he saw something, but was injured when he went to investigate it, which his job required.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Emil Sloboda, “He Collected on a Flying Saucer,” Fate 10, no. 6 (June 1957): 66–69; Donald E. Keyhoe and Gordon I. R. Lore Jr., Strange Effects from UFOs, NICAP, 1969, p. 7
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_2871

Event 18401 (26D9AFC9)

Date: 10/2/1956
Location: Trenton, New Jersey
Description: Nightwatchman Harry J. Sturdevant of the Herbert Elkins Construction Firm of Trenton, New Jersey reported while on duty he saw a red-lighted cigar-shaped UFO near the Delaware River. The smell of the object made him nauseated and he couldn’t swallow. He collapsed in pain, but managed to crawl to his parked car. Six weeks later his sense of taste and touch were impaired and he had only been able to work a few days. Leonard B. Willits, a New Jersey State Workmen’s Compensation referee rewarded Medical Compensation to the nightwatchman, who had encountered a UFO, which made him ill and affected his senses of smell, taste, and touch.
Type: ufo sighting
Reference: The Flying Saucers are Hostile!, by George D. Fawcett 1961
Source: HostileFawcett, ID: HostileFawcett_51

Event 18402 (44032FD4)

Date: 10/3/1956
Time: 21:30
Location: NORTHWEST / FRANKFORT, IN
Description: 2 hunters. 6 silent boat-shapes going southeast toward(s) town single file.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO’s a HISTORY-1956 (3 booklets) 1994 Self published. (Index 933)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_5164

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

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “7”, Duration: “3”, Elev: “220”, HatchDesc: “NW/FRANKFORT,IN:2 HUNTERS:6 SLNT BOAT-SHAPES >SE twrd TOWN SINGLE FILE”, LatLong: “40.344446 -86.583337”, LatLongDMS: “40:20:40 N 86:35:00 W”, Locale: “Farmlands”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Indiana”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 18403 (6532EB6A)

Date: 10/4/1956
Location: -30.0000 132.0000
Description: Nuclear test: Air, confirmed. Country: Britain Name: “Buffalo” Yield: 1.5KT
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_1753

Extra Data: LatLong: “-30.0000 132.0000”, LatLongDMS: “30:00:00 S 132:00:00 E”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, NukeCountry: “Britain”, NukeDepth: “0.00”, NukeName: “Buffalo”, NukeSource: “BOLT”, NukeType: “NACG”, NukeY: “1.5”

Event 18404 (0DC51A4A)

Date: 10/5/1956
Time: 02:30
Location: MANAUS, BRAZIL
Description: 2 trusted observer(s). Large saucer lights ground / 30 meters around. Climbs sharply.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO’s a HISTORY-1956 (3 booklets) 1994 Self published. (Index 934)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_5165

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: “Brazil”, Credibility: “7”, Duration: “1”, Elev: “35”, HatchDesc: “MANAUS,BRZL:2 TRUSTED OBS:LRG SCR LITES GND/30 METERS AROUND:CLIMBS SHARPLY”, LatLong: “-3.116667 -60.016670”, LatLongDMS: “03:07:00 S 60:01:00 W”, Locale: “Residential”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, RelAlt: “360”, State/Prov: “Amazonas”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 18405 (8067ED76)

Date: 10/6/1956
Location: Wetherfield, Essex, UK
Description: USAF witness Pollock. (McDonald list; FUFOR Index) GCA Targets Big As B36’s (NICAP: 09 - RADAR Cases, Code: R, Rating: 5, BB: BBU)
Reference: NICAP: 561006
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_1979

Event 18406 (E7891DD6)

Date: 10/7/1956
Time: 23:20
Location: CASTLE AIR FORCE BASE, CA
Description: 2 F86’s chase saucer. RADAR’s defeated? Very fast maneuvers. / r24v5#1+/ r25p242.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO’s a HISTORY-1956 (3 booklets) 1994 Self published. (Index 936)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_5166

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: “11”, Duration: “20”, Elev: “57”, HatchDesc: “CASTLE AFB,CA:2 F86s CHASE SCR:RDRs DEFEATED?:VFAST MNVRs:/r24v5#1+/r25p242”, LatLong: “37.383335 -120.555561”, LatLongDMS: “37:23:00 N 120:33:20 W”, Locale: “Town & City”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “California”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 18407 (5213E96A)

Date: 10/7/1956
Locations: Merced, California; Castle AFB [now Castle Airport Aviation and Development Center]
Description: 10:45 p.m. UFO reports by police and civilians around Merced, California, reach Castle AFB [now Castle Airport Aviation and Development Center] and a lighted elliptical object about 100–120 feet in diameter is seen by the tower. Two interceptors are scrambled. The object ducks under and above a narrow cloud bank. The pilots can see it from various angles and as close as a few hundred yards. It appears to be a flattened circular shape. The pilots decide to fly one above and one below the overcast. Ground radar picks up the planes but not the UFO. One pilot breaks off to return but sees that the UFO is now chasing his buddy’s plane. Several officers arrive from another base to debrief the pilots and they appear very knowledgeable about UFOs. They seek “confirmation, not information” and tell the pilots not to discuss the sighting at all. Citizen witnesses are told the pilots were chasing ducks or geese.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Loren E. Gross, The Fifth Horseman of the Apocalypse: UFOs, a History: 1956 November– December, The Author, 1994, pp. 52, 59; Richard H. Hall, Uninvited Guests, Aurora, 1988, pp. 242–244; Sparks, p. 239
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_2872

Event 18408 (351A1A52)

Date: 10/8/1956
Time: 04:40
Location: NGARUAWAHIA, NZ
Description: Blazing Saturn saucer wakes man. Whirrs. Bounces / sky like ball. Going up.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO’s a HISTORY-1956 (3 booklets) 1994 Self published. (Index 943)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_5167

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, SCR: Classic saucer/disk/sphere shaped UFO, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), OBS: Observation/chasing vehicles, RAY: Odd light/searchlight/beam/laser-like, VEH: Vehicle affected: Marks/damage/EME effects, BLD: Building/man-made structure/roads/power lines

Extra Data: Country: “New Zealand”, Credibility: “7”, Duration: “30”, HatchDesc: “NGARUAWAHIA,NZ:BLAZING SATURN SCR WAKES MAN:WHIRRS:BOUNCES/SKY LIKE BALL:↑”, LatLong: “-37.672224 175.127786”, LatLongDMS: “37:40:20 S 175:07:40 E”, Locale: “Town & City”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “NI”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 18409 (F81D202C)

Date: 10/8/1956
Time: ~09:00
Location: CULVER CITY, CA
Description: 2 / back yard. Flat plain metallic object follows light plane going west to sea.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO’s a HISTORY-1956 (3 booklets) 1994 Self published. (Index 935)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_5168

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: “USA”, Credibility: “7”, Duration: “1”, Elev: “20”, HatchDesc: “CULVER CITY,CA:2/BACK YARD:FLAT PLAIN MTLC OBJ FOLOS LITE PLANE >W to sea”, LatLong: “33.988891 -118.400006”, LatLongDMS: “33:59:20 N 118:24:00 W”, Locale: “Residential”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, RelAlt: “9999”, State/Prov: “California”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 18410 (FA3E7777)

Date: 10/9/1956
Time: 15:30
Location: SPRINGDALE, OH

[c0mmando]

Description: 4 observer(s). 6 night lights very erratic. New swarm / red night lights flip east going quickly west. / r70p3-50.
Type: sighting
Reference: HAINES, Richard Ph.D: PROJECT DELTA; 1994, LDA Press, PO Box 880, Los Altos, CA 94023 USA (Index 101)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_5169

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), TCH: New technical details/clues

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “8”, Duration: “5”, Elev: “229”, HatchDesc: “SPRINGDALE,OH:4 OBS:6 NLTS VERY ERRATIC:NEW SWARM/RED NLTS FLIP E>>W:/r70p3-50”, LatLong: “39.288891 -84.483337”, LatLongDMS: “39:17:20 N 84:29:00 W”, Locale: “Town & City”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Ohio”, Strangeness: “7”

Event 18411 (9D8674C2)

Date: 10/10/1956
Time: ~06:00
Location: OFF HOKITIKA, NZ
Description: Land mass going up / sea. Sinks back. Ray / light going down / cloud on same spot.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO’s a HISTORY-1956 (3 booklets) 1994 Self published. (Index 948)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_5170

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, HQO: High-quality observer(s), NWS: News media report, ODD: Atypical/Forteana/paranormal, SUB: Submersible: Rises from or submerges into water, TCH: New technical details/clues

Extra Data: Country: “New Zealand”, Credibility: “8”, Duration: “5”, Elev: “0”, HatchDesc: “off HOKITIKA,NZ:LAND MASS ↑/SEA:SINKS BACK:RAY/LITE ↓/CLOUD on same spot”, LatLong: “-42.683335 170.916675”, LatLongDMS: “42:41:00 S 170:55:00 E”, Locale: “Offshore”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “SI”, Strangeness: “10”

Event 18412 (CA134F6D)

Date: 10/10/1956
Time: 13:30
Location: EDENDALE, NZ
Description: Cone-saucer exits clouds. U-turn back. Out again as Dakota plane passes.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO’s a HISTORY-1956 (3 booklets) 1994 Self published. (Index 947)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_5171

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: “New Zealand”, Credibility: “7”, Duration: “3”, HatchDesc: “EDENDALE,NZ:CONE-SCR EXITS CLOUDS:U-TURN BACK:OUT AGAIN AS DAKOTA PLANE PASSES”, LatLong: “-46.316669 168.772230”, LatLongDMS: “46:19:00 S 168:46:20 E”, Locale: “Town & City”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “SI”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 18413 (D7D22F74)

Date: 10/10/1956
Time: 22:30
Location: VILLAMASSARGIA, SARDINIA
Description: 1 observer. 1+3 orbs north going south. Circle arriving 60’ cylinder/cigar-shape. / Flying Saucer Review (FSR) v9#2p3.
Type: sighting
Reference: HAINES, Richard Ph.D: PROJECT DELTA; 1994, LDA Press, PO Box 880, Los Altos, CA 94023 USA (Index 45)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_5172

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

Extra Data: Country: “Italy”, Credibility: “6”, Duration: “30”, HatchDesc: “VILLAMASSARGIA,SARDINIA:1 OBS:1+3 ORBS N>S:CIRCLE ARRIVING 60’CGR:/FSR v9#2p3”, LatLong: “39.283335 8.633334”, LatLongDMS: “39:17:00 N 08:38:00 E”, Locale: “Town & City”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Cagliari”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 18414 (7B8FF619)

Date: 10/10/1956
Description: At 10:30 p.m. three balls of light flew from north to south over Villamassargia, Sardegna, Italy and then circled an arriving 60 foot long cigar-shaped object. There were several witnesses, and the sighting lasted 30 minutes.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: Flying Saucer Review, March-April 1963, p. 3; Thomas M. Olsen, The Reference for Outstanding UFO Sighting Reports, p. 82; Richard F. Haines, Project Delta: A Study of Multiple UFO, p. 45
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_6708

Event 18415 (B09F3542)

Date: 10/11/1956
Location: -30.0000 132.0000
Description: Nuclear test: Air, confirmed. Country: Britain Name: “Buffalo” Yield: 3KT
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_1754

Extra Data: LatLong: “-30.0000 132.0000”, LatLongDMS: “30:00:00 S 132:00:00 E”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, NukeCountry: “Britain”, NukeDepth: “0.00”, NukeName: “Buffalo”, NukeSource: “BOLT”, NukeType: “NACG”, NukeY: “3”

Event 18416 (4F746679)

Date: 10/13/1956
Time: ~08:00
Location: WEST ORANGE CO, CA
Description: 3 U.S. Marine Corps (USMC) F9F pilots. Bright silver disk going [to] under jets. / MJ#282 / r140#4.
Type: sighting
Reference: WEINSTEIN, Dominique; UAP: 80 Years of Pilot Sightings Privately published. 7 avenue Bartholome. 75015 Paris, FRANCE. (Index 14)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_5173

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: “USA”, Credibility: “9”, Duration: “2”, Elev: “20”, HatchDesc: “W.ORANGE co,CA:3 USMC F9F PILOTS:BRITE SLVR DISK >UNDER JETS:/MJ#282/r140#4”, LatLong: “33.750002 -118.000006”, LatLongDMS: “33:45:00 N 118:00:00 W”, Locale: “Farmlands”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “California”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 18417 (6E6C867C)

Date: 10/14/1956
Time: 22:00
Location: VADDO, SWD
Description: Metallic cylinder/cigar-shape / ovoid going down. Car malfunctions due to EME (electro-magnetic effects). Machined W-carbide fragment found. / r177p382.
Type: sighting
Reference: STURROCK, Dr. Peter A.: The UFO ENIGMA; Warner Books, NY 1999; ISBN 0-446-52565-0 HB 404pp. (Index 242)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_5174

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CST: Observer(s) in coastal area/just offshore, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, SCI: Scientist involvement, SCR: Classic saucer/disk/sphere shaped UFO, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), DRT: Dirt/soil traces/marks/footprints etc., VEH: Vehicle affected: Marks/damage/EME effects, LND: UFO landing or any part touches ground, EME: Electro-Magnetic Effects, TRC: Physical traces, TCH: New technical details/clues

Extra Data: Country: “Scandanavian and Finland”, Credibility: “8”, Duration: “10”, HatchDesc: “VADDO,SWD:MTLC CGR/OVOID ↓:CAR EMES:MACHINED W-carbide frag found:/r177p382”, LatLong: “59.983336 18.622223”, LatLongDMS: “59:59:00 N 18:37:20 E”, Locale: “Residential”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Sweden”, Strangeness: “8”

Event 18418 (E805C4FF)

Date: Late 1956
Location: Castle AFB, CA
Description: Castle AFB, California: A.A. and J.R. (names withheld) were flying F-86’s near Modesto, CA, on alert duty due to civilian UFO reports in a nearby town. Base instructed them to return because their was an UFO near the control tower. With afterburners on they closed rapidly on a luminous elliptical UFO that moved above and below cloud cover at 10 to 12 thousand feet as if to elude them. The two pilots played cat-and-mouse with the UFO until they ran low of fuel and returned to base. Local citizens that witnessed these events were told by the Air Force that the pilots had been chasing ducks or geese.
Type: movie
Reference: Pea Research
Source: Maj2, ID: Maj2_565

Event 18419 (CA384122)

Date: Late 1956
Location: Castle AFB, CA
Description: Radar/visual of disc-shaped UFO; two jets attempt intercept.
Type: ufo sighting
Reference: UFOs and the National Security State: Chronology of a Cover-up, 1941–1973, by Richard Dolan
Source: Dolan, ID: Dolan_208

Event 18420 (E7C83805)

Date: 10/15/1956
Location: US40 NORTHEAST / FERNLEY, NV
Description: Air Force man and 1 / (seen thru) binoculars. Cylinder/cigar-shape hovers / hill. Portholes. Going northeast. Returns.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO’s a HISTORY-1956 (3 booklets) 1994 Self published. (Index 467)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_5175

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

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “7”, Duration: “20”, Elev: “1270”, HatchDesc: “US40 NE/FERNLEY,NV:AF MAN+1/BINOCS:CGR HVRS/HILL:PORTHOLES:>NE:RETURNS”, LatLong: “39.833335 -118.833339”, LatLongDMS: “39:50:00 N 118:50:00 W”, Locale: “Pasture”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Nevada”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 18421 (EAC86810)

Date: Late 1956
Location: Castle AFB, nr. Modesto, CA
Description: Cat.9/11. Luminous elliptical object and two F-86’s, radar. (NICAP: 09 - RADAR Cases, Rating: 5)
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_2001

Event 18422 (7BAEE85E)

Date: Late 1956
Location: Between N. Dakota and S. Dakota, various
Description: UFO filmed by AF crew. Radar. (NICAP: 08 - Photographic Cases) (NICAP: 09 - RADAR Cases) (NICAP: 11 - Aviation Cases)
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_2002

Event 18423 (E28F6014)

Date: Late 1956
Description: The General Physics Laboratory of the Aeronautical Research Laboratories/Aerospace Research Laboratories (ARL) at Wright-Patterson AFB hires physicist Joshua N. Goldberg to administer multiple contracts related to relativistic theories of gravitation. Goldberg works here until 1963, before joining the University of Cincinnati for a year and moving on to other universities. Curiously, fellow anti-gravity researcher Louis Witten joined the University of Cincinnati after his contracted work for Wright-Patterson ended in 1968 (see 1955).

Goldberg states in his CV he worked for the Armour Research Foundation in Chicago, IL for four years before being recruited to ARL, working on applied research for industry and government. It is
unclear if Goldberg or ARL worked on UAP-related research but the many possible linkages in the PUBLIC DOMAIN are interesting. Hubert Goenner of Goettingen, a former participant of RIAS (see 1955), writes ARL may have also studied Soviet efforts in anti-gravity.

• https://artsandsciences.syracuse.edu/media/documents/JNGoldbergCV-1995-1.pdf
• https://journals.aps.org/pr/abstract/10.1103/PhysRev.111.315
• https://aip.scitation.org/doi/10.1063/1.1703717
• https://arxiv.org/pdf/1607.03319.pdf

Note: It is thought the ARL anti-gravity studies ended in 1970 with the passage of the Mansfield Amendments, which limit military funding of research that lack a specific military function.

Some of the research looks to have been moved to the Air Force Rocket Propulsion Laboratory (see June 1972).

Reference: Anonymous 2023 PDF
Source: Anon2023PDF, ID: Anon2023PDF_76

Event 18424 (1C8D18F3)

Date: 10/16/1956
Time: 05:00
Location: SHABANI, RHODESIA
Description: Railroad men. Large circular object going quickly northwest / 1200M altitude. / Flying Saucer Review (FSR) v3#1 Jan’57.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO’s a HISTORY-1956 (3 booklets) 1994 Self published. (Index 470)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_5176

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: “Zimbabwe & Zambia”, Credibility: “7”, Duration: “1”, HatchDesc: “SHABANI,RHODESIA:RAILROAD MEN:LRG CIRC.OBJ >>NW/1200M alt:/FSR v3#1 Jan’57”, LatLong: “-20.333334 30.033335”, LatLongDMS: “20:20:00 S 30:02:00 E”, Locale: “Pasture”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “RHD”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 18425 (79AA34F2)

Date: 10/17/1956
Time: 23:20
Location: WHEELUS AIR FORCE BASE, LIBYA
Description: Military ground and air RADAR’s. Bright blips maneuver. Objects invisible to pilots.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO’s a HISTORY-1956 (3 booklets) 1994 Self published. (Index 470)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_5177

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), 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, CMF: Camouflage/disguise

Extra Data: Country: “Libya”, Credibility: “9”, Duration: “180”, HatchDesc: “WHEELUS AFB,LIBYA:MIL GND+AIR RDRs:BRITE BLIPS MNVR:objs invisible to pilots”, LatLong: “32.783335 13.188890”, LatLongDMS: “32:47:00 N 13:11:20 E”, Locale: “Town & City”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “TRI”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 18426 (ABA5F3E7)

Date: 10/17/1956
Location: Wheelus AFB, Tripoli, Libya
Description: (McDonald list; FUFOR Index) F-86’s Had Radar Contact With Slow-Moving Objects (NICAP: 09 - RADAR Cases, Code: R, Rating: 5, BB: BBU)
Reference: NICAP: 561017
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_1980

Event 18427 (5A300C17)

Date: 10/18/1956
Time: 19:00
Location: CARACAS, VNZL
Description: Separate observer(s). Saucers appear 3x. Maneuvers. Maneuvers. Steep ascent. Ovoids going quickly south / 24 November.
Type: sighting
Reference: The APRO BULLETIN: Monthly. Jim & Coral Lorenzen: Tucson,AZ (USA. defunct) By volume and number. (Index 685)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_5178

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

Extra Data: Country: “Venezuela”, Credibility: “10”, Duration: “99”, Elev: “910”, HatchDesc: “CARACAS,VNZL:SEP.OBS:SCRS APPEAR 3x:MNVRS:MNVRS:STEEP ASCENT:OVOIDS >>S/24NOV”, LatLong: “10.516667 -66.950003”, LatLongDMS: “10:31:00 N 66:57:00 W”, Locale: “Metropolis”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “CRC”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 18428 (3FDC2321)

Date: 10/19/1956
Location: 1536 Connecticut Avenue, N.W., Washington, D.C.
Description: NICAP’s initial board of governors includes T. Townsend Brown (founder), Frank Edwards, Leon C. LeVan, Albert H. Baller, Charles A. Maney, Talbot T. Speer, Abraham M. Sonnabend, Col. Robert B. Emerson, Rear Adm. Delmer S. Fahrney, Gen. William E. Kepner, and Brig. Gen. Thomas B. Catron. Gladys Rose Hackett and Margaret Naylor are hired to do secretarial work, and Martin H. Heflin is hired as public relations specialist. The headquarters are at 1536 Connecticut Avenue, N.W., Washington, D.C. Incorporation is granted on October 24.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: “‘Toward a Broader Understanding…’: The Story of How NICAP Began,” UFO Investigator, October 1971, p. 3; Clark III 792; Loren E. Gross, The Fifth Horseman of the Apocalypse: UFOs, a History: 1956 September– October, The Author, 1994, pp. 77–78
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_2873

Event 18429 (1FCF0453)

Date: 10/22/1956
Location: -30.0000 132.0000
Description: Nuclear test: Air, confirmed. Country: Britain Name: “Buffalo” 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_1755

Extra Data: LatLong: “-30.0000 132.0000”, LatLongDMS: “30:00:00 S 132:00:00 E”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, NukeCountry: “Britain”, NukeDepth: “0.00”, NukeName: “Buffalo”, NukeSource: “BOLT”, NukeType: “NACG”, NukeY: “10”

Event 18430 (ED95705D)

Date: 10/23/1956
Description: (Translated from French) Soviet intervention in Budapest. (October 23)
Reference: rr0 - Beau
Source: rr0, ID: rr0_1668

Event 18431 (AEDEFFDD)

Date: 10/24/1956
Location: Washington DC
Description: NICAP established. One of its board of directors was Admiral Roscoe H. Hillenkoetter, former CIA director and rumored MJ-12 member. From this position Hillenkoetter and others could steeer NICAP from the inside in any direction they wanted.
Type: historical event
Reference: Pea Research
Source: Maj2, ID: Maj2_567

Event 18432 (60779A67)

Date: 10/24/1956
Location: VILA REAL DE STO ANTONIO, PORT
Description: Several observer(s) / (seen thru) binoculars. Large metal sphere. Glows blue and red and white.
Type: sighting
Reference: LOURENCO, Victor: The PORTUCAT CATALOG; (BBS Download). (Index 29)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_5179

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)

Extra Data: Country: “Portugal”, Credibility: “9”, Duration: “10”, HatchDesc: “VILA REAL de Sto ANTONIO,PORT:SVRL OBS/BINOCS:LRG MTL SPHERE:GLOWS BLU+RED+WHT”, LatLong: “37.188891 -7.433334”, LatLongDMS: “37:11:20 N 07:26:00 W”, Locale: “Coastlands”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Algarve”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 18433 (4E09C666)

Date: 10/25/1956
Time: 16:30
Location: VICKSBURG, MS
Description: Silver ovoid dives / airliner. Quickly going up [to] and going quickly east. Back / same observer(s) 31 October / r140#9p53.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO’s a HISTORY-1956 (3 booklets) 1994 Self published. (Index 951)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_5180

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, MIL: Military investigation, BBK: Project BLUEBOOK

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “6”, Duration: “1”, Elev: “61”, HatchDesc: “VICKSBURG,MS:SLVR OVOID DIVES/AIRLINER:↑↑+>>E::BACK/SAME OBS 31OCT/r140#9p53”, LatLong: “32.350002 -90.877782”, LatLongDMS: “32:21:00 N 90:52:40 W”, Locale: “Town & City”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Mississippi”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 18434 (0672BFAD)

Date: 10/26/1956
Location: Near Okinawa
Description: Two American jets collide in process of tracking 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_207

Event 18435 (ADCA138D)

Date: 10/26/1956
Time: 16:00
Location: ANITA, IA
Description: Ground Observer Corps (GOC) observer(s). Bright silver disk hovers. Flips over several X. No further details / Blue Book card.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO’s a HISTORY-1956 (3 booklets) 1994 Self published. (Index 485)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_5181

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: “381”, HatchDesc: “ANITA,IA:GOC OBS:BRITE SLVR DISK HVRS:FLIPS OVR SVRL X:NFD/BBK CARD”, LatLong: “41.450002 -94.750005”, LatLongDMS: “41:27:00 N 94:45:00 W”, Locale: “Residential”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Iowa”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 18436 (71E81ADC)

Date: 10/28/1956
Location: Minot, ND
Description: October 28, 1956; Minot, North Dakota, photos by missile crew, radar (NICAP: 03 - EME Cases)
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_1981

Event 18437 (19A3C245)

Date: 10/28/1956
Location: Minot, ND
Description: Oct 28, 1956; Minot, ND, photo from missile crew, RV (NICAP: 08 - Photographic Cases)
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_1982

Event 18438 (721F32CC)

Date: 10/28/1956
Location: Minot, ND
Description: October 28, 1956; Minot, N. Dakota, Missile base, RV, Photo, EM (NICAP: 09 - RADAR Cases, Rating: 5)
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_1983

Event 18439 (17A7C0C7)

Date: 10/28/1956
Description: A bright red-orange object was seen by a B-52 crew flying over North Dakota. At same time a missile maintenance man at Minot AFB saw the same or a similar bright orange-red UFO. The B-52 was vectored closer by the base which was tracking the object on radar, some 30 miles to the northwest of the base. The search for the UFO, which may have landed, was complicated by a period of unexplained radio interference.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: J. Allen Hynek, Hynek UFO Report, p. 137; MUFON UFO Journal, October 1991; UNICAT, case # 274
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_7222

Event 18440 (2A3E9EBF)

Date: 10/29/1956
Description: (Translated from French) Suez Crisis. (October 29)
Reference: rr0 - Beau
Source: rr0, ID: rr0_1669

Event 18441 (2A2771F6)

Date: 10/29/1956
Time: ~15:00
Location: TOBYHANNA, PA
Description: 4 observer(s). Silver cylinder/cigar-shape hovers over town. Then disappears into Harvey Lake!
Type: sighting
Reference: SANDERSON, Ivan: INVISIBLE RESIDENTS; World Publishing HB 1970 & Avon Books PB 1973 (Index 226)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_5182

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, HQO: High-quality observer(s), NWS: News media report, CIG: Torpedo/cigar/cylinder shaped UFO, SUB: Submersible: Rises from or submerges into water, OID: Humanoid: Small alien or “Grey”, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), LND: UFO landing or any part touches ground

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “8”, Duration: “3”, Elev: “592”, HatchDesc: “TOBYHANNA,PA:4 OBS:SLVR CGR HVRS OVR TOWN:THEN DISAPPEARS INTO HARVEY LAKE!”, LatLong: “41.177780 -75.416670”, LatLongDMS: “41:10:40 N 75:25:00 W”, Locale: “Town & City”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Pennsylvania”, Strangeness: “8”

Event 18442 (7C3EBAEC)

Date: 10/29/1956
Locations: High Bridge, New Jersey; New York City
Description: Howard Menger, a sign painter from High Bridge, New Jersey, goes public on the Long John Nebel show on WOR-AM in New York City with a story of his contacts with “Aryan-type” Venusians in spaceships. Menger reports that his contacts started in childhood, when he experienced flashbacks of life on another world and sightings of flying discs. In 1932 he met a beautiful blonde woman who could read his mind, and in 1946 he again sees her stepping out of a flying saucer. She is supposedly 500 years old, although she looks 25. Many contacts follow.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Clark III 738
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_2874

Event 18443 (FFD315F2)

Date: 11/1956 (approximate)
Time: ~03:00
Location: NEAR LEMMON, SD?
Description: USAF RB36H paced. Crew photographs domed metallic saucer. Ground RADAR’s. / International UFO Reporter (CUFOS Group, USA) v25#1.
Type: sighting
Reference: Database/website: RICHARD HAINES Article from IUR Vol.25 #1 http://www.nicap.dabsol.uk/IURhaines1956.htm
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_5183

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

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “7”, Duration: “2”, Elev: “784”, HatchDesc: “nr LEMMON,SD?:USAF RB36H PACED:CREW FOTOS DOMED MTLC SCR:GND RDRS:/IUR v25#1”, LatLong: “45.916669 -102.166672”, LatLongDMS: “45:55:00 N 102:10:00 W”, Locale: “Metropolis”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “South Dakota”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 18444 (4C5D28C5)

Date: 11/1956
Time: 12:00?
Location: NORTHWEST / CELINA, TX
Description: School board president / farm. Flat metallic disk. Lit portholes / rim. Away / extremely fast.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO’s a HISTORY-1956 (3 booklets) 1994 Self published. (Index 2)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_5184

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”, HatchDesc: “NW/CELINA,TX:SCHOOL BOARD PRESD/FARM:FLAT MTLC DISK:LIT PORTS/RIM:AWAY/XFAST:”, LatLong: “33.333335 -97.800005”, LatLongDMS: “33:20:00 N 97:48:00 W”, Locale: “Farmlands”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Texas”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 18445 (9D756E5D)

Date: 11/1956
Time: 23:00
Location: CYSOING, FR
Description: 1 / bicycle. 30M aluminum saucer / field reflects moonlight. Observer(s) scared and goes.
Type: sighting
Reference: LUMIERES DANS la NUIT (LDLN), Paris. Bimonthly since 1957. LDLN B.P.3; 77123 Le Vaudoue, FRANCE. (Index 96)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_5185

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: “France”, Credibility: “6”, Duration: “1”, HatchDesc: “CYSOING,FR:1/BICYCLE:30M ALUM. SCR/FIELD REFLECTS MOONLIGHT:OBS SCARED+GOES”, LatLong: “50.566669 3.216667”, LatLongDMS: “50:34:00 N 03:13:00 E”, Locale: “Pasture”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Nord”, Strangeness: “7”

Event 18446 (F029186A)

Date: 11/1956
Location: Malibu, CA
Description: Flat oval object with three window-like markings on underside flew low, through searchlight beam. (UFOE, XII) (NICAP: 02 - Close Encounters)
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_1984

Event 18447 (A9691C43)

Date: 11/1/1956
Description: (Translated from French) 60 miles East of St. Louis (Missouri), USAF Captain W. M. Lyons, Chief of the Intelligence Division (Air Weather Reconnaissance Bureau) is piloting a T-33 training jet. He sees an orange light with a blue tint flying through the sky for 2 minutes. (November 1st, 5:30 PM)
Reference: case Blue Book #4489 unsolved
Reference: rr0 - Beau
Source: rr0, ID: rr0_1670

Event 18448 (531A5156)

Date: 11/1/1956
Location: St. Louis (60 miles east of), MO
Description: H. S. Yellow Object Observed By T-33 Crew (NICAP: 11 - Aviation Cases, Code: A, Rating: 5, BB: 4489)
Reference: NICAP: 561101
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_1985

Event 18449 (44295279)

Date: 11/1/1956
Time: 5:30 PM
Location: 60 miles east of St. Louis, Missouri, in Illinois
Description: Witness: USAF Capt. W…M. Lyons, Intelligence Division Chief (Aerial Weather Reconnaissance Officer), flying a T-33 jet trainer. One orange light with a blue tinge, flew across the sky for 2 minutes.
Type: ufo sighting
Reference: BlueBook Unknowns PDF
Source: BerlinerBBUnknowns, ID: BerlinerBBU_407

Event 18450 (FB4E05BD)

Date: 11/4/1956
Location: Point Arena, CA
Description: (McDonald list; FUFOR Index) Two Objects Tracked By Ground Radar (NICAP: 09 - RADAR Cases, Code: R, Rating: 5, BB: BBU)
Reference: NICAP: 561104
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_1986

Event 18451 (E05CC02B)

Date: 11/4/1956
Description: NICAP issues its first news release. T. Townsend Brown emphasizes the group’s “growing membership of responsible citizens from every walk of life and profession” and stresses that “there does exist more than enough evidence of certain and obvious aerial phenomena to justify independent evaluation.”
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: NICAP, “Project Skylight,” November 4, 1956
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_2875

Event 18452 (762EB3AA)

Date: 11/5/1956
Time: 20:30
Location: MALVERN AND MORE/OTHERS, RSA
Description: 33+observer(s). Huge round object passes. Silent. Sharp edges. Going [to] to cloud. / r140#5p3.
Type: sighting
Reference: FLYING SAUCER REVIEW (FSR), London. Bimonthly. PO Box 162; High Wycombe, Bucks. HP135 DZ, England. (Index 37)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_5186

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: “Republic of South Africa”, Credibility: “11”, Duration: “1”, HatchDesc: “MALVERN++,RSA:33+OBS:HUGE RND OBJ PASSES:SLNT:SHARP EDGES:> to CLOUD:/r140#5p3”, LatLong: “-26.200001 28.100001”, LatLongDMS: “26:12:00 S 28:06:00 E”, Locale: “Metropolis”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “TRV”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 18453 (1796F777)

Date: 11/5/1956 (approximate)
Time: 20:30
Location: MALIBU, CA
Description: Brilliant ovoid with windows / underside. Going [to] low through searchlight beam. / r78p177.
Type: sighting
Reference: HALL, Richard: The UFO EVIDENCE; NICAP,Washington, DC 1964. Reprinted 1997 Barnes & Noble Books ( only $7.98! ) (Index 146)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_5187

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, TCH: New technical details/clues

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “7”, Duration: “1”, Elev: “34”, HatchDesc: “MALIBU,CA:BRILL.OVOID W/WINDOWS/UNDERSIDE:>LO THRU SEARCHLITE BEAM:/r78p177”, LatLong: “34.050002 -118.633339”, LatLongDMS: “34:03:00 N 118:38:00 W”, Locale: “Residential”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “California”, Strangeness: “7”

Event 18454 (81ACD180)

Date: 11/5/1956
Description: A huge round object with sharply outlined edges passed overhead in Malvern, South Africa at 8:30 p.m. The flying object made no sound as it flew into a cloud.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: Larry Hatch, U computer database, case 4816, citing Flying Saucer Review, Volume 3, No. 1
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_7468

Event 18455 (AA57BFB9)

Date: 11/6/1956
Description: (Translated from French) Re-election of President Eisenhower. (November 6)
Reference: rr0 - Beau
Source: rr0, ID: rr0_1671

Event 18456 (E23E94C9)

Date: 11/7/1956
Time: 18:00
Location: PARIS, FR
Description: Several thousands and astronomers. 2 Brill objects hover over crowds. Away extremely fast. Type unknown.
Type: sighting
Reference: FLYING SAUCER REVIEW (FSR), London. Bimonthly. PO Box 162; High Wycombe, Bucks. HP135 DZ, England. (Index 37)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_5188

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, MIL: Observer(s) military, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, HQO: High-quality observer(s), SCI: Scientist involvement, NWS: News media report, 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

Extra Data: Country: “France”, Credibility: “14”, Duration: “4”, HatchDesc: “PARIS,FR:SVRL 1000s+ASTRONs:2 BRILL OBJS HVR ovr CROWDS:AWAY XFAST:type unk”, LatLong: “48.866669 2.333333”, LatLongDMS: “48:52:00 N 02:20:00 E”, Locale: “Metropolis”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Paris”, Strangeness: “4”

Event 18457 (BD3A578D)

Date: 11/8/1956
Time: ~08:00
Location: SHARPES, FL
Description: 1 observer. Bright round object follows test missile up into space.
Type: sighting
Reference: MUFON UFO JOURNAL, Seguin, TX USA. Monthly. (Index 283)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_5189

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: “USA”, Credibility: “6”, Duration: “5”, Elev: “7”, HatchDesc: “SHARPES,FL:1 OBS:BRITE RND OBJ FOLOS TEST MISSILE up into space:”, LatLong: “28.433335 -80.761115”, LatLongDMS: “28:26:00 N 80:45:40 W”, Locale: “Town & City”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Florida”, Strangeness: “7”

Event 18458 (2B7C7BAA)

Date: 11/8/1956
Time: 09:00
Location: CAPE CANAVERAL, FL
Description: Several observer(s). 2 saucers buzz F100 jet after missile test. Can’t catch.
Type: sighting
Reference: MUFON UFO JOURNAL, Seguin, TX USA. Monthly. (Index 283)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_5190

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, TCH: New technical details/clues, MIL: Military investigation

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “9”, Duration: “1”, Elev: “3”, HatchDesc: “CAPE CANAVERAL,FL:SVRL OBS:2 SCRS BUZZ F100 JET AFTER MISSILE TEST:CANT CATCH”, LatLong: “28.433335 -80.616671”, LatLongDMS: “28:26:00 N 80:37:00 W”, Locale: “Town & City”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Florida”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 18459 (AD1FADCA)

Date: 11/8/1956
Time: 11:20
Location: CAPE SABLE, FL
Description: 6 PAA RADAR experts. Blip = huge bar-bell. 6000kph. / MJ#283+/ r140#5.
Type: sighting
Reference: The APRO BULLETIN: Monthly. Jim & Coral Lorenzen: Tucson,AZ (USA. defunct) By volume and number. (Index 685)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_5191

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), RDR: Radar traces/blips, TCH: New technical details/clues

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “10”, Duration: “20”, Elev: “2”, HatchDesc: “CAPE SABLE,FL:6 PAA RDR EXPERTS:BLIP=HUGE BAR-BELL:6000kph:/MJ#283+/r140#5”, LatLong: “25.200001 -81.016671”, LatLongDMS: “25:12:00 N 81:01:00 W”, Locale: “Metropolis”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Florida”, Strangeness: “8”

Event 18460 (19C50A97)

Date: 11/8/1956
Location: Miami, FL
Description: November 8, 1956; Miami, Florida, G (NICAP: 09 - RADAR Cases, Rating: 5)
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_1987

Event 18461 (F585E4AA)

Date: 11/8/1956
Description: A UFO flap covering the states of North Dakota, South Dakota, and Minnesota began on November 8, 1956. The sightings occurred during nearly every hour of the day and night and continued until December 2, 1956. More than 85 separate sighting reports from some 60 different localities were received from this three state area. Due to the unusually large number of reports, it was possible in some instances to determine that the same UFO or UFOs were seen in widely separate places. At other times the sighting reports suggested that a large number of different objects were aloft at the same time.

The flurry of UFO reports began with a sighting in Dickinson, South Dakota. Farmer Laudie Dvorak was driving into his farmyard about 8:30 p.m., on this date when he glanced up and saw what at first appeared to be a falling star, off to the north. But in a few seconds it seemed to be “right in front of me.” He thought it might be an airplane, but it wasn’t. “It went too fast,” Dvorak said, “even for a jet - maybe 800 to 1000 miles per hour. It was just a streak through the buttes as it approached from the north and traveled in a southerly direction.”
Reference: Johnson
Reference: Bob Gribble, Looking Back November 1956, National UFO Reporting Center website
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_7529

Event 18462 (E9453504)

Date: 11/8/1956
Description: While the UFOs were busy over the northern Plain States they surprised a few people in southern Florida as well. About nine a.m. on November 8th, several witnesses in Coco Beach, Florida observed two UFOs move in behind an F-100 jet fighter. Through 7x50 binoculars, and also with the naked eye, they watched as the jet moved across the sky at about 1250 miles per hour. The UFO came up fast and the jet pilot made a tight turn, but couldn’t catch the object. It was learned later that the same object was seen earlier pursuing a rocket launched from Cape Canaveral.

About two hours after the UFO pursued the jet and rocket, a mysterious object which apparently played tag off the tip of Florida for several minutes before shooting into space at 4000 miles per hour was reported by a Pan American World Airways radar expert. Donald Freestone said he picked up the UFO while testing weather radar equipment in the FAA shops at Miami International Airport. Surprised by the unexpected target return on the screen, he called fellow employees. Six of his colleagues confirmed the finding. None knew what it was. “I didn’t believe in such things before,” said Freestone. “But after this happened, I got some books and read up on it. Now I’m convinced it was something that is out of our experience, so far as aircraft is concerned.”

Freestone said the UFO was “four to five times larger than any aircraft observed in the past.” It appeared to be egg-shaped or oval-shaped, and to have a double pattern resembling an hourglass or figure eight. The radar expert said he was working on a Bendix RDR-lA weather radar which FAA uses in some planes to spot bad weather ahead. It is capable of “seeing” storms and thunderstorms 150 miles in the path of planes. With the radar at “zero tilt” - that is, pointed straight out, Freestone first saw the UFO. “It appeared at approximately 65 miles southwest of Miami, at an altitude of between 7000 and 8000 feet. It disappeared and reappeared several times. I found that by turning the antenna tilt up, it could be brought back on the screen. It disappeared once at 70 miles and reappeared at about 55 miles, then moved back to 70 miles. The speed was estimated at 550 to 650 miles per hour.”

"It then moved in to 50 miles and remained stationary for two to three minutes. Then it began going off in the south-southwest direction it had come from. One time it was noticed that the target moved 20 miles in about six sweeps or rotations of the antenna, which rotates at a speed of 20 times a minute. (Calculations indicate that this showed a flying speed of about 4000 miles per hour.) The object was last observed at about 100 miles from Miami, still moving south-southwest. It was on the radar screen for about 20 minutes from 11:15 a.m. to 11:35 a.m. From the returns the target appeared fairly large, being four to five times larger than any normal aircraft. It had a definite shape and moved on a definite course. Homestead Air Force Base, south of Miami, Florida was placed on an “alert status.”
Reference: Johnson
Reference: Bob Gribble, Looking Back, November 1956, National UFO Reporting Center website
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_7530

Event 18463 (338B20A4)

Date: 11/9/1956
Time: 10:40
Location: YOKOHAMA, JPN
Description: Matsumura and many. Several round silver objects hover and change formation over hills.
Type: sighting
Reference: The APRO BULLETIN: Monthly. Jim & Coral Lorenzen: Tucson,AZ (USA. defunct) By volume and number. (Index 685)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_5192

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: “Japan”, Credibility: “9”, Duration: “2”, HatchDesc: “YOKOHAMA,JPN:MATSUMURA+MANY:SVRL RND SLVR OBJs HVR+CHANGE FORMn OVR HILLS”, LatLong: “35.616668 139.650007”, LatLongDMS: “35:37:00 N 139:39:00 E”, Locale: “Residential”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Honshu Island”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 18464 (1F0BE6D1)

Date: 11/9/1956
Time: 19:00
Location: DESTIN, FL
Description: Military pilot / air. Long thin object with series / bright orange lights. / r140#10p7.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO’s a HISTORY-1956 (3 booklets) 1994 Self published. (Index 514)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_5193

Attributes: CST: Observer(s) in coastal area/just offshore, AIR: Observer(s) on aircraft, MIL: Observer(s) military, WAV: Wave/cluster/flap, CIG: Torpedo/cigar/cylinder shaped UFO, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s)

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “7”, Duration: “4”, Elev: “8”, HatchDesc: “DESTIN,FL:MIL.PILOT/AIR:LONG THIN OBJ W/SERIES/BRITE ORG.LITES:/r140#10p7”, LatLong: “30.383335 -86.500004”, LatLongDMS: “30:23:00 N 86:30:00 W”, Locale: “Metropolis”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Florida”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 18465 (EA160F1A)

Date: 11/9/1956
Location: Destin, FL
Description: Pilot saw a long narrow object with a series of bright orange lights (NICAP: 11 - Aviation Cases, BB: BBU)
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_1988

Event 18466 (DEA03F3A)

Date: 11/9/1956
Description: A long, narrow, fuselage-shaped object with a series of bright orange lights was sighted by an airman flying over Destin, Florida at 6:00 p.m. in a U.S. Air Force RF-84F aircraft from the 3242rd reconaisance squadron.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: Dominique Weinstein, Aircraft UFO Encounters, p. 28; Loren E. Gross, The Fifth Horseman of the Apocalypse: UFOs: A History. 1956: November-December, p. 14
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_7563

Event 18467 (C2CC1E6B)

Date: 11/11/1956
Time: 21:30
Location: EL TORO MARINE AS, CA
Description: Blue Book. RADAR-visual (observation). Small blips maneuver / 50-2000kts. Rejoin large blip.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO’s a HISTORY-1956 (3 booklets) 1994 Self published. (Index 512)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_5194

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, MIL: Military investigation, BBK: Project BLUEBOOK

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “9”, Duration: “224”, Elev: “190”, HatchDesc: “EL TORO MARINE AS,CA:BBK:RDR-VIS:SML BLIPS MNVR/50-2000kts:REJOIN LRG BLIP”, LatLong: “33.644446 -117.711117”, LatLongDMS: “33:38:40 N 117:42:40 W”, Locale: “Town & City”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “California”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 18468 (3C9249D5)

Date: 11/11/1956
Location: El Toro Marine Corps Air Station, CA
Description: Objects Seen & Tracked For Eight Hours (NICAP: 09 - RADAR Cases, Code: R, Rating: 5, BB: BBU)
Reference: NICAP: 561111
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_1989

Event 18469 (B40ABD54)

Date: 11/11/1956
Locations: Väddö, Sweden; Stockholm, Sweden
Description: 10:00 p.m. Stig Ekberg and Harry Sjöberg are building a house on the island of Väddö, about 56 miles northwest of Stockholm, Sweden. Ekberg is driving his Ford V8 pickup when they see a bright flying object with the shape of a flattened sphere 24 feet wide and 9 feet high approaching from the east. It moves about a half mile in front of them at an altitude of 300 feet. As it makes a sharp turn toward them, the truck engine sputters and dies and the headlights go out. The object starts “slowly gliding down,” rocks back and forth, and comes to a stop in the middle of the road, about 300 feet in front of them, 3 feet above the ground. The object illuminates the surrounding landscape with such a tremendous amount of light that a nearby barn is clearly visible. The air smells of ozone and smoldering insulation. After about 10 minutes the object gets brighter, lifts off the ground, moves to the left and up, makes a sudden turn, and speeds away in the direction it had come. Ekberg restarts the truck and the headlights come back on. Seeing that the grass at the landing site is flattened, they investigate further and find a shiny rock that is hot to the touch. It is a heavy, three-sided piece of metal about the size of a matchbox. After several unsuccessful attempts to have the sample studied, it is taken to the Saab aircraft company where Sven Schalin conducts a thorough analysis. Other tests are later run in laboratories in Sweden, Denmark, and Germany. The general conclusion is that the rock is composed of tungsten carbide and cobalt, consistent with manufactured products.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Jacques Vallée, “Physical Analyses in Ten Cases of Unexplained Aerial Objects with Material Samples,” Journal of Scientific Exploration 12, no. 3 (1998): 365–366
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_2876

Event 18470 (6AA63C62)

Date: 11/11/1956
Description: At around 10 pm. in the town of Vaddo, near Stockholm, Sweden a car’s engine and headlights died when a gray, elliptical flattened sphere came down over the road in front of the vehicle and landed nearby. There were two witnesses inside the car, Mr. Edberg and Mr. Sjoberg. A three-sided piece of metal about the size of a matchbox was found at the landing site. Metalurgical analysis revealed that it was 94.86% tungsten.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: Illobrand von Ludwiger, Best UFO Cases–Europe, p. 49
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_7594

Event 18471 (3F142E48)

Date: 11/14/1956
Time: 01:20
Location: ORTONVILLE, MN AND MORE/OTHERS
Description: Huge saucer follows milk truck / 240km! Swoops going down / 300M altitude. Separate observer(s).
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO’s a HISTORY-1956 (3 booklets) 1994 Self published. (Index 6)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_5195

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, VEH: Vehicle affected: Marks/damage/EME effects, SND: UFO sounds heard or recorded

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “8”, Duration: “245”, Elev: “335”, HatchDesc: “ORTONVILLE,MN++:HUGE SCR FOLOS MILK TRUCK/240km!:SWOOPS ↓/300M alt:SEP.OBS”, LatLong: “45.316669 -96.366671”, LatLongDMS: “45:19:00 N 96:22:00 W”, Locale: “Farmlands”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, RelAlt: “300”, State/Prov: “Minnesota”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 18472 (D9DD0AB6)

Date: 11/14/1956
Time: 01:20
Location: GRACEVILLE, MN
Description: 1500’ disk 12’ thick. Maneuvers and glows. Quickly going up [to] as truck lights flash. / FSRv3#1.
Type: sighting
Reference: The APRO BULLETIN: Monthly. Jim & Coral Lorenzen: Tucson,AZ (USA. defunct) By volume and number. (Index 683)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_5196

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, NWS: News media report, ODD: Atypical/Forteana/paranormal, 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: “6”, Duration: “44”, Elev: “342”, HatchDesc: “GRACEVILLE,MN:1500’DISK 12’THICK:MNVRS+GLOWS:↑↑ as TRUCK LITES FLASH:/FSRv3#1”, LatLong: “45.566669 -96.433338”, LatLongDMS: “45:34:00 N 96:26:00 W”, Locale: “Pasture”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Minnesota”, Strangeness: “9”

Event 18473 (2A58F3B9)

Date: 11/14/1956
Time: 22:10
Location: 60 MI NNE / MOBILE, AL
Description: Airline(s)/airliner pilots. Fireball stops dead. Zigzags all over/all about. Going quickly south. / r242p5+r47+r140.
Type: sighting
Reference: UFO INVESTIGATOR: NICAP: Kensington, MD & Washington, DC [defunct]. University Microfilms, Ann Arbor, MI 48106 (Index 14)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_5197

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, AIR: Observer(s) on aircraft, 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), MIL: Military investigation, BBK: Project BLUEBOOK, GSA: Covert Security Agency, OGA: Non-Covert Government Agencies

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “7”, Duration: “5”, Elev: “120”, HatchDesc: “60mi NNE/MOBILE,AL:AL PILOTS:FBL STOPS DEAD:ZIGZAGS ALLO:>>S:/r242p5+r47+r140”, LatLong: “31.666668 -87.916671”, LatLongDMS: “31:40:00 N 87:55:00 W”, Locale: “Metropolis”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Alabama”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 18474 (E35A5C2A)

Date: 11/14/1956
Location: Jackson, AL
Description: Capital Airlines Pilots Sees Acrobatic UFO (NICAP: 11 - Aviation Cases, Code: A, Rating: 5, BB: BBU)
Reference: NICAP: 561114
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_1990

Event 18475 (544E45C4)

Date: 11/14/1956
Location: Mobile, AL
Description: Luminous object descended, hovered in front of airliner, then sped away at upward angle
Type: sighting
Reference: The UFO Evidence by Richard H. Hall
Source: HallUFOEvidence2, ID: HallUFOE2_3

Event 18476 (E836F552)

Date: 11/14/1956
Locations: New York City; Mobile, Alabama; Jackson, Alabama; Gulf of Mexico
Description: 10:10 p.m. Captain William Joseph Hull and his copilot Peter H. Macintosh are flying Capital Airlines Flight 77 from New York City to Mobile, Alabama. While approximately above Jackson, Alabama, they see something like a brilliant meteor flash by the aircraft. The object stops, hovers, and engages in a range of acrobatics (crazy gyrations, lazy 8’s, square chandeliers) for several minutes before shooting out over the Gulf of Mexico at “fantastic speed.”
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Sign Historical Group, “Captain Joe Hull’s UFO Sighting”; Condon, pp. 127–129; Sparks, p. 240; Swords 230–231
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_2877

Event 18477 (A63025C1)

Date: 11/16/1956
Time: 19:00
Location: MOBRIDGE AND MILBANK ETC., SD
Description: Wave / fireballs and circular objects. Drop and stop. Shoot away. / Flying Saucer Review (FSR) v3#1.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO’s a HISTORY-1956 (3 booklets) 1994 Self published. (Index 526)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_5198

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, HQO: High-quality observer(s), NWS: News media report, WAV: Wave/cluster/flap, SCR: Classic saucer/disk/sphere shaped UFO, PRB: Probe: Possibly remote controlled, FBL: Fireball: Blazing undistinguished form/orb., NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s)

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “8”, Duration: “90”, Elev: “523”, HatchDesc: “MOBRIDGE+MILBANK etc.,SD:WAVE/FBLS+CIRC.OBJS:DROP+STOP:SHOOT AWAY:/FSR v3#1”, LatLong: “45.538891 -100.433338”, LatLongDMS: “45:32:20 N 100:26:00 W”, Locale: “Town & City”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “South Dakota”, Strangeness: “5”

Event 18478 (EABA925D)

Date: 11/16/1956
Time: ~22:00
Location: LEMMON, SD
Description: 1M fireball follows train. Boom! Railroad/railway phones and signals out. / MJ#283+/ r140#5p26.
Type: sighting
Reference: HALL, Richard: The UFO EVIDENCE; NICAP,Washington, DC 1964. Reprinted 1997 Barnes & Noble Books ( only $7.98! ) (Index 167)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_5199

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, HQO: High-quality observer(s), MID: Likely mis-identification, WAV: Wave/cluster/flap, PRB: Probe: Possibly remote controlled, FBL: Fireball: Blazing undistinguished form/orb., NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), OBS: Observation/chasing vehicles, VEH: Vehicle affected: Marks/damage/EME effects, BLD: Building/man-made structure/roads/power lines, EME: Electro-Magnetic Effects

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “7”, Duration: “10”, Elev: “784”, HatchDesc: “LEMMON,SD:1M FBL FOLOS TRAIN:BOOM!:RR PHONES+SIGNALS OUT:/MJ#283+/r140#5p26”, LatLong: “45.944447 -102.150005”, LatLongDMS: “45:56:40 N 102:09:00 W”, Locale: “Pasture”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “South Dakota”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 18479 (A89E8CA7)

Date: 11/16/1956
Location: Lemmon, SD
Description: November 16, 1956; Lemmon, S.D. Railroad phones, automatic block system “mysteriously dead” as UFO passed over railroad yards (NICAP: 03 - EME Cases)
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_1991

Event 18480 (4B46C04C)

Date: 11/16/1956
Location: Lemmon, South Dakota
Description: Morning. Telephones and an automatic railroad block mechanism in Lemmon, South Dakota, fail to operate as a glowing red object about 3 feet in diameter flies over the railroad yards.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Mobridge (S.Dak.) Tribune, November 22, 1956; Schopick, pp. 21–22; Richard F. Haines and Franklin Carter, “A 1956 Military Aircraft– UFO Close Encounter,” IUR 25, no. 1 (Spring 2000): 25
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_2878

Event 18481 (38DFD736)

Date: 11/17/1956
Time: 02:30
Location: DICKINSON, ND
Description: Red night light hovers low by railroad/railway tracks. Shoots quickly going up [to] as 2 cops near. Maneuvers / sky.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO’s a HISTORY-1956 (3 booklets) 1994 Self published. (Index 527)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_5200

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, LND: UFO landing or any part touches ground, TCH: New technical details/clues, OGA: Non-Covert Government Agencies

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “7”, Duration: “120”, Elev: “735”, HatchDesc: “DICKINSON,ND:RED NLT HVRS LOW by RR TRACKS:SHOOTS ↑↑ as 2 COPS NEAR:MNVRS/SKY”, LatLong: “46.877780 -102.788894”, LatLongDMS: “46:52:40 N 102:47:20 W”, Locale: “Pasture”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, RelAlt: “10”, State/Prov: “North Dakota”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 18482 (5B101630)

Date: 11/17/1956
Time: 12:00
Location: COLUMBUS, OH
Description: A. G. Corbett. Burger-bun saucer near military transport plane. Gone in seconds.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO’s a HISTORY-1956 (3 booklets) 1994 Self published. (Index 15)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_5201

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: “6”, Duration: “1”, HatchDesc: “COLUMBUS,OH:A.G.CORBETT:BURGER-BUN SCR NR MIL XPORT PLANE:GONE IN SECONDS”, LatLong: “39.988891 -83.038893”, LatLongDMS: “39:59:20 N 83:02:20 W”, Locale: “Residential”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Ohio”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 18483 (5AB3D38F)

Date: 11/17/1956
Location: 50.4375 77.814167
Description: Nuclear test: Air, confirmed. Country: USSR Yield: 900KT
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_1063

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: “900”

Event 18484 (18F11718)

Date: 11/19/1956
Time: 23:50
Location: FRANKFURT, GERM
Description: Engineering student. 7 blue-white ovoids / V-formation east going quickly west over town. No further details.
Type: sighting
Reference: HALL, Richard: The UFO EVIDENCE; NICAP,Washington, DC 1964. Reprinted 1997 Barnes & Noble Books ( only $7.98! ) (Index 123)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_5202

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: “Germany”, Credibility: “7”, Duration: “1”, HatchDesc: “FRANKFURT,GERM:ENGINEERING STUDENT:7 BLU-WHT OVOIDS/VFORMn E>>W OVR TOWN:NFD”, LatLong: “50.100002 8.683334”, LatLongDMS: “50:06:00 N 08:41:00 E”, Locale: “Metropolis”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “HSS”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 18485 (853C3483)

Date: 11/19/1956
Location: Frankfurt, Germany
Description: V-formation of blue-white, elliptical UFOs. (UFOE, X) (NICAP: 01 - Distant Encounters)
Reference: NICAP: 561119
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_1992

Event 18486 (B8C69A2E)

Date: 11/21/1956
Time: ~20:00
Location: OFF WHARF / KOBE, JPN
Description: Explosive sound. 2 fireballs whirl on water and sink. Fireworks?
Type: sighting
Reference: SANDERSON, Ivan: INVISIBLE RESIDENTS; World Publishing HB 1970 & Avon Books PB 1973 (Index 39)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_5203

Attributes: CST: Observer(s) in coastal area/just offshore, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, MID: Likely mis-identification, FBL: Fireball: Blazing undistinguished form/orb., SUB: Submersible: Rises from or submerges into water, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), LND: UFO landing or any part touches ground, SND: UFO sounds heard or recorded

Extra Data: Country: “Japan”, Credibility: “8”, Duration: “5”, HatchDesc: “OFF WHARF/KOBE,JPN:EXPLOSIVE SOUND:2 FBLS WHIRL ON WATER AND SINK: FIREWORKS?”, LatLong: “33.883335 135.166673”, LatLongDMS: “33:53:00 N 135:10:00 E”, Locale: “Offshore”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Honshu Island”, Strangeness: “3”

Event 18487 (EA910726)

Date: 11/21/1956
Location: Number 1 Pier, Kobe, Japan
Description: 8:23 p.m. A customs officer named Ueda and a maritime safety officer named Kume are walking along Number 1 Pier, Kobe, Japan, when they hear an explosion. They see something resembling fireworks on the bay and watch as two whirling balls of fire submerge.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Sanderson, InvRes, p. 46
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_2879

Event 18488 (661CF425)

Date: 11/21/1956
Description: On this night in 1956, six Civil Air Patrol members and a service station attendant who was fixing their car’s flat tire watched a rectangular-shaped object fly in the southeast sky near Carlstadt, New Jersey. It glowed orange.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: Morris K. Jessup, The UFO Annual, p. 337
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_7768

Event 18489 (4A3F5101)

Date: 11/22/1956
Time: 01:30
Location: WEST / ABERDEEN, SD
Description: 4 separate cops. Large orange glowing-orange going west / 30kph? Brightens and dims. Report / USAF.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO’s a HISTORY-1956 (3 booklets) 1994 Self published. (Index 17)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_5204

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: “USA”, Credibility: “9”, Duration: “20”, Elev: “398”, HatchDesc: “W/ABERDEEN,SD:4 SEP COPS:LRG ORG GLO-ORG >W/30kph?:BRIGHTENS+DIMS:Rept/USAF”, LatLong: “45.433335 -98.633338”, LatLongDMS: “45:26:00 N 98:38:00 W”, Locale: “Farmlands”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “South Dakota”, Strangeness: “5”

Event 18490 (F860577F)

Date: 11/22/1956
Time: 03:30
Location: NORTH / ZUMBROTA, MN
Description: 4 observer(s). Wingless round object ringed / red lights. Yellow glow / center. Large and high. Going north.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO’s a HISTORY-1956 (3 booklets) 1994 Self published. (Index 119)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_5205

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

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “8”, Duration: “5”, Elev: “306”, HatchDesc: “N/ZUMBROTA,MN:4 OBS:WINGLESS RND OBJ RINGED/RED LITES:YLW GLOW/CTR:LRG+HI:>N”, LatLong: “44.372224 -92.666671”, LatLongDMS: “44:22:20 N 92:40:00 W”, Locale: “Farmlands”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Minnesota”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 18491 (AC40B4BC)

Date: 11/22/1956
Time: 19:00
Location: SOUTH / ALBION, IL
Description: 4 / car and several / farm. Saucer buzzes car. Circles area counterclockwise. Aims beams / light. Going quickly southeast.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO’s a HISTORY-1956 (3 booklets) 1994 Self published. (Index 19)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_5206

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, RAY: Odd light/searchlight/beam/laser-like, VEH: Vehicle affected: Marks/damage/EME effects

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “9”, Duration: “60”, HatchDesc: “S/ALBION,IL:4/CAR+SVRL/FARM:SCR BUZZES CAR:CCLS AREA CCW:AIMS BEAMS/LITE:>>SE”, LatLong: “38.316668 -88.027782”, LatLongDMS: “38:19:00 N 88:01:40 W”, Locale: “Farmlands”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Illinois”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 18492 (51DBF1AC)

Date: 11/23/1956
Time: 19:30
Location: ABERDEEN, MD
Description: Eastern Airlines pilot Duboise passed / torpedo. Possible landing / ground observer(s). Project Bluebook Case #unknown.
Type: sighting
Reference: VALLEE, Jacques: UFO’S IN SPACE - Anatomy of a Phenomenon; Henry Regnery 1966 & Ballentine PB 1974 294pp. (Index 184)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_5207

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), CIG: Torpedo/cigar/cylinder 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: “5”, Elev: “25”, HatchDesc: “ABERDEEN,MD:EAL PILOT DUBOISE PASSED/TORPEDO:POSS.LANDING/GND OBS:BBK#UNK”, LatLong: “39.516669 -76.166670”, LatLongDMS: “39:31:00 N 76:10:00 W”, Locale: “Town & City”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Maryland”, Strangeness: “7”

Event 18493 (0AB8F7C5)

Date: 11/24/1956
Location: Pierre, SD
Description: Several days of UFO sightings; jets scrambled; police chase 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_210

Event 18494 (A3E87EF0)

Date: 11/24/1956
End date: 11/25/1956
Location: Pierre (near), SD
Description: Ground/air/visual. Widespread UFO sightings for several days. State police chased UFO, Air Force jets scrambled. (UFOE, VII) (NICAP: 09 - RADAR Cases, Code: R, Rating: 5)
Reference: NICAP: 561124-25
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_1993

Event 18495 (9CBAE818)

Date: 11/25/1956
Time: 00:30
Location: EAST / PIERRE, SD
Description: Red silent 2M bowl saucer over SR34. Cops chase / 12km. Photographs. / MJ#283+/ r140.
Type: sighting
Reference: The APRO BULLETIN: Monthly. Jim & Coral Lorenzen: Tucson,AZ (USA. defunct) By volume and number. (Index 685)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_5208

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), PHT: Photos/movies/videos taken, OGA: Non-Covert Government Agencies

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “9”, Duration: “10”, Elev: “450”, HatchDesc: “E/PIERRE,SD:RED SLNT 2M BOWL SCR OVR SR34:COPS CHASE/12km:FOTOs:/MJ#283+/r140”, LatLong: “44.277780 -99.900005”, LatLongDMS: “44:16:40 N 99:54:00 W”, Locale: “Pasture”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “South Dakota”, Strangeness: “8”

Event 18496 (65CE52A4)

Date: 11/25/1956
Time: 04:30
Location: HOT SPRINGS, SD
Description: Cop and several. UFO going up and down. 3 jets chase. Only 1 gets RADAR physical trace(s). / MJ#283+/ r140.
Type: sighting
Reference: The APRO BULLETIN: Monthly. Jim & Coral Lorenzen: Tucson,AZ (USA. defunct) By volume and number. (Index 685)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_5209

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, AIR: Observer(s) on aircraft, MIL: Observer(s) military, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, HQO: High-quality observer(s), WAV: Wave/cluster/flap, SCR: Classic saucer/disk/sphere shaped UFO, FBL: Fireball: Blazing undistinguished form/orb., NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), RDR: Radar traces/blips, MIL: Military investigation, OGA: Non-Covert Government Agencies

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “9”, Duration: “10”, Elev: “1120”, HatchDesc: “HOT SPRINGS,SD:COP+SVRL:UFO↑+↓:3 JETS CHASE:ONLY 1 GETS RDR TRC:/MJ#283+/r140”, LatLong: “43.433335 -103.477783”, LatLongDMS: “43:26:00 N 103:28:40 W”, Locale: “Town & City”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “South Dakota”, Strangeness: “8”

Event 18497 (6BA05D6F)

Date: 11/25/1956 (approximate)
Time: 19:00
Location: SOUTHEAST / READING, MN
Description: Girl / farm. Horses spooked. 6 green disks / light circle farm 5-6X.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO’s a HISTORY-1956 (3 booklets) 1994 Self published. (Index 21)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_5210

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), OBS: Observation/chasing vehicles, DRT: Dirt/soil traces/marks/footprints etc., VEG: Plants affected or sampled/crop circles, ANI: Animals affected or injuries/marks, BLD: Building/man-made structure/roads/power lines

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “6”, Duration: “5”, HatchDesc: “SE/READING,MN:GIRL/FARM:HORSES SPOOKED:6 GRN DISKS/LITE CCL FARM 5-6X:”, LatLong: “43.672224 -95.672227”, LatLongDMS: “43:40:20 N 95:40:20 W”, Locale: “Farmlands”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Minnesota”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 18498 (DC0078BE)

Date: 11/25/1956
Time: ~20:00
Location: ELLSWORTH, WI
Description: 2 observer(s). 10M saucer / 9M altitude. Ringed / 6 flashing lights. 2nd object on horizon.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO’s a HISTORY-1956 (3 booklets) 1994 Self published. (Index 24)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_5211

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: “5”, HatchDesc: “ELLSWORTH,WI:2 OBS:10M SCR/9M ALT:RINGED/6 FLASHING LITES:2nd OBJ on HRZN”, LatLong: “44.733335 -92.450004”, LatLongDMS: “44:44:00 N 92:27:00 W”, Locale: “Farmlands”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Wisconsin”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 18499 (B40FEABD)

Date: 11/25/1956
Location: Hot Springs, SD
Description: November 25, 1956; Hot Springs, So. Dakota, G,A,V (NICAP: 09 - RADAR Cases, Rating: 5)
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_1994

Event 18500 (0F166BCE)

Date: 11/25/1956
Locations: Hot Springs, South Dakota; Ellsworth AFB in Rapid City; Rapid City; 740th Aircraft Control and Warning Squadron
Description: 4:30 a.m. Police radio at Hot Springs, South Dakota, picks up transmissions made by a jet interceptor from the 54th Fighter Interceptor Squadron at Ellsworth AFB in Rapid City that makes three passes at a brilliantly lit UFO bobbing up and down in the sky. On the third pass, the pilot reports that the object registers on his radar. It is rumored that a blip is picked up on ground radar by the 740th Aircraft Control and Warning Squadron. A sheriff and deputy at Rapid City watch a green stationary UFO with a flashing red light for 30 minutes; an upward-shining white light appears at intervals.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: NICAP, “Gnd/Air/Visual, Jets Scrambled”; “‘Saucers’ Stir Speculation,” Rapid City (S.Dak.) Daily Journal, November 26, 1956, p. 1; “Hills Residents Tell of Shining Objects,” Rapid City (S.Dak.) Daily Journal, November 26, 1956, pp. 1, 7; Pierre (S.Dak.) Capitol Journal, November 26, 1956; UFOEv, pp. 22, 79; Richard F. Haines and Franklin Carter, “A 1956 Military Aircraft–UFO Close Encounter,” IUR 25, no. 1 (Spring 2000): 25
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_2880

Event 18501 (2354CBEF)

Date: 11/25/1956
Description: At 4:30 a.m. near Hot Springs, South Dakota a USAF fighter jet from the 54th Fighter Squadron made three passes at a brilliantly lit UFO that was bobbing up and down. On the third pass the UFO was picked up on radar by the 740th ACW squadron. East of Pierre, South Dakota on highway 34, two police officers sight a UFO that plays a game of cat-and-mouse tag with their patrol car. At around 7 p.m. on the same day Mary Whelan was walking a colt on her farm in Reading, Minnesota when it was spooked by six disc-shaped objects that flew over in a semi-circle. Others horses were also frightened when these UFOs made 5-6 more passes in formation following the same maneuver. The discs gave off a green light as they flew past.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: Minneapolis Star, November 28, 1956; Leonard Stringfield, CRIFO Newsletter, January 1957, p. 2; Jay Rath, The M-Files: True Reports of Minnesota’s Unexplained Phenomena, p. 47
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_7903

Event 18502 (8FD2CE61)

Date: 11/26/1956
Time: 06:30
Location: BELFRY, KY
Description: 2 wakened / humming. 16M disk-saucer seen rising / near ground level.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO’s a HISTORY-1956 (3 booklets) 1994 Self published. (Index 25)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_5212

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, SND: UFO sounds heard or recorded

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “7”, Duration: “1”, HatchDesc: "BELFRY,KY:2 WAKENED/HUM:16M DISK-SCR seen RISING/NR GND LEVEL: ", LatLong: “37.622224 -82.272226”, LatLongDMS: “37:37:20 N 82:16:20 W”, Locale: “Oil & Coal”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Kentucky”, Strangeness: “7”

Event 18503 (846C094B)

Date: 11/26/1956
Time: ~22:00
Location: ALAMOGORDO
Description: Astronomer photos perfect and shape / Parry Crater, moon. Bright and sharp.
Type: sighting
Reference: EDWARDS, Frank: STRANGE WORLD; 1964 & Carol Paperbacks 1992. (Index 274)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_5213

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, HQO: High-quality observer(s), SCI: Scientist involvement, ODD: Atypical/Forteana/paranormal, DLT: Delta/vee/boomerang/rectangular shaped UFO, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), PHT: Photos/movies/videos taken

Extra Data: Country: “The Moon”, Credibility: “9”, Duration: “1”, HatchDesc: “ALAMOGORDO:ASTRONOMER PHOTOS PERFECT + SHAPE/PARRY CRATER,MOON:BRIGHT+SHARP.”, LatLong: “90.000004 -0.000000”, LatLongDMS: “90:00:00 N 00:00:00 W”, Locale: “Residential”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “FRA”, Strangeness: “7”

Event 18504 (A645E2D0)

Date: 11/26/1956
Time: 23:30
Location: PUKETAPU, NZ
Description: Separate farmer. Blue beam going [to] through window. See Hatuma. Same description.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO’s a HISTORY-1956 (3 booklets) 1994 Self published. (Index 27)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_5214

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, HUM: Humans affected: Injury/burns/marks/abduction/death, BLD: Building/man-made structure/roads/power lines, TCH: New technical details/clues

Extra Data: Country: “New Zealand”, Credibility: “6”, Duration: “2”, HatchDesc: “PUKETAPU,NZ:SEP.FARMER:BLUE BEAM >THRU WINDOW:see HATUMA:SAME DESCRIPTION”, LatLong: “-39.516669 176.800008”, LatLongDMS: “39:31:00 S 176:48:00 E”, Locale: “Farmlands”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “NI”, Strangeness: “7”

Event 18505 (BB465A6D)

Date: 11/27/1956
Time: 02:10
Location: NEAR HATUMA, NZ
Description: 30cm wide laser-like beam going [to] window / 45° angle. Leads to saucer outside.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO’s a HISTORY-1956 (3 booklets) 1994 Self published. (Index 26)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_5215

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, NWS: News media report, SCR: Classic saucer/disk/sphere shaped UFO, OBS: Observation/chasing vehicles, RAY: Odd light/searchlight/beam/laser-like, HUM: Humans affected: Injury/burns/marks/abduction/death, BLD: Building/man-made structure/roads/power lines, TCH: New technical details/clues

Extra Data: Country: “New Zealand”, Credibility: “6”, Duration: “2”, HatchDesc: “nr HATUMA,NZ:30cm WIDE LASER-LIKE BEAM >WINDOW/45°ANGLE:LEADS TO SCR OUTSIDE”, LatLong: “-40.066669 176.416675”, LatLongDMS: “40:04:00 S 176:25:00 E”, Locale: “Farmlands”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “NI”, Strangeness: “7”

Event 18506 (0209598E)

Date: 11/27/1956
Time: 15:10
Location: NORTH / CHAMBERLAIN, SD
Description: Hunters. Silver gondola saucer hovers / 1500M altitude. Shoots up with contrail.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO’s a HISTORY-1956 (3 booklets) 1994 Self published. (Index 25)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_5216

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

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “7”, Duration: “2”, HatchDesc: “N/CHAMBERLAIN,SD:HUNTERS:SLVR GONDOLA SCR HVRS/1500M alt:SHOOTS UP W/CONTRAIL”, LatLong: “43.866669 -99.327783”, LatLongDMS: “43:52:00 N 99:19:40 W”, Locale: “Farmlands”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “South Dakota”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 18507 (9FFBFAFE)

Date: 11/27/1956
Time: 18:30
Location: MITCHELL, SD
Description: Several separate observer(s). Gondola-saucer going [to] low. Stops. Going up / angle into wind. / r140#5p31.
Type: sighting
Reference: The APRO BULLETIN: Monthly. Jim & Coral Lorenzen: Tucson,AZ (USA. defunct) By volume and number. (Index 685)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_5217

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

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “9”, Duration: “3”, Elev: “398”, HatchDesc: “MITCHELL,SD:SVRL SEP.OBS:GONDOLA-SCR > LOW:STOPS:↑/ANGLE INTO WIND:/r140#5p31”, LatLong: “43.711113 -98.027782”, LatLongDMS: “43:42:40 N 98:01:40 W”, Locale: “Town & City”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “South Dakota”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 18508 (E13579B7)

Date: 11/28/1956
Time: 04:30
Location: SOUTH / ODESSA, MN
Description: Dog howls. Plain brilliant round object 1 / 3 moon-size going east over farm. South and L. Silent.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO’s a HISTORY-1956 (3 booklets) 1994 Self published. (Index 29)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_5218

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

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “7”, Duration: “3”, HatchDesc: “S/ODESSA,MN:DOG HOWLS:PLAIN BRILL.RND OBJ 1/3 MOONSIZE >E OVR FARM:S+L:SLNT”, LatLong: “45.183335 -96.327782”, LatLongDMS: “45:11:00 N 96:19:40 W”, Locale: “Farmlands”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Minnesota”, Strangeness: “5”

Event 18509 (FB91F41C)

Date: 11/28/1956
Time: 22:00
Location: SOUTHEAST / WESTBROOK, MN
Description: Farmer. Saucer hovers / 100M altitude. Quickly going up [to] and hovers. Changes color(s). Portholes? Back / 8 December.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO’s a HISTORY-1956 (3 booklets) 1994 Self published. (Index 29)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_5219

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

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “7”, Duration: “3”, Elev: “426”, HatchDesc: “SE/WESTBROOK,MN:FARMER:SCR HVRS/100M alt:↑↑+HVRS:CHANGES CLRS:PORTS?:back/8DEC”, LatLong: “43.977780 -95.383338”, LatLongDMS: “43:58:40 N 95:23:00 W”, Locale: “Farmlands”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, RelAlt: “100”, State/Prov: “Minnesota”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 18510 (3084A79A)

Date: 11/28/1956
Description: A strange customer in John Whitworth’s shop in Biggelswade, England, someone with a very high forehead, told him that he could see a flying saucer if he would go to a certain spot on this night. Whitworth went there and did see a hovering object like a humming top, with lighted portholes. Just one year later the visitor returned and told him he would again have a contact this time, at another spot. Whitworth went with a crowd of others, including a BBC recording van, and was disappointed. Later he received a telephone call, “in an unearthly voice,” which reproached him for bringing the others.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: David F. Webb & Ted Bloecher, HUMCAT: Catalogue of Humanoid Reports, case # 1956-12, citing Flying Saucer Review, Volume 4, issue # 3, July 1958, p. 24
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_7984

Event 18511 (A96B7FEE)

Date: 11/29/1956
Time: 06:30
Location: HOLLOMAN AIR FORCE BASE, NM
Description: Several separate observer(s). Moon-colored disk hovers. Going up [to] and stops. Going up [to] and stops several times.
Type: sighting
Reference: The APRO BULLETIN: Monthly. Jim & Coral Lorenzen: Tucson,AZ (USA. defunct) By volume and number. (Index 683)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_5220

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

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “8”, Duration: “3”, Elev: “1248”, HatchDesc: “HOLLOMAN AFB,NM:SVRL SEP.OBS:MOON-CLRD DISK HVRs:↑+STOPS:↑+STOPS svrl times”, LatLong: “32.850002 -106.050005”, LatLongDMS: “32:51:00 N 106:03:00 W”, Locale: “Town & City”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “New Mexico”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 18512 (62E1E0E0)

Date: 11/29/1956
Description: A milky green saucer-shaped object was seen by two men from a Capital Airlines flight northeast of Hickory, North Carolina. It was between 60 and 100 feet in diameter, and remained motionless for awhile, and then began moving.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: Dominique Weinstein, Aircraft UFO Encounters, p. 28
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_8028

Event 18513 (7BAB4BF0)

Date: 11/30/1956
Description: (Translated from French) At the USAF base in Charleston (South Carolina), Major D. D. Grimes, USAF navigator, sees an object flying over the water for 10 minutes at an estimated altitude of 100 feet. (November 30, 0:48)
Reference: case Blue Book #4543 unsolved
Reference: rr0 - Beau
Source: rr0, ID: rr0_1672

Event 18514 (032B2126)

Date: 11/30/1956
Time: 12:00
Location: SOUTH / PETERSBURG, IN
Description: 1 observer. Mechanical noise. 16’ saucer going up / 150’ altitude. Now silent. Going quickly northeast. / r140#5p37.
Type: sighting
Reference: OLSEN, Thomas: REFERENCE for OUTSTANDING UFO SIGHTINGS REPORTS. 1966 UFO Information Retrieval Center, Riderwood, MD 21139. (Index 351)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_5221

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

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “6”, Duration: “1”, Elev: “133”, HatchDesc: “S/PETERSBURG,IN:1 OBS:MECH.NOISE:16’SCR ↑/150’alt:NOW SILENT:>>NE:/r140#5p37”, LatLong: “38.444446 -87.277782”, LatLongDMS: “38:26:40 N 87:16:40 W”, Locale: “Pasture”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Indiana”, Strangeness: “7”

Event 18515 (4B0BCFEB)

Date: 11/30/1956
Time: 12:50
Location: CHARLESTON AIR FORCE BASE, SC
Description: Project Bluebook Case #4543. Many military observer(s). UFO going quickly [to] 30m over water. Type unknown. No further details.
Type: sighting
Reference: BERLINER, DON: The BLUEBOOK UNKNOWNS; (FUFOR). (Index 26)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_5222

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), MIL: Military investigation, BBK: Project BLUEBOOK

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “9”, Duration: “10”, Elev: “14”, HatchDesc: “CHARLESTON AFB,SC:BBK#4543:MANY MIL OBS:UFO >>30m ovr WATER:TYPE UNK:NFD”, LatLong: “32.916668 -80.072226”, LatLongDMS: “32:55:00 N 80:04:20 W”, Locale: “Town & City”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, RelAlt: “30”, State/Prov: “South Carolina”, Strangeness: “5”

Event 18516 (979F6BAF)

Date: 11/30/1956
Time: 17:20
Location: SOUTH / ABERDEEN, SD
Description: Newsboy. Orange inverted cup saucer northwest going southeast. Windows / side? No further details.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO’s a HISTORY-1956 (3 booklets) 1994 Self published. (Index 32)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_5223

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”, HatchDesc: “S/ABERDEEN,SD:NEWSBOY:ORG INVERTED CUP SCR NW>SE:WINDOWS/SIDE?:NFD”, LatLong: “45.450002 -98.488894”, LatLongDMS: “45:27:00 N 98:29:20 W”, Locale: “Town & City”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “South Dakota”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 18517 (A06664EC)

Date: 11/30/1956
Time: 20:00?
Location: KETTERING, ENG
Description: 3+observer(s). Silent disk passes / jet speed. Hole / center. Going quickly northeast. / r140 #5p36.
Type: sighting
Reference: FLYING SAUCER REVIEW (FSR), London. Bimonthly. PO Box 162; High Wycombe, Bucks. HP135 DZ, England. (Index 37)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_5224

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: “Great Britain and Ireland”, Credibility: “8”, Duration: “2”, HatchDesc: “KETTERING,ENG:3+OBS:SLNT DISK PASSES/JET SPEED:HOLE/CENTER:>>NE:/r140 #5p36”, LatLong: “52.400002 -0.716667”, LatLongDMS: “52:24:00 N 00:43:00 W”, Locale: “Town & City”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “England”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 18518 (DE233D6C)

Date: 11/30/1956
Location: Charleston AFB, SC
Description: Unspecified object fly at an estimated 100 ft altitude over water (NICAP: 01 - Distant Encounters, BB: 4543)
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_1995

Event 18519 (A72E6A29)

Date: 11/30/1956
Time: 12:48 PM
Location: Charleston AFB, South Carolina
Description: Witness: USAF aerial navigator Maj. D.D. Grimes. One unspecified object flew at an estimated 100’ altitude over water for 10 minutes. No further details.
Type: ufo sighting
Reference: BlueBook Unknowns PDF
Source: BerlinerBBUnknowns, ID: BerlinerBBU_408

Event 18520 (EB14187B)

Date: 11/30/1956
Description: At 8:00 p.m. in Kettering, Northhampton, England a disc-shaped object with a hole in the center flew by at jet speed, shooting off to the northeast. It made no sound.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: Larry Hatch, U computer database, case # 4842, citing Flying Saucer Review
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_8065

Event 18521 (104B186F)

Date: 11/30/1956
Description: At 12:48 p.m. U.S. Air Force aerial navigator Maj. D. D. Grimes saw an unidentified object fly at an estimated 100 feet altitude over water from Charleston AFB, South Carolina.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: Project Blue Book files counted in official statistics, case # 4543; Don Berliner, Project Blue Book UFO Unknowns
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_8066

Event 18522 (6269C441)

Date: 11/30/1956
Description: Driving on Highway 61 three miles south of Petersburg, Indiana a Mr. Malott had a close encounter with a small UFO flying at low level at noon CST.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: Leonard H. Stringfield, CRIFO Orbit, February 1957, p. 1; Thomas M. Olsen, Reference for Outstanding UFO Reports, case # 84
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_8067

Event 18523 (FA880509)

Date: 12/1956
Location: “Far East”
Description: Radar/visual of round UFO by two USAF jet pilots; radar jamming.
Type: ufo sighting
Reference: UFOs and the National Security State: Chronology of a Cover-up, 1941–1973, by Richard Dolan
Source: Dolan, ID: Dolan_209

Event 18524 (812D129A)

Date: 12/1956
Time: 05:00
Location: EL GALPON, ARG
Description: Dentist and 11. Big bright object from hills. Stops. Shoots back to hills.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO’s a HISTORY-1956 (3 booklets) 1994 Self published. (Index 2)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_5225

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: “Argentina”, Credibility: “9”, Duration: “1”, HatchDesc: “EL GALPON,ARG:DENTIST+11:BIG BRITE OBJ FROM HILLS:STOPS:SHOOTS BACK TO HILLS”, LatLong: “-25.383335 -64.633336”, LatLongDMS: “25:23:00 S 64:38:00 W”, Locale: “Pasture”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “SLT”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 18525 (1C0C3CBB)

Date: 12/1956
Time: 12:00?
Location: NORTH / BANJARMASIN, BORNEO
Description: Saucer with fiery rim lands / lake. Smoke and noise and foul odor / takeoff.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO’s a HISTORY-1956 (3 booklets) 1994 Self published. (Index 1)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_5226

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

Extra Data: Country: “Indonesia”, Credibility: “7”, Duration: “5”, HatchDesc: “N/BANJARMASIN,BORNEO:SCR W/FIERY RIM LANDS/LAKE:SMOKE+NOISE+FOUL ODOR/TAKEOFF”, LatLong: “-3.166667 114.583339”, LatLongDMS: “03:10:00 S 114:35:00 E”, Locale: “Rainforest”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “BOR”, Strangeness: “7”

Event 18526 (955434E3)

Date: 12/1956
Location: Far East, Asia
Description: December 1956, Far East. Visual & radar sighting of round UFO by Air Force jet pilot. Radar jammed by strong Interference (NICAP: 03 - EME Cases)
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_1996

Event 18527 (357F3FF4)

Date: 12/1956
Location: Far East, Asia
Description: December 1956; Far East, A,V (NICAP: 09 - RADAR Cases, Rating: 5)
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_1997

Event 18528 (406191DD)

Date: 12/1956
Description: Chemical engineer Leon Davidson begins to distribute privately printed copies of Project Blue Book Special Report No. 14, together with his analysis and commentary. He has become convinced that UFOs are secret devices developed by the US government and that Special Report No. 14 is a clever attempt to hide the fact. Mostly, however, he focuses on discrepancies in the Air Force’s public announcements and the actual data in the report. Davidson publishes further editions in October 1957, July 1966, January 1971, and 1976.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Leon Davidson, Flying Saucers: An Analysis of Project Blue Book Special Report No. 14, [1956], 3d ed., Ramsey-Wallace, 1966; Clark III 930
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_2881

Event 18529 (7559A41C)

Date: End of 1956
Location: AUSTRALIA, near Hughenden, Queensland
Description: (Translated from French) A 12-year-old girl lost consciousness immediately after feeling herself floating above the ground. She woke up in a very large room in the company of two men in silver suits. Again she lost consciousness and later she was found in a paddock, where other witnesses had just seen a flying saucer. (1956, end of year)
Reference: Keith Basterfield - Ufora
Reference: Mini catalogue chronologique des observations OVNI, by Godelieve Van Overmeire
Source: Overmeire, ID: Overmeire_2026

Event 18530 (23C890C4)

Date: 12/1/1956
Time: 01:20
Location: VALLEY CITY, ND
Description: Cops. Small round ball / 300M altitude. Maneuvers going up and down [to] and all directions. All radio out.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO’s a HISTORY-1956 (3 booklets) 1994 Self published. (Index 539)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_5227

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, HQO: High-quality observer(s), NWS: News media report, PRB: Probe: Possibly remote controlled, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), EME: Electro-Magnetic Effects, MIL: Military investigation, BBK: Project BLUEBOOK, OGA: Non-Covert Government Agencies

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “8”, Duration: “15”, Elev: “372”, HatchDesc: “VALLEY CITY,ND:COPS:SML RND BALL/300M alt:MNVRS ↑+↓+ALL DIRS:ALL RADIO OUT”, LatLong: “46.916669 -98.016671”, LatLongDMS: “46:55:00 N 98:01:00 W”, Locale: “Pasture”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, RelAlt: “300”, State/Prov: “North Dakota”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 18531 (CB70564D)

Date: 12/1/1956
Locations: Valley City, North Dakota; Jamestown, South Dakota
Description: 12:20 a.m. A round object, red to orange in color, is observed moving at approximately 1,000 foot above Valley City, North Dakota. It moves rapidly up, down, sideways, and hovers. A police car approaches it, but the car loses radio contact with the station. Valley City also loses contact with Jamestown, South Dakota. All radio contact returns after the object leaves the area.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: NICAP, [Blue Book file]
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_2882

Event 18532 (938FD26E)

Date: 12/1/1956
Description: In Valley City, North Dakota at 1:20 a.m. in 1956, a round, reddish UFO caused interference on a police radio while being observed.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: Project Blue Book
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_8101

Event 18533 (069DE593)

Date: 12/2/1956
Time: 18:30
Location: ORTLEY, SD
Description: 1 / car and more/others. Cup-saucer with small row / windows soars up 30M and shoots away. Landing?
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO’s a HISTORY-1956 (3 booklets) 1994 Self published. (Index 34)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_5228

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: “560”, HatchDesc: “ORTLEY,SD:1/CAR++:CUP-SCR W/SML ROW/WINDOWS SOARS UP 30M+SHOOTS AWAY:landing?”, LatLong: “45.333335 -97.194449”, LatLongDMS: “45:20:00 N 97:11:40 W”, Locale: “Pasture”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, RelAlt: “30”, State/Prov: “South Dakota”, Strangeness: “7”

Event 18534 (9BA260ED)

Date: 12/2/1956
Time: 21:50
Location: FOREST LAKE, MN
Description: 4+observer(s). Glowing-ovoid maneuvers going up and down. Observer(s) chase / car. Going east slow. Turns going south and away.
Type: sighting
Reference: The APRO BULLETIN: Monthly. Jim & Coral Lorenzen: Tucson,AZ (USA. defunct) By volume and number. (Index 697)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_5229

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: “8”, Duration: “45”, Elev: “282”, HatchDesc: “FOREST LAKE,MN:4+OBS:GLO-OVOID MNVRS ↑+↓:OBS CHASE/CAR:> E SLOW:TURNS >S+AWAY”, LatLong: “45.277780 -92.916671”, LatLongDMS: “45:16:40 N 92:55:00 W”, Locale: “Residential”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Minnesota”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 18535 (90608AB9)

Date: 12/2/1956
Locations: Prescott, Arizona; Mexico; Moyobamba, Peru; Valley of Pariahuanca east of Lima, Peru
Description: Dorothy Martin sets off from Prescott, Arizona, with the Laugheads, ufologist brothers Ray and Rex G. Stanford, and George Hunt Williamson, his wife Betty, and toddler son Mark. They are acting in response to a series of Williamson channelings that had begun April 18 when Lord Aramu-Muru announced that “those we have commissioned” are to establish a priory of the Brotherhood of the Seven Rays “in a remote area of another country to the south.” After spending some time in Mexico, they head for Moyobamba, Peru, under the direction of their spirit masters. The Laugheads (who apparently were in Mexico in July) and Stanfords leave around this time. After a while, those remaining move to the Valley of Pariahuanca east of Lima, Peru, and set up the Outer Retreat of the Monastery of the Seven Rays, which has some cult-like attributes. There they attract new members, including Williamson’s later coauthor John McCoy. Williamson devotes himself for several years to paranormally guided archaeological expeditions.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Clark III 719–720, 1286; Zirger and Martinelli, The Incredible Life of George Hunt Williamson, Verdechiari, 2016, pp. 105–115
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_2883

Event 18536 (102C1C8E)

Date: 12/2/1956
Description: At 9:45 p.m. a luminous ovoid object maneuvered in the sky, descended, and then ascended to a somewhat higher altitude in Forest Lake, Minnesota. The witness, Mr. Moffett, chased it in his car. The UFO flew to the east slowly, then turned toward the south and flew away.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: Leonard H. Stringfield, CRIFO Orbit, March 1957, p. 2
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_8122

Event 18537 (D440417D)

Date: 12/3/1956
Time: 13:00?
Location: BALTIMORE, MD
Description: 2 / ground. Saucer breaks away / transport plane. Spins counterclockwise. Plane chases. / r70p351.
Type: sighting
Reference: The APRO BULLETIN: Monthly. Jim & Coral Lorenzen: Tucson,AZ (USA. defunct) By volume and number. (Index 697)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_5230

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, TCH: New technical details/clues

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “7”, Duration: “1”, Elev: “31”, HatchDesc: “BALTIMORE,MD:2/GND:SCR BREAKS AWAY/XPORT PLANE:SPINS CCW:PLANE CHASES:/r70p351”, LatLong: “39.277780 -76.605559”, LatLongDMS: “39:16:40 N 76:36:20 W”, Locale: “Metropolis”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, RelAlt: “2000”, State/Prov: “Maryland”, Strangeness: “8”

Event 18538 (3C68B7AF)

Date: 12/3/1956
Description: In 1956 a disc paced a transport plane over Baltimore, Maryland for a short while, then broke away, spinning counterclockwise. The plane attempted to follow the UFO but was unable to keep up.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: Leonard H. Stringfield, CRIFO Orbit, February 1957, p. 4
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_8158

Event 18539 (2490E8F4)

Date: 12/4/1956
Time: 12:00?
Location: SOUTHEAST / JAKARTA, INSPECT
Description: Several observer(s). Metal saucer stops over airport 2X. Splits. Rejoins. Going quickly east.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO’s a HISTORY-1956 (3 booklets) 1994 Self published. (Index 1)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_5231

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: “Indonesia”, Credibility: “8”, Duration: “2”, Elev: “5”, HatchDesc: “SE/JAKARTA,INS:SVRL OBS:MTL SCR STOPS OVR AIRPORT 2X:SPLITS:REJOINS:>>E”, LatLong: “-6.250000 106.900005”, LatLongDMS: “06:15:00 S 106:54:00 E”, Locale: “Metropolis”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “JVA”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 18540 (490D40D2)

Date: 12/4/1956
Time: 14:10
Location: MANHATTAN, NY
Description: Saucer follows bomber and fighter escort through turn. Flips. Going quickly southeast horizon.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO’s a HISTORY-1956 (3 booklets) 1994 Self published. (Index 35)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_5232

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: “6”, Duration: “1”, HatchDesc: “MANHATTAN,NY:SCR FOLOS BOMBER+FIGHTER ESCORT THRU TURN:FLIPS:>>SE HRZN”, LatLong: “40.800002 -73.916670”, LatLongDMS: “40:48:00 N 73:55:00 W”, Locale: “Metropolis”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “New York”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 18541 (FAED1250)

Date: 12/5/1956
Time: 17:50
Location: OCEANSIDE, CA
Description: 3+observer(s). White-glowing disk hovers / coast. Going northwest. Back going southeast. Quickly going up. Jets circle. / r140#10.
Type: sighting
Reference: The APRO BULLETIN: Monthly. Jim & Coral Lorenzen: Tucson,AZ (USA. defunct) By volume and number. (Index 685)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_5233

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

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “8”, Duration: “2”, Elev: “8”, HatchDesc: “OCEANSIDE,CA:3+OBS:WHT-GLO DISK HVRS/COAST:> NW:BACK >SE:↑↑:jets ccl:/r140#10”, LatLong: “33.200002 -117.388894”, LatLongDMS: “33:12:00 N 117:23:20 W”, Locale: “Coastlands”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “California”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 18542 (3CDA44DF)

Date: 12/9/1956
Time: ~20:00
Location: NORTHWEST / GARY, SD
Description: 3 / farm. Red sphere/orb/globe with multicolor rings. Up and down. Away extremely fast with fiery trail.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO’s a HISTORY-1956 (3 booklets) 1994 Self published. (Index 38)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_5234

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: “35”, Elev: “976”, HatchDesc: “NW/GARY,SD:3/FARM:RED ORB W/MULTICLR RINGS:UP+DOWN:AWAY XFAST W/FIERY TRAIL”, LatLong: “44.850002 -96.577782”, LatLongDMS: “44:51:00 N 96:34:40 W”, Locale: “Farmlands”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “South Dakota”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 18543 (60A9ECAB)

Date: 12/9/1956
Time: 23:50
Location: WOODSTOCK, MN
Description: Very large tan ‘half pancake’ follows car? Going north slow. Going quickly [to] horizon? / r140#5p48.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO’s a HISTORY-1956 (3 booklets) 1994 Self published. (Index 38)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_5235

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

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “6”, Duration: “10”, Elev: “447”, HatchDesc: “WOODSTOCK,MN:VLRG TAN ‘HALF PANCAKE’ FOLOS CAR?:>N SLOW:>>HRZN?:/r140#5p48”, LatLong: “44.016669 -96.066671”, LatLongDMS: “44:01:00 N 96:04:00 W”, Locale: “Farmlands”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Minnesota”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 18544 (498DB639)

Date: 12/10/1956?
Time: 00:20
Location: WEST / WESTFIELD, ND
Description: House sized object hovers / 60M altitude. Small objects exit / all directions and return.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO’s a HISTORY-1956 (3 booklets) 1994 Self published. (Index 33)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_5236

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, ANI: Animals affected or injuries/marks

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “6”, Duration: “45”, HatchDesc: "W/WESTFIELD,ND:HOUSE SIZED OBJ HVRS/60M alt:SML OBJs EXIT/ALL DIRs+RETURN ", LatLong: “46.033336 -100.266671”, LatLongDMS: “46:02:00 N 100:16:00 W”, Locale: “Farmlands”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “North Dakota”, Strangeness: “7”

Event 18545 (7191BD7B)

Date: 12/10/1956
Time: 12:00?
Location: HAWTHORNE, CA
Description: Airline worker and more/others / car. Mirror-like blimp hovers / 1 minute(s). Away / impossible speed/velocity.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO’s a HISTORY-1956 (3 booklets) 1994 Self published. (Index 39)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_5237

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”, HatchDesc: “HAWTHORNE,CA:AIRLINE WORKER++/CAR:MIRROR-LIKE BLIMP HVRS/1min:AWAY/IMPOSS.SPD”, LatLong: “33.916668 -118.350006”, LatLongDMS: “33:55:00 N 118:21:00 W”, Locale: “Town & City”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “California”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 18546 (230190D6)

Date: 12/10/1956
Time: 15:10
Location: TSURUMI, JPN
Description: 3 teens. Round silent silver football hovers / railroad/railway station. Quickly going up. / Y. Matsumura.
Type: sighting
Reference: The APRO BULLETIN: Monthly. Jim & Coral Lorenzen: Tucson,AZ (USA. defunct) By volume and number. (Index 685)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_5238

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

Extra Data: Country: “Japan”, Credibility: “7”, Duration: “2”, HatchDesc: “TSURUMI,JPN:3 TEENS:RND SLNT SLVR FOOTBALL HVRS/RR STATION:↑↑:/Y.Matsumura”, LatLong: “35.500002 139.683340”, LatLongDMS: “35:30:00 N 139:41:00 E”, Locale: “Town & City”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Honshu Island”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 18547 (16CD9E5A)

Date: 12/10/1956
Location: Victoria, Texas
Description: 2:00 p.m. A US Air Force pilot sees a silver object with a “straight wing, having engine rods or large wing pods [or] intakes” flying at 56,000–62,000 feet for 15 minutes at Victoria, Texas. The pilot’s description is a dead ringer for a secret U-2 aircraft, which is what Blue Book suspects.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Mark Rodeghier, “The U-2 Spy Plane and Blue Book: Another Look,” IUR 27, no. 3 (Fall 2002): 20–21
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_2884

Event 18548 (E0571A34)

Date: 12/10/1956
Description: Three teenagers sighted a round, silver football that hovered silently over a Railroad Station in Tsurumi, Japan for a couple of minutes, then shot straight up.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: Y. Matsumura, APRO Bulletin, January 1957
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_8296

Event 18549 (6A249B81)

Date: 12/11/1956
Time: 20:20
Location: NEAR BEAMSLEY, YORKS
Description: 2+1 observer(s). Bright green 6M sphere hovers / 2K’ altitude. Going down. / r234p107+/ r140.
Type: sighting
Reference: FLYING SAUCER REVIEW (FSR), London. Bimonthly. PO Box 162; High Wycombe, Bucks. HP135 DZ, England. (Index 37)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_5239

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), LND: UFO landing or any part touches ground

Extra Data: Country: “Great Britain and Ireland”, Credibility: “7”, Duration: “2”, Elev: “160”, HatchDesc: “nr BEAMSLEY,YORKs:2+1 OBS:BRITE GRN 6M SPHERE HVRS/2K’alt:↓:/r234p107+/r140”, LatLong: “53.950003 -1.883333”, LatLongDMS: “53:57:00 N 01:53:00 W”, Locale: “Pasture”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, RelAlt: “600”, State/Prov: “England”, Strangeness: “5”

Event 18550 (AF27B253)

Date: 12/13/1956
Time: 21:40
Location: NORTH / ORCHILA ISLAND, VNZL
Description: Swedish ship. Glowing-cone going down. Dives. Water glows and boils. / r44p39.
Type: sighting
Reference: The APRO BULLETIN: Monthly. Jim & Coral Lorenzen: Tucson,AZ (USA. defunct) By volume and number. (Index 685)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_5240

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, FBL: Fireball: Blazing undistinguished form/orb., 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: “Caribbean area”, Credibility: “8”, Duration: “4”, Elev: “0”, HatchDesc: “N/ORCHILA ISL,VNZL:SWEDISH SHIP:GLOW-CONE ↓:DIVES:WATER GLOWS+BOILS:/r44p39”, LatLong: “12.000001 -66.583337”, LatLongDMS: “12:00:00 N 66:35:00 W”, Locale: “Offshore”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “VEN”, Strangeness: “7”

Event 18551 (B6871226)

Date: 12/13/1956
Location: Isla La Orchila, Venezuela
Description: Capt. Karl Hars Dersson and the crew of the Danish ship Dorthe Maersk view an intensely bright fireball giving off weird flashes of light for 2–3 minutes north of Isla La Orchila, Venezuela. It explodes on hitting the water. Afterwards, the surface of the sea shimmers with various colors and is disturbed for 5 minutes.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Loren E. Gross, The Fifth Horseman of the Apocalypse: UFOs, a History: 1956 November–December, Supplemental Notes, The Author, 2003, pp. 39–40
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_2885

Event 18552 (9BF7B19F)

Date: 12/14/1956
Time: 17:00
Location: SOUTH / PIERPONT, SD
Description: 2+1 separate observer(s). 8’ x20’ ovoid close / ground. Vertical blue lines. Vanishes?
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO’s a HISTORY-1956 (3 booklets) 1994 Self published. (Index 40)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_5241

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: “2”, Elev: “457”, HatchDesc: “S/PIERPONT,SD:2+1 SEP.OBS:8’x20’ OVOID CLOSE/GND:VERTICAL BLUE LINES:VANISHES?”, LatLong: “45.466669 -97.833338”, LatLongDMS: “45:28:00 N 97:50:00 W”, Locale: “Farmlands”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, RelAlt: “10”, State/Prov: “South Dakota”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 18553 (E0518B23)

Date: 12/14/1956
Location: 50.4375 77.814167
Description: Nuclear test: Air, confirmed. Country: USSR Yield: 40KT
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_1064

Extra Data: LatLong: “50.4375 77.814167”, LatLongDMS: “50:26:15 N 77:48:51 E”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, NukeCountry: “USSR”, NukeDepth: “0.00”,

[c0mmando]

NukeSource: “RFAE”, NukeType: “NACS”, NukeY: “40”

Event 18554 (1895D502)

Date: 12/15/1956 (approximate)
Location: Holloman AFB, Alamogordo, NM
Description: During a missile test firing at a point in space, a UAO was tracked on radar. Result: near-miss with the Unconventional Aerial Object. Anonymous source.
Type: ufo sighting
Reference: APRO Bulletin, 1/1957, page 6
Source: Maj2, ID: Maj2_922

Event 18555 (6958D7B1)

Date: 12/15/1956
Location: Derry, New Hampshire
Description: 11:00 a.m. While out gathering Christmas greens near Derry, New Hampshire, A. G. Horne looks up and sees a 2-foot tall green dwarf with a high-domed head, floppy ears, a face like a bloodhound, and lidless eyes like a snake. His skin hangs in folds like an elephant’s. After a few minutes, the being “started for me with a kind of screeching sound,” and Horne flees.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Center for UFO Studies, HUMCAT Index 1956, p. 23; Clark III 271
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_2886

Event 18556 (13A5A771)

Date: 12/15/1956
Description: While out gathering Christmas trees around 11:00 o’clock in the morning in Derry, New Hampshire, a Mr. Horne saw a two-foot tall, green colored dwarf, with a high forehead, large floppy ears, and short arms and legs. The texture of the creature’s skin was course, like the skin of an elephant. The dwarf made a screeching noise when approached.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: Walter N. Webb case investigations, report dated November 4, 1964
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_8406

Event 18557 (8F1A0FC9)

Date: 12/17/1956
Time: 16:20
Location: ITAZUKE AIR FORCE BASE, JPN
Description: 100M saucer jams RADAR / 2 frequencies. Going up / 3000kph. / International UFO Reporter (CUFOS Group, USA) v18#3+/ r140+/ r46p104.
Type: sighting
Reference: UFO INVESTIGATOR: NICAP: Kensington, MD & Washington, DC [defunct]. University Microfilms, Ann Arbor, MI 48106 (Index 14)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_5242

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, EME: Electro-Magnetic Effects, TCH: New technical details/clues, MIL: Military investigation, BBK: Project BLUEBOOK, COV: Indication of coverup, CMF: Camouflage/disguise

Extra Data: Country: “Japan”, Credibility: “8”, Duration: “8”, HatchDesc: “ITAZUKE AFB,JPN:100M SCR JAMS RDR/2 freqs:↑/3000kph:/IUR v18#3+/r140+/r46p104”, LatLong: “33.866668 130.466673”, LatLongDMS: “33:52:00 N 130:28:00 E”, Locale: “Metropolis”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Kyushu”, Strangeness: “7”

Event 18558 (B1360B3F)

Date: 12/17/1956
Location: Itazuke AFB, Japan
Description: Radar / Visual From F-86 (NICAP: 09 - RADAR Cases, Code: R, Rating: 5, BB: BBU)
Reference: NICAP: 561217
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_1998

Event 18559 (5FC2D9D7)

Date: 12/17/1956
Location: Itazuke Air Base [now Fukuoka Airport] in Fukuoka, Japan
Description: 4:20 p.m. Near Itazuke Air Base [now Fukuoka Airport] in Fukuoka, Japan, a USAF pilot flying an F- 86D interceptor picks up a large blip on airborne radar. The pilot sees a tan object, round on top, at 9.2 miles and closes to within 5.7 miles. The object starts to pull away from the fighter and at 13.8 miles all radar disappears. The pilot estimates its speed as 1,700–2,000 mph. Both the pilot and his wingman report interference resembling ECM (radar jamming).
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: NICAP, “Radar/Visual from F-86”; Sparks, p. 240; “Jet Planes Chased Big Flying Object,” Auckland (N.Z.) Star, October 4, 1957; “Jet Chase of Large Circular Object Investigated by Far East Air Force,” UFO Investigator 1, no. 2 (Aug./Sept. 1957): 1–2; Richard Hall, “Radar/Visual UFOs and Air Force Debunking,” IUR 18, no. 3 (May/June 1993): 15–16
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_2887

Event 18560 (CF480953)

Date: 12/17/1956
Location: Conashaugh, Pennsylvania
Description: Night. Marie Carow goes outside her home in Conashaugh, Pennsylvania, with a flashlight and discovers two little men, 3.5 and 3 feet tall, standing motionless in her back lawn. Both wear helmets and snug-fitting suits of silvery material. Carow shines the light on them for 3 minutes, then runs back to tell her husband. 15 minutes later, they are gone.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Berthold Eric Schwarz, “UFO Occupants: Fact or Fantasy?” Flying Saucer Review 15, no. 5 (Sept./Oct, 1969): 16–18; Clark III 269; Patrick Gross, URECAT, October 18, 2007
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_2888

Event 18561 (C8788E51)

Date: 12/17/1956
Description: At 3:20 p.m. at Itazuke AFB in Japan a brownish-golden colored UFO was sighted from the air by a pilot and co-pilot. It flew at a high rate of speed and was tracked on radar. Radio interference between the warplane and the base was also noted at the time. On that same night a humanoid encounter occurred in the United States. At about 9 p.m. in Conashaugh, Pennsylvania Ms. M. Carow, a 68-year-old woman, went out in her backyard with a flashlight and was surprised to see two dwarves. One was three feet tall, the other one three and a half feet tall. Both wore tight silver suits and helmets. The shorter one was stocky but the taller one was slender. She shone her flashlight on them for three minutes before they walked away.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: (1) U.S. Air Force Project Blue Book files counted in official statistics; NICAP UFO Intestigator, August 1957; Donald E. Keyhoe, Flying Saucers: Top Secret, 104; UNICAT, case # 802; Dominique Weinstein, Aircraft UFO Encounters, p. 28, citing International UFO Reporter; (2) Berthold E. Schwarz, FSR, September-October 1969, p. 16, citing Pike County Dispatch, April 17, 1958
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_8461

Event 18562 (2CEDC585)

Date: 12/22/1956 (approximate)
Time: 21:00?
Location: SR23, MN
Description: Family going north. 1M red and green object passes over car / 6M altitude 5 times! Emits sparks.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO’s a HISTORY-1956 (3 booklets) 1994 Self published. (Index 33)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_5243

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, HUM: Humans affected: Injury/burns/marks/abduction/death, VEH: Vehicle affected: Marks/damage/EME effects

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “7”, Duration: “10”, HatchDesc: “SR23,MN:FAMILY >N:1M RED+GRN OBJ PASSES OVR CAR/6M alt 5 TIMES!:EMITS SPARKS”, LatLong: “43.661113 -96.427782”, LatLongDMS: “43:39:40 N 96:25:40 W”, Locale: “Pasture”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Minnesota”, Strangeness: “7”

Event 18563 (ACD73E59)

Date: 12/26/1956
Time: 16:50
Location: HUNTINGTON BEACH, CA
Description: Several observer(s). 2-3 silver ovoids high and fast. 1 reverses course / r140#5.
Type: sighting
Reference: HALL, Richard: The UFO EVIDENCE; NICAP,Washington, DC 1964. Reprinted 1997 Barnes & Noble Books ( only $7.98! ) (Index 71)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_5244

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, MIL: Military investigation, BBK: Project BLUEBOOK

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “7”, Duration: “35”, Elev: “9”, HatchDesc: “HUNTINGTON BEACH,CA:SVRL OBS:2-3 SLVR OVOIDS HI+FAST:1 REVERSES COURSE/r140#5”, LatLong: “33.661113 -118.000006”, LatLongDMS: “33:39:40 N 118:00:00 W”, Locale: “Residential”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “California”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 18564 (C2A81EB4)

Date: 12/26/1956
Time: 18:20
Location: DE FUNIAK SPRS, FL
Description: Military and civil observer(s). White ovoid “size / grapefruit”. Red flashes. Going west.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO’s a HISTORY-1956 (3 booklets) 1994 Self published. (Index 563)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_5245

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

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “8”, Duration: “20”, Elev: “72”, HatchDesc: “De FUNIAK SPRs,FL:MIL+CIV OBS:WHT OVOID “SIZE/GRAPEFRUIT”:RED FLASHES:>W”, LatLong: “30.722224 -86.116671”, LatLongDMS: “30:43:20 N 86:07:00 W”, Locale: “Town & City”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Florida”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 18565 (333ECFD3)

Date: 12/27/1956 (approximate)
Time: 02:00
Location: WEST / KENNEBEC, SD
Description: Round object with flat bottom/underside follows car. Beam lights ground. To and fro across road.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO’s a HISTORY-1956 (3 booklets) 1994 Self published. (Index 32)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_5246

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, VEH: Vehicle affected: Marks/damage/EME effects

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “7”, Duration: “20”, HatchDesc: “W/KENNEBEC,SD:RND OBJ W/FLAT BTM FOLOS CAR:BEAM LITES GND:TO+FRO ACRS ROAD”, LatLong: “43.900002 -100.283338”, LatLongDMS: “43:54:00 N 100:17:00 W”, Locale: “Pasture”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “South Dakota”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 18566 (AD924421)

Date: 12/27/1956
Location: Los Angeles, CA
Description: Real estate investor saw three spherical UFOs reflecting sunlight. (UFOE, VII) (NICAP: 01 - Distant Encounters)
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_1999

Event 18567 (D4DFDB65)

Date: 12/28/1956
Time: ~05:00
Location: WICKFORD, ENGL
Description: 1 observer-hits 18’ saucer with shotgun. Hovers / treetops / 5 minute(s). Going quickly west. / r148p195.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO’s a HISTORY-1956 (3 booklets) 1994 Self published. (Index 564)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_5247

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: “6”, Duration: “6”, HatchDesc: “WICKFORD,ENGL:1 OBS-HITS 18’SCR W/SHOTGUN:HVRS/TREETOPS/5min:>>W:/r148p195”, LatLong: “51.600002 0.505556”, LatLongDMS: “51:36:00 N 00:30:20 E”, Locale: “Farmlands”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “England”, Strangeness: “8”

Event 18568 (D82A2A3D)

Date: 12/28/1956
Time: 23:00
Location: INVERCARGILL, NZ
Description: Cops and more/others. Flocks / night lights / delta/triangle/box-like craft formations. Night light circles city and going quickly southwest. All below cloud.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO’s a HISTORY-1956 (3 booklets) 1994 Self published. (Index 564)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_5248

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CST: Observer(s) in coastal area/just offshore, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, HQO: High-quality observer(s), WAV: Wave/cluster/flap, DLT: Delta/vee/boomerang/rectangular shaped UFO, NLT: Nightlights/points of light, PRB: Probe: Possibly remote controlled, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), OGA: Non-Covert Government Agencies

Extra Data: Country: “New Zealand”, Credibility: “8”, Duration: “10”, HatchDesc: “INVERCARGILL,NZ:COPS++:FLOCKS/NLTS/DLT FORMns:NLT CCLS CITY+>>SW:all blw cloud”, LatLong: “-46.400002 168.450008”, LatLongDMS: “46:24:00 S 168:27:00 E”, Locale: “Town & City”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “SI”, Strangeness: “5”

Event 18569 (0AB4C33A)

Date: 12/30/1956
Time: 18:20
Location: READING, ENGL
Description: 4+observer(s). Metallic “tailless fish” zigzags going west across sky. / r140 #5p60.
Type: sighting
Reference: FLYING SAUCER REVIEW (FSR), London. Bimonthly. PO Box 162; High Wycombe, Bucks. HP135 DZ, England. (Index 38)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_5249

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: “Great Britain and Ireland”, Credibility: “8”, Duration: “1”, HatchDesc: “READING,ENGL:4+OBS:MTLC “TAILLESS FISH” ZIGZAGS >W ACRS SKY:/r140 #5p60”, LatLong: “51.966669 0.983333”, LatLongDMS: “51:58:00 N 00:59:00 E”, Locale: “Residential”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “England”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 18570 (9F80475E)

Date: 12/30/1956
Time: 21:00
Location: CHIN-SHUI CHEN, TAIWAN
Description: Red-glowing saucer beams strong light / 3 observer(s). Passes / 55’ altitude.
Type: sighting
Reference: DONG, Paul: UFO’s Over MODERN CHINA. 1983 UFO Photo Archives; P. O. Box 17206; Tucson, AZ 85710. (Index 262)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_5250

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, RAY: Odd light/searchlight/beam/laser-like, HUM: Humans affected: Injury/burns/marks/abduction/death

Extra Data: Country: “Taiwan China”, Credibility: “8”, Duration: “1”, HatchDesc: “CHIN-SHUI CHEN,TAIWAN:RED-GLO SCR BEAMS STRONG LITE/3 OBS:PASSES/55’ALT:”, LatLong: “24.600001 120.866672”, LatLongDMS: “24:36:00 N 120:52:00 E”, Locale: “Town & City”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “MLC”, Strangeness: “7”

Event 18571 (8CD7798E)

Date: 12/31/1956
Description: (Translated from French) At the island of Guam, USAF 1st Lieutenant Ted Brunson pilots an F-86D interceptor jet and observes a round, white object flying beneath his aircraft. He is unable to turn as sharply as the object. (December 31, 2:10 AM)
Reference: case Blue Book #4577 unsolved
Reference: rr0 - Beau
Source: rr0, ID: rr0_1673

Event 18572 (905C3ABC)

Date: 12/31/1956
Description: (Translated from French) 6 pilots from the SAC begin U-2 pilot training at Groom Lake. (End of the year)
Reference: Rich 1994
Reference: rr0 - Beau
Source: rr0, ID: rr0_1674

Event 18573 (127EE2B6)

Date: 12/31/1956
Description: (Translated from French) Ruppelt publishes The Report on Unidentified Flying Objects, a book in which he makes various revelations.
Reference: rr0 - Beau
Source: rr0, ID: rr0_1675

Event 18574 (5A59EC13)

Date: 12/31/1956
Description: (Translated from French) During an aerial reconnaissance of the USSR’s ice in Greenland, the crew spotted a disc-shaped aircraft without wings, antennas, windows, exhaust or condensation trails. Thinking it was an American aircraft, the Tupolev hid in the clouds. When it emerged 40 minutes later, the unknown aircraft was still to its left. After 15 minutes of parallel flight, the craft rose and disappeared at an incredible speed.
Reference: rr0 - Beau
Source: rr0, ID: rr0_1676

Event 18575 (EF37F3DE)

Date: 12/31/1956
Description: (Translated from French) Release in France of Alerte dans le ciel and Black out sur les soucoupes volantes.
Reference: rr0 - Beau
Source: rr0, ID: rr0_1677

Event 18576 (62140066)

Date: 12/31/1956
Description: (Translated from French) Donald Keyoe resigns from the US military and founds the NICAP in Washington.
Reference: rr0 - Beau
Source: rr0, ID: rr0_1678

Event 18577 (460C2012)

Date: 12/31/1956
Description: (Translated from French) In a movie theater in New Jersey, for 6 weeks, viewers were the recipients of two subliminal messages projected on the screen for 3 milliseconds, every 5 seconds. One of the messages simply said Coca-Cola, and the other said Eat Popcorn. Sales of Coca-Cola increased by 18%, and those of Popcorn by 57%. The organizer of this experiment, a New York firm, the Subliminal Projection Co. Inc., announced that it was patenting its process and would soon be ready to offer it to companies wishing to advertise in the cinema or on television in the most subtle ways ever used to extol the virtues of a product.
Reference: Newsweek
Reference: rr0 - Beau
Source: rr0, ID: rr0_1679

Event 18578 (939DBD97)

Date: 12/31/1956
Description: (Translated from French) Release of Earth Versus the Flying Saucers which freely draws inspiration from the UFO research conducted by Donald Keyoe. It contains many images similar to those that Betty and Barney Hill will evoke following their abduction in 1961: contact on a deserted road; the saucer appearing first in the form of distant light; the witness’s initial skeptical reaction; subliminal messages inaccessible to conscious recall; the witnesses’ torpor; and interference with watches as an indication of what happened.
Reference: rr0 - Beau
Source: rr0, ID: rr0_1680

Event 18579 (0B79A38F)

Date: 12/31/1956
Description: (Translated from French) Release of the movie U.F.O., distributed by United Artists and produced by Greene-Rouse Productions (Los Angeles). When Robert Barrow asks Clarence Greene why he decided to make this film, the latter responds: I saw a UFO.
Reference: Robert Barrow 1976, UFO Magazine, February 1977
Reference: rr0 - Beau
Source: rr0, ID: rr0_1681

Event 18580 (65888391)

Date: 12/31/1956
Description: (Translated from French) Valentin Akkusatov, pilot and chief navigator at the North Pole base, is doing a reconnaissance above a strategic ice region near Greenland. As they emerge from the clouds into a clear area, they see to their left an unknown object flying parallel to them. It has the appearance of a large pear or lens-shaped construction, with pulsating ends. Thinking they were seeing an unknown US aircraft, they return to the clouds to avoid an encounter. After 40 minutes of flight the clouds break again and they see the same strange object again. It has no wings, antennas or windows, and emits no smoke. They decide to approach to get a closer look, but the object then changes its course to maintain its distance from their aircraft. After 15 minutes the object shoots up and disappears, travelling at an “impossible” speed.
Reference: Psychic Discoveries behind the Iron Curtain
Reference: rr0 - Beau
Source: rr0, ID: rr0_1682

Event 18581 (E3335AB8)

Date: 12/31/1956
Description: (Translated from French) (or 1957) Henri Lhote discovers the “Martian of Tassili” fresco dating back to -6000.
Reference: rr0 - Beau
Source: rr0, ID: rr0_1683

Event 18582 (CBE7A36B)

Date: 12/31/1956
Time: 02:10
Location: NEAR AGANA, GUAM
Description: F86D chases white saucer. Saucer circles jet / Max speed/velocity. Going quickly west. / r185p26+/ r148p196.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO’s a HISTORY-1956 (3 booklets) 1994 Self published. (Index 562)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_5251

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

Extra Data: Country: “Pacific Ocean and non - Asian islands”, Credibility: “7”, Duration: “10”, Elev: “0”, HatchDesc: “nr AGANA,GUAM:F86D CHASES WHT SCR:SCR CCLS JET/MAX SPD:>>W:/r185p26+/r148p196”, LatLong: “13.472223 144.750007”, LatLongDMS: “13:28:20 N 144:45:00 E”, Locale: “Metropolis”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “GUA”, Strangeness: “7”

Event 18583 (9FF2AA1C)

Date: 12/31/1956
Location: Airspace over Guam, Guam
Description: Pilot saw a round, white object fly under the jet (NICAP: 11 - Aviation Cases, BB: 4577)
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_2000

Event 18584 (25CF2B8D)

Date: 12/31/1956
Time: 2:10 AM
Location: Guam
Description: Witness: USAF lst Lt. Ted Brunson, flying an F-86D jet interceptor. One round, white object flew under the F-86D, which was unable to turn as sharply as the object.
Type: ufo sighting
Reference: BlueBook Unknowns PDF
Source: BerlinerBBUnknowns, ID: BerlinerBBU_409

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Year: 1957, 1487 Event(s), (Back to Top)

Event 18585 (51EBBD3E)

Date: 1957
Location: Birmingham, England
Description: Cynthia Appleton, Birmingham, England is visited by spacemen
Type: ce3 event
Reference: Keziah Poster
Source: Maj2, ID: Maj2_154

Event 18586 (BE894944)

Date: 1957
Location: Ozyorsk, Russia
Description: A radioactive waste containment sector near Ozyorsk failed and exploded with a force between 70-100 tons of TNT. Radiation was immediately spread throughout the region, affecting over 250,000 people. The radioactivity released into the atmosphere was estimated to only be one-fourth that of the later Chernobyl disaster. By 1959 every tree within a 12-mile radius of the Chelyabinsk-40 complex was dead.
Type: radiological event
Reference: link
Source: Maj2, ID: Maj2_211

Event 18587 (2554450B)

Date: 1957
Description: Soviet “Chelyabinsk-70” nuclear weapons program plant opens (Weapons design and research)
Type: atomic plant
Reference: link
Source: Maj2, ID: Maj2_569

Event 18588 (0CF554E6)

Date: 1957
Location: AUSTRALIA, Woomera
Description: (Translated from French) At the same time, the fashion of rockets was spreading. England undertook to make its own models and tried them in Australia on the Woomera Field. Its best engine, the Skylark, would rise up to 193 kilometers of altitude in 1957.
Reference: “Astronautics” Pierre Rousseau, Hachette 1965, p. 12
Reference: Mini catalogue chronologique des observations OVNI, by Godelieve Van Overmeire
Source: Overmeire, ID: Overmeire_2028

Event 18589 (820D21FF)

Date: 1957
Location: SWITZERLAND, canton of Neuchatel
Description: (Translated from French) Aline (fictitious name) is 5 years old, it is night and she is peacefully sleeping in her room. The shutters, windows and door are closed. Suddenly the child wakes up in terror discovering two luminous balls very close to her which do not light up the room. And these balls are speaking. The girl only remembers one phrase: “We will come back to get you…” These balls were “material” but one could make out the blurred outlines of two rabbit ears and a smiling mouth. They disappeared quickly. (…)
Reference: Jimmy GUIEU: “Our Masters the Extraterrestrials” - Presses de la Cité 1992, p. 27
Reference: Mini catalogue chronologique des observations OVNI, by Godelieve Van Overmeire
Source: Overmeire, ID: Overmeire_2071

Event 18590 (560144EB)

Date: 1957
Location: USA, Fontana (California)
Description: (Translated from French) (cf. 1953, USA, unspecified location) During a conference of Dana Howard in Fontana, a small silhouette of Diane appeared for half an hour and a very short message was heard: “I am the spirit of the women floating on the sea of life”.
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_2072

Event 18591 (8842818C)

Date: 1957
Location: POZNAN, POLAND
Description: Twice / 1957. Classic saucer seen over town / broad daylight. No further details.
Type: sighting
Reference: HOBANA Ion & WEVERBERGH,Julien: UFO’S from BEHIND the IRON CURTAIN; Bantam Books,1975. 308pp. (Index 210)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_5253

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: “Poland”, Credibility: “6”, Duration: “159”, HatchDesc: “POZNAN,POLAND:TWICE/1957:CLASSIC SCR SEEN ovr TOWN /broad daylight:NFD”, LatLong: “52.416669 16.916667”, LatLongDMS: “52:25:00 N 16:55:00 E”, Locale: “Town & City”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “POZ”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 18592 (75DBAB22)

Date: 1957
Location: Moriah Center, NY
Description: April or May 1957; Moriah Center, N. Y. “Television started to have all sorts of trouble”; witness called out-doors in time to see red disc pass overhead (NICAP: 03 - EME Cases)
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_2005

Event 18593 (5D196B8F)

Date: 1957
Location: Rouen, France
Description: 1957; Rouen, France, RAF Flying Review photo (hoax) (NICAP: 08 - Photographic Cases)
Reference: NICAP: 570000
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_2006

Event 18594 (8A05227D)

Date: 1957
Locations: Congo basin; moon
Description: Morris K. Jessup publishes The Expanding Case for the UFO, which argues that human “little people” (like the pygmy peoples of the Congo basin) were “planted” from UFOs thousands of years ago. Citing reports of anomalous lights on the moon, Jessup speculates that the pygmy races either colonized the moon or came to the Earth from there. They are the remnants of an advanced civilization that developed levitation, teleportation, and space flight, but had to leave Earth when Atlantis and Mu were sinking into the oceans.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Morris K. Jessup, The Expanding Case for the UFO, Citadel, 1957; Clark III 106–107, 635; Jerome Clark, “Vimanas Have Landed: Ancient Astronautics in Ufology,” IUR 22, no. 3 (Fall 1997): 26
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_2889

Event 18595 (24223EB4)

Date: 1957
Locations: Lake Titicaca, Peru; Arizona
Description: Metaphysical author George Hunt Williamson writes Other Tongues—Other Flesh (although it bears a copyright date of 1953), the first of three books that set forth an alternative occult history shaped by Atlantis, Lemuria, reincarnation, and space people—both benign and malevolent. He writes that space people first arrived 1 billion years ago [prior to the earliest known multicellular life on land], were 12 feet tall, and built an underground city beneath Lake Titicaca, Peru. Migrants from the “Sirius system” arrive during the Miocene Epoch [23–5 million years ago] looking for terrestrial bodies to inhabit—they select the evolving apes. The next visitation took place in Arizona in 10,000 B.C. [the beginning of the Neolithic Revolution] when Venusians land and interact with the Lemurians. Records documenting earth’s unknown history are hidden in various inaccessible places (“secret places of the lion”) around the globe. Williamson’s book Secret Places of the Lion follows in 1958 and Road in the Sky in 1959. These are among the first ancient astronaut books. In the latter book, Williamson claims that the Hopi’s ancestors are Martians, while their neighbors the Navajo are from Maldek, the planet whose destruction formed the asteroid belt.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: George Hunt Williamson, Other Tongues—Other Flesh, Amherst, [1957]; George Hunt Williamson, Secret Places of the Lion, Destiny Books ed., 1996; Clark III 104–106, 1286; Jerome Clark, “Vimanas Have Landed: Ancient Astronautics in Ufology,” IUR 22, no. 3 (Fall 1997): 23–26; Zirger and Martinelli, The Incredible Life of George Hunt Williamson, Verdechiari, 2016, pp. 113–120, 235–243
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_2890

Event 18596 (2176160A)

Date: 1957
Location: New Jersey
Description: New Jersey contactee Howard Menger releases an album of “Authentic Music from Another Planet,” featuring a narrative by Menger and bland piano music written by his wife Connie (under her nom de plume Marla Baxter, sister of the blonde spacewoman he had met in 1946).
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Discogs, “Authentic Music from Another Planet”; “Authentic Music from Another Planet by Howard Menger,” Libertad450 YouTube channel, February 22, 2016
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_2891

Event 18597 (FF5F6698)

Date: 1957
Description: Otis T. Carr announces his invention of a fourth-dimensional space vehicle, a Circular-Foil Spacecraft powered by an Utron Electric Accumulator that makes use of the “free energy of the universe.”
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Clark III 860
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_2892

Event 18598 (8301C116)

Date: 1957
Locations: Phoenix, Arizona; Cleveland, Ohio
Description: Ground Saucer Watch is established in Phoenix, Arizona, by Ted Starrett. William H. Spaulding is the Western Division Director, with James A. Spaulding as the Eastern Division Director in Cleveland, Ohio. It publishes Ground Saucer Watch Bulletin from 1976 to 1982. By 1979, GSW has analyzed nearly 700 UFO photographs and films, of which they verify 38 as bona fide.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Margaret Sachs, The UFO Encyclopedia, Putnam, 1980, p, 132
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_2893

Event 18599 (74FC3F7F)

Date: 1957
Location: Marlborough, Massachusetts
Description: George Fawcett founds the New England UFO Study Group in Marlborough, Massachusetts. It publishes the New England UFO Newsletter from 1976 to 1982.
Reference: Eberhart
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_2894

Event 18600 (58460EE0)

Date: 1957
Location: Edmond, Oklahoma
Description: Hayden C. Hewes founds the International UFO Bureau in Edmond, Oklahoma. It publishes the Interplanetary Intelligence Report from 1965 to 1966.
Reference: Eberhart
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_2895

Event 18601 (DE01FB95)

Date: 1957
Location: Bucegi Mountains, Romania
Description: Engineer Pantelimon Mizof and others see an object in the Bucegi Mountains, Romania, pass over them silently and land. Some of them approach to get a better look, but when they are 150 feet away, it takes off suddenly.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Hobana and Weverbergh 158–159
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_2896

Event 18602 (75687DD9)

Date: 1957
Locations: Australian; Victoria
Description: The Victorian branch of the Australian Flying Saucer Research Society becomes a separate organization, the Victorian UFO Research Society. It publishes the Australian UFO Bulletin from 1957 to September 2007, edited by Les Bristol.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Keith Basterfield, Vladimir Godic, and Pony Godic, “Australian Ufology: A Review,” JUFOS 2 (1990): 24; Australian UFO Bulletin 1, no. 3 (December 1957)
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_2897

Event 18603 (66703014)

Date: 1957
Location: Barcelona, Spain
Description: The Centro de Estudios Interplanetarios is founded in Barcelona, Spain. From 1970 to 1981 it publishes a quarterly magazine titled Stendek, and since then it has published occasional groups of papers on UFOs.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Stendek 1, no. 1 (June 1970); Papers d’OVNIs, no. 1 (1994); Nous Papers d’OVNIs, no. 1 (December 2014)
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_2898

Event 18604 (1CC29E6E)

Date: 1/1957
Location: MILOWKA, POLAND
Description: Several sightings / Jan. 1 to many observer(s). Spheres and “hats” and 20M saucer etc.
Type: sighting
Reference: HOBANA Ion & WEVERBERGH,Julien: UFO’S from BEHIND the IRON CURTAIN; Bantam Books,1975. 308pp. (Index 211)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_5252

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)

Extra Data: Country: “Poland”, Credibility: “11”, Duration: “3”, HatchDesc: “MILOWKA,POLAND:SVRL SIGHTINGS/JAN:1 to MANY OBS:SPHERES+“HATS”+20M SCR etc”, LatLong: “49.566669 19.094445”, LatLongDMS: “49:34:00 N 19:05:40 E”, Locale: “Town & City”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “BLS”, Strangeness: “8”

Event 18605 (2356591A)

Date: 1/1957
Locations: Los Angeles; California; Alpha Centauri
Description: Contactee Gabriel Green establishes the Los Angeles Interplanetary Study Groups, which in 1959 evolves into Amalgamated Flying Saucer Clubs of America in Los Angeles, California. It assumes that UFOs are piloted by friendly extraterrestrials. Around the same time, Green announces his meeting with flying saucer crewmen from the hitherto unknown planet Korendor, orbiting the triple star Alpha Centauri. At its peak, AFSCA has more than 5,000 members.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Wikipedia, “Gabriel Green”; Clark III 99; Thy Kingdom Come, no. 4 (April/May 1957)
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_2899

Event 18606 (B9773146)

Date: 1/1957
Location: Coral Gables, Florida
Description: Norbert F. Gariety begins publishing S.P.A.C.E. (Saucer Phenomena and Celestial Enigma), a monthly newsletter, in Coral Gables, Florida. It continues until January 1963. (S.P.A.C.E., no. 1
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: January 1957
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_2900

Event 18607 (11CB7DD5)

Date: 1/1/1957
Time: ~04:00
Location: RISSINGTON, NZ
Description: 2 observer(s). Huge glow cylinder/cigar-shape hovers low / horizon. Shoots strong rays. Quickly going up [to] and quickly going down.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO’s a HISTORY-1957 (19 booklets) Self published. (Index 103)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_5254

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

Extra Data: Country: “New Zealand”, Credibility: “7”, Duration: “3”, HatchDesc: “RISSINGTON,NZ:2 OBS:HUGE GLOW CGR HVRS LO/HRZN:SHOOTS STRONG RAYS:↑↑+↓↓”, LatLong: “-39.450002 176.716675”, LatLongDMS: “39:27:00 S 176:43:00 E”, Locale: “Residential”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “NI”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 18608 (EED77315)

Date: 1/1/1957
Time: 04:30
Location: NEAR SAVANNAH, GA
Description: 15 M disk hovers 12M over marsh. Hums. Observer(s) fires 9 shots. / r141#11p1.
Type: sighting
Reference: HITT, Michael D: GEORGIA’S AERIAL PHENOMENON 1947-1987 Self published 1999. ref. Jan Aldrich. (Index 28)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_5255

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), SND: UFO sounds heard or recorded

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “6”, Duration: “1”, Elev: “15”, HatchDesc: “nr SAVANNAH,GA:15 M DISK HVRS 12M OVR MARSH:HUMS:OBS FIRES 9 SHOTS:/r141#11p1”, LatLong: “32.083335 -81.000004”, LatLongDMS: “32:05:00 N 81:00:00 W”, Locale: “Wetlands”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, RelAlt: “12”, State/Prov: “Georgia”, Strangeness: “7”

Event 18609 (A0E5F432)

Date: 1/1/1957
Time: 15:30
Location: ST. HELENS, ENGL
Description: Several observer(s). Grey ring-saucer going quickly north high over thin clouds. Then extremely quickly going up. / r141#1p3.
Type: sighting
Reference: FLYING SAUCER REVIEW (FSR), London. Bimonthly. PO Box 162; High Wycombe, Bucks. HP135 DZ, England. (Index 38)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_5256

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: “Great Britain and Ireland”, Credibility: “9”, Duration: “2”, Elev: “22”, HatchDesc: “St.HELENS,ENGL:SVRL OBS:GRY RING-SCR >>N HI ovr THIN CLOUDS:THEN ↑↑↑:/r141#1p3”, LatLong: “53.450003 -2.733333”, LatLongDMS: “53:27:00 N 02:44:00 W”, Locale: “Town & City”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “England”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 18610 (C5F2A5B0)

Date: 1/1/1957
Location: Ashby, Minnesota
Description: Shortly before 12:00 midnight. Herbert Naderson and his wife and sons are driving northeast to their home in Ashby, Minnesota, when they see a triangular object traveling slowly at a high altitude. They watch it for 45 minutes.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Fergus Falls (Minn.) Daily Journal, January 3, 1957; Loren E. Gross, The Fifth Horseman of the Apocalypse: UFOs, a History: 1957 January–March 22nd, The Author, 1995, p. 2
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_2901

Event 18611 (877B5938)

Date: 1/1/1957
Description: At 2:10 a.m. a F-86D USAF pilot flying near Guam in the Pacific Ocean sighted a UFO that remained unexplained by Project Blue Book. At four o’clock in the morning in Hawke’s Bay, New Zealand two people in Rissington saw a huge luminous cigar hovering low over the horizon, and shooting beams of light in several directions.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: Project Blue Book files counted in official statistics, case 4577; Loren E. Gross, The Fifth Horseman of the Apocalypse: UFOs, A History, 1957: January-March 22, p. 3
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_3

Event 18612 (D515D3CD)

Date: 1/2/1957
Time: 21:00
Location: WEST MELTON, ENGL
Description: 2 observer(s). Domed saucer spins and going down. Silent. Reverses course going [to] overhead.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO’s a HISTORY-1957 (19 booklets) Self published. (Index 104)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_5257

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: “2”, Elev: “72”, HatchDesc: “WEST MELTON,ENGL:2 OBS:DOMED SCR SPINS+↓:SLNT:REVERSES COURSE > OVHD:”, LatLong: “53.500003 -1.366667”, LatLongDMS: “53:30:00 N 01:22:00 W”, Locale: “Residential”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “England”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 18613 (785508EA)

Date: 1/2/1957
Description: At nine o’clock in the evening in the South Yorkshire town of West Melton, England two witnesses saw a domed disc-shaped UFO spinning and rising into the sky. It reversed course and passed overhead.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: Loren E. Gross, The Fifth Horseman of the Apocalypse: UFOs: A History. 1957: January-March 22, p. 4
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_26

Event 18614 (4666413B)

Date: 1/3/1957
Time: 20:20
Location: MARENGO, ALGERIA
Description: French Air Force carrier plane crew. Luminous/glowing disk / green tail. No further details.
Type: sighting
Reference: WEINSTEIN, Dominique; UAP: 80 Years of Pilot Sightings Privately published. 7 avenue Bartholome. 75015 Paris, FRANCE. (Index 14)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_5258

Attributes: CST: Observer(s) in coastal area/just offshore, AIR: Observer(s) on aircraft, HQO: High-quality observer(s), SCR: Classic saucer/disk/sphere shaped UFO, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s)

Extra Data: Country: “Algeria”, Credibility: “8”, Duration: “1”, HatchDesc: “MARENGO,ALGERIA:FRENCH AF CARRIER PLANE CREW:LUMn DISK/GRN TAIL:NFD:”, LatLong: “36.683335 2.616667”, LatLongDMS: “36:41:00 N 02:37:00 E”, Locale: “Metropolis”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Alger”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 18615 (9FA97F7A)

Date: 1/8/1957
Time: 11:00
Location: NAPIER, NZ
Description: Dark disk going south under white clouds. 2 sharp turns. Going quickly east. Red fireball back / 2300h.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO’s a HISTORY-1957 (19 booklets) Self published. (Index 110)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_5259

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

Extra Data: Country: “New Zealand”, Credibility: “7”, Duration: “1”, HatchDesc: “NAPIER,NZ:DARK DISK >S UNDER WHT CLOUDS:2 SHARP TURNS:>>E:RED FBL BACK/2300h”, LatLong: “-39.500002 176.933342”, LatLongDMS: “39:30:00 S 176:56:00 E”, Locale: “Residential”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “NI”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 18616 (EDB6008B)

Date: 1/9/1957
Time: 23:40
Location: HALIFAX, NS
Description: Aero recognition expert. 2 saucers hover. 1 vertical. Going quickly south extremely fast. / Flying Saucer Review (FSR) JAN’57.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO’s a HISTORY-1957 (19 booklets) Self published. (Index 110)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_5260

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)

Extra Data: Country: “Canada”, Credibility: “8”, Duration: “1”, Elev: “145”, HatchDesc: “HALIFAX,NS:AERO RECOGN.EXPERT:2 SCRS HVR:1 VERTICAL:>>S XFAST:/FSR JAN’57”, LatLong: “44.633335 -63.600003”, LatLongDMS: “44:38:00 N 63:36:00 W”, Locale: “Town & City”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Nova Scotia”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 18617 (DB383E82)

Date: 1/10/1957
Description: Six witnesses in Stafford, England including a man named Roestenberg sighted a cigar-shaped object moving toward the southwest at 4:35 p.m. It left behind an orange trail twice its own length. When a jet plane approached it rose vertically and vanished into the sky. The duration of the sighting was five minutes.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: Richard F. Haines, CE5: Close Encounters of the Fifth Kind, p. 170; Flying Saucer Review, January-February 1957, p. 9
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_238

Event 18618 (757A39D9)

Date: 1/13/1957
Time: 03:10
Location: BALFOUR, NZ
Description: Small saucer plays tag with 2 observer(s) on foot! Jumps fence. / r8#386+APRO Mar. '57.
Type: sighting
Reference: HAINES, Richard Ph.D: CE-5, CLOSE ENCOUNTERS of the 5th KIND. 1999 Sourcebooks Inc. Naperville, IL ISBN 1-57071-427-4. 242 case files. (Index 197)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_5261

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), LND: UFO landing or any part touches ground, TCH: New technical details/clues

Extra Data: Country: “New Zealand”, Credibility: “7”, Duration: “15”, HatchDesc: “BALFOUR,NZ:SML SCR PLAYS TAG W/2 OBS ON FOOT!:JUMPS FENCE:/r8#386+APRO Mar57”, LatLong: “-45.850002 168.600008”, LatLongDMS: “45:51:00 S 168:36:00 E”, Locale: “Mountains”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “SI”, Strangeness: “9”

Event 18619 (0AC88729)

Date: 1/13/1957
Description: Two men, West and Liddell, watched as a forty meter in diameter fluorescent oval-shaped object nearly touched down on the grass in Balfour, New Zealand at 3:10 a.m., but it jumped away as the two men approached. It changed to a bluish-white sphere with a dark red center. It cleared a fence, and then vanished.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: Richard F. Haines, CE-5: Close Encounters of the Fifth Kind, p. 106
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_292

Event 18620 (5895D024)

Date: 1/14/1957
End date: 1/16/1957
Description: T. Townsend Brown has proven so financially inept that the NICAP board asks him to step down. Delmer S. Fahrney replaces him as board chairman, Keyhoe steps in as director, and Fahrney convenes a press conference in which he announces that UFOs are under intelligent control, but that they are not American or Soviet aircraft. Stringfield is made public relations adviser.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: T. Townsend Brown, Letter to NICAP Board of Governors, January 16, 1957; Loren E. Gross, The Fifth Horseman of the Apocalypse: UFOs, a History: 1957 January–March 22nd, The Author, 1995, pp. 14–20; “High Speed Objects Reported in the Sky,” New York Times, January 17, 1957, p. 31; Stringfield, Situation Red, Fawcett Crest, 1977, p. 15; Clark III 792
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_2902

Event 18621 (27A09CF6)

Date: 1/15/1957
Time: early
Location: Balfour, New Zealand
Description: William West and Wallace Liddell saw an object similar to a shooting star coming close to them appearing then as an oval, fluorescent craft, about 40 m in diameter, which almost touched the grass. They rushed to catch it, but it jumped away, turning into a bluish-white sphere with a dark red center. Each time they tried to reach it, the craft jumped farther away. It cleared a high fence and slowly vanished. The Invercargill Weather Bureau had no explanation.
Type: ufo sighting
Reference: 107 (Vallee)
Source: ValléeMagonia, ID: Magonia_386

Event 18622 (FD2BBBAE)

Date: 1/15/1957
Description: In the early morning hours of this day in Balfour, New Zealand, William West and Wallace Liddell saw an object similar to a shooting star come close to them. As it got closer it appeared to be an oval-shaped craft, fluorescent, about 40 cm in diameter. It came down toward the ground and nearly touched the grass but did not land. They rushed towards it to capture it, but it jumped away and turned into a bluish-white sphere with a dark red center. Each time they tried to catch it the object jumped further away. It cleared a high fence and slowly vanished. The Invercargill Weather Bureau had no explanation.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: Grey River Argus, January 15, 1957; Jacques Vallee, Passport to Magonia, p. 254
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_330

Event 18623 (91FA9B66)

Date: 1/16/1957
Time: ~19:00
Location: EL CAJON, CA
Description: Girl / 17. Saucer appears / time lapse photograph / moon. No visual. Possible prank.
Type: sighting
Reference: FLYING SAUCER REVIEW (FSR), London. Bimonthly. PO Box 162; High Wycombe, Bucks. HP135 DZ, England. (Index 78)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_5262

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

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “3”, Duration: “1”, Elev: “112”, HatchDesc: “El CAJON,CA:GIRL/17:SCR APPEARS/TIME LAPSE FOTO/MOON:NO VISUAL:possible prank”, LatLong: “32.794446 -116.961117”, LatLongDMS: “32:47:40 N 116:57:40 W”, Locale: “Residential”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “California”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 18624 (4D8943D2)

Date: 1/16/1957
Time: 20:00
Location: NORTHWEST / FT. WORTH, TX
Description: Fireball maneuvers all over/all about. Follows 2 separate Air Force B25s. Radio compass electro-magnetic effect (EME). Flashes code.
Type: sighting
Reference: HAINES, Richard & WEINSTEIN,Dominique: Preliminary Study of 64 Pilot Sightings involving EME on Aircraft Systems NARCAP TR-3 2001 (Index 24)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_5263

Attributes: AIR: Observer(s) on aircraft, MIL: Observer(s) military, 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), SIG: Signals/responses to/from/between UFO’s/occupants/observers, VEH: Vehicle affected: Marks/damage/EME effects, EME: Electro-Magnetic Effects, MIL: Military investigation, BBK: Project BLUEBOOK, COV: Indication of coverup

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “10”, Duration: “40”, Elev: “205”, HatchDesc: “NW/Ft.WORTH,TX:FBL MNVRS ALLO:FOLOS 2 SEP AF B25s:RDO COMPASS EME:FLASHES CODE”, LatLong: “32.916668 -97.500005”, LatLongDMS: “32:55:00 N 97:30:00 W”, Locale: “Metropolis”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Texas”, Strangeness: “7”

Event 18625 (852FD5A0)

Date: 1/16/1957
Location: Lubbock (Bet. Ft. Worth and), TX
Description: Object Maneuvers Near B-25’s (NICAP: 11 - Aviation Cases, Code: A, Rating: 5, BB: BBU)
Reference: NICAP: 570116
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_2007

Event 18626 (5B25A989)

Date: 1/16/1957
Locations: Sweetwater, Texas; Lubbock, Texas
Description: 8:00 p.m. The crews of two Air Force B-25s are flying about 90 miles north of Sweetwater, Texas, when they see a round white object make rapid maneuvers. Pilot Lt. Col. Howard T. Wright notes that his radio compass starts pointing directly toward the object, following its movements. The entire object begins blinking on and off. When the aircraft gets within range of Lubbock, Texas, the object flies off on a straight-line course in about 12 seconds. One of the B-25s refuels and is sent on a 4-hour search of the vicinity with no results.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: NICAP, “Object Maneuvers near B-25’s / EME”; Sparks, p. 241; Swords 244–245
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_2903

Event 18627 (84EA311B)

Date: 1/16/1957
Description: The crewmen of a USAF B-25 flying northwest of Fort Worth, Texas sighted a round, white light at eight o’clock in the evening making rapid maneuvers in the night sky. It made several 45-degree turns. The radio compass flipped over toward the UFO and held there during the duration of the 40-minute sighting.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: USAF Project Blue Book files counted in official statistics
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_346

Event 18628 (61A4408F)

Date: 1/17/1957
Time: 0500
Location: Las Vegas, NV
Description: Art Johnson and his wife, driving north on Decatur Bldv., observed a huge white ball which came straight down out of the sky, then headed towards Nellis AFB. “The object shot out a blast like at least 50 jet planes at once. It had a flaming exhaust colored reddish, blue and orange.” A similar object was seen at approximately the same location on 1/3/1957. (Reported in the Las Vegas Sun, Cr. W.B. Nash)
Type: ufo sighting
Reference: APRO Bulletin, 1/1957, page 6
Source: Maj2, ID: Maj2_923

Attributes: Nellis

Event 18629 (A3C0D07B)

Date: 1/17/1957
Description: (Translated from French) Admiral Farney declares that no terrestrial device is capable of reproducing the performance of the flying objects observed, penetrating our atmosphere. (January 17)
Reference: rr0 - Beau
Source: rr0, ID: rr0_1684

Event 18630 (5A0B1C85)

Date: 1/17/1957
Description: (Translated from French) Donald Keyhoe is appointed to head the NICAP.
Reference: rr0 - Beau
Source: rr0, ID: rr0_1685

Event 18631 (785A27B4)

Date: 1/17/1957
Description: (Translated from French) Above Milowka (Poland), several witnesses see a whitish object. It is silver, some think, and round like a hat. It moves horizontally at an estimated altitude of 500 m and has a diameter of about 20 m. The object shone like a mirror in the Sun before leaving at high speed.
Reference: Archives Hobana/Weverbergh
Reference: rr0 - Beau
Source: rr0, ID: rr0_1686

Event 18632 (38EA4415)

Date: 1/17/1957
Description: (Translated from French) At Milowka, a married couple is on the balcony of their apartment when they see 3 bright spheres in the sky, all of equal size and the same distance apart.
Reference: Archives Hobana/Weverbergh
Reference: rr0 - Beau
Source: rr0, ID: rr0_1687

Event 18633 (8CDAD479)

Date: 1/17/1957
Time: 10:50
Location: YOKOHAMA, JPN
Description: Photograph / perfect 8M saucer / 20M altitude. Going quickly southeast rising. / r141 #1p25+/ APRO Mar’57.
Type: sighting
Reference: FLYING SAUCER REVIEW (FSR), London. Bimonthly. PO Box 162; High Wycombe, Bucks. HP135 DZ, England. (Index 38)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_5264

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: “Japan”, Credibility: “7”, Duration: “1”, HatchDesc: “YOKOHAMA,JPN:FOTO/PERFECT 8M SCR/20M alt:>>SE RISING:/r141 #1p25+/APRO Mar’57”, LatLong: “35.616668 139.666673”, LatLongDMS: “35:37:00 N 139:40:00 E”, Locale: “Residential”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Honshu Island”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 18634 (73F7AE7F)

Date: 1/18/1957
Description: At 10:00 a.m. many people in Campo Quijano, Argentina witnessed a metallic ovoid UFO land on the slopes of the mountain Cerro Negro. It was viewed through binoculars, and was visible for seven hours.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: Oscar A. Uriondo, FSR Case Histories, supplement 12, December 1972, p. 9; Larry Hatch, U computer database
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_366

Event 18635 (38DB80C9)

Date: 1/19/1957
Location: 48.56956 45.90346
Description: Nuclear test: Air, confirmed. Country: USSR 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_1065

Extra Data: LatLong: “48.56956 45.90346”, LatLongDMS: “48:34:10 N 45:54:12 E”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, NukeCountry: “USSR”, NukeDepth: “0.00”, NukeSource: “RFAE”, NukeType: “NACS”, NukeY: “10”

Event 18636 (23B7985E)

Date: 1/21/1957
Location: APO
Description: Army Base Intelligence personnel see large shiny object over 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_211

Event 18637 (50640EC3)

Date: 1/21/1957
Time: 10:50
Location: ARLINGTON, VA
Description: Several / Army. Large shiny metal ball hovers and vanishes 2X. Small brown colored disks maneuver.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO’s a HISTORY-1957 (19 booklets) Self published. (Index 128)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_5265

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), CMF: Camouflage/disguise

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “8”, Duration: “5”, Elev: “74”, HatchDesc: “ARLINGTON,VA:SVRL/ARMY:LRG SHINY MTL BALL HVRS+VANISHES 2X:SML BRN DISKS MNVR”, LatLong: “38.883335 -77.050004”, LatLongDMS: “38:53:00 N 77:03:00 W”, Locale: “Town & City”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Virginia”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 18638 (8F7CB531)

Date: 1/21/1957
Location: Kagnew Station [now closed], Asmara, Eritrea
Description: 10:45 a.m. Near Kagnew Station [now closed], Asmara, Eritrea, five enlisted men of the US Army’s 4th Detachment of the Second Signal Service Battalion (M/Sgt Billy J. Woodruff, Sgt. Frank Haverly, SP2 Robert O. Clewell, SP2 George R. Dean, and SP3 Gerald L. Fennell) watch a large, shiny, metal sphere hovering at about 2,000 feet. It suddenly disappears but reappears later for a few minutes, then disappears again. Later in the day, Woodruff and Capt. Jesse M. Strong see two brownish, disc-shaped objects maneuvering in formation at a high altitude. One breaks away from the other, moving at high speed.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: UFOEv, p. 29
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_2904

Event 18639 (91F1A723)

Date: 1/21/1957
Description: A l arge shiny metallic sphere hovered over an Army military installation in Arlington, Virginia at 10:45 a.m. It vanished and reappeared twice. Meanwhile, some small brown discs were also seen maneuvering in the sky.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: Loren E. Gross, The Fifth Horseman of the Apocalypse: UFOs: A History. 1957: January-March 22, p. 28; Richard M. Dolan, UFO’s and the National Security State: Chronology of a Cover-up 1941-1973, p. 409
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_400

Event 18640 (F6070EB5)

Date: 1/24/1957
Location: INDIANAPOLIS, IN
Description: News report. Pilot and many. 4 brilliant night lights trail large pulsing ovoid. / r242.
Type: sighting
Reference: WEINSTEIN, Dominique; UAP: 80 Years of Pilot Sightings Privately published. 7 avenue Bartholome. 75015 Paris, FRANCE. (Index 36)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_5266

Attributes: AIR: Observer(s) on aircraft, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, HQO: High-quality observer(s), NWS: News media report, MID: Likely mis-identification, SCR: Classic saucer/disk/sphere shaped UFO, 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: “9”, Duration: “3”, Elev: “215”, HatchDesc: “INDIANAPOLIS,IN:NEWS Rpt:PILOT+MANY:4 BRILL.NLTS TRAIL LRG PULSING OVOID:/r242”, LatLong: “39.750002 -86.150004”, LatLongDMS: “39:45:00 N 86:09:00 W”, Locale: “Metropolis”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Indiana”, Strangeness: “4”

Event 18641 (907DEF35)

Date: 1/24/1957
Time: 11:00
Location: CHIPPENHAM, ENGL
Description: Airman and 1 / ground. Dark saucer with black stripe appears behind jet. Vanishes!
Type: sighting
Reference: FLYING SAUCER REVIEW (FSR), London. Bimonthly. PO Box 162; High Wycombe, Bucks. HP135 DZ, England. (Index 38)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_5267

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: “Great Britain and Ireland”, Credibility: “7”, Duration: “1”, Elev: “66”, HatchDesc: “CHIPPENHAM,ENGL:AIRMAN+1/GND:DRK SCR W/BLK STRIPE APPEARS BHND JET:VANISHES!”, LatLong: “51.450002 -2.116667”, LatLongDMS: “51:27:00 N 02:07:00 W”, Locale: “Residential”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “England”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 18642 (3D24CABE)

Date: 1/24/1957
Location: Unknown City, IN
Description: Commercial pilot and many others saw four brilliant white lights, in-line formation; trailing object larger, egg-shaped and pulsating. [NICAP UFOE, V] (NICAP: 11 - Aviation Cases)
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_2008

Event 18643 (1D60338F)

Date: 1/24/1957
Description: At around 11:00 a.m. an airman and two others on the ground in Chippenham, Wiltshire, England witnessed a dark saucer-shaped object with a black stripe that appeared behind a jet. It abruptly vanished.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: Flying Saucers, August 1957, p. 36; UFO Nachtrichten, September 1957
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_475

Event 18644 (675EDAD5)

Date: 1/24/1957
Description: On this night an airline pilot flying over Indianapolis, Indiana and many others saw four brilliant nocturnal lights trailing a large pulsating ovoid object.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: Richard H. Hall, The UFO Evidence, p. 136; Dominique Weinstein, Aircraft UFO Encounters, p. 28
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_476

Event 18645 (B44EBF0E)

Date: 1/26/1957
Time: 21:20
Location: CORAL GABLES, FL
Description: 2 / car. Dull red meteor shoots going down. Stops suddenly. Going west / modest speed.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO’s a HISTORY-1957 (19 booklets) Self published. (Index 129)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_5268

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CST: Observer(s) in coastal area/just offshore, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, NLT: Nightlights/points of light, FBL: Fireball: Blazing undistinguished form/orb., NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s)

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “7”, Duration: “1”, Elev: “3”, HatchDesc: “CORAL GABLES,FL:2/CAR:DULL RED METEOR SHOOTS ↓:STOPS SUDDENLY: >W/MODEST SPEED”, LatLong: “25.716668 -80.266670”, LatLongDMS: “25:43:00 N 80:16:00 W”, Locale: “Coastlands”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Florida”, Strangeness: “5”

Event 18646 (6F0D0403)

Date: 1/26/1957
Time: 22:00?
Location: COBALT, ON
Description: 2 / (seen thru) binoculars. Glowing-saucer hovers and maneuvers / 2 hours. Swoops and soars. No further details. / r141 #1p30.
Type: sighting
Reference: FLYING SAUCER REVIEW (FSR), London. Bimonthly. PO Box 162; High Wycombe, Bucks. HP135 DZ, England. (Index 38)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_5269

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: “120”, Elev: “311”, HatchDesc: “COBALT,ON:2/BINOCS:GLOW-SCR HVRS+MNVRS/2hrs:SWOOPS+SOARS:NFD:/r141 #1p30”, LatLong: “47.350002 -79.683337”, LatLongDMS: “47:21:00 N 79:41:00 W”, Locale: “Forest”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Ontario”, Strangeness: “5”

Event 18647 (B4BDFF43)

Date: 1/27/1957
Time: 20:20
Location: GLENDORA, CA
Description: Several observer(s). Noise shakes house. 2 amber saucers hover. Going quickly west / mountains. / r141#1p31.
Type: sighting
Reference: The APRO BULLETIN: Monthly. Jim & Coral Lorenzen: Tucson,AZ (USA. defunct) By volume and number. (Index 687)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_5270

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), BLD: Building/man-made structure/roads/power lines, EME: Electro-Magnetic Effects, MIL: Military investigation, BBK: Project BLUEBOOK, SND: UFO sounds heard or recorded

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “9”, Duration: “20”, Elev: “236”, HatchDesc: “GLENDORA,CA:SVRL OBS:NOISE SHAKES HOUSE:2 AMBER SCRS HVR:>>W/MTNS:/r141#1p31”, LatLong: “34.127779 -117.872228”, LatLongDMS: “34:07:40 N 117:52:20 W”, Locale: “Residential”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “California”, Strangeness: “7”

Event 18648 (536F8CFF)

Date: 1/27/1957
Description: Former CIA director Rear Adm. Roscoe H. Hillenkoetter joins NICAP’s board of directors.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Loren E. Gross, The Fifth Horseman of the Apocalypse: UFOs, a History: 1957 January–March 22nd, The Author, 1995, p. 31
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_2905

Event 18649 (07CB32ED)

Date: 1/31/1957
Description: US Army Order number 30-13, “Sightings of Unconventional Aircraft,” stipulates that personnel involved in sightings must “not discuss or disseminate such information to persons or agencies other than their superior officer(s) and other personnel authorized by the Acting Chief of Staff, G-2, this headquarters,” by order of Col. Charles L. Olin.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: “Air Force Sees Plenty: Tells Nothing,” CSI News Letter, no. 8 (July 25, 1957): 7–8
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_2906

Event 18650 (F5B78515)

Date: 2/1957
Location: SOUTH AFRICA (unspecified location)
Description: (Translated from French) …“a remarkable letter from an Englishwoman living in South Africa. Her house was situated high on a hill above a large valley with a river running through it. One night in February 1957, she saw a ‘Moon’ moving and emitting multiple flashes. She got out of bed and went to another room where she opened the window overlooking the valley. The ‘Moon’ moved towards the house with a rapid zigzag motion, changing shape to become a golden oval balloon, flying above the roofs. She smelled a smell similar to that of an overheated radio. At one point the phenomenon passed behind a tree: the object was then visible in part from each side of the trunk. It disappeared at great speed.”
Reference: Science Interdite - journal 1957-1959" Jacques Vallée, ed. O.P. Editions 1997, p. 133
Reference: Mini catalogue chronologique des observations OVNI, by Godelieve Van Overmeire
Source: Overmeire, ID: Overmeire_2030

Event 18651 (A66D1B1B)

Date: 2/1957
Location: CAMBRIDGE, ENG
Description: Reports flood in. Saucer has green glowing base. 500’ altitude. No explanation.
Type: sighting
Reference: FARISH, Jucius: UFO NEWSCLIPPING SERVICE: $5/Monthly. Plumerville, AR. (Index 293)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_5271

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

Extra Data: Country: “Great Britain and Ireland”, Credibility: “12”, Duration: “100”, HatchDesc: “CAMBRIDGE,ENG:REPORTS FLOOD IN:SCR HAS GREEN GLOWING BASE:500’ ALT:NO EXPLAN.”, LatLong: “52.200002 0.133333”, LatLongDMS: “52:12:00 N 00:08:00 E”, Locale: “Town & City”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “England”, Strangeness: “7”

Event 18652 (7D9016E5)

Date: 2/1957
Locations: Addiction Center in Lexington, Kentucky; Allan Memorial Institute of McGill University in Montreal
Description: Project MKUltra chief Sidney Gottlieb organizes field trials of psilocybin for injection into 9 black inmates at the Addiction Center in Lexington, Kentucky. Allen Dulles approves psychiatrist Donald Ewen Cameron’s application for mind-control experiments to be administered at the Allan Memorial Institute of McGill University in Montreal, funded through the Society for the Investigation of Human Ecology, a CIA cutout organization. Cameron does not know that the money originates from the CIA. In addition to LSD, Cameron experiments with various paralytic drugs, electroconvulsive therapy at 30–40 times the normal power, and sensory deprivation in a “sleep room.” This is a dimly lit dormitory of about 20 beds, which the nurses call “The Zombie Room.” His “psychic driving” experiments consist of putting subjects into drug-induced comas for weeks at a time (up to three months in one case) while playing tape loops of noise or simple repetitive statements. His experiments are typically carried out on patients who have entered the institute for minor problems such as anxiety disorders and postpartum depression, many of whom suffer permanently from his actions. His treatments result in victims’ incontinence, amnesia, forgetting how to talk, forgetting their parents, and thinking their interrogators are their parents. The Canadian government is apparently unaware of these activities. Naomi Klein argues that Cameron’s research and his contribution to the MKUltra project is actually not about mind control and brainwashing, but about designing “a scientifically based system for extracting information from ‘resistant sources.’ In other words, torture.”
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Gordon Thomas, Journey into Madness: The True Story of Secret CIA Mind Control and Medical Abuse, Bantam, 1989; Anne Collins, In the Sleep Room: The Story of the CIA Brainwashing Experiments in Canada, Lester & Orpen Dennys, 1988; John D. Marks, The Search for the “Manchurian Candidate”: The CIA and Mind Control, Times Books, 1978; Naomi Klein, The Shock Doctrine: The Rise of Disaster Capitalism, Picador, 2008; Jim Keith, Mind Control, World Control: The Encyclopedia of Mind Control, 2014
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_2907

Event 18653 (61181173)

Date: 2/3/1957
Description: A woman named Salter was driving in an uninhabited part of Georgetown, Connecticut around ten p.m. when she encountered a five-meter long cigar-shaped object close to the ground on the left side of the road. It had several portholes, half a meter in diameter, that were lit by a yellow light. She saw shadows moving about inside. After a short while the UFO took off going straight up.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: David F. Webb & Ted Bloecher, HUMCAT: Catalogue of Humanoid Reports, case A0416, citing investigator Harvey Courtney, APRO Bulletin, March-April 1962, p. 1
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_676

Event 18654 (7D33D2A6)

Date: 2/4/1957
Time: 21:00?
Location: BOMBAY, INDIA
Description: Many observer(s). Blue saucer hovers and spins and going east. Tail vanishes. Saucer vanishes. / r141.
Type: sighting
Reference: FLYING SAUCER REVIEW (FSR), London. Bimonthly. PO Box 162; High Wycombe, Bucks. HP135 DZ, England. (Index 38)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_5272

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

Extra Data: Country: “India”, Credibility: “12”, Duration: “10”, HatchDesc: “BOMBAY,INDIA:MANY OBS:BLU SCR HVRS+SPINS+>E:TAIL VANISHES:SCR VANISHES:/r141”, LatLong: “18.966668 72.850003”, LatLongDMS: “18:58:00 N 72:51:00 E”, Locale: “Coastlands”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “BMB”, Strangeness: “4”

Event 18655 (CD4E1794)

Date: 2/6/1957
Time: 22:00?
Location: HEBRON, CT
Description: Separate observer(s). Roar! Jellyfish saucers hover. Move / unison. Drop tentacles. Going quickly [to] very fast.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO’s a HISTORY-1957 (19 booklets) Self published. (Index 103)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_5273

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: “2”, Elev: “165”, HatchDesc: “HEBRON,CT:SEP.OBS:ROAR!:JELLYFISH SCRS HVR:MOVE/UNISON:DROP TENTACLES:>>VFAST”, LatLong: “41.655558 -72.366670”, LatLongDMS: “41:39:20 N 72:22:00 W”, Locale: “Residential”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Connecticut”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 18656 (735EA4DB)

Date: 2/7/1957
Location: Las Cruces, NM
Description: (McDonald list; FUFOR Index) 54 Targets / Two Ground Radars & Four Aircraft (NICAP: 09 - RADAR Cases, Code: R, Rating: 5, BB: BBU, NC)
Reference: NICAP: 570207
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_2009

Event 18657 (577BCD68)

Date: 2/9/1957
Time: 01:00
Location: PHILADELPHIA, PA
Description: Ovoid flutters going down. Speeds going up. Repeats sequence several X. Light / top.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO’s a HISTORY-1957 (19 booklets) Self published. (Index 139)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_5274

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: “45”, HatchDesc: “PHILADELPHIA,PA:OVOID FLUTTERS ↓:SPEEDS ↑:REPEATS SEQUENCE SVRL X:LITE/TOP”, LatLong: “39.933335 -75.200004”, LatLongDMS: “39:56:00 N 75:12:00 W”, Locale: “Metropolis”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, RelAlt: “99”, State/Prov: “Pennsylvania”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 18658 (8F28C6A3)

Date: 2/9/1957
Time: 2200
Location: Georgetown, Connecticut
Description: Approximate date. Ina Salter was driving on Route 53 in a desolate area when she encountered a cigar-shaped objert about 5 m long, showing several portholes, which was hovering close to the ground to the left of the road. The portholes, about 50 cm in diameter, were illuminated with a yellowish light, and there were shadows moving behind. As she passed the object, it took off straight up, hovered for a few seconds, then rose out of sight
Type: ufo sighting
Reference: APRO Mar., 62 (Vallee)
Source: ValléeMagonia, ID: Magonia_387

Event 18659 (325872A6)

Date: 2/9/1957
Description: On or about this date a woman driving along a desolate road in Ridgefield, Connecticut encountered a five meter long cigar-shaped object close to the ground on the left side of the road. It had several portholes about half a meter in diameter that were lit by a yellow light. Shadows could be seen moving around behind the windows. It took off going straight up.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: Thomas M. Olsen, The Reference for Outstanding UFO Sighting Reports, case 86, citing APRO Bulletin, March 1962, p. 1
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_769

Event 18660 (273C8447)

Date: 2/10/1957
Time: 02:00
Location: BRADENTON BEACH, FL
Description: Classic saucer going down. Stops 15M over Gulf. Blue glow / bottom/underside. Rises and going quickly [to] going.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO’s a HISTORY-1957 (19 booklets) Self published. (Index 103)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_5275

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: “3”, Elev: “2”, HatchDesc: “BRADENTON BEACH,FL:CLASSIC SCR ↓:STOPS 15M OVR GULF:BLU GLOW/BTM:RISES+>>>”, LatLong: “27.466668 -82.705559”, LatLongDMS: “27:28:00 N 82:42:20 W”, Locale: “Coastlands”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Florida”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 18661 (34BBDE2E)

Date: 2/10/1957 (approximate)
Time: 16:50
Location: MOYOBAMBA, PERU
Description: Ray Stanford and more. 8M domed saucer descends going east to jungle. Incredible black.
Type: sighting
Reference: Newspaper account: Moyobamba, PERU:Data from Ray Stanford correspondence. Folder PERU57 on file here.
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_5276

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

Extra Data: Country: “Peru”, Credibility: “6”, Duration: “1”, Elev: “900”, HatchDesc: “MOYOBAMBA,PERU:RAY STANFORD+:8M DOMED SCR DESCENDS >E to JUNGLE:INCRED.BLACK”, LatLong: “-6.050000 -76.966670”, LatLongDMS: “06:03:00 S 76:58:00 W”, Locale: “Mountains”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, RelAlt: “20”, State/Prov: “SMT”, Strangeness: “7”

Event 18662 (A8E8C564)

Date: 2/10/1957 (approximate)
Time: 22:10
Location: NEAR GEORGETOWN, CT
Description: 5M cylinder/cigar-shape over road. Shadows move / portholes. Quickly going up / car nears. / r8#387.
Type: sighting
Reference: The APRO BULLETIN: Monthly. Jim & Coral Lorenzen: Tucson,AZ (USA. defunct) By volume and number. (Index 747)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_5277

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, CIG: Torpedo/cigar/cylinder shaped UFO, FIG: Undefined or poorly seen figure/entity, OBS: Observation/chasing vehicles, LND: UFO landing or any part touches ground

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “6”, Duration: “2”, Elev: “103”, HatchDesc: “nr GEORGETOWN,CT:5M CGR OVR ROAD:SHADOWS MOVE/PORTHOLES:↑↑/CAR NEARS:/r8#387”, LatLong: “41.255558 -73.433337”, LatLongDMS: “41:15:20 N 73:26:00 W”, Locale: “Pasture”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, RelAlt: “3”, State/Prov: “Connecticut”, Strangeness: “8”

Event 18663 (E7F0BE96)

Date: 2/11/1957
Time: 23:50
Location: HONOLULU, HI
Description: Glowing-disk enters cloud. Going down [to] with / 2nd small object. Both cavort. / r114p93.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO’s a HISTORY-1957 (19 booklets) Self published. (Index 140)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_5278

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)

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “6”, Duration: “2”, Elev: “6”, HatchDesc: “HONOLULU,HI:GLOW-DISK ENTERS CLOUD:↓ WITH/2nd SMALL OBJ:BOTH CAVORT:/r114p93”, LatLong: “21.333334 -157.850008”, LatLongDMS: “21:20:00 N 157:51:00 W”, Locale: “Islands”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Hawaii”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 18664 (D1B9F7DE)

Date: 2/11/1957
Description: At 11:45 a.m. in Honolulu, Hawaii a luminous disc-shaped object entered some clouds, then rose above them accompanied by a second, smaller object. Both objects maneuvered about for a couple of minutes.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: Loren E. Gross, The Fifth Horseman of the Apocalypse: UFOs: A History. 1957: January-March 22, p. 40
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_821

Event 18665 (24C61BD9)

Date: 2/12/1957
Description: (Translated from French) Above Mansfield, after seismic shocks, luminous shapes are seen in the sky leaving behind a trail of vapor and advancing at extraordinary speeds. (11-12 February)
Reference: rr0 - Beau
Source: rr0, ID: rr0_1688

Event 18666 (007D829F)

Date: 2/13/1957
Location: USA, Lincoln AFB (Nebraska)
Description: (Translated from French) RO - 02:30 - 5 witnesses - duration 5 minutes. The objects were visually observed by three air traffic controllers and by the director of operations who was in the city to monitor an air mission. They were also tracked on radar by N.C.O.I.C. and by G.C.A. for three to five minutes. They were about 10 km behind an airliner and moving twice as fast. One of the objects split into two and another one made a 180° turn. Identification requested by I.F.F.: no response. The light spot on the radar screen was about the same size as that of a B-47. The objects seemed to remain stationary and then suddenly accelerate and shoot away. (February 13, 1957)
Reference: J. Allen HYNEK: “UFOs, Myth or Reality?” - trans. Belfond 1974 - pp. 108, 109, 275
Reference: Mini catalogue chronologique des observations OVNI, by Godelieve Van Overmeire
Source: Overmeire, ID: Overmeire_2029

Event 18667 (3344C802)

Date: 2/13/1957
Time: 02:30
Location: NORTH / LINCOLN AIR FORCE BASE, NE
Description: 2 separate RADAR’s and 5 observer(s). 3 night lights / 600mph. 180° turns. Away extremely fast. / r141#1.
Type: sighting
Reference: HYNEK, J. Allen: The UFO EXPERIENCE, A Scientific Inquiry; Ballentine Books, NY 1974,1977. (Index 267)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_5279

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: “10”, Duration: “25”, Elev: “374”, HatchDesc: “N/LINCOLN AFB,NE:2 SEP.RDRs+5 OBS:3 NLTS/600mph:180°TURNS:AWAY XFAST:/r141#1”, LatLong: “41.000002 -96.683338”, LatLongDMS: “41:00:00 N 96:41:00 W”, Locale: “Town & City”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Nebraska”, Strangeness: “5”

Event 18668 (CCA26A20)

Date: 2/13/1957
Time: 04:40
Location: TIERRA AMARILLA AFS, NM
Description: Blue Book. Ground and air RADAR. 2 night lights. 1 follows searching jet / 25 mile(s).
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO’s a HISTORY-1957 (19 booklets) Self published. (Index 143)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_5280

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

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “10”, Duration: “120”, Elev: “2293”, HatchDesc: “TIERRA AMARILLA AFS,NM:BBK:GRD+AIR RDR:2 NLTS:1 FOLOS SEARCHING JET/25mi”, LatLong: “36.700002 -106.550005”, LatLongDMS: “36:42:00 N 106:33:00 W”, Locale: “Town & City”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “New Mexico”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 18669 (466B896D)

Date: 2/13/1957
Time: ~19:00
Location: BURBANK, CA
Description: Many observer(s). 3 bright saucers / 18km altitude. Searches with beam. Quickly going up [to] and going quickly northeast. / r114p103.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO’s a HISTORY-1957 (19 booklets) Self published. (Index 143)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_5281

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

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “11”, Duration: “20”, Elev: “236”, HatchDesc: “BURBANK,CA:MANY OBS:3 BRITE SCRS/18km alt:SEARCHES W/BEAM:↑↑+>>NE:/r114p103”, LatLong: “34.166668 -118.300006”, LatLongDMS: “34:10:00 N 118:18:00 W”, Locale: “Residential”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, RelAlt: “18000”, State/Prov: “California”, Strangeness: “7”

Event 18670 (A5F7A776)

Date: 2/13/1957
Time: 21:40
Location: PLACERVILLE, CA
Description: Amateur astronomer. Meteor going south. Veers going west. = black disk! Hovers. Quickly going up [to] to space.
Type: sighting
Reference: The APRO BULLETIN: Monthly. Jim & Coral Lorenzen: Tucson,AZ (USA. defunct) By volume and number. (Index 691)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_5282

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

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “7”, Duration: “2”, Elev: “569”, HatchDesc: “PLACERVILLE,CA:AM.ASTRON:METEOR > S:VEERS >W:=BLK DISK!:HVRS:↑↑ to space”, LatLong: “38.716669 -120.816672”, LatLongDMS: “38:43:00 N 120:49:00 W”, Locale: “Mountains”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “California”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 18671 (02BA54AC)

Date: 2/13/1957
Location: Lincoln AFB, NE
Description: Radar tracked several targets flying behind an airliner , G,V (NICAP: 09 - RADAR Cases, Code: R, Rating: 5, BB: BBU)
Reference: NICAP: 570213
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_2010

Event 18672 (1BDEB745)

Date: 2/13/1957
Location: Marrero, LA
Description: Martin (McDonald list; FUFOR Index) Nebulous Targets At High Altitude (R/V) (NICAP: 09 - RADAR Cases, Code: R, Rating: 5, BB: BBU)
Reference: NICAP: 570213
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_2011

Event 18673 (145820A7)

Date: 2/13/1957
Location: Tierra Amarilla AFS, NM
Description: Meyer. (McDonald list; FUFOR Index) Two Objects On AN/FPS-3 (NICAP: 09 - RADAR Cases, Code: R, Rating: 5, BB: BBU, NC)
Reference: NICAP: 570213
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_2012

Event 18674 (F484B521)

Date: 2/13/1957
Location: Burbank, CA
Description: Police received many calls about oval-shaped objects over city. Officer Robert Wells, who went to investigate, confirmed sighting. [NICAP UFOE, XII] (NICAP: 01 - Distant Encounters)
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_2013

Event 18675 (CFE2B8CA)

Date: 2/13/1957
Locations: Lincoln AFB; Lincoln Airport, Nebraska
Description: 2:30 a.m. The USAF operations director and three tower controllers at two radar sites within Lincoln AFB [now Lincoln Airport, Nebraska], the GCA and NCOIC, track several targets flying behind an airliner at a distance of 5–6 miles and traveling twice as fast. There is no IFF response. The objects hover and move at high speed. One splits into two objects, another executes an 180° turn. The radar blips are the size of a B-47.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: NICAP, “Radar/Visual at Lincoln AFB”; Sparks, p. 241; J. Allen Hynek, The UFO Experience, Ballantine ed., 1974, pp. 96–97
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_2908

Event 18676 (DBE50DFE)

Date: 2/13/1957
Location: Placerville, California
Description: 9:40 p.m. Amateur astronomer Steve Papina is walking south in Placerville, California, when he notices off to his left the ionized track of what he takes to be a meteor. It is about 20° above the eastern horizon, rising at a 70° angle. The trail begins widening at about 35° above the horizon and veers in a westerly direction. Suddenly a black disc appears directly in front of the trail, whose diameter is approximately the width of the trail and the size of a nickel held at a distance of 5 feet. Its surface is not smooth but crisscrossed with grooves. It continues to move from east to west and acquires a white, dusty appearance before speeding directly away from Papina at high speed.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: “ALPO Refers Sighting to APRO,” APRO Bulletin, July 1957, p. 3
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_2909

Event 18677 (A27FC1C6)

Date: 2/13/1957
Description: Three bright disc-shaped objects were seen flying over Burbank, California at 7:00 p.m. They searched the sky with light beams, then they rose vertically in departure.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: newspaper clipping dated February 14, 1957; APRO Bulletin, March 1957, p. 5; Leonard H. Stringfield, CRIFO Orbit, March 1957
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_893

Event 18678 (C4DCA181)

Date: 2/14/1957
Time: 03:10
Location: PASADENA, CA
Description: Cops and many. Ovoids stop. Turn. Search / beams. Land / roof? Vertical exit.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO’s a HISTORY-1957 (19 booklets) Self published. (Index 105)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_5283

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, RAY: Odd light/searchlight/beam/laser-like, LND: UFO landing or any part touches ground, TCH: New technical details/clues

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “8”, Duration: “30”, Elev: “263”, HatchDesc: “PASADENA,CA:COPS+MANY:OVOIDS STOP:TURN:SEARCH/BEAMS:LAND/ROOF?:VERTICAL EXIT”, LatLong: “34.166668 -118.150006”, LatLongDMS: “34:10:00 N 118:09:00 W”, Locale: “Town & City”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “California”, Strangeness: “7”

Event 18679 (58930356)

Date: 2/14/1957
Location: Stead AFB, NV
Description: Two Radar Sites Track UFOB (NICAP: 09 - RADAR Cases, Code: R, Rating: 5)
Reference: NICAP: 570214
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_2014

Event 18680 (E05FDAE6)

Date: 2/15/1957
Time: 19:00?
Location: MAMARONECK, NY
Description: Brilliant silent ovoid swings north and south slow. 2+2 night lights exit / opposite directions. Ovoid quickly going up.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO’s a HISTORY-1957 (19 booklets) Self published. (Index 144)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_5284

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)

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “7”, Duration: “2”, Elev: “14”, HatchDesc: “MAMARONECK,NY:BRILL.SLNT OVOID SWINGS N+S SLOW:2+2 NLTS EXIT/OPP.DIRs:OVOID ↑↑”, LatLong: “40.950002 -73.733337”, LatLongDMS: “40:57:00 N 73:44:00 W”, Locale: “Residential”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “New York”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 18681 (EB10CF49)

Date: 2/15/1957
Time: 22:00?
Location: WARDLE, ENG
Description: RAF plane follows UFO. Drops weather balloon gear? / APRO MAY’57+/ r141.
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_5285

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, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), SMP: Sampling of plant/animal/soil/tissue/specimens, TRC: Physical traces, TCH: New technical details/clues

Extra Data: Country: “Great Britain and Ireland”, Credibility: “8”, Duration: “15”, Elev: “180”, HatchDesc: “WARDLE,ENG:RAF PLANE FOLOS UFO:DROPS WEATHER BALLOON GEAR?:/APRO MAY’57+/r141”, LatLong: “53.650003 -2.133333”, LatLongDMS: “53:39:00 N 02:08:00 W”, Locale: “Metropolis”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “England”, Strangeness: “8”

Event 18682 (135C4E76)

Date: 2/15/1957
Locations: Wardle, Lancashire, England; Rochdale
Description: 10:00 p.m. A large, circular object is seen by independent witnesses in Wardle, Lancashire, England. Shortly afterward, a commercial aircraft is seen following the same course as the UFO and displaying unusually powerful lights. Later, at a point along the flight path, a small radio transmitter like those attached to balloons is found, then another piece of meteorological equipment in another spot. In the House of Commons, MP Tony Leavey asks the Secretary of State for Air for an explanation. On March 20, Under-Secretary of State for Air Ian Orr-Ewing responds, saying that the objects were toy balloons illuminated by a flashlight bulb released by Neil Robinson, a laundry mechanic from Rochdale. But on April 17, the Air Ministry sends an investigator to interview the witnesses and tells them not to talk about the sighting. Robinson says he has no idea how to launch a balloon, but there is some evidence that he has considerable technical know-how and a penchant for pranks.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Clifford Thornton, “The Wardle Mystery,” Flying Saucer Review 3, no. 3 (May/June 1957): 4; Geoffrey Norris, “Something in the Sky,” Royal Air Force Flying Review, July 1957, pp. 14–16, 46; Good Above, pp. 46–47; David Clarke, “The Wardle ‘Thing,’” Fortean Times 196 (June 2005): 40–41
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_2910

Event 18683 (CDA35472)

Date: 2/18/1957
Time: 10:30
Location: SULLIVAN, IN
Description: Girl. Top saucers with rims glare white / treetop level. Hover then going north.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO’s a HISTORY-1957 (19 booklets) Self published. (Index 107)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_5286

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: “165”, HatchDesc: “SULLIVAN,IN:GIRL:TOP SCRS WITH RIMS GLARE WHITE/TREETOP LVL:HVR THEN >N”, LatLong: “37.094446 -87.405560”, LatLongDMS: “37:05:40 N 87:24:20 W”, Locale: “Residential”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Indiana”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 18684 (4A437544)

Date: 2/19/1957
Description: In testimony before the House Appropriations Committee, National Advisory Committee on Aeronautics officials Hugh Latimer Dryden and Jimmy Doolittle are asked about UFOs. They “flatly denied the existence of such space vehicles.” When asked why they don’t speak out more often, they remark that they “cannot compete with the science-fiction people.”
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: US House Appropriations Committee, Hearings, Independent Offices Appropriations for 1958, National Advisory Committee on Aeronautics, February 19, 1957, pp. 1417–1419
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_2911

Event 18685 (98CAC474)

Date: 2/21/1957
Time: 17:30
Location: NEAR LONGREACH, QLD
Description: 3 / truck. 4M egg chases truck / 360M altitude. Stops and starts. Going quickly [to] 5000kph.
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_5287

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

Extra Data: Country: “Australia”, Credibility: “7”, Duration: “2”, HatchDesc: “nr LONGREACH,QLD:3/TRUCK:4M EGG CHASES TRUCK/360M alt:STOPS+STARTS:>>5000kph”, LatLong: “-23.450001 144.250007”, LatLongDMS: “23:27:00 S 144:15:00 E”, Locale: “Pasture”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Queensland”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 18686 (D86A291A)

Date: 2/24/1957
Time: 08:30
Location: NEAR INDIO, CA
Description: Miner. Disk hovers / mountain. 4-5 sudden 1-mile jumps. Shoots quickly going up. Whoosh!
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO’s a HISTORY-1957 (19 booklets) Self published. (Index 106)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_5288

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

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “6”, Duration: “5”, Elev: “3”, HatchDesc: “nr INDIO,CA:MINER:DISK HVRS/Mtn:4-5 SUDDEN 1-MILE JUMPS:SHOOTS ↑↑:WHOOSH!”, LatLong: “33.733335 -116.216672”, LatLongDMS: “33:44:00 N 116:13:00 W”, Locale: “Mountains”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “California”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 18687 (18B263E7)

Date: 2/26/1957
Locations: UK; Italy
Description: UK Air Chief Marshal Hugh Dowding writes to retired Italian diplomat Alberto Perego that he is most interested in “accounts of intelligible contacts between human beings and the occupants of interplanetary ships.”
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Good Above, p. 48
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_2912

Event 18688 (92F126BE)

Date: 2/27/1957
Time: 20:00
Location: HOUSTON, TX
Description: Ground Observer Corps (GOC) observer(s) and military. Night light / 40K’ altitude sweeps sky several times. RADAR can’t see. 2000mph.
Type: sighting
Reference: MUFON UFO JOURNAL, Seguin, TX USA. Monthly. (Index 286)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_5289

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, TCH: New technical details/clues

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “9”, Duration: “2”, Elev: “15”, HatchDesc: “HOUSTON,TX:GOC OBS+MIL:NLT/40K’alt SWEEPS SKY SVRL TIMES:RDR CANT SEE:2000mph”, LatLong: “29.750001 -95.366671”, LatLongDMS: “29:45:00 N 95:22:00 W”, Locale: “Metropolis”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, RelAlt: “12000”, State/Prov: “Texas”, Strangeness: “5”

Event 18689 (5FC45954)

Date: 2/27/1957
Location: Castle AFB, CA
Description: (McDonald list; FUFOR Index) 6,000 MPH Objects On Three CPN-18 Radars (NICAP: 09 - RADAR Cases, Code: R, Rating: 5, BB: BBU)
Reference: NICAP: 570227
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_2015

Event 18690 (50A2F374)

Date: 3/1/1957
Description: Leonard H. Stringfield publishes the final issue of CRIFO Orbit.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: CRIFO Orbit 3, no. 12 (March 1, 1957); Clark III 1114
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_2913

Event 18691 (EF3DA0A2)

Date: 3/2/1957
Time: 08:20
Location: KYOTO, JPN
Description: 3 / temple. Small metallic disk flies / gardens / low altitude. Sharp fast exit going up / angle.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO’s a HISTORY-1957 (19 booklets) Self published. (Index 160)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_5290

Attributes: 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, VEG: Plants affected or sampled/crop circles

Extra Data: Country: “Japan”, Credibility: “8”, Duration: “1”, HatchDesc: “KYOTO,JPN:3/TEMPLE:SML MTLC DISK FLIES/GARDENS/LO ALT:SHARP FAST EXIT ↑/ANGLE”, LatLong: “35.000002 135.750006”, LatLongDMS: “35:00:00 N 135:45:00 E”, Locale: “Residential”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Honshu Island”, Strangeness: “7”

Event 18692 (4206A86B)

Date: 3/2/1957
Description: At 8:15 a.m. a small metallic disc flew over some gardens in Kyoto, Japan at a low altitude. It then made a fast exit at a sharp angle up into the sky.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: Loren E. Gross, The Fifth Horseman of the Apocalypse: UFOs: A History. 1957: January-March 22, p. 60
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_1240

Event 18693 (FD0AA365)

Date: 3/5/1957
Description: (Translated from French) The photograph taken in Rouen in March, and the one taken in McMinville in 1951. See photo at images/1954-03.jpg. (March 5)
Reference: rr0 - Beau
Source: rr0, ID: rr0_1689

Event 18694 (F8B7DE96)

Date: 3/5/1957
Description: On this morning at 8:13 a.m. a fighter pilot flying over Rouen, France photographed a hat-shaped saucer identical in appearance to the McMinnville, Oregon photograph taken by Paul Trent in 1950.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: Life Magazine, April 1, 1966; Frank Edwards, Flying Saucers: Here and Now, pp. 46 & 80; Brinsley LePoer Trench, The Flying Saucer Story, p. P-7
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_1310

Event 18695 (D3B94975)

Date: 3/6/1957
Location: USA, Hope (New Jersey)
Description: (Translated from French) The witness saw a UFO at a distance of less than 150 m, around 2 pm. First through the back window of his house on the road to Great Meadows, then from the back yard. The weather was clear, under a low cloud ceiling. First the dogs barked and looked at the object. Its shape resembled a top hat, with a rounded cap of 9 to 12 m high, a horizontal diameter of at least 15 m above a slightly upturned edge protruding at least 3.50 m to 4.50 m at the bottom of the cap. This edge appeared smooth, completely sealed, slightly curved, without openings or portholes, or bays, or slots of any kind, nor on the rest of the object of a uniformly white, dull, clean, texture reminiscent of pipe clay. A moderate northeast breeze was blowing, and the object remained hovering almost stationary, like a boat at anchor, swaying. At the same rhythm and at the same time it emitted a rumble or buzz that increased and decreased regularly. Under the object he seemed to see, not to see, to see again, strips or filaments of a material that sparkled like Christmas tree garlands. Suddenly, with a slight suction noise, the object rose almost vertically, obliquely towards the northeast through the cloud layer, where it ceased to be visible. (March 6, 1957)
Reference: J. Allen HYNEK: “New Report on UFOs” - Belfond 1979, pp. 149-151
Reference: Mini catalogue chronologique des observations OVNI, by Godelieve Van Overmeire
Source: Overmeire, ID: Overmeire_2031

Event 18696 (EC3CF7EA)

Date: 3/6/1957
Time: 14:00
Location: GREAT MEADOWS, NJ
Description: Blue Book. Saucer hovers and rocks / 1 minute(s). Twinkling lines hang going down. Object quickly going up [to] and going northeast. / r141.
Type: sighting
Reference: HYNEK, Dr. J. Allen: THE HYNEK UFO REPORT; Dell Publ., NY 1977. 298pp. (Index 152)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_5291

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

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “6”, Duration: “1”, Elev: “167”, HatchDesc: “GREAT MEADOWS,NJ:BBK:SCR HVRS+ROCKS/1min:TWINKLING LINES HANG↓:OBJ↑↑+>NE:/r141”, LatLong: “40.866669 -74.911115”, LatLongDMS: “40:52:00 N 74:54:40 W”, Locale: “Farmlands”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “New Jersey”, Strangeness: “8”

Event 18697 (1F4948B1)

Date: 3/6/1957
Location: Great Meadows-Hope, NJ
Description: White derby-hat-shaped object 50+ ft wide hovering low over a field (NICAP: 04 - Animal Reactions, BB: BBU)
Reference: NICAP: 570306
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_2016

Event 18698 (2D8866F0)

Date: 3/6/1957
Locations: Hope Road; Great Meadows, New Jersey
Description: 2:00 p.m. Hearing the family dogs barking in the backyard, a Mrs. Martin who lives on Hope Road near Great Meadows, New Jersey, looks outside and sees the dogs looking at a white hovering object that looks like a “huge derby hat” about 50 feet in diameter. It is rocking slightly in the air and makes a low, rumbling sound. Beneath it are “streamers or lines” that “twinkle like the fragile strands” of Christmas tinsel.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Hynek UFO Report, pp. 150– 154; Sparks, p. 241
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_2914

Event 18699 (2B0E0D80)

Date: 3/6/1957
Description: At two o’clock in the afternoon in Hope Township, New Jersey Mrs. Martin heard her dogs barking. She looked outside to see a Derby hat-shaped UFO with a rounded dome, 30-40 feet high and 50 feet in diameter. It made a gentle rocking motion and a low rumbling sound. Beneath it there were streamers or lines of twinkling material.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: Ted Bloecher, Civilian Saucer Intelligence, New York; J. Allen Hynek, The Hynek UFO Report, p. 151
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_1329

Event 18700 (C1B8B788)

Date: 3/8/1957
Time: 21:50
Location: OVER PASADENA, TX
Description: 2 / DC3. Object with 2 lights buzzes DC3. Maneuvers all over/all about. / APRO Mar’57+/ r141#1.
Type: sighting
Reference: MUFON UFO JOURNAL, Seguin, TX USA. Monthly. (Index 287)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_5292

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, RDR: Radar traces/blips, COV: Indication of coverup

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “8”, Duration: “5”, Elev: “12”, HatchDesc: “ovr PASADENA,TX:2/DC3:OBJ W/2 LITES BUZZES DC3:MNVRS ALLO:/APRO Mar’57+/r141#1”, LatLong: “29.688890 -95.211116”, LatLongDMS: “29:41:20 N 95:12:40 W”, Locale: “Metropolis”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Texas”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 18701 (DB08D003)

Date: 3/8/1957
Time: 22:00?
Location: SOUTH / BAUDETTE, MN
Description: Pilot / ground. 5.5M saucer So low it swirls up snow. Going quickly [to] into wind. / r46+/ r8.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO’s a HISTORY-1957 (19 booklets) Self published. (Index 174)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_5293

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

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “7”, Duration: “2”, Elev: “336”, HatchDesc: “S/BAUDETTE,MN:PILOT/GND:5.5M SCR SO LOW IT SWIRLS UP SNOW:>>INTO WIND:/r46+/r8”, LatLong: “48.700002 -94.605560”, LatLongDMS: “48:42:00 N 94:36:20 W”, Locale: “Farmlands”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Minnesota”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 18702 (38D78FCF)

Date: 3/8/1957
Location: Houston (near) Pasadena, TX
Description: UFO Maneuvers Near DC-3 (NICAP: 11 - Aviation Cases, Code: A, Rating: 5)
Reference: NICAP: 570308
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_2017

Event 18703 (A1D52799)

Date: 3/8/1957
Location: Btn Mockville and Arrity, NC
Description: Long Object With Green Light In Nose (NICAP: 01 - Distant Encounters, Code: D, Rating: 5)
Reference: NICAP: 570308
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_2018

Event 18704 (B644EDEE)

Date: 3/8/1957
Time: night
Location: Baudette, Minnesota
Description: A pilot saw a circular object flying against the wind. It was luminous, about 5.5 m in diameter, and flew so low that it appeared to suck up the snow.
Type: ufo sighting
Reference: Keyhoe S (Vallee)
Source: ValléeMagonia, ID: Magonia_388

Event 18705 (8B944045)

Date: 3/8/1957
Location: 50.4375 77.814167
Description: Nuclear test: Air, confirmed. Country: USSR Yield: 19KT
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_1066

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: “19”

Event 18706 (8818318C)

Date: 3/8/1957
Location: Baudette, Minnesota
Description: A pilot watches a UFO from the ground at Baudette, Minnesota. It is circular, 15–18 feet in diameter, and its odd glow shines on the snow-covered ground. It is flying so low that it seems to suck the loose snow up under it as it passes.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Keyhoe, FSTS, p. 56; Loren E. Gross, The Fifth Horseman of the Apocalypse: UFOs, a History: 1957 January–March 22nd, The Author, 1995, p. 74
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_2915

Event 18707 (827B1A69)

Date: 3/8/1957
Locations: Pasadena, Texas; Tennessee Gas Transmission Company
Description: 9:45 p.m. Victor Hancock and Guy Miller are flying a DC-3 owned by the Tennessee Gas Transmission Company above Pasadena, Texas, when they see a UFO bearing three brilliant white lights. After the UFO speeds by the aircraft, it slows down. When the DC-3 catches up, it speeds ahead. This cat-and-mouse chase continues for some 10 minutes.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: NICAP, “UFO Maneuvers near DC-3”; Loren E. Gross, The Fifth Horseman of the Apocalypse: UFOs, a History: 1957 January–March 22nd, The Author, 1995, pp. 68–69
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_2916

Event 18708 (59FCBC81)

Date: 3/8/1957
Description: A pilot saw a circular object flying against the wind in Baudette, Minnesota. It was luminous, about 5.5 meters in diameter, and flew so low that it appeared to suck up the snow on the ground.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: Donald E. Keyhoe, Flying Saucers Top Secret; Jacques Vallee, Passport to Magonia, p. 254
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_1377

Event 18709 (BE90225F)

Date: 3/9/1957
Time: 00:50
Location: OFF SC COAST
Description: Blue Book. Several airliners. Fiery tail falls off green sphere going north. / r141#1p70.
Type: sighting
Reference: KEHOE, Maj Donald: ALIENS FROM SPACE; Doubleday, Garden City, NY 1973 HB (Index 195)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_5294

Attributes: **

[c0mmando]

CST:** Observer(s) in coastal area/just offshore, SEA: Observer(s) at sea, AIR: Observer(s) on aircraft, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, HQO: High-quality observer(s), FBL: Fireball: Blazing undistinguished form/orb., NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), MIL: Military investigation, BBK: Project BLUEBOOK

Extra Data: Country: “Atlantic Ocean + islands”, Credibility: “8”, Duration: “5”, Elev: “0”, HatchDesc: “OFF SC COAST:BBK:SVRL AIRLINERS:FIERY TAIL FALLS OFF GRN SPHERE >N:/r141#1p70”, LatLong: “32.333335 -78.500004”, LatLongDMS: “32:20:00 N 78:30:00 W”, Locale: “Metropolis”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “SCR”, Strangeness: “4”

Event 18710 (6D1ED874)

Date: 3/9/1957
Time: 03:30
Location: ATLANTIC
Description: PAA flight 257 ducks glowing-ovoid going west. 7 planes see. / Flying Saucer Review (FSR) v3#2+/ r120p287.
Type: sighting
Reference: The APRO BULLETIN: Monthly. Jim & Coral Lorenzen: Tucson,AZ (USA. defunct) By volume and number. (Index 687)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_5295

Attributes: SEA: Observer(s) at sea, 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, HUM: Humans affected: Injury/burns/marks/abduction/death, VEH: Vehicle affected: Marks/damage/EME effects, INJ: Injuries, illness/death, mutilations

Extra Data: Country: “Atlantic Ocean + islands”, Credibility: “11”, Duration: “25”, Elev: “0”, HatchDesc: “ATLANTIC:PAA Flt.257 DUCKS GLO-OVOID >W:7 PLANES SEE:/FSR v3#2+/r120p287”, LatLong: “30.000001 -70.666670”, LatLongDMS: “30:00:00 N 70:40:00 W”, Locale: “Offshore”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “NAT”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 18711 (7EB1A437)

Date: 3/9/1957
Location: San Juan (near), PR
Description: Pan American Airways pilot took evasive action as fiery round, greenish-white object passed plane. [NICAP UFOE, V] (NICAP: 11 - Aviation Cases)
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_2019

Event 18712 (2A2DC084)

Date: 3/9/1957
Location: Jacksonville, FL
Description: DC-6A Crew Take Evasive Action (NICAP: 11 - Aviation Cases, Code: A, Rating: 5)
Reference: NICAP: 570309
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_2020

Event 18713 (594B16B0)

Date: 3/9/1957
Location: Atlantic Ocean (off Carolinas), At Sea
Description: Airliner Encounters Green Object (NICAP: 11 - Aviation Cases, Code: A, Rating: 3)
Reference: NICAP: 570309
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_2021

Event 18714 (D7586065)

Date: 3/9/1957
Location: Columbia, SC
Description: Fiery Ball With Tail Passes C-47 (NICAP: 11 - Aviation Cases, Code: A, Rating: 2)
Reference: NICAP: 570309
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_2022

Event 18715 (7F14EDAE)

Date: 3/9/1957
Locations: Atlantic Ocean; Jacksonville, Florida; Pan Am Flight 269
Description: 4:33 a.m. Capt. Matthew A. Van Winkle, piloting a Pan American World Airways DC-6A airliner at a point over the Atlantic Ocean approximately 350 miles northeast of Jacksonville, Florida, observes a “burning greenish white round object” to the right of the aircraft that appears to be on a collision course. Van Winkle pulls the plane upward in a climb to avoid the object. This sudden maneuver causes four of the passengers to be thrown out of their seats, resulting in injuries. Copilot Dion W. Taylor and Flight Engineer John Washuta also observe the object. Washuta says the UFO is a high-intensity light that appears to stand still for approximately four seconds until it is lost to sight during the evasive action. Ed Perry, piloting Pan Am Flight 269 about 175 miles behind him, also sees it. Miami Air Traffic Control sends a flash message to the Civil Aeronautics Board describing the incident: “Pilot took evasive action, object appeared to have a brilliant greenish-white center with an outer ring which reflected the glow from the center. … Above description fits with what seven other flights saw…. Miami reports no missile activity…. Original reports of jet activity discounted.” The Air Force quickly explains the sighting as a meteor, but the CAB declares it unexplained after a thorough investigation.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: NICAP, “DC6-A Crew Take Evasive Action”; Keyhoe, FSTS, pp. 54–56; Swords 245–246; Frank Edwards, FS Serious Business, Bantam ed., 1966, pp. 38–39; Good Above, pp. 282–283
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_2917

Event 18716 (9DF0F565)

Date: 3/10/1957
Location: New York
Description: Pan American Airways Plane almost collides with UFO (NY to San Juan, P.R. run)
Type: ufo encounter
Reference: Keziah Poster
Source: Maj2, ID: Maj2_150

Attributes: aerospace

Event 18717 (9DF0F565)

Date: 3/10/1957
Location: New York
Description: Pan American Airways Plane almost collides with UFO (NY to San Juan, P.R. run)
Type: ufo sighting
Reference: Keziah Poster
Source: Maj2, ID: Maj2_151

Attributes: aerospace

Event 18718 (848E3B37)

Date: 3/10/1957
Time: 16:00
Location: JACKSONVILLE, FL
Description: 2 kids / yard. White disk going quickly south / vertical position. Terrific speed.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO’s a HISTORY-1957 (19 booklets) Self published. (Index 174)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_5296

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: “1”, Elev: “4”, HatchDesc: “JACKSONVILLE,FL:2 KIDS/YARD:WHT DISK >>S/VERTICAL POSITION:TERRIFIC SPEED”, LatLong: “30.316668 -81.666671”, LatLongDMS: “30:19:00 N 81:40:00 W”, Locale: “Residential”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Florida”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 18719 (344C8227)

Date: 3/11/1957
Location: Glynco NAS, GA
Description: Two White Lights Observed From Navy Aircraft (NICAP: 11 - Aviation Cases, Code: A, Rating: 5)
Reference: NICAP: 570311
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_2023

Event 18720 (D8FF9334)

Date: 3/13/1957
Time: 15:50
Location: TOKYO, JPN
Description: Numerous observer(s). Dark grey cylinder/cigar-shape hovers. Glides. Turns vertical and shoots quickly going up [to] to clouds.
Type: sighting
Reference: FLYING SAUCER REVIEW (FSR), London. Bimonthly. PO Box 162; High Wycombe, Bucks. HP135 DZ, England. (Index 40)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_5297

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: “Japan”, Credibility: “10”, Duration: “2”, HatchDesc: “TOKYO,JPN:NMRS OBS:DRK.GRY CGR HVRS:GLIDES:TURNS VERTICAL+SHOOTS ↑↑ to clouds”, LatLong: “35.666668 139.783340”, LatLongDMS: “35:40:00 N 139:47:00 E”, Locale: “Metropolis”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Honshu Island”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 18721 (BE8E8023)

Date: 3/13/1957
Time: 17:50
Location: SCARBOROUGH, ENGL
Description: 6 observer(s) / east pier. Silver cigarette-cylinder/cylindrical object floats by. No further details / r141 #1p75.
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_5298

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

Extra Data: Country: “Great Britain and Ireland”, Credibility: “8”, Duration: “10”, Elev: “2”, HatchDesc: “SCARBOROUGH,ENGL:6 OBS/EAST PIER:SLVR CIGARETTE-CYL FLOATS BY:NFD/r141 #1p75”, LatLong: “54.266669 -0.416667”, LatLongDMS: “54:16:00 N 00:25:00 W”, Locale: “Town & City”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “England”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 18722 (E22B2222)

Date: 3/14/1957
Time: 23:00
Location: NELSON CITY, NZ
Description: Respected observer(s). Ovoid hovers / 30° elevation. Equally spaced portholes. Fades…
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO’s a HISTORY-1957 (19 booklets) Self published. (Index 109)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_5299

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), CMF: Camouflage/disguise

Extra Data: Country: “New Zealand”, Credibility: “6”, Duration: “2”, HatchDesc: “NELSON CITY,NZ:RESPECTED OBS:OVOID HVRS/30°elev:EQUALLY SPACED PORTS:fades…”, LatLong: “-41.283335 173.283342”, LatLongDMS: “41:17:00 S 173:17:00 E”, Locale: “Coastlands”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “SI”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 18723 (8117EAB3)

Date: 3/17/1957
Time: ~09:00
Location: WHITEWATER, WI
Description: 6 / golfers. 7 round objects follow jet. Going quickly west. More jets arrive and search area.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO’s a HISTORY-1957 (19 booklets) Self published. (Index 109)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_5300

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, MIL: Military investigation

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “8”, Duration: “3”, Elev: “256”, HatchDesc: “WHITEWATER,WI:6/GOLFERS:7 RND OBJs FOLO JET:>>W:MORE JETS ARRIVE+SEARCH AREA”, LatLong: “42.833335 -88.733338”, LatLongDMS: “42:50:00 N 88:44:00 W”, Locale: “Residential”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Wisconsin”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 18724 (5D0112BA)

Date: 3/22/1957
Location: Point Mugu, CA
Description: (McDonald list) (NICAP: 01 - Distant Encounters, BB: BBU)
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_2024

Event 18725 (C08EBA13)

Date: 3/22/1957
Location: Long Beach-Los Angeles Airport, CA
Description: (McDonald list; FUFOR Index) Rectangular Targets Tracked On Radar? Maybe Not. (NICAP: 09 - RADAR Cases, Code: R, Rating: 5, BB: BBU)
Reference: NICAP: 570322
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_2025

Event 18726 (C218E36F)

Date: 3/22/1957
Location: Oxnard AFB, CA
Description: Several independent witnesses saw maneuvering lights (NICAP: 01 - Distant Encounters, BB: BBU)
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_2026

Event 18727 (7227D961)

Date: 3/22/1957
Location: Long Beach-Los Angeles Airport, CA
Description: At 11:55 p.m., two objects then one were picked up on radar at Los Angeles International Airport. The targets were rectangular and the size of a conventional target. (NICAP: 09 - RADAR Cases, Rating: 5, BB: BBU)
Reference: NICAP: 570322
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_2027

Event 18728 (CEB2DBB4)

Date: 3/22/1957
End date: 3/23/1957
Locations: Camarillo, California; Los Palos Hills; North American Rocketdyne plant in the Simi Hills; Oxnard AFB [now Camarillo Airport]
Description: Mrs. Robert Beaudoin, the wife of an Air Force officer, along with her 17-year-old daughter Carol Litten, sees a series of unusual lights at 11:15 p.m. northeast of Camarillo, California. First they see a large, soundless, and pulsing light, with something like a pole on top, making fast and erratic motions. She calls a military friend and then 1st Lt. Leonard E. Ott at nearby Oxnard AFB [now Camarillo Airport]. At 12:30 a.m., they see a green object accompanied by two smaller red lights below the horizon of the Los Palos Hills. The green object seems to be hovering over the North American Rocketdyne plant in the Simi Hills. At this time both the green object and the red objects seem to jump around, and the two red objects are zooming past the green object at tremendous velocities. Ott inquires about radar and a Lt. Martin tells him that radar is detecting a stationary object in the same area. The sheriff’s office is contacted, and they send a patrol car. Deputy Sheriffs Segura and Rausch confirm Beaudoin’s report, with the exception that by that time there are five red objects flying well below the green one. All are in motion and constantly changing altitude. Radar calls Ott back and says they have a scramble underway and they will have the aircraft check the area upon their return. Upon the arrival of the interceptors from Oxnard the red objects join the green object and speed away up and to the east. The aircraft are unsuccessful and return to base. At this time two Navy aircraft are sent to the area. Somehow, between the time of this report to Oxnard and the later Air Force investigation by the 4602nd, these red objects are changed, on the report, to stars and the moon above. This happens despite the witness stating that the red lights were below the hills on the horizon. To deal with that, the Air Force adds the theory that a temperature inversion caused light to bend the images of the stars, or, alternatively, the witness saw lights on a barn. Beaudoin herself is judged hysterical due to her pregnancy. The Air Force’s explanation is completed without anyone bothering to interview the teenage daughter or taking anything associated with the airbase into account (for example, the radar returns).
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: NICAP, “Objects Seen, Radar Tracked, Jets Scrambled”; Keyhoe, FSTS, pp. 58–61; Hynek UFO Report, pp. 53–54; Sparks, p. 242; Swords 246–247
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_2918

Event 18729 (B793907A)

Date: 3/23/1957
Location: Long Beach, CA
Description: Radar/visual of several UFOs, F-89 pursues; many 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_212

Event 18730 (17FBDD86)

Date: 3/23/1957
Time: ~18:00
Location: NEAR PUYALLUP, WA
Description: Fireball quickly going down [to] behind barn. 2 strong beams. Quickly going up [to] and going quickly north. Possible plane / R141#12.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO’s a HISTORY-1957 (19 booklets) Self published. (Index 182)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_5301

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, NWS: News media report, MID: Likely mis-identification, FBL: Fireball: Blazing undistinguished form/orb., OBS: Observation/chasing vehicles, RAY: Odd light/searchlight/beam/laser-like, LND: UFO landing or any part touches ground

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “8”, Duration: “1”, Elev: “12”, HatchDesc: “nr PUYALLUP,WA:FBL ↓↓ BHND BARN:2 STRONG BEAMS:↑↑ AND >>N:POSS.PLANE/R141#12”, LatLong: “47.250002 -122.333339”, LatLongDMS: “47:15:00 N 122:20:00 W”, Locale: “Farmlands”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Washington”, Strangeness: “2”

Event 18731 (3EF544E9)

Date: 3/23/1957
Time: 23:50
Location: LONG BEACH, CA
Description: CAA RADAR and USAF and hundreds. 4 red objects with lights over area / hours. / r242p85.
Type: sighting
Reference: UFO INVESTIGATOR: NICAP: Kensington, MD & Washington, DC [defunct]. University Microfilms, Ann Arbor, MI 48106 (Index 13)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_5302

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, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), OBS: Observation/chasing vehicles, RAY: Odd light/searchlight/beam/laser-like, RDR: Radar traces/blips, MIL: Military investigation

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “12”, Duration: “180”, Elev: “9”, HatchDesc: “LONG BEACH,CA:CAA RDR+USAF+100s:4 RED OBJS W/LITES OVR AREA/HOURS:/r242p85”, LatLong: “33.783335 -118.150006”, LatLongDMS: “33:47:00 N 118:09:00 W”, Locale: “Metropolis”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “California”, Strangeness: “8”

Event 18732 (AB358FC6)

Date: 3/23/1957
Time: 23:50
Location: OXNARD, CA
Description: Blue Book. Several Navy and cops and Air Traffic Controller / RADAR. Many night lights maneuver. Film. Jet chases. / r46p58.
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_5303

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, PHT: Photos/movies/videos taken, RDR: Radar traces/blips, MIL: Military investigation, BBK: Project BLUEBOOK, OGA: Non-Covert Government Agencies

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “10”, Duration: “60”, Elev: “16”, HatchDesc: “OXNARD,CA:BBK:SVRL NAVY+COPS+ATC/RDR:MANY NLTS MNVR:FILM:JET CHASES:/r46p58”, LatLong: “34.200002 -119.166672”, LatLongDMS: “34:12:00 N 119:10:00 W”, Locale: “Town & City”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “California”, Strangeness: “5”

Event 18733 (4D584248)

Date: 3/23/1957
Location: Lake Maracaibo, Venezuela
Description: Agriculturist Luis Petriera, along with several others, watches a glowing object plunge into Lake Maracaibo, Venezuela. No planes are missing. Officials drag the lake but find nothing.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: “Report from Venezuela,” APRO Bulletin, July 1957, p. 10
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_2919

Event 18734 (FC441823)

Date: 3/23/1957
Description: At 12:22 a.m. Civil Aviation Agency radar tracked a UFO over Oxnard Air Force Base, California. Visual reports of the object were made by a GOC observer, police, and Oxnard AFB personnel.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: Civilian Saucer Intelligence–New York files, citing newspaper clipping; Richard Hall, The UFO Evidence (Volume I), p. 85
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_1622

Event 18735 (E3FE1147)

Date: 3/23/1957
Description: At 6 p.m. a huge ball of fire rose up from behind a barn in Puyallup, Washington. It emitted two strong beams of light. It rose vertically, then flew off quickly to the north.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: Tacoma News Tribune, March 28, 1957
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_1623

Event 18736 (416ABCD7)

Date: 3/24/1957
Time: 02:50
Location: PT HUENEME, CA
Description: Cops and hundreds. Unknown object with bright lights. Follows car going [to] naval abase. / MJ#287.
Type: sighting
Reference: The APRO BULLETIN: Monthly. Jim & Coral Lorenzen: Tucson,AZ (USA. defunct) By volume and number. (Index 689)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_5304

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), OBS: Observation/chasing vehicles, HUM: Humans affected: Injury/burns/marks/abduction/death, VEH: Vehicle affected: Marks/damage/EME effects, OGA: Non-Covert Government Agencies

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “6”, Duration: “5”, Elev: “4”, HatchDesc: “Pt HUENEME,CA:COPS+100s:UNK.OBJ W/BRITE LITES:FOLOS CAR > NAVAL ABASE:/MJ#287”, LatLong: “34.166668 -119.166672”, LatLongDMS: “34:10:00 N 119:10:00 W”, Locale: “Pasture”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “California”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 18737 (76E4457B)

Date: 3/25/1957
Description: (Translated from French) Signing of the Treaty of Rome. (March 25)
Reference: rr0 - Beau
Source: rr0, ID: rr0_1690

Event 18738 (40B5B019)

Date: 3/27/1957
Time: 20:40
Location: NEAR ROSWELL, NM
Description: 3 bright circular lights / collision course / USAAF C45. Pilot signals. Quickly going up.
Type: sighting
Reference: HAINES, Richard Ph.D: CE-5, CLOSE ENCOUNTERS of the 5th KIND. 1999 Sourcebooks Inc. Naperville, IL ISBN 1-57071-427-4. 242 case files. (Index 71)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_5305

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

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “7”, Duration: “1”, Elev: “1090”, HatchDesc: “nr ROSWELL,NM:3 BRITE CIRC.LITES/COLLISION COURSE/USAAF C45:PILOT SIGNALS:↑↑”, LatLong: “33.333335 -104.550005”, LatLongDMS: “33:20:00 N 104:33:00 W”, Locale: “Metropolis”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “New Mexico”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 18739 (EABB7500)

Date: 3/27/1957
Location: Roswell, NM
Description: C-45 Encounters Three Objects (NICAP: 11 - Aviation Cases, Code: A, Rating: 5, BB: BBU, NC)
Reference: NICAP: 570327
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_2028

Event 18740 (D8632128)

Date: 3/28/1957
Location: CD.BOLIVAR, VNZL
Description: 4 kids. Fireball quickly going down [to] going [to] Orinoco River. Observers found unconscious. / r44p226.
Type: sighting
Reference: The APRO BULLETIN: Monthly. Jim & Coral Lorenzen: Tucson,AZ (USA. defunct) By volume and number. (Index 689)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_5306

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, HQO: High-quality observer(s), MID: Likely mis-identification, 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), HUM: Humans affected: Injury/burns/marks/abduction/death, LND: UFO landing or any part touches ground, INJ: Injuries, illness/death, mutilations

Extra Data: Country: “Venezuela”, Credibility: “8”, Duration: “1”, Elev: “80”, HatchDesc: “Cd.BOLIVAR,VNZL:4 KIDS:FBL ↓↓>ORINOCO RIVER:OBSs found unconscious:/r44p226”, LatLong: “8.116667 -63.533336”, LatLongDMS: “08:07:00 N 63:32:00 W”, Locale: “Town & City”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “BLV”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 18741 (1F107C3C)

Date: 3/28/1957
Time: 22:40
Location: RESEDA, CA
Description: Blue Book. Observer(s) = Simon. DC6-size cylinder/cigar-shape in bright elliptical glow. / r141#2p12.
Type: sighting
Reference: VALLEE, Jacques: CHALLENGE to SCIENCE, The UFO ENIGMA; Henry Regnery 1966 & Ballentine Books, NY 1974. PB (Index 205)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_5307

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

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “7”, Duration: “4”, Elev: “225”, HatchDesc: “RESEDA,CA:BBK:OBS=SIMON:DC6-SIZE CGR in BRITE ELLIPTCL GLOW:/r141#2p12”, LatLong: “34.200002 -118.533339”, LatLongDMS: “34:12:00 N 118:32:00 W”, Locale: “Residential”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “California”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 18742 (58D33F77)

Date: 3/28/1957
Location: Reseda, CA
Description: Cigar-shaped, golden in color, glowing object was observed at approximately 60 degrees above the horizon (NICAP: 01 - Distant Encounters)
Reference: NICAP: 570328
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_2029

Event 18743 (DBCA2AAE)

Date: 3/28/1957
Description: AEC physician and Navy Capt. Charles Wesley Shilling releases a press statement saying that “excessively hot baths can be as damaging to the human sex glands as radioactive fallout in the amount received in the last five years from the testing of atomic weapons.” It is intended to counter the antinuclear activism of biochemist Linus Pauling.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: “Says Hot Baths As Bad for Sex Glands As Fallout,” Newport (R.I.) Daily News, March 29, 1957, p. 2
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_2920

Event 18744 (38C694BE)

Date: 3/29/1957
Time: 13:00?
Location: WICKENBURG, AZ
Description: 1 observer / (seen thru) binoculars. 6 small silvery objects play tag / sky. Dive low and shoot away.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO’s a HISTORY-1957 (19 booklets) Self published. (Index 213)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_5308

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

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “6”, Duration: “3”, Elev: “885”, HatchDesc: “WICKENBURG,AZ:1 OBS/BINOCS:6 SML SLVRY OBJS PLAY TAG/SKY:DIVE LOW+SHOOT AWAY”, LatLong: “33.966668 -112.727783”, LatLongDMS: “33:58:00 N 112:43:40 W”, Locale: “Desert”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Arizona”, Strangeness: “5”

Event 18745 (9A30AC4F)

Date: 3/29/1957
Time: 19:30
Location: NORTH / BAHAMAS
Description: Brilliant night light follows PAA flight 206A going northeast. On RADAR / 20 minute(s). Visual / 5 minute(s). / r242p42.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO’s a HISTORY-1957 (19 booklets) Self published. (Index 213)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_5309

Attributes: SEA: Observer(s) at sea, 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), RDR: Radar traces/blips

Extra Data: Country: “Atlantic Ocean + islands”, Credibility: “9”, Duration: “20”, Elev: “0”, HatchDesc: “N/BAHAMAS:BRILL.NLT FOLOS PAA Flt.206A >NE:ON RDR/20min:VISUAL/5min:/r242p42”, LatLong: “30.000001 -74.333337”, LatLongDMS: “30:00:00 N 74:20:00 W”, Locale: “Metropolis”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “NAT”, Strangeness: “5”

Event 18746 (DF4FDAC3)

Date: 3/29/1957
Time: 22:20
Location: RADCLIFFE, ENGL
Description: “Double-banana” saucer shoots near. Stops. Away and back. / Flying Saucer Review (FSR) v3#2.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO’s a HISTORY-1957 (19 booklets) Self published. (Index 213)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_5310

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

Extra Data: Country: “Great Britain and Ireland”, Credibility: “6”, Duration: “170”, Elev: “78”, HatchDesc: “RADCLIFFE,ENGL:“DOUBLE-BANANA” SCR SHOOTS NEAR:STOPS:AWAY+BACK:/FSR v3#2”, LatLong: “53.566669 -2.333333”, LatLongDMS: “53:34:00 N 02:20:00 W”, Locale: “Town & City”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “England”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 18747 (D34DDE53)

Date: 3/29/1957
Location: Off East Coast, FL
Description: Pan American Airways pilot observed brilliant pulsating light, confirmed by radar. [UFOE, V] (NICAP: 11 - Aviation Cases)
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_2030

Event 18748 (FF3EF12F)

Date: 4/1957
Location: FRANCE, near Figanières
Description: (Translated from French) At 8 o’clock in the morning, while driving his 404 van, Mr. Senes was about to take the last turns of the Grasse road. He was surprised to see that the top of the hill in front of him was brown, covered with dead leaves, although it was spring. This brown plate blocked the road. The witness felt the van braking, he shifted to third gear, the engine was stuttering, then to second gear and then he saw the brown plate moving backwards. It was at this moment that he saw the saucer-shaped craft taking off to the left of the road. The craft was rather blurry, the saucer was made of matte aluminum, some kind of rods connected an upper disk to a larger lower disk. (April 1957)
Reference: M. FIGUET/J.L. RUCHON: “Ovni, Premier dossier complet…” ed. Alain Lefeuvre 1979, p. 229, 230
Reference: Mini catalogue chronologique des observations OVNI, by Godelieve Van Overmeire
Source: Overmeire, ID: Overmeire_2034

Event 18749 (246D495F)

Date: 4/1957
Location: ARGENTINA, Pajas Blancas (Cordoba)
Description: (Translated from French) The motorcyclist witness broke down on the road. He then saw at 15 m from the ground a disk of 20 m in diameter and 5 m thick and hid in a ditch. He saw the disk descend towards the ground and heard a sound similar to that of air escaping from a valve. It had a metallic blue-green appearance and some kind of elevator emerged at the base. Inside, a man of about 1 m 70 made a gesture of friendship to the witness. He was wearing a plastic suit. The motorcyclist was invited on board and discovered other people sitting in front of control panels. There was a splendid clarity. Then he was taken back and the disk flew off towards the northwest. (April 1957)
Reference: Inforespace n° 12 - p. 4 - 1973 - SOBEPS
Reference: Mini catalogue chronologique des observations OVNI, by Godelieve Van Overmeire
Source: Overmeire, ID: Overmeire_2035

Event 18750 (EBB92CDA)

Date: 4/1957 (approximate)
Time: ~15:00
Location: NORTHWEST / DE LAND, FL
Description: Small round cloud follows car / 30 km! Dark center. 90° turn and away fast.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO’s a HISTORY-1957 (19 booklets) Self published. (Index 109)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_5311

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, CMF: Camouflage/disguise

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “6”, Duration: “25”, Elev: “5”, HatchDesc: “NW/DE LAND,FL:SML RND CLOUD FOLOS CAR/30 km!:DRK CENTER:90° TURN+away fast”, LatLong: “29.116668 -81.166671”, LatLongDMS: “29:07:00 N 81:10:00 W”, Locale: “Pasture”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Florida”, Strangeness: “7”

Event 18751 (A43802A2)

Date: 4/1957 (approximate)
Time: 17:30
Location: MONT-DE-LAVAL, DOUBS
Description: 2 observer(s). 1M luminous globe with 2M Saturn ring going [to] 50M overhead slow and silent.
Type: sighting
Reference: LUMIERES DANS la NUIT (LDLN), Paris. Bimonthly since 1957. LDLN B.P.3; 77123 Le Vaudoue, FRANCE. (Index 123)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_5312

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: “7”, Duration: “1”, HatchDesc: "MONT-de-LAVAL,DOUBS:2 OBS:1M LUMn.GLOBE W/2M SATURN RING >50M OVHD SLOW+SLNT ", LatLong: “47.172224 6.627778”, LatLongDMS: “47:10:20 N 06:37:40 E”, Locale: “Town & City”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Doubs”, Strangeness: “7”

Event 18752 (30343256)

Date: 4/1957
Time: 22:00
Location: SOUTH / TESSALIT, MALI
Description: 2 / theodolite. 5 small balls orbit large sphere / 45° plane / 0.5 RPM.
Type: sighting
Reference: LUMIERES DANS la NUIT (LDLN), Paris. Bimonthly since 1957. LDLN B.P.3; 77123 Le Vaudoue, FRANCE. (Index 196)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_5313

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

Extra Data: Country: “Sahara”, Credibility: “7”, Duration: “60”, HatchDesc: “S/TESSALIT,MALI:2/THEODOLITE:5 SML BALLS ORBIT LRG SPHERE/45°PLANE/0.5 RPM”, LatLong: “19.650001 1.000000”, LatLongDMS: “19:39:00 N 01:00:00 E”, Locale: “Desert”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “MLI”, Strangeness: “7”

Event 18753 (FE24D820)

Date: 4/1957
Alternate date: 5/1957
Location: Moriah Center, NY
Description: “Television started to have all sorts of trouble”; witness called out-doors in time to see red disc pass overhead. (NICAP: 01 - Distant Encounters)
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_2037

Event 18754 (A72292DF)

Date: 4/1957
Locations: Córdoba, Argentina; Rio Ceballos
Description: 7:30 a.m. An anonymous resident of Córdoba, Argentina, is motorcycling to Rio Ceballos when his engine stops. He sees a large UFO hovering nearby, from which a human-like occupant emerges. He entices the man to enter the UFO with him. Inside, he sees 5–6 screens and intricate equipment, at each of which a similar occupant is seated.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Loren E. Gross, The Fifth Horseman of the Apocalypse: UFOs, a History: 1957 March 23rd–May 25th, The Author, 1995, pp. 63–64
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_2922

Event 18755 (1A9CF0AE)

Date: Early 4/1957
Description: USAF Brig. Gen. Arno H. Leuhman, director of Air Force information, tells the press that “There’s no valid evidence that there are flying saucers.”
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: “AF Intelligence Chief Visits Here,” Miami (Fla.) News, April 14, 1957, p. 12A
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_2921

Event 18756 (F2FDB5B5)

Date: 4/3/1957
Location: 50.4375 77.814167
Description: Nuclear test: Air, confirmed. Country: USSR Yield: 42KT
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_1067

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: “42”

Event 18757 (73128270)

Date: 4/4/1957
Location: GREAT BRITAIN
Description: (Translated from French) FIRST FLIGHT OF THE BAC LIGHTNING PROTOTYPE with the wing inclined at about 30°, giving it a general triangular shape. Its total wingspan is only 10.6m for a length of 16.25m. Max speed 2415km/h at 12200m, ceiling higher than 18290m, autonomy without additional tanks: 1290km. Jet aircraft, two Rolls Royce Avon engines.
Reference: “Encyclopedia of Combat Aircraft” Bill Gunston, Elsevier Sequoia 1979
Reference: Mini catalogue chronologique des observations OVNI, by Godelieve Van Overmeire
Source: Overmeire, ID: Overmeire_2032

Event 18758 (599D7C9E)

Date: 4/4/1957
Description: (Translated from French) A U-2 equipped with a radar masking device (#341, the first prototype) crashes during a test flight near Pioche, killing the pilot. (April 4)
Reference: Rich 1994
Reference: Peebles 1995
Reference: rr0 - Beau
Source: rr0, ID: rr0_1693

Event 18759 (6DB9D411)

Date: 4/4/1957
Time: 12:00
Location: OFF WEST FREUGH, SCT
Description: Separate RAF RADAR’s. Blip all over/all about sea / 60K-14K’ altitude. Maneuvers. Going quickly south. / r24 v1#1.
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_5314

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, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), OBS: Observation/chasing vehicles, RDR: Radar traces/blips, TCH: New technical details/clues, MIL: Military investigation, COV: Indication of coverup

Extra Data: Country: “Great Britain and Ireland”, Credibility: “9”, Duration: “160”, Elev: “0”, HatchDesc: “off WEST FREUGH,SCT:SEP.RAF RDRS:BLIP ALLO SEA/60K-14K’alt:MNVRS:>>S:/r24 v1#1”, LatLong: “54.800003 -5.166667”, LatLongDMS: “54:48:00 N 05:10:00 W”, Locale: “Town & City”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, RelAlt: “4300”, State/Prov: “Scotland”, Strangeness: “5”

Event 18760 (668426DD)

Date: 4/4/1957 (approximate)
Time: 20:00?
Location: MINERAL SPRINGS, AR
Description: 2 teen girls. Silver domed saucer 100m away. 23m over pond. Rotates.
Type: sighting
Reference: MUFON UFO JOURNAL, Seguin, TX USA. Monthly. (Index 171)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_5315

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: “99”, HatchDesc: “MINERAL SPRINGS,AR:2 TEEN GIRLS:SLVR DOMED SCR 100m away:23m OVR POND:ROTATES:”, LatLong: “33.877779 -93.911116”, LatLongDMS: “33:52:40 N 93:54:40 W”, Locale: “Residential”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, RelAlt: “23”, State/Prov: “Arkansas”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 18761 (1706EB57)

Date: 4/4/1957
Location: Wigtownshire, Scotland, UK
Description: Three Radars Track Maneuvering UFO (NICAP: 09 - RADAR Cases, Code: R, Rating: 5)
Reference: NICAP: 570404
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_2031

Event 18762 (0BFB8721)

Date: 4/4/1957
Locations: Area 51; Pioche, Nevada
Description: Pilot Robert L. Sieker takes a U-2 covered in radar-deflecting paint for a test run out of Area 51 and flies almost 90 miles without incident when suddenly the paint causes the aircraft to overheat, spin out of control, and crash near Pioche, Nevada. Sieker ejects but is killed when a piece of metal hits him in the head.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Aviation Safety Network, “Wikibase Occurrence #155905”
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_2923

Event 18763 (6ECE4003)

Date: 4/4/1957
Locations: RAF West Freugh; MOD West Freugh; Stranraer, Scotland; Luce Bay, Wigtownshire, Scotland
Description: Five unusual radar contacts are detected simultaneously on three tracking radars of the Bombing Trials Unit based at RAF West Freugh [now MOD West Freugh], southeast of Stranraer, Scotland, and followed for 36 minutes. The three radars are located at two different sites near Luce Bay, Wigtownshire, Scotland. The object flashes across the sky at 60,000 feet, dives to 14,000 feet, circles, and speeds away. Wing Commander Walter Whitworth, in command at West Freugh, is ordered to say nothing about the object.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: NICAP, “Three Radars Track Maneuvering UFO”; Good Above, pp. 48–49; UFOFiles2, pp. 51–53; Martin Shough, “Study of Unusual Radar Observations near RAF West Freugh, Wigtownshire, SW Scotland, April 4, 1957,” March 2010; Patrick Gross, “The West Freugh Incident, 1957”
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_2924

Event 18764 (0C3B22B7)

Date: 4/5/1957
Time: ~18:00
Location: DALLAS, TX
Description: Ovoid going southwest. Moves to and fro 6X. White center and red-glow edge. Going quickly SSW. USAF inv.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO’s a HISTORY-1957 (19 booklets) Self published. (Index 227)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_5316

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

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “6”, Duration: “2”, Elev: “140”, HatchDesc: “DALLAS,TX:OVOID > SW:MOVES TO+FRO 6X:WHT CENTER+RED-GLOW EDGE:>>SSW:USAF INV.”, LatLong: “32.766668 -96.833338”, LatLongDMS: “32:46:00 N 96:50:00 W”, Locale: “Metropolis”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Texas”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 18765 (58CC6A9D)

Date: 4/6/1957
Location: 50.4375 77.814167
Description: Nuclear test: Air, confirmed. Country: USSR Yield: 57KT
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_1068

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: “57”

Event 18766 (A5C779EB)

Date: 4/7/1957
Time: ~15:00
Location: DUBLIN, GA
Description: Fireman and more/others. Round silver disk hovers / courthouse / hours. Crosses sky / 1 second.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO’s a HISTORY-1957 (19 booklets) Self published. (Index 203)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_5317

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

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “7”, Duration: “200”, Elev: “68”, HatchDesc: “DUBLIN,GA:FIREMAN++:RND SLVR DISK HVRS/COURTHOUSE/HOURS:CROSSES SKY/1 SECOND”, LatLong: “32.538890 -82.905560”, LatLongDMS: “32:32:20 N 82:54:20 W”, Locale: “Town & City”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Georgia”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 18767 (A40BDCEA)

Date: 4/7/1957
Time: 15:30
Location: TAHUNANUI, NZ
Description: 1+kids. Ovoid hovers / beach. Suddenly going quickly NNW. 1/2 moon-size. Sharp edges.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO’s a HISTORY-1957 (19 booklets) Self published. (Index 227)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_5318

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: “8”, Duration: “1”, HatchDesc: “TAHUNANUI,NZ:1+KIDS:OVOID HVRS/BEACH:SUDDENLY >>NNW:1/2 MOONSIZE:SHARP EDGES”, LatLong: “-41.266669 173.250008”, LatLongDMS: “41:16:00 S 173:15:00 E”, Locale: “Coastlands”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “SI”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 18768 (70852CA1)

Date: 4/7/1957
Time: 23:30
Location: NORTHWEST PLYMOUTH, NZ
Description: 2 near airport. Cylinder/cigar-shape-night light circles car. Springs going up and down. Sound / clanking iron.
Type: sighting
Reference: HAINES, Richard Ph.D: CE-5, CLOSE ENCOUNTERS of the 5th KIND. 1999 Sourcebooks Inc. Naperville, IL ISBN 1-57071-427-4. 242 case files. (Index 72)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_5319

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CST: Observer(s) in coastal area/just offshore, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, CIG: Torpedo/cigar/cylinder shaped UFO, NLT: Nightlights/points of light, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), EME: Electro-Magnetic Effects, SND: UFO sounds heard or recorded

Extra Data: Country: “New Zealand”, Credibility: “7”, Duration: “1”, HatchDesc: “NW PLYMOUTH,NZ:2 nr AIRPORT:CGR-NLT CCLS CAR:SPRINGS ↑+↓:SOUND/CLANKING IRON”, LatLong: “-39.066669 174.200008”, LatLongDMS: “39:04:00 S 174:12:00 E”, Locale: “Pasture”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “NI”, Strangeness: “5”

Event 18769 (5C55B3C5)

Date: 4/7/1957
Description: An ovoid shaped UFO hovered over a beach in Tahunanui, New Zealand at 3:30 p.m. It had sharply defined edges, and was five times the apparent size of the moon. It suddenly shot away to the north-northwest.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: Loren Gross, The Fifth Horseman of the Apocalypse: UFOs: A History - 1957: March 23-May 25, p. 27
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_1879

Event 18770 (F6A5C8CD)

Date: 4/8/1957
Location: Mont.
Description: USAF Maj. Gen. Joe W. Kelly answers a question from Rep. Lee Metcalf (D-Mont.) and denies that the Air Force has muzzled pilots. “Answers are provided on any unidentified flying objects which have attracted national attention.” He admits that interceptors are still sent up “as a matter of security.”
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Keyhoe, FSTS
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_2925

Event 18771 (4A23DA07)

Date: 4/10/1957
Time: 02:10
Location: SOUTH / NORFOLK, VA
Description: Engineer / NAL flight 720. Circular night light and dark disk follows highway going south.
Type: sighting
Reference: UFO INVESTIGATOR: NICAP: Kensington, MD & Washington, DC [defunct]. University Microfilms, Ann Arbor, MI 48106 (Index 13)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_5320

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

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “7”, Duration: “1”, Elev: “50”, HatchDesc: “S/NORFOLK,VA:ENGINEER/NAL FLT 720:CIRC.NLT+DRK DISK folos highway >S:”, LatLong: “36.666668 -76.250004”, LatLongDMS: “36:40:00 N 76:15:00 W”, Locale: “Metropolis”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Virginia”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 18772 (33D74C10)

Date: 4/10/1957
Time: 16:50
Location: KENSINGTON AND HAMMERSMITH, ENGL
Description: 3 separate observer(s). Classic saucer hovers / air. Sways. / r141 #2p33.
Type: sighting
Reference: FLYING SAUCER REVIEW (FSR), London. Bimonthly. PO Box 162; High Wycombe, Bucks. HP135 DZ, England. (Index 40)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_5321

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: “Great Britain and Ireland”, Credibility: “8”, Duration: “1”, HatchDesc: “KENSINGTON+HAMMERSMITH,ENGL:3 SEP.OBS:CLASSIC SCR HVRS/AIR:SWAYS:/r141 #2p33”, LatLong: “51.483336 -0.183333”, LatLongDMS: “51:29:00 N 00:11:00 W”, Locale: “Metropolis”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “England”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 18773 (2ABFF148)

Date: 4/10/1957
Location: 50.4375 77.814167
Description: Nuclear test: Air, confirmed. Country: USSR Yield: 680KT
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_1069

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: “680”

Event 18774 (1DF7577E)

Date: 4/10/1957
Description: Delmer S. Fahrney leaves NICAP’s board of directors for urgent and personal reasons, partially because his wife is seriously ill, but also because of the ridicule generated by his peers in the military.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Clark III 792–793
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_2926

Event 18775 (09CA8F01)

Date: 4/11/1957
Time: 19:00
Location: COHASSET, MA
Description: 5 jets chase gold disk. Fast sharp turns and away. Jets circle / 1 hour.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO’s a HISTORY-1957 (19 booklets) Self published. (Index 233)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_5322

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, MIL: Military investigation

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “6”, Duration: “3”, Elev: “15”, HatchDesc: “COHASSET,MA:5 JETS CHASE GOLD DISK:FAST SHARP TURNS+AWAY:jets ccl/1 hour”, LatLong: “42.233335 -70.816670”, LatLongDMS: “42:14:00 N 70:49:00 W”, Locale: “Coastlands”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Massachusetts”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 18776 (EEFAAE07)

Date: 4/11/1957
Description: At 7:00 p.m. fighter jets were observed chasing a golden colored disc through the sky in Cohasset, Massachusetts. The disc made fast, sharp turns, and shot away from the jets. The jets were seen circling the area for the next hour.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: Loren E. Gross, The Fifth Horseman of the Apocalypse: UFOs: A History. 1957: March 23-May 25, p. 33
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_1951

Event 18777 (AC6ADE70)

Date: 4/12/1957?
Time: 08:00
Location: FIGANIERES, VAR
Description: Vegetation all dead! Car malfunctions due to EME (electro-magnetic effects). Odd cone-saucer going up / side / N562. Going quickly northeast. / r30p230.
Type: sighting
Reference: LUMIERES DANS la NUIT (LDLN), Paris. Bimonthly since 1957. LDLN B.P.3; 77123 Le Vaudoue, FRANCE. (Index 119)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_5323

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, SCR: Classic saucer/disk/sphere shaped UFO, CIG: Torpedo/cigar/cylinder shaped UFO, PRB: Probe: Possibly remote controlled, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), 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, TCH: New technical details/clues

Extra Data: Country: “France”, Credibility: “6”, Duration: “1”, HatchDesc: “FIGANIERES,VAR:VEG ALL DEAD!:CAR EMEs:ODD CONE-SCR ↑/SIDE/N562:>>NE:/r30p230”, LatLong: “43.572224 6.500000”, LatLongDMS: “43:34:20 N 06:30:00 E”, Locale: “Pasture”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Var”, Strangeness: “7”

Event 18778 (F90FCC07)

Date: 4/12/1957
Location: 50.4375 77.814167
Description: Nuclear test: Air, confirmed. Country: USSR Yield: 22KT
Type: atomic
Reference: “columbia.edu: Worldwide Nuclear Explosions”, by Yang, North, Romney, and Richards
Reference: “archive.org: Worldwide Nuclear Explosions”, by Yang, North, Romney, and Richards
Source: NukeExplosions, ID: NukeExplosions_1070

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: “22”

Event 18779 (7F8E0280)

Date: 4/12/1957
Description: At 8:00 a.m. an odd cone-shaped UFO descended to the side of highway N562 in Figanieres, Var, France, causing the engine of the witness’s car to stall. Vegetation at the site was later found to be dead.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: Lumieres dans la Nuit, August 1972
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_1967

Event 18780 (3AA4D920)

Date: 4/14/1957
Location: FRANCE, Vins sur Caramy (Var)
Description: (Translated from French) RR2. Around 3:00 PM, three witnesses (two elderly women: Mmes Garcin and Rami and independently of them an apiarist Louis Boglio), duration: 1 to 2 minutes. It seems that a curious metallic machine in the shape of a spinning top and about 1.50 m high landed on a road about a hundred meters from two old French peasants. At the same time, a deafening noise of shaken metal rose from a metal signpost planted 6 or 7 meters from the landing area. This sign had been shaken by violent shocks. A man who was about 300 m away heard the women’s cries and the crash of the sign. He arrived in time to see the spinning top jump from the ground to a height of 6 meters, turn and land again this time on another road, branching off the first. While it was turning, it flew over another signpost, and this one vibrated just as loudly, as if it had been violently shaken by successive blows. However, the machine was absolutely silent. It did not pass close to a third sign that was in the vicinity. The compass placed near the signs that had vibrated showed a deviation of some 15°. (J. Allen HYNEK: “Les OVNI, mythe ou réalité?” - trad. Belfond 1974 - p. 141, 163 to 165, 277) (Science et Vie, special edition 1997: 50 years of UFO, Atlas of Unsolved Cases, p. 60 to 63) Yet one who has some aeronautical knowledge will find strange resemblances between this UFO and a small French helicopter, used since 1954. This is the SO-1221, better known as the Djinn. (…) EDF will use the SO1221 as the Bell47 for its line surveillance. (…) aerial prospecting for mining could justify a low-level flight. The region is known for its bauxite mines from which aluminum is extracted. In this period of the 1950s, France was looking for uranium on its territory (and elsewhere) to ensure its nuclear future. (…) in the May 1958 issue of Transmondia, pages 22 to 24, the proof that in May 1957 (date cited in the article!) people from the Var and the Alpes Maritimes were able to observe Djinns from the Hélicoptère Service Briand of St Raphael flying over their region at low altitude (between 0 and 300m).
Reference: E.Maillot 21/02/2000 - Mail-list: OVNI-SCIENCES
Reference: … etc…
Reference: Mini catalogue chronologique des observations OVNI, by Godelieve Van Overmeire
Source: Overmeire, ID: Overmeire_2033

Event 18781 (17C612CF)

Date: 4/14/1957
Description: (Translated from French) In Vins-sur-Caramy (Var), Ms. Garçin and Rami observe an object in the shape of a top, hemispherical on top, conical underneath, 1.5 m tall and 1 m in diameter, slowly flying at 2 or 3 m above the ground, over the intersection of the departmental road 24 and the road to Vins. The lower cone is formed of a bundle of luminous, multicolored and parallel tigelles, agitated by a rapid movement, and the noise comes from one of the two road signs at the intersection, which is also vibrating violently, as if there was a resonance between the movement of the tigelles and that of the sign. Frightened, the two women scream and attract the attention of a third person. At the same time, the object, which has descended to the ground level, makes a kind of jump and flies over a second road sign which also starts to vibrate, producing the same metallic noise. Continuing its flight, but in silence, the craft travels about 200 m, approaches the ground, perhaps touching it, stops for a few seconds, makes a second jump, accelerates and disappears towards the Southeast at a moderate speed, raising a whirlwind of dust. It is then noticed that the two signs are abnormally magnetized: compass needle deviated by 15° at 5 cm of distance, while, under the same conditions, a third sign, further away, does not produce any deviation. It is also noticed that a canal irrigation valve located near the second point of approach to the ground is also magnetized. The grass is scorched and trampled at the landing site. (April 14th, 3 PM)
Reference: rr0 - Beau
Source: rr0, ID: rr0_1694

Event 18782 (27DC61A4)

Date: 4/14/1957
Time: 15:00
Location: VINS-SUR-CARAMY, FR
Description: 2+1+2 observer(s). 1.5M top going up and down. Road signs rattle. Magnetized. / r3p19.
Type: sighting
Reference: PHENOMENES SPATIAUX: Group GEPA, Gen. M. Lionel Chassin Paris. Quarterly 1964?-1977. Merged into Grp. GEPAN (Index 17)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_5324

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, HQO: High-quality observer(s), PRB: Probe: Possibly remote controlled, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), OBS: Observation/chasing vehicles, LND: UFO landing or any part touches ground, EME: Electro-Magnetic Effects, TRC: Physical traces, TCH: New technical details/clues, MIL: Military investigation, BBK: Project BLUEBOOK, GSA: Covert Security Agency, OGA: Non-Covert Government Agencies, SND: UFO sounds heard or recorded

Extra Data: Country: “France”, Credibility: “9”, Duration: “3”, HatchDesc: “VINS-sur-CARAMY,FR:2+1+2 OBS:1.5M TOP ↑+↓:ROAD SIGNS RATTLE:MAGNETIZED:/r3p19”, LatLong: “43.427780 6.155556”, LatLongDMS: “43:25:40 N 06:09:20 E”, Locale: “Pasture”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Var”, Strangeness: “8”

Event 18783 (26573C93)

Date: 4/14/1957
Location: Vins sur Caramy (1/2 mile E of), France
Description: 5 ft tall 3 ft wide metallic top-shaped object covered with vibrating sharp spines (NICAP: 03 - EME Cases, BB: BBU)
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_2032

Event 18784 (EF4BB3E9)

Date: 4/14/1957
Time: 1500
Location: Vins-sur-Caramy, France
Description: At an intersection, two women, Mrs. Garcin and Mrs. Rami, suddenly heard a noise and saw behind them a top-shaped object, 1 m high and 1 m wide, nearly touching the ground. It made a sudden jump and landed again: There were a number of antennalike projections on top of it. The noise did not come from the object, but from a metallic road sign vibrating in its vicinity.
Type: ufo sighting
Reference: M 207; Challenge 14 (Vallee)
Source: ValléeMagonia, ID: Magonia_389

Event 18785 (A7A3F405)

Date: 4/14/1957
Location: Vins-sur-Caramy, Var, France
Description: 3:00 p.m. Marie Garcin and Julia Rami are walking along road D24 a half-mile east of Vins-sur-Caramy, Var, France, when they hear a deafening noise and see a 5-foot-tall, 3-foot-wide, metallic, top-shaped object covered with vibrating sharp spines that is landing near a road sign. The sign starts to vibrate loudly, then the object hops over the road at a height of about 15–30 feet. Another witness, Jules Boglio, is about 1,000 feet away and sees the object land a second time in the adjoining road, then jump over another road sign which then vibrates loudly. Two other witnesses see the object at a much greater distance.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: NICAP, “Top-Shaped Object Hovers at 300”; Jimmy Guieu, “Vins-sur-Caramy (Var), 14 avril 1957,” Ouranos, no. 21 (1957): 50–52; Lorenzen, UFOs: The Whole Story, Signet, 1969, pp. 145–146; J. Allen Hynek, The UFO Experience, Ballantine ed., 1974, pp. 154–156
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_2927

Event 18786 (15061013)

Date: 4/16/1957
Location: 50.4375 77.814167
Description: Nuclear test: Air, confirmed. Country: USSR Yield: 320KT
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_1071

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: “320”

Event 18787 (FC6E5DA0)

Date: 4/19/1957
Time: 11:50
Location: DEEP PACIFIC
Description: Japanese boat. 2 10M silver objects going down [to] and submerge. Sea boils. / r2p185+/ r141#2.
Type: sighting
Reference: FLYING SAUCER REVIEW (FSR), London. Bimonthly. PO Box 162; High Wycombe, Bucks. HP135 DZ, England. (Index 40)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_5325

Attributes: SEA: Observer(s) at sea, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, SCR: Classic saucer/disk/sphere shaped UFO, CIG: Torpedo/cigar/cylinder shaped UFO, SUB: Submersible: Rises from or submerges into water, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s)

Extra Data: Country: “Pacific Ocean and non - Asian islands”, Credibility: “8”, Duration: “15”, Elev: “0”, HatchDesc: “DEEP PACIFIC:JAPN.BOAT:2 10M SLVR OBJS ↓+SUBMERGE:SEA BOILS:/r2p185+/r141#2”, LatLong: “31.250001 143.500007”, LatLongDMS: “31:15:00 N 143:30:00 E”, Locale: “High Seas”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “NPC”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 18788 (BD248D9C)

Date: 4/19/1957
Location: Maiquetia, Venezula
Description: Airliner en route to Maiquetia sighted UFO; strange radio signals received at Maiquetia airport at same time (NICAP: 03 - EME Cases)
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_2033

Event 18789 (FB4643B3)

Date: 4/19/1957
Time: 1152
Location: Pacific Ocean, near Japan
Description: Japanese fishermen aboard the “Kitsukawara Maru” saw two metal disks come into the sky. This was followed by violent turbulence.
Type: ufo sighting
Reference: Round-up 147 (Vallee)
Source: ValléeMagonia, ID: Magonia_390

Event 18790 (BFCD3239)

Date: 4/19/1957
Locations: Pacific Ocean; 300 miles southeast of Tokyo, Japan
Description: 11:52 a.m. Two metallic discs are seen entering the Pacific Ocean about 300 miles southeast of Tokyo, Japan, by Japanese fisherman aboard the Kitsukawa Maru. A violent turbulence disturbs the ocean after they submerge. The objects are 30 feet long and wingless.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: NICAP, “Two Discs Enter Pacific”
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_2928

Event 18791 (31F8DD26)

Date: 4/21/1957
Time: 01:50
Location: MONTLUCON, FR
Description: 2+observer(s). Jellyfish-saucer reappears several X. Colored strings hang going down. / r141#2.
Type: sighting
Reference: VALLEE, Jacques: CHALLENGE to SCIENCE, The UFO ENIGMA; Henry Regnery 1966 & Ballentine Books, NY 1974. PB (Index 16)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_5326

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: “France”, Credibility: “9”, Duration: “45”, HatchDesc: “MONTLUCON,FR:2+OBS:JELLYFISH-SCR REAPPEARS SVRL X:CLRD STRINGS HANG ↓:/r141#2”, LatLong: “46.333336 2.583333”, LatLongDMS: “46:20:00 N 02:35:00 E”, Locale: “Farmlands”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Allier”, Strangeness: “4”

Event 18792 (D2BE8204)

Date: 4/22/1957
Time: 13:00
Location: PALALDA, FR
Description: 5M flaming disk hovers / vineyard. Wild spins. Vines thrash. Going quickly northeast. / r8#391.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO’s a HISTORY-1957 (19 booklets) Self published. (Index 246)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_5327

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, SCR: Classic saucer/disk/sphere shaped UFO, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), OBS: Observation/chasing vehicles, DRT: Dirt/soil traces/marks/footprints etc., VEG: Plants affected or sampled/crop circles, EME: Electro-Magnetic Effects, TRC: Physical traces, MIL: Military investigation, BBK: Project BLUEBOOK

Extra Data: Country: “France”, Credibility: “7”, Duration: “10”, HatchDesc: “PALALDA,FR:5M FLAMING DISK HVRS/VINYARD:WILD SPINS:VINES THRASH:>>NE:/r8#391”, LatLong: “42.466669 2.666667”, LatLongDMS: “42:28:00 N 02:40:00 E”, Locale: “Farmlands”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Pyrénées-Orientales”, Strangeness: “7”

Event 18793 (076B6208)

Date: 4/22/1957
Time: 22:00?
Location: TAEGU, KOREA
Description: 4 silent smoking odd-colored eggs zigzag across sky / 4 minute(s). / r141 #2p46.
Type: sighting
Reference: FLYING SAUCER REVIEW (FSR), London. Bimonthly. PO Box 162; High Wycombe, Bucks. HP135 DZ, England. (Index 40)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_5328

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: “Korea(both sides)”, Credibility: “9”, Duration: “4”, HatchDesc: “TAEGU,KOREA:4 SLNT SMOKING ODD-CLRD EGGS ZIGZAG ACRS SKY/4min:/r141 #2p46”, LatLong: “35.866668 128.616673”, LatLongDMS: “35:52:00 N 128:37:00 E”, Locale: “Town & City”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “SKR”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 18794 (CBC6194F)

Date: 4/22/1957
Time: 1300
Location: Palalda, France
Description: Mr. and Mrs. Firmin Bason heard an unusual noise and saw a whirlwind of flames 10 or 15 m above ground, coming down toward the vineyard. It was red and blue, spinning wildly, flying slowly. It hovered for 5 min over plants which moved violently, then it flew south with a deafening roar, hovered again and departed to the southwest. Diameter at the top: about 5 m.
Type: ufo sighting
Reference: Ouranos 21 (Vallee)
Source: ValléeMagonia, ID: Magonia_391

Event 18795 (A6759DAE)

Date: 4/22/1957
Description: A 10:00 p.m. four silent, odd-colored ovoid objects giving off smoke zigzagged across the sky for four minutes in Daegu, Korea.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: Flying Saucer Review, volume 3, number 4; Larry Hatch, U computer database, case # 4865
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_2211

Event 18796 (B8A2B976)

Date: 4/22/1957
Description: A flaming cone or disc-shaped object, five-meters in diameter, hovered over a vineyard in Palada, France. It was witnessed by Mr. & Mrs. Firmin Bason. The vines thrashed about as the object spun wildly, and the object then rose rapidly with a loud roar and shot away toward the northeast. The low level whirlwind produced by the object created magnetic effects. The encounter lasted five minutes, and was followed by a police investigation.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: Jacques Vallee, computerized catalogue, case #2320; UNICAT database, case 806, citing Jimmy Guieu, Ouranos; Jacques Vallee, Passport to Magonia: A Century of Landings, case 391; Loren E. Gross, The Fifth Horseman of the Apocalypse: UFOs: A History. 1957: March 23-May 25, p. 46
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_2212

Event 18797 (B2C4C8DC)

Date: 4/24/1957
Location: 37.0000 -115.0000
Description: Nuclear test: Air, confirmed. Country: USA Name: “Project 57 No. 1” Yield: 0KT YieldMax: 0KT
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_87

Extra Data: LatLong: “37.0000 -115.0000”, LatLongDMS: “37:00:00 N 115:00:00 W”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, NukeCountry: “USA”, NukeDepth: “0.00”, NukeName: “Project 57 No. 1”, NukeSource: “NV209”, NukeType: “NACU”, NukeY: “0”, NukeYMax: “0”

Event 18798 (C41BE69E)

Date: 4/24/1957
Locations: Nellis Air Force Range, Nevada; Nevada Test Site
Description: 6:27 a.m. Project 57 is an open-air nuclear “dirty-bomb” test conducted in Area 13 at the Nellis Air Force Range, Nevada. The high explosives of a nuclear weapon are detonated asymmetrically to simulate an accidental detonation of an XW-25 warhead in an airplane crash. The purpose of the test is to verify that no yield would result, as well as study the extent of plutonium contamination. Some 4,000 galvanized steel pans sprayed with tacky resin are set up around a 10-by-16-square-mile block of land to capture plutonium samples. Some 68 air- sampler stations equipped with micropore paper are spread over 70 square miles. Mock-ups of sidewalks, curbs, and asphalt are set up in the desert; cars and trucks are added; giant air-sampling balloons are tethered in place; 9 burros, 109 beagles, 10 sheep, and 31 white rats are put in cages. Afterward, the contaminated area is fenced off and the contaminated equipment buried in place. Data from the test confirms that plutonium has a 24,000-year half-life; many of the test animals are killed, but security guard Richard Mingus manages not to inhale any particles. A radiological survey team detects alpha radiation, but no serious beta or gamma radiation. In 1981, the US Department of Energy decontaminates and decommissions the site. Hundreds of thousands of cubic yards of soil and debris are removed from Area 13 and disposed of in a waste facility at the Nevada Test Site.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Wikipedia, “Project 57”; Jacobsen, Area 51, pp. 100–116
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_2929

Event 18799 (1DAF8605)

Date: 4/25/1957
Description: (Translated from French) Sighting in Ringgold, Louisiana by military personnel Robertson. (April 25)
Reference: case Blue Book #4706 unsolved, missing from official records
Reference: rr0 - Beau
Source: rr0, ID: rr0_1695

Event 18800 (EFE43B57)

Date: 4/25/1957
Time: 02:30
Location: BISTINEAU, LA
Description: Fisherman. Blood red 60M hemisphere going north. Lands / woods. Noise / separate observer(s).
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO’s a HISTORY-1957 (19 booklets) Self published. (Index 207)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_5329

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, SND: UFO sounds heard or recorded

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “6”, Duration: “5”, Elev: “66”, HatchDesc: “BISTINEAU,LA:FISHERMAN:BLOOD RED 60M HEMISPHERE >N:LANDS/WOODS:NOISE/SEP.OBS:”, LatLong: “32.383335 -93.333338”, LatLongDMS: “32:23:00 N 93:20:00 W”, Locale: “Forest”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Louisiana”, Strangeness: “7”

Event 18801 (D7B08221)

Date: 4/25/1957
Location: Ringgold, LA
Description: Military witness Robertson. Case missing (NICAP: 01 - Distant Encounters, BB: 4706)
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_2034

Event 18802 (04969A1B)

Date: 4/25/1957
Time: Unknown time
Location: Ringgold, Louisiana
Description: Military witness Robertson. Case missing from official files.
Type: ufo sighting
Reference: BlueBook Unknowns PDF
Source: BerlinerBBUnknowns, ID: BerlinerBBU_410

Event 18803 (F4F2A0E5)

Date: 4/28/1957
Time: 16:30
Location: OFF CHANNEL ISL.NZ
Description: 1 / boat. Saucer blows smoke. Maneuvers / all directions / 20 minute(s). Going quickly west. / r24v1#2.
Type: sighting
Reference: FLYING SAUCER REVIEW (FSR), London. Bimonthly. PO Box 162; High Wycombe, Bucks. HP135 DZ, England. (Index 50)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_5330

Attributes: CST: Observer(s) in coastal area/just offshore, SEA: Observer(s) at sea, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, SCR: Classic saucer/disk/sphere shaped UFO, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), CMF: Camouflage/disguise

Extra Data: Country: “New Zealand”, Credibility: “7”, Duration: “20”, Elev: “0”, HatchDesc: “off CHANNEL Isl.NZ:1/BOAT:SCR BLOWS SMOKE:MNVRS/all dirs/20min:>>W:/r24v1#2”, LatLong: “-36.438891 175.344453”, LatLongDMS: “36:26:20 S 175:20:40 E”, Locale: “Offshore”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “NI”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 18804 (4551F913)

Date: 4/28/1957
Time: 21:30
Location: MODESTO, CA
Description: 1 observer. 5 luminous hubcap saucers going quickly northeast 3 abreast and 2 trailing. / R141#32p53+56.
Type: sighting
Reference: The APRO BULLETIN: Monthly. Jim & Coral Lorenzen: Tucson,AZ (USA. defunct) By volume and number. (Index 689)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_5331

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: “28”, HatchDesc: “MODESTO,CA:1 OBS:5 LUMn.HUBCAP SCRS >>NE 3 ABREAST+2 TRAILING:/R141#32p53+56”, LatLong: “37.650002 -121.000006”, LatLongDMS: “37:39:00 N 121:00:00 W”, Locale: “Farmlands”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “California”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 18805 (F2FF1638)

Date: 4/29/1957
Time: 21:20
Location: LECKHAMPTON, ENG
Description: Cylinder/cigar-shape trades light signals with disk. Disk enters cylinder/cigar-shape. (Comet visible.)
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO’s a HISTORY-1957 (19 booklets) Self published. (Index 259)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_5332

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), SIG: Signals/responses to/from/between UFO’s/occupants/observers, TCH: New technical details/clues

Extra Data: Country: “Great Britain and Ireland”, Credibility: “5”, Duration: “2”, Elev: “172”, HatchDesc: “LECKHAMPTON,ENG:CGR TRADES LITE SIGNALS W/DISK:DISK ENTERS CGR:(Comet visible)”, LatLong: “51.866669 -2.083333”, LatLongDMS: “51:52:00 N 02:05:00 W”, Locale: “Town & City”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “England”, Strangeness: “7”

Event 18806 (6BA79E30)

Date: 4/29/1957
Time: 22:10
Location: WORCESTER, MA
Description: College kids. Saucer going quickly north. Slows and speeds. Night lights and disks in formation to 2240hrs.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO’s a HISTORY-1957 (19 booklets) Self published. (Index 256)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_5333

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: “35”, Elev: “144”, HatchDesc: “WORCESTER,MA:COLLEGE KIDS:SCR >>N:SLOWS+SPEEDS:NLTS+DISKS/FORMn to 2240hrs”, LatLong: “42.250002 -71.800003”, LatLongDMS: “42:15:00 N 71:48:00 W”, Locale: “Town & City”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Massachusetts”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 18807 (9128C904)

Date: 4/29/1957
Location: Virginia, MN
Description: 10:15 p.m. Robert Lerdahl and Alex Ellison saw about 36 UFOs which passed overhead in groups of 6 and 8 during a forty minute period. (NICAP: 01 - Distant Encounters)
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_2035

Event 18808 (317F5B4C)

Date: 4/29/1957
Location: English Channel, UK
Description: Mysterious Objects Sighted Over English Channel (NICAP: 09 - RADAR Cases, Code: R, Rating: 5)
Reference: NICAP: 570429
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_2036

Event 18809 (368DC22C)

Date: 4/29/1957
Description: Two men, Lerdahl and Ellison, reported that three dozen UFOs flew over Virginia, Minnesota in groups of 6-8 for 40 minutes beginning at 10:15 p.m. The UFOs were greenish, disc-shaped objects flying in crescent formations, and were viewed through binoculars. They went from east to west, and each group flew from horizon to horizon in eight seconds.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: NICAP UFO Investigator, August 1960, p. 7; Jay Rath, The M-Files: True Reports of Minnesota’s Unexplained Phenomena, p. 50
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_2405

Event 18810 (10133442)

Date: 5/1957
Location: Manston, Kent
Description: Pilot Milton Torres flew a F-86 D Sabre from the Royal Air Force base at Manston, Kent and ordered to shoot down a large “aircraft carrier” sized UFO flying at more than 7600mph. Object disappeared, ordered to stay silent and threatened with a national security breach if he talked.
Type: ufo sighting
Reference: Reuters Link
Source: Maj2, ID: Maj2_570

Event 18811 (3F8A80D6)

Date: 5/1957
Location: USA, Milford
Description: (Translated from French) Miss Stichler was occupied in the barn at 6 o’clock in the morning, when she heard a turbine sound and looked up. A flat object, in the shape of a saucer, about 6 m in diameter with a ring of one meter in width, had appeared above the barn, at 4.50m from the ground. When it stopped, one side inclined towards her, she saw a man dressed in light gray with a very tight helmet and a wide cape of a shiny gray, perched on the ring of the UFO. His feet and legs seemed to be hidden from view in the lower part. He was facing Miss Stichler, seemed to be of average size, had very sunken eyes, a long face with a “mocking” expression and he was quite dark-skinned. At the very moment that Miss Stichler overcame the initial shock, the object moved towards the southeast with a “whirl” sound and disappeared from view at the speed of lightning.
Reference: Charles BOWEN: “In Search of Humanoids” - J’ai Lu 1974, p. 192
Reference: Mini catalogue chronologique des observations OVNI, by Godelieve Van Overmeire
Source: Overmeire, ID: Overmeire_2037

Event 18812 (ACFE096B)

Date: 5/1957
Time: ~22:00
Location: BARBACENA, BRAZIL
Description: 2 politicos / car. Many luminous/glowing objects. Fast stops and 90° turns. Blue glow.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO’s a HISTORY-1957 (19 booklets) Self published. (Index 212)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_5334

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: “Brazil”, Credibility: “7”, Duration: “5”, Elev: “1161”, HatchDesc: “BARBACENA,BRZL:2 POLITICOS/CAR:MANY LUMN OBJS:FAST STOPS+90°TURNS:BLUE GLOW”, LatLong: “-21.233334 -43.766669”, LatLongDMS: “21:14:00 S 43:46:00 W”, Locale: “Pasture”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “MGR”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 18813 (D269976A)

Date: 5/1957
Location: Milford, Pennsylvania
Description: Frances Stichler, who lived on a farm, was working in her barn when she heard a whirring sound and saw a bowl-shaped object, 7 m in diameter, with a rim over 1 m wide about 5 m above ground. It stopped with one side tilted toward her. A man dressed in a loose, shiny, gray suit, wearing a tight-fitting helmet, was facing her from inside the object. He seemed of average height had deep-set eyes, tanned skin, and a long face with a “quizzical” expression. Almost immediately the object left toward the southeast.
Type: ufo sighting
Reference: 108; Humanoids 57 (Vallee)
Source: ValléeMagonia, ID: Magonia_392

Event 18814 (F54DB329)

Date: 5/1957
Location: Everglades, Florida
Description: NICAP is fed a phony UFO crash story in the Everglades, Florida, by an Associated Press employee who is a “former Signal Corps engineer” with possible ties to the NSA. He admits faking the story but refuses to give any motive.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Keyhoe, FSTS, pp. 64–68
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_2931

Event 18815 (F00B3398)

Date: 5/1957
Locations: RAF Winkleigh Airfield; Devon, England
Description: 4:50 a.m. A truck driver pulls over at the edge of the disused RAF Winkleigh Airfield [now the site of the West of England Transport Collection], Devon, England, to drink some coffee. He notices an object like a metallic, fluorescent-blue submarine with tail fins sitting at the end of the runway. It is about the size of an airliner. He watches it a while, then gets out of the truck and approaches it. He has the object in sight a total of 10–15 minutes and realizes it is hovering just above the ground. When he is 600 feet away, he encounters a type of force field that prevents him from approaching. The object then rises straight up into the sky to about 1,200 feet and shoots off to the north. The force field disappears.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Ron Toth, “UFO Landing at War-time Aerodrome,” Pegasus 2, no. 3 (May-June 1970): 2–4
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_2932

Event 18816 (4272E42C)

Date: 5/1957
Location: Milford, Pennsylvania
Description: 6:00 a.m. Frances Stichler is working in her barn in Milford, Pennsylvania, when she hears a whirring sound and sees a bowl-shaped object approaching at a height of 15 feet. It is 15 feet in diameter with a rim about 3 feet wide. It hovers with one side tilted toward her 50 feet away. Its lone occupant, a helmeted figure with a long, olive- colored face and a shiny, light gray suit, gazes at her with a quizzical expression on his tanned face. It is sitting on the far rim with feet and legs hidden by the lower part of the object. Inside the open vehicle, she can see levers. After a minute, the object takes off to the southwest making a spinning sound. Her chickens do not seem disturbed by any of this.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Berthold Eric Schwarz, “UFO Occupants: Fact or Fantasy?” Flying Saucer Review 15, no. 5 (Sept./Oct. 1969): 14–15; Clark III 268; Loren E. Gross, The Fifth Horseman of the Apocalypse: UFOs, a History: 1957 May 24th–July 31st, The Author, 1996, p. 10; Patrick Gross, URECAT, December 17, 2006
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_2933

Event 18817 (9BF38922)

Date: 5/1957?
Location: Orlando, Florida
Description: 3:45 p.m. Two men in Orlando, Florida, see an oval object emerge from a larger cigar-shaped UFO about 75– 100 feet long.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Herbert S. Taylor, “Satellite Objects: A Further Look,” IUR 29, no. 2 (Summer 2004): 7, 25
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_2934

Event 18818 (7E0B4209)

Date: 5/1957
Description: U.S. civilian organization NICAP is told a fake UAP crash story in Everglades, FL. The source is an Associated Press employee and “former Signal Corps engineer” with ties to the NSA, who admits to faking the story but provides no motive.

• https://books.google.com/books/about/Flying%20Saucers%20Top%20Secret%20Revised%20Editio.html?id=VoMTMQAACAAJ (p64-68)

Reference: Anonymous 2023 PDF
Source: Anon2023PDF, ID: Anon2023PDF_77

Event 18819 (08179A14)

Date: 5/1/1957
Time: 07:30
Location: PAJAS BLANCAS, ARG
Description: Pseudo-human/entity asks observer(s) / 60’ saucer. 5 pseudo-human/entity / instrument panels. 6 separate observer(s). Going northwest. / r79p7.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO’s a HISTORY-1957 (19 booklets) Self published. (Index 263)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_5335

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, HQO: High-quality observer(s), SCR: Classic saucer/disk/sphere shaped UFO, PSH: Pseudo-human: Clone/organic robot/human-like, SIG: Signals/responses to/from/between UFO’s/occupants/observers, CVS: Conversation/communication, VEH: Vehicle affected: Marks/damage/EME effects, LND: UFO landing or any part touches ground, EME: Electro-Magnetic Effects, TCH: New technical details/clues

Extra Data: Country: “Argentina”, Credibility: “4”, Duration: “30”, Elev: “586”, HatchDesc: “PAJAS BLANCAS,ARG:PSH ASKS OBS/60’SCR:5 PSH/INSTRM PANELS:6 SEP.OBS:>NW:/r79p7”, LatLong: “-31.216668 -64.283336”, LatLongDMS: “31:13:00 S 64:17:00 W”, Locale: “Town & City”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “CRD”, Strangeness: “8”

Event 18820 (02CC30AE)

Date: 5/1/1957
Time: ~10:00
Location: GUYHIRN, ENGL
Description: Several observer(s). Gold dinner-plate saucer jerks and circles. Vanishes. / r141 #2p65.
Type: sighting
Reference: FLYING SAUCER REVIEW (FSR), London. Bimonthly. PO Box 162; High Wycombe, Bucks. HP135 DZ, England. (Index 40)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_5336

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: “Great Britain and Ireland”, Credibility: “8”, Duration: “2”, HatchDesc: “GUYHIRN,ENGL:SVRL OBS:GOLD DINNER-PLATE SCR JERKS+CCLs:VANISHES:/r141 #2p65”, LatLong: “52.650003 0.150000”, LatLongDMS: “52:39:00 N 00:09:00 E”, Locale: “Town & City”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “England”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 18821 (E165F8AF)

Date: 5/1/1957
Time: ~21:00
Location: HAMILTON, OH
Description: Top saucer hovers overhead / 12 minutes. All color(s) / rainbow. Shoots away like bullet.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO’s a HISTORY-1957 (19 booklets) Self published. (Index 212)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_5337

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

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “6”, Duration: “12”, Elev: “180”, HatchDesc: “HAMILTON,OH:TOP SCR HVRS OVHD/12mins:ALL CLRS/RAINBOW:SHOOTS AWAY LIKE BULLET”, LatLong: “39.400002 -84.566671”, LatLongDMS: “39:24:00 N 84:34:00 W”, Locale: “Town & City”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Ohio”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 18822 (6F859A44)

Date: 5/1/1957
Time: 0700
Location: Pajasblancas Airport, Argentina
Description: When his motorcycle suddenly failed, the driver observed a disk, 2O m in diameter and 5 m thick, hovering about 15 m above ground. He hid in a ditch and saw the craft come down, making a sound similar to air escaping from a valve. A sort of lift descended from its base almost to the ground. In it was a man of average height, who made friendly gestures to the witness. He was dressed in a plastic diving suit. The witness entered the machine and saw inside several people seated before instrument panels, lighted by an extraordinary light. He was then escorted out, and the disk rose to the northwest. During the next hour, six sightings were made along the same course by independent witnesses.
Type: ufo sighting
Reference: Humanoids 35; FSR 65, 1; FSR 65, 4 (Vallee)
Source: ValléeMagonia, ID: Magonia_393

Event 18823 (CC8482A5)

Date: 5/1/1957
Location: Pajas Blancas International Airport in Córdoba, Argentina
Description: 7:00 a.m. A man driving a motorcycle about 9 miles from Pajas Blancas International Airport in Córdoba, Argentina, sees a UFO shortly after his engine fails. It is 65 feet in diameter and 16 feet thick, hovering about 50 feet above the ground. He hides in a ditch and sees the craft come down, making a sound similar to air escaping from a valve. A lift descends from its base almost to the ground. In it is a man of average height who makes friendly gestures. He is dressed in a plastic diving suit. The witness enters the machine and sees several people inside seated in front of instrument panels, lit by an extraordinary light. He is then escorted out, and the disc rises to the northwest. During the next hour, there are 6 other sightings made by independent witnesses.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Loren E. Gross, The Fifth Horseman of the Apocalypse: UFOs, a History: 1957 March 23rd–May 25th, The Author, 1995, pp. 61–64; Mark Cashman, “Behavioral Classification System for UFO Occupants,” IUR 24, no. 1 (Spring 1999): 19
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_2935

Event 18824 (50BCCA69)

Date: 5/1/1957
Description: On or about this day a motorcyclist was traveling down a road near the Pajas Blancas Airport in Cordoba province, Argentina shortly after 7 a.m. when his motorcycle stalled. The driver then saw a disc-shaped object 20 meters in diameter, hovering 15 meters above the ground. An elevator descended from the base, and a human-like being of average height, around five foot eight inches tall, was seen in the elevator. The witness was offered the choice of whether he wanted to enter the craft or not, and he decided to go inside the craft. Inside there were another five or six men dressed in something similar to diving suits working some instrument panels. He was taken for a 30 minute ride.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: Jacques Vallee, Passport to Magonia: A Century of Landings, case 393, citing The Humanoids: FSR Special Edition No. 1, p. 35; Loren E. Gross, The Fifth Horseman of the Apocalypse: UFOs: A History. 1957: March 23-May 25, p. 63; David F. Webb & Ted Bloecher, HUMCAT: Catalogue of Humanoid Reports, case A0417, citing The Humanoids
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_2438

Event 18825 (7206213F)

Date: 5/2/1957
Time: 07:50
Location: EAST / EDWARDS AIR FORCE BASE, CA
Description: Cameramen. 30 frames / saucer. Balloon? / r21p361+/ r141#12 especially.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO’s a HISTORY-1957 (19 booklets) Self published. (Index 267)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_5338

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, 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), LND: UFO landing or any part touches ground, PHT: Photos/movies/videos taken, MIL: Military investigation, BBK: Project BLUEBOOK

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “9”, Duration: “40”, Elev: “702”, HatchDesc: “E/EDWARDS AFB,CA:CAMERAMEN:30 FRAMES/SCR:balloon?:/r21p361+/r141#12 especially”, LatLong: “34.894446 -117.666672”, LatLongDMS: “34:53:40 N 117:40:00 W”, Locale: “Town & City”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “California”, Strangeness: “4”

Event 18826 (7F82C3A9)

Date: 5/2/1957
Time: 22:30
Location: PARKLAND, WA
Description: 2 observer(s). Dazzling object hovers / field. Passes water tower / low altitude. Maneuvers away.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO’s a HISTORY-1957 (19 booklets) Self published. (Index 214)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_5339

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

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “7”, Duration: “20”, Elev: “100”, HatchDesc: “PARKLAND,WA:2 OBS:DAZZLING OBJ HVRS/FIELD:PASSES WATER TOWER/LO ALT:MNVRS AWAY”, LatLong: “47.155558 -122.433339”, LatLongDMS: “47:09:20 N 122:26:00 W”, Locale: “Residential”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Washington”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 18827 (4167558A)

Date: 5/2/1957
Location: Edwards AFB, CA
Description: Edwards AFB Case (NICAP: 08 - Photographic Cases, Code: I, Rating: 5)
Reference: NICAP: 570502
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_2038

Event 18828 (75FBD8A8)

Date: 5/2/1957
Locations: Edwards AFB, California; Mojave Desert
Description: 6:55–7:20 a.m. Frank E. Baker, supervisor of civilian camera operators at Edwards AFB, California, sends the standard two-man crews out to their Askania tracking telescopes for their daily shifts. Veterans James D. Bittick and John R. Gettys Jr. are in their pickup expecting a normal day. As they approach their station in the Mojave Desert, they see a bright object in the sky. It is initially at about a 45° elevation and seems to be hovering. They need to get permission from Baker to photograph anything, so they call it in, begin readying the scope, load the film, and wait for the okay. Gettys says the base of the object has a circular appearance when high in the sky. Baker gives them his approval and they begin filming, each viewing the object through spotting scopes while the film rolls. They shoot about 100 feet then stop. During filming, the object moves from 1 mile away to 5 miles. What they see is a disc-shaped object with a low dome on top. They contact the base, which scrambles two jets, but they are too late. After they turn the film in, three officers show up and interrogate them. Future astronaut Gordon Cooper claims he was there that day, involved with the tracking.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: NICAP, “Edwards AFB Case”; “Unidentified Flying Object Filmed, Studied,” Miami (Fla.) News, May 12, 1957, p. 2; 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. 75–76; Michael D. Swords, “As Great an Enigma As the UFOs Themselves,” IUR 30, no. 1 (October 2005): 10–12; Sparks, p. 243; “Astronaut Gordon Cooper Talks about UFOs,” Elhardt YouTube channel, December 27, 2007; Swords 247–248; Gordon Cooper and Bruce Henderson, Leap of Faith: An Astronaut’s Journey into the Unknown, HarperTorch, 2000, pp. 83–86; Good Need, pp. 220–222
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_2936

Event 18829 (BA9C4C1A)

Date: 5/3/1957
Location: Edwards AFB
Description: Astronaut Gordon Cooper spots a UFO landing at Edwards AFB.
Type: ce2 event
Reference: YouTube
Source: Maj2, ID: Maj2_152

Event 18830 (7D721383)

Date: 5/3/1957
Description: (Translated from French). (3 May)
Reference: Gordon Cooper, LDLN 358
Reference: rr0 - Beau
Source: rr0, ID: rr0_1691

Event 18831 (7C3F1A8B)

Date: 5/3/1957
Location: OREWA, NZ
Description: 1 observer / (seen thru) binoculars. Large cylinder/cigar-shape hovers. Several “revolutions”. Reappears 5x. Going quickly / horizon.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO’s a HISTORY-1957 (19 booklets) Self published. (Index 265)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_5340

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)

Extra Data: Country: “New Zealand”, Credibility: “6”, Duration: “3”, HatchDesc: “OREWA,NZ:1 OBS/BINOCs:LRG CGR HVRS:SVRL “REVOLUTIONS”:REAPPEARS 5x:>>/HORIZON”, LatLong: “-36.583335 174.683342”, LatLongDMS: “36:35:00 S 174:41:00 E”, Locale: “Coastlands”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “NI”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 18832 (F42A3CC1)

Date: 5/3/1957
Time: 22:40
Location: FORCALQUIER OBSERVER(S), FR
Description: Astronomic photographs / night light pair. Maneuvers. Same / 19 Aug. '57. / r141#2p65+#4.
Type: sighting
Reference: VALLEE, Jacques: CHALLENGE to SCIENCE, The UFO ENIGMA; Henry Regnery 1966 & Ballentine Books, NY 1974. PB (Index 156)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_5341

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, HQO: High-quality observer(s), SCI: Scientist involvement, 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: “10”, Duration: “5”, HatchDesc: “FORCALQUIER OBS,FR:ASTRONOMIC FOTOS/NLT PAIR:MNVRS:SAME/19AUG57:/r141#2p65+#4”, LatLong: “43.933335 5.766667”, LatLongDMS: “43:56:00 N 05:46:00 E”, Locale: “Mountains”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Alpes de Haute Provence”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 18833 (A7D99208)

Date: 5/4/1957
Location: Near Calif. coast (McClellan AFB), CA
Description: Lights Pass In Front & Below RC-121 (NICAP: 11 - Aviation Cases, Code: A, Rating: 5, BB: BBU)
Reference: NICAP: 570504
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_2039

Event 18834 (F7620174)

Date: 5/5/1957
Location: Santa Rosa Island, CA
Description: Orange Objects Fly Over & Under Aircraft (NICAP: 11 - Aviation Cases, Code: A, Rating: 5, BB: BBU)
Reference: NICAP: 570505
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_2040

Event 18835 (7D3BD934)

Date: 5/6/1957
Time: 20:20
Location: USS HUNTERS POINT
Description: All crew. Classic glowing black saucer going [to] WNW behind clouds. / ttp.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO’s a HISTORY-1957 (19 booklets) Self published. (Index 267)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_5342

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

Extra Data: Country: “Atlantic Ocean + islands”, Credibility: “8”, Duration: “1”, Elev: “0”, HatchDesc: “USS HUNTERS POINT:ALL CREW:CLASSIC GLOWING BLK SCR >WNW behind clouds:/ttp”, LatLong: “26.633335 -23.366668”, LatLongDMS: “26:38:00 N 23:22:00 W”, Locale: “High Seas”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “NAT”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 18836 (7ED0A2B2)

Date: 5/7/1957
Description: (Translated from French) See photo taken in Japan at images/1957-05-07.gif. (May 7)
Reference: rr0 - Beau
Source: rr0, ID: rr0_1696

Event 18837 (42CDBDC8)

Date: 5/10/1957
Location: FRANCE, Ayette (Pas de Calais)
Description: (Translated from French) At 10:50 PM, Michel Fekete was riding his bicycle when he saw an object hovering 30 cm from the ground and next to him were 4 small men. The police found on the site fragments similar to lava. Six other witnesses confirmed this apparition, including Mr. and Mrs. Iklef and Lepot. The luminous object alternated between red and white pulsations, with the red phase being the longest. When it was white it was more blinding than a projector. It was 50 m away from the group of witnesses. The occupants were about 130 cm tall, with a gray-beige body and an abnormally large black head, they were swaying as they walked. The object flew away when a car arrived.
Reference: Jacques VALLEE: “Chronique des apparitions E.T.” DENOEL 1972 - coll. J’AI LU, p.296
Reference: Mini catalogue chronologique des observations OVNI, by Godelieve Van Overmeire
Source: Overmeire, ID: Overmeire_2036

Event 18838 (7951E402)

Date: 5/10/1957
Location: LAKE ISABELLA, CA
Description: 1 observer / lonely road. Small bubble expands to/from 9’ ovoid. Telepathy = “don’t fear”.
Type: sighting
Reference: MUFON UFO JOURNAL, Seguin, TX USA. Monthly. (Index 129)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_5343

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, TLP: Telepathy, ODD: Atypical/Forteana/paranormal, SCR: Classic saucer/disk/sphere shaped UFO, PRB: Probe: Possibly remote controlled, FIG: Undefined or poorly seen figure/entity, TCH: New technical details/clues

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “6”, Duration: “2”, Elev: “794”, HatchDesc: “LAKE ISABELLA,CA:1 OBS/LONELY ROAD:SML BUBBLE EXPANDS><9’OVOID:TLP=“DONT FEAR””, LatLong: “35.605557 -118.483339”, LatLongDMS: “35:36:20 N 118:29:00 W”, Locale: “Pasture”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “California”, Strangeness: “10”

Event 18839 (5AB507BE)

Date: 5/10/1957
Time: 22:50
Location: BEAUCOURT / ANCRE, FR
Description: UFO hovers 30cm / ground. 4 small humanoids (or Greys) by. Lava-traces. / APRO May’57+/ r141.
Type: sighting
Reference: LORENZEN, Coral & Jim: FLYING SAUCER OCCUPANTS; Signet Books, NY 1967. (Index 256)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_5344

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, HQO: High-quality observer(s), SCR: Classic saucer/disk/sphere shaped UFO, OID: Humanoid: Small alien or “Grey”, RBT: Possible robot or “Grey”, mechanical motions, ABD: Human or animal abduction, LND: UFO landing or any part touches ground, TRC: Physical traces, MIL: Military investigation, BBK: Project BLUEBOOK

Extra Data: Country: “France”, Credibility: “9”, Duration: “8”, HatchDesc: “BEAUCOURT/ANCRE,FR:UFO HVRS 30cm/GND:4 OIDS BY:LAVA-TRACES:/APRO May’57+/r141”, LatLong: “50.083336 2.694445”, LatLongDMS: “50:05:00 N 02:41:40 E”, Locale: “Mountains”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Somme”, Strangeness: “9”

Event 18840 (5B7D0D93)

Date: 5/10/1957
Time: 2250
Location: Beaucourt-sur-Ancre, France
Description: A Hungarian refugee, Michel Fekete, was riding his bicycle when he saw an object hovering 30 cm above ground and four little men nearby. The police found lavalike fragments at the site. Six other witnesses vouch for the sighting including Messrs. Iklef and Lepot and their wives. The craft was luminous, pulsating between red and white (remaining red longer). When white, it was more blinding than a powerful searchlight. It was 50 m away from the group of witnesses. Occupants were about 1.30 m tall with a beige-gray body, an abnormally large black head, and a waddling gait. The object flew away when a car came into view.
Type: ufo sighting
Reference: 109; M 211 (Vallee)
Source: ValléeMagonia, ID: Magonia_394

Event 18841 (131526EF)

Date: 5/10/1957
Location: Beaucourt-sur-l’Ancre, Somme, France
Description: After 10:45 p.m. At Beaucourt-sur-l’Ancre, Somme, France, a 29-year-old Hungarian refugee named Fekete is cycling when he is “dazzled by a strange projectile.” He sees four men 4–5 feet tall approaching him in a threatening manner. One of them carries a bright light which prevents him from seeing much detail. He flees on his cycle to a nearby home, where others look out and see the occupants 300 feet away. The UFO is emitting red and white (or yellow) rays of light alternatively. They watch for about 20 minutes until 11:15 p.m. when the UFO takes off at a 45° angle.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Loren E. Gross, The Fifth Horseman of the Apocalypse: UFOs, a History: 1957 March 23rd–May 25th, The Author, 1995, pp. 69–72
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_2937

Event 18842 (571729AB)

Date: 5/10/1957
Description: An abductee named McBride reported being abducted by aliens while driving along the highway in Lake Isabella, California at dusk. The witness first spotted a white bubble-shaped object floating above the trees. It descended to just 10 feet above the ground. Thin, bony looking humanoids, seven to eight feet tall, emerged from the object wearing transparent clothing. They communicated using telepathy.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: Ann Drufel, MUFON UFO Journal, August 1978, p. 16
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_2714

Event 18843 (5B4EF032)

Date: 5/10/1957
Description: At 10:45 p.m. a 29-year-old man named Fekete was bicyling home along a road in Beaucourt-sur-Ancre, France when he was temporarily blinded by a light from above. Together with three of this neighbors, he saw a pulsating object on the ground with the silhouettes of three short men (4-5 feet tall) with large heads and a torrering gait. The light rose into sky when a car passed. A circular ground mark was found at the landing site.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: Aime Michel, Flying Saucers and the Straight Line Mystery, p. 211, Ouranos, issue #21
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_2715

Event 18844 (C8A834A2)

Date: 5/11/1957
Locations: Mojave Desert; Landers, California
Description: While attending the Giant Rock Interplanetary Spacecraft Convention in the Mojave Desert near Landers, California, Wayne Sulo Aho goes for a walk and sees a “majestic egg-shaped light.” He directs a telepathic message to it, and the UFO lands 2 miles away. He begins receiving subtle psychic messages on his earthly mission. That night, Aho undergoes a “cosmic initiation.”
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Clark III 59; Wayne S. Aho, Mojave Desert Experience, May 11, 1957, New Age, 1972
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_2938

Event 18845 (91D5D1EC)

Date: 5/12/1957
Location: MOAB, UTAH
Description: Blue-green saucer speeds below observers plane. No further details. / r78p178.
Type: sighting
Reference: HALL, Richard: The UFO EVIDENCE; NICAP,Washington, DC 1964. Reprinted 1997 Barnes & Noble Books ( only $7.98! ) (Index 30)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_5345

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)

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “7”, Duration: “2”, Elev: “1227”, HatchDesc: “MOAB,UTAH:BLU-GRN SCR SPEEDS BELOW OBSERVERS PLANE:NFD:/r78p178”, LatLong: “38.583335 -109.583339”, LatLongDMS: “38:35:00 N 109:35:00 W”, Locale: “Metropolis”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Utah”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 18846 (EFDC4C2F)

Date: 5/12/1957
Location: Moab, UT
Description: Round, blue-green UFO sped past below observer’s altitude. [UFOE, IV] (NICAP: 01 - Distant Encounters)
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_2041

Event 18847 (A4ADCC4C)

Date: 5/13/1957
Time: 21:00
Location: BIRMINGHAM AND NOTTINGHAM AND STAFFORD, ENG
Description: Many observer(s). Series / ovoids going south / high altitude. / Flying Saucer Review (FSR) v3#5.
Type: sighting
Reference: UFO INVESTIGATOR: NICAP: Kensington, MD & Washington, DC [defunct]. University Microfilms, Ann Arbor, MI 48106 (Index 22)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_5346

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)

Extra Data: Country: “Great Britain and Ireland”, Credibility: “6”, Duration: “50”, Elev: “134”, HatchDesc: “BIRMINGHAM+NOTTINGHAM+STAFFORD,ENG:MANY OBS:SERIES/OVOIDS >S /hi alt:/FSR v3#5”, LatLong: “52.483336 -1.866667”, LatLongDMS: “52:29:00 N 01:52:00 W”, Locale: “Town & City”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “England”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 18848 (FC67E4A7)

Date: 5/14/1957?
Time: 10:00
Location: CHINA LAKE, CA
Description: 16 white hemispheres maneuver. 2 / dogfight. Regroup / loose V formation. Going quickly west.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO’s a HISTORY-1957 (19 booklets) Self published. (Index 230)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_5347

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: “5”, Elev: “690”, HatchDesc: “CHINA LAKE,CA:16 WHT HEMISPHERES MNVR:2/DOGFIGHT:REGROUP/LOOSE VFORM:>>W”, LatLong: “35.650002 -117.661117”, LatLongDMS: “35:39:00 N 117:39:40 W”, Locale: “Desert”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, RelAlt: “6100”, State/Prov: “California”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 18849 (B77A6CCB)

Date: 5/15/1957
Description: (Translated from French) Inauguration of the Baikonour Cosmodrome. (May 15)
Reference: rr0 - Beau
Source: rr0, ID: rr0_1697

Event 18850 (39F22A54)

Date: 5/15/1957
Time: 19:37:00.0
Location: 1.6700 -157.2500
Description: Nuclear test: Air. Country: Britain Name: “grapple”
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_1756

Extra Data: LatLong: “1.6700 -157.2500”, LatLongDMS: “01:40:12 N 157:15:00 W”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, NukeCountry: “Britain”, NukeDepth: “0.00”, NukeName: “grapple”, NukeSource: “BOLT”, NukeType: “A”

Event 18851 (53D47FF7)

Date: Late Spring 1957
Locations: Ellsworth AFB; Rapid City, South Dakota
Description: Between 6:30 and 7:00 p.m. Airman 2nd Class Wallace Fowler is sitting on the front steps of his barracks at Ellsworth AFB near Rapid City, South Dakota, when a silver domed disc with portholes appears directly above him. Shadows are moving behind the portholes. The UFO is motionless and the size of a house. After about 2–3 minutes it takes off straight up at high speed. Many others on the base have seen the object as well, and jets are scrambled. The UFO maneuvers around the jets as if toying with them. One of the pursuing jets allegedly goes missing and the wreckage is never found.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Good Need, pp. 218–219
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_2930

Event 18852 (47B38861)

Date: 5/17/1957
Time: 07:50
Location: ROSWELL, NM
Description: 2 observer(s). Shiny white disk going east against wind. 90° turn going north tilted on a slant.
Type: sighting
Reference: The APRO BULLETIN: Monthly. Jim & Coral Lorenzen: Tucson,AZ (USA. defunct) By volume and number. (Index 693)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_5348

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

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “7”, Duration: “1”, Elev: “1089”, HatchDesc: “ROSWELL,NM:2 OBS:SHINY WHT DISK > E AGAINST WIND:90° TURN >N TILTED on a SLANT”, LatLong: “33.416668 -104.533338”, LatLongDMS: “33:25:00 N 104:32:00 W”, Locale: “Town & City”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “New Mexico”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 18853 (ECFE0C55)

Date: 5/17/1957
Description: At 7:45 a.m. two observers in Roswell, New Mexico saw a shiny white disc in the sky fly to the east against the wind; it made a 90 degree turn to the north tilted on a slant.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: APRO Bulletin, September 1957
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_2921

Event 18854 (13562D6C)

Date: 5/20/1957
Location: Manston, Kent
Description: OPERATION INTERCEPT: Two USAF fighters intercept a UFO. The F-86D’s fired Mighty Mouse missiles at the UFO and missed it. The UFO left their 30 mile range area and fell off the radar scope.
Type: ufo sighting
Reference: link
Source: Maj2, ID: Maj2_571

Event 18855 (3697B8F9)

Date: 5/20/1957
Description: (Translated from French) The decree ordering the creation of the Russian launcher R7 is signed. (20 May)
Reference: rr0 - Beau
Source: rr0, ID: rr0_1692

Event 18856 (CB714F71)

Date: 5/20/1957
Location: East Anglia, UK
Description: Milton Torres / Intercept Mission (NICAP: 09 - RADAR Cases, Code: R, Rating: 5)
Reference: NICAP: 570520
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_2042

Event 18857 (061C37EA)

Date: 5/20/1957?
Alternate date: 1956?
Locations: RAF Manston [now closed], Kent, England; Kelvedon Hatch Secret Nuclear Bunker [now closed] in Essex; East Anglia
Description: Near 12:00 midnight. USAF Lt. Milton Torres is flying F-86D Sabre fighters with the 406th Bomber Wing based at RAF Manston [now closed], Kent, England. He receives an order from an RAF controller, who is tracking an unidentified target from Kelvedon Hatch Secret Nuclear Bunker [now closed] in Essex, to go up with a wingman to 32,000 feet over East Anglia in pursuit. Over the radio he receives an order to fire a salvo of rockets at the target; the order is so unusual that Torres seeks authentication before firing. Torres locates the large target on his aircraft radar, but when he closes in on it, it shoots away at tremendous speed, disappearing from the radar screens. The target might be explained by a secret CIA-MoD experiment, codenamed Palladium, to simulate an aircraft blip on Soviet radar screens. On his return to base, Torres is debriefed by a secret service agent and told his mission is top secret.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: NICAP, “Milton Torres / Intercept Mission”; UFOFiles2, pp. 69–72; David Clarke, “Intercept and Destroy,” Fortean Times 242 (December 2008): 34–35; Paul Crickmore, “Project Palladium: Testing Soviet Radars,” Tails Through Time, January 3

[c0mmando]

, 2011; Curt Collins, “Area 51, the CIA, and Cold War UFOS: T. D. Barnes,” Blue Blurry Lines, January 9, 2014
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_2939

Event 18858 (E9FB1C3F)

Date: 5/21/1957
Time: 12:00?
Location: CHULA VISTA, CA
Description: Several observer(s) / (seen thru) binoculars. Silver coin-disk going east over bay. Maneuvers / 45 minute(s). Going quickly west.
Type: sighting
Reference: UFO INVESTIGATOR: NICAP: Kensington, MD & Washington, DC [defunct]. University Microfilms, Ann Arbor, MI 48106 (Index 13)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_5349

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), OBS: Observation/chasing vehicles

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “8”, Duration: “45”, Elev: “0”, HatchDesc: “CHULA VISTA,CA:SVRL OBS/BINOCS:SLVR COIN-DISK > E ovr BAY:MNVRS/45min:>>W”, LatLong: “32.633335 -117.116672”, LatLongDMS: “32:38:00 N 117:07:00 W”, Locale: “Coastlands”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “California”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 18859 (956942F1)

Date: 5/21/1957
Time: 16:40
Location: NEAR KNOXVILLE, TN
Description: Noisy metallic ovoid going northwest overhead. Hovers / silence. Possible landing / trees.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO’s a HISTORY-1957 (19 booklets) Self published. (Index 288)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_5350

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

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “6”, Duration: “2”, Elev: “267”, HatchDesc: “nr KNOXVILLE,TN:NOISY MTLC OVOID >NW OVHD:HVRS/SILENCE:POSS.LANDING/TREES”, LatLong: “36.000002 -84.000004”, LatLongDMS: “36:00:00 N 84:00:00 W”, Locale: “Residential”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, RelAlt: “20”, State/Prov: “Tennessee”, Strangeness: “7”

Event 18860 (3E6DDDE1)

Date: 5/21/1957
Description: At 4:40 p.m. a metallic ovoid flew overhead to the northwest near Knoxville, Tennessee making a noise. It then hovered in silence, and may have made a possible landing behind some trees.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: Civilian Saucer Intelligence–New York case files; Loren E. Gross, The Fifth Horseman of the Apocalypse: UFOs: A History. 1957: March 23-May 25, p. 88
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_3016

Event 18861 (7959170D)

Date: 5/22/1957
Time: 15:30
Location: BLETCHLEY, ENG
Description: Hundreds / observer(s). Fat cylinder/cigar-shape hovers vertical / stiff wind. Turns vertical… going quickly southeast.
Type: sighting
Reference: FLYING SAUCER REVIEW (FSR), London. Bimonthly. PO Box 162; High Wycombe, Bucks. HP135 DZ, England. (Index 40)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_5351

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, HQO: High-quality observer(s), CIG: Torpedo/cigar/cylinder shaped UFO, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), OBS: Observation/chasing vehicles, BLD: Building/man-made structure/roads/power lines

Extra Data: Country: “Great Britain and Ireland”, Credibility: “12”, Duration: “100”, HatchDesc: “BLETCHLEY,ENG:100s/OBS:FAT CGR HVRS VERTICAL/STIFF WIND:TURNS VERTICAL…>>SE”, LatLong: “52.016669 -0.750000”, LatLongDMS: “52:01:00 N 00:45:00 W”, Locale: “Town & City”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “England”, Strangeness: “7”

Event 18862 (8A6D9D36)

Date: 5/22/1957
Time: 22:30
Location: CORAL GABLES, FL
Description: Amateur astronomer / naked eye. Dim glowing 5M ovoid zigzags extremely fast going quickly east.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO’s a HISTORY-1957 (19 booklets) Self published. (Index 292)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_5352

Attributes: 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: “USA”, Credibility: “7”, Duration: “1”, Elev: “3”, HatchDesc: “CORAL GABLES,FL:AM.ASTRON/NAKED EYE:DIM GLOWING 5M OVOID ZIGZAGS XFAST >>E:”, LatLong: “25.716668 -80.233337”, LatLongDMS: “25:43:00 N 80:14:00 W”, Locale: “Residential”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Florida”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 18863 (C1E39433)

Date: 5/23/1957
Time: 08:30
Location: KANSAS CITY, KS
Description: 4 saucers / box-formation. 2 turn northwest. 2 going quickly north then join pair going quickly northwest. / r114p111.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO’s a HISTORY-1957 (19 booklets) Self published. (Index 294)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_5353

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: “225”, HatchDesc: “KANSAS CITY,KS:4 SCRS/BOX-FORMn:2 TURN NW:2 >> N THEN JOIN PAIR >>NW:/r114p111”, LatLong: “39.100002 -94.650005”, LatLongDMS: “39:06:00 N 94:39:00 W”, Locale: “Town & City”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Kansas”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 18864 (FBC67D5A)

Date: 5/23/1957
Description: At 8:15 in the morning over Kansas City, Kansas four discs were sighted flying in a box formation. Two of the objects turned and flew to the northwest, while two shot ahead to the north, joining another pair also going to the northwest.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: Loren E. Gross, The Fifth Horseman of the Apocalypse: UFOs: A History. 1957: March 23-May 25, p. 94; Richard F. Haines, Project Delta: A Study of Multiple UFO, p. 110
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_3044

Event 18865 (DC5F0BDC)

Date: 5/24/1957
Time: 10:40
Location: NORTHPORT, LI, NY
Description: Linemen. Large plain cylinder/cigar-shape going south slow. “Flying boxcar” follows. Jet going quickly north.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO’s a HISTORY-1957 (19 booklets) Self published. (Index 304)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_5354

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CST: Observer(s) in coastal area/just offshore, 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: “USA”, Credibility: “7”, Duration: “5”, Elev: “53”, HatchDesc: “NORTHPORT,LI,NY:LINEMEN:LRG PLAIN CGR >S SLOW:“FLYING BOXCAR” FOLOS:JET >>N”, LatLong: “40.900002 -73.344448”, LatLongDMS: “40:54:00 N 73:20:40 W”, Locale: “Town & City”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “New York”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 18866 (31AB6128)

Date: 5/24/1957
Time: 19:50
Location: MARIEMONT, OH
Description: Silver sphere in Air Force maneuvers. Jets chase. Going quickly west and back going quickly east. All / 25k’ altitude. / r148.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO’s a HISTORY-1957 (19 booklets) Self published. (Index 305)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_5355

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

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “8”, Duration: “5”, Elev: “180”, HatchDesc: “MARIEMONT,OH:SLVR SPHERE in AF MNVRS:JETS CHASE:>>W+BACK>>E:all/25k’alt:/r148”, LatLong: “39.144446 -84.377782”, LatLongDMS: “39:08:40 N 84:22:40 W”, Locale: “Metropolis”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, RelAlt: “7600”, State/Prov: “Ohio”, Strangeness: “7”

Event 18867 (301BC1C5)

Date: 5/25/1957 (approximate)
Time: 06:00
Location: MILFORD, PA
Description: 7M bowl 5M over ground. Tilts. Pseudo-human/entity inside studies observer(s). / Flying Saucer Review (FSR) v16#4. / r8#393.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO’s a HISTORY-1957 (19 booklets) Self published. (Index 310)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_5356

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, NWS: News media report, SCR: Classic saucer/disk/sphere shaped UFO, PSH: Pseudo-human: Clone/organic robot/human-like, OBS: Observation/chasing vehicles, HUM: Humans affected: Injury/burns/marks/abduction/death

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “6”, Duration: “3”, Elev: “123”, HatchDesc: “MILFORD,PA:7M BOWL 5M OVR GND:TILTS:PSH INSIDE STUDIES OBS:/FSR v16#4:/r8#393”, LatLong: “41.322224 -74.805559”, LatLongDMS: “41:19:20 N 74:48:20 W”, Locale: “Farmlands”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, RelAlt: “5”, State/Prov: “Pennsylvania”, Strangeness: “10”

Event 18868 (587F2062)

Date: 5/25/1957
Description: At around 6:00 a.m. a seven meter in diameter bowl-shaped object was sighted low over the ground in Milford, Pennsylvania by a 62-year-old woman named Stichler. It hovered only five meters above the ground, and then tilted. A human-looking occupant inside the craft, with bronze-colored skin and wearing a silver-colored uniform and helmet, studied the witness for a short while.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: Loren E. Gross, The Fifth Horseman of the Apocalypse: UFOs: A History. 1957: May 24-July 31, p. 10
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_3083

Event 18869 (2D6A15FB)

Date: 5/26/1957
Time: ~05:00
Location: BEN LOMOND, SCOTLAND
Description: Yellow cylinder/cigar-shape maneuvers / all directions / 45 minute(s). Quickly going down [to] and quickly going up. Speeds going quickly northwest. / r141 #3p3.
Type: sighting
Reference: FLYING SAUCER REVIEW (FSR), London. Bimonthly. PO Box 162; High Wycombe, Bucks. HP135 DZ, England. (Index 40)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_5357

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: “Great Britain and Ireland”, Credibility: “6”, Duration: “45”, Elev: “576”, HatchDesc: “BEN LOMOND,SCOTL:YLW CGR MNVRS/ALL DIRs/45min:↓↓+↑↑:SPEEDS >>NW:/r141 #3p3.”, LatLong: “56.166669 -4.633334”, LatLongDMS: “56:10:00 N 04:38:00 W”, Locale: “Residential”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Scotland”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 18870 (764D81DA)

Date: 5/26/1957
Location: London, England
Description: An article in the UK Empire News on “Flying Saucer Clubs Probe: Peace Messages ‘from Outer Space’” reveals that George King’s Aetherius Society has been publishing channeled messages in its Cosmic Voice newsletter that are antiwar and anti-nuclear. It attracts the attention of Scotland Yard’s Special Branch, thanks to an informant on the newspaper. King writes to explain that his group is religious and not political. A Special Branch officer visits King in his home in London, England, on May 31, and the group’s writings and activities are watched for at least the next two years.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Kremlin 121–126
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_2940

Event 18871 (5D0F1121)

Date: 5/26/1957
Description: Starting at around 5:00 a.m. a yellow cigar-shaped object maneuvered in the sky in all directions for 45 minutes over Ben Lomond, Strathclyde, Scotland. It ascended, descended, then sped away toward the northwest.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: Larry Hatch, U computer database
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_3097

Event 18872 (4196A498)

Date: 5/27/1957
Time: 01:00
Location: ST. ANDRE-TREIZE-VOIES, FR
Description: Luminous white disk / ground. Takes off quickly going up [to] whirr. Grass crushed.
Type: sighting
Reference: LUMIERES DANS la NUIT (LDLN), Paris. Bimonthly since 1957. LDLN B.P.3; 77123 Le Vaudoue, FRANCE. (Index 168)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_5358

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, SND: UFO sounds heard or recorded

Extra Data: Country: “France”, Credibility: “6”, Duration: “2”, HatchDesc: “St.ANDRE-TREIZE-VOIES,FR:LUMn.WHT DISK/GND:TAKES OFF ↑↑ WHIRR:GRASS CRUSHED”, LatLong: “46.933336 -1.400000”, LatLongDMS: “46:56:00 N 01:24:00 W”, Locale: “Farmlands”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Vendée”, Strangeness: “7”

Event 18873 (B71F997A)

Date: 5/28/1957
Time: 11:55:00.2
Location: 37.0947 -116.0236
Description: Nuclear test: Air, confirmed. Country: USA Name: “Boltzmann” Yield: 12KT
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_88

Extra Data: LatLong: “37.0947 -116.0236”, LatLongDMS: “37:05:41 N 116:01:25 W”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, NukeCountry: “USA”, NukeDepth: “-0.15”, NukeName: “Boltzmann”, NukeSource: “G+P”, NukeType: “NACU”, NukeY: “12”

Event 18874 (E37DF2BE)

Date: 5/28/1957
Locations: Nevada Test Site; Area 51
Description: Boltzmann, the first of 29 nuclear tests in Operation Plumbbob, takes place at the Nevada Test Site. At 12 kilotons, it is about the same size as the Hiroshima bomb and causes Area 51 personnel 11 miles away to be temporarily evacuated. Another test blast buckles aircraft hangar doors in Area 51, shatters windows in the mess hall, and breaks a dormitory ventilator panel. The Plumbbob tests continue until October 7, 1957. While most tests contribute to the development of warheads for intercontinental and intermediate range missiles, they also test air defense and anti-submarine warheads with small yields.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Wikipedia, “Operation Plumbbob”
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_2941

Event 18875 (2E381EB8)

Date: 5/29/1957
Location: Houma, LA
Description: (McDonald list) AN/MPS-7 Tracks Object at 100,000’ (NICAP: 09 - RADAR Cases, Code: R, Rating: 5, BB: BBU)
Reference: NICAP: 570529
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_2043

Event 18876 (AF751F79)

Date: 5/30/1957
Location: Detroit, MI
Description: (McDonald list) Blip Size of Two Aircraft (NICAP: 09 - RADAR Cases, Code: R, Rating: 5, BB: BBU)
Reference: NICAP: 570530
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_2044

Event 18877 (1DEBBFB6)

Date: 5/31/1957
Time: 07:20
Location: 2 MI SOUTH / ROCHESTER, KENT
Description: Saucer buzzes airliner. All radio malfunctions due to EME (electro-magnetic effects). .OK after. / r175p25.
Type: sighting
Reference: FLYING SAUCER REVIEW (FSR), London. Bimonthly. PO Box 162; High Wycombe, Bucks. HP135 DZ, England. (Index 42)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_5359

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), EME: Electro-Magnetic Effects

Extra Data: Country: “Great Britain and Ireland”, Credibility: “8”, Duration: “4”, HatchDesc: “2 MI S/ROCHESTER,KENT:SCR BUZZES AIRLINER:ALL RADIO EMEs:.OK after:/r175p25”, LatLong: “51.400002 0.500000”, LatLongDMS: “51:24:00 N 00:30:00 E”, Locale: “Farmlands”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “England”, Strangeness: “8”

Event 18878 (DBE30BE3)

Date: 5/31/1957
Location: Kent, UK
Description: Airliner suffered radio failure during UFO sighting. Normal functions returned when UFO left (NICAP: 03 - EME Cases)
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_2045

Event 18879 (69EB7DCB)

Date: 5/31/1957
Time: 19:41:00.0
Location: 1.6700 -157.2500
Description: Nuclear test: Air. Country: Britain Name: “grapple”
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_1757

Extra Data: LatLong: “1.6700 -157.2500”, LatLongDMS: “01:40:12 N 157:15:00 W”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, NukeCountry: “Britain”, NukeDepth: “0.00”, NukeName: “grapple”, NukeSource: “BOLT”, NukeType: “A”

Event 18880 (1E3B9E80)

Date: 5/31/1957
Locations: Kent; Rochester, England
Description: 7:17 a.m. A British airliner is flying over Kent, two miles south of Rochester, England, when both the captain and first officer see a brilliant light approaching them. All radio communications cut out. The UFO blinks out and the radio equipment goes back into operation.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Schopick, pp. 122–123; Good Above, p. 50
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_2942

Event 18881 (614A359B)

Date: 5/31/1957
Description: At 7:17 a.m. a British Airways airliner flying over Kent, England experienced radio and radar failure when a UFO was sighted.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: Geoffrey Falla, BUFORA Vehicle Interference Project Report, p. 12, citing Flying Saucer Review; Leonard G. Cramp, Piece for a Jig-Saw, p. 148; Dominique Weinstein, Aircraft UFO Encounters, p. 49, citing Geoffrey Falla
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_3179

Event 18882 (70F523B4)

Date: 6/1957
Location: Canada, Galt (Ontario)
Description: (Translated from French) The emotion was very strong when a group of five panicked young people recounted their encounter with a UFO. The craft had landed in a wheat field outside the town, rested on spherical landing gear and was pierced with a series of portholes. Samples of soil taken later emitted a phosphorescent glow. The wheat grains were healthier and more vigorous than the other ears around. An incredible increase in the size of insects was observed. A spider, by chance trapped in the container containing a sample of soil taken, presented a size ten times greater than normal.
Reference: A. SCHNEIDER-H. MALTHANER: “The Secret File of UFOs”, ed. De Vecchi, 1978, p 37
Reference: Mini catalogue chronologique des observations OVNI, by Godelieve Van Overmeire
Source: Overmeire, ID: Overmeire_2038

Event 18883 (FEBBF70B)

Date: 6/1957
Location: NEAR INVERCARGILL, NZ
Description: Igy RADAR’s. Many unidentified blips dart and turn / high altitude. Absolute(ly) mystery.
Type: sighting
Reference: MUFON UFO JOURNAL, Seguin, TX USA. Monthly. (Index 230)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_5360

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, PRB: Probe: Possibly remote controlled, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), RDR: Radar traces/blips, TCH: New technical details/clues

Extra Data: Country: “New Zealand”, Credibility: “10”, Duration: “232”, HatchDesc: “nr INVERCARGILL,NZ:IGY RDRS:MANY UID BLIPS DART+TURN/HI ALTITUDE:ABS.MYSTERY”, LatLong: “-46.366669 168.500008”, LatLongDMS: “46:22:00 S 168:30:00 E”, Locale: “Residential”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “SI”, Strangeness: “5”

Event 18884 (2A2A3A5E)

Date: 6/1957 (approximate)
Time: 13:20
Location: LUTON, BEDFORDS
Description: Many / schoolyard. Large saucer with tailfin and antenna zigzags low and close.
Type: sighting
Reference: FLYING SAUCER REVIEW (FSR), London. Bimonthly. PO Box 162; High Wycombe, Bucks. HP135 DZ, England. (Index 340)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_5361

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: “Great Britain and Ireland”, Credibility: “8”, Duration: “2”, HatchDesc: “LUTON,BEDFORDs:MANY/SCHOOLYARD:LRG SCR W/TAILFIN+ANTENNA ZIGZAGS LO+CLOSE”, LatLong: “51.850002 -0.366667”, LatLongDMS: “51:51:00 N 00:22:00 W”, Locale: “Residential”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “England”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 18885 (B8182700)

Date: 6/2/1957
Location: Nevada
Description: Letter to BSRA about a recent nuclear test that was postponed for 2 weeks because the winds would blow fallout in occupied areas. The eventually conducted test blew the fallout over occupied areas anyway.
Type: letter
Reference: Twitter
Source: Maj2, ID: Maj2_572

Event 18886 (8F84D8CA)

Date: 6/2/1957
Time: 11:54:59.9
Location: 37.0478 -116.0211
Description: Nuclear test: Air, confirmed. Country: USA Name: “Franklin” Yield: .14KT
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_89

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: “Franklin”, NukeSource: “G+P”, NukeType: “NACU”, NukeY: “.14”

Event 18887 (50E47DE5)

Date: 6/3/1957
Time: 20:30
Location: NEAR SHREVEPORT, LA
Description: 2 separate RADAR’s and visual. Night light hovers. Shoots going up. Follows planes going south / one hour.
Type: sighting
Reference: HYNEK, J. Allen: The UFO EXPERIENCE, A Scientific Inquiry; Ballentine Books, NY 1974,1977. (Index 94)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_5362

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, 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: “60”, Elev: “63”, HatchDesc: “nr SHREVEPORT,LA:2 SEP RDRs+VISUAL:NLT HVRS:SHOOTS↑:FOLOS PLANES >S/1hr:”, LatLong: “32.500002 -93.766671”, LatLongDMS: “32:30:00 N 93:46:00 W”, Locale: “Farmlands”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Louisiana”, Strangeness: “5”

Event 18888 (9C521C2F)

Date: 6/3/1957
Location: Shreveport (near), LA
Description: Shortly after takeoff from Shreveport Airport a small light was visible nearby, G,V (NICAP: 09 - RADAR Cases, Rating: 5, BB: BBU)
Reference: NICAP: 570603
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_2046

Event 18889 (9C9E6B69)

Date: 6/3/1957
Locations: Shreveport (Louisiana) Airport; Converse, Louisiana; England AFB [now Alexandria International Airport]
Description: 9:35 p.m. Shortly after takeoff from Shreveport (Louisiana) Airport, Capt. Lynn Kern and Flight Officer Abbey Zimmerman, flying Trans-Texas Airlines Flight 103, are told by the control tower that a small light is visible nearby. They see the star-like, blue-green object at about 400 feet altitude. It then climbs rapidly to 1,000 feet and parallels the airliner at a higher altitude and about a half-mile away. Kern flashes his landing lights, and the object responds with a beam of light. A second blue-green, pulsating object joins the first on the opposite side of the airliner (then at 9,000 feet). A crew from the air tower confirms that it has both objects on radar and visually through binoculars. The objects head south, climbing to about 10,000 feet, and follow the airliner to Converse, Louisiana, where the pilot queries ADC radar site, England AFB [now Alexandria International Airport], which confirms the two targets in the airliner’s vicinity. The objects disappear from sight in a cloud deck to the southwest.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: NICAP, “Flight 103 & 2 UFOs Tracked on Radar”; Sparks, p. 244; J. Allen Hynek, The UFO Experience, Ballantine ed., 1974, pp. 94–96
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_2943

Event 18890 (6ADCA9BA)

Date: 6/4/1957
Time: 12:30
Location: KINGSEAT, NZ
Description: 4M ovoids. Very slow and silent. Going south over hospital farm. Balloon?
Type: sighting
Reference: The APRO BULLETIN: Monthly. Jim & Coral Lorenzen: Tucson,AZ (USA. defunct) By volume and number. (Index 697)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_5363

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: “New Zealand”, Credibility: “6”, Duration: “2”, HatchDesc: “KINGSEAT,NZ:4M OVOIDS:VERY SLOW+SLNT:>S ovr HOSPITAL FARM:balloon?”, LatLong: “-37.133335 174.800008”, LatLongDMS: “37:08:00 S 174:48:00 E”, Locale: “Farmlands”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “NI”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 18891 (59F5E39E)

Date: 6/4/1957
Time: 19:00
Location: CORO, VNZL AND WIDE AREA
Description: Huge meteor / low altitude crashes. Saucers east to/from/between west for days. / Flying Saucer Review (FSR) v3#5.
Type: sighting
Reference: The APRO BULLETIN: Monthly. Jim & Coral Lorenzen: Tucson,AZ (USA. defunct) By volume and number. (Index 691)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_5364

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

Extra Data: Country: “Venezuela”, Credibility: “12”, Duration: “15”, Elev: “30”, HatchDesc: “CORO,VNZL+wide area:HUGE METEOR/LO ALT CRASHES:scrs E<>W for days:/FSR v3#5”, LatLong: “11.333334 -69.750003”, LatLongDMS: “11:20:00 N 69:45:00 W”, Locale: “Mountains”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “FLC”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 18892 (74CCB86A)

Date: 6/5/1957
Location: URIMAN, VNZL
Description: Luminous/glowing object going down. Small humanoids (or Greys) exit. Indians attack. 1 gets cut / arm. / MJ#290+/ r141.
Type: sighting
Reference: The APRO BULLETIN: Monthly. Jim & Coral Lorenzen: Tucson,AZ (USA. defunct) By volume and number. (Index 691)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_5365

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, WAV: Wave/cluster/flap, SCR: Classic saucer/disk/sphere shaped UFO, OID: Humanoid: Small alien or “Grey”, HUM: Humans affected: Injury/burns/marks/abduction/death, LND: UFO landing or any part touches ground, TCH: New technical details/clues, INJ: Injuries, illness/death, mutilations

Extra Data: Country: “Venezuela”, Credibility: “6”, Duration: “2”, Elev: “585”, HatchDesc: “URIMAN,VNZL:LUMn OBJ ↓:OIDS EXIT:INDIANS ATTACK:1 GETS CUT/ARM:/MJ#290+/r141”, LatLong: “5.377778 -62.611114”, LatLongDMS: “05:22:40 N 62:36:40 W”, Locale: “Pasture”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “BOL”, Strangeness: “9”

Event 18893 (9C5A07CD)

Date: 6/5/1957
Location: OFF PUERTO CABELLO, VNZ
Description: 3 / plane. Luminous red disk cruises / 9K’ altitude. / El Nacional. / r141.
Type: sighting
Reference: ALDRICH, Jan J.: Private research papers. A huge mass of hard-won information. (Index 0)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_5366

Attributes: CST: Observer(s) in coastal area/just offshore, SEA: Observer(s) at sea, AIR: Observer(s) on aircraft, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, HQO: High-quality observer(s), NWS: News media report, WAV: Wave/cluster/flap, SCR: Classic saucer/disk/sphere shaped UFO, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s)

Extra Data: Country: “Venezuela”, Credibility: “8”, Duration: “1”, Elev: “0”, HatchDesc: “off PUERTO CABELLO,VNZ:3/PLANE:LUMn.RED DISK CRUISES/9K’alt:/El Nacional:/r141”, LatLong: “10.583334 -68.000003”, LatLongDMS: “10:35:00 N 68:00:00 W”, Locale: “Metropolis”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, RelAlt: “2700”, State/Prov: “MND”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 18894 (D8BDA933)

Date: 6/5/1957
Time: 22:30
Location: WARRENSBURG, MO
Description: Orange ball paces 3 / car. Small blue objects exit / all directions. Watch and radio electro-magnetic effect (EME.)
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO’s a HISTORY-1957 (19 booklets) Self published. (Index 312)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_5367

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, MIL: Observer(s) military, HQO: High-quality observer(s), SCR: Classic saucer/disk/sphere shaped UFO, PRB: Probe: Possibly remote controlled, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), OBS: Observation/chasing vehicles, VEH: Vehicle affected: Marks/damage/EME effects, EME: Electro-Magnetic Effects, BBK: Project BLUEBOOK

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “8”, Duration: “35”, Elev: “242”, HatchDesc: “WARRENSBURG,MO:ORG BALL PACES 3/CAR:SML BLU OBJS EXIT/ALL DIRs:WATCH+RADIO EME”, LatLong: “38.761113 -93.733338”, LatLongDMS: “38:45:40 N 93:44:00 W”, Locale: “Pasture”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Missouri”, Strangeness: “7”

Event 18895 (70D1691B)

Date: 6/5/1957
Location: Uriman, Venezuela
Description: Undocumented report of a landing and of “bellicose dwarfs.”
Type: ufo sighting
Reference: Quincy (Vallee)
Source: ValléeMagonia, ID: Magonia_395

Event 18896 (1F93D493)

Date: 6/5/1957
Time: 11:45:00.3
Location: 37.1347 -116.0408
Description: Nuclear test: Air, confirmed. Country: USA Name: “Lassen” Yield: .0005KT
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_90

Extra Data: LatLong: “37.1347 -116.0408”, LatLongDMS: “37:08:05 N 116:02:27 W”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, NukeCountry: “USA”, NukeDepth: “-0.15”, NukeName: “Lassen”, NukeSource: “G+P”, NukeType: “NACU”, NukeY: “.0005”

Event 18897 (B42D984C)

Date: 6/5/1957
Description: AEC Commissioner Willard Libby tells Congress that nuclear weapons testing is a “small risk” that must be measured against the “risk of annihilation.”
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: “Bomb Testing Is Viewed As Risk to Be Compared with Annihilation,” Spokane (Wash.) Chronicle, June 5, 1957, p. 2
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_2944

Event 18898 (56358F9C)

Date: 6/5/1957
Description: In Uriman, Venezuela on this night in 1957, members of a local Indian tribe saw a luminous object land and several little men emerge from the object. When they tried to capture one of these dwarf-like creatures, it slashed at them with some kind of knife, and gave one of them a deep arm cut. On the same night another close encounter occurred near Warrensburg, Missouri. At 10:30 p.m. on highway 13 north of town, three people driving together in a car had an orange ball of light approach and follow their car. Several small blue lights exited the larger object and flew off in every direction. A watch stopped working and there was interference on their car radio during the encounter.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: Ted Bloecher files; J. Allen Hynek investigation files, case P44
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_3294

Event 18899 (3DCA3EEE)

Date: 6/6/1957
Location: NEAR SAN FELIPE, VNZL
Description: Numerous observer(s). Fireball falls. Stops / mid air. Going quickly [to] between hills. Quickly going up [to] and away.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO’s a HISTORY-1957 (19 booklets) Self published. (Index 317)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_5368

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, HQO: High-quality observer(s), WAV: Wave/cluster/flap, FBL: Fireball: Blazing undistinguished form/orb., NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s)

Extra Data: Country: “Venezuela”, Credibility: “8”, Duration: “1”, Elev: “180”, HatchDesc: “nr SAN FELIPE,VNZL:NMRS OBS:FBL FALLS:STOPS/MID AIR:>> BETWEEN HILLS:↑↑+AWAY”, LatLong: “10.233334 -68.750003”, LatLongDMS: “10:14:00 N 68:45:00 W”, Locale: “Farmlands”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “YRC”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 18900 (213BCE6B)

Date: 6/6/1957
Time: ~17:00
Location: DIXONS CORNERS, ON
Description: Teacher and 2 / car / PR2. Definite silver disk hovers / 8km altitude.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO’s a HISTORY-1957 (19 booklets) Self published. (Index 316)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_5369

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: “7”, Duration: “2”, Elev: “295”, HatchDesc: “DIXONS CORNERS,ON:TEACHER+2/CAR/PR2:DEFINITE SLVR DISK HVRS/8km alt:”, LatLong: “43.100002 -80.966671”, LatLongDMS: “43:06:00 N 80:58:00 W”, Locale: “Pasture”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, RelAlt: “8000”, State/Prov: “Ontario”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 18901 (DC50988E)

Date: 6/6/1957
Description: At five o’clock in the afternoon a silver disc was seen hovering over Dixons Corners, Ontario at an estimated altitude of 8,000 meters. That night a fireball descended over San Felipe, Venezuela but stopped in midair. It came down between two hills, then rose up and flew away. Also that evening, around 10 p.m. two friends out stargazing saw seven perfectly circular objects fly over Hicksville, New York.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: (1) Flying Saucers magazine, February 1958, p. 64; (1 & 2) Loren E. Gross, The Fifth Horseman of the Apocalypse: UFOs: A History,1957: May 24-July 31, pp. 16-17; (3) National UFO Reporting Center, Seattle, update to website posted April 16, 2005
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_3319

Event 18902 (041857D8)

Date: 6/7/1957
Time: 14:00
Location: OFF NEW JERSEY
Description: McGuire Air Force Base jets chase 100+RADAR blips. Going west. No further details [in] released. / r114p126.
Type: sighting
Reference: UFO INVESTIGATOR: NICAP: Kensington, MD & Washington, DC [defunct]. University Microfilms, Ann Arbor, MI 48106 (Index 13)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_5370

Attributes: SEA: Observer(s) at sea, AIR: Observer(s) on aircraft, MIL: Observer(s) military, HQO: High-quality observer(s), WAV: Wave/cluster/flap, SCR: Classic saucer/disk/sphere shaped UFO, NLT: Nightlights/points of light, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), RDR: Radar traces/blips, MIL: Military investigation

Extra Data: Country: “Atlantic Ocean + islands”, Credibility: “9”, Duration: “20”, Elev: “0”, HatchDesc: “off NEW JERSEY:McGUIRE AFB JETS CHASE 100+RDR BLIPS:>W:NFD RELEASED:/r114p126”, LatLong: “40.000002 -73.000003”, LatLongDMS: “40:00:00 N 73:00:00 W”, Locale: “High Seas”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “NAT”, Strangeness: “7”

Event 18903 (685B8583)

Date: 6/7/1957
Location: New Jersey & Atlantic coast, various
Description: New Jersey & Atlantic coast, G (NICAP: 09 - RADAR Cases, Rating: 5)
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_2047

Event 18904 (A0D90E48)

Date: 6/8/1957
Time: 21:50
Location: FUKUOKA, KYUSHU, JP
Description: 3 observer(s) photograph 2 silent hovering tadpole objects. Rise O / O / sight. / APRO.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO’s a HISTORY-1957 (19 booklets) Self published. (Index 317)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_5371

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CST: Observer(s) in coastal area/just offshore, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, HQO: High-quality observer(s), MID: Likely mis-identification, CIG: Torpedo/cigar/cylinder shaped UFO, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), PHT: Photos/movies/videos taken

Extra Data: Country: “Japan”, Credibility: “8”, Duration: “3”, HatchDesc: “FUKUOKA,KYUSHU,JP:3 OBS FOTO 2 SILENT HVRNG TADPOLE OBJS:RISE O/O/SIGHT:/APRO”, LatLong: “33.683335 130.266673”, LatLongDMS: “33:41:00 N 130:16:00 E”, Locale: “Town & City”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Kyushu”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 18905 (1A2CE692)

Date: 6/9/1957
Location: VALENCIA TO/FROM PTO CABELLO, VNZ
Description: Luminous saucer buzzes DC3. Extremely fast. Ground observer(s) also. / MJ#290.
Type: sighting
Reference: FLYING SAUCER REVIEW (FSR), London. Bimonthly. PO Box 162; High Wycombe, Bucks. HP135 DZ, England. (Index 41)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_5372

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), OBS: Observation/chasing vehicles, VEH: Vehicle affected: Marks/damage/EME effects

Extra Data: Country: “Venezuela”, Credibility: “9”, Duration: “2”, Elev: “200”, HatchDesc: “VALENCIA><Pto CABELLO,VNZ:LUM.SCR BUZZES DC3:XFAST:GND OBS also:/MJ#290”, LatLong: “10.333334 -68.000003”, LatLongDMS: “10:20:00 N 68:00:00 W”, Locale: “Metropolis”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “CRB”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 18906 (FE895DAF)

Date: 6/9/1957
Description: On this night a flat glowing object passed near a LAV DC-3 airliner flying between Puerto Cabello and Valencia, Venezuela. It flew by at an incredible speed and was seen by several onboard.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: Robert Gribble, MUFON UFO Journal, June 1992, p. 18; Dominique Weinstein, Aircraft UFO Encounters, p. 28
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_3384

Event 18907 (9375B60B)

Date: 6/10/1957
Time: 17:00
Location: YOKOHAMA, JPN
Description: 15+/ railroad/railway station. Long cylinder/cigar-shape with silvery glow southwest going quickly northeast. Absolute(ly) silent. / Flying Saucer Review (FSR) v3#5.
Type: sighting
Reference: The APRO BULLETIN: Monthly. Jim & Coral Lorenzen: Tucson,AZ (USA. defunct) By volume and number. (Index 693)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_5373

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: “Japan”, Credibility: “10”, Duration: “1”, HatchDesc: “YOKOHAMA,JPN:15+/RR STATION:LONG CGR W/SLVRY GLOW SW>>NE:ABS SLNT:/FSR v3#5”, LatLong: “35.600002 139.650007”, LatLongDMS: “35:36:00 N 139:39:00 E”, Locale: “Town & City”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Honshu Island”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 18908 (25E0572B)

Date: 6/10/1957
Time: 18:40
Location: TOKYO, JPN
Description: Several / Nichigeki theater. 2 small round objects zigzag and hover and flutter / 20 second(s). Quickly going up.
Type: sighting
Reference: The APRO BULLETIN: Monthly. Jim & Coral Lorenzen: Tucson,AZ (USA. defunct) By volume and number. (Index 693)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_5374

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

Extra Data: Country: “Japan”, Credibility: “9”, Duration: “1”, HatchDesc: “TOKYO,JPN:SVRL/NICHIGEKI THEATER:2 SML RND OBJs ZIGZAG+HVR+FLUTTER/20 sec:↑↑”, LatLong: “35.683335 139.783340”, LatLongDMS: “35:41:00 N 139:47:00 E”, Locale: “Metropolis”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Honshu Island”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 18909 (12422CC6)

Date: 6/11/1957
Description: CIA operative Wallace R. Lampshire sends a memo to CIA operative Richard M. Bissell Jr., explaining that the agency’s involvement with UFOs is passive, handing off reports to its geophysics or former weapons units. Lampshire has talked with Gen. Philip J. Strong, who knows of no Soviet technology that might be responsible for UFOs.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Swords 264–265
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_2945

Event 18910 (69FB2745)

Date: 6/12/1957
Description: (Translated from French) In Milan (Italy), G. U. Donadio, a translator for an import-export firm, observed an object the size of a chicken egg flying very quickly, zigzagging, hovering, and spinning, then shooting up after 17 minutes. (June 12, 7:30 PM)
Reference: case Blue Book #4760 unsolved
Reference: rr0 - Beau
Source: rr0, ID: rr0_1698

Event 18911 (121F7397)

Date: 6/12/1957
Location: Milan, Italy
Description: Object Approaches, Zigzags, Shoots Up (NICAP: 01 - Distant Encounters, Code: D, Rating: 5, BB: 4760)
Reference: NICAP: 570612
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_2048

Event 18912 (5E0A573D)

Date: 6/12/1957
Time: 7:30 PM
Location: Milan, Italy
Description: Witness: G.U. Donadio, translator for export-import firm. One object “big as a hen’s egg” flew very fast, zigzagged, hovered and revolved, then shot up after 17 minutes.
Type: ufo sighting
Reference: BlueBook Unknowns PDF
Source: BerlinerBBUnknowns, ID: BerlinerBBU_411

Event 18913 (A2120E23)

Date: 6/12/1957
Description: At 7:30 p.m. in Milano, Italy Mr. G. U. Donadio, a translator for export-import firm, sighted a UFO as “big as a hen’s egg” that flew very fast, zigzagged, hovered and revolved, then shot straight up and away after 17 minutes.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: Don Berliner, Project Bluebook UFO Unknowns
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_3436

Event 18914 (D05EA08B)

Date: 6/13/1957
Location: OMAHA, NE
Description: Blue Book. Civil air patrol. UFO dives going down / 200’ altitude. 1500mph. Quickly going up [to] fast. / r141#3p26.
Type: sighting
Reference: KEHOE, Maj Donald: FLYING SAUCERS TOP SECRET; NICAP and G.P. Putnam’s Sons, NY 1960 HB. (Index 93)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_5375

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: “6”, Duration: “2”, Elev: “312”, HatchDesc: “OMAHA,NE:BBK:CVL AIR PATROL:UFO DIVES↓/200’alt:1500mph:↑↑ FAST:/r141#3p26”, LatLong: “41.250002 -95.933338”, LatLongDMS: “41:15:00 N 95:56:00 W”, Locale: “Metropolis”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, RelAlt: “60”, State/Prov: “Nebraska”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 18915 (27DD823E)

Date: 6/13/1957
Time: 22:00
Location: HASTINGS, NZ
Description: Night light going quickly west. 180° turn going quickly east. Series / jerky maneuvers. Leaves silver glowing trail.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO’s a HISTORY-1957 (19 booklets) Self published. (Index 326)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_5376

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: “New Zealand”, Credibility: “6”, Duration: “2”, HatchDesc: “HASTINGS,NZ:NLT >> W:180°TURN >>E:SERIES/JERKY MNVRS:LEAVES SLVR GLOWING TRAIL”, LatLong: “-39.644446 176.827786”, LatLongDMS: “39:38:40 S 176:49:40 E”, Locale: “Town & City”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “NI”, Strangeness: “4”

Event 18916 (F9DC8942)

Date: 6/13/1957
Time: 23:50
Location: LA AURORA, GUAT
Description: 6 observer(s). Silent bright-orange sphere going northeast. Several stops. Turns going northwest. Quickly going up [to] and gone.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO’s a HISTORY-1957 (19 booklets) Self published. (Index 326)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_5377

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: “Guatemala”, Credibility: “8”, Duration: “15”, Elev: “1536”, HatchDesc: “La AURORA,GUAT:6 OBS:SLNT BRITE-ORG SPHERE > NE:SVRL STOPS:TURNS >NW:↑↑+GONE”, LatLong: “14.566667 -90.533338”, LatLongDMS: “14:34:00 N 90:32:00 W”, Locale: “Town & City”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “GUA”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 18917 (A02B4E99)

Date: 6/14/1957
Time: 09:20
Location: CHILWELL, ENGL
Description: 1 / truck. Classic silent silver saucer over bridge. Gone fast. / Flying Saucer Review (FSR) v3#5p6.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO’s a HISTORY-1957 (19 booklets) Self published. (Index 330)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_5378

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: “6”, Duration: “1”, Elev: “53”, HatchDesc: “CHILWELL,ENGL:1/TRUCK:CLASSIC SLNT SLVR SCR OVR BRIDGE:GONE FAST:/FSR v3#5p6.”, LatLong: “52.933336 -1.233333”, LatLongDMS: “52:56:00 N 01:14:00 W”, Locale: “Pasture”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “England”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 18918 (10696447)

Date: 6/14/1957
Time: ~20:00
Location: SILVER BELL, AZ
Description: 2 observer(s). 30M sphere hovers / open pit mine / strong wind. Away extremely fast.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO’s a HISTORY-1957 (19 booklets) Self published. (Index 328)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_5379

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, SCR: Classic saucer/disk/sphere shaped UFO, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), OBS: Observation/chasing vehicles, DRT: Dirt/soil traces/marks/footprints etc., BLD: Building/man-made structure/roads/power lines

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “7”, Duration: “10”, Elev: “804”, HatchDesc: “SILVER BELL,AZ:2 OBS:30M SPHERE HVRS/OPEN PIT MINE/STRONG WIND:AWAY XFAST”, LatLong: “32.400002 -111.516672”, LatLongDMS: “32:24:00 N 111:31:00 W”, Locale: “Mountains”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Arizona”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 18919 (0EFA015F)

Date: 6/14/1957
Location: McChord AFB, WA
Description: (McDonald list; FUFOR Index) One Vertical Descending Radar Target (NICAP: 09 - RADAR Cases, Code: R, Rating: 0, BB: BBU)
Reference: NICAP: 570614
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_2049

Event 18920 (F5F42DCF)

Date: 6/15/1957
Time: 18:10
Location: LANCASHIRE CO, ENGL
Description: Observer(s) / (seen thru) telescope. Saturn-object with 4 portholes below ring. / r141#3p30.
Type: sighting
Reference: HALL, Richard: The UFO EVIDENCE; NICAP,Washington, DC 1964. Reprinted 1997 Barnes & Noble Books ( only $7.98! ) (Index 146)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_5380

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

Extra Data: Country: “Great Britain and Ireland”, Credibility: “7”, Duration: “1”, Elev: “30”, HatchDesc: “LANCASHIRE co,ENGL:OBS/TSCOPE:SATURN-OBJ W/4 PORTHOLES BELOW RING:/r141#3p30”, LatLong: “53.816669 -2.750000”, LatLongDMS: “53:49:00 N 02:45:00 W”, Locale: “Farmlands”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “England”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 18921 (F7689596)

Date: 6/15/1957
Location: Lancashire, UK
Description: Saturn-like UFO with “portholes” observed through telescope in bright daylight. [UFOE, XII] (NICAP: 01 - Distant Encounters)
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_2050

Event 18922 (FCCE98C4)

Date: 6/15/1957
Locations: UK; Northumberland Avenue, London, England; British Isles
Description: A report in the UK weekly newspaper Reynold’s News claims that the Air Ministry conducts top secret UFO research in Room 801 of one of its offices on Northumberland Avenue, London, England. A ministry spokesman is quoted as saying the room has “something like 10,000 sightings” on file and a large map of the British Isles with thousands of colored pins representing sightings. Flying Saucer Review editor Gordon Creighton says the office belongs to the Deputy Directorate of Intelligence (Technical), which employs UFO researchers full-time.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Good Above, p. 49
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_2946

Event 18923 (661EDFBE)

Date: 6/15/1957
Location: Mawdesley, Lancashire, England
Description: 5:06 p.m. George Marsden watches a Saturn-shaped UFO with portholes through a telescope at Mawdesley, Lancashire, England.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: UFOEv, p. 146; Center for UFO Studies, [case documents]
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_2947

Event 18924 (F7F72780)

Date: 6/16/1957
Location: Las Vegas, NV
Description: Radar tracked an inbound target at average speed of about 6,200 mph for 48 secs (NICAP: 09 - RADAR Cases, Rating: 5, BB: BBU)
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_2051

Event 18925 (342D7A8F)

Date: 6/17/1957
Location: OHAKEA AIR FORCE BASE, NZ
Description: Jet pilot and ground RADAR. Bright fireball zooms away when jet nears. / r141#3p32.
Type: sighting
Reference: HAINES, Richard Ph.D: CE-5, CLOSE ENCOUNTERS of the 5th KIND. 1999 Sourcebooks Inc. Naperville, IL ISBN 1-57071-427-4. 242 case files. (Index 21)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_5381

Attributes: 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

Extra Data: Country: “New Zealand”, Credibility: “7”, Duration: “1”, HatchDesc: “OHAKEA AFB,NZ:JET PILOT+GND RDR:BRITE FBL ZOOMS AWAY when JET NEARS:/r141#3p32”, LatLong: “-40.200002 175.383342”, LatLongDMS: “40:12:00 S 175:23:00 E”, Locale: “Metropolis”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “NI”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 18926 (29C4475B)

Date: 6/17/1957
Location: Gulfport, MS
Description: Radar-transmitting UFO which correlated with visual of brilliant white-red light (NICAP: 09 - RADAR Cases, Rating: 5, BB: BBU)
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_2052

Event 18927 (62BEE1BE)

Date: 6/18/1957
Time: 20:00
Location: 150MI SOUTHWEST / SAN FRANCISCO
Description: 2+1 small moons follow ship. / r242p125+/ r46p93+/ APRO Sept57.
Type: sighting
Reference: UFO INVESTIGATOR: NICAP: Kensington, MD & Washington, DC [defunct]. University Microfilms, Ann Arbor, MI 48106 (Index 13)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_5382

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

Extra Data: Country: “Pacific Ocean and non - Asian islands”, Credibility: “9”, Duration: “10”, Elev: “0”, HatchDesc: “150mi SW/SAN FRANCISCO:2+1 SML MOONS FOLO SHIP:/r242p125+/r46p93+/APRO Sept57”, LatLong: “35.666668 -126.000006”, LatLongDMS: “35:40:00 N 126:00:00 W”, Locale: “High Seas”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “NPC”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 18928 (956852B2)

Date: 6/18/1957
Time: 20:50
Location: JACKSON, MS
Description: Physics Professor / (seen thru) telescope. Saucer with 3 portholes going west over city. / r46p93+/ r242p68.
Type: sighting
Reference: UFO INVESTIGATOR: NICAP: Kensington, MD & Washington, DC [defunct]. University Microfilms, Ann Arbor, MI 48106 (Index 14)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_5383

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), GSA: Covert Security Agency, COV: Indication of coverup

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “10”, Duration: “55”, Elev: “89”, HatchDesc: “JACKSON,MS:PHYSICS PROF/TSCOPE:SCR W/3 PORTHOLES >W OVR CITY:/r46p93+/r242p68”, LatLong: “32.300002 -90.200004”, LatLongDMS: “32:18:00 N 90:12:00 W”, Locale: “Town & City”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Mississippi”, Strangeness: “7”

Event 18929 (BF3387F4)

Date: 6/18/1957
Location: Jackson, MS
Description: Physics professor sighted UFO with “a halo of light around it and what appeared to be three portholes.” [UFOE, VI] (NICAP: 01 - Distant Encounters)
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_2053

Event 18930 (0748A796)

Date: 6/18/1957
Location: Pacific Ocean, 150 miles off San Francisco, at Sea
Description: Captain and crew of freighter Hawaiian Fisherman saw three brightly lighted objects “like small moons.” [UFOE, II] (NICAP: 01 - Distant Encounters)
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_2054

Event 18931 (3831D232)

Date: 6/18/1957
Time: 11:45:00.3
Location: 37.1347 -116.0408
Description: Nuclear test: Air, confirmed. Country: USA Name: “Wilson” 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_91

Extra Data: LatLong: “37.1347 -116.0408”, LatLongDMS: “37:08:05 N 116:02:27 W”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, NukeCountry: “USA”, NukeDepth: “-0.15”, NukeName: “Wilson”, NukeSource: “G+P”, NukeType: “NACU”, NukeY: “10”

Event 18932 (F3A34E48)

Date: 6/18/1957
Location: San Francisco, California
Description: 8:00 p.m. Captain C. G. Wertz and the crew of the Matson freighter Hawaiian Fisherman see two brightly lit objects off the port beam as they are steaming 150 miles off San Francisco, California. A third object joins them at 8:15. They appear as small moons, giving off a cold, white, unchanging light. The three move off in a V formation and pace the ship for a short time. The lights continue their controlled flight as dusk turns to night.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Lorenzen, UFOs: The Whole Story, Signet, 1969, p. 78
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_2948

Event 18933 (ADB2C590)

Date: 6/19/1957
Time: 19:40:00.0
Location: 1.6700 -157.2500
Description: Nuclear test: Air. Country: Britain Name: “grapple”
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_1758

Extra Data: LatLong: “1.6700 -157.2500”, LatLongDMS: “01:40:12 N 157:15:00 W”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, NukeCountry: “Britain”, NukeDepth: “0.00”, NukeName: “grapple”, NukeSource: “BOLT”, NukeType: “A”

Event 18934 (7CCC3016)

Date: 6/20/1957
Time: ~15:00
Location: HADDINGTON, SCT
Description: 3 / (seen thru) binoculars. Brilliant silver sphere/orb/globe hovers / wind. Vanishes. Compass wavers. / r141.
Type: sighting
Reference: FLYING SAUCER REVIEW (FSR), London. Bimonthly. PO Box 162; High Wycombe, Bucks. HP135 DZ, England. (Index 41)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_5384

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), EME: Electro-Magnetic Effects

Extra Data: Country: “Great Britain and Ireland”, Credibility: “8”, Duration: “55”, Elev: “93”, HatchDesc: “HADDINGTON,SCT:3/BINOCS:BRILL.SLVR ORB HVRS/WIND:VANISHES:compass wavers:/r141”, LatLong: “55.933336 -2.766667”, LatLongDMS: “55:56:00 N 02:46:00 W”, Locale: “Town & City”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Scotland”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 18935 (35DC5C20)

Date: 6/20/1957
Locations: Bluff Hill; Invercargill, New Zealand; London; New Zealand
Description: Mysterious radar echoes begin turning up on Bluff Hill, near Invercargill, New Zealand, for several months. The targets are visible from several minutes up to an hour and are located somewhere in the ionosphere. Michael Gadsden of the Imperial College in London is in New Zealand for the International Geophysical Year and he says the targets’ movements are unusual and suspects that ionized particles are the cause.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Lorenzen, UFOs: The Whole Story, Signet, 1969, pp. 81–82
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_2949

Event 18936 (89BAC48F)

Date: Summer 1957
Location: USA, Arizona
Description: (Translated from French) Another flying saucer crashed in the same Arizona desert, after crossing the American territory at an incredible speed, recorded on radar and estimated at more than 20,000 kilometers per hour. The accident site was immediately surrounded by security services and four humanoid corpses were removed from the craft, with great difficulty as it was impossible to twist or cut the metal it was made of. The bodies of the humanoids were severely burned and it was impossible to distinguish their features, but their silver suits were absolutely intact, despite the terrible temperature that had burned the bodies. These corpses, which were about 1.20m long, were immediately sent to Wright Patterson where they are still kept cool, as well as the wreckage of their saucer, which is now in a shelter with several others. (1957, Summer)
Reference: Maurice CHATELAIN: “Les messagers du Cosmos” - Laffont 1980, p. 26
Reference: Mini catalogue chronologique des observations OVNI, by Godelieve Van Overmeire
Source: Overmeire, ID: Overmeire_2042

Event 18937 (7A6BE864)

Date: Summer 1957
Locations: Miami Seaquarium; Florida Keys
Description: P. Craig Phillips, curator of the Miami Seaquarium, and two other scientists witness a fall of angel hair for two hours as they are sailing northward toward the Florida Keys. Assuming them to be cobwebs from migrating airborne spiders, Phillips takes some samples and puts them in a mason jar. But when he uncaps the jar later in his office, no trace of the material is found, which is uncharacteristic of spider web.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: UFOEv, pp. 99–100; Brian Boldman, “An Analysis of Angel Hair, 1947–2000,” IUR 26, no. 3 (Fall 2001): 15
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_2950

Event 18938 (4FD7CAED)

Date: Summer 1957
Location: southern California
Description: Early morning. Contactee Trevor Constable and an associate named James Woods take many infrared photos of the desert sky over southern California. When developed, the film reveals a variety of shapes from vague blobs and amoeba-like forms to clearly defined discs. Constable calls them “critters” and thinks they are some kind of life form invisible to the naked eye.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Clark III 1102; Trevor James [Constable], They Live in the Sky, New Age, 1958
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_2951

Event 18939 (434F5BF3)

Date: Summer 1957
Locations: Levelland, Texas; Reese Technology Center, Lubbock
Description: Allan Haney and some friends “on a number of occasions” climb onto someone’s roof in Levelland, Texas, to watch 3–4 objects hovering over Reese AFB [now Reese Technology Center] in Lubbock, 26 miles to the east.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Donald R. Burleson, “Levelland, Texas, 1957: Case Reopened,” IUR 28, no. 1 (Spring 2003): 5
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_2952

Event 18940 (48BA586D)

Date: 6/22/1957
Location: RYE, NY
Description: 2 cops. Large object with 2 white and 1 red light. Plunges into L.I. sound. / Local news.
Type: sighting
Reference: SANDERSON, Ivan: INVISIBLE RESIDENTS; World Publishing HB 1970 & Avon Books PB 1973 (Index 39)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_5385

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, SUB: Submersible: Rises from or submerges into water, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), RAY: Odd light/searchlight/beam/laser-like, LND: UFO landing or any part touches ground, OGA: Non-Covert Government Agencies

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “9”, Duration: “5”, Elev: “15”, HatchDesc: “RYE,NY:2 COPS:LRG OBJ W/2 WHT+1 RED LITE:PLUNGES INTO L.I. SOUND:/Local news”, LatLong: “40.966669 -73.700004”, LatLongDMS: “40:58:00 N 73:42:00 W”, Locale: “Offshore”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “New York”, Strangeness: “5”

Event 18941 (DCF72E3D)

Date: 6/22/1957
Description: Two patrolmen at Rye, New York watched a large object with two white lights and one red light plunge into Long Island Sound.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: Ivan T. Sanderson, Invisible Residents, p. 39
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_3602

Event 18942 (E57F6646)

Date: 6/24/1957
Time: 00:30
Location: NORTH BURNABY, BC
Description: 2 / (seen thru) binoculars. Cylinder/cigar-shape hovers / 45 minute(s). Lights / 1 end. Saucers exit other end and away.
Type: sighting
Reference: FLYING SAUCER REVIEW (FSR), London. Bimonthly. PO Box 162; High Wycombe, Bucks. HP135 DZ, England. (Index 41)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_5386

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: “Canada”, Credibility: “7”, Duration: “45”, Elev: “19”, HatchDesc: “N.BURNABY,BC:2/BINOCS:CGR HVRS/45min:LITES/1 END:SCRS EXIT OTHER END+AWAY”, LatLong: “49.250002 -122.950006”, LatLongDMS: “49:15:00 N 122:57:00 W”, Locale: “Residential”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “British Columbia”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 18943 (E8DD3D8B)

Date: 6/24/1957
Time: 13:30:00.1
Location: 37.7981 -115.9289
Description: Nuclear test: Air, confirmed. Country: USA Name: “Priscilla” Yield: 37KT
Type: atomic
Reference: “columbia.edu: Worldwide Nuclear Explosions”, by Yang, North, Romney, and Richards
Reference: “archive.org: Worldwide Nuclear Explosions”, by Yang, North, Romney, and Richards
Source: NukeExplosions, ID: NukeExplosions_92

Extra Data: LatLong: “37.7981 -115.9289”, LatLongDMS: “37:47:53 N 115:55:44 W”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, NukeCountry: “USA”, NukeDepth: “-0.21”, NukeName: “Priscilla”, NukeSource: “G+P”, NukeType: “NACU”, NukeY: “37”

Event 18944 (1FA882F6)

Date: 6/25/1957
Location: BALTIMORE, MD
Description: NICAP. Car radio and street lights out as 7 white saucers pass. / r79p7+/ r141#3.
Type: sighting
Reference: FALLA, GEOFFREY: VEHICLE INTERFERENCE PROJECT. BUFORA Ltd. 1979. C.F. Lockwood & A.R. Rice editors. (Index 12)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_5387

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), HUM: Humans affected: Injury/burns/marks/abduction/death, VEH: Vehicle affected: Marks/damage/EME effects, EME: Electro-Magnetic Effects

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “8”, Duration: “2”, Elev: “300”, HatchDesc: “BALTIMORE,MD:NICAP:CAR RADIO+STREETLITES OUT as 7 WHT SCRS PASS:/r79p7+/r141#3”, LatLong: “39.311113 -76.633337”, LatLongDMS: “39:18:40 N 76:38:00 W”, Locale: “Metropolis”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Maryland”, Strangeness: “8”

Event 18945 (EBCDBCBA)

Date: 6/25/1957
Time: 23:00
Location: NORTHWEST / GREENCASTLE, IN
Description: 4 / car. Night light going down / hit / spotlight. Small object enters car. Flash. Hubcaps gone.
Type: sighting
Reference: The APRO BULLETIN: Monthly. Jim & Coral Lorenzen: Tucson,AZ (USA. defunct) By volume and number. (Index 693)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_5388

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, HQO: High-quality observer(s), HOX: Suspicion of hoax, ODD: Atypical/Forteana/paranormal, 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, LND: UFO landing or any part touches ground, TCH: New technical details/clues

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “8”, Duration: “2”, Elev: “255”, HatchDesc: “NW/GREENCASTLE,IN:4/CAR:NLT ↓/HIT/SPOTLt:SML OBJ ENTERS CAR:FLASH:HUBCAPS GONE”, LatLong: “39.750002 -86.916671”, LatLongDMS: “39:45:00 N 86:55:00 W”, Locale: “Pasture”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Indiana”, Strangeness: “8”

Event 18946 (2AAAABC6)

Date: 6/25/1957
Location: Baltimore, MD
Description: Car radio stopped playing and street lights went out as formation of seven white discs with red rims passed overhead (NICAP: 03 - EME Cases)
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_2055

Event 18947 (B9AB43B0)

Date: 6/25/1957
Description: Baltimore, Maryland: “Car radio stopped playing and street lights went out as formation of seven white discs with red rims passed overhead.”
Reference: Johnson
Reference: Mark Rodeghier, UFO Reports Involving Vehicle Interference, case 42, citing Richard H. Hall, The UFO Evidence (Volume I)
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_3650

Event 18948 (798C35A9)

Date: 6/27/1957
Time: 21:50
Location: ILFRACOMBE AND WESTLEIGH, ENGL
Description: Separate observer(s). Thin cylinder/cylindrical object hovers. Going quickly north over Bristol channel. / r141.
Type: sighting
Reference: FLYING SAUCER REVIEW (FSR), London. Bimonthly. PO Box 162; High Wycombe, Bucks. HP135 DZ, England. (Index 41)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_5389

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

Extra Data: Country: “Great Britain and Ireland”, Credibility: “8”, Duration: “10”, Elev: “18”, HatchDesc: “ILFRACOMBE+WESTLEIGH,ENGL:SEP.OBS:THIN CYL HVRS:>>N ovr BRISTOL CHANNEL:/r141”, LatLong: “51.216669 -4.116667”, LatLongDMS: “51:13:00 N 04:07:00 W”, Locale: “Coastlands”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “England”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 18949 (7DD8A957)

Date: 6/28/1957
Time: 10:50
Location: KAIAPOI, NZ
Description: 4 workmen. Aluminum disk comes sideways. Levels off. Going quickly west. / r141#12p4.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO’s a HISTORY-1957 (19 booklets) Self published. (Index 341)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_5390

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: “New Zealand”, Credibility: “8”, Duration: “1”, HatchDesc: “KAIAPOI,NZ:4 WORKMEN:ALUM.DISK COMES SIDEWAYS:LEVELS OFF:>>W:/r141#12p4”, LatLong: “-43.383335 172.650008”, LatLongDMS: “43:23:00 S 172:39:00 E”, Locale: “Town & City”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “SI”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 18950 (2DA0DCF4)

Date: 6/28/1957
Time: 12:10
Location: HOWE SOUND, BC
Description: 3 / boat. Silver 8M flat-bottom dome going quickly west against wind. Silent. / NICAP.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO’s a HISTORY-1957 (19 booklets) Self published. (Index 340)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_5391

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: “Canada”, Credibility: “8”, Duration: “1”, Elev: “0”, HatchDesc: “HOWE SOUND,BC:3/BOAT:SLVR 8M FLAT-BOTTOM DOME >>W against wind:SLNT:/NICAP”, LatLong: “49.350002 -123.266673”, LatLongDMS: “49:21:00 N 123:16:00 W”, Locale: “Offshore”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “British Columbia”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 18951 (E089869E)

Date: 6/29/1957
Time: 18:30
Location: NORTH / RIO DJ, BRZ
Description: Many / DC3. Glowing-saucer maneuvers all over/all about. Reacts / lights. APRO 3 / 58+/ r46p94+/ r148.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO’s a HISTORY-1957 (19 booklets) Self published. (Index 304)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_5392

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), 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: “Brazil”, Credibility: “9”, Duration: “5”, Elev: “350”, HatchDesc: “N/RIO DJ,BRZ:MANY/DC3:GLO-SCR MNVRS ALLO:REACTS/LITES:APRO 3/58+/r46p94+/r148”, LatLong: “-21.400001 -43.616669”, LatLongDMS: “21:24:00 S 43:37:00 W”, Locale: “Metropolis”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Minas Gerais”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 18952 (ED99A617)

Date: 6/30/1957
Location: Belo Horizonte, Brazil
Description: Disc-like object paced, maneuvered around airliner. [UFOE, X] (NICAP: 11 - Aviation Cases)
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_2056

Event 18953 (34AC3A0B)

Date: 6/30/1957
Description: Starting at 6:30 p.m. a bright red-orange disc maneuvered around a Real Aerovias DC-3 airliner flying from Belo Horizonte to Rio de Janeiro, Brazil and subsequently paced the aircraft for 40 minutes. It made several passes, crossing above or under the airliner, and then in front and behind it.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: Richard Hall, The UFO Evidence, p. 120, citing El Diaro Popular, July 7, 1957; Dominique Weinstein, Aircraft UFO Encounters, p. 28, citing Richard Hall
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_3744

Event 18954 (4A997567)

Date: 7/1957
Time: 02:30
Location: AZUSA, CA
Description: Saucer makes wobbling ascent. Amber lights / edge. Portholes? No further details. / r78p178.
Type: sighting
Reference: HALL, Richard: The UFO EVIDENCE; NICAP,Washington, DC 1964. Reprinted 1997 Barnes & Noble Books ( only $7.98! ) (Index 146)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_5393

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: “187”, HatchDesc: “AZUSA,CA:SCR MAKES WOBBLING ASCENT:AMBER LITES/EDGE:PORTHOLES?:NFD:/r78p178”, LatLong: “34.133335 -117.916672”, LatLongDMS: “34:08:00 N 117:55:00 W”, Locale: “Desert”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “California”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 18955 (BE5C952B)

Date: 7/1957
Time: ~08:00
Location: TOOWOOMBA, AUSTR
Description: Farmer and kids. Classic domed saucer going quickly [to] overhead. Returns 2X. Going quickly northwest. No further details.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO’s a HISTORY-1957 (19 booklets) Self published. (Index 346)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_5394

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: “Australia”, Credibility: “8”, Duration: “2”, HatchDesc: “TOOWOOMBA,AUSTR:FARMER+KIDS:CLASSIC DOMED SCR >> OVHD:RETURNS 2X:>>NW:NFD”, LatLong: “-27.550001 151.966674”, LatLongDMS: “27:33:00 S 151:58:00 E”, Locale: “Farmlands”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Queensland”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 18956 (F03F0A4C)

Date: 7/1957
Time: 10:30
Location: SOUTH GIUSTINO COSPAIA, ITL
Description: Black silent 2.5M cylinder/cigar-shape with port going [to] 4M over kids. Slows. Speeds.
Type: sighting
Reference: ITACAT, Catalogo Italiano degli Incontri Ravvicinati. Maurizio Verga, 1989 CISU/Torino, Italy. (Index 49)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_5395

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, 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: “Italy”, Credibility: “6”, Duration: “1”, HatchDesc: “S.GIUSTINO COSPAIA,ITL:BLK SLNT 2.5M CGR W/PORT > 4M ovr KIDS:SLOWS:SPEEDS”, LatLong: “43.550002 12.172223”, LatLongDMS: “43:33:00 N 12:10:20 E”, Locale: “Town & City”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “PG”, Strangeness: “7”

Event 18957 (5768B5CE)

Date: 7/1957
Time: 15:30
Location: LEIGHTON BUZZARD, ENGL
Description: 1 observer. 2 men / spacesuits take twigs and berries. Saucer lands. Missing time.
Type: sighting
Reference: FARISH, Jucius: UFO NEWSCLIPPING SERVICE: $5/Monthly. Plumerville, AR. (Index 304)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_5396

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, NWS: News media report, SCR: Classic saucer/disk/sphere shaped UFO, PSH: Pseudo-human: Clone/organic robot/human-like, SMP: Sampling of plant/animal/soil/tissue/specimens, MST: Missing time or time anomaly, VEG: Plants affected or sampled/crop circles, 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: “20”, HatchDesc: “LEIGHTON BUZZARD,ENGL:1 OBS:2 MEN/SSUITS TAKE TWIGS+BERRIES:SCR LANDS:MST”, LatLong: “51.900002 -0.633333”, LatLongDMS: “51:54:00 N 00:38:00 W”, Locale: “Residential”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “England”, Strangeness: “9”

Event 18958 (D3AD5BC4)

Date: 7/1957
Location: Norton AFB [San Bernardino International Airport], California
Description: The Air Defense Command disbands the 4602nd AISS and reassigns UFO investigative duties to the 1127th Field Activities Group of the 1006th AISS at Norton AFB [San Bernardino International Airport], California. Soon afterwards, the Air Force reduces funds for the unit, impairing its investigative ability.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Clark III 919
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_2953

Event 18959 (8F20D02B)

Date: 7/1957
Description: NICAP publishes the first issue of The UFO Investigator.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: UFO Investigator 1, no. 1 (July 1957); Clark III 793
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_2954

Event 18960 (7BDD332B)

Date: 7/1957
Description: NICAP learns that the US Senate Subcommittee on Investigations is considering hearings on UFOs and wants its assistance. Hillenkoetter suggests withholding the best cases, at least initially. Keyhoe asks Ruppelt, who is now an engineer with Northrup Aircraft, to join the NICAP board at a rehearsal for the I’ve Got a Secret Show on which he is appearing. Ruppelt considers it an honor.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Keyhoe, FSTS, pp. 70–79
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_2955

Event 18961 (60735CCC)

Date: 7/1/1957
Description: International Geophysical Year (IGY). It marked the end of a long period during the Cold War when scientific interchange between East and West had been seriously interrupted. Sixty-seven countries participated in IGY projects. The IGY encompassed eleven Earth sciences: aurora and airglow, cosmic rays, geomagnetism, gravity, ionospheric physics, longitude and latitude determinations (precision mapping), meteorology, oceanography, seismology, and solar activity. The timing of the IGY was particularly suited for studying some of these phenomena, since it covered the peak of solar cycle 19. Both the Soviet Union and the U.S. launched artificial satellites for this event; the Soviet Union’s Sputnik 1, launched on October 4, 1957, was the first successful artificial satellite.[3] Other significant achievements of the IGY included the discovery of the Van Allen radiation belts by Explorer 1 and the defining of mid-ocean submarine ridges, an important confirmation of plate-tectonic theory.
Type: historical event
Reference: Wikipedia
Source: Maj2, ID: Maj2_568

Event 18962 (98D020EA)

Date: 7/1/1957
Description: (Translated from French) The IGY begins with Antarctica the main effort of scientists from 67 countries for the next 18 months. 12 new bases are built with the American base of Amundsen-Scott at the South Pole built for the expeditions of the Deepfreeze operation. The IGY is notably organized by Doctor Lloyd Berkner, member of the Robertson Commission and of the supposed group MJ-12. (July 1st)
Reference: rr0 - Beau
Source: rr0, ID: rr0_1699

Event 18963 (DD3002EF)

Date: 7/1/1957
Description: (Translated from French) A cloud layer is the cause of the disappearance of an aircraft over the region between Venice and Padua: The pilot requests to descend from 11000 feet to 5000 feet. Permission is granted. Not only will the pilot not send any more calls, but no trace of it will be found.
Reference: rr0 - Beau
Source: rr0, ID: rr0_1700

Event 18964 (6515C4FB)

Date: 7/1/1957
Description: (Translated from French) The Russian launcher model R7 is ready.
Reference: rr0 - Beau
Source: rr0, ID: rr0_1701

Event 18965 (9467EAF7)

Date: 7/1/1957
Time: 22:00
Location: AVON, MASS
Description: Cigar-object seen. Apparent green windows / side. No further details. / r78p178.
Type: sighting
Reference: HALL, Richard: The UFO EVIDENCE; NICAP,Washington, DC 1964. Reprinted 1997 Barnes & Noble Books ( only $7.98! ) (Index 146)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_5397

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

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “6”, Duration: “1”, Elev: “67”, HatchDesc: “AVON,MASS:CIGAR-OBJ SEEN:APPARENT GREEN WINDOWS/SIDE:NFD:/r78p178”, LatLong: “42.133335 -71.050003”, LatLongDMS: “42:08:00 N 71:03:00 W”, Locale: “Residential”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Massachusetts”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 18966 (D75FB3BE)

Date: 7/1/1957
Location: Azusa, CA
Description: "Disc with amber lights around edge made wobbling vertical descent. [UFOE, XII] (NICAP: 01 - Distant Encounters)
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_2057

Event 18967 (33D976E2)

Date: 7/1/1957
Location: Avon, MA
Description: Cigar-shaped UFO with green lights like windows. [UFOE, XII] (NICAP: 01 - Distant Encounters)
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_2058

Event 18968 (94360724)

Date: 7/1/1957
Location: 37.0000 -116.0000
Description: Nuclear test: Air, confirmed. Country: USA Name: “Coulomb-A” Yield: 0KT YieldMax: 0KT
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_93

Extra Data: LatLong: “37.0000 -116.0000”, LatLongDMS: “37:00:00 N 116:00:00 W”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, NukeCountry: “USA”, NukeDepth: “0.00”, NukeName: “Coulomb-A”, NukeSource: “NV209”, NukeType: “NACU”, NukeY: “0”, NukeYMax: “0”

Event 18969 (32017850)

Date: 7/2/1957
Time: 20:00
Location: GAVEA ROCK, BRAZIL
Description: 2 silver moons hover / peak. Black bands grow until surfaces covered!
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO’s a HISTORY-1957 (19 booklets) Self published. (Index 306)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_5398

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, CMF: Camouflage/disguise

Extra Data: Country: “Brazil”, Credibility: “8”, Duration: “30”, HatchDesc: “GAVEA ROCK,BRZL:2 SLVR MOONS HVR/PEAK:BLACK BANDS GROW UNTIL SURFACES COVERED!”, LatLong: “-22.977779 -43.266669”, LatLongDMS: “22:58:40 S 43:16:00 W”, Locale: “Mountains”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “RDJ”, Strangeness: “7”

Event 18970 (42155E18)

Date: 7/3/1957
Time: 06:00
Location: NORTHWEST MIAMI, FL
Description: Flash! 2 ovoid disks descend going southeast. Instant turn going quickly south and away.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO’s a HISTORY-1957 (19 booklets) Self published. (Index 307)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_5399

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: “3”, HatchDesc: “NW MIAMI,FL:FLASH!:2 OVOID DISKS DESCEND > SE:INSTANT TURN >>S+away”, LatLong: “25.794446 -80.183337”, LatLongDMS: “25:47:40 N 80:11:00 W”, Locale: “Residential”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Florida”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 18971 (E53A71D2)

Date: 7/4/1957
Time: ~22:00
Location: NEAR CAMPOS, BRZ
Description: Domed saucer paces and maneuvers all over/all about airliner / one hour. Going quickly [to] WNW. / r242p120+/ r46p94.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO’s a HISTORY-1957 (19 booklets) Self published. (Index 308)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_5400

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, TCH: New technical details/clues

Extra Data: Country: “Brazil”, Credibility: “10”, Duration: “55”, Elev: “2”, HatchDesc: “nr CAMPOS,BRZ:DOMED SCR PACES+MNVRS ALLO AIRLINER/1hr:>>WNW:/r242p120+/r46p94”, LatLong: “-21.750001 -41.300002”, LatLongDMS: “21:45:00 S 41:18:00 W”, Locale: “Metropolis”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “RDJ”, Strangeness: “7”

Event 18972 (D9ADBA6A)

Date: 7/4/1957
Location: Campos (near), Brazil
Description: Disc with dome and portholes paced airliner. [UFOE, X] (NICAP: 11 - Aviation Cases)
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_2059

Event 18973 (CAF89560)

Date: 7/4/1957
Description: A disc with brightly illuminated windows followed a REAL airliner flying between Campos and Victoria, Brazil.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: NICAP UFO Investigator, September 1957, p. 11
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_3816

Event 18974 (B652B795)

Date: 7/5/1957
Time: 11:40:00.1
Location: 37.1347 -116.0408
Description: Nuclear test: Air, confirmed. Country: USA Name: “Hood” Yield: 74KT
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_94

Extra Data: LatLong: “37.1347 -116.0408”, LatLongDMS: “37:08:05 N 116:02:27 W”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, NukeCountry: “USA”, NukeDepth: “-0.46”, NukeName: “Hood”, NukeSource: “G+P”, NukeType: “NACU”, NukeY: “74”

Event 18975 (02FD3303)

Date: 7/5/1957
Locations: Nevada Test Site; Area 51; Los Angeles; Canada; Mexico; Pacific
Description: During the 74-kiloton Plumbbob Hood nuclear test at the Nevada Test Site, the Marine Corps conducts a tactical maneuver involving the use of a helicopter airlift, tactical air support, and an amphibian tractor called the LVTP5. Despite the AEC’s assurance that no thermonuclear devices are being tested, Hood is thermonuclear and is the largest atmospheric test in the continental US. All Area 51 personnel are evacuated prior to the blast, but the military neglects to secure the sensitive information in the buildings with security guards. Seventy anesthetized Chester White pigs in military uniforms (as test fabrics) are placed in cages a short distance from ground zero. Several types of wood houses are constructed to see how each handles the blast. The Mosler Safe Company sponsors the construction of a steel vault to withstand the blast. Some 100 soldiers, lying in trenches, are stationed to gauge the psychological impact of the bomb. The flash is visible from Canada to Mexico and 800 miles out in the Pacific. The blast wave reaches Los Angeles 25 minutes later. Afterwards, security guard Richard Mingus has to drive through a highly radioactive ground zero to reach the buildings at Area 51 ten miles away. Area 51 remains an evacuated ghost town until the summer of 1959.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Wikipedia, “Desert Rock exercises”; Jacobsen, Area 51, pp. 119–123
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_2956

Event 18976 (87D127A6)

Date: 7/7/1957 (approximate)
Location: ITALY, “il buco del Preto Santo” near San Ruffillo
Description: (Translated from French) Luciano Galli left his home at 2:20 PM to go to his workshop near Via Castiglione when a black Fiat 1100 stopped in front of him. Out of it came a tall, swarthy man with very black eyes but he had a face that inspired trust and invited friendliness. This man was wearing a double-breasted grey suit, a collar, a tie and spoke Italian fluently. At the wheel was another man in a light suit, he never spoke. This stranger asked Galli if he remembered him (which he did, he had already seen him a few times) and “Don’t you want to come with us?” “Where?” “Have faith, nothing will happen to you.” Galli got into the car. Around 2:30 PM they arrived at “il buco del Preto Santo” where a flying saucer was waiting. A bit scared, Galli entered it and was immediately “photographed” and went on a journey, seeing the earth move away and become small. Through the portholes he discovered the silhouette of an immense dirigible at least 600 m long. Through six small openings disks were entering and leaving. These openings were as big as hangars, each able to hold at least 50 disks. At least 500 people, men and women were there, wearing shiny plastic or silky materials. These people told him they were from Venus. He was back around 5:40 PM. He confirms that he made the journey with his physical body. (1957 (or 1959?) July 7th)
Reference: Perrin Jack R.: “The Mystery of UFOs” - J’ai Lu/Pygmalion 1976, pp. 44-48
Reference: Mini catalogue chronologique des observations OVNI, by Godelieve Van Overmeire
Source: Overmeire, ID: Overmeire_2039

Event 18977 (D34C0B62)

Date: 7/7/1957
Time: 19:00
Location: NEAR SUMMERSIDE, PEI
Description: 3 observer(s). Dark disk going quickly northwest extremely fast. V-turns. Blows smoke? / RCAF report.
Type: sighting
Reference: LEDGER, Don: MARITIME UFO FILES: 1998 Nimbus Publ. Ltd. Halifax, NS. ISBN 1-55109-269-7 162pp. trade paper. (Index 43)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_5401

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, OGA: Non-Covert Government Agencies

Extra Data: Country: “Canada”, Credibility: “8”, Duration: “1”, Elev: “4”, HatchDesc: “nr SUMMERSIDE,PEI:3 OBS:DRK DISK >>NW XFAST:V-TURNS:BLOWS SMOKE?:/RCAF Rpt”, LatLong: “46.416669 -63.750003”, LatLongDMS: “46:25:00 N 63:45:00 W”, Locale: “Coastlands”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Prince Edward Island”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 18978 (A452E650)

Date: 7/7/1957
Time: 23:50
Location: VANCOUVER, BC
Description: Blue-metallic 12M ovoid maneuvers / square trajectory. 90° turns. Brightens. Going quickly southeast.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO’s a HISTORY-1957 (19 booklets) Self published. (Index 350)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_5402

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

Extra Data: Country: “Canada”, Credibility: “6”, Duration: “5”, Elev: “72”, HatchDesc: “VANCOUVER,BC:BLU-MTLC 12M OVOID MNVRS/SQUARE TRAJ:90°TURNS:BRIGHTENS:>>SE:”, LatLong: “49.283336 -123.083339”, LatLongDMS: “49:17:00 N 123:05:00 W”, Locale: “Metropolis”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “British Columbia”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 18979 (BBE00699)

Date: 7/9/1957
Location: Hamilton, Ont., CAN
Description: Attorney saw speeding, white elliptical UFO. [UFOE, X] (NICAP: 01 - Distant Encounters)
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_2060

Event 18980 (5290D923)

Date: 7/10/1957
Location: ALDEIA DO BISPO, PORTUGAL
Description: Disk at differing speeds seen over this border village.
Type: sighting
Reference: LOURENCO, Victor: The PORTUCAT CATALOG; (BBS Download). (Index 32)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_5403

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: “Portugal”, Credibility: “7”, Duration: “2”, HatchDesc: “ALDEIA do BISPO,PORTUGAL:DISK at DIFFERING SPEEDS SEEN OVR THIS BORDER VILLAGE”, LatLong: “40.333335 -6.850000”, LatLongDMS: “40:20:00 N 06:51:00 W”, Locale: “Pasture”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “BRA”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 18981 (9CC820FC)

Date: 7/10/1957
Time: 12:10
Location: MT. RAINIER, WA
Description: Lumbermen. 2 silver soup-bowl saucers. 1 going quickly northwest. Other going quickly NNW. Small fin / each.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO’s a HISTORY-1957 (19 booklets) Self published. (Index 311)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_5404

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: “4392”, HatchDesc: “Mt.RAINIER,WA:LUMBERMEN:2 SLVR SOUP-BOWL SCRS:1 >>NW:OTHER >>NNW:SML FIN/EACH”, LatLong: “46.833336 -121.766672”, LatLongDMS: “46:50:00 N 121:46:00 W”, Locale: “Mountains”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Washington”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 18982 (8DB5AEEC)

Date: 7/10/1957
Time: 12:10
Location: CRAWFORD SPRING, OR
Description: 2 foresters. Brown hat-saucer going quickly northwest / 1km altitude. Odd “plop” sound.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO’s a HISTORY-1957 (19 booklets) Self published. (Index 357)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_5405

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

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “7”, Duration: “1”, Elev: “900”, HatchDesc: “CRAWFORD SPRING,OR:2 FORESTERS:BROWN HAT-SCR >>NW/1km alt:ODD “PLOP” SOUND:”, LatLong: “44.972224 -119.805561”, LatLongDMS: “44:58:20 N 119:48:20 W”, Locale: “Mountains”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, RelAlt: “1000”, State/Prov: “Oregon”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 18983 (A42AA0B1)

Date: 7/10/1957
Time: 19:50
Location: MT. STERLING, KY
Description: Cop and several. Cylinder/cigar-shape going south. Turns and going north. Silver / front rest grey. Silent. No trail.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO’s a HISTORY-1957 (19 booklets) Self published. (Index 311)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_5406

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

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “8”, Duration: “3”, HatchDesc: “Mt.STERLING,KY:COP+SVRL:CGR >S:TURNS+ >N:SLVR/FRONT REST GRY:SLNT:NO TRAIL”, LatLong: “37.994446 -83.944448”, LatLongDMS: “37:59:40 N 83:56:40 W”, Locale: “Town & City”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Kentucky”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 18984 (9288C9B1)

Date: 7/10/1957
Time: 21:10
Location: MARIANNELUND, SWEDEN
Description: 5 observer(s). Hollow double-domes connected / shafts. Hovers and shoots off.
Type: sighting
Reference: FLYING SAUCER REVIEW (FSR), London. Bimonthly. PO Box 162; High Wycombe, Bucks. HP135 DZ, England. (Index 198)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_5407

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), TCH: New technical details/clues

Extra Data: Country: “Scandanavian and Finland”, Credibility: “8”, Duration: “8”, HatchDesc: “MARIANNELUND,SWEDEN:5 OBS:HOLLOW DOUBLE-DOMES CONNECTED/SHAFTS:HVRS+SHOOTS OFF”, LatLong: “57.616669 15.533334”, LatLongDMS: “57:37:00 N 15:32:00 E”, Locale: “Town & City”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Sweden”, Strangeness: “7”

Event 18985 (9DF7B7F4)

Date: 7/10/1957
Locations: Peru; Monastery of the Seven Rays; Petroglyphs of Pusharo; Manú National Park; Cuzco; Cadena del Pantiacolla
Description: George Hunt Williamson, exploring in Peru from his base at the Monastery of the Seven Rays and spurred by his own channelings, rediscovers a wall of petroglyphs [now known as the Petroglyphs of Pusharo, in the Manú National Park] in an area northeast of Cuzco called Cadena del Pantiacolla.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: George Hunt Williamson, “Project Scroll,” Flying Saucer Review 3, no. 6 (Nov./Dec. 1957): 18–19; George Hunt Williamson, Road in the Sky, Neville Spearman, 1959; Brother Philip [Williamson], Secret of the Andes, Neville Spearman, 1961; Zirger and Martinelli, The Incredible Life of George Hunt Williamson, Verdechiari, 2016, pp. 97–98, 109–115
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_2957

Event 18986 (07C9B17D)

Date: 7/11/1957
Location: ROSEAU, MN
Description: Civil defense man and several. Large shiny cylinder/cigar-shape / low altitude. Stops. Continues. No further details.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO’s a HISTORY-1957 (19 booklets) Self published. (Index 312)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_5408

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: “2”, Elev: “320”, HatchDesc: “ROSEAU,MN:CIVIL DEFENSE MAN+SVRL:LRG SHINY CGR/LOW ALT:STOPS:CONTINUES:NFD”, LatLong: “48.844447 -95.761116”, LatLongDMS: “48:50:40 N 95:45:40 W”, Locale: “Town & City”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Minnesota”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 18987 (BDA4C0B0)

Date: 7/11/1957
Time: 18:30
Location: ROLAND PARK, VA
Description: White circles south going quickly north. Clearly seen / dusk. Silent. No lights. Faster / jet.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO’s a HISTORY-1957 (19 booklets) Self published. (Index 312)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_5409

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

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “6”, Duration: “1”, Elev: “3”, HatchDesc: “ROLAND PARK,VA:WHT CCLS S>>N:CLEARLY SEEN/DUSK:SLNT:NO LITES:FASTER/JET”, LatLong: “36.894446 -76.261115”, LatLongDMS: “36:53:40 N 76:15:40 W”, Locale: “Residential”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Virginia”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 18988 (B726345D)

Date: 7/13/1957
Location: ISOLA DI GIGLIO, ITL
Description: Numerous observer(s). Long cone hovers / 2 hours. Turrets / top and bottom/underside. Changes color(s).
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO’s a HISTORY-1957 (19 booklets) Self published. (Index 312)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_5410

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: “Italy”, Credibility: “10”, Duration: “120”, Elev: “9”, HatchDesc: “ISOLA di GIGLIO,ITL:NMRS OBS:LONG CONE HVRS/2 HRS:TURRETS/TOP+BTM:CHANGES CLRS”, LatLong: “42.383335 10.916667”, LatLongDMS: “42:23:00 N 10:55:00 E”, Locale: “Islands”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “TSC”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 18989 (2966DE01)

Date: 7/13/1957
Time: 21:00?
Location: RIVERSIDE, CA
Description: Disk going quickly west over town. Lights / rotate / rim? Lights top and bottom/underside. Same / Mira Loma.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO’s a HISTORY-1957 (19 booklets) Self published. (Index 313)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_5411

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

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “7”, Duration: “1”, Elev: “259”, HatchDesc: “RIVERSIDE,CA:DISK >>W OVR TOWN:LITES/ROTATE/RIM?:LITES TOP+BTM:same/MIRA LOMA”, LatLong: “33.966668 -117.383339”, LatLongDMS: “33:58:00 N 117:23:00 W”, Locale: “Town & City”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Colorado”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 18990 (DE12E518)

Date: 7/13/1957
Time: 22:10
Location: BEDFORD, OH
Description: Several observer(s) / (seen thru) binoculars. 2 saucers pass. Return. Split into 4 saucers. Going quickly / all directions.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO’s a HISTORY-1957 (19 booklets) Self published. (Index 359)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_5412

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: “5”, Elev: “293”, HatchDesc: “BEDFORD,OH:SVRL OBS/BINOCS:2 SCRS PASS:RETURN:SPLIT INTO 4 SCRS:>>/ALL DIRs”, LatLong: “41.383335 -81.550004”, LatLongDMS: “41:23:00 N 81:33:00 W”, Locale: “Residential”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Ohio”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 18991 (F6D3D773)

Date: 7/14/1957
Time: 17:50
Location: NEAR RIO DOCE, BRZ
Description: Airline(s)/airliner pilot and copilot. Luminous cylinder/cigar-shape makes 90° turn. / r171+/ r141#3p63.
Type: sighting
Reference: HAINES, Richard Ph.D: CE-5, CLOSE ENCOUNTERS of the 5th KIND. 1999 Sourcebooks Inc. Naperville, IL ISBN 1-57071-427-4. 242 case files. (Index 74)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_5413

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

Extra Data: Country: “Brazil”, Credibility: “7”, Duration: “1”, Elev: “305”, HatchDesc: “nr RIO DOCE,BRZ:AL PILOT+COPILOT:LUMn.CGR MAKES 90° TURN:/r171+/r141#3p63”, LatLong: “-20.250001 -42.900002”, LatLongDMS: “20:15:00 S 42:54:00 W”, Locale: “Metropolis”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Minas Gerais”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 18992 (4181547A)

Date: 7/14/1957
Time: 20:30
Location: PAMPULHA, BRZ
Description: Night light follows Air Force B26 / one hour. Hovers / airport. Quickly going up. Military investigation/investigators. / r46p256+/ r141#3p62.
Type: sighting
Reference: HALL, Richard: The UFO EVIDENCE; NICAP,Washington, DC 1964. Reprinted 1997 Barnes & Noble Books ( only $7.98! ) (Index 120)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_5414

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, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), OBS: Observation/chasing vehicles, VEH: Vehicle affected: Marks/damage/EME effects

Extra Data: Country: “Brazil”, Credibility: “8”, Duration: “150”, Elev: “850”, HatchDesc: “PAMPULHA,BRZ:NLT FOLOS AF B26/1hr:HVRS/AIRPORT:↑↑:MIL.INV:/r46p256+/r141#3p62”, LatLong: “-19.900001 -43.916669”, LatLongDMS: “19:54:00 S 43:55:00 W”, Locale: “Metropolis”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Minas Gerais”, Strangeness: “5”

Event 18993 (C4FB75CB)

Date: 7/15/1957
Time: 11:00
Location: JOSHUA TREE, CA
Description: 12M wingless flying fish going west slow / 15M altitude. Featureless.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO’s a HISTORY-1957 (19 booklets) Self published. (Index 313)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_5415

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

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “6”, Duration: “2”, Elev: “831”, HatchDesc: “JOSHUA TREE,CA:12M WINGLESS FLYING FISH >W SLOW/15M alt:FEATURELESS”, LatLong: “34.133335 -116.311117”, LatLongDMS: “34:08:00 N 116:18:40 W”, Locale: “Desert”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “California”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 18994 (1BCAE87E)

Date: 7/15/1957
Time: 18:50
Location: SOUTHINGTON, CT
Description: Large blue ball drops in jerks. Brighter / sun. Shoots up and away.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO’s a HISTORY-1957 (19 booklets) Self published. (Index 313)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_5416

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

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “6”, Duration: “2”, Elev: “50”, HatchDesc: “SOUTHINGTON,CT:LRG BLUE BALL DROPS in JERKS:BRIGHTER/SUN:SHOOTS UP+AWAY:”, LatLong: “41.594446 -72.877781”, LatLongDMS: “41:35:40 N 72:52:40 W”, Locale: “Town & City”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Connecticut”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 18995 (E543A435)

Date: 7/15/1957
Time: 11:30:00.1
Location: 37.1503 -116.1086
Description: Nuclear test: Air, confirmed. Country: USA Name: “Diablo” Yield: 17KT
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_95

Extra Data: LatLong: “37.1503 -116.1086”, LatLongDMS: “37:09:01 N 116:06:31 W”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, NukeCountry: “USA”, NukeDepth: “-0.15”, NukeName: “Diablo”, NukeSource: “G+P”, NukeType: “NACU”, NukeY: “17”

Event 18996 (C51660DF)

Date: Mid 7/1957
Locations: US; N.Y.
Description: Keyhoe meets with US Rep. James C. Healey (D-N.Y.) regarding USAF secrecy about UFOs. He shows Healey the 1949 Grudge report and apparently convinces him that the Air Force’s explanations for the 24 cases are “sheer speculation” or “deliberately fitted.” He also presents him Gen. Joe W. Kelly’s April 8 letter to Lee Metcalf, indicating serious interest in UFOs.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Keyhoe, FSTS, pp. 81–82, 91, 96
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_2958

Event 18997 (E319A127)

Date: 7/16/1957
Location: Las Vegas, NV
Description: Radar tracked an inbound target at average speed of about 6,200 mph for 48 secs [?] when it “stopped abruptly” and “remained stationary” for 12 secs (NICAP: 09 - RADAR Cases, Code: R, Rating: 5, BB: BBU)
Reference: NICAP: 570716
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_2061

Event 18998 (AF7470EE)

Date: 7/16/1957
Locations: Las Vegas Air Force Station [now closed] at Angel Peak, Nevada; Grand Canyon in Arizona; Marble Canyon, Arizona
Description: 1:56 p.m. 1st Lt. Clifford E. Pocock, scope operator A2C Walter Lyons, and control technician A1C Armand Therrien at Las Vegas Air Force Station [now closed] at Angel Peak, Nevada, are using the FPS-3A L-band search radar and track an inbound target at about 6,200 mph when it “stopped abruptly” and “remained stationary” for 12 seconds to the east-northeast 85 miles away to the north of Grand Canyon in Arizona. Then it heads outbound at about 7,000 mph before disappearing at the radar’s maximum range at 224 miles (near Marble Canyon, Arizona). The target responds to encrypted military IFF transponder signals and transmits encrypted responses.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: NICAP, “6200 MPH Target Hovers near Grand Canyon”; Sparks, p. 244
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_2959

Event 18999 (A1F8D276)

Date: 7/17/1957
Description: (Translated from French) At dawn, an RB-47H Stratojet electronic reconnaissance bomber of the USAF, call sign Lacy 17, was heading to Oklahoma City, with 8 officers on board, including Commander Mac Clure and Major Chase, the pilot. At 10,500 m it was followed by a big and intense white/bluish light: An Air Force RB-47, equipped with electronic countermeasures (ECM) apparatus, with a crew of 6 officers, was followed by an unidentified object for more than 1200 km for 1 hour and 30 minutes, while it flew over Mississippi, Louisiana, Texas and reached Oklahoma. The object was several times seen directly by the cockpit crew as a very bright light; it was tracked by ground radar and detected by the ECM equipment carried by the plane. The particular interest of this case lies in the simultaneous appearances and disappearances observed by 3 distinct channels and in the speed of the maneuvers that exceeded anything the crew had experienced before. The object thus disappeared from the radar screens several times in a row, to reappear simultaneously following the plane almost all the time at a distance of about 17 km, before quickly changing position to be in front of the plane. Chase momentarily forgot his mission and headed towards the mysterious light that disappeared as he approached. Chase resumed his initial course but the “target” reappeared under the Stratojet. The plane dived again towards the UFO which disappeared once again. Out of fuel, the Boeing had to return to its Forbes base. The Condon Commission was seized of this case 10 years later, but classified the case for lack of access to the file. (Wednesday, July 17)
Reference: review Astronautics and Aeronautics
Reference: report COMETA
Reference: J. P. Petit
Reference: rr0 - Beau
Source: rr0, ID: rr0_1702

Event 19000 (59BD5016)

Date: 7/17/1957
Location: Mississippi to Oklahoma
Description: Radar/visual; RB-47 followed by UFO for 800 miles
Type: ufo sighting
Reference: UFOs and the National Security State: Chronology of a Cover-up, 1941–1973, by Richard Dolan
Source: Dolan, ID: Dolan_213

Event 19001 (200E1D51)

Date: 7/17/1957
Time: 03:30
Location: SALT FLAT, TX
Description: DC6 flight 655 / near collision / big glowing-object. Rises going quickly east. / r120p283.
Type: sighting
Reference: WEINSTEIN, Dominique; UAP: 80 Years of Pilot Sightings Privately published. 7 avenue Bartholome. 75015 Paris, FRANCE. (Index 37)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_5417

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, AIR: Observer(s) on aircraft, 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), OBS: Observation/chasing vehicles, TCH: New technical details/clues

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “10”, Duration: “90”, Elev: “1132”, HatchDesc: “SALT FLAT,TX:DC6 FLT 655/NEAR COLLISION/BIG GLOW-OBJ:RISES >>E:/r120p283”, LatLong: “31.744446 -105.094449”, LatLongDMS: “31:44:40 N 105:05:40 W”, Locale: “Desert”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Texas”, Strangeness: “8”

Event 19002 (B41CF719)

Date: 7/17/1957
Time: 04:10
Location: WARREN CO, MS
Description: ECM vs ECM. Brilliant sphere/orb/globe follows RB47 spyplane / 4 states. / r152p226.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO’s a HISTORY-1957 (19 booklets) Self published. (Index 364)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_5418

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, AIR: Observer(s) on aircraft, MIL: Observer(s) military, HQO: High-quality observer(s), SCR: Classic saucer/disk/sphere shaped UFO, PRB: Probe: Possibly remote controlled, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), OBS: Observation/chasing vehicles, VEH: Vehicle affected: Marks/damage/EME effects, EME: Electro-Magnetic Effects, TCH: New technical details/clues, CMF: Camouflage/disguise

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “8”, Duration: “90”, Elev: “61”, HatchDesc: “WARREN co,MS:ECM vs ECM:BRILL.ORB FOLOS RB47 SPYPLANE/4 STATES:/r152p226”, LatLong: “32.250002 -90.916671”, LatLongDMS: “32:15:00 N 90:55:00 W”, Locale: “Metropolis”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Mississippi”, Strangeness: “8”

Event 19003 (74092F0E)

Date: 7/17/1957
Time: 11:30
Location: EAGLE LAKE, TX
Description: 2 / Cessna 172. Strange object with rounded dome / top. Appears ahead / plane.
Type: sighting
Reference: WEINSTEIN, Dominique; UAP: 80 Years of Pilot Sightings Privately published. 7 avenue Bartholome. 75015 Paris, FRANCE. (Index 37)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_5419

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

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “7”, Duration: “1”, Elev: “53”, HatchDesc: “EAGLE LAKE,TX:2/CESSNA 172:STRANGE OBJ W/ROUNDED DOME/TOP:APPEARS AHEAD/PLANE”, LatLong: “29.583335 -96.333338”, LatLongDMS: “29:35:00 N 96:20:00 W”, Locale: “Metropolis”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Texas”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 19004 (140E8E9F)

Date: 7/17/1957
Time: 15:20
Location: NEW YORK, NY
Description: Project Blueb

[c0mmando]

ook Case #unknown. Observer(s) = Horan. Disk = 9x moon-size. Continuous trajectory. No further details.
Type: sighting
Reference: UFOCAT CATALOG: Assorted Printouts. Donald A. Johnson Ph.D (CUFOS). P.O. Box 446, Concord, NH 03302-0446 (Index 46)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_5420

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: “1”, Elev: “15”, HatchDesc: “NEW YORK,NY:BBK#UNK:OBS=HORAN:DISK=9x MOON-SIZE:CONTINUOUS TRAJ:NFD”, LatLong: “40.700002 -73.983337”, LatLongDMS: “40:42:00 N 73:59:00 W”, Locale: “Metropolis”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “New York”, Strangeness: “5”

Event 19005 (99529163)

Date: 7/17/1957
Time: 21:10
Location: KATOOMBA, AUS
Description: Night lights. Brilliant ovoid maneuvers all over/all about. 3 lights flash / bottom. Going quickly southwest. / r141#3p71.
Type: sighting
Reference: FLYING SAUCER REVIEW (FSR), London. Bimonthly. PO Box 162; High Wycombe, Bucks. HP135 DZ, England. (Index 42)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_5421

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: “Australia”, Credibility: “10”, Duration: “10”, HatchDesc: “KATOOMBA,AUS:NLTS:BRILL.OVOID MNVRS ALLO:3 LITES FLASH/BOTTOM:>>SW:/r141#3p71”, LatLong: “-33.683335 150.300007”, LatLongDMS: “33:41:00 S 150:18:00 E”, Locale: “Town & City”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “NSW”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 19006 (76124C25)

Date: 7/17/1957
Location: Mississippi, through Louisiana and Texas and into Oklahoma, Various
Description: South-Central States, RB-47 case (M) (NICAP: 09 - RADAR Cases, Code: R, Rating: 5) (NICAP: 11 - Aviation Cases)
Reference: NICAP: 570717
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_2062

Event 19007 (C2FBB57A)

Date: 7/17/1957
Locations: Forbes Field [now Topeka Regional Airport], Kansas; Mississippi; Louisiana; Texas; Dallas, Texas; Fort Worth, Texas
Description: Before dawn. The crew of a USAF RB-47 reconnaissance aircraft is flying out of Forbes Field [now Topeka Regional Airport], Kansas, on an electronic warfare training flight over Mississippi, Louisiana, and Texas. The RB-47 is carrying a 6-man crew, of whom three are electronic warfare officers manning ECM gear in the aft portion of the aircraft. Their names are Lewis Dormon Chase, pilot; James H. McCoid, copilot; Thomas H. Hanley, navigator; John J. Provenzano, No. 1 monitor; Frank B. McClure, No. 2 monitor; and Walter A. Tuchscherer, No. 3 monitor. The crew detects on its Electronic Intelligence (ELINT) equipment an airborne radar source that mimics some but not all of the signal characteristics of a common air defense ground radar. Aircraft normally do not carry such high-powered radars. As the key ELINT officer on the RB-47 puts it, “an antenna bigger than the airplane” would be required to emit as strong a signal as he detected from the UFO. Because the UFO signal appears to have comparable or greater received signal strength than the one-megawatt ground radar beam and the UFOs distance is about 5 times closer than the ground radar, a crude estimate of the UFO radar power output using the inverse-square law would be about 40 kilowatts. The maneuvering radar signal coincides in location with a bright UFO. At times the signal moves ahead of the RB-47, then circles around as if airborne, highly maneuverable, and flying faster than the RB-47. The 55th Strategic Reconnaissance Wing Intelligence report states that the Wing’s director of intelligence “has no doubt the electronic D/F’s coincided exactly with visual observations by a/c numerous times thus indicating positively the object being the signal source.” An air defense radar station near Dallas, Texas, reportedly confirms tracking a UFO at the same location reported by the RB-47 crew but later tries to deny it in an unclassified message to ATIC. The UFO is reportedly tracked by the RB-47’s airborne navigation radar as well, though the crew has differing recollections on this point. Twice the UFO blinks out visually when pursued by the RB-47. At the same time the strange signal disappears, either that, or the ground radar site and the RB-47 onboard radar loses the object from their scopes. At least once, the UFO suddenly reappears visually at about the same time the ground radar regains tracking of the object. The main part of the incident occupies 30 minutes over the Fort Worth, Texas, area from 5:30–6:00 a.m. Some earlier ELINT and visual incidents are noted as early as about 4:30 a.m., but they catch the crew off guard, and consequently reports at the time and later recollections have had to be carefully reconstructed. The UFO may have trailed the RB-47 up to 6:40 a.m. following the main events, for a total duration of possibly more than 126 minutes. The RB -47 incident is the first conclusive instrumented proof for the existence of UFOs. Calibrations of the RB-47’s electronic measurements provide an irrefutable case. When the Colorado Project scientists asked the Air Force for the Blue Book file on the RB-47 case, the file could not be found. Ultimately, the case was put together by better file searching at Blue Book, James E. McDonald’s success at locating several crew members and interviewing them, and FOIA searches that located more of the lost documents. Particularly in the George T. Gregory years at ATIC, this sort of rejection of the need to clarify almost any significant aspect of a UFO case was constant. If we did not know, from our earlier information, what Captain Gregory understood to be his duty as chief of Blue Book, we would label this as reckless and incompetent. Colorado project investigator Gordon Thayer declares the case unexplained, and later describes the official USAF explanation (airliner) as “literally ridiculous.” Brad Sparks sums it up in 1998 (and in 2018): “This case certainly now ranks as among the best documented unexplained UFO incidents in history, and it has the potential for further revealing disclosures if records of an extremely highly classified investigation can be found and released. All of the UFO observations by multiple visual observers, multiple ELINT receivers, and multiple radar sets, as well as the serendipitous calibrations of the UFO signals against the separately identifiable Duncanville radar signals, provide a unique, tight, interlocking web of intricately fitted evidence.”
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: NICAP, “RB-47 Incident”; Sparks, p. 244; Condon, pp. 56, 136–139, 260– 266; James E. McDonald, “The 1957 Gulf Coast RB-47 Incident,” Flying Saucer Review 16, no. 3 (May/June 1970): 2–6; Gert Herb, “A Rebuttal to Philip J. Klass’s Analysis of the RB-47 Incident of July 17, 1957,” CUFOS Bulletin, Summer 1977, pp. 3–10; Philip J. Klass, [response to Gert Herb], CUFOS Bulletin, Fall 1977, pp. 7–10; Gert Herb, “Gert Herb Replies,” CUFOS Bulletin, Fall 1977, pp. 9–10; Swords 248–249; Loren E. Gross, The Fifth Horseman of the Apocalypse: UFOs, a History: 1957 May 24th–July 31st, The Author, 1996, pp. 64–71; Center for UFO Studies, [case interviews]; Center for UFO Studies, [case documents]; Center for UFO Studies, [more case documents]; UFOs Yes, 126–127; Clark III 953–999
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_2960

Event 19008 (239B6673)

Date: 7/17/1957
Locations: Dallas; Los Angeles; El Paso, Texas; Salt Flats
Description: Flight 655 en route from Dallas to Los Angeles, piloted by Capt. Ed Bachner, has a near collision with an object “at least the size of a B-47” over the salt flats some 100 miles east of El Paso, Texas. Bachner puts the plane into a dive and the object passes only 50 feet above them. Two passengers suffer slight injuries and are taken to the hospital on landing. No known aircraft are in the vicinity.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Lorenzen, UFOs: The Whole Story, Signet, 1969, p. 79; Good Above, p. 283
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_2961

Event 19009 (BB4D7661)

Date: 7/17/1957
Location: Salt Flats, Texas
Description: An American Airlines DC-6 Aircoach had to swerve to avoid a collision with a UFO at Salt Flats, Texas. Some of its passengers were hospitalized, among the 85 on board the ship.
Type: ufo sighting
Reference: The Flying Saucers are Hostile!, by George D. Fawcett 1961
Source: HostileFawcett, ID: HostileFawcett_53

Event 19010 (A39AA3EE)

Date: 7/18/1957
Description: (Translated from French) Recovery of 4 bodies following a crash in Carlsbad (New Mexico). (Thursday 18 July)
Reference: rr0 - Beau
Source: rr0, ID: rr0_1703

Event 19011 (185F7BA8)

Date: 7/18/1957
Location: Mt. Lemmon, AZ
Description: Height-finder radars tracked a stationary target at 42,000 ft (NICAP: 09 - RADAR Cases, Code: R, Rating: 5, BB: BBU)
Reference: NICAP: 570718
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_2064

Event 19012 (122558F6)

Date: 7/18/1957
Locations: Mount Lemmon Air Force Station; Tucson, Arizona; Chandler
Description: 10:46 p.m. Capt. Claiborne F. Bickham and a radar crew at Mount Lemmon Air Force Station [now closed] northeast of Tucson, Arizona, using both MPS-7 L-band search and MPS-14 S-band height-finder radars, track a stationary target at 42,000 feet to the northwest about 82 miles away south of Chandler. The target responds to encrypted military IFF Mode 3 transponder signals and transmits encrypted responses that result in “normal Mode 3 paint” on radar scopes. A very slight strobe comes from the object that appears like ECM jamming.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: NICAP, “Ground Radar Track Responds to IFF Mode 3”; Sparks, p. 245
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_2962

Event 19013 (1293B1A5)

Date: 7/19/1957
Time: 23:30
Location: BANFF, SCT
Description: Red moon rises / bay. = top saucer! Going [to] away slow. Sparks exit. Football appears.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO’s a HISTORY-1957 (19 booklets) Self published. (Index 315)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_5422

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: “6”, Duration: “8”, Elev: “0”, HatchDesc: “BANFF,SCT:RED MOON RISES/BAY:=TOP SCR!:>AWAY SLOW:SPARKS EXIT:FOOTBALL APPEARS”, LatLong: “57.666669 -2.533333”, LatLongDMS: “57:40:00 N 02:32:00 W”, Locale: “Coastlands”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “SCR”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 19014 (5B497003)

Date: 7/19/1957
Time: 14:00:04.6
Location: 37.1606 -116.0531
Description: Nuclear test: Air, confirmed. Country: USA Name: “John” 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_96

Extra Data: LatLong: “37.1606 -116.0531”, LatLongDMS: “37:09:38 N 116:03:11 W”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, NukeCountry: “USA”, NukeDepth: “-9.14”, NukeName: “John”, NukeSource: “G+P”, NukeType: “NACU”, NukeY: “2”

Event 19015 (7C8CC33F)

Date: 7/19/1957
Location: Yucca Flats, Nevada
Description: The Plumbbob John nuclear test at Yucca Flats, Nevada, is the only test of the Air Force’s AIR-2 Genie missile with a nuclear warhead. On the ground, the Air Force carries out a public relations event by having five Air Force officers and a videographer stand under ground zero of the blast, which takes place at between 18,500 and 20,000 feet altitude, with the idea of demonstrating the possibility of the use of the weapon over civilian populations without ill effects.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Wikipedia, “Operation Plumbbob”
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_2963

Event 19016 (7F3AADA6)

Date: 7/20/1957
Time: 02:30
Location: TEMPLE TERRACE, FL
Description: 3 observer(s). Wingless airplane with dome stops / 56 th street. Lights up.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO’s a HISTORY-1957 (19 booklets) Self published. (Index 316)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_5423

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

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “7”, Duration: “2”, Elev: “17”, HatchDesc: “TEMPLE TERRACE,FL:3 OBS:WINGLESS AIRPLANE W/DOME STOPS/56th STREET:LITES UP”, LatLong: “28.033335 -82.388893”, LatLongDMS: “28:02:00 N 82:23:20 W”, Locale: “Residential”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Florida”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 19017 (C373BBB7)

Date: 7/21/1957 (approximate)
Location: KITWE, NORTH RHODESIA
Description: Many / mining camps. Wave / disks with flaming tails.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO’s a HISTORY-1957 (19 booklets) Self published. (Index 374)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_5424

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

Extra Data: Country: “Zimbabwe & Zambia”, Credibility: “10”, Duration: “99”, HatchDesc: “KITWE,N.RHODESIA:MANY/MINING CAMPS:WAVE/DISKS W/FLAMING TAILS”, LatLong: “-12.816667 28.200001”, LatLongDMS: “12:49:00 S 28:12:00 E”, Locale: “Mountains”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “ZAM”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 19018 (BBB0B9FD)

Date: 7/22/1957
Location: Amarillo, Texas
Description: Night. Capt. G. M. Schemel, the pilot of a TWA Constellation aircraft, is flying at 18,000 feet near Amarillo, Texas, when a big red and green light bears down on his plane in a collision course. He puts the aircraft into a dive and the object passes above him. Schemel has to make an unscheduled landing at Amarillo to hospitalize one passenger who is injured during the maneuver.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: “Kenosha Pilot Tells of Mysterious Object,” Kenosha (Wis.) News, July 24, 1957, p. 1
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_2964

Event 19019 (16210E9F)

Date: 7/23/1957
Time: 05:20
Location: SQUIRES CORNER, NJ
Description: 1 / car. Large grey ovoid rises / trees. Going southwest. 180° turn. / Ted Bloecher.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO’s a HISTORY-1957 (19 booklets) Self published. (Index 376)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_5425

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

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “6”, Duration: “2”, Elev: “158”, HatchDesc: “SQUIRES CORNER,NJ:1/CAR:LRG GRY OVOID RISES/TREES:> SW:180°TURN:/Ted Bloecher”, LatLong: “41.050002 -74.950004”, LatLongDMS: “41:03:00 N 74:57:00 W”, Locale: “Pasture”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, RelAlt: “10”, State/Prov: “New Jersey”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 19020 (EE24A903)

Date: 7/23/1957
Time: 22:20
Location: OVER AMARILLO, TX
Description: TWA flight 21 forced to dive. Red-green night light dead ahead. / r46p98.
Type: sighting
Reference: UFO INVESTIGATOR: NICAP: Kensington, MD & Washington, DC [defunct]. University Microfilms, Ann Arbor, MI 48106 (Index 29)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_5426

Attributes: AIR: Observer(s) on aircraft, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, HQO: High-quality observer(s), NWS: News media report, 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, TCH: New technical details/clues, MIL: Military investigation, BBK: Project BLUEBOOK, OGA: Non-Covert Government Agencies

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “7”, Duration: “1”, Elev: “1105”, HatchDesc: “ovr AMARILLO,TX:TWA FLT 21 FORCED TO DIVE:RED-GRN NLT DEAD AHEAD:/r46p98”, LatLong: “35.250002 -101.816672”, LatLongDMS: “35:15:00 N 101:49:00 W”, Locale: “Metropolis”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Texas”, Strangeness: “3”

Event 19021 (C8DB481F)

Date: 7/24/1957
Location: Kouril Islands
Description: Soviet anti-aircraft batteries fire on luminous UFOs. 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_214

Event 19022 (280C007D)

Date: 7/24/1957
Time: 10:00
Location: DEVONPORT, NZ
Description: Bright silver disk hovers near grand hotel. Sharp outlines. Quickly going up / angle very fast.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO’s a HISTORY-1957 (19 booklets) Self published. (Index 379)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_5427

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: “6”, Duration: “1”, HatchDesc: “DEVONPORT,NZ:BRITE SLVR DISK HVRS nr GRAND HOTEL:SHARP OUTLINES:↑↑/ANGLE VFAST”, LatLong: “-36.833335 174.783342”, LatLongDMS: “36:50:00 S 174:47:00 E”, Locale: “Metropolis”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “NI”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 19023 (6B7BD3D4)

Date: 7/24/1957
Time: 10:00
Location: NEMURO STRAIT, JP
Description: US and Soviet Anti-Aircraft guns/teams fire / group / fast saucers. 2 F86’s chase and fire. / MJ#291.
Type: sighting
Reference: LUMIERES DANS la NUIT (LDLN), Paris. Bimonthly since 1957. LDLN B.P.3; 77123 Le Vaudoue, FRANCE. (Index 334)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_5428

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

Extra Data: Country: “Japan”, Credibility: “9”, Duration: “10”, HatchDesc: “NEMURO STRAIT,JP:US+SOVIET AA FIRE/Grp/FAST SCRS:2 F86s CHASE+FIRE:/MJ#291”, LatLong: “43.833335 145.250007”, LatLongDMS: “43:50:00 N 145:15:00 E”, Locale: “Offshore”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “SEA”, Strangeness: “7”

Event 19024 (B09D5F9B)

Date: 7/24/1957
Time: 10:00
Location: NEMURO STRAIT, JPN
Description: Soviet Anti-Aircraft guns/teams guns fire on fleet / UFO’s. See above. / r47p51+/ r211p33.
Type: sighting
Reference: FOWLER, Raymond E.: UFO’S, INTERPLANETARY VISITORS; Prentice Hall & Bantam Books, NY 1979. 346pp. (Index 264)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_5429

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, NLT: Nightlights/points of light, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), PHT: Photos/movies/videos taken, RDR: Radar traces/blips, MIL: Military investigation

Extra Data: Country: “Japan”, Credibility: “9”, Duration: “10”, HatchDesc: “NEMURO STRAIT,JPN:SOVIET AA GUNS FIRE ON FLEET/UFOS:see above:/r47p51+/r211p33”, LatLong: “43.750002 145.250007”, LatLongDMS: “43:45:00 N 145:15:00 E”, Locale: “Offshore”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “SEA”, Strangeness: “8”

Event 19025 (A57B0F1A)

Date: 7/24/1957
Time: 22:00?
Location: MAUDE, VICT AND MORE/OTHERS
Description: Car-size glowing-ovoid going north slow and low. Seen widely / circular path. Shoots away.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO’s a HISTORY-1957 (19 booklets) Self published. (Index 316)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_5430

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

Extra Data: Country: “Australia”, Credibility: “8”, Duration: “5”, HatchDesc: “MAUDE,VICT++:CAR-SIZE GLO-OVOID >N SLOW+LOW:SEEN WIDELY/CIRC.PATH:SHOOTS AWAY”, LatLong: “-37.950002 144.166674”, LatLongDMS: “37:57:00 S 144:10:00 E”, Locale: “Farmlands”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Victoria”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 19026 (98460265)

Date: 7/24/1957
Location: Nemuro Strait, Japan
Description: 86 jet fighters scrambled to intercept disc-shaped object (NICAP: 11 - Aviation Cases, BB: BBU)
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_2065

Event 19027 (40CE8450)

Date: 7/24/1957
Time: 11:49:59.9
Location: 37.0833 -116.1000
Description: Nuclear test: Air, confirmed. Country: USA Name: “Kepler” 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_97

Extra Data: LatLong: “37.0833 -116.1000”, LatLongDMS: “37:05:00 N 116:06:00 W”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, NukeCountry: “USA”, NukeDepth: “-0.15”, NukeName: “Kepler”, NukeSource: “G+P”, NukeType: “NACU”, NukeY: “10”

Event 19028 (FBC0BFB8)

Date: 7/24/1957
Locations: Kuril Islands; Sakhalin Oblast; Pacific Ocean; Nemuro Strait; Hokkaido; Japan
Description: Russian antiaircraft batteries on the Kuril Islands, Sakhalin Oblast, Russia, in the Pacific Ocean open fire on luminous, fast-moving UFOs. No hits are made. The US claims it has no aircraft in the area. However, at 10:00 a.m., two USAF pilots flying F-86s are scrambled to intercept a disc-shaped object over the Nemuro Strait, north of Hokkaido, Japan, that is tracked by ground radar and seen by ground witnesses.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Keyhoe, Aliens from Space, Signet ed., 1974, p. 42; Sparks, p. 245
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_2965

Event 19029 (DA243771)

Date: 7/24/1957
Locations: White Sands; Las Cruces, New Mexico; Organ Mountains
Description: White Sands Missile Flight Safety Director Nathan Wagner is driving with his wife Alma south of Las Cruces, New Mexico, when they see a large, fast object at high altitude moving east toward the Organ Mountains. They watch it for 30 seconds until it disappears.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: “Space Vehicles Sighted?” El Paso (Tex.) Times, July 30, 1957, p. 1; NICAP, “Missile Safety Chief Says Object Unknown”
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_2966

Event 19030 (C8FAD762)

Date: 7/24/1957
Location: Amarillo, Texas
Description: A TWA Constellation Airliner had to dive to avoid collision with a moving UFO and some of its passengers were treated for injuries.
Type: ufo sighting
Reference: The Flying Saucers are Hostile!, by George D. Fawcett 1961
Source: HostileFawcett, ID: HostileFawcett_54

Event 19031 (8F4BD7C7)

Date: 7/25/1957
Location: USSR, Kuril Islands
Description: (Translated from French) Throughout the night the Soviet artillery fired against formations of hundreds of flying saucers, while powerful searchlights swept the sky: without result.
Reference: Antonio RIBERA: “Trial of the UFOs” - De Vecchi 1977, p. 102
Reference: Mini catalogue chronologique des observations OVNI, by Godelieve Van Overmeire
Source: Overmeire, ID: Overmeire_2040

Event 19032 (B1D54B2D)

Date: 7/25/1957
Time: 00:30
Location: NIAGARA FALLS, NY
Description: Project Bluebook Case #321. USAF RADAR-visual (observation). White saucer / green lights. Quickly going up / angle southwest going northeast. / r141#3.
Type: sighting
Reference: CONDON, Dr. Edward: SCIENTIFIC STUDY of UFO…etc; Bantam 1969. 965pp. (Index 145)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_5431

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, GSA: Covert Security Agency

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “8”, Duration: “8”, Elev: “180”, HatchDesc: “NIAGARA FALLS,NY:BBK#321:USAF RDR-VIS:WHT SCR/GRN LITES:↑↑/ANGLE SW>NE:/r141#3”, LatLong: “43.100002 -79.033337”, LatLongDMS: “43:06:00 N 79:02:00 W”, Locale: “Town & City”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “New York”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 19033 (DFC430AC)

Date: 7/25/1957
Time: 04:00
Location: HUANGSHI, HUBEI, CH
Description: Several observer(s). Loud humming. Spinning saucer makes big curve going quickly east. Leaves (something behind) trail.
Type: sighting
Reference: DONG, Paul: UFO’s Over MODERN CHINA. 1983 UFO Photo Archives; P. O. Box 17206; Tucson, AZ 85710. (Index 40)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_5432

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: “China”, Credibility: “9”, Duration: “1”, HatchDesc: “HUANGSHI,HUBEI,CH:SVRL OBS:LOUD HUM:SPINNING SCR MAKES BIG CURVE>>E:LVS TRAIL”, LatLong: “30.200001 115.083339”, LatLongDMS: “30:12:00 N 115:05:00 E”, Locale: “Town & City”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “HUB”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 19034 (8E642549)

Date: 7/25/1957
Time: 12:40
Location: OREGON CITY, OR
Description: 2 / car. Brilliant disk spins across sky fast. Slight tilt. Meteor?
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO’s a HISTORY-1957 (19 booklets) Self published. (Index 379)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_5433

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)

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “7”, Duration: “1”, Elev: “107”, HatchDesc: “OREGON CITY,OR:2/CAR:BRILL.DISK SPINS ACRS SKY FAST:SLIGHT TILT:meteor?”, LatLong: “45.355558 -122.605561”, LatLongDMS: “45:21:20 N 122:36:20 W”, Locale: “Pasture”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Oregon”, Strangeness: “4”

Event 19035 (88AF7C05)

Date: 7/25/1957
Time: 19:10
Location: SAO SEBASTIAO, BRZ
Description: 4 pseudo-human/entity invite Professor / saucer. 40 minute(s) ride. Telepathy. Watch magnetized. / MJ#226.
Type: sighting
Reference: FLYING SAUCER REVIEW (FSR), London. Bimonthly. PO Box 162; High Wycombe, Bucks. HP135 DZ, England. (Index 89)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_5434

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, PSH: Pseudo-human: Clone/organic robot/human-like, MIB: Men in Black, CVS: Conversation/communication, LND: UFO landing or any part touches ground, EME: Electro-Magnetic Effects, TRC: Physical traces

Extra Data: Country: “Brazil”, Credibility: “5”, Duration: “30”, Elev: “137”, HatchDesc: “SAO SEBASTIAO,BRZ:4 PSH INVITE PROF/SCR:40min RIDE:TLP:WATCH MAGNTZD:/MJ#226”, LatLong: “-23.800001 -45.416669”, LatLongDMS: “23:48:00 S 45:25:00 W”, Locale: “Coastlands”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “São Paulo”, Strangeness: “10”

Event 19036 (2FA95ACF)

Date: 7/25/1957
Time: 23:00
Location: SAVANNE, ONT
Description: Ranger. 3 40cm night lights cross Trans-Canada Highway going south slow. 2 / front and 1 / rear. Straight and level flight.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO’s a HISTORY-1957 (19 booklets) Self published. (Index 317)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_5435

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)

Extra Data: Country: “Canada”, Credibility: “7”, Duration: “2”, HatchDesc: “SAVANNE,ONT:RANGER:3 40cm NLTS CROSS TCH >S SLOW:2/FRONT+1/REAR:S/L FLITE”, LatLong: “48.950002 -90.250004”, LatLongDMS: “48:57:00 N 90:15:00 W”, Locale: “Forest”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Ontario”, Strangeness: “4”

Event 19037 (B1236926)

Date: 7/25/1957
Time: 23:30
Location: NORTH HAVRE, MT
Description: Blue Book. Bright round silver object zigzags going north. Size = dime / arms length. No further details.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO’s a HISTORY-1957 (19 booklets) Self published. (Index 381)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_5436

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: “4”, Elev: “765”, HatchDesc: “NORTH HAVRE,MT:BBK:BRITE RND SLVR OBJ ZIGZAGS >N:size= dime/arms length:NFD”, LatLong: “48.583336 -109.683339”, LatLongDMS: “48:35:00 N 109:41:00 W”, Locale: “Pasture”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Montana”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 19038 (B877EC0B)

Date: 7/25/1957
Location: Niagara Falls, NY
Description: CPS6 ADC Radar Tracks Brilliant White Light (NICAP: 09 - RADAR Cases, Code: R, Rating: 5, BB: BBU)
Reference: NICAP: 570725
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_2066

Event 19039 (EF6FB7BF)

Date: 7/25/1957
Time: 1910
Location: Sao Sebastiao, Brazil
Description: Mr. Joao Guimaraes, who is a professor at the Catholic Faculty of Law in Santos, was sitting near the shore when he saw a hat-shaped, luminous craft approach from the sea and land near him. From it came a metallic stairway. Two normal men with long, fair hair hanging to their shoulders, a youthful appearance and wearing one-piece suits, came down, gave no verbal answers to his questions, but invited him “telepathically” to come aboard the craft. Inside the illuminated compartment, he sat on a circular seat with the crew. The machine rose for a short flight. On his return, Guimaraes found that his watch no longer worked. (Humanoids 36; FSR 57, 6
Type: ufo sighting
Reference: (Vallee)
Source: ValléeMagonia, ID: Magonia_396

Event 19040 (F3900F77)

Date: 7/25/1957
Time: 13:29:59.7
Location: 37.1347 -116.0408
Description: Nuclear test: Air, confirmed. Country: USA Name: “Owens” Yield: 9.7KT
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_98

Extra Data: LatLong: “37.1347 -116.0408”, LatLongDMS: “37:08:05 N 116:02:27 W”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, NukeCountry: “USA”, NukeDepth: “-0.15”, NukeName: “Owens”, NukeSource: “G+P”, NukeType: “NACU”, NukeY: “9.7”

Event 19041 (CF3F022A)

Date: 7/25/1957
Location: Huangshi, Hubei, China
Description: 4:00 a.m. Several workers are taking a break at the Daye Steel Plant in Huangshi, Hubei, China, when they hear a humming sound. They notice a bright spot in the clear sky that is increasing in apparent size. As it comes closer, it is seen as a circular plate giving off a dazzling white light and leaving a white trail. It flies above the observers at an altitude of 3,300 feet and produces a whistling sound that is louder than a jet. As the object approaches the witnesses, the low pitch changes to a high pitch.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Wendelle Stevens and Paul Dong, UFOs over Modern China, UFO Photo Archives, 1983
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_2967

Event 19042 (E67A4C37)

Date: 7/25/1957
Description: Russian coastal artillery batteries fired on high speed UFOs on this day along the Pacific Coast of the Soviet Union.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: Ion Hobana, UFOs from behind the Iron Curtain, p. 41
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_4374

Event 19043 (84162025)

Date: 7/25/1957
Description: At 12:45 p.m. a brilliant disc spun as it flew fast across the sky at a slight tilt in Oregon City, Oregon.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: Project Blue Book files
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_4375

Event 19044 (98DDE091)

Date: 7/25/1957
Description: Mr. Joao Guimaraes, who was a professor at the Catholic Faculty of Law in Santos, was sitting near the shore in Sao Sebastiao, Brazil at 7:10 p.m. when he saw a hat-shaped, luminous craft approach from the sea and land near him. From it came a metallic stairway. Two normal men with long, fair hair hanging to their shoulders, a youthful appearance and wearing one-piece suits, came down, gave no verbal answers to his questions, but invited him “telepathically” to come aboard the craft. Inside the illuminated compartment, he sat on a circular seat with the crew. The machine rose for a short flight. On his return, Guimaraes found that his watch no longer worked.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: Charles Bowen, The Humanoids: FSR Special Issue #1, p. 36; Jacques Vallee, Passport to Magonia: A Century of Landings, p. 256
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_4376

Event 19045 (46F84B61)

Date: 7/25/1957
Description: A UFO was seen zigzagging through the sky over North Havre, Montana at 11:30 p.m.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: Project Blue Book
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_4377

Event 19046 (5E4CEF4D)

Date: 7/26/1957
Time: 21:00
Location: RIO DJ, BRAZIL
Description: Thousands / observer(s). Silent triangle and saucer quickly going down / clouds. Maneuver over airport and city / 2 hours.
Type: sighting
Reference: The APRO BULLETIN: Monthly. Jim & Coral Lorenzen: Tucson,AZ (USA. defunct) By volume and number. (Index 703)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_5437

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, DLT: Delta/vee/boomerang/rectangular shaped UFO, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), OBS: Observation/chasing vehicles, VEH: Vehicle affected: Marks/damage/EME effects, BLD: Building/man-made structure/roads/power lines

Extra Data: Country: “Brazil”, Credibility: “13”, Duration: “111”, Elev: “10”, HatchDesc: “RIO DJ,BRZL:1000s/OBS:SLNT TRIANGLE+SCR ↓↓/CLOUDS:MNVR ovr AIRPORT+CITY/2hrs”, LatLong: “-22.950001 -43.150002”, LatLongDMS: “22:57:00 S 43:09:00 W”, Locale: “Metropolis”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “RDJ”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 19047 (4675007F)

Date: 7/26/1957
Time: 23:50
Location: EVORA, PORTUGAL
Description: 2-3 observer(s). Big noise. Disk of light hovers and maneuvers overhead. Shoots away.
Type: sighting
Reference: LOURENCO, Victor: The PORTUCAT CATALOG; (BBS Download). (Index 34)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_5438

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), SND: UFO sounds heard or recorded

Extra Data: Country: “Portugal”, Credibility: “7”, Duration: “1”, HatchDesc: “EVORA,PORTUGAL:2-3 OBS:BIG NOISE:DISK OF LITE HVRS+MNVRS OVHD:SHOOTS AWAY”, LatLong: “38.583335 -7.916667”, LatLongDMS: “38:35:00 N 07:55:00 W”, Locale: “Town & City”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “AAL”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 19048 (0CC4FAE0)

Date: 7/26/1957
Time: 08:00:00.0
Location: 37.0518 -116.0334
Description: Nuclear test: Underground, confirmed. Country: USA Name: “Pascal-A” Yield: 0KT YieldMax: 20KT
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_99

Extra Data: LatLong: “37.0518 -116.0334”, LatLongDMS: “37:03:06 N 116:02:00 W”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, NukeCountry: “USA”, NukeDepth: “0.15”, NukeName: “Pascal-A”, NukeSource: “AEC”, NukeType: “NUCU”, NukeY: “0”, NukeYMax: “20”

Event 19049 (F4F67878)

Date: 7/27/1957
Location: USA, Longmont, Colorado.
Description: (Translated from French) Very early in the morning. Witness: J.L. Siverly. A thick disc, of an ice blue color, with a honeycomb (hexagons) top plane and descended below the crest of the hills for 10 minutes. A jagged middle band, the base had four rounded protuberances. (Project Blue Book - cfr Don Berliner). (1957, July 27 or 29)
Reference: Jacques VALLEE – Jeanine VALLEE: “The Unusual Phenomena of Space”, ed. bound LAFFONT 1978, p. 23 and 24
Reference: Mini catalogue chronologique des observations OVNI, by Godelieve Van Overmeire
Source: Overmeire, ID: Overmeire_2041

Event 19050 (390F4512)

Date: 7/27/1957
Description: (Translated from French) In Longmont (Colorado), J. L. Siverly observed a thick, blue disc, whose top resembled a honeycomb ray (interconnected hexagons), hovering and shaking under the top of the hills for 10 minutes. The middle band was grooved, and the bottom had 4 shapes resembling kidneys. (July 27 (or 29), early morning)
Reference: case Blue Book # 4841 unsolved
Reference: rr0 - Beau
Source: rr0, ID: rr0_1704

Event 19051 (65B9BBAC)

Date: 7/27/1957 (approximate)
Time: ~03:00
Location: LONGMONT, CO
Description: Observer(s) = silverly. Thick disk with honeycomb pattern / top. Rocks over hilltops.
Type: sighting
Reference: BERLINER, DON: The BLUEBOOK UNKNOWNS; (FUFOR). (Index 26)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_5439

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

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “6”, Duration: “10”, Elev: “1506”, HatchDesc: “LONGMONT,CO:OBS=SILVERLY:THICK DISK W/HONEYCOMB PATTERN/TOP:ROCKS ovr HILLTOPS”, LatLong: “40.183335 -105.083338”, LatLongDMS: “40:11:00 N 105:05:00 W”, Locale: “Pasture”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Colorado”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 19052 (6DB9D798)

Date: 7/27/1957
Location: Longmont, CO
Description: A thick disc, ice blue, with a top like honeycomb (NICAP: 01 - Distant Encounters, BB: 4841)
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_2067

Event 19053 (73E4DE87)

Date: 7/27/1957
Time: Early morning
Location: Longmont, Colorado
Description: Or July 29, 1957. Witness: J.L. Siverly. One thick disc, ice blue, with a top like honeycomb (interconnected hexagons), hovered and rocked below the hill tops for 10 minutes. Middle band was scalloped, bottom had four kidney-shaped forms.
Type: ufo sighting
Reference: BlueBook Unknowns PDF
Source: BerlinerBBUnknowns, ID: BerlinerBBU_412

Event 19054 (5A5B25B8)

Date: 7/28/1957
Location: Groom Lake, Nevada
Description: A Douglas Aircraft Company employee named Edward K. Current Jr. makes an emergency landing on the former U-2 airstrip at Groom Lake, Nevada. He claims he has been on a cross-country training flight when he became lost and ran low on fuel. The area is still evacuated for nuclear testing.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Jacobsen, Area 51, pp. 125–126; T. D. Barnes, “False Emergency Landings at Groom Lake,” Roadrunners Internationale, November 22, 2021
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_2968

Event 19055 (EB353C4E)

Date: 7/28/1957
Location: Knoxville, Tennessee
Description: An American Airlines plane was struck by a “Ball of Fire UFO,” which knocked a small puncture in the tail of the plane.
Type: ufo sighting
Reference: The Flying Saucers are Hostile!, by George D. Fawcett 1961
Source: HostileFawcett, ID: HostileFawcett_55

Event 19056 (583BC5F6)

Date: 7/29/1957
Description: (Translated from French) In Oldsmar, Florida, E. E. Henkins saw a pale yellow fireball glide into the water and explode. (11:45)
Reference: case Blue Book #4848 unsolved
Reference: rr0 - Beau
Source: rr0, ID: rr0_1705

Event 19057 (AF288BA8)

Date: 7/29/1957
Description: (Translated from French) In Cleveland, Ohio, Captain R. L. Stimley and First Officer F. J. Downing of Capital Airlines observed a large, round, white-yellow object for 8 minutes, fading once, passing in front of the nose of the aircraft, which then gave chase but was unable to catch it. (10:31 PM)
Reference: case Blue Book #4847 unsolved
Reference: rr0 - Beau
Source: rr0, ID: rr0_1706

Event 19058 (8BFDAF09)

Date: 7/29/1957
Time: 11:50
Location: OLDSMAR, FL
Description: Project Bluebook Case #4848. Observer(s) = Henkins. Gold fireball glides / 1 minute(s) into water and explodes.
Type: sighting
Reference: BERLINER, DON: The BLUEBOOK UNKNOWNS; (FUFOR). (Index 26)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_5440

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CST: Observer(s) in coastal area/just offshore, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, MID: Likely mis-identification, FBL: Fireball: Blazing undistinguished form/orb., SUB: Submersible: Rises from or submerges into water, 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: “6”, Duration: “1”, Elev: “2”, HatchDesc: “OLDSMAR,FL:BBK#4848:OBS=HENKINS:GOLD FBL GLIDES/1min INTO WATER+EXPLODES:”, LatLong: “28.033335 -82.661115”, LatLongDMS: “28:02:00 N 82:39:40 W”, Locale: “Farmlands”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Florida”, Strangeness: “4”

Event 19059 (8F66C96D)

Date: 7/29/1957
Time: 22:30
Location: OVER CLEVELAND, OH
Description: Project Bluebook Case #4847. Airline(s)/airliner flight 841 chases moon-size object going quickly northwest. Too fast. / r141#3.
Type: sighting
Reference: BERLINER, DON: The BLUEBOOK UNKNOWNS; (FUFOR). (Index 26)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_5441

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, MIL: Military investigation, BBK: Project BLUEBOOK

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “8”, Duration: “8”, Elev: “210”, HatchDesc: “ovr CLEVELAND,OH:BBK#4847:AL FLT 841 CHASES MOONSIZE OBJ >>NW:TOO FAST:/r141#3”, LatLong: “41.483335 -81.716671”, LatLongDMS: “41:29:00 N 81:43:00 W”, Locale: “Metropolis”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Ohio”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 19060 (9E979E45)

Date: 7/29/1957
Location: Cleveland, OH
Description: Airliner Unable To Catch Object (NICAP: 11 - Aviation Cases, Code: A, Rating: 5, BB: 4847)
Reference: NICAP: 570729
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_2068

Event 19061 (85988DFF)

Date: 7/29/1957
Location: Oldsmar, FL
Description: A pale yellow fireball glide into the water and exploded (NICAP: 01 - Distant Encounters, BB: 4848)
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_2069

Event 19062 (DE5D2736)

Date: 7/29/1957
Time: 10:31 PM
Location: Cleveland, Ohio
Description: Witnesses: Capital Airlines Capt. R.L. Stimley, First Officer F.J. Downing. One large, round, yellow-white object dimmed once, crossed the bow of the airliner, which then gave chase but was unable to catch it. Sighting last 8 minutes.
Type: ufo sighting
Reference: BlueBook Unknowns PDF
Source: BerlinerBBUnknowns, ID: BerlinerBBU_413

Event 19063 (2C774BC7)

Date: 7/29/1957
Time: 11:45 AM
Location: Oldsmar, Florida
Description: Witness: E.E. Henkins. One pale yellow fireball glided into the water and exploded. Viewed for 1 minute.
Type: ufo sighting
Reference: BlueBook Unknowns PDF
Source: BerlinerBBUnknowns, ID: BerlinerBBU_414

Event 19064 (FECAECBE)

Date: 7/29/1957
Description: Flight CAL 841 over Cleveland, Ohio at 10:31 p.m. Capital Airlines Captain R. L. Stimley and First Officer F. J. Downing sighted a large, round, yellow-white object that dimmed once, and then crossed the bow of their airliner. They gave chase but were unable to catch it. Their sighting last eight minutes.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: Project Blue Book files counted in official statistics, case no. 4847; Don Berliner, Project Bluebook UFO Unknowns
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_4479

Event 19065 (B945F999)

Date: 7/29/1957
Description: In Oldsmar, Florida at 11:45 a.m. witness E. E. Henkins observed a pale yellow fireball glide into the water and explode. It was viewed for approximately one minute.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: Project Blue Book files counted in official statistics, case no. 4848; Don Berliner, Project Bluebook UFO Unknowns
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_4480

Event 19066 (82645B2A)

Date: 7/30/1957
Location: Galt, Ontario
Description: Jack Stephens, Galt, Ontario sees spaceship on ground for 45 minutes
Type: ce2 event
Reference: Keziah Poster
Source: Maj2, ID: Maj2_153

Event 19067 (F0CBB7B7)

Date: 7/30/1957
Time: 10:40
Location: NEAR GALT, ONT
Description: 10M saucer going down. Dome still. Edge turns. Follows boy. / MJ#231+/ FSRv4#1+/ r141.
Type: sighting
Reference: UFO INVESTIGATOR: NICAP: Kensington, MD & Washington, DC [defunct]. University Microfilms, Ann Arbor, MI 48106 (Index 14)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_5442

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, DRT: Dirt/soil traces/marks/footprints etc., VEG: Plants affected or sampled/crop circles, HUM: Humans affected: Injury/burns/marks/abduction/death, LND: UFO landing or any part touches ground, TRC: Physical traces, TCH: New technical details/clues, INJ: Injuries, illness/death, mutilations

Extra Data: Country: “Canada”, Credibility: “6”, Duration: “50”, Elev: “283”, HatchDesc: “nr GALT,ONT:10M SCR ↓:DOME STILL:EDGE TURNS:FOLOS BOY:/MJ#231+/FSRv4#1+/r141”, LatLong: “43.350002 -80.300004”, LatLongDMS: “43:21:00 N 80:18:00 W”, Locale: “Residential”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Ontario”, Strangeness: “7”

Event 19068 (246181BB)

Date: 7/30/1957
Location: Galt, Ontario, CAN
Description: Dog snarled and barked at landed domed disc (NICAP: 04 - Animal Reactions)
Reference: NICAP: 570730
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_2070

Event 19069 (7B2A91C7)

Date: 7/30/1957
Location: Galt, Ontario, Canada
Description: A great deal of excitement was generated in the community when a group of frightened teenagers came within inches of a spaceship. Jack Stephens, a very trustworthy young man according to his parents and teachers, said the party of 5 had accidentally stumbled upon the object, complete with portholes, as it rested on 2 ball shaped landing gears in a field outside town. Additional proof of the incident came after an analysis was made of the scorched Earth discovered on the spot. Paul Hartman, a writer for the Galt Reporter, says the change in soil composition at the site was incredible. Topsoil dug up from the landing area glowed in the dark. Also, when grain samples from the burned patch were studied under a microscope, it was found that they were healthier and sturdier than the samples taken from elsewhere in the field. Finally, the insects there had undergone a certain instability and peculiarity in character. Ants, where the saucer had touched down, were larger and stronger looking than their counterparts in untouched areas. The ant hills themselves, according to Hartman, were much higher than usual and a spider which had accidentally found its way into a jar containing soil from the Galt UFO landing site, had grown to about 10 times the normal size for this particular species.
Type: ufo sighting
Reference: Trace Cases
Source: Trace, ID: Trace_4

Event 19070 (920B8DC9)

Date: 7/30/1957
Location: Galt, Ontario, Canada
Description: Jack Stephenson was walking about 7 km from Galt when he saw a flash in the sky. A circular object making a whirring sound came down and landed with a throw of flames. It took off again 30 min later,leaving the ground blackened and branches broken. The craft had a stationary dome, but the periphery was spinning.
Type: ufo sighting
Reference: Round-up 188 (Vallee)
Source: ValléeMagonia, ID: Magonia_397

Event 19071 (673E4FCC)

Date: 7/30/1957
Location: four miles south of Galt, Ontario
Description: 10:30 a.m. Jack Stephenson is walking his dog four miles south of Galt, Ontario, when he sees an aluminum- colored object with a dome. It circles, stops, and hovers, then lands in a gulley surrounded by woods. He watches it for 45 minutes as it hovers about 2 feet off the ground. It finally takes off at a 45° angle to avoid a power line, then shoots away. Local residents examine the area and find burned patches on the ground and small tree limbs that are broken. There are four burned or charred areas, each about 1 foot 3 inches in diameter, forming a four- sided figure with these measurements: 20 feet x 20 feet x 6.5 feet x 11.5 feet. Two large three-toed prints are also found, but the relationship of the prints to the object is unknown.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: “Boy Reports ‘Saucer,’” Brantford (Ont.) Expositor, August 3, 1957, p. 1; “Says He Saw Flying Saucer for 45 Minutes,” Milk River (Alberta) Review, August 25, 1957; Donald E. Keyhoe and Gordon I. R. Lore Jr., Strange Effects from UFOs, NICAP, 1969, pp. 51–53
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_2969

Event 19072 (66C2AF3D)

Date: 7/30/1957
Description: In Galt, Ontario at 10:30 a.m. a young man named Galt witnessed a silvery disc-shaped object descend close to ground near a power transmission station. It made a humming sound, and flames came from underneath the object. Dogs reacted by barking furiously. At the landing site the ground and vegetation were burned and charred. Large claw-like impressions were also found.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: Gordon I. R. Lore, Jr., Strange Effects from UFOs, p. 51
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_4503

Event 19073 (07EE9C0E)

Date: 7/31/1957
Time: 09:30
Location: CALISTOGA, CA
Description: Businessman. 2 brilliant white night lights circle and maneuver impossibly. No form seen.
Type: sighting
Reference: HALL, Richard: The UFO EVIDENCE; NICAP,Washington, DC 1964. Reprinted 1997 Barnes & Noble Books ( only $7.98! ) (Index 67)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_5443

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)

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “6”, Duration: “2”, Elev: “105”, HatchDesc: “CALISTOGA,CA:BUSINESSMAN:2 BRILL.WHT NLTS CIRCLE+MNVR IMPOSSIBLY:NO FORM SEEN”, LatLong: “38.577780 -122.577784”, LatLongDMS: “38:34:40 N 122:34:40 W”, Locale: “Farmlands”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “California”, Strangeness: “5”

Event 19074 (6BC1A8A2)

Date: 7/31/1957
Location: Calistoga, CA
Description: Businessman watched two erratically maneuvering brilliant white objects. [VII] (NICAP: 01 - Distant Encounters)
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_2071

Event 19075 (B094E26E)

Date: 8/1957
Location: USSR, Baikonour
Description: (Translated from French) IN AUGUST 1957 THEY MADE AN INTERCONTINENTAL MULTI-STAGE ROCKET TRAVEL APPROXIMATELY 8000 KILOMETERS. THEY DID NOT HIDE THEIR ASTRONAUTICAL ASPIRATIONS. (August 1957)
Reference: “Astronautics” Pierre Rousseau, Hachette 1965, p. 13
Reference: Mini catalogue chronologique des observations OVNI, by Godelieve Van Overmeire
Source: Overmeire, ID: Overmeire_2043

Event 19076 (5ADCA783)

Date: 8/1957 (approximate)
Time: ~22:00
Location: CASTIGLIONCELLO COVE, ITL
Description: 2 observer(s). Big green-glow ovoid quickly going down. Stops over trees / several min.
Type: sighting
Reference: ITACAT, Catalogo Italiano degli Incontri Ravvicinati. Maurizio Verga, 1989 CISU/Torino, Italy. (Index 50)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_5444

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: “Italy”, Credibility: “7”, Duration: “5”, HatchDesc: “CASTIGLIONCELLO COVE,ITL:2 OBS:BIG GRN-GLOW OVOID ↓↓:STOPS OVR TREES/SVRL MIN.”, LatLong: “43.400002 10.400000”, LatLongDMS: “43:24:00 N 10:24:00 E”, Locale: “Residential”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “LI”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 19077 (1B029549)

Date: 8/1957
Locations: Burbank, California; Skunk Works
Description: Radar technician Edward Lovick Jr. begins work at Lockheed’s secret Advanced Development Projects facility (the Skunk Works) in Burbank, California. His first assignment is to investigate radar-deflecting technology for the U-2 aircraft.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Jacobsen, Area 51, pp. 126–127
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_2970

Event 19078 (E5596A78)

Date: 8/1957
Location: Peru, Indiana
Description: Night. A young woman is driving home after work in Peru, Indiana, and notices people standing along the road looking at the sky. She stops, and they point to a large black object hovering above some nearby trees at about 100 feet. It is about 1,000 feet long and has a “soft delta” shape with rounded corners and window-like lighted areas underneath. There seems to be movement within the lighted areas. In the middle of the bottom is a round area that looks like it might be the outline of an entryway. It moves slowly away, making a noise like a quiet vacuum cleaner.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Michael D. Swords, “Timmerman’s Triangles,” IUR 29, no. 2 (Summer 2004): 16
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_2971

Event 19079 (2D9F520A)

Date: 8/1/1957
Description: (Translated from French) The East and West sections of the DEW line are respectively placed under the operational control of the ADC and the AAC. (August 1st)
Reference: rr0 - Beau
Source: rr0, ID: rr0_1707

Event 19080 (7792284E)

Date: 8/1/1957
Description: (Translated from French) According to Gordon Cooper, a team of audiovisual professionals filmed the landing of a flying saucer at Edwards base (California).
Reference: rr0 - Beau
Source: rr0, ID: rr0_1708

Event 19081 (C806A515)

Date: 8/1/1957
Location: Toronto, Ontario, CAN
Description: Large glowing object hovered 20 minutes, sped away. [UFOE, VII] (NICAP: 01 - Distant Encounters)
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_2072

Event 19082 (8F5C5EFB)

Date: 8/1/1957
Location: US
Description: The North American Air Defense Command is announced by the US Joint Chiefs of Staff.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Wikipedia, “North American Aerospace Defense Command”
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_2972

Event 19083 (4387EC71)

Date: 8/2/1957
Time: 15:00
Location: REEFTON, NZ
Description: 150+widely separate observer(s). Silent silver cylinder/cigar-shape / sharp maneuvers. Going down / 900M altitude. / and #14p5.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO’s a HISTORY-1957 (19 booklets) Self published. (Index 404)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_5445

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: “New Zealand”, Credibility: “12”, Duration: “10”, HatchDesc: “REEFTON,NZ:150+WIDELY SEP.OBS:SLNT SLVR CGR/SHARP MNVRS:↓/900M alt:/+#14p5”, LatLong: “-42.116669 171.866675”, LatLongDMS: “42:07:00 S 171:52:00 E”, Locale: “Town & City”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “SI”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 19084 (3190F0B4)

Date: 8/2/1957
Description: Widely separate observers, including more than 150 school children, watched a silent “rocket” make intricate maneuvers in the sky over Reefton, New Zealand in the early afternoon. It rose, then hovered at 900 meters altitude.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: NICAP UFO Investigator, September 1957, p. 13; Loren E. Gross, The Fifth Horseman of the Apocalypse: UFOs: A History. 1957: August-September, p. 4
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_4591

Event 19085 (70F796C5)

Date: 8/3/1957
Time: 22:00
Location: DENVILLE, NJ
Description: 2 guards. 2 silent flat disks going quickly southeast overhead as if connected. Sharp edges.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO’s a HISTORY-1957 (19 booklets) Self published. (Index 411)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_5446

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

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “7”, Duration: “1”, Elev: “156”, HatchDesc: “DENVILLE,NJ:2 GUARDS:2 SLNT FLAT DISKS >>SE OVHD as if connected:SHARP EDGES”, LatLong: “40.894446 -74.477781”, LatLongDMS: “40:53:40 N 74:28:40 W”, Locale: “Town & City”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “New Jersey”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 19086 (71E6EB8B)

Date: 8/3/1957
Location: San Francisco, CA
Description: Radar detected a target on IFF Mode 2 transponder only (NICAP: 09 - RADAR Cases, Code: R, Rating: 5, BB: BBU)
Reference: NICAP: 570803
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_2073

Event 19087 (18536DED)

Date: 8/3/1957
Locations: Pacific Ocean; San Francisco, California
Description: 7:45 p.m. 1st Lt. Robert J. Springer Jr., T/Sgt. Herman L. Giles, and 16 other air crewmen, while on routine Airborne Operations Center radar early warning patrol over the Pacific Ocean about 175 miles southwest of San Francisco, California, aboard an RC-121D aircraft, detect a radar target on IFF Mode 2 transponder only. At 7:56 p.m., the IFF target becomes a direct radar “skinpaint.” At 8:02 p.m., the IFF equipment APX-6/APX-7 is turned off, but the target is still tracked on airborne radar. At 8:15 p.m., the target is at a 2 o’clock position 10 miles away when the aircraft starts a right turn to reverse course, putting the target dead ahead. It suddenly takes off to the northwest at very high speed, disappearing 58 miles away. Radar contact is regained at 8:18 p.m. as the target is tracked moving right to left, crossing in front of the aircraft again, and closing distance to 8 miles at 11 o’clock. At 8:20 p.m., the target turns to head on a parallel path. The crew loses contact at 8:24 p.m., 15 miles behind the plane. No visual confirmation.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: NICAP, “RC-121D Has IFF Radar Targets”; Sparks, p. 246
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_2973

Event 19088 (5F298346)

Date: 8/4/1957
Location: Naples International Airport, Italy
Description: An Italian Air Force noncommissioned officer on duty in the control tower at Naples International Airport, Italy, and about 30 other witnesses see a number of luminous, disc-shaped objects passing above them.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Lorenzen, UFOs: The Whole Story, Signet, 1969, p. 80
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_2974

Event 19089 (62E94BC7)

Date: 8/5/1957
Location: SWEDEN, Gotland Island
Description: (Translated from French) A couple observed a metallic-looking, disc-shaped UFO. The top part was rotating on the bottom part. It had alternating white and red lights. The witnesses heard a kind of clicking sound.
Reference: Janet and Colin BORD: “Modern Mysteries of the World” - Guild Publishing London 1989, p. 353
Reference: Mini catalogue chronologique des observations OVNI, by Godelieve Van Overmeire
Source: Overmeire, ID: Overmeire_2044

Event 19090 (1D720FCB)

Date: 8/5/1957
Time: 04:00
Location: SAN FERNANDO, CA
Description: 2+observer(s). Bright golden disks going west. Dip down. Lost / cloud. #unknown. No further details.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO’s a HISTORY-1957 (19 booklets) Self published. (Index 413)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_5447

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: “294”, HatchDesc: “SAN FERNANDO,CA:2+OBS:BRITE GOLDEN DISKS >W:DIP DOWN:LOST/CLOUD:# UNK:NFD”, LatLong: “34.333335 -118.450006”, LatLongDMS: “34:20:00 N 118:27:00 W”, Locale: “Residential”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “California”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 19091 (1B074751)

Date: 8/5/1957
Time: 10:00
Location: TOLAR GRANDE TO/FROM/BETWEEN CAIPE, ARG
Description: Several observer(s). Top-saucers maneuver low / salt marshes. Photographs. / r141#4.
Type: sighting
Reference: FSR CASE HISTORIES. Bimonthly/London. Supplements 2 - 18 (final issue) (Index 17)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_5448

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, SMP: Sampling of plant/animal/soil/tissue/specimens, DRT: Dirt/soil traces/marks/footprints etc., PHT: Photos/movies/videos taken

Extra Data: Country: “Argentina”, Credibility: “9”, Duration: “104”, Elev: “3500”, HatchDesc: “TOLAR GRANDE<>CAIPE,ARG:SVRL OBS:TOP-SCRs MNVR LOW/SALT MARSHES:FOTOs:/r141#4”, LatLong: “-24.550001 -67.750003”, LatLongDMS: “24:33:00 S 67:45:00 W”, Locale: “Wetlands”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, RelAlt: “5”, State/Prov: “SLT”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 19092 (FC90DDE8)

Date: 8/5/1957
Time: 20:00
Location: NANJING, CHINA
Description: 5+observer(s). Grey-white 2M egg overhead. Slow then fast. Flashes and away.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO’s a HISTORY-1957 (19 booklets) Self published. (Index 409)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_5449

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

Extra Data: Country: “China”, Credibility: “8”, Duration: “5”, HatchDesc: “NANJING,CHINA:5+OBS:GRY-WHT 2M EGG OVHD:SLOW then FAST:FLASHES+AWAY:”, LatLong: “32.566668 118.777783”, LatLongDMS: “32:34:00 N 118:46:40 E”, Locale: “Metropolis”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “JNG”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 19093 (363FEC19)

Date: 8/5/1957
Time: 22:00
Location: LERGRAVSIKEN, SWD
Description: Saucer going southwest. Sharp turn going quickly south. Tilts / edge. 2nd small object follows. / r141#4p15.
Type: sighting
Reference: FLYING SAUCER REVIEW (FSR), London. Bimonthly. PO Box 162; High Wycombe, Bucks. HP135 DZ, England. (Index 61)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_5450

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, VEG: Plants affected or sampled/crop circles, TCH: New technical details/clues

Extra Data: Country: “Scandanavian and Finland”, Credibility: “7”, Duration: “5”, HatchDesc: “LERGRAVSIKEN,SWD:SCR>SW:SHARP TURN >>S:TILTS/EDGE:2nd SML OBJ FOLOS:/r141#4p15”, LatLong: “57.816669 18.950001”, LatLongDMS: “57:49:00 N 18:57:00 E”, Locale: “Islands”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Sweden”, Strangeness: “7”

Event 19094 (0C10DD5B)

Date: 8/5/1957
Locations: Gotland, Sweden; Baltic Sea
Description: 10:00 p.m. Policeman Ernst W. Akerberg and his wife Karin are at their summer cottage on the island of Gotland, Sweden, in the Baltic Sea when they see a disc-shaped object heading toward them from the sea. When it reaches the shore about 600 feet away, the object changes course and executes a sharp turn at less than 90° of arc and turns on its edge, swaying briefly. The disc moves toward the southeast and makes another sharp turn just over a half-mile away, again turning on its edge and fluttering before passing out of view. A second, smaller object approaches and goes through the same maneuvers. Air currents from both objects make the water surface ripple and the treetops swing. Estimated to be about 80 feet in diameter, the objects seem to be made of shining metal, and the upper part rotates slowly over the lower part. Both objects have a kind of tube with two red lights. They are silent except for a hollow clicking sound.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Story, pp. 152–153; Clas Svahn, “1957 Diskusarna svängde framför polismannen,” Riksorganisationen UFO-Sverige
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_2975

Event 19095 (4CAEFD40)

Date: 8/6/1957
Time: 21:30
Location: OLD GREENWICH, CT
Description: Moon-size ovoid / S. sky. Going west in series / 10 rounded hops. Vanishes.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO’s a HISTORY-1957 (19 booklets) Self published. (Index 409)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_5451

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: “9”, HatchDesc: “OLD GREENWICH,CT:MOONSIZE OVOID/S.SKY:>W IN SERIES/10 ROUNDED HOPS:VANISHES”, LatLong: “41.022224 -74.566670”, LatLongDMS: “41:01:20 N 74:34:00 W”, Locale: “Residential”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Connecticut”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 19096 (4B7AEBF6)

Date: 8/7/1957
Location: Piqua (area), OH
Description: Sightings Over Wide Area / Radar Track In Ohio (NICAP: 09 - RADAR Cases, Code: R, Rating: 5)
Reference: NICAP: 570807
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_2074

Event 19097 (BB2A2AF8)

Date: 8/7/1957
Time: 12:25:00.2
Location: 37.0867 -116.0236
Description: Nuclear test: Air, confirmed. Country: USA Name: “Stokes” Yield: 19KT
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_100

Extra Data: LatLong: “37.0867 -116.0236”, LatLongDMS: “37:05:12 N 116:01:25 W”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, NukeCountry: “USA”, NukeDepth: “-0.46”, NukeName: “Stokes”, NukeSource: “G+P”, NukeType: “NACU”, NukeY: “19”

Event 19098 (1403078F)

Date: 8/10/1957
Time: 00:59:55.1
Location: 37.1939 -116.0333
Description: Nuclear test: Underground, confirmed. Country: USA Name: “Saturn” Yield: 0KT YieldMax: 0KT
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_101

Extra Data: LatLong: “37.1939 -116.0333”, LatLongDMS: “37:11:38 N 116:02:00 W”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, NukeCountry: “USA”, NukeName: “Saturn”, NukeSource: “G+P”, NukeType: “NUCU”, NukeY: “0”, NukeYMax: “0”

Event 19099 (62505377)

Date: 8/13/1957
Time: 06:00
Location: OFF OGDEN DUNES, IN
Description: 2 / beach. Classic domed 20M saucer glows and hovers 15M over lake. Maneuvers.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO’s a HISTORY-1957 (19 booklets) Self published. (Index 429)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_5452

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

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “7”, Duration: “2”, Elev: “176”, HatchDesc: “off OGDEN DUNES,IN:2/BEACH:CLASSIC DOMED 20M SCR GLOWS+HVRS 15M ovr LAKE:MNVRS”, LatLong: “41.633335 -87.188893”, LatLongDMS: “41:38:00 N 87:11:20 W”, Locale: “Offshore”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, RelAlt: “15”, State/Prov: “Indiana”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 19100 (8D3F7CB7)

Date: 8/13/1957
Time: 13:00
Location: KANGATSIAQ, GREENLAND
Description: Numerous observer(s). Classic metallic saucers / distance east going west / hours.
Type: sighting
Reference: VALLEE, Jacques: CHALLENGE to SCIENCE, The UFO ENIGMA; Henry Regnery 1966 & Ballentine Books, NY 1974. PB (Index 22)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_5453

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: “?”, Credibility: “9”, Duration: “164”, Elev: “2”, HatchDesc: “KANGATSIAQ,GREENLAND:NMRS OBS:CLASSIC MTLC SCRS/DISTANCE E>W/HOURS”, LatLong: “68.300003 -53.466669”, LatLongDMS: “68:18:00 N 53:28:00 W”, Locale: “Coastlands”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “KAN”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 19101 (7D51F886)

Date: 8/14/1957
Time: 01:00
Location: CAIRO, IL
Description: 2 ovoids below clouds / 45 min. 1 blinks on and off. 1 swings like pendulum.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO’s a HISTORY-1957 (19 booklets) Self published. (Index 430)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_5454

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: “45”, Elev: “98”, HatchDesc: “CAIRO,IL:2 OVOIDS BELOW CLOUDS/45 min:1 BLINKS ON+OFF:1 SWINGS LIKE PENDULUM”, LatLong: “37.016668 -89.183338”, LatLongDMS: “37:01:00 N 89:11:00 W”, Locale: “Town & City”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Illinois”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 19102 (B2D8C746)

Date: 8/14/1957
Time: ~07:00
Location: NEAR WHITES POND, NJ
Description: Hairdresser makes U-turn. 10M saucer hovers on / over road. / Bloecher.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO’s a HISTORY-1957 (19 booklets) Self published. (Index 431)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_5455

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

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “6”, Duration: “1”, Elev: “184”, HatchDesc: “nr WHITES POND,NJ:HAIRDRESSER MAKES U-TURN:10M SCR HVRS ON/OVR ROAD:/Bloecher”, LatLong: “41.050002 -74.916670”, LatLongDMS: “41:03:00 N 74:55:00 W”, Locale: “Pasture”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, RelAlt: “1”, State/Prov: “New Jersey”, Strangeness: “7”

Event 19103 (4DBF5C06)

Date: 8/14/1957
Time: 20:50
Location: NEAR JOINVILLE, BRZ
Description: Domed saucer buzzes Varig C47. Engines and electric electro-magnetic effect (EME). / r215p53+r242p120.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO’s a HISTORY-1957 (19 booklets) Self published. (Index 411)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_5456

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), SCR: Classic saucer/disk/sphere shaped UFO, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), VEH: Vehicle affected: Marks/damage/EME effects, EME: Electro-Magnetic Effects

Extra Data: Country: “Brazil”, Credibility: “8”, Duration: “4”, Elev: “123”, HatchDesc: “nr JOINVILLE,BRZ:DOMED SCR BUZZES VARIG C47:ENGINES+ELEC.EME:/r215p53+r242p120”, LatLong: “-26.300001 -48.833336”, LatLongDMS: “26:18:00 S 48:50:00 W”, Locale: “Metropolis”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “STC”, Strangeness: “8”

Event 19104 (9F373A5A)

Date: 8/14/1957
Time: 22:30
Location: PRESTON, ON
Description: Bright fiery circular object follows teen girls. Away and back. Eyes bloodshot.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO’s a HISTORY-1957 (19 booklets) Self published. (Index 432)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_5457

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, HUM: Humans affected: Injury/burns/marks/abduction/death

Extra Data: Country: “Canada”, Credibility: “6”, Duration: “5”, Elev: “288”, HatchDesc: “PRESTON,ON:BRITE FIERY CIRC.OBJ FOLOS TEEN GIRLS:AWAY+BACK:eyes bloodshot”, LatLong: “43.400002 -80.333337”, LatLongDMS: “43:24:00 N 80:20:00 W”, Locale: “Town & City”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Ontario”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 19105 (94AD25AB)

Date: 8/14/1957
Location: Joinville (near), Brazil
Description: Airliner cabin lights dimmed and engine sputtered during UFO sighting (NICAP: 03 - EME Cases)
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_2075

Event 19106 (6CDCF1B6)

Date: 8/14/1957
Location: Joinville, Santa Catarina, Brazil
Description: 8:55 p.m. Varig Airlines pilot Capt. Jorgé Campos Araujo and First Officer Edgar Onofre Soares observe a domed disc pacing their C-47 cargo plane at 6,300 feet over Joinville, Santa Catarina, Brazil. The UFO speeds up and crosses just in front of them, hovers briefly, then dives into the undercast at 5,700 feet. When the object hovers, it affects the engines, which cough and wheeze, and dims the cabin lights.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: UFOEv, p. 120; Olavo T. Fontes, “Top Secret Report Unveiled,” APRO Bulletin, September 1959, pp. 1, 5; Schopick, pp. 123–127; Loren E. Gross, The Fifth Horseman of the Apocalypse: UFOs, a History: 1957 August–September, Supplemental Notes, The Author, 2003, pp. 11–13; Lorenzen, FS Hoax, pp. 153–155
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_2976

Event 19107 (E8FA6C33)

Date: 8/14/1957
Description: AT 8:55 p.m. a red domed disc-shaped object with a green dome buzzed a Varig Airlines C-47 flying near Joinville, Santa Catarina province, Brazil. It caused temporary disruption of the performance of the engines and the electrical system. The reception of the airplane’s radio was suddenly interrupted when the red disc approached the plane, while the cabin lights also dimmed.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: APRO Bulletin, September 1959, p. 5; UNICAT, case # 553; Coral E. Lorenzen, Flying Saucers: The Startling Evidence of the Invasion from Outer Space, p. 153, citing Olavo T. Fontes; MUFON UFO Journal, August 1992
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_5002

Event 19108 (F08DD8C9)

Date: 8/14/1957
Description: In Preston, Waterloo county, Ontario at 10:30 p.m. a bright fiery, circular object followed two teenage girls. During the next five minutes it first moved away and then came back again. The women were reported to be suffering from conjunctivitis of the eyes.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: Galt (ON) Evening Reporter, August 15, 1957; John Magor, Canadian UFO Report, July 1969; Loren E. Gross, The Fifth Horseman of the Apocalypse: UFOs: A History. 1957: August-September, p. 32
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_5003

Event 19109 (2171D3F3)

Date: 8/14/1957
Location: Joinville, Brazil
Description: Commander Jorge Campos Araujo of a VARIG Airlines C-47, the Cargo Ship PP-UCC, reported that the engines of the airliner began acting up, coughing and missing, and that all the cabin lights dimmed and also went dead after the near approach of a strange luminous UFO, which had a dome on the top of it.
Type: ufo sighting
Reference: The Flying Saucers are Hostile!, by George D. Fawcett 1961
Source: HostileFawcett, ID: HostileFawcett_56

Event 19110 (09EC359A)

Date: 8/15/1957
Time: 18:00
Location: WOODLAND HILLS, CA
Description: Ex-Navy pilot. Solid white disk hovers. Tilts and quickly going up. / NICAP. / r78p178.
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_5458

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

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “7”, Duration: “1”, Elev: “273”, HatchDesc: “WOODLAND HILLS,CA:ex-NAVY PILOT:SOLID WHT DISK HVRS:TILTS+↑↑:/NICAP:/r78p178”, LatLong: “34.166668 -118.600006”, LatLongDMS: “34:10:00 N 118:36:00 W”, Locale: “Residential”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “California”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 19111 (744C2761)

Date: 8/15/1957
Time: 20:30
Location: CEDAR POINT, GA
Description: Round meteor drops / yard! Comes toward(s) porch. Pulses. Shoots up going quickly northeast.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO’s a HISTORY-1957 (19 booklets) Self published. (Index 416)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_5459

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

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “6”, Duration: “1”, Elev: “5”, HatchDesc: “CEDAR POINT,GA:RND METEOR DROPS/YARD!:COMES TWRD PORCH:PULSES:SHOOTS UP >>NE”, LatLong: “31.500002 -81.350004”, LatLongDMS: “31:30:00 N 81:21:00 W”, Locale: “Coastlands”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Georgia”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 19112 (9823C773)

Date: 8/15/1957
Time: 21:00
Location: ATCHISON, KS
Description: 3 observer(s). 4 small saucers 5cm thick dart and maneuver. Hide / plane passes. Glow. Going quickly southeast.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO’s a HISTORY-1957 (19 booklets) Self published. (Index 432)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_5460

Attributes: CIV: Observer(s) civilian, HQO: High-quality observer(s), SCR: Classic saucer/disk/sphere shaped UFO, PRB: Probe: Possibly remote controlled, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), OBS: Observation/chasing vehicles, VEH: Vehicle affected: Marks/damage/EME effects, BLD: Building/man-made structure/roads/power lines

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “7”, Duration: “30”, Elev: “327”, HatchDesc: “ATCHISON,KS:3 OBS:4 SML SCRS 5cm THICK DART+MNVR:HIDE/PLANE PASSES:GLOW:>>SE”, LatLong: “39.561113 -95.122227”, LatLongDMS: “39:33:40 N 95:07:20 W”, Locale: “Town & City”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Kansas”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 19113 (62AD28D6)

Date: 8/15/1957 (approximate)
Time: 21:30
Location: GOREVILLE, IL
Description: Sheriff and 1. 6 luminous/glowing silver 2M eggs circle over field. 3 clockwise and 3 counterclockwise. Domes / sides.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO’s a HISTORY-1957 (19 booklets) Self published. (Index 413)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_5461

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, TCH: New technical details/clues

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “7”, Duration: “15”, Elev: “235”, HatchDesc: “GOREVILLE,IL:SHERIFF+1:6 LUMN SLVR 2M EGGS CCL ovr FLD:3 CW+ 3 CCW:DOMES/SIDES”, LatLong: “37.555557 -88.966671”, LatLongDMS: “37:33:20 N 88:58:00 W”, Locale: “Farmlands”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Illinois”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 19114 (D67F4C92)

Date: 8/15/1957
Location: Woodland Hills, CA
Description: Retired Navy pilot watched disc wobble, climb away. [UFOE, IV] (NICAP: 01 - Distant Encounters)
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_2076

Event 19115 (1ACEBE07)

Date: 8/15/1957
Description: In Atchison, Kansas around 9:00 p.m. three women watched four small discs, estimated to be only five centimeters thick, dart and maneuver around the sky for 30 minutes, then hide from an airplane that passed overhead. They were described as glowing, and flew off to the southeast.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: Atkinson (KS) Globe, August 16, 1957; Loren E. Gross, The Fifth Horseman of the Apocalypse: UFOs: A History. 1957: August-September, p. 32
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_5031

Event 19116 (FD63F558)

Date: 8/17/1957
Location: LIMA, OH
Description: 15 observer(s). 100’ glowing disk going west. 90° turn going quickly south over steel foundry. Silent. No Radio Frequency Interference (RFI.)
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO’s a HISTORY-1957 (19 booklets) Self published. (Index 433)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_5462

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: “10”, Duration: “1”, Elev: “263”, HatchDesc: “LIMA,OH:15 OBS:100’GLOW.DISK > W:90° TURN >>S ovr STEEL FOUNDRY:slnt:no rfi”, LatLong: “40.750002 -84.116671”, LatLongDMS: “40:45:00 N 84:07:00 W”, Locale: “Town & City”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Ohio”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 19117 (23E06080)

Date: 8/18/1957
Time: 21:00
Location: ADDISON TWP, IN
Description: 3M saucer stops low / cornfield. Clangs! Going southeast / 30M altitude. Colored lights / rim.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO’s a HISTORY-1957 (19 booklets) Self published. (Index 417)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_5463

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., VEG: Plants affected or sampled/crop circles, TCH: New technical details/clues, SND: UFO sounds heard or recorded

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “6”, Duration: “2”, Elev: “233”, HatchDesc: “ADDISON Twp,IN:3M SCR STOPS LO/CORNFIELD:CLANGS!:>SE/30M alt:CLRD LITES/RIM”, LatLong: “39.527780 -85.766671”, LatLongDMS: “39:31:40 N 85:46:00 W”, Locale: “Farmlands”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Indiana”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 19118 (13C476DB)

Date: 8/18/1957
Time: 21:00
Location: NEAR SHELBYVILLE, IN
Description: 3M ovoid going down / 30M altitude over cornfield. Lights / rim. Clanking noise!
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO’s a HISTORY-1957 (19 booklets) Self published. (Index 434)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_5464

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, VEG: Plants affected or sampled/crop circles, TCH: New technical details/clues, SND: UFO sounds heard or recorded

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “6”, Duration: “3”, Elev: “245”, HatchDesc: “nr SHELBYVILLE,IN:3M OVOID ↓/30M alt ovr CORNFIELD:LITES/RIM:CLANKING NOISE!”, LatLong: “39.522224 -85.777782”, LatLongDMS: “39:31:20 N 85:46:40 W”, Locale: “Farmlands”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, RelAlt: “30”, State/Prov: “Indiana”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 19119 (5A57BC11)

Date: 8/18/1957
Time: 12:00:00.0
Location: 37.1280 -116.1064
Description: Nuclear test: Air, confirmed. Country: USA Name: “Shasta” Yield: 17KT
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_102

Extra Data: LatLong: “37.1280 -116.1064”, LatLongDMS: “37:07:41 N 116:06:23 W”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, NukeCountry: “USA”, NukeDepth: “-0.15”, NukeName: “Shasta”, NukeSource: “G+P”, NukeType: “NACU”, NukeY: “17”

Event 19120 (6AB76F3C)

Date: 8/18/1957
Description: In Shelbyville, Indiana at 9:00 p.m. a three-meter long ovoid rose up 30 meters over a cornfield. It had lights on its periphery, and made a clanking noise.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: Gray Barker, Flying Saucers magazine, February 1958, p. 46; Loren E. Gross, The Fifth Horseman of the Apocalypse: UFOs: A History. 1957: August-September, p. 34
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_5122

Event 19121 (C96F8542)

Date: 8/20/1957
Location: QUILINO, ARG
Description: Saucer quickly going down. Voice = “don’t fear… .have base in Salta region”. Going quickly north. / Flying Saucer Review (FSR) v3#4.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO’s a HISTORY-1957 (19 booklets) Self published. (Index 437)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_5465

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, MIL: Observer(s) military, TLP: Telepathy, NWS: News media report, CNT: Contactee related, 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, TCH: New technical details/clues, MIL: Military investigation, SND: UFO sounds heard or recorded

Extra Data: Country: “Argentina”, Credibility: “4”, Duration: “18”, Elev: “403”, HatchDesc: “QUILINO,ARG:SCR ↓↓:VOICE=“DONT FEAR…HAVE BASE IN SALTA REGION”:>>N:/FSR v3#4”, LatLong: “-30.200001 -64.483336”, LatLongDMS: “30:12:00 S 64:29:00 W”, Locale: “Town & City”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “CRD”, Strangeness: “10”

Event 19122 (F4E58CCB)

Date: 8/20/1957
Time: 10:30
Location: SOUTHWEST / CARORA, VNZL
Description: Several / car. 10 small saucers orbit huge saucer / Monay Plains. 1 lands / zigzag.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO’s a HISTORY-1957 (19 booklets) Self published. (Index 436)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_5466

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

Extra Data: Country: “Venezuela”, Credibility: “8”, Duration: “3”, Elev: “300”, HatchDesc: “SW/CARORA,VNZL:SVRL/CAR:10 SML SCRs ORBIT HUGE SCR/MONAY PLAINS:1 LANDS/ZIGZAG”, LatLong: “9.750000 -70.316670”, LatLongDMS: “09:45:00 N 70:19:00 W”, Locale: “Pasture”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “TRJ”, Strangeness: “7”

Event 19123 (DE2D9936)

Date: 8/20/1957
Time: ~11:30
Location: FUJISAWA, JPN
Description: 2+15 observer(s). Cylinder/cylindrical object-UFO photographed. 4000’ altitude. 90-turn. 250-500mph. Silent. / r219p11.
Type: sighting
Reference: FLYING SAUCER REVIEW (FSR), London. Bimonthly. PO Box 162; High Wycombe, Bucks. HP135 DZ, England. (Index 49)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_5467

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CST: Observer(s) in coastal area/just offshore, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, HQO: High-quality observer(s), CIG: Torpedo/cigar/cylinder shaped UFO, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), OBS: Observation/chasing vehicles, DRT: Dirt/soil traces/marks/footprints etc., PHT: Photos/movies/videos taken

Extra Data: Country: “Japan”, Credibility: “10”, Duration: “4”, HatchDesc: “FUJISAWA,JPN:2+15 OBS:CYL-UFO FOTOd:4000’alt:90-TURN:250-500mph:SLNT:/r219p11”, LatLong: “35.333335 139.483340”, LatLongDMS: “35:20:00 N 139:29:00 E”, Locale: “Coastlands”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Honshu Island”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 19124 (6F578D30)

Date: 8/20/1957
Location: Fujisawa City, Japan
Description: August 20, 1957; Fujisawa City, Japan, Takeda photo (NICAP: 08 - Photographic Cases)
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_2077

Event 19125 (E196DBB4)

Date: 8/20/1957
Location: Quilino, Argentina
Description: An Air Force man inside a tent heard a loud, shrill sound and saw a disk that came down as grass and plants fluttered wildly under it. He found himself unable to draw his gun, which “seemed to be glued in its holster.” A voice came from the craft, telling him in Spanish that UFO’s had a base in the Salta area and would soon show themselves to warn all people about the dangers of a nuclear catastrophe.
Type: ufo sighting
Reference: Humanoids 36 (Vallee)
Source: ValléeMagonia, ID: Magonia_398

Event 19126 (15425D8A)

Date: 8/20/1957
Location: Enoshima Beach, Kanagawa, Japan
Description: 11:28 a.m. Shinichi Takeda takes a photo of a silvery disc near Enoshima Beach, Kanagawa, Japan. The object is also seen by his sister, who calls his attention to it. It gives off a brilliant glow at an estimated altitude of 3,000–4,000 feet, traveling north to south. The object makes a 90° left turn, speeds up, and disappears in the clouds. The photo shows capsule-shaped image near bank of cumulus clouds. A few minutes later, 15 people on the beach report a similar object that passes over at high speed.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: NICAP, “Capsule-Shaped Object in Clouds / Takeda Photo”
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_2977

Event 19127 (E3F4A66C)

Date: 8/20/1957
Alternate date: 8/22/1957
Locations: Quilinos, Córdoba, Argentina; Salta region
Description: A member of the Argentine Air Force guarding a downed aircraft is in a tent near Quilinos, Córdoba, Argentina, when he hears a high-pitched hum. Dashing out, he sees a disc slowly descending, making the grass and plants flutter wildly. Reaching for his revolver, he feels that something is preventing him from drawing his weapon, which seems glued in his holster. A voice from the disc tells him in Spanish that spacecraft have a base in the Salta region and that they are here to warn about nuclear energy. The craft rises vertically and speeds off to the north. Probable hoax.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: “UFO Bases in South America?” Flying Saucer Review 11, no. 4 (July/Aug. 1965): 30– 31; Patrick Gross, URECAT, December 8, 2006
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_2978

Event 19128 (AFD1E290)

Date: 8/20/1957
Description: In Venezuela at 10:30 a.m. ten small discs orbited one huge disc southwest of Carora, Lara province, and one landed. The rest engaged in zig-zag maneuvers.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: Loren E. Gross, The Fifth Horseman of the Apocalypse: UFOs: A History. 1957: August-September, p. 36
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_5172

Event 19129 (B635F9E1)

Date: 8/20/1957
Description: In the evening in Quilino, Cordoba, Argentina an Air Force man inside a tent heard a loud, shrill sound and then saw a disc that descended while grass and plants fluttered wildly underneath it. He found himself unable to draw his gun, which “seemed to be glued in its holster.” A voice came from inside the craft, telling him in Spanish that UFOs had a base in the Salta area and would soon show themselves to warn all people about the dangers of a nuclear catastrophe.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: Gordon Creighton, FSR Special Edition #1: The Humanoids, p. 36; John A. Keel, Operation Trojan Horse, p. 197; Jacques Vallee, Passport to Magonia: A Century of Landings, case 398
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_5173

Event 19130 (4E56A234)

Date: 8/21/1957
Time: 20:00
Location: CAMBRIA AFS, CA
Description: Project Bluebook Case #unknown. 6 include/including USAF plane. RADAR-visual. Electro-magnetic effect (EME). 3 UFO’s / 70 min. Type unknown.
Type: sighting
Reference: UFOCAT CATALOG: Assorted Printouts. Donald A. Johnson Ph.D (CUFOS). P.O. Box 446, Concord, NH 03302-0446 (Index 46)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_5468

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, PRB: Probe: Possibly remote controlled, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), RDR: Radar traces/blips, EME: Electro-Magnetic Effects, MIL: Military investigation, BBK: Project BLUEBOOK

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “9”, Duration: “70”, Elev: “20”, HatchDesc: “CAMBRIA AFS,CA:BBK#UNK:6 INCL USAF PLANE:RDR-VISUAL:EME:3 UFOS/70 MIN:type unk”, LatLong: “35.566668 -121.077784”, LatLongDMS: “35:34:00 N 121:04:40 W”, Locale: “Town & City”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “California”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 19131 (C8133A31)

Date: 8/21/1957
Time: 20:00
Location: SOLWAY FIRTH TO NEWCASTLE, ENGL
Description: Many separate observer(s). Cylinder/cylindrical object-cylinder/cigar-shape jerks north and south. / Flying Saucer Review (FSR) v3#6p9.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO’s a HISTORY-1957 (19 booklets) Self published. (Index 442)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_5469

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CST: Observer(s) in coastal area/just offshore, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, HQO: High-quality observer(s), WAV: Wave/cluster/flap, CIG: Torpedo/cigar/cylinder shaped UFO, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), OBS: Observation/chasing vehicles

Extra Data: Country: “Great Britain and Ireland”, Credibility: “11”, Duration: “30”, Elev: “0”, HatchDesc: “SOLWAY FIRTH to NEWCASTLE,ENGL:MANY SEP.OBS:CYL-CGR JERKS N+S:/FSR v3#6p9”, LatLong: “54.750003 -3.666667”, LatLongDMS: “54:45:00 N 03:40:00 W”, Locale: “Coastlands”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “England”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 19132 (9ED1790E)

Date: 8/21/1957
Location: Parana City, Argentina
Description: Fragments from a UFO landed on the ground.
Type: ufo sighting
Reference: The Flying Saucers are Hostile!, by George D. Fawcett 1961
Source: HostileFawcett, ID: HostileFawcett_57

Event 19133 (51683210)

Date: 8/22/1957
Time: 15:40
Location: CECIL NAS, FL
Description: Bell-shape chases civilians. Hides as jets pass. Dead battery. / r8#399.
Type: sighting
Reference: RODEGHIER, Mark/CUFOS: UFO REPORTS INVOLVING VEHICLE INTERFERENCE; CUFOS 1979. Available as CUFOS UFO Archive #1 CD-ROM. http://www.cufos.org/Pubform.pdf (Index 7)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_5470

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), 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, EME: Electro-Magnetic Effects, CMF: Camouflage/disguise

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “7”, Duration: “40”, Elev: “6”, HatchDesc: “CECIL NAS,FL:BELL-SHAPE CHASES CIVs:HIDES AS JETS PASS:DEAD BATTERY:/r8#399”, LatLong: “30.133335 -81.766671”, LatLongDMS: “30:08:00 N 81:46:00 W”, Locale: “Town & City”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Florida”, Strangeness: “7”

Event 19134 (6035495F)

Date: 8/22/1957
Time: 19:20
Location: WHITTIER, CA
Description: Many separate observer(s). 6 domed saucers join and circle / pairs. 1 / each pair puffs smoke!
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO’s a HISTORY-1957 (19 booklets) Self published. (Index 446)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_5471

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, TCH: New technical details/clues

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “10”, Duration: “21”, Elev: “111”, HatchDesc: “WHITTIER,CA:MANY SEP.OBS:6 DOMED SCRS JOIN+CCL/PAIRS:1/EACH PAIR PUFFS SMOKE!”, LatLong: “33.977779 -118.033339”, LatLongDMS: “33:58:40 N 118:02:00 W”, Locale: “Metropolis”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “California”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 19135 (6A4EF845)

Date: 8/22/1957
Location: Cecil NAS, FL
Description: Car chased a 50 ft black, bell shaped object (NICAP: 01 - Distant Encounters, BB: BBU)
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_2078

Event 19136 (8A911207)

Date: 8/22/1957
End date: 8/23/1957
Location: Cambria AFS, CA
Description: (McDonald list; FUFOR Index) Radar/Visual; F2H Fighter & FPS-6 Radar (NICAP: 09 - RADAR Cases, Code: R, Rating: 5, BB: BBU)
Reference: NICAP: 570822-23
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_2079

Event 19137 (13685AFB)

Date: 8/22/1957
Time: 1540
Location: Cecil Naval Air Station, Florida
Description: A black, bellshaped object bearing two bright, white lights at the top and maeasuring 15 m in diameter was chased by a civilian in a car until the engine stalled. The object was then hovering 3 m away. The underside of the machine resembled a disk with fins. When a jet aircraft took off from the airfield, the object went out of sight almost instantaneously. The car battery was found completely dead. There was no helicopter in the area, although the two witnesses compared the noise made by the object to that of a helicopter.
Type: ufo sighting
Reference: Atic (Vallee)
Source: ValléeMagonia, ID: Magonia_399

Event 19138 (C0F6ED88)

Date: 8/22/1957
Location: 50.4375 77.814167
Description: Nuclear test: Air, confirmed. Country: USSR Yield: 520KT
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_1072

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: “520”

Event 19139 (CEE884F9)

Date: 8/22/1957
Location: Naval Air Station Cecil [now Cecil Airport] in Jacksonville, Florida
Description: 3:40 p.m. A couple named Sheetz in a car at Naval Air Station Cecil [now Cecil Airport] in Jacksonville, Florida, chase a 50-foot, black, rotating, bell-shaped object bearing two bright white lights at the top. Their engine stalls when object hovers 10 feet away. Its underside resembles a disc with fins. When a jet takes off from the airfield, the object goes out of sight almost instantly. The car battery is completely dead. Noise from the object is compared to a helicopter, although there are no helicopters in the area.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: NICAP, “Car Chases Bell-Shaped Object, Engine Stalls”; Mark Rodeghier, UFO Reports Involving Vehicle Interference, CUFOS, 1981, p. 7
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_2979

Event 19140 (3129E025)

Date: 8/22/1957
Description: Cecil Naval Air Station, Florida. At 3:40 p.m. a black, bell-shaped object bearing two bright, white lights at the top and maeasuring 15 meters in diameter was chased by a civilian named Sheetz in his car until the car engine stalled. The object then started hovering just three meters away. The underside of the machine resembled a disc with fins. When a jet aircraft took off from the nearby U.S. Navy airfield, the object went out of sight almost instantaneously. The car battery was found to be completely dead.There was no helicopter in the area, although the two witnesses compared the noise made by the object to that of a helicopter.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: Jacques Vallee, Passport to Magonia; A Century of Landings, p. 257, case 399, citing Project Blue Book; J. Allen Hynek, The UFO Experience, p. 239; Mark Rodeghier, UFO Reports Involving Vehicle Interference, p. 7
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_5221

Event 19141 (53A35220)

Date: 8/23/1957
Location: FRANCE, Lugrin (Thonon)
Description: (Translated from French) Elise Blanc approached an object resembling an aluminum trailer. Two small beings in silver clothing, grunting like pigs, were standing next to the object. The object took on a flamboyant color and flew away.
Reference: Jacques VALLEE: “Chronicles of E.T. Appearances” - DENOEL 1972 - coll. J’AI LU, p. 257
Reference: Mini catalogue chronologique des observations OVNI, by Godelieve Van Overmeire
Source: Overmeire, ID: Overmeire_2045

Event 19142 (050E5C89)

Date: 8/23/1957
Time: 18:00?
Location: RIO TO/FROM NITEROI, BRAZIL
Description: Crowds / piers. 10M saucer zigzags over bay. Going up [to] slowly until gone.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO’s a HISTORY-1957 (19 booklets) Self published. (Index 448)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_5472

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: “Brazil”, Credibility: “12”, Duration: “30”, Elev: “0”, HatchDesc: “RIO><NITEROI,BRZL:CROWDS/PIERS:10M SCR ZIGZAGS ovr BAY:↑ SLOWLY until gone”, LatLong: “-22.933334 -43.133335”, LatLongDMS: “22:56:00 S 43:08:00 W”, Locale: “Offshore”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “RDJ”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 19143 (919CB53D)

Date: 8/23/1957
Time: 12:30:00.1
Location: 37.0867 -116.0236
Description: Nuclear test: Air, confirmed. Country: USA Name: “Doppler” 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_103

Extra Data: LatLong: “37.0867 -116.0236”, LatLongDMS: “37:05:12 N 116:01:25 W”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, NukeCountry: “USA”, NukeDepth: “-0.46”, NukeName: “Doppler”, NukeSource: “G+P”, NukeType: “NACU”, NukeY: “11”

Event 19144 (9B1D3541)

Date: 8/24/1957
Location: AHU, NINGINO ISLANDS, PNG
Description: Night light changes color(s). Hovers and violent maneuvers. Quickly going down / sea. / r44p39+/ r141.
Type: sighting
Reference: FLYING SAUCER REVIEW (FSR), London. Bimonthly. PO Box 162; High Wycombe, Bucks. HP135 DZ, England. (Index 52)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_5473

Attributes: CST: Observer(s) in coastal area/just offshore, SEA: Observer(s) at sea, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, HQO: High-quality observer(s), NWS: News media report, NLT: Nightlights/points of light, SUB: Submersible: Rises from or submerges into water, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), LND: UFO landing or any part touches ground

Extra Data: Country: “Pacific Ocean and non - Asian islands”, Credibility: “8”, Duration: “25”, Elev: “1”, HatchDesc: “AHU,NINGINO ISLs,PNG:NLT CHANGES CLRS:HVRS+VIOLENT MNVRS:↓↓/sea:/r44p39+/r141”, LatLong: “-1.316667 144.166674”, LatLongDMS: “01:19:00 S 144:10:00 E”, Locale: “Islands”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “PNG”, Strangeness: “7”

Event 19145 (4F30A86D)

Date: 8/24/1957
Time: 21:40
Location: CHESTERTOWN, MD
Description: Assistant secretary / defense and 2. 13 oval night lights / cylinder/cigar-shape formation. Vanish!
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO’s a HISTORY-1957 (19 booklets) Self published. (Index 301)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_5474

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, MIL: Observer(s) military, 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: “8”, Duration: “1”, Elev: “7”, HatchDesc: “CHESTERTOWN,MD:Asst.SECRETARY/DEFENSE+2:13 OVAL NLTS/CGR FORMn:VANISH!”, LatLong: “39.150002 -76.000004”, LatLongDMS: “39:09:00 N 76:00:00 W”, Locale: “Pasture”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Maryland”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 19146 (B587E0BE)

Date: 8/26/1957
Time: 20:10
Location: TILBURG, NETHL
Description: Ellipse-disk shoots through gaps clouds. Lost / overcast. No further details.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO’s a HISTORY-1957 (19 booklets) Self published. (Index 451)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_5475

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: “Belgium, Netherlandsand Luxembourg”, Credibility: “6”, Duration: “1”, HatchDesc: “TILBURG,NETHL:ELLIPSE-DISK SHOOTS THRU GAPS CLOUDS:lost/overcast:NFD”, LatLong: “51.550002 5.116667”, LatLongDMS: “51:33:00 N 05:07:00 E”, Locale: “Town & City”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Netherlands”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 19147 (73537A10)

Date: 8/26/1957
Time: 22:00
Location: MONROE CO, PA
Description: Many separate observer(s). Ovoid going southwest over Poconos Mountains. Green beams going down. “Large and low”.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO’s a HISTORY-1957 (19 booklets) Self published. (Index 453)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_5476

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

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “9”, Duration: “30”, Elev: “500”, HatchDesc: “MONROE co,PA:MANY SEP.OBS:OVOID >SW OVR POCONOS Mtns:GRN BEAMS ↓:“LARGE+LOW””, LatLong: “41.050002 -75.300004”, LatLongDMS: “41:03:00 N 75:18:00 W”, Locale: “Mountains”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Pennsylvania”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 19148 (8BAA5624)

Date: 8/26/1957
Location: 50.4375 77.814167
Description: Nuclear test: Air, confirmed. Country: USSR Yield: .1KT
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_1073

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”

Event 19149 (720C4ADB)

Date: 8/26/1957
Description: At 10:00 p.m. an ovoid object was seen flying in the southwestern sky in Monroe County, Pennsylvania over the Poconos Mountains. It was emitting green beams of light.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: Loren E. Gross, The Fifth Horseman of the Apocalypse: UFOs: A History. 1957: August-September, p. 53
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_5360

Event 19150 (DEC5BC79)

Date: 8/27/1957
Location: Dry Tortugas, FL
Description: Crew of aircraft saw object/ bright red to reddish-yellow pulsating light (NICAP: 09 - RADAR Cases, Code: R, Rating: 5, BB: BBU) (NICAP: 11 - Aviation Cases)
Reference: NICAP: 570827
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_2080

Event 19151 (5563045A)

Date: 8/27/1957
Time: 22:35:00.0
Location: 37.0491 -116.0340
Description: Nuclear test: Underground, confirmed. Country: USA Name: “Pascal-B” Yield: 0KT YieldMax: 20KT
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_104

Extra Data: LatLong: “37.0491 -116.0340”, LatLongDMS: “37:02:57 N 116:02:02 W”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, NukeCountry: “USA”, NukeDepth: “0.15”, NukeName: “Pascal-B”, NukeSource: “AEC”, NukeType: “NUCU”, NukeY: “0”, NukeYMax: “20”

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19152 (64AA76F4)
Date: 8/27/1957
Locations: Russia; Kazakhstan; Baikonur Cosmodrome; Pacific Ocean
Description: Russia makes the first successful long flight of an ICBM, the R-7 Semyorka, from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan. The dummy warhead lands in the Pacific Ocean.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Wikipedia, “R-7 Semyorka”
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_2980

Event 19153 (C1BC0A06)

Date: 8/27/1957
Description: An unidentified flying object with a bright red to reddish-yellow pulsating light flew over the Dry Tortugas near Florida. The UFO was tracked on radar.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: Project Blue Book
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_5395

Event 19154 (A421D2FA)

Date: 8/28/1957
Time: 03:00
Location: NAZARE, PRT
Description: 2 observer(s). Saucer beams going down / beach. Rocks and plants cleared / 4 Sq meters. / r141#4p51.
Type: sighting
Reference: BALLESTER OLMOS, Vicente-Juan: CATALOG of 200 TYPE-1 EVENTS in SPAIN & PORTUGAL; CUFOS 1976. (Index 5)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_5477

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), RAY: Odd light/searchlight/beam/laser-like, SMP: Sampling of plant/animal/soil/tissue/specimens, DRT: Dirt/soil traces/marks/footprints etc., VEG: Plants affected or sampled/crop circles, LND: UFO landing or any part touches ground, TRC: Physical traces

Extra Data: Country: “Portugal”, Credibility: “6”, Duration: “2”, HatchDesc: “NAZARE,PRT:2 OBS:SCR BEAMS ↓/BEACH:ROCKS+PLANTS CLEARED/4 SQ MTRs:/r141#4p51”, LatLong: “39.583335 -9.066667”, LatLongDMS: “39:35:00 N 09:04:00 W”, Locale: “Coastlands”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “EST”, Strangeness: “9”

Event 19155 (36472AF6)

Date: 8/28/1957
Time: 20:30
Location: GLENDALE, CA
Description: 2 flying cops. Dark 15’ cylinder/cylindrical object with struts passes under helicopter. Going quickly [to] No further details.
Type: sighting
Reference: DRUFFEL, Ann & ROGO, D. Scott:The TUJUNGA CANYON CONTACTS Signet Books PB 1989 (Index 152)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_5478

Attributes: AIR: Observer(s) on aircraft, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, CIG: Torpedo/cigar/cylinder shaped UFO, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), OGA: Non-Covert Government Agencies

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “8”, Duration: “15”, Elev: “155”, HatchDesc: “GLENDALE,CA:2 FLYING COPS:DARK 15’CYL W/STRUTS PASSES UNDER COPTER:>>NFD”, LatLong: “34.150002 -118.266672”, LatLongDMS: “34:09:00 N 118:16:00 W”, Locale: “Residential”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “California”, Strangeness: “7”

Event 19156 (E44D56F5)

Date: 8/28/1957
Description: A teenage couple on the beach in Nazare, Portugal saw an ellipsoidal UFO low over the shore, just five meters from the ground, and 100 meters away. Its circular main body had a curved window and was surmounted by a small tower. The craft shot a greenish-yellow beam at the ground. Plants and stones vanished from a four-meter square area.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: Vicente-Juan Ballester Olmos, Catalogue of 200 Type-I UFO Events in Spain and Portugal, case 23
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_5411

Event 19157 (7242F85E)

Date: 8/28/1957
Description: A silent crescent-shaped object followed three people driving in a car in Glenelg, South Australia at 8:15 p.m. When the car stopped, the object hovered for 20 seconds, then shot away.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: UFO Research South Australia, Australian Centre for UFO Studies (ACUFOS) case files, case SA57001
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_5412

Event 19158 (81234F74)

Date: 8/29/1957
Location: PASO ROBLES, CA
Description: Silver saucer flies from north going quickly west. Seen / 4 minute(s). No further details / Blue Book.
Type: sighting
Reference: HYNEK, Dr. J. Allen: THE HYNEK UFO REPORT; Dell Publ., NY 1977. 298pp. (Index 44)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_5479

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: “4”, Elev: “220”, HatchDesc: “PASO ROBLES,CA:SLVR SCR FLIES FROM N>>W:SEEN/4min:NFD/BBK”, LatLong: “35.627779 -120.688895”, LatLongDMS: “35:37:40 N 120:41:20 W”, Locale: “Pasture”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “California”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 19159 (8F643316)

Date: 8/29/1957
Time: 18:40
Location: WICHITA, KS
Description: Project Bluebook Case #unknown. Flying military observer(s). Also Braniff flight 40. UFO / complex trajectory / 2 minutes. No further details.
Type: sighting
Reference: UFOCAT CATALOG: Assorted Printouts. Donald A. Johnson Ph.D (CUFOS). P.O. Box 446, Concord, NH 03302-0446 (Index 47)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_5480

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, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), MIL: Military investigation, BBK: Project BLUEBOOK

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “8”, Duration: “2”, Elev: “392”, HatchDesc: “WICHITA,KS:BBK#UNK:FLYING MIL OBS:+BRANIFF FLT 40:UFO/COMPLEX TRAJ/2 mins:NFD”, LatLong: “37.683335 -97.350005”, LatLongDMS: “37:41:00 N 97:21:00 W”, Locale: “Metropolis”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Kansas”, Strangeness: “5”

Event 19160 (18ECCCD9)

Date: 8/29/1957
Time: 20:20
Location: ADELAIDE, SA
Description: Silent crescent-saucer follows 3 / car. Car stops. Saucer hovers / 20 second(s) and shoots away.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO’s a HISTORY-1957 (19 booklets) Self published. (Index 451)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_5481

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: “Australia”, Credibility: “8”, Duration: “3”, HatchDesc: “ADELAIDE,SA:SLNT CRESCENT-SCR FOLOS 3/CAR:CAR STOPS:SCR HVRS/20sec+SHOOTS AWAY”, LatLong: “-34.950002 138.616673”, LatLongDMS: “34:57:00 S 138:37:00 E”, Locale: “Pasture”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “South Australia”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 19161 (D2E9AF3C)

Date: 8/29/1957
Location: Paso Robles, CA
Description: Silver circular object flying N to W. (NICAP: 01 - Distant Encounters, BB: BBU)
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_2082

Event 19162 (3F3BC544)

Date: 8/30/1957
Time: 00:20
Location: SPRING LAKE, NJ
Description: Wingless DC3 fuselage follows coast. Flat 180° turn going south. Night light exits and scouts.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO’s a HISTORY-1957 (19 booklets) Self published. (Index 417)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_5482

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CST: Observer(s) in coastal area/just offshore, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, CIG: Torpedo/cigar/cylinder shaped UFO, PRB: Probe: Possibly remote controlled, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), OBS: Observation/chasing vehicles

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “7”, Duration: “5”, Elev: “8”, HatchDesc: “SPRING LAKE,NJ:WINGLESS DC3 FSLG FOLOS COAST:FLAT 180°TURN >S:NLT EXITS+SCOUTS”, LatLong: “40.155557 -74.027781”, LatLongDMS: “40:09:20 N 74:01:40 W”, Locale: “Coastlands”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “New Jersey”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 19163 (4025F23D)

Date: 8/30/1957
Time: 12:00
Location: SAN RAFAEL, HONDURAS
Description: Large cylinder/cigar-shape going down / mountains. Wires flash / one end. Earth tremors. Spirals quickly going up.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO’s a HISTORY-1957 (19 booklets) Self published. (Index 456)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_5483

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, NWS: News media report, CIG: Torpedo/cigar/cylinder shaped UFO, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), OBS: Observation/chasing vehicles, DRT: Dirt/soil traces/marks/footprints etc., TCH: New technical details/clues

Extra Data: Country: “Honduras”, Credibility: “6”, Duration: “5”, Elev: “963”, HatchDesc: “San RAFAEL,HONDURAS:LRG CGR ↓/Mtns:WIRES FLASH/ONE END:EARTH TREMORS:SPIRALS↑↑”, LatLong: “14.733334 -88.416671”, LatLongDMS: “14:44:00 N 88:25:00 W”, Locale: “Mountains”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “LMP”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 19164 (96740CEF)

Date: 8/30/1957
Time: 12:30
Location: NEAR SEA ISLE CITY, NJ
Description: 2 engineers / boat / (seen thru) binoculars. Plain metallic cylinder/cylindrical object hovers. Going southwest. Good report.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO’s a HISTORY-1957 (19 booklets) Self published. (Index 461)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_5484

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

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “8”, Duration: “3”, Elev: “2”, HatchDesc: “nr SEA ISLE CITY,NJ:2 ENGINEERS/BOAT/BINOCS:PLAIN MTLC CYL HVRS:>SW:good rept”, LatLong: “39.155557 -74.705559”, LatLongDMS: “39:09:20 N 74:42:20 W”, Locale: “Coastlands”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “New Jersey”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 19165 (B329D8D0)

Date: 8/30/1957
Time: 22:10
Location: NORFOLK, VA
Description: Fast night light stops near 2 ships. Clear RADAR blip / 14km altitude. Vanishes! / r141#4.
Type: sighting
Reference: CONDON, Dr. Edward: SCIENTIFIC STUDY of UFO…etc; Bantam 1969. 965pp. (Index 128)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_5485

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, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), RDR: Radar traces/blips, MIL: Military investigation, BBK: Project BLUEBOOK, CMF: Camouflage/disguise

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “8”, Duration: “2”, Elev: “3”, HatchDesc: “NORFOLK,VA:FAST NLT STOPS nr 2 SHIPS:CLR RDR BLIP/14km alt:VANISHES!:/r141#4”, LatLong: “36.850002 -76.266670”, LatLongDMS: “36:51:00 N 76:16:00 W”, Locale: “Metropolis”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, RelAlt: “14000”, State/Prov: “Virginia”, Strangeness: “5”

Event 19166 (14E1BB5D)

Date: 8/30/1957
Location: Chesapeake Bay, nr. Norfolk, VA
Description: Two Aircraft Observe Object / Excellent Blip On Radar (NICAP: 09 - RADAR Cases, Code: R, Rating: 5)
Reference: NICAP: 570830
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_2083

Event 19167 (0A383715)

Date: 8/30/1957
Time: 12:39:59.9
Location: 37.0867 -116.0236
Description: Nuclear test: Air, confirmed. Country: USA Name: “Franklin Prime” Yield: 4.7KT
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_105

Extra Data: LatLong: “37.0867 -116.0236”, LatLongDMS: “37:05:12 N 116:01:25 W”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, NukeCountry: “USA”, NukeDepth: “-0.23”, NukeName: “Franklin Prime”, NukeSource: “G+P”, NukeType: “NACU”, NukeY: “4.7”

Event 19168 (21DFEA25)

Date: 8/30/1957
Location: Norfolk, Virginia
Description: Night. A Capital Airlines pilot is flying a Viscount at 12,000 feet approaching Norfolk, Virginia, with a Northeast Airlines DC-6 directly above on the same heading at 20,000 feet. The Viscount pilot sees a brilliant object that “flew fast and then abruptly halted 20 miles in front of us at 60,000 feet altitude.” The Northeast pilot tries to acquire the object on radar. With the antenna at 0° elevation, nothing is detected, but with the antenna elevated to 15° he acquires “an excellent blip right where I told him to look for the object.” According to the Viscount pilot, the object “dissolved right in front of my eyes, and the crew above lost it from the scope at the same time. They said it just faded away.” The entire incident lasts several minutes.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: NICAP, “Two Aircraft Observe Object / Excellent Blip on Radar”; Condon, pp. 128–129
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_2981

Event 19169 (D9B686A6)

Date: 8/30/1957
Description: At noon in San Rafael, Honduras a large cigar-shaped object was seen over the mountains, emitting flashes from one end. Earth tremors were felt at the time. The object spiraled out of sight.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: Loren E. Gross, The Fifth Horseman of the Apocalypse: UFOs: A History. 1957: August-September, p. 56
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_5487

Event 19170 (BDE97284)

Date: 8/30/1957
Description: At 12:30 in the afternoon two engineers in a boat on the Atlantic Ocean near Sea Isle City, Cape May County, New Jersey watched a metallic cylinder hovering for three minutes with binoculars. It moved off to the southwest.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: Loren E. Gross, The Fifth Horseman of the Apocalypse: UFOs: A History. 1957: August-September, p. 61
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_5488

Event 19171 (3D77097C)

Date: 8/30/1957
Description: At 10:10 p.m. the crew of two separate airliners flying over Chesapeake Bay near Norfolk, Virginia, a Capital Airlines flight and a Northwest Airlines DC-6, sighted a bright object that flew at great speed, then stopped abruptly. The UFO was confirmed on their airborne radars and ground radar.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: Gordon D. Thayer in Edward U. Condon (editor), Scientific Study of Unidentified Flying Objects, p. 128; Dominique Weinstein, Aircraft UFO Encounters, p. 29
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_5489

Event 19172 (61AA7D29)

Date: 8/31/1957
Description: In a letter about UFOs to a constituent, Senator Barry Goldwater said, “I, frankly, feel there is a great deal to this.”
Type: letter
Reference: Pea Research
Source: Maj2, ID: Maj2_573

Event 19173 (66446339)

Date: 8/31/1957
Time: 13:00?
Location: EAST THERMOPOLIS, WY
Description: 12+observer(s). Round blue silent 5M object hovers / 3M altitude 30M away. Going quickly [to] fast. / r141.
Type: sighting
Reference: The APRO BULLETIN: Monthly. Jim & Coral Lorenzen: Tucson,AZ (USA. defunct) By volume and number. (Index 695)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_5486

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: “2”, Elev: “990”, HatchDesc: “E.THERMOPOLIS,WY:12+OBS:RND BLU SLNT 5M OBJ HVRS/3M alt 30M away:>> FAST:/r141”, LatLong: “43.644447 -108.200005”, LatLongDMS: “43:38:40 N 108:12:00 W”, Locale: “Mountains”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, RelAlt: “3”, State/Prov: “Wyoming”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 19174 (B7A7D5AE)

Date: 8/31/1957
Time: 12:30:00.0
Location: 37.1872 -116.0678
Description: Nuclear test: Air, confirmed. Country: USA Name: “Smoky” Yield: 44KT
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_106

Extra Data: LatLong: “37.1872 -116.0678”, LatLongDMS: “37:11:14 N 116:04:04 W”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, NukeCountry: “USA”, NukeDepth: “-0.21”, NukeName: “Smoky”, NukeSource: “G+P”, NukeType: “NACU”, NukeY: “44”

Event 19175 (BCD4C252)

Date: 8/31/1957
Description: After nuclear test Plumbbob Smokey, Army troops conduct an airlift assault.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Wikipedia, “Desert Rock exercises”
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_2982

Event 19176 (1C9071CD)

Date: 8/31/1957
Description: Sen. Barry Goldwater (R-Ariz.) sends a letter to a constituent about UFOs, saying, “I, frankly, feel that there is a great deal to this.”
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: UFOEv, p. 173
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_2983

Event 19177 (4EECD0F7)

Date: 9/1957
Location: CAMPINAS, SP, BRZ
Description: Man faints. Saucer lands. Pseudo-human/entity check out saucer and put samples / box. No further details.
Type: sighting
Reference: VALLEE, Jacques: PASSPORT TO MAGONIA; H. Regnery, Chicago HC 1969 & Contemporary Books,Chicago 1993. 372pp. (Index 400)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_5487

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, 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, LND: UFO landing or any part touches ground, TCH: New technical details/clues

Extra Data: Country: “Brazil”, Credibility: “8”, Duration: “9”, Elev: “662”, HatchDesc: “CAMPINAS,SP,BRZ:MAN FAINTS:SCR LANDS:PSH CHECK OUT SCR+PUT SAMPLES/BOX:NFD”, LatLong: “-22.916668 -47.066669”, LatLongDMS: “22:55:00 S 47:04:00 W”, Locale: “Farmlands”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “São Paulo”, Strangeness: “10”

Event 19178 (30D52250)

Date: 9/1957
Time: 09:00
Location: FT BELVOIR, VA
Description: 6 photograph. Black hoop / sky grows its own cloud going south. A-bomb simulation?
Type: sighting
Reference: CONDON, Dr. Edward: SCIENTIFIC STUDY of UFO…etc; Bantam 1969. 965pp. (Index 427)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_5488

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), OBS: Observation/chasing vehicles, VEH: Vehicle affected: Marks/damage/EME effects, BLD: Building/man-made structure/roads/power lines, PHT: Photos/movies/videos taken, TCH: New technical details/clues, MIL: Military investigation, GSA: Covert Security Agency, CMF: Camouflage/disguise

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “8”, Duration: “5”, Elev: “21”, HatchDesc: “Ft BELVOIR,VA:6 PIX:BLK HOOP/SKY GROWS ITS OWN CLOUD >S:A-bomb simulation?”, LatLong: “38.694446 -77.177781”, LatLongDMS: “38:41:40 N 77:10:40 W”, Locale: “Town & City”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Virginia”, Strangeness: “3”

Event 19179 (AF65CB80)

Date: 9/1957 (approximate)
Time: 23:30
Location: AL AHMADI, KUWAIT
Description: 2 separate observer(s). Brilliant saucer hovers / oil jetty. Going [to] inland. Going quickly east. / r141#19p11.
Type: sighting
Reference: FLYING SAUCER REVIEW (FSR), London. Bimonthly. PO Box 162; High Wycombe, Bucks. HP135 DZ, England. (Index 49)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_5489

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

Extra Data: Country: “Kuwait”, Credibility: “8”, Duration: “15”, HatchDesc: “Al AHMADI,KUWAIT:2 SEP.OBS:BRILL.SCR HVRS/OIL JETTY:> INLAND:>>E:/r141#19p11”, LatLong: “29.066668 48.133336”, LatLongDMS: “29:04:00 N 48:08:00 E”, Locale: “Oil & Coal”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “AAM”, Strangeness: “7”

Event 19180 (36162AC4)

Date: 9/1957
Location: Campinas, Brazil
Description: A man suddenly fell, as if paralyzed, and his two companions then observed an object shaped like a disk with a dome on top and another dome under it, 50 m away. A door opened and three men, 1.70 m tall, wearing close-fitting, iridescent clothing, and who walked as if on skis, appeared to make a check of the craft and the surroundings. They gathered samples in a large box. The witnesses saw small portholes and a tripod landing gear. The craft took off after 20 min.
Type: ufo sighting
Reference: Nachrichten Jul., 60 (Vallee)
Source: ValléeMagonia, ID: Magonia_400

Event 19181 (34C86696)

Date: 9/1957
Locations: Frankfurt, Germany; Alexander Litvinenko
Description: Soviet defector Nikolai Khokhlov suffers a sudden and severe illness while attending an anti-Communist meeting in Frankfurt, Germany. He is treated for thallium poisoning and survives. This case is often claimed to be the first radiological attack by the KGB, especially when compared to the poisoning of Alexander Litvinenko in 2006, although it remains unclear what isotope was used, if any. Former KGB officer Stanislav Lekarev claims, however, that Khokhlov is poisoned by radioactive polonium (not thallium), exactly as Litvinenko is later. Litvinenko’s poisoning is also initially mistaken for thallium. A unique mechanism for administering poison is described by a knowledgeable source at the time as a pneumatically operated poison ice “atomizer” that leaves no wound or other evidence of the cause of death.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Wikipedia, “Nikolai Khokhlov”; Andy Wright, “The Russian Spy Who Convinced America to Take ESP Seriously,” Atlas Obscura, January 13, 2017; Christopher Andrew and Vasili Mitrokhin, The Sword and the Shield: The Mitrokhin Archive and the Secret History of the KGB, Basic Books, 1999; David Kurlander, “Ending in a Fall: America’s Response to the Poisoning of Soviet Defector Nikolai Khokhlov,” Café, September 3, 2020
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_2984

Event 19182 (AB58454C)

Date: 9/1957
Locations: Campinas, São Paulo, Brazil; Avenida Julio Mesqita
Description: 3:00 p.m. Hélio Penteado and his foreman Zaca Sabiá are repairing a fence on Penteado’s farm in Campinas, São Paulo, Brazil, when Sabiá’s dog begins growling at something in the mint field. They hear a loud, irritating sound and see a disc about 50 feet wide landing in the field and supported by three legs with spheres on the end that pierce the ground. Penteado goes closer to investigate and sees two beings about 4 feet tall leave the UFO wearing green coveralls. They seem to float along the ground and take a vessel from under the craft. One of them is carrying something like a gun or flamethrower. They pass through a fence on the way to a river. After 10 minutes the beings return with the vessel apparently full of river water. The entity with the flamethrower shoots it at a jacaranda tree and a eucalyptus tree, damaging their trunks. They reenter the object via the dome, which takes off toward the city. Back at his barn, Penteado notices that all his metallic tools are stacked in a cone, the birds are dead, his monkey is agitated, and his watch has stopped working. The same day, people observe a UFO over a hospital on the Avenida Julio Mesqita, where the object dumps two drops of liquid metal that falls in the street. The UFO goes so low that it hits the corner of a parked truck. An analysis of the metal by an unnamed organization (possibly the Brazilian Air Force) shows that the metal is high in magnesium. Penteado later goes to the landing site and takes plaster casts of the footprints, which he sends to the Agronomy Institute of Campinas.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: “Caso do disco proximo de Campinas,” Boletim SBEDV, no. 14 (March 1, 1960): 1–3; Brazil 35–37
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_2986

Event 19183 (A9EBE742)

Date: 9/1/1957
Location: LE MARS, IA
Description: Flash / sky. 2 observer(s). Car lights and engine quit. No object seen. / r141+/ FSRv4#3p13.
Type: sighting
Reference: FALLA, GEOFFREY: VEHICLE INTERFERENCE PROJECT. BUFORA Ltd. 1979. C.F. Lockwood & A.R. Rice editors. (Index 12)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_5490

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, MID: Likely mis-identification, NLT: Nightlights/points of light, FBL: Fireball: Blazing undistinguished form/orb., NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), VEH: Vehicle affected: Marks/damage/EME effects, EME: Electro-Magnetic Effects

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “7”, Duration: “1”, Elev: “365”, HatchDesc: “LE MARS,IA:FLASH/SKY:2 OBS:CAR LITES+ENGINE QUIT:no obj seen:/r141+/FSRv4#3p13”, LatLong: “42.794446 -96.166671”, LatLongDMS: “42:47:40 N 96:10:00 W”, Locale: “Town & City”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Iowa”, Strangeness: “3”

Event 19184 (EACE009B)

Date: 9/1/1957
Time: 12:00?
Location: CHITOSE AIR FORCE BASE, JAPAN
Description: Project Bluebook Case #4928. Unidentified. 5 daylight photos / dark ovoid. Not Chiltose!
Type: sighting
Reference: STEIGER, Brad (ed.): PROJECT BLUEBOOK; Ballentine Books 1976. 423pp. (Index 56)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_5491

Attributes: CST: Observer(s) in coastal area/just offshore, AIR: Observer(s) on aircraft, MIL: Observer(s) military, HQO: High-quality observer(s), SCR: Classic saucer/disk/sphere shaped UFO, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), OBS: Observation/chasing vehicles, PHT: Photos/movies/videos taken, MIL: Military investigation, BBK: Project BLUEBOOK

Extra Data: Country: “Japan”, Credibility: “9”, Duration: “10”, HatchDesc: “CHITOSE AFB,JAPAN:BBK#4928:UID:5 DAYLITE PHOTOS/DARK OVOID:not Chiltose!”, LatLong: “42.888891 141.561118”, LatLongDMS: “42:53:20 N 141:33:40 E”, Locale: “Town & City”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “HKD”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 19185 (5B703894)

Date: 9/1/1957
Time: 23:50
Location: OFF PORTHCAWL, WALES
Description: 3 cops. Large red saucer rises / Bristol channel. Going quickly west. / r141#4p63.
Type: sighting
Reference: FLYING SAUCER REVIEW (FSR), London. Bimonthly. PO Box 162; High Wycombe, Bucks. HP135 DZ, England. (Index 42)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_5492

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, SUB: Submersible: Rises from or submerges into water, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), LND: UFO landing or any part touches ground, TCH: New technical details/clues, OGA: Non-Covert Government Agencies

Extra Data: Country: “Great Britain and Ireland”, Credibility: “8”, Duration: “2”, Elev: “0”, HatchDesc: “off PORTHCAWL,WALES:3 COPS:LRG RED SCR RISES/BRISTOL CHANNEL:>>W:/r141#4p63”, LatLong: “51.488891 -3.705556”, LatLongDMS: “51:29:20 N 03:42:20 W”, Locale: “Offshore”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “WLS”, Strangeness: “7”

Event 19186 (844E5128)

Date: 9/2/1957
Time: 12:40:00.0
Location: 37.0531 -116.1025
Description: Nuclear test: Air, confirmed. Country: USA Name: “Galileo” 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_107

Extra Data: LatLong: “37.0531 -116.1025”, LatLongDMS: “37:03:11 N 116:06:09 W”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, NukeCountry: “USA”, NukeDepth: “-0.15”, NukeName: “Galileo”, NukeSource: “G+P”, NukeType: “NACU”, NukeY: “11”

Event 19187 (771EBA79)

Date: Early 9/1957
Location: Ubatuba, São Paulo, Brazil
Description: Several people fishing near Ubatuba, São Paulo, Brazil, watch a disc dive down from the sky and explode, showering the area with flaming fragments. One of the witnesses writes an anonymous letter and sends three pieces to O Globo, but no witnesses to the event have ever come forward. APRO representative Olavo T. Fontes examines the fragments, which are dull gray, irregular, and strongly oxidized. One sample is shot through with microscopic cracks and shows a fissure running through two-thirds of its length. All three have whitish smears of a powdery substance like cinders. Fontes takes one sample to the Mineral Production Laboratory of the Ministry of Agriculture for analysis, which shows it to be “magnesium of a high degree of purity.” Chemist Luisa Maria A. Barbosa, who conducts a spectrographic analysis, says that not even trace elements are apparent. Fontes also has it analyzed by chemist Elson Teixeira and the Brazilian Army. The Laboratory of Crystallography conducts some X-ray diffraction work. All conclude that the material is pure magnesium, while one gives it a density of 1.866 (normal magnesium is 1.741). APRO sends a second fragment to the US Air Force, which accidentally destroys it. The third sample is sent to the Colorado Project in February 1968. Roy Craig runs tests on it at the Alcohol and Tobacco Tax Division of the IRS in Washington and Dow Chemical’s Metallurgical Laboratory. Both determine that the level of purity is not as high as was determined in 1957 (although this is now seen as a major misrepresentation of the actual results). APRO does two further tests with University of Arizona metallurgical engineer Walter A. Walker and Robert W. Johnson of the Materials Research Corporation at Orangeburg, New Jersey. Walker and Johnson both find that the sample “had undergone a directional crystal growth type of manufacture.” Walker concludes that the material was likely exposed to the earth’s atmosphere at elevated temperatures. Researchers Brad Sparks and Michael Swords examine Roy Craig’s archived original notes from the Colorado Project and find that the team had covered up the fact that an abnormal concentration of magnesium isotope Mg-26 had indeed been found and knowingly misrepresented the sample to APRO as “essentially the same as terrestrial magnesium,” blaming them for cherry-picking the Brazilian lab results. Peter A. Sturrock acquires the remnant of the samples from APRO and performs further analysis on two of them in 1997. In 2018, Michael Swords and Robert Powell borrow one Ubatuba sample from Sturrock and arrange for further tests at an accredited lab, finding variations well outside the normal range for magnesium, strontium, copper, and barium.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: NICAP, “The Ubatuba Incident”; “Physical Evidence,” APRO Bulletin, March 1960, pp. 1, 3; Olavo T. Fontes, “A Report on the Investigation of Magnesium Samples from a UFO Explosion over the Sea in the Ubatuba Region of Brazil,” 1962; Lorenzen, FS Hoax, pp. 104–145; Lorenzen, UFOs: The Whole Story, Signet, 1969, pp. 212–216; Condon, pp. 94–97, 257–260; Michael D. Swords, “Analysis of Alleged Fragments from an Exploding UFO near Ubatuba, Brazil: An Introduction,” JUFOS 4 (1992): 1–5; Walter W. Walker and Robert W. Johnson, “Further Studies on the Ubatuba UFO Magnesium Samples,” JUFOS 4 (1992): 6–25; Walter W. Walker, “Scientific Studies of the Ubatuba Magnesium Fragments: A 1992 Perspective,” JUFOS 4 (1992): 26–37; Peter A. Sturrock, “Letter: Ubatuba,” IUR 18, no. 2 (March/April 1993): 19; Paul R. Hill, Unconventional Flying Objects: A Scientific Analysis, Hampton Roads, 1995, pp. 226–234; Peter A. Sturrock, “Composition Analysis of the Brazil Magnesium,” Journal of Scientific Exploration 15, no. 1 (2001): 69–95; Pierre Kaufmann and Peter A. Sturrock, “On Events Possibly Related to the ‘Brazil Magnesium,’” Journal of Scientific Exploration 18, no. 2 (2004): 283–291; Clark III 1143–1155; Brazil 510–517; Robert M. Powell, Michael D. Swords, Mark Rodeghier, and Phyllis Budinger, “Isotope Ratios and Chemical Analysis of the 1957 Brazilian Ubatuba Fragment,” Journal of Scientific Exploration 36, no. 1 (Spring 2022): 39–48
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_2985

Event 19188 (08C314C6)

Date: 9/2/1957
Location: Nevada Test Site
Description: After the Plumbbob Galileo nuclear shot at the Nevada Test Site, Army troops are tested to determine their psychological reactions to witnessing the nuclear detonation.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Wikipedia, “Desert Rock exercises”
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_2987

Event 19189 (97C67605)

Date: 9/3/1957
Location: ARUSSI PROV, ETHIOPIA
Description: Many observer(s). Silent ovoid hovers / nose down. 2 contrails. Going quickly [to] going north.
Type: sighting
Reference: FLYING SAUCER REVIEW (FSR), London. Bimonthly. PO Box 162; High Wycombe, Bucks. HP135 DZ, England. (Index 42)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_5493

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)

Extra Data: Country: “Ethiopia”, Credibility: “8”, Duration: “2”, HatchDesc: “ARUSSI prov,ETHIOPIA:MANY OBS:SLNT OVOID HVRS/NOSE DOWN:2 CONTRAILS:>>>N”, LatLong: “7.500000 39.500002”, LatLongDMS: “07:30:00 N 39:30:00 E”, Locale: “Farmlands”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “ARS”, Strangeness: “5”

Event 19190 (2E7AB72B)

Date: 9/4/1957
Location: PORTUGAL - SPAIN, in flight
Description: (Translated from French) During a training flight, Captain Lenos Ferreira saw a sparkling light point at a height of Granada, which changed from intense green to bright red. Behind him, the pilots of three other planes also spotted it. When Ferreira decided to head towards Cordoue, the UFO followed the squadron. The pursuit lasted 40 minutes. During this time, the object dropped four luminous rings that spread around the plane. The object and its satellites then made a dive, causing panic in the squadron. They disappeared shortly afterwards. The observation was marked by an interruption of the radio link. At the same time, the Coimbre Observatory recorded an abnormal variation of the magnetic field. (Inforespace n° 12, p. 5 - 1973 - SOBEPS) Air Base of Ota - At 9:15 pm a witness observed above this airport, a light of 20 cm in apparent size.
Reference: collaboration of Larry Fenwick, CUFORN, Joaquim Fernandes, CNIFO, Willy Smith, UNICAT Project; listing of Victor Lourenço
Reference: Mini catalogue chronologique des observations OVNI, by Godelieve Van Overmeire
Source: Overmeire, ID: Overmeire_2046

Event 19191 (89A545A2)

Date: 9/4/1957
Location: -
Description: Four Portuguese jet pilots report bright maneuvering UFOs. 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_215

Event 19192 (8062D8C3)

Date: 9/4/1957
Time: 18:50
Location: SIOUX CITY, IA
Description: Cleric and 2. Moon-size disk going east. Stops. Quickly going up [to] as USAF jets near.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO’s a HISTORY-1957 (19 booklets) Self published. (Index 467)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_5494

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

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “7”, Duration: “2”, Elev: “335”, HatchDesc: “SIOUX CITY,IA:CLERIC+2:MOONSIZE DISK >E:STOPS:↑↑ as USAF jets near:”, LatLong: “42.533335 -96.416671”, LatLongDMS: “42:32:00 N 96:25:00 W”, Locale: “Residential”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Iowa”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 19193 (41C2C1BE)

Date: 9/4/1957
Time: 20:10
Location: CORUCHE, PORT
Description: 4 PAF jets buzzed / objects which exit large saucer. / r141#4+/ r120p147.
Type: sighting
Reference: FLYING SAUCER REVIEW (FSR), London. Bimonthly. PO Box 162; High Wycombe, Bucks. HP135 DZ, England. (Index 50)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_5495

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, EME: Electro-Magnetic Effects, TCH: New technical details/clues, CMF: Camouflage/disguise

Extra Data: Country: “Portugal”, Credibility: “9”, Duration: “40”, HatchDesc: “CORUCHE,PORT:4 PAF JETS BUZZED/OBJS WHICH EXIT LRG SCR:/r141#4+/r120p147”, LatLong: “38.966669 -8.566667”, LatLongDMS: “38:58:00 N 08:34:00 W”, Locale: “Mountains”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “RBT”, Strangeness: “9”

Event 19194 (915AF545)

Date: 9/4/1957
Time: 21:00?
Location: COIMBRA, PORT
Description: Weathermen. Extraordinary changes / earth magnetic field. / r120p148.
Type: sighting
Reference: FLYING SAUCER REVIEW (FSR), London. Bimonthly. PO Box 162; High Wycombe, Bucks. HP135 DZ, England. (Index 51)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_5496

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, SCI: Scientist involvement, NWS: News media report, ODD: Atypical/Forteana/paranormal, NFO: No craft seen, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), EME: Electro-Magnetic Effects, TRC: Physical traces

Extra Data: Country: “Portugal”, Credibility: “10”, Duration: “3”, HatchDesc: “COIMBRA,PORT:WEATHERMEN:EXTRAORDINARY CHANGES/EARTH MAGNETIC FIELD:/r120p148”, LatLong: “40.233335 -8.383334”, LatLongDMS: “40:14:00 N 08:23:00 W”, Locale: “Mountains”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Beira littoral”, Strangeness: “7”

Event 19195 (D48404E7)

Date: 9/4/1957
Location: Unknown City, Portugal
Description: Portuguese Air Force Jets Have 40-Minute Encounter (NICAP: 11 - Aviation Cases, Code: A, Rating: 5)
Reference: NICAP: 570904
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_2084

Event 19196 (FA2A54EC)

Date: 9/4/1957
Locations: Ota, Portugal; Granada, Spain; Portalegre, Portugal
Description: Four Portuguese jet fighter-bombers under the command of Capt. José Lemos Ferreira are flying at night at 24,600 feet between Ota, Portugal, and Granada, Spain. Near Granada they turn to head to Portalegre, Portugal. At this point, Ferreira notices a UFO like a bright star with a scintillating, colored nucleus that changes from deep green to blue. The object suddenly grows to 5 or 6 times its original size, then shrinks to a barely visible yellow point. These changes repeat several times, possibly due to changes in position. The UFO maintains its position 90° to the left of the squadron. Suddenly a small circle of yellow light emerges from the object and three smaller yellow objects appear, maneuver, then disappear.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: NICAP, “Portuguese Air Force Jets Have 40-Min. Encounter / E-M”; Marciano Alves, “Air Force Pilots Spend 40 Minutes with Saucers,” Flying Saucer Review 4, no. 3 (May/June 1958): 2–3; Good Above, pp. 147–148; Kean, p. 50
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_2988

Event 19197 (3A3F671A)

Date: 9/4/1957
Description: At 8:06 p.m. four Portuguese F-84 fighter jets from Ota AFB on a night training flight at 25,000 feet altitude between Cordoba and Coruche, Portugal sighted a large disc-shaped object. It was changing color from green to yellow to blue. It also appeared to change size. Four small circles of light detached from a larger light.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: Flying Saucer Review, July 1958; Brinsley LePoer Trench, Flying Saucer Story, p. 37; Dominique Weinstein, Aircraft UFO Encounters, p. 29; Flying Saucers magazine, September 1962, p. 30; UNICAT, case # 791
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_5626

Event 19198 (9BD7C44D)

Date: 9/5/1957
Time: 13:00
Location: WEST / DAYTON, OH
Description: Shiny ball-disk going quickly northeast. Stops. Maneuvers. Going quickly south. Clearly seen. / Ray Palmer.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO’s a HISTORY-1957 (19 booklets) Self published. (Index 467)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_5497

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: “230”, HatchDesc: “W/DAYTON,OH:SHINY BALL-DISK >>NE:STOPS:MNVRS:>>S:clearly seen:/Ray Palmer”, LatLong: “39.750002 -84.333337”, LatLongDMS: “39:45:00 N 84:20:00 W”, Locale: “Residential”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Ohio”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 19199 (EC7EEBC8)

Date: 9/6/1957
Time: 12:45:00.0
Location: 37.1347 -116.0408
Description: Nuclear test: Air, confirmed. Country: USA Name: “Wheeler” Yield: .197KT
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_108

Extra Data: LatLong: “37.1347 -116.0408”, LatLongDMS: “37:08:05 N 116:02:27 W”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, NukeCountry: “USA”, NukeDepth: “-0.15”, NukeName: “Wheeler”, NukeSource: “G+P”, NukeType: “NACU”, NukeY: “.197”

Event 19200 (E7FD96EE)

Date: 9/6/1957
Time: 20:05:00.6
Location: 37.0000 -116.0000
Description: Nuclear test: Air, confirmed. Country: USA Name: “Coulomb-B” Yield: .3KT
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_109

Extra Data: LatLong: “37.0000 -116.0000”, LatLongDMS: “37:00:00 N 116:00:00 W”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, NukeCountry: “USA”, NukeName: “Coulomb-B”, NukeSource: “G+P”, NukeType: “NACU”, NukeY: “.3”

Event 19201 (0FE774F1)

Date: 9/7/1957
Description: (Translated from French) In Runcorn, Cheshire (England), James Cook reports having spent 2 days in a UFO which he boarded while on a hill outside the town. (September 7)
Reference: Mysterious Britain
Reference: rr0 - Beau
Source: rr0, ID: rr0_1709

Event 19202 (6C82CAFC)

Date: 9/7/1957 (approximate)
Time: 12:00
Location: UBATUBA, BRZ
Description: Saucer maneuvers and explodes. Mg fragments with 500ppm strontium. / r111p104+/ r74p43.
Type: sighting
Reference: The APRO BULLETIN: Monthly. Jim & Coral Lorenzen: Tucson,AZ (USA. defunct) By volume and number. (Index 723)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_5498

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), TRC: Physical traces, TCH: New technical details/clues

Extra Data: Country: “Brazil”, Credibility: “7”, Duration: “5”, Elev: “1”, HatchDesc: “UBATUBA,BRZ:SCR MNVRs+EXPLODES:Mg FRAGs W/500ppm STRONTIUM:/r111p104+/r74p43”, LatLong: “-23.433334 -45.066669”, LatLongDMS: “23:26:00 S 45:04:00 W”, Locale: “Offshore”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “São Paulo”, Strangeness: “7”

Event 19203 (F83ED890)

Date: 9/7/1957
Time: 17:00
Location: FLATONIA, TX
Description: Huge fireball follows car 22 km. Just off US90+1km behind.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO’s a HISTORY-1957 (19 booklets) Self published. (Index 419)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_5499

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, MID: Likely mis-identification, FBL: Fireball: Blazing undistinguished form/orb., OBS: Observation/chasing vehicles, VEH: Vehicle affected: Marks/damage/EME effects

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “6”, Duration: “15”, Elev: “137”, HatchDesc: “FLATONIA,TX:HUGE FBL FOLOS CAR 22 km:JUST OFF US90+1km BEHIND:”, LatLong: “29.688890 -97.111116”, LatLongDMS: “29:41:20 N 97:06:40 W”, Locale: “Pasture”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Texas”, Strangeness: “5”

Event 19204 (1B63CF46)

Date: 9/7/1957
Time: 08:00:01.0
Location: 70.72333 54.6963
Description: Nuclear test: Air, confirmed. Country: USSR 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_1074

Extra Data: LatLong: “70.72333 54.6963”, LatLongDMS: “70:43:24 N 54:41:47 E”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, NukeCountry: “USSR”, NukeDepth: “0.00”, NukeSource: “KHRISTOFOROV”, NukeType: “NACS”, NukeY: “32”

Event 19205 (96451086)

Date: 9/7/1957
Location: Ubatuba, Sao Paulo State, Brazil
Description: Exploding UFO showers fragments onto the beach, witnessed by many.
Type: ufo sighting
Reference: The Flying Saucers are Hostile!, by George D. Fawcett 1961
Source: HostileFawcett, ID: HostileFawcett_58

Event 19206 (540B23DF)

Date: 9/8/1957
Time: 12:59:59.8
Location: 37.0867 -116.0236
Description: Nuclear test: Air, confirmed. Country: USA Name: “Laplace” Yield: 1KT
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_110

Extra Data: LatLong: “37.0867 -116.0236”, LatLongDMS: “37:05:12 N 116:01:25 W”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, NukeCountry: “USA”, NukeDepth: “-0.23”, NukeName: “Laplace”, NukeSource: “G+P”, NukeType: “NACU”, NukeY: “1”

Event 19207 (907A6B4B)

Date: 9/9/1957
Location: POUGHKEEPSIE, NY
Description: 2 observer(s). Shiny objects faster / jets. Drop angel hair? none recovered.
Type: sighting
Reference: MUFON UFO JOURNAL, Seguin, TX USA. Monthly. (Index 293)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_5500

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

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “7”, Duration: “1”, Elev: “64”, HatchDesc: “POUGHKEEPSIE,NY:2 OBS:SHINY OBJS FASTER/JETS:DROP ANGEL HAIR? NONE RECOVERED”, LatLong: “41.700002 -73.933337”, LatLongDMS: “41:42:00 N 73:56:00 W”, Locale: “Farmlands”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “New York”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 19208 (D777007A)

Date: 9/10/1957
Location: Ubatuba, Brazil
Description: Approximate date. Anonymous witnesses saw a disk dive down and explode, showering the area with flaming fragments. Some samples were gathered, sent to a Brazilian newsman, analyzed by friends of Dr. Fontes, of Rio, and were found to consist of surprisingly pure magnesium.
Type: ufo sighting
Reference: Lor.l 90; 110 (Vallee)
Source: ValléeMagonia, ID: Magonia_401

Event 19209 (79757EF5)

Date: 9/11/1957
Time: 05:40
Location: AUCKLAND, NZ
Description: 1 / (seen thru) binoculars. 60’ domed saucer emits yellow rays. Ball-antennas / bottom. Going quickly southwest.
Type: sighting
Reference: CATHIE, Bruce: HARMONIC 33. A. & A. Reed, Wellington, NZ (Index 118)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_5501

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), RAY: Odd light/searchlight/beam/laser-like, TCH: New technical details/clues

Extra Data: Country: “New Zealand”, Credibility: “6”, Duration: “10”, HatchDesc: “AUCKLAND,NZ:1/BINOCS:60’DOMED SCR EMITS YLW RAYS:BALL-ANTENNAS/BOTTOM:>>SW:”, LatLong: “-36.900002 174.700008”, LatLongDMS: “36:54:00 S 174:42:00 E”, Locale: “Residential”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “NI”, Strangeness: “7”

Event 19210 (D03AFFA1)

Date: 9/12/1957
Description: (Translated from French) At Ubatuba (Sao Paulo), something explodes by the sea and scatters the beach with thousands of metal debris. Fishermen collect a large quantity.
Reference: rr0 - Beau
Source: rr0, ID: rr0_1710

Event 19211 (A568E26D)

Date: 9/12/1957
Description: (Translated from French) General J. J. Kelly to a Congressman: We have not refused to communicate any report to NICAP. Intentions at least contradicted on November 15th.
Reference: rr0 - Beau
Source: rr0, ID: rr0_1711

Event 19212 (E7F330D9)

Date: 9/12/1957
Time: 21:50
Location: LEAD, SD
Description: 5+observer(s). Cylinder/cigar-shape (line / 6 night lights) going south. Small lights around main lights. Ground Observer Corps (GOC) report.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO’s a HISTORY-1957 (19 booklets) Self published. (Index 420)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_5502

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, HQO: High-quality observer(s), NWS: News media report, MID: Likely mis-identification, CIG: Torpedo/cigar/cylinder shaped UFO, NLT: Nightlights/points of light, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s)

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “8”, Duration: “2”, Elev: “1560”, HatchDesc: “LEAD,SD:5+OBS:CGR (LINE/6 NLTS) >S:SML LITES AROUND MAIN LITES:GOC RPT”, LatLong: “44.350002 -103.761116”, LatLongDMS: “44:21:00 N 103:45:40 W”, Locale: “Pasture”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “South Dakota”, Strangeness: “5”

Event 19213 (C3D01614)

Date: 9/12/1957
Location: Tulsa, OK
Description: (McDonald list; FUFOR Index) APS-64 Tracks Object At 24,000 MPH (NICAP: 09 - RADAR Cases, Code: R, Rating: 0, BB: BBU)
Reference: NICAP: 570912
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_2085

Event 19214 (ADF04E7A)

Date: 9/12/1957
Locations: Ent Air Force Base in Colorado Springs, Colorado; Canada; United States; Continental US
Description: NORAD’s command headquarters is established at Ent Air Force Base in Colorado Springs, Colorado. Canada and the United States agree that the NORAD commander will always be a US officer, with a Canadian vice commander, and Canada “agreed the command’s primary purpose would be…early warning and defense for SAC’s retaliatory forces.” Every continental US military radar UFO case in the Blue Book files from now on is a NORAD case because the subordinate USAF Air Defense Command belongs to NORAD.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Clark III 801; Wikipedia, “North American Aerospace Defense Command”
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_2989

Event 19215 (BC33C7B1)

Date: 9/13/1957
Location: 50.4375 77.814167
Description: Nuclear test: Air, confirmed. Country: USSR Yield: 5.9KT
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_1075

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: “5.9”

Event 19216 (95D91EA7)

Date: 9/14/1957
Description: (Translated from French) Journalist Ibrahim Sued publishes in the Rio newspaper O Globo an article indicating that witnesses saw a UFO explode over the sea near Ubatuba in Sao Paulo (Brazil). The witnesses were on the beach when they saw a flying disc approach at an incredible speed and rise to avoid hitting the water. As it still moved quickly, it exploded into thousands of fragments that fell into the sea. A number of these fragments fell near the beach and some were recovered. One of the witnesses sent 3 fragments in a letter to journalist Sued. On the same day, Brazilian investigator and doctor Olavo Fontes interviews Sued. He lets him know that he has connections that allow for the scientific analysis of the debris, and leaves with them. (September 14)
Reference: rr0 - Beau
Source: rr0, ID: rr0_1712

Event 19217 (BA31C108)

Date: 9/14/1957
Location: Ubatuba, Brazil
Description: UFO explodes and leaves fragments (NICAP: 06 - Trace Cases)
Reference: NICAP: 570914
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_2086

Event 19218 (B70FC2F0)

Date: 9/14/1957
Time: 16:44:59.8
Location: 37.0336 -116.0314
Description: Nuclear test: Air, confirmed. Country: USA Name: “Fizeau” 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_111

Extra Data: LatLong: “37.0336 -116.0314”, LatLongDMS: “37:02:01 N 116:01:53 W”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, NukeCountry: “USA”, NukeDepth: “-0.15”, NukeName: “Fizeau”, NukeSource: “G+P”, NukeType: “NACU”, NukeY: “11”

Event 19219 (ED03BED9)

Date: 9/14/1957
Time: 05:30:00.0
Location: -30.0000 132.0000
Description: Nuclear test: Air, confirmed. Country: Britain Name: “Antler” Yield: 1KT
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_1759

Extra Data: LatLong: “-30.0000 132.0000”, LatLongDMS: “30:00:00 S 132:00:00 E”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, NukeCountry: “Britain”, NukeDepth: “0.00”, NukeName: “Antler”, NukeSource: “BOLT”, NukeType: “NACG”, NukeY: “1”

Event 19220 (288FE43D)

Date: 9/15/1957?
Time: 20:30
Location: QUILLAN, FR
Description: Several observer(s). 2 silent orange cigars hover / vineyard 200M away. / r30p234+/ Flying Saucer Review (FSR) v22#2.
Type: sighting
Reference: LUMIERES DANS la NUIT (LDLN), Paris. Bimonthly since 1957. LDLN B.P.3; 77123 Le Vaudoue, FRANCE. (Index 153)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_5503

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, VEG: Plants affected or sampled/crop circles, LND: UFO landing or any part touches ground

Extra Data: Country: “France”, Credibility: “9”, Duration: “2”, HatchDesc: “QUILLAN,FR:SVRL OBS:2 SLNT ORG CGRs HVR/VINYARD 200M AWAY:/r30p234+/FSR v22#2”, LatLong: “42.883335 2.200000”, LatLongDMS: “42:53:00 N 02:12:00 E”, Locale: “Farmlands”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Aude”, Strangeness: “7”

Event 19221 (6FB5CAA9)

Date: 9/16/1957
Time: 17:20
Location: GRENOBLE, FR
Description: Engineers and more. 5 silent saucers hover. 1 dives going down. 2 going quickly east. 2 go quickly going up. / MJ#233+/ r3p24.
Type: sighting
Reference: FLYING SAUCER REVIEW (FSR), London. Bimonthly. PO Box 162; High Wycombe, Bucks. HP135 DZ, England. (Index 42)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_5504

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, CMF: Camouflage/disguise

Extra Data: Country: “France”, Credibility: “10”, Duration: “10”, HatchDesc: “GRENOBLE,FR:ENGINEERS+:5 SLNT SCRS HVR:1 DIVES↓:2>>E:2 GO↑↑:/MJ#233+/r3p24”, LatLong: “45.233335 5.750000”, LatLongDMS: “45:14:00 N 05:45:00 E”, Locale: “Town & City”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Isère”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 19222 (6D6B3940)

Date: 9/16/1957
Time: 930
Location: Smithfield, Australia
Description: Les McDonald, 17, and Gladys Smith, 14, saw a red light changing to green, spreading around them like a mist and covering an area about 100 m diameter. They became nearly paralyzed and “felt a warm glow.” They had no fear, but were “merely cognizant of things as they were without being able to react.” This sensation lasted two min.
Type: ufo sighting
Reference: UFO Bulletin Dec., 57 (Vallee)
Source: ValléeMagonia, ID: Magonia_402

Event 19223 (CD97DEB1)

Date: 9/16/1957
Time: 12:49:59.9
Location: 37.0867 -116.0236
Description: Nuclear test: Air, confirmed. Country: USA Name: “Newton” Yield: 12KT
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_112

Extra Data: LatLong: “37.0867 -116.0236”, LatLongDMS: “37:05:12 N 116:01:25 W”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, NukeCountry: “USA”, NukeDepth: “-0.46”, NukeName: “Newton”, NukeSource: “G+P”, NukeType: “NACU”, NukeY: “12”

Event 19224 (033BAA5E)

Date: 9/16/1957
Location: Pentagon
Description: ATIC briefs Howard P. Robertson, now chairman of the Defense Science Board, on Project Blue Book, presumably because he wants to find out how the Air Force is implementing the recommendations of the 1953 Robertson Panel. The briefing book (including Special Report no. 14 as well as reports on Keyhoe and the UFO movie) is delivered by the Pentagon’s Maj. James F. Byrne.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Swords 265–266
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_2990

Event 19225 (F26B805F)

Date: 9/16/1957
Description: At 7:30 p.m. in Smithfield, Queensland, Australia Les McDonald, age 17, and Gladys Smith, age 14, saw a red light changing to green, spreading around them like a mist and covering an area about 100 meters in diameter. They became nearly paralyzed and “felt a warm glow.” They had no fear, but were “merely cognizant of things as they were without [the ability] to react.” This sensation lasted two minutes.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: Jacques Vallee, Passport to Magonia: A Century of Landings, p. 258 (case 402), citing UFO Bulletin, December 1957
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_6009

Event 19226 (557BB9B0)

Date: 9/17/1957
Time: 20:20
Location: FORT DEVENS, MASS
Description: 8 orange saucers going [to] over base. One oscillate going up and down. Going quickly [to] all directions. / r141+/ r78p179.
Type: sighting
Reference: HALL, Richard: The UFO EVIDENCE; NICAP,Washington, DC 1964. Reprinted 1997 Barnes & Noble Books ( only $7.98! ) (Index 30)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_5505

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, MIL: Observer(s) military, HQO: High-quality observer(s), SCR: Classic saucer/disk/sphere shaped UFO, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), OBS: Observation/chasing vehicles, HUM: Humans affected: Injury/burns/marks/abduction/death, VEH: Vehicle affected: Marks/damage/EME effects, BLD: Building/man-made structure/roads/power lines, MIL: Military investigation

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “9”, Duration: “40”, Elev: “91”, HatchDesc: “FORT DEVENS,MASS:8 ORG SCRS >OVR BASE:ONE OSCL ↑+↓:>> ALL DIRS:/r141+/r78p179”, LatLong: “42.550002 -71.633337”, LatLongDMS: “42:33:00 N 71:38:00 W”, Locale: “Town & City”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Massachusetts”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 19227 (0E316BD2)

Date: 9/17/1957
Time: 22:20
Location: NORTH LONDON, ENGL
Description: Many observer(s). Blue-green cylinder/cigar-shape going quickly [to] fast. Descriptions match. Meteor? / MJ#233.
Type: sighting
Reference: FLYING SAUCER REVIEW (FSR), London. Bimonthly. PO Box 162; High Wycombe, Bucks. HP135 DZ, England. (Index 42)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_5506

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

Extra Data: Country: “Great Britain and Ireland”, Credibility: “11”, Duration: “1”, HatchDesc: “N.LONDON,ENGL:MANY OBS:BLU-GRN CGR >>FAST:DESCRIPTs MATCH:METEOR?:/MJ#233”, LatLong: “51.533336 -0.066667”, LatLongDMS: “51:32:00 N 00:04:00 W”, Locale: “Metropolis”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “England”, Strangeness: “3”

Event 19228 (FEEEBA8F)

Date: 9/17/1957
Location: Devens, MA
Description: Army report on eight round, orange UFOs which flew over base, one oscillating up and down. [UFOE, IV] (NICAP: 01 - Distant Encounters)
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_2087

Event 19229 (DF64D978)

Date: 9/18/1957
Time: ~15:00
Location: IPPLEPEN, ENGL
Description: Former aircraft mechanic. 30M diameter silver ovoid going quickly northeast very fast / 1500M altitude.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO’s a HISTORY-1957 (19 booklets) Self published. (Index 425)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_5507

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: “Great Britain and Ireland”, Credibility: “7”, Duration: “1”, HatchDesc: “IPPLEPEN,ENGL:FORMER ACFT MECHANIC:30M diam SLVR OVOID >>NE VFAST/1500M alt:”, LatLong: “50.483336 -3.633334”, LatLongDMS: “50:29:00 N 03:38:00 W”, Locale: “Town & City”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “England”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 19230 (0A513BCA)

Date: 9/18/1957
Time: ~15:00
Location: IPPLEPEN, DEVON
Description: Ex RAF mechanic. 90’ ovoid glitters / sunlight. Goes fast. No further details.
Type: sighting
Reference: MUFON UFO JOURNAL, Seguin, TX USA. Monthly. (Index 233)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_5508

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

Extra Data: Country: “Great Britain and Ireland”, Credibility: “7”, Duration: “1”, Elev: “76”, HatchDesc: “IPPLEPEN,DEVON:EX RAF MECHANIC:90’OVOID GLITTERS/SUNLITE:GOES FAST:NFD”, LatLong: “50.483336 -3.616667”, LatLongDMS: “50:29:00 N 03:37:00 W”, Locale: “Residential”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “England”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 19231 (96AC19BA)

Date: 9/19/1957
Location: -
Description: Radar/visual by B-25 and ground crew; radar jamming
Type: ufo sighting
Reference: UFOs and the National Security State: Chronology of a Cover-up, 1941–1973, by Richard Dolan
Source: Dolan, ID: Dolan_216

Event 19232 (EB4A6F50)

Date: 9/19/1957
Location: NORTH / ST. PETERSBURG, FL
Description: Newsmen? Large metallic ovoid hovers / airport. Away extremely fast. / r46p124.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO’s a HISTORY-1957 (19 booklets) Self published. (Index 478)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_5509

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), NUC: Nuclear facility related

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “8”, Duration: “2”, Elev: “15”, HatchDesc: “N/ST.PETERSBURG,FL:NEWSMEN?:LRG MTLC OVOID HVRS/AIRPORT:AWAY XFAST:/r46p124”, LatLong: “27.911112 -82.688893”, LatLongDMS: “27:54:40 N 82:41:20 W”, Locale: “Town & City”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Florida”, Strangeness: “4”

Event 19233 (AA94555E)

Date: 9/19/1957
Time: ~01:00
Location: DALLAS-FT WORTH, TX
Description: Barn-size UFO plays cat & mouse / Air Force plane. 3 observer(s). / r33p261.
Type: sighting
Reference: CONDON, Dr. Edward: SCIENTIFIC STUDY of UFO…etc; Bantam 1969. 965pp. (Index 136)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_5510

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, NLT: Nightlights/points of light, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), RDR: Radar traces/blips, MIL: Military investigation, GSA: Covert Security Agency

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “8”, Duration: “20”, Elev: “200”, HatchDesc: “DALLAS-FT WORTH,TX:BARN-SIZE UFO PLAYS CAT&MOUSE/AF PLANE:3 OBS:/r33p261”, LatLong: “32.750002 -97.000005”, LatLongDMS: “32:45:00 N 97:00:00 W”, Locale: “Metropolis”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Texas”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 19234 (E727FA55)

Date: 9/19/1957
Time: 18:40
Location: POINT PLEASANT, NJ
Description: Boomerang going down. Grass flat. Voice = “say nothing”. Going quickly south. / r141#4p78.
Type: sighting
Reference: VALLEE, Jacques: PASSPORT TO MAGONIA; H. Regnery, Chicago HC 1969 & Contemporary Books,Chicago 1993. 372pp. (Index 403)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_5511

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CST: Observer(s) in coastal area/just offshore, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, HOX: Suspicion of hoax, 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, LND: UFO landing or any part touches ground, TRC: Physical traces, SND: UFO sounds heard or recorded

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “5”, Duration: “20”, Elev: “5”, HatchDesc: “POINT PLEASANT,NJ:BOOMERANG ↓:GRASS FLAT:VOICE=“say nothing”:>>S:/r141#4p78”, LatLong: “40.083335 -74.066670”, LatLongDMS: “40:05:00 N 74:04:00 W”, Locale: “Coastlands”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “New Jersey”, Strangeness: “8”

Event 19235 (181C4207)

Date: 9/19/1957
Location: Point Pleasant, NJ
Description: Boomerang-shaped object bigger than a house land. Grass flattened (NICAP: 01 - Distant Encounters, BB: BBU)
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_2088

Event 19236 (55993069)

Date: 9/19/1957
Time: 1840
Location: Point Pleasant, New Jersey
Description: A boomerang-shaped object bigger than a house was reported to have landed. Grass flattened.
Type: ufo sighting
Reference: Atic (Vallee)
Source: ValléeMagonia, ID: Magonia_403

Event 19237 (637655AC)

Date: 9/19/1957
Time: 16:59:59.5
Location: 37.1958 -116.2031
Description: Nuclear test: Underground, confirmed. Country: USA Name: “Rainier” Yield: 1.7KT
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_113

Extra Data: LatLong: “37.1958 -116.2031”, LatLongDMS: “37:11:45 N 116:12:11 W”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, NukeCountry: “USA”, NukeDepth: “0.24”, NukeName: “Rainier”, NukeSource: “G+P”, NukeType: “NUCU”, NukeY: “1.7”

Event 19238 (875016C6)

Date: 9/19/1957
Location: Nevada Test Site
Description: The Plumbbob Rainier nuclear shot at the Nevada Test Site is the first fully contained underground nuclear test, meaning that no fission products are vented into the atmosphere. This test of 1.7 kilotons can be detected around the world by seismologists using ordinary seismic instruments.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Wikipedia, “Operation Plumbbob”
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_2991

Event 19239 (8F8680E9)

Date: 9/19/1957
Description: A boomerang-shaped object bigger than a house was reported to have landed in Point Pleasant, New Jersey at 6:40 p.m. According to eyewitness accounts the grass had been flattened at the landing site.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: Project Blue Book files; Jacques Vallee, Passport to Magonia: A Century of Landings, p. 258
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_6082

Event 19240 (1EC5E7E5)

Date: 9/20/1957
Location: JAPAN, Kadena AFB, Okinawa.
Description: (Translated from French) 8 p.m. Witnesses: S/Sgt. H.T. O’Connor, S/Sgt. H.D. Bridgeman. An object, shaped like a bottle of Coke without the neck (i.e. cylindrical) translucent and fluorescent. This object moved erratically from north to south for 5 to 10 seconds, stopped for 4 to 5 minutes, then resumed its movements and passes.
Reference: Project Blue Book - cfr Don Berliner
Reference: Mini catalogue chronologique des observations OVNI, by Godelieve Van Overmeire
Source: Overmeire, ID: Overmeire_2047

Event 19241 (90BBD64D)

Date: 9/20/1957
Description: (Translated from French) Observation of Colonel Chase, in command of a B-25 bomber. Radar recordings and disturbances are noted.
Reference: rr0 - Beau
Source: rr0, ID: rr0_1713

Event 19242 (2850B318)

Date: 9/20/1957
Description: (Translated from French) At Kadena Air Base (Okinawa), S/Sgt. H. T. O’Connor and S/Sgt. H. D. Bridgeman observed an object resembling a bottle of Coca-Cola without the neck, translucent and fluorescent. The object made passes of 5 to 10 seconds from North to South, with 4 to 5 minutes between passes. (8 PM)
Reference: case Blue Book #4959 unsolved
Reference: rr0 - Beau
Source: rr0, ID: rr0_1714

Event 19243 (47FAB8C6)

Date: 9/20/1957
Time: 20:10
Location: KADENA AIR FORCE BASE, OKINAWA
Description: Project Bluebook Case #4959. 3 military. Silent glowing ovoid. 4 passes north going quickly south. / r141#4p79.
Type: sighting
Reference: BERLINER, DON: The BLUEBOOK UNKNOWNS; (FUFOR). (Index 26)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_5512

Attributes: CST: Observer(s) in coastal area/just offshore, MIL: Observer(s) military, HQO: High-quality observer(s), CIG: Torpedo/cigar/cylinder shaped UFO, PRB: Probe: Possibly remote controlled, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), MIL: Military investigation, BBK: Project BLUEBOOK

Extra Data: Country: “Japan”, Credibility: “8”, Duration: “15”, HatchDesc: “KADENA AFB,OKINAWA:BBK#4959:3 MIL:SLNT GLOWING OVOID:4 PASSES N>>S:/r141#4p79”, LatLong: “26.350001 127.716673”, LatLongDMS: “26:21:00 N 127:43:00 E”, Locale: “Town & City”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “OKN”, Strangeness: “7”

Event 19244 (2D011889)

Date: 9/20/1957
Location: Kadena AFB, Okinawa
Description: Object like a coke bottle w/o the neck, translucent and fluorescent (NICAP: 01 - Distant Encounters, BB: 4959)
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_2089

Event 19245 (219C6538)

Date: 9/20/1957
Location: Montauk, NY
Description: High speed 2,300 mph radar target at 50,000 ft altitude tracked/ multiple radars (NICAP: 09 - RADAR Cases, Code: R, Rating: 5, BB: BBU)
Reference: NICAP: 570920
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_2090

Event 19246 (73DB1D1E)

Date: 9/20/1957
Time: 8 PM
Location: Kadena AFB, Okinawa
Description: Witnesses: S/Sgt. H.T. O’Connor, S/Sgt. H.D. Bridgeman. One object, shaped like a coke bottle without the neck, translucent and fluorescent. Made four 5-10 second passes from north to south, with 4-5 minutes between passes.
Type: ufo sighting
Reference: BlueBook Unknowns PDF
Source: BerlinerBBUnknowns, ID: BerlinerBBU_415

Event 19247 (A07E3DA4)

Date: 9/20/1957
Locations: Montauk, New York; Omaha, Nebraska; Kinross AFB [now Chippewa County International Airport] south of Sault Ste. Marie, Michigan; Truax AFB [now Truax Field Air National Guard Base] northeast of Madison, Wisconsin; Ontario, Michigan; Illinois; Iowa; Russia
Description: 3:05 p.m. A national defense alert is called when the first of two or three supersonic objects, varying in speed for the next 30 minutes from 800 to 12,000 mph and varying in altitude from 50,000 to 135,000 feet, is picked up over the Atlantic by NORAD radar at Montauk, New York. A second (or same) UFO heads straight toward SAC headquarters in Omaha, Nebraska, in what is perceived as a threat trajectory potentially aiming for a nuclear knockout kill of the entire US nuclear force. At 3:10 p.m., interception is attempted by two F-102 jets from Kinross AFB [now Chippewa County International Airport] south of Sault Ste. Marie, Michigan, and later from Truax AFB [now Truax Field Air National Guard Base] northeast of Madison, Wisconsin. At 3:24 p.m., another UFO joins the first on a similar trajectory 150 miles behind. It passes over Ontario, Michigan, Illinois, and Iowa. The UFO sends radio replies to IFF interrogation signals, on different frequencies, confirming its location on the radar plots and making it impossible to explain as a malfunction or interference. Interception is impossible at these speeds and altitudes. SAC goes on high alert and apparently launches nuclear bombers toward Russia, but the alert is called off when the UFOs disappear. NORAD triggers a White House alert. High-level meetings of CIA and USAF intelligence, and the Intelligence Advisory Committee meet in executive session. The CIA Director of the Office of Scientific Intelligence, Herbert Scoville Jr., suggests that the object might be a maneuverable Soviet cruise missile, but that is not yet in the Soviet inventory. President Eisenhower is briefed multiple times. One year later, NORAD still cannot identify any malfunction that could possibly make the radar targets agree with the IFF signals.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: NICAP, “Multiple Radars Track 4,500 MPH Target”; Clark III 802–804, 814– 824; Sparks, pp. 249–250; Swords 266–267
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_2992

Event 19248 (DDB2FF30)

Date: 9/20/1957
Description: At 8:05 in the evening Sergeants H. T. O’Connor and H. D. Bridgeman at Kadena AFB on Okinawa observed an object shaped like a coke bottle without the neck. It was described as translucent and fluorescent. It made four 5-10 second passes over the airbase from north to south, with 4-5 minutes between passes.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: Project Blue Book files counted in official statistics, case # 4959; Don Berliner, Project Bluebook UFO Unknowns
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_6124

Event 19249 (434DF236)

Date: 9/21/1957
Description: (Translated from French) Memo from the CIA on an observation the day before. Concluding to the possibility of an exceptional weather phenomenon and excluding the hypothesis of a Soviet device. (September 21)
Reference: rr0 - Beau
Source: rr0, ID: rr0_1715

Event 19250 (C9116FF3)

Date: 9/21/1957
Time: 22:40
Location: FT. AMADOR, PANAMA
Description: 1 military observer(s). Luminous white fuselage-cylinder/cigar-shape going southeast over canal. Suddenly quickly going up.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO’s a HISTORY-1957 (19 booklets) Self published. (Index 481)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_5513

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), OBS: Observation/chasing vehicles, BLD: Building/man-made structure/roads/power lines

Extra Data: Country: “Panama”, Credibility: “6”, Duration: “1”, Elev: “1”, HatchDesc: “Ft.AMADOR,PANAMA:1 MIL.OBS:LUMN.WHT FSLG-CGR >SE ovr CANAL:SUDDENLY ↑↑:”, LatLong: “8.933334 -79.550004”, LatLongDMS: “08:56:00 N 79:33:00 W”, Locale: “Town & City”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Canal Zone”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 19251 (C1AA85C4)

Date: 9/22/1957
Location: BRICEVILLE, TN
Description: Several and Air Force RADAR. Huge saucer. USAF info officer blabs to local papers!
Type: sighting
Reference: KEHOE, Maj Donald: FLYING SAUCERS TOP SECRET; NICAP and G.P. Putnam’s Sons, NY 1960 HB. (Index 243)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_5514

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

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “9”, Duration: “3”, Elev: “280”, HatchDesc: “BRICEVILLE,TN:SVRL+AF RDR:HUGE SCR:USAF INFO OFFICER BLABS TO LOCAL PAPERS!”, LatLong: “36.177780 -84.200004”, LatLongDMS: “36:10:40 N 84:12:00 W”, Locale: “Town & City”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Tennessee”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 19252 (4E988A51)

Date: 9/22/1957
Time: ~08:00
Location: JULLAND, DK
Description: Location approximate. Saucer circles Army group / 1200M altitude. Shoots going quickly [to] horizon. / r141#4p80.
Type: sighting
Reference: FLYING SAUCER REVIEW (FSR), London. Bimonthly. PO Box 162; High Wycombe, Bucks. HP135 DZ, England. (Index 49)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_5515

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, MIL: Observer(s) military, HQO: High-quality observer(s), SCR: Classic saucer/disk/sphere shaped UFO, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), OBS: Observation/chasing vehicles, HUM: Humans affected: Injury/burns/marks/abduction/death

Extra Data: Country: “Scandanavian and Finland”, Credibility: “9”, Duration: “20”, HatchDesc: “JULLAND,DK:loc.aprx:SCR CCLS ARMY GROUP/1200M alt:SHOOTS>>HRZN:/r141#4p80”, LatLong: “56.333336 9.000000”, LatLongDMS: “56:20:00 N 09:00:00 E”, Locale: “Town & City”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Danemark”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 19253 (C460A50C)

Date: 9/22/1957
Time: 23:00
Location: EVILLERS, FR
Description: Cops / car. Huge luminous/glowing ball going southeast. Abrupt turn and 90° straight up. / LDLN#106.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO’s a HISTORY-1957 (19 booklets) Self published. (Index 425)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_5516

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: “8”, Duration: “2”, HatchDesc: “EVILLERS,FR:COPS/CAR:HUGE LUMN BALL>SE:ABRUPT TURN+90°STRAIGHT UP:/LDLN#106”, LatLong: “46.966669 6.250000”, LatLongDMS: “46:58:00 N 06:15:00 E”, Locale: “Pasture”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Doubs”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 19254 (9CE5D089)

Date: 9/22/1957
Time: 23:00
Location: D41 NORTHEAST / AUBONNE, FR
Description: 2 cops / car. Moon-size fireball going quickly southeast / 200kph. Makes 90° turn vertical!
Type: sighting
Reference: LUMIERES DANS la NUIT (LDLN), Paris. Bimonthly since 1957. LDLN B.P.3; 77123 Le Vaudoue, FRANCE. (Index 106)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_5517

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, FBL: Fireball: Blazing undistinguished form/orb., NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), OGA: Non-Covert Government Agencies

Extra Data: Country: “France”, Credibility: “7”, Duration: “2”, HatchDesc: “D41 NE/AUBONNE,FR:2 COPS/CAR:MOON-SIZE FBL >>SE/200kph:MAKES 90°TURN VERTICAL!”, LatLong: “47.050002 6.350000”, LatLongDMS: “47:03:00 N 06:21:00 E”, Locale: “Pasture”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Doubs”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 19255 (19EAB488)

Date: 9/23/1957
Time: 12:29:59.8
Location: 37.1383 -116.1175
Description: Nuclear test: Air, confirmed. Country: USA Name: “Whitney” Yield: 19KT
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_114

Extra Data: LatLong: “37.1383 -116.1175”, LatLongDMS: “37:08:18 N 116:07:03 W”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, NukeCountry: “USA”, NukeDepth: “-0.15”, NukeName: “Whitney”, NukeSource: “G+P”, NukeType: “NACU”, NukeY: “19”

Event 19256 (E86A7035)

Date: 9/24/1957
Time: 19:00
Location: US51 NORTH / MENDOTA, IL
Description: Long gold cylinder/cigar-shape drops. Levels off. Floats going north. More join!
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO’s a HISTORY-1957 (19 booklets) Self published. (Index 426)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_5518

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: “2”, Elev: “225”, HatchDesc: “US51 N/MENDOTA,IL:LONG GOLD CGR DROPS:LEVELS OFF:FLOATS >N:MORE JOIN!”, LatLong: “41.583335 -89.116671”, LatLongDMS: “41:35:00 N 89:07:00 W”, Locale: “Pasture”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Illinois”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 19257 (05EB0D00)

Date: 9/24/1957
Location: 73.7500 54.7500
Description: Nuclear test: Air, confirmed. Country: USSR Yield: 1600KT
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_1076

Extra Data: LatLong: “73.7500 54.7500”, LatLongDMS: “73:45:00 N 54:45:00 E”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, NukeCountry: “USSR”, NukeDepth: “0.00”, NukeSource: “RFAE”, NukeType: “NACS”, NukeY: “1600”

Event 19258 (42AA398F)

Date: 9/24/1957
Description: Dir. of Air Force Intelligence Gen. Millard Lewis advised the multi-agency “Watch Committee” responsible for monitoring Soviet I&W that a UAP monitored on radar between New York and Illinois traveling Mach 3 (twice that of the world airspeed record in 1957) was a weather phenomenon. Lewis delivered his conclusion one day after the event despite admitting an investigation was incomplete, and despite White House interest in the matter.

• https://archive.org/details/FbiUnidentifiedFlyingObjects-Part2/page/n519/mode/1up

Reference: Anonymous 2023 PDF
Source: Anon2023PDF, ID: Anon2023PDF_78

Event 19259 (E5F4542C)

Date: 9/25/1957
Time: 00:10
Location: GREENLAND
Description: 2 observer(s) wakened / intense red glow. Silent object glides west going east. Islands lit / glow.
Type: sighting
Reference: VALLEE, Jacques: CHALLENGE to SCIENCE, The UFO ENIGMA; Henry Regnery 1966 & Ballentine Books, NY 1974. PB (Index 23)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_5519

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), OBS: Observation/chasing vehicles, RAY: Odd light/searchlight/beam/laser-like

Extra Data: Country: “?”, Credibility: “7”, Duration: “2”, Elev: “2”, HatchDesc: “GREENLAND:2 OBS WAKENED/INTENSE RED GLOW:SLNT OBJ GLIDES W>E:ISLANDS LIT/GLOW”, LatLong: “67.516670 -52.000002”, LatLongDMS: “67:31:00 N 52:00:00 W”, Locale: “Coastlands”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “KAN”, Strangeness: “7”

Event 19260 (BBCCDEE5)

Date: 9/25/1957
Time: 00:30:00.0
Location: -30.0000 132.0000
Description: Nuclear test: Air, confirmed. Country: Britain Name: “Antler” Yield: 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_1760

Extra Data: LatLong: “-30.0000 132.0000”, LatLongDMS: “30:00:00 S 132:00:00 E”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, NukeCountry: “Britain”, NukeDepth: “0.00”, NukeName: “Antler”, NukeSource: “BOLT”, NukeType: “NACG”, NukeY: “6”

Event 19261 (5B75114D)

Date: 9/25/1957
Description: Shortly after 11:00 p.m. a white luminous sphere landed in a field 700 yards away from the house of Mr. & Mrs. Aellig in Alliance, Ohio. Eleven or twelve men, all seven feet tall, walked through the cornfield, wearing gray diver suits. One walked between the house and their garage. The encounter lasted 18 minutes.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: David F. Webb & Ted Bloecher, HUMCAT: Catalogue of Humanoid Reports, case A0426
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_6311

Event 19262 (D85842E5)

Date: 9/26/1957
Location: USA, Yellow Falls (Texas)
Description: (Translated from French) Three oblong-shaped objects with portholes were observed by 300 people at sunset. They hovered near abandoned oil wells. One of the objects measured 150 m long and 20 m high. In the sunlight it sparkled like a pearl. On the fuselage there were painted circles like a series. This object eventually landed. It stayed on the ground for 20 minutes. An occupant came out, looked at the derricks and went back into the craft. Through binoculars this monstrous being was 1 m tall and moved by jumping.
Reference: Inforespace #12 p. 5 - 1973 - SOBEPS
Reference: Mini catalogue chronologique des observations OVNI, by Godelieve Van Overmeire
Source: Overmeire, ID: Overmeire_2048

Event 19263 (B71CDFCF)

Date: 9/26/1957
Location: Paris, France
Description: Confidential report, from U.S. Embassy officer and wife, of bright elliptical UFO. [UFOE, X] (NICAP: 01 - Distant Encounters)
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_2091

Event 19264 (705E9523)

Date: 9/26/1957
Time: sunset
Location: Yellow Falls, Texas
Description: Three hundred people were said to have seen three elongated objects with a series of portholes, maneuvering at ground level in an area with many empty oil wells. One of these objects, said to be 150 m long and 20 m high, pearl-colored, glistening under the setting sun and showing a series of circles painted on its surface, landed for 20 min. An occupant emerged, observed the abandoned derricks and took off again. Observed through binoculars, he appeared as a “monster,” 1 m tall, moving with strange jumps. He picked up something from the ground.
Type: ufo sighting
Reference: Perego (Vallee)
Source: ValléeMagonia, ID: Magonia_404

Event 19265 (874BBE8F)

Date: 9/26/1957
Location: 50.4375 77.814167
Description: Nuclear test: Air, confirmed. Country: USSR Yield: 13KT
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_1077

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: “13”

Event 19266 (6AE348C7)

Date: 9/27/1957
Time: ~16:00
Location: GLENDALE, CA
Description: Round object with dark center seen tailing two jets going over Tujunga AR.
Type: sighting
Reference: DRUFFEL, Ann & ROGO, D. Scott:The TUJUNGA CANYON CONTACTS Signet Books PB 1989 (Index 152)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_5520

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, TCH: New technical details/clues

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “7”, Duration: “15”, Elev: “155”, HatchDesc: “GLENDALE,CA:ROUND OBJ W/DARK CENTER SEEN TAILING TWO JETS GOING OVR TUJUNGA AR”, LatLong: “34.166668 -118.266672”, LatLongDMS: “34:10:00 N 118:16:00 W”, Locale: “Residential”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “California”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 19267 (97459847)

Date: 9/27/1957
Time: 19:00
Location: SACRE COUR, PARIS, FR
Description: US embassy Officer and 1. Bright orange ovoid seen / 20 minute(s). / confidential.
Type: sighting
Reference: HALL, Richard: The UFO EVIDENCE; NICAP,Washington, DC 1964. Reprinted 1997 Barnes & Noble Books ( only $7.98! ) (Index 123)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_5521

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

Extra Data: Country: “France”, Credibility: “8”, Duration: “20”, HatchDesc: “SACRE COUR,PARIS,FR:US EMBASSY OFFCR+1:BRITE ORG.OVOID SEEN/20min:/confidntl”, LatLong: “48.872225 2.338889”, LatLongDMS: “48:52:20 N 02:20:20 E”, Locale: “Residential”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Paris”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 19268 (8E1C69A5)

Date: 9/28/1957
Time: ~16:00
Location: WEST / MORRIS, IL
Description: Gold egg hovers. 2 jets arrive and dive at it. Flattens / disk and rises going quickly northwest.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO’s a HISTORY-1957 (19 booklets) Self published. (Index 428)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_5522

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

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “6”, Duration: “1”, Elev: “200”, HatchDesc: “W/MORRIS,IL:GOLD EGG HVRS:2 JETS ARRIVE+DIVE AT IT:FLATTENS/DISK+RISES>>NW”, LatLong: “41.355558 -88.750004”, LatLongDMS: “41:21:20 N 88:45:00 W”, Locale: “Farmlands”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Illinois”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 19269 (796CACBC)

Date: 9/28/1957
Time: 12:59:59.9
Location: 37.1347 -116.0408
Description: Nuclear test: Air, confirmed. Country: USA Name: “Charleston” Yield: 12KT
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_115

Extra Data: LatLong: “37.1347 -116.0408”, LatLongDMS: “37:08:05 N 116:02:27 W”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, NukeCountry: “USA”, NukeDepth: “-0.46”, NukeName: “Charleston”, NukeSource: “G+P”, NukeType: “NACU”, NukeY: “12”

Event 19270 (3858F652)

Date: 9/29/1957
Time: 05:30
Location: DERWOOD M-SITE, MD
Description: Sentry. Humming! Green-white cylinder/cigar-shape hits treetops. / r35p61+/ r46+/ r8#405.
Type: sighting
Reference: The APRO BULLETIN: Monthly. Jim & Coral Lorenzen: Tucson,AZ (USA. defunct) By volume and number. (Index 707)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_5523

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), NUC: Nuclear facility related, LND: UFO landing or any part touches ground, MIL: Military investigation, SND: UFO sounds heard or recorded

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “7”, Duration: “10”, Elev: “143”, HatchDesc: “DERWOOD M-SITE,MD:SENTRY:HUM!:GRN-WHT CGR HITS TREETOPS:/r35p61+/r46+/r8#405”, LatLong: “39.116669 -77.166670”, LatLongDMS: “39:07:00 N 77:10:00 W”, Locale: “Town & City”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, RelAlt: “10”, State/Prov: “Maryland”, Strangeness: “8”

Event 19271 (694DBFCA)

Date: 9/29/1957
Time: 21:20
Location: FLORIDA, SOUTH AFRICA
Description: 2+observer(s). Star brightens. Changes color(s). Moves down-then up again.
Type: sighting
Reference: FLYING SAUCER REVIEW (FSR), London. Bimonthly. PO Box 162; High Wycombe, Bucks. HP135 DZ, England. (Index 49)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_5524

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: “Republic of South Africa”, Credibility: “7”, Duration: “15”, HatchDesc: “FLORIDA,S.AFRICA:2+OBS:STAR BRIGHTENS:CHANGES CLRS:MOVES DOWN-THEN UP AGAIN:”, LatLong: “-26.183335 27.933335”, LatLongDMS: “26:11:00 S 27:56:00 E”, Locale: “Residential”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “TRV”, Strangeness: “4”

Event 19272 (166E0965)

Date: 9/29/1957
Time: 0500
Location: Deerwood Nike Base, Maryland
Description: Undocumented report of a landing observed by missile men.
Type: ufo sighting
Reference: Keyhoe S (Vallee)
Source: ValléeMagonia, ID: Magonia_405

Event 19273 (2FEC2AC1)

Date: 9/29/1957
Locations: Chelyabinsk-40; Ozyorsk, Chelyabinsk Oblast, Russia
Description: 4:20 p.m. A nuclear waste storage tank explodes spontaneously at the Mayak plutonium production site (Chelyabinsk-40) for nuclear weapons and fuel reprocessing at Ozyorsk, Chelyabinsk Oblast, Russia. It launches a kilometer-tall pillar of dust and smoke into the sky. Gray radioactive ash and debris settles over the industrial zone. There are no immediate fatalities, though up to 200+ additional cancer deaths perhaps ensue from the radioactive contamination of some 20,000 square miles; 270,000 people are exposed to dangerous radiation levels. Over 30 small communities are removed from Soviet maps between 1958 and 1991.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Wikipedia, “Kyshtym disaster”
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_2993

Event 19274 (BCD54CDE)

Date: 9/29/1957
Description: Deerwood Nike Base, Maryland. 5:00 a.m. Undocumented report of a landing observed by missile men.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: Donald Keyhoe, Flying Saucers: Top Secret; Jacques Vallee, Passport to Magonia: A Century of Landings, p. 258
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_6418

Event 19275 (3C3B23D1)

Date: 10/1957
Location: NIQUELANDIA, BRZ
Description: Saucer / ground. Blinding light. Goes dark and flies when neared. / r141#5p12.
Type: sighting
Reference: VALLEE, Jacques: PASSPORT TO MAGONIA; H. Regnery, Chicago HC 1969 & Contemporary Books,Chicago 1993. 372pp. (Index 406)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_5525

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, LND: UFO landing or any part touches ground

Extra Data: Country: “Brazil”, Credibility: “7”, Duration: “5”, Elev: “653”, HatchDesc: “NIQUELANDIA,BRZ:SCR/GND:BLINDING LITE:GOES DARK+FLIES WHEN NEARED:/r141#5p12”, LatLong: “-14.450001 -48.450002”, LatLongDMS: “14:27:00 S 48:27:00 W”, Locale: “Farmlands”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “GOI”, Strangeness: “8”

Event 19276 (1E332281)

Date: 10/1957 (approximate)
Time: 16:10
Location: CROISSY-BEAUBOURG, FR
Description: Many observer(s). Vertical cylinder/cigar-shape hovers over contrail. Tilts horizontal. Going quickly [to] going east.
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 39)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_5526

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), CMF: Camouflage/disguise

Extra Data: Country: “France”, Credibility: “10”, Duration: “60”, HatchDesc: “CROISSY-BEAUBOURG,FR:MANY OBS:VERTICAL CGR HVRS OVR CONTRAIL:TILTS HZNTL:>>>E”, LatLong: “48.333336 2.666667”, LatLongDMS: “48:20:00 N 02:40:00 E”, Locale: “Pasture”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Seine-et-Marne”, Strangeness: “7”

Event 19277 (56F7A879)

Date: 10/1957
Time: 20:00
Location: SOUTH MICHELE EXTRA, VERONA, ITL
Description: Priest. 10M cylinder/cigar-shape going [to] overhead / 20M altitude. Pseudo-human/entity in portholes! Telepathy?
Type: sighting
Reference: ITACAT, Catalogo Italiano degli Incontri Ravvicinati. Maurizio Verga, 1989 CISU/Torino, Italy. (Index 49)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_5527

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, TLP: Telepathy, CIG: Torpedo/cigar/cylinder shaped UFO, PSH: Pseudo-human: Clone/organic robot/human-like, HUM: Humans affected: Injury/burns/marks/abduction/death

Extra Data: Country: “Italy”, Credibility: “6”, Duration: “1”, HatchDesc: “S.MICHELE EXTRA,VERONA,ITL:PRIEST:10M CGR >OVHD/20M alt:PSH in PORTHOLES!:TLP?”, LatLong: “45.450002 11.016667”, LatLongDMS: “45:27:00 N 11:01:00 E”, Locale: “Town & City”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “VR”, Strangeness: “8”

Event 19278 (AFA9C48B)

Date: 10/1957
Location: Niquelandia, Brazil
Description: At the Gabiroba farm, owners A. Santinoni and S. de Oliveira were blinded by beam from a round object at ground level. The light was green and yellow. When they came near, all went dark and the object vanished.
Type: ufo sighting
Reference: Round-up 205 (Vallee)
Source: ValléeMagonia, ID: Magonia_406

Event 19279 (C07ECFC1)

Date: 10/1957
Description: Leonard H. Stringfield privately publishes Inside Saucer Post…3-0 Blue that summarizes his early years as a UFO investigator and as director of Civilian Research, Interplanetary Flying Objects.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Leonard H. Stringfield, Inside Saucer Post…3-0 Blue, The Author, 1957
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_2994

Event 19280 (82049F70)

Date: 10/1957
Location: Allen Park, Michigan
Description: 10:00 p.m. Mrs. James Masterson and her sister Bernice Childers while driving see a reddish-orange disc, 30 feet in diameter, just above the treetops in Allen Park, Michigan. They chase it for a block or two before it streaks off. One of the women sees two figures wearing white Navy uniforms in a window on the lower section.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Center for UFO Studies, HUMCAT Index 1957, p. 17; Clark III 268
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_2995

Event 19281 (63765279)

Date: 10/1/1957
Location: SANTA BARBARA, CA
Description: 3 observer(s). 30M crosses sky / 15 second(s). Air Force jet chases. RADAR. Away / 2900kph.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO’s a HISTORY-1957 (19 booklets) Self published. (Index 502)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_5528

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

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “8”, Duration: “1”, Elev: “20”, HatchDesc: “SANTA BARBARA,CA:3 OBS:30M CROSSES SKY/15sec:AF JET CHASES:RDR:AWAY/2900kph”, LatLong: “34.433335 -119.716672”, LatLongDMS: “34:26:00 N 119:43:00 W”, Locale: “Coastlands”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “California”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 19282 (171FB04F)

Date: 10/1/1957
Time: 19:00
Location: SHIPPINGPORT, PA
Description: Several observer(s). 60M glowing-cylinder/cigar-shape going south. 180° turn over nuclear power plant. Going north.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO’s a HISTORY-1957 (19 booklets) Self published. (Index 501)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_5529

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, NUC: Nuclear facility related, BLD: Building/man-made structure/roads/power lines, MIL: Military investigation, BBK: Project BLUEBOOK, GSA: Covert Security Agency

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “8”, Duration: “8”, Elev: “1228”, HatchDesc: “SHIPPINGPORT,PA:SVRL OBS:60M GLO-CGR > S:180°TURN ovr NUCL.POWER PLANT:>N:”, LatLong: “40.633335 -80.416671”, LatLongDMS: “40:38:00 N 80:25:00 W”, Locale: “Residential”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Pennsylvania”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 19283 (F083230A)

Date: 10/1/1957
Location: Shippingport, PA
Description: UFO circled atomic plant (NICAP: 01 - Distant Encounters, NC)
Reference: NICAP: 571001
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_2092

Event 19284 (CDE52203)

Date: 10/3/1957
Time: 20:00
Location: NEAR LAS CRUCES, NM
Description: 2 / car. 3 small ovoids going up / desert and vanish / flash in series. Separate observer(s).
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO’s a HISTORY-1957 (19 booklets) Self published. (Index 506)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_5530

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), LND: UFO landing or any part touches ground

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “8”, Duration: “5”, Elev: “1200”, HatchDesc: “nr LAS CRUCES,NM:2/CAR:3 SML OVOIDS ↑/DESERT+VANISH/FLASH in series:SEP.OBS”, LatLong: “32.266668 -106.766672”, LatLongDMS: “32:16:00 N 106:46:00 W”, Locale: “Desert”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “New Mexico”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 19285 (E5783954)

Date: 10/4/1957
Description: Sputnik 1 launched, transmits for 3 weeks, deorbits on 1/4/58
Type: aerospace
Reference: Wikipedia
Source: Maj2, ID: Maj2_574
See also: 11/12/1957

Event 19286 (7D3DE363)

Date: 10/4/1957
Location: USSR, Baikonour
Description: (Translated from French) The Greatest Joke in the History of Science. In 1957, the whole world held its breath waiting for the American satellite. The “Project Vanguard” had received monstrous publicity. (…) But the triumph was for Moscow with the launch of Sputnik I, a 58 cm diameter ball weighing 83 kg. It contained a small radio emitter that sent signals through four long antennas and it turned around the Earth between 226 and 950 km of altitude at a speed of 28000 km/hour. As its trajectory surfaced most of the globe, it could be observed everywhere, at dawn or at dusk, while it was illuminated by the sun and the ground was in shadow. (Fell on January 4, 1958) (“Astronautics” Pierre Rousseau, Hachette 1965, p. 17) But at the same time as it, the last stage of the carrier rocket had been satellited too. This element, whose weight has been estimated at two tons, gives an idea of the mass of the rocket.
Reference: “Conquest of Space” - Thomas de Galiana, ed. Larousse Poche, 1967, p. 65
Reference: Mini catalogue chronologique des observations OVNI, by Godelieve Van Overmeire
Source: Overmeire, ID: Overmeire_2049

Event 19287 (99F73A40)

Date: 10/4/1957
Description: (Translated from French) Sputnik 1, the first artificial satellite, is put into orbit by the Semiorka, a Soyuz rocket of the Soviet Union. Its “beep beep” is picked up by radio operators around the world. (October 4)
Reference: rr0 - Beau
Source: rr0, ID: rr0_1716

Event 19288 (27D003F6)

Date: 10/4/1957
Location: USSR
Description: The USSR launches the first artificial earth satellite, Sputnik 1, which transmits radio pulses for 21 days. Some 4% of Americans claim to have seen Sputnik in orbit. However, what most are actually seeing is the 100- foot-long R-7 rocket core stage, outfitted with reflective panels that make it a first magnitude object, trailing 600 miles behind the 22-inch satellite until October 26 when the batteries run out. The satellite is barely visible at sixth magnitude.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Wikipedia, “Sputnik 1”; Walter N. Webb, “Allen Hynek As I Knew Him,” IUR 18, no. 1 (Jan./Feb. 1993): 7
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_2996

Event 19289 (A48701A0)

Date: 10/4/1957
Locations: Ichinoseki, Iwate Prefecture, Japan; Saguramachi Middle School
Description: 10:00 a.m. A tadpole-like UFO is seen at Ichinoseki, Iwate Prefecture, Japan. Afterwards, material like spider web falls in great profusion around Saguramachi Middle School for about 2 hours. Chemical analysis reveals that it is organic, dissolvable in hydrochloric acid, and burns. The crystal structure is different from spider web.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: “Angel Hair,” Flying Saucer Review 4, no. 1 (Jan./Feb. 1958): 21; Robert N. Webster, “Things That Fall from UFO’s,” Fate 11, no. 10 (October 1958): 26; George M. Eberhart, “Postcards with a UFO Theme,” IUR 29, no. 2 (Summer 2004): 21; Brian Boldman, “Angel Hair Physical Analyses: A Review,” JUFOS 9 (2006): 103; Clark III 124–125
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_2997

Event 19290 (66E27DCD)

Date: 10/4/1957
Description: Angel hair residue fell on Ichinoseki, Japan at 11:45 a.m. on this day.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: Richard H. Hall, The UFO Evidence (Volume I), p. 101, citing Flying Saucer Review, January 1958
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_6555

Event 19291 (08E56078)

Date: 10/5/1957
Location: BRAZIL, Sao Francisco de Sales (Minas Gérais)
Description: (Translated from French) Antonio Villas Boas saw, around 11 pm, on the ground of the enclosure, through the window of his room, a fluorescent and whitish circular reflection, like a car headlight directed from top to bottom, but he could not distinguish its origin. The luminescence headed towards his window, then disappeared. His brother Joao was also a witness. (following October 14) (Henry DURRANT: “First Investigations on ET Humanoids” - Laffont 1977 - p. 125) It all started the night of October 5, 1957. There had been a dinner with friends at the farm, and we had gone to bed later than usual, at 11 o’clock. I was in my room with my brother, Joao Villas Boas. Because of the heat, I decided to open the shutters of the window, which overlooked the farm courtyard. That’s when I saw, right in the center of the courtyard, a silver and fluorescent reflection, brighter than the moonlight, illuminating the whole ground around. It was a very white light, and I don’t know where it came from. It was as if it had fallen from very high, like the light of a car headlight shining towards the ground and spreading its light all around. But in the sky, there was nothing visible, nothing from which the light could have come. I decided to call my brother and show it to him, but he is a very incredulous person, and he said it was better to go to bed. So I closed the shutters and we both lay down to sleep. But some time later, unable to overcome my curiosity, I opened the shutters again. The light was still there, in the same place. I kept watching. Then, suddenly, it started to move slowly towards my window. Quickly, I closed the shutters…so quickly that it made a loud noise and woke up my brother who was already asleep. Both of us, in the darkness of the room, watched the light enter through the small shutters of the shutters, then continue in the direction of the roof and shine on the tiles. There, finally, it went out and did not come back.
Reference: Mini catalogue chronologique des observations OVNI, by Godelieve Van Overmeire
Source: Overmeire, ID: Overmeire_2050

Event 19292 (6F7BDDC1)

Date: 10/5/1957
Time: 23:00
Location: SOUTH FRANCISCO DE SALES, BRZ
Description: A. V. boas and 1. Headlight searches down all over/all about farm and house.
Type: sighting
Reference: BOWEN, Charles (ed.) The HUMANOIDS: HB Henry Regnery, Chicago 1969. 256pp. PB 1977 Futura, London (Index 205)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_5531

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, WAV: Wave/cluster/flap, 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

Extra Data: Country: “Brazil”, Credibility: “6”, Duration: “5”, Elev: “436”, HatchDesc: “S.FRANCISCO DE SALES,BRZ:A.V.BOAS+1:HEADLITE SEARCHES DOWN ALLO FARM+HOUSE”, LatLong: “-19.866668 -49.766669”, LatLongDMS: “19:52:00 S 49:46:00 W”, Locale: “Farmlands”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Minas Gerais”, Strangeness: “7”

Event 19293 (EBAFDF36)

Date: 10/5/1957
Time: 2300
Location: Francisco de Sales, Brazil
Description: Antonio Villas-Boas who could not sleep because of the heat, opened the shutters of his house and saw a silvery glow in the yard, but no flying object. The light moved and was seen going over the house.
Type: ufo sighting
Reference: FSR 66, 4; Magonia (Vallee)
Source: ValléeMagonia, ID: Magonia_407

Event 19294 (9587BA11)

Date: 10/5/1957
Location: São Francisco de Sales, Minas Gerais, Brazil
Description: 11:00 p.m. Antonio Villas-Boas gets up from bed on his family’s farm near São Francisco de Sales, Minas Gerais, Brazil, to open a window and notices a silvery reflection over the corral. After a short time, it moves towards the window. He and his brother watch as an object approaches and lights up the room. It disappears.
Reference: Eberhart

[c0mmando]

Reference: Clark III 1226
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_2998

Event 19295 (40647A4D)

Date: 10/5/1957
Description: Sao Francisco de Sales, Brazil. Antonio Villas-Boas could not sleep because of the heat, so he opened the shudders on his house and saw a silvery glow in the yard. The light began to move and left going over his house.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: Flying Saucer Review, July-August 1966; Jacques Vallee, Passport to Magonia, p. 259
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_6573

Event 19296 (C3575B7E)

Date: 10/6/1957
Time: 16:20
Location: TUCSON, AZ
Description: Engineer / (seen thru) binoculars and 7. Tiny orbs exit small ovoid. All silver. Going northwest. / r141#15p4.
Type: sighting
Reference: The APRO BULLETIN: Monthly. Jim & Coral Lorenzen: Tucson,AZ (USA. defunct) By volume and number. (Index 747)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_5532

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

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “9”, Duration: “15”, Elev: “717”, HatchDesc: “TUCSON,AZ:ENGINEER/binocs+7:TINY ORBS EXIT SML OVOID:ALL SLVR:>NW:/r141#15p4”, LatLong: “32.183335 -110.916672”, LatLongDMS: “32:11:00 N 110:55:00 W”, Locale: “Residential”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Arizona”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 19297 (17A6C4F8)

Date: 10/6/1957
Location: 73.7500 54.7500
Description: Nuclear test: Air, confirmed. Country: USSR Yield: 2900KT
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_1078

Extra Data: LatLong: “73.7500 54.7500”, LatLongDMS: “73:45:00 N 54:45:00 E”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, NukeCountry: “USSR”, NukeDepth: “0.00”, NukeSource: “RFAE”, NukeType: “NACS”, NukeY: “2900”

Event 19298 (B4E58101)

Date: 10/6/1957
Location: Tucson, Arizona
Description: 4:15 p.m. Amateur astronomer Earl Sydow spots a bright object with the magnitude of the planet Venus through his telescope over Tucson, Arizona. Six other observers also watch the object, which measures approximately 3 minutes in diameter along its major axis and 1 minute along its minor axis. Smaller flat-white or silver-white objects, as many as 6–10, seem to emerge from the primary object as observations continue. The smaller objects are apparently short traces of light at some times and semi-wedge-shaped at other times. The smaller objects disappear from the field of the telescope until only the original object is visible, and it disappears as if moving directly away.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Lorenzen, UFOs: The Whole Story, Signet, 1969, p. 80
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_2999

Event 19299 (2E708A46)

Date: 10/7/1957
Time: 22:00
Location: CAPE CANAVERAL, FL
Description: 12 observer(s). White saucer back / 2nd night. Maneuvers. / r142#1p2+/ APRO Nov’57.
Type: sighting
Reference: FLYING SAUCER REVIEW (FSR), London. Bimonthly. PO Box 162; High Wycombe, Bucks. HP135 DZ, England. (Index 49)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_5533

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

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “6”, Duration: “160”, Elev: “3”, HatchDesc: “CAPE CANAVERAL,FL:12 OBS:WHT SCR BACK/2nd NITE:MNVRS:/r142#1p2+/APRO Nov’57”, LatLong: “28.416668 -80.616671”, LatLongDMS: “28:25:00 N 80:37:00 W”, Locale: “Town & City”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Florida”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 19300 (4E593D37)

Date: 10/7/1957
Location: Cape Canaveral, FL
Description: White oval object seen near Cape for second consecutive night. [UFOE, XII] (NICAP: 01 - Distant Encounters)
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_2093

Event 19301 (BA1DF27D)

Date: 10/7/1957
Time: 13:00:00.1
Location: 37.1347 -116.0408
Description: Nuclear test: Air, confirmed. Country: USA Name: “Morgan” 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_116

Extra Data: LatLong: “37.1347 -116.0408”, LatLongDMS: “37:08:05 N 116:02:27 W”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, NukeCountry: “USA”, NukeDepth: “-0.15”, NukeName: “Morgan”, NukeSource: “G+P”, NukeType: “NACU”, NukeY: “8”

Event 19302 (5AD49FFC)

Date: 10/8/1957
Location: Fiji Islands, Nawaca
Description: (Translated from French) At three o’clock in the afternoon, four inhabitants of the Fiji Islands saw (…) a metallic object that began to descend from the sky in a gliding and silent flight. The four people were in a motorboat (…) one of the men proposed to approach to offer help if necessary. (…) the strange object was stationary at about 60 m above the water (…) it was describing a circle around a fixed point. (…) They distinguished the silhouette of a man inside the apparatus (…) and as soon as he became aware of the approach of the Fijians, he immediately directed a beam of light so powerful that not only were they blinded, but (…) very weak. (…) the boat pushed by the waves moved away to about 160 meters. At that moment the silhouette of the man disappeared and, at great speed, the object rose and was soon out of sight. (…) [note from vog: the source of this information: New Zealand Herald of 21.10.1957] (1957, 8 October)
Reference: Jean FERGUSON: “The Humanoids…” - ed. Leméac, Ottawa, 1977, p.48, 49
Reference: Mini catalogue chronologique des observations OVNI, by Godelieve Van Overmeire
Source: Overmeire, ID: Overmeire_2051

Event 19303 (A76EB724)

Date: 10/8/1957
Description: (Translated from French) In Seattle (Washington), two sergeants of the U.S. Army saw two flat, white, round objects flying in a single-file formation with an irregular trajectory, frequently turning, for 25 to 30 seconds. (October 8, 9:17 AM)
Reference: case Blue Book #5003 unsolved
Reference: rr0 - Beau
Source: rr0, ID: rr0_1717

Event 19304 (ED598A0B)

Date: 10/8/1957
Time: 07:10
Location: SOUTHWEST / BOSTON, MA
Description: PAA pilot. Fast silver night light / high altitude. Sputnik? / LDLN#334p34+/ r141.
Type: sighting
Reference: HALL, Richard: The UFO EVIDENCE; NICAP,Washington, DC 1964. Reprinted 1997 Barnes & Noble Books ( only $7.98! ) (Index 42)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_5534

Attributes: 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, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), MIL: Military investigation, BBK: Project BLUEBOOK, CMF: Camouflage/disguise

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “8”, Duration: “2”, Elev: “10”, HatchDesc: “SW/BOSTON,MA:PAA PILOT:FAST SLVR NLT/HI ALT:SPUTNIK?:/LDLN#334p34+/r141”, LatLong: “42.366669 -71.066670”, LatLongDMS: “42:22:00 N 71:04:00 W”, Locale: “Metropolis”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Massachusetts”, Strangeness: “4”

Event 19305 (8BF8496B)

Date: 10/8/1957
Time: 09:20
Location: (NIKE SITE), WA
Description: Project Bluebook Case #5003. 2 military observer(s). 2 small disks / odd trajectory / 30 second(s). Turn going northwest. / r141#5.
Type: sighting
Reference: BERLINER, DON: The BLUEBOOK UNKNOWNS; (FUFOR). (Index 26)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_5535

Attributes: 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), NUC: Nuclear facility related, MIL: Military investigation, BBK: Project BLUEBOOK

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “7”, Duration: “1”, Elev: “2”, HatchDesc: “(NIKE SITE),WA:BBK#5003:2 MIL OBS:2 SML DISKS/ODD TRAJ/30sec:TURN >NW:/r141#5”, LatLong: “48.166669 -123.000006”, LatLongDMS: “48:10:00 N 123:00:00 W”, Locale: “Coastlands”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Washington”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 19306 (F1E196E7)

Date: 10/8/1957
Time: 15:00
Location: NEAR NAWACA, FIJI
Description: White saucer going down / sea. Figure beams / light at 4 / boat. Quickly going up. / Flying Saucer Review (FSR) v3#6. / r242p125.
Type: sighting
Reference: VALLEE, Jacques: CHALLENGE to SCIENCE, The UFO ENIGMA; Henry Regnery 1966 & Ballentine Books, NY 1974. PB (Index 25)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_5536

Attributes: CST: Observer(s) in coastal area/just offshore, SEA: Observer(s) at sea, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, HQO: High-quality observer(s), NWS: News media report, SCR: Classic saucer/disk/sphere shaped UFO, OID: Humanoid: Small alien or “Grey”, PSH: Pseudo-human: Clone/organic robot/human-like, RAY: Odd light/searchlight/beam/laser-like, CMF: Camouflage/disguise

Extra Data: Country: “Pacific Ocean and non - Asian islands”, Credibility: “9”, Duration: “5”, Elev: “0”, HatchDesc: “nr NAWACA,FIJI:WHT SCR ↓/SEA:FIG.BEAMS/LITE at 4/BOAT:↑↑:/FSR v3#6:/r242p125”, LatLong: “-18.666668 175.000008”, LatLongDMS: “18:40:00 S 175:00:00 E”, Locale: “Islands”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “FIJ”, Strangeness: “10”

Event 19307 (014DD778)

Date: 10/8/1957
Location: Boston (near), MA
Description: Pan American Airways pilot saw a brilliant object flying at high speed in daylight. [UFOE, V] (NICAP: 11 - Aviation Cases)
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_2094

Event 19308 (8C2109C1)

Date: 10/8/1957
Location: Bua Province, Fiji Islands
Description: Natives in small boat saw UFO descend vertically, hover about 20 feet above sea. (NICAP: 02 - Close Encounters)
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_2095

Event 19309 (9A4D3D01)

Date: 10/8/1957
Location: Seattle, WA
Description: 2 flat, round, white objects fly in trail formation (NICAP: 01 - Distant Encounters, BB: 5003)
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_2096

Event 19310 (9DB5DF65)

Date: 10/8/1957
Time: 1500
Location: Nabouwalu, Fiji Islands
Description: Two couples going from Nabouwalu to Nawaca in a motor boat saw a white object come down from the sky, thought it was a plane in trouble and went closer. They found the object hovering 7 m above the water, and a figure on board the craft aimed at them a beam so bright they “felt weak.” The figure disappeared suddenly, and the object took off vertically at high speed.
Type: ufo sighting
Reference: Round-up 202; Challenge 18 (Vallee)
Source: ValléeMagonia, ID: Magonia_408

Event 19311 (79C09BD8)

Date: 10/8/1957
Time: 9:17 AM
Location: Seattle, Washington
Description: Witnesses: two U.S. Army sergeants. Two flat, round, white objects flew in trail formation along an irregular path, frequently banking during 25-30 seconds.
Type: ufo sighting
Reference: BlueBook Unknowns PDF
Source: BerlinerBBUnknowns, ID: BerlinerBBU_416

Event 19312 (738976E2)

Date: 10/8/1957
Location: Nabouwalu, Viti Levu, Fiji
Description: Day. Four Fijians in a punt with an outboard motor off Nabouwalu, Viti Levu, Fiji, see a white, circular object, which is hovering about 20 feet above the ocean. They approach it. It appears to be revolving, and they can see the figure of a man standing on the outside. The figure shines a blinding light at their boat, which makes them feel dazed and weak. As they draw closer, the figure disappears and the object rises rapidly upward, disappearing straight up. R. O. Aveling, an official of the Seventh-Day Adventist Church, sees a similar object at the same time but at a different location. It is hovering at about 5,000 feet and swinging in a balloon-like fashion. Its color varies from bright white to deep, flashing red.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: “Fiji Reports Sighting Object Like Texas Saucer,” Honolulu (Hawaii) Advertiser, November 5, 1957, p. 1; “Strange Object Seen in South Pacific Skies,” Long Beach (Calif.) Press- Telegram, November 5, 1957, p. 3; Lorenzen, UFOs: The Whole Story, Signet, 1969, p. 81; Loren E. Gross, The Fifth Horseman of the Apocalypse: UFOs, a History, 1957, October 1st–November 2nd, The Author, 1997, p. 19; Patrick Gross, URECAT, February 16, 2007
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_3000

Event 19313 (AD25ECC4)

Date: 10/8/1957
Description: At three o’clock in the afternoon two couples going from Nabouwalu to Nawaca in the Fiji Islands by motor boat saw a white colored object descend from the sky. They thought it was a plane in trouble so they went closer. Instead of plane wreakage they found the object hovering seven meters above the water, and a figure onboard the craft then aimed a beam of energy at them that was very bright and made them feel weak. The figure disappeared suddenly, and the object took off vertically at high speed.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: Jacques & Janine Vallee, Challenge to Science: The UFO Enigma, p. 18; Jacques Vallee, Passport to Magonia: A Century of Landings, case # 408
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_6646

Event 19314 (742EBD92)

Date: 10/8/1957
Description: At 7:05 a.m. a bright silver object flew at great speed over the suburbs of Boston, Massachusetts. The witness, Mr. J. Flynn, was flying in a Pan Am DC-7C airliner over Norfolk County at the time of his sighting.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: George Eberhart, A Geo-Bibliography of Anomalies, p. 967, citing New York World Telegram & Sun, October 8, 1957; Richard Hall, The UFO Evidence, p. 42
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_6647

Event 19315 (310B8481)

Date: 10/8/1957
Description: At 9:17 a.m. two U.S. Army sergeants outside of Seattle, Washington observed two flat, round, white objects that flew in trail formation along an irregular path, frequently banking during the 25-30 seconds of their sighting.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: Project Blue Book files counted in official statistics, case # 5003; Don Berliner, Project Bluebook UFO Unknowns
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_6648

Event 19316 (4D3BAD1B)

Date: 10/9/1957
Location: USA, Schenecdaty (New York)
Description: (Translated from French) Mrs. Yeager saw on the 9th of October, a bright circular object descend behind a hill. It flew away two minutes later. The next day, she was feeding the animals when a UFO appeared 2 m from the ground causing the animals to flee. Two small dark beings emerged and went into the woods. The object remained on the ground for two minutes then flew away. The search for the occupants was in vain. At the same time, a bus driver saw two craft in a field near the first landing site. (1957, October 9th and 10th)
Reference: Inforespace n° 12 p. 6 - 1973 - SOBEPS
Reference: Mini catalogue chronologique des observations OVNI, by Godelieve Van Overmeire
Source: Overmeire, ID: Overmeire_2052

Event 19317 (5A849C98)

Date: 10/9/1957
Time: 07:30:00.0
Location: -30.0000 132.0000
Description: Nuclear test: Air, confirmed. Country: Britain Name: “Antler” 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_1761

Extra Data: LatLong: “-30.0000 132.0000”, LatLongDMS: “30:00:00 S 132:00:00 E”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, NukeCountry: “Britain”, NukeDepth: “0.00”, NukeName: “Antler”, NukeSource: “BOLT”, NukeType: “NACG”, NukeY: “25”

Event 19318 (97814F3E)

Date: 10/9/1957
Locations: Windscale Pile Number One; Sellafield; Cumbria, England; UK; Europe
Description: Evening. Fire ignites Windscale Pile Number One, an air-cooled, graphite-moderated, uranium-fueled reactor used for plutonium and isotope production at the Windscale facility [now Sellafield] in Cumbria, England. It burns for three days, and there is a release of radioactive iodine that spreads across the UK, contaminating surrounding dairy farms, as well as the rest of Europe.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Wikipedia, “Windscale fire”
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_3001

Event 19319 (67BCB233)

Date: 10/9/1957
Location: Kelowna, British Columbia
Description: Night. Radio station CKOV in Kelowna, British Columbia, after reports on Sputnik, rebroadcasts Orson Welles’s 1938 War of the Worlds radio drama. Some 60 phone calls come in from listeners who think that Russians have landed in North America.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: “Welles, ‘Moon,’ Terrify Town,” Windsor (Ont.) Star, October 10, 1957, p. 28
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_3002

Event 19320 (34FE0431)

Date: 10/9/1957
Locations: Naval Air Station South Weymouth; Shea Field Naval Aviation Historical Museum; Massachusetts
Description: 7:24 p.m. The tower operator at Naval Air Station South Weymouth [now the Shea Field Naval Aviation Historical Museum], Massachusetts, sights a constant, conical, greenish-blue object with a phosphorescent glow through binoculars. In sight approximately 90 seconds, the observer sees no navigation lights. It is traveling faster than a jet plane on a track from northeast to south-southwest. The object comes out of the horizon and toward the end of its path makes three “crazy” gyrations then vanishes, possibly behind cloud cover. The object has no trail like a meteor.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Walter N. Webb, “Allen Hynek As I Knew Him,” IUR 18, no. 1 (Jan./Feb. 1993): 7
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_3003

Event 19321 (A820B9AC)

Date: 10/10/1957
Location: BRAZIL, Quebracoco
Description: (Translated from French) A door opened automatically on the object. Two people appeared, then two more, and then two more again, and finally a seventh one passed between the two groups formed by the first six. All of them watched the truck for three minutes. All these people looked like Earth men but they were of smaller size, had long hair on their shoulders and their clothes were luminous on the chest. When these little men looked at me I entered a state similar to a trance and I felt the strange sensation that they were telling me: “We come in a peaceful mission…”(Henry DURRANT: “First Investigations on ET Humanoids” - Laffont 1977 - p. 62,63) A Spanish naval officer Miguel Espanol and a companion, who were traveling by truck to Ceres, encountered a huge UFO. First high in the sky, bathing the whole region in light, the craft descended and made the truck stall. The craft had at least 170 m in width and 40 m in thickness, in an oval or saucer shape, with a long “antenna” coming out of its dome and topped with a red light. The hovering monster turned off all its lights and the two men saw seven small beings the size of a child, with long hair and dressed in luminous suits, appear in an open panel of the craft. They silently regarded each other for three minutes.
Reference: Charles BOWEN: “In Search of Humanoids” - J’ai Lu 1974, p. 121
Reference: Mini catalogue chronologique des observations OVNI, by Godelieve Van Overmeire
Source: Overmeire, ID: Overmeire_2053

Event 19322 (3954F49C)

Date: 10/10/1957
Location: MARIAVILLE, NY
Description: Saucer lands 2X / 2 days. 2 small humanoids (or Greys) exit and enter woods. / r8#409+/ r141#5p7.
Type: sighting
Reference: FLYING SAUCER REVIEW (FSR), London. Bimonthly. PO Box 162; High Wycombe, Bucks. HP135 DZ, England. (Index 51)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_5537

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, OID: Humanoid: Small alien or “Grey”, ANI: Animals affected or injuries/marks, LND: UFO landing or any part touches ground

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “9”, Duration: “2”, Elev: “390”, HatchDesc: “MARIAVILLE,NY:SCR LANDS 2X/2 DAYS:2 OIDS EXIT+ENTER WOODS:/r8#409+/r141#5p7”, LatLong: “42.816669 -74.116670”, LatLongDMS: “42:49:00 N 74:07:00 W”, Locale: “Forest”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “New York”, Strangeness: “8”

Event 19323 (6B60296E)

Date: 10/10/1957
Time: ~04:00
Location: NEAR KEMMERER, WY
Description: 4 / oil field. “Flaming whale” going south / 150M altitude. 3 minute(s) to horizon. Seen / Utah.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO’s a HISTORY-1957 (19 booklets) Self published. (Index 524)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_5538

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

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “8”, Duration: “3”, Elev: “2120”, HatchDesc: “nr KEMMERER,WY:4/OIL FIELD:“FLAMING WHALE” >S/150M alt:3min to HRZN:SEEN/UTAH”, LatLong: “41.800002 -110.533339”, LatLongDMS: “41:48:00 N 110:32:00 W”, Locale: “Oil & Coal”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, RelAlt: “150”, State/Prov: “Wyoming”, Strangeness: “7”

Event 19324 (AA41D98B)

Date: 10/10/1957 (approximate)
Time: 16:20
Location: WEST / DRAKE, MO
Description: 3+/ US50. Silver cylinder/cigar-shape incredibly fast. Red flame / rear. 90° turn! Police report made.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO’s a HISTORY-1957 (19 booklets) Self published. (Index 509)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_5539

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

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “7”, Duration: “3”, Elev: “265”, HatchDesc: “W/DRAKE,MO:3+/US50:SLVR CGR XXFAST:RED FLAME/REAR:90°TURN!:POLICE RPT MADE:”, LatLong: “38.472224 -91.500004”, LatLongDMS: “38:28:20 N 91:30:00 W”, Locale: “Pasture”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, RelAlt: “2000”, State/Prov: “Missouri”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 19325 (8CBDEEEF)

Date: 10/10/1957
Time: 18:00
Location: NEAR CERES, BRZ
Description: 150M saucer / long antenna. 7 small humanoids (or Greys). Small saucer exits. / r113p369+/ r141#15p7.
Type: sighting
Reference: FLYING SAUCER REVIEW (FSR), London. Bimonthly. PO Box 162; High Wycombe, Bucks. HP135 DZ, England. (Index 51)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_5540

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, MIL: Observer(s) military, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, SCR: Classic saucer/disk/sphere shaped UFO, OID: Humanoid: Small alien or “Grey”, VEH: Vehicle affected: Marks/damage/EME effects, LND: UFO landing or any part touches ground, EME: Electro-Magnetic Effects, TCH: New technical details/clues

Extra Data: Country: “Brazil”, Credibility: “7”, Duration: “10”, Elev: “562”, HatchDesc: “nr CERES,BRZ:150M SCR/LONG ANTENNA:7 OIDS:SML SCR EXITS:/r113p369+/r141#15p7”, LatLong: “-15.333334 -49.622225”, LatLongDMS: “15:20:00 S 49:37:20 W”, Locale: “Pasture”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “GOI”, Strangeness: “9”

Event 19326 (F7568E68)

Date: 10/10/1957
Time: 20:20
Location: SILVER CITY, NM
Description: Prospector. Distant brilliant red fireball hovers / 45m. High radiation/radioactivity / Geiger counter.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO’s a HISTORY-1957 (19 booklets) Self published. (Index 506)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_5541

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, NWS: News media report, FBL: Fireball: Blazing undistinguished form/orb., NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), RDA: Radiation/high energy fields detected

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “5”, Duration: “45”, Elev: “1810”, HatchDesc: “SILVER CITY,NM:PROSPECTOR:DISTANT BRILL.RED FBL HVRs/45m:HI RDA/GEIGER COUNTER”, LatLong: “32.783335 -108.216672”, LatLongDMS: “32:47:00 N 108:13:00 W”, Locale: “Desert”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “New Mexico”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 19327 (B48A23E8)

Date: 10/10/1957
Location: Schenectady, New York
Description: Mrs. Edward Yeager who lived in a trailer on the Duanesburg-Church Road near Mariaville, saw a circular object go down behind the hill. Two min later it flew up again, very bright. The next day she was feeding animals that ran away as the same or a similar object came within 2 m of the ground. Two dark, little men came out of the craft and went into the woods. The object remained there two min, then left. A search for the occupants proved futile. A bus driver was said to have seen two craft land in a nearby field at the same hour.
Type: ufo sighting
Reference: FSR 58, 3 (Vallee)
Source: ValléeMagonia, ID: Magonia_409

Event 19328 (D66BF2F9)

Date: 10/10/1957
Time: night
Location: Quebracoco, Brazil
Description: Naval officer Miguel Espanhol and another man, traveling to Ceres, saw a bright object that illuminated the countryside and came down to ground level as the truck stalled. It was oval or saucer-shaped, over 150 m in diameter and 40 m deep, with a dome supporting a long “aerial” with a red light on top. The bright light went off and the witnesses saw seven childlike beings, with long hair and luminous suits, who looked down at them for about 3 min. The craft flew south and released a smaller disk, which flew north.
Type: ufo sighting
Reference: Humanoids 36 (Vallee)
Source: ValléeMagonia, ID: Magonia_410

Event 19329 (19E69F49)

Date: 10/10/1957
Location: 70.7030 54.60
Description: Nuclear test: Water, confirmed. Country: USSR 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_1079

Extra Data: LatLong: “70.7030 54.60”, LatLongDMS: “70:42:11 N 54:36:00 E”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, NukeCountry: “USSR”, NukeDepth: “0.03”, NukeSource: “KHRISTOFOROV”, NukeType: “NWCS”, NukeY: “10”

Event 19330 (C8C10DD6)

Date: 10/10/1957
Locations: Myton, Utah; NAS Alameda [now closed], California; Salt Lake City Airport
Description: 4:00 a.m. A huge fireball plunges from the sky near Myton, Utah, just missing a US Navy DC-6 transport plane out of NAS Alameda [now closed], California, with 36 persons aboard. Pilot Lt. Cmdr. W. F. Norris reports the incident to Salt Lake City Airport.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: “Big Fireball Perils Plane,” Oakland (Calif.) Tribune, October 10, 1957, p. 1
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_3004

Event 19331 (62D0F8DE)

Date: 10/10/1957
Locations: Ceres; Quebra Coco, Goiás, Brazil
Description: The coffee truck driven by Miguel Espanhol Navarrete and his driver stalls northwest of Ceres near Quebra Coco, Goiás, Brazil, as a UFO lands nearby. They see an intense light as they begin a steep ascent, and then realize that the flying object appears to be more than 600 feet long. It lights up the entire area, even though it is gliding at a great height. The driver panics and tries to speed away, but the truck’s engine stalls as the object approaches and flies over the vehicle about 130 feet away. The object is about 3 feet in diameter by 40 inches high and is unevenly oval, with the upper section greater than the lower section. It looks like two superimposed plates separated by a strip 65 feet thick. When it is at an altitude of 20 feet, the UFO stops in the air and its light goes out. It lands, a door opens, and seven apparently human people come out dressed in luminous suits. Then the crew reenters the UFO and takes off, stopping at about 1,650 feet altitude. At that moment a smaller object detaches itself from the larger one and flies north. The larger object follows in a southeasterly direction. Navarrete is interviewed by Judge Gabriel Barbosa de Andrade, then-Secretary of the Interior and justice of the State of Goiás; Joaquim Neves Pereira; and Antenor Gomes, then-Secretary of Public Security for Goiás.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Lorenzen, Occupants, Signet, 1967, pp. 192–193; Clark III 230; “Caso Ceres,” Portal Fenomenum, June 15, 2016; Patrick Gross, URECAT, October 17, 2006; Brazil 40–41
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_3005

Event 19332 (BF46F979)

Date: 10/10/1957
Description: At 2:30 in the afternoon Mrs. Edward Yeager, who lived in a trailer on the Duanesburg Church Road in Schenectady, New York near Mariaville, saw a circular UFO go down behind a hill. Two minutes later it flew up again and was very bright. The next day she was feeding her animals and the animals ran away when the same or a similar object came down within two meters of the ground. Two dark little men came out of the craft and went into the woods. The object remained there for two minutes, then left. A search for the occupants proved futile. A bus driver was reported to have seen two craft land in a nearby field at the same hour.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: Jacques Vallee, Passport to Magonia: A Century of Landings, p. 259, case 409; Flying Saucer Review, May 1958 & FSR, July-August 1970, p. 35; David F. Webb & Ted Bloecher, HUMCAT: Catalogue of Humanoid Reports, case A0432
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_6709

Event 19333 (F90B6303)

Date: 10/10/1957
Description: Quebracoco, Brazil. On this night a naval officer, Miguel Espanhol and another man, were driving to Ceres, Goias State, Brazil when they saw a bright object that illuminated the countryside and flew down to ground level as their truck stalled. It was oval or saucer-shaped, over 150 meters in diameter and 40 meters deep, with a dome supporting a long “aerial” with a red light on top. The bright light went off and the witnesses saw seven childlike beings, with long hair and luminous suits, who looked down at them for about three minutes. The craft flew south and released a smaller disc, which flew north.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: Jacques Vallee, Passport to Magonia: A Century of Landings, p. 259; O Cruzeiro, May 17, 1958; Coral & Jim Lorenzen, Flying Saucer Occupants, p. 110
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_6710

Event 19334 (E8FEE9BA)

Date: 10/11/1957
Time: 22:20
Location: DERBY, ENGL
Description: Night lights maneuver before Sputnik / 2250h. Silent saucer / Alvaston goes and returns after.
Type: sighting
Reference: FLYING SAUCER REVIEW (FSR), London. Bimonthly. PO Box 162; High Wycombe, Bucks. HP135 DZ, England. (Index 49)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_5542

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, VEH: Vehicle affected: Marks/damage/EME effects

Extra Data: Country: “Great Britain and Ireland”, Credibility: “9”, Duration: “90”, Elev: “67”, HatchDesc: “DERBY,ENGL:NLTS MNVR BEFORE SPUTNIK/2250h:SLNT SCR/ALVASTON GOES+RETURNS AFTER”, LatLong: “52.900003 -1.450000”, LatLongDMS: “52:54:00 N 01:27:00 W”, Locale: “Town & City”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “England”, Strangeness: “7”

Event 19335 (C0442F67)

Date: 10/11/1957
Time: 2000
Location: Roulon, France
Description: Two witnesses in a car saw something they described as “a dark, transparent ball” about 50 cm in diameter rising from the side of the road. It had appendages trailing behind.
Type: ufo sighting
Reference: 111 (Vallee)
Source: ValléeMagonia, ID: Magonia_411

Event 19336 (8FD37770)

Date: 10/11/1957
Description: At around 8:00 p.m. two witnesses in a car being driven in Roulon, France saw something they described as “a dark, transparent ball” about 50 cm in diameter rising from the side of the road. It had appendages trailing behind.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: Jacques Vallee, Passport to Magonia; A Century of Landings, p. 260, case # 411
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_6760

Event 19337 (88C0DF80)

Date: 10/11/1957
Description: At 10:20 p.m. in Derby, England nocturnal lights were seen maneuvering in front of the new Sputnik satellite. A silent disc-shaped object was seen at Alvaston which went away, but soon returned.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: Larry Hatch, U computer database
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_6761

Event 19338 (C4EC0C0E)

Date: 10/12/1957
Time: 15:20
Location: NORTH / MARTHAS VINYARD, MA
Description: Ovoid with antennas dives at 5 / boat. Levels off going quickly southwest. / r141#5p29.
Type: sighting
Reference: UFO INVESTIGATOR: NICAP: Kensington, MD & Washington, DC [defunct]. University Microfilms, Ann Arbor, MI 48106 (Index 22)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_5543

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

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “8”, Duration: “2”, Elev: “0”, HatchDesc: “N/MARTHAS VINYARD,MA:OVOID W/ANTENNAS DIVES at 5/BOAT:Lvls off >>SW:/r141#5p29”, LatLong: “41.450002 -70.616670”, LatLongDMS: “41:27:00 N 70:37:00 W”, Locale: “Offshore”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Massachusetts”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 19339 (5BD65A01)

Date: 10/12/1957
Location: Martha’s Vineyard, MA
Description: 3:20 p.m., a strange round object bearing southeast-appeared to be a sphere with sensing elements or spikes protruding from it (NICAP: 01 - Distant Encounters)
Reference: NICAP: 571012
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_2097

Event 19340 (5AC945D5)

Date: 10/12/1957
Locations: Ciudad Bolivar, Venezuela; Coro; Trujillo
Description: 9:15 p.m. Many witnesses see a luminous oval object pass over Ciudad Bolivar, Venezuela, at great speed. The same or a similar object is seen at Coro at 9:25 p.m. and at Trujillo at 12:00 midnight.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Lorenzen, UFOs: The Whole Story, Signet, 1969, p. 82
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_3006

Event 19341 (231E6588)

Date: 10/13/1957
Description: On this night Antonio Villas Boas witnessed a UFO making complex maneuvers in the sky above his family’s farmhouse in Sao Francisco de Sales, Brazil. This is three nights prior to his famous abduction experience, which occurred in the early morning hours of October 16.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: Olavo T. Fontes, APRO Bulletin, July 1966, p. 5
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_6809

Event 19342 (03AB24F1)

Date: 10/14/1957
Location: BRAZIL, Sao Francisco de Sales (Minas Gerais)
Description: (Translated from French) Between 9:30 and 10:00 PM, Antonio Villas Boas, working with another brother, tried unsuccessfully about twenty times to approach a dazzling white light that seemed to hover 100 meters above the field. It had the size of a truck wheel and projected rays in all directions. Finally it went out. (Henry DURRANT: “First Investigations on ET Humanoids” - Laffont 1977 - p. 125) The second episode occurred in the night of October 14. This must have happened between 9:30 and 10:00 PM, although I cannot guarantee it since I had no watch. I was working on the tractor, plowing a field, with my other brother. Suddenly, we saw a very bright light - so bright that it hurt the eyes - motionless at the northern end of the field. When we saw it, it was already there, large and round, about the size of a cart wheel. It seemed to be at an altitude of about 100 meters, and it was a red light, illuminating a large portion of the ground. There must have been something inside the light, but I cannot affirm it positively, because the light was much too strong for anything else to be seen. I called my brother so that we could go together to see what it was. He did not want to, so I went alone. When I got close to the thing, it suddenly started moving and, at an enormous speed, it passed to the south part of the field, where it stopped again (…)
Reference: Mini catalogue chronologique des observations OVNI, by Godelieve Van Overmeire
Source: Overmeire, ID: Overmeire_2054

Event 19343 (77356574)

Date: 10/14/1957
Time: 21:50
Location: SOUTH FRANCISCO / SALES, BRZ
Description: Avb. Blazing disc? plays tag 20x / farm field. 100M altitude.
Type: sighting
Reference: LORENZEN, Coral & Jim: ENCOUNTERS with UFO OCCUPANTS; APRO/Berkley Medallion Books 1976. 424pp (Index 62)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_5544

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), OBS: Observation/chasing vehicles, HUM: Humans affected: Injury/burns/marks/abduction/death

Extra Data: Country: “Brazil”, Credibility: “5”, Duration: “20”, Elev: “436”, HatchDesc: “S.FRANCISCO/SALES,BRZ:AVB:BLAZING DISC? PLAYS TAG 20x/FARM FIELD:100M alt”, LatLong: “-19.883334 -49.766669”, LatLongDMS: “19:53:00 S 49:46:00 W”, Locale: “Farmlands”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, RelAlt: “100”, State/Prov: “Minas Gerais”, Strangeness: “7”

Event 19344 (CAC6F2A0)

Date: 10/14/1957
Time: 22:00
Location: PINE BLUFF TO/FROM STUTTGART, ARK
Description: Saucer over US79. Car malfunctions due to EME (electro-magnetic effects) and pulled to roadside / 4 minute(s).
Type: sighting
Reference: MUFON UFO JOURNAL, Seguin, TX USA. Monthly. (Index 171)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_5545

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), VEH: Vehicle affected: Marks/damage/EME effects, EME: Electro-Magnetic Effects, TCH: New technical details/clues

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “7”, Duration: “4”, Elev: “68”, HatchDesc: “PINE BLUFF >< STUTTGART,ARK:SCR OVR US79:CAR EMEs+PULLED TO ROADSIDE/4min”, LatLong: “34.422224 -91.705560”, LatLongDMS: “34:25:20 N 91:42:20 W”, Locale: “Pasture”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Arkansas”, Strangeness: “7”

Event 19345 (E666DA0E)

Date: 10/14/1957
Time: 23:10
Location: SAN BERNARDINO, CA
Description: Civil observer(s). Cup-saucer maneuvers in and out of clouds. = moon / Blue Book card.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO’s a HISTORY-1957 (19 booklets) Self published. (Index 535)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_5546

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: “360”, HatchDesc: “SAN BERNARDINO,CA:CIV.OBS:CUP-SCR MNVRS IN and OUT of CLOUDS:=MOON/BBK card”, LatLong: “34.133335 -117.283339”, LatLongDMS: “34:08:00 N 117:17:00 W”, Locale: “Residential”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “California”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 19346 (D24CF8FA)

Date: 10/14/1957
Time: 2145
Location: Francisco de Sales, Brazil
Description: Second observation by A. Villas-Boas. He was plowing a field with his brother when they saw a red light at the edge of the field. He went toward it, but it shifted its position every time he went close. It vanished on the spot.
Type: ufo sighting
Reference: FSR 66, 4; Magonia (Vallee)
Source: ValléeMagonia, ID: Magonia_412

Event 19347 (85A87716)

Date: 10/14/1957
Locations: Naval Air Station North Island tower; San Diego, California; Point Loma
Description: 7:00 p.m. The Naval Air Station North Island tower in San Diego, California, directs a Navy S2F-1Tracker anti-submarine aircraft toward a bright light over Point Loma. The aircraft, piloted by Lt. Allen L. Ries, tracks the UFO on airborne radar at some points suddenly moving at 1,700 mph average speed (3,500 mph at peak) and 1,100 mph average relative to the aircraft’s (peak 2,200 mph). Radar indicates the object is about 12 miles ahead. After 3 minutes the aircraft loses the object visually and on radar. Blue Book explains this as the star Arcturus, which is in the wrong direction in the sky, then changes the explanation to a balloon.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: NICAP, [Blue Book documents]; Clark III 389–390
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_3007

Event 19348 (0A1FF21A)

Date: 10/14/1957
Description: Around 9:30 p.m. Antonio Villas-Boas and another brother are plowing and see a bright object hovering 300 feet in the air. He approaches it, but it evades him and disappears.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Clark III 1226–1227
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_3008

Event 19349 (B41FD6A1)

Date: 10/14/1957
Description: Antonio Villas Boas, age 23, had his second UFO sighting prior to his famous UFO abduction, when at 9:45 p.m. he watched a blazing object, possibly disc shaped, play tag with him over a field on his family farm in Sao Francisco de Sales, Minas Gerais, Brazil. He was plowing the field with his brother on a tractor when they saw a red light at the edge of the field. He went toward it, but it shifted its position every time he got close. The object nearly touched down, and came down to a height of 100 meters. It vanished on the spot. The sighting lasted from ten to twenty minutes.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: Olavo T. Fontes, Flying Saucer Review, July-August 1966, p. 23; Coral & Jim Lorenzen, Encounters with UFO Occupants, p. 62; Jacques Vallee, Passport to Magonia: A Century of Landings, case # 412
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_6834

Event 19350 (C453B930)

Date: 10/15/1957
Location: Brazil
Description: Villas Boas abduction. Has intercourse with an human-looking female.
Type: abduction
Reference: Wikipedia
Source: Maj2, ID: Maj2_575

Event 19351 (D887D3E0)

Date: 10/15/1957
Location: BRAZIL, Sao Francisco de Sales (Minas Gerais)
Description: (Translated from French) Antonio Villas Boas was plowing the field alone, as usual, with a tractor. He saw a big red star among the others, it began to grow and came towards him, quickly, like a flash. It stopped 50 m above him, a shining object in the shape of an egg, so bright that the lights of the tractor headlights could no longer be seen. Villas Boas remained petrified with terror for two minutes. The object plunged towards the ground 10 m from the tractor. It was like a large elongated egg, with 3 long conical protuberances on the front in the shape of glowing rods, on the top a kind of flattened dome that kept turning slowly on the ground, at a terrifying speed in the air. The object landed on 3 telescopic feet. Villas Boas then tried to flee in the tractor, but the engine stopped, then on foot: he was taken by the arm by a small creature from which he quickly freed himself, but 3 others immobilized him by lifting him off the ground. Screaming and vainly writhing he was taken towards the UFO: the ascent of a frail staircase allowed a new fight, but he soon found himself in a square room, with polished metal walls. The door closed and he had to go into another oval room. It was furnished with a curious table and revolving armchairs. He was undressed and naked like a worm he saw another being approaching him who anointed him with a liquid with a sponge. He had to go into the next room: two other creatures took blood and skin samples from him at the sampling sites. He was left alone for half an hour in this room furnished only with a bed where he was invited to rest. He felt bad, plus there was a smell like burnt fabric, he wanted to vomit. A kind of gray smoke escaped from very many small tubes on the wall at the height of his head. Suddenly a “woman” enters. She is completely naked. She is of a different beauty than the women of the Earth, with long fine and soft blond hair and large almond-shaped blue eyes. She has a pointed chin and she takes him in her arms, makes him understand her desire. Villas Boas is surprised to be able to get sexual excitement and they lie down for a normal mating. After a short break, a new assault of desire and Villas does her honor. He felt like a stallion who had to improve the herd: the woman grunted and gave him the impression of being lying with an animal. They separated. Shortly afterwards, the woman left, his clothes were returned to him and nothing was missing. Then he had the advantage of taking a tour on the bridge and then he was signaled to go down. The object takes off. (Henry DURRANT: “First Investigations on Humanoid ET” - Laffont 1977 - p. 125 to 132) A very close encounter, which could only be an invention intended to prove the virility of the hero. (1957, night of October 15th to 16th)
Reference: Science and Life, 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_2055

Event 19352 (65C9D00B)

Date: 10/15/1957
Description: (Translated from French) 1500 km inland, in a remote corner of Brazil near the Paraguay border, Antonio Villas Boas is the victim of an abduction whose every detail will remain in his memory. The UFO has an ovoid shape, whose upper part, a transparent dome, is rotary, and includes a footboard. A Brazilian researcher, Doctor Olavo Fontès, will be the only one to record his statements, which he will not immediately make public. (October 15)
Reference: rr0 - Beau
Source: rr0, ID: rr0_1718

Event 19353 (3E16485A)

Date: 10/15/1957
Time: 12:00
Location: COVINGTON, IN
Description: 4M saucer hovers / farm. Combine malfunctions due to EME (electro-magnetic effects) as saucer going [to] overhead. / r8+/ r79+/ r141#15p9.
Type: sighting
Reference: The APRO BULLETIN: Monthly. Jim & Coral Lorenzen: Tucson,AZ (USA. defunct) By volume and number. (Index 695)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_5547

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, EME: Electro-Magnetic Effects

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “6”, Duration: “3”, Elev: “159”, HatchDesc: “COVINGTON,IN:4M SCR HVRS/FARM:COMBINE EMEs as SCR > OVHD:/r8+/r79+/r141#15p9”, LatLong: “40.133335 -87.383338”, LatLongDMS: “40:08:00 N 87:23:00 W”, Locale: “Farmlands”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, RelAlt: “450”, State/Prov: “Indiana”, Strangeness: “7”

Event 19354 (FE20753F)

Date: 10/15/1957?
Time: 18:20
Location: WEST / QUINCY, FL
Description: 1 / US90. 2 airliner size eggs with flashing lights hover. 1 going quickly east other going quickly west.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO’s a HISTORY-1957 (19 booklets) Self published. (Index 501)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_5548

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: “57”, HatchDesc: “W/QUINCY,FL:1/US90:2 AIRLINER SIZE EGGS W/FLASHING LITES HVR:1 >>E OTHER >>W”, LatLong: “30.594446 -84.616671”, LatLongDMS: “30:35:40 N 84:37:00 W”, Locale: “Pasture”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, RelAlt: “90”, State/Prov: “Florida”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 19355 (D4AFD0CA)

Date: 10/15/1957
Location: Minas Gerais State, Brazil
Description: Villas Boas abduction, sexual encounter case (UFOE, section XIII). (NICAP: 07 - Entity Cases)
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_2098

Event 19356 (0ACD952D)

Date: 10/15/1957
Location: Covington, IN
Description: Combine engine failed as hovering UFO began to rise (NICAP: 03 - EME Cases)
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_2099

Event 19357 (4EEB2A10)

Date: 10/15/1957
Time: daylight
Location: Covington, Indiana
Description: Mr. Moudy, a farmer, observed a silvery disk which hovered above his tractor; the engine failed when the object rose.
Type: ufo sighting
Reference: Personal (Vallee)
Source: ValléeMagonia, ID: Magonia_413

Event 19358 (7A15AFDD)

Date: 10/15/1957
Location: Minas Gerais State, Brazil
Description: Villas Boas abduction, sexual encounter case
Type: sighting
Reference: The UFO Evidence by Richard H. Hall
Source: HallUFOEvidence2, ID: HallUFOE2_4

Event 19359 (0C1A05C1)

Date: 10/15/1957
Location: Franklin County, Indiana
Description: Afternoon. Robert Moudy sees a glowing object hovering above his combine in Franklin County, Indiana, at about 1,500 feet. It appears to be silver and platter-shaped, perhaps 12 feet in diameter, with a pink flame coming from its base. It makes a loud whirring noise as it hovers. When it starts ascending at a 22° angle, its color changes from pink to light blue and the combine stops working. He notices two stalled cars on a nearby road.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: “Indiana Farmer Says ‘Whatsit’ Was Overhead,” Indianapolis News, November 5, 1957, p. 17
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_3009

Event 19360 (C23E8CF1)

Date: 10/15/1957
Description: On this day while working outside, Mr. Moudy, a farmer, observed a silvery disc that hovered above his tractor in Covington, Indiana. The tractor engine failed when the object took off.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: Jacques Vallee, Passport to Magonia: A Century of Landings, p. 260, case # 413
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_6860

Event 19361 (58D69679)

Date: 10/16/1957
Description: (Translated from French) Observation in Tularosa on October 16th. Lenticular cloud?. See photo at images/1957-10-16_Tularosa.jpg.
Reference: rr0 - Beau
Source: rr0, ID: rr0_1719

Event 19362 (CD8A6194)

Date: 10/16/1957
Description: (Translated from French) In Sao Francisco de Sales (Brazil), after 2 observations the previous days, …
Reference: rr0 - Beau
Source: rr0, ID: rr0_1720

Event 19363 (3389D1AB)

Date: 10/16/1957
Description: (Translated from French) October 20th Observation in Missouri. See photo at images/1957-10-20.jpg.
Reference: rr0 - Beau
Source: rr0, ID: rr0_1721

Event 19364 (4C52B5A6)

Date: 10/16/1957
Location: MENTONE, AUST
Description: Ex-CIC / RAAF! Dark ovoid / 300M altitude passes / 600kph. / r120p161+/ r141#5.
Type: sighting
Reference: HALL, Richard: The UFO EVIDENCE; NICAP,Washington, DC 1964. Reprinted 1997 Barnes & Noble Books ( only $7.98! ) (Index 125)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_5549

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: “Australia”, Credibility: “8”, Duration: “1”, HatchDesc: “MENTONE,AUST:EX-CIC/RAAF!:DRK OVOID/300M alt PASSES/600kph:/r120p161+/r141#5”, LatLong: “-37.983335 145.066674”, LatLongDMS: “37:59:00 S 145:04:00 E”, Locale: “Metropolis”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Victoria”, Strangeness: “7”

Event 19365 (F2815D01)

Date: 10/16/1957
Time: 01:00
Location: SOUTH FRANCISCO / SALES, BRZ
Description: Avb abduction. Small humanoids (or Greys). Wash and exam. Sex / woman. Sperm sample. / r113p61.
Type: sighting
Reference: The APRO BULLETIN: Monthly. Jim & Coral Lorenzen: Tucson,AZ (USA. defunct) By volume and number. (Index 799)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_5550

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, HOX: Suspicion of hoax, ODD: Atypical/Forteana/paranormal, SCR: Classic saucer/disk/sphere shaped UFO, OID: Humanoid: Small alien or “Grey”, PSH: Pseudo-human: Clone/organic robot/human-like, RAY: Odd light/searchlight/beam/laser-like, SMP: Sampling of plant/animal/soil/tissue/specimens, ABD: Human or animal abduction, HUM: Humans affected: Injury/burns/marks/abduction/death, LND: UFO landing or any part touches ground, EME: Electro-Magnetic Effects

Extra Data: Country: “Brazil”, Credibility: “3”, Duration: “255”, Elev: “436”, HatchDesc: “S.FRANCISCO/SALES,BRZ:AVB ABD:OIDS:WASH+EXAM:SEX/WOMAN:SPERM SAMPLE:/r113p61”, LatLong: “-19.866668 -49.750002”, LatLongDMS: “19:52:00 S 49:45:00 W”, Locale: “Farmlands”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Minas Gerais”, Strangeness: “13”

Event 19366 (9D2713FC)

Date: 10/16/1957
Time: 13:30
Location: NORTH / TULAROSA, NM
Description: Nurse photographs white-glow ovoid over Holloman range. / r219p11+/ r11p245.
Type: sighting
Reference: The APRO BULLETIN: Monthly. Jim & Coral Lorenzen: Tucson,AZ (USA. defunct) By volume and number. (Index 701)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_5551

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), NUC: Nuclear facility related, PHT: Photos/movies/videos taken

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “7”, Duration: “5”, Elev: “1230”, HatchDesc: “N/TULAROSA,NM:NURSE FOTOs WHT-GLOW OVOID ovr HOLLOMAN RANGE:/r219p11+/r11p245”, LatLong: “33.322224 -106.077783”, LatLongDMS: “33:19:20 N 106:04:40 W”, Locale: “Desert”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “New Mexico”, Strangeness: “7”

Event 19367 (21752FB1)

Date: 10/16/1957
Time: 20:20
Location: VIMIOSO, PORTUGAL
Description: Luminous disk going quickly south over town. Makes several maneuvers. / Journal do Noticias.
Type: sighting
Reference: LOURENCO, Victor: The PORTUCAT CATALOG; (BBS Download). (Index 37)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_5552

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: “Portugal”, Credibility: “7”, Duration: “2”, HatchDesc: “VIMIOSO,PORTUGAL:LUM.DISK >>S OVR TOWN:MAKES SVRL MNVRS:/JORNAL do NOTICIAS”, LatLong: “41.594446 -6.522223”, LatLongDMS: “41:35:40 N 06:31:20 W”, Locale: “Mountains”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “TOM”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 19368 (59A2CCBA)

Date: 10/16/1957
Location: Unknown City, AU
Description: Round UFO sighted by former Commander-in-Chief of Royal Australian Air Force. [UFOE, X] (NICAP: 01 - Distant Encounters)
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_2100

Event 19369 (1620BC85)

Date: 10/16/1957
Time: 0100
Location: Francisco de Sales, Brazil
Description: Third observation by A. Villas-Boas. Alone in the fields on a clear night, he saw a big, red star which took the appearance of a luminous, egg-shaped object and stopped 50 m above his tractor. Its light was brighter than that of the headlights as it landed 15 m away. The top part was spinning. It became green as it slowed down, was then seen as a flattened dome. Three legs emerged from the machine as it settled down. The tractor engine stalled, and the witness was seized by unknown individuals and carried aboard the craft, where he was medically examined, then left with a woman of short stature with whom he had sexual intercourse. Villas-Boas reported that crew members wore tight, white clothes with a light on the belt, heelless white shoes, big gloves, and opaque helmets with a slit at the level of the eyes. Their language was shrill, and he could establish no verbal communication with them.
Type: ufo sighting
Reference: FSR 66, 4 et seq. (Vallee)
Source: ValléeMagonia, ID: Magonia_414

Event 19370 (DADEF0CC)

Date: 10/16/1957
Location: São Francisco de Sales, Minas Gerais, Brazil
Description: 1:00 a.m. Antonio Villas-Boas is plowing alone near São Francisco de Sales, Minas Gerais, Brazil, when a red, egg-shaped object appears above him. His tractor motor and lights fail. It lands nearby and something grabs him as he tries to run away. Three small figures bring him into the object, where he is subjected to tests and made to have sex twice with an odd-looking woman. Afterwards, she points to her belly then points to the sky. Then he is given a tour of the craft and taken outside again around 5:30 a.m.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: “The A.V.B. Contact Case,” Boletim SBEDV, no. 26/27 (Apr./July 1962): 7–9; Gordon Creighton, “The Most Amazing Case of All, Part 1: A Brazilian Farmer’s Story,” Flying Saucer Review 11, no. 1 (Jan./Feb. 1965): 13–17; Gordon Creighton, “The Most Amazing Case of All, Part 2: Analysis of the Brazilian Farmer’s Story,” Flying Saucer Review 11, no. 2 (Mar./Apr. 1965): 5–8; Gordon Creighton, “Postscript to the Most Amazing Case of All,” Flying Saucer Review 11, no. 4 (July/Aug. 1965): 24–26; Gordon Creighton, “Even More Amazing…: Further Light on the A.V.B. Case,” Flying Saucer Review 12, no. 4 (July/Aug. 1966): 23–27; Gordon Creighton, “Even More Amazing…Part 2: The A.V.B. Case Continued,” Flying Saucer Review 12, no. 5 (Sept./Oct. 1966): 22–25; Gordon Creighton, “Even More Amazing…Part III,” Flying Saucer Review 12, no. 6 (Nov./Dec. 1966): 14–16; Gordon Creighton, “Even More Amazing…Part IV,” Flying Saucer Review 13, no. 1 (Jan./Feb. 1967): 25–27; Olavo T. Fontes, “Even More Amazing…Part V,” Flying Saucer Review 13, no. 3 (May/June 1967): 22–25; Gordon Creighton, “Even More Amazing…Part VI: The Medical Report,” Flying Saucer Review 14, no. 1 (Jan./Feb. 1968): 18–20; Lorenzen, Occupants, Signet, 1967, pp. 42–72; “Brazil: New Light on a Sexual Abduction,” IUR/Probe, Sept. 1980, p. 79; Kim Hansen, “UFO Casebook,” UFOs 1947–1987, Fortean Tomes, 1987, pp. 56–59; Brazil 41–47; Clark III 1227–1229; Mark Cashman, “Behavioral Classification System for UFO Occupants,” IUR 24, no. 1 (Spring 1999): 19
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_3010

Event 19371 (EDC70F2F)

Date: 10/16/1957
Location: Tularosa, New Mexico
Description: Day. Nurse Ella Louise Fortune is driving north of Tularosa, New Mexico, when she sees a brilliant-white, elliptical object hovering in a deep-blue sky. It seems to have a faint exhaust trail at one edge. She stops her car and snaps a 35mm Kodachrome photo. Analysts generally agree this is a bright lenticular cloud with a trail of ice crystals.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Walter N. Webb, “The Fortune Photo Revisited,” IUR 18, no. 5 (Sept./Oct. 1993): 14–15
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_3011

Event 19372 (43ACE511)

Date: 10/16/1957
Location: Mentone, Victoria, Australia
Description: Evening. Former Australian Air Marshal George Jones and his wife see a round object like a “flying balloon” moving silently at the speed of a jet over their home in Mentone, Victoria, Australia. It moves from south to north at an altitude of 1,000–1,500 feet.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: George Jones, “Former Air Chief Sees Saucers,” Flying Saucer Review 4, no. 3 (May/June 1958): 6
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_3012

Event 19373 (FEA30368)

Date: 10/16/1957
Description: Sao Francisco de Sales, Brazil. A famous alien abduction and sexual encounter case occurred in the early morning hours of this day. Alone in the fields on a clear night, Antonio Villas-Boas saw a big, red star which soon took on the appearance of a luminous, egg-shaped object that stopped and hovered 50 meters above his tractor. Its light was brighter than that of the tractor headlights as it landed 15 meters away. The top part of the UFO was spinning, and it became green as it slowed down. It then appeared as a flattened dome. Three legs emerged from the machine as it settled down. Sr. Villas-Boas’s tractor engine stalled and he tried to run through the furrows in the freshly plowed field, but he was quickly seized by unknown individuals who dragged him aboard the craft, where he was medically examined. After being stripped and sponged down with what he took to be a disinfectant liquid he was then left alone with a woman of short stature with whom he had sexual intercourse. Villas-Boas reported that the woman had high cheekbones and a sharp chin. He was allowed to redress himself and spent a short time subsequently with the other crew members. He reported they wore tight-fitting, white uniforms with a light on the belt, heelless white shoes, big gloves, and opaque helmets with a slit at the level of the eyes. Their language was shrill, and he could establish no verbal communication with them.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: Flying Saucer Review, July-August 1966; Jacques Vallee, Passport to Magonia: A Century of Landings, p. 260
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_6893

Event 19374 (5E470815)

Date: 10/17/1957
Time: 09:00?
Location: FATIMA, PORTUGAL
Description: Angel hair all over just like 1917. Samples taken for analysis.
Type: sighting
Reference: LOURENCO, Victor: The PORTUCAT CATALOG; (BBS Download). (Index 38)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_5553

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, HQO: High-quality observer(s), SCI: Scientist involvement, NWS: News media report, ODD: Atypical/Forteana/paranormal, NFO: No craft seen, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), TRC: Physical traces, TCH: New technical details/clues

Extra Data: Country: “Portugal”, Credibility: “10”, Duration: “1”, HatchDesc: “FATIMA,PORTUGAL:ANGEL HAIR ALL OVER JUST LIKE 1917:SAMPLES TAKEN FOR ANALYSIS”, LatLong: “39.583335 -8.583334”, LatLongDMS: “39:35:00 N 08:35:00 W”, Locale: “Pasture”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “RBT”, Strangeness: “3”

Event 19375 (D72EFC14)

Date: 10/17/1957
Time: 21:50
Location: WHAKAPARA, NZ
Description: Orange ball hovers. Night lights exit and maneuver and return. Brilliant color(s). Fades away.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO’s a HISTORY-1957 (19 booklets) Self published. (Index 552)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_5554

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CST: Observer(s) in coastal area/just offshore, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, NWS: News media report, SCR: Classic saucer/disk/sphere shaped UFO, NLT: Nightlights/points of light, PRB: Probe: Possibly remote controlled, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), OBS: Observation/chasing vehicles, RAY: Odd light/searchlight/beam/laser-like

Extra Data: Country: “New Zealand”, Credibility: “6”, Duration: “20”, HatchDesc: “WHAKAPARA,NZ:ORG.BALL HVRS:NLTS EXIT+MNVR+RETURN:BRILL.CLRS:fades away”, LatLong: “-35.533335 174.283342”, LatLongDMS: “35:32:00 S 174:17:00 E”, Locale: “Residential”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “NI”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 19376 (B2EB564A)

Date: 10/19/1957
Time: 19:10
Location: NYC, NY
Description: Separate observer(s) / 2 days. Series / 3 saucers spin and going [to] overhead. Ovoid maneuvers / 20 October. / news.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO’s a HISTORY-1957 (19 booklets) Self published. (Index 554)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_5555

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: “7”, Duration: “1”, Elev: “15”, HatchDesc: “NYC,NY:SEP.OBS/2 DAYS:SERIES/3 SCRS SPIN+>OVHD:OVOID MNVRS/20 Oct:/news”, LatLong: “40.750002 -73.950004”, LatLongDMS: “40:45:00 N 73:57:00 W”, Locale: “Metropolis”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “NYC”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 19377 (D847A47E)

Date: 10/19/1957
Location: Mildenhall, UK
Description: (McDonald list) Targets on Lakenheath Radar (BBU) (NICAP: 09 - RADAR Cases, Code: R, Rating: 5, BB: BBU)
Reference: NICAP: 571019
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_2101

Event 19378 (8F950148)

Date: 10/21/1957
Time: 14:30
Location: BACHAQUERO, VNZL
Description: 2 / farm. 2 cylinders hover / high altitude. Silent. Wingless with 3-pointed tail.
Type: sighting
Reference: The APRO BULLETIN: Monthly. Jim & Coral Lorenzen: Tucson,AZ (USA. defunct) By volume and number. (Index 695)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_5556

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: “Venezuela”, Credibility: “6”, Duration: “2”, Elev: “71”, HatchDesc: “BACHAQUERO,VNZL:2/FARM:2 CYLS HVR/HI ALT:SLNT:WINGLESS W/3-POINTED TAIL:”, LatLong: “8.750000 -71.816670”, LatLongDMS: “08:45:00 N 71:49:00 W”, Locale: “Farmlands”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “MRC”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 19379 (4A04046F)

Date: 10/21/1957
Time: 21:20
Location: RAF GAYDON, ENGL
Description: Near collision / RAF jet and saucer at 28K’. RADAR confirm. Nuclear station/depot/facility. / r120p50.
Type: sighting
Reference: FLYING SAUCER REVIEW (FSR), London. Bimonthly. PO Box 162; High Wycombe, Bucks. HP135 DZ, England. (Index 49)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_5557

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, RDR: Radar traces/blips, TCH: New technical details/clues

Extra Data: Country: “Great Britain and Ireland”, Credibility: “8”, Duration: “5”, Elev: “129”, HatchDesc: “RAF GAYDON,ENGL:nr COLLISION/RAF JET+SCR @28K’:RDR CONFIRM:NUCL STN:/r120p50.”, LatLong: “52.183336 -1.466667”, LatLongDMS: “52:11:00 N 01:28:00 W”, Locale: “Town & City”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, RelAlt: “8500”, State/Prov: “England”, Strangeness: “8”

Event 19380 (AB6309C8)

Date: 10/21/1957
Location: RAF Gaydon (Warwickshire), UK
Description: Meteor Jet Almost Collides With Object (NICAP: 09 - RADAR Cases, Code: R, Rating: 5, BB: BBU) (NICAP: 10 - Nuclear Connection) (NICAP: 11 - Aviation Cases)
Reference: NICAP: 571021
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_2102

Event 19381 (A90AC35F)

Date: 10/21/1957
Locations: RAF North Luffenham; RAF Gaydon; North Warwickshire, England; RAF Langtoft
Description: 9:18 p.m. Flying Officer D. W. Sweeney is flying a Meteor jet at 28,000 feet on a training exercise from RAF North Luffenham [now St. George’s Barracks] when he nearly collides with an unidentified object over RAF Gaydon [now closed], North Warwickshire, England. After taking evasive action, Sweeney tries to approach the object, whereupon its six lights go out and it disappears. The UFO is tracked on radar at RAF Langtoft [now closed] in South Kesteven.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: “UFO over British A-Bomber Base: Air Ministry Baffled,” Flying Saucer Review 4, no. 1 (Jan./Feb. 1958): 6; Good Above, pp. 50–51
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_3013

Event 19382 (FC8F1FEB)

Date: 10/22/1957
Time: 14:00
Location: WIESBADEN, HESSE, GER
Description: Project Bluebook Case #unknown. Military observer(s). RADAR image and more/others. 1 UFO / 5+minutes. No further details.
Type: sighting
Reference: UFOCAT CATALOG: Assorted Printouts. Donald A. Johnson Ph.D (CUFOS). P.O. Box 446, Concord, NH 03302-0446 (Index 47)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_5558

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: “Germany”, Credibility: “7”, Duration: “6”, HatchDesc: “WIESBADEN,HESSE,GER:BBK#UNK:MIL OBS:RDR IMAGE++:1 UFO/5+ MINUTES:NFD”, LatLong: “50.088891 8.250000”, LatLongDMS: “50:05:20 N 08:15:00 E”, Locale: “Town & City”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “HSS”, Strangeness: “3”

Event 19383 (A35CDB38)

Date: 10/22/1957
Time: 19:30
Location: PITTSBURGH, PA
Description: Family. 3+3 night lights maneuver in formations. 1 makes V-turn and away. / r141#5p61.
Type: sighting
Reference: HALL, Richard: The UFO EVIDENCE; NICAP,Washington, DC 1964. Reprinted 1997 Barnes & Noble Books ( only $7.98! ) (Index 15)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_5559

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

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “9”, Duration: “5”, Elev: “235”, HatchDesc: “PITTSBURGH,PA:FAMILY:3+3 NLTS MNVR in FORMns:1 MAKES V-TURN+AWAY:/r141#5p61”, LatLong: “40.433335 -80.000004”, LatLongDMS: “40:26:00 N 80:00:00 W”, Locale: “Metropolis”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Pennsylvania”, Strangeness: “5”

Event 19384 (D0BFBF62)

Date: 10/22/1957
Time: 22:00?
Location: PRAIA GRANDE, BRZ
Description: 5 observer(s). Object / ground near beach. Type unknown. Lights area / beams. Going quickly east and quickly going up [to] extremely fast.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO’s a HISTORY-1957 (19 booklets) Self published. (Index 561)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_5560

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, 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, RAY: Odd light/searchlight/beam/laser-like, LND: UFO landing or any part touches ground

Extra Data: Country: “Brazil”, Credibility: “8”, Duration: “2”, Elev: “4”, HatchDesc: “PRAIA GRANDE,BRZ:5 OBS:OBJ/GND nr BEACH:type unk:LITES AREA/BEAMS:>>E+↑↑ XFAST”, LatLong: “-24.000001 -46.400002”, LatLongDMS: “24:00:00 S 46:24:00 W”, Locale: “Coastlands”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “São Paulo”, Strangeness: “4”

Event 19385 (32D734E6)

Date: 10/22/1957
Location: Pittsburgh, PA
Description: Family saw six UFOs in two separate groups, changing position in formation. [UFOE, II] (NICAP: 01 - Distant Encounters)
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_2105

Event 19386 (6E71E54A)

Date: 10/22/1957
Location: Wiesbaden, Germany
Description: (McDonald list; FUFOR Index) AN/TPS-1D Tracks Object Three Times (NICAP: 09 - RADAR Cases, Code: R, Rating: 0, BB: BBU)
Reference: NICAP: 571022
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_2106

Event 19387 (89D875DC)

Date: 10/22/1957
Description: The US Continental Army Command sends a memo to the Army Chief of Research and Development indicating its interest in the flying saucer concept and requesting initiation of a feasibility study of a “manned flying saucer.”
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Richard P. Weinert, History of Army Aviation, 1950–1962, US Army Training and Doctrine Command, November 1976, pp. 220–221
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_3014

Event 19388 (EFD7A5D1)

Date: 10/22/1957
Description: UFO was seen on the ground near the beach in Praia Grande, Santa Catarina state, Brazil. It Illuminated the area with beams of light, it took off toward the east, then ascended vertically into the sky very fast.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: Loren E. Gross, The Fifth Horseman of the Apocalypse: UFOs: A History. 1957: October-November 2, p. 61
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_7018

Event 19389 (F8E3B15E)

Date: 10/23/1957
Time: 03:10
Location: 12 MI SOUTH / LORING AIR FORCE BASE, ME
Description: RADAR-visual (observation) / Army man. Blue Book. Huge UFO no description. [Nike Base].
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO’s a HISTORY-1957 (19 booklets) Self published. (Index 572)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_5561

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, MIL: Observer(s) military, HQO: High-quality observer(s), NWS: News media report, CIG: Torpedo/cigar/cylinder shaped UFO, DLT: Delta/vee/boomerang/rectangular 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: “11”, Elev: “230”, HatchDesc: “12 mi S/LORING AFB,ME:RDR-VIS/ARMY MAN:BBK:HUGE UFO no descript:[Nike Base]”, LatLong: “46.750002 -67.883337”, LatLongDMS: “46:45:00 N 67:53:00 W”, Locale: “Town & City”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Maine”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 19390 (E384EF71)

Date: 10/23/1957
Time: 20:20
Location: WEST / ESTELLINE, TX
Description: 2 pilots. Glowing ovoid going quickly southwest. Fast 3km ascent then going quickly southwest. / r141#5p63.
Type: sighting
Reference: UFO INVESTIGATOR: NICAP: Kensington, MD & Washington, DC [defunct]. University Microfilms, Ann Arbor, MI 48106 (Index 46)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_5562

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: “USA”, Credibility: “8”, Duration: “1”, Elev: “256”, HatchDesc: “W/ESTELLINE,TX:2 PILOTS:GLOW.OVOID >>SW:FAST 3km ASCENT then >>SW:/r141#5p63”, LatLong: “34.500002 -101.000005”, LatLongDMS: “34:30:00 N 101:00:00 W”, Locale: “Metropolis”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Texas”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 19391 (D869353B)

Date: 10/23/1957
Location: London, UK
Description: Disc traveling on edge. [UFOE, XII] (NICAP: 01 - Distant Encounters)
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_2107

Event 19392 (CD5926DB)

Date: 10/23/1957
Description: Strands of “angel hair” as long as fifty feet fell over a 110 mile-long area from Portales to Hobbs, New Mexico.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: Civilian Saucer Intelligence-New York
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_7042

Event 19393 (EDB6876A)

Date: 10/24/1957
Time: 21:00
Location: GOLD BEACH, OR
Description: Trucker. Saucer sways side to side / forward flight. Strange shaped halo.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO’s a HISTORY-1957 (19 booklets) Self published. (Index 571)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_5563

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), RAY: Odd light/searchlight/beam/laser-like, TCH: New technical details/clues

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “6”, Duration: “1”, Elev: “16”, HatchDesc: “GOLD BEACH,OR:TRUCKER:SCR SWAYS SIDE to SIDE/FORWARD FLITE:strange shaped halo”, LatLong: “42.433335 -124.433339”, LatLongDMS: “42:26:00 N 124:26:00 W”, Locale: “Coastlands”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Oregon”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 19394 (E28029D9)

Date: 10/25/1957
Location: BRAZIL, Petropolis
Description: (Translated from French) (The names in the text are pseudonyms - the real names are known to the Brazilian ufology group) The young Laiz was dying of advanced stomach cancer. The night was terrible with suffering, the injections had no effect, and the whole family was gathered around the dying one. Suddenly a strong light illuminated the right side of the house. The sister of the patient went to the window: there was a saucer there. Through a hatch two small beings came out. The beings entered, they were the size of a ten-year-old child, with long blond-red hair, elongated eyes like the Chinese, dressed in white. The back, wrists and chest shone. They approached Laiz’s bed who groaned in pain with wide open eyes. No one spoke. The two little men arranged the things they carried on the bed, made a gesture to the father of the family who began to tell them the whole case of Laiz, without words, by telepathy. The men then illuminated the girl’s belly with a white light: everyone saw the inside of the belly. With an instrument that made a squeaking sound pointed at the stomach, everyone saw the ulcer. It lasted a small half hour. Miss Laiz fell asleep and the beings left, not without having communicated to the father the medicine to be administered for a month. They gave him a hollow ball that contained thirty small white pills: she had to take one a day. Miss Laiz was really cured and on May 14 the governess sent this testimony to Dr. Olavo Texeira Fontes.
Reference: Henry DURRANT: First Investigations on ET Humanoids - Laffont 1977 - pp. 58-63
Reference: Mini catalogue chronologique des observations OVNI, by Godelieve Van Overmeire
Source: Overmeire, ID: Overmeire_2056

Event 19395 (1E0F4B82)

Date: 10/25/1957
Description: (Translated from French) In Petropolis (Brazil), a young girl dying of cancer is saved by a fantastic operation performed by 2 men coming from the sky. (October 25)
Reference: rr0 - Beau
Source: rr0, ID: rr0_1722

Event 19396 (A29E48C6)

Date: 10/25/1957?
Time: 23:00?
Location: SOUTHWEST / LOUBRESSAC, FR
Description: Car malfunctions due to EME (electro-magnetic effects). Silent domed saucer lands. Observer(s) paralyzed. Car self-starts after.
Type: sighting
Reference: LUMIERES DANS la NUIT (LDLN), Paris. Bimonthly since 1957. LDLN B.P.3; 77123 Le Vaudoue, FRANCE. (Index 153)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_5564

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), HUM: Humans affected: Injury/burns/marks/abduction/death, VEH: Vehicle affected: Marks/damage/EME effects, LND: UFO landing or any part touches ground, EME: Electro-Magnetic Effects

Extra Data: Country: “France”, Credibility: “6”, Duration: “2”, HatchDesc: “SW/LOUBRESSAC,FR:CAR EMEs:SLNT DOMED SCR LANDS:OBS PRLZD:CAR SELF-STARTS AFTER”, LatLong: “44.850002 1.800000”, LatLongDMS: “44:51:00 N 01:48:00 E”, Locale: “Farmlands”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Lot”, Strangeness: “8”

Event 19397 (34EFE3A0)

Date: 10/25/1957
Time: ~23:00
Location: PETROPOLIS, BRZ
Description: 7+observer(s). 2 small humanoids (or Greys) cure girl / cancer / fantastic 30 mn operation. / r215p77.
Type: sighting
Reference: BLUM, Ralph & Judy: BEYOND EARTH: Mans Contact with UFO’s Bantam, NY 1974 (Index 148)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_5565

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, HQO: High-quality observer(s), NFO: No craft seen, OID: Humanoid: Small alien or “Grey”, PSH: Pseudo-human: Clone/organic robot/human-like, OBS: Observation/chasing vehicles, SMP: Sampling of plant/animal/soil/tissue/specimens, OPR: Operations on humans/animal mutilation/surgery, VEH: Vehicle affected: Marks/damage/EME effects, TRC: Physical traces, TCH: New technical details/clues

Extra Data: Country: “Brazil”, Credibility: “5”, Duration: “40”, Elev: “854”, HatchDesc: “PETROPOLIS,BRZ:7+OBS:2 OIDS CURE GIRL/CANCER/FANTASTIC 30mn OPERATION:/r215p77”, LatLong: “-22.516668 -43.166669”, LatLongDMS: “22:31:00 S 43:10:00 W”, Locale: “Town & City”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “RDJ”, Strangeness: “12”

Event 19398 (9E5D9688)

Date: 10/25/1957
Location: Petropolis, Brazil
Description: A girl suffering from cancer appeared about to die when the house was suddenly illuminated by a strong light, as if a searchlight had been aimed at the room. It came from an object whose top part was reddish yellow. Two figures emerged from it and entered the house. They were about 1.20 m tall, had long yellow-red hair, small green, slanted eyes, and wore white gloves and glowing white clothes. Before the astounded witnesses (the author of the report and the family of the girl), they used a device producing a bluish-white light and another instument, in what appeared to be radiation treatment of the patient. After 30 min they went away, leaving her completely cured. The report was anonymous.
Type: ufo sighting
Reference: FSR 67, 5 (Vallee)
Source: ValléeMagonia, ID: Magonia_415

Event 19399 (CCE23292)

Date: 10/25/1957
Location: Petrópolis, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Description: On a farm near Petrópolis, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, a housekeeper (pseudonym = Anazia Maria) is taking care of a family member who is dying of stomach cancer. She claims that two diminutive, long-haired beings emerge from a landed UFO, come inside the house, examine the girl for an hour with a device that looks like a flashlight, communicate telepathically to the family, cure the girl, and leave behind some medication to give her.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Olavo T. Fontes, “Dying Girl Saved by Humanoid Surgeons,” Flying Saucer Review 13, no. 5 (Sept./Oct. 1967): 5–6
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_3015

Event 19400 (39577C95)

Date: Late 10/1957
Locations: Maralinga, South Australia; Operation Antler series of blasts
Description: Late one afternoon, a British RAF team is planning to return home from the Maralinga, South Australia, nuclear test site where the Operation Antler series of blasts have occurred (September 14, 25, October 9). They go outside and see a silvery-blue, metallic UFO with a flat base and a dome on top. Several squarish portholes are visible around the center. The object tilts at 45° and hovers. After 15 minutes, the UFO shoots up out of sight without a sound. One of the witnesses is Derek Murray, later a Home Office photographer.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Bill Chalker, “The UFO Connection: Startling Implications for Australia’s North West Cape, and for Australia’s Security,” Flying Saucer Review 31, no. 5 (July 1986): 18–19; Jenny Randles, UFO Conspiracy, Cassell, 1987, pp. 94–95; Good Above, p. 163
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_3020

Event 19401 (B5CA36D8)

Date: 10/25/1957
Description: In Petropolis, Brazil a girl suffering from cancer appeared near death when the house was suddenly illuminated by a strong light, as if a searchlight had been aimed at her room. It came from an object whose top part was reddish yellow. Two figures emerged from it and entered the house. They were about 1.20 meters (4 feet) tall, had long reddish-yellow hair, slanted small green eyes, and wore white gloves and glowing white uniforms. Before the astounded family and another witness astounded witnesses they used a device producing a bluish-white light and another instrument, in what appeared to be radiation treatment of the patient. After 30 minutes they left, leaving her completely cured. The report was filed by an anonymous source.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: Flying Saucer Review, September-October 1967; Jacques Vallee, Passport to Magonia: A Century of Landings, pp. 260-261, case 415
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_7121

Event 19402 (53931BA0)

Date: 10/27/1957
Time: 19:10
Location: TULSA, OK
Description: Several observer(s). Flattened sphere. V-antenna / top. Moves fast. Light blinks / side.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO’s a HISTORY-1957 (19 booklets) Self published. (Index 577)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_5566

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: “8”, Duration: “1”, Elev: “242”, HatchDesc: “TULSA,OK:SVRL OBS:FLATTENED SPHERE:V-ANTENNA/TOP:MOVES FAST:LITE BLINKS/SIDE”, LatLong: “36.166668 -95.983338”, LatLongDMS: “36:10:00 N 95:59:00 W”, Locale: “Residential”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Oklahoma”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 19403 (734A2147)

Date: 10/29/1957
Location: BARCELONA, VNZL
Description: Numerous observer(s). Huge fireball going quickly south. Stops overhead / seconds. Continues. / APRO November 57.
Type: sighting
Reference: The APRO BULLETIN: Monthly. Jim & Coral Lorenzen: Tucson,AZ (USA. defunct) By volume and number. (Index 697)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_5567

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CST: Observer(s) in coastal area/just offshore, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, HQO: High-quality observer(s), FBL: Fireball: Blazing undistinguished form/orb., NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s)

Extra Data: Country: “Venezuela”, Credibility: “10”, Duration: “5”, Elev: “3”, HatchDesc: “BARCELONA,VNZL:NMRS OBS:HUGE FBL >>S:STOPS OVHD/seconds:CONTINUES:/APRO Nov.57”, LatLong: “10.133334 -64.716670”, LatLongDMS: “10:08:00 N 64:43:00 W”, Locale: “Town & City”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “ANZ”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 19404 (D16743CD)

Date: 10/29/1957
Time: 22:30
Location: SELMA, AL
Description: Air Force Captain and 5. Radio Frequency Interference (RFI) and electro-magnetic effect (EME). 30M saucer wobbles slow then fast. 1500M altitude. Pulses.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO’s a HISTORY-1957 (19 booklets) Self published. (Index 579)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_5568

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

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “7”, Duration: “20”, Elev: “42”, HatchDesc: “SELMA,AL:AF Capt+5:RFI+EME:30M SCR WOBBLES SLOW then FAST:1500M alt:PULSES”, LatLong: “32.416668 -87.033337”, LatLongDMS: “32:25:00 N 87:02:00 W”, Locale: “Residential”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, RelAlt: “1500”, State/Prov: “Alabama”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 19405 (4B95BEBA)

Date: 10/30/1957
Location: USA, Casper (Wyoming)
Description: (Translated from French) 21 hours - Two witnesses in a car observe a phenomenon blocking the road. It is described as “big as a house” (5 m high, 10 m long) with two protrusions. It seemed to be made of aluminum for half and was luminescent, producing a glow. They tried to go around it, the engine of their car (new model 1957) stalled, began to skid. Despite this, when they moved away the engine resumed normally. When they saw it, the thing was at a distance of 80 to 90 meters
Reference: Jan Aldrich 10/97; Loren Gross “UFOs: A history, 1957; 10/1 to 11/2
Reference: Mini catalogue chronologique des observations OVNI, by Godelieve Van Overmeire
Source: Overmeire, ID: Overmeire_2057

Event 19406 (7531BCF5)

Date: 10/30/1957
Time: ~19:00
Location: WILLIAMS, AZ
Description: Trucker. Silent 10M globe crosses US66 several X. 24m antenna! 500kph.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO’s a HISTORY-1957 (19 booklets) Self published. (Index 783)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_5569

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: “2”, Elev: “2062”, HatchDesc: “WILLIAMS,AZ:TRUCKER:SLNT 10M GLOBE CROSSES US66 SVRL X:24m ANTENNA!:500kph”, LatLong: “35.250002 -112.200005”, LatLongDMS: “35:15:00 N 112:12:00 W”, Locale: “Pasture”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Arizona”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 19407 (B592A5CD)

Date: 10/30/1957
Time: 21:00
Location: NORTH / CASPER, WY
Description: 2 teens / car. 10M saucer with 2 peaks just over road. Electro-magnetic effect (EME). / r70p3-52+/ r141#5.
Type: sighting
Reference: RODEGHIER, Mark/CUFOS: UFO REPORTS INVOLVING VEHICLE INTERFERENCE; CUFOS 1979. Available as CUFOS UFO Archive #1 CD-ROM. http://www.cufos.org/Pubform.pdf (Index 8)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_5570

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), VEH: Vehicle affected: Marks/damage/EME effects, LND: UFO landing or any part touches ground, EME: Electro-Magnetic Effects, TCH: New technical details/clues

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “7”, Duration: “1”, Elev: “1575”, HatchDesc: “N/CASPER,WY:2 TEENS/CAR:10M SCR W/2 PEAKS JUST OVR ROAD:EME:/r70p3-52+/r141#5”, LatLong: “43.055558 -106.316672”, LatLongDMS: “43:03:20 N 106:19:00 W”, Locale: “Desert”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, RelAlt: “5”, State/Prov: “Wyoming”, Strangeness: “7”

Event 19408 (3D948113)

Date: 10/30/1957 (approximate)
Time: 22:30
Location: OKA, QB
Description: Brill 120cm disk spins fast. Up and down / 3M altitude. Follows woman / bicycle. Separate observer(s).
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO’s a HISTORY-1957 (19 booklets) Self published. (Index 584)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_5571

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

Extra Data: Country: “Canada”, Credibility: “7”, Duration: “15”, Elev: “23”, HatchDesc: “OKA,QB:BRILL 120cm DISK SPINS FAST:UP+DOWN/3M alt:FOLOS WOMAN/BICYCLE:SEP.OBS”, LatLong: “45.466669 -74.083337”, LatLongDMS: “45:28:00 N 74:05:00 W”, Locale: “Residential”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, RelAlt: “3”, State/Prov: “Quebec”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 19409 (CBAEE8AC)

Date: 10/30/1957
Time: 23:50
Location: NOVY-CHEVRIERES, FR
Description: 4 cops. Silent luminous saucer going quickly south / 200M altitude. Stops / town. Shoots going quickly SE.
Type: sighting
Reference: BOURRET, Jean-Claude: Le NOUVEAU DEFI des OVNI. Editions France Loisirs, Paris. 1976 ISBN 2-7242-0104-3 395pp. (Index 41)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_5572

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: “France”, Credibility: “9”, Duration: “1”, HatchDesc: “NOVY-CHEVRIERES,FR:4 COPS:SLNT.LUMn.SCR >> S/200M alt:STOPS/TOWN:SHOOTS >>SE.”, LatLong: “49.533336 4.450000”, LatLongDMS: “49:32:00 N 04:27:00 E”, Locale: “Town & City”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Ardennes”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 19410 (2874899A)

Date: 10/30/1957
Time: 23:50
Location: D69 SOUTHWEST / MOREZ, JURA, FR
Description: 2 observer(s). Large phony train / railroad/railway tracks flies. Very fast and silent. / r8#416.
Type: sighting
Reference: LUMIERES DANS la NUIT (LDLN), Paris. Bimonthly since 1957. LDLN B.P.3; 77123 Le Vaudoue, FRANCE. (Index 112)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_5573

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, LND: UFO landing or any part touches ground, CMF: Camouflage/disguise

Extra Data: Country: “France”, Credibility: “7”, Duration: “25”, HatchDesc: “D69 SW/MOREZ,JURA,FR:2 OBS:LRG PHONY TRAIN/RR TRACKS FLIES:VFAST+SLNT:/r8#416”, LatLong: “46.516669 5.966667”, LatLongDMS: “46:31:00 N 05:58:00 E”, Locale: “Pasture”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Jura”, Strangeness: “8”

Event 19411 (F5DECF50)

Date: 10/30/1957
Location: Casper, WY
Description: Car motor kept stalling as motorist tried to turn around to avoid UFO sitting on road (NICAP: 03 - EME Cases)
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_2108

Event 19412 (CE1C747B)

Date: 10/30/1957
Location: Casper, Wyoming
Description: 9:00 p.m. Hugh Pulju and Shirley Moyer are driving 10 miles north of Casper, Wyoming, when a round, shiny object appears in the road about 250 feet ahead. Pulju tries to turn around, but the engine keeps stalling. It works well once he reaches a main highway.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: “‘Mystery Object’ Is Reported Here,” Casper (Wyo.) Tribune- Herald, November 5, 1957, p. 1; Aimé Michel, Straight-Line, pp. 237–238; Schopick, p. 24
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_3016

Event 19413 (6A78C61A)

Date: 10/30/1957
Description: A 19-year-old couple, Moyer and Pulju, were driving ten miles north of Casper, Wyoming at 9:00 p.m. when they encountered 50-foot wide, silvery sphere or disc just over the road that caused electromagnetic effects on their car.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: Casper (WY) Tribune-Herald, November 5, 1957; Alexander D. Mebane, “1957 Saucer Wave in the US,” in Aime Michel, Flying Saucers and the Straight Line Mystery, p. 237; Mark Rodeghier, UFO Reports Involving Vehicle Interference, p. 8
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_7301

Event 19414 (154A252E)

Date: 10/31/1957
Location: FRANCE, Longchaumois
Description: (Translated from French) Around midnight, Mr. and Mrs. Charles Bourgeois returned from the cinema. They saw an object like a dark “Micheline” resting on the track. The upper part was lit up with square lights like those of a wagon, their color was red-orange fire. This device rose into the sky and took the shape of a red disc. The impression of the witnesses was to see a cylinder seen from the side and then from the end.
Reference: M. FIGUET/ J.L. RUCHON: “Ovni, Premier dossier complet…” ed. Alain Lefeuvre 1979, p. 235, 236
Reference: Mini catalogue chronologique des observations OVNI, by Godelieve Van Overmeire
Source: Overmeire, ID: Overmeire_2058

Event 19415 (A8ADF117)

Date: 10/31/1957
Time: 20:00
Location: LUMBERTON, NC
Description: 4 observer(s). 60m fireball. Quickly going up [to] vertical. Cars stall / flame shoots. / r141#15p21.
Type: sighting
Reference: RODEGHIER, Mark/CUFOS: UFO REPORTS INVOLVING VEHICLE INTERFERENCE; CUFOS 1979. Available as CUFOS UFO Archive #1 CD-ROM. http://www.cufos.org/Pubform.pdf (Index 8)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_5574

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, HQO: High-quality observer(s), NWS: News media report, ODD: Atypical/Forteana/paranormal, SCR: Classic saucer/disk/sphere shaped UFO, CIG: Torpedo/cigar/cylinder shaped UFO, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), RAY: Odd light/searchlight/beam/laser-like, VEH: Vehicle affected: Marks/damage/EME effects, EME: Electro-Magnetic Effects, TCH: New technical details/clues

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “8”, Duration: “2”, Elev: “42”, HatchDesc: “LUMBERTON,NC:4 OBS:60m FBL:↑↑ VERTICAL:CARS STALL/FLAME SHOOTS:/r141#15p21”, LatLong: “34.633335 -79.000004”, LatLongDMS: “34:38:00 N 79:00:00 W”, Locale: “Town & City”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “North Carolina”, Strangeness: “8”

Event 19416 (74600BD9)

Date: 10/31/1957
Time: ~21:00
Location: ANNAPOLIS, MD
Description: 4 kids. Blue-glowing disk low and slow. Vanishes / flash and bang! Dome / bottom/underside.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO’s a HISTORY-1957 (19 booklets) Self published. (Index 519)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_5575

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, SND: UFO sounds heard or recorded

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “7”, Duration: “1”, Elev: “100”, HatchDesc: “ANNAPOLIS,MD:4 KIDS:BLU-GLO DISK LOW+SLOW:VANISHES/FLASH+BANG!:DOME/BTM”, LatLong: “38.983335 -77.000004”, LatLongDMS: “38:59:00 N 77:00:00 W”, Locale: “Residential”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, RelAlt: “20”, State/Prov: “Maryland”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 19417 (918E3B45)

Date: 10/31/1957
Time: ~21:00
Location: MCCOLL, SC
Description: 2 / pond. Large black sphere/orb/globe going down. Away when lamp out. Back when lit. Follows beam / light.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO’s a HISTORY-1957 (19 booklets) Self published. (Index 520)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_5576

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, SND: UFO sounds heard or recorded

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “7”, Duration: “3”, Elev: “56”, HatchDesc: “McCOLL,SC:2/POND:LRG BLK ORB↓:AWAY WHEN LAMP OUT:BACK WHEN LIT:FOLOS BEAM/LITE”, LatLong: “34.666668 -79.544448”, LatLongDMS: “34:40:00 N 79:32:40 W”, Locale: “Farmlands”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, RelAlt: “60”, State/Prov: “South Carolina”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 19418 (60120B19)

Date: 10/31/1957
Location: Lumberton, NC
Description: Car motor failed as UFO observed (NICAP: 03 - EME Cases)
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_2109

Event 19419 (FDF85B99)

Date: 10/31/1957
Time: 0000
Location: Longchaumois, France
Description: A businessman and his wife saw a large, lighted object with openings, which hovered, came to ground level, and took off with a great increase in brightness at very high speed, but without noise.
Type: ufo sighting
Reference: Personal (Vallee)
Source: ValléeMagonia, ID: Magonia_416

Event 19420 (F9BA2CFF)

Date: 10/31/1957
Description: Keyhoe meets with Rep. James C. Healey again, who tells him the Air Force has “made a strong attempt to disprove your claims.”
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Keyhoe, FSTS, p. 113
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_3017

Event 19421 (518F44D1)

Date: 10/31/1957
Location: Longchaumois, Jura, France
Description: A businessman and his wife at Longchaumois, Jura, France, see a large lighted object with openings. It hovers close to the ground and takes off with a great increase in brightness, silently, at high speed.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Loren E. Gross, The Fifth Horseman of the Apocalypse: UFOs, a History: 1957, October 1st–November 2nd, The Author, 1997, p. 83
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_3018

Event 19422 (A079CDCF)

Date: 10/31/1957
Location: Lumberton, North Carolina
Description: 8:00 p.m. Barbara Jean Stokes, her husband Paul, and another couple are driving in Lumberton, North Carolina, when they spot an object about 200 feet long in the sky. Suddenly the object rises straight up and flames. As this happens, the car stalls until the object disappears a few seconds later.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: “Woman Says She Saw Ball of Fire on Road,” Charlotte (N.C.) Observer, November 5, 1957, p. 1
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_3019

Event 19423 (0811C74F)

Date: 10/31/1957
Description: At midnight in Longchaumois, France a businessman and his wife saw a large, lighted object with openings, which hovered, came to ground level, and took off with a great increase in brightness as it flew away at very high speed, but without noise.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: Jacques Vallee, Passport to Magonia: A Century of Landings, p. 261, case 416, citing Aime Michel
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_7330

Event 19424 (2E1FE83F)

Date: 10/31/1957
Description: That evening in Lumberton, North Carolina a car engine failed as a UFO was observed.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: Charlotte Observer, November 4, 1957; Richard Hall, The UFO Evidence (Volume I), p. 74; Mark Rodeghier, UFO Reports Involving Vehicle Interference, p. 8
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_7331

Event 19425 (14BFB23C)

Date: 11/1957
Location: US
Description: When the “flap” of UFO reports began about November 1, “fact sheets” were issued on the letterhead of the Department of Defense, Office of Public Affairs. These emphasized the percentages of explained cases, and again the lack of evidence of “a threat to the security of the country.”
Type: USAF fact sheets
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_884

Event 19426 (FC6EBD5C)

Date: 11/1957
Location: Near Tumut Springs, Australia
Description: RAF team has fifteen-minute, close-up UFO sighting. 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_217

Event 19427 (B0C4D357)

Date: 11/1957
Time: 23:00
Location: PROVENCAL, LA
Description: Car stopped / beam / Army green UFO. Destroyed / heat. Diesel engineering sound.
Type: sighting
Reference: VALLEE, Jacques: PASSPORT TO MAGONIA; H. Regnery, Chicago HC 1969 & Contemporary Books,Chicago 1993. 372pp. (Index 417)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_5577

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, MID: Likely mis-identification, ODD: Atypical/Forteana/paranormal, SCR: Classic saucer/disk/sphere shaped UFO, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), RAY: Odd light/searchlight/beam/laser-like, VEH: Vehicle affected: Marks/damage/EME effects, EME: Electro-Magnetic Effects, TCH: New technical details/clues, SND: UFO sounds heard or recorded, CMF: Camouflage/disguise

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “1”, Duration: “5”, Elev: “64”, HatchDesc: “PROVENCAL,LA:CAR STOPPED/BEAM/ARMY GREEN UFO:DESTROYED/HEAT:DIESEL ENGN SOUND”, LatLong: “31.650002 -93.216671”, LatLongDMS: “31:39:00 N 93:13:00 W”, Locale: “Wetlands”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Louisiana”, Strangeness: “11”

Event 19428 (487D2116)

Date: 11/1957
Time: 2300
Location: Provencal, Louisiana
Description: Haskell Raper, Jr., was driving home on a rainy night when he saw a large, lighted object on the road ahead, which he thought was a truck. Suddenly the object flashed a beam of light directly at the car, apparently exerting a strong pressure and slowing it to a stop 5 m away. The object was then described as oval, 5 m long, 3 m high, army green in color. It bore lettering beginning with the letters UN, followed by some numbers. A sort of heat wave filled the car, and the witness ran out in panic as the vehicle caught fire. The object rose with the sound of a diesel engine. Raper ran to the town, less than 2 km away; and reported the incident. The car, a 1956 Ford, was completely destroyed.
Type: ufo sighting
Reference: FS Oct., 58 (Vallee)
Source: ValléeMagonia, ID: Magonia_417

Event 19429 (5232DAF9)

Date: 11/1957
Description: Lt. Gen. John A. Samford succeeds Maj. Gen. Ralph Canine as director of the National Security Agency.
Reference: Eberhart
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_3021

Event 19430 (AEA74742)

Date: 11/1957
Location: Willowdale, Ontario
Description: Gene Duplantier launches the quarterly magazine Saucers, Space, and Science in Willowdale, Ontario. It continues through 1972.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Saucers, Space & Science, no. 1 (November 1957)
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_3022

Event 19431 (70828753)

Date: 11/1/1957
Location: South Africa
Description: South African jet pilot pursues high, hovering, craft. 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_218

Event 19432 (8516221B)

Date: 11/1/1957
Time: 02:00
Location: NEAR BALLINGER, TX
Description: 4 / oil crew. Red egg-shape hovers. Sails away. / r242p163+/ r28p338.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO’s a HISTORY-1957 (19 booklets) Self published. (Index 586)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_5578

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: “5”, Elev: “496”, HatchDesc: “nr BALLINGER,TX:4/OIL CREW:RED EGG-SHAPE HVRS:SAILS AWAY:/r242p163+/r28p338”, LatLong: “31.750002 -99.950005”, LatLongDMS: “31:45:00 N 99:57:00 W”, Locale: “Oil & Coal”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Texas”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 19433 (2C29F7B7)

Date: 11/1/1957
Time: ~03:00
Location: YOUNGSTOWN, OH
Description: 2 / car. 1M glowing-egg maneuvers. Going [to] through cemetery / low altitude. Follows road. Turns.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO’s a HISTORY-1957 (19 booklets) Self published. (Index 586)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_5579

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

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “7”, Duration: “2”, Elev: “259”, HatchDesc: “YOUNGSTOWN,OH:2/CAR:1M GLOW-EGG MNVRS:> thru CEMETERY/lo alt:FOLOS ROAD:TURNS”, LatLong: “41.100002 -80.650004”, LatLongDMS: “41:06:00 N 80:39:00 W”, Locale: “Pasture”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Ohio”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 19434 (7EAB362A)

Date: 11/1/1957
Time: 09:20?
Location: JOHANNESBURG AND PRETORIA, RSA
Description: 2 saucers maneuver. Jet chases. Going quickly south. / r242p163 / r3p158+/ FSRv4#1.
Type: sighting
Reference: UFO INVESTIGATOR: NICAP: Kensington, MD & Washington, DC [defunct]. University Microfilms, Ann Arbor, MI 48106 (Index 15)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_5580

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

Extra Data: Country: “Republic of South Africa”, Credibility: “6”, Duration: “180”, HatchDesc: “JOHANNESBURG+PRETORIA,RSA:2 SCRS MNVR:JET CHASES:>>S:/r242p163/r3p158+/FSRv4#1”, LatLong: “-26.100001 27.900001”, LatLongDMS: “26:06:00 S 27:54:00 E”, Locale: “Metropolis”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “TRV”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 19435 (EAAE90B1)

Date: 11/1/1957
Time: 16:30
Location: CAMPBELLSVILLE, KY
Description: Boy-scouts exec. Luminous/glowing ovoid sweeps over and away. No further details. / r242p163.
Type: sighting
Reference: FLAMMONDE, Paris: UFO EXIST!; Ballentine Books, NY 1976. PB 480pp. (Index 338)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_5581

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: “9”, Duration: “5”, Elev: “266”, HatchDesc: “CAMPBELLSVILLE,KY:BOY-SCOUTS EXEC:LUMn OVOID SWEEPS OVR AND AWAY:NFD:/r242p163”, LatLong: “37.316668 -85.333337”, LatLongDMS: “37:19:00 N 85:20:00 W”, Locale: “Town & City”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Kentucky”, Strangeness: “5”

Event 19436 (E00A6159)

Date: 11/1/1957
Time: 17:30
Location: HUNTINGTON, WV
Description: 2 observer(s). Beeping noise. 2 2M hemispheres joined off-center! Hover. Quickly going up.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO’s a HISTORY-1957 (19 booklets) Self published. (Index 587)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_5582

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: “7”, Duration: “2”, Elev: “173”, HatchDesc: “HUNTINGTON,WV:2 OBS:BEEPING NOISE:2 2M HEMISPHERES JOINED OFF-CENTER!:HVR:↑↑”, LatLong: “38.383335 -82.483337”, LatLongDMS: “38:23:00 N 82:29:00 W”, Locale: “Residential”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Western Virginia”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 19437 (BD884DA7)

Date: 11/1/1957
Locations: Luipaardsvlei mine near Krugersdorp, Gauteng, South Africa; Pretoria
Description: 9:15 a.m. More than 50 workers at the Luipaardsvlei mine near Krugersdorp, Gauteng, South Africa, watch two UFOs hanging motionless in the air at a great height until the afternoon. A Sabre jet from the South African Air Force is sent up to investigate. It climbs to 45,000 feet, but the objects are still above it. One of the witnesses is Maj. G. Ogilvie-Watson, from an ACF squadron at Pretoria. They move off at great speed.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: “Jet Unable to Reach UFO,” Flying Saucer Review 4, no. 1 (Jan./Feb. 1958): 2; Loren E. Gross, The Fifth Horseman of the Apocalypse: UFOs, a History: 1957, October 1st–November 2nd, The Author, 1997, p. 85
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_3023

Event 19438 (A964ABA0)

Date: 11/1/1957
Description: On this morning in 1957 a South African Air Force Sabre jet pilot pursued a high altitude, hovreing craft over Johannesburg, South Africa. It was seen from the ground by several hundred witnesses.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: NICAP UFO Investigator, January 1958, p. 4; UFO’s and the National Security State: Chronology of a Cover-up 1941-1973, p. 410
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_7371

Event 19439 (61EB0D58)

Date: 11/1/1957
Description: Four men working as an oil rig crew watched a red egg-shaped object hover over an oil field near Ballinger, Texas at around 2 a.m. then sail away.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: Loren E. Gross, The Fifth Horseman of the Apocalypse: UFOs: A History. 1957: October-November, p. 86
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_7372

Event 19440 (0EA7EE82)

Date: 11/1/1957
Description: A glowing egg-shaped object, one meter in diameter, maneuvered through a cemetery in Youngstown, Ohio at 3:00 a.m. at a low altitude, follows a road, and then turned before flying away.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: Loren E. Gross, The Fifth Horseman of the Apocalypse: UFOs: A History. 1957: October-November, p. 86
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_7373

Event 19441 (EE73A8B7)

Date: 11/2/1957
End date: 11/3/1957
Location: Levelland, TX
Description: Levelland, TX: many sightings, with numerous cars stalled
Type: ufo sightings
Reference: Keziah Poster
Source: Maj2, ID: Maj2_155

Event 19442 (33A38E16)

Date: 11/2/1957
Location: Loveland, TX
Description: Multiple landings on roadways, E-M (electro-magnetic) effects, etc. Sheriff Weir Clem was sent out to search the roads as a result of earlier UFO reports and saw a reddish oval crossing the road and illuminating the pavement. Ronald Martin saw an UFO land in front of his truck and turn from red to bluish-green at which time the truck’s electrical system failed. It then turned reddish again and took off. Within the next few hours an Army Jeep Patrol at White Sands, N.M., reported an egg-shaped UFO that descended to about 50 yards above a bunker used during the first A-bomb explosion. This wave of sightings continued for 2–3 weeks. After retirement in 1975, Sheriff W. Clem gave a more graphic description of the UFO he saw: “The object was shaped like a huge football and had bright white lights. No living human could believe how fast it traveled. The thing was as bright as day. It lit up the whole area.” In an interview in 1977, Sheriff Clem said, “After the publicity of UFOs over the next few days, the number of witnesses to them rose to about a hundred people.”
Type: ce2 event
Reference: [Pea Research]((PDF) GOVERNMENT INVOLVEMENT IN THE UFO COVER-UP: CHRONOLOGY (based | PEA RESEARCH - Academia.edu

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Source: Maj2, ID: Maj2_576
See also: 11/5/1957

Event 19443 (72D85133)

Date: 11/2/1957
Description: (Translated from French) RR2 multiple of Levelland (Texas). (23 h-2 h)
Reference: rr0 - Beau
Source: rr0, ID: rr0_1723

Event 19444 (7A61E238)

Date: 11/2/1957
Description: (Translated from French) The crew of a cargo ship observe at night a fishing boat on fire from the back to the front, about 20 m long and able to contain a dozen sailors. Approaching in the hope of saving the sailors, the crew can observe from afar a white object near the fire that quickly moves away and disappears. Despite the searches in the area, no body was found.
Reference: rr0 - Beau
Source: rr0, ID: rr0_1724

Event 19445 (4422D174)

Date: 11/2/1957
Location: Canadian, TX
Description: Military witnesses see submarine-shaped object on ground.
Type: ufo sighting
Reference: UFOs and the National Security State: Chronology of a Cover-up, 1941–1973, by Richard Dolan
Source: Dolan, ID: Dolan_219

Event 19446 (1534760E)

Date: 11/2/1957
Time: 03:30
Location: WEST / CANADIAN, TX
Description: 8M cylinder/cigar-shape lands. Small humanoid (or Grey) near. Flash! car headlights out. See / r141#18p14.
Type: sighting
Reference: RODEGHIER, Mark/CUFOS: UFO REPORTS INVOLVING VEHICLE INTERFERENCE; CUFOS 1979. Available as CUFOS UFO Archive #1 CD-ROM. http://www.cufos.org/Pubform.pdf (Index 8)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_5583

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, CIG: Torpedo/cigar/cylinder shaped UFO, OID: Humanoid: Small alien or “Grey”, RAY: Odd light/searchlight/beam/laser-like, VEH: Vehicle affected: Marks/damage/EME effects, LND: UFO landing or any part touches ground, EME: Electro-Magnetic Effects, TCH: New technical details/clues

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “8”, Duration: “3”, Elev: “739”, HatchDesc: “W/CANADIAN,TX:8M CGR LANDS:OID NEAR:FLASH! CAR HDLITES OUT:see /r141#18p14”, LatLong: “35.911113 -100.427783”, LatLongDMS: “35:54:40 N 100:25:40 W”, Locale: “Pasture”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Texas”, Strangeness: “9”

Event 19447 (43FABFB5)

Date: 11/2/1957
Time: ~15:00
Location: ANDOVER, HAMPS
Description: Several / football game. 6 dark grey cloud disks swoop in formation and away.
Type: sighting
Reference: FLYING SAUCER REVIEW (FSR), London. Bimonthly. PO Box 162; High Wycombe, Bucks. HP135 DZ, England. (Index 50)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_5584

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

Extra Data: Country: “Great Britain and Ireland”, Credibility: “7”, Duration: “1”, HatchDesc: “ANDOVER,HAMPS:SVRL/FOOTBALL GAME:6 DRK GRY CLOUD DISKS SWOOP/FORMATION+away:”, LatLong: “51.200002 -1.500000”, LatLongDMS: “51:12:00 N 01:30:00 W”, Locale: “Town & City”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “England”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 19448 (E2F2137E)

Date: 11/2/1957 (approximate)
Time: 16:00
Location: MARALINGA, SOUTH AUSTR
Description: Huge saucer tilts / 45°. Portholes. Follows atomic tests. / FSRv31#5.
Type: sighting
Reference: GOOD, Timothy: ABOVE TOP SECRET; Sidgewick & Jackson, London 1987 & Quill Books, 1988. 592pp. (Index 163)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_5585

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, SMP: Sampling of plant/animal/soil/tissue/specimens, NUC: Nuclear facility related, DRT: Dirt/soil traces/marks/footprints etc., BLD: Building/man-made structure/roads/power lines, TCH: New technical details/clues

Extra Data: Country: “Australia”, Credibility: “10”, Duration: “15”, HatchDesc: “MARALINGA,S.AUSTR:HUGE SCR TILTS/45°:PORTHOLES:folos atomic tests:/FSRv31#5”, LatLong: “-30.227779 131.561117”, LatLongDMS: “30:13:40 S 131:33:40 E”, Locale: “Desert”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “South Australia”, Strangeness: “8”

Event 19449 (9F6558D7)

Date: 11/2/1957
Time: 19:00
Location: LOGANSPORT, LA
Description: 2 Air Force airmen / car and separate observer(s). Phony sun going up [to] over hill. Hovers and going down [to]… at 1900hrs.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO’s a HISTORY-1957 (19 booklets) Self published. (Index 589)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_5586

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: “62”, HatchDesc: “LOGANSPORT,LA:2 AF AIRMEN/CAR+SEP.OBS:PHONY SUN ↑ OVR HILL:HVRS+↓…at 1900hrs”, LatLong: “31.977779 -94.000004”, LatLongDMS: “31:58:40 N 94:00:00 W”, Locale: “Pasture”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Louisiana”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 19450 (CB73E10D)

Date: 11/2/1957
Time: ~20:00
Location: PETTIT, TX
Description: 4 engines in 2 grain combines electro-magnetic effect (EME) as glowing-object going [to] overhead. / r149p35+/ r79p8.
Type: sighting
Reference: HALL, Richard: The UFO EVIDENCE; NICAP,Washington, DC 1964. Reprinted 1997 Barnes & Noble Books ( only $7.98! ) (Index 168)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_5587

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, 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, TCH: New technical details/clues

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “7”, Duration: “1”, Elev: “1107”, HatchDesc: “PETTIT,TX:4 ENGINES in 2 GRAIN COMBINES EME as GLOW-OBJ >OVHD:/r149p35+/r79p8”, LatLong: “33.683335 -102.516672”, LatLongDMS: “33:41:00 N 102:31:00 W”, Locale: “Farmlands”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Texas”, Strangeness: “8”

Event 19451 (952FE075)

Date: 11/2/1957
Time: 20:00
Location: CLOVIS, NM
Description: Radio station/depot/facility owner = Otis Echols. Yellow-glow object going quickly southeast fast. No further details. / r2p189.
Type: sighting
Reference: UFO INVESTIGATOR: NICAP: Kensington, MD & Washington, DC [defunct]. University Microfilms, Ann Arbor, MI 48106 (Index 15)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_5588

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

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “8”, Duration: “1”, Elev: “1300”, HatchDesc: “CLOVIS,NM:RADIO STN OWNER=OTIS ECHOLS:YLW-GLOW OBJ >>SE FAST:NFD:/r2p189”, LatLong: “34.416668 -103.200005”, LatLongDMS: “34:25:00 N 103:12:00 W”, Locale: “Town & City”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “New Mexico”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 19452 (F62656D4)

Date: 11/2/1957
Time: 20:30
Location: SEMINOLE, TX
Description: Car motor and lights die. Bright lights on road ahead quickly going up [to]! / r79p9+/ r141#5.
Type: sighting
Reference: HALL, Richard: The UFO EVIDENCE; NICAP,Washington, DC 1964. Reprinted 1997 Barnes & Noble Books ( only $7.98! ) (Index 163)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_5589

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), VEH: Vehicle affected: Marks/damage/EME effects, EME: Electro-Magnetic Effects

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “6”, Duration: “2”, Elev: “1005”, HatchDesc: “SEMINOLE,TX:CAR MOTOR+LITES DIE:BRITE LITES ON ROAD AHEAD ↑↑!:/r79p9+/r141#5”, LatLong: “32.716668 -102.650005”, LatLongDMS: “32:43:00 N 102:39:00 W”, Locale: “Pasture”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Texas”, Strangeness: “7”

Event 19453 (445365A1)

Date: 11/2/1957
Time: 21:10
Location: CLEMMONS, NC
Description: Yellowish ovoid jumps into cloudbank. No further details. / r28p338+/ r242p163.
Type: sighting
Reference: FLAMMONDE, Paris: UFO EXIST!; Ballentine Books, NY 1976. PB 480pp. (Index 338)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_5590

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

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “7”, Duration: “3”, Elev: “162”, HatchDesc: “CLEMMONS,NC:YELLOWISH OVOID JUMPS INTO CLOUDBANK:NFD:/r28p338+/r242p163”, LatLong: “36.016668 -80.383337”, LatLongDMS: “36:01:00 N 80:23:00 W”, Locale: “Farmlands”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “North Carolina”, Strangeness: “8”

Event 19454 (62591B10)

Date: 11/2/1957
Time: 22:30
Location: SR114 WITH LEVELLAND, TX
Description: 2 / truck. Electro-magnetic effect (EME). 60M torpedo rises / field. Going quickly east. / APRO 11’57+/ r141.
Type: sighting
Reference: RANDLE, Kevin D.: The UFO CASEBOOK; Warner Books 1989. 256pp. (Index 104)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_5591

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, NWS: News media report, WAV: Wave/cluster/flap, SCR: Classic saucer/disk/sphere shaped UFO, CIG: Torpedo/cigar/cylinder shaped UFO, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), VEH: Vehicle affected: Marks/damage/EME effects, LND: UFO landing or any part touches ground, EME: Electro-Magnetic Effects, MIL: Military investigation, BBK: Project BLUEBOOK

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “7”, Duration: “20”, Elev: “1072”, HatchDesc: “SR114 W/LEVELLAND,TX:2/TRUCK:EME:60M TORPEDO RISES/FIELD:>>E:/APRO 11’57+/r141”, LatLong: “33.600002 -102.416672”, LatLongDMS: “33:36:00 N 102:25:00 W”, Locale: “Oil & Coal”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Texas”, Strangeness: “7”

Event 19455 (F593DF44)

Date: 11/2/1957
Time: 22:50
Location: LEVELLAND, TX
Description: Many separate observer(s). 60M saucer-cylinder/cigar-shape / 3 hours. Electro-magnetic effect (EME). Follows cars. Spotlights. / r242p168.
Type: sighting
Reference: VALLEE, Jacques: UFO’S IN SPACE - Anatomy of a Phenomenon; Henry Regnery 1966 & Ballentine PB 1974 294pp. (Index 185)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_5592

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, RAY: Odd light/searchlight/beam/laser-like, HUM: Humans affected: Injury/burns/marks/abduction/death, VEH: Vehicle affected: Marks/damage/EME effects, EME: Electro-Magnetic Effects, MIL: Military investigation, BBK: Project BLUEBOOK

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “10”, Duration: “150”, Elev: “1071”, HatchDesc: “LEVELLAND,TX:MANY SEP.OBS:60M SCR-CGR/3 Hrs:EME:FOLOS CARS:SPOTLITES:/r242p168”, LatLong: “33.588890 -102.377783”, LatLongDMS: “33:35:20 N 102:22:40 W”, Locale: “Oil & Coal”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Texas”, Strangeness: “8”

Event 19456 (4DDE8BA7)

Date: 11/2/1957
Time: 23:00
Location: LITTLEFIELD, TX
Description: 2 / car. Brilliant ovoid going west. Small blue night light exits and returns. Fireball turns going quickly south.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO’s a HISTORY-1957 (19 booklets) Self published. (Index 694)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_5593

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

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “7”, Duration: “2”, Elev: “1102”, HatchDesc: “LITTLEFIELD,TX:2/CAR:BRILL.OVOID > W:SML BLU NLT EXITS+RETURNS:FBL TURNS >>S”, LatLong: “33.916668 -102.316672”, LatLongDMS: “33:55:00 N 102:19:00 W”, Locale: “Pasture”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Texas”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 19457 (E48E4FBA)

Date: 11/2/1957
Time: 23:20
Location: AMARILLO, TX
Description: 2 Air Traffic Controllers and more/others. Blue 9M saucer flashes at tower! Cars stall. / r242p163+/ r141#5.
Type: sighting
Reference: VALLEE, Jacques: UFO’S IN SPACE - Anatomy of a Phenomenon; Henry Regnery 1966 & Ballentine PB 1974 294pp. (Index 188)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_5594

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

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “9”, Duration: “60”, Elev: “1115”, HatchDesc: “AMARILLO,TX:2 ATCs++:BLU 9M SCR FLASHES AT TOWER!:CARS STALL:/r242p163+/r141#5”, LatLong: “35.216668 -101.833338”, LatLongDMS: “35:13:00 N 101:50:00 W”, Locale: “Farmlands”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, RelAlt: “100”, State/Prov: “Texas”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 19458 (398D681F)

Date: 11/2/1957
Time: 23:50
Location: WHITHARRAL, TX
Description: Huge UFO malfunctions due to EME (electro-magnetic effects) car. Headlights dim in sync / UFO pulsations. / r11p325.
Type: sighting
Reference: HALL, Richard: The UFO EVIDENCE; NICAP,Washington, DC 1964. Reprinted 1997 Barnes & Noble Books ( only $7.98! ) (Index 168)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_5595

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), VEH: Vehicle affected: Marks/damage/EME effects, EME: Electro-Magnetic Effects, TCH: New technical details/clues

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “8”, Duration: “1”, Elev: “1060”, HatchDesc: “WHITHARRAL,TX:HUGE UFO EMEs CAR:HEADLITES DIM IN SYNC/UFO PULSATIONS:/r11p325”, LatLong: “33.738890 -102.327783”, LatLongDMS: “33:44:20 N 102:19:40 W”, Locale: “Pasture”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Texas”, Strangeness: “7”

Event 19459 (893DC3FD)

Date: 11/2/1957
Time: 23:50
Location: SHALLOWATER, TX
Description: 2 couples / car. Flash / sky. Headlights and radio electro-magnetic effect (EME). Engine unaffected.
Type: sighting
Reference: RODEGHIER, Mark/CUFOS: UFO REPORTS INVOLVING VEHICLE INTERFERENCE; CUFOS 1979. Available as CUFOS UFO Archive #1 CD-ROM. http://www.cufos.org/Pubform.pdf (Index 9)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_5596

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), VEH: Vehicle affected: Marks/damage/EME effects, EME: Electro-Magnetic Effects, MIL: Military investigation, BBK: Project BLUEBOOK

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “8”, Duration: “1”, Elev: “1022”, HatchDesc: “SHALLOWATER,TX:2 COUPLES/CAR:FLASH/SKY:HEADLITES+RADIO EME:ENGINE UNAFFECTED”, LatLong: “33.688890 -102.000005”, LatLongDMS: “33:41:20 N 102:00:00 W”, Locale: “Pasture”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Texas”, Strangeness: “8”

Event 19460 (344F1FC8)

Date: 11/2/1957
Location: Levelland, TX
Description: Many witnesses, series of sightings, watched egg-shaped UFOs on or near ground, nine instances of car interference (NICAP: 03 - EME Cases, Code: E, Rating: 5, BB: BBU)
Reference: NICAP: 571102
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_2110

Event 19461 (E91F5233)

Date: 11/2/1957
Location: Seminole (near), TX
Description: Car motor and headlights failed, UFO seen on road (NICAP: 03 - EME Cases)
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_2111

Event 19462 (8F84849F)

Date: 11/2/1957
Location: Canadian (3 miles W of ), TX
Description: Submarine-shaped object, red and white, 2-3x car length & 10ft high (NICAP: 03 - EME Cases, BB: BBU)
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_2112

Event 19463 (6767C724)

Date: 11/2/1957
Time: 0330
Location: Canadian, Texas
Description: 5 km west of this town, military and civilian witnesses reported a submarine-shaped object, red and white, two or three times as long as a car and about 3 m high, at ground level. A figure was seen near this object, also something compared to a white flag. When a car stopped in the vicinity, a flash of light from the object coincided with the sudden failure of the headlights.
Type: ufo sighting
Reference: Atic (Vallee)
Source: ValléeMagonia, ID: Magonia_418

Event 19464 (021A0837)

Date: 11/2/1957
Time: 2250
Location: Levelland, Texas
Description: A large number of reports from the Levelland area described a low-flying object, over 60 m long, equipped with a bright light, and which interfered with car ignition.
Type: ufo sighting
Reference: Anatomy 136; map (Vallee)
Source: ValléeMagonia, ID: Magonia_419

Event 19465 (EA7DF09F)

Date: 11/2/1957
Location: Three miles west of Canadian, Texas
Description: 3:30 a.m. Three miles west of Canadian, Texas, S/Sgt. Alfred A. Calvin and a civilian witness see a submarine-shaped object, red and white, about 40–60 feet long and about 10 feet high, at ground level. A figure is near the object holding a white flag. When he stops the car, a flash of light from the object coincides with the sudden failure of the headlights.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: NICAP, “Submarine-Shaped UFO, Entity, E-M Case”; Sparks, p. 253; Randle, Levelland, 2021, pp. 11–12
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_3024

Event 19466 (C5623761)

Date: 11/2/1957
Locations: Seminole; Seagraves, Texas; US Highway 62
Description: 8:30 p.m. A witness is driving between Seminole and Seagraves, Texas, on US Highway 62 when he sees lights on the road ahead. As he approaches them, his headlights go out and his engine dies. A few seconds later, the lights rise into the air and disappear.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Hobbs (N.Mex.) News-Sun, November 5, 1957; Schopick, p. 25
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_3025

Event 19467 (1C8375DF)

Date: 11/2/1957
Locations: Levelland, Texas; Route 116 [now 114]; Pettit; Five Mile Road; Pettit, Texas
Description: 10:50 p.m. Farmhand and veteran Pedro Saucedo and Joe Salaz are driving four miles west of Levelland, Texas, on Route 116 [now 114] south of Pettit (near its intersection with Five Mile Road). They see a flash of light to the right of the road. Then a 200-foot-long, 6-foot-wide blue rocket-shaped object, with yellow flame and white smoke coming from the rear, rises up out of the field, heads straight toward their truck, passes directly overhead at about 200 feet with a loud thundering roar, a rush of wind, and great heat. Their truck engine dies and the headlights to go out. The UFO disappears in the east towards Levelland. The lights come back on spontaneously and the engine restarts. A frightened Saucedo calls the occurrence in to Patrolman A. J. Fowler of the Levelland sheriff’s office. At Pettit, Texas, the same night, two grain combines, each with two engines, fail as a UFO passes overhead. The Air Force calls the Levelland sightings ball lightning or St. Elmo’s fire, even though there are no electrical storms in the area. Donald Menzel calls it a mirage.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Wikipedia, “Levelland UFO case”; NICAP, “The Levelland Sightings / Saucedo”; “Whatnik Sidelines Sputnik, Woofnik,” Fort Worth (Tex.) Star- Telegram, November 4, 1957, pp. 1–2; “The Levelland Case,” APRO Bulletin, November 1957, p. 1; “Did the Air Force Deceive the Public about the November Sightings?” UFO Investigator 1, no. 3 (January 1958): 1, 3; Schopick, pp. 26–27, 32; Clark III 683–684; UFOEv, p. 168; J. Allen Hynek, The UFO Experience, Ballantine ed., 1974, pp. 141–142, 146–147; Sparks, p. 253; Walter N. Webb, “Allen Hynek As I Knew Him,” IUR 18, no. 1 (Jan./Feb. 1993): 8; Don Berliner, with Marie Galbreath and Antonio Huneeus, UFO Briefing Document: The Best Available Evidence, Dell, 2000, pp. 67–70; “Levelland 1957,” Texas UFO Museum & Research Library, March 15, 2002; Donald R. Burleson, “Levelland, Texas, 1957: Case Reopened,” IUR 28, no. 1 (Spring 2003): 4; Antonio F. Rullán, “The Southwestern UFO Wave of 1957,” IUR 31, no. 3 (October 2007): 8–15, 22; Randle, Levelland, 2021, pp. 12–16, 43–55, 128–136, 150–152, 215–217, 234
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_3026

Event 19468 (07D56885)

Date: 11/2/1957
Location: Shallowater, Texas
Description: 11:55 p.m. Two married couples driving near Shallowater, Texas, see a flash of orange light in the southwestern sky. The headlights and radio of their car fail for three seconds as they see the light. The car motor is not affected.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Mark Rodeghier, UFO Reports Involving Vehicle Interference, CUFOS, 1981, p. 9; Randle, Levelland, 2021, pp. 16, 220–221
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_3027

Event 19469 (7BFFA51D)

Date: 11/2/1957
Locations: Route 51; Whitharral, Texas
Description: About midnight. José Alvarez is driving along Route 51 in Whitharral, Texas, when he comes across a 200-foot-long object sitting in the road. His car engine stops as he approaches, and the headlights go out. At that point, the object rises quickly into the air.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: UFOEv, p. 168; Schopick, pp. 27–28; Donald R. Burleson, “Levelland, Texas, 1957: Case Reopened,” IUR 28, no. 1 (Spring 2003): 4; Randle, Levelland, 2021, p. 19
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_3028

Event 19470 (CF45A48B)

Date: 11/2/1957
Location: Route 114 four miles east of Levelland, Texas
Description: About midnight. Jim Wheeler sees a 200-foot-long, egg-shaped, brightly lit object on Route 114 four miles east of Levelland, Texas. As he gets close to it, his engine and lights cease functioning. He gets out of his car as the light ascends; its lights blink out, and his engine and lights resume functioning.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: UFOEv, p. 168; Schopick, p. 27; Donald R. Burleson, “Levelland, Texas, 1957: Case Reopened,” IUR 28, no. 1 (Spring 2003): 4; Randle, Levelland, 2021, pp. 17–18
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_3029

Event 19471 (3C410F3A)

Date: 11/2/1957
Description: Five kilometers west of Canadian, Texas military and civilian witnesses reported seeing a submarine-shaped object at 3:30 a.m. It was red and white, two or three times as long as a car, and at ground level. It was about three meters in height. A figure was seen standing near this object, and there was something else that witnessed to a white signal flag. When a car stopped in the vicinity, a flash of light from the object coincided with the sudden failure of the car’s headlights.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: Jacques Vallee, Passport to Magonia: A Century of Landings, case 418
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_7414

Event 19472 (5BB532E3)

Date: 11/2/1957
Description: Beginning at 10:50 p.m. in Levellend, Texas “…a number of motorists and police officers in different localities encountered at close range a luminous egg-shaped object estimated at about 200 feet in length. Several reports confirmed that when the object passed at close range car engines and lights failed. One report described how two men driving a truck watched as the object came near. The lights and engine failed, then the object passed directly over the vehicle with a sound like thunder and a rush of wind. The truck rocked from the blast and a lot of heat was felt. Later there were reports of apparently the same luminous object on the ground and taking off in other areas near Levelland. Reports of vehicle interference followed a similar pattern, with engines and lights returning to normal on the departure of the object.”
Reference: Johnson
Reference: Jacques Vallee, Passport to Magonia: A Century of Landings, case 419
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_7415

Event 19473 (CF34FC9D)

Date: 11/3/1957
Location: BRAZIL, Itaipu (Santos)
Description: (Translated from French) Two sentinels of the Itaipu fort were on patrol when they saw an orange light coming from the sea increasing in size. As they watched, their amazement turned to terror as the object came directly above them, hovering at a height of 100 meters. Its diameter was at least equal to the wingspan of a DC 3. Suddenly a buzzing sound was heard and the men felt an intense heat. One of them collapsed, while the other managed to take shelter under the gun carriage. His screams eventually alerted the other soldiers. Suddenly all the lights in the fort went out and the emergency generator failed. The sentinels were burned to the second and third degree, but curiously the areas not covered by their clothing were not affected.
Reference: Science et Vie, Special Edition 1997: 50 Years of UFO, Atlas of Unsolved Cases, pp. 60-63
Reference: Johannes von BUTLAR: “UFO, We Are Not Alone” - Presses de la Cité 1979, pp. 127, 128
Reference: Mini catalogue chronologique des observations OVNI, by Godelieve Van Overmeire
Source: Overmeire, ID: Overmeire_2060

Event 19474 (401ED71E)

Date: 11/3/1957
Description: (Translated from French) One month after Spoutnik 1, launch of Spoutnik 2, weighing more than 0.5 t and carrying with it the dog Laïka, 1st living being in orbit. (0 h)
Reference: rr0 - Beau
Source: rr0, ID: rr0_1725

Event 19475 (D3B6D388)

Date: 11/3/1957
Description: (Translated from French) Meeting of Fort Itaipú (Brazil). (2 h)
Reference: rr0 - Beau
Source: rr0, ID: rr0_1726

Event 19476 (C99FBE2B)

Date: 11/3/1957
Location: White Sands, NM
Description: Army patrol sees bright UFO descend to ground level.
Type: ufo sighting
Reference: UFOs and the National Security State: Chronology of a Cover-up, 1941–1973, by Richard Dolan
Source: Dolan, ID: Dolan_220

Event 19477 (B8C265E9)

Date: 11/3/1957 (approximate)
Location: NEAR GUNNISON, CO
Description: 4 / rifle-scopes. Brilliant cone saucer over Ridgetop. Ringed / red and green lights.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO’s a HISTORY-1957 (19 booklets) Self published. (Index 693)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_5597

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: “2348”, HatchDesc: “nr GUNNISON,CO:4/RIFLE-SCOPES:BRILL.CONE SCR OVR RIDGETOP:RINGED/RED+GRN LITES”, LatLong: “38.550002 -106.916672”, LatLongDMS: “38:33:00 N 106:55:00 W”, Locale: “Mountains”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Colorado”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 19478 (B14D9D73)

Date: 11/3/1957
Location: NEAR BARAHONA, DOM.REP.
Description: 2 huge silent saucers hover 100M / coffee works. Going quickly east. / r242p164+/ r46.
Type: sighting
Reference: The APRO BULLETIN: Monthly. Jim & Coral Lorenzen: Tucson,AZ (USA. defunct) By volume and number. (Index 697)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_5598

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: “Caribbean area”, Credibility: “7”, Duration: “2”, Elev: “20”, HatchDesc: “nr BARAHONA,DOM.REP.:2 HUGE SLNT SCRS HVR 100M/COFFEE WORKS:>>E:/r242p164+/r46”, LatLong: “18.250001 -71.250003”, LatLongDMS: “18:15:00 N 71:15:00 W”, Locale: “Farmlands”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, RelAlt: “100”, State/Prov: “DMR”, Strangeness: “7”

Event 19479 (BCE6D971)

Date: 11/3/1957
Time: 00:10
Location: SMYER, TX
Description: Car dies. Ammeter-going down. 24M saucer on road. Shoots going quickly north and car OK. / r79p9+/ r141.
Type: sighting
Reference: HALL, Richard: The UFO EVIDENCE; NICAP,Washington, DC 1964. Reprinted 1997 Barnes & Noble Books ( only $7.98! ) (Index 168)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_5599

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), VEH: Vehicle affected: Marks/damage/EME effects, LND: UFO landing or any part touches ground, EME: Electro-Magnetic Effects, MIL: Military investigation, BBK: Project BLUEBOOK

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “6”, Duration: “1”, Elev: “1033”, HatchDesc: “SMYER,TX:CAR DIES:AMMETER-↓:24M SCR on ROAD:shoots >>N and CAR OK:/r79p9+/r141”, LatLong: “33.600002 -102.155560”, LatLongDMS: “33:36:00 N 102:09:20 W”, Locale: “Pasture”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Texas”, Strangeness: “8”

Event 19480 (399E3DF5)

Date: 11/3/1957
Time: ~00:10
Location: ANTON, TX
Description: Constable L. Bollen and others. Cars stall as UFO going quickly [to] over. Type unknown. No further details.
Type: sighting
Reference: KEHOE, Maj Donald: FLYING SAUCERS TOP SECRET; NICAP and G.P. Putnam’s Sons, NY 1960 HB. (Index 115)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_5600

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), VEH: Vehicle affected: Marks/damage/EME effects, EME: Electro-Magnetic Effects

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “8”, Duration: “5”, Elev: “1037”, HatchDesc: “ANTON,TX:CONSTABLE L.BOLLEN+OTHERS:CARS STALL AS UFO >>OVR:TYPE UNK:NFD”, LatLong: “33.811113 -102.161116”, LatLongDMS: “33:48:40 N 102:09:40 W”, Locale: “Pasture”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Texas”, Strangeness: “7”

Event 19481 (058F31CE)

Date: 11/3/1957
Time: 00:50
Location: WEST / LEVELLAND, TX
Description: Big fireball hovers. Going down / road. Truck malfunctions due to EME (electro-magnetic effects). Fireball quickly going up [to] and truck restarts itself!
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO’s a HISTORY-1957 (19 booklets) Self published. (Index 603)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_5601

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, FBL: Fireball: Blazing undistinguished form/orb., NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), VEH: Vehicle affected: Marks/damage/EME effects, LND: UFO landing or any part touches ground, EME: Electro-Magnetic Effects, MIL: Military investigation, BBK: Project BLUEBOOK

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “6”, Duration: “15”, Elev: “1073”, HatchDesc: “W/LEVELLAND,TX:BIG FBL HVRS:↓/ROAD:TRUCK EMEs:FBL ↑↑+TRUCK RESTARTS ITSELF!”, LatLong: “33.588890 -102.450005”, LatLongDMS: “33:35:20 N 102:27:00 W”, Locale: “Pasture”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Texas”, Strangeness: “7”

Event 19482 (D3E25000)

Date: 11/3/1957
Time: 01:20
Location: WACO, TX
Description: James D. Long’s car malfunctions due to EME (electro-magnetic effects) as UFO passes near. Quickly going up [to] with a boom! / r46p115.
Type: sighting
Reference: HALL, Richard: The UFO EVIDENCE; NICAP,Washington, DC 1964. Reprinted 1997 Barnes & Noble Books ( only $7.98! ) (Index 164)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_5602

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), VEH: Vehicle affected: Marks/damage/EME effects, EME: Electro-Magnetic Effects

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “6”, Duration: “2”, Elev: “122”, HatchDesc: “WACO,TX:JAMES D.LONG’S CAR EMES as UFO PASSES NEAR:↑↑ with A BOOM!:/r46p115”, LatLong: “31.550002 -97.133338”, LatLongDMS: “31:33:00 N 97:08:00 W”, Locale: “Pasture”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Texas”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 19483 (DDCDCC0C)

Date: 11/3/1957
Time: 03:00
Location: TRINITY SITE, NM
Description: 80M ovoid lands / 1st A-test site. Back / 2000h. / r111p92+/ r242p169.
Type: sighting
Reference: The APRO BULLETIN: Monthly. Jim & Coral Lorenzen: Tucson,AZ (USA. defunct) By volume and number. (Index 695)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_5603

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), OBS: Observation/chasing vehicles, NUC: Nuclear facility related, LND: UFO landing or any part touches ground, TCH: New technical details/clues, MIL: Military investigation

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “7”, Duration: “224”, Elev: “1409”, HatchDesc: “TRINITY SITE,NM:80M OVOID LANDS/1st ATEST SITE:BACK/2000h:/r111p92+/r242p169”, LatLong: “33.683335 -106.500005”, LatLongDMS: “33:41:00 N 106:30:00 W”, Locale: “Town & City”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, RelAlt: “50”, State/Prov: “New Mexico”, Strangeness: “8”

Event 19484 (A3D2D0A9)

Date: 11/3/1957
Time: 05:30
Location: BOSTON, MA
Description: 1 observer?? 30M lens-saucer on edge levels off. Turns on edge again and quickly going up.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO’s a HISTORY-1957 (19 booklets) Self published. (Index 708)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_5604

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

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “5”, Duration: “1”, Elev: “7”, HatchDesc: “BOSTON,MA:1 OBS??:30M LENS-SCR ON EDGE LEVELS OFF:TURNS ON EDGE AGAIN+↑↑”, LatLong: “42.333335 -71.050003”, LatLongDMS: “42:20:00 N 71:03:00 W”, Locale: “Metropolis”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Massachusetts”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 19485 (39FA0FC0)

Date: 11/3/1957
Time: 17:40
Location: SCOTIA, NE
Description: Helicopter sound. Cylinder/cigar-shape hovers. Observer(s) frozen. Hides / thick smoke. / MJ#235+/ r141#16.
Type: sighting
Reference: HALL, Richard: The UFO EVIDENCE; NICAP,Washington, DC 1964. Reprinted 1997 Barnes & Noble Books ( only $7.98! ) (Index 164)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_5605

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, MID: Likely mis-identification, SCR: Classic saucer/disk/sphere shaped UFO, CIG: Torpedo/cigar/cylinder shaped UFO, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), HUM: Humans affected: Injury/burns/marks/abduction/death, VEH: Vehicle affected: Marks/damage/EME effects, EME: Electro-Magnetic Effects, SND: UFO sounds heard or recorded, CMF: Camouflage/disguise

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “6”, Duration: “2”, Elev: “640”, HatchDesc: “SCOTIA,NE:COPTER SOUND:CGR HVRS:OBS FROZEN:HIDES/THICK SMOKE:/MJ#235+/r141#16”, LatLong: “41.466669 -98.705560”, LatLongDMS: “41:28:00 N 98:42:20 W”, Locale: “Farmlands”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Nebraska”, Strangeness: “8”

Event 19486 (0B733CBD)

Date: 11/3/1957
Time: 19:00
Location: SIBBALD, ALTA
Description: 3 / PR9. Night light going [to] over car. Motor and lights act up. Going quickly northwest. / r242p164+/ r141#16p5.
Type: sighting
Reference: RODEGHIER, Mark/CUFOS: UFO REPORTS INVOLVING VEHICLE INTERFERENCE; CUFOS 1979. Available as CUFOS UFO Archive #1 CD-ROM. http://www.cufos.org/Pubform.pdf (Index 10)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_5606

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), VEH: Vehicle affected: Marks/damage/EME effects, EME: Electro-Magnetic Effects

Extra Data: Country: “Canada”, Credibility: “8”, Duration: “1”, Elev: “788”, HatchDesc: “SIBBALD,ALTA:3/PR9:NLT >OVR CAR:MOTOR+LITES ACT UP:>>NW:/r242p164+/r141#16p5”, LatLong: “51.561114 -110.177783”, LatLongDMS: “51:33:40 N 110:10:40 W”, Locale: “Pasture”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Alberta”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 19487 (197DA3CD)

Date: 11/3/1957
Time: 19:20
Location: CLIFTON, AZ
Description: Numerous separate observer(s). Silver hub-cap saucer going quickly west fast. Through clouds to horizon.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO’s a HISTORY-1957 (19 booklets) Self published. (Index 619)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_5607

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: “1057”, HatchDesc: “CLIFTON,AZ:NMRS SEP.OBS:SLVR HUB-CAP SCR >>W FAST:thru clouds to horizon”, LatLong: “33.050002 -109.294450”, LatLongDMS: “33:03:00 N 109:17:40 W”, Locale: “Desert”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Arizona”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 19488 (527DA618)

Date: 11/3/1957
Time: 19:30
Location: DEMING, NM
Description: Ground Observer Corps (GOC) and newsman. 200’ saucer maneuvers / clear sky. 35’ / film taken. Follows car? / r46p116.
Type: sighting
Reference: UFO INVESTIGATOR: NICAP: Kensington, MD & Washington, DC [defunct]. University Microfilms, Ann Arbor, MI 48106 (Index 15)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_5608

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

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “7”, Duration: “30”, Elev: “1322”, HatchDesc: “DEMING,NM:GOC+NEWSMAN:200’SCR MNVRs/CLR SKY:35’/FILM TAKEN:FOLOS CAR?:/r46p116”, LatLong: “32.266668 -107.766672”, LatLongDMS: “32:16:00 N 107:46:00 W”, Locale: “Desert”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “New Mexico”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 19489 (ACA68DDC)

Date: 11/3/1957
Time: 20:10
Location: YOKOHAMA, JPN
Description: Several observer(s). Silent moon-size glowing-sphere/orb/globe north going quickly south. Similar at Tokyo / 1845h.
Type: sighting
Reference: FLYING SAUCER REVIEW (FSR), London. Bimonthly. PO Box 162; High Wycombe, Bucks. HP135 DZ, England. (Index 49)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_5609

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: “Japan”, Credibility: “9”, Duration: “1”, HatchDesc: “YOKOHAMA,JPN:SVRL OBS:SLNT MOONSIZE GLOW-ORB N>>S:similar at Tokyo/1845h”, LatLong: “35.600002 139.666673”, LatLongDMS: “35:36:00 N 139:40:00 E”, Locale: “Metropolis”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Honshu Island”, Strangeness: “5”

Event 19490 (6D969C64)

Date: 11/3/1957
Time: 21:30
Location: WICHITA FALLS, TX
Description: Rain. Brief power outage. Ovoid going northwest. Southwest radio buzzes. / r242p165.
Type: sighting
Reference: MICHEL, Aime: FLYING SAUCERS & the STRAIGHT LINE THEORY HB (hard to find) (Index 243)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_5610

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), OBS: Observation/chasing vehicles

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “7”, Duration: “25”, Elev: “304”, HatchDesc: “WICHITA FALLS,TX:RAIN:BRIEF PWR OUTAGE:OVOID >NW:SW RADIO BUZZES:/r242p165”, LatLong: “33.916668 -98.500005”, LatLongDMS: “33:55:00 N 98:30:00 W”, Locale: “Town & City”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Texas”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 19491 (7AEBCE03)

Date: 11/3/1957
Time: 23:00
Location: DYESS AIR FORCE BASE, TX
Description: Air Traffic Controller Waddell. Odd-glow red object near San Angelo highway. / r141+/ r24 v1#3p3.
Type: sighting
Reference: MICHEL, Aime: FLYING SAUCERS & the STRAIGHT LINE THEORY HB (hard to find) (Index 238)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_5611

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, 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: “2”, Elev: “545”, HatchDesc: “DYESS AFB,TX:ATC WADDELL:ODD-GLOW RED OBJ nr SAN ANGELO HWY:/r141+/r24 v1#3p3.”, LatLong: “32.450002 -99.805560”, LatLongDMS: “32:27:00 N 99:48:20 W”, Locale: “Town & City”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Texas”, Strangeness: “5”

Event 19492 (D6314D8E)

Date: 11/3/1957
Location: Levelland (9 miles E of ), TX
Description: White or aluminum-colored oval-shaped object flat on the bottom (NICAP: 01 - Distant Encounters, BB: BBU)
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_2113

Event 19493 (4DC35E37)

Date: 11/3/1957
Location: White Sands, NM
Description: MP incident, taped radio report (NICAP: 10 - Nuclear Connection, BB: BBU, NC)
Reference: NICAP: 571103
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_2114

Event 19494 (3F9A1343)

Date: 11/3/1957
Location: Ararangua, Brazil
Description: Airliner direction finder and transmitter - receiver burnt during UFO sighting (NICAP: 03 - EME Cases) (NICAP: 11 - Aviation Cases)
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_2115

Event 19495 (41248129)

Date: 11/3/1957
Location: Sao Vicente, Brazil
Description: Ltaipu Fort electrical system failed, sentries received burns as UFO approached and hovered (NICAP: 03 - EME Cases)
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_2117

Event 19496 (AAD8D477)

Date: 11/3/1957
Location: Calgary, Alta. (near ), CAN
Description: Car motor missed, headlights flickered as UFO arced overhead (NICAP: 03 - EME Cases)
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_2118

Event 19497 (D4AF1572)

Date: 11/3/1957
Time: 0300
Location: White Sands, New Mexico
Description: At Stallion Site, an army patrol in a jeep saw an orange, “apparently controlled,” luminous object on the ground near the site of the first A-bomb explosion. It was first seen as a sunlike source 50 m above ground, descending to ground level after 3 min, and landing several km away at the northern end of the testing grounds. Two witnesses.
Type: ufo sighting
Reference: M 238 (Vallee)
Source: ValléeMagonia, ID: Magonia_420

Event 19498 (1AA60A6E)

Date: 11/3/1957
Locations: Texas Tech college; Smyer, Texas
Description: 12:05 a.m. Texas Tech college student Newell H. Wright is driving west one mile west of Smyer, Texas, when the ammeter gauge on his car dashboard starts fluctuating widely. The car motor gradually goes out then the headlights and radio die. He gets out to check and sees a white or aluminum-colored, oval-shaped object flat on the bottom like a loaf of bread, with a bluish-green tint, about 75–125 feet long. After a few minutes, the object suddenly rises up from the road ahead and ascends almost vertically at great speed slightly to the north, disappearing in seconds. Afterward the car can start again.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: NICAP, “Oval-Shaped Object & EME on Ammeter”; UFOEv, p. 168; Schopick, pp. 28–29; J. Allen Hynek, The UFO Experience, Ballantine ed., 1974, p. 143; Sparks, p. 254; Donald R. Burleson, “Levelland, Texas, 1957: Case Reopened,” IUR 28, no. 1 (Spring 2003): 4; Swords 253–256; Randle, Levelland, 2021, pp. 16–17, 212–214
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_3030

Event 19499 (CAF6D0FF)

Date: 11/3/1957
Location: Whitharral, Texas
Description: 12:15 a.m. Frank Williams, a farmer, is near Whitharral, Texas, when he encounters an object described as an egg sitting on the crossroads. The UFO pulsates steadily; each time it glows bright, the car’s power goes on and off. The object leaves with a thunderous sound.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: UFOEv, p. 168; Schopick, pp. 29–30; J. Allen Hynek, The UFO Experience, Ballantine ed., 1974, pp. 143–144; Donald R. Burleson, “Levelland, Texas, 1957: Case Reopened,” IUR 28, no. 1 (Spring 2003): 4; Randle, Levelland, 2021, p. 17
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_3031

Event 19500 (3D30154B)

Date: 11/3/1957
Locations: Highway 116; Smyer, Texas
Description: 12:45 a.m. Ronald Martin is on Highway 116 near Smyer, Texas, when he sees a glowing red UFO land ahead of his truck, then turn to bluish-green. The truck’s electrical system fails. When the UFO takes off, it turns reddish again.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: UFOEv, p. 168; Schopick, pp. 30–31; J. Allen Hynek, The UFO Experience, Ballantine ed., 1974, p. 144; Donald R. Burleson, “Levelland, Texas, 1957: Case Reopened,” IUR 28, no. 1 (Spring 2003): 4; Randle, Levelland, 2021, pp. 18–19
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_3032

Event 19501 (A611A980)

Date: 11/3/1957
Locations: Levelland (Texas); Oklahoma Flat
Description: Around 1:00 a.m. Levelland (Texas) Fire Marshall Ray Jones, while out driving around and looking for some explanation of the many UFO reports, sees a “streak of light” north of the Oklahoma Flat. His headlights dim and engine sputters as he sees the light.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: UFOEv, p. 168; Schopick, p. 32; J. Allen Hynek, The UFO Experience, Ballantine ed., 1974, pp. 145–146; Randle, Levelland, 2021, p. 21
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_3033

Event 19502 (5ADFDDBB)

Date: 11/3/1957
Location: Levelland, Texas
Description: 1:15 a.m. James Long is 5 miles northwest of Levelland, Texas, on a farm-to-market road. He reports a bright object that is egg or oval-shaped, about 200 feet long, 200 feet away, sitting in the road. He hears a “thunderclap.” The car’s lights and motor quit. The object rises quickly and speeds away.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: UFOEv, p. 168; Schopick, p. 31; J. Allen Hynek, The UFO Experience, Ballantine ed., 1974, pp. 144–145; Randle, Levelland, 2021, p. 19
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_3034

Event 19503 (11129EA2)

Date: 11/3/1957
Location: Hockley County (Texas)
Description: 1:30 a.m. Near the same spot as James Long, Hockley County (Texas) Sheriff Weir Clem and Pat McCullough see a flash of light “like a brilliant red sunset” 300–400 yards to the south of them, lighting up the pavement.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: UFOEv, p. 168; Schopick, pp. 31–32; J. Allen Hynek, The UFO Experience, Ballantine ed., 1974, pp. 145–146; Donald R. Burleson, “Levelland, Texas, 1957: Case Reopened,” IUR 28, no. 1 (Spring 2003): 4; Randle, Levelland, 2021, pp. 19–21, 170–181, 218–219
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_3035

Event 19504 (F720BB66)

Date: 11/3/1957
Location: White Sands Missile Test Range, New Mexico
Description: About 3:00 a.m. Two MPs at White Sands Missile Test Range, New Mexico, Cpl. Glenn H. Toy and Pfc. James E. Wilbanks are making rounds in their jeep when they notice a bright object high in the sky. It drops down to about 150 feet and the light goes out. A few minutes later the light goes on again and it drops to the ground in a bunker area 3 miles away and goes out. The UFO is egg-shaped and about 225–300 feet in diameter.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: NICAP, “Three MPs Report Object over White Sands Base”; Schopick, pp. 37–38; Loren E. Gross, The Fifth Horseman of the Apocalypse: UFOs, a History: 1957 November 3rd–5th, The Author, 1997, p. 6; UFOEv, p. 169; Sparks, p. 254; Swords 259; Randle, Levelland, 2021, pp. 23–27
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_3036

Event 19505 (37B87321)

Date: 11/3/1957
Location: Sibbald, Alberta
Description: 7:00 p.m. Edna Ireland is driving with two friends near Sibbald, Alberta, when a blinking light appears in the sky and passes nearly above the car toward the northwest. Their engine coughs and the headlights flicker.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Winnipeg (Man.) Tribune, November 7, 1957; Aimé Michel, Straight-Line, p. 239; Schopick, pp. 42–43
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_3037

Event 19506 (77FAEC2E)

Date: 11/3/1957
Locations: Trinity Site; White Sands Proving Ground; New Mexico
Description: 8:00 p.m. Army Specialist 3rd Class Henry R. Barlow and Specialist 3rd Class Forest R. Oakes, Army Garrison Detachment 5, are in a jeep patrol driving west near the site of the first A-bomb explosion, Trinity Site, in White Sands Proving Ground, New Mexico. They see a pulsating red light thar turns to white, possibly 200– 300 feet in size and 4–5 miles away. It brightens and dims then sometimes goes out, rising in the sky from the ground or from about 50 feet over the bunker up to about 45° elevation until it looks like a star or point source. They watch it for 25 minutes before it disappears. Possibly Venus in the southwest, which sets at about 8:30 p.m.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Sparks, p. 254; Schopick, p. 38; Randle, Levelland, 2021,pp. 27–31
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_3038

Event 19507 (F9A8BD0D)

Date: 11/3/1957
Description: The USSR launches Sputnik 2 carrying Laika the dog.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Wikipedia, “Sputnik 2”
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_3039

Event 19508 (AE02DA78)

Date: 11/3/1957
Description: A large number of reports around Levelland, Texas which began the night before continued in the early morning hours. They described a low-flying ovoid or cigar-shaped object, over 60 meters long, equipped with a bright light, and which interfered with car and truck ignition and electrical systems.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: Jacques Vallee, Anatomy of a Phenomenon, p. 136
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_7428

Event 19509 (B156C931)

Date: 11/3/1957
Description: At 3:00 a.m. at the Stallion Missile Test Site on the White Sands, New Mexico proving grounds an Army patrol in a jeep saw an orange, “apparently controlled,” luminous object on the ground near the site of the first A-bomb explosion. It was first seen as a sun-like source 50 meters above ground, and it then descended to ground level after three minutes, landing several kilometers away at the northern end of the testing grounds. Two U.S. Army witnesses.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: Jacques Vallee, Passport to Magonia: A Century of Landings, case 420
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_7429

Event 19510 (6AA7B41D)

Date: 11/4/1957
Location: USSR, Baikonur
Description: (Translated from French) On October 3rd, the launch of Sputnik II (Beta 1 rocket) which exceeded 508 kg, was loaded with scientific equipment and carried a passenger, the little dog Laika. (1957, November 4 (Moscow date))
Reference: Charles Noël Martin “Artificial Satellites” PUF Paris 1958, p. 52
Reference: “Astronautics” Pierre Rousseau, Hachette 1965, p. 18
Reference: Recovery April 14, 1958
Reference: Mini catalogue chronologique des observations OVNI, by Godelieve Van Overmeire
Source: Overmeire, ID: Overmeire_2059

Event 19511 (353FF227)

Date: 11/4/1957
Location: Fort Itaipu, Brazil
Description: Circular UFO badly burns two men; U.S. investigation. 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_221

Event 19512 (A796BDAB)

Date: 11/4/1957
Location: Alamogordo, NM
Description: Elliptical UFO stalls car of white and engineer.
Type: ufo sighting
Reference: UFOs and the National Security State: Chronology of a Cover-up, 1941–1973, by Richard Dolan
Source: Dolan, ID: Dolan_222

Event 19513 (72953D71)

Date: 11/4/1957 (approximate)
Location: FT. HOOD, TX
Description: 20M luminous object lands. Army tanks electro-magnetic effect (EME) / overheat / approach. / KFJZ radio report.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO’s a HISTORY-1957 (19 booklets) Self published. (Index 830)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_5612

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, MIL: Observer(s) military, NWS: News media report, SCR: Classic saucer/disk/sphere shaped UFO, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), LND: UFO landing or any part touches ground, MIL: Military investigation, COV: Indication of coverup

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “5”, Duration: “30”, Elev: “283”, HatchDesc: “Ft.HOOD,TX:20M LUMn.OBJ LANDS:ARMY TANKS EME/OVERHEAT/APPROACH:/KFJZ radio rpt”, LatLong: “31.183335 -97.750005”, LatLongDMS: “31:11:00 N 97:45:00 W”, Locale: “Islands”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Texas”, Strangeness: “7”

Event 19514 (6D77ECAD)

Date: 11/4/1957
Location: USSR
Description: Sputnik 2 launched. Laika = first dog in space. Alien dognappings follow.
Type: sighting
Reference: SPENCER, John Wallace: NO EARTHLY EXPLANATION; Bantam Books 1974. (Index 28)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_5613

Attributes: MIL: Observer(s) military, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, HQO: High-quality observer(s), SCI: Scientist involvement, NWS: News media report, PRB: Probe: Possibly remote controlled, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), HST: Historical account

Extra Data: Country: “Earth Orbit or seen from space stations/capsules”, Credibility: “14”, Duration: “1”, HatchDesc: “USSR: SPUTNIK 2 LAUNCHED:LAIKA=FIRST DOG in SPACE:alien dognappings follow”, LatLong: “90.000004 -0.000000”, LatLongDMS: “90:00:00 N 00:00:00 W”, Locale: “Residential”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “SOV”, Strangeness: “5”

Event 19515 (C5CD08BA)

Date: 11/4/1957
Time: ~00:10
Location: AMARILLO, TX
Description: Glowing object / road surrounded / fog. Car malfunctions due to EME (electro-magnetic effects) entering fog. Battery dead.
Type: sighting
Reference: RODEGHIER, Mark/CUFOS: UFO REPORTS INVOLVING VEHICLE INTERFERENCE; CUFOS 1979. Available as CUFOS UFO Archive #1 CD-ROM. http://www.cufos.org/Pubform.pdf (Index 10)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_5614

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), VEH: Vehicle affected: Marks/damage/EME effects, LND: UFO landing or any part touches ground, EME: Electro-Magnetic Effects, TCH: New technical details/clues, CMF: Camouflage/disguise

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “7”, Duration: “3”, Elev: “1105”, HatchDesc: “AMARILLO,TX:GLOWING OBJ/ROAD SURROUNDED/FOG:CAR EMES ENTERING FOG:BATTERY DEAD”, LatLong: “35.216668 -101.816672”, LatLongDMS: “35:13:00 N 101:49:00 W”, Locale: “Pasture”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Texas”, Strangeness: “8”

Event 19516 (F62F6DA3)

Date: 11/4/1957
Time: 00:10
Location: SUNDOWN, TX
Description: Orange fireball hovers. Lands / road. Truck lights and engine fail. Flies going up [to] and away.
Type: sighting
Reference: RODEGHIER, Mark/CUFOS: UFO REPORTS INVOLVING VEHICLE INTERFERENCE; CUFOS 1979. Available as CUFOS UFO Archive #1 CD-ROM. http://www.cufos.org/Pubform.pdf (Index 10)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_5615

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, WAV: Wave/cluster/flap, PRB: Probe: Possibly remote controlled, FBL: Fireball: Blazing undistinguished form/orb., NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), LND: UFO landing or any part touches ground, MIL: Military investigation, BBK: Project BLUEBOOK

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “6”, Duration: “2”, Elev: “1074”, HatchDesc: “SUNDOWN,TX:ORNG FBL HOVERS:LANDS/ROAD:TRUCK LITES+ENGINE FAIL:FLIES↑+AWAY”, LatLong: “33.522224 -102.411116”, LatLongDMS: “33:31:20 N 102:24:40 W”, Locale: “Pasture”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Texas”, Strangeness: “8”

Event 19517 (556D763C)

Date: 11/4/1957
Time: 01:20
Location: ARARANGUA, BRZ
Description: Varig C46 buzzed / red fireball. Electronics fried. / r242p120+/ r141#5p20.
Type: sighting
Reference: The APRO BULLETIN: Monthly. Jim & Coral Lorenzen: Tucson,AZ (USA. defunct) By volume and number. (Index 717)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_5616

Attributes: AIR: Observer(s) on aircraft, 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, VEH: Vehicle affected: Marks/damage/EME effects, EME: Electro-Magnetic Effects, TRC: Physical traces, TCH: New technical details/clues, MIL: Military investigation, BBK: Project BLUEBOOK

Extra Data: Country: “Brazil”, Credibility: “9”, Duration: “10”, Elev: “18”, HatchDesc: “ARARANGUA,BRZ:VARIG C46 BUZZED/RED FBL:ELECTRONICS FRIED:/r242p120+/r141#5p20”, LatLong: “-28.983335 -49.483336”, LatLongDMS: “28:59:00 S 49:29:00 W”, Locale: “Metropolis”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “STC”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 19518 (9CB53CBE)

Date: 11/4/1957
Time: 02:00
Location: FORT ITAIPU, BRZ
Description: Saucer over base. All electrical fails. Heat and radiation/radioactivity burns. / r47p23+/ r141#5.
Type: sighting
Reference: The APRO BULLETIN: Monthly. Jim & Coral Lorenzen: Tucson,AZ (USA. defunct) By volume and number. (Index 717)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_5617

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, RAY: Odd light/searchlight/beam/laser-like, BLD: Building/man-made structure/roads/power lines, RDA: Radiation/high energy fields detected, EME: Electro-Magnetic Effects, TRC: Physical traces, TCH: New technical details/clues, INJ: Injuries, illness/death, mutilations, COV: Indication of coverup

Extra Data: Country: “Brazil”, Credibility: “8”, Duration: “5”, Elev: “15”, HatchDesc: “FORT ITAIPU,BRZ:SCR OVR BASE:ALL ELECTR.FAILS:HEAT+RDA BURNS:/r47p23+/r141#5”, LatLong: “-23.966668 -46.383336”, LatLongDMS: “23:58:00 S 46:23:00 W”, Locale: “Town & City”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “São Paulo”, Strangeness: “9”

Event 19519 (C61F66A8)

Date: 11/4/1957
Time: 03:10
Location: ELMWOOD PARK, IL
Description: Electro-magnetic effect (EME). Ovoid hovers / cemetery. Cops chase going quickly west. / FSRv4#1+/ r55p172+/ r141.
Type: sighting
Reference: The APRO BULLETIN: Monthly. Jim & Coral Lorenzen: Tucson,AZ (USA. defunct) By volume and number. (Index 695)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_5618

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, NLT: Nightlights/points of light, PRB: Probe: Possibly remote controlled, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), VEH: Vehicle affected: Marks/damage/EME effects, EME: Electro-Magnetic Effects, TCH: New technical details/clues, MIL: Military investigation, BBK: Project BLUEBOOK, OGA: Non-Covert Government Agencies, CMF: Camouflage/disguise

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “9”, Duration: “10”, Elev: “194”, HatchDesc: “ELMWOOD PARK,IL:EME:OVOID HVRS/CEMETERY:COPS CHASE >>W:/FSRv4#1+/r55p172+/r141”, LatLong: “41.922224 -87.811115”, LatLongDMS: “41:55:20 N 87:48:40 W”, Locale: “Residential”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Illinois”, Strangeness: “5”

Event 19520 (E0C5966C)

Date: 11/4/1957
Time: 13:10
Location: US54 SOUTH / OROGRANDE, NM
Description: Cars electro-magnetic effect (EME). Ovoid maneuvers. Going quickly west. / MJ#235+/ FSRv4#1+/ r242p169+/ r141.
Type: sighting
Reference: The APRO BULLETIN: Monthly. Jim & Coral Lorenzen: Tucson,AZ (USA. defunct) By volume and number. (Index 695)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_5619

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, HQO: High-quality observer(s), SCI: Scientist involvement, NWS: News media report, WAV: Wave/cluster/flap, SCR: Classic saucer/disk/sphere shaped UFO, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), OBS: Observation/chasing vehicles, NUC: Nuclear facility related, HUM: Humans affected: Injury/burns/marks/abduction/death, VEH: Vehicle affected: Marks/damage/EME effects, PHT: Photos/movies/videos taken, RDA: Radiation/high energy fields detected, EME: Electro-Magnetic Effects, TCH: New technical details/clues, INJ: Injuries, illness/death, mutilations

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “7”, Duration: “15”, Elev: “1270”, HatchDesc: “US54 S/OROGRANDE,NM:CARS EME:OVOID MNVRS:>>W:/MJ#235+/FSRv4#1+/r242p169+/r141”, LatLong: “32.250002 -106.083338”, LatLongDMS: “32:15:00 N 106:05:00 W”, Locale: “Pasture”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “New Mexico”, Strangeness: “7”

Event 19521 (F8511CCC)

Date: 11/4/1957
Time: 16:50
Location: SPOONER, WI
Description: 5 good observer(s). Fast ovoid flattens to cylinder/cigar-shape. / r242p164+r49p241+/ APRO 11’57.
Type: sighting
Reference: UFO INVESTIGATOR: NICAP: Kensington, MD & Washington, DC [defunct]. University Microfilms, Ann Arbor, MI 48106 (Index 15)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_5620

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

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “7”, Duration: “3”, Elev: “328”, HatchDesc: “SPOONER,WI:5 GOOD OBS:FAST OVOID FLATTENS to CGR:/r242p164+r49p241+/APRO 11’57”, LatLong: “45.822224 -91.883338”, LatLongDMS: “45:49:20 N 91:53:00 W”, Locale: “Farmlands”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Wisconsin”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 19522 (1926DAAB)

Date: 11/4/1957
Time: 18:00
Location: 14 MI NORTH / DICKINSON, ND
Description: 3 observer(s). Colored bullet-shape slows and hovers / high altitude. Gains speed and going quickly south.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO’s a HISTORY-1957 (19 booklets) Self published. (Index 641)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_5621

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)

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “8”, Duration: “2”, Elev: “742”, HatchDesc: “14mi N/DICKINSON,ND:3 OBS:CLRD BULLET-SHAPE SLOWS+HVRS/HI ALT:GAINS SPEED+>>S”, LatLong: “47.050002 -102.800005”, LatLongDMS: “47:03:00 N 102:48:00 W”, Locale: “Pasture”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “North Dakota”, Strangeness: “5”

Event 19523 (A4FFD02C)

Date: 11/4/1957
Time: 18:00
Location: BORREGO SPRS, CA
Description: Big red object flashes / 2 second(s) intervals. Low and below horizon. / r141#6p37.
Type: sighting
Reference: MICHEL, Aime: FLYING SAUCERS & the STRAIGHT LINE THEORY HB (hard to find) (Index 241)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_5622

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, NWS: News media report, NLT: Nightlights/points of light, FBL: Fireball: Blazing undistinguished form/orb., NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), RAY: Odd light/searchlight/beam/laser-like, SIG: Signals/responses to/from/between UFO’s/occupants/observers

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “7”, Duration: “2”, Elev: “180”, HatchDesc: “BORREGO SPRS,CA:BIG RED OBJ FLASHES/2sec INTERVALS:LOW+BELOW HRZN:/r141#6p37”, LatLong: “33.255557 -116.372228”, LatLongDMS: “33:15:20 N 116:22:20 W”, Locale: “Desert”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “California”, Strangeness: “4”

Event 19524 (963DDF59)

Date: 11/4/1957
Time: 19:00
Location: ALBUQUERQUE, NM
Description: Woman / home. Gold sphere/orb/globe. Hovers / west / 5 minute(s). Larger / moon. / r111p99+.
Type: sighting
Reference: The APRO BULLETIN: Monthly. Jim & Coral Lorenzen: Tucson,AZ (USA. defunct) By volume and number. (Index 695)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_5623

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: “5”, Elev: “1490”, HatchDesc: “ALBUQUERQUE,NM:WOMAN/HOME:GOLD ORB:HOVERS/WEST/5min:LARGER/MOON:/r111p99+”, LatLong: “35.116668 -106.633338”, LatLongDMS: “35:07:00 N 106:38:00 W”, Locale: “Residential”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “New Mexico”, Strangeness: “5”

Event 19525 (0DE95BFE)

Date: 11/4/1957
Time: 19:30
Location: KRAKOW, POLAND
Description: Strange sphere = no satellite. Orange. Very fast. Flies going quickly northeast. No further details.
Type: sighting
Reference: HOBANA Ion & WEVERBERGH,Julien: UFO’S from BEHIND the IRON CURTAIN; Bantam Books,1975. 308pp. (Index 211)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_5624

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

Extra Data: Country: “Poland”, Credibility: “6”, Duration: “2”, HatchDesc: “KRAKOW,POLAND:STRANGE SPHERE=NO SATELLITE:ORG:VERY FAST:FLIES>>NE:NFD”, LatLong: “50.083336 20.000001”, LatLongDMS: “50:05:00 N 20:00:00 E”, Locale: “Town & City”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “CRA”, Strangeness: “5”

Event 19526 (C23453A4)

Date: 11/4/1957
Time: 19:30
Location: EL PASO, TX
Description: Car malfunctions due to EME (electro-magnetic effects). Ovoid going quickly northeast over car to mountains. Quickly going up [to] and away. / r79p11+/ r141#6p18.
Type: sighting
Reference: HYNEK, Dr. J. Allen: THE HYNEK UFO REPORT; Dell Publ., NY 1977. 298pp. (Index 181)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_5625

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), VEH: Vehicle affected: Marks/damage/EME effects, EME: Electro-Magnetic Effects, TCH: New technical details/clues

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “6”, Duration: “2”, Elev: “1110”, HatchDesc: “EL PASO,TX:CAR EMEs:OVOID >>NE OVR CAR to Mtns:↑↑+AWAY:/r79p11+/r141#6p18”, LatLong: “31.766668 -106.500005”, LatLongDMS: “31:46:00 N 106:30:00 W”, Locale: “Oil & Coal”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Texas”, Strangeness: “7”

Event 19527 (5591D437)

Date: 11/4/1957
Time: 22:00
Location: MONROE, LA
Description: 4 observer(s). Gaseous car-sized body quickly going up [to] from roadside. No form seen. / r141#6.
Type: sighting
Reference: MICHEL, Aime: FLYING SAUCERS & the STRAIGHT LINE THEORY HB (hard to find) (Index 241)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_5626

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, NWS: News media report, MID: Likely mis-identification, PRB: Probe: Possibly remote controlled, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), LND: UFO landing or any part touches ground, CMF: Camouflage/disguise

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “8”, Duration: “1”, Elev: “23”, HatchDesc: “MONROE,LA:4 OBS:GASEOUS CAR-SIZED BODY ↑↑ from ROADSIDE:no form seen:/r141#6”, LatLong: “32.511113 -92.116671”, LatLongDMS: “32:30:40 N 92:07:00 W”, Locale: “Pasture”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Louisiana”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 19528 (00D5513B)

Date: 11/4/1957
Time: 22:00
Location: KODIAK, AK
Description: Cop. Red fireball going west 15M over school. Radio Frequency Interference (RFI) = ‘dit-dit’. / r46p145+/ r141#6+/ r242.
Type: sighting
Reference: UFO INVESTIGATOR: NICAP: Kensington, MD & Washington, DC [defunct]. University Microfilms, Ann Arbor, MI 48106 (Index 15)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_5627

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, 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, BLD: Building/man-made structure/roads/power lines, EME: Electro-Magnetic Effects, OGA: Non-Covert Government Agencies

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “10”, Duration: “3”, Elev: “42”, HatchDesc: “KODIAK,AK:COP:RED FBL >W 15M ovr SCHOOL:RFI=‘dit-dit’:/r46p145+/r141#6+/r242”, LatLong: “57.788892 -152.405563”, LatLongDMS: “57:47:20 N 152:24:20 W”, Locale: “Town & City”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, RelAlt: “15”, State/Prov: “Alaska”, Strangeness: “5”

Event 19529 (7979D1BB)

Date: 11/4/1957
Time: 22:50
Location: KIRTLAND AIR FORCE BASE, NM
Description: 2 Air Traffic Controllers. Night light cavorts and tails jets etc. / 5 minute(s). RADAR / 20 min. Going east. / r0p87.
Type: sighting
Reference: UFO INVESTIGATOR: NICAP: Kensington, MD & Washington, DC [defunct]. University Microfilms, Ann Arbor, MI 48106 (Index 60)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_5628

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, NUC: Nuclear facility related, VEH: Vehicle affected: Marks/damage/EME effects, RDR: Radar traces/blips, MIL: Military investigation, BBK: Project BLUEBOOK

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “10”, Duration: “20”, Elev: “1510”, HatchDesc: “KIRTLAND AFB,NM:2 ATCs:NLT CAVORTS+TAILS JETS etc./5min:RDR/20MIN:>E:/r0p87”, LatLong: “35.050002 -106.633338”, LatLongDMS: “35:03:00 N 106:38:00 W”, Locale: “Town & City”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, RelAlt: “1000”, State/Prov: “New Mexico”, Strangeness: “5”

Event 19530 (75FC7169)

Date: 11/4/1957
Location: Elmwood Park, IL
Description: Squad car lights and spotlight dimmed as police pursued low-flying UFO (NICAP: 03 - EME Cases)
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_2119

Event 19531 (C516EF79)

Date: 11/4/1957
Location: Kirtland AFB, Albuquerque, NM
Description: Egg-shaped UFO hovers over base (NICAP: 09 - RADAR Cases, Code: R, Rating: 5, NC)
Reference: NICAP: 571104
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_2120

Event 19532 (854EC7C5)

Date: 11/4/1957
Location: Kodiak, AK
Description: A “steady dit-dit-dit” interference on police radio during UFO sighting (NICAP: 03 - EME Cases)
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_2121

Event 19533 (315436FF)

Date: 11/4/1957
Location: Orogrande, NM
Description: Stokes Case (NICAP: 10 - Nuclear Connection, Code: E, Rating: 5, BB: BBU, NC)
Reference: NICAP: 571104
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_2122

Event 19534 (312B2C7C)

Date: 11/4/1957
Location: Toronto, Ont., CAN
Description: TV interference (audio); viewers called out by neighbors to see UFO (NICAP: 03 - EME Cases)
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_2123

Event 19535 (D3646198)

Date: 11/4/1957
Location: Elmwood Park, IL
Description: Police and witness saw red-orange cigar-shaped object - they chased it (NICAP: 01 - Distant Encounters, BB: BBU)
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_2124

Event 19536 (606933AE)

Date: 11/4/1957
Location: El Paso (3 miles SE of airport), TX
Description: Egg shaped object w/bluish glow approaching from the SW (NICAP: 01 - Distant Encounters, BB: BBU)
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_2125

Event 19537 (672B8C4D)

Date: 11/4/1957
Location: Albuquerque (Kirtland AFB), NM
Description: Highly maneuverable 15-20 ft egg-shaped object w/white light at its base (NICAP: 01 - Distant Encounters, BB: BBU, NC)
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_2126

Event 19538 (41549879)

Date: 11/4/1957
Time: 0315
Location: Elmwood Park, Illinois
Description: Two policemen, Joseph Lukasek and Clifford Schau, and a third man named Daniel De Giovanni, while looking for the cause of a headlight failure, observed a fluorescent object 50 to 100 m away from them, coming down. The car hadlights functioned properly again and they drove toward the object but had to stop at a cemetery wall. They turned off all lights and watched the object for two min. It played “hide and seek” with them as they tried to reach its location.
Type: ufo sighting
Reference: M 240; 113 (Vallee)
Source: ValléeMagonia, ID: Magonia_421

Event 19539 (8E801990)

Date: 11/4/1957
Locations: Grenada, Spain; Córdoba
Description: Portuguese Air Force Capt. Lenos Ferreira is conducting a training mission at the head of three jet fighters over Grenada, Spain, when he observes a luminous object changing color from an intense green to bright red. The object maintains a constant altitude while oscillating. Ferreira orders a change of course toward Córdoba, but the object follows his group for 40 minutes, dropping four smaller objects that also accompany the jets. Suddenly the objects go into a dive and disappear.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Patrick Gross, “UFO Chasing Jet Fighter Squadron, Lisbon, 1957”
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_3040

Event 19540 (4855AF65)

Date: 11/4/1957
Locations: Amarillo, Texas; Palo Duro Canyon
Description: After 12:00 midnight. A young couple are returning to Amarillo, Texas, from Palo Duro Canyon when they see a glowing object in the middle of the road, surrounded by fog. As they drive closer and enter the fog, the car engine and battery die. Another car has to push them into town to get the battery recharged.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Amarillo (Tex.) Daily News, November 4, 1957; Schopick, pp. 43–44
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_3041

Event 19541 (B1765776)

Date: 11/4/1957
Locations: Porto Alegre; São Paulo, Brazil; Araranguá, Santa Catarina
Description: 1:30 a.m. Chief Pilot Captain Jean Vincent de Beyssac and his copilot are flying a Varig Airlines C-46 cargo plane from Porto Alegre to São Paulo, Brazil. They are near Araranguá, Santa Catarina, when de Beyssac notices a red light on his left. It seems to be getting bigger, so he banks towards it out of curiosity. The light gets much bigger then begins to glow more brilliantly. The pilot and copilot smell smoke and, as they are looking for the source, the light disappears. De Beyssac returns to Porto Alegre. It turns out that the right engine’s magneto (or generator), automatic direction finder, and the radio (both receiver and transmitter) have burnt out, allegedly simultaneously.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: NICAP, “Aircraft Encounters UFO / ADF, etc. Affected”; Olavo T. Fontes, “Top Secret Report Unveiled,” APRO Bulletin, September 1959, pp. 5–6; Lorenzen, FS Hoax, p. 155; Schopick, pp. 126–127; Patrick Gross, “UFO / Aircraft Close Encounter in Brazil, 1957”
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_3042

Event 19542 (B2F55B25)

Date: 11/4/1957
Locations: Fortaleza de Itaipu in Praia Grande, São Paulo, Brazil; Rio de Janeiro
Description: 2:00 a.m. Two sentries at the Fortaleza de Itaipu in Praia Grande, São Paulo, Brazil, watch an orange object approaching the fort. It holds its course until it is directly above them. Its diameter is at least as large as the wingspan of a DC-3 and scarcely 300 feet away. Suddenly there is a strange buzzing noise and the men feel a wave of glowing heat. One of them collapses on the spot, but the other succeeds in reaching safety in the shadow of the gun emplacements. His shouts of alarm rouse his comrades inside the fort, where the lights suddenly go out. In the meantime, the emergency power is switched on but immediately gives out. Only a few minutes after the alarm, two other men are out of the fort and at their sides. They too see the UFO, which is now heading out to sea. It leaves a luminous trail as it shoots away across the Atlantic. The two sentries are taken to a hospital in Rio de Janeiro. They suffer second and third-degree burns on large areas of their body, chiefly in areas covered by clothing. Afterwards, Brazilian Army and USAF personnel, along with investigators of the Brazilian Air Force, fly to the fort to interview them. There is some reason to think that Olavo T. Fontes made this case up, as no first- hand witnesses to the event have come forward.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: NICAP, “Fort Itaipu Incident”; Wikipedia, “Caso do Forte de Itaipu”; Olavo T. Fontes, “Top Secret Report Unveiled,” APRO Bulletin, September 1959, pp. 6–7; Jules Lemaître, “A Strange Story from Brazil,” Flying Saucer Review 6, no. 1 (Jan./Feb. 1960): 9–11; Schopick, pp. 135–140; Kevin D. Randle, “Fort Itaipu and Footnotes,” A Different Perspective, October 12, 2014; Kevin D. Randle, “Fort Itaipu and Olavo Fontes Revisited,” A Different Perspective, June 15, 2016; Clark 537
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_3043

Event 19543 (EB6711C6)

Date: 11/4/1957
Location: Elmwood Park, Illinois
Description: 3:12 a.m. At Elmwood Park, Illinois, three policemen (Clifford Shaw, Joseph Lukasek, and Dan Diglovanni) see a bright cigar-shaped object in the sky. The headlights and spotlight on the squad car dim. The car chases the UFO for a mile and a half, which dips and rises before speeding off. Fireman Bob Volz also sees a reddish-orange UFO about the same time.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: NICAP, “Bright Cylinder Chased by Police, E-M Effects”; Aimé Michel, Straight-Line, p. 239; Keyhoe, FSTS, p. 117; Schopick, pp. 90–91; Loren E. Gross, The Fifth Horseman of the Apocalypse: UFOs, a History: 1957 November 3rd–5th, The Author, 1997, pp. 22–27; Sparks, p. 255
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_3044

Event 19544 (957C018F)

Date: 11/4/1957
Locations: Holloman AFB, New Mexico; Orogrande, New Mexico; Sacramento Mountains
Description: 1:10 p.m. James W. Stokes, electronics technician at Holloman AFB, New Mexico, is driving on US 54 about 8 miles south of Orogrande, New Mexico. The car radio fades, and the car slows as if the battery is failing. Stokes notices 6–12 cars ahead of him have also stopped and drivers are out looking at the sky (looking behind him to the northeast), including a Mr. Duncan and Allan D. Baker. Stokes stops and gets out, sees a pearl-white oval or egg-shaped object about 500 feet wide with a slight purplish tinge heading south at an estimated speed of 1,500–2,000 mph. It is below the elevation angle of the Sacramento Mountains ridgeline, descending from about 5,000 feet above ground level in a shallow dive to about 1,500–2,500 feet altitude as it swerves to pass to the south of Stokes and the other stopped cars. At its closest it is about 2–5 miles away. It then circles around headed west and disappears. The same or another object appears in the northeast (as if the object has completely circled) and performs the same rounded course but passing farther to the south of the parked cars and disappears in the west. Duncan takes a 35mm film of the object. Stokes notices a wave of heat from the object at closest approach. Later that evening he is sunburned, but it clears up the next day. The Air Force calls it a hoax based on the Levelland sightings.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: NICAP, “Stokes Incident”; “The New Mexico Story,” APRO Bulletin, November 1957, pp. 1–2; L. J. Lorenzen, “The Stokes Case,” APRO Bulletin, January 1958, pp. 2, 6; UFOEv, p. 169; Schopick, pp. 39–42; Sparks, p. 255; Swords 256–259; Randle, Levelland, 2021, pp. 32–42, 228
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_3045

Event 19545 (428CF22A)

Date: 11/4/1957
Locations: Texas state border; El Paso Airport; Texas; Franklin Mountains
Description: 7:30 p.m. A Texas state border inspector is driving 3 miles southeast of El Paso Airport in Texas when his car engine stalls and the headlights go dim then out. He gets out and notices an object approaching that is making a whirring sound like an artillery shell. It passes above his car at about 150 feet, heading west and changing altitude occasionally. When it gets to the Franklin Mountains, it lifts into the air vertically.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: NICAP, “Egg-Shaped Object Stalls Car”; Hynek UFO Report, p. 181
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_3046

Event 19546 (DB3D50CA)

Date: 11/4/1957
Locations: Kodiak, Alaska; Mission Road
Description: 10:00 p.m. Jan Boucher, a policeman in Kodiak, Alaska, sees a red ball of fire with a greenish-yellow trail as he is patrolling on Mission Road. It apparently moves 50 feet above a nearby school. He tries to radio in a report but his radio gets interference for 2 minutes after the sighting.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Anchorage (Alaska) Daily News, November 7, 1957; Schopick, pp. 89–90
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_3047

Event 19547 (39C8D740)

Date: 11/4/1957
Locations: Kirtland AFB in Albuquerque, New Mexico; Manzano Nuclear Weapons Storage Area; Albuquerque Low Frequency Range Station
Description: 10:45 p.m. CAA air traffic controllers R. M. Kaser and E. G. Brink see a highly maneuverable 15–20-foot egg-shaped object with a white light at its base circle over one end of Kirtland AFB in Albuquerque, New Mexico, at 150–200 mph. It comes down in a steep 30° dive as if landing on Runway 26 to the north of the tower at about 1,500 feet. Radar tracks part of this maneuver. The object then crosses the flight line, runways, and taxiways heading towards the tower at about 50 mph and 20–30 feet above ground, observed through 7x binoculars until it reaches about 3,000 feet near the northeast corner of the flood-lit restricted Manzano Nuclear Weapons Storage Area and a B-58 bomber service site. It hovers for 20–60 seconds, then heads east again at about 200–300 feet altitude. Suddenly it shoots up in a steep climb. Controllers contact Radar Approach Control, which tracks the object on CPN-18 radar traveling east, then turning south, circling the Albuquerque Low Frequency Range Station. It then heads north, disappearing at 10 miles and reappearing 20 minutes later to follow 1/2 mile behind a USAF C-46 that has just taken off to the south. It continues for 14 miles until both go off the scope. A hovering radar target then appears to the north over an outer marker for 90 seconds before fading.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Wikipedia, “Kirtland AFB UFO sighting”; NICAP, “Kirtland UFO Incident / Radar Case”; Sparks, p. 256; J. Allen Hynek, The UFO Experience, Ballantine ed., 1974, pp. 87–90; Condon, pp. 141–143; James E. McDonald, “The Kirtland Airfield UFO,” Flying Saucer Review 16, no. 5 (Sept./Oct. 1970): 6–8; Swords 259–260
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_3048

Event 19548 (7A227232)

Date: 11/4/1957
Location: Orogrande, New Mexico
Description: Many car motors stopped and headlights went out when a “Luminous Egg-shaped UFO" hovered above the highway. Rocket Engineer James Stokes received a burn on his face from the object that gave off a heat wave and created electrical interference with the so-called “hallucinated machines" on the ground.
Type: ufo sighting
Reference: The Flying Saucers are Hostile!, by George D. Fawcett 1961
Source: HostileFawcett, ID: HostileFawcett_59

Event 19549 (15BF8EAB)

Date: 11/4/1957
Location: Itaipu, Santos, Brazil
Description: Brazilian Fortress, Itaipu, near Santos, Brazil— This incident tells of a luminous orange UFO with a humming sound and a wave of heat that overcame two sentinels on duty, rendering them unconscious and burning them in various places on the body. The UFO caused lights all over the fortress to go out. Turrets, heavy cannons, and elevator electric systems also went out. Intercommunications were disrupted and alarms on electric clocks began to ring without reason.
Type: ufo sighting
Reference: The Flying Saucers are Hostile!, by George D. Fawcett 1961
Source: HostileFawcett, ID: HostileFawcett_60

Event 19550 (038DE37D)

Date: 11/4/1957
Location: Ararangua, Santa Catarina, Brazil
Description: Captain De Beyssac of VARIG Airlines reported as he closed in on a large hovering red UFO, that his ADF, his right generator, and his transmitter receiver all burned out at the same time.
Type: ufo sighting
Reference: The Flying Saucers are Hostile!, by George D. Fawcett 1961
Source: HostileFawcett, ID: HostileFawcett_61

Event 19551 (84685049)

Date: 11/5/1957
Location: Kearney, NE
Description: Reinhold Schmidt, Kearney, Nebr., goes aboard saucer, talks to spacepeople
Type: ce4 event
Reference: Keziah Poster
Source: Maj2, ID: Maj2_156

Event 19552 (42F2A907)

Date: 11/5/1957
Location: Loveland, TX
Description: A single investigator from Project Blue Book headquarters arrived at Loveland, TX. He interviewed only two persons who had stalled cars and reported that all the UFO activity in Texas between Nov. 2–4 was the result of a “rather heavy electrical storm…All witnesses saw the same streak of lightning…which stimulated the populace into a high level of excitement….and resulted in an inflation of stories by some witnesses.”
Type: investigation
Reference: Pea Research
Source: Maj2, ID: Maj2_577

Event 19553 (AB62D488)

Date: 11/5/1957
Location: Gulf of Mexico
Description: Radar-visual by Coast Guard of high-speed UFO; stops in midair.
Type: ufo sighting
Reference: UFOs and the National Security State: Chronology of a Cover-up, 1941–1973, by Richard Dolan
Source: Dolan, ID: Dolan_223

Event 19554 (C5A9963A)

Date: 11/5/1957
Location: FUNCHAL, MADEIRA ISLANDS
Description: Luminous ovoid flies over city. Fast. Reflects various colors.
Type: sighting
Reference: LOURENCO, Victor: The PORTUCAT CATALOG; (BBS Download). (Index 39)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_5629

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: “Atlantic Ocean + islands”, Credibility: “7”, Duration: “1”, HatchDesc: “FUNCHAL,MADEIRA Isls:LUM.OVOID FLIES OVR CITY:FAST:REFLECTS VARIOUS COLORS”, LatLong: “32.633335 -16.866667”, LatLongDMS: “32:38:00 N 16:52:00 W”, Locale: “Islands”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “MDR”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 19555 (874535ED)

Date: 11/5/1957 (approximate)
Location: DECATUR, MI
Description: News-editor and police chief and cops and hundreds. Strange UFO. Type unknown. Useless.
Type: sighting
Reference: KEHOE, Maj Donald: FLYING SAUCERS TOP SECRET; NICAP and G.P. Putnam’s Sons, NY 1960 HB. (Index 122)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_5630

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, FBL: Fireball: Blazing undistinguished form/orb., NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), OGA: Non-Covert Government Agencies

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “12”, Duration: “5”, Elev: “238”, HatchDesc: “DECATUR,MI:NEWS-EDITOR+POLICE CHIEF+COPS+100s:STRANGE UFO:TYPE UNK:useless.”, LatLong: “42.105558 -85.972226”, LatLongDMS: “42:06:20 N 85:58:20 W”, Locale: “Town & City”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Michigan”, Strangeness: “3”

Event 19556 (572FA04B)

Date: 11/5/1957
Location: DURANGO, CO
Description: 2 observer(s). Silver moon passes fast. Flipped over = ovoid. / r141#16p8.
Type: sighting
Reference: LORENZEN, Coral: FLYING SAUCERS, the Starting Evidence; Signet Books, NY 1962 & 1966. 278pp. Originally “The Great F. S. Hoax”. (Index 99)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_5631

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), BBK: Project BLUEBOOK

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “7”, Duration: “1”, Elev: “1988”, HatchDesc: “DURANGO,CO:2 OBS:SLVR MOON PASSES FAST:FLIPPED OVR = OVOID:/r141#16p8”, LatLong: “37.266668 -107.883338”, LatLongDMS: “37:16:00 N 107:53:00 W”, Locale: “Town & City”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Colorado”, Strangeness: “5”

Event 19557 (6F738127)

Date: 11/5/1957
Location: BEAUMONT, TX
Description: Police Captain and 5 cops and reporter. Large night light maneuvers. Type unknown. / APRO Nov’57.
Type: sighting
Reference: KEHOE, Maj Donald: FLYING SAUCERS TOP SECRET; NICAP and G.P. Putnam’s Sons, NY 1960 HB. (Index 122)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_5632

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), OGA: Non-Covert Government Agencies

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “10”, Duration: “5”, Elev: “6”, HatchDesc: “BEAUMONT,TX:POLICE Capt+5 COPS+REPORTER:LRG NLT MNVRS:TYPE UNK:/APRO Nov’57”, LatLong: “30.066668 -94.100004”, LatLongDMS: “30:04:00 N 94:06:00 W”, Locale: “Town & City”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Texas”, Strangeness: “5”

Event 19558 (6703AAD5)

Date: 11/5/1957
Time: 02:30
Location: NEAR DIXON, CA
Description: Trucker. Meteor going down [to] fast. Slows. Hovers and pulsates in place. No further details.
Type: sighting
Reference: HALL, Richard: The UFO EVIDENCE; NICAP,Washington, DC 1964. Reprinted 1997 Barnes & Noble Books ( only $7.98! ) (Index 165)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_5633

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, NLT: Nightlights/points of light, FBL: Fireball: Blazing undistinguished form/orb., NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s)

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “6”, Duration: “2”, Elev: “18”, HatchDesc: “nr DIXON,CA:TRUCKER:METEOR ↓ FAST:SLOWS:HVRS+PULSATES IN PLACE:NFD”, LatLong: “38.444446 -121.822228”, LatLongDMS: “38:26:40 N 121:49:20 W”, Locale: “Pasture”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “California”, Strangeness: “5”

Event 19559 (7960B532)

Date: 11/5/1957
Time: 04:30
Location: NORTH BRONX, NY
Description: 2 observer(s). Domed saucer spins / park. Portholes. Hovers / tree-height. / r242+/ r141#6.
Type: sighting
Reference: MICHEL, Aime: FLYING SAUCERS & the STRAIGHT LINE THEORY HB (hard to find) (Index 241)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_5634

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

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “7”, Duration: “2”, Elev: “40”, HatchDesc: “N.BRONX,NY:2 OBS:DOMED SCR SPINS/PARK:PORTHOLES:HVRS/TREE-HEIGHT:/r242+/r141#6”, LatLong: “40.866669 -73.883337”, LatLongDMS: “40:52:00 N 73:53:00 W”, Locale: “Metropolis”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, RelAlt: “10”, State/Prov: “New York”, Strangeness: “8”

Event 19560 (0BAB1160)

Date: 11/5/1957
Time: 04:30
Location: GALESBURG, IL
Description: Dog barks. Fiery orange ovoid hovers. Then going quickly northwest. / Paxton Record 6 Nov. '57.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO’s a HISTORY-1957 (19 booklets) Self published. (Index 650)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_5635

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), ANI: Animals affected or injuries/marks

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “6”, Duration: “1”, Elev: “236”, HatchDesc: “GALESBURG,IL:DOG BARKS:FIERY ORG.OVOID HVRS:THEN >>NW:/Paxton Record 6NOV57”, LatLong: “40.950002 -90.383338”, LatLongDMS: “40:57:00 N 90:23:00 W”, Locale: “Farmlands”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Illinois”, Strangeness: “5”

Event 19561 (324CBB41)

Date: 11/5/1957
Time: 05:10
Location: GULF / MEXICO
Description: CG cutter Sebago. RADAR-visual (observation). Several blips. 1 going north 3300mph. / Flying Saucer Review (FSR) v4#1+/ MJ#235.
Type: sighting
Reference: HALL, Richard: The UFO EVIDENCE; NICAP,Washington, DC 1964. Reprinted 1997 Barnes & Noble Books ( only $7.98! ) (Index 86)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_5636

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, SEA: Observer(s) at sea, MIL: Observer(s) military, HQO: High-quality observer(s), MID: Likely mis-identification, NLT: Nightlights/points of light, FBL: Fireball: Blazing undistinguished form/orb., NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), RDR: Radar traces/blips, MIL: Military investigation, BBK: Project BLUEBOOK, GSA: Covert Security Agency

Extra Data: Country: “Caribbean area”, Credibility: “10”, Duration: “27”, Elev: “0”, HatchDesc: “GULF/MEXICO:CG CUTTER SEBAGO:RDR-VIS:SVRL BLIPS:1>N 3300mph:/FSR v4#1+/MJ#235”, LatLong: “28.000001 -90.500004”, LatLongDMS: “28:00:00 N 90:30:00 W”, Locale: “Offshore”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “GMX”, Strangeness: “5”

Event 19562 (82795ABD)

Date: 11/5/1957
Time: 05:20
Location: KEESLER AIR FORCE BASE, MS
Description: Airman. Ovoid going north. Rapidly speeds up into clouds. No further details / r141#6.
Type: sighting
Reference: HALL, Richard: The UFO EVIDENCE; NICAP,Washington, DC 1964. Reprinted 1997 Barnes & Noble Books ( only $7.98! ) (Index 165)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_5637

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

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “6”, Duration: “1”, Elev: “11”, HatchDesc: “KEESLER AFB,MS:AIRMAN:OVOID >N:RAPIDLY SPEEDS UP INTO CLOUDS:NFD/r141#6”, LatLong: “30.405557 -88.922226”, LatLongDMS: “30:24:20 N 88:55:20 W”, Locale: “Town & City”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Mississippi”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 19563 (A2266651)

Date: 11/5/1957
Time: 05:40
Location: NEAR SANTA MONICA, CA
Description: 4 cars stalled. Saucer / beach. Small humanoids (or Greys) ask many dumb questions / telepathy.
Type: sighting
Reference: RODEGHIER, Mark/CUFOS: UFO REPORTS INVOLVING VEHICLE INTERFERENCE; CUFOS 1979. Available as CUFOS UFO Archive #1 CD-ROM. http://www.cufos.org/Pubform.pdf (Index 11)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_5638

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CST: Observer(s) in coastal area/just offshore, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, HQO: High-quality observer(s), TLP: Telepathy, SCR: Classic saucer/disk/sphere shaped UFO, OID: Humanoid: Small alien or “Grey”, CVS: Conversation/communication, VEH: Vehicle affected: Marks/damage/EME effects, LND: UFO landing or any part touches ground, EME: Electro-Magnetic Effects

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “8”, Duration: “15”, Elev: “5”, HatchDesc: “nr SANTA MONICA,CA:4 CARS STALLED:SCR/BEACH:OIDS ASK MANY DUMB QUESTIONS/TLP”, LatLong: “34.016668 -118.466672”, LatLongDMS: “34:01:00 N 118:28:00 W”, Locale: “Pasture”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “California”, Strangeness: “10”

Event 19564 (888983EA)

Date: 11/5/1957
Time: 06:30
Location: HOUSTON, TX
Description: Several observer(s). Bright planet object zigzags. Cars electro-magnetic effect (EME). Roars. Going quickly southeast. / r242p165.
Type: sighting
Reference: KEHOE, Maj Donald: FLYING SAUCERS TOP SECRET; NICAP and G.P. Putnam’s Sons, NY 1960 HB. (Index 122)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_5639

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), VEH: Vehicle affected: Marks/damage/EME effects, EME: Electro-Magnetic Effects, SND: UFO sounds heard or recorded

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “8”, Duration: “35”, Elev: “15”, HatchDesc: “HOUSTON,TX:SVRL OBS:BRITE PLANET OBJ ZIGZAGS:CARS EME:ROARS:>>SE:/r242p165”, LatLong: “29.733335 -95.366671”, LatLongDMS: “29:44:00 N 95:22:00 W”, Locale: “Metropolis”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, RelAlt: “9999”, State/Prov: “Texas”, Strangeness: “7”

Event 19565 (12E37D0C)

Date: 11/5/1957
Time: 11:50
Location: EAST ST. LOUIS, IL
Description: 3 railroad/railway men. 2 silvery ovoids going quickly [to] overhead / high speed. No further details. / r78p179.
Type: sighting
Reference: RIDGE, Francis: REGIONAL ENCOUNTERS in the FC Files. 170pp. UFO FILTER CENTER, Mt. Vernon, IN 1994 (Index 165)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_5640

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: “123”, HatchDesc: “E.ST.LOUIS,IL:3 RR MEN:2 SILVERY OVOIDS >>OVHD/HIGH SPEED:NFD:/r78p179”, LatLong: “38.616669 -90.133338”, LatLongDMS: “38:37:00 N 90:08:00 W”, Locale: “Pasture”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Illinois”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 19566 (47F06F44)

Date: 11/5/1957
Time: 15:30
Location: SOUTH / LONG BEACH, CA
Description: Air Traffic Controllers and weathermen and more/others. 6 saucers play / storm. / MJ#235+/ r141#6+APRO 5’58.
Type: sighting
Reference: UFO INVESTIGATOR: NICAP: Kensington, MD & Washington, DC [defunct]. University Microfilms, Ann Arbor, MI 48106 (Index 15)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_5641

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, MIL: Military investigation, BBK: Project BLUEBOOK

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “11”, Duration: “3”, Elev: “0”, HatchDesc: “S/LONG BEACH,CA:ATCs+WEATHERMEN++:6 SCRS PLAY/STORM:/MJ#235+/r141#6+APRO 5’58”, LatLong: “33.616668 -118.200006”, LatLongDMS: “33:37:00 N 118:12:00 W”, Locale: “Offshore”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “California”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 19567 (810521E7)

Date: 11/5/1957
Time: 16:20
Location: SOUTHEAST / ALAMOGORDO, NM
Description: 2 separate observer(s). Orange cylinder/cigar-shape over Holloman Air Force Base and orange night light going north going quickly east.
Type: sighting
Reference: LORENZEN, Coral: FLYING SAUCERS, the Starting Evidence; Signet Books, NY 1962 & 1966. 278pp. Originally “The Great F. S. Hoax”. (Index 98)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_5642

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, CIG: Torpedo/cigar/cylinder shaped UFO, NLT: Nightlights/points of light, 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

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “7”, Duration: “8”, Elev: “1248”, HatchDesc: “SE/ALAMOGORDO,NM:2 SEP.OBS:ORANGE CGR OVR HOLLOMAN AFB+ORG NLT GOING N>>E”, LatLong: “32.833335 -105.916672”, LatLongDMS: “32:50:00 N 105:55:00 W”, Locale: “Residential”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “New Mexico”, Strangeness: “8”

Event 19568 (570D76FE)

Date: 11/5/1957
Time: 16:30
Location: HAVERHILL, MASS
Description: Ground Observer Corps (GOC) observers. Disk vibrates going up [to] & going down [to] and side-to-side. No further details. / r78p179.
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_5643

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, MIL: Observer(s) military, HQO: High-quality observer(s), SCR: Classic saucer/disk/sphere shaped UFO, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), OBS: Observation/chasing vehicles, TCH: New technical details/clues

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “8”, Duration: “2”, Elev: “8”, HatchDesc: “HAVERHILL,MASS:GOC OBSs:DISK VIBRATES ↑&↓ AND SIDE-TO-SIDE:NFD:/r78p179”, LatLong: “42.777780 -71.077781”, LatLongDMS: “42:46:40 N 71:04:40 W”, Locale: “Residential”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Massachusetts”, Strangeness: “7”

Event 19569 (D6BCC2C3)

Date: 11/5/1957
Time: 16:30
Location: OFF CLEARWATER, FL
Description: 20+observer(s). Brill cylinder/cigar-shape hovers / high altitude. USAF jets show (too low.)
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO’s a HISTORY-1957 (19 booklets) Self published. (Index 819)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_5644

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

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “10”, Duration: “8”, Elev: “0”, HatchDesc: “off CLEARWATER,FL:20+OBS:BRILL CGR HVRS/HIGH ALT:USAF JETS SHOW (too low)”, LatLong: “28.083335 -82.916671”, LatLongDMS: “28:05:00 N 82:55:00 W”, Locale: “Offshore”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Florida”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 19570 (0A419059)

Date: 11/5/1957
Time: 18:10
Location: SAVANNAH R., SC
Description: Red glowing-ball hovers over Atomic Energy Commission (AEC) plant. RADAR. Possible scramble. / r43p029.
Type: sighting
Reference: UFO INVESTIGATOR: NICAP: Kensington, MD & Washington, DC [defunct]. University Microfilms, Ann Arbor, MI 48106 (Index 15)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_5645

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), OBS: Observation/chasing vehicles, NUC: Nuclear facility related, BLD: Building/man-made structure/roads/power lines, RDR: Radar traces/blips, MIL: Military investigation

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “7”, Duration: “5”, Elev: “30”, HatchDesc: “SAVANNAH R.,SC:RED GLO-BALL HVRS ovr AEC PLANT::RDR:poss.scramble:/r43p029”, LatLong: “33.300002 -81.733337”, LatLongDMS: “33:18:00 N 81:44:00 W”, Locale: “Town & City”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Georgia”, Strangeness: “5”

Event 19571 (975A65A8)

Date: 11/5/1957
Time: 18:10
Location: NORTH / WABASH, IN
Description: White luminous object 500’ / farm. Going quickly southwest. Reappears 15 minute(s) later. Hums and turns. P244.
Type: sighting
Reference: MICHEL, Aime: FLYING SAUCERS & the STRAIGHT LINE THEORY HB (hard to find) (Index 244)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_5646

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

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “6”, Duration: “20”, Elev: “241”, HatchDesc: “N/WABASH,IN:WHT LUM OBJ 500’/FARM:>>SW:REAPPEARS 15min LATER:HUMS+TURNS:p244”, LatLong: “40.900002 -85.816671”, LatLongDMS: “40:54:00 N 85:49:00 W”, Locale: “Farmlands”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, RelAlt: “150”, State/Prov: “Indiana”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 19572 (EA2957BC)

Date: 11/5/1957
Time: 18:20
Location: DAUPHIN, MBA
Description: 20 observer(s) / wide area. Silver-orange saucer-ovoid variously described. No further details.
Type: sighting
Reference: HALL, Richard: The UFO EVIDENCE; NICAP,Washington, DC 1964. Reprinted 1997 Barnes & Noble Books ( only $7.98! ) (Index 165)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_5647

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)

Extra Data: Country: “Canada”, Credibility: “10”, Duration: “10”, Elev: “284”, HatchDesc: “DAUPHIN,MBa:20 OBS/WIDE AREA:SLVR-ORG SCR-OVOID VARIOUSLY DESCRIBED:NFD”, LatLong: “51.150002 -100.000005”, LatLongDMS: “51:09:00 N 100:00:00 W”, Locale: “Farmlands”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Manitoba”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 19573 (5B54E241)

Date: 11/5/1957
Time: 18:30
Location: MCMINNVILLE, OR
Description: Orange glow egg-shape hovers / chicken farm. Lights ground. Away fast.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO’s a HISTORY-1957 (19 booklets) Self published. (Index 674)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_5648

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: “30”, Elev: “49”, HatchDesc: “McMINNVILLE,OR:ORG.GLOW EGG-SHAPE HVRS/CHICKEN FARM:LITES GROUND:AWAY FAST”, LatLong: “45.233335 -123.183339”, LatLongDMS: “45:14:00 N 123:11:00 W”, Locale: “Farmlands”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Oregon”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 19574 (060E8AC6)

Date: 11/5/1957
Time: 18:30
Location: RED BANK, TN
Description: Glowing pulsing object hovers by clouds. Finally rises until gone. No further details.
Type: sighting
Reference: HALL, Richard: The UFO EVIDENCE; NICAP,Washington, DC 1964. Reprinted 1997 Barnes & Noble Books ( only $7.98! ) (Index 165)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_5649

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)

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “7”, Duration: “10”, Elev: “220”, HatchDesc: “RED BANK,TN:GLOWING PULSING OBJ HVRS by CLOUDS:FINALLY RISES UNTIL GONE:NFD”, LatLong: “35.100002 -85.283337”, LatLongDMS: “35:06:00 N 85:17:00 W”, Locale: “Town & City”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Tennessee”, Strangeness: “5”

Event 19575 (18316F04)

Date: 11/5/1957
Time: 18:40
Location: WINNIPEG, MBA
Description: Shiny silver object hovers. Shifts left and right. Going quickly southwest as RCAF planes near.
Type: sighting
Reference: HALL, Richard: The UFO EVIDENCE; NICAP,Washington, DC 1964. Reprinted 1997 Barnes & Noble Books ( only $7.98! ) (Index 165)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_5650

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

Extra Data: Country: “Canada”, Credibility: “8”, Duration: “3”, Elev: “230”, HatchDesc: "WINNIPEG,MBa:SHINY SLVR OBJ HVRS:SHIFTS LEFT+RIGHT:>>SW AS RC

[c0mmando]

AF PLANES NEAR", LatLong: “49.883336 -97.166671”, LatLongDMS: “49:53:00 N 97:10:00 W”, Locale: “Metropolis”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “MTB”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 19576 (84F295E9)

Date: 11/5/1957
Time: 19:00
Location: STORNOWAY, SCOTLAND
Description: Coast guards and more/others. Oval fireball going [to] over Hebrides islands / 17 minute(s). Large flames.
Type: sighting
Reference: FLYING SAUCER REVIEW (FSR), London. Bimonthly. PO Box 162; High Wycombe, Bucks. HP135 DZ, England. (Index 49)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_5651

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

Extra Data: Country: “Great Britain and Ireland”, Credibility: “9”, Duration: “17”, Elev: “1”, HatchDesc: “STORNOWAY,SCOTL:COAST GUARDS++:OVAL FBL >OVR HEBRIDES ISLS/17min:LRG FLAMES”, LatLong: “58.211114 -6.400000”, LatLongDMS: “58:12:40 N 06:24:00 W”, Locale: “Islands”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Scotland”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 19577 (06826135)

Date: 11/5/1957
Time: ~19:00
Location: HEDLEY, TX
Description: Pulsating blue-green object near ground. Shape unknown. TV reception affected. No further details.
Type: sighting
Reference: HALL, Richard: The UFO EVIDENCE; NICAP,Washington, DC 1964. Reprinted 1997 Barnes & Noble Books ( only $7.98! ) (Index 165)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_5652

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), LND: UFO landing or any part touches ground, EME: Electro-Magnetic Effects

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “6”, Duration: “2”, Elev: “801”, HatchDesc: “HEDLEY,TX:PULSATING BLU-GRN OBJ nr GND:SHAPE UNK:TV RECEPTION AFFECTED:NFD”, LatLong: “34.866668 -100.661116”, LatLongDMS: “34:52:00 N 100:39:40 W”, Locale: “Residential”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, RelAlt: “2”, State/Prov: “Texas”, Strangeness: “7”

Event 19578 (E3BA9CEC)

Date: 11/5/1957
Time: ~19:00
Location: ANTIOCH, IL
Description: 2 / car. Luminous/glowing saucer follows car. Bobs going up and down. Swish noise. TV Radio Frequency Interference (RFI) / Ringwood. / r141.
Type: sighting
Reference: HALL, Richard: The UFO EVIDENCE; NICAP,Washington, DC 1964. Reprinted 1997 Barnes & Noble Books ( only $7.98! ) (Index 165)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_5653

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, WAV: Wave/cluster/flap, SCR: Classic saucer/disk/sphere shaped UFO, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), OBS: Observation/chasing vehicles, VEH: Vehicle affected: Marks/damage/EME effects, SND: UFO sounds heard or recorded

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “6”, Duration: “5”, Elev: “235”, HatchDesc: “ANTIOCH,IL:2/CAR:LUMn SCR FOLOS CAR:BOBS ↑+↓:SWISH NOISE:TV RFI/RINGWOOD:/r141”, LatLong: “42.477780 -88.100004”, LatLongDMS: “42:28:40 N 88:06:00 W”, Locale: “Residential”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Illinois”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 19579 (4DA69AD2)

Date: 11/5/1957
Time: 19:30
Location: OTTAWA, ONT
Description: Physics professor Jacques Hebert. Rocket-shaped device goes overhead.
Type: sighting
Reference: KEHOE, Maj Donald: FLYING SAUCERS TOP SECRET; NICAP and G.P. Putnam’s Sons, NY 1960 HB. (Index 122)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_5654

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, HQO: High-quality observer(s), SCI: Scientist involvement, NWS: News media report, WAV: Wave/cluster/flap, CIG: Torpedo/cigar/cylinder shaped UFO, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s)

Extra Data: Country: “Canada”, Credibility: “7”, Duration: “1”, Elev: “115”, HatchDesc: “OTTAWA,ONT:PHYSICS PROFESSOR JACQUES HEBERT:ROCKET-SHAPED DEVICE GOES OVERHEAD”, LatLong: “45.383335 -75.700004”, LatLongDMS: “45:23:00 N 75:42:00 W”, Locale: “Metropolis”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Ontario”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 19580 (EF66BE48)

Date: 11/5/1957
Time: 19:40
Location: BILTHOVEN, NETHL
Description: Odd torpedo-shaped object stops over town. Going east. No further details. / Disc Digest.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO’s a HISTORY-1957 (19 booklets) Self published. (Index 683)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_5655

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: “Belgium, Netherlandsand Luxembourg”, Credibility: “6”, Duration: “2”, HatchDesc: “BILTHOVEN,NETHL:ODD TORPEDO-SHAPED OBJ STOPS OVR TOWN:>E:NFD:/Disc Digest”, LatLong: “52.133336 5.200000”, LatLongDMS: “52:08:00 N 05:12:00 E”, Locale: “Town & City”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Netherlands”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 19581 (5325F007)

Date: 11/5/1957
Time: 19:50
Location: SOUTHWEST / ALBUQUERQUE, NM
Description: 1 / moving-van. Night light alternates bright and dim. Possible landing. / r111p99+.
Type: sighting
Reference: The APRO BULLETIN: Monthly. Jim & Coral Lorenzen: Tucson,AZ (USA. defunct) By volume and number. (Index 695)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_5656

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, NLT: Nightlights/points of light, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), LND: UFO landing or any part touches ground

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “6”, Duration: “3”, Elev: “1600”, HatchDesc: “SW/ALBUQUERQUE,NM:1/MOVING-VAN:NLT ALTERNATES BRITE+DIM:POSS LANDING:/r111p99+”, LatLong: “35.050002 -106.683338”, LatLongDMS: “35:03:00 N 106:41:00 W”, Locale: “Residential”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “New Mexico”, Strangeness: “4”

Event 19582 (2A27907D)

Date: 11/5/1957
Time: 21:00?
Location: JOHANNESBURG, RSA AND WIDE AREA
Description: Cylinders hover / 2 hours. Maneuver against wind. / FSRv4#1+/ r141#7p49.
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_5657

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: “8”, Duration: “120”, HatchDesc: “JOHANNESBURG,RSA+WIDE AREA:CYLs HVR/2hrs:MNVR AGAINST WIND:/FSRv4#1+/r141#7p49”, LatLong: “-26.116668 27.883335”, LatLongDMS: “26:07:00 S 27:53:00 E”, Locale: “Metropolis”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “TRV”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 19583 (AB96EDAA)

Date: 11/5/1957
Time: 21:30
Location: SAN ANTONIO, TX
Description: Car radio and lights electro-magnetic effect (EME). 18M saucer / field. Going up [to] and going southeast. Heat felt. / r79p11+/ r141.
Type: sighting
Reference: HALL, Richard: The UFO EVIDENCE; NICAP,Washington, DC 1964. Reprinted 1997 Barnes & Noble Books ( only $7.98! ) (Index 165)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_5658

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), VEH: Vehicle affected: Marks/damage/EME effects, LND: UFO landing or any part touches ground, EME: Electro-Magnetic Effects

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “6”, Duration: “2”, Elev: “165”, HatchDesc: “SAN ANTONIO,TX:CAR RADIO+LITES EME:18M SCR/FIELD:↑+>SE:HEAT FELT:/r79p11+/r141”, LatLong: “29.450001 -98.500005”, LatLongDMS: “29:27:00 N 98:30:00 W”, Locale: “Metropolis”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, RelAlt: “1”, State/Prov: “Texas”, Strangeness: “7”

Event 19584 (CB237A30)

Date: 11/5/1957
Time: 22:00?
Location: DUNNOTAR, RSA
Description: Hundreds / observer(s). Huge cylinder/cylindrical object hovers. Hides / clouds when hit / spotlights. / Flying Saucer Review (FSR) v4#1.
Type: sighting
Reference: HALL, Richard: The UFO EVIDENCE; NICAP,Washington, DC 1964. Reprinted 1997 Barnes & Noble Books ( only $7.98! ) (Index 165)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_5659

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), CMF: Camouflage/disguise

Extra Data: Country: “Republic of South Africa”, Credibility: “12”, Duration: “60”, HatchDesc: “DUNNOTAR,RSA:100s/OBS:HUGE CYL.HVRS:HIDES/CLOUDS WHEN HIT/SPOTLITES:/FSR v4#1”, LatLong: “-26.355557 28.472224”, LatLongDMS: “26:21:20 S 28:28:20 E”, Locale: “Town & City”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “TRV”, Strangeness: “7”

Event 19585 (4DA47F7B)

Date: 11/5/1957
Time: 22:10
Location: NEW CASTLE, IN
Description: Big silent platter hovers over 3 / car. Beams going down. Night lights follow. / r49p245.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO’s a HISTORY-1957 (19 booklets) Self published. (Index 690)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_5660

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

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “7”, Duration: “3”, Elev: “331”, HatchDesc: “NEW CASTLE,IN:BIG SLNT PLATTER HVRS ovr 3/CAR:BEAMS ↓:NLTS FOLO:/r49p245”, LatLong: “39.927780 -85.372226”, LatLongDMS: “39:55:40 N 85:22:20 W”, Locale: “Farmlands”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Indiana”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 19586 (51BD9AB4)

Date: 11/5/1957
Time: 23:00
Location: US62 38 MI WITH HOBBS, NM
Description: Night light / road. Quickly going up [to] over oil pipeline plant. Car malfunctions due to EME (electro-magnetic effects). More. / r79p12.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO’s a HISTORY-1957 (19 booklets) Self published. (Index 689)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_5661

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, NWS: News media report, WAV: Wave/cluster/flap, 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, EME: Electro-Magnetic Effects, TCH: New technical details/clues

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “7”, Duration: “15”, Elev: “1200”, HatchDesc: “US62 38mi W/HOBBS,NM:NLT/ROAD:↑↑ OVR OIL PIPELINE PLANT:CAR EMES:MORE:/r79p12”, LatLong: “32.561113 -103.683338”, LatLongDMS: “32:33:40 N 103:41:00 W”, Locale: “Oil & Coal”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “New Mexico”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 19587 (19FCD308)

Date: 11/5/1957
Location: Long Beach (Airport), CA
Description: Zibello (McDonald list; FUFOR Index) (NICAP: 01 - Distant Encounters, BB: BBU)
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_2127

Event 19588 (005A6419)

Date: 11/5/1957
Location: Eglin AFB, FL
Description: (McDonald list) AN/FPS-16 Tracks at High Altitude (NICAP: 09 - RADAR Cases, Code: R, Rating: 5, BB: BBU)
Reference: NICAP: 571105
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_2128

Event 19589 (E4DB1622)

Date: 11/5/1957
Location: Selma, AL
Description: 3 USAF pilots at Selma saw a bright object flash from S to N; The CG Cutter Sebago Case (NICAP: 09 - RADAR Cases, Code: R, Rating: 5, BB: BBU)
Reference: NICAP: 571105
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_2129

Event 19590 (02B74891)

Date: 11/5/1957
Location: Scotia, NE
Description: Balloon-like, elongated object coming to ground level, w/o touching down (NICAP: 01 - Distant Encounters, BB: BBU)
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_2130

Event 19591 (E2948436)

Date: 11/5/1957
Location: Ft. Oglethorpe, GA
Description: Brilliant round orange object hovered, revolving; television blacked out (NICAP: 03 - EME Cases)
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_2131

Event 19592 (96FA2500)

Date: 11/5/1957
Location: Gulf of Mexico, At Sea
Description: The Coast Guard Cutter Sebago Case (NICAP: 09 - RADAR Cases, Code: R, Rating: 5)
Reference: NICAP: 571105
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_2132

Event 19593 (E1801E93)

Date: 11/5/1957
Location: Hedley, TX
Description: Farmer saw UFO; neighbor reported TV off at same time (NICAP: 03 - EME Cases)
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_2133

Event 19594 (91DED16A)

Date: 11/5/1957
Location: Hobbs, NM
Description: Speeding car, motor failed, lights went out as UFO swooped over car (NICAP: 03 - EME Cases, NC)
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_2134

Event 19595 (10B6EA62)

Date: 11/5/1957
Location: Philadelphia, PA
Description: Apartment lights dead, electric clock stopped; bright light awakened couple. Milkman reported flaming disc (NICAP: 03 - EME Cases)
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_2135

Event 19596 (3CC5B9E3)

Date: 11/5/1957
Location: Ringwood, IL
Description: UFO followed car returning to town. TV sets in town dimmed, finally lost both picture and sound during same period of time (NICAP: 03 - EME Cases)
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_2136

Event 19597 (D4823D5B)

Date: 11/5/1957
Location: San Antonio (near), TX
Description: Car radio quit, headlights dimmed, engine stopped; UFO seen hovering low over field (NICAP: 03 - EME Cases)
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_2137

Event 19598 (1BC5FB90)

Date: 11/5/1957
Location: Springfield, OH
Description: Car and cab stalled as UFO observed (NICAP: 03 - EME Cases)
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_2138

Event 19599 (44AA9B4A)

Date: 11/5/1957
Location: East St. Louis, IL
Description: Three Alton & Southern Railroad employees saw two silvery, egg-shaped UFOs.(UFOE) (NICAP: 01 - Distant Encounters)
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_2139

Event 19600 (4541FDD7)

Date: 11/5/1957
Location: Haverhill, MA
Description: Ground Observer Corps reported a circular or spherical glowing object which appeared to vibrate up and down and from side to side while hovering. [UFOE, VII] (NICAP: 01 - Distant Encounters)
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_2140

Event 19601 (9A60EA49)

Date: 11/5/1957
Location: New Castle, Indiana
Description: An object looking like “a big meat platter” was seen at close range by Mrs. Jasper Barlow and her two children, who were inside their car. It had a flickering light on the bottom. There was no ignition interference noted.
Type: ufo sighting
Reference: M 245 (Vallee)
Source: ValléeMagonia, ID: Magonia_422

Event 19602 (6A1729AB)

Date: 11/5/1957
Time: 0430
Location: New York City, New York
Description: In Van Cortland Park, Frank C. was talking with a bus driver when they saw in the park, about 400 m away, a metallic object shaped like a disk, spinning with a soft whirring. On top was a fixed dome with portholes. The object was hovering at tree-height. A yellow light from the craft suddenly illuminated the area, and it flew off “like a shooting star.”
Type: ufo sighting
Reference: M 241 (Vallee)
Source: ValléeMagonia, ID: Magonia_423

Event 19603 (68AFB411)

Date: 11/5/1957
Time: 1730
Location: Scotia, Nebraska
Description: A man heard a noise similar to that of a helicopter and perceived a “burning” odor. He saw a balloon-like, elongated object that came to ground level, did not touch the ground, but rose again and disappeared. The witness was “paralyzed” during the observation. The object appeared to have generated thick smoke.
Type: ufo sighting
Reference: Atic (Vallee)
Source: ValléeMagonia, ID: Magonia_424

Event 19604 (09BD34F4)

Date: 11/5/1957
Locations: Gulf of Mexico; Mobile, Alabama
Description: 5:10 a.m. The US Coast Guard Cutter Sebago (WHEC-42), Commander Clarence H. Waring Jr., cruising in the Gulf of Mexico about 200 miles south of Mobile, Alabama, tracks a radar target at a range of 22 miles moving at 650 mph. It disappears at 55 miles range. Three other unusual radar contacts are made in the next 10 minutes. A visual object like a brilliant planet is seen at 5:21 a.m. speeding north to south for five seconds by Ensign Wayne Schotley, Lt. Donald E. Shaffer, 1stClass Quartermaster Kenneth Smith, and radio operator Thomas Kirk. The Air Force ascribes it to confused radar operators who mistake ordinary plane blips for a UFO.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: NICAP, “The Coast Guard Cutter Sebago Case”; Loren E. Gross, The Fifth Horseman of the Apocalypse: UFOs, a History: 1957 November 3rd–5th, The Author, 1997, pp. 50–51; Condon, pp. 165–167; Sparks, p. 256; Swords 260–262
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_3049

Event 19605 (1ADA8D0F)

Date: 11/5/1957
Locations: Kearney, Nebraska; Oakland, California; Tulare County
Description: Late afternoon. Grain buyer Reinhold O. Schmidt is driving through the countryside near Kearney, Nebraska, when he notices a large, cigar-shaped object resting in a field. He is soon escorted inside the spaceship, which turns out to be crewed by completely human-looking space aliens, four males and two females, who apparently speak perfect German and claim to be from the planet Saturn. They also claim to be interested in the recently launched Russian sputniks and the satellite-launching plans of the US. Later Schmidt brings local police to view the landing site, where they find deep imprints and some “mysterious green residue.” Schmidt also claims subsequent visits to the spaceship and many friendly conversations with its learned crew. Schmidt notices they drink MJB brand coffee, and also carry in their cigar-shaped craft an ordinary terrestrial MG sports car, which they use for running errands and buying groceries. (A schematic drawing of the ship’s interior in Schmidt’s later booklet depicts a Volkswagen Beetle.) Unlike most spaceships, the Saturnian ship has large propellers at both ends. Eventually Schmidt gets a ride up to earth orbit and a tour of the mother ship. On October 26, 1961, Schmidt is convicted in Oakland, California, for grand theft after bilking a widow out of $5,000 for a worthless mining venture in Tulare County, where he claims to have seen huge quartz crystals from a spaceship. Judge Donald K. Quayle sentences him to 1–10 years in prison.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Clark III 1038–1039; Swords 262; Curt Collins, “The Trial of a UFO Gold Digger,” The Saucers That Time Forgot, August 27, 2020
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_3050

Event 19606 (98E300B1)

Date: 11/5/1957
Description: The Department of Defense Office of Public Affairs issues a new UFO fact sheet, emphasizing the high percentage of explained cases and the lack of a threat to national security.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: UFOEv, p. 107; Swords 262
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_3051

Event 19607 (1EF80817)

Date: 11/5/1957
Locations: Antioch, Illinois; Ringwood
Description: 6:30 p.m. Larry and Marilynn Beaman are driving near Antioch, Illinois, when they notice a ball of fire fluctuating from white to yellow pacing their car on the right side, about 1,000 feet up. It goes out for a time then switches back on. At its largest, it seems 30 feet in diameter. It follows them all the way to Ringwood and then lands in some trees behind a school building two blocks from where they live. It glitters like a welder’s arc and makes a sound like water swishing. Beaman rounds up some other witnesses and goes back to the landing site, but the object takes off, changes to purple, and moves away to the southwest. TV sets in town dim, finally losing both picture and sound during the same time period.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Schopick, pp. 104–109
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_3052

Event 19608 (6267BEE9)

Date: 11/5/1957
Locations: Woodstock, Illinois; Genoa City; Delavan, Wisconsin
Description: 8:43 p.m. A witness in Woodstock, Illinois, sees a large, red, triangular object with a green light in the front and a yellow light in the rear. It makes a low droning sound and moves west to east. Woodstock police officers and another individual in Genoa City see the same object. At 10:15 p.m., an amber or orange UFO 200 feet long is seen for 5 minutes at Delavan, Wisconsin. Project Blue Book claims it is an aurora or jet aircraft.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Marler 131–132
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_3053

Event 19609 (A50D9A92)

Date: 11/5/1957
Locations: US Highway 81; San Antonio, Texas
Description: 9:30 p.m. Civil service employee Lon Yarborough is driving along US Highway 81 about 1.5 miles southwest of San Antonio, Texas, when he sees an extremely bright object settle down in a ravine about 600 feet from him. The egg-shaped object is approximately 60 foot long and causes the lights and engine of his car to fail. The object rests a few minutes and finally takes off to the northeast.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: San Antonio (Tex.) Light, November 6, 1957; NICAP, “60ʹ Egg-Shaped Object Disables Auto”; Schopick, pp. 44–45
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_3054

Event 19610 (F62FF60D)

Date: 11/5/1957
Locations: US Highway 62; Hobbs, New Mexico; Permian Basin Pipeline plant
Description: 11:00 p.m. Two young men see a red light north of US Highway 62 at a point 38 miles west of Hobbs, New Mexico. They watch for 9–10 minutes, thinking it is an oil flare, but the light suddenly rises straight up. After pacing their car for a few minutes, the light turns toward the car, passes over it, and hovers over the Permian Basin Pipeline plant. As it passes overhead, the car engine sputters, then dies, and the lights go out. After the men coast the car down the road, the motor restarts and they drive away. The battery is found to be dead the following morning and the dashboard clock is stopped.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Schopick, pp. 45–47; Mark Rodeghier, UFO Reports Involving Vehicle Interference, CUFOS, 1981, p. 12
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_3055

Event 19611 (0B69CE48)

Date: 11/5/1957
Description: A brilliant white ovoid object moving at a high rate of speed was sighted by the crew of the U.S. Coast Guard cutter Sebago, 200 nautical miles south of New Orleans in the Gulf of Mexico. Three radar contacts were made with the UFO between 5:10 and 5:20 a.m. It was clocked moving at 1,020 mph. It was seen by four crew members as it moved horizontally through the sky from south to north and disappeared behind some clouds.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: New Orleans Times-Picayune, November 6, 1957; Richard Hall, The UFO Evidence (Volume I), p. 86; Michael David Hall, UFOs: A Century of Sightings, p. 253
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_7469

Event 19612 (D7343D23)

Date: 11/5/1957
Description: New Castle, Indiana. An object looking like “a big meat platter” was seen at close range by Mrs. Jasper Barlow and her two children, who were inside their car. It had a flickering light on the bottom. There was no ignition interference noted.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: Jacques Vallee, Passport to Magonia: A Century of Landings, case 422, citing Alexander Mebane
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_7470

Event 19613 (5C79EC8A)

Date: 11/5/1957
Description: New York, New York. In Van Cortland Park in New York City at 4:30 a.m., Frank C. was talking with a bus driver when they both saw a metallic disc-shaped UFO in the park, about 400 m away. It was spinning and making a soft whirring sound. On top was a fixed dome with portholes. The object was hovering at tree height. A yellow light from the craft suddenly illuminated the area, and it flew off "like a shooting star.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: Jacques Vallee, Passport to Magonia: A Century of Landings, pp. 262-263
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_7471

Event 19614 (FEF07182)

Date: 11/5/1957
Description: Three railroad men watched two silvery ovoid UFOs pass overhead at high speed in East St. Louis, Illinois at 11:45 a.m.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: Richard Hall, The UFO Evidence, p. 165
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_7472

Event 19615 (7B1FA1DE)

Date: 11/5/1957
Description: At 5:30 p.m. a man in Scotia, Nebraska heard a noise similar to that of a helicopter and perceived a “burning” odor. He saw a balloon-like, elongated object that came to ground level, did not touch the ground, but rose again and disappeared. The witness was “paralyzed” during the observation. The object appeared to have generated thick smoke.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: Jacques Vallee, Passport to Magonia: A Century of Landings, p. 263
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_7473

Event 19616 (C5C14582)

Date: 11/5/1957
Description: At 6:20 p.m. an object variously described as silver or orange, and saucer or ovoid shaped, was seen over a wide area for a ten minute period around Dauphin, Manitoba. At 6:40 p.m. a shiny silver UFO hovered over Winnipeg, Manitoba and was seen shifting from left to right and back again in the sky. It shot off toward the southwest when RCAF planes approached.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: Richard Hall, The UFO Evidence (Volume I), p. 165
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_7474

Event 19617 (9800A603)

Date: 11/6/1957
Description: Richard Kehoe & others see landed saucer, stalled cars, talk to spacepeople
Type: ce4 event
Reference: Keziah Poster
Source: Maj2, ID: Maj2_157

Event 19618 (4D3C9CCC)

Date: 11/6/1957
Location: USA, Kearny (Nebraska)
Description: (Translated from French) Reinhold Schmidt, 48 years old, claimed to have seen a kind of vessel in the shape of a cigar landing in a field. He said he had a conversation with four men and two women on board. He declared that the passengers of this spacecraft spoke English and German and that they told him that at the right time, he would know what they had come to do on our planet. After a pleasant conversation, which according to Schmidt would have lasted about twenty minutes, the visitors took their place in their craft which rose into the air exactly like a helicopter. (A. RIBERA: “These Mysterious UFOs” - De Vecchi 1976, p. 233, 234) They were Saturnians. Two of the men had mustaches. Curiously, this hairiness is not mentioned in his little book. (…) One of the Saturnians told him that Jesus Christ had risen and returned to his original planet, Venus. …
Reference: Jean SIDER: “UFO, the Unmasked Invaders”, ed. RAMUEL 1999, p 87
Reference: Mini catalogue chronologique des observations OVNI, by Godelieve Van Overmeire
Source: Overmeire, ID: Overmeire_2061

Event 19619 (8F4E8232)

Date: 11/6/1957
Location: USA, Vista del Mar (California)
Description: (Translated from French) At dawn, 5:40, Richard Keyhoe, a telephone employee, was driving towards Playa del Rey when the engine of his car, as well as those of three other cars, including those of Ronald Burke from Redondo Beach and Joe Thomas from Torrance, stalled. When the drivers got out of their vehicles to see what was wrong, they saw on the beach an ovoid spacecraft enveloped in a blue mist. Two men, about 5’2", emerged from the UFO and asked questions to Keyhoe and the others, such as “where we were going, who we were, what time it was, etc.” Their skin seemed yellowish-green in the morning light but otherwise they looked normal. They wore black leather pants, white belts, and light-colored jerseys. They spoke a kind of English but Keyhoe couldn’t understand them. They then returned to their craft which disappeared into the sky. The craft had the shape of an egg, tanned or cream-colored, with two metal circles surrounding it and on which the object rested, according to Keyhoe. (November 6, 1957)
Reference: Charles BOWEN: “In Search of the Humanoids” - J’ai Lu 1974, p. 190
Reference: Mini catalogue chronologique des observations OVNI, by Godelieve Van Overmeire
Source: Overmeire, ID: Overmeire_2062

Event 19620 (570C9F4B)

Date: 11/6/1957
Location: USA, Dante (Tennessee)
Description: (Translated from French) Everett Clark (12 years old) opened the door at 6:30 in the morning to let his dog Frisky out. In doing so, he saw a strange, oblong object without a particular color in a field a hundred yards away. He thought he was dreaming and went back inside. Twenty minutes later, he saw that the object was still there and Frisky was standing next to it with some of the neighbor’s dogs. Near the craft were two women and two men dressed in ordinary clothes. One of the men tried several times to catch Frisky but had to give up for fear of being bitten. Everett then saw these people talking to each other “like German soldiers” in a movie he had seen, walk straight into the side of the object, which flew away without making any noise.
Reference: Jacques VALLEE: “Chronicles of E.T. Appearances” - DENOEL 1972 - coll.; J’AI LU, p. 67
Reference: Mini catalogue chronologique des observations OVNI, by Godelieve Van Overmeire
Source: Overmeire, ID: Overmeire_2063

Event 19621 (0C95AD53)

Date: 11/6/1957
Location: USA, Everittstown (New Jersey)
Description: (Translated from French) At dusk, John Trasco went out to feed his dog and saw an egg-shaped object in front of his barn. On the way he encountered a three-foot being with a mastic-colored face and large frog eyes who said in bad English “We are peaceful people, we only want your dog”. The strange being was specifically ordered to return from whence it came. It ran away to its machine, which flew away a few moments later. Trying to catch the creature, Trasco received some green powder on his wrist which washed away. However, the next day he still had some under his nails. The entity was wearing a green suit adorned with shiny buttons, a Scottish-style cap and gloves from which, at the end of each finger, shone an object. (November 6, 1957)
Reference: Jacques VALLEE: “Chronicles of E.T. Appearances” - DENOEL 1972 - coll.; J’AI LU, p. 67, 68
Reference: Mini catalogue chronologique des observations OVNI, by Godelieve Van Overmeire
Source: Overmeire, ID: Overmeire_2064

Event 19622 (92F40C46)

Date: 11/6/1957
Description: (Translated from French) Meeting with Everett Clark. (6:30)
Reference: rr0 - Beau
Source: rr0, ID: rr0_1727

Event 19623 (62BAD903)

Date: 11/6/1957
Description: (Translated from French) Meeting with John Trasco (Evening)
Reference: rr0 - Beau
Source: rr0, ID: rr0_1728

Event 19624 (CA49F607)

Date: 11/6/1957
Description: (Translated from French) Observation in Boerne (Texas) (= one of the highest cases of the same day?)
Reference: case Blue Book #5205 unsolved
Reference: rr0 - Beau
Source: rr0, ID: rr0_1729

Event 19625 (737F7E1E)

Date: 11/6/1957
Description: (Translated from French) At Radium Springs, New Mexico, a Las Cruces police officer and a Dona Ana county sheriff’s deputy observe for 10 minutes a round object, changing from red to green, then from blue to white, rising towards the top of a mountain (= one of the higher cases of the same day?) (10:50 PM)
Reference: case Blue Book #5227 unsolved
Reference: rr0 - Beau
Source: rr0, ID: rr0_1730

Event 19626 (6AD397B8)

Date: 11/6/1957
Location: DANSVILLE, NY
Description: Ground Observer Corps (GOC) observer(s) to buffalo USAF. High-polished or glowing UFO’s / news leak.
Type: sighting
Reference: KEHOE, Maj Donald: FLYING SAUCERS TOP SECRET; NICAP and G.P. Putnam’s Sons, NY 1960 HB. (Index 125)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_5662

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

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “7”, Duration: “1”, Elev: “312”, HatchDesc: “DANSVILLE,NY:GOC OBS to BUFFALO USAF:HI-POLISHED or GLOWING UFOS/news leak”, LatLong: “42.561113 -77.694448”, LatLongDMS: “42:33:40 N 77:41:40 W”, Locale: “Town & City”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “New York”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 19627 (9476D2DE)

Date: 11/6/1957
Location: VILA FRANCA DE XIRA, PORT
Description: Group / Navy officers. Saucer reflects sunlight east going west / 10 minute(s).
Type: sighting
Reference: LOURENCO, Victor: The PORTUCAT CATALOG; (BBS Download). (Index 40)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_5663

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)

Extra Data: Country: “Portugal”, Credibility: “10”, Duration: “10”, HatchDesc: “VILA FRANCA de XIRA,PORT:GROUP/NAVY OFFICERS:SCR REFLECTS SUNLIGHT E>W/10min”, LatLong: “38.950002 -9.000000”, LatLongDMS: “38:57:00 N 09:00:00 W”, Locale: “Pasture”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “EST”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 19628 (EF85D426)

Date: 11/6/1957
Location: RICHMOND, IN
Description: Men / highway weigh station. Red ovoid zigzags and changes color(s). Going quickly south. No further details.
Type: sighting
Reference: HALL, Richard: The UFO EVIDENCE; NICAP,Washington, DC 1964. Reprinted 1997 Barnes & Noble Books ( only $7.98! ) (Index 166)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_5664

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

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “7”, Duration: “1”, Elev: “345”, HatchDesc: “RICHMOND,IN:MEN/Hwy WEIGH STATION:RED OVOID ZIGZAGS+CHANGES CLRS:>>S:NFD”, LatLong: “39.983335 -84.900004”, LatLongDMS: “39:59:00 N 84:54:00 W”, Locale: “Pasture”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Indiana”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 19629 (2B528C72)

Date: 11/6/1957
Time: 00:10
Location: SANTA FE, NM
Description: 2 / car. Ovoid overhead. Engine and clock and watch stop. Hums. Going quickly southeast. / r79+/ r242p166.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO’s a HISTORY-1957 (19 booklets) Self published. (Index 701)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_5665

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, 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), VEH: Vehicle affected: Marks/damage/EME effects, EME: Electro-Magnetic Effects, TCH: New technical details/clues, MIL: Military investigation, BBK: Project BLUEBOOK, SND: UFO sounds heard or recorded

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “7”, Duration: “2”, Elev: “2097”, HatchDesc: “SANTA FE,NM:2/CAR:OVOID OVHD:ENGINE+CLOCK+WATCH STOP:HUMS:>>SE:/r79+/r242p166”, LatLong: “35.683335 -106.016672”, LatLongDMS: “35:41:00 N 106:01:00 W”, Locale: “Mountains”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “New Mexico”, Strangeness: “8”

Event 19630 (61816CE2)

Date: 11/6/1957
Time: 04:30
Location: NORTHEAST / PELL CITY, AL
Description: Sky lit. Car malfunctions due to EME (electro-magnetic effects). 200M saucer hovers / 60M altitude. Ground burnt. / r79p12.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO’s a HISTORY-1957 (19 booklets) Self published. (Index 701)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_5666

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., 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: “USA”, Credibility: “8”, Duration: “20”, Elev: “180”, HatchDesc: “NE/PELL CITY,AL:SKY LIT:CAR EMEs:200M SCR HVRS/60M alt:GND BURNT:/r79p12”, LatLong: “33.688890 -86.205560”, LatLongDMS: “33:41:20 N 86:12:20 W”, Locale: “Pasture”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, RelAlt: “60”, State/Prov: “Alabama”, Strangeness: “8”

Event 19631 (F11712B2)

Date: 11/6/1957
Time: 04:50
Location: SPRINGFIELD, OH
Description: Cops. Blue night light / sky / 10 second(s). 2 separate cars electro-magnetic effect (EME) at same time. / r79p12.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO’s a HISTORY-1957 (19 booklets) Self published. (Index 703)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_5667

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, NLT: Nightlights/points of light, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), VEH: Vehicle affected: Marks/damage/EME effects, EME: Electro-Magnetic Effects, OGA: Non-Covert Government Agencies

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “6”, Duration: “1”, Elev: “300”, HatchDesc: “SPRINGFIELD,OH:COPS:BLUE NLT/SKY/10 sec:2 SEP.CARS EME at SAME TIME:/r79p12”, LatLong: “39.922224 -83.811115”, LatLongDMS: “39:55:20 N 83:48:40 W”, Locale: “Town & City”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Ohio”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 19632 (E4FBEF3F)

Date: 11/6/1957
Time: ~05:00
Location: EAST / RICHMOND, IL
Description: 60M ovoid changes color(s) / 600M altitude. Zigzag course. Going quickly south. / Chicago News.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO’s a HISTORY-1957 (19 booklets) Self published. (Index 708)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_5668

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: “247”, HatchDesc: “E/RICHMOND,IL:60M OVOID CHANGES CLRS/600M alt:ZIGZAG COURSE:>>S:/Chicago News”, LatLong: “42.477780 -88.300004”, LatLongDMS: “42:28:40 N 88:18:00 W”, Locale: “Pasture”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, RelAlt: “600”, State/Prov: “Illinois”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 19633 (4F568E5E)

Date: 11/6/1957
Time: 05:50
Location: WAYCROSS, GA
Description: 1 / car. Red glowing saucer going [to] 30kph through trees and over microwave tower. / r141#17.
Type: sighting
Reference: HITT, Michael D: GEORGIA’S AERIAL PHENOMENON 1947-1987 Self published 1999. ref. Jan Aldrich. (Index 29)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_5669

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: “6”, Duration: “1”, Elev: “41”, HatchDesc: “WAYCROSS,GA:1/CAR:RED GLO SCR >30kph thru TREES+OVR MICROWAVE TOWER:/r141#17”, LatLong: “31.211113 -82.355559”, LatLongDMS: “31:12:40 N 82:21:20 W”, Locale: “Town & City”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Georgia”, Strangeness: “7”

Event 19634 (4557237C)

Date: 11/6/1957
Time: 06:00
Location: OPORTO AND LISBON, PORTUGAL
Description: Unidentified cylinder/cylindrical object goes over both cities. East going west in Lisbon.
Type: sighting
Reference: LOURENCO, Victor: The PORTUCAT CATALOG; (BBS Download). (Index 41)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_5670

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

Extra Data: Country: “Portugal”, Credibility: “8”, Duration: “1”, HatchDesc: “OPORTO+LISBON,PORTUGAL:UID CYL GOES OVR BOTH CITIES:E>W IN LISBON”, LatLong: “41.166669 -8.633334”, LatLongDMS: “41:10:00 N 08:38:00 W”, Locale: “Metropolis”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Douro”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 19635 (27DC1D41)

Date: 11/6/1957
Time: 06:30
Location: DANTE, TN
Description: Boy. 4 pseudo-human/entity try / grab 2 dogs. Fail. Walk through solid wall to saucer. / r141#7p17.
Type: sighting
Reference: LORENZEN, Coral: FLYING SAUCERS, the Starting Evidence; Signet Books, NY 1962 & 1966. 278pp. Originally “The Great F. S. Hoax”. (Index 102)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_5671

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, ABD: Human or animal abduction, SIG: Signals/responses to/from/between UFO’s/occupants/observers, CVS: Conversation/communication, VEG: Plants affected or sampled/crop circles, ANI: Animals affected or injuries/marks, LND: UFO landing or any part touches ground, TRC: Physical traces, TCH: New technical details/clues

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “5”, Duration: “22”, Elev: “317”, HatchDesc: “DANTE,TN:BOY:4 PSH TRY/GRAB 2 DOGS:FAIL:WALK THRU SOLID WALL to SCR:/r141#7p17”, LatLong: “36.033335 -84.016671”, LatLongDMS: “36:02:00 N 84:01:00 W”, Locale: “Oil & Coal”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Tennessee”, Strangeness: “10”

Event 19636 (7D9BE79C)

Date: 11/6/1957
Time: 07:00
Location: TORONTO, ON
Description: Many observer(s). Cylinder/cigar-shape with fins / front going west. Hovers. Turns going north and going south. Leaves (something behind) trail / sky. / r141.
Type: sighting
Reference: HALL, Richard: The UFO EVIDENCE; NICAP,Washington, DC 1964. Reprinted 1997 Barnes & Noble Books ( only $7.98! ) (Index 165)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_5672

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, HQO: High-quality observer(s), NWS: News media report, MID: Likely mis-identification, CIG: Torpedo/cigar/cylinder shaped UFO, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s)

Extra Data: Country: “Canada”, Credibility: “11”, Duration: “15”, Elev: “76”, HatchDesc: “TORONTO,ON:MANY OBS:CGR W/FINS/FRONT > W:HVRS:TURNS> N +>S:Lvs TRAIL/SKY:/r141”, LatLong: “43.700002 -79.366670”, LatLongDMS: “43:42:00 N 79:22:00 W”, Locale: “Metropolis”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Ontario”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 19637 (0708BB30)

Date: 11/6/1957
Time: 08:00?
Location: NORTH / SEOUL, KOREA
Description: Military observer(s). White luminous object hovers. Vanishes like a light turned off. No further details.
Type: sighting
Reference: VALLEE, Jacques: UFO’S IN SPACE - Anatomy of a Phenomenon; Henry Regnery 1966 & Ballentine PB 1974 294pp. (Index 189)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_5673

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, MIL: Observer(s) military, HQO: High-quality observer(s), ODD: Atypical/Forteana/paranormal, 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, CMF: Camouflage/disguise

Extra Data: Country: “Korea(both sides)”, Credibility: “7”, Duration: “2”, HatchDesc: “N/SEOUL,KOREA:MIL OBS:WHT LUM OBJ HVRS:VANISHES LIKE A LITE TURNED OFF:NFD”, LatLong: “37.666668 127.050006”, LatLongDMS: “37:40:00 N 127:03:00 E”, Locale: “Metropolis”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “SEO”, Strangeness: “5”

Event 19638 (05870AB8)

Date: 11/6/1957
Time: 08:10
Location: AMITY, OR
Description: School principal. 15M grey ovoid hovers over fir trees. Gone on 2nd glance!
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO’s a HISTORY-1957 (19 booklets) Self published. (Index 709)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_5674

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

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “6”, Duration: “1”, Elev: “50”, HatchDesc: “AMITY,OR:SCHOOL PRINCIPAL:15M GRY OVOID HVRS ovr FIR TREES:GONE on 2nd GLANCE!”, LatLong: “45.116669 -123.205561”, LatLongDMS: “45:07:00 N 123:12:20 W”, Locale: “Residential”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Oregon”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 19639 (E4611B8C)

Date: 11/6/1957
Time: 12:00
Location: DUNN, NC
Description: Minister. Lampshade saucer hovers / potato-patch. Quickly going up [to] straight up. / r141#7p9.
Type: sighting
Reference: MICHEL, Aime: FLYING SAUCERS & the STRAIGHT LINE THEORY HB (hard to find) (Index 247)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_5675

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, VEG: Plants affected or sampled/crop circles

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “7”, Duration: “2”, Elev: “61”, HatchDesc: “DUNN,NC:MINISTER:LAMPSHADE SCR HVRS/POTATO-PATCH:↑↑ STRAIGHT UP:/r141#7p9”, LatLong: “35.305557 -78.611115”, LatLongDMS: “35:18:20 N 78:36:40 W”, Locale: “Farmlands”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “North Carolina”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 19640 (15E434A8)

Date: 11/6/1957
Time: 12:10
Location: ANAHEIM, CA
Description: Man photographs blimp over Disneyland. Odd structure. Night lights / 7 November. P275.
Type: sighting
Reference: MICHEL, Aime: FLYING SAUCERS & the STRAIGHT LINE THEORY HB (hard to find) (Index 275)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_5676

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, CIG: Torpedo/cigar/cylinder shaped UFO, NLT: Nightlights/points of light, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), PHT: Photos/movies/videos taken, MIL: Military investigation, BBK: Project BLUEBOOK, COV: Indication of coverup, CMF: Camouflage/disguise

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “8”, Duration: “5”, Elev: “48”, HatchDesc: “ANAHEIM,CA:MAN FOTOS BLIMP OVR DISNEYLAND:ODD STRUCTURE:NLTS/7NOV:p275”, LatLong: “33.850002 -117.933339”, LatLongDMS: “33:51:00 N 117:56:00 W”, Locale: “Residential”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “California”, Strangeness: “5”

Event 19641 (FF22189C)

Date: 11/6/1957
Time: 13:00
Location: ATLANTA, GA
Description: 3 separate trucks. Red ovoid / road vanishes / approach. / r141#17p2+#7p30.
Type: sighting
Reference: MICHEL, Aime: FLYING SAUCERS & the STRAIGHT LINE THEORY HB (hard to find) (Index 247)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_5677

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, PRB: Probe: Possibly remote controlled, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), OBS: Observation/chasing vehicles, CMF: Camouflage/disguise

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “9”, Duration: “30”, Elev: “320”, HatchDesc: “ATLANTA,GA:3 SEP.TRUCKS:RED OVOID/ROAD VANISHES/APPROACH:/r141#17p2+#7p30”, LatLong: “33.750002 -84.383337”, LatLongDMS: “33:45:00 N 84:23:00 W”, Locale: “Metropolis”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, RelAlt: “10”, State/Prov: “Georgia”, Strangeness: “8”

Event 19642 (BAFBB79D)

Date: 11/6/1957
Time: 15:00
Location: STANTON, MN
Description: 2+6 kids. White soup-bowl saucer follows car to farm. Yellow-green glow. Quickly going up. / news.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO’s a HISTORY-1957 (19 booklets) Self published. (Index 732)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_5678

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: “3”, Elev: “280”, HatchDesc: “STANTON,MN:2+6 KIDS:WHT SOUP-BOWL SCR FOLOS CAR to FARM:YLW-GRN GLOW:↑↑:/news”, LatLong: “44.472224 -93.022227”, LatLongDMS: “44:28:20 N 93:01:20 W”, Locale: “Farmlands”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Minnesota”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 19643 (6E1F661E)

Date: 11/6/1957
Time: 16:00
Location: LEOMINSTER TO/FROM GREENFIELD, MA
Description: Numerous separate observer(s). Long silver cylinder/cigar-shape follows Connecticut River…
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO’s a HISTORY-1957 (19 booklets) Self published. (Index 731)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_5679

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: “10”, Duration: “5”, Elev: “123”, HatchDesc: “LEOMINSTER><GREENFIELD,MA:NMRS.SEP.OBS:LONG SLVR CGR FOLOS CONNECTICUT RVR…”, LatLong: “42.433335 -72.166670”, LatLongDMS: “42:26:00 N 72:10:00 W”, Locale: “Residential”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Massachusetts”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 19644 (7E31F1CB)

Date: 11/6/1957
Time: 17:00
Location: SCHROON LAKE AND PLATTSBURGH, NY
Description: Many separate observer(s). Radio Frequency Interference (RFI). Silver sphere hovers / police station/depot/facility. / r141.
Type: sighting
Reference: The APRO BULLETIN: Monthly. Jim & Coral Lorenzen: Tucson,AZ (USA. defunct) By volume and number. (Index 715)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_5680

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, PRB: Probe: Possibly remote controlled, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), OBS: Observation/chasing vehicles, SIG: Signals/responses to/from/between UFO’s/occupants/observers, VEH: Vehicle affected: Marks/damage/EME effects, EME: Electro-Magnetic Effects, OGA: Non-Covert Government Agencies

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “9”, Duration: “30”, Elev: “250”, HatchDesc: “SCHROON LAKE+PLATTSBURGH,NY:MANY SEP.OBS:RFI:SLVR SPHERE HVRS/POLICE Stn:/r141”, LatLong: “43.777780 -73.777781”, LatLongDMS: “43:46:40 N 73:46:40 W”, Locale: “Town & City”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “New York”, Strangeness: “7”

Event 19645 (F189842E)

Date: 11/6/1957
Time: 17:00
Location: BAGANSIAPIAPI, INDONESIA
Description: 2 / boat / malfunctions due to EME (electro-magnetic effects). Delta/triangle/box-like craft dives. Blows smoke. Hovers. Sea boils. Quickly going up.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO’s a HISTORY-1957 (19 booklets) Self published. (Index 736)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_5681

Attributes: CST: Observer(s) in coastal area/just offshore, SEA: Observer(s) at sea, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, DLT: Delta/vee/boomerang/rectangular shaped UFO, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), OBS: Observation/chasing vehicles, VEH: Vehicle affected: Marks/damage/EME effects, CMF: Camouflage/disguise

Extra Data: Country: “Indonesia”, Credibility: “6”, Duration: “3”, Elev: “0”, HatchDesc: “BAGANSIAPIAPI,INDONESIA:2/BOAT/EMES:DLT DIVES:BLOWS SMOKE:HVRS:SEA BOILS:↑↑”, LatLong: “2.200000 100.816671”, LatLongDMS: “02:12:00 N 100:49:00 E”, Locale: “Offshore”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “SMT”, Strangeness: “7”

Event 19646 (8C916BDE)

Date: 11/6/1957
Time: 17:10
Location: PALM SPRINGS, CA
Description: Shiny saucer leaves (something behind) trail near. Turns back toward(s) mountains. Back 07 November / 0540h.
Type: sighting
Reference: HALL, Richard: The UFO EVIDENCE; NICAP,Washington, DC 1964. Reprinted 1997 Barnes & Noble Books ( only $7.98! ) (Index 166)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_5682

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

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “7”, Duration: “3”, Elev: “125”, HatchDesc: “PALM SPRINGS,CA:SHINY SCR LVS TRAIL NEAR:TURNS BACK TWRD MTNS:back 07NOV/0540h”, LatLong: “33.833335 -116.550006”, LatLongDMS: “33:50:00 N 116:33:00 W”, Locale: “Desert”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “California”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 19647 (65C34029)

Date: 11/6/1957
Time: 18:00
Location: BOERNE, TX
Description: Project Bluebook Case #5205. 5M red ovoid hovers / 4M altitude. Several observer(s) insist… no plane. / r8#431.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO’s a HISTORY-1957 (19 booklets) Self published. (Index 742)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_5683

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: “8”, Duration: “5”, Elev: “428”, HatchDesc: “BOERNE,TX:BBK#5205:5M RED OVOID HVRS/4M alt:SVRL OBS INSIST…NO PLANE:/r8#431”, LatLong: “29.794446 -98.733338”, LatLongDMS: “29:47:40 N 98:44:00 W”, Locale: “Pasture”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, RelAlt: “4”, State/Prov: “Texas”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 19648 (198B9E0A)

Date: 11/6/1957
Time: 18:00
Location: NEAR DANVILLE, IL
Description: Cops chase glowing-ovoid / 15 mile(s). Radio out. / r70p12+/ r242p166+/ r141#7.
Type: sighting
Reference: The APRO BULLETIN: Monthly. Jim & Coral Lorenzen: Tucson,AZ (USA. defunct) By volume and number. (Index 701)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_5684

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), VEH: Vehicle affected: Marks/damage/EME effects, EME: Electro-Magnetic Effects, OGA: Non-Covert Government Agencies

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “8”, Duration: “30”, Elev: “182”, HatchDesc: “nr DANVILLE,IL:COPS CHASE GLOW-OVOID/15mi:RADIO OUT:/r70p12+/r242p166+/r141#7”, LatLong: “40.133335 -87.627782”, LatLongDMS: “40:08:00 N 87:37:40 W”, Locale: “Pasture”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Illinois”, Strangeness: “8”

Event 19649 (83277A0F)

Date: 11/6/1957
Time: ~18:00
Location: EVERITTSTOWN, NJ
Description: Saucer going down. Small humanoid (or Grey) “only wants dog”. Chased. Saucer quickly going up. / Flying Saucer Review (FSR) v16#4+/ r141#7p56.
Type: sighting
Reference: LORENZEN, Coral & Jim: ENCOUNTERS with UFO OCCUPANTS; APRO/Berkley Medallion Books 1976. 424pp (Index 177)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_5685

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, SCR: Classic saucer/disk/sphere shaped UFO, OID: Humanoid: Small alien or “Grey”, ABD: Human or animal abduction, CVS: Conversation/communication, ANI: Animals affected or injuries/marks, LND: UFO landing or any part touches ground, TCH: New technical details/clues

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “7”, Duration: “25”, Elev: “104”, HatchDesc: “EVERITTSTOWN,NJ:SCR ↓:OID “ONLY WANTS DOG”:CHASED:SCR ↑↑:/FSR v16#4+/r141#7p56”, LatLong: “40.566669 -75.033337”, LatLongDMS: “40:34:00 N 75:02:00 W”, Locale: “Town & City”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “New Jersey”, Strangeness: “10”

Event 19650 (4637099D)

Date: 11/6/1957
Time: 18:00?
Location: YORKEYS KNOW, AUSTRALIA
Description: Several separate farmers. Silver-glow object lands / cane fields. Going up [to] and away.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO’s a HISTORY-1957 (19 booklets) Self published. (Index 793)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_5686

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), LND: UFO landing or any part touches ground

Extra Data: Country: “Australia”, Credibility: “8”, Duration: “10”, HatchDesc: “YORKEYS KNOW,AUSTRL:SVRL.SEP.FARMERS:SLVR-GLOW OBJ LANDS/CANE FIELDS:↑+away”, LatLong: “-15.900001 145.300007”, LatLongDMS: “15:54:00 S 145:18:00 E”, Locale: “Farmlands”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Queensland”, Strangeness: “7”

Event 19651 (EFECFEEE)

Date: 11/6/1957
Time: 19:20
Location: DRY RIDGE, KY
Description: 4 separate state cops. Odd red ovoid night light hops through sky. / Cincinnati Post.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO’s a HISTORY-1957 (19 booklets) Self published. (Index 756)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_5687

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: “8”, Duration: “4”, Elev: “291”, HatchDesc: “DRY RIDGE,KY:4 SEP.STATE COPS:ODD RED OVOID NLT HOPS THRU SKY:/Cincinnati Post”, LatLong: “38.683335 -84.588893”, LatLongDMS: “38:41:00 N 84:35:20 W”, Locale: “Mountains”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Kentucky”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 19652 (D8BDCFCD)

Date: 11/6/1957
Time: 19:30
Location: MARION, IN
Description: Many observer(s). Cylinder/cigar-shape with row / bright lights / side. Hovers. Going quickly [to] away fast. / r141#7p48.
Type: sighting
Reference: HALL, Richard: The UFO EVIDENCE; NICAP,Washington, DC 1964. Reprinted 1997 Barnes & Noble Books ( only $7.98! ) (Index 166)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_5688

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, HQO: High-quality observer(s), WAV: Wave/cluster/flap, CIG: Torpedo/cigar/cylinder shaped UFO, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s)

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “11”, Duration: “5”, Elev: “260”, HatchDesc: “MARION,IN:MANY OBS:CGR W/ROW/BRITE LITES/SIDE:HVRS:>> AWAY FAST:/r141#7p48”, LatLong: “40.561113 -85.661115”, LatLongDMS: “40:33:40 N 85:39:40 W”, Locale: “Town & City”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Indiana”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 19653 (0DA40312)

Date: 11/6/1957
Time: 19:30
Location: EDWARDS / MUROC AIR FORCE BASE, CA
Description: Widely separate MPs. Orange sphere/orb/globe over jet test center. Leaked / local cops.
Type: sighting
Reference: KEHOE, Maj Donald: FLYING SAUCERS TOP SECRET; NICAP and G.P. Putnam’s Sons, NY 1960 HB. (Index 124)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_5689

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, MIL: Observer(s) military, HQO: High-quality observer(s), SCR: Classic saucer/disk/sphere shaped UFO, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), OBS: Observation/chasing vehicles, VEH: Vehicle affected: Marks/damage/EME effects, BLD: Building/man-made structure/roads/power lines, MIL: Military investigation, OGA: Non-Covert Government Agencies, COV: Indication of coverup

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “9”, Duration: “10”, Elev: “702”, HatchDesc: “EDWARDS/MUROC AFB,CA:WIDELY SEP MPs:ORG ORB ovr JET TEST CTR:leaked/local cops”, LatLong: “34.883335 -117.883339”, LatLongDMS: “34:53:00 N 117:53:00 W”, Locale: “Town & City”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “California”, Strangeness: “7”

Event 19654 (8564514B)

Date: 11/6/1957
Time: 20:00
Location: SOUTH / ROSCOE, IL
Description: Local wave / night lights etc. Huge brilliant red cloud stalls car. Radiator boils.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO’s a HISTORY-1957 (19 booklets) Self published. (Index 762)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_5690

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), VEH: Vehicle affected: Marks/damage/EME effects, TCH: New technical details/clues, CMF: Camouflage/disguise

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “6”, Duration: “20”, Elev: “226”, HatchDesc: “S/ROSCOE,IL:LOCAL WAVE/NLTS ETC:HUGE BRILL.RED CLOUD STALLS CAR:RADIATOR BOILS”, LatLong: “42.383335 -89.011115”, LatLongDMS: “42:23:00 N 89:00:40 W”, Locale: “Pasture”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Illinois”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 19655 (6C233BD3)

Date: 11/6/1957
Time: 21:00
Location: LAKE BASKATONG, QB
Description: Radio hams. Sphere beams going up and down. Strong Radio Frequency Interference (RFI) / 1 frequency. Going south. / r141#7p70.
Type: sighting
Reference: The APRO BULLETIN: Monthly. Jim & Coral Lorenzen: Tucson,AZ (USA. defunct) By volume and number. (Index 715)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_5691

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, HQO: High-quality observer(s), SCR: Classic saucer/disk/sphere shaped UFO, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), OBS: Observation/chasing vehicles, RAY: Odd light/searchlight/beam/laser-like, SIG: Signals/responses to/from/between UFO’s/occupants/observers, PHT: Photos/movies/videos taken, EME: Electro-Magnetic Effects, TCH: New technical details/clues

Extra Data: Country: “Canada”, Credibility: “8”, Duration: “15”, Elev: “223”, HatchDesc: “LAKE BASKATONG,QB:RADIO HAMS:SPHERE BEAMS↑+↓:STRONG RFI/1 Freq:>S:/r141#7p70”, LatLong: “46.833336 -75.833337”, LatLongDMS: “46:50:00 N 75:50:00 W”, Locale: “Forest”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Quebec”, Strangeness: “7”

Event 19656 (D72DA233)

Date: 11/6/1957
Time: 21:00
Location: NEAR CORDELE, GA
Description: Rangers. Ovoid lit from inside. Turns without turning. Smoke inside? Going north.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO’s a HISTORY-1957 (19 booklets) Self published. (Index 706)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_5692

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: “3”, Elev: “100”, HatchDesc: “nr CORDELE,GA:RANGERS:OVOID LIT from INSIDE:TURNS W/O TURNING:SMOKE INSIDE?:>N”, LatLong: “32.000002 -83.750004”, LatLongDMS: “32:00:00 N 83:45:00 W”, Locale: “Forest”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Georgia”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 19657 (33FC0DDB)

Date: 11/6/1957
Time: 21:10
Location: MEROM, IN
Description: 5+observer(s). 40’ saucer hovers / 300M. Scans farm / blue light. Going west. UV burns skin. / r70p3-53.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO’s a HISTORY-1957 (19 booklets) Self published. (Index 767)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_5693

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, RAY: Odd light/searchlight/beam/laser-like, HUM: Humans affected: Injury/burns/marks/abduction/death, RDA: Radiation/high energy fields detected, 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: “9”, Duration: “12”, Elev: “133”, HatchDesc: “MEROM,IN:5+OBS:40’SCR HVRS/300M:SCANS FARM/BLU LITE:>W:UV BURNS SKIN:/r70p3-53”, LatLong: “39.050002 -87.533338”, LatLongDMS: “39:03:00 N 87:32:00 W”, Locale: “Farmlands”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, RelAlt: “300”, State/Prov: “Indiana”, Strangeness: “8”

Event 19658 (14644455)

Date: 11/6/1957
Time: 21:30
Location: SOUTH / LINCOLNVILLE, IN
Description: 30m brown cloud nears car. Lands / field. Orange light / center. Roars.
Type: sighting
Reference: MICHEL, Aime: FLYING SAUCERS & the STRAIGHT LINE THEORY HB (hard to find) (Index 251)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_5694

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, LND: UFO landing or any part touches ground, TCH: New technical details/clues, SND: UFO sounds heard or recorded, CMF: Camouflage/disguise

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “8”, Duration: “10”, Elev: “253”, HatchDesc: “S/LINCOLNVILLE,IN:30m BROWN CLOUD NEARS CAR:LANDS/FIELD:ORG LITE/CENTER:ROARS”, LatLong: “40.738891 -85.688893”, LatLongDMS: “40:44:20 N 85:41:20 W”, Locale: “Farmlands”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Indiana”, Strangeness: “8”

Event 19659 (98AA2C36)

Date: 11/6/1957
Time: 22:00?
Location: DUGGER, IN
Description: Brilliant round object hovers low overhead. Rises and going quickly west. Observer(s) treated / eye inflammation.
Type: sighting
Reference: HALL, Richard: The UFO EVIDENCE; NICAP,Washington, DC 1964. Reprinted 1997 Barnes & Noble Books ( only $7.98! ) (Index 166)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_5695

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), INJ: Injuries, illness/death, mutilations

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “6”, Duration: “1”, Elev: “208”, HatchDesc: “DUGGER,IN:BRILL.ROUND OBJ HVRS LOW OVHD:RISES+>>W:OBS.TREATED/EYE INFLAMMATION”, LatLong: “39.055557 -87.261115”, LatLongDMS: “39:03:20 N 87:15:40 W”, Locale: “Farmlands”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Indiana”, Strangeness: “7”

Event 19660 (DB6614E1)

Date: 11/6/1957
Time: 22:50
Location: RADIUM SPRS, NM
Description: Project Bluebook Case #5227. Several cops and more. Red blob quickly going up [to] from mountain top. Changes color(s). / r141.
Type: sighting
Reference: BERLINER, DON: The BLUEBOOK UNKNOWNS; (FUFOR). (Index 26)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_5696

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, MIL: Military investigation, BBK: Project BLUEBOOK, OGA: Non-Covert Government Agencies

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “7”, Duration: “10”, Elev: “1213”, HatchDesc: “RADIUM Sprs,NM:BBK#5227:SVRL COPS+:RED BLOB ↑↑ from Mtn TOP:CHANGES CLRS:/r141”, LatLong: “32.333335 -106.955561”, LatLongDMS: “32:20:00 N 106:57:20 W”, Locale: “Mountains”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “New Mexico”, Strangeness: “7”

Event 19661 (EAEEC41F)

Date: 11/6/1957
Time: 23:10
Location: MONTVILLE, OH
Description: 1 observer. 2 saucers. 1 going down / 20 minute(s). Humming and radiation/radioactivity and physical traces. / r198p104+/ r242p166+/ MJ#235.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO’s a HISTORY-1957 (19 booklets) Self published. (Index 779)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_5697

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, RDA: Radiation/high energy fields detected, TRC: Physical traces, MIL: Military investigation, BBK: Project BLUEBOOK, GSA: Covert Security Agency, SND: UFO sounds heard or recorded, COV: Indication of coverup

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “6”, Duration: “20”, Elev: “366”, HatchDesc: “MONTVILLE,OH:1 OBS:2 SCRs:1↓/20min:HUM+RDA+TRCs:/r198p104+/r242p166+/MJ#235”, LatLong: “41.605558 -81.050004”, LatLongDMS: “41:36:20 N 81:03:00 W”, Locale: “Residential”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Ohio”, Strangeness: “8”

Event 19662 (64F69C3F)

Date: 11/6/1957
Location: Atlanta (near), GA
Description: Three truckers independently reported seeing reddish elliptical objects on the road.(UFOE) (NICAP: 02 - Close Encounters)
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_2141

Event 19663 (FBBBD7BD)

Date: 11/6/1957
Location: Boerne, TX
Description: Oval object, about 15 ft long, bright orange (NICAP: 01 - Distant Encounters, BB: 5205)
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_2142

Event 19664 (0CE2A877)

Date: 11/6/1957
Location: Cannon AFB, NM
Description: 17 Targets of Slow-Moving Object (NICAP: 09 - RADAR Cases, Code: R, Rating: 5)
Reference: NICAP: 571106
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_2143

Event 19665 (79705EF2)

Date: 11/6/1957
Location: Danville, IL
Description: Police chased UFO, unable to notify headquarters “because their radio went mysteriously dead.” (NICAP: 03 - EME Cases)
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_2144

Event 19666 (01FC8017)

Date: 11/6/1957
Location: Houston, TX
Description: Car motor stalled, radio blanked with static, during UFO sighting (NICAP: 03 - EME Cases)
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_2145

Event 19667 (DEFD5E90)

Date: 11/6/1957
Location: Kagoshima, Japan
Description: (McDonald list) (NICAP: 01 - Distant Encounters, BB: BBU)
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_2146

Event 19668 (7B8E7799)

Date: 11/6/1957
Location: Lake County, OH
Description: Unbearably bright round object, landed on a ridge, then took off (NICAP: 01 - Distant Encounters, BB: BBU)
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_2147

Event 19669 (4117BFA9)

Date: 11/6/1957
Location: Laredo AFB, TX
Description: (McDonald list) GCA Picks Up More Than Seven Targets (NICAP: 09 - RADAR Cases, Code: R, Rating: 5, BB: BBU)
Reference: NICAP: 571106
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_2148

Event 19670 (57D575F1)

Date: 11/6/1957
Location: Merom, IN
Description: Gilham Case. Ironworker stood under UFO for ten minutes, treated at hospital for burns (NICAP: 02 - Close Encounters)
Reference: NICAP: 571106
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_2149

Event 19671 (062F930B)

Date: 11/6/1957
Location: Merom, IN
Description: Gilham Case (NICAP: 10 - Nuclear Connection)
Reference: NICAP: 571106
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_2150

Event 19672 (A4DE87A2)

Date: 11/6/1957
Location: Montville, OH
Description: Olden Moore Case / Close Encounter / (NICAP: 06 - Trace Cases, Code: T, Rating: 5, BB: BBU)
Reference: NICAP: 571106
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_2151

Event 19673 (1876DA0A)

Date: 11/6/1957
Location: Ottawa (north of ), CAN
Description: Battery radio and portable short wave radio failed, tone signal heard on one short wave frequency. UFO hovering (NICAP: 03 - EME Cases)
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_2152

Event 19674 (C78BD166)

Date: 11/6/1957
Location: Pell City, AL
Description: Car motor stalled, as driver attempted to approach UFO hovering low over ground (NICAP: 03 - EME Cases)
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_2153

Event 19675 (5C78DAF6)

Date: 11/6/1957
Location: Radium Springs, NM
Description: Round object changing from red to green to blue to white (NICAP: 01 - Distant Encounters, BB: 5227, NC)
Reference: NICAP: 571106
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_2154

Event 19676 (60EFB7E1)

Date: 11/6/1957
Location: Santa Fe, NM
Description: Car motor failed, car clock and wristwatch stopped as UFO passed low over car (NICAP: 03 - EME Cases, BB: BBU, NC)
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_2155

Event 19677 (01093781)

Date: 11/6/1957
Location: Soeul, S. Korea
Description: Luminous bluish-white barrel-shaped object (NICAP: 01 - Distant Encounters, BB: BBU)
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_2156

Event 19678 (82B096EA)

Date: 11/6/1957
Location: Whiteman AFB, MO
Description: Whiteman AFB, Missouri, G , (McDonald list) (NICAP: 09 - RADAR Cases, Code: R, Rating: 5, BB: BBU)
Reference: NICAP: 571106
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_2157

Event 19679 (CFCB38EE)

Date: 11/6/1957
Time: 0010
Location: Santa Fe, New Mexico
Description: J. Martinez and A. Gallegos saw an egg-shaped object coming toward them at low altitude. It moved slowly, illuminating their car and producing a humming sound. The car engine, the clock and a wristwatch stopped. The object shot away toward the southwest.
Type: ufo sighting
Reference: M 246 (Vallee)
Source: ValléeMagonia, ID: Magonia_425

Event 19680 (976283C4)

Date: 11/6/1957
Time: morning
Location: Seoul, Korea
Description: North of Seoul a barrel-shaped object, bluish-white and luminous, was seen close to the ground, reflected in a pool of water. It rose and vanished “like a light switched off.”
Type: ufo sighting
Reference: Atic (Vallee)
Source: ValléeMagonia, ID: Magonia_426

Event 19681 (E80D4E6A)

Date: 11/6/1957
Time: 0540
Location: Playa del Rey, California
Description: Richard Kehoe was driving near the beach when his engine stopped, and so did three other cars. The man got out and observed an egg-shaped object wrapped in “a blue haze” on the beach. Two men, below average height got out of the craft and asked them questions about their identity, what time it was, etc. They looked normal wore black leather pants, white belts, light-colored jerseys, and seemed to have yellowish-green skin. They went back inside the craft, which left rapidly, and the cars could then be started.
Type: ufo sighting
Reference: Humanoids 57 (Vallee)
Source: ValléeMagonia, ID: Magonia_427

Event 19682 (8969B7D1)

Date: 11/6/1957
Time: 0630
Location: Lake County, Ohio
Description: A civilian source reported an object so bright that his eyes could not sustain it. It appeared to land on a ridge, then took off again. It was round and much larger than a plane, had an “odd color,” left no trail and made no noise.
Type: ufo sighting
Reference: Atic (Vallee)
Source: ValléeMagonia, ID: Magonia_428

Event 19683 (DFEB2220)

Date: 11/6/1957
Time: 0630
Location: Knoxville, Tennessee
Description: 12-year-old Everett Clark saw a strange object on the ground and four occupants, two men and two women who spoke a language he thought was similar to German. They went back to the craft in a manner the witness could not understand, for he saw no door.
Type: ufo sighting
Reference: M 271;114; Magonia (Vallee)
Source: ValléeMagonia, ID: Magonia_429

Event 19684 (8D328B2C)

Date: 11/6/1957
Time: evening
Location: Everittstown, New Jersey
Description: John Trasco saw a brilliant, egg-shaped object hovering in front of a barn and was confronted with a being 1 m tall with a putty-colored face and frog-like eyes. He thought the dwarf said in broken English: “We are peaceful people; we only want your dog.” The little man, who was dressed in a green suit with shiny buttons, a green tam-o-shanter-like cap, and gloves with a shiny object at the tip of each finger, fled when the witness denied his request.
Type: ufo sighting
Reference: Humanoids 56; Magonia (Vallee)
Source: ValléeMagonia, ID: Magonia_430

Event 19685 (DCD9D33F)

Date: 11/6/1957
Time: 1800
Location: Boerne, Texas
Description: A civilian source reported an oval object, about 5 m long, bright orange, similar to glowing coals, hovering 4 m above ground. The witness went to call his family; the object had vanished when he returned. Unidentified.
Type: ufo sighting
Reference: Atic (Vallee)
Source: ValléeMagonia, ID: Magonia_431

Event 19686 (F87045DB)

Date: 11/6/1957
Time: 2100
Location: Baskatong Lake, Canada
Description: 180 km north of Ottawa Jacques Jacobson and three of his friends saw a bright, yellowish-white sphere hovering over a hilltop about 4 km away. From top and bottom issued light cones that illuminated the countryside and the clouds. Radio reception was blocked throughout the observation, except for a very powerful signal at one wavelength, modulated, but not in Morse code. The object rose slowly toward the south.
Type: ufo sighting
Reference: M 249 (Vallee)
Source: ValléeMagonia, ID: Magonia_432

Event 19687 (D47E7F6B)

Date: 11/6/1957
Time: 2330
Location: Montville, Ohio
Description: Olden Moore, 28, a plasterer was driving home when he suddenly saw an object looking like a bright meteor split into two pieces, one of which went straight up. The other got larger while its color changed from bright white to blue-green. It hovered 60 m above a field and came to the ground with a soft whirring sound, 150 m away. After observing it for 15 min, Moore then walked to the object, which he found to be shaped like “a covered dish” 15 m in diameter, 5 m high, with a cone on top about 3 m high, surrounded by haze or fog, pulsating slowly. Holes, footprints and radioactivity were found at the site by Civil Defense Director Kenneth Locke.
Type: ufo sighting
Reference: M 252 (Vallee)
Source: ValléeMagonia, ID: Magonia_433

Event 19688 (76ABF318)

Date: 11/6/1957
Time: 10:50 PM
Location: Radium Springs, New Mexico
Description: Witnesses: one Las Cruces policeman, one Dona Ana County Deputy Sheriff. One round object–changing from red to green to blue to white–rose vertically from a mountain top. Sighting lasted 10 minutes.
Type: ufo sighting
Reference: BlueBook Unknowns PDF
Source: BerlinerBBUnknowns, ID: BerlinerBBU_417

Event 19689 (05FE87D7)

Date: 11/6/1957
Location: Santa Fe, New Mexico
Description: Just after 12:00 midnight. A taxicab company owner, Joe Martinez, and one of his drivers, Alberto Gallegos, sees a UFO approach them in Santa Fe, New Mexico. They hear a humming sound as it comes close. The object is egg-shaped and multicolored. As it passes over their car, the engine stalls and the dashboard clock stops. The UFO then pulls up and moves rapidly into the southeast. One witness later discovers that his wristwatch has also stopped at the time of sighting.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Aimé Michel, Straight Line, pp. 246–247; Schopick, pp. 47– 48; Mark Rodeghier, UFO Reports Involving Vehicle Interference, CUFOS, 1981, p. 12
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_3056

Event 19690 (56A7C14C)

Date: 11/6/1957
Locations: Long Point Road; Houston, Texas
Description: 4:30 a.m. William Rush II is driving on Long Point Road in Houston, Texas. A brilliant red, egg-shaped UFO kills his car engine and causes static on his radio.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Houston (Tex.) Chronicle, November 6, 1957; Schopick, p. 48
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_3057

Event 19691 (0EC678E2)

Date: 11/6/1957
Locations: Vista Del Mar; Playa Del Rey, California
Description: 5:40 a.m. Richard Kehoe is driving along Vista Del Mar in Playa Del Rey, California, when his engine fails. Two other cars on the highway are also affected, and the drivers (Ronald Burke and Joe Thomas) all get out. They see an egg-shaped object that seems to be wrapped in a blue haze. It is tan or cream-colored and has two metallic rings around it. Two smallish men, about 5 feet 5 inches tall and wearing black leather pants, a white belt, and a light-colored jersey, exit the object. They ask Kehoe and the others where they are and what time it is in something approaching English. They walk back to the object, which takes off. After it leaves, Kehoe’s car starts with no problem.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Lorenzen, Flying Saucer Occupants, Signet, 1967, pp. 126–127
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_3058

Event 19692 (01A08FB9)

Date: 11/6/1957
Locations: Dante, Knoxville, Tennessee; Oak Ridge National Laboratory
Description: 6:30 a.m. Everett Orain Clark, 12 , of Dante, Knoxville, Tennessee, lets his dog Frisky outside and sees an object like an elongated egg in a field 300 feet away from his house. 20 minutes later, he calls to bring the dog back and sees Frisky with other dogs on the other side of the road close to the object. Clark walks toward the UFO and sees two men and women, apparently dressed in a normal manner. One of the men tries to catch Frisky who grunts and moves away. They are speaking in a foreign language that sounds like German to him. The four people go into the craft by seemingly walking right through the wall. Journalist Carson Brewer goes back to the site with Clark and finds an “oblong ring of pressed grass” 24 feet by 4.5 feet. In the afternoon, two men from the Oak Ridge National Laboratory (engineer Wallace Russell Gambill and physicist N. D. Greene) collect soil samples and check for radiation (they find none).
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: “Scientists Check ‘Space Ship’ Field,” Knoxville (Tenn.) News-Sentinel, November 7, 1957, pp. 1, 12; Loren E. Gross, The Fifth Horseman of the Apocalypse: UFOs, a History: 1957 November 6th, The Author, 1997, pp. 17–19; Clark III 672–673; Patrick Gross, URECAT, August 17, 2006
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_3059

Event 19693 (61E2F002)

Date: 11/6/1957
Locations: US; El Paso
Description: US scientists are “pretty shook up” about the recent UFO sightings, according to astronomer Charles F. “Chick” Capen in the November 7 El Paso Times. However, Capen talks more about missile launches and lunar photography than UFO sightings.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: “Sighting ‘Shakes’ Scientists,” El Paso (Tex.) Times, November 7, 1957, p. 21; “El Pasoans Take Look at Sputnik,” El Paso (Tex.) Times, November 7, 1957, pp. 1, 3; Swords 264
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_3060

Event 19694 (6633BA8F)

Date: 11/6/1957
Location: Bagansiapiapi, Sumatra, Indonesia
Description: 5:00 p.m. Two Malay fisherman are in a waterway near Bagansiapiapi, Sumatra, Indonesia, when they see a black and red object swiftly approaching their boat and trailing black and greenish smoke. The top and bottom of the object are curved like discs. When it is 60 feet away it stops in mid-air about 35 feet above the water, and the bottom part continues to rotate as the water foams below it. The object is a triangular shape and white smoke is coming out from each point. The object speeds up and disappears, leaving behind black and greenish smoke lines.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Marler 133
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_3061

Event 19695 (4C56037E)

Date: 11/6/1957
Location: Merom, Indiana
Description: Early evening. Varine “Rene” Gilham sees a brilliant object radiating a strong red light as he is using an outhouse on his farm near Merom, Indiana. The whole farm and surrounding area are bathed in the light for 10 minutes. A small object joins the larger one and the light grows more intense. The two objects fly away. The next day, Gilham has “sunburn” in many places. Two days later he is admitted to a hospital for treatment.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: NICAP, “Merom/Gilham Incident”; Loren E. Gross, The Fifth Horseman of the Apocalypse: UFOs, a History: 1957 November 6th, The Author, 1997, pp. 67, 72–73. Loren E. Gross, The Fifth Horseman of the Apocalypse: UFOs, a History: 1957 November 6th, Supplemental Notes, The Author, 2003, pp. 6–7; Michael D. Swords, “Messing Around with the Force,” IUR 31, no. 4 (March 2008): 30
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_3062

Event 19696 (79C48180)

Date: 11/6/1957
Location: Toronto, Ontario
Description: 8:02 p.m. Six people in Toronto, Ontario, watch a yellow-white light travel silently from south to north across the eastern sky. One experiences static on his TV set as the object passes, slower than a meteor.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Aimé Michel, Straight-Line, pp. 248–249; Schopick, pp. 80–81
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_3063

Event 19697 (D79475FE)

Date: 11/6/1957
Location: Danville, Illinois
Description: Night. Two state policemen in Danville, Illinois, observe a brilliant white light that changes color successively to amber and orange. They chase it for 15 miles because the light appears to be low in the sky. During the chase, their communications radio does not function. The light eventually flies out of sight.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: “2 State Troopers See ‘Object,’” Hammond (Ind.) Times, November 7, 1957, p. 12; Schopick, pp. 91–92
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_3064

Event 19698 (D1CD2A48)

Date: 11/6/1957
Location: Baskatong Reservoir, Quebec
Description: 9:00 p.m. Jacques Jacobsen and three others are in a hunting lodge on the Baskatong Reservoir, Quebec, listening to a battery-powered radio. Outside, they see a glowing, yellow-white sphere 2–3 miles away to the southwest. It remains in place for 15 minutes. During this time the radio goes off, and one of the men’s shortwave radios is working on only one frequency that emits a strong, rapidly modulated tone that sounds like, but is not, Morse code. The UFO rises into the clouds and the radios function normally again.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Aimé Michel, Straight-Line, pp. 248–249; Schopick, pp. 79–80; Randle, Levelland, 2021, p. 114
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_3065

Event 19699 (4FD11E23)

Date: 11/6/1957
Locations: St. Mary’s Seminary; Baltimore, Maryland
Description: 9:43 p.m. Kenneth J. Delano, who is participating in aurora and meteor watches for the International Geophysical Year, is observing the sky at St. Mary’s Seminary in Baltimore, Maryland, when he sees a brilliant white light in the northwest. He watches it approach until it is nearly overhead. Then a faint, silvery-gray, elliptical disc is visible for a few seconds above the light. It is silent, except for a faint whirring sound. He watches it for a total of 4 minutes until it passes behind some buildings.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Kenneth J. Delano, “UFO over Baltimore,” IUR 32, no. 4 (October 2009): 17–18, 24
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_3066

Event 19700 (DFED3694)

Date: 11/6/1957
Location: Montville, Ohio
Description: 11:30 p.m. Olden J. Moore is driving home in Montville, Ohio, when he sees an object like a bright meteor split into two pieces, one of which heads straight up. The other becomes larger while its color changes from bright white to blue green. It hovers about 200 feet above a field and lands with a soft whirring sound, perhaps 500 feet away. Moore watches cautiously for 15 minutes, then approaches it. The UFO is shaped like a “covered dish,” and is about 50 feet in diameter, 15 feet high, with a cone on top about 10 feet high. It is pulsating slowly, and a haze surrounds it. Moore goes home to get another witness (his wife) but when they return the UFO is gone. Mrs. Moore reports the sighting to County Sheriff Louis Robusky the next morning, and a civil defense director, Kenneth Locke, visits the site. Locke finds high levels of radioactivity (a maximum of 150 microroentgens/hour, suggestive of an approximately one-hour radionuclide half-life or less) two perfectly formed holes six inches in diameter, and unusual footprints that come from nowhere and go nowhere.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: NICAP, “Olden Moore Case / Close Encounter”; UFOEv, pp. 169–170; Center for UFO Studies, [case files]; Clark III 772–773, 950; Sparks, p. 257
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_3067

Event 19701 (F61E0E90)

Date: 11/6/1957
Description: North of Seoul, South Korea a barrel-shaped object, bluish-white and luminous, was seen close to the ground in the morning. Its reflection could be seen in a pool of water. It rose and vanished “like a light switched off.”
Reference: Johnson
Reference: Jacques Vallee, Passport to Magonia: A Century of Landings, case 433
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_7489

Event 19702 (1B2DE90A)

Date: 11/6/1957
Description: At a few minutes after midnight two men, Martinez and Gallegos, were driving near Santa Fe, New Mexico when an ovoid object came down and hovered over their car, making a humming sound. After a minute the UFO shot away. Both the car’s clock and a wristwatch stopped. , 12:10 a.m.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: Alexander Mebane, 1957 Saucer Wave in the US , in Aime Michel, Flying Saucers and the Straight Line Mystery, p. 246; Mark Rodeghier, UFO Reports Involving Vehicle Interference, p. 12; Santa Fe New Mexican, November 6, 1957; APRO Bulletin, November 1957, p. 4
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_7490

Event 19703 (FCF9E899)

Date: 11/6/1957
Description: At 4:50 a.m. in Springfield, Ohio two cars stalled at the same time. A blue light was seen in the sky for 10 seconds.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: Marietta Times, November 6, 1957
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_7491

Event 19704 (6341FFD2)

Date: 11/6/1957
Description: At 5:40 a.m. Richard Kehoe was driving near the beach in Playa del Rey, California when his car engine stopped, and so did three other cars. He and the other witnesses got out of their cars and observed an egg-shaped object wrapped in “a blue haze” on the beach. The object seemed to be resting on two metal rings. Two men of below average height got out of the craft and asked them questions about their identity, what time it was, etc. They looked to be normal human beings, although their skin was an olive complexion. They wore black leather pants, white belts, and light-coloured jerseys. They went back inside the craft, which left rapidly, and the cars could then be started.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: Coral & Jim Lorenzen, Encounters with UFO Occupants, p. 178; Jacques Vallee, Passport to Magonia: A Century of Landings, case 431
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_7492

Event 19705 (101C6BA2)

Date: 11/6/1957
Description: A man in Lake County, Ohio reported to the U.S. Air Force that at 6:30 a.m. he saw a UFO so bright that his eyes could not stand to look directly at it. It appeared to land on a nearby ridge, and then took off again silently . It was round and much larger than a plane, had an “odd color,” and left no trail.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: Jacques Vallee, Passport to Magonia: A Century of Landings, case 429
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_7493

Event 19706 (E57FAAD7)

Date: 11/6/1957
Description: In Knoxville, Tennessee at 6:30 a.m.12-year-old Everett Clark saw a strange object on the ground and four human-looking occupants, two men and two women who spoke in a language he thought sounded similar to German. They went back inside the craft in a manner the witness was not able to comprehend, because he saw no door.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: Jacques Vallee, Passport to Magonia: A Century of Landings, case 428
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_7494

Event 19707 (C06EBB74)

Date: 11/6/1957
Description: At 6:00 p.m. in Boerne, Texas a civilian source reported to the U.S. Air Force that an oval object, about 5 meters long was seen hovering four meters above the ground. It was bright orange in color, similar to glowing coals. The witness went to call his family, but the object had vanished when he returned. The case was listed as a Project Blue Book unidentified report.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: Jacques Vallee, Passport to Magonia: A Century of Landings, case 426
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_7495

Event 19708 (2EEDB612)

Date: 11/6/1957
Description: In Everittstown, New Jersey that same evening John Trasco saw a brilliant, egg-shaped object hovering in front of a barn. He was next confronted by a one-meter tall being with a putty-colored face and froglike eyes. He thought the dwarf said in broken English: "We are peaceful people, we only want your dog. " The little man, who was dressed in a green uniform with shiny buttons, and wore what looked like a green tam-o-shanter cap with gloves that had shiny objects at the tips of each finger, fled when Mr. Trasco turned down his request.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: Jacques Vallee, Passport to Magonia: A Century of Landings, case 427
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_7496

Event 19709 (ACED8F58)

Date: 11/6/1957
Description: At 8:30 p.m. two domed discs were sighted by two people driving on US highway 40 in New Castle, Delaware. The UFOs beamed down a light beam onto the highway, and the witnesses felt a vibration. One of the object came back three times, then went away quickly toward the east.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: Loren E. Gross, The Fifth Horseman of the Apocalypse: UFOs: A History. 1954: November-December, p. 11
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_7497

Event 19710 (8687D4D8)

Date: 11/6/1957
Description: At 9:00 p.m. near Baskatong Lake, Quebec 180 km north of Ottawa Jacques Jacobson and three of his friends saw a bright, yellowish-white sphere that was hovering over a hilltop about four kilometers away. From the top and bottom of the object came cones of light that illuminated the countryside and the clouds. Radio reception was blocked throughout the observation, except for a very powerful signal at one shortwave wavelength, modulated, but not in Morse code. The object rose slowly toward the south.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: Alexander Mebane, 1957 Saucer Wave in the US, in Aime Michel, Flying Saucers and the Straight Line Mystery, p. 248; Jacques Vallee, Passport to Magonia: A Century of Landings, case 425
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_7498

Event 19711 (5FC7106B)

Date: 11/6/1957
Description: Twenty-eight year old Olden Moore, a plasterer, was driving home in Montville, Ohio at 11:30 p.m. when he suddenly noticed an object looking like a bright meteor split into two pieces, one of which went straight up. The other got larger while its color changed from bright white to blue-green. It hovered 60 meters above a field and came down to the ground making a soft whirring sound, landing 150 meters away. After watching it for 15 minutes Moore walked up to the object, which he found to be shaped like a “covered dish” 15 meters in diameter and five meters high, with a cone on top about 3 meters tall. It was surrounded by haze or fog and pulsated slowly. Holes, footprints and radioactivity were later found at the site by Civil Defense Director Kenneth Locke.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: Jacques Vallee, Passport to Magonia: A Century of Landings, case 430
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_7499

Event 19712 (6556A20E)

Date: 11/6/1957
Location: Merom, Indiana
Description: Ironworker Rene Gilham saw a brightly luminous hovering UFO and suffered burns on his face and eyes.
Type: ufo sighting
Reference: The Flying Saucers are Hostile!, by George D. Fawcett 1961
Source: HostileFawcett, ID: HostileFawcett_62

Event 19713 (A9E59C69)

Date: 11/6/1957
Location: Montville, Ohio
Description: Plasterer Olden Moore saw a hovering circular UFO and heard a “whirring sound” as an object landed in the field 500 feet away. A Geiger Counter later showed a deadly radioactivity level existed after the sighting in the area.
Type: ufo sighting
Reference: The Flying Saucers are Hostile!, by George D. Fawcett 1961
Source: HostileFawcett, ID: HostileFawcett_63

Event 19714 (CAEB6C83)

Date: 11/6/1957
Location: San Antonio, Texas
Description: Civilian Cook Lon Yarborough at Lackland Air Force Base reported electric interference with his car motor and headlights, when approached by a bright egg-shaped UFO, which landed on the ground. Yarborough heard a “whistling sound” and felt a blast of hot air, but suffered no burns.
Type: ufo sighting
Reference: The Flying Saucers are Hostile!, by George D. Fawcett 1961
Source: HostileFawcett, ID: HostileFawcett_64

Event 19715 (21367FA2)

Date: 11/7/1957
Location: USA, near Meridian (Mississippi)
Description: (Translated from French) Truck driver Malvin Stevens of Dyersburgh from the Cook Truck Line coming from Memphis and driving towards Meridian reported having encountered three small men. He recounted that at first he had thought the object was a weather balloon. It had only one propeller blade at each end and a third propeller at the top. Stevens got out of his truck and encountered three small men coming out of the object. They were about 1.2 meters tall, wearing gray clothing and had “faces like white dough”. They seemed friendly and eager to talk, but he couldn’t understand their babbling. “I stayed there for what seemed like an eternity,” he said. “They returned to the machine which flew off… straight ahead.”
Reference: Charles BOWEN: “In Search of Humanoids” - J’ai Lu 1974, p. 187, 188
Reference: Mini catalogue chronologique des observations OVNI, by Godelieve Van Overmeire
Source: Overmeire, ID: Overmeire_2065

Event 19716 (05FCEA69)

Date: 11/7/1957
Time: ~04:00
Location: COATZACOALCOS, MX
Description: Many observer(s). 50x20M white luminous/glowing rectangle passes over town several times.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO’s a HISTORY-1957 (19 booklets) Self published. (Index 802)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_5698

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, 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: “Mexico”, Credibility: “9”, Duration: “1”, Elev: “1”, HatchDesc: “COATZACOALCOS,MX:MANY OBS:50x20M WHT LUMN RECTANGLE PASSES OVR TOWN SVRL TIMES”, LatLong: “18.150001 -94.416671”, LatLongDMS: “18:09:00 N 94:25:00 W”, Locale: “Coastlands”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “VRC”, Strangeness: “7”

Event 19717 (0CB00388)

Date: 11/7/1957
Time: 06:20
Location: CANON CITY, CO
Description: 2 observer(s). Silent shiny metallic ovoid going east over Royal Gorge. Stops. Going west again.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO’s a HISTORY-1957 (19 booklets) Self published. (Index 802)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_5699

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

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “7”, Duration: “2”, Elev: “1625”, HatchDesc: “CANON CITY,CO:2 OBS:SLNT SHINY MTLC OVOID > E ovr ROYAL GORGE:STOPS:>W AGAIN”, LatLong: “38.450002 -105.250005”, LatLongDMS: “38:27:00 N 105:15:00 W”, Locale: “Mountains”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Colorado”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 19718 (9CA2B423)

Date: 11/7/1957
Time: 07:30
Location: HOUSE, MS
Description: Saucer with propellers / road. 3 small humanoids (or Greys) speak gibberish. 2+independent observer(s). / r8#265+/ r141.
Type: sighting
Reference: HALL, Richard: UNINVITED GUESTS; Aurora Press, Santa Fe, NM 1988. 381pp. (Index 61)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_5700

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, SCR: Classic saucer/disk/sphere shaped UFO, OID: Humanoid: Small alien or “Grey”, CVS: Conversation/communication, LND: UFO landing or any part touches ground, TCH: New technical details/clues

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “7”, Duration: “30”, Elev: “171”, HatchDesc: “HOUSE,MS:SCR W/PROPELLERS/ROAD:3 OIDS SPEAK GIBBERISH:2+ IND OBS:/r8#265+/r141”, LatLong: “32.650002 -89.033338”, LatLongDMS: “32:39:00 N 89:02:00 W”, Locale: “Pasture”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Mississippi”, Strangeness: “10”

Event 19719 (0F8D8305)

Date: 11/7/1957
Time: 07:50
Location: LAKE CHARLES, LA
Description: 5M silver saucer hovers 60m overhead. Car malfunctions due to EME (electro-magnetic effects). Saucer going quickly north very fast. / r79p13.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO’s a HISTORY-1957 (19 booklets) Self published. (Index 805)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_5701

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), VEH: Vehicle affected: Marks/damage/EME effects, EME: Electro-Magnetic Effects

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “6”, Duration: “3”, Elev: “6”, HatchDesc: “LAKE CHARLES,LA:5M SLVR SCR HVRS 60m OVHD:CAR EMEs:SCR>>N VFAST:/r79p13”, LatLong: “30.233335 -93.233338”, LatLongDMS: “30:14:00 N 93:14:00 W”, Locale: “Town & City”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, RelAlt: “60”, State/Prov: “Louisiana”, Strangeness: “7”

Event 19720 (1A74C443)

Date: 11/7/1957
Time: 09:20
Location: NORTH / OROGRANDE, NM
Description: 3 observer(s). Speedometer jumps wildly. Metallic saucer going southwest. / MJ#235+/ r141#18p10.
Type: sighting
Reference: The APRO BULLETIN: Monthly. Jim & Coral Lorenzen: Tucson,AZ (USA. defunct) By volume and number. (Index 695)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_5702

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), VEH: Vehicle affected: Marks/damage/EME effects, EME: Electro-Magnetic Effects

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “4”, Duration: “3”, Elev: “1275”, HatchDesc: “N/OROGRANDE,NM:3 OBS:SPEEDOMETER JUMPS WILDLY:MTLC SCR >SW:/MJ#235+/r141#18p10”, LatLong: “32.516668 -106.066672”, LatLongDMS: “32:31:00 N 106:04:00 W”, Locale: “Pasture”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “New Mexico”, Strangeness: “7”

Event 19721 (4FA9AE61)

Date: 11/7/1957
Time: ~15:00
Location: STRAWBERRY, WEST AUSTRALIA
Description: 3 / farm. Night light going southeast / low altitude. Quickly going up [to] overhead. Circles 2X. Going quickly northwest. Separate report(s) / 2115h.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO’s a HISTORY-1957 (19 booklets) Self published. (Index 821)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_5703

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: “Australia”, Credibility: “9”, Duration: “2”, HatchDesc: “STRAWBERRY,W.AUSTRL:3/FARM:NLT > SE/LO ALT:↑↑ OVHD:CCLs 2X:>>NW:sep.rpts/2115h”, LatLong: “-27.416668 116.133339”, LatLongDMS: “27:25:00 S 116:08:00 E”, Locale: “Farmlands”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Western Australia”, Strangeness: “5”

Event 19722 (639238D8)

Date: 11/7/1957
Time: 15:00
Location: SOMERS POINT, NJ
Description: Numerous separate observer(s). Silver ovoid hovers. Goes back and forth / 2 minute(s). No further details / news.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO’s a HISTORY-1957 (19 booklets) Self published. (Index 819)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_5704

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

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “8”, Duration: “2”, Elev: “8”, HatchDesc: “SOMERS POINT,NJ:NMRS SEP.OBS:SLVR OVOID HVRS:GOES BACK+FORTH/2min:NFD/news”, LatLong: “39.316669 -74.594448”, LatLongDMS: “39:19:00 N 74:35:40 W”, Locale: “Residential”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “New Jersey”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 19723 (FCBD4DD3)

Date: 11/7/1957
Time: 19:00
Location: PANTEX, TX
Description: Several military and cops. Odd objects with lights all over Major nuclear plant. 1 lands?
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO’s a HISTORY-1957 (19 booklets) Self published. (Index 828)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_5705

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, NUC: Nuclear facility related, LND: UFO landing or any part touches ground, MIL: Military investigation, OGA: Non-Covert Government Agencies

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “9”, Duration: “90”, Elev: “1054”, HatchDesc: “PANTEX,TX:SVRL MIL+COPS:ODD OBJS W/LITES all ovr MAJOR NUCL PLANT:1 LANDS?”, LatLong: “35.366668 -101.583338”, LatLongDMS: “35:22:00 N 101:35:00 W”, Locale: “Town & City”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Texas”, Strangeness: “7”

Event 19724 (9AA29F26)

Date: 11/7/1957
Time: 20:00
Location: MT. CORCOVADO, BRZ
Description: Many observer(s). Luminous/glowing delta/triangle/box-like craft hovers. Splits! Half going down / ground-other half hovers.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO’s a HISTORY-1957 (19 booklets) Self published. (Index 804)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_5706

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, DLT: Delta/vee/boomerang/rectangular shaped UFO, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), LND: UFO landing or any part touches ground, TCH: New technical details/clues

Extra Data: Country: “Brazil”, Credibility: “11”, Duration: “15”, Elev: “260”, HatchDesc: “Mt.CORCOVADO,BRZ:MANY OBS:LUMN DLT HVRS:SPLITS!:HALF ↓/GND-OTHER HALF HVRS”, LatLong: “-22.950001 -43.216669”, LatLongDMS: “22:57:00 S 43:13:00 W”, Locale: “Metropolis”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “RDJ”, Strangeness: “7”

Event 19725 (2218D9A9)

Date: 11/7/1957
Time: 20:40
Location: WEATHERLY, PA
Description: Group / teens. Ovoid swoops going down. 4 red lights / rim. Spins fast and silent. Going quickly southwest.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO’s a HISTORY-1957 (19 booklets) Self published. (Index 834)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_5707

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

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “8”, Duration: “1”, Elev: “333”, HatchDesc: "WEATHERLY,PA:GRP/TEENS:OVOID SWOOPS ↓:4 RED LITES/RIM:SPINS FAST+SLNT:>>SW ", LatLong: “40.944446 -75.827781”, LatLongDMS: “40:56:40 N 75:49:40 W”, Locale: “Residential”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Pennsylvania”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 19726 (3DCEC1E8)

Date: 11/7/1957
Time: 21:20
Location: WACO, TX
Description: George Beardon. Silver egg-cylinder/cigar-shape WHIRRs going quickly south. / Waco News-Tribune 8 Nov. '57.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO’s a HISTORY-1957 (19 booklets) Self published. (Index 835)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_5708

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, NWS: News media report, WAV: Wave/cluster/flap, CIG: Torpedo/cigar/cylinder shaped UFO, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), SND: UFO sounds heard or recorded

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “6”, Duration: “1”, Elev: “122”, HatchDesc: “WACO,TX:GEORGE BEARDON:SLVR EGG-CGR WHIRRs >>S:/Waco News-Tribune 8NOV57”, LatLong: “31.566668 -97.133338”, LatLongDMS: “31:34:00 N 97:08:00 W”, Locale: “Residential”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Texas”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 19727 (8E203AA0)

Date: 11/7/1957
Time: 22:40
Location: WAIUKU, NZ
Description: Air Force flight engineering. Ovoid over road. Dives and circles lake / slow / low altitude. Follows coast.
Type: sighting
Reference: CATHIE, Bruce: HARMONIC 33. A. & A. Reed, Wellington, NZ (Index 113)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_5709

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, DRT: Dirt/soil traces/marks/footprints etc.

Extra Data: Country: “New Zealand”, Credibility: “7”, Duration: “15”, HatchDesc: “WAIUKU,NZ:AF FLITE ENGn:OVOID OVR ROAD:DIVES+CCLS LAKE/SLOW/LO alt:FOLOS COAST”, LatLong: “-37.255557 174.738897”, LatLongDMS: “37:15:20 S 174:44:20 E”, Locale: “Coastlands”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “NI”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 19728 (5D1FC6C3)

Date: 11/7/1957
Location: Harlingen AFB, TX
Description: (McDonald list; FUFOR Index) (NICAP: 01 - Distant Encounters, BB: BBU)
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_2158

Event 19729 (D3802F3B)

Date: 11/7/1957
Location: Orogrande (near ), NM
Description: Car traveling about 60 mph. Speedometer waved wildly between 60 and 110. UFO then sighted (NICAP: 03 - EME Cases, NC)
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_2159

Event 19730 (898D3F2D)

Date: 11/7/1957
Location: Lake Charles, LA
Description: Silvery disc hovered, car motor failed.(UFOE) (NICAP: 03 - EME Cases)
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_2160

Event 19731 (69F4D426)

Date: 11/7/1957
Time: 0725
Location: Meridian, Mississippi
Description: Truck driver Malvin Stevens, 48, was driving to Memphis when, about 23 km northwest of Meridian, he saw an object which appeared to have two propellers at either end and a third one on top. Getting out of his truck, he saw three little men about 1.30 m tall, in gray clothes, with “pasty white faces” that seemed friendly and willing to talk, but he was unable to understand their “chattering.” “I stood there for what seemed like an eternity.” They got back into the machine and it took off straight u

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p. There was no ignition interference. An 8-year-old girl from Honse independently reported a round object crossing the sky toward the south.
Type: ufo sighting
Reference: M 273; 115 (Vallee)
Source: ValléeMagonia, ID: Magonia_434

Event 19732 (02BEFF16)

Date: 11/7/1957
Locations: Holloman Air Force Base; Alamogordo, New Mexico
Description: 1:45–1:55 a.m. Seven airmen at Holloman Air Force Base near Alamogordo, New Mexico—Bradford Rickets, James Cole, Dennis Murphy, Wayne Hurlburt, and Harry Uhlrich—see a UFO while on duty at a salvage yard on the north side of the base. The object makes a whistling noise and turns from white to orange to red.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Lorenzen, FSHoax, pp. 100–101
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_3068

Event 19733 (12810439)

Date: 11/7/1957
Locations: House, Mississippi; one mile east of House, Mississippi
Description: 7:25 a.m. Truck driver Melvin Stevens stops one mile east of House, Mississippi, because a silvery “blimp” about 5 feet high and 2 feet long is blocking the road. He walks toward it, a sliding door opens, and three small, pasty-faced men about 4.5 feet tall emerge. Stevens feels paralyzed. After a short time, the beings make a military about-face and reenter the UFO, which takes off vertically.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Center for UFO Studies, HUMCAT Index 1957, p. 32; Clark III 269
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_3069

Event 19734 (AB7F73D2)

Date: 11/7/1957
Locations: US Highway 54; Orogrande, New Mexico; Organ Mountains
Description: 9:20 a.m. Trent Lindsey and his wife and son Byron are driving on US Highway 54 near Orogrande, New Mexico, when Byron notices that the speedometer is jumping wildly back and forth from the top to the bottom of its range. It then stops just as suddenly. The three witnesses later see a metallic-appearing UFO high in the sky to the southwest. It continues moving away for three minutes until it was lost from view over the Organ Mountains. The speedometer functions normally after the UFO is gone.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: “Family Reports Seeing Large Object over NM,” Albuquerque Tribune, November 8, 1957, p. 1; Lorenzen, FSHoax, pp. 99–100
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_3070

Event 19735 (82900966)

Date: 11/7/1957
Locations: Riverhead, Long Island, New York; New York City area; Western Hemisphere
Description: 9:38 a.m. Mysterious radio signals on the 108 megacycle radio band are recorded by RCA Communications at Riverhead, Long Island, New York. The signal is a continuous, tone-modulated hum at a low pitch of 200 cycles per second. The FCC admits it is baffled, but suspects that it comes from a radio amateur or equipment testing in the New York City area. Another report claims that Vanguard and Federal Communications Commission watchers at 18 monitoring stations throughout the Western Hemisphere are picking up signals at 14.286 megacycles, possibly connected with Sputnik 2. The signal is a long note of low pitch followed after a few seconds by two short notes.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: “Mystery Signals Are Unconnected with Satellites,” Fort Myers (Fla.) News-Press, November 8, 1957, pp. 1–2; Lorenzen, UFOs: The Whole Story, Signet, 1969, p. 83
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_3071

Event 19736 (CB610217)

Date: 11/7/1957
Locations: Atomic Energy Commission’s Pantex Plant; Amarillo, Texas; Farin Road 2373; Highway 60
Description: 7:46 p.m. Bright, flashing objects hover for 30 minutes over the Atomic Energy Commission’s Pantex Plant 15 miles east of Amarillo, Texas. The UFOs are reported to the State Highway Patrol office by plant guards, and a patrolman dispatched to the plant arrives at 8:15 p.m. and sees a strange light. Guards at the plant are “all shook up” from watching three objects floating 50 feet above the ground. One of the objects apparently lands on Farin Road 2373, three miles north of Highway 60. Guards tell the patrolman they tried to approach the objects by turning off their lights, “but the things would just slip away from them when they got near.” They are unable to estimate the size of the objects but seem positive “they saw more than just lights.”
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: NICAP, “Lights Shake Up Guards at Nuclear Plant”; Sparks, p. 258
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_3072

Event 19737 (F86C9FFB)

Date: 11/7/1957
Location: Waterloo, Iowa
Description: Night. Paul Rutledge, a packinghouse worker at Waterloo, Iowa, sees an object hovering above his garage. He can see two figures walking around inside. The object is about 30 feet long and has a shiny bottom and a glass top.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Lorenzen, UFOs: The Whole Story, Signet, 1969, p. 84; Patrick Gross, URECAT, January 24, 2007
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_3073

Event 19738 (1A3B5E1F)

Date: 11/7/1957
Description: Truck driver Malvin Stevens, age 48, was driving to Memphis when, about 23 km northwest of Meridian, Mississippi he saw an object that appeared to have two propellers at either end and a third one on top. Getting out of his truck, he saw three little men about 1.30 meters tall, wearing gray uniforms. They had “pasty white faces.” They seemed friendly and willing to talk, but he was unable to understand their “chattering.” “I stood there for what seemed like an eternity.” They got back into the machine and it took off straight up. There was no vehicle ignition interference. An eight-year-old girl from Honse, Mississippi independently reported a round object crossing the sky toward the south.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: Jacques Vallee, Passport to Magonia: A Century of Landings, case 434
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_7523

Event 19739 (A470CC71)

Date: 11/7/1957
Description: Guards at the Atomic Energy Commission’s Pantex Plant in Amarillo, TX report three flashing objects 50 feet above the ground before landing on Farin Road 2373. Guards attempted to approach but the “things would slip away from them when they got near,” and they were “all shook up.” Neither AEC nor the DOE have ever declassified any information related to this event.

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Reference: Anonymous 2023 PDF
Source: Anon2023PDF, ID: Anon2023PDF_79

Event 19740 (2C35D113)

Date: 11/8/1957
Description: (Translated from French) In Merrick, Long Island (New York), Miss L. Dinner observed an object shaped like a bar, 3.5 inches long, sending out blue flashes, emitting a whistling sound. (November 8, 10:10am)
Reference: case Blue Book #5254 unsolved
Reference: rr0 - Beau
Source: rr0, ID: rr0_1731

Event 19741 (A0D7D2EE)

Date: 11/8/1957
Time: 02:00
Location: SLOANSVILLE, NY
Description: US20+SR30A. 70M cigar seen 20’ over ground. No further details.
Type: sighting
Reference: VALLEE, Jacques: PASSPORT TO MAGONIA; H. Regnery, Chicago HC 1969 & Contemporary Books,Chicago 1993. 372pp. (Index 436)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_5710

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

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “6”, Duration: “1”, Elev: “208”, HatchDesc: “SLOANSVILLE,NY:US20+SR30A:70M CIGAR SEEN 20’ OVER GROUND:NFD”, LatLong: “42.766669 -74.372226”, LatLongDMS: “42:46:00 N 74:22:20 W”, Locale: “Farmlands”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, RelAlt: “6”, State/Prov: “New York”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 19742 (3B4252BC)

Date: 11/8/1957
Time: 02:50
Location: AU SABLE FORKS, NY
Description: Observer(s) / ground. Shiny silver object like disk flipping. Paces bomber plane.
Type: sighting
Reference: HALL, Richard: The UFO EVIDENCE; NICAP,Washington, DC 1964. Reprinted 1997 Barnes & Noble Books ( only $7.98! ) (Index 166)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_5711

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: “6”, Duration: “2”, Elev: “170”, HatchDesc: “AU SABLE FORKS,NY:OBS/GND:SHINY SLVR OBJ LIKE DISK FLIPPING:PACES BOMBER PLANE”, LatLong: “44.438891 -73.677781”, LatLongDMS: “44:26:20 N 73:40:40 W”, Locale: “Town & City”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “New York”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 19743 (0E43DB35)

Date: 11/8/1957
Time: 06:20
Location: CAMARILLO, CA
Description: 2 separate observer(s). Triangle glides overhead going northwest. Lit from inside. / r141#2p37.
Type: sighting
Reference: MICHEL, Aime: FLYING SAUCERS & the STRAIGHT LINE THEORY HB (hard to find) (Index 265)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_5712

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

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “6”, Duration: “25”, Elev: “43”, HatchDesc: “CAMARILLO,CA:2 SEP.OBS:TRIANGLE GLIDES OHVD >NW:LIT FROM INSIDE:/r141#2p37”, LatLong: “34.216668 -119.033339”, LatLongDMS: “34:13:00 N 119:02:00 W”, Locale: “Coastlands”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “California”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 19744 (8D47C7D6)

Date: 11/8/1957
Time: 09:00
Location: GIAVENO, ITL
Description: Hunter. Whistle! 2 disks land. 2 pseudo-human/entity exit and make repairs? Burnt grass.
Type: sighting
Reference: ITACAT, Catalogo Italiano degli Incontri Ravvicinati. Maurizio Verga, 1989 CISU/Torino, Italy. (Index 49)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_5713

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, DRT: Dirt/soil traces/marks/footprints etc., VEG: Plants affected or sampled/crop circles, ANI: Animals affected or injuries/marks, LND: UFO landing or any part touches ground, TRC: Physical traces, TCH: New technical details/clues, SND: UFO sounds heard or recorded

Extra Data: Country: “Italy”, Credibility: “6”, Duration: “4”, HatchDesc: “GIAVENO,ITL:HUNTER:WHISTLE!:2 DISKS LAND:2 PSH EXIT+MAKE REPAIRS?:burnt grass”, LatLong: “45.033335 7.350000”, LatLongDMS: “45:02:00 N 07:21:00 E”, Locale: “Pasture”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Torino”, Strangeness: “9”

Event 19745 (6477663B)

Date: 11/8/1957
Time: 10:10
Location: MERRICK, LI, NY
Description: 1 observer. 3.5’ bar-shaped object gives blue flashes and swishing sound.
Type: sighting
Reference: BERLINER, DON: The BLUEBOOK UNKNOWNS; (FUFOR). (Index 27)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_5714

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, CIG: Torpedo/cigar/cylinder shaped UFO, DLT: Delta/vee/boomerang/rectangular shaped UFO, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), MIL: Military investigation, BBK: Project BLUEBOOK, SND: UFO sounds heard or recorded

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “6”, Duration: “1”, Elev: “7”, HatchDesc: “MERRICK,LI,NY:1 OBS:3.5’ BAR-SHAPED OBJ GIVES BLU FLASHES+SWISHING SOUND:”, LatLong: “40.661113 -73.550004”, LatLongDMS: “40:39:40 N 73:33:00 W”, Locale: “Residential”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “New York”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 19746 (6558D8D6)

Date: 11/8/1957
Time: 13:00?
Location: EAST / PORTALES, NM
Description: Bus driver. Round metallic object hovers over Cannon Air Force Base. Vanishes! / r141#2.
Type: sighting
Reference: The APRO BULLETIN: Monthly. Jim & Coral Lorenzen: Tucson,AZ (USA. defunct) By volume and number. (Index 695)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_5715

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

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “6”, Duration: “1”, Elev: “1280”, HatchDesc: “E/PORTALES,NM:BUS DRIVER:RND MTLC OBJ HVRS ovr CANNON AFB:VANISHES!:/r141#2”, LatLong: “34.400002 -103.316672”, LatLongDMS: “34:24:00 N 103:19:00 W”, Locale: “Town & City”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “New Mexico”, Strangeness: “7”

Event 19747 (82797008)

Date: 11/8/1957
Time: 14:30
Location: HOLLY, WV
Description: 9 observer(s). 12M cylinder/cigar-shape with portholes lands by lake. Figure(s) move outside. / r141#2p47.
Type: sighting
Reference: MICHEL, Aime: FLYING SAUCERS & the STRAIGHT LINE THEORY HB (hard to find) (Index 265)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_5716

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, HQO: High-quality observer(s), CIG: Torpedo/cigar/cylinder shaped UFO, PSH: Pseudo-human: Clone/organic robot/human-like, FIG: Undefined or poorly seen figure/entity, LND: UFO landing or any part touches ground, MIL: Military investigation, BBK: Project BLUEBOOK

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “10”, Duration: “3”, Elev: “284”, HatchDesc: “HOLLY,WV:9 OBS:12M CGR W/PORTHOLES LANDS by LAKE:FIGs MOVE OUTSIDE:/r141#2p47”, LatLong: “38.650002 -80.516671”, LatLongDMS: “38:39:00 N 80:31:00 W”, Locale: “Mountains”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Western Virginia”, Strangeness: “9”

Event 19748 (4B7530A8)

Date: 11/8/1957
Time: 17:00
Location: EDINBURGH, SCOTLAND
Description: 14 observer(s). Saucer paces and buzzes truck. Turns going quickly northeast to Firth and sea. / FSRv4#1.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO’s a HISTORY-1957 (19 booklets) Self published. (Index 809)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_5717

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, VEH: Vehicle affected: Marks/damage/EME effects, MIL: Military investigation

Extra Data: Country: “Great Britain and Ireland”, Credibility: “10”, Duration: “2”, Elev: “32”, HatchDesc: “EDINBURGH,SCOTL:14 OBS:SCR PACES+BUZZES TRUCK:TURNS >>NE to FIRTH+SEA:/FSRv4#1”, LatLong: “55.933336 -3.233333”, LatLongDMS: “55:56:00 N 03:14:00 W”, Locale: “Metropolis”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Scotland”, Strangeness: “7”

Event 19749 (FE8BD949)

Date: 11/8/1957
Time: 17:00
Location: MT. STROMLO, AUS
Description: 3 astronomers. Pink-glowing object going west slow. / r3p26+news text / r141#2p36.
Type: sighting
Reference: FLYING SAUCER REVIEW (FSR), London. Bimonthly. PO Box 162; High Wycombe, Bucks. HP135 DZ, England. (Index 49)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_5718

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: “Australia”, Credibility: “9”, Duration: “8”, HatchDesc: “Mt.STROMLO,AUS:3 ASTRONOMERS:PINK-GLO OBJ >W SLOW:/r3p26+news text/r141#2p36”, LatLong: “-35.333335 149.000007”, LatLongDMS: “35:20:00 S 149:00:00 E”, Locale: “Residential”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Australian Capital Territory”, Strangeness: “5”

Event 19750 (25C7D51A)

Date: 11/8/1957
Time: 18:30
Location: ORGUEIL, FR
Description: Domed saucer going west. Going down / low altitude overhead. Going quickly south. Reappears in north! / LDLN#165.
Type: sighting
Reference: FIGEUT, Michel & RUCHON, Jean-Louis: OVNI - Le Premier Dossier…; Alain LeFeuvre, Paris 1979. (Index 236)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_5719

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

Extra Data: Country: “France”, Credibility: “6”, Duration: “1”, HatchDesc: “ORGUEIL,FR:DOMED SCR > W:↓/LO ALT OVHD:>>S:REAPPEARS IN NORTH!:/LDLN#165”, LatLong: “43.761113 1.411111”, LatLongDMS: “43:45:40 N 01:24:40 E”, Locale: “Town & City”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Tarn-et-Garonne”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 19751 (020032B3)

Date: 11/8/1957
Time: 18:50
Location: CARTHAGE, TN
Description: Cops and many separate observer(s). Silent red night lights hover and spin and flash and maneuver. / r141#2p51.
Type: sighting
Reference: HALL, Richard: The UFO EVIDENCE; NICAP,Washington, DC 1964. Reprinted 1997 Barnes & Noble Books ( only $7.98! ) (Index 167)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_5720

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, OGA: Non-Covert Government Agencies

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “9”, Duration: “150”, Elev: “157”, HatchDesc: “CARTHAGE,TN:COPS+MANY SEP.OBS:SLNT RED NLTS HVR+SPIN+FLASH+MNVR:/r141#2p51”, LatLong: “36.250002 -85.950004”, LatLongDMS: “36:15:00 N 85:57:00 W”, Locale: “Pasture”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Tennessee”, Strangeness: “5”

Event 19752 (0886797A)

Date: 11/8/1957
Time: ~19:00
Location: TOULOUSE OBSERVER(S), FR
Description: Astronomer and hundreds. Fireball going [to] WNW. Going up. Sharp loop and going quickly ESE and quickly going up [to] again. / r3p27.
Type: sighting
Reference: GARREAU, Charles: SOUCOUPES VOLANTES, Vingt-cinq Ans d’Enquetes. 3rd Editn = 1973? Maison Mame ISBN 2-250-00464-1 (Index 75)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_5721

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, HQO: High-quality observer(s), SCI: Scientist involvement, NLT: Nightlights/points of light, FBL: Fireball: Blazing undistinguished form/orb., NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s)

Extra Data: Country: “France”, Credibility: “12”, Duration: “5”, HatchDesc: “TOULOUSE OBS,FR:ASTRONOMER+100s:FBL >WNW:↑:SHARP LOOP+>>ESE+↑↑ again:/r3p27”, LatLong: “43.611113 1.461111”, LatLongDMS: “43:36:40 N 01:27:40 E”, Locale: “Mountains”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Haute Garonne”, Strangeness: “5”

Event 19753 (E2C16A38)

Date: 11/8/1957
Time: 22:00?
Location: WATERLOO, IA
Description: Separate observer(s). 10M saucer going [to] over garage. Dome lit. Stays / 30 minute(s). Going north. Figure(s)? / r8#438.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO’s a HISTORY-1957 (19 booklets) Self published. (Index 848)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_5722

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, FIG: Undefined or poorly seen figure/entity

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “7”, Duration: “1”, Elev: “255”, HatchDesc: “WATERLOO,IA:SEP.OBS:10M SCR > OVR GARAGE:DOME LIT:STAYS/30min:>N:FIGs?:/r8#438”, LatLong: “42.483335 -92.333338”, LatLongDMS: “42:29:00 N 92:20:00 W”, Locale: “Farmlands”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Iowa”, Strangeness: “7”

Event 19754 (0498D8EB)

Date: 11/8/1957
Location: Merrick, Long Island, NY
Description: A bar-shaped object, 3.5 ft long, giving off blue flashes (NICAP: 01 - Distant Encounters, BB: 5254)
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_2161

Event 19755 (9133A941)

Date: 11/8/1957
Location: Edinburgh, Scotland
Description: Fourteen people, including Mrs. Maty Home, reported to police that a diskshaped object followed their truck, dived toward it, came within 20 m of them, then left toward the sea, leaving a double vapor trail.
Type: ufo sighting
Reference: Round-up 217; 116 (Vallee)
Source: ValléeMagonia, ID: Magonia_435

Event 19756 (F80CC440)

Date: 11/8/1957
Time: 0200
Location: Sloanville, New York
Description: A cigar-shaped object 70 m long was observed less than 7 m above ground.
Type: ufo sighting
Reference: M 264; 117 (Vallee)
Source: ValléeMagonia, ID: Magonia_436

Event 19757 (417BB0B4)

Date: 11/8/1957
Time: 1430
Location: Holly, West Virginia
Description: Hank Mollohan and eight other persons saw an elongated object, 12 m long, with several portholes from which fire and smoke appeared to be coming. It swung at low altitude and dropped to the ground. People seemed to be moving around it, but the witnesses were driven away by a hard rain.
Type: ufo sighting
Reference: M 265 (Vallee)
Source: ValléeMagonia, ID: Magonia_437

Event 19758 (758FA46C)

Date: 11/8/1957
Time: night
Location: Waterloo, Iowa
Description: Paul Rutledge saw an object 16 m long flying over his garage. The top part was bright, and there were two figures visible inside.
Type: ufo sighting
Reference: M 266 (Vallee)
Source: ValléeMagonia, ID: Magonia_438

Event 19759 (369FCBF9)

Date: 11/8/1957
Time: l0:10 AM
Location: Merrick, Long Island, New York
Description: Witness: Mrs. L. Dinner. One bar-shaped object, 3.5’ long, giving off blue flashes, made a swishing sound. No further data.
Type: ufo sighting
Reference: BlueBook Unknowns PDF
Source: BerlinerBBUnknowns, ID: BerlinerBBU_418

Event 19760 (896F6AF3)

Date: 11/8/1957
Time: 17:47:00.0
Location: 1.6700 -157.2500
Description: Nuclear test: Air, confirmed. Country: Britain Name: “grapple” Yield: 1800KT
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_1762

Extra Data: LatLong: “1.6700 -157.2500”, LatLongDMS: “01:40:12 N 157:15:00 W”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, NukeCountry: “Britain”, NukeDepth: “0.00”, NukeName: “grapple”, NukeSource: “BOLT”, NukeType: “NACG”, NukeY: “1800”

Event 19761 (144E905B)

Date: 11/8/1957
Location: Mount Stromlo Observatory near Canberra, Australia
Description: 3:03 a.m. Polish-Australian astronomer Antoni Przybylski and Dutch-American astronomer Bart Bok see a vivid pink object moving slowly across the sky at Mount Stromlo Observatory near Canberra, Australia. It is visible to the naked eye for two minutes. Przybylski has just finished observing Sputnik 1 and 2, so it wasn’t a satellite or a meteor. Assistant Director Arthur Robert Hogg thinks it might be circling the earth like a satellite.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Loren E. Gross, The Fifth Horseman of the Apocalypse: UFOs, a History: 1957, November 7th–12th, The Author, 1998, p. 36; Michael D. Swords, “Gazing at the Moons,” IUR 32, no. 4 (October 2009): 10–11; Center for UFO Studies, “Moonwatch Mystery Satellites, 1958–1962”
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_3074

Event 19762 (1D8EBBBE)

Date: 11/8/1957
Location: Camarillo, California
Description: 6:22 a.m. Connie Foster watches a lighted triangular object flying from southeast to northwest over Camarillo, California. It is moving with the base facing forward and has bright lights on the tips of the triangle. She watches it for nearly 30 minutes before it disappears.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Loren E. Gross, The Fifth Horseman of the Apocalypse: UFOs, a History: 1957, November 7th–12th, The Author, 1998, p. 37
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_3075

Event 19763 (60A23420)

Date: 11/8/1957
Locations: Wright-Patterson AFB; Dayton, Ohio
Description: Spencer Whedon, chief of Air Intelligence at Wright-Patterson AFB near Dayton, Ohio, tells the press that of 5,700 UFO reports received by his office since 1940, 97% have been identified satisfactorily and the other 8% remain unidentified due to insufficient information.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: “Seeing Things? No, Sky Really Red,” Cincinnati (Ohio) Post, November 7, 1957, p. 8
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_3076

Event 19764 (CD8D15F3)

Date: 11/8/1957
Locations: San Francisco; Honolulu
Description: 6:00 p.m. Pan Am Flight 7, a Boeing Stratocruiser flying across the Pacific mysteriously crashes midway between San Francisco and Honolulu. One of the crew is UFO witness Capt. William H. Fortenberry. The cause of the crash is never determined. Fortenberry’s journalist son, Ken H. Fortenberry, suspects that the bereaved and mentally unstable purser Oliver Eugene Crosthwaite, has deliberately caused the crash, killing himself and murdering 43 innocent people in the process.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Wikipedia, “Pan Am Flight 7”; Ken H. Fortenberry, Flight 7 Is Missing: The Search for My Father’s Killer, Fayetteville Mafia, 2020
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_3077

Event 19765 (947258CB)

Date: 11/8/1957
Locations: Newhailes Road; Edinburgh; Musselburgh, Scotland; Portobello
Description: Night. 12 female and 4 male farmworkers are in a truck on the Newhailes Road returning to Edinburgh from picking Brussels sprouts in a nursey at Musselburgh, Scotland. One of them spots a gray, round object seemingly following the truck at a distance of 60 feet. Mary Horne says it is domed on the top and bottom. It follows them for 5–10 minutes then moves off towards Portobello leaving a double vapor trail.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Loren E. Gross, The Fifth Horseman of the Apocalypse: UFOs, a History: 1957, November 7th–12th, The Author, 1998, pp. 54– 55
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_3078

Event 19766 (43A99CC8)

Date: 11/8/1957
Description: In Edinburgh, Scotland fourteen people, including Mrs. Maty Home, reported to the police that a disc-shaped object followed their truck, dived toward it, came within 20 meters of them, and then left toward the sea, leaving a double vapor trail.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: Jacques Vallee, Passport to Magonia: A Century of Landings, case 435
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_7531

Event 19767 (F86F5D38)

Date: 11/8/1957
Description: At 2:00 a.m. a cigar-shaped object, 70 meters long, was observed less than seven meters above the ground in Sloanville, New York.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: Jacques Vallee, Passport to Magonia: A Century of Landings, case 437
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_7532

Event 19768 (F7D39408)

Date: 11/8/1957
Description: At 2:30 p.m. Hank Mollohan and eight other persons saw an elongated object land in Holly, West Virginia. It was 12 meters long and had several portholes from which fire and smoke appeared to be coming. It swung at low altitude and then dropped to the ground. People seemed to be moving around outside the landed UFO, but the witnesses were driven away by a hard rain.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: Alexander Mebane, “1957 Saucer Wave in the US,” in Aime Michel, Flying Saucers and the Straight Line Mystery, p. 265; Jacques Vallee, Passport to Magonia: A Century of Landings, case 436
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_7533

Event 19769 (AD3AE139)

Date: 11/8/1957
Description: On the same night Paul Rutledge saw an object 16 meters long flying over his garage in Waterloo, Iowa. The top part was bright and there were two figures visible inside.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: Alexander Mebane, “1957 Saucer Wave in the US,” in Aime Michel, Flying Saucers and the Straight Line Mystery, p. 265; Jacques Vallee, Passport to Magonia: A Century of Landings, case 438
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_7534

Event 19770 (503761B2)

Date: 11/8/1957
Location: Pacific Ocean
Description: The Panamerican Stratocruiser “Romance of the Skies” crashed in the Pacific Ocean. UFOs had been reported in the vicinity.
Type: ufo sighting
Reference: The Flying Saucers are Hostile!, by George D. Fawcett 1961
Source: HostileFawcett, ID: HostileFawcett_65

Event 19771 (AC473E93)

Date: 11/9/1957
Time: 01:00
Location: LAKE CITY, MO
Description: Ammunition dump. Car malfunctions due to EME (electro-magnetic effects). 16M object hovers / 15m altitude. Type unknown. / r8#439.
Type: sighting
Reference: VALLEE, Jacques: UFO’S IN SPACE - Anatomy of a Phenomenon; Henry Regnery 1966 & Ballentine PB 1974 294pp. (Index 189)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_5723

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), VEH: Vehicle affected: Marks/damage/EME effects, EME: Electro-Magnetic Effects, MIL: Military investigation, BBK: Project BLUEBOOK

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “8”, Duration: “2”, Elev: “229”, HatchDesc: “LAKE CITY,MO:AMMO DUMP:CAR EMEs:16M OBJ HVRS/15m alt:type UNK:/r8#439”, LatLong: “39.100002 -94.433338”, LatLongDMS: “39:06:00 N 94:26:00 W”, Locale: “Town & City”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, RelAlt: “15”, State/Prov: “Missouri”, Strangeness: “7”

Event 19772 (C30341CF)

Date: 11/9/1957
Time: ~08:00
Location: DS85 NORTH / PUEBLO, CO
Description: Cop and separate observer(s). Cylinder/cigar-shape hovers / 5 minute(s). Going quickly south extremely fast… vanishes in sight.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO’s a HISTORY-1957 (19 booklets) Self published. (Index 864)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_5724

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), OGA: Non-Covert Government Agencies, CMF: Camouflage/disguise

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “7”, Duration: “5”, Elev: “1402”, HatchDesc: “DS85 N/PUEBLO,CO:COP+SEP.OBS:CGR HVRS/5min:>>S XFAST…VANISHES in sight”, LatLong: “38.616669 -104.683338”, LatLongDMS: “38:37:00 N 104:41:00 W”, Locale: “Pasture”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Colorado”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 19773 (306BCA31)

Date: 11/9/1957
Time: 09:20
Location: SOUTHEAST / LAFAYETTE, LA
Description: Captain Gile and airline(s)/airliner crew. Large silver disk hovers / airport. Air Defense Command investigation/investigators. / r141#2.
Type: sighting
Reference: KEHOE, Maj Donald: FLYING SAUCERS TOP SECRET; NICAP and G.P. Putnam’s Sons, NY 1960 HB. (Index 129)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_5725

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

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “10”, Duration: “3”, Elev: “11”, HatchDesc: “SE/LAFAYETTE,LA:Capt GILE+AL CREW:LRG SLVR DISK HVRS/AIRPORT:ADC INV:/r141#2”, LatLong: “30.233335 -92.000004”, LatLongDMS: “30:14:00 N 92:00:00 W”, Locale: “Town & City”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Louisiana”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 19774 (72EEF678)

Date: 11/9/1957
Time: 15:50
Location: SACRAMENTO, CA
Description: 3 disks bob going up and down [to] and circle in Eastern sky. All vanish! / r141#2p65.
Type: sighting
Reference: HALL, Richard: The UFO EVIDENCE; NICAP,Washington, DC 1964. Reprinted 1997 Barnes & Noble Books ( only $7.98! ) (Index 167)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_5726

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: “7”, HatchDesc: “SACRAMENTO,CA:3 DISKS BOB ↑+↓ and CIRCLE in EASTERN SKY:ALL VANISH!:/r141#2p65”, LatLong: “38.583335 -121.450006”, LatLongDMS: “38:35:00 N 121:27:00 W”, Locale: “Farmlands”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “California”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 19775 (644F616C)

Date: 11/9/1957
Time: 19:20
Location: NORTH / CARRIZOZO, NM
Description: 3 / car. Headlights die. UFO going north turns going quickly southwest / fast. / r141#18p11+/ r79p10.
Type: sighting
Reference: LORENZEN, Coral: FLYING SAUCERS, the Starting Evidence; Signet Books, NY 1962 & 1966. 278pp. Originally “The Great F. S. Hoax”. (Index 101)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_5727

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), NUC: Nuclear facility related, VEH: Vehicle affected: Marks/damage/EME effects, EME: Electro-Magnetic Effects

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “8”, Duration: “1”, Elev: “1660”, HatchDesc: “N/CARRIZOZO,NM:3/CAR:HEADLITES DIE:UFO> N TURNS >>SW/FAST:/r141#18p11+/r79p10”, LatLong: “33.816668 -105.861116”, LatLongDMS: “33:49:00 N 105:51:40 W”, Locale: “Desert”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “New Mexico”, Strangeness: “8”

Event 19776 (810E41DB)

Date: 11/9/1957
Time: 21:10
Location: SOUTH / BEDFORD, IN
Description: 1 / (seen thru) binoculars and separate observer(s). Cars electro-magnetic effect (EME). Domed saucer rises / ground. Hovers. Going quickly [to] over hills.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO’s a HISTORY-1957 (19 booklets) Self published. (Index 866)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_5728

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: “8”, Duration: “1”, Elev: “221”, HatchDesc: “S/BEDFORD,IN:1/BINOCS+SEP.OBS:CARS EME:DOMED SCR RISES/GND:HVRS:>> OVR HILLS:”, LatLong: “38.800002 -86.488893”, LatLongDMS: “38:48:00 N 86:29:20 W”, Locale: “Pasture”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Indiana”, Strangeness: “7”

Event 19777 (0CF52CEE)

Date: 11/9/1957
Time: 21:30
Location: NEAR HUMBOLDT, TN
Description: Man / horseback and separate observer(s). Silver ovoid glows and spins overhead. Faint moan.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO’s a HISTORY-1957 (19 booklets) Self published. (Index 863)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_5729

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

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “7”, Duration: “3”, Elev: “110”, HatchDesc: “nr HUMBOLDT,TN:MAN/HORSEBACK+SEP.OBS:SLVR OVOID GLOWS+SPINS OVHD:FAINT MOAN”, LatLong: “35.822224 -88.916671”, LatLongDMS: “35:49:20 N 88:55:00 W”, Locale: “Mountains”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Tennessee”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 19778 (7342304B)

Date: 11/9/1957
Location: Lake City, MO
Description: Man saw object 50 ft long. Car engine died as he approached (NICAP: 01 - Distant Encounters, BB: BBU)
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_2162

Event 19779 (B51DAD8F)

Date: 11/9/1957
Location: White Oaks (near), NM
Description: Car lights failed as UFO observed (NICAP: 03 - EME Cases, NC)
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_2163

Event 19780 (E865D1C1)

Date: 11/9/1957
Time: 0100
Location: Lake City, Missouri
Description: A civilian driving his car home from work observed a hovering object 16 m long. His car engine died as he neared the object’s position, and it started again only after the object’s departure.
Type: ufo sighting
Reference: Atic (Vallee)
Source: ValléeMagonia, ID: Magonia_439

Event 19781 (27BDC562)

Date: 11/9/1957
Location: Sacramento, California
Description: 12:15 a.m. A man is driving in Sacramento, California, when his car engine and headlights fail. He looks up and sees an elongated egg-shaped object with delta-shaped wings, 150–200 feet long and 40–50 feet wide. The wings come back to about 30 feet from the rear of the fuselage. It has a bright bluish hue and leaves a bluish fluorescent trail. The sighting lasts 2–3 minutes.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Herbert S. Taylor, “An Update on Vehicle Interference Reports, Part Two,” IUR 34, no. 1 (September 2011): 19
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_3079

Event 19782 (33322E9A)

Date: 11/9/1957
Location: Lafayette (Louisiana) Airport
Description: 9:15 a.m. Eastern Airline pilot Capt. Truman Gile Jr. is preparing to take off from Lafayette (Louisiana) Airport when he sees a big silvery object about 20,000 feet in the air. Gile watches it for 3 minutes and it doesn’t move. He alerts copilot James E. Hall, the stewardess, and the ground agents, and they all watch it another 5 minutes before it fades away.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Loren E. Gross, The Fifth Horseman of the Apocalypse: UFOs, a History: 1957, November 7th–12th, The Author, 1998, pp. 61–62
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_3080

Event 19783 (93EE25D5)

Date: 11/9/1957
Locations: Carrizozo, New Mexico; US Highway 54; White Oaks; US Highway 380
Description: 7:20 p.m. Several witnesses are driving 12 miles northeast of Carrizozo, New Mexico, on US Highway 54 in the vicinity of White Oaks when a large, rapidly moving light approaches their car from the south and apparently causes the vehicle’s lighting system to fail. The light changes course and speeds off to the southwest. Jim and Coral Lorenzen are driving east on US Highway 380 about 10 miles east of Carrizozo when they spot an anomalous light that might be the same object.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Lorenzen, FSHoax, pp, 101–102
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_3081

Event 19784 (EB9956A3)

Date: 11/9/1957
Description: At 1:00 a.m. a civilian driving his car home from work in Lake City, Missouri observed a hovering object 16 meters long. It had an elongated shape, and hovered 50 feet above the ground. His car engine died as he neared the object’s position. When the object left the performance of the engine returned to normal.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: Jacques Vallee, Passport to Magonia: A Century of Landings, case 439
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_7564

Event 19785 (74C5B6D0)

Date: 11/9/1957
Description: In Bedford, Indiana a UFO was seen by a Mr. Merry at 9:10 p.m. His car stalled, and his head was covered with burns following the close encounter. On the same night just south of the same town a woman named Baxter also had her car stopped by a domed saucer, which rose from the ground, hovered, and then flew off over the hills.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: Frank Edwards, Fate magazine, March 1958, pp. 27 & 32; Loren E. Gross, The Fifth Horseman of the Apocalypse: UFOs: A History. 1957: November 7-12, p. 66
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_7565

Event 19786 (DF42A8FD)

Date: 11/9/1957
Location: Hillsborough, California
Description: Fragments from a UFO landed, now under investigation.
Type: ufo sighting
Reference: The Flying Saucers are Hostile!, by George D. Fawcett 1961
Source: HostileFawcett, ID: HostileFawcett_66

Event 19787 (2B6B65EE)

Date: 11/10/1957
Time: 01:20
Location: MADISON, OH
Description: 12 Mx3M ‘acorn’ / 20M / altitude. Observer(s) gets sick. Dog dies / cancer. / r141#2p69.
Type: sighting
Reference: HALL, Richard: UNINVITED GUESTS; Aurora Press, Santa Fe, NM 1988. 381pp. (Index 245)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_5730

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, HUM: Humans affected: Injury/burns/marks/abduction/death, LND: UFO landing or any part touches ground, RDA: Radiation/high energy fields detected, TCH: New technical details/clues, INJ: Injuries, illness/death, mutilations, MIL: Military investigation

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “8”, Duration: “50”, Elev: “227”, HatchDesc: “MADISON,OH:12Mx3M ‘ACORN’/20M /alt:OBS GETS SICK:dog dies/cancer:/r141#2p69”, LatLong: “41.772224 -81.050004”, LatLongDMS: “41:46:20 N 81:03:00 W”, Locale: “Farmlands”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, RelAlt: “20”, State/Prov: “Ohio”, Strangeness: “9”

Event 19788 (1C7F4FAA)

Date: 11/10/1957
Time: 02:50
Location: KATOOMBA, AUSTR
Description: Huge luminous/glowing cylinder/cigar-shape races toward(s) Sputnik! Vanishes. Sputnik brightens!
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO’s a HISTORY-1957 (19 booklets) Self published. (Index 871)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_5731

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, NWS: News media report, CIG: Torpedo/cigar/cylinder shaped UFO, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), OBS: Observation/chasing vehicles, RAY: Odd light/searchlight/beam/laser-like, VEH: Vehicle affected: Marks/damage/EME effects, TCH: New technical details/clues

Extra Data: Country: “Australia”, Credibility: “6”, Duration: “2”, HatchDesc: “KATOOMBA,AUSTR:HUGE LUMn CGR RACES TWRD SPUTNIK!:VANISHES:SPUTNIK BRIGHTENS!”, LatLong: “-33.700002 150.300007”, LatLongDMS: “33:42:00 S 150:18:00 E”, Locale: “Residential”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “NSW”, Strangeness: “8”

Event 19789 (0EF0CD13)

Date: 11/10/1957
Time: 11:00
Location: SKARYSZEW, POLAND
Description: ~12 observer(s). Bright cylinder/cigar-shape hovers / 30 minute(s) then flies going [to] east. No further details.
Type: sighting
Reference: HOBANA Ion & WEVERBERGH,Julien: UFO’S from BEHIND the IRON CURTAIN; Bantam Books,1975. 308pp. (Index 211)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_5732

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, MIL: Observer(s) military, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, HQO: High-quality observer(s), CIG: Torpedo/cigar/cylinder shaped UFO, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), OBS: Observation/chasing vehicles

Extra Data: Country: “Poland”, Credibility: “10”, Duration: “30”, HatchDesc: “SKARYSZEW,POLAND:~12 OBS:BRITE CGR HOVERS/30min THEN FLIES >EAST:NFD”, LatLong: “51.311114 21.261112”, LatLongDMS: “51:18:40 N 21:15:40 E”, Locale: “Town & City”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “RDM”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 19790 (284D3B02)

Date: 11/10/1957
Time: 12:00
Location: LYTHRODHONDA, CYPRUS
Description: Villagers. 2 wine casks fly past / great speed. No further details.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO’s a HISTORY-1957 (19 booklets) Self published. (Index 812)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_5733

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: “Greece and Island nations”, Credibility: “7”, Duration: “1”, Elev: “410”, HatchDesc: “LYTHRODHONDA,CYPRUS:VILLAGERS:2 WINE CASKS FLY PAST/GREAT SPEED:NFD”, LatLong: “34.950002 33.300002”, LatLongDMS: “34:57:00 N 33:18:00 E”, Locale: “Mountains”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “CYP”, Strangeness: “5”

Event 19791 (DBBA21B8)

Date: 11/10/1957
Time: 13:00
Location: VARGINHA, BRAZIL
Description: Prof. / medicine and 4. Silent 70cm metallic round object appears and reappears / 30 minute(s).
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO’s a HISTORY-1957 (19 booklets) Self published. (Index 873)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_5734

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), HST: Historical account, CMF: Camouflage/disguise

Extra Data: Country: “Brazil”, Credibility: “8”, Duration: “30”, Elev: “897”, HatchDesc: “VARGINHA,BRZL:PROF./MEDICINE+4:SLNT 70cm MTLC RND OBJ APPEARS+REAPPEARS/30min”, LatLong: “-21.566668 -45.416669”, LatLongDMS: “21:34:00 S 45:25:00 W”, Locale: “Town & City”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Minas Gerais”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 19792 (9F3B3D02)

Date: 11/10/1957
Time: 19:00
Location: SOUTH / HAMLET, NE
Description: Teen and 2. 24M glowing-cylinder/cigar-shape hovers / 22M altitude. Going west slow. Blimp? / Benkelmen Post.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO’s a HISTORY-1957 (19 booklets) Self published. (Index 877)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_5735

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: “7”, Duration: “5”, Elev: “930”, HatchDesc: “S/HAMLET,NE:TEEN+2:24M GLO-CGR HVRS/22M alt:>W SLOW:blimp?:/Benkelmen Post”, LatLong: “40.350002 -101.233338”, LatLongDMS: “40:21:00 N 101:14:00 W”, Locale: “Farmlands”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, RelAlt: “22”, State/Prov: “Nebraska”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 19793 (8B16ED0F)

Date: 11/10/1957
Time: 19:10
Location: HAMMOND, IN
Description: Hundreds / observer(s). Cops chase elusive ‘basket’. Radio and TV Radio Frequency Interference (RFI) and beeps. / r79p13.
Type: sighting
Reference: UFO INVESTIGATOR: NICAP: Kensington, MD & Washington, DC [defunct]. University Microfilms, Ann Arbor, MI 48106 (Index 15)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_5736

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, NLT: Nightlights/points of light, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), OBS: Observation/chasing vehicles, VEH: Vehicle affected: Marks/damage/EME effects, EME: Electro-Magnetic Effects, TCH: New technical details/clues, OGA: Non-Covert Government Agencies, SND: UFO sounds heard or recorded

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “12”, Duration: “8”, Elev: “180”, HatchDesc: “HAMMOND,IN:100S/OBS:COPS CHASE ELUSIVE ‘BASKET’:RADIO+TV RFI+BEEPS:/r79p13”, LatLong: “41.583335 -87.500004”, LatLongDMS: “41:35:00 N 87:30:00 W”, Locale: “Farmlands”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Indiana”, Strangeness: “8”

Event 19794 (208CC00A)

Date: 11/10/1957
Time: 20:00
Location: SOUTHEAST / BULAWAYO, RHOD
Description: 2 / road. Flashy ball / light stops. Hovers. Drops going southwest / staircase trajectory.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO’s a HISTORY-1957 (19 booklets) Self published. (Index 812)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_5737

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, PRB: Probe: Possibly remote controlled, FBL: Fireball: Blazing undistinguished form/orb., NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s)

Extra Data: Country: “Zimbabwe & Zambia”, Credibility: “7”, Duration: “2”, HatchDesc: “SE/BULAWAYO,RHOD:2/ROAD:FLASHY BALL/LITE STOPS:HVRS:DROPS >SW/STAIRCASE TRAJ:”, LatLong: “-20.250001 28.766668”, LatLongDMS: “20:15:00 S 28:46:00 E”, Locale: “Pasture”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “RHD”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 19795 (8C9F0B2F)

Date: 11/10/1957
Location: Hammond, IN
Description: Loud beeping caused radio interference as police chased UFO. TV blackout in city, motorist reported radio failure (NICAP: 03 - EME Cases)
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_2164

Event 19796 (A3FB1500)

Date: 11/10/1957
Location: Madison, OH
Description: Close encounter with domed-top 40’ UFO (NICAP: 02 - Close Encounters) (NICAP: 04 - Animal Reactions) (NICAP: 05 - Medical Incidents)
Reference: NICAP: 571110
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_2165

Event 19797 (C3833729)

Date: 11/10/1957
Time: 0125
Location: Madison, Ohio
Description: Mrs. Leita Kuhn observed a very large, lighted object 20 m above ground. It was so brilliant that she had to close her eyes. It was over 10 m wide, 3 to 4 m thick, with a dome on top. The witness had to consult a physician several days later because of serious eye and skin irritation.
Type: ufo sighting
Reference: M 267; 118 (Vallee)
Source: ValléeMagonia, ID: Magonia_440

Event 19798 (9FFEA9AC)

Date: 11/10/1957
Location: Madison, Ohio
Description: 1:25 a.m. Leita Mae Kuhn is checking the stove in her Doberman dog kennel at Madison, Ohio, when she notices a glowing, domed disc hovering 60 feet above the rear of the kennel. It is about 40 feet in diameter and emitting puffy clouds of smoke. Her eyes begin to burn after watching it for 20–30 minutes, and she runs back into the house and locks the door. She has rashes and her eyes hurt so badly she visits a doctor.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Donald E. Keyhoe and Gordon I. R. Lore Jr., Strange Effects from UFOs, NICAP, 1969, pp. 11–12; Loren E. Gross, The Fifth Horseman of the Apocalypse: UFOs, a History: 1957, November 7th–12th, The Author, 1998, pp. 69–71; Michael D. Swords, “Messing Around with the Force,” IUR 31, no. 4 (March 2008): 30–31; Michael D. Swords, “Can UFOs Cause Physiological Effects? Part 1,” IUR 33, no. 4 (May 2011): 10
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_3082

Event 19799 (98847DCB)

Date: 11/10/1957
Location: Skaryszew, Poland
Description: Residents of Skaryszew, Poland, watch a huge, radiant, cigar-shaped object slowly moving west.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Poland 20
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_3083

Event 19800 (3DB3128F)

Date: 11/10/1957
Locations: Montville, Ohio; Youngstown
Description: Evening. UFO witness Olden Moore of Montville, Ohio, is visited by Sheriff Robusky, a deputy, and a USAF officer who asks him to go with them to Youngstown to be interviewed by military officers. They drive him to the field where the encounter took place and put him aboard a military helicopter. He is interviewed in Youngstown, then he is returned to the field at 11:00 p.m.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Clark III 773
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_3084

Event 19801 (65A06834)

Date: 11/10/1957
Locations: Tokyo, Japan; Lake Imba-numa
Description: 5:55 p.m. Wilfred S. Hardy, an assistant safety engineer at the Tokyo, Japan, Engineer Supply Center, sees (along with his wife and a Japanese boat boy) a huge cigar-shaped object with lighted portholes above Lake Imba-numa 10 miles away. He estimates it is about 200–500 feet long. The object lights up the entire lake, then disappears to the south 10 seconds later.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Lorenzen, UFOs: The Whole Story, Signet, 1969, p. 86
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_3085

Event 19802 (4D4B51BF)

Date: 11/10/1957
Location: Hammond, Indiana
Description: 7:00 p.m. Many people see a UFO at Hammond, Indiana. Two policemen (Sgt. Charles J. Mauder, Office Steve Betuslak) see a red and white light hovering 500–1,000 feet overhead. They hear a beeping sound and there is interference on the police radio while the object is in view. Another witness sees a green light on a basket-shaped object; his car radio fails. The lights fly away when anyone tries to approach.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Aimé Michel, Straight-Line, p. 268; Schopick, pp. 92–95; Loren E. Gross, The Fifth Horseman of the Apocalypse: UFOs, a History: 1957, November 7th–12th, The Author, 1998, pp. 73, 75
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_3086

Event 19803 (E8AA4249)

Date: 11/10/1957
Locations: Toulouse Observatory; France
Description: Night. French astronomer Jacques Chapuis at Toulouse Observatory in France observes a maneuvering, yellow, star-like object for 5 minutes. It ascends straight up out of sight.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: UFOEv, p. 50
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_3087

Event 19804 (65D07692)

Date: 11/10/1957
Description: At 1:25 a.m. Mrs. Leita Kuhn observed a very large, lighted object 20 meters above the ground in Madison, Ohio. It was so brilliant that she had to close her eyes. It was over 10 meters wide, three to four meters thick, with a dome on top. The witness had to consult a physician several days later because of serious eye and skin irritation.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: Jacques Vallee, Passport to Magonia: A Century of Landings, case 440
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_7591

Event 19805 (C48D301C)

Date: 11/10/1957
Location: Madison, Ohio
Description: Housewife Mrs. Leita Kuhn saw an acorn-shaped UFO above her garage. She noticed that she had to keep covering her face in order to view the strange object. As a result of the incident, she suffered body rash, failing of vision and burns on her arms and legs, similar to “radiation burns” noted by her doctor.
Type: ufo sighting
Reference: The Flying Saucers are Hostile!, by George D. Fawcett 1961
Source: HostileFawcett, ID: HostileFawcett_67

Event 19806 (FE8E97EB)

Date: 11/11/1957
Time: 15:00?
Location: EAST-NORTHEAST / LOS ANGELES, CA
Description: Airline(s)/airliner passenger. 250’ metallic saucer going [to] low over desert hills. Erratic path.
Type: sighting
Reference: HALL, Richard: The UFO EVIDENCE; NICAP,Washington, DC 1964. Reprinted 1997 Barnes & Noble Books ( only $7.98! ) (Index 67)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_5738

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

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “6”, Duration: “2”, Elev: “800”, HatchDesc: “ENE/LOS ANGELES,CA:AL PASSENGER:250’MTLC SCR >LO OVR DESERT HILLS:ERRATIC PATH”, LatLong: “34.000002 -117.000006”, LatLongDMS: “34:00:00 N 117:00:00 W”, Locale: “Desert”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “California”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 19807 (874C7E7C)

Date: 11/11/1957
Time: 15:30
Location: BANNING, CA
Description: 2 white shapeless objects going quickly southeast. Red-glow cylinder/cigar-shape follows. / r49p268+/ r141#2p84.
Type: sighting
Reference: SACHS, Margaret: CELESTIAL PASSENGERS - UFO’S and SPACE TRAVEL; Penguin Books, 1977. (Index 126)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_5739

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: “2”, Elev: “732”, HatchDesc: “BANNING,CA:2 WHT SHAPELESS OBJS >>SE:RED-GLOW CGR FOLOS:/r49p268+/r141#2p84”, LatLong: “33.916668 -116.866672”, LatLongDMS: “33:55:00 N 116:52:00 W”, Locale: “Desert”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “California”, Strangeness: “4”

Event 19808 (2777D1E2)

Date: 11/11/1957
Time: 16:20
Location: SANTA SUSANNA MTS, CA
Description: 4 rocket engineers. Cylinder/cigar-shape and 3 silver saucers going quickly southwest / 8000kph. / r46p186.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO’s a HISTORY-1957 (19 booklets) Self published. (Index 885)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_5740

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CST: Observer(s) in coastal area/just offshore, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, HQO: High-quality observer(s), SCI: Scientist involvement, SCR: Classic saucer/disk/sphere shaped UFO, PRB: Probe: Possibly remote controlled, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), OBS: Observation/chasing vehicles, PHT: Photos/movies/videos taken

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “10”, Duration: “2”, Elev: “350”, HatchDesc: “SANTA SUSANNA Mts,CA:4 ROCKET ENGINEERS:CGR+3 SLVR SCRS >>SW/8000kph:/r46p186”, LatLong: “34.266668 -118.644450”, LatLongDMS: “34:16:00 N 118:38:40 W”, Locale: “Pasture”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “California”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 19809 (A202528B)

Date: 11/11/1957
Location: Canoga Park, CA
Description: Four engineers observed three UFOs flying in formation in bright daylight (NICAP: 01 - Distant Encounters)
Reference: NICAP: 571111
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_2168

Event 19810 (CDEB39AF)

Date: 11/11/1957
Location: Los Angeles (near), CA
Description: Airline passenger saw elliptical UFO flying low over ground below plane. [UFOE, VII] (NICAP: 11 - Aviation Cases)
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_2169

Event 19811 (D13697DB)

Date: 11/11/1957
Location: San Fernando Valley, CA
Description: Rocketdyne engineers observed three UFOs climbing at high speed. [UFOE, VI] (NICAP: 01 - Distant Encounters)
Reference: NICAP: 571111
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_2170

Event 19812 (F8A0E406)

Date: 11/11/1957
Location: Desert east of Los Angeles, California
Description: A silvery elliptical UFO is seen flying below Western Airlines Flight 61 over the desert east of Los Angeles, California. Robert D. Hahn, a jewelry designer, is a passenger and describes it as a large, elliptical, metallic object with dark patches zigzagging about 200 feet above the ground.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: UFOEv, p. 67
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_3088

Event 19813 (34310350)

Date: 11/12/1957
Location: Washington, DC
Description: FBI STATUS REPORT: “Ever since the Russians release ‘Sputnik’ there has been a great increase in the number of flying saucers and other UFOs reportedly seen by people all over the U.S.” [Angle: Artificial satellite spurs Alien interest in mankind. Other Angle: Artificial satellite causes populace to go sky crazy.]
Type: status report
Reference: Pea Research
Source: Maj2, ID: Maj2_578

Event 19814 (B80BC7D9)

Date: 11/12/1957
Time: 20:50
Location: HAZLETON, PA
Description: Delta/triangle/box-like craft / lit corners seen 3x / one hour. OTHERs to 15 November. TV electro-magnetic effect (EME). / r141#2p91.
Type: sighting
Reference: MICHEL, Aime: FLYING SAUCERS & the STRAIGHT LINE THEORY HB (hard to find) (Index 49)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_5741

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, 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, EME: Electro-Magnetic Effects

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “10”, Duration: “60”, Elev: “494”, HatchDesc: “HAZLETON,PA:DLT/LIT CORNERS SEEN 3x/1hr:OTHERs to 15NOV:TV EME:/r141#2p91”, LatLong: “40.961113 -75.972226”, LatLongDMS: “40:57:40 N 75:58:20 W”, Locale: “Town & City”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Pennsylvania”, Strangeness: “8”

Event 19815 (08B91341)

Date: 11/12/1957
Location: Hazelton, PA
Description: TV disrupted as UFO seen (NICAP: 03 - EME Cases)
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_2171

Event 19816 (C920E048)

Date: 11/12/1957
Location: Rumney, NH
Description: Car motor and lights failed. Ground Observer Corps reported UFO at same time (NICAP: 03 - EME Cases)
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_2172

Event 19817 (ABC70E07)

Date: 11/13/1957
Location: Crownsville, MD
Description: Army confiscates exploded pieces of possible 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_224

Event 19818 (5E7DDF84)

Date: 11/13/1957
Location: CROWNSVILLE, MD
Description: Project Bluebook Case #unknown. UFO explodes over state hospital. Fragments analyzed / USAF.
Type: sighting
Reference: KEHOE, Maj Donald: ALIENS FROM SPACE; Doubleday, Garden City, NY 1973 HB (Index 52)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_5742

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), VEH: Vehicle affected: Marks/damage/EME effects, TRC: Physical traces, MIL: Military investigation, BBK: Project BLUEBOOK

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “8”, Duration: “1”, Elev: “43”, HatchDesc: “CROWNSVILLE,MD:BBK#UNK:UFO EXPLODES OVR STATE HOSPITAL:FRAGS ANALYZED/USAF”, LatLong: “39.027780 -76.600004”, LatLongDMS: “39:01:40 N 76:36:00 W”, Locale: “Farmlands”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Maryland”, Strangeness: “8”

Event 19819 (ED5AB3F5)

Date: 11/13/1957
Time: 19:30
Location: ONEIDA TO/FROM WAMPSVILLE, NY
Description: 1 / car. Small saucer maneuvers all directions. Vanishes / flash when neared.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO’s a HISTORY-1957 (19 booklets) Self published. (Index 901)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_5743

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, GSA: Covert Security Agency, CMF: Camouflage/disguise

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “6”, Duration: “1”, Elev: “160”, HatchDesc: “ONEIDA><WAMPSVILLE,NY:1/CAR:SML SCR MNVRS ALL DIRs:VANISHES/FLASH when neared”, LatLong: “43.083335 -75.683337”, LatLongDMS: “43:05:00 N 75:41:00 W”, Locale: “Pasture”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “New York”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 19820 (E5153BEE)

Date: 11/13/1957
Locations: State Hospital at Crownsville, Maryland; Fort George G. Meade; Air Research and Development Center in Baltimore
Description: An object explodes over the State Hospital at Crownsville, Maryland, and two or three burned pieces of metal fall on the hospital grounds. It is recovered by employees William A. Zick and J. Caswell. The pieces are checked for radiation and confiscated by army intelligence officers at Fort George G. Meade. They are apparently sent to the Air Research and Development Center in Baltimore. An ARD colonel tells NICAP member and WFBR news director Lou Corbin that he has no idea what the metal is. Some of the material is perhaps sent to ATIC.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: “Metal Object from Skies Rushed to ATIC for Analysis,” UFO Investigator 1, no. 3 (January 1958): 5–6
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_3089

Event 19821 (ED15C092)

Date: 11/13/1957
Description: In 1957 a UFO exploded over the State Hospital in Crownsville, Maryland at 9:10 in the morning. Fragments were recovered and sent to the US Air Force for analysis. On this same date a UFO was seen high in the sky east of Port Broughton, South Australia. It drifted slowly toward the northwest.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: NICAP UFO Investigator, January 1958, p. 5; Michael Hervey, UFOs over the Southern Hemisphere, p. 160
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_7629

Event 19822 (3396350D)

Date: 11/13/1957
Location: Crownsville, Maryland
Description: A strange metallic UFO exploded over the area and left fragments on the ground, which are under investigation by the Air Force.
Type: ufo sighting
Reference: The Flying Saucers are Hostile!, by George D. Fawcett 1961
Source: HostileFawcett, ID: HostileFawcett_68

Event 19823 (409C1165)

Date: 11/14/1957
Location: MOUNTAINS EAST / BANNING, CA
Description: 2 / private plane. Saucer returns light signals 2X. 50mph. Sudden retreat.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO’s a HISTORY-1957 (19 booklets) Self published. (Index 904)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_5744

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), OBS: Observation/chasing vehicles, SIG: Signals/responses to/from/between UFO’s/occupants/observers, VEH: Vehicle affected: Marks/damage/EME effects

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “7”, Duration: “1”, Elev: “1300”, HatchDesc: “Mtns E/BANNING,CA:2/Pvt.PLANE:SCR RETURNS LITE SIGNALS 2X:50mph:sudden retreat”, LatLong: “33.966668 -116.333339”, LatLongDMS: “33:58:00 N 116:20:00 W”, Locale: “Metropolis”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “California”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 19824 (0E977A0C)

Date: 11/14/1957
Time: 02:30
Location: PULASKI, WI
Description: Animals panic. 60M top-saucer hovers. Blue beam sweeps. Going up [to] to clouds silently.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO’s a HISTORY-1958 (7 booklets) 1998/03 Self published. (Index 609)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_5745

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, SCR: Classic saucer/disk/sphere shaped UFO, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), OBS: Observation/chasing vehicles, RAY: Odd light/searchlight/beam/laser-like, DRT: Dirt/soil traces/marks/footprints etc., VEG: Plants affected or sampled/crop circles, ANI: Animals affected or injuries/marks, BLD: Building/man-made structure/roads/power lines

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “6”, Duration: “2”, Elev: “239”, HatchDesc: “PULASKI,WI:ANIMALS PANIC:60M TOP-SCR HVRS:BLU BEAM SWEEPS:↑ to CLOUDS SILENTLY”, LatLong: “44.672224 -88.244449”, LatLongDMS: “44:40:20 N 88:14:40 W”, Locale: “Farmlands”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Wisconsin”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 19825 (AC381782)

Date: 11/14/1957
Time: 06:20
Location: JOHNSON AIR FORCE BASE, JPN
Description: Cylinder/cylindrical object cloud-cylinder/cigar-shape hovers / 5 minute(s). Going up [to] and away / 13 second(s) going southeast toward(s) Tokyo.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO’s a HISTORY-1957 (19 booklets) Self published. (Index 903)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_5746

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

Extra Data: Country: “Japan”, Credibility: “6”, Duration: “5”, HatchDesc: “JOHNSON AFB,JPN:CYL CLOUD-CGR HVRS/5min:↑+away/13 sec >SE twrd Tokyo”, LatLong: “35.916668 139.583340”, LatLongDMS: “35:55:00 N 139:35:00 E”, Locale: “Town & City”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Honshu Island”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 19826 (156B8F27)

Date: 11/14/1957
Time: 13:00?
Location: TAMAROA, IL
Description: Moon saucer. Beams and flashes and booms. Power out / 4 mile(s) area / 10 minute(s). / r141#9p4.
Type: sighting
Reference: MICHEL, Aime: FLYING SAUCERS & the STRAIGHT LINE THEORY HB (hard to find) (Index 269)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_5747

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), RAY: Odd light/searchlight/beam/laser-like, BLD: Building/man-made structure/roads/power lines, EME: Electro-Magnetic Effects, TCH: New technical details/clues

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “10”, Duration: “11”, Elev: “154”, HatchDesc: “TAMAROA,IL:MOON SCR:BEAMS+FLASHES+BOOMS:POWER OUT/4 MI AREA/10min:/r141#9p4.”, LatLong: “39.133335 -89.216671”, LatLongDMS: “39:08:00 N 89:13:00 W”, Locale: “Farmlands”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Illinois”, Strangeness: “8”

Event 19827 (7FB3B8D3)

Date: 11/14/1957
Time: 19:30
Location: SOUTH CROYDEN, ENGL AND WIDE AREA / NORTH SURREY
Description: Large red-orange sphere hovers / 700’ altitude. Maneuvers. Going quickly north.
Type: sighting
Reference: FLYING SAUCER REVIEW (FSR), London. Bimonthly. PO Box 162; High Wycombe, Bucks. HP135 DZ, England. (Index 49)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_5748

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: “Great Britain and Ireland”, Credibility: “9”, Duration: “110”, HatchDesc: “S.CROYDEN,ENGL+WIDE AREA/N.SURREY:LRG RED-ORG SPHERE HVRS/700’alt:MNVRS:>>N”, LatLong: “51.333336 -0.116667”, LatLongDMS: “51:20:00 N 00:07:00 W”, Locale: “Metropolis”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “England”, Strangeness: “7”

Event 19828 (88723A2E)

Date: 11/14/1957
Time: 19:30
Location: OPORTO, PORTUGAL
Description: Several calls / newspaper. Big strange object beams strong lights down.
Type: sighting
Reference: LOURENCO, Victor: The PORTUCAT CATALOG; (BBS Download). (Index 47)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_5749

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CST: Observer(s) in coastal area/just offshore, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, HQO: High-quality observer(s), NWS: News media report, NLT: Nightlights/points of light, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), OBS: Observation/chasing vehicles, RAY: Odd light/searchlight/beam/laser-like

Extra Data: Country: “Portugal”, Credibility: “9”, Duration: “10”, HatchDesc: “OPORTO,PORTUGAL:SVRL CALLS/NEWSPAPER:BIG STRANGE OBJ BEAMS STRONG LITES DOWN”, LatLong: “41.166669 -8.616667”, LatLongDMS: “41:10:00 N 08:37:00 W”, Locale: “Metropolis”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Douro”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 19829 (C46F4B70)

Date: 11/14/1957
Location: Rothwesten, West Germany
Description: Numerous Targets Tracked (McDonald list; FUFOR Index) (NICAP: 09 - RADAR Cases, Code: R, Rating: 5, BB: BBU)
Reference: NICAP: 571114
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_2173

Event 19830 (5E565E22)

Date: 11/14/1957
Location: Tamaroa, IL
Description: Power failed for 10 minutes in a four mile area, just after hovering UFO flashed (NICAP: 03 - EME Cases)
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_2174

Event 19831 (D5A2D297)

Date: 11/14/1957
Locations: Tamaroa, Illinois; US Highway 51; Du Bois
Description: Afternoon. Evalyn Riead hears a sputtering noise like someone is pulling into her driveway in Tamaroa, Illinois. She looks outside and sees a bright, moon-shaped object with a tail moving above the trees bordering US Highway 51. It disappears after 5–6 booms and 3 flashes of light. As soon as this happens, the lights in her home go out. Electrical power in a 4-mile area between Tamaroa and Du Bois is interrupted for 10 minutes. Power is restored when the company closes an open circuit breaker, but they could find no cause.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: “Current Cut Off As Flying ‘Thing’ Appears in Illinois,” Lima (Ohio) Citizen, November 15, 1957, p. 10; Schopick, pp. 140–141
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_3090

Event 19832 (819A7EE8)

Date: 11/14/1957
Description: Two years later, at Tamaroa, in southern Illinois, there was another occurrence of an electro-magnetic interference case. Mrs. John Riead, wife of Tamaroa’s justice of the peace, said she heard “a sputtering noise” and observed a bright, moon-shaped object appear over the trees bordering US Highway 1, which had “a sort of a tail or ray extending down from it as it moved along.” The UFO was accompanied by five or six loud booms and three brilliant flashes. Then the lights in her home went out. Electric power in a four-mile wide area was interrupted for about ten minutes. Service was restored when workmen closed an open circuit breaker, although investigation could find no apparent cause. In Oporto, Portugal at 7:30 p.m., several witnesses watched a big UFO send down a beam of light.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: Alex Mebane, in Aime Michel’s Flying Saucers and the Straight Line Mystery, p. 269; Vicente-Juan Ballester Olmos, investigation files
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_7666

Event 19833 (31ABA368)

Date: 11/15/1957
Description: (Translated from French) General J. J. Kelly’s statement to NICAP: It was never the intention of the USAF to provide you with the files reserved for officials. (November 15)
Reference: rr0 - Beau
Source: rr0, ID: rr0_1732

Event 19834 (7CF43339)

Date: 11/15/1957
Time: 05:20
Location: LA GRANGE, CA
Description: Huge ‘cucumber’ tumbles end over end. Shoots beams. Lights area going west.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO’s a HISTORY-1957 (19 booklets) Self published. (Index 910)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_5750

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, ODD: Atypical/Forteana/paranormal, CIG: Torpedo/cigar/cylinder shaped UFO, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), OBS: Observation/chasing vehicles, RAY: Odd light/searchlight/beam/laser-like

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “6”, Duration: “1”, Elev: “79”, HatchDesc: “La GRANGE,CA:HUGE ‘CUCUMBER’ TUMBLES END ovr END:SHOOTS BEAMS:LITES AREA >W”, LatLong: “37.666668 -120.483339”, LatLongDMS: “37:40:00 N 120:29:00 W”, Locale: “Mountains”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “California”, Strangeness: “7”

Event 19835 (77ED7032)

Date: 11/15/1957
Time: 10:20
Location: MT. ELGIN, ON
Description: 2 / ground. Metallic ball hovers. Going quickly SSE when light plane passes under.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO’s a HISTORY-1957 (19 booklets) Self published. (Index 910)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_5751

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, VEH: Vehicle affected: Marks/damage/EME effects, MIL: Military investigation

Extra Data: Country: “Canada”, Credibility: “7”, Duration: “1”, Elev: “258”, HatchDesc: “Mt.ELGIN,ON:2/GND:MTLC BALL HVRS:>>SSE when LITE PLANE PASSES UNDER”, LatLong: “42.966669 -80.800004”, LatLongDMS: “42:58:00 N 80:48:00 W”, Locale: “Farmlands”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Ontario”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 19836 (3B9638B7)

Date: 11/15/1957
Time: 14:00
Location: CACHOEIRA, BRZ
Description: Silent 60M saucer hovers 90M / airport. All cars electro-magnetic effect (EME). Power outages. Quickly going up. / r79.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO’s a HISTORY-1957 (19 booklets) Self published. (Index 920)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_5752

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, BLD: Building/man-made structure/roads/power lines, EME: Electro-Magnetic Effects

Extra Data: Country: “Brazil”, Credibility: “9”, Duration: “15”, Elev: “133”, HatchDesc: “CACHOEIRA,BRZ:SLNT 60M SCR HVRS 90M/AIRPORT:ALL CARS EME:PWR OUTAGES:↑↑:/r79”, LatLong: “-12.600001 -38.966669”, LatLongDMS: “12:36:00 S 38:58:00 W”, Locale: “Rainforest”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, RelAlt: “90”, State/Prov: “Bahia”, Strangeness: “8”

Event 19837 (0599DF8D)

Date: 11/15/1957
Time: 18:30
Location: WEST / DALY CITY, CA
Description: Cop and more. Huge white glowing-object hovers 1km offshore. Shifts to and fro / 3km altitude.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO’s a HISTORY-1957 (19 booklets) Self published. (Index 920)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_5753

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, 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: “7”, Duration: “15”, Elev: “0”, HatchDesc: “W/DALY CITY,CA:COP+:HUGE WHT GLO-OBJ HVRS 1km OFFSHORE:SHIFTS TO+FRO/3km alt”, LatLong: “37.733335 -122.550006”, LatLongDMS: “37:44:00 N 122:33:00 W”, Locale: “Offshore”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, RelAlt: “3000”, State/Prov: “California”, Strangeness: “5”

Event 19838 (A4A0CA8A)

Date: 11/15/1957
Time: 19:20
Location: MOURA, PORTUGAL
Description: Several observer(s). Bright 2M object beams 4 lights down / ground. / O Seculo.
Type: sighting
Reference: LOURENCO, Victor: The PORTUCAT CATALOG; (BBS Download). (Index 48)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_5754

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

Extra Data: Country: “Portugal”, Credibility: “9”, Duration: “5”, HatchDesc: “MOURA,PORTUGAL:SVRL OBS:BRITE 2M OBJ BEAMS 4 LITES DOWN/GND:/O SECULO”, LatLong: “38.133335 -7.466667”, LatLongDMS: “38:08:00 N 07:28:00 W”, Locale: “Farmlands”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “BXA”, Strangeness: “7”

Event 19839 (D0D0ED83)

Date: 11/15/1957
Time: 23:50
Location: EAST / VIKING, MN
Description: Tapping under parked car. Car shakes. Saucer quickly going up [to] 100M away. Beams and portholes.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO’s a HISTORY-1957 (19 booklets) Self published. (Index 922)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_5755

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), VEH: Vehicle affected: Marks/damage/EME effects, LND: UFO landing or any part touches ground, TCH: New technical details/clues, SND: UFO sounds heard or recorded

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “6”, Duration: “2”, Elev: “340”, HatchDesc: “E/VIKING,MN:TAPPING under parked car:CAR SHAKES:SCR ↑↑ 100M away:BEAMS+PORTS”, LatLong: “48.216669 -94.333338”, LatLongDMS: “48:13:00 N 94:20:00 W”, Locale: “Pasture”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Minnesota”, Strangeness: “7”

Event 19840 (8056EDF0)

Date: 11/15/1957
Location: Cachoeira, Brazil
Description: Several car motors failed as drivers attempted to approach UFO hovering low above ground (NICAP: 03 - EME Cases)
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_2175

Event 19841 (EFE2BC62)

Date: 11/15/1957
Location: Carthage, TN
Description: Highway patrolman, sheriff, others saw many flashing revolving red lights which moved around slowly, hovered. [UFOE, VII] (NICAP: 01 - Distant Encounters)
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_2176

Event 19842 (978DC228)

Date: Mid 11/1957
Locations: US; Arkansas
Description: The US Senate Committee on Government Operations, chaired by Sen. John L. McClellan (D-Ark.), begins an inquiry into UFOs. Ruppelt is called to give testimony.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Ruppelt, 1960 ed., p. 253
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_3091

Event 19843 (AC34BE64)

Date: 11/15/1957
Description: In 1957, at 2:00 in the afternoon, cars stalled when their drivers attempted to approach a 200’ diameter metallic UFO hovering 300’ over an aerodrome in Cachoeira, Brazil. East of Viking, Minnesota, at 11:45 that night, a parked car was buffeted by a flying disc, 100 yards away. The occupants of the car heard and felt tapping underneath the car.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: NICAP files; Loren Gross, UFOs: A History 1957 (Volume 9), p. 22
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_7686

Event 19844 (6777C444)

Date: 11/16/1957
Location: BRAZIL, Sao Paulo
Description: (Translated from French) (cf: 1954, Nov. 18 Spain, Madrid) Sanmartin meets another extraterrestrial in a bar in Sao Paulo, Brazil. A beautiful woman with very white and long hair who comes and sits near him and indicates that she is willing to answer his questions. (note from vog: of the kind “you come darling?”…) They finally talk about general banalities. Suddenly the woman stands up and disappears into the crowd.
Reference: Mitarbeiter, “Ufo Geheimnisse”, Berlin, January 1998
Reference: Mini catalogue chronologique des observations OVNI, by Godelieve Van Overmeire
Source: Overmeire, ID: Overmeire_2066

Event 19845 (AEF6AEF8)

Date: 11/16/1957
Location: SEGURA, PORTUGAL
Description: Globe-shaped object flies over village. No further details. / Diario de Noticias.
Type: sighting
Reference: LOURENCO, Victor: The PORTUCAT CATALOG; (BBS Download). (Index 49)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_5756

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: “Portugal”, Credibility: “7”, Duration: “1”, HatchDesc: “SEGURA,PORTUGAL:GLOBE-SHAPED OBJ FLIES OVR VILLAGE:NFD:/DIARIO de NOTICIAS”, LatLong: “39.811113 -7.000000”, LatLongDMS: “39:48:40 N 07:00:00 W”, Locale: “Pasture”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “BRB”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 19846 (E726B1C2)

Date: 11/16/1957
Time: 01:30
Location: EAST / DENTON, NE
Description: Several / car. Red star blinks. White night lights pace. Paralysis. Lights going up / field…
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO’s a HISTORY-1957 (19 booklets) Self published. (Index 923)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_5757

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, 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), OBS: Observation/chasing vehicles, VEH: Vehicle affected: Marks/damage/EME effects

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “8”, Duration: “20”, Elev: “383”, HatchDesc: “E/DENTON,NE:SVRL/CAR:RED STAR BLINKS:WHT NLTS PACE:PARALYSIS:LITES ↑/FIELD…”, LatLong: “40.738891 -96.816671”, LatLongDMS: “40:44:20 N 96:49:00 W”, Locale: “Pasture”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Nebraska”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 19847 (B16B5E89)

Date: 11/16/1957
Time: 22:30
Location: BAGE’, BRZ
Description: Several observer(s). Red-yellow blinding object lands / park. Going up [to] and maneuvers. Lands again. / r8#441.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO’s a HISTORY-1957 (19 booklets) Self published. (Index 928)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_5758

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), OBS: Observation/chasing vehicles, LND: UFO landing or any part touches ground

Extra Data: Country: “Brazil”, Credibility: “8”, Duration: “1”, Elev: “193”, HatchDesc: “BAGE’,BRZ:SVRL OBS:RED-YEL BLINDING OBJ LANDS/PARK:↑+MNVRS:LANDS AGAIN:/r8#441”, LatLong: “-31.333335 -54.100003”, LatLongDMS: “31:20:00 S 54:06:00 W”, Locale: “Residential”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “RGS”, Strangeness: “8”

Event 19848 (D5EB2071)

Date: 11/16/1957
Time: 2230
Location: Bage City, Brazil
Description: A blinding object, red and yellow, twice landed-first near the Jockey Club, then near the Rural Exhibition.
Type: ufo sighting
Reference: Quincy (Vallee)
Source: ValléeMagonia, ID: Magonia_441

Event 19849 (FA31D112)

Date: 11/16/1957
Location: 87 Fentham Road in Aston, Birmingham, England
Description: Afternoon. Cynthia Appleton blacks out unexpectedly at her home in 87 Fentham Road in Aston, a suburb of Birmingham, England. On November 19, she feels faint again as the light outside dims, and a man with blond hair and wearing coveralls materializes in the center of the room. She hears him speaking to her telepathically. He tells her not to be afraid and that he is from a world he calls Gharnasvarn (which we know as Venus) and he shows her what seems to be a holographic image of two spaceships. She has other visitations by entities on January 7 and February 7, 1958. In September 1958, the spaceman informs her that she is pregnant, which is apparently true, as she gives birth on June 2, 1958, to a boy with blond hair that she and her husband Ron name Matthew. Appleton says the Venusians visited her a few more times, but the trail grows cold in July 1960.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: “Birmingham Woman Meets Spacemen,” Flying Saucer Review 4, no. 2 (March/April 1958): 5–6; Jenny Randles, “A Visitor from Gharnasvarn,” IUR 13, no. 4 (July/Aug. 1988): 4–8; Birmingham Sunday Mercury, January 26, 2003; Andy Roberts, “The Space Baby,” Fortean Times 191 (December 2004): 32–38; Bill Chalker, “Flying Saucery, Cosmic Bethlehem, and Midwich Cuckoos: The Cynthia Appleton Contacts (1957–1959),” Australian UFO Researcher Bill Chalker, 2005
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_3092

Event 19850 (08B22828)

Date: 11/16/1957
Description: A blinding object, red and yellow, twice landed first near the Jockey Club, then near the Rural Exhibition in Bage City, Brazil at 10:30 p.m.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: Jacques Vallee, Passport to Magonia: A Century of Landings, case 441
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_7715

Event 19851 (5AC07393)

Date: 11/17/1957
Time: 20:00
Location: NEAR VALPARAISO, IN
Description: 1 / car. Ovoid going down. Stops 3M over snow. Aims strong beam. Quickly going up [to] and paces car.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO’s a HISTORY-1957 (19 booklets) Self published. (Index 929)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_5759

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, SCR: Classic saucer/disk/sphere shaped UFO, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), OBS: Observation/chasing vehicles, RAY: Odd light/searchlight/beam/laser-like, VEH: Vehicle affected: Marks/damage/EME effects, LND: UFO landing or any part touches ground

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “7”, Duration: “2”, Elev: “235”, HatchDesc: “nr VALPARAISO,IN:1/CAR:OVOID ↓:STOPS 3M ovr SNOW:AIMS STRONG BEAM:↑↑+PACES CAR”, LatLong: “41.483335 -87.066671”, LatLongDMS: “41:29:00 N 87:04:00 W”, Locale: “Pasture”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, RelAlt: “3”, State/Prov: “Indiana”, Strangeness: “7”

Event 19852 (4BC3BB7F)

Date: 11/17/1957
Time: 21:40
Location: CORAOPOLIS, PA
Description: Important woman / car. 8M metallic saucer / treetop level 80M away near airport.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO’s a HISTORY-1957 (19 booklets) Self published. (Index 930)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_5760

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

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “6”, Duration: “1”, Elev: “244”, HatchDesc: “CORAOPOLIS,PA:IMPORTANT WOMAN/CAR:8M MTLC SCR/TREETOP lvl 80M away nr airport”, LatLong: “40.500002 -80.150004”, LatLongDMS: “40:30:00 N 80:09:00 W”, Locale: “Pasture”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, RelAlt: “20”, State/Prov: “Pennsylvania”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 19853 (EDBF1BA1)

Date: 11/17/1957
Locations: Montville, Ohio; Washington, D.C.; Wright-Patterson AFB
Description: An Air Force car with two officers comes to UFO witness Olden Moore’s house in Montville, Ohio. He is told they are taking him to Washington, D.C., for extended questioning. They drive him to a waiting airplane, which stops briefly at Wright-Patterson AFB to pick up one officer and drop another off. In Washington, Moore is housed in a building said to be a federal courthouse [US Court of Appeals for the Armed Forces?]. He is kept there and interrogated for several days. Officers watch him constantly, even when he is sleeping. Toward the end of his stay, Moore is shown slides of UFO photos and a UFO film taken from inside a military plane. Moore is asked to sign a document that swears him to secrecy.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: UFOEv, p. 114; Clark III 773
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_3093

Event 19854 (73361501)

Date: 11/18/1957
Location: GREAT BRITAIN, Aston (Birmingham)
Description: (Translated from French) The weather is stormy. Cynthia Appleton, mother of two young children, sees a pink light bathing the landscape outside her window. In her living room materializes a tall blond being wearing a grey jumpsuit. This being telepathically tells her not to be afraid, that he does not want to take her away. He comes from the planet Gharnasvarn, would like to stay on Earth, but there are too many wars. Without a screen he materializes a kind of holographic image to show her two UFOs (Adamski saucer type) flying in space. He also tells her that his race is very interested in “Titium”. Before dissipating he promises to come back.
Reference: Charles BOWEN: “En quête des humanoïdes” - J’ai Lu 1974, p. 18, 19
Reference: Marie-Thérèse de BROSSES: “Enquête sur les enlèvements E.T.” - Plon 1995, p. 138, 139
Reference: see January 7, 1958.
Reference: Mini catalogue chronologique des observations OVNI, by Godelieve Van Overmeire
Source: Overmeire, ID: Overmeire_2067

Event 19855 (4F896EE9)

Date: 11/18/1957
Time: 10:30
Location: MARACAJA, BRZ
Description: 2 observer(s). 6 pseudo-human/entity board 10’ saucers. Join 3 more saucers. All going east / sea. / r113p150.
Type: sighting
Reference: FLYING SAUCER REVIEW (FSR), London. Bimonthly. PO Box 162; High Wycombe, Bucks. HP135 DZ, England. (Index 52)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_5761

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, PSH: Pseudo-human: Clone/organic robot/human-like, ANI: Animals affected or injuries/marks, LND: UFO landing or any part touches ground

Extra Data: Country: “Brazil”, Credibility: “7”, Duration: “20”, Elev: “44”, HatchDesc: “MARACAJA,BRZ:2 OBS:6 PSH BOARD 10’SCRS:JOIN 3 MORE SCRS:ALL >E/SEA:/r113p150”, LatLong: “-28.850001 -49.466669”, LatLongDMS: “28:51:00 S 49:28:00 W”, Locale: “Coastlands”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “STC”, Strangeness: “9”

Event 19856 (B7A322CC)

Date: 11/18/1957
Time: 15:00
Location: ASTON, ENGLAND
Description: Pseudo-human/entity materializes. Asks Mrs. Appleton / good source / titanium. / r67p17.
Type: sighting
Reference: FLYING SAUCER REVIEW (FSR), London. Bimonthly. PO Box 162; High Wycombe, Bucks. HP135 DZ, England. (Index 50)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_5762

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, TLP: Telepathy, HOX: Suspicion of hoax, CNT: Contactee related, ODD: Atypical/Forteana/paranormal, NFO: No craft seen, PSH: Pseudo-human: Clone/organic robot/human-like, MIB: Men in Black, CVS: Conversation/communication, LND: UFO landing or any part touches ground, TRC: Physical traces, TCH: New technical details/clues, CMF: Camouflage/disguise

Extra Data: Country: “Great Britain and Ireland”, Credibility: “4”, Duration: “20”, Elev: “0”, HatchDesc: “ASTON,ENGLAND:PSH MATERIALIZES:ASKS MRS APPLETON/GOOD SOURCE/TITANIUM:/r67p17.”, LatLong: “52.466669 -1.933333”, LatLongDMS: “52:28:00 N 01:56:00 W”, Locale: “Residential”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “England”, Strangeness: “9”

Event 19857 (EA5BD631)

Date: 11/18/1957
Time: 22:00?
Location: ARKANSAS CITY, KS
Description: Numerous observer(s) and cops. Fast fireball maneuvers / all directions. Away extremely fast. / Traveller.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO’s a HISTORY-1957 (19 booklets) Self published. (Index 934)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_5763

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), OGA: Non-Covert Government Agencies

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “9”, Duration: “5”, Elev: “335”, HatchDesc: “ARKANSAS CITY,KS:NMRS OBS+COPS:FAST FBL MNVRs/ALL DIRs:AWAY XFAST:/Traveller”, LatLong: “37.083335 -97.033338”, LatLongDMS: “37:05:00 N 97:02:00 W”, Locale: “Town & City”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Kansas”, Strangeness: “5”

Event 19858 (AAFA667F)

Date: 11/18/1957
Time: 1030
Location: Maracaja, Brazil
Description: Farmers Joao Ernani and Pedro Zilli heard a strange humming sound, then saw two aluminum-colored disks 200 m away. Near them were six mm of average height, slim build, dressed in “dark gray suits glued to their bodies.” The disks were about 3.5 m wide, hovering 1 m above ground. They rose with a sharp whistling sound, while coconut trees below them bent double. Three more disks rose from behind the trees, and all five flew toward the Atlantic.
Type: ufo sighting
Reference: Humanoids 36 (Vallee)
Source: ValléeMagonia, ID: Magonia_442

Event 19859 (A42E898C)

Date: 11/18/1957
Time: 1500
Location: Aston, Great Britain
Description: Mrs. Cynthia Appleton, 27, mother of two, saw the figure of a man appear near her fireplace while a whistling sound was audible. He was tall and fair, wore a tight-fitting plastic garment, and seemed to communicate with her through telepathy, indicating he was looking for titanium and was coming from a world of peace and harmony. Suddenly he disappeared. Mrs. Appleton had subsequent contacts with similar entities.
Type: ufo sighting
Reference: Humanoids 4 (Vallee)
Source: ValléeMagonia, ID: Magonia_443

Event 19860 (F34860C2)

Date: 11/18/1957
Description: In Maracaja, Brazil Farmers Joao Ernani and Pedro Zilli heard a strange humming sound at 10:30 a.m., then saw two aluminum-colored discs 200 meters away. Near them were six men of average height and slim build, dressed in “dark gray suits glued to their bodies.” The discs were only about 3.5 meters wide, and hovered one meter above the ground. They rose with a sharp whistling sound, while coconut trees below them bent over double. Three more discs rose from behind the trees, and then all five flew away toward the Atlantic Ocean.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: Jacques Vallee, Passport to Magonia: A Century of Landings, case 443
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_7727

Event 19861 (49A7D7F7)

Date: 11/18/1957
Description: An hour and a half later Mrs. Cynthia Appleton, age 27 and mother of two, saw the figure of a man appear near her fireplace in Aston, England at three o’clock in the afternoon at the same time that a whistling sound became audible. He was tall and fair, wore a tight-fitting plastic garment, and seemed to communicate with her through telepathy, indicating he was looking for titanium and was coming from a world of peace and harmony. He suddenly disappeared. Mrs. Appleton had subsequent contacts with similar entities.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: Jacques Vallee, Passport to Magonia: A Century of Landings, case 442
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_7728

Event 19862 (8F950D0A)

Date: 11/19/1957
Time: 23:30
Location: ROCKINGHAM, NC
Description: 2 observer(s). 8+glowing-saucers cross sky / 1 minute(s) / V-formation. Under 1500M altitude / amateur astronomer.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO’s a HISTORY-1957 (19 booklets) Self published. (Index 971)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_5764

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: “64”, HatchDesc: “ROCKINGHAM,NC:2 OBS:8+GLO-SCRS CROSS SKY/1min/VFORMn:UNDER 1500M alt/AM.ASTRON”, LatLong: “34.938891 -79.772226”, LatLongDMS: “34:56:20 N 79:46:20 W”, Locale: “Residential”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, RelAlt: “1500”, State/Prov: “North Carolina”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 19863 (E463CEE8)

Date: 11/20/1957
Location: GESTEN, RIBE, DK
Description: “Transparent pyramid” flies over road. 2 regular men inside.
Type: sighting
Reference: VALLEE, Jacques: PASSPORT TO MAGONIA; H. Regnery, Chicago HC 1969 & Contemporary Books,Chicago 1993. 372pp. (Index 444)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_5765

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, SCR: Classic saucer/disk/sphere shaped UFO, DLT: Delta/vee/boomerang/rectangular shaped UFO, PSH: Pseudo-human: Clone/organic robot/human-like, FIG: Undefined or poorly seen figure/entity, CMF: Camouflage/disguise

Extra Data: Country: “Scandanavian and Finland”, Credibility: “6”, Duration: “1”, HatchDesc: “GESTEN,RIBE,DK:“TRANSPARENT PYRAMID” FLIES OVR ROAD:2 REGULAR MEN INSIDE”, LatLong: “55.533336 9.200000”, LatLongDMS: “55:32:00 N 09:12:00 E”, Locale: “Pasture”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Danemark”, Strangeness: “10”

Event 19864 (21B4D724)

Date: 11/20/1957
Time: 13:00?
Location: BRIGHTON, NZ
Description: Horseshoe shape hovers and glows. Torus circles and maneuvers between arms / horseshoe.
Type: sighting
Reference: The APRO BULLETIN: Monthly. Jim & Coral Lorenzen: Tucson,AZ (USA. defunct) By volume and number. (Index 697)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_5766

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

Extra Data: Country: “New Zealand”, Credibility: “6”, Duration: “30”, HatchDesc: “BRIGHTON,NZ:HORSESHOE SHAPE HVRS+GLOWS:TORUS CCLs+MNVRS BETWEEN ARMS/HORSESHOE”, LatLong: “-45.944447 170.300008”, LatLongDMS: “45:56:40 S 170:18:00 E”, Locale: “Coastlands”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “SI”, Strangeness: “7”

Event 19865 (07BC8CAC)

Date: 11/20/1957
Time: 19:00
Location: BORNHOLM ISLAND, DK
Description: Separate report(s) / many observer(s). Silent delta/triangle/box-like craft? hovers / air station/depot/facility. Maneuvers. / r141#9p56.
Type: sighting
Reference: FLYING SAUCER REVIEW (FSR), London. Bimonthly. PO Box 162; High Wycombe, Bucks. HP135 DZ, England. (Index 52)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_5767

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, DLT: Delta/vee/boomerang/rectangular shaped UFO, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), OBS: Observation/chasing vehicles, VEH: Vehicle affected: Marks/damage/EME effects, BLD: Building/man-made structure/roads/power lines, MIL: Military investigation, GSA: Covert Security Agency

Extra Data: Country: “Scandanavian and Finland”, Credibility: “10”, Duration: “20”, HatchDesc: “BORNHOLM Isl,DK:SEP.Rpts/MANY OBS:SLNT DLT? HVRS/AIR Stn:MNVRS:/r141#9p56”, LatLong: “55.083336 15.000001”, LatLongDMS: “55:05:00 N 15:00:00 E”, Locale: “Islands”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Danemark”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 19866 (8A4D09BC)

Date: 11/20/1957
Time: 22:20
Location: MCMINNVILLE, TN
Description: Flashing red night light buzzes car. Going northwest. Cops can’t catch. / r141#9p44.
Type: sighting
Reference: HALL, Richard: The UFO EVIDENCE; NICAP,Washington, DC 1964. Reprinted 1997 Barnes & Noble Books ( only $7.98! ) (Index 167)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_5768

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), OBS: Observation/chasing vehicles, VEH: Vehicle affected: Marks/damage/EME effects, OGA: Non-Covert Government Agencies

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “8”, Duration: “10”, Elev: “290”, HatchDesc: “McMINNVILLE,TN:FLASHING RED NLT BUZZES CAR:>NW:COPS CANT CATCH:/r141#9p44”, LatLong: “35.666668 -85.783337”, LatLongDMS: “35:40:00 N 85:47:00 W”, Locale: “Town & City”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Tennessee”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 19867 (D34D1FDA)

Date: 11/20/1957
Time: 23:50
Location: VERACRUZ, MX
Description: Many observer(s). 50M ovoid going [to] over main Boulevard! Radios out. Watches stop.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO’s a HISTORY-1957 (19 booklets) Self published. (Index 964)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_5769

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), EME: Electro-Magnetic Effects

Extra Data: Country: “Mexico”, Credibility: “11”, Duration: “2”, Elev: “2”, HatchDesc: “VERACRUZ,MX:MANY OBS:50M OVOID >OVR MAIN BOULEVARD!:RADIOS OUT:WATCHES STOP”, LatLong: “19.200001 -96.133338”, LatLongDMS: “19:12:00 N 96:08:00 W”, Locale: “Metropolis”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “VRC”, Strangeness: “7”

Event 19868 (733CBA57)

Date: 11/21/1957
Time: ~22:00
Location: CHEROKEE, AL
Description: High School principal and 1. Saucer with flashing lights. Hovers. Shoots up and down.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO’s a HISTORY-1957 (19 booklets) Self published. (Index 906)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_5770

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: “10”, HatchDesc: “CHEROKEE,AL:HS PRINCIPAL+1:SCR W/FLASHING LITES:HVRS:SHOOTS UP+DOWN:”, LatLong: “34.800002 -87.666671”, LatLongDMS: “34:48:00 N 87:40:00 W”, Locale: “Pasture”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Alabama”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 19869 (E313F283)

Date: 11/21/1957
Time: 22:50
Location: SOUTH / REEDSBURG, WI
Description: Cop and 2. Silent transparent 3M globe hovers / field. Lights inside. Quickly going up [to] when lit.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO’s a HISTORY-1957 (19 booklets) Self published. (Index 963)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_5771

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, CMF: Camouflage/disguise

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “8”, Duration: “10”, Elev: “277”, HatchDesc: “S/REEDSBURG,WI:COP+2:SLNT XPRNT 3M GLOBE HVRS/FIELD:LITES INSIDE:↑↑ when lit”, LatLong: “43.483335 -90.000004”, LatLongDMS: “43:29:00 N 90:00:00 W”, Locale: “Farmlands”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Wisconsin”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 19870 (302282F6)

Date: 11/21/1957
Location: Houma, LA
Description: (McDonald list) Huge Target Picked Up On Three Radars (NICAP: 09 - RADAR Cases, Code: R, Rating: 5, BB: BBU)
Reference: NICAP: 571121
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_2177

Event 19871 (5D0B0CA1)

Date: 11/21/1957
Description: The Army Chief of Research and Development responds to CONARC’s October 22 request on the feasibility of building a manned “flying saucer,” stating that he had reviewed the Avrocar disc concept and that it looked promising.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Richard P. Weinert, History of Army Aviation, 1950–1962, US Army Training and Doctrine Command, November 1976, pp. 220–221; Wikipedia, “Avro Canada VZ-9 Avrocar”
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_3094

Event 19872 (38F21F14)

Date: 11/21/1957
Locations: Gesten, Denmark; Egholt; Jordrup; Vorbasse
Description: Merchant Hans Haugaard Hansen is driving out of Gesten, Denmark, on the road to Egholt when he sees a triangular UFO moving low over a field some 300–600 feet away. It is emitting a red or orange light and makes no sound. The bottom of the object is solid, but the upper part is transparent, and he can see two figures inside. He stops the car to watch as it moves about 40 mph. Similar objects are seen at Jordrup and Vorbasse.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: “Flying Saucer Reports Pour in from Denmark,” Flying Saucer Review 4, no. 4 (July/Aug. 1958): 2; Loren E. Gross, The Fifth Horseman of the Apocalypse: UFOs, a History: 1957, November 13th–30th, The Author, 1998, p. 56; Willy Wegner, “UFO bogen, Kapitel 19: Rumfolkene viser sig,” Skeptica, September 1, 2004
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_3095

Event 19873 (4585A1BF)

Date: 11/21/1957
Locations: Reasty Hill; Silpho, North Yorkshire, England; Broxa Forest; Scarborough; London’s Science Museum
Description: Night. Frank Dickenson and two friends are driving up Reasty Hill near the village of Silpho, North Yorkshire, England, when their car stalls and they see a glowing object in the sky that appears to fall to the ground on a ridge above Broxa Forest. Dickenson leaves the car with a flashlight, climbs up a bank, and finds in a patch of bracken a metallic saucer shaped like a “large flattish spinning top,” 18 inches in diameter and weighing 33 pounds. As he returns to tell his friends, he passes a young couple walking toward the scene. When the tree men return to search for it, the disc is gone. Dickenson places an advertisement in a Scarborough newspaper about the disc, and he is able to recover it for £10 from a man who claims he was the mystery man on the moor. Photos taken by UFO researcher John Dale show that the copper base of the object is inscribed with a mystery script. The top of the disc is made from layers of laminated metal that has been painted with a white substance. The two halves are stuck together with a grayish substance resembling cellulose, and a pencil-thick iron rod runs through a “white metal bearing” in the top. When the bearing is drilled out, they find a heap of ash inside the cavity, as well as pieces of fused glass and a tightly rolled cylinder of copper. Also inside is a tiny booklet of 17 sheets of thin copper foil fastened at one edge. The booklet is engraved with script similar to that found on the outside. The coded script is translated by a café proprietor from Scarborough named Philip Longbottom, who claims the 2,000- word inscription is from an alien named Ulo, with later text added by an apparently female companion named Tarngee. A metallurgist at the University of Manchester analyzes the disc and finds the outer casing is made primarily from lead, and the copper foil is triple laminated an unusually free from impurities. In 2017, David Clarke discovers that five specimens from the Silpho disc have been preserved in a tin cigarette box housed in London’s Science Museum. The specimens were sent to aviation historian Charles Harvard Gibbs-Smith in 1963 by Essex ufologist C. C. Stevens for analysis. Gibbs-Smith judged the items to be of terrestrial origin, and they were donated to the Science Museum with his papers after his death in 1981. Veteran Scarborough Evening News editor Mick Jefferson said in 2003 the newspaper had long ago exposed the object as a hoax made from a “domestic hot-water cylinder.” However, the hoaxers have never surfaced.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: “The Silpho Moor Mystery,” Flying Saucer Review 4, no. 2 (March/April 1958): 4; “Silpho Moor Controversy,” Flying Saucer Review 4, no. 4 (July/Aug. 1958): 19; Philip Longbottom, “The Silpho Moor Mystery,” Flying Saucer Review 4, no. 6 (Nov./Dec. 1958): 15–17; Jenny Randles, UFO Retrievals, Blandford, 1995, pp. 77–82; David Clarke, “The Return of the Silpho Moor Saucer,” Fortean Times 364 (March 2018): 42–46
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_3096

Event 19874 (D2241B0D)

Date: 11/22/1957
Time: 13:00?
Location: 10 MILE(S) SOUTHEAST / TARAKLI, TURKEY
Description: Turk.af pilot. 10’ regular hexagon-shaped object seen. No further details.
Type: sighting
Reference: WEINSTEIN, Dominique; UAP: 80 Years of Pilot Sightings Privately published. 7 avenue Bartholome. 75015 Paris, FRANCE. (Index 43)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_5772

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)

Extra Data: Country: “Turkey”, Credibility: “7”, Duration: “1”, HatchDesc: “10mi.SE/TARAKLI,TURKEY:TURK.AF PILOT:10’REGULAR HEXAGON-SHAPED OBJ SEEN:NFD”, LatLong: “40.250002 30.533335”, LatLongDMS: “40:15:00 N 30:32:00 E”, Locale: “Metropolis”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “NW”, Strangeness: “7”

Event 19875 (FC2E182D)

Date: 11/22/1957
Time: 16:00
Location: CANUTILLO, TX
Description: Ground Observer Corps (GOC) supervisor. Metallic UFO hovers. Going quickly west. Stops. Going quickly east. Then quickly going up. / r141#19p10.
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_5773

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

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “8”, Duration: “3”, Elev: “1230”, HatchDesc: “CANUTILLO,TX:GOC SUPERVISOR:MTLC UFO HVRS:>> W:STOPS:>> E:then ↑↑:/r141#19p10”, LatLong: “31.911113 -106.600005”, LatLongDMS: “31:54:40 N 106:36:00 W”, Locale: “Desert”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Texas”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 19876 (C6A186C2)

Date: 11/22/1957
Location: Tarakly (10 miles SE of), Turkey
Description: Turkish Air Force pilot saw a 10 ft regular-hexagon-shaped object

[c0mmando]

(NICAP: 11 - Aviation Cases, BB: BBU)
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_2178

Event 19877 (4F4D7EF5)

Date: 11/22/1957
Location: Canutillo, TX
Description: Silvery UFO sped back and forth, ascended. [UFOE, VII] (NICAP: 01 - Distant Encounters)
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_2179

Event 19878 (F0D391EF)

Date: 11/22/1957
Location: Gesten, Denmark
Description: A shop owner saw a pyramidshaped, luminous, transparent object fly fast across the road. As it was above 250 m away, he clearly saw two figures who looked like human beings, sitting one behind the other aboard the craft.
Type: ufo sighting
Reference: Personal (Vallee)
Source: ValléeMagonia, ID: Magonia_444

Event 19879 (81D9D74F)

Date: 11/22/1957
Description: At 4:00 p.m. a shop owner in Gesten, Denmark saw a pyramid-shaped, luminous, transparent object fly fast across the road. It was over 250 meters away, but he could clearly see two figures who looked like human beings, sitting one behind the other aboard the craft.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: Jacques Vallee, Passport to Magonia: A Century of Landings, case 444
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_7794

Event 19880 (78B67708)

Date: 11/23/1957
Location: Kansas City, Kansas
Description: “Mystery Helicopter Baffles Authorities”: 5-6 unidentified objects, appearing like “glowing balls” from the ground, were identified as helicopters tonight by authorities, but their home bases remained a “complete mystery”. The crafts had alternating blinking red, green, and white lights were spotted by two Johnson County, Kansas women who reported the objects to police. The objects were said to be hovering 100-200 feet above the ground. Lt. Larry B. Guisinger, based at the Columbos Ohio Naval Air Station, flew a F-J Fury jet trainer aircraft through the slow-moving craft formation and said they looked like helicopters, but was not sure they were “American types”. He expressed doubts they would have blinked their “starboard lights if they hadn’t been”. Guisinger then stated that he was told there were objects higher than his altitude of 10k feet, which caused him to express doubts they were actually helicopters. Authorities said they did not have helicopters airborne that night.
Type: ufo sighting
Type: mystery helicopter
Reference: newspapers.com
Source: Maj2, ID: Maj2_1009

Event 19881 (CF15406E)

Date: 11/23/1957
Location: USA, 50 km from Tonopah (Nevada)
Description: (Translated from French) An USAF lieutenant in a car had to stop at 6:10am since the engine suddenly cut out. Having got out to detect the cause of the breakdown, he heard a sharp buzzing and saw to the right of the highway, 300 or 400 m away, 4 objects in the shape of discs, stopped on the ground. He headed towards these never-before-seen machines and managed to get to within 15 m of the first object. They were all identical: discoid, luminous, with a diameter of around 15 m, a transparent dome made of another material, the light diffusing from the inside out, all over the body of the objects. They had three hemispherical landing gear of around 60 cm in diameter, made of a dark material. From the ground to the top of the dome they were between 3 m and 4.50 m in height. The objects were surrounded by a darker annular part seeming to be animated by a rotational movement. When he got to 15 m the buzzing suddenly became so sharp that it hurt his ears, and the objects took off, rising to 15 m, retracting the landing gear, and slowly at 15 km/h they left towards the north, crossing the highway, skirting the small hills 800 m away, and disappearing behind them. The observation lasted around 20 minutes and the witness saw no openings of any kind on the discs. He examined the ground where they had been stationed and apart from the slight hollows left by the landing gear, there were no traces. After the UFOs left, he was able to start his car again, which functioned normally. (November 23, 1957)
Reference: J. Allen HYNEK: “New Report on UFOs” - Belfond 1979, pp. 179-181
Reference: Mini catalogue chronologique des observations OVNI, by Godelieve Van Overmeire
Source: Overmeire, ID: Overmeire_2068

Event 19882 (EBA9B0BD)

Date: 11/23/1957
Time: 06:30
Location: US95 30 MI WITH TONOPAH, NV
Description: 4 15M saucers / ground. Car malfunctions due to EME (electro-magnetic effects). Loud whine. Saucers going north. / r141#9p73.
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_5774

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, NUC: Nuclear facility related, VEH: Vehicle affected: Marks/damage/EME effects, LND: UFO landing or any part touches ground, EME: Electro-Magnetic Effects, TCH: New technical details/clues, MIL: Military investigation, BBK: Project BLUEBOOK, SND: UFO sounds heard or recorded

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “6”, Duration: “20”, Elev: “1600”, HatchDesc: “US95 30mi W/TONOPAH,NV:4 15M SCRS/GND:CAR EMES:LOUD WHINE:SCRS >N:/r141#9p73”, LatLong: “38.055557 -117.677783”, LatLongDMS: “38:03:20 N 117:40:40 W”, Locale: “Desert”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Nevada”, Strangeness: “7”

Event 19883 (4A7E2EE4)

Date: 11/23/1957
Time: 18:30
Location: TIRO, OH
Description: Pan disk follows car. Swings / all directions. Away as 2nd car nears. / r141#9p70.
Type: sighting
Reference: HALL, Richard: The UFO EVIDENCE; NICAP,Washington, DC 1964. Reprinted 1997 Barnes & Noble Books ( only $7.98! ) (Index 167)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_5775

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

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “6”, Duration: “15”, Elev: “320”, HatchDesc: “TIRO,OH:PAN DISK FOLOS CAR:SWINGS/ALL DIRs:AWAY as 2nd CAR NEARS:/r141#9p70”, LatLong: “40.905558 -82.772226”, LatLongDMS: “40:54:20 N 82:46:20 W”, Locale: “Pasture”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Ohio”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 19884 (77D89CD9)

Date: 11/23/1957
Location: Joliet, IL
Description: (McDonald list; FUFOR Index) Radar Contact On Visuals By Five Pilots (NICAP: 09 - RADAR Cases, Code: R, Rating: 5, BB: BBU)
Reference: NICAP: 571123
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_2180

Event 19885 (A89F175F)

Date: 11/23/1957
Location: Tonopah (30 miles W of), NV
Description: Car engine stalled, saw 4 landed 50-foot saucer-shaped UFO’s (NICAP: 03 - EME Cases, BB: BBU)
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_2181

Event 19886 (9DF4AE34)

Date: 11/23/1957
Time: 0630
Location: Tonopah, Nevada
Description: Four disk-shaped objects on the ground were observed for 20 min from a distance of 15 m. When the witness tried to come closer, they took off with an unbearable humming sound.
Type: ufo sighting
Reference: Atic (Vallee)
Source: ValléeMagonia, ID: Magonia_445

Event 19887 (EA848CC5)

Date: 11/23/1957
Location: Tonopah, NV
Description: Air Force officer’s car failed, he saw disc-shaped objects on ground
Type: sighting
Reference: The UFO Evidence by Richard H. Hall
Source: HallUFOEvidence2, ID: HallUFOE2_5

Event 19888 (ED6CE4B5)

Date: 11/23/1957
Location: 30 miles west of Tonopah, Nevada
Description: 6:10 p.m. Fighter pilot 1st Lt. Joseph F. Long’s car engine stalls 30 miles west of Tonopah, Nevada. He hears a high-pitched whining noise and sees four 50-foot, domed, saucer-shaped UFOs landed on the right side of the road about 900–1,200 feet away. They are glowing brightly and equipped with three landing gears. Long estimates they are about 10–15 feet tall. When he approaches to within 50 feet of the closest object, the hum increases in intensity and Long’s ears begin to hurt. The objects take off abruptly, retracting the landing gears. The rise about 50 feet into the air and proceed across the highway to the north at about 10 mph. The total time of the sighting is 20 minutes. Shallow, bowl-shaped ground impressions in the shape of a triangle are found at the landing site.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: NICAP, “Four Huge Saucers Land near Car, Engine Stalls”; Hynek UFO Report, pp. 182–186; Good Need, pp. 222–223, 228; Sparks, p. 259; Randle, Levelland, 2021, pp. 101–106
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_3097

Event 19889 (D4F92A6C)

Date: 11/23/1957
Locations: State Highway 8; Richland Township, Allegheny County, Pennsylvania; Butler Valley Turnpike exit
Description: 7:30 p.m. Six truck drivers watch a strange object with three lights in a triangular pattern hovering above a field off State Highway 8 just north of the Butler Valley Turnpike exit in Richland Township, Allegheny County, Pennsylvania. It has a green light at the bottom, a red light at the right corner, and a yellow light at the left corner. They get out of their car and approach the object, but when they are 75 feet away, it moves to the east, then south. They go back to the car and shine their lights on the object, which is about 20 feet above some trees. The lights go out and the object disappears.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: “3-Lighted ‘Whatsit’ Floats over Field,” Pittsburgh (Pa.) Sun- Telegraph, November 27, 1957, p. 3
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_3098

Event 19890 (58301833)

Date: 11/23/1957
Description: In the desert 30 miles west of Tonopah, Nevada Joseph Long’s car engine died at 6:10 a.m. He then heard a high-pitched whining sound and saw to his right four large, metallic Saturn-shaped craft resting on the ground 400 meters away. The objects were 50 feet in diameter, with a dome in the center and a rotating ring on the edge. He walked up to within 50 feet of the objects during the next 20 minutes, when the four objects slowly rose up and left the area, at which time he returned to his vehicle and the car engine could be restarted. The humming sound increased in pitch when the objects took off.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: Project Blue Book files counted in official statistics; J. Allen Hynek, The Hynek UFO Report, p. 182; UNICAT database, case # 286, citing Hynek; Jacques Vallee, Passport to Magonia: A Century of Landings, case 445; Richard F. Haines, Project Delta: A Study of Multiple UFO, p. 186; Mark Rodeghier, UFO Reports Involving Vehicle Interference, p. 13; Richard H. Hall, The UFO Evidence, Volume II: A Thirty-Year Report, p. 1
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_7838

Event 19891 (FD57A02C)

Date: 11/24/1957
Time: 22:00
Location: KORTEDALA, SWD
Description: Army Captain / (seen thru) binoculars. Ovoid spirals going up [to] toward(s) moon. Glows / 1 side. / r141#9.
Type: sighting
Reference: UFO INVESTIGATOR: NICAP: Kensington, MD & Washington, DC [defunct]. University Microfilms, Ann Arbor, MI 48106 (Index 15)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_5776

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

Extra Data: Country: “Scandanavian and Finland”, Credibility: “7”, Duration: “20”, HatchDesc: “KORTEDALA,SWD:ARMY Capt/BINOCS:OVOID SPIRALS ↑ twrd MOON:GLOWS/1 SIDE:/r141#9”, LatLong: “57.716669 11.966667”, LatLongDMS: “57:43:00 N 11:58:00 E”, Locale: “Coastlands”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Sweden”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 19892 (F7EDD937)

Date: 11/24/1957
Description: Army Captain Kohrtz in Kortedala, Goteborg, Sweden at 3:30 p.m. watched with binoculars as an ovoid flying object spiraled upwards towards the Moon, glowing on one side.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: NICAP UFO Investigator, Volume 1, Number 3; Karl Gosta Rehn
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_7868

Event 19893 (3B18F77F)

Date: 11/25/1957
Time: 14:30
Location: UGINES TO/FROM FAVERGES, FR
Description: 2 engineers. Sphere ZIGZAGs over N508. Vanishes / thin air. P267.
Type: sighting
Reference: VALLEE, Jacques: PASSPORT TO MAGONIA; H. Regnery, Chicago HC 1969 & Contemporary Books,Chicago 1993. 372pp. (Index 446)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_5777

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, ODD: Atypical/Forteana/paranormal, SCR: Classic saucer/disk/sphere shaped UFO, PRB: Probe: Possibly remote controlled, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), LND: UFO landing or any part touches ground, TCH: New technical details/clues, CMF: Camouflage/disguise

Extra Data: Country: “France”, Credibility: “8”, Duration: “2”, HatchDesc: “UGINES><FAVERGES,FR:2 ENGINEERS:SPHERE ZIGZAGs OVR N508:VANISHES/THIN AIR:p267”, LatLong: “45.750002 6.350000”, LatLongDMS: “45:45:00 N 06:21:00 E”, Locale: “Mountains”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “HSV”, Strangeness: “9”

Event 19894 (3E1992A3)

Date: 11/25/1957
Time: 16:20
Location: INDIANAPOLIS, IN
Description: Odd round cloud becomes rectangle / sharp edges! Fades away!
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO’s a HISTORY-1957 (19 booklets) Self published. (Index 978)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_5778

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, MID: Likely mis-identification, ODD: Atypical/Forteana/paranormal, CIG: Torpedo/cigar/cylinder shaped UFO, DLT: Delta/vee/boomerang/rectangular shaped UFO, CMF: Camouflage/disguise

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “6”, Duration: “5”, Elev: “215”, HatchDesc: "INDIANAPOLIS,IN:ODD ROUND CLOUD BECOMES RECTANGLE/SHARP EDGES!:FADES AWAY! ", LatLong: “39.750002 -86.116671”, LatLongDMS: “39:45:00 N 86:07:00 W”, Locale: “Metropolis”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Indiana”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 19895 (A82C843E)

Date: 11/25/1957
Time: 21:20
Location: FOLLETT, TX
Description: Many observer(s). 1 white and 2 red balls maneuver impossibly / all directions. Extremely fast acrobatic.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO’s a HISTORY-1957 (19 booklets) Self published. (Index 980)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_5779

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, 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: “804”, HatchDesc: “FOLLETT,TX:MANY OBS:1 WHT+2 RED BALLS MNVR IMPOSSIBLY/ALL DIRs:XFAST ACROBATIC”, LatLong: “36.433335 -100.138894”, LatLongDMS: “36:26:00 N 100:08:20 W”, Locale: “Town & City”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Texas”, Strangeness: “7”

Event 19896 (B768FBD9)

Date: 11/25/1957
Location: Eglin AFB, FL
Description: USAF B-66 crew saw 3 objects, tracked by ground radar (NICAP: 09 - RADAR Cases, Code: R, Rating: 5, BB: BBU) (NICAP: 11 - Aviation Cases)
Reference: NICAP: 571125
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_2182

Event 19897 (9DB52FC3)

Date: 11/25/1957
Location: Mogi Mirim, Brazil
Description: All city lights failed as three UFOs passed overhead (NICAP: 03 - EME Cases)
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_2184

Event 19898 (A19CB4CE)

Date: 11/25/1957
Time: 1430
Location: Ugines, France
Description: Two engineers were driving about 200 m from the railroad crossing in Faverges when they saw a nearly spherical object at ground level, performing zig-zags on the road. They stopped and were amazed as the object simply vanished, leaving no trace.
Type: ufo sighting
Reference: Personal (Vallee)
Source: ValléeMagonia, ID: Magonia_446

Event 19899 (008FCEE5)

Date: 11/25/1957
Location: Mogi Mirim, São Paulo, Brazil
Description: 10:00 p.m. All the lights in the town of Mogi Mirim, São Paulo, Brazil, suddenly dim and fail. Numerous people see a circular light traveling directly overhead. Two similar lights follow a short time later. The blackout only lasts 5 minutes, but the power station has no explanation.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Schopick, pp. 141–142
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_3099

Event 19900 (46902956)

Date: 11/25/1957
Description: In 1957, at 4:15 p.m., an odd round cloud observed in Indianapolis, Indiana became a rectangular object with sharp edges, and then faded away. In Mogi Mirim, Brazil all lights failed in the city at around 10 p.m. as a UFO flew overhead.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: Loren Gross, UFOs: A History 1957 (Volume 9), p. 45); Richard Hall, The UFO Evidence (Volume I), p. 75
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_7904

Event 19901 (4D8F2A93)

Date: 11/26/1957
Description: (Translated from French) At the USAF base in Robbins (Georgia), 3 control tower operators, 1 weather observer and 4 other people observed a cigar-shaped object for 8 minutes, before it disappeared. (November 26, 10:07 AM)
Reference: case Blue Book #5419 unsolved
Reference: rr0 - Beau
Source: rr0, ID: rr0_1733

Event 19902 (1D556E87)

Date: 11/26/1957
Time: 06:00
Location: NEAR NEWBERRY SPRS, CA
Description: Separate observer(s). Metallic coin disk quickly going up / desert. Hovers / 1 hr and more. Many reports.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO’s a HISTORY-1957 (19 booklets) Self published. (Index 981)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_5780

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

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “9”, Duration: “80”, Elev: “562”, HatchDesc: “nr NEWBERRY Sprs,CA:SEP.OBS:MTLC COIN DISK ↑↑/DESERT:HVRS/1 hr+:many reports”, LatLong: “34.833335 -116.683339”, LatLongDMS: “34:50:00 N 116:41:00 W”, Locale: “Desert”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “California”, Strangeness: “7”

Event 19903 (48471CB9)

Date: 11/26/1957
Time: 06:00
Location: OPORTO, DOURO, PORTUGAL
Description: Circular object fast over city. No further details. / Diario DE Noticias.
Type: sighting
Reference: LOURENCO, Victor: The PORTUCAT CATALOG; (BBS Download). (Index 54)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_5781

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: “Portugal”, Credibility: “6”, Duration: “1”, HatchDesc: “OPORTO,DOURO,PORTUGAL:CIRC.OBJ FAST OVER CITY:NFD:/DIARIO DE NOTICIAS”, LatLong: “41.183335 -8.616667”, LatLongDMS: “41:11:00 N 08:37:00 W”, Locale: “Metropolis”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Douro”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 19904 (CC0D89E7)

Date: 11/26/1957
Time: 06:30
Location: WEST / JOLIET, IL
Description: ANG F86 chases yellow flat metallic object going quickly east. Cannot catch. Big Air Force investigation.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO’s a HISTORY-1957 (19 booklets) Self published. (Index 987)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_5782

Attributes: 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), MIL: Military investigation, BBK: Project BLUEBOOK

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “6”, Duration: “10”, Elev: “190”, HatchDesc: “W/JOLIET,IL:ANG F86 CHASES YLW FLAT MTLC OBJ >>E:CANNOT CATCH:big af investgn”, LatLong: “41.533335 -88.333338”, LatLongDMS: “41:32:00 N 88:20:00 W”, Locale: “Metropolis”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Illinois”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 19905 (54518695)

Date: 11/26/1957
Time: 10:10
Location: ROBINS AIR FORCE BASE, GA
Description: 3 Air Traffic Controllers and weatherman and 4. Silver cylinder/cylindrical object going north and south over base / 8 minutes. Vanishes. / r43.
Type: sighting
Reference: BERLINER, DON: The BLUEBOOK UNKNOWNS; (FUFOR). (Index 27)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_5783

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, MIL: Observer(s) military, HQO: High-quality observer(s), 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, CMF: Camouflage/disguise

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “10”, Duration: “8”, Elev: “90”, HatchDesc: “ROBINS AFB,GA:3 ATCs+WEATHERMAN+4:SLVR CYL > N+S OVR BASE/8 mins:VANISHES:/r43”, LatLong: “32.616668 -83.600004”, LatLongDMS: “32:37:00 N 83:36:00 W”, Locale: “Town & City”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Georgia”, Strangeness: “8”

Event 19906 (973CEB69)

Date: 11/26/1957
Time: 18:00
Location: FUNCHAL, MADEIRA ISLANDS, PORTUGAL
Description: Fast bright sphere north going quickly south. / Comercio do Porto.
Type: sighting
Reference: LOURENCO, Victor: The PORTUCAT CATALOG; (BBS Download). (Index 53)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_5784

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)

Extra Data: Country: “Atlantic Ocean + islands”, Credibility: “6”, Duration: “1”, HatchDesc: “FUNCHAL,MADEIRA ISLs,PORTUGAL:FAST BRITE SPHERE N>>S:/COMERCIO do PORTO”, LatLong: “32.633335 -16.850001”, LatLongDMS: “32:38:00 N 16:51:00 W”, Locale: “Islands”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “MDR”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 19907 (116DD4DE)

Date: 11/26/1957
Time: 21:30
Location: HAMILTON, NZ
Description: 2 observer(s). Bright orange domed saucer / southwest sky near Venus. Sudden sidewise hops.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO’s a HISTORY-1957 (19 booklets) Self published. (Index 988)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_5785

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: “New Zealand”, Credibility: “7”, Duration: “10”, HatchDesc: “HAMILTON,NZ:2 OBS:BRITE ORG DOMED SCR/SW SKY nr Venus:sudden sidewise hops”, LatLong: “-37.733335 175.466675”, LatLongDMS: “37:44:00 S 175:28:00 E”, Locale: “Residential”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “NI”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 19908 (42096DEE)

Date: 11/26/1957
Time: ~22:00
Location: NDOLO, NORTH RHODESIA
Description: 2 observer(s). 8 small disks going quickly north in west-formation. Absolute(ly) silent. / r141#9p88.
Type: sighting
Reference: FLYING SAUCER REVIEW (FSR), London. Bimonthly. PO Box 162; High Wycombe, Bucks. HP135 DZ, England. (Index 50)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_5786

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: “Zimbabwe & Zambia”, Credibility: “7”, Duration: “1”, HatchDesc: “NDOLO,N.RHODESIA:2 OBS:8 SML DISKS >>N in W-FORMATION:ABS SLNT:/r141#9p88”, LatLong: “-12.950001 28.583335”, LatLongDMS: “12:57:00 S 28:35:00 E”, Locale: “Town & City”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “ZAM”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 19909 (E69068F5)

Date: 11/26/1957
Location: West Mesa AFS, NM
Description: (McDonald list; FUFOR Index) (NICAP: 09 - RADAR Cases, Code: R, Rating: 5, BB: BBU, NC)
Reference: NICAP: 571126
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_2185

Event 19910 (DA64FB01)

Date: 11/26/1957
Location: Sea of Okhotsk, W of Kamchatka, USSR
Description: Crew of RB-50, saw a brilliant red object with bluish-green tail (NICAP: 11 - Aviation Cases, BB: BBU)
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_2186

Event 19911 (A525715F)

Date: 11/26/1957
Location: Joliet, IL
Description: Pilot saw a stationary yellowish object disappear (NICAP: 11 - Aviation Cases, BB: BBU)
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_2187

Event 19912 (185BE945)

Date: 11/26/1957
Location: Robins AFB, GA
Description: Many saw silver, cigar-shaped object, which suddenly vanished (NICAP: 01 - Distant Encounters, BB: 5419)
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_2188

Event 19913 (75A75E0F)

Date: 11/26/1957
Time: 10:07 AM
Location: Robins AFB, Georgia
Description: Witnesses: three control tower operators, one weather observer and four others. One silver, cigar-shaped object suddenly vanished after 8 minutes.
Type: ufo sighting
Reference: BlueBook Unknowns PDF
Source: BerlinerBBUnknowns, ID: BerlinerBBU_419

Event 19914 (EA32F30A)

Date: 11/27/1957 (approximate)
Time: ~13:00
Location: TRINIDADE ISLAND, ATLANTIC
Description: Boat crew. Silver ovoid hovers near Igy radiosonde. 2nd signal.
Type: sighting
Reference: LORENZEN, Coral: FLYING SAUCERS, the Starting Evidence; Signet Books, NY 1962 & 1966. 278pp. Originally “The Great F. S. Hoax”. (Index 171)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_5787

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CST: Observer(s) in coastal area/just offshore, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, HQO: High-quality observer(s), SCI: Scientist involvement, SCR: Classic saucer/disk/sphere shaped UFO, PRB: Probe: Possibly remote controlled, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), OBS: Observation/chasing vehicles, EME: Electro-Magnetic Effects

Extra Data: Country: “Atlantic Ocean + islands”, Credibility: “8”, Duration: “180”, HatchDesc: “TRINIDADE ISL,ATLANTIC:BOAT CREW:SLVR OVOID HVRS nr IGY RADIOSONDE:2nd signal”, LatLong: “-20.550001 -29.350001”, LatLongDMS: “20:33:00 S 29:21:00 W”, Locale: “Islands”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “BRZ”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 19915 (C6E4ADA7)

Date: 11/27/1957
Time: 21:30
Location: HERFORDSHIRE, ENG
Description: 1 observer. Huge brilliant white domed-saucer with halo hovers low. Going quickly southwest. / FSRv4#3p6.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO’s a HISTORY-1957 (19 booklets) Self published. (Index 989)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_5788

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

Extra Data: Country: “Great Britain and Ireland”, Credibility: “6”, Duration: “1”, HatchDesc: “HERFORDSHIRE,ENG:1 OBS:HUGE BRILL.WHT DOMED-SCR W/HALO HVRS LO:>>SW:/FSRv4#3p6”, LatLong: “51.833336 -0.333333”, LatLongDMS: “51:50:00 N 00:20:00 W”, Locale: “Residential”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “England”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 19916 (752F994F)

Date: 11/27/1957
Location: Yakima, WA
Description: Control tower operator on the ground saw a bright red glow (NICAP: 01 - Distant Encounters, BB: BBU)
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_2189

Event 19917 (08991FC9)

Date: 11/27/1957
Location: Toledo, OH
Description: Northwest pilots saw an object flying straight at about 4,800 knots (NICAP: 11 - Aviation Cases, BB: BBU)
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_2190

Event 19918 (34E6A993)

Date: 11/27/1957
Locations: French Alps; Swiss border
Description: The director of an engineering firm and four of his staff members see five black, disc-shaped objects hovering in the French Alps for 8 minutes. The group performs a series of maneuvers, after which a parachute- shaped object emerges from one of them. Suddenly they all shoot away at supersonic speed toward the Swiss border.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Lorenzen, UFOs: The Whole Story, Signet, 1969, p. 87
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_3100

Event 19919 (D8EC42A8)

Date: 11/27/1957
Description: A huge, brilliant, white domed disc-shaped object with a halo hovered low over Herefordshire, England at 9:30 p.m. It then flew off to the southwest.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: Loren E. Gross, The Fifth Horseman of the Apocalypse: UFOs: A History. 1957: November 13-30, p. 89, citing Flying Saucer Review
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_7955

Event 19920 (1A84CB93)

Date: 11/28/1957
Time: 23:20
Location: LOUISA MTS SOUTHEAST / COIMBRA, PORTUGAL
Description: Scientists. Slow blinding object changes color(s) / 35 minute(s).
Type: sighting
Reference: LOURENCO, Victor: The PORTUCAT CATALOG; (BBS Download). (Index 57)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_5789

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, HQO: High-quality observer(s), SCI: Scientist involvement, FBL: Fireball: Blazing undistinguished form/orb., NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), OBS: Observation/chasing vehicles, RAY: Odd light/searchlight/beam/laser-like

Extra Data: Country: “Portugal”, Credibility: “8”, Duration: “35”, HatchDesc: “LOUISA MTs SE/COIMBRA,PORTUGAL:SCIENTISTS:SLOW BLINDING OBJ CHANGES CLRS/35min”, LatLong: “40.233335 -8.366667”, LatLongDMS: “40:14:00 N 08:22:00 W”, Locale: “Mountains”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Beira littoral”, Strangeness: “5”

Event 19921 (B25B868C)

Date: 11/28/1957
Locations: Hawaii Belt Road; Ninole, Hawaii
Description: 8:30 p.m. Regino Lacuesta is driving on the Hawaii Belt Road near Ninole, Hawaii, when his car engine begins missing. Suddenly he sees a bright flash of light 20 feet above the highway in front of him. The engine dies, the headlights go out, and the car rolls to a stop at the point where the light had been. Lacuesta feels numb and cannot move. Soon the headlights come on and the car starts up again, although it is in high gear and he has not touched the starter. He drives straight home.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Schopick, pp. 49–51
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_3101

Event 19922 (C4508C41)

Date: 11/29/1957
Time: 02:30
Location: BRECON BEACONS, WALES
Description: Trucker and separate cops. Large red fireball and more / or blue delta/triangle/box-like craft. West going quickly east. Very high and fast.
Type: sighting
Reference: FLYING SAUCER REVIEW (FSR), London. Bimonthly. PO Box 162; High Wycombe, Bucks. HP135 DZ, England. (Index 49)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_5790

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, HQO: High-quality observer(s), MID: Likely mis-identification, DLT: Delta/vee/boomerang/rectangular shaped UFO, FBL: Fireball: Blazing undistinguished form/orb., NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), OGA: Non-Covert Government Agencies

Extra Data: Country: “Great Britain and Ireland”, Credibility: “8”, Duration: “15”, Elev: “628”, HatchDesc: “BRECON BEACONS,WALES:TRUCKER+SEP.COPS:LRG RED FBL +/or BLU DLT:W>>E:VHI+FAST”, LatLong: “51.883336 -3.433333”, LatLongDMS: “51:53:00 N 03:26:00 W”, Locale: “Mountains”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “WLS”, Strangeness: “3”

Event 19923 (CC75D0AB)

Date: 11/29/1957
Time: 17:10
Location: NORTHWEST / GLENCOE, ON
Description: 1 / car. 18cm glowing-ball circles. Quickly going down [to] 30cm over road. Clears fence.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO’s a HISTORY-1957 (19 booklets) Self published. (Index 990)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_5791

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, LND: UFO landing or any part touches ground

Extra Data: Country: “Canada”, Credibility: “6”, Duration: “1”, Elev: “217”, HatchDesc: “NW/GLENCOE,ON:1/CAR:18cm GLOW-BALL CIRCLES:↓↓ 30cm ovr ROAD:CLEARS FENCE”, LatLong: “42.766669 -81.716671”, LatLongDMS: “42:46:00 N 81:43:00 W”, Locale: “Pasture”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Ontario”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 19924 (D5146777)

Date: 11/29/1957
Locations: Port Jack, Douglas, Isle of Man; Scotland
Description: 2:30 a.m. Capt. Fred Sutton, skipper of the fishing trawler Ella Hewett, is 4 miles off Port Jack, Douglas, Isle of Man, when an orange ball of fire crosses the sky. As it passes over the hull of the small boat, the vessel grows luminous, with firefly-like sparks of luminescence everywhere. The fireball bursts like fireworks, seen by others on the island as well as Scotland. The crew notices that the white paint on the metal railings at the edge of the boat has disappeared, leaving only the red undercoating. At daybreak, however, the paintwork is perfectly normal again.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Jenny Randles, “Mysterious Island: The UFO Legacy of the Isle of Man,” IUR 29, no. 1 (Spring 2004): 13–14
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_3102

Event 19925 (65FAC4D8)

Date: 11/29/1957
Location: Building 1535 of the Geophysics Research Directorate at the Air Force Cambridge Research Center at Hanscom AFB in Bedford, Massachusetts
Description: Two German expatriates, G. R. Miczaika and Eberhart W. Wahl, form Project Space Track in Building 1535 of the Geophysics Research Directorate at the Air Force Cambridge Research Center at Hanscom AFB in Bedford, Massachusetts. Its mission is to track and compute orbits for all artificial earth satellites and space probes, including US and Soviet payloads, booster rockets, and debris.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Wikipedia, “Project Space Track”
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_3103

Event 19926 (E9ACF01F)

Date: 11/29/1957
Description: At 5:10 p.m. a small, 18 cm in diameter luminous ball circled very low over a road two miles north of Glencoe, Ontario. It then flew over a fence. It was seen by a single witness, a Mrs. Alderman, for approximately one minute.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: C. W. Fitch, APRO Bulletin, July 1963, p. 6
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_8029

Event 19927 (2B27B61D)

Date: 11/30/1957
Description: (Translated from French) In New Orleans (Louisiana), 3 coast guards saw for 20 minutes a round object become white then golden, then split into 3 parts and become red. (November 30, 2:11 PM)
Reference: case Blue Book #5445 unsolved
Reference: rr0 - Beau
Source: rr0, ID: rr0_1734

Event 19928 (9F3904E4)

Date: 11/30/1957
Time: 14:10
Location: NEW ORLEANS, LA
Description: 3 USCG men. Round object changes colors. Splits / 3 parts. Turn red.
Type: sighting
Reference: BERLINER, DON: The BLUEBOOK UNKNOWNS; (FUFOR). (Index 27)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_5792

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: “20”, Elev: “2”, HatchDesc: “NEW ORLEANS,LA:3 USCG MEN:ROUND OBJ CHANGES COLORS:SPLITS/3 PARTS:TURN RED”, LatLong: “29.950001 -90.066671”, LatLongDMS: “29:57:00 N 90:04:00 W”, Locale: “Metropolis”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Louisiana”, Strangeness: “4”

Event 19929 (971FC051)

Date: 11/30/1957
Location: Minot, ND
Description: (McDonald list; FUFOR Index) FPS-6 Blip Travels 100 Miles in 20 Seconds (NICAP: 09 - RADAR Cases, Code: R, Rating: 5, BB: BBU)
Reference: NICAP: 571130
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_2191

Event 19930 (C9676866)

Date: 11/30/1957
Location: New Orleans, LA
Description: Round object turn white, then gold, then separate into 3 parts (NICAP: 01 - Distant Encounters, BB: 5445)
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_2192

Event 19931 (5D89ED2E)

Date: 11/30/1957
Time: 2:11 PM
Location: New Orleans, Louisiana
Description: Witnesses: three U.S. Coast Guardsmen. One round object turned white, then gold, then separated into three parts and turned red. Sighting lasted 20 minutes.
Type: ufo sighting
Reference: BlueBook Unknowns PDF
Source: BerlinerBBUnknowns, ID: BerlinerBBU_420

Event 19932 (878ECBC9)

Date: 11/30/1957
Description: At 2:11 p.m. three U.S. Coast Guardsmen in New Orleans, Louisiana saw a round object turn white, then gold. It then separated into three parts and turned red. The sighting lasted 20 minutes.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: Project Blue Book files counted in official statistics, case # 5445; Don Berliner, Project Blue Book UFO Unknowns
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_8068

Event 19933 (F89E9DFF)

Date: 12/1957
Location: GREAT BRITAIN, Silpho Moor - Scarborough (North Yorkshire)
Description: (Translated from French) Fred Taylor and Franck Dickenson observed at night a red and shining object in the sky above the marshes. This object was in free fall. They went home to get flashlights and returned to the scene. Shortly before midnight Taylor and Dickinson found a small smoking crater in the moor. A mini-saucer was there. When this object finally cooled down, the two men pulled it out of the hole and with a knife managed to open it. Inside they found 17 pages of an unknown kind of parchment paper, covered with indecipherable hieroglyphs. The Ministry of Defense and the RAF considered this event to be a hoax. The analyzed saucer turned out to be made of an unusual alloy of copper. When the affair calmed down, the 17 pages of writings were entrusted to the lawyer Anthony Parker of Scarborough. Recently (1997) Mr. Parker passed away and Stephen Balon, 10 Woodlands Avenue, Pinnington, Leigh., Lancs. WN7 3hl -U.K. took up the case. He has no idea what happened to the “saucer”. He hopes that someone can inform him.
Reference: Ufo Folklore Center – Internet 13.3.1997
Reference: please look in your drawers, it’s important!
Reference: Mini catalogue chronologique des observations OVNI, by Godelieve Van Overmeire
Source: Overmeire, ID: Overmeire_2070

Event 19934 (9EF1CC84)

Date: 12/1957 (approximate)
Time: ~19:00
Location: CRAWFORDSVILLE, IN
Description: 2 observer(s). Roaring saucer-cylinder/cigar-shape. Heads and thin necks / portholes. 2 hours missing time.
Type: sighting
Reference: MUFON UFO JOURNAL, Seguin, TX USA. Monthly. (Index 298)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_5793

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, SCR: Classic saucer/disk/sphere shaped UFO, CIG: Torpedo/cigar/cylinder shaped UFO, FIG: Undefined or poorly seen figure/entity, MST: Missing time or time anomaly, TCH: New technical details/clues, SND: UFO sounds heard or recorded

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “7”, Duration: “120”, Elev: “244”, HatchDesc: “CRAWFORDSVILLE,IN:2 OBS:ROARING SCR-CGR:HEADS+THIN NECKS/PORTHOLES:2hrs MST:”, LatLong: “40.033335 -86.866671”, LatLongDMS: “40:02:00 N 86:52:00 W”, Locale: “Residential”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Indiana”, Strangeness: “10”

Event 19935 (C311FEC3)

Date: 12/1957
Location: Pacific Ocean, At Sea
Description: Photograph of alleged disc-shaped UFO. [UFOE, VIII] (NICAP: 08 - Photographic Cases)
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_2193

Event 19936 (235C0E84)

Date: 12/1957
Time: night
Location: El Cajon, California
Description: Edmund Rucker was awakened by a roaring noise and saw a strange object land near his house. “Its windows were lighted, and I saw strange-looking heads there.” An opening became visible and four creatures emerged. They had large heads, dome-like foreheads, and bulging eyeballs. They delivered a message to the witness in English, stating that they had philanthropic and scientific purposes.
Type: ufo sighting
Reference: FS Jul., 58 (Vallee)
Source: ValléeMagonia, ID: Magonia_447

Event 19937 (A44AA842)

Date: 12/1957
Description: National Intelligence Estimate (NIE) 11-10-57 predicts that the Soviets will “probably have a first operational capability with up to 10 prototype ICBMs” at “sometime during the period from mid-1958 to mid- 1959.” The numbers of the missile gap start to inflate.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Wikipedia, “Missile gap”
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_3104

Event 19938 (A17B3470)

Date: 12/1957
Locations: Canada; RCAF headquarters
Description: A classified Canadian Department of National Defence memorandum states that the “RCAF has no official policy concerning the subject” of UFOs and “there has never been a serious investigation of any report on file” at RCAF headquarters.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Gregory M. Kanon, “UFOs and the Canadian Government, Part One,” no. 22 (1975): 22
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_3105

Event 19939 (87EA2070)

Date: 12/1957
Location: Finland-Russia border
Description: Several UFO sightings take place along the Finland-Russia border. A cigar-shaped object is seen by two Finnish farmers moving horizontally at a high altitude from west to east.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Good Above, pp. 307–308
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_3106

Event 19940 (BFAD9B39)

Date: 12/1957
Location: Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Description: Walter K. Buhler launches the Sociedade Brasiliera de Estudos sobre Discos Voadores in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. It publishes the Boletim SBEDV through 1988.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Boletim SBEDV, no. 1 (December 1957)
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_3107

Event 19941 (88BEEBB4)

Date: 12/1957
Location: El Cajon, California
Description: Night. Edmund Rucker is awakened by a roaring noise in El Cajon, California, and watches a strange object land near his house. Its windows are lighted and he can see some strange-looking heads inside. An opening becomes visible, and four creatures emerge. They have large heads, dome-like foreheads, and bulging eyeballs. They deliver a message to Rucker in English, saying they have philanthropic and scientific purposes.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Patrick Gross, URECAT, July 28, 2007; Mark Cashman, “Behavioral Classification System for UFO Occupants,” IUR 24, no. 1 (Spring 1999): 19
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_3108

Event 19942 (DED15E98)

Date: 12/1957
Location: CBS Armstrong Circle Theater
Description: Keyhoe is invited to appear on the CBS Armstrong Circle Theater anthology drama TV program hosted by Douglas Edwards to talk about UFOs with Kenneth Arnold and Clarence S. Chiles. Others invited are Edward J. Ruppelt, Donald Menzel, and an Air Force representative. But Keyhoe finds out that it will not be a panel discussion but a scripted conversation, and he will only have 7 minutes. He is promised he will have final say over his part of the script, and he agrees. However, writer Irve Tunick cuts out critical portions of Keyhoe’s material (including references to the Estimate of the Situation and the Robertson Panel), saying it is too long. Ruppelt, Chiles, and Arnold soon withdraw from the program, expanding Keyhoe’s segment to 11 minutes.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Clark III 167–168
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_3109

Event 19943 (EA763DD2)

Date: 12/1/1957 (approximate)
Location: NEAR JOLIETVILLE, IN
Description: 2 observer(s). Air Force plane circles / low altitude as 1M disk hovers above… vanishes.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO’s a HISTORY-1957 (19 booklets) Self published. (Index 4)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_5794

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: “2”, Elev: “281”, HatchDesc: “nr JOLIETVILLE,IN:2 OBS:AF PLANE CCLS/LO ALT as 1M DISK HVRS ABOVE…vanishes”, LatLong: “40.050002 -86.166671”, LatLongDMS: “40:03:00 N 86:10:00 W”, Locale: “Pasture”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Indiana”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 19944 (C431946D)

Date: 12/1/1957
Time: 03:00
Location: SILVER LAKE, OH
Description: Brilliant cone / lawn. Many small lights blink. Radio Frequency Interference (RFI) = dot dot dash…
Type: sighting
Reference: The APRO BULLETIN: Monthly. Jim & Coral Lorenzen: Tucson,AZ (USA. defunct) By volume and number. (Index 713)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_5795

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, EME: Electro-Magnetic Effects, TCH: New technical details/clues

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “7”, Duration: “60”, Elev: “330”, HatchDesc: “SILVER LAKE,OH:BRILL.CONE/LAWN:MANY SML LITES BLINK:RFI=DOT DOT DASH…”, LatLong: “41.161113 -81.455559”, LatLongDMS: “41:09:40 N 81:27:20 W”, Locale: “Residential”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Ohio”, Strangeness: “7”

Event 19945 (FB6C5442)

Date: 12/1/1957
Time: 06:00
Location: YOKOHAMA, JPN
Description: Hundreds / observer(s). Huge cylinder/cigar-shape going [to] slow. 8cm / arms length. 8 shimmering lights / side.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO’s a HISTORY-1957 (19 booklets) Self published. (Index 1)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_5796

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

Extra Data: Country: “Japan”, Credibility: “12”, Duration: “10”, HatchDesc: “YOKOHAMA,JPN:100s/OBS:HUGE CGR > SLOW:8cm/ARMS LENGTH:8 SHIMMERING LITES/SIDE”, LatLong: “35.633335 139.650007”, LatLongDMS: “35:38:00 N 139:39:00 E”, Locale: “Coastlands”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Honshu Island”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 19946 (2B09E980)

Date: 12/1/1957
Time: 15:00
Location: LOS ANGELES, CA
Description: Several observer(s). White ovoids cross entire sky 3-4X. USAF takes negatives.
Type: sighting
Reference: HALL, Richard: The UFO EVIDENCE; NICAP,Washington, DC 1964. Reprinted 1997 Barnes & Noble Books ( only $7.98! ) (Index 90)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_5797

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), PHT: Photos/movies/videos taken, MIL: Military investigation, COV: Indication of coverup

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “8”, Duration: “5”, Elev: “100”, HatchDesc: “LOS ANGELES,CA:SVRL OBS:WHT OVOIDS CROSS ENTIRE SKY 3-4X:USAF TAKES NEGATIVES”, LatLong: “34.083335 -118.250006”, LatLongDMS: “34:05:00 N 118:15:00 W”, Locale: “Metropolis”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “California”, Strangeness: “7”

Event 19947 (17406043)

Date: 12/1/1957
Location: Los Angeles, CA
Description: Formation of oval UFOs photographed. [UFOE, VIII] (NICAP: 08 - Photographic Cases)
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_2194

Event 19948 (38009F41)

Date: 12/1/1957
Location: Ras El-Kanayis, Egypt
Description: 1:30 a.m. Swissair pilot Walter Borner is flying a DC-6B at 18,000 feet over Ras El-Kanayis, Egypt, when he sees a “giant, red, burning cylinder falling down vertically, leaving a yellowish trail.” It is possible that this is the reentry of the final stage of the rocket that launched Sputnik I.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Luis Schoenherr, “Unknown Missiles,” IUR 19, no. 6 (Nov./Dec. 1994): 22
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_3110

Event 19949 (6F372D9D)

Date: 12/1/1957
Description: In 1957 at 6:00 a.m. a huge cigar-shaped object with 8 shimmering lights on its side moved slowly through the morning sky in Yokohama, Japan. Later that same day a US Air Force plane circled at a low altitude as a 1 meter in diameter disc hovered above it. The disc vanished in plain sight.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: Loren Gross, UFOs: A History 1957 (Volume 10), pp. 1,4
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_8102

Event 19950 (3891D9DD)

Date: 12/3/1957
Time: 03:00
Location: EXETER, DEVON
Description: Many observer(s). Large silver cylinder/cigar-shape going quickly west fast. Seen / 30 minute(s) in Lewtown 02 December. / r141.
Type: sighting
Reference: FLYING SAUCER REVIEW (FSR), London. Bimonthly. PO Box 162; High Wycombe, Bucks. HP135 DZ, England. (Index 49)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_5798

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: “Great Britain and Ireland”, Credibility: “11”, Duration: “30”, Elev: “26”, HatchDesc: “EXETER,DEVON:MANY OBS:LRG SLVR CGR >>W FAST:seen/30min in Lewtown 02Dec:/r141”, LatLong: “50.716669 -3.533334”, LatLongDMS: “50:43:00 N 03:32:00 W”, Locale: “Town & City”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “England”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 19951 (91A141E8)

Date: 12/3/1957
Time: 19:00
Location: ELLENSBURG, WA
Description: Odd fireball hangs over Menastash Ridge / 20 minute(s). Lights sky up. Truck malfunctions due to EME (electro-magnetic effects.)
Type: sighting
Reference: RODEGHIER, Mark/CUFOS: UFO REPORTS INVOLVING VEHICLE INTERFERENCE; CUFOS 1979. Available as CUFOS UFO Archive #1 CD-ROM. http://www.cufos.org/Pubform.pdf (Index 14)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_5799

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, NLT: Nightlights/points of light, FBL: Fireball: Blazing undistinguished form/orb., NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), OBS: Observation/chasing vehicles, VEH: Vehicle affected: Marks/damage/EME effects, EME: Electro-Magnetic Effects, TCH: New technical details/clues

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “9”, Duration: “20”, Elev: “500”, HatchDesc: “ELLENSBURG,WA:ODD FBL HANGS OVR MENASTASH RIDGE/20min:LITES SKY UP:TRUCK EMES”, LatLong: “46.994447 -120.544450”, LatLongDMS: “46:59:40 N 120:32:40 W”, Locale: “Mountains”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Washington”, Strangeness: “4”

Event 19952 (64A9CDE2)

Date: 12/3/1957
Location: Cobalt, Ont, CAN
Description: Radio static as several UFOs seen over area (NICAP: 03 - EME Cases)
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_2195

Event 19953 (8FD64299)

Date: 12/3/1957
Location: Ellensburg (near), WA
Description: Truck motor "almost stopped, "caught again, as UFO sighted. Sighting confirmed by police (NICAP: 03 - EME Cases)
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_2196

Event 19954 (CDD907E9)

Date: 12/3/1957
Location: San Pedro, California
Description: 2:30 p.m. Z. Thad Fogl, radio officer of the SS Ramsey, claims to have taken a photo of a saucer off the coast of San Pedro, California. The photo appears in Flying Saucer Review in 1959 and Life in 1966. However, in 1967 Fogl admits that he had faked the photo using parts of plastic airplane models.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: NICAP, “Disc with Landing Gear Photo / Fogl Case”; “Radio Officer’s Amazing Story: UFO Snapped from Ship,” Flying Saucer Review 5, no. 1 (Jan./Feb. 1959): 6–7; “A Hoax Exposed,” Flying Saucer Review 12, no. 5 (Sept./Oct. 1966): 7
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_3111

Event 19955 (350E92C5)

Date: 12/3/1957
Locations: Menastash Ridge; Ellensburg, Washington
Description: 7:00 p.m. Many residents of the Menastash Ridge area of Ellensburg, Washington, watch a “strange ball of fire” for 20 minutes. A truck driver sees the light hovering above his truck, causing the motor to cough and sputter. His engine does not stop completely, however, so he drives away. The night is misty, but the object is so bright that it lights up the sky as if it were daytime.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Schopick, pp. 51–52
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_3112

Event 19956 (DD18D1FB)

Date: 12/3/1957
Description: In 1957 at 7 p.m. in Ellensburg, Washington a truck engine reportedly missed but did not stall in the presence of a UFO. Many residents of the Menastash Ridge area of Ellensburg saw a “strange ball of fire” for 20 minutes. A truck driver reported that the light hovered over his truck, causing the motor to cough and sputter. His engine did not stop completely, however, so he drove away. The night was misty, but the object was so bright that it lit up the sky as if it were daytime.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: NICAP investigation files, Mark Rodeghier, UFO Reports Involving Vehicle Interference, case 85, citing Schopick
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_8159

Event 19957 (9EDBA6E4)

Date: 12/4/1957
Location: Levelland, Texas
Description: Blue Book Capt. George T. Gregory complains that as a result of pressure from the press and public, “Assistant Secretary of Defense requested that ATIC immediately submit a preliminary analysis to the press” of the Levelland, Texas, cases, even though he has “limited data.”
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: J. Allen Hynek, The UFO Experience, Ballantine ed., 1974, p. 147
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_3113

Event 19958 (48ED05F7)

Date: 12/5/1957
Location: Washington, DC
Description: Engineer Norman S. Bean gives a talk titled “Satellites and Saucers”
Type: status report
Reference: NICAP
Source: Maj2, ID: Maj2_579

Event 19959 (7D9E66E0)

Date: 12/5/1957
Time: 12:10
Location: JACKSON, MS
Description: 2 railroad/railway men. Disk spins going south / 5 minute(s). Big flash / horizon. Fireball shrinks there.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO’s a HISTORY-1957 (19 booklets) Self published. (Index 21)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_5800

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

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “6”, Duration: “5”, Elev: “89”, HatchDesc: “JACKSON,MS:2 RR MEN:DISK SPINS >S/5min:BIG FLASH/HRZN:FBL SHRINKS there”, LatLong: “32.333335 -90.183338”, LatLongDMS: “32:20:00 N 90:11:00 W”, Locale: “Town & City”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Mississippi”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 19960 (EC05772E)

Date: 12/5/1957
Time: 22:30
Location: TULSA, OK
Description: Doctor and 1. Circular object hovers / 200M altitude / 5 minute(s). Shoots going quickly north with front edge glowing.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO’s a HISTORY-1957 (19 booklets) Self published. (Index 22)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_5801

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

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “7”, Duration: “5”, Elev: “241”, HatchDesc: “TULSA,OK:DOCTOR+1:CIRC.OBJ HVRS/200M alt/5min:SHOOTS >>N W/FRONT EDGE GLOWING”, LatLong: “36.150002 -96.016671”, LatLongDMS: “36:09:00 N 96:01:00 W”, Locale: “Residential”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, RelAlt: “200”, State/Prov: “Oklahoma”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 19961 (910596D4)

Date: 12/5/1957
Location: Ainsworth, Nebraska
Description: Morning. An unidentified beeping sound is picked up for three minutes on KBR Rural Public Power Radio in Ainsworth, Nebraska, operating at 72.3 AM.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: “Unidentified Beeping Heard on KBR Power Radio on Thursday,” Ainsworth (Neb.) Star-Journal, December 12, 1957, p. 1
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_3119

Event 19962 (32E3B32E)

Date: 12/5/1957
Description: At 12:10 p.m. a spinning disc-shaped object was sighted flying south by two railroad men in Jackson, Mississippi. After five minutes there was a big flash on the horizon, and a fireball appeared there, then shrank. In Tulsa, Oklahoma a doctor and a second witness watched a circular object hover at 10:30 p.m. for five minutes, then shoot off to the northwest. It had a glowing front edge.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: Loren E. Gross, The Fifth Horseman of the Apocalypse: UFOs: A History. 1957: December, pp. 21-22
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_8196

Event 19963 (09B1A0B7)

Date: 12/6/1957
Time: 13:00
Location: SALVADOR, BRAZIL
Description: Metallic body low / horizon. Splits. Half descends going south. Other half hovers / place.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO’s a HISTORY-1957 (19 booklets) Self published. (Index 22)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_5802

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)

Extra Data: Country: “Brazil”, Credibility: “9”, Duration: “5”, Elev: “1”, HatchDesc: “SALVADOR,BRZL:MTLC BODY LOW/HRZN:SPLITS:HALF DESCENDS >S:OTHER HALF HVRS/PLACE”, LatLong: “-12.983334 -38.516669”, LatLongDMS: “12:59:00 S 38:31:00 W”, Locale: “Coastlands”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Bahia”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 19964 (8D1AF4E9)

Date: 12/6/1957
Time: 17:20
Location: TUMACACORI NATL.MNMT, AZ
Description: 2 / car. Domed saucer maneuvers / mountains. Red glow / bottom.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO’s a HISTORY-1957 (19 booklets) Self published. (Index 23)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_5803

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

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “7”, Duration: “5”, Elev: “1600”, HatchDesc: “TUMACACORI Natl.Mnmt,AZ:2/CAR:DOMED SCR MNVRS/MTNS:RED GLOW/BOTTOM:”, LatLong: “31.566668 -111.000005”, LatLongDMS: “31:34:00 N 111:00:00 W”, Locale: “Pasture”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Arizona”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 19965 (D263010C)

Date: 12/6/1957
Time: 20:15:00.0
Location: 37.0499 -116.0309
Description: Nuclear test: Underground, confirmed. Country: USA Name: “Pascal-C” Yield: 0KT YieldMax: 20KT
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_117

Extra Data: LatLong: “37.0499 -116.0309”, LatLongDMS: “37:03:00 N 116:01:51 W”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, NukeCountry: “USA”, NukeDepth: “0.08”, NukeName: “Pascal-C”, NukeSource: “AEC”, NukeType: “NUCU”, NukeY: “0”, NukeYMax: “20”

Event 19966 (FFD3377C)

Date: 12/6/1957
Description: A letter written to contactee George Adamski on State Department stationery from R. E. Straith, Cultural Exchange Committee, is a hoax concocted by ufologists Gray Barker and James W. Moseley. The letter informs Adamski that the State Department knows his claims are true and they encourage his activities.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: James D. Villard, “The ‘R. E. Straith’ Case,” Saucers 6, no. 4 (Winter 1958/1959): 2–6; Clark III 44–45; Saucer Smear, January 10, 1985; Lou Zinsstag and Timothy Good, George Adamski: The Untold Story, Ceti, 1983, pp. 148–153; James W. Moseley and Karl T. Pflock, Shockingly Close to the Truth! Confessions of a Grave-Robbing Ufologist, Prometheus, 2002, pp. 124–127, 381–402; Marc Hallet, A Critical Appraisal of George Adamski: The Man Who Spoke to the Space Brothers, The Author, 2016
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_3114

Event 19967 (D49A31CD)

Date: 12/6/1957
Description: At around one o’clock in the afternoon a metallic looking object hovered low over the horizon in Salvador, Bahia state, Brazil. It split in half. One half descended while heading to the south, while the other half hovered in place. That same day in the Tumacacori National Monument in Arizona, a disc-shaped object with a dome maneuvered over the mountains for five minutes at 5:15 p.m. It had a red glowing bottom.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: Loren E. Gross, The Fifth Horseman of the Apocalypse: UFOs: A History. 1957: December, pp. 22 & 23
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_8230

Event 19968 (33CF7EBE)

Date: 12/7/1957
Time: ~15:00
Location: NEAR ADELAIDE, SOUTH AUSTRALIA
Description: 35 observer(s). Silver circular object hovers 3km over Osborne powerhouse / 45 mn.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO’s a HISTORY-1957 (19 booklets) Self published. (Index 23)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_5804

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: “Australia”, Credibility: “11”, Duration: “45”, HatchDesc: “nr ADELAIDE,S.AUSTRL:35 OBS:SLVR CIRC.OBJ HVRS 3km OVR OSBORNE POWERHOUSE/45mn”, LatLong: “-34.916668 138.666673”, LatLongDMS: “34:55:00 S 138:40:00 E”, Locale: “Town & City”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “South Australia”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 19969 (BF10D3C2)

Date: 12/7/1957
Time: 19:10
Location: BRISBANE, CA
Description: Numerous observer(s) / US101. 2 fast saucers maneuver and circle. 1 going quickly west. 1 going quickly south. Seen to Moffett field.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO’s a HISTORY-1957 (19 booklets) Self published. (Index 24)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_5805

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

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “10”, Duration: “5”, Elev: “0”, HatchDesc: “BRISBANE,CA:NMRS OBS/US101:2 FAST SCRS MNVR+CCL:1>>W:1>>S:seen to Moffett Fld”, LatLong: “37.683335 -122.400006”, LatLongDMS: “37:41:00 N 122:24:00 W”, Locale: “Pasture”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “California”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 19970 (071D2C81)

Date: 12/7/1957
Locations: western Victoria; eastern South Australia
Description: 10:00 p.m. In western Victoria and eastern South Australia, witnesses see a moon-like object explode with a vivid flash. Unexpected blackouts are reported in the area.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Lorenzen, UFOs: The Whole Story, Signet, 1969, p. 87
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_3115

Event 19971 (6FF2FDAC)

Date: 12/7/1957
Description: Two disc-shaped objects maneuvered and circled in the sky over Brisbane, California at 7:10 p.m. One flew off to the west, one flew south toward Moffett Field.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: Loren E. Gross, The Fifth Horseman of the Apocalypse: UFOs: A History. 1957: December, p. 24
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_8256

Event 19972 (1C799C92)

Date: 12/7/1957
Location: Dallas, Texas
Description: A man there is reported dying from “radioactive burns” received by a close approach of a luminous UFO.
Type: ufo sighting
Reference: The Flying Saucers are Hostile!, by George D. Fawcett 1961
Source: HostileFawcett, ID: HostileFawcett_69

Event 19973 (F512FCEA)

Date: 12/8/1957
Time: ~15:00
Location: BONANZA AND OLONE, OR
Description: 2 separate observer(s). Luminous saucer hovers / 6km altitude / hills. Suddenly going quickly southwest / 800kph.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO’s a HISTORY-1957 (19 booklets) Self published. (Index 26)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_5806

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: “1255”, HatchDesc: “BONANZA+OLONE,OR:2 SEP.OBS:LUMN.SCR HVRS/6km alt/HILLS:SUDDENLY >>SW/800kph”, LatLong: “42.200002 -121.405561”, LatLongDMS: “42:12:00 N 121:24:20 W”, Locale: “Pasture”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Oregon”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 19974 (151C9049)

Date: 12/8/1957
Time: 16:00
Location: NEAR SVEA, MN
Description: Several observer(s). 10M red disk roars / 6M altitude lights ground. Going [to] woods then going up [to] and going quickly west.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO’s a HISTORY-1957 (19 booklets) Self published. (Index 25)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_5807

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), SND: UFO sounds heard or recorded

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “10”, Duration: “15”, Elev: “384”, HatchDesc: “nr SVEA,MN:SVRL OBS:10M RED DISK ROARS/6M alt LITES GND:> WOODS then ↑+>>W”, LatLong: “45.005558 -95.022227”, LatLongDMS: “45:00:20 N 95:01:20 W”, Locale: “Pasture”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, RelAlt: “6”, State/Prov: “Minnesota”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 19975 (4264DCBD)

Date: 12/8/1957
Time: 17:20
Location: SOUTHEAST / MONOD, MAROC
Description: US military observer(s) and 2 / car. Elongated night light going down [to] then going up [to] again. Large and distant. Going quickly south.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO’s a HISTORY-1957 (19 booklets) Self published. (Index 28)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_5808

Attributes: MIL: Observer(s) military, 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), MIL: Military investigation

Extra Data: Country: “Morocco”, Credibility: “8”, Duration: “15”, HatchDesc: “SE/MONOD,MAROC:US MIL.OBS+2/CAR:ELONGATED NLT ↓ then ↑ AGAIN:LRG+DISTANT:>>S”, LatLong: “33.900002 -6.416667”, LatLongDMS: “33:54:00 N 06:25:00 W”, Locale: “Desert”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “???”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 19976 (6AADC2FC)

Date: 12/8/1957
Time: 17:50
Location: WOODWARD TO SEILING, OK
Description: 16M saucer with portholes. Car restarts itself! 3 abduction? / r79p14.
Type: sighting
Reference: VALLEE, Jacques: PASSPORT TO MAGONIA; H. Regnery, Chicago HC 1969 & Contemporary Books,Chicago 1993. 372pp. (Index 448)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_5809

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), ABD: Human or animal abduction, HUM: Humans affected: Injury/burns/marks/abduction/death, VEH: Vehicle affected: Marks/damage/EME effects, EME: Electro-Magnetic Effects, MIL: Military investigation

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “8”, Duration: “5”, Elev: “600”, HatchDesc: “WOODWARD to SEILING,OK:16M SCR W/PORTHOLES:CAR RESTARTS ITSELF!:3 ABD?:/r79p14”, LatLong: “36.216668 -99.033338”, LatLongDMS: “36:13:00 N 99:02:00 W”, Locale: “Forest”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Oklahoma”, Strangeness: “10”

Event 19977 (CEEFFDDF)

Date: 12/8/1957
Time: 21:00
Location: SR17 NORTH / SOAP LAKE, WA
Description: 2 cars stall. Lights fail. Dome lights come on! UFO north going quickly south. 8 observer(s).
Type: sighting
Reference: RODEGHIER, Mark/CUFOS: UFO REPORTS INVOLVING VEHICLE INTERFERENCE; CUFOS 1979. Available as CUFOS UFO Archive #1 CD-ROM. http://www.cufos.org/Pubform.pdf (Index 14)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_5810

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), VEH: Vehicle affected: Marks/damage/EME effects, EME: Electro-Magnetic Effects, TCH: New technical details/clues

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “9”, Duration: “3”, Elev: “327”, HatchDesc: “SR17 N/SOAP LAKE,WA:2 CARS STALL:LITES FAIL:DOME LITES COME ON!:UFO N>>S:8 OBS”, LatLong: “47.533336 -119.500006”, LatLongDMS: “47:32:00 N 119:30:00 W”, Locale: “Pasture”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Washington”, Strangeness: “7”

Event 19978 (83DF0C89)

Date: 12/8/1957
Location: Coulee City (near), WA
Description: Automobiles stalled, headlights flickered and went out, as large fiery object passed overhead (NICAP: 03 - EME Cases)
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_2197

Event 19979 (505FC797)

Date: 12/8/1957
Time: 1750
Location: Woodward, Oklahoma
Description: Between Woodward and Seiling, 12 km from the latter, an unknown flying object allegedly took complete control of a car with three passengers. The driver, an employee of an aircraft company, had turned the heater, windshield wiper, and radio on. He was nearing a hill in this wooded area when a bright light appeared ahead. It reminded the witness of the light from a mercury lamp. As a crash seemed imminent, the car slowed down by itself and stopped, as if the entire electrical circuit had failed. Over the vehicle was a disk 16 m in diameter with portholes around the periphery, emitting a current of hot air and a high-pitched sound. It had a dome on top and bottom. It rose as the car started by itself. The car was a 1954 Dodge Coronet without automatic transmission. The witness spent four hours with two Kirtland AFB officers who told him of similar observations. The case was never reported to Blue Book.
Type: ufo sighting
Reference: Personal (Vallee)
Source: ValléeMagonia, ID: Magonia_448

Event 19980 (6A070E30)

Date: 12/8/1957
Locations: Woodward, Oklahoma; Kirtland AFB in New Mexico
Description: 5:30 p.m. A disc-shaped UFO with a dome and three pads on the underside suddenly comes toward a car with three passengers at Woodward, Oklahoma. The car heater, wipers, and radio fail and finally the car stalls out as the UFO hovers overhead at 200 feet. It emits a high-pitched whining sound. It is over 50 feet in diameter and has portholes. The whine increases in pitch after about two minutes, and the UFO rises vertically out of sight. The headlights come on and the engine of the car starts by itself. The driver spends 4 hours with two officers from Kirtland AFB in New Mexico who tell him of similar observations.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Vallée, Magonia, pp. 267–268
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_3116

Event 19981 (FCA7AEB7)

Date: 12/8/1957
Locations: Coulee City; Soap Lake, Washington; Highway 17
Description: 9:00 p.m. Eight people traveling together in two cars on Highway 17 between Coulee City and Soap Lake, Washington, see a huge, fiery object pass overhead from north to south. Both cars stall out and their headlights also fail as the UFO passes overhead. In addition, the inside dome lights come on, even though they aren’t turned on. The cars remain stalled until the object passes out of sight. Police say the object stalled as many as six cars along that sparsely traveled road.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Schopick, pp. 52–53
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_3117

Event 19982 (971984E9)

Date: 12/8/1957
Description: At 5:15 p.m. three U.S. military witnesses in Morocco, driving in the desert between Tiflet and Monor, sighted an elongated aerial object. It ascended into the sky, descended, then made a second ascent. Large and distant, the object shot off toward the south. This case is listed in the Project Blue Book files as case number 61 for the month of December, but is considered “explained” by the US Air Force as contrails.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: U.S. Air Force Project Blue Book files counted in official statistics
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_8262

Event 19983 (9467ADF6)

Date: 12/8/1957
Description: Later that day in Svea, Minnesota at four o’clock in the afternoon, a ten-meter diameter red disc roared through the sky, flying at only six meters above the ground. It was seen by many witnesses at it lit up the ground, moved through some woods, and then climbed into the sky, shooting away toward the west.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: newspaper clippings, December 12, 1957
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_8263

Event 19984 (B37F2FAE)

Date: 12/8/1957
Description: At the same time in Bonanza, Oregon two people claimed to have seen a luminous disc hovering over some hills at six kilometers altitude. It suddenly shot away toward the southwest at 800 kilometers per hour.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: Loren E. Gross, The Fifth Horseman of the Apocalypse: UFOs: A History: December 1957, p.26
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_8264

Event 19985 (76AE6496)

Date: 12/8/1957
Description: At 5:30 p.m. near Woodward, Oklahoma Mr. and Mrs. Martin were driving through some woods with their child and were nearing a hill when a domed, disc-shaped UFO flew nearby and temporarily took control of their car. The UFO was described as about 16 meters in diameter with portholes around the rim. The electrical system of their 1954 Dodge Coronet failed when the UFO approached. They felt a hot blast of air and heard a high pitched sound at the same time. The car restarted by itself when the UFO flew away.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: J. Allen Hynek investigation files; Mark Rodeghier, UFO Reports Involving Vehicle Interference, case 86
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_8265

Event 19986 (77DFF4A5)

Date: 12/8/1957
Description: At nine o’clock in the evening the engine and headlights of two cars traveling between Coulee City and Soap Lake, Washington died when a huge, fiery UFO flew overhead from north to south. Strangely, the dome lights came on inside both cars during the engine and headlight failures, even though they weren’t turned on. The cars remained stalled until the object had passed out of sight. There were eight witnesses.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: Richard Hall, The UFO Evidence, p. 75; Mark Rodeghier, UFO Reports Involving Vehicle Interference, case 87, citing Schopick
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_8266

Event 19987 (0B70A58E)

Date: 12/9/1957
Description: (Translated from French) F-86 A Sabres equipped with 6 cameras film 16 objects of 50 x 10 m, in a “V” formation. 2 other approaches are filmed. (7th and 9th December)
Reference: rr0 - Beau
Source: rr0, ID: rr0_1735

Event 19988 (D431A133)

Date: 12/9/1957
Location: 37.0000 -116.0000
Description: Nuclear test: Air, confirmed. Country: USA Name: “Coulomb-C” Yield: .5KT
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_118

Extra Data: LatLong: “37.0000 -116.0000”, LatLongDMS: “37:00:00 N 116:00:00 W”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, NukeCountry: “USA”, NukeDepth: “0.00”, NukeName: “Coulomb-C”, NukeSource: “NV209”, NukeType: “NACU”, NukeY: “.5”

Event 19989 (4B83DA5C)

Date: 12/10/1957
Time: 13:00?
Location: JABOTICABAL, BRAZIL
Description: Farmer. 4M ‘watermelon’ lands / field 20M away. Grass crushed.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO’s a HISTORY-1957 (19 booklets) Self published. (Index 34)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_5811

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), VEG: Plants affected or sampled/crop circles, LND: UFO landing or any part touches ground, TRC: Physical traces, GSA: Covert Security Agency

Extra Data: Country: “Brazil”, Credibility: “6”, Duration: “1”, Elev: “612”, HatchDesc: “JABOTICABAL,BRZL:FARMER:4M ‘WATERMELON’ LANDS/FIELD 20M AWAY:GRASS CRUSHED”, LatLong: “-21.266668 -48.316669”, LatLongDMS: “21:16:00 S 48:19:00 W”, Locale: “Farmlands”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “São Paulo”, Strangeness: “7”

Event 19990 (8CEFFA09)

Date: 12/10/1957
Time: 18:00
Location: BOSO PENINSULA, JPN
Description: 100M cylinder/cigar-shape going quickly south / 1100kph. White glow and red trail. Straight and level 25km away.
Type: sighting
Reference: The APRO BULLETIN: Monthly. Jim & Coral Lorenzen: Tucson,AZ (USA. defunct) By volume and number. (Index 697)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_5812

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CST: Observer(s) in coastal area/just offshore, 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: “Japan”, Credibility: “7”, Duration: “1”, HatchDesc: “BOSO PENINSULA,JPN:100M CGR >>S/1100kph:WHT GLOW+RED TRAIL:S/L 25km away”, LatLong: “35.333335 140.166673”, LatLongDMS: “35:20:00 N 140:10:00 E”, Locale: “Coastlands”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Honshu Island”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 19991 (E3338EC7)

Date: 12/10/1957
Time: 20:50
Location: OVER QUERETARO, MX
Description: Airline(s)/airliner crew. 200M round object flashes. Shoots up / incredible speed. / news.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO’s a HISTORY-1957 (19 booklets) Self published. (Index 36)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_5813

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

Extra Data: Country: “Mexico”, Credibility: “9”, Duration: “15”, Elev: “1868”, HatchDesc: “ovr QUERETARO,MX:AL CREW:200M RND OBJ FLASHES:SHOOTS UP/INCREDIBLE SPEED:/news”, LatLong: “20.600001 -100.383338”, LatLongDMS: “20:36:00 N 100:23:00 W”, Locale: “Metropolis”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “QTR”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 19992 (0DE17DC4)

Date: 12/10/1957
Time: 20:50
Location: NEAR LAGOS, MX
Description: Pilot and 2 / airline(s)/airliner crew. Round object emits rays / light. No further details. / Project 1947.
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_5814

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

Extra Data: Country: “Mexico”, Credibility: “8”, Duration: “1”, Elev: “1750”, HatchDesc: “nr LAGOS,MX:PILOT+2/AL CREW:ROUND OBJ EMITS RAYS/LITE:NFD:/Proj.1947”, LatLong: “21.416668 -102.233338”, LatLongDMS: “21:25:00 N 102:14:00 W”, Locale: “Metropolis”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “QTO”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 19993 (7E44BE13)

Date: 12/10/1957
Time: 22:00
Location: BARRA DO PIRAI, BRAZIL
Description: 10M luminous disk low over road. Away extremely fast / truck turns lights on.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO’s a HISTORY-1957 (19 booklets) Self published. (Index 36)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_5815

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

Extra Data: Country: “Brazil”, Credibility: “7”, Duration: “2”, Elev: “12”, HatchDesc: “BARRA do PIRAI,BRZL:10M LUMn.DISK LO ovr ROAD:AWAY XFAST/TRUCK TURNS LITES ON”, LatLong: “-22.466668 -43.816669”, LatLongDMS: “22:28:00 S 43:49:00 W”, Locale: “Pasture”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “RDJ”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 19994 (ED16BD51)

Date: 12/10/1957
Description: At 6:00 p.m. a glowing white cigar-shaped object with a red trail, estimated to be 100 meters long, was sighted from the Boso Peninsula in Japan. It shot off to the south at 1,100 km/h.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: APRO Bulletin, January 1958
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_8297

Event 19995 (C08FE2E8)

Date: 12/10/1957
Description: In 1957, a pilot reported seeing three luminous objects cross the sky at 20,000 feet altitude in Bogotá, Colombia. At 1:00 p.m. in Jabuticabal, Brazil a four-meter long “watermelon” landed in a field, only 20 meters from a farmer. The grass was crushed at the landing site. In Barra do Pirai, Brazil at 10 p.m., a 10-meter wide luminous disc descended low over a roadway. When a truck turned on its headlights it shot away extremely fast. At 8:45 p.m. three crewmembers of a Mexicana Airline flight reported witnessing a round UFO emitting rays of light near Lagos, Mexico in the state of Queretaro. It departed by shooting straight up into the sky.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: Dominique Weinstein, Aircraft UFO Encounters, p. 30; Loren Gross, UFOs A History. 1957 (Volume 10), pp. 34-36
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_8298

Event 19996 (C978F44A)

Date: 12/11/1957
Location: CHESTNUT, LA
Description: UFO like rising sun. Disabled car seen. Lady and child with burns. / r141#10.
Type: sighting
Reference: VALLEE, Jacques: PASSPORT TO MAGONIA; H. Regnery, Chicago HC 1969 & Contemporary Books,Chicago 1993. 372pp. (Index 449)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_5816

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), RAY: Odd light/searchlight/beam/laser-like, VEH: Vehicle affected: Marks/damage/EME effects, LND: UFO landing or any part touches ground, TRC: Physical traces, INJ: Injuries, illness/death, mutilations

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “7”, Duration: “5”, Elev: “82”, HatchDesc: “CHESTNUT,LA:UFO LIKE RISING SUN:DISABLED CAR SEEN:LADY+CHILD W/BURNS:/r141#10”, LatLong: “32.055557 -93.016671”, LatLongDMS: “32:03:20 N 93:01:00 W”, Locale: “Wetlands”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Louisiana”, Strangeness: “7”

Event 19997 (46DD5D93)

Date: 12/11/1957
Time: 16:00
Location: ELLSWORTH, WI
Description: Many cars stop to see 15M saucer. Dome / bottom. 50mph. Altitude = 6 meters.
Type: sighting
Reference: VALLEE, Jacques: PASSPORT TO MAGONIA; H. Regnery, Chicago HC 1969 & Contemporary Books,Chicago 1993. 372pp. (Index 450)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_5817

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

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “11”, Duration: “15”, Elev: “374”, HatchDesc: “ELLSWORTH,WI:MANY CARS STOP TO SEE 15M SCR:DOME/BOTTOM:50mph:ALT=6 meters”, LatLong: “44.716669 -92.466671”, LatLongDMS: “44:43:00 N 92:28:00 W”, Locale: “Farmlands”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, RelAlt: “6”, State/Prov: “Wisconsin”, Strangeness: “8”

Event 19998 (1644C0DF)

Date: 12/11/1957
Time: 21:00
Location: NEAR LOCKBOURNE AIR FORCE BASE, OH
Description: 3 F86 pilots. Orange crescent / saucer. Erratic maneuvers / Mach 1.5.
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_5818

Attributes: AIR: Observer(s) on aircraft, MIL: Observer(s) military, HQO: High-quality observer(s), SCR: Classic saucer/disk/sphere shaped UFO, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s)

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “8”, Duration: “1”, Elev: “215”, HatchDesc: “nr LOCKBOURNE AFB,OH:3 F86 PILOTS:ORG.CRESCENT/SCR:ERRATIC MNVRS/Mach 1.5”, LatLong: “39.800002 -82.983337”, LatLongDMS: “39:48:00 N 82:59:00 W”, Locale: “Metropolis”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Ohio”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 19999 (D7797EFA)

Date: 12/11/1957
Location: Guthrie, PA
Description: USAF pilots saw orange circular or crescent-shaped object (NICAP: 09 - RADAR Cases, Code: R, Rating: 5, BB: BBU) (NICAP: 11 - Aviation Cases)
Reference: NICAP: 571211
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_2198

Event 20000 (F64070E2)

Date: 12/11/1957
Location: Lake City AFS, TN
Description: (McDonald list) FPS-10 Picks Up Target Large As Three B-47’s (NICAP: 09 - RADAR Cases, Code: R, Rating: 5, BB: BBU)
Reference: NICAP: 571211
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_2200

Event 20001 (6AD19797)

Date: 12/11/1957
Location: Chestnut, Louisiana
Description: Mary Louise Tobin, a schoolteacher, was driving on State Highway 1 when she saw an object that she compared to the rising sun, in the vicinity of a smoking car. The driver, an elderly lady, came out with a child who seemed to have suffered burns. The unknown object went away: The disabled car did not catch on fire.
Type: ufo sighting
Reference: FS Jul., 58 (Vallee)
Source: ValléeMagonia, ID: Magonia_449

Event 20002 (48828FCC)

Date: 12/11/1957
Time: 1600
Location: Ellsworth, Wisconsin
Description: Many cars stopped to observe a silent, reddish, glowing disk, about 15 m in diameter, which flew 6 m above the ground at about 80 km/h. A small, windowless cabin was visible on the underside of the object.
Type: ufo sighting
Reference: FS Jul., 58 (Vallee)
Source: ValléeMagonia, ID: Magonia_450

Event 20003 (BC655E2A)

Date: 12/11/1957
Locations: Mexico; Mexico City
Description: Night. Mexican pilot Gilberto Castillo del Valle is flying at 10,000 feet near Mexico City when a brilliant light illuminates his cockpit. He turns off the aircraft lights and sees a large luminous object darting from left to right and back again ahead of him. Passengers and crew also see the light, as do personnel at the Mexico City control tower.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Lorenzen, UFOs; The Whole Story, Signet, 1969, p. 88
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_3118

Event 20004 (E81F4698)

Date: 12/11/1957
Description: An orange circular or crescent-shaped object moved erratically through the sky over Lockbourne AFB, Ohio. It was sighted by the crew of a U.S. Air Force F-86 from the 87th FIS and tracked by ground radar moving at a speed of Mach 1.5.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: Dominique Weinstein, Aircraft UFO Encounters, p. 30
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_8338

Event 20005 (C8D2E70F)

Date: 12/12/1957
Location: Tokyo, Japan
Description: Radar-visual of multicolored UFO; jet 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_225

Event 20006 (96D6213D)

Date: 12/12/1957
Time: 04:50
Location: NEAR DRUMMOND CENTER, ON
Description: Car ammeter freaks out. Bus-sized white round object hovers. Away fast.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO’s a HISTORY-1957 (19 booklets) Self published. (Index 913)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_5819

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

Extra Data: Country: “Canada”, Credibility: “6”, Duration: “1”, Elev: “145”, HatchDesc: “nr DRUMMOND Ctr,ON:CAR AMMETER FREAKS OUT:BUS-SIZED WHT RND OBJ HVRS:AWAY FAST”, LatLong: “45.033335 -76.250004”, LatLongDMS: “45:02:00 N 76:15:00 W”, Locale: “Pasture”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Ontario”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 20007 (13182326)

Date: 12/12/1957
Time: 19:00
Location: EAST / CHATHAM, ONT
Description: Airline(s)/airliner pilot and cops and many. Saucer spins. Fast arc / low altitude. / LDLN#334p35+/ r141.
Type: sighting
Reference: HALL, Richard: The UFO EVIDENCE; NICAP,Washington, DC 1964. Reprinted 1997 Barnes & Noble Books ( only $7.98! ) (Index 118)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_5820

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, OGA: Non-Covert Government Agencies

Extra Data: Country: “Canada”, Credibility: “9”, Duration: “1”, Elev: “180”, HatchDesc: “E/CHATHAM,ONT:AL PILOT+COPS+MANY:SCR SPINS:FAST ARC/lo alt:/LDLN#334p35+/r141”, LatLong: “42.416669 -82.166671”, LatLongDMS: “42:25:00 N 82:10:00 W”, Locale: “Metropolis”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Ontario”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 20008 (0819BF5C)

Date: 12/12/1957
End date: 12/15/1957
Location: Misawa Chitose, Hokkaido, Japan
Description: (McDonald list; FUFOR Index) Jets Scrambled After Radar/Visual UFO (NICAP: 09 - RADAR Cases, Code: R, Rating: 5, BB: BBU)
Reference: NICAP: 571212-15
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_2201

Event 20009 (96C48F3B)

Date: 12/12/1957
Location: Tokyo, Japan
Description: Tokyo, Japan, G,V (NICAP: 09 - RADAR Cases, Rating: 5)
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_2202

Event 20010 (C932FD4B)

Date: 12/12/1957
Location: Chatham, Windsor area, CAN
Description: Trans-Canada Airlines pilot, many police, saw orange oval UFO curving rapidly at low altitude. [UFOE, X] (NICAP: 11 - Aviation Cases)
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_2203

Event 20011 (313D7FA0)

Date: 12/12/1957
Location: Edwards AFB, California
Description: A USAF pilot attains 1,208 mph in a McDonnell F-101A Voodoo at Edwards AFB, California.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Wikipedia, “McDonnell F-101 Voodoo”
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_3120

Event 20012 (2E4D2FE6)

Date: 12/12/1957
Locations: Sea of Japan; Misawa Air Base, Japan
Description: 5:45 p.m. At least 13 witnesses see a bright light over the Sea of Japan. The object is tracked on radar and seen through binoculars. At 7:22 p.m., a scramble is ordered and two F-86D’s take off from Misawa Air Base, Japan. Multiple radar and visual sightings take place over the next three days.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: NICAP, “Jets Scrambled after Radar/Visual UFO”; Sparks, p. 261
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_3121

Event 20013 (B8337AF6)

Date: 12/13/1957
Description: (Translated from French) At Col Anahuac (Mexico), R. C. Cano saw for 20 minutes 14 or 15 thin and very bright discs flying in formation, first like a stack of coins, then changing to an inverted “V” formation. (December 13, 9:35 AM)
Reference: [case Blue Book #5545 unsolved
Reference: rr0 - Beau
Source: rr0, ID: rr0_1736

Event 20014 (811D90E3)

Date: 12/13/1957
Time: 09:40
Location: COL. ANAHUAC, MEXICO
Description: 14 saucers / vertical stack. Drop / bottom / sequence. / r55p120+/ r141#10.
Type: sighting
Reference: HAINES, Richard Ph.D: PROJECT DELTA; 1994, LDA Press, PO Box 880, Los Altos, CA 94023 USA (Index 93)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_5821

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

Extra Data: Country: “Mexico”, Credibility: “8”, Duration: “20”, Elev: “1993”, HatchDesc: “Col ANAHUAC,MEX:14 SCRS/VERTICAL STACK:DROP/BOTTOM/SEQUENCE:/r55p120+/r141#10”, LatLong: “28.500001 -106.750005”, LatLongDMS: “28:30:00 N 106:45:00 W”, Locale: “Pasture”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “MEX”, Strangeness: “7”

Event 20015 (31A8B23E)

Date: 12/13/1957
Location: Col Anahuac, Mexico
Description: 14-15 [or 30] circular, tapered discs, very bright, fly in a formation (NICAP: 01 - Distant Encounters, BB: 5545)
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_2204

Event 20016 (8CDD4809)

Date: 12/13/1957
Time: 9:35 AM
Location: Col Anahuac, Mexico
Description: Witness: R.C. Cano. Fourteen-fifteen circular, tapered discs, very bright, flew in a formation like a stack of coins, then changed to an inverted-V formation. Sighting lasted 20 minutes.
Type: ufo sighting
Reference: BlueBook Unknowns PDF
Source: BerlinerBBUnknowns, ID: BerlinerBBU_421

Event 20017 (1FED82B6)

Date: 12/14/1957
Time: 01:00
Location: FREDERICIA, DK
Description: 3 observer(s). Huge ovoid going down [to] slow. Quivers. Small objects exit. Balloons? / r141#10.
Type: sighting
Reference: FLYING SAUCER REVIEW (FSR), London. Bimonthly. PO Box 162; High Wycombe, Bucks. HP135 DZ, England. (Index 52)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_5822

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

Extra Data: Country: “Scandanavian and Finland”, Credibility: “9”, Duration: “55”, HatchDesc: “FREDERICIA,DK:3 OBS:HUGE OVOID ↓SLO:QUIVERS:SML OBJS EXIT:balloons?:/r141#10”, LatLong: “55.583336 9.766667”, LatLongDMS: “55:35:00 N 09:46:00 E”, Locale: “Coastlands”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Danemark”, Strangeness: “5”

Event 20018 (883FC820)

Date: 12/14/1957
Time: 02:30
Location: SIDNEY, OH
Description: Orange-glow saucer / sky. Sound like conventional propeller plane. No further details / news.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO’s a HISTORY-1957 (19 booklets) Self published. (Index 913)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_5823

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

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “6”, Duration: “2”, Elev: “306”, HatchDesc: “SIDNEY,OH:ORG-GLOW SCR/SKY:SOUND LIKE CONVENTIONAL PROP.PLANE:NFD/NEWS”, LatLong: “40.283335 -84.155560”, LatLongDMS: “40:17:00 N 84:09:20 W”, Locale: “Residential”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Ohio”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 20019 (EB8477A8)

Date: 12/14/1957
Time: 06:20
Location: SOUTH OXHEY, HAMPS
Description: 4 observer(s). Saucer with shaft through center hovers. Separate observer(s) / 09 Dec. '57 / separate school…
Type: sighting
Reference: FLYING SAUCER REVIEW (FSR), London. Bimonthly. PO Box 162; High Wycombe, Bucks. HP135 DZ, England. (Index 51)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_5824

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

Extra Data: Country: “Great Britain and Ireland”, Credibility: “7”, Duration: “20”, HatchDesc: “S.OXHEY,HAMPs:4 OBS:SCR W/SHAFT thru CTR HVRS:SEP.OBS/09DEC57/SEP.SCHOOL…”, LatLong: “51.633336 -0.383333”, LatLongDMS: “51:38:00 N 00:23:00 W”, Locale: “Residential”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “England”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 20020 (A205988E)

Date: 12/14/1957
Time: 17:40
Location: COLUMBIA CITY, IN
Description: 2 / car stop. 5 fast saucers stop also. Continue going quickly west as car leaves.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO’s a HISTORY-1957 (19 booklets) Self published. (Index 51)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_5825

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, HUM: Humans affected: Injury/burns/marks/abduction/death, VEH: Vehicle affected: Marks/damage/EME effects

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “7”, Duration: “5”, Elev: “256”, HatchDesc: “COLUMBIA CITY,IN:2/CAR STOP:5 FAST SCRS STOP also:CONTINUE >>W as car leaves”, LatLong: “41.155558 -85.488893”, LatLongDMS: “41:09:20 N 85:29:20 W”, Locale: “Farmlands”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Indiana”, Strangeness: “7”

Event 20021 (ED3B3B21)

Date: 12/14/1957
Locations: Langdon, North Dakota; University of North Dakota
Description: Night. Ed Waslashi sees a lighted green object fall into a haystack on his farm at Langdon, North Dakota. He picks out a strange metallic substance from the ashes of the burned hay. The material finds its way to geologist Nicholas N. Kohanowski at the University of North Dakota, who finds that it is light, porous, and mostly magnesium dioxide.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: “What Is It?” Winona (Minn.) Daily News, December 17, 1957, p 1; Lorenzen, UFOs: The Whole Story, Signet, 1969, p. 87
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_3122

Event 20022 (820CED66)

Date: 12/15/1957
Location: Almind, Denmark
Description: 1:00–2:00 a.m. Three young men see a huge light in the sky at Almind, Denmark. It is oval-shaped, emits red or orange rays, and appears to be descending. They watch it for 18–19 minutes as it hovers at a 10° angle and quivers. Suddenly it becomes still and from its center emerge two small objects that drift away in a northerly direction and soon disappear. The large object lies on its side and quivers some more. Later it ascends and a fan-shaped tail of light spreads after it. The UFO is seen later along the coast and photographed.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: “Flying Saucer Reports Pour in from Denmark,” Flying Saucer Review 4, no. 4 (July/Aug. 1958): 2; Herbert S. Taylor, “Satellite Objects: A Further Look,” IUR 29, no. 2 (Summer 2004): 25
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_3123

Event 20023 (BE0F84B9)

Date: 12/15/1957
Description: A UFO photograph was taken in Misawa, Japan and sent to the US Air Force Project Blue Book. Project Blue Book did not provide an evaluation of the photo.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: Project Blue Book files counted in official statistics, December 1957, case 89
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_8407

Event 20024 (56391B24)

Date: 12/15/1957
Location: Langdon, North Dakota
Description: UFO fragments found on the ground, now under investigation by the Air Force.
Type: ufo sighting
Reference: The Flying Saucers are Hostile!, by George D. Fawcett 1961
Source: HostileFawcett, ID: HostileFawcett_70

Event 20025 (35669E6A)

Date: 12/16/1957
Location: USA, Old Saybrook (Connecticut)
Description: (Translated from French) Between 2 and 3 in the morning Mary M. Starr was awoken by bright lights coming through the window of her second-floor bedroom in the cottage (4.50m from the ground - view to the north). Looking out, she saw an object that had stopped just 3m from the house. It seemed to be 6m long, 1.80m high and was dark grey or black, with brightly lit portholes. The object stopped at around 1.50m from the ground - it had no protrusions. Through the portholes Mrs Starr saw two shapes crossing each other, going in opposite directions. They seemed to have their right arm raised and it reminded her of waiters holding a tray. She didn’t see any hands. They were wearing some kind of jacket, their head was square or rectangular and red-orange in colour, with what seemed to be a red bulb in the middle of the “head”. Feet were not visible. A third shape appeared on the left and Mrs Starr leaned forward to get a better look at its face. At that moment the portholes went dark and the whole hull began to shine while a kind of antenna 15cm long rose from the top of the object at the end closest to the witness (…)
Reference: Charles BOWEN: “In Search of Humanoids” - J’ai Lu 1974, p. 190, 191
Reference: Mini catalogue chronologique des observations OVNI, by Godelieve Van Overmeire
Source: Overmeire, ID: Overmeire_2069

Event 20026 (6D4DBAFA)

Date: 12/16/1957
Time: 02:00
Location: OLD SAYBROOK, CT
Description: Saucer / portholes. Robot(s)/android(s) float inside. Antenna going up [to] and sparkles. Going north. Quickly going up / r141.
Type: sighting
Reference: LORENZEN, Coral & Jim: ENCOUNTERS with UFO OCCUPANTS; APRO/Berkley Medallion Books 1976. 424pp (Index 179)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_5826

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, RBT: Possible robot or “Grey”, mechanical motions, OBS: Observation/chasing vehicles, SIG: Signals/responses to/from/between UFO’s/occupants/observers, TCH: New technical details/clues

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “7”, Duration: “30”, Elev: “5”, HatchDesc: “OLD SAYBROOK,CT:SCR/PORTHOLES:RBTS FLOAT INSIDE:ANTENNA ↑+SPARKLES:>N:↑↑/r141”, LatLong: “41.300002 -72.344448”, LatLongDMS: “41:18:00 N 72:20:40 W”, Locale: “Town & City”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Connecticut”, Strangeness: “10”

Event 20027 (D3004E78)

Date: 12/16/1957
Time: 20:50
Location: CHROCKATT DE SA, BRAZIL
Description: Aluminum disk follows train / 10 minute(s). Maneuvers to and fro. Brilliant orange light.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO’s a HISTORY-1957 (19 booklets) Self published. (Index 53)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_5827

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, RAY: Odd light/searchlight/beam/laser-like, VEH: Vehicle affected: Marks/damage/EME effects

Extra Data: Country: “Brazil”, Credibility: “10”, Duration: “10”, Elev: “1150”, HatchDesc: “CHROCKATT de SA,BRZL:ALUM DISK FOLOS TRAIN/10min:MNVRS TO+FRO:BRILL.ORG LITE”, LatLong: “-20.466668 -43.800002”, LatLongDMS: “20:28:00 S 43:48:00 W”, Locale: “Pasture”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Minas Gerais”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 20028 (AE24F3A0)

Date: 12/16/1957
Location: Old Saybrook, CN
Description: Elliptical UFO with “portholes.” [UFOE, XII] (NICAP: 01 - Distant Encounters)
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_2205

Event 20029 (E1C7BC2F)

Date: 12/16/1957
Locations: Old Saybrook, Connecticut; Yale
Description: Between 2:00 and 3:00 a.m. Mary M. Starr, a resident of Old Saybrook, Connecticut, and a former teacher with a master’s degree from Yale, is awakened by a bright light in her room. A cigar-shaped object, brightly lit and with square portholes, hovers just above her clothesline. She can see men inside. The object is approximately 20–30 feet long and dark gray or black in color, hovering motionless about 5 feet above the ground. Through its lighted windows Starr sees two figures that pass each other, walking in opposite directions.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Donald E. Keyhoe and Gordon I. R. Lore, eds, UFOs: A New Look, NICAP, 1969, pp. 27–28; Clark III 269
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_3124

Event 20030 (886FDCE1)

Date: 12/16/1957
Description: Mrs. Mary M. Starr, a long-term resident of Old Saybrook, Connecticut and a graduate of Yale University with two degrees, was in the habit of spending all but two or three winter months in a two story beach house situated only a few hundred feet from Long Island Sound. At the beginning and end of the tourist season her home is the only building occupied in the vicinity, and marshy ground surrounds her property on three sides. On this night Mrs. Starr was awakened from a sound sleep sometime between two three a.m. by bright lights passing her bedroom window, which faces north. She looked out her east window and saw a fuselage-shaped craft coming to a stop just 10 feet from the hourse. It was 20 to 30 feet long, dark gray or black, with brightly lit square windows. The object hovered motionless, just five feet above the ground. It had no wings, fins, or other external structure.

Behind the lighted windows were two humanoid forms that passed each other, walking in opposite directions. They appeared to be wearing yellow jackets, and each had his right hand raised. She thought at first they might be stewards, carrying trays, except that their heads were unusual. They were square or rectangular and a reddish orange in color. Their feet were out of view below the portholes. Then a third man entered from the left, and Mrs. Starr leaned forward to try to see his face more clearly. As she did so the portholes faded and the entire object began to glow with scintillating brilliance. Immediately, there rose from the nearer end a kind of antenna, about six inches long. It oscillated and sparkled. For almost five minutes the glow and the sparking continued, then the antenna lowered and the object began to move to the right, back in the direction from which it had come. It made a very sharp right-angle turn. Mrs. Starr thought it would hit her blue spruce but it did not. It had by now turned a dull bluish gray again, and instead of portholes small circular lights outlined the entire rim. It’s shape now appeared to be oval, and as it dipped or “undulated” to follow the contour of a shallow depression just beyond the garden, she saw that it was very shallow in depth. Over the marsh it tilted steeply and shot up into the sky at the speed of a jet taking off, but in complete silence.

Except for the figures, she had seen nothing inside the object. The men could not have been more than four feet tall at the most, given the size of the object as determined by occlusion of nearby objects. The U.S. Air Force Project Blue Book recorded the case as “little men in cigar.” Project Blue Book filed a newspaper article on the case, but did not investigate.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: Civilian Saucer Intelligence Newsletter, July 15, 1959; Jacques Vallee, Passport to Magonia: A Century of Landings, case 451; Coral E. Lorenzen, Flying Saucers: The Startling Evidence of the Invasion from Outer Space, p. 77
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_8441

Event 20031 (F16CEF52)

Date: 12/16/1957
Description: Later that same night at around 8:45 p.m. an aluminum colored, disc-shaped UFO followed a train near Chrockatt de Sa in Minas Gerais State, Brazil for ten minutes, maneuvering back and forth from side to side of the train. It had a bright orange light.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: Loren E. Gross, The Fifth Horseman of the Apocalypse: UFOs: A History. 1957: December, p. 53
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_8442

Event 20032 (D1C04DA5)

Date: 12/17/1957
Description: (Translated from French) Near Grand Junction, Colorado, F. G. Hickman (17 years old) saw a round object change from yellow to white to red; its tail was twice as long as its body. It stopped, restarted, and reversed for 45 minutes. (December 17, 7:20 PM)
Reference: case Blue Book #5559 unsolved
Reference: rr0 - Beau
Source: rr0, ID: rr0_1737

Event 20033 (3923668E)

Date: 12/17/1957
Description: (Translated from French) In Hamilton (Canada), the police have noticed that the 20m long, several tonne iron bridge located at the entrance of the city has disappeared without a trace.
Reference: rr0 - Beau
Source: rr0, ID: rr0_1738

Event 20034 (8FA562BF)

Date: 12/17/1957
Description: (Translated from French) South of Cuba, 2 Stratojets collide with an unknown object.
Reference: rr0 - Beau
Source: rr0, ID: rr0_1739

Event 20035 (0FEC9BDD)

Date: 12/17/1957
Description: (Translated from French) The following month, a DC-6 narrowly avoided the same fate.
Reference: rr0 - Beau
Source: rr0, ID: rr0_1740

Event 20036 (4F2A1544)

Date: 12/17/1957
Description: (Translated from French) The USAF’s study on UFOs is celebrating its 10th anniversary, with great publicity. ATIC reported receiving 701 UFO sighting reports in the 3 months following the launch of Sputnik on October 4th. It also worked with the Armstrong Circle Theater to produce the TV show “Enigma of the Skies”, with Captain George T. Gregory, then director of the Blue Book project, producing the basic script for the 1 hour program.
Reference: rr0 - Beau
Source: rr0, ID: rr0_1741

Event 20037 (D457B041)

Date: 12/17/1957
Time: 16:20
Location: NEAR GRAND JUNCTION, CO
Description: 1 observer. Round object changes colors. Stops. Reverses course etc.
Type: sighting
Reference: BERLINER, DON: The BLUEBOOK UNKNOWNS; (FUFOR). (Index 27)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_5828

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

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “6”, Duration: “45”, Elev: “1380”, HatchDesc: “nr GRAND JUNCTION,CO:1 OBS:ROUND OBJ CHANGES COLORS:STOPS:REVERSES COURSE etc”, LatLong: “39.066669 -108.550005”, LatLongDMS: “39:04:00 N 108:33:00 W”, Locale: “Pasture”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Colorado”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 20038 (B424A4FA)

Date: 12/17/1957
Location: Fruita-Grand Junction, CO
Description: Round object change from yellow to white to green to red (NICAP: 01 - Distant Encounters, BB: 5559)
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_2206

Event 20039 (8B075ED6)

Date: 12/17/1957
Time: 7:20 PM
Location: near Grand Junction