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

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, Colorado
Description: Witness: F.G. Hickman, 17. One round object changed from yellow to white to green to red; red tail was twice as long as the body. It stopped, started, backed up for 45 minutes.
Type: ufo sighting
Reference: BlueBook Unknowns PDF
Source: BerlinerBBUnknowns, ID: BerlinerBBU_422

Event 20040 (CC931162)

Date: 12/17/1957
Location: Denmark
Description: Skandinavisk UFO Information is founded in Denmark by Hans-Christian Petersen under the name Sydjysk UFO Information. It publishes the journal UFO-Nyt from 1958 to 2010.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Wikipedia, “Skandinavisk UFO Information”
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_3125

Event 20041 (8A90D573)

Date: 12/17/1957
Locations: US; Cape Canaveral, Florida
Description: The US conducts its first successful launch of an SM-65A Atlas missile at Cape Canaveral, Florida.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Wikipedia, “SM-65A Atlas”
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_3126

Event 20042 (D15161F3)

Date: 12/18/1957
Time: 05:40
Location: NEAR SCENIC, SD
Description: 1 observer. Huge silent saucer going south over car. Ground lit like day. Shoots going up. / r141.
Type: sighting
Reference: MUFON UFO JOURNAL, Seguin, TX USA. Monthly. (Index 236)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_5829

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

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “6”, Duration: “2”, Elev: “860”, HatchDesc: “nr SCENIC,SD:1 OBS:HUGE SLNT SCR >S OVR CAR:GROUND LIT LIKE DAY:SHOOTS↑:/r141”, LatLong: “43.777780 -102.555560”, LatLongDMS: “43:46:40 N 102:33:20 W”, Locale: “Pasture”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “South Dakota”, Strangeness: “8”

Event 20043 (3AF3C3AA)

Date: 12/18/1957
Time: 18:10
Location: CARACAS, VNZ
Description: Engineer. Object paces Sputnik. Veers away and back! Time-photograph. / r111p145.
Type: sighting
Reference: The APRO BULLETIN: Monthly. Jim & Coral Lorenzen: Tucson,AZ (USA. defunct) By volume and number. (Index 699)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_5830

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CST: Observer(s) in coastal area/just offshore, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, ODD: Atypical/Forteana/paranormal, NLT: Nightlights/points of light, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), OBS: Observation/chasing vehicles, VEH: Vehicle affected: Marks/damage/EME effects, PHT: Photos/movies/videos taken, TCH: New technical details/clues

Extra Data: Country: “Venezuela”, Credibility: “8”, Duration: “2”, Elev: “910”, HatchDesc: “CARACAS,VNZ:ENGINEER:OBJ PACES SPUTNIK:VEERS AWAY+BACK!:TIME-FOTO:/r111p145”, LatLong: “10.483334 -66.950003”, LatLongDMS: “10:29:00 N 66:57:00 W”, Locale: “Metropolis”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “CAR”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 20044 (C4DEADD7)

Date: 12/18/1957
Location: Sarasota, FL
Description: White light source glided overhead, TV interference noted (NICAP: 03 - EME Cases)
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_2207

Event 20045 (CC683FDA)

Date: 12/18/1957
Time: night
Location: Old Saybrook, Connecticut
Description: Mary Stan was awakened by a brilliant light and saw through her east window the fuselage of a craft that hovered in midair. Aboard were two men, each with his right hand raised, wearing yellowish jackets. A third man joined the first two, then all lights went off inside the craft while it glowed like brass. A spinning antennalike device was noted. A few minutes later it flew off.
Type: ufo sighting
Reference: FSR 60,3 (Vallee)
Source: ValléeMagonia, ID: Magonia_451

Event 20046 (C2B94DA7)

Date: 12/18/1957
Location: Caracas, Venezuela
Description: Luis E. Corrales of Caracas, Venezuela, finds an odd luminous streak on a photographic plate recording the passage of Sputnik 2. It is a luminous trail running parallel to the satellite’s trail, then veering away.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Loren E. Gross, The Fifth Horseman of the Apocalypse: UFOs, a History: 1957 December, The Author, 1998, p. 57
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_3127

Event 20047 (CA79A886)

Date: 12/18/1957
Description: A huge flying saucer flew over Oacoma, South Dakota at 5:40 a.m.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: Max Miller, Saucers, March 1958; Larry Hatch, U computer database, case # 5385
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_8487

Event 20048 (DCE8A219)

Date: 12/18/1957
Description: A white light source glided overhead in Sarasota, Florida. There were many witnesses and TV interference was noted at the time.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: Richard Hall, The UFO Evidence, pp. 75, 147; George D. Fawcett, Flying Saucers, December 1967, p. 24
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_8488

Event 20049 (27905182)

Date: 12/19/1957
Location: Pepperrell AFB, Newfoundland, CAN
Description: Red Egg-Shaped Object Also Tracked On Radar / 5 Photos Taken (NICAP: 09 - RADAR Cases, Code: R, Rating: 5, BB: BBU)
Reference: NICAP: 571219
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_2208

Event 20050 (732D54FF)

Date: 12/21/1957
Time: 18:30
Location: PONTA PORA, BRZ
Description: 5 observer(s). 5M saucer paces jeep / 2 hours. 2nd saucer circles. / r113p34+/ r141#10p62.
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_5831

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, HQO: High-quality observer(s), SCR: Classic saucer/disk/sphere shaped UFO, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), OBS: Observation/chasing vehicles, HUM: Humans affected: Injury/burns/marks/abduction/death, VEH: Vehicle affected: Marks/damage/EME effects

Extra Data: Country: “Brazil”, Credibility: “10”, Duration: “120”, Elev: “653”, HatchDesc: “PONTA PORA,BRZ:5 OBS:5M SCR PACES JEEP/2 hrs:2nd SCR CCLs:/r113p34+/r141#10p62”, LatLong: “-22.533334 -55.583336”, LatLongDMS: “22:32:00 S 55:35:00 W”, Locale: “Pasture”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “MGS”, Strangeness: “7”

Event 20051 (7C982736)

Date: 12/21/1957 (approximate)
Time: ~21:00
Location: BRYSON CITY, NC
Description: Several observer(s). 20M cylinder/cigar-shape / 1.5diam. Going east. Slowly circles valley. Sharply outlined.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO’s a HISTORY-1957 (19 booklets) Self published. (Index 63)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_5832

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: “529”, HatchDesc: “BRYSON CITY,NC:SVRL OBS:20M CGR/1.5diam:>E:SLOWLY CCLS VALLEY:sharply outlined”, LatLong: “35.433335 -83.450004”, LatLongDMS: “35:26:00 N 83:27:00 W”, Locale: “Town & City”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “North Carolina”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 20052 (7DB32575)

Date: 12/21/1957
Location: Ponta Poran, Mato Grosso do Sul, Brazil
Description: Before this sighting was over, the object, which ultimately chased a jeep load of people for approximately 30 minutes, had made a couple of landings. On the last of these landings, before leaving the area, the object left an odd, luminous haze floating in the air where the object had hovered. The observers stayed and watched the material slowly dissolve in the faint, warm wind blowing from the North.
Type: ufo sighting
Reference: Trace Cases
Source: Trace, ID: Trace_3

Event 20053 (906C8285)

Date: 12/21/1957
Time: 1830
Location: Ponte Poran, Brazil
Description: Mrs. Mendonca and five other persons saw a light in the south, which later appeared as two spherical objects coming closer to the witnesses on an oscillating course. One of them hovered close to the car while the other circled. They were shaped like a sphere surrounded by a flat ring, and chased the car for two hours over the deserted road. Estimated diameter: 5 m.
Type: ufo sighting
Reference: APRO Mar., 59 (Vallee)
Source: ValléeMagonia, ID: Magonia_452

Event 20054 (8E10113A)

Date: 12/21/1957
Locations: Ponta Porã, Mato Grosso do Sul, Brazil; Paraguayan border
Description: 6:30 p.m. Yvonne Torres de Mendonça, her three small children, and a servant are traveling in a jeep driven by her mechanic, Marcio Gonçalves, towards Ponta Porã, Mato Grosso do Sul, Brazil, along the Paraguayan border. They see a large ball of light about the size of the full moon that starts moving toward them, and they realize that it is two lights flying silently side by side. The lights straddle the road, oscillating from one side to the other in a strange wobbling motion and spinning on their axes. One of them stops in mid-air and dives toward the ground in a falling-leaf motion 60 feet ahead of them, while the other maneuvers in circles around the jeep. The lights are spherical and encircled by a Saturn-like ring at the center. The upper hemisphere and rim are fiery red, while the lower hemisphere is silvery white. The two objects follow the jeep for 2 hours, all the way to town, maneuvering intelligently around them, especially when the jeep stops twice to evaluate the objects.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Olavo T. Fontes, “Shadow of the Unknown, Part II: UAOs Chase Cars,” APRO Bulletin, March 1959, pp. 3–6; Lorenzen, UFOs: The Whole Story, Signet, 1969, pp. 148–150; Loren E. Gross, The Fifth Horseman of the Apocalypse: UFOs, a History: 1957 December, The Author, 1998, pp. 60–63; Clark III 245–246
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_3128

Event 20055 (0CCD933B)

Date: 12/21/1957
Description: In 1957 in Bryson City, North Carolina a 20-meter-long cigar-shaped object flew slowly to the east, then circled the valley at around nine o’clock in the evening. It had a very distinct outline.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: Loren E. Gross, The Fifth Horseman of the Apocalypse: UFOs: A History, 1957: December, p. 63
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_8546

Event 20056 (D8891A9F)

Date: 12/21/1957
Description: At 6:30 p.m. Mrs. Mendonca and five other persons in Ponta Poran, Brazil saw a light in the southern sky, which later appeared as two spherical objects coming closer to them on an oscillating course. One of the UFOs hovered close to their car while the other circled. They were shaped like a sphere surrounded by a flat ring, and chased the car for two hours over the deserted road. The estimated diameter of each was five meters.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: Jacques Vallee, Passport to Magonia: A Century of Landings, case 452
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_8547

Event 20057 (9AE07FCC)

Date: 12/22/1957
Time: 19:00
Location: NEAR HORSEFLY, CO
Description: Several observer(s). Night light = saucer / (seen thru) binoculars. Red-glowing top and band / red light. Vanishes.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO’s a HISTORY-1957 (19 booklets) Self published. (Index 66)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_5833

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

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “7”, Duration: “3”, Elev: “3000”, HatchDesc: “nr HORSEFLY,CO:SVRL OBS:NLT = SCR/BINOCS:RED-GLO TOP+BAND/RED LITE:vanishes”, LatLong: “38.200002 -108.000005”, LatLongDMS: “38:12:00 N 108:00:00 W”, Locale: “Mountains”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Colorado”, Strangeness: “5”

Event 20058 (F234AEFB)

Date: 12/23/1957
Location: Sea of Japan, At Sea
Description: Projectile Sighted From RB-47/ Tracked By Air & Ground Radar (NICAP: 09 - RADAR Cases, Code: R, Rating: 5, BB: BBU) (NICAP: 11 - Aviation Cases)
Reference: NICAP: 571223
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_2209

Event 20059 (9C870C38)

Date: 12/26/1957
Time: 20:40
Location: SHEFFIELD, AL
Description: Amateur astronomer. Moon-size neon-glow ovoid going northwest. Turns going west. Circles overhead. Going quickly north.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO’s a HISTORY-1957 (19 booklets) Self published. (Index 69)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_5834

Attributes: GND: 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: “168”, HatchDesc: “SHEFFIELD,AL:AM.ASTRON:MOONSIZE NEON-GLOW OVOID > NW:TURNS > W:CCLs OVHD:>>N”, LatLong: “34.766668 -87.700004”, LatLongDMS: “34:46:00 N 87:42:00 W”, Locale: “Residential”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Alabama”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 20060 (9DCA14C9)

Date: 12/26/1957
Description: At 8:40 p.m. an amateur astronomer sighted a neon-colored, glowing ovoid object over Sheffield, Alabama. The object was first seen flying to the northwest. It turned to the west, W, circled overhead, then shot off toward the north.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: Loren E. Gross, The Fifth Horseman of the Apocalypse: UFOs: A History. 1957: December, p. 69
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_8612

Event 20061 (4CA49E01)

Date: 12/27/1957
Time: 22:00
Location: EVANS CITY, PA
Description: Girl / 14. Yellow sphere maneuvers in trees / 12M altitude. Zigzags. / NICAP report.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO’s a HISTORY-1957 (19 booklets) Self published. (Index 70)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_5835

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

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “6”, Duration: “1”, Elev: “286”, HatchDesc: “EVANS CITY,PA:GIRL/14:YLW SPHERE MNVRS IN TREES/12M alt:ZIGZAGS:/NICAP Rpt”, LatLong: “40.766669 -80.061115”, LatLongDMS: “40:46:00 N 80:03:40 W”, Locale: “Mountains”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, RelAlt: “12”, State/Prov: “Pennsylvania”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 20062 (24717201)

Date: 12/28/1957
Location: Japan
Description: Japanese science fiction movie “The Mysterians” is released
Type: movie
Reference: Wikipedia
Source: Maj2, ID: Maj2_580

Event 20063 (FF8DEDEF)

Date: 12/28/1957
Time: 16:00
Location: LIVERMORE FALLS, ME
Description: Blue Book. Small round vibrant bright fast object maneuvers going up and down [to] and away into clouds. No further details.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO’s a HISTORY-1957 (19 booklets) Self published. (Index 72)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_5836

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: “130”, HatchDesc: “LIVERMORE FALLS,ME:BBK:SML RND VBRITE FAST OBJ MNVRS ↑+↓+AWAY into clouds:NFD”, LatLong: “44.477780 -70.188892”, LatLongDMS: “44:28:40 N 70:11:20 W”, Locale: “Residential”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Maine”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 20064 (641923FB)

Date: 12/28/1957
Time: 16:40
Location: ELIZABETH CITY, NC
Description: Red football cylinder/cigar-shape going [to] at jet speed. No further details / USAF records.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO’s a HISTORY-1957 (19 booklets) Self published. (Index 72)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_5837

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, DLT: Delta/vee/boomerang/rectangular shaped UFO, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), MIL: Military investigation, BBK: Project BLUEBOOK

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “6”, Duration: “1”, Elev: “3”, HatchDesc: “ELIZABETH CITY,NC:RED FOOTBALL CGR > at JET SPEED:NFD/USAF RECORDS”, LatLong: “36.300002 -76.233337”, LatLongDMS: “36:18:00 N 76:14:00 W”, Locale: “Coastlands”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “North Carolina”, Strangeness: “5”

Event 20065 (533B34DF)

Date: 12/28/1957
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_1080

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 20066 (F27C9FE5)

Date: 12/29/1957
Time: 15:00
Location: KAITAIA, NZ
Description: Several separate observer(s). Small silver disk going quickly south. 2 more follow / 2 min intervals.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO’s a HISTORY-1957 (19 booklets) Self published. (Index 73)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_5838

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: “8”, Duration: “6”, HatchDesc: “KAITAIA,NZ:SVRL SEP.OBS:SML SLVR DISK >>S:2 MORE FOLO/2 min intervals”, LatLong: “-35.116668 173.266675”, LatLongDMS: “35:07:00 S 173:16:00 E”, Locale: “Coastlands”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “NI”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 20067 (DDD9646F)

Date: 12/29/1957
Time: 15:00
Location: KAIKOHE AND WAIHARARA, NZ
Description: Boy / 11. Silver disk going south. 2nd disk passes first. / r141#19p14.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO’s a HISTORY-1957 (19 booklets) Self published. (Index 73)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_5839

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

Extra Data: Country: “New Zealand”, Credibility: “6”, Duration: “3”, HatchDesc: “KAIKOHE+WAIHARARA,NZ:BOY/11:SLVR DISK >S:2nd DISK PASSES FIRST:/r141#19p14”, LatLong: “-35.416668 173.800008”, LatLongDMS: “35:25:00 S 173:48:00 E”, Locale: “Coastlands”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “NI”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 20068 (BE6184B9)

Date: 12/30/1957
Time: 19:00
Location: DRAKESTOWN, NJ
Description: 2 observer(s). 5M ovoid maneuvers and going down / trees. 3 small humanoids (or Greys) exit and pick up heavy object / ground.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO’s a HISTORY-1957 (19 booklets) Self published. (Index 74)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_5840

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

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “7”, Duration: “2”, Elev: “335”, HatchDesc: “DRAKESTOWN,NJ:2 OBS:5M OVOID MNVRS+↓/TREES:3 OIDS EXIT+PICK UP HEAVY OBJ/GND”, LatLong: “40.800002 -74.816670”, LatLongDMS: “40:48:00 N 74:49:00 W”, Locale: “Mountains”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “New Jersey”, Strangeness: “9”

Event 20069 (6487E52B)

Date: 12/30/1957
Time: night
Location: Drakestown, New Jersey
Description: George Chowanski, an auto mechanic was alerted by the barking of his dog and heard a whirring sound similar to that of an electric shaver. A lighted object was observed by Chowanski and his wife as it came within 60 cm of the ground. Two figures came out of the bottom of the object, walked around a clearing, and one picked up something before returning to the craft, which then took off. Total duration: 2 min.
Type: ufo sighting
Reference: FS Oct., 58 (Vallee)
Source: ValléeMagonia, ID: Magonia_453

Event 20070 (1FE17AB5)

Date: 12/30/1957
Location: Schooley’s Mountain, New Jersey
Description: Night. George Chowanski is cutting wood at his home in Schooley’s Mountain, New Jersey, when his two dogs begin to bark and howl. He hears a whirring noise like an electric shaver that persists for one minute. Then he sees a saucer-shaped object, 5 feet high and 15 feet wide, hovering about 2 feet above the ground in a grove of trees 100 feet from the back porch. Three individuals come out of the craft and walk about in the clearing. One of them bends over to pick something up and carries something heavy back to the object. After 2–3 minutes, it slowly rises, spiraling through the tall trees, and flies off.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Lorenzen, UFOs: The Whole Story, Signet, 1969, pp. 88–89
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_3129

Event 20071 (605EBA0B)

Date: 12/30/1957
Description: On this night George Chowanski, an auto mechanic living in Drakestown, New Jersey was alerted by the barking of his dog and heard a whirring sound similar to that of an electric shaver. A lighted object was observed by Mr. Chowanski and his wife as it came to within 60 cm of the ground. Two figures got out of the bottom of the object, walked around a clearing, and one of them picked up something before returning to the craft, which then took off. The encounter lasted two minutes.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: Jacques Vallee, Passport to Magonia: A Century of Landings, case 453; Coral & Jim Lorenzen, UFOs: The Whole Story, p. 88
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_8652

Event 20072 (652553AB)

Date: Late 1950’s
Description: The Interplanetary Phenomenon Unit (IPU) was disestablished and all records were transferred to the Air Force.
Type: historical event
Reference: Pea Research (B1-A p55)
Source: Maj2, ID: Maj2_427
See also: 5/16/84

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Year: 1958, 831 Event(s), (Back to Top)

Event 20073 (A59A9E10)

Date: 1958
Location: Washington, DC
Description: DoD kills “Project Horizon”, a military colony on the moon program
Type: aerospace
Reference: Wikipedia
Reference: Lt. Col. Philip J. Corso’s Manuscript
Source: Maj2, ID: Maj2_581

Event 20074 (2282FFBD)

Date: 1958
End date: 1959
Location: US
Description: USAF issues “Fact Sheets” - issued approximately semiannually.
Type: historical event
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_885

Event 20075 (B3CF36CA)

Date: 1958
Location: AUSTRALIA, Goulburn (New South Wales)
Description: (Translated from French) A resident of Goulburn was fox hunting. He had an unusual encounter and shot at it, hitting something that emitted a terrible noise. Then there was a flash and something burning, pierced the sleeve of his jacket and left a small mark on his arm. The burn itself took a year to heal, but the mark had first grown, so that it measured two and a half inches by three. It exactly reproduced the shape of the planet Saturn: a globe surrounded by a ring. (1958,)
Reference: Bruce CATHIE /P. TEMM “Harmonic 695” - ed. Sylvie Messinger 1981, p. 150
Reference: Continued on December 28, 1968, same place
Reference: Mini catalogue chronologique des observations OVNI, by Godelieve Van Overmeire
Source: Overmeire, ID: Overmeire_2110

Event 20076 (FA8863DB)

Date: 1958
Location: AUSTRALIA, Gippsland (Victoria)
Description: (Translated from French) A young girl observing a UFO, came close to an object and a “man”. She vaguely remembers being inside the flying object, but is completely unable to say how she returned home.
Reference: Chalker, Bill. Personal Investigation & (1989). ‘Abducted ?’. Australian Penthouse. Nov. p37.
Reference: Mini catalogue chronologique des observations OVNI, by Godelieve Van Overmeire
Source: Overmeire, ID: Overmeire_2111

Event 20077 (9A606BB5)

Date: 1958
Location: USA
Description: (Translated from French) In 1958, Trevor James (Trevor James Constable) published a book dedicated to his psychic contacts with an Ashtar who gave him a different speech than the one given to George Williamson (November 1952). According to James’s Ashtar, all the peoples living beyond our Moon (sic) are of an ethereal nature and they possess vessels that move at the speed of light! When it seems necessary to them, they can show themselves to our eyes in the form of human beings similar to ourselves and have a material appearance such that the person who sees them has no reason to think that they can be different.
Reference: Jean SIDER: “Ovni, the unmasked invaders”, ed. RAMUEL 1999, p 79
Reference: Mini catalogue chronologique des observations OVNI, by Godelieve Van Overmeire
Source: Overmeire, ID: Overmeire_2112

Event 20078 (5D4EA4F4)

Date: 1958
Location: Location unknown, unknown
Description: Dewline radar, G (NICAP: 09 - RADAR Cases, Rating: 5)
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_2211

Event 20079 (940D6968)

Date: 1958
Location: Unnamed AF Base, various
Description: AF Base, SW United States, G,V (NICAP: 09 - RADAR Cases, Rating: 5)
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_2212

Event 20080 (BDF1710C)

Date: 1958
Location: Carribean near Cuba, At Sea
Description: Huge Cigar Observed With “Entities” (NICAP: 07 - Entity Cases, Code: E, Rating: 5)
Reference: NICAP: 58XXXX
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_2213

Event 20081 (8C1C2833)

Date: 1958
Locations: Nellis Air Force Range, Nevada; Area 13
Description: The Atomic Energy Commission puts a barbed wire fence around Area 13 at the Nellis Air Force Range, Nevada, where the Project 57 “dirty bomb” had been detonated in April 1957, with signs indicating “do not enter / nuclear material.”
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Jacobsen, Area 51, p. 297
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_3130

Event 20082 (FFF2DA05)

Date: 1958
Locations: Area 25 of the Nevada Test Site; Mars
Description: Project Orion, an effort to build a nuclear-powered spacecraft, begins at a maximum-security facility in Area 25 of the Nevada Test Site. Led by Ted Taylor of General Atomics and physicist Freeman Dyson, its initial focus is to send astronauts to Mars and back. The spaceship would be 16 stories tall and piloted by 150 men. Soon ARPA and the Air Force take over the project and redesign it for a space-based battleship that could launch nuclear missiles from space. But no one builds Orion and it is effectively disbanded by the 1963 nuclear test ban.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Wikipedia, “Project Orion (nuclear propulsion)”; Jacobsen, Area 51, pp. 304–305
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_3131

Event 20083 (791E415B)

Date: 1958
Location: France
Description: French ufologist Aimé Michel publishes Flying Saucers and the Straight-Line Mystery, an examination of the UFO wave of September–October 1954 in France. The book’s preface is written by Gen. Lionel-Max Chassin, in which he expresses his opinion that UFOs are genuinely mysterious (“That strange things have been seen is now beyond question, and the ‘psychological’ explanations seem to have misfired”). Michel contends that each day’s sightings, when plotted on a map, occur along straight-line paths, even though different objects seem to figure in each sighting. The alignments, which he calls “orthotenic lines,” do not necessarily correspond to a trajectory. However, Jacques Vallée later concludes that the alignments can be explained by chance alone.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Aimé Michel, Flying Saucers and the Straight-Line Mystery, Criterion, 1958; “An Evaluation of Aimé Michel’s Study of the Straight Line Mystery,” in C. A. Maney and Richard Hall, The Challenge of Unidentified Flying Objects, NICAP, 1961, pp. 90–98; Jacques Vallee and Janine Vallee, Challenge to Science: The UFO Enigma, Regnery, 1966, pp. 57–82; Don Johnson, “New Lines in UFO Research: Orthoteny Revisited,” IUR 25, no. 1 (Spring 2000): 18–19, 32; Claude Maugé, “Orthoteny: Lost Cause, or a Redeemed One?” IUR 25, no. 3 (Fall 2000): 24–28; Clark III 747, 858–860
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_3132

Event 20084 (36FAF325)

Date: 1958
Location: South Pole
Description: Trevor James Constable writes They Live in the Sky, which explains UFOs as etheric (good) and astral (bad) entities that are engaged in a battle for control of earthly minds. He bases this on his analysis of occult texts and channeled communications from cosmic informant Ashtar. The astral entities are based inside the earth, but they can leave it through an opening in the South Pole and fly 125,000 miles into space. Only the atomic bomb can penetrate the astral realm, which is why astrals disguised as benevolent Space Brothers argue fervently for nuclear disarmament. The men in black are reincarnated versions of Richard Shaver‘s deros.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Trevor James [Constable]. They Live in the Sky, New Age, 1958; Trevor James [Constable], “Scientists, Contactees, and Equilibrium,” Flying Saucer Review 6, no. 1 (Jan./Feb. 1960): 19–21; Clark III 1102
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_3133

Event 20085 (3E8C2443)

Date: 1958
Locations: South Korea; Yellow Sea; China
Description: Night. A sergeant in charge of a fire truck crash crew at an air base in South Korea is positioned near the runway awaiting an emergency landing by an American jet fighter low on fuel. The men see a bright light approaching from across the Yellow Sea. It grows bigger and, within several hundred yards of the shore, stops and hovers. The control tower operators, watching the object through binoculars, do not know what it is. Suddenly the object shines a beam of light straight down on the water. It soon goes out, but the water remains luminescent for a while before fading out. The object again shines a light on the water and turns it off a minute or so later. By this time, the jet that is low on fuel is landing. A second jet is asked to check out the object, which instantly shoots back toward China and disappears in seconds.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Bob Pratt, UFO Danger Zone: Terror and Death in Brazil—Where Next?, Horus House, 1996, online ed., p. 164; Carl W. Feindt, “Beam of Light into a Body of Water,” IUR 33, no. 3 (December 2010): 22
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_3134

Event 20086 (A6749A01)

Date: 1958
Location: Pacific Ocean
Description: An Air Force pilot indicated that his plane was “shot at” in a UFO encounter, and crew opinions that the strange “bursts” or explosions near the transport were linked with previous disappearances of AF planes in this Pacific area.
Type: ufo sighting
Reference: The Flying Saucers are Hostile!, by George D. Fawcett 1961
Source: HostileFawcett, ID: HostileFawcett_77

Event 20087 (44020AB0)

Date: 1958
Location: Antarctic
Description: In 1958, two American scientists in Antarctica observed a white plume emerging from the icy landscape. Upon investigation, it was identified as a potent-smelling steam cloud surrounding a dome-shaped structure, about six feet high and 12 feet in diameter, with a shiny, glass-like exterior. One of the scientists, drawn towards the dome, recounted seeing two moving figures near it. These figures, described as being around three feet tall, yellowish, and balloon-like, moved unsteadily around a source of light, reminiscent of an acetylene lamp. Suddenly, a ball seemed to explode, releasing a burst of blue sparks. Alarmed, the scientist fled, warning his colleague. From a distance, they glimpsed the reflections of the dome momentarily before another white cloud obscured their view. When the cloud dissipated, there was no trace of the previously seen phenomena on the ice. (Chapter 8, Ref 320)
Type: UFO sighting
Reference: It Didn’t Start with Roswell, by Philip L. Rife, 2001
Source: Rife, ID: Rife_311

Event 20088 (F07E826D)

Date: 1958
Location: Antarctic
Description: Soviet scientists reported spotting what seemed like walls and buildings under large slabs of ice in Antarctica from the air. These structures were described as “too geometrical” to be natural formations, and there were sightings of human-shaped figures moving among them. (Chapter 8, Ref 321)
Type: UFO sighting
Reference: It Didn’t Start with Roswell, by Philip L. Rife, 2001
Source: Rife, ID: Rife_312

Event 20089 (0913C676)

Date: 1958
Description: An anonymous “military source” tells Linda Moulton Howe that a UAP was purposefully landed in the southwest corner of Hill AFB and the door was left open for USAF personnel to take custody of.

• https://www.earthfiles.com/2022/06/06/project-aquarius-top-secret-mj12-orcon-funded-by-cia-to-study-ufo-iac-sightings-and-contacts-with-alien-life-forms/

Reference: Anonymous 2023 PDF
Source: Anon2023PDF, ID: Anon2023PDF_80

Event 20090 (DD01D842)

Date: 1958
Description: Before the creation of NASA and the start of the Mercury program, the Air Force sponsors a project named “Man-In-Space-Soonest” (MISS). MISS contracts Lockheed to build a spacecraft for a single astronaut, but it is canceled when manned spaceflight is turned over to NASA at the orders of President Eisenhower. Interestingly, USAF still contracts Lockheed to build the
MISS craft and the USAF hires Itek Corp. to build a high-powered camera system for the craft.

• https://www.thespacereview.com/article/4448/1

Reference: Anonymous 2023 PDF
Source: Anon2023PDF, ID: Anon2023PDF_81

Event 20091 (B52509DC)

Date: 1958
Description: The North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) begins supporting anti-gravity research as part of its Science for Peace and Security (SPS) grant mechanisms that continue to this day.

• https://www.nato.int/cps/en/natolive/87260.htm

Reference: Anonymous 2023 PDF
Source: Anon2023PDF, ID: Anon2023PDF_82

Event 20092 (AC459E8B)

Date: 1958
Description: The US Air Force commissions a special studies group within Air Force Intelligence headed by Stefan Possony to analyze a book written by Nazi Maj. Rudolf Lusar, commanding officer of German Army technical unit in WWII. Lusar claims Nazi scientists were working on jet engines and thermal imaging a decade before the West. Lusar also claims German scientists were working on direct energy weapons and sound weapons, and also “flying saucers.”

Lusar claims Germany began developing saucer technology in 1941 with scientists Schriever, Habermohl, Miethe and Italian engineer Bellonzo/Belluzzo. Lusar claims German saucer technology were developed in Breslau, Poland and Prague, Czechoslovakia and once achieved an altitude of 12,400m and a speed of 2000 km/hr.

• https://archive.org/details/huntforzeropoint0000cook/page/50/mode/1up (page 50)
• https://www.abebooks.com/first-edition/German-Secret-Weapons-World-2-Lusar/30771110705/bd

Note: Author Nick Cook evaluated the claims in Lusar’s book and finds mixed corroboration, particularly the existence of Schriever and Belluzzo. Schreiver worked for Heinkel Aircraft Company, the developer of the world’s first jet-powered fighter, the He 280; Belluzo was an industry minster in Italian Prime Minister Benito Mussolini’s cabinet and once wrote of
disc-shaped “flying bomb” technology passed on to Germany.

Schriever also made comments to West German media in 1950 that a flying machine he worked on at a Heinkel facility at Marienehe would have changed the course of the war.

Lusar claimed Miethe was taken to Wright-Patterson AFB in the US, while Habermohl was allegedly captured by USSR and moved to a Soviet design bureau east of Moscow, but Cook found no corroboration of this.

Note: Cook did however find the existence of a US Army Air Forces files on the German Air Force’s secret weapons program at the Air Force Historical Research Agency at Maxwell Air Force Base, and another copy at the Office of Air Force History at Bolling Air Force Base.

US Office of Technical Services (OTS) was given responsibility of hauling German documentation out of the country post WWII, and one responsive document was found, a memo from Lt. Col. A.R. Sullivan Jr., which stated “balls of fire” and foo fighters (early terms for
UAP) had no connection with information found by OTS in Germany, in documents, interrogations or facility visits.

Raw OTS reports discovered by Cook, though, show a facility in Brunswick was working on radio-controlled craft and discovered by US officials; another facility in Vienna experimented with direct energy weapons; another in Stuttgart used EM to interfere with vehicle motors.

Cook suggests Sullivan’s report may have been falsified to cover-up to shut down further investigation of technology linked to foo fighter/UAP development.

• https://archive.org/details/huntforzeropoint0000cook/page/70/mode/1up (p70, p71)

Note: Italian author Renato Vesco, citing Italian sources after WWII, claims saucer technology was developed differently than Lusar claims. Vesco states a craft called the “Feuerball” developed in Oberammergau in Bavaria (OBF) could interfere with Allied craft with intense EM fields. The Kugelblitz was allegedly larger and built in an underground weapons complex in Thuringia aka the Harz. The crafts were shaped like the shell of a tortoise and radio-controlled.

Vesco claims he obtained this information from British Intelligence Objectives Subcommittee (BIOS) and US-UK administered Combined Intelligence Objectives Subcommittee (CIOS); others who have access to BIOS/CIOS say no evidence of the Kugelblitz or Feuerball exist in the records.

Reference: Anonymous 2023 PDF
Source: Anon2023PDF, ID: Anon2023PDF_83

Event 20093 (97F9EFA4)

Date: 1958
Description: Alleged USAF Project Orion used drugs and hypnosis in participants, one of which, John Lilly, came to believe he was in psychic contact with extraterrestrials of the “Earth Coincidence Control Office.”

• https://www.urigeller.com/timeline-cias-interest-paranormal-human-consciousness/

Reference: Anonymous 2023 PDF
Source: Anon2023PDF, ID: Anon2023PDF_84

Event 20094 (4D56C324)

Date: 1/1958
Location: USA, New York
Description: (Translated from French) At 1:30 in the night, a woman in a car was going to see her son and was driving carefully in a snowstorm. Suddenly she saw what looked like a large airplane carcass on the road. “A large shape and a thin rod, at least 50 feet high, seemed to be shrinking and sinking into the ground”. As she approached, the car stopped completely and, in panic, the witness desperately tried to restart it. Suddenly she saw two suspended forms spinning around the rod that was sinking into the ground, they looked like four-legged animals, but then suddenly everything disappeared and the shape rose into the air: a saucer that zigzagged ten feet above the ground. It rose further and disappeared. Then the car lights came back on and she was able to start it again. She went to the scene of the event: in a one-foot-wide hole the snow had melted and one could see grass. The grass was warm, but there was no digging around it.
Reference: Jacques VALLEE: “Chronicles of E.T. Appearances” - DENOEL 1972 - coll. J’AI LU - p. 28 and 29
Reference: Mini catalogue chronologique des observations OVNI, by Godelieve Van Overmeire
Source: Overmeire, ID: Overmeire_2077

Event 20095 (5A96421C)

Date: 1/1958
Description: (Translated from French) A woman is driving on the highway in New York State, near Niagara Falls, in the middle of a snowstorm. She is going to see her son, who is in the army, and is driving very carefully, looking for an exit, as she fears the highway may be blocked further ahead. Visibility is extremely poor. She has no time to think when she suddenly discovers an object that looks like an airplane carcass in the middle of the road: A large shape was visible, and a thin, 15 m high rod, illuminated, which seemed to shorten and sink into the ground. My engine slowed down and, as I approached, my car stopped completely. I was panic-stricken and desperately tried to start it again as I had no lights. My first thought was to get out and see what was going on, when suddenly I saw two shapes standing next to the rod that was getting shorter and shorter. They were suspended but spinning around. It looked like animals with four legs and a tail, but with two antennas under the head, like arms. Before I had time to breathe, the things disappeared and the craft rose into the air; I then realized it was a UFO: it turned and zigzagged about 3 m above the ground, then rose again and I couldn’t even see where it went. Suddenly my headlights came back on. I started the engine and everything was fine. I drove to the place, got out my flashlight, and walked to the scene itself. In a large hole about 30 cm wide, where the snow had melted, a little grass was visible. The grass was warm but no depression was observed. (1:30)
Reference: rr0 - Beau
Source: rr0, ID: rr0_1742

Event 20096 (431892D9)

Date: 1/1958
Time: 01:30
Location: DEPEW, NY
Description: Car malfunctions due to EME (electro-magnetic effects). 50’ rod sinks into roadside. 2 small humanoids (or Greys) by. Saucer flies. Snow melted.
Type: sighting
Reference: VALLEE, Jacques: DIMENSIONS, A Casebook of Alien Contact Ballentine, NY 1989. PB (Index 20)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_5841

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, SCR: Classic saucer/disk/sphere shaped UFO, PRB: Probe: Possibly remote controlled, OID: Humanoid: Small alien or “Grey”, OBS: Observation/chasing vehicles, SMP: Sampling of plant/animal/soil/tissue/specimens, DRT: Dirt/soil traces/marks/footprints etc., 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: “10”, Elev: “209”, HatchDesc: “DEPEW,NY:CAR EMEs:50’ ROD SINKS INTO ROADSIDE:2 OIDS BY:SCR FLIES:SNOW MELTED”, LatLong: “42.905558 -78.694448”, LatLongDMS: “42:54:20 N 78:41:40 W”, Locale: “Farmlands”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “New York”, Strangeness: “11”

Event 20097 (50F6513A)

Date: 1/1958
Time: 0130
Location: Depew, New York
Description: A lady who was driving on the New York State Thruway during a snow storm saw a large shape with a tall, luminous pole on the side of the road. Her car stalled, and the lights went off. Two figures, looking like animals or huge insects were observed near the pole. They soon disappared, and the object took off spinning. The witness was then able to start her car. She noted that the snow at the site had been melted and the grass was warm.
Type: ufo sighting
Reference: Binder; Magonia (Vallee)
Source: ValléeMagonia, ID: Magonia_454

Event 20098 (FF218535)

Date: 1/1958
Description: The US Senate Committee on Government Operations asks to meet with representatives from the Secretary of the Air Force Office of Legislative Action to discuss the possibility of holding open hearings on the Air Force UFO program. USAF fears “uncontrolled publicity,” but agrees to go along with it. Soon, however, Richard E. Horner, USAF assistant secretary for research and development, persuades the committee’s chief counsel, Donald O’Donnell, that hearings are “not in the best interest of the air force,” nor necessary for national security. Horner says Project Blue Book has things well in hand, and he tells Sen. Barry Goldwater (R-Ariz.) that allegations about the Air Force withholding information are “entirely in error.” People who report UFOs simply want confidentiality, and the Air Force respects that.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Jacobs, UFO Controversy in America, Signet ed., 1976, pp. 140– 141, 144
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_3135

Event 20099 (5B562D16)

Date: 1/1958
Locations: Lackland AFB; San Antonio, Texas
Description: Lackland AFB in San Antonio, Texas, asks for Keyhoe’s permission to use The Flying Saucer Conspiracy to develop a script for closed-circuit broadcast at the base. Keyhoe agrees.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Keyhoe, FSTS, p. 218
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_3136

Event 20100 (697965DF)

Date: 1/1958
Locations: New York State Thruway; Niagara Falls, New York
Description: 1:30 a.m. A woman is driving along the New York State Thruway near Niagara Falls, New York, when she sees an illuminated 50-foot pole in the center parkway ahead. It seems to be retracting and getting shorter. As she closes in on it, her engine stops and the headlights go out. The pole is attached to a saucer-shaped object, and she sees shadowy figures floating around it. The UFO rises and moves away, and she starts the car again. An area of snow a foot in diameter has melted dry where the pole has been.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Michael D. Swords, “Messing Around with the Force,” IUR 31, no. 4 (Mar. 2008): 16
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_3137

Event 20101 (71679379)

Date: 1/1/1958
Time: 07:50
Location: TRINIDADE ISLAND, BRZ
Description: Numerous military observer(s). Brilliant night light makes 90° turn and away. Shiny. / r111p172.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO’s a HISTORY-1958 (7 booklets) 1998/03 Self published. (Index 106)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_5842

Attributes: 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

Extra Data: Country: “Atlantic Ocean + islands”, Credibility: “9”, Duration: “2”, HatchDesc: “TRINIDADE ISL,BRZ:NMRS MIL.OBS:BRILL.NLT MAKES 90°TURN+AWAY:SHINY:/r111p172”, LatLong: “-20.550001 -29.300001”, LatLongDMS: “20:33:00 S 29:18:00 W”, Locale: “Islands”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “SAT”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 20102 (948B10E4)

Date: 1/1/1958
Description: A photograph of a brilliant light making a ninety-degree turn and then shooting away was taken at Trindade Island in the Atlantic Ocean at 7:70 a.m.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: Coral E. Lorenzen, Flying Saucers: The Startling Evidence of the Invasion from Outer Space, p. 172
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_4

Event 20103 (06B5D9D5)

Date: Early 1/1958
Location: BRAZIL, Lagoa Negra, Viamao (Rio Grande do Sul)
Description: (Translated from French) Between 8 and 10 PM and for 20 minutes five witnesses observed the descent of a saucer with a mixed crew. Two witnesses observed the phenomenon from the tall grass, the other three from inside the house through a slightly open door. A luminous object arrived at great speed in a vertical descent and remained in hover at 2 m from the shore of the lagoon. The farm was 390 m away. The object was round, 10 m in diameter and 3 m high, topped with a dome resembling a hat. Of metallic and shiny appearance, it emitted an intense light of clear red, causing a burning sensation in the eyes. This light entered through the windows and the cracks in the dwelling where it was completely diffused without giving any shadow. Suddenly, two tall beings of about 2 m in height appeared near the object, wearing white suits with a wide white belt. They had a wide face and hair falling on their shoulders. “They look like saints,” said the little girl. White race, barefoot. Three other characters also appeared, of small size, 1.40 m approximately in brown suits, belt of the same color, wearing boots, white race and long hair. These three small beings stayed near the craft all the time. The two tall beings went back and forth between the craft and the fence, the last time opening the door and approaching 60 m from the house. At this moment the wife called the husband hidden in the grass, the beings turned around and returned to the object, which became brighter and took off. No reaction from the animals of the farm, nor from the 5 dogs of the witnesses. (1958, beginning of January)
Reference: Inforespace n° 22 August 75, p.30 to 33
Reference: Mini catalogue chronologique des observations OVNI, by Godelieve Van Overmeire
Source: Overmeire, ID: Overmeire_2073

Event 20104 (B65C3992)

Date: 1/3/1958
Time: 16:00
Location: HONOLULU, HI
Description: Nuclear physics student. 90s / 8mm film / 9 silver 6M globes. / r66p203.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO’s a HISTORY-1958 (7 booklets) 1998/03 Self published. (Index 108)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_5843

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

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “9”, Duration: “5”, Elev: “6”, HatchDesc: “HONOLULU,HI:NUCL PHYSICS STUDENT:90s/8mm FILM/9 SLVR 6M GLOBES:/r66p203”, LatLong: “21.350001 -157.866674”, LatLongDMS: “21:21:00 N 157:52:00 W”, Locale: “Islands”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Hawaii”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 20105 (F2A8FA57)

Date: 1/3/1958
Time: ~19:00
Location: OLD WESTBURY, LI, NY
Description: Spherical cloud goes going east. High and fast. Straight trajectory. Dusk.
Type: sighting
Reference: HYNEK, Dr. J. Allen: THE HYNEK UFO REPORT; Dell Publ., NY 1977. 298pp. (Index 43)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_5844

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, MID: Likely mis-identification, SCR: Classic saucer/disk/sphere shaped UFO, FBL: Fireball: Blazing undistinguished form/orb., NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), MIL: Military investigation, BBK: Project BLUEBOOK, CMF: Camouflage/disguise

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “6”, Duration: “1”, Elev: “43”, HatchDesc: “OLD WESTBURY,LI,NY:SPHERICAL CLOUD GOES >E:HIGH+FAST:STRAIGHT TRAJECTORY:DUSK”, LatLong: “40.783335 -73.583337”, LatLongDMS: “40:47:00 N 73:35:00 W”, Locale: “Residential”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “New York”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 20106 (49DADE2A)

Date: 1/3/1958
Location: Unknown City, HI
Description: Group of round UFOs reportedly photographed. [UFOE, VIII] (NICAP: 08 - Photographic Cases)
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_2214

Event 20107 (4AF419D0)

Date: 1/3/1958
Location: Old Westbury, Long Island, NY
Description: Fensterstock. (Hynek UFO Rpt p.43; FUFOR Index) (NICAP: 01 - Distant Encounters, BB: BBU)
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_2215

Event 20108 (019B8A76)

Date: 1/3/1958
Locations: Vallejo, California; Diamond Head, Hawaii
Description: Cliff DeLacey, a 23-year-old college student from Vallejo, California, shoots 90 seconds of film of UFOs at Diamond Head, Hawaii. DeLacey sees nine UFOs flashing across the sky and immediately grabs his camera. He is careful enough to shoot the tops of nearby trees, allowing a reference to the height and relative speed of the unknown objects. The objects appear to be about 3–4 miles away from the camera, flying at an altitude of 7,000– 8,000 feet, and moving at a speed slightly greater than that of a jet. The silvery globules appear to be no more than 20 feet in diameter. They are spherical, and no tail fins or protrusions of any kind are visible. The film, in color, is said to be clear and to show at least two of the nine UFOs in considerable detail.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: NICAP, “‘Genuine Flying Saucer…Caught on Movie Film’”; Max B. Miller and Norman S. Kossuth, “How to Film Unidentified Flying Objects,” Saucers 6, no. 3 (Autumn 1958): 8
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_3138

Event 20109 (FD260DB8)

Date: 1/3/1958
Description: At 4 o’clock in the afternoon a nuclear physics college student, Mr. Delacy, shot 90 seconds of 8 mm movie film of nine silver globes over Diamond Head on the island of Oahu, Hawaii.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: Project Blue Book files; Don Berliner, Project Blue Book Unknowns
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_51

Event 20110 (558B06C0)

Date: 1/4/1958
Location: Washington, DC
Description: Sputnik deorbits
Type: aerospace
Reference: Wikipedia
Source: Maj2, ID: Maj2_582

Event 20111 (96F849E2)

Date: 1/4/1958
Location: NORWAY, Stavanger
Description: (Translated from French) A lumberjack saw a giant entity emerge from a UFO that had landed. The entity returned to the craft which then flew away.
Reference: Janet and Colin BORD: “Modern Mysteries of the World” - Guild Publishing London 1989, p. 346
Reference: Mini catalogue chronologique des observations OVNI, by Godelieve Van Overmeire
Source: Overmeire, ID: Overmeire_2074

Event 20112 (50EEA51A)

Date: 1/4/1958
Location: STAVANGER, NORWAY
Description: UFO lands. Very tall man emerges. Cops and military examine all. P269.
Type: sighting
Reference: VALLEE, Jacques: PASSPORT TO MAGONIA; H. Regnery, Chicago HC 1969 & Contemporary Books,Chicago 1993. 372pp. (Index 455)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_5845

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CST: Observer(s) in coastal area/just offshore, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, SCR: Classic saucer/disk/sphere shaped UFO, PSH: Pseudo-human: Clone/organic robot/human-like, GNT: Giant: Large/tall alien, LND: UFO landing or any part touches ground, MIL: Military investigation, OGA: Non-Covert Government Agencies

Extra Data: Country: “Scandanavian and Finland”, Credibility: “6”, Duration: “5”, HatchDesc: “STAVANGER,NORWAY:UFO LANDS:VERY TALL MAN EMERGES:COPS+MIL EXAMINE ALL:p269”, LatLong: “58.983336 5.733334”, LatLongDMS: “58:59:00 N 05:44:00 E”, Locale: “Coastlands”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Norway”, Strangeness: “8”

Event 20113 (28B0471A)

Date: 1/4/1958
Location: SW Libya, Libya
Description: Military aircraft pilot saw a bright orange light streaking across the sky (NICAP: 09 - RADAR Cases, Code: R, BB: BBU) (NICAP: 11 - Aviation Cases)
Reference: NICAP: 580104
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_2216

Event 20114 (0F45910A)

Date: 1/4/1958
Location: Stavanger, Norway
Description: A woodcutter reported that he saw an object land, and a very tall man with a tanned face, wearing a helmet, stepped from the machine. He went back in after a few minutes; the craft took off “with a noise like a flock of birds.” Air Force officers and policemen searched the snowcovered hill for traces.
Type: ufo sighting
Reference: FSR 58, 2 (Vallee)
Source: ValléeMagonia, ID: Magonia_455

Event 20115 (71471BA7)

Date: 1/4/1958
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_1081

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 20116 (2814895E)

Date: 1/4/1958
Description: A woodcutter in Stavanger, Norway saw a UFO land in a forest at 2:30 in the afternoon. A very tall man with a tan face got out. The being wore a helmet as part of his uniform. After a few minutes he got back in the craft, and it took off without making any noise.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: Jacques Vallee, Passport to Magonia, A Century of Landings, case 455
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_83

Event 20117 (1C905498)

Date: 1/5/1958
Location: BEACHWOOD, OH
Description: 3 night lights trace perfect imaginary triangle / sky! Fly / separate directions.
Type: sighting
Reference: HAINES, Richard Ph.D: PROJECT DELTA; 1994, LDA Press, PO Box 880, Los Altos, CA 94023 USA (Index 90)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_5846

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

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “6”, Duration: “1”, Elev: “363”, HatchDesc: “BEACHWOOD,OH:3 NLTS TRACE PERFECT IMAGINARY TRIANGLE/SKY!:FLY/SEP.DIRECTIONS”, LatLong: “41.466669 -81.511115”, LatLongDMS: “41:28:00 N 81:30:40 W”, Locale: “Farmlands”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Ohio”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 20118 (AF8B78AE)

Date: 1/5/1958 (approximate)
Time: ~16:00
Location: NEAR BLOEMFONTEIN, RSA
Description: 2 / car. Silver grey saucer follows roadside / low altitude. Sudden acceleration away.
Type: sighting
Reference: UFO AFRINEWS; Twice annually. Cynthia Hind, editor; PO Box MP 49, Mount Pleasant, Harare, Zimbabwe. (Index 6)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_5847

Attributes: 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: “7”, Duration: “3”, HatchDesc: “nr BLOEMFONTEIN,RSA:2/CAR:SLVR GRY SCR FOLOS ROADSIDE/LO ALT:SUDDEN ACCEL.AWAY”, LatLong: “-29.250001 26.250001”, LatLongDMS: “29:15:00 S 26:15:00 E”, Locale: “Pasture”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Orange Free State”, Strangeness: “7”

Event 20119 (C63193A2)

Date: 1/5/1958
Description: At around 4 p.m. a silver gray disc followed two witnesses in their car along the side of road in Bloemfontein, Orange Free State, South Africa at low altitude. It then abruptly shot off into the sky. Later that same evening in Beachwood, Ohio three nocturnal lights traced a perfect triangular path in the sky.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: (1) Cynthia Hind, UFO AfriNews, July 1992; (2) Richard H. Hall, The UFO Evidence (Volume I), p. 15; Otto Binder, What We Really Know About Flying Saucers, p. 38; Richard Haines, Project Delta: A Study of Multiple UFO, p. 90
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_114

Event 20120 (B85CB9E9)

Date: 1/6/1958
Time: ~11:30
Location: TRINIDADE I, BRZ
Description: Weather balloon going [to] cloud. Exits without instruments. Saucer exits going west. / r142.
Type: sighting
Reference: LORENZEN, Coral: FLYING SAUCERS, the Starting Evidence; Signet Books, NY 1962 & 1966. 278pp. Originally “The Great F. S. Hoax”. (Index 172)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_5848

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, SMP: Sampling of plant/animal/soil/tissue/specimens, VEH: Vehicle affected: Marks/damage/EME effects, TCH: New technical details/clues, CMF: Camouflage/disguise

Extra Data: Country: “Atlantic Ocean + islands”, Credibility: “10”, Duration: “5”, HatchDesc: “TRINIDADE I,BRZ:WEATHER BALLOON >CLOUD:EXITS W/O INSTRMNTS:SCR EXITS >W:/r142”, LatLong: “-20.500001 -29.350001”, LatLongDMS: “20:30:00 S 29:21:00 W”, Locale: “Islands”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “SAT”, Strangeness: “7”

Event 20121 (EBAD7D16)

Date: 1/7/1958
Location: GREAT BRITAIN, near Birmingham
Description: (Translated from French) (cf: November 19, 1957) The being manifests itself again accompanied by a smaller superior being. The two entities congratulate Cynthia for speaking of the previous visit and announce that they are in contact with scientists. Soon, they say, men will make a kind of light cannon that will be talked about a lot. The visit is brief, something in the atmosphere prevents the beings from materializing for longer. After their departure, Cynthia has itching and buzzing and the room smells of sulfur. (continued on February 7, 1958) (Marie-Thérèse de BROSSES: “Enquiry on E.T. Abductions” - Plon 1995, p. 139) In January 1958, two identical characters appeared at her home in the same way. One of them claimed to come from a country of Venus called Ghanas Vahn.
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_2075

Event 20122 (1AF0CF58)

Date: 1/7/1958
Location: Aston, Great Britain
Description: Two figures again appeared to Mrs. Appleton and spoke to her in English (see Case 443).
Type: ufo sighting
Reference: Humanoids 4 (Vallee)
Source: ValléeMagonia, ID: Magonia_456

Event 20123 (BE3E5F05)

Date: 1/7/1958
Description: At 2:15 p.m. two human looking figures again appeared to Mrs. Appleton in Aston, Warwickshire, England and spoke to her in a mechanical form of English. Their message stated that “our images are projections.” Her first encounter occurred the previous November 18th, when a man appeared next to 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.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: Jacques Vallee, Passport to Magonia: A Century of Landings, case 456, citing Charles Bowen, The Humanoids, p. 4; Hans Holzer, The UFOnauts, p. 87
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_180

Event 20124 (83A0B609)

Date: 1/9/1958
Location: El Paso (Biggs AFB), TX
Description: (McDonald list; FUFOR Index) Uncorrelated Targets on Gnd radar (NICAP: 09 - RADAR Cases, Code: R, Rating: 5, BB: BBU)
Reference: NICAP: 580109
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_2218

Event 20125 (316037DA)

Date: 1/9/1958
Location: Marion, IL
Description: Three reports of seven red lighted objects in straight line formation. [UFOE, II] (NICAP: 01 - Distant Encounters)
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_2219

Event 20126 (C8F34F28)

Date: 1/9/1958
Location: Troy, MI
Description: Oval UFO photographed. [UFOE,VIII] (NICAP: 08 - Photographic Cases)
Reference: NICAP: 580109
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_2220

Event 20127 (9BAC41A0)

Date: 1/10/1958
Locations: Guarujá, São Paulo, Brazil; South Atlantic
Description: Day. Capt. Chrysólogo Rocha is sitting with his wife on the porch of a house in Guarujá, São Paulo, Brazil, overlooking the South Atlantic. He is trying to focus with his binoculars on what appears to be a small island. When he does get focused, he realizes the island is getting bigger and is in two parts, both a clear, gray color. One part is in the sea, while the other seems suspended above it. Without warning, both parts suddenly sink out of sight. Shortly afterwards, a steamer comes into view, on a course that will take it very close to the object. About 15 minutes later, when the ship is out of sight, the object again rises slowly out of the sea. He now sees clearly that the two parts are joined by several narrow upright shafts or tubes that are bright and visible to the naked eye. These shafts, “like beads on a necklace” pass in a “disorderly and simultaneous movement.” Shortly afterwards the two parts of the object close up again, and it disappears below the waves. Probably an inferior mirage of an island in combination with a towering effect.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Charles Bowen, “A South American Trio,” Flying Saucer Review 11, no. 1 (Jan./Feb. 1965): 20–21; Wim van Utrecht, “A UFO Dives in and Out of the Ocean,” Caelestia
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_3139

Event 20128 (5E8A24BC)

Date: 1/11/1958
Time: 07:30
Location: NORTH / ADAK ISLAND
Description: 4 / Navy P2V-5F. RADAR blip hovers. Turns going quickly [to] WSW. Matching night lights seen. / r171p58.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO’s a HISTORY-1958 (7 booklets) 1998/03 Self published. (Index 119)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_5849

Attributes: SEA: Observer(s) at sea, AIR: Observer(s) on aircraft, MIL: Observer(s) military, HQO: High-quality observer(s), NLT: Nightlights/points of light, RDR: Radar traces/blips, MIL: Military investigation, BBK: Project BLUEBOOK

Extra Data: Country: “Pacific Ocean and non - Asian islands”, Credibility: “9”, Duration: “5”, Elev: “0”, HatchDesc: “N/ADAK ISL:4/NAVY P2V-5F:RDR BLIP HVRS:TURNS >>WSW:MATCHING NLTS SEEN:/r171p58”, LatLong: “54.716669 -176.633342”, LatLongDMS: “54:43:00 N 176:38:00 W”, Locale: “Metropolis”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “BRS”, Strangeness: “5”

Event 20129 (29C61D55)

Date: 1/11/1958
Location: Atka Island, Aleutian Islands, AK
Description: P2V-5F Encounters 3 Lights Tracked at 1,000 MPH (NICAP: 09 - RADAR Cases, Code: R, Rating: 5, BB: BBU)
Reference: NICAP: 580111
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_2221

Event 20130 (DCE16B40)

Date: 1/11/1958
Description: At 7:30 a.m. a U.S. Navy P2V-5F with a crew of four flying north of Adak Island, Alaska sighted a formation of three lights flying at 900 knots and picked them up on radar. The radar targets then merged into a single blip.The sighting lasted five minutes.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: Loren E. Gross, The Fifth Horseman of the Apocalypse: UFOs: A History. 1958: January-February, p. 19; Dominique Weinstein, Aircraft UFO Encounters, p. 30
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_250

Event 20131 (1E54F24A)

Date: 1/12/1958
Location: Wake Island (W of), At Sea
Description: Pilot saw a greenish-blue object emitting a bright flash (NICAP: 11 - Aviation Cases, BB: BBU)
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_2228

Event 20132 (2270800D)

Date: 1/13/1958
Location: Casino, N.S.W, AU
Description: Interference on car radio as UFO followed car (NICAP: 03 - EME Cases)
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_2222

Event 20133 (FC80812A)

Date: 1/13/1958
Time: 2345
Location: Farm Hill, Australia
Description: Brian Crittendon, 21, was chased by a dome-shaped object that emitted a narrow light beam toward the ground. He was so frightened that he drove home on a half-flat tire, followed for 5 km by the object, which was about 50 m away and 10 m above ground. It overtook his car at a speed exceeding 100 km/h. Radio interference was noted, but no noise.
Type: ufo sighting
Reference: UFO Bulletin Mar., 58 (Vallee)
Source: ValléeMagonia, ID: Magonia_457

Event 20134 (045289C0)

Date: 1/13/1958
Locations: Casino, New South Wales, Australia; Benns Road
Description: 11:45 p.m. Brian Crittenden sees a dome-shaped light with a long narrow light underneath coming directly towards him as he is leaving a friend’s house southwest of Casino, New South Wales, Australia. He jumps into his car and heads home. The UFO chases his car along Benns Road, practically touching the telephone poles. His car radio develops interference when the UFO approaches him. It follows him all the way to town, 7 miles away.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Schopick, p. 81; Loren E. Gross, The Fifth Horseman of the Apocalypse: UFOs, a History: 1958 January– February, The Author, 1998, p. 21
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_3140

Event 20135 (6CA8123C)

Date: 1/13/1958
Description: At 6:30 p.m. in Casino, New South Wales, Australia Brian Crittendon, age 21, was chased by a dome-shaped object that emitted a narrow light beam toward the ground. He was so frightened that he drove home on a flat tire, followed for five kilometers by the object, which was about 50 meters away from him and 10 meters above ground. It overtook his car at a speed in excess of 100 km/h. Radio interference was noted but the UFO made no noise. There was an independent witness to the UFO.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: Michael Hervey, UFOs in the Southern Hemisphere, p. 49; Jacques Vallee, Passport to Magonia: A Century of Landings, case 457; Mark Rodeghier, UFO Reports Involving Vehicle Interference, case 89
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_293

Event 20136 (46120393)

Date: 1/14/1958
Time: 00:10
Location: CASINO, AUST
Description: Silent domed saucer / beam chases car / 3 mile(s). Radio Frequency Interference (RFI). Separate observer(s). / r142#7p1+/ r79p14.
Type: sighting
Reference: CHALKER,Bill: The OZ FILES. Australian Sightings. 1996 Duffy & Snellgrove. NSW,Australia. ISBN 1-875989-04-8 (Index 87)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_5850

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, HUM: Humans affected: Injury/burns/marks/abduction/death, VEH: Vehicle affected: Marks/damage/EME effects, EME: Electro-Magnetic Effects

Extra Data: Country: “Australia”, Credibility: “6”, Duration: “15”, HatchDesc: “CASINO,AUST:SLNT DOMED SCR/BEAM CHASES CAR/3 mi:RFI:sep.obs:/r142#7p1+/r79p14”, LatLong: “-28.833335 153.050007”, LatLongDMS: “28:50:00 S 153:03:00 E”, Locale: “Pasture”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “NSW”, Strangeness: “8”

Event 20137 (D1B53877)

Date: 1/14/1958
Location: Bering Sea, At Sea
Description: Military Aircraft Crew Encounters 3 Lights Tracked at 400 MPH (NICAP: 09 - RADAR Cases, Code: R, Rating: 5, BB: BBU) (NICAP: 11 - Aviation Cases)
Reference: NICAP: 580114
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_2223

Event 20138 (B7BE9400)

Date: 1/16/1958
Location: BRAZIL, Island of Trindade
Description: (Translated from French) Shortly after 12 o’clock, the Almirante Saldanha, a Brazilian Navy research vessel, was preparing to leave the Island of Trindade. (…) Captain Viegas was on the deck with several of his scientists and crew members, when suddenly an object in the shape of a Saturn came into view from the east. It flew over the island, went straight to the Desejado peak, at which point it made a sharp turn to head east-northeast. Mr. Barauna managed to take some excellent photographs of the phenomenon. (1958, January 16 (or 18))
Reference: Science et Vie, Special Edition 1997: 50 Years of UFOs, Atlas of Unsolved Cases, p. 60 to 63
Reference: Henry DURRANT: “The UFO File” - Laffont 1973 - p. 176-177
Reference: Mini catalogue chronologique des observations OVNI, by Godelieve Van Overmeire
Source: Overmeire, ID: Overmeire_2076

Event 20139 (9B9D1AE4)

Date: 1/16/1958
Description: (Translated from French) Observation and photography of the Trinity Island (Brazil). (January 16, 12 PM (6:45 PM ?))
Reference: rr0 - Beau
Source: rr0, ID: rr0_1743

Event 20140 (8943EBE8)

Date: 1/16/1958
Location: Trindade Isle, Brazil
Description: Members of naval survey ship photograph UFO. Non-US military.
Type: ufo sighting
Reference: UFOs and the National Security State: Chronology of a Cover-up, 1941–1973, by Richard Dolan
Source: Dolan, ID: Dolan_226

Event 20141 (17D4E11B)

Date: 1/16/1958
Time: 02:30
Location: VILLA VELHA, BRZ
Description: Doctor and 3. Large silent metallic Saturn-saucer hovers offshore. Beams going down / sea.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO’s a HISTORY-1958 (7 booklets) 1998/03 Self published. (Index 123)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_5851

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

Extra Data: Country: “Brazil”, Credibility: “8”, Duration: “10”, Elev: “0”, HatchDesc: “VILLA VELHA,BRZ:DOCTOR+3:LRG SLNT MTLC SATURN-SCR HVRS OFFSHORE:BEAMS ↓/SEA:”, LatLong: “-20.333334 -40.133335”, LatLongDMS: “20:20:00 S 40:08:00 W”, Locale: “Coastlands”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “ESP”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 20142 (6821835B)

Date: 1/16/1958
Time: 12:20
Location: TRINIDADE I, ATLANTIC OCEAN.
Description: 100+9 scientists. 4 photographs / 120’ saucer. Electric power out. Going northeast. / International UFO Reporter (CUFOS Group, USA) V8#4+/ r149p38.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO’s a HISTORY-1958 (7 booklets) 1998/03 Self published. (Index 702)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_5852

Attributes: SEA: Observer(s) at sea, MIL: Observer(s) military, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, HQO: High-quality observer(s), SCI: Scientist involvement, NWS: News media report, SCR: Classic saucer/disk/sphere shaped UFO, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), OBS: Observation/chasing vehicles, ANI: Animals affected or injuries/marks, VEH: Vehicle affected: Marks/damage/EME effects, PHT: Photos/movies/videos taken, EME: Electro-Magnetic Effects, COV: Indication of coverup

Extra Data: Country: “Atlantic Ocean + islands”, Credibility: “10”, Duration: “2”, Elev: “0”, HatchDesc: “TRINIDADE I,ATL:100+9 SCIs:4 FOTOS/120’SCR:ELEC.PWR OUT:>NE:/IUR V8#4+/r149p38”, LatLong: “-20.500001 -29.300001”, LatLongDMS: “20:30:00 S 29:18:00 W”, Locale: “Offshore”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “SAT”, Strangeness: “8”

Event 20143 (3D0876B3)

Date: 1/16/1958
Location: Trindade Island (NE of), At Sea
Description: Trindade Island Photo (E-M, Radar, AR) Case (NICAP: 08 - Photographic Cases, Code: I, Rating: 5, BB: BBU)
Reference: NICAP: 580116
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_2225

Event 20144 (0F8045BF)

Date: 1/16/1958
Locations: Ilha da Trindade, Brazil; Atlantic Ocean; Pico Desejado
Description: Around 12:00 noon. As the International Geophysical Year research ship Almirante Saldanha is anchored on the south side of Ilha da Trindade, Brazil, 730 miles off the coast in the Atlantic Ocean, the commander and many crew members, including photographer Almiro Baraúna, see a Saturn-shaped object maneuvering over the island. It reportedly comes toward the island from the east, flies towards the Pico Desejado, makes a steep turn, and goes away very quickly to the northwest. Baraúna takes four photos with a Rolleiflex 2.8 model E. Commander Paulo Moreira da Silva of the Brazilian Navy Hydrography and Navigation Department (who technically outranks the ship’s captain, José Santos de Saldanha da Gama), is apparently an eyewitness and states, “the object was encircled by a greenish glow, our [meteorological] balloon was of a red color.” Baraúna is officially there to take photos of the island, underwater photos, photos of the IGY activities, and the ship’s operations. The radar detection of an unexplained supersonic target reportedly occurs the day before, at about 12:05 p.m. There is a power failure on the ship when the object is seen; the power returns upon the object’s departure. Instruments like radio transmitters and apparatus with magnetic needles cease operating while the flying object remains in the island’s proximity. Willy Smith’s April 20, 1983, interview of Baraúna takes on more significance: “I asked if the object had been detected by ship’s radar. He [Baraúna] replied that it hadn’t because all the electrical power aboard ship was out at the time. He was sure of the reality of the power outage because just before the object appeared a launch was being hauled up from the water by electric pulley, and it stopped midway just as the UFO appeared!” The ship’s log is provably incomplete since it does not even mention the UFO photo incident. A 1999 analysis by Martin J. Powell seems to indicate that the object photographed is an airplane, distorted by Baraúna through a double-exposure process. In August 2010, a major TV show in Brazil airs information stating that the original photographer had made hoax photographs in the past.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Wikipedia, “Trindade Island UFO hoax”; Wikipedia, “Caso da Ilha da Trindade”; NICAP, “Trindade Island Photo (E-M, Radar, AR) Case”; Olavo T. Fontes, “The UAO Sightings at the Island of Trindade, Part 1,” APRO Bulletin, January 1960, pp. 5–9; Olavo T. Fontes, “UAO Sightings over Trindade, Part II,” APRO Bulletin, March 1960, pp. 5–8; Olavo T. Fontes, “UAO Sightings at the Island of Trindade, Part III,” APRO Bulletin, May 1960, pp. 4– 9; John T. Hopf, “Exclusive IGY Photo Analysis,” APRO Bulletin, May 1960, pp. 1, 4; “New Evidence on IGY Photos,” APRO Bulletin, January 1965, pp. 1, 3–8; Lorenzen, UFOs: The Whole Story, Signet, 1969, pp. 205– 210; Willy Smith, “Trindade Revisited,” IUR 8, no. 4 (July/Aug. 1983): 3–5, 14; Willy Smith, “UFOs in Latin America,” UFOs 1947–1987, Fortean Tomes, 1987, pp. 109–111; Martin J. Powell, “The Trindade Island UFO: A Detailed Study of Photos 1 and 2,” Aenigmatis, Summer 1999; Don Berliner, with Marie Galbreath and Antonio Huneeus, UFO Briefing Document: The Best Available Evidence, Dell, 2000, pp. 71–77; Martin Shough, “The Trindade Island Photographs, 16 Jan 1958,” Aerial Phenomena Studies Index, 2004; Equipe UFO, “Documento raro sobre o caso Trindade ressurge no exterior,” Portal UFO, August 31, 2010; Sparks, p. 262; Story, pp. 366–369; Swords 463–465; Brazil 49–57; Clark III 1132–1136; Patrick Gross, “The Trindade Island Photographic Case of 1958”
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_3141

Event 20145 (DD9D3B98)

Date: 1/16/1958
Description: At 2:30 a.m. a doctor in Villa Velha in the Brazilian state of Espirito Santo and three others witnessed a large silent metallic Saturn-shaped UFO hovering offshore. It directed a beam of light downward into the ocean. Later than same day a famous set of photographs of a Saturn-shaped UFO was taken at 12:15 p.m. from a Brazilian Navy ship participating in the International Geophysical Year explorations, and anchored at Trindade Island in the Atlantic Ocean. Sr. Barauna, the ship’s photographer took the photographs, but over 100 witnesses aboard ship witnessed the maneuvering UFO. The four photos are somewhat over exposed, but show the object reversing direction and flying back over a craggy mountaintop.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: Loren E. Gross, The Fifth Horseman of the Apocalypse: UFOs: A History -1958: January-February, p. 23; Coral E. Lorenzen, Flying Saucers: The Startling Evidence of the Invasion from Outer Space, p. 164
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_347

Event 20146 (BE067D9D)

Date: 1/17/1958
Location: 50.4375 77.814167
Description: Nuclear test: Air, confirmed. Country: USSR 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_1082

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”

Event 20147 (8663BEAD)

Date: 1/21/1958
Time: 16:00
Location: TUMACACORI MTS, AZ
Description: 2 white silent hat-saucers going southwest. Flip over. Sawtooth trajectory. Enter cloud.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO’s a HISTORY-1958 (7 booklets) 1998/03 Self published. (Index 133)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_5853

Attributes: 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: “1624”, HatchDesc: “TUMACACORI Mts,AZ:2 WHT SLNT HAT-SCRS >SW:FLIP OVER:SAWTOOTH TRAJ:ENTER CLOUD”, LatLong: “31.500002 -111.033339”, LatLongDMS: “31:30:00 N 111:02:00 W”, Locale: “Mountains”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Arizona”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 20148 (CCC23859)

Date: 1/21/1958
Description: Two white, silent, hat-shaped saucers flew over the Tumacacori Mountains in Arizona at 4:00 p.m., heading toward the southwest. They flipped over, then flew in a sawtooth trajectory and entered a cloud.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: Loren E. Gross, The Fifth Horseman of the Apocalypse: UFOs: A History. 1958: January-February, p. 33
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_401

Event 20149 (BD100BDA)

Date: 1/22/1958
Description: Major D. Keyhoe cut off TV show dealing with UFO discussion
Type: ufological event
Reference: Keziah Poster
Source: Maj2, ID: Maj2_158

Event 20150 (925C2E0B)

Date: 1/22/1958 (approximate)
Time: 13:00?
Location: WIMBERLEY, TX
Description: 6+observer(s). 2 luminous/glowing objects Skip about and play tag / sky. / San Marcos Record 23 Jn.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO’s a HISTORY-1958 (7 booklets) 1998/03 Self published. (Index 139)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_5854

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, HQO: High-quality observer(s), NWS: News media report, NLT: Nightlights/points of light

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “8”, Duration: “15”, Elev: “320”, HatchDesc: “WIMBERLEY,TX:6+OBS:2 LUMn OBJS SKIP ABOUT+PLAY TAG/SKY:/San Marcos Record 23Jn”, LatLong: “29.994446 -98.100005”, LatLongDMS: “29:59:40 N 98:06:00 W”, Locale: “Town & City”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Texas”, Strangeness: “5”

Event 20151 (CED635E2)

Date: 1/22/1958
Description: The “UFO: The Enigma of the Skies” segment of Armstrong Circle Theater airs on CBS. USAF Reserve Lt. Col. Spencer Whedon from ATIC says all UFOs are explainable. Keyhoe comes on and starts reading his script for a few minutes, then shocks everyone by deviating from it, saying “And now, Mr. Edwards, I would like to make a disclosure, something which has never been revealed to the public. For the last six months our committee has been working with a Senate committee which is investigating official secrecy on UFOs. If the hearings are held, open hearings, I feel it would prove beyond doubt that flying saucers are real—”. Then his microphone is cut off, although the filming continues. Menzel then appears, then USAF spokesman Richard E. Horner comes on afterward and says that the Air Force is not hiding anything about UFOs. Keyhoe later claims this is not censorship by the show, although he thinks it is the Air Force silence group at work. In April, CBS director of editing Herbert A. Carlborg tells NICAP that Keyhoe’s deviation “might lead to statements that neither this network nor the individuals on the program were authorized to release. As a consequence, public interest was served.”
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Clark III 167–168; Keyhoe, FSTS, pp. 22–23, 155–165; “UFO Archives: Project Blue Book—Col. Spenser Whedon, Dr. Donald Menzel, Major Donald Keyhoe” [audio only], UFO Archives YouTube channel, May 22, 2014; Loren E. Gross, The Fifth Horseman of the Apocalypse: UFOs, a History: 1958 January– February, The Author, 1998, pp. 23, 28–30, 35–39; Loren E. Gross, The Fifth Horseman of the Apocalypse: UFOs, a History: 1958 March–April, The Author, 1998, pp. 10–17; Swords 272; Good Above, pp. 286–287
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_3142

Event 20152 (8FC85BF6)

Date: 1/22/1958
Description: Two luminous objects skipped about and played tag in the sky over Wimberley, Texas at one o’clock in the afternoon.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: San Marcos (TX) Record, January 23, 1958; Loren E. Gross, The Fifth Horseman of the Apocalypse: UFOs: A History. 1958: January-February, p. 39
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_410

Event 20153 (73DF8D6F)

Date: 1/23/1958
Location: Langley AFB, Virginia
Description: Capt. G. H. Oldenburgh, public information officer at Langley AFB, Virginia, writes to a NICAP member who has been denied a request to place an ad in the base newspaper asking for UFO reports: “I felt it would encourage Air Force personnel to violate present Air Force policy and specifically AF Regulation 200-2.”
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Frank Edwards, FS Serious Business, Bantam ed., 1966, p. 51
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_3143

Event 20154 (DE2E9492)

Date: 1/24/1958
Description: An unidentified object followed behind Sputnik II while orbiting over Brooklyn Park, South Australia on this evening. It travelled fast to the east, and then swung to the north before disappearing.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: Michael Hervey, UFOs Over the Southern Hemisphere, p. 163
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_477

Event 20155 (6F19EF48)

Date: 1/26/1958
Time: 16:00
Location: SHIMADA, JPN
Description: Vibrant bright object lands / beach. Figure(s) float down. Talk gibberish. / r8 #458.
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_5855

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, OID: Humanoid: Small alien or “Grey”, PSH: Pseudo-human: Clone/organic robot/human-like, CVS: Conversation/communication, LND: UFO landing or any part touches ground

Extra Data: Country: “Japan”, Credibility: “10”, Duration: “20”, HatchDesc: “SHIMADA,JPN:VBRITE OBJ LANDS/BEACH:FIGs FLOAT DOWN:TALK GIBBERISH:/r8 #458”, LatLong: “34.816668 138.216673”, LatLongDMS: “34:49:00 N 138:13:00 E”, Locale: “Coastlands”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Honshu Island”, Strangeness: “8”

Event 20156 (D512336A)

Date: 1/26/1958
Time: 1600
Location: Shimada City, Japan
Description: A very bright object landed before numerous chemical workers; they reported beings falling from the sky without parachutes. They wore strange suits and spoke an unknown language.
Type: ufo sighting
Reference: FSR 58, 3 (Vallee)
Source: ValléeMagonia, ID: Magonia_458

Event 20157 (6A5518BF)

Date: 1/26/1958
Location: Shimada, Japan
Description: 4:00 p.m. Some chemical workers at Shimada, Japan, see a bright object land and claim that beings fell from the sky without parachutes. They wear strange suits and speak an unknown language.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: “They Are Landing in Japan, Too,” Flying Saucer Review 4, no. 3 (May/June 1958): 33
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_3144

Event 20158 (9F26F2C8)

Date: 1/26/1958
Description: A very bright object landed before numerous chemical workers in Shimada City, Japan at 4 p.m. They reported beings falling from the sky without parachutes. They wore strange suits and spoke an unknown language.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: Flying Saucer Review, May-June 1958; Jacques Vallee, Passport to Magonia: A Century of Landings, case 458; David F. Webb & Ted Bloecher, HUMCAT: Catalogue of Humanoid Reports, case A0458
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_517

Event 20159 (DCDAD61A)

Date: 1/27/1958
Time: 09:30
Location: SOBY / SKIVE, DK
Description: 3 silver objects going quickly [to] WNW. Then 3 more. 1 drops bubble which bursts…
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO’s a HISTORY-1958 (7 booklets) 1998/03 Self published. (Index 142)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_5856

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, PRB: Probe: Possibly remote controlled, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), TCH: New technical details/clues

Extra Data: Country: “Scandanavian and Finland”, Credibility: “6”, Duration: “30”, HatchDesc: “SOBY/SKIVE,DK:3 SLVR OBJS >>WNW:THEN 3 MORE:1 DROPS BUBBLE WHICH BURSTS…”, LatLong: “56.533336 9.116667”, LatLongDMS: “56:32:00 N 09:07:00 E”, Locale: “Farmlands”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Danemark”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 20160 (4BA2B05F)

Date: 1/27/1958
Time: 23:50
Location: NEAR NAZCA, PERU
Description: Shocks! Car and truck and bus electro-magnetic effect (EME). 15’ saucer going down. Hovers / 150’. / MJ#237+/ APRO 1’59.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO’s a HISTORY-1958 (7 booklets) 1998/03 Self published. (Index 713)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_5857

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

Extra Data: Country: “Peru”, Credibility: “10”, Duration: “15”, Elev: “590”, HatchDesc: “nr NAZCA,PERU:SHOCKS!:CAR+TRUCK+BUS EME:15’SCR↓:HVRS/150’:/MJ#237+/APRO 1’59”, LatLong: “-14.833334 -74.666670”, LatLongDMS: “14:50:00 S 74:40:00 W”, Locale: “Pasture”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, RelAlt: “45”, State/Prov: “LIM”, Strangeness: “7”

Event 20161 (FEC15C51)

Date: 1/28/1958
Locations: Capitol Hill; Ohio
Description: Hillenkoetter announces that “two committees on Capitol Hill” are investigating the UFO controversy. Rep. William Hanes Ayres (R-Ohio) writes a letter to constituent Melvin V. Knapp, saying that “Congressional investigations have been held and are still being held on the problem of unidentified flying objects (UFO’s). Since most of the material presented to the committees is classified, the hearings are never printed. When conclusions are reached, they will be released if possible.”
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: “Flying Saucer Proof Clouded by Air Force, Private Probers Say,” Rochester (N.Y.) Democrat and Chronicle, August 3, 1958, p. 8; UFOEv, p. 173
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_3145

Event 20162 (D3F50973)

Date: 1/30/1958
Time: 05:20
Location: MONTEVIDEO, URUGUAY
Description: Project Bluebook Case #unknown. Photographs / UFO up close. 1 object seen 30 min. 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 52)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_5858

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CST: Observer(s) in coastal area/just offshore, NLT: Nightlights/points of light, OID: Humanoid: Small alien or “Grey”, PHT: Photos/movies/videos taken, MIL: Military investigation, BBK: Project BLUEBOOK

Extra Data: Country: “Uruguay”, Credibility: “8”, Duration: “30”, Elev: “29”, HatchDesc: “MONTEVIDEO,URUGUAY:BBK#UNK:FOTOS/UFO UP CLOSE:1 OBJ SEEN 30 MIN:NFD”, LatLong: “-34.816668 -56.150003”, LatLongDMS: “34:49:00 S 56:09:00 W”, Locale: “Metropolis”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “MON”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 20163 (6ACC9C00)

Date: 1/30/1958
Location: Lima (near), Ohio
Description: Truck, bus, and car passengers felt shock; motors of all three vehicles failed, as UFO descended and hovered (NICAP: 03 - EME Cases)
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_2226

Event 20164 (6C025A8E)

Date: 1/30/1958
Locations: Arequipa; Lima; Peru; Yauca District; Pan American Highway; 220 miles northwest of Arequipa
Description: 11:45 p.m. Attorney José Valencia Dongo, his wife, and their nephew feel an electric shock as they are driving between Arequipa and Lima, Peru, at a point (roughly around the Yauca District) along the Pan American Highway 220 miles northwest of Arequipa. Several seconds later the headlights and engine of their car fails. They then see an inverted mushroom-shaped object, about 15 feet in diameter, descending from the sky. It hovers for about 8 minutes at a 150-foot altitude, glowing red. A truck and bus are also affected.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Civilian Saucer Intelligence, “Shapes in the Sky,” Fantastic Universe, 10, no. 4 (October 1958): 111; Charles A. Maney and Richard Hall, The Challenge of Unidentified Flying Objects, NICAP, 1961, p. 82; Schopick, pp. 58–59; Mark Rodeghier, UFO Reports Involving Vehicle Interference, CUFOS, 1981, p. 14
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_3146

Event 20165 (4843FFC1)

Date: 1/30/1958
Description: At 11:45 p.m. a lawyer, his wife, and their nephew felt an electric shock at a point 220 miles north of Arequipa, Peru heading towards Lima. Several seconds later the headlights and engine of their car failed. An inverted mushroom-shaped object was then observed, about 15 feet in diameter, descending from the sky. It hovered for about eight minutes at a 150-foot altitude, glowing red. A truck and a bus were also affected by the presence of the UFO.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: Mark Rodeghier, UFO Reports Involving Vehicle Interference, case 90, citing Charles Maney & Richard Hall, The Challenge of Unidentified Flying Objects
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_599

Event 20166 (263D1D9E)

Date: 1/31/1958
Location: USA
Description: (Translated from French) First launch of an American satellite, Explorer 1 reached the planned orbit. It was time because a series of failed launches had shaken people’s confidence that the USA would ever be capable of doing as much as the Russians.
Reference: “Ufo’s: a Century of Sightings” by Michael David Hall, Galde Prss Inc. 1999, p. 256
Reference: Mini catalogue chronologique des observations OVNI, by Godelieve Van Overmeire
Source: Overmeire, ID: Overmeire_2078

Event 20167 (33F4AAE6)

Date: 1/31/1958
Description: (Translated from French) Launch of Explorer 1, first American satellite, under the direction of Wernher von Braun. (January 31)
Reference: rr0 - Beau
Source: rr0, ID: rr0_1744

Event 20168 (7CD7AF96)

Date: 1/31/1958
Time: 22:00?
Location: 60 MI SOUTH / ZAMA, JPN
Description: 2 T33 pilots. 5+3+4 yellow night lights flash every 5-8 second(s). Also circular object?
Type: sighting
Reference: HAINES, Richard Ph.D: PROJECT DELTA; 1994, LDA Press, PO Box 880, Los Altos, CA 94023 USA (Index 169)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_5859

Attributes: CST: Observer(s) in coastal area/just offshore, AIR: Observer(s) on aircraft, MIL: Observer(s) military, SCR: Classic saucer/disk/sphere shaped UFO, NLT: Nightlights/points of light, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), SIG: Signals/responses to/from/between UFO’s/occupants/observers

Extra Data: Country: “Japan”, Credibility: “7”, Duration: “10”, HatchDesc: “60mi S/ZAMA,JPN:2 T33 PILOTS:5+3+4 YEL.NLTS FLASH EVERY 5-8sec:+CIRCULAR OBJ?”, LatLong: “34.600002 139.400007”, LatLongDMS: “34:36:00 N 139:24:00 E”, Locale: “Coastlands”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Honshu Island”, Strangeness: “5”

Event 20169 (DF9D631F)

Date: 1/31/1958
Location: Tokyo (25 miles SW of), Japan
Description: USAF pilots saw 12 yellow-orange lights fly S in 3 groups (NICAP: 11 - Aviation Cases, BB: BBU)
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_2227

Event 20170 (5E16269B)

Date: 1/31/1958
Description: A meeting is held in the office of Assistant Secretary of the Air Force Richard E. Horner under the auspices of the Subcommittee on Investigations of the Senate Committee on Government Operations, even though Sen. John L. McClellan (D-Ark.) and other senators are absent. The Air Force is represented by Maj. James F. Byrne, Maj. Joseph E. Boland, and Maj. Lawrence J. Tacker who meet with the subcommittee’s FBI liaisons. Tacker declares that USAF does not want a congressional investigation, and the McClellan effort dies immediately.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Swords 275
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_3147

Event 20171 (3AAC24F0)

Date: 1/31/1958
Location: Cape Canaveral Missile Annex, Florida
Description: 10:48 p.m. The US launches its first satellite, Explorer 1, from Cape Canaveral Missile Annex, Florida. It is the first spacecraft to detect the Van Allen radiation belt.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Wikipedia, “Explorer 1”
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_3148

Event 20172 (AA885D2D)

Date: 2/1958
Description: Brazilian Navy releases authentic picture of UFO
Type: ufological event
Reference: Keziah Poster
Source: Maj2, ID: Maj2_159

Event 20173 (97F32E7A)

Date: 2/1958
Description: (Translated from French) Release of the first issue of Lumières dans la nuit.
Reference: rr0 - Beau
Source: rr0, ID: rr0_1745

Event 20174 (B2E2B02E)

Date: 2/1958
Time: 13:00?
Location: EAGLE POINT, OR
Description: 1 observer. 500’ disk going down [to] low. Extends funnel going down / pond / 20 minute(s). Fog follows object going up.
Type: sighting
Reference: The APRO BULLETIN: Monthly. Jim & Coral Lorenzen: Tucson,AZ (USA. defunct) By volume and number. (Index 916)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_5860

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, SCR: Classic saucer/disk/sphere shaped UFO, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), SMP: Sampling of plant/animal/soil/tissue/specimens, LND: UFO landing or any part touches ground, CMF: Camouflage/disguise

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “6”, Duration: “20”, Elev: “398”, HatchDesc: “EAGLE POINT,OR:1 OBS:500’DISK ↓ LOW:EXTENDS FUNNEL ↓/POND/20min:FOG FOLOS OBJ↑”, LatLong: “42.472224 -122.800006”, LatLongDMS: “42:28:20 N 122:48:00 W”, Locale: “Residential”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Oregon”, Strangeness: “7”

Event 20175 (EAD434E5)

Date: 2/1958
Locations: Armstrong Circle Theater; Ryan
Description: Keyhoe meets again with Rep. James C. Healey and tells him that the Armstrong Circle Theater incident was Air Force censorship. A few days later, Healey tells Keyhoe that the Air Force is claiming that the program proves “there are no such things as flying saucers.” Keyhoe gives Healey the facts about the 1956 Ryan case pointing to USAF ordering a commercial flight to pursue UFOs, citing the Meet the Millers tape from April 16, 1956, which he has obtained. He offers to get the committee a transcript.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Keyhoe, FSTS, pp. 166–167, 182–184
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_3149

Event 20176 (2D45E4D9)

Date: 2/1958
Location: Le Chambon-sur-Lignon, Haute-Loire, France
Description: Ufologist Raymond Veillith launches the UFO journal Lumières dans la Nuit in Le Chambon-sur-Lignon, Haute-Loire, France. It continues on under various editors until at least 2018.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Lumières dans la Nuit, no. 1 (February 1958); Wikipedia, “Lumières dans la Nuit”; Story, p. 218
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_3150

Event 20177 (FF21E450)

Date: 2/1/1958
Location: Cape Canaveral Launch Complex 26
Description: First US Satellite Explorer 1 launched into a geocentric medium earth orbit from Cape Canaveral Launch Complex 26
Type: aerospace
Reference: Wikipedia
Source: Maj2, ID: Maj2_583

Event 20178 (783CDCF6)

Date: 2/1/1958
Location: USA, Cape Kennedy (Cape Canaveral)
Description: (Translated from French) The Vanguard technicians were dismissed (due to the Russian success and the American failure) and the Army was asked to lend its rocket “Jupiter” prepared by von Braun. It was this rocket that successfully put the first American satellite, the “Explorer I” into orbit on February 1, 1958. Still a very modest satellite compared to the Sputniks since its mass did not reach 14 kg.
Reference: Continued 31.3.70
Reference: “Astronautics” Pierre Rousseau, Hachette 1965, p. 18
Reference: Mini catalogue chronologique des observations OVNI, by Godelieve Van Overmeire
Source: Overmeire, ID: Overmeire_2079

Event 20179 (C346877F)

Date: 2/1/1958
Time: 23:30
Location: LADAPEYRE, FR
Description: 5 observer(s). Elongated red ovoid going [to] low and slow / 2 minute(s). Turns white and rises slowly.
Type: sighting
Reference: LUMIERES DANS la NUIT (LDLN), Paris. Bimonthly since 1957. LDLN B.P.3; 77123 Le Vaudoue, FRANCE. (Index 131)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_5861

Attributes: 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: “10”, HatchDesc: “LADAPEYRE,FR:5 OBS:ELONGATED RED OVOID >LOW+SLOW/2min:TURNS WHITE+RISES SLOWLY”, LatLong: “46.250002 2.050000”, LatLongDMS: “46:15:00 N 02:03:00 E”, Locale: “Farmlands”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Creuse”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 20180 (5C67448C)

Date: 2/1/1958
Description: A huge luminous disc hovered for more than 30 minutes over farm country in Ladapeyre, France beginning at 11:30 p.m.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: Lumieres dans la Nuit, issue # 131
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_652

Event 20181 (FE9AA8E4)

Date: 2/2/1958
Time: 15:30
Location: HOKKAIDO ISLAND, JPN
Description: 3 / farm. Location unknown. Silent ovoid passes. Drops / hills. No further details. / r8#459.
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_5862

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: “Japan”, Credibility: “7”, Duration: “1”, HatchDesc: “HOKKAIDO Isl,JPN:3/FARM:loc.unk:SLNT OVOID PASSES:DROPS/HILLS:NFD:/r8#459”, LatLong: “43.500002 142.750007”, LatLongDMS: “43:30:00 N 142:45:00 E”, Locale: “Farmlands”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “HKD”, Strangeness: “7”

Event 20182 (6F632348)

Date: 2/2/1958
Location: New South Wales, AU
Description: Elliptical UFO with two “porthole” like markings. [UFOE, XII] (NICAP: 01 - Distant Encounters)
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_2229

Event 20183 (CAFE5B58)

Date: 2/2/1958
Time: 1530
Location: Hokkaido, Japan
Description: Farmer Yasukichi Nakaguchi and his son, and Kametaro Takuma, saw an egg-shaped object that landed silently.
Type: ufo sighting
Reference: FSR 58, 3 (Vallee)
Source: ValléeMagonia, ID: Magonia_459

Event 20184 (9577EF74)

Date: 2/2/1958
Location: New South Wales, Australia
Description: An elliptical UFO with two porthole-like markings is seen somewhere in New South Wales, Australia.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: UFOEv, p. 137
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_3151

Event 20185 (FBF34DC2)

Date: 2/2/1958
Description: At 3:30 p.m. farmer Yasukichi Nakaguchi and his son, and Kametaro Takuma, saw an egg-shaped object that landed silently in Hokkaido, Japan.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: Jacques Vallee, Passport to Magonia: A Century of Landings, case 459
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_663

Event 20186 (D59FCFCC)

Date: 2/2/1958
Description: At 8:15 p.m. a UFO with a cone-shaped orange flame at its tail moved southwest to northeast over Seacombe Gardens, Adelaide, South Australia. It made a droning noise like a motor, and flew at an estimated altitude of 20,000 feet.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: Michael Hervey, UFOs Over the Southern Hemisphere, p. 163
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_664

Event 20187 (AA1DBDA3)

Date: 2/3/1958
Location: Baltimore, Maryland
Description: OTC Enterprises runs a two-page ad in a Baltimore, Maryland, newspaper and distributes a well-printed brochure announcing that Otis T. Carr has approached the US government and offered to build it a working spacecraft called the OTC-X1—circular, 45 feet in diameter and 15 feet high—for $20 million. He sets a date of December 7, 1959, to take a three-man crew on the spacecraft on a round trip to the Moon. Some press accounts treat Carr as if he is a real scientist.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Clark III 860
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_3152

Event 20188 (A3E522B0)

Date: 2/5/1958
Location: Kearney, NE
Description: Reinhold Schmidt’s 2nd contact with saucers & spacepeople, takes ride.
Type: ce4 event
Reference: Keziah Poster
Source: Maj2, ID: Maj2_160

Event 20189 (2CA15473)

Date: 2/5/1958
Description: The Air Force revises AFR 200-2 and recreates the system of air base commanders conducting initial investigations of sightings in their areas. It also continues ATIC’s responsibility to “reduce the percentage of unidentifieds to the minimum.”
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Department of the Air Force, “Intelligence: Unidentified Flying Objects (UFO),” Air Force Regulation 200-2, February 5, 1958; Department of the Air Force, “Intelligence: Unidentified Flying Objects (UFO),” Air Force Regulation 200-2A, July 3, 1958
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_3153

Event 20190 (041B27E8)

Date: 2/6/1958 (approximate)
Location: PT. MORESBY, PNG
Description: Several observer(s). Red blob / light going southwest. Stops / airport / 60M altitude. Quickly going up. / APRO 7’61.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO’s a HISTORY-1958 (7 booklets) 1998/03 Self published. (Index 151)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_5863

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

Extra Data: Country: “Pacific Ocean and non - Asian islands”, Credibility: “8”, Duration: “2”, Elev: “2”, HatchDesc: “Pt.MORESBY,PNG:SVRL OBS:RED BLOB/LITE >SW:STOPS/AIRPORT/60M alt:↑↑:/APRO 7’61”, LatLong: “-9.583334 147.333340”, LatLongDMS: “09:35:00 S 147:20:00 E”, Locale: “Islands”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “PNG”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 20191 (6B65324F)

Date: 2/7/1958
Location: GREAT BRITAIN, near Birmingham
Description: (Translated from French) (cf: January 7, 1958) An unknown man rang the doorbell, saying he had burned his hand and asking for help. When he removed his hat, revealing his long blond hair, Cynthia recognized him. He asked for boiling water and plunged his hand into it. After injecting himself with white light to protect himself from terrestrial bacteria, he applied a jelly to his hand which immediately restored the skin. The extraterrestrial gave her a kind of lesson and promised to return on the 7th of the following five months to complete the teaching. He did not dematerialize, but left in a black limousine driven by an alien with an olive complexion. After his departure, Mrs. Appleton found a fragment of dead skin at the bottom of the bowl used by the visitor to treat himself. The sample was given to a biologist at the University of Manchester. (continued: March 11, 1958) (Marie-Thérèse de BROSSES: “Enquête sur les enlèvements E.T.” - Plon 1979, p. 139) Mrs. Appleton had a second contact, this time with two characters who appeared in the same way. On this occasion they spoke to her in English but with a foreign accent, articulating carefully. The first form (her contact of November 18) had long hair falling on her shoulders. The second and apparently the oldest of the two had shorter, curly hair on her ears. Mrs. Appelton was informed that they only appeared to her because her brain was properly tuned for such contacts. She was told that she was seeing a projection of entities and that she should not touch them. (…) she said she had experienced other visits since the first two, including one where an entity appeared at her door and asked her to bandage his injured hand.
Reference: Charles BOWEN: "En quête des humano

[c0mmando]

ïdes" - J’ai Lu 1974, p. 19
Reference: Mini catalogue chronologique des observations OVNI, by Godelieve Van Overmeire
Source: Overmeire, ID: Overmeire_2080

Event 20192 (86486579)

Date: 2/7/1958
Location: Pentagon
Description: In response to the launching of Sputnik, President Eisenhower creates the Advanced Research Projects Agency and houses it in the Pentagon.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Wikipedia, “DARPA”
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_3154

Event 20193 (467C48CB)

Date: 2/9/1958
Location: Troy, MI
Description: Oval UFO photographed. [UFOE,VIII] (NICAP: 08 - Photographic Cases)
Reference: NICAP: 580209
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_2230

Event 20194 (C3FF31DD)

Date: 2/13/1958
Location: Wake Island (west of), At Sea
Description: Radar Contacts & Flare-Like Explosion (NICAP: 09 - RADAR Cases, Code: R, Rating: 5)
Reference: NICAP: 580213
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_2231

Event 20195 (E70C79A8)

Date: 2/17/1958
Time: 20:20
Location: ALCALDE, NM
Description: 2 / car and several pilots. Silent domed ovoid and beams. Watch stops. 2 hours missing time.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO’s a HISTORY-1958 (7 booklets) 1998/03 Self published. (Index 163)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_5864

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., OBS: Observation/chasing vehicles, RAY: Odd light/searchlight/beam/laser-like, MST: Missing time or time anomaly

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “9”, Duration: “120”, Elev: “1739”, HatchDesc: “ALCALDE,NM:2/CAR+SVRL PILOTS:SLNT DOMED OVOID+BEAMS:WATCH STOPS:2 HRS MST:”, LatLong: “36.100002 -106.055561”, LatLongDMS: “36:06:00 N 106:03:20 W”, Locale: “Mountains”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “New Mexico”, Strangeness: “7”

Event 20196 (20A274EA)

Date: 2/17/1958
Locations: Alcalde, New Mexico; State Highway 68; Albuquerque; Lovelace Clinic in Albuquerque
Description: Evening. Flora Evans and Bernice McIntosh twice encounter an intensely brilliant orange light about 15 feet in diameter that sends out peculiar grid-like or diamond-shaped patterns and lights up a canyon northeast of Alcalde, New Mexico, along State Highway 68. The two women are temporarily blinded. Their trip home to Albuquerque inexplicably takes 4 hours instead of the normal 2 hours. Both witnesses are exhausted and have burned or reddened areas on their skin, some on their kneecaps and the back of their lower legs, even though they have not left the car. Evans has a reddened area shaped like a triangle on her back. An acquaintance, Paul Boyett, has a Geiger counter, with which he gets a high radiation count from both women on February 19. The next day Evans, who is working in some capacity in civil defense, goes to her doctor at the Lovelace Clinic in Albuquerque, to see about possible radiation burns and exposure. She overhears a comment about “178 roentgens” exposure, but the doctor says there is nothing to worry about. McIntosh’s symptoms (nausea, vomiting, rash) are initially more irritating but subside substantially, although both women have swellings in their lower legs, and both gain serious weight (some 50 pounds) over the next few months.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Loren E. Gross, The Fifth Horseman of the Apocalypse: UFOs, a History: 1958 January–February, The Author, 1998, pp. 60–64 ; Michael D, Swords, “Can UFOs Cause Physiological Effects? Part 2” IUR 34, no. 1 (Sept. 2011): 4–5; Swords 280–281; Clark III 1–2, 950
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_3155

Event 20197 (BA63687C)

Date: 2/17/1958
Location: Santa Fe, New Mexico
Description: Mrs. Leroy Evans and Mrs. Fred McIntosh each suffered burns while watching a hovering UFO near the ground.
Type: ufo sighting
Reference: The Flying Saucers are Hostile!, by George D. Fawcett 1961
Source: HostileFawcett, ID: HostileFawcett_71

Event 20198 (502F453C)

Date: 2/19/1958
Time: 04:40
Location: PORTIERA ORTIZ, BRZ
Description: Many observer(s). Saturn-saucer follows jeep / 80 mn. Hovers / military base. / APRO3’59.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO’s a HISTORY-1958 (7 booklets) 1998/03 Self published. (Index 165)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_5865

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, RAY: Odd light/searchlight/beam/laser-like, HUM: Humans affected: Injury/burns/marks/abduction/death, VEH: Vehicle affected: Marks/damage/EME effects

Extra Data: Country: “Brazil”, Credibility: “11”, Duration: “80”, Elev: “661”, HatchDesc: “PORTIERA ORTIZ,BRZ:MANY OBS:SATURN-SCR FOLOS JEEP/80mn:HVRS/MIL.BASE:/APRO3’59”, LatLong: “-22.483334 -55.633336”, LatLongDMS: “22:29:00 S 55:38:00 W”, Locale: “Forest”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “MGS”, Strangeness: “8”

Event 20199 (D02194EA)

Date: 2/19/1958
Location: Hokkaido, Japan
Description: Giant Radar Return Reported to Air Force PBB (NICAP: 09 - RADAR Cases, Code: R, Rating: 5, BB: BB)
Reference: NICAP: 580219
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_2232

Event 20200 (2F7FCF88)

Date: 2/19/1958
Locations: Porteiro Ortiz, Mato Grosso do Sul, Brazil; Highway 463; Ponta Porã
Description: 10:30 p.m. Cicero Claudino da Silva, Mustafa Esgaib, Alegario Campos, and João Manuel Vasquez are investigating the Ponta Porã case from December. They are at Porteiro Ortiz, Mato Grosso do Sul, Brazil, along Highway 463 and shining their lights in the direction of the Paraguayan frontier when a reddish light appears and becomes larger, as if approaching them. The ground around their car is illuminated for a few seconds, and they realize that another red light is nearing them on the other side of the car. They head for Ponta Porã at breakneck speed.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Olavo T. Fontes, “The Shadow of the Unknown,” APRO Bulletin, March 1959, p. 6
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_3156

Event 20201 (AC50BF14)

Date: 2/20/1958
Location: Winslow (NW of), AZ
Description: 12 military officers saw a round or cigar-shaped stationary object (NICAP: 01 - Distant Encounters, BB: BBU)
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_2233

Event 20202 (CE85C687)

Date: 2/21/1958
Description: (Translated from French) The views taken on January 16 at the Trinity Island, as well as their history, make the first page of Correio da Manha of Rio de Janeiro. (February 21)
Reference: rr0 - Beau
Source: rr0, ID: rr0_1746

Event 20203 (3558F249)

Date: 2/22/1958
Location: 37.0000 -116.0000
Description: Nuclear test: Underground, confirmed. Country: USA Name: “Venus” YieldMax: .001KT
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_119

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: “Venus”, NukeSource: “NV209”, NukeType: “NUCU”, NukeYMax: “.001”

Event 20204 (589BAB40)

Date: 2/23/1958
Location: 73.7500 54.7500
Description: Nuclear test: Air, confirmed. Country: USSR Yield: 860KT
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_1083

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: “860”

Event 20205 (6E6C134F)

Date: 2/24/1958
Time: 03:10
Location: SOUTH ANTONIO DE JESUS, BRZ
Description: Car malfunctions due to EME (electro-magnetic effects). Luminous/glowing silent object going down / 3M. Going up [to] as observer(s) walk near. / r70p3-55.
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 44)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_5866

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, 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: “Brazil”, Credibility: “8”, Duration: “205”, Elev: “173”, HatchDesc: “S.ANTONIO de JESUS,BRZ:CAR EMES:LUMn SLNT OBJ↓/3M:↑ as OBS WALK NEAR:/r70p3-55”, LatLong: “-12.983334 -39.266669”, LatLongDMS: “12:59:00 S 39:16:00 W”, Locale: “Pasture”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, RelAlt: “3”, State/Prov: “Bahia”, Strangeness: “7”

Event 20206 (900D2D49)

Date: 2/24/1958
Time: 21:00
Location: RICHMOND, BC
Description: Boy / 12. 3M ovoid with buzzing arms / 1M altitude. BEAMs toward(s) car and observer(s).
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_5867

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CST: Observer(s) in coastal area/just offshore, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, SCR: Classic saucer/disk/sphere shaped UFO, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), OBS: Observation/chasing vehicles, RAY: Odd light/searchlight/beam/laser-like, HUM: Humans affected: Injury/burns/marks/abduction/death, LND: UFO landing or any part touches ground, TCH: New technical details/clues, SND: UFO sounds heard or recorded

Extra Data: Country: “Canada”, Credibility: “6”, Duration: “5”, Elev: “1”, HatchDesc: “RICHMOND,BC:BOY/12:3M OVOID W/BUZZING ARMS/1M alt:BEAMs twrd CAR+OBS:”, LatLong: “49.166669 -123.150006”, LatLongDMS: “49:10:00 N 123:09:00 W”, Locale: “Residential”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, RelAlt: “1”, State/Prov: “British Columbia”, Strangeness: “7”

Event 20207 (10108CD8)

Date: 2/24/1958
Location: Santa Antonio de Jesus (near), Brazil
Description: Car motor failed; passengers then noticed a Saturn-shaped disc hovering overhead (NICAP: 03 - EME Cases)
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_2234

Event 20208 (550119F5)

Date: 2/24/1958
Time: 0305
Location: Conceicao Almeida, Brazil
Description: Three witnesses, among them Dr. C. da Costa, decided to sleep in their car when the engine stalled and could not be started again. Then a very large, blue silvery object appeared and came to ground level with a swinging motion. was shaped like a sphere surrounded by a flat ring. When they tried to approach it, the object maneuvered in a strange “aerial dance.”
Type: ufo sighting
Reference: Lor. I 143 (Vallee)
Source: ValléeMagonia, ID: Magonia_460

Event 20209 (58AA2324)

Date: 2/24/1958
Locations: Santo Antônio de Jesus, Bahia, Brazil; Salvador
Description: 3:05 a.m. Attorney Carlos José de Costa Pereira, Manoel Mendes, and Antônio de Araujo are driving near Santo Antônio de Jesus, Bahia, Brazil. The car engine sputters and fails. All attempts to detect the trouble fail. The next inhabited place is far away, so the travelers decide that the best thing to do is to sleep at that spot, beside the road. Next morning they will try to do something about their situation, getting help from some nearby village or farm. It was then that they notice a large luminous Saturn-shaped object silently approaching to about 240 feet from them and only 90 feet from the ground. It then descends in a falling-leaf pattern to about 12 feet. They can see it is about 60–75 feet in diameter with a rotating center section. Suddenly it climbs vertically to 600 feet, makes a tight circle, then tilts to 45° and makes a number of high-speed maneuvers, then descends again in a falling-leaf motion before shooting up vertically at tremendous speed. After this, the car starts easily and they proceed to Salvador.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Olavo T. Fontes, “The Shadow of the Unknown,” APRO Bulletin, May 1959, p. 7; Schopick, pp. 59–61
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_3157

Event 20210 (42A4CB40)

Date: 2/24/1958
Description: In the early morning predawn hours Dr. C. da Costa and two others were traveling by car in Conceicao Almeida, Brazil when their engine stalled near Santo Antonio de Jesus. It could not be re-started, and although they got out of the car to check the engine they could find nothing wrong, so they decided to sleep in the car. A short while later, at 3:05 a.m., a very large blue silvery disc-shaped object appeared with a flat ring spinning at high speed around the middle of the craft. It descended towards the ground a pendulum motion. Two of the men walked toward it, at which point it rose up to about 600 feet in altitude. The UFO then began a series of high-speed maneuvers, finally disappearing at 4:35 a.m. The car still would not start. At 6:30 a.m. the UFO appeared once more, looking silvery in color and hovering at a low altitude. It then shot away, vanishing almost instantly, and the witnesses’ car could be started easily.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: Jacques Vallee, Passport to Magonia: A Century of Landings, case 460; Mark Rodeghier, UFO Reports Involving Vehicle Interference, case 91 (p. 15), citing Coral E. Lorenzen, Flying Saucers: The Startling Evidence of the Invasion from Outer Space
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_1077

Event 20211 (3FA5CB46)

Date: 2/25/1958
Description: (Translated from French) UP Agency of Rio buys the story and photos of the Trinity Island, ensures that the Brazilian Navy Ministry attests to their authenticity, and distributes them internationally. (February 25)
Reference: rr0 - Beau
Source: rr0, ID: rr0_1747

Event 20212 (85082FB4)

Date: 2/25/1958
Location: Glenwood, Newfoundland, CAN
Description: (McDonald list; FUFOR Index) (NICAP: 01 - Distant Encounters, BB: BBU)
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_2235

Event 20213 (84FE7B49)

Date: 2/25/1958
Location: Gander AFB, Newfoundland, CAN
Description: Radar Tracks Zigzagging Object (McDonald list; FUFOR Index) (NICAP: 09 - RADAR Cases, Code: R, Rating: 5, BB: BBU)
Reference: NICAP: 580225
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_2236

Event 20214 (CD29C67C)

Date: 2/27/1958 (approximate)
Time: ~07:00
Location: CIRCLEVILLE, OH
Description: 2 / farm. Domed saucer going west. Returns. Maneuvers. Tilts and lands. See drawings.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO’s a HISTORY-1958 (7 booklets) 1998/03 Self published. (Index 715)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_5868

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

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “7”, Duration: “4”, Elev: “214”, HatchDesc: “CIRCLEVILLE,OH:2/FARM:DOMED SCR > W:RETURNS:MNVRS:TILTS+LANDS:see dwgs”, LatLong: “90.588893 -82.933337”, LatLongDMS: “90:35:20 N 82:56:00 W”, Locale: “Farmlands”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Ohio”, Strangeness: “7”

Event 20215 (09A97F53)

Date: 2/27/1958
Location: 73.7500 54.7500
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_1084

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: “250”

Event 20216 (6E3037CC)

Date: 2/27/1958
Location: 73.7500 54.7500
Description: Nuclear test: Air, confirmed. Country: USSR Yield: 1500KT
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_1085

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: “1500”

Event 20217 (8E37CDC4)

Date: 2/28/1958
Location: McClellan Senate subcommittee
Description: USAF Director of Information Gen. Arno H. Luehman naively inquires of the McClellan Senate subcommittee whether, based on its “preliminary informal investigation,” it would state that the Air Force is investigating UFOs and not withholding information.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Swords 275
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_3158

Event 20218 (E6AEEAB2)

Date: 2/28/1958
Location: Brazil
Description: Brig. Gen. João Adil Oliveira, chief of the Brazilian Air Force’s General Staff information service, tells O Globo that the UFO phenomenon is a “fact confirmed by material evidence. There are thousands of documents, photos, and sighting evidence demonstrating its existence.”
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Good Need, p. 233
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_3159

Event 20219 (CEC5B71C)

Date: 2/28/1958
Location: Miami, Florida
Description: Police detective Faustin Gallegos and his wife Dorothy see something like a “large medicine ball” descend and land in their back yard in Miami, Florida. Outside, he sees a football-shaped object 20 inches long and 8 inches high, lined with “thousands of minute cells resembling those of a honeycomb. It is clear and pulsating. He touches it and his fingers leave marks. They put it in a jar, but it evaporates on the way to the police station.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Faustin Gallegos, “The Pulsing Honeycomb from Space,” Fate 11, no. 9 (September 1958): 40–43; Clark III 1102
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_3160

Event 20220 (82E217EE)

Date: 2/28/1958
Description: USAF Director of Information Services Maj. Gen. Arno Luehman writes he had informal discussions with the Senate Committee on Investigating Government Operations that “there is no need” for hearings on the UAP subject. The USAF writes that it is attempting to guide the Subcommittee to issue a statement certifying the Air Force is properly conducting its UAP investigation and not withholding information from the public. These conclusions are reached as a result of informal meetings and zero investigation is performed.

• https://files.afu.se/Downloads/Documents/USA%20-%20Congress/1958%20-%20McClelland%20congressional%20sub-committee.pdf

Reference: Anonymous 2023 PDF
Source: Anon2023PDF, ID: Anon2023PDF_85

Event 20221 (0345DEA7)

Date: 3/1958
Location: Arizona
Description: Big “flap” in Arizona. Much activity.
Type: ufo sightings
Reference: Keziah Poster
Source: Maj2, ID: Maj2_161

Event 20222 (4229B34F)

Date: 3/1958
Location: ALGERIA, Bouahmama
Description: (Translated from French) Shortly after noon, the legionnaire on duty heard a whistling sound seeming to come from the sky. When he looked up, he saw an enormous object about 300 m in diameter, descending to about 45 m from him. The most remarkable thing was not the object itself, but the intense conical beam of a light green emerald coming from below and directed towards the ground. Instead of shooting to give the alarm or taking the phone, he stayed to stare at the object for more than three quarters of an hour: he declared that these pale green and emerald colors were the most beautiful, calming and fascinating he had ever seen. The object took off in a classic way: first a whistling, then an elevation to an altitude of about 90 m and finally an ascent at a dizzying speed towards the northwest. When the object left, the man was filled with sadness.
Reference: Jacques VALLEE: “Other Dimensions” - trad. Robert Laffont 1989, p. 58, 59
Reference: Mini catalogue chronologique des observations OVNI, by Godelieve Van Overmeire
Source: Overmeire, ID: Overmeire_2084

Event 20223 (5CB690CE)

Date: 3/1958
Time: 00:30
Location: BOUAHMAMA, ALG
Description: Legionaire. 300M saucer going down. Green cone-beam going down. Whistle and going up [to] and going quickly northwest. / FSRv19#3.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO’s a HISTORY-1958 (7 booklets) 1998/03 Self published. (Index 220)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_5869

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), RAY: Odd light/searchlight/beam/laser-like, MST: Missing time or time anomaly, MIL: Military investigation, SND: UFO sounds heard or recorded

Extra Data: Country: “Algeria”, Credibility: “8”, Duration: “10”, HatchDesc: “BOUAHMAMA,ALG:LEGIONAIRE:300M SCR ↓:GRN CONE-BEAM ↓:WHISTLE+↑+>>NW:/FSRv19#3”, LatLong: “34.766668 6.700000”, LatLongDMS: “34:46:00 N 06:42:00 E”, Locale: “Mountains”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “???”, Strangeness: “8”

Event 20224 (845FA092)

Date: 3/1958
Time: 16:30
Location: MARION CO, GA
Description: Flight instructor and ground RADAR. Silver lens-saucer going [to] into 180 knt wind.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO’s a HISTORY-1958 (7 booklets) 1998/03 Self published. (Index 201)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_5870

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), RDR: Radar traces/blips

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “8”, Duration: “5”, Elev: “200”, HatchDesc: “MARION co,GA:Flt.INSTRUCTOR+GND RDR:SLVR LENS-SCR > INTO 180 knt WIND”, LatLong: “32.433335 -84.500004”, LatLongDMS: “32:26:00 N 84:30:00 W”, Locale: “Metropolis”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Georgia”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 20225 (C5D8A402)

Date: 3/1958 (approximate)
Time: 18:30
Location: NORTHEAST / MONKLAND, ONT
Description: 2 / car. Huge bowl-saucer whirrs. Lights / bottom/underside. Going south overhead. Car malfunctions due to EME (electro-magnetic effects) and restarts.
Type: sighting
Reference: CAMERON, Vicky: UFO EXPERIENCES in CANADA, Don’t tell anyone but… ; 1995 General Store Publishing ; Burnstown, Ontario ISBN 1-896182-20-8 (Index 24)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_5871

Attributes: 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, SND: UFO sounds heard or recorded

Extra Data: Country: “Canada”, Credibility: “6”, Duration: “1”, Elev: “112”, HatchDesc: “NE/MONKLAND,ONT:2/CAR:HUGE BOWL-SCR WHIRRS:LITES/BTM:>S OVHD:CAR EMEs+RESTARTS”, LatLong: “45.216669 -74.833337”, LatLongDMS: “45:13:00 N 74:50:00 W”, Locale: “Pasture”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Ontario”, Strangeness: “7”

Event 20226 (E1256616)

Date: 3/1958
Description: The Air Force releases parts of the 1953 Robertson Panel report, a mere three paragraphs recommending that “the national security agencies take immediate steps to strip the Unidentified Flying Objects of the special status they have been given and the aura of mystery they have unfortunately acquired.”
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: “CIA Evades, Then Denies Charge of Attempted UFO Censorship,” UFO Investigator 1, no. 4 (June 1958): 4
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_3161

Event 20227 (13FC0D83)

Date: 3/1958
Locations: Bouamama; Sidi Chami; Algeria
Description: A French Foreign Legionnaire on sentry duty at Bouamama, near Sidi Chami, Algeria, hears a whistling noise and sees an enormous, elliptical-shaped object descend and hover 115–131 feet above the ground 165 feet away. The object is surrounded by pale green light, and a relaxing emerald-green beam of light is coming from its base to the ground. Seemingly paralyzed, he stares at the object for 45–50 minutes. The noise returns, the object rises gently, and flies off at tremendous speed.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Joël Mesnard, “Tranquillizing Visitation at Bouahmama: An Algerian Report of 1958,” Flying Saucer Review 19, no. 3 (May/June 1973): 17–18
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_3162

Event 20228 (341E2979)

Date: 3/1/1958
Time: 20:30
Location: KUNASHIRI ISLAND, JPN / (USSR OCC)
Description: Project Bluebook Case #unknown. 2 10 minute(s) events / 1 object-10 minutes apart. 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 52)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_5872

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

Extra Data: Country: “Japan”, Credibility: “7”, Duration: “69”, HatchDesc: “KUNASHIRI ISL,JPN/(USSR occ):BBK#UNK:2 10min EVENTS/1 OBJ-10 MINUTES APART:NFD”, LatLong: “44.166669 146.000007”, LatLongDMS: “44:10:00 N 146:00:00 E”, Locale: “Islands”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “KNS”, Strangeness: “4”

Event 20229 (53961491)

Date: 3/1/1958
Description: At 8:30 p.m. two ten minute sightings of the same UFO occurred 10 minutes apart in the Kunashir Islands, Japan and the Soviet Union.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: Larry Hatch, U computer database, case # 5367
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_1200

Event 20230 (3E013949)

Date: 3/2/1958
Time: 19:50
Location: TAMPA, FL
Description: USAF Tech. Intel. Center. (ATIC) observer(s). Civil sees balloon-object land / airfield. Rises. Hovers / 250M. Vanishes.
Type: sighting
Reference: VALLEE, Jacques: PASSPORT TO MAGONIA; H. Regnery, Chicago HC 1969 & Contemporary Books,Chicago 1993. 372pp. (Index 461)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_5873

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CST: Observer(s) in coastal area/just offshore, MIL: Observer(s) military, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, SCR: Classic saucer/disk/sphere shaped UFO, PRB: Probe: Possibly remote controlled, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), OBS: Observation/chasing vehicles, LND: UFO landing or any part touches ground, MIL: Military investigation, CMF: Camouflage/disguise

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “6”, Duration: “3”, Elev: “14”, HatchDesc: “TAMPA,FL:ATIC OBS:CIV SEES BALLOON-OBJ LAND/AIRFIELD:RISES:HVRS/250M:VANISHES”, LatLong: “27.966668 -82.433337”, LatLongDMS: “27:58:00 N 82:26:00 W”, Locale: “Metropolis”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Florida”, Strangeness: “7”

Event 20231 (1BA118B1)

Date: 3/2/1958
Location: Tampa, FL
Description: Balloon-shaped object with bright light land on the airfield (NICAP: 01 - Distant Encounters, BB: BBU)
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_2237

Event 20232 (B561C3E6)

Date: 3/2/1958
Time: 1945
Location: Tampa, Florida
Description: A civilian source was said to have observed a balloon-shaped object land on the airfield then take off slowly and hover at 250 m altitude before disappearing. It showed a bright light source.
Type: ufo sighting
Reference: Atic (Vallee)
Source: ValléeMagonia, ID: Magonia_461

Event 20233 (AFFCEDEB)

Date: 3/2/1958
Location: Ilha da Trindade
Description: The Brazilian Navy, after an analysis of the January 16 Ilha da Trindade sighting and photos, offers an ambiguous conclusion: “the existence of personal testimonies and of a photographer, of some value given the circumstances involved permit the admission that there are indications of the existence of the UFO.”
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Brazil Department of the Navy, “Clarification of the Observation of Unidentified Flying Objects Sighted on the Island of Trinidad, in the Period of 12/5/57 to 1/16/58,” March 2, 1958
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_3163

Event 20234 (45E5D868)

Date: 3/2/1958
Description: At 7:45 p.m. a man observed a balloon-shaped object land on the airfield in Tampa, Florida and then take off slowly and hover at 250 meters altitude before disappearing. It had a bright light source on it.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: Jacques Vallee, Passport to Magonia: A Century of Landings, case 461
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_1241

Event 20235 (604A1323)

Date: 3/3/1958
Location: MARSHALL, TX
Description: Family. 2 bright “planets” hover. Smaller night lights orbit them. / r78p181.
Type: sighting
Reference: HALL, Richard: The UFO EVIDENCE; NICAP,Washington, DC 1964. Reprinted 1997 Barnes & Noble Books ( only $7.98! ) (Index 137)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_5874

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: “8”, Duration: “3”, Elev: “123”, HatchDesc: “MARSHALL,TX:FAMILY:2 BRITE “PLANETS” HVR:SMALLER NLTS ORBIT THEM:/r78p181”, LatLong: “32.533335 -94.366671”, LatLongDMS: “32:32:00 N 94:22:00 W”, Locale: “Forest”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Texas”, Strangeness: “4”

Event 20236 (495450CA)

Date: 3/3/1958
Time: 22:30
Location: NEAR PONTA PORA, BRZ
Description: Saturn-saucer chases jeep. Headlights curve up! / APRO 5’59+/ r70p3-56.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO’s a HISTORY-1958 (7 booklets) 1998/03 Self published. (Index 204)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_5875

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, 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, EME: Electro-Magnetic Effects, TCH: New technical details/clues

Extra Data: Country: “Brazil”, Credibility: “8”, Duration: “5”, Elev: “660”, HatchDesc: “nr PONTA PORA,BRZ:SATURN-SCR CHASES JEEP:HLITES CURVE UP!:/APRO 5’59+/r70p3-56”, LatLong: “-22.533334 -55.466669”, LatLongDMS: “22:32:00 S 55:28:00 W”, Locale: “Forest”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “MGS”, Strangeness: “9”

Event 20237 (B47CDC24)

Date: 3/3/1958
Location: Marshall (near), TX
Description: Family saw two bright, planet-like objects with 6 or 7 smaller lights moving around them. [UFOE, II] (NICAP: 01 - Distant Encounters)
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_2238

Event 20238 (167BE0D8)

Date: 3/3/1958
Description: Gen. Joe W. Kelly responds to Luehman, falsely stating that the Air Force has done “considerable work” with the McClellan subcommittee.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Swords 275–276
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_3164

Event 20239 (031AC05A)

Date: 3/7/1958
Time: 01:30
Location: HASTINGS, NZ
Description: Bright ellipse descends going east. Stops. Shoots going quickly south. “Two tails”.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO’s a HISTORY-1958 (7 booklets) 1998/03 Self published. (Index 718)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_5876

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

Extra Data: Country: “New Zealand”, Credibility: “6”, Duration: “1”, Elev: “11”, HatchDesc: “HASTINGS,NZ:BRITE ELLIPSE DESCENDS > E:STOPS:SHOOTS >>S:“two tails””, LatLong: “-39.650002 176.833342”, LatLongDMS: “39:39:00 S 176:50:00 E”, Locale: “Coastlands”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “NI”, Strangeness: “5”

Event 20240 (D412E919)

Date: 3/8/1958
Location: Korea
Description: USAF radar tracks slowly changing 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_227

Event 20241 (90D7785C)

Date: 3/8/1958
Location: Korea, Korea
Description: Korea, G (NICAP: 09 - RADAR Cases, Rating: 5)
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_2239

Event 20242 (DA22FB60)

Date: 3/8/1958
Location: Korea
Description: A USAF radar site in Korea tracks a UFO slowly descending from 77,000 to 25,000 feet.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: UFOEv, p. 80
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_3165

Event 20243 (4FC9A3BE)

Date: 3/8/1958
Description: Keyhoe appears on ABC’s The Mike Wallace Interview and mentions the Estimate of the Situation, Fournet’s motion study, and the CIA Robertson Panel. Wallace surprises him by saying Assistant Secretary of the Air Force Richard E. Horner told his producers that the Senate Committee “show no interest in any hearings.” This is news to Keyhoe. Wallace also quotes from the Robertson Panel summary that was just released. A few days later, Keyhoe receives two letters from the Senate Committee confirming that it “does not intend to investigate the United States Air Force.”
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: “Major Donald Keyhoe Interviewed by Mike Wallace (1958),” pfreal1 YouTube channel, August 25, 2012; Loren E. Gross, The Fifth Horseman of the Apocalypse: UFOs, a History: 1958 March–April, The Author, 1998, p. 9; Keyhoe, FSTS, pp. 189–190; Swords 272–273; “Mike Wallace Interview of Maj. Donald E. Keyhoe: A Sequel to the Arnstrong Circle Theater,” Journal of UFO History 2, no. 1 (March/April 2005): 8–11
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_3166

Event 20244 (AE3A35A1)

Date: 3/9/1958
Time: 20:00
Location: TABOGA ISLAND AND PANAMA CANAL
Description: Strong RADAR blips. Evasive maneuvers. No visual. / r142#2p21.
Type: sighting
Reference: MUFON UFO JOURNAL, Seguin, TX USA. Monthly. (Index 154)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_5877

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

Extra Data: Country: “Panama”, Credibility: “10”, Duration: “241”, Elev: “5”, HatchDesc: “TABOGA ISL+PANAMA CANAL:STRONG RDR BLIPS:EVASIVE MNVRS:NO VISUAL:/r142#2p21”, LatLong: “8.800000 -79.583337”, LatLongDMS: “08:48:00 N 79:35:00 W”, Locale: “Town & City”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Canal Zone”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 20245 (A412E20F)

Date: 3/9/1958
Location: Panama Canal Zone, Panama
Description: Radar Lock Broken By UO (NICAP: 09 - RADAR Cases, Code: R, Rating: 5)
Reference: NICAP: 580309
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_2240

Event 20246 (ADD08C82)

Date: 3/10/1958
Time: 10:10
Location: PANAMA CANAL
Description: More RADAR blips. Jets scramble. Objects shoot going up [to] when hit / searchlight.
Type: sighting
Reference: MUFON UFO JOURNAL, Seguin, TX USA. Monthly. (Index 154)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_5878

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CST: Observer(s) in coastal area/just offshore, MIL: Observer(s) military, HQO: High-quality observer(s), SCR: Classic saucer/disk/sphere shaped UFO, NLT: Nightlights/points of light, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), RDR: Radar traces/blips, TCH: New technical details/clues, MIL: Military investigation, BBK: Project BLUEBOOK

Extra Data: Country: “Panama”, Credibility: “10”, Duration: “240”, Elev: “42”, HatchDesc: “PANAMA CANAL:MORE RDR BLIPS:JETS SCRAMBLE:OBJS SHOOT↑ WHEN HIT/SEARCHLITE”, LatLong: “9.266667 -79.916670”, LatLongDMS: “09:16:00 N 79:55:00 W”, Locale: “Town & City”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Canal Zone”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 20247 (6E1921C5)

Date: 3/11/1958
Location: GREAT BRITAIN, near Birmingham
Description: (Translated from French) (cf. February 7, 1958) The alien materialized as if on a television screen and explained that a terrestrial bacterium had contaminated him, preventing him from keeping his appointments. He promised to return three months later, in May.
Reference: Marie-Thérèse de BROSSES: “Enquête sur les enlèvements E.T.” - Plon 1979, p. 139, 140
Reference: following August 18, 1958
Reference: Mini catalogue chronologique des observations OVNI, by Godelieve Van Overmeire
Source: Overmeire, ID: Overmeire_2081

Event 20248 (61AEB1ED)

Date: 3/11/1958
Time: 02:20
Location: JOSE IGNACIO, URUG
Description: Buzz and UV light. 50M saucer outside. Hose sucks something / ground.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO’s a HISTORY-1958 (7 booklets) 1998/03 Self published. (Index 228)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_5879

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), SMP: Sampling of plant/animal/soil/tissue/specimens, DRT: Dirt/soil traces/marks/footprints etc., LND: UFO landing or any part touches ground, TCH: New technical details/clues, SND: UFO sounds heard or recorded

Extra Data: Country: “Uruguay”, Credibility: “6”, Duration: “7”, Elev: “115”, HatchDesc: “JOSE IGNACIO,URUG:BUZZ+UV LITE:50M SCR OUTSIDE:HOSE SUCKS SOMETHING/GND”, LatLong: “-34.650002 -55.233336”, LatLongDMS: “34:39:00 S 55:14:00 W”, Locale: “Farmlands”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “MLD”, Strangeness: “7”

Event 20249 (103416C2)

Date: 3/11/1958
Time: 20:00?
Location: PANDO, URUGUAY
Description: 2 / bus. 60M domed ovoid with colored lights. Slow maneuvers. Going quickly southwest. / Ciovni 1962.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO’s a HISTORY-1958 (7 booklets) 1998/03 Self published. (Index 228)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_5880

Attributes: 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: “Uruguay”, Credibility: “7”, Duration: “2”, Elev: “11”, HatchDesc: “PANDO,URUGUAY:2/BUS:60M DOMED OVOID W/CLRD LITES:SLOW MNVRS:>>SW:/CIOVNI 1962”, LatLong: “-34.733335 -55.966669”, LatLongDMS: “34:44:00 S 55:58:00 W”, Locale: “Pasture”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “CNL”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 20250 (F79188B8)

Date: 3/13/1958
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_1086

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 20251 (F17C70B2)

Date: 3/14/1958
Description: (Translated from French) Sighting in Healdsburg (California). (March 14)
Reference: case Blue Book #5716 unsolved
Reference: rr0 - Beau
Source: rr0, ID: rr0_1748

Event 20252 (AFB2CCCB)

Date: 3/14/1958
Description: (Translated from French) A 28 year old French legionnaire on duty at the Bouah-Mama camp (Algeria, in the desert south of Constantine) heard a whistling sound coming from the sky. When he looked up, he saw a huge object, about 300 m in diameter, descending to about 45 m from him. The most remarkable thing about this object was not its size but the conical beam of an emerald green light coming from underneath and directed towards the ground. The legionnaire’s memories of what followed are quite vague, and, as he himself admits, may not correspond to reality: instead of shooting to alert the others or taking the field telephone to call his superiors, the young man stayed there staring at the object for more than 45 minutes. Questioned by Joël Mesnard, he declared that the pale green and emerald colors were the most beautiful, most soothing and most fascinating he had ever seen. The object left in the most classic way: first the whistling, then the elevation to an altitude of about 90 m and finally the ascent at a dizzying speed towards the northwest. The object gone, the man regained consciousness, and the happy, ecstatic feeling he had was replaced by sadness. It was as if time was passing very slowly… it was like being in another world he would later declare. He grabbed the phone and reported to his superiors what he had seen. At first, they thought it was a hallucination due to stress; however, a thorough investigation was carried out. The officers went to the scene, examined it minutely, without finding any physical evidence, re-interviewed the witness and, as he maintained that the event was real, they sent him to Paris for a more detailed examination. There, he stayed a week under observation at the Val-de-Grâce hospital. An electroencephalogram revealed nothing abnormal. The doctors concluded that he was in good mental and physical health and was not excessively suffering from the tension due to the war. (12:30)
Reference: rr0 - Beau
Source: rr0, ID: rr0_1749

Event 20253 (E77C1CCF)

Date: 3/14/1958
Time: 08:50
Location: HEALDSBURG, CA
Description: Project Bluebook Case #5716. 2 observer(s). 1M saucer lands / backyard. More UFO’s / separate observer(s). / r8#462.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO’s a HISTORY-1958 (7 booklets) 1998/03 Self published. (Index 231)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_5881

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, LND: UFO landing or any part touches ground, MIL: Military investigation, BBK: Project BLUEBOOK

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “8”, Duration: “2”, Elev: “33”, HatchDesc: “HEALDSBURG,CA:BBK#5716:2 OBS:1M SCR LANDS/BACKYARD:more ufos/sep.obs:/r8#462”, LatLong: “38.600002 -122.866673”, LatLongDMS: “38:36:00 N 122:52:00 W”, Locale: “Town & City”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “California”, Strangeness: “8”

Event 20254 (0D27D6E0)

Date: 3/14/1958
Location: Healdsburg, CA
Description: 3ft round, black object come from the W (NICAP: 01 - Distant Encounters, BB: 5716)
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_2241

Event 20255 (D38A9AB0)

Date: 3/14/1958
Time: 0845
Location: Healdsburg, California
Description: Two persons, in their backyard, saw a round object 1 m in diameter come from the west and land 15 m away. It took off toward the east, turned south, and was lost to sight.
Type: ufo sighting
Reference: Atic (Vallee)
Source: ValléeMagonia, ID: Magonia_462

Event 20256 (618634B3)

Date: 3/14/1958
Time: 8:45 AM
Location: Healdsburg, California
Description: Witnesses: Mr. and Mrs. W.F. Cummings and one other. A 3’ round, black object touched the ground and then took off. Watched for 2 minutes.
Type: ufo sighting
Reference: BlueBook Unknowns PDF
Source: BerlinerBBUnknowns, ID: BerlinerBBU_423

Event 20257 (91F5C8A7)

Date: 3/14/1958
Location: 37.0000 -116.0000
Description: Nuclear test: Underground, confirmed. Country: USA Name: “Uranus” YieldMax: .001KT
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_120

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: “Uranus”, NukeSource: “NV209”, NukeType: “NUCU”, NukeYMax: “.001”

Event 20258 (1B3441EE)

Date: 3/14/1958
Location: 50.4375 77.814167
Description: Nuclear test: Air, confirmed. Country: USSR Yield: 35KT
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_1087

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: “35”

Event 20259 (D54A0710)

Date: 3/14/1958
Location: 73.7500 54.7500
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_1088

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: “40”

Event 20260 (0B1A031F)

Date: 3/14/1958
Description: At 8:45 a.m. two residents of Healdsburg, California saw a round object one meter in diameter come from the west and land in their backyard, only 15 meters away. It took off toward the east, turned south, and was lost to sight.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: Project Blue Book files counted in official statistics, case 5716; Jacques Vallee, Passport to Magonia: A Century of Landings, p. 270, case 462; Loren E. Gross, The Fifth Horseman of the Apocalypse: UFOs: A History. 1958: March-April, p. 39
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_1478

Event 20261 (9DD3D800)

Date: 3/15/1958
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_1089

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 20262 (75F0CC0D)

Date: 3/17/1958
Location: USA, Cape Kennedy
Description: (Translated from French) The Vanguard Project was not abandoned for all that: after force failures, the Navy finally managed to place on its trajectory, March 17, its tiny “pamplemousse” of 1.5 kg.
Reference: “Astronautics” Pierre Rousseau, Hachette 1965, p. 18
Reference: VANGUARD 1, BETA 2
Reference: Mini catalogue chronologique des observations OVNI, by Godelieve Van Overmeire
Source: Overmeire, ID: Overmeire_2082

Event 20263 (E8F3EE2E)

Date: 3/17/1958
Description: (Translated from French) Launch of Pamplemousse, first satellite equipped with solar panels. (March 17)
Reference: rr0 - Beau
Source: rr0, ID: rr0_1750

Event 20264 (92DF727A)

Date: 3/17/1958
Location: CATIA, VNZL
Description: Banker / (seen thru) binoculars and 4. Round luminous/glowing cylinder/cylindrical object over Avila Mountain. Going southeast. 2nd cylinder/cylindrical object follows.
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_5882

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: “Venezuela”, Credibility: “8”, Duration: “5”, Elev: “300”, HatchDesc: “CATIA,VNZL:BANKER/BINOCS+4:RND LUMN CYL ovr AVILA Mtn:>SE:2nd CYL FOLOS”, LatLong: “10.550001 -66.983337”, LatLongDMS: “10:33:00 N 66:59:00 W”, Locale: “Mountains”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “CRC”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 20265 (CC89591E)

Date: 3/18/1958
Location: 50.4375 77.814167
Description: Nuclear test: Air, confirmed. Country: USSR Yield: .16KT
Type: atomic
Reference: “columbia.edu: Worldwide Nuclear Explosions”, by Yang, North, Romney, and Richards
Reference: “archive.org: Worldwide Nuclear Explosions”, by Yang, North, Romney, and Richards
Source: NukeExplosions, ID: NukeExplosions_1090

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: “.16”

Event 20266 (6BEC4A1B)

Date: 3/19/1958 (approximate)
Location: PODMOSKOVNAYA, RS
Description: Large saucer lands. Spirals up and away into forest. / r8#463+/ r106p314.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO’s a HISTORY-1958 (7 booklets) 1998/03 Self published. (Index 239)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_5883

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

Extra Data: Country: “Russia”, Credibility: “5”, Duration: “2”, HatchDesc: “PODMOSKOVNAYA,RS:LRG SCR LANDS:SPIRALs UP+AWAY into FOREST:/r8#463+/r106p314”, LatLong: “55.816669 37.516668”, LatLongDMS: “55:49:00 N 37:31:00 E”, Locale: “Metropolis”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “MOS”, Strangeness: “7”

Event 20267 (0819DF2A)

Date: 3/19/1958
Time: 21:20
Location: TAUNTON, ENGL
Description: Several / college. 2 sharp silver ovoids going quickly south fast. 1 returns going quickly north / 2150hrs.
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_5884

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: “30”, Elev: “45”, HatchDesc: “TAUNTON,ENGL:SVRL/COLLEGE:2 SHARP SLVR OVOIDS >>S FAST:1 RETURNS >>N/2150hrs”, LatLong: “51.050002 -3.116667”, LatLongDMS: “51:03:00 N 03:07:00 W”, Locale: “Town & City”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “England”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 20268 (50860BA8)

Date: 3/19/1958
Location: Moscow, USSR
Description: Near Moscow, a large, disk-shaped object was seen on the ground. It rose in a spiral motion, then took off and was lost to sight.
Type: ufo sighting
Reference: Personal (Vallee)
Source: ValléeMagonia, ID: Magonia_463

Event 20269 (D89AD910)

Date: 3/19/1958
Description: A large, disc-shaped object was seen on the ground near Moscow, Russia. It rose in a spiral motion, then took off and was lost from sight.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: Jacques Vallee, Passport to Magonia: A Century of Landings, case 463
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_1563

Event 20270 (49AECEED)

Date: 3/20/1958
Location: HENRIETTA, MO
Description: Saturn-like disc descends. Hovers. Moves away. / r78p181.
Type: sighting
Reference: HALL, Richard: The UFO EVIDENCE; NICAP,Washington, DC 1964. Reprinted 1997 Barnes & Noble Books ( only $7.98! ) (Index 137)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_5885

Attributes: 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: “3”, Elev: “214”, HatchDesc: “HENRIETTA,MO:SATURN-LIKE DISC DESCENDS:HOVERS:MOVES AWAY:/r78p181”, LatLong: “39.233335 -93.450004”, LatLongDMS: “39:14:00 N 93:27:00 W”, Locale: “Farmlands”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Missouri”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 20271 (BDE893E5)

Date: 3/20/1958
Location: Henrietta, MO
Description: Saturn-like disc descended hovered, moved away. [UFOE, XII] (NICAP: 01 - Distant Encounters)
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_2242

Event 20272 (3831DC6C)

Date: 3/20/1958
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_1091

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 20273 (56D42F31)

Date: 3/21/1958
Location: 73.7500 54.7500
Description: Nuclear test: Air, confirmed. Country: USSR Yield: 650KT
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_1092

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: “650”

Event 20274 (F53769F1)

Date: 3/22/1958
Location: 50.4375 77.814167
Description: Nuclear test: Air, confirmed. Country: USSR Yield: 18KT
Type: atomic
Reference: “columbia.edu: Worldwide Nuclear Explosions”, by Yang, North, Romney, and Richards
Reference: “archive.org: Worldwide Nuclear Explosions”, by Yang, North, Romney, and Richards
Source: NukeExplosions, ID: NukeExplosions_1093

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: “18”

Event 20275 (16AAD137)

Date: 3/25/1958
Time: 22:00
Location: NEAR WOOMERA RANGE, SOUTH AUS
Description: 4 observer(s). Disks / fast maneuvers. Shimmer and change color(s). Investigated.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO’s a HISTORY-1958 (7 booklets) 1998/03 Self published. (Index 246)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_5886

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

Extra Data: Country: “Australia”, Credibility: “8”, Duration: “35”, HatchDesc: “nr WOOMERA RANGE,S.AUS:4 OBS:DISKS/FAST MNVRS:SHIMMER+CHANGE CLRS:investigated”, LatLong: “-30.500001 131.750006”, LatLongDMS: “30:30:00 S 131:45:00 E”, Locale: “Desert”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “South Australia”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 20276 (7FB43B0C)

Date: Late 3/1958
Description: NICAP begins a new campaign to open another government UFO investigation. This time it approaches the Department of Justice, the National Security Council, the CIA, and the US Army. It receives rebuffs and denials.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Keyhoe, FSTS, p. 191
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_3167

Event 20277 (99485295)

Date: 3/25/1958
Description: Two disc-shaped objects made fast maneuvers over the Woomera Missile Test Range at 10 p.m. in the desert of South Australia. They shimmered and changed colors as they flew.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: Michael Hervey, UFOs over the Southern Hemisphere, p. 50; Loren E. Gross, The Fifth Horseman of the Apocalypse: UFOs: A History. 1958: March-April, p. 53
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_1649

Event 20278 (0B0B98E1)

Date: 3/26/1958
Location: USA, Cape Kennedy
Description: (Translated from French) After several episodes of Army-Navy rivalry, there then followed the success, due to the Army, of “Explorer III” (Gamma 3), on March 26. [continued 26.6.58]
Reference: “Astronautics” Pierre Rousseau, Hachette 1965, p. 18
Reference: Mini catalogue chronologique des observations OVNI, by Godelieve Van Overmeire
Source: Overmeire, ID: Overmeire_2083

Event 20279 (864BB115)

Date: 3/31/1958
Location: Walnut Ridge, AR
Description: Uncorrelated Target Doing 1300 Knots (NICAP: 09 - RADAR Cases, Code: R, Rating: 5)
Reference: NICAP: 580331
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_2243

Event 20280 (9607C7A2)

Date: 4/1958
Location: New York City, New York
Description: All UN members queried as to status of UFO activity in respective countries
Type: ufological event
Reference: Keziah Poster
Source: Maj2, ID: Maj2_162

Event 20281 (3716131A)

Date: 4/1958
Time: 06:00
Location: MACEIO, BRZ
Description: 20M saucer / portholes hovers / waves. Going up and down [to] and disturbs water. / MJ#240+/ FSRv10#6.
Type: sighting
Reference: VALLEE, Jacques: PASSPORT TO MAGONIA; H. Regnery, Chicago HC 1969 & Contemporary Books,Chicago 1993. 372pp. (Index 464)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_5887

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, 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: “Brazil”, Credibility: “8”, Duration: “60”, Elev: “0”, HatchDesc: “MACEIO,BRZ:20M SCR/PORTHOLES HVRS/WAVES:↑+↓+DISTURBS WATER:/MJ#240+/FSRv10#6”, LatLong: “-9.666667 -35.716668”, LatLongDMS: “09:40:00 S 35:43:00 W”, Locale: “Offshore”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, RelAlt: “2”, State/Prov: “ALG”, Strangeness: “8”

Event 20282 (BE8EE8DE)

Date: 4/1958
Time: 0600
Location: Maceio, Brazil
Description: Near Paripueira, jeweler Wilson Lustosa and numerous fishermen saw an object hovering 15 m above the sea, 40 m away. It was lens-shaped, about 12 m thick, and showed portholes with a glowing red light. Below the object the water seemed to be “boiling” or attracted upward, while a soft, whirring sound was heard. For one hour the object kept going up and down.
Type: ufo sighting
Reference: SBEDV (Vallee)
Source: ValléeMagonia, ID: Magonia_464

Event 20283 (48FE307D)

Date: 4/1958
Location: Pretoria, South Africa
Description: Edgar Sievers begins publishing a pro-Adamski newsletter titled Approach in Pretoria, South Africa. It folds in March 1960.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Approach 1, no. 1 (April 1958)
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_3168

Event 20284 (BC0C9132)

Date: 4/1958
Location: Brazilian coast between Maceió and Paripueira, Alagoas, Brazil
Description: 6:00 a.m. At some place along the Brazilian coast between Maceió and Paripueira, Alagoas, Brazil, Wilson Lustosa stops to ask some fishermen what they are looking at. He hears a humming sound and sees a disc-shaped object hovering about 50 feet above the ocean and 120 feet away. It has a small lighted dome on top and a band of square portholes around its midsection through which a red light is shining. Under the UFO the water seems disturbed. The object is visible for an hour.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Gordon W. Creighton, “A Brazilian Sighting,” Flying Saucer Review 10, no. 6 (Nov./Dec. 1964): 18
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_3169

Event 20285 (59BAB5C2)

Date: 4/1/1958 (approximate)
Time: 09:50
Location: AALBORG AIR FORCE BASE, DK
Description: 2 airmen / ground. Small delta/triangle/box-like craft falls / Hunter jet. Splits. Parts rise and going NNE.
Type: sighting
Reference: SUFOI UFO NEWS. Annual. Articles translated from UFO - Nyt. Skandavinsk UFO Information; Postbox 6, DK-2820 Gentoffte, DENMARK. (Index 16)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_5888

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

Extra Data: Country: “Scandanavian and Finland”, Credibility: “7”, Duration: “1”, HatchDesc: “AALBORG AFB,DK:2 AIRMEN/GND:SML DLT FALLS/HUNTER JET:SPLITS:PARTS RISE+>NNE”, LatLong: “57.066669 9.916667”, LatLongDMS: “57:04:00 N 09:55:00 E”, Locale: “Town & City”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Danemark”, Strangeness: “7”

Event 20286 (638AEAF1)

Date: 4/2/1958
Time: 21:30
Location: COLUMBUS, OH
Description: Numerous observer(s). Cigar shape maneuvers / river. Long row / portholes. Going west. / r78p181+/ r242p147.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO’s a HISTORY-1958 (7 booklets) 1998/03 Self published. (Index 253)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_5889

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: “USA”, Credibility: “11”, Duration: “90”, Elev: “240”, HatchDesc: “COLUMBUS,OH:NMRS OBS:CIG MNVRS/RIVER:LONG ROW/PORTHOLES:>W::/r78p181+/r242p147”, LatLong: “39.933335 -83.000004”, LatLongDMS: “39:56:00 N 83:00:00 W”, Locale: “Metropolis”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Ohio”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 20287 (1269DACE)

Date: 4/2/1958
Location: Columbus, OH
Description: Cigar-shaped UFO with long row of “portholes or windows.” [UFOE, XII] (NICAP: 01 - Distant Encounters)
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_2244

Event 20288 (C0037365)

Date: Early 4/1958
Locations: Walnut housing area; Ellwood City, Pennsylvania
Description: Night. A 2-foot red blinking light frightens children over the Walnut housing area in Ellwood City, Pennsylvania. Police officers Joseph Scala and Emanuel Mavero investigate and watch the bright disc for 10 minutes. Their police radio malfunctions. They try to get closer, but it disappears when they get to the top of a hill.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: C. W. Fitch, “Monitoring and Scanning Discs,” APRO Bulletin, September 1964, p. 5
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_3170

Event 20289 (7344E903)

Date: 4/2/1958
Description: On the evening of this day in 1958 a cigar-shaped UFO maneuvered along the course of the Ohio River. It had a long row of portholes along its side, and flew downriver.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: Richard Hall, The UFO Evidence (Volume I), p. 137
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_1798

Event 20290 (58C770F1)

Date: 4/3/1958
Time: ~21:00
Location: ELLWOOD CITY, PA
Description: Cops. 2’ red saucer blinks and going up and down [to] and maneuvers. Police radio malfunctions due to EME (electro-magnetic effects). / r79p7.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO’s a HISTORY-1958 (7 booklets) 1998/03 Self published. (Index 255)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_5890

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, HQO: High-quality observer(s), NWS: News media report, SCR: Classic saucer/disk/sphere shaped UFO, PRB: Probe: Possibly remote controlled, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), OBS: Observation/chasing vehicles, VEH: Vehicle affected: Marks/damage/EME effects, EME: Electro-Magnetic Effects, TCH: New technical details/clues, OGA: Non-Covert Government Agencies

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “8”, Duration: “10”, Elev: “273”, HatchDesc: “ELLWOOD CITY,PA:COPS:2’ RED SCR BLINKS+↑+↓+MNVRS:POLICE RADIO EMEs:/r79p7”, LatLong: “40.861113 -80.288893”, LatLongDMS: “40:51:40 N 80:17:20 W”, Locale: “Town & City”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Pennsylvania”, Strangeness: “8”

Event 20291 (5567EF52)

Date: 4/4/1958
Time: 19:20
Location: SANTA MONICA, CA
Description: Boy / 9 / (seen thru) telescope. Cylinder/cigar-shape with long row / windows. Quickly going up [to] fast. / r78p181+/ r242p147.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO’s a HISTORY-1958 (7 booklets) 1998/03 Self published. (Index 261)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_5891

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CST: Observer(s) in coastal area/just offshore, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, CIG: Torpedo/cigar/cylinder shaped UFO, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), TCH: New technical details/clues

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “7”, Duration: “3”, Elev: “15”, HatchDesc: “SANTA MONICA,CA:BOY/9/TSCOPE:CGR W/LONG ROW/WINDOWS:↑↑ FAST:/r78p181+/r242p147”, LatLong: “34.016668 -118.483339”, LatLongDMS: “34:01:00 N 118:29:00 W”, Locale: “Residential”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “California”, Strangeness: “7”

Event 20292 (309B1B96)

Date: 4/4/1958
Location: Santa Monica, CA
Description: Cigar-shaped UFO with “windows” observed in rapid vertical climb. [UFOE, XII] (NICAP: 01 - Distant Encounters)
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_2245

Event 20293 (38ED0FEA)

Date: 4/7/1958
Location: Newport Beach, CA
Description: Police watched two UFOs with flashing body lights, maneuver near coastline. [UFOE, VII] Similar sightings for two nights in El Toro and Santa Ana. (NICAP: 02 - Close Encounters)
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_2246

Event 20294 (0A111F11)

Date: 4/7/1958
Location: Dayton (airport), OH
Description: Pilot saw a very dark blue 6-8 ft cloud-shaped object on a SW heading (NICAP: 11 - Aviation Cases, BB: BBU)
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_2247

Event 20295 (B96BFAD9)

Date: 4/9/1958
Time: 03:30
Location: KETA, GHANA
Description: Many observer(s). Animals act up. Night light rises / sea. Back 10 April. / Flying Saucer Review (FSR) v4#5+v16#5.
Type: sighting
Reference: TRENCH, Brinsley Le Poer: MYSTERIOUS VISITORS - the UFO Story; Stein & Day, NY 1971-73 (Index 79)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_5892

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, SUB: Submersible: Rises from or submerges into water, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), ANI: Animals affected or injuries/marks

Extra Data: Country: “Ivory Coast, Ghana, Togo, Benin, Liberia”, Credibility: “11”, Duration: “60”, HatchDesc: “KETA,GHANA:MANY OBS:ANIMALS ACT UP:NLT RISES/SEA:BACK 10APR:/FSR v4#5+v16#5”, LatLong: “6.000000 1.000000”, LatLongDMS: “06:00:00 N 01:00:00 E”, Locale: “Coastlands”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “GHN”, Strangeness: “7”

Event 20296 (A3168076)

Date: 4/9/1958
Time: 19:20?
Location: NEAR CLEVELAND, OH
Description: Several observer(s). Row / 9 yellow saucers splits / 2 groups 4+5. No further details. / r242p15.
Type: sighting
Reference: SANDERSON, Ivan: INVISIBLE RESIDENTS; World Publishing HB 1970 & Avon Books PB 1973 (Index 226)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_5893

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: “8”, Elev: “210”, HatchDesc: “nr CLEVELAND,OH:SVRL OBS:ROW/9 YLW.SCRS SPLITS/2 GROUPS 4+5:NFD:/r242p15”, LatLong: “41.500002 -81.650004”, LatLongDMS: “41:30:00 N 81:39:00 W”, Locale: “Residential”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Ohio”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 20297 (18C01B53)

Date: 4/9/1958
Time: 21:30
Location: NEWPORT BEACH, CA
Description: Cops and more/others. 2 delta/triangle/box-like crafts / sharp silent turns low / sea. Going northeast. / r242p64+/ APRO 5’58.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO’s a HISTORY-1958 (7 booklets) 1998/03 Self published. (Index 268)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_5894

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CST: Observer(s) in coastal area/just offshore, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, HQO: High-quality observer(s), NWS: News media report, MID: Likely mis-identification, DLT: Delta/vee/boomerang/rectangular 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, OGA: Non-Covert Government Agencies

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “9”, Duration: “5”, Elev: “3”, HatchDesc: “NEWPORT BEACH,CA:COPS++:2 DLTs/SHARP SLNT TURNS LO/SEA:>NE:/r242p64+/APRO 5’58”, LatLong: “33.616668 -117.866672”, LatLongDMS: “33:37:00 N 117:52:00 W”, Locale: “Coastlands”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “California”, Strangeness: “5”

Event 20298 (FA59909F)

Date: 4/9/1958
Location: Cleveland, OH
Description: Nine yellow UFOs in V-formation; split into two groups (5 and 4). [UFOE, II] (NICAP: 01 - Distant Encounters)
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_2248

Event 20299 (2F88BDA4)

Date: 4/9/1958
Location: Cleveland, Ohio
Description: A family in Cleveland, Ohio, sees a flight of nine UFOs that suddenly separates into two groups of four and five objects.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: UFOEv, p. 15
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_3171

Event 20300 (DAAA0EBE)

Date: 4/9/1958
Locations: St. Vincent Street; Nelson, New Zealand; Tasman Bay; Matipo Terrace
Description: 7:15 p.m. Mr. and Mrs. B. Mills are driving on St. Vincent Street in Nelson, New Zealand, when they see a bright-red triangular object with white lights around its perimeter. It is descending from the northeast at a 45° angle and moving across Tasman Bay. They see the object again, somewhat dimmer, around 8:00 p.m. from a friend’s house on Matipo Terrace.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: “Triangular Object over New Zealand,” Flying Saucer Review 4, no. 4 (July/Aug. 1958): 6
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_3172

Event 20301 (2CEBCDBA)

Date: 4/9/1958
Description: On this date in 1958 the CIA Robertson Panel report was released. At 3:30 a.m. a UFO was seen over Keta, Ghana swinging in a falling leaf motion. That same night a row of nine yellow discs flew over Cleveland, Ohio and split up into two groups of four and five.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: Donald H. Menzel, The World of Flying Saucers, p. 143; FSR, September-October 1970, p. 28; Richard Hall, The UFO Evidence, p. 137
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_1922

Event 20302 (BBDA8338)

Date: 4/10/1958
Location: SKYRDSTRUP FIELD, DK
Description: Formation / saucers leaves Danish Air Force jet behind. / r46p204.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO’s a HISTORY-1958 (7 booklets) 1998/03 Self published. (Index 269)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_5895

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

Extra Data: Country: “Scandanavian and Finland”, Credibility: “7”, Duration: “1”, HatchDesc: “SKYRDSTRUP FIELD,DK:FORMn/SCRs LEAVES DANISH AF JET BEHIND:/r46p204”, LatLong: “55.205558 9.244445”, LatLongDMS: “55:12:20 N 09:14:40 E”, Locale: “Metropolis”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Danemark”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 20303 (BD280E2C)

Date: 4/10/1958
Locations: Denmark; Vojens; Skrydstrup Airport
Description: A Danish fighter pilot reports seeing a formation of UFOs. They are also tracked on radar at Skrydstrup Airport in Vojens, Denmark. The pilot attempts to overtake them, but they accelerate and disappear. The commander of Fighter Wing Skrydstrup appeals to the public to report any UFOs.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Loren E. Gross, The Fifth Horseman of the Apocalypse: UFOs, a History: 1958 March–April, The Author, 1998, p. 69
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_3173

Event 20304 (C8CAD2BB)

Date: 4/11/1958
Location: Jutland, Denmark
Description: Danish pilot sees UFO formation which takes evasive action. 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_228

Event 20305 (1455EA41)

Date: 4/11/1958
Time: 22:00?
Location: JOHANNESBURG, RSA
Description: Airport Tech and more/others. Red-white UFO arcs east and west. Extreme speeds.
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_5896

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, HQO: High-quality observer(s), MID: Likely mis-identification, NLT: Nightlights/points of light, FBL: Fireball: Blazing undistinguished form/orb., NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), OBS: Observation/chasing vehicles, VEH: Vehicle affected: Marks/damage/EME effects, BLD: Building/man-made structure/roads/power lines

Extra Data: Country: “Republic of South Africa”, Credibility: “9”, Duration: “4”, HatchDesc: “JOHANNESBURG,RSA:AIRPORT TECH++:RED-WHT UFO ARCS EAST+WEST:EXTREME SPEEDS”, LatLong: “-26.150001 27.883335”, LatLongDMS: “26:09:00 S 27:53:00 E”, Locale: “Metropolis”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “TRV”, Strangeness: “4”

Event 20306 (FF025BB9)

Date: 4/11/1958
Location: Johannesburg, S. Africa
Description: Airport instrument inspector, others watched reddish-white UFO arc back and forth. [UFOE, X] (NICAP: 01 - Distant Encounters)
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_2249

Event 20307 (0862B5FD)

Date: 4/12/1958
Location: SICHEVITA, ROMANIA
Description: 1.5M fish-cigar goes south going quickly northeast / 10 minute(s). Tail of flames. Odd.
Type: sighting
Reference: HOBANA Ion & WEVERBERGH,Julien: UFO’S from BEHIND the IRON CURTAIN; Bantam Books,1975. 308pp. (Index 230)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_5897

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

Extra Data: Country: “Romania”, Credibility: “6”, Duration: “10”, HatchDesc: “SICHEVITA,ROMANIA:1.5M FISH-CIGAR GOES S>>NE/10min:TAIL OF FLAMES:ODD”, LatLong: “44.700002 21.866668”, LatLongDMS: “44:42:00 N 21:52:00 E”, Locale: “Farmlands”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “CRS”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 20308 (26CE3F7F)

Date: 4/12/1958
Time: 22:00?
Location: TABLADITAS, ARG
Description: University Professor and 1. 30M luminous object going down / ground level. Halo. Turns going east. / r156#17.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO’s a HISTORY-1958 (7 booklets) 1998/03 Self published. (Index 270)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_5898

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), LND: UFO landing or any part touches ground

Extra Data: Country: “Argentina”, Credibility: “8”, Duration: “3”, Elev: “3680”, HatchDesc: “TABLADITAS,ARG:UNIVERSITY PROF+1:30M LUM OBJ↓/GND LEVEL:HALO:TURNS>E:/r156#17”, LatLong: “-22.733334 -65.594448”, LatLongDMS: “22:44:00 S 65:35:40 W”, Locale: “Mountains”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, RelAlt: “1”, State/Prov: “Juhuy”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 20309 (A5E77874)

Date: 4/12/1958
Description: On this night university professor Dr. Garron and his wife were in Tabladitas, Jujuy Province, Argentina when they watched a 30 meter luminous object descend to ground level. It had a halo; it turned and flew off to the east.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: Uriondo Oscar A. Uriondo, FSR Case Histories, December 1973, p. 17; Loren E. Gross, The Fifth Horseman of the Apocalypse: UFOs: A History. 1958: March-April, p. 70
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_1968

Event 20310 (90E8596F)

Date: 4/13/1958
Location: Allentown, Pennsylvania
Description: 9:40 p.m. Lester Billheimer and Carl Kern watch an object shaped like a “solid right angle” glowing like a white neon light over Allentown, Pennsylvania. It travels northwest at first, then turns west and disappears after three seconds.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: NICAP case file
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_3174

Event 20311 (FCC33CE2)

Date: 4/14/1958
Location: NEAR MARTINIQUE
Description: (Translated from French) After 2370 revolutions Sputnik 2 (USSR) falls at 01/50 TU.
Reference: Charles Noël Martin “The Artificial Satellites” PUF Paris, 1958, p. 52
Reference: Mini catalogue chronologique des observations OVNI, by Godelieve Van Overmeire
Source: Overmeire, ID: Overmeire_2085

Event 20312 (448C2E55)

Date: 4/14/1958
Description: (Translated from French) Observation in Lynchburg (Virginia). (April 14)
Reference: case Blue Book #5763 unsolved
Reference: rr0 - Beau
Source: rr0, ID: rr0_1751

Event 20313 (1107939F)

Date: 4/14/1958
Time: 13:00
Location: LYNCHBURG, VA
Description: C47 pilot. Large dark-grey rectangular object rotates / horizontal axis.
Type: sighting
Reference: BERLINER, DON: The BLUEBOOK UNKNOWNS; (FUFOR). (Index 27)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_5899

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, AIR: Observer(s) on aircraft, MIL: Observer(s) military, 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: “1”, Elev: “249”, HatchDesc: “LYNCHBURG,VA:C47 PILOT:LRG DARK-GREY RECTANGULAR OBJ ROTATES/HORIZONTAL AXIS”, LatLong: “37.400002 -79.133337”, LatLongDMS: “37:24:00 N 79:08:00 W”, Locale: “Metropolis”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Virginia”, Strangeness: “8”

Event 20314 (C6B29F6F)

Date: 4/14/1958
Time: 22:40
Location: ALBUQUERQUE, NM
Description: USAF man. ~30 gold night lights / V formation. More night lights orbit. / r242p22+/ r28p436.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO’s a HISTORY-1958 (7 booklets) 1998/03 Self published. (Index 271)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_5900

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, AIR: Observer(s) on aircraft, MIL: Observer(s) military, DLT: Delta/vee/boomerang/rectangular shaped UFO, NLT: Nightlights/points of light, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s)

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “7”, Duration: “1”, Elev: “1485”, HatchDesc: “ALBUQQ,NM:USAF MAN:~30 GOLD NLTs/VFORM:MORE NLTS ORBIT:/r242p22+/r28p436”, LatLong: “35.050002 -106.650005”, LatLongDMS: “35:03:00 N 106:39:00 W”, Locale: “Metropolis”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “New Mexico”, Strangeness: “4”

Event 20315 (3CB24300)

Date: 4/14/1958
Location: Albuquerque, NM
Description: Air Force Staff Sergeant saw large formation of unidentified lights. [UFOE, III] (NICAP: 11 - Aviation Cases)
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_2250

Event 20316 (10E1BB55)

Date: 4/14/1958
Location: Lynchberg, VA
Description: Grey Black Rectangle Encountered By C-47 (CIRVIS) (NICAP: 11 - Aviation Cases, Code: A, Rating: 2, BB: 5763)
Reference: NICAP: 580414
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_2251

Event 20317 (79E2BE7D)

Date: 4/14/1958
Time: 1 PM
Location: Lynchburg, Virginia
Description: Witness: USAF Maj. D.G. Tilley, flying C-47 transport. One grey-black rectangular object rotated very slowly on its horizontal axis for 4 seconds.
Type: ufo sighting
Reference: BlueBook Unknowns PDF
Source: BerlinerBBUnknowns, ID: BerlinerBBU_424

Event 20318 (8775E882)

Date: 4/15/1958
Location: BROAGER, DK
Description: 20+observer(s). Big black delta/triangle/box-like craft / low altitude. Brilliant horseshoe objects exit. Local wave / Blue Book.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO’s a HISTORY-1958 (7 booklets) 1998/03 Self published. (Index 277)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_5901

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, HQO: High-quality observer(s), WAV: Wave/cluster/flap, DLT: Delta/vee/boomerang/rectangular shaped UFO, PRB: Probe: Possibly remote controlled, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), MIL: Military investigation, BBK: Project BLUEBOOK, GSA: Covert Security Agency

Extra Data: Country: “Scandanavian and Finland”, Credibility: “10”, Duration: “5”, HatchDesc: “BROAGER,DK:20+OBS:BIG BLK DLT/LO ALT:BRILL.HORSESHOE OBJS EXIT:LOCAL WAVE/BBK”, LatLong: “54.883336 9.683334”, LatLongDMS: “54:53:00 N 09:41:00 E”, Locale: “Residential”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Danemark”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 20319 (E621BD16)

Date: 4/15/1958
Location: Tabladitas, Argentina
Description: Approximate date. In the mountains, about 14 km from Abra Pampa, a luminous object 30 m in diameter came to ground level.
Type: ufo sighting
Reference: Quincy (Vallee)
Source: ValléeMagonia, ID: Magonia_465

Event 20320 (6C99ED47)

Date: 4/15/1958
Location: Broager, Denmark
Description: Day. A witness in Broager, Denmark, sees a large, black, low-flying, triangular object. As it flies over town, a number of horseshoe-shaped objects emerge, emitting a strong light. Twenty other witnesses see a triangular “spaceship” at the same time.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Loren E. Gross, The Fifth Horseman of the Apocalypse: UFOs, a History: 1958 March–April, The Author, 1998, p. 77
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_3175

Event 20321 (9A0C48D2)

Date: 4/15/1958
Description: On or about this date in the mountains near Tabladitas, Argentina about 14 kilometers from Abra Pampa, a luminous object 30 meters in diameter came down to ground level.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: Jacques Vallee, Passport to Magonia: A Century of Landings, case 465
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_2020

Event 20322 (682F5B21)

Date: 4/15/1958
Description: A cigar shaped object with smaller satellite objects was sighted at 12:30 a.m. over Broager, Denmark.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: UFO Nachtrichten, June 1958; Loren E. Gross, The Fifth Horseman of the Apocalypse: UFOs: A History. 1958: March-April, p. 78
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_2021

Event 20323 (0459CA44)

Date: 4/16/1958
Time: 04:00
Location: LINCOLN, NE
Description: 1 large and 9 small objects / rigid formation. Very erratic path going quickly west. / r242p156.
Type: sighting
Reference: HAINES, Richard Ph.D: PROJECT DELTA; 1994, LDA Press, PO Box 880, Los Altos, CA 94023 USA (Index 100)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_5902

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: “345”, HatchDesc: “LINCOLN,NE:1 LRG+9 SML OBJS/RIGID FORMn:VERY ERRATIC PATH >>W:/r242p156”, LatLong: “40.816669 -96.683338”, LatLongDMS: “40:49:00 N 96:41:00 W”, Locale: “Town & City”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Nebraska”, Strangeness: “8”

Event 20324 (2F01464A)

Date: 4/16/1958
Time: 13:00?
Location: INGERSOLL, ON
Description: Several / farm. Several large silver delta/triangle/box-like crafts going south. 1 lands / field. Quickly going up [to] fast. Jerky trajectory.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO’s a HISTORY-1958 (7 booklets) 1998/03 Self published. (Index 278)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_5903

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, 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

Extra Data: Country: “Canada”, Credibility: “8”, Duration: “2”, Elev: “289”, HatchDesc: “INGERSOLL,ON:SVRL/FARM:SVRL LRG SLVR DLTS >S:1 LANDS/FLD:↑↑ FAST:JERKY TRAJ”, LatLong: “43.033335 -80.866671”, LatLongDMS: “43:02:00 N 80:52:00 W”, Locale: “Farmlands”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Ontario”, Strangeness: “7”

Event 20325 (A09D137D)

Date: 4/17/1958
Time: 19:30
Location: NEAR TUPANCIRETA, BRZ
Description: 3 saucers hover and maneuver all night. Trade light signals. / r246p77.
Type: sighting
Reference: VALLEE, Jacques: PASSPORT TO MAGONIA; H. Regnery, Chicago HC 1969 & Contemporary Books,Chicago 1993. 372pp. (Index 466)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_5904

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, RAY: Odd light/searchlight/beam/laser-like, SIG: Signals/responses to/from/between UFO’s/occupants/observers, TRC: Physical traces

Extra Data: Country: “Brazil”, Credibility: “8”, Duration: “244”, Elev: “484”, HatchDesc: “nr TUPANCIRETA,BRZ:3 SCRS HVR+MNVR ALL NITE:TRADE LITE SIGNALS:/r246p77”, LatLong: “-29.083335 -53.850003”, LatLongDMS: “29:05:00 S 53:51:00 W”, Locale: “Farmlands”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “RGS”, Strangeness: “7”

Event 20326 (70FEF7DE)

Date: 4/17/1958
Time: 1925
Location: Abaatu, Brazil
Description: All night long, three hovering disks were seen by several witnesses in this area. A railroad employee, Mr. Cavalheiro, and the station chief, J. Machado, wired the Tupancireta police, and all saw the objects coming to ground level about 1 km away. At times they appeared to exchange signals. One of the disks flew over the station itself, leaving a luminous trail and considerable heat.
Type: ufo sighting
Reference: LDLN (Vallee)
Source: ValléeMagonia, ID: Magonia_466

Event 20327 (B21D3554)

Date: 4/17/1958
Description: Three hovering discs were observed all night long in Boa del Tigre, Argentina by several witnesses in the area. Mr. Cavalheiro, a railroad employee, and his station chief, J. Machado, wired the Tupancireta police and all saw the UFOs come to ground level about one kilometer away. At times the discs appeared to exchange signals. One of the them flew over the station itself, leaving a luminous trail and considerable heat.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: Jacques Vallee, Passport to Magonia: A Century of Landings, case 466
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_2079

Event 20328 (20E9B667)

Date: 4/19/1958
Time: 03:30
Location: NORTH / GRANTS, NM
Description: White saucer aims colored beams all over/all about mine. Going up. Going quickly east. Flash / each maneuver. / APRO 5’58.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO’s a HISTORY-1958 (7 booklets) 1998/03 Self published. (Index 293)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_5905

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, HQO: High-quality observer(s), NWS: News media report, SCR: Classic saucer/disk/sphere shaped UFO, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), 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: “200”, Elev: “2200”, HatchDesc: “N/GRANTS,NM:WHT SCR AIMS CLRD BEAMS ALLO MINE:↑:>>E:FLASH/EACH MNVR:/APRO 5’58”, LatLong: “35.500002 -107.833338”, LatLongDMS: “35:30:00 N 107:50:00 W”, Locale: “Desert”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “New Mexico”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 20329 (814528C6)

Date: 4/20/1958
Location: SERNANCELHE, PORTUGAL
Description: Elongated metallic object going [to] over village. / Diario de Coimbra.
Type: sighting
Reference: LOURENCO, Victor: The PORTUCAT CATALOG; (BBS Download). (Index 59)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_5906

Attributes: GND: 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: “Portugal”, Credibility: “7”, Duration: “4”, HatchDesc: “SERNANCELHE,PORTUGAL:ELONGATED METALLIC OBJ >OVR VILLAGE:/DIARIO de COIMBRA”, LatLong: “40.905558 -7.477778”, LatLongDMS: “40:54:20 N 07:28:40 W”, Locale: “Pasture”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “BRA”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 20330 (5C27809D)

Date: 4/22/1958
Time: ~02:00
Location: ABROSIA LAKE, NM
Description: Guards / uranium mine. Blinding light hovers and maneuvers / hours. Shoots up.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO’s a HISTORY-1958 (7 booklets) 1998/03 Self published. (Index 718)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_5907

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, RAY: Odd light/searchlight/beam/laser-like, NUC: Nuclear facility related, TCH: New technical details/clues

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “9”, Duration: “200”, Elev: “2130”, HatchDesc: “ABROSIA LAKE,NM:GUARDS/URANIUM MINE:BLINDING LITE HVRS+MNVRS/HOURS:SHOOTS UP”, LatLong: “35.433335 -107.833338”, LatLongDMS: “35:26:00 N 107:50:00 W”, Locale: “Mountains”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “New Mexico”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 20331 (DD49B8DB)

Date: 4/25/1958
Time: 23:30
Location: MISIDENTIFIED (CONVENTIONAL PHENOMENA)-ATLANTIC 54° 30W-38° 00N
Description: Steamship Cocle. UFO type unknown. 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 53)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_5908

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

Extra Data: Country: “Atlantic Ocean + islands”, Credibility: “6”, Duration: “1”, Elev: “0”, HatchDesc: “MID-ATLANTIC 54°30W-38°00N:SS COCLE:UFO TYPE UNK:NFD”, LatLong: “38.000002 -54.500003”, LatLongDMS: “38:00:00 N 54:30:00 W”, Locale: “High Seas”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “NAT”, Strangeness: “4”

Event 20332 (9F57F9B3)

Date: 4/25/1958
Locations: Denmark; US
Description: The officer for UFO investigation in Denmark, Lt. Col. Hans-Christian Petersen, tells the magazine B-T that multiple-witness sightings are commonplace and that the current Danish wave is comparable to that of the US 1952 wave. “Nothing is gained by rejecting all the accounts as fantasy,” he tells reporters. Petersen has founded the Skandinavisk UFO Information group in December with five other Danish military jet pilots.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Loren E. Gross, The Fifth Horseman of the Apocalypse: UFOs, a History: 1958 March–April, The Author, 1998, pp. 97–99
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_3176

Event 20333 (83FF00A1)

Date: 4/26/1958
Description: At 9:05 p.m. a red hot coal-like object streaked across the sky over Adelaide, South Australia. It made a hissing noise.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: Michael Hervey, UFOs over the Southern Hemisphere, p. 164
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_2332

Event 20334 (1F6C35C7)

Date: 4/28/1958
Time: 02:40:00.3
Location: 12.6167 168.0250
Description: Nuclear test: Air, confirmed. Country: USA Name: “Yucca” 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_121

Extra Data: LatLong: “12.6167 168.0250”, LatLongDMS: “12:37:00 N 168:01:30 E”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, NukeCountry: “USA”, NukeDepth: “-26.21”, NukeName: “Yucca”, NukeSource: “G+P”, NukeType: “NACU”, NukeY: “1.7”

Event 20335 (1B6E4E7A)

Date: 4/28/1958
Time: 19:05:00.0
Location: 1.6700 -157.2500
Description: Nuclear test: Air, confirmed. Country: Britain Name: “grapple” Yield: 3000KT
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_1763

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: “3000”

Event 20336 (D6241118)

Date: 4/30/1958
Time: ~19:30
Location: EL PADUL, SP
Description: Shepherd. 10M saucer lands. Flies going quickly [to] east-northeast toward(s) Baza. Leaves yellow trail / sky.
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_5909

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

Extra Data: Country: “Spain”, Credibility: “7”, Duration: “2”, HatchDesc: “EL PADUL,SP:SHEPHERD:10M SCR LANDS:FLIES >>ENE TWRD BAZA:LEAVES YLW TRAIL/SKY”, LatLong: “37.033335 -3.616667”, LatLongDMS: “37:02:00 N 03:37:00 W”, Locale: “Pasture”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Grenada”, Strangeness: “7”

Event 20337 (26819F80)

Date: 4/30/1958
Description: A craft 10 meters in diameter came to rest on a hillside in El Padul, Spain at dusk. It was sighted by two witnesses named Leyva and Sanchez. A short time later the UFO flew away towards Baza, leaving a yellow trail.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: Vicente-Juan Ballester Olmos, FSR, July 1971, p. 10
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_2421

Event 20338 (9F1D0524)

Date: 5/1958
Location: Maelstrom AFB, Montana
Description: Maelstrom AFB, Montana: Just after midnight an UFO approached the alert hanger where one guard was standing on duty. At about 1000 ft. altitude. The UFO appeared as a round metallic looking object (called a “Flying Saucer” by the guard). The base radar and FAA radar picked up the UFO as it was apparently hovering over the alert hanger and the atomic bomb storage nearby. The saucer then moved slowly down the length of runway and then proceeded across town to the Muni Airport at Great Falls and hovered over the National Guard parking ramp for the F-89’s and then flew off.
Type: ufo sighting
Reference: Pea Research
Source: Maj2, ID: Maj2_585

Event 20339 (DCD746EB)

Date: 5/1958
Location: RICHMOND, VA
Description: NICAP. “Car engine runs roughly. Driver sees UFO following”. No further details.
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 15)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_5910

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, 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, EME: Electro-Magnetic Effects

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “6”, Duration: “3”, Elev: “57”, HatchDesc: “RICHMOND,VA:NICAP:“CAR ENGINE RUNS ROUGHLY:DRIVER SEES UFO FOLLOWING”:NFD”, LatLong: “37.566668 -77.450004”, LatLongDMS: “37:34:00 N 77:27:00 W”, Locale: “Town & City”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Virginia”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 20340 (4B599F32)

Date: 5/1958
Time: 20:30
Location: FONTANA, CA
Description: 2 150’ silver saucers stop 1K’ over steelyard. Tilt and flip and away. / r142#7p26.
Type: sighting
Reference: MUFON UFO JOURNAL, Seguin, TX USA. Monthly. (Index 241)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_5911

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

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “6”, Duration: “5”, Elev: “376”, HatchDesc: “FONTANA,CA:2 150’SLVR SCRS STOP 1K’OVR STEELYARD:TILT+FLIP+away:/r142#7p26”, LatLong: “34.100002 -117.433339”, LatLongDMS: “34:06:00 N 117:26:00 W”, Locale: “Town & City”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, RelAlt: “300”, State/Prov: “California”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 20341 (3F64B9D6)

Date: 5/1958
Location: Richmond (near), VA
Description: Engine of car began running roughly, driver then noticed UFO following car (NICAP: 03 - EME Cases)
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_2252

Event 20342 (84682E33)

Date: 5/2/1958
Location: Bogota, Colombia
Description: Eight people working in a wood saw a green creature with scaly skin and very long arms. The pointed nails of its long fingers nearly touched the ground.
Type: ufo sighting
Reference: Dischi Volanti, by L. Bulgarini (Vallee)
Source: ValléeMagonia, ID: Magonia_467

Event 20343 (459A5A7C)

Date: 5/2/1958
Description: Eight people working in a forest near Santa Fe de Bogota, Colombia saw a green creature with scaly skin and very long arms. The pointed nails of its long fingers nearly touched the ground.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: Jacques Vallee, Passport to Magonia: A Century of Landings, case 467, citing L. Bulgarini; David F. Webb & Ted Bloecher, HUMCAT: Catalogue of Humanoid Reports, case A0460
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_2453

Event 20344 (E6E4F67F)

Date: 5/3/1958
Location: Flagstaff, AZ
Description: Elongated Object Seen & Tracked By F3D Aircraft (McDonald list; FUFOR Index) (NICAP: 09 - RADAR Cases, Code: R, Rating: 5, BB: BBU)
Reference: NICAP: 580503
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_2253

Event 20345 (92631668)

Date: 5/4/1958
Description: Dewey Fournet confirms, in a statement to NICAP, the existence of the Estimate of the Situation and his own motion study from 1952.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: UFOEv, p. 110; Swords 509
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_3177

Event 20346 (1458C618)

Date: 5/5/1958
Time: 15:40
Location: PAN DE AZUCAR, URG
Description: 18m cone buzzes light plane. Great heat. Going south / sea extremely fast. / MJ#241.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO’s a HISTORY-1958 (7 booklets) 1998/03 Self published. (Index 305)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_5912

Attributes: CST: Observer(s) in coastal area/just offshore, AIR: Observer(s) on aircraft, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, SCR: Classic saucer/disk/sphere shaped UFO, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), OBS: Observation/chasing vehicles, RAY: Odd light/searchlight/beam/laser-like, VEH: Vehicle affected: Marks/damage/EME effects

Extra Data: Country: “Uruguay”, Credibility: “8”, Duration: “5”, Elev: “79”, HatchDesc: “PAN de AZUCAR,URG:18m CONE BUZZES LITE PLANE:GREAT HEAT:>S/SEA XFAST:/MJ#241”, LatLong: “-34.800002 -55.233336”, LatLongDMS: “34:48:00 S 55:14:00 W”, Locale: “Farmlands”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “MLD”, Strangeness: “7”

Event 20347 (AE715106)

Date: 5/5/1958
Location: Pan De Azucar, Uruguay
Description: Aerial encounter, heat, between Piper Cub and “top-shaped” object (NICAP: 03 - EME Cases)
Reference: NICAP: 580505
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_2254

Event 20348 (41C2AC73)

Date: 5/5/1958
Location: Pan De Azucar, Uruguay
Description: Top-Like Object Heats Up Piper Cub (NICAP: 11 - Aviation Cases, Code: A, Rating: 5)
Reference: NICAP: 580505
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_2255

Event 20349 (37516F93)

Date: 5/5/1958
Time: 18:15:00.1
Location: 11.5564 162.3542
Description: Nuclear test: Air, confirmed. Country: USA Name: “Cactus” Yield: 18KT
Type: atomic
Reference: “columbia.edu: Worldwide Nuclear Explosions”, by Yang, North, Romney, and Richards
Reference: “archive.org: Worldwide Nuclear Explosions”, by Yang, North, Romney, and Richards
Source: NukeExplosions, ID: NukeExplosions_122

Extra Data: LatLong: “11.5564 162.3542”, LatLongDMS: “11:33:23 N 162:21:15 E”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, NukeCountry: “USA”, NukeName: “Cactus”, NukeSource: “G+P”, NukeType: “NACU”, NukeY: “18”

Event 20350 (CB62BF22)

Date: 5/5/1958
Locations: Capitán de Corbeta Naval Air Base; Capitán de Corbeta Carlos A. Curbelo International Airport; San Carlos, Uruguay
Description: 3:40 p.m. Experienced pilot Carlos Alejo Rodriguez is flying his Piper Cub in the vicinity of Capitán de Corbeta Naval Air Base [now part of Capitán de Corbeta Carlos A. Curbelo International Airport] near San Carlos, Uruguay, when a brilliant top-like object (symmetrical above and below) suddenly approaches his plane head-on. The UFO is about 45–60 feet in diameter, stops about 6,500 feet away and “rocked twice, in a balancing motion.” Rodriguez feels strong heat, so he removes his jacket and opens the aircraft windows. The UFO takes off abruptly toward the sea “at a fantastic speed,” leaving a thin vapor trail.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: NICAP, “Top-Like Object Heats Up Piper Cub”; UFOEv, p. 120; Donald E. Keyhoe and Gordon I. R. Lore Jr., Strange Effects from UFOs, NICAP, 1969, p. 16
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_3178

Event 20351 (DB7B807F)

Date: 5/5/1958
Description: On this day at 3:40 p.m. a brilliant top-shaped UFO (that was symmetrical above and below the middle), suddenly approached an aircraft being flown by 40-year-old Carlos Alejo Rodriguez near the airfield in Pan de Azucar near the city of San Carlos, Maldonado province, Uruguay. The object, estimated to be three times the size of the Piper aircraft, or 15-20 meters in diameter, passed within 500 meters, and the pilot felt a wave of heat. The UFO stopped and hovered for three seconds, rocked twice in a balancing motion, then shot away toward the sea leaving a vapor trail.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: Gordon I. R. Lore, Strange Effects from UFOs, p. 16; Richard H. Hall, Uninvited Guests, p. 246; UNICAT, case #477, citing Thomas M Olsen, The Reference to Outstanding UFO Reports, p. 3-57
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_2538

Event 20352 (B48E4A92)

Date: 5/5/1958
Location: Montevideo, Uruguay
Description: Pilot Alejo Rodriguez flying in his Piper Aircraft reported a bright silvery UFO, metallic top-shaped object, with a slight vapor trail which hovered over Uruguay and created such intense heat that he was forced to open the windows and the plane door and remove his jacket.
Type: ufo sighting
Reference: The Flying Saucers are Hostile!, by George D. Fawcett 1961
Source: HostileFawcett, ID: HostileFawcett_72

Event 20353 (4D29A81F)

Date: 5/6/1958
Location: St. Petersburg, Florida
Description: In a letter to NICAP member George Stocking of St. Petersburg, Florida, Ruppelt says he is “now convinced that the reports of UFO’s are nothing more than reports of balloons, aircraft, astronomical phenomena, etc. I don’t believe they are anything from outer space.”
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Loren E. Gross, The Fifth Horseman of the Apocalypse: UFOs, a History: 1958 May–July, The Author, 1999, p. 5
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_3179

Event 20354 (BE21E83B)

Date: 5/7/1958
Description: Keyhoe’s friend Lou Corbin has received from a military friend of Gen. Nathan Twining news that Twining is still concerned about UFOs. Keyhoe writes to him and receives a note from Twining’s executive officer, Col. James C. Sherrill: “No effective means have been developed for the establishment of communication by radio or otherwise with unknown aerial objects. The technical obstacles involved in such an endeavor, I am sure, are quite obvious to you.”
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Keyhoe, FSTS, pp. 198–199
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_3180

Event 20355 (335E37D5)

Date: 5/8/1958
Time: 18:30
Location: US19 / TARPON SPRINGS, FL
Description: 2 / car. Fireball near sun. 1600 reading / photographer light meter. Sun = 300.
Type: sighting
Reference: The APRO BULLETIN: Monthly. Jim & Coral Lorenzen: Tucson,AZ (USA. defunct) By volume and number. (Index 769)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_5913

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CST: Observer(s) in coastal area/just offshore, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, HQO: High-quality observer(s), ODD: Atypical/Forteana/paranormal, FBL: Fireball: Blazing undistinguished form/orb., NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), OBS: Observation/chasing vehicles, TCH: New technical details/clues

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “7”, Duration: “2”, Elev: “5”, HatchDesc: "US19/TARPON SPRINGS,FL:2/CAR:FBL nr SUN:1600 reading/FOTOG.LITE METER:SUN=300 ", LatLong: “28.144446 -82.755560”, LatLongDMS: “28:08:40 N 82:45:20 W”, Locale: "Pasture

[c0mmando]

", LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Florida”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 20356 (311A6F01)

Date: 5/8/1958
Locations: US; Ohio
Description: US Rep. John E. Henderson (R-Ohio) writes to Secretary of Defense Neil H. McElroy asking about the status of UFO reports and the USAF investigation. ATIC decides to give Henderson a formal briefing.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Loren E. Gross, The Fifth Horseman of the Apocalypse: UFOs, a History: 1958 May–July, The Author, 1999, pp. 5–8, 42; Swords 276
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_3181

Event 20357 (C0EA018C)

Date: 5/9/1958
Description: (Translated from French) Observation at Bohol Island (Philippines). (May 9)
Reference: case Blue Book #5800 unsolved
Reference: rr0 - Beau
Source: rr0, ID: rr0_1752

Event 20358 (6D408AD5)

Date: 5/9/1958
Time: 11:10
Location: BOHOL ISLAND, PHL
Description: Project Bluebook Case #5800. Airline pilot. Shiny metallic object falls and spins / 90 second(s).
Type: sighting
Reference: BERLINER, DON: The BLUEBOOK UNKNOWNS; (FUFOR). (Index 27)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_5914

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

Extra Data: Country: “Philippines”, Credibility: “7”, Duration: “2”, HatchDesc: “BOHOL ISLAND,PHL:BBK#5800:AIRLINE PILOT:SHINY MTLC OBJ FALLS+SPINS/90sec”, LatLong: “9.850000 124.200006”, LatLongDMS: “09:51:00 N 124:12:00 E”, Locale: “Metropolis”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “BOH”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 20359 (2C55F43B)

Date: 5/9/1958
Location: Bohol Island, Philippines
Description: Pilot saw object w/shiny metallic surface, falling and spinning (NICAP: 11 - Aviation Cases, BB: 5800)
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_2256

Event 20360 (F725542B)

Date: 5/9/1958
Time: 11:05 AM
Location: Bohol Island, Phillipine Islands
Description: Witness: Phillipine Airlines pilot. One object with a shiny, metallic surface was falling and spinning for 1.5 minutes.
Type: ufo sighting
Reference: BlueBook Unknowns PDF
Source: BerlinerBBUnknowns, ID: BerlinerBBU_425

Event 20361 (6FB7A9DF)

Date: 5/9/1958
Description: At 1:05 p.m. an airline pilot for Philippines Airline saw a bright, shiny metallic object fall and spin through the sky for 90 seconds while flying over Bohol Island, The Philippines. A Project Blue Book “unidentified” case.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: Project Blue Book files counted in official statistics, case # 5800; Dominique Weinstein, Aircraft UFO Encounters, p. 30
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_2679

Event 20362 (92C1E565)

Date: 5/11/1958
Time: 17:50:00.1
Location: 11.6908 165.2736
Description: Nuclear test: Air, confirmed. Country: USA Name: “Fir” Yield: 1360KT
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_123

Extra Data: LatLong: “11.6908 165.2736”, LatLongDMS: “11:41:27 N 165:16:25 E”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, NukeCountry: “USA”, NukeName: “Fir”, NukeSource: “G+P”, NukeType: “NACU”, NukeY: “1360”

Event 20363 (389354B1)

Date: 5/11/1958
Time: 18:15:00.1
Location: 11.5411 162.3506
Description: Nuclear test: Air, confirmed. Country: USA Name: “Butternut” Yield: 81KT
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_124

Extra Data: LatLong: “11.5411 162.3506”, LatLongDMS: “11:32:28 N 162:21:02 E”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, NukeCountry: “USA”, NukeName: “Butternut”, NukeSource: “G+P”, NukeType: “NACU”, NukeY: “81”

Event 20364 (D0270C65)

Date: 5/12/1958
Time: 18:30:00.1
Location: 11.6750 162.2056
Description: Nuclear test: Air, confirmed. Country: USA Name: “Koa” Yield: 1370KT
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_125

Extra Data: LatLong: “11.6750 162.2056”, LatLongDMS: “11:40:30 N 162:12:20 E”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, NukeCountry: “USA”, NukeName: “Koa”, NukeSource: “G+P”, NukeType: “NACU”, NukeY: “1370”

Event 20365 (D767B900)

Date: 5/13/1958
Description: (Translated from French) Insurrection in Algiers. (May 13)
Reference: rr0 - Beau
Source: rr0, ID: rr0_1753

Event 20366 (2AA73302)

Date: 5/13/1958
Locations: RCAF Station Cold Lake, Alberta; Victoria, British Columbia; Calgary, Alberta
Description: 12:15 p.m. A Royal Canadian Air Force Dakota DC-3 is flying to RCAF Station Cold Lake, Alberta, from Victoria, British Columbia. When it changes its heading about 25 miles southwest of Calgary, Alberta, a large, thick, black cloud suddenly appears directly across their flight path at the same altitude. Their VHF communications with Cold Lake and Calgary suddenly cease working. The cloud has indistinct, hazy edges, and it increases in size as they approach at about 155 mph. The pilot unsuccessfully tries to radio Calgary to request a flight path change to avoid the cloud, which is now about 10 miles away. Suddenly he sees a brilliant white pinpoint of light materialize in the dark mass. It grows in size, forming a brilliant ball that quickly approaches the aircraft on a collision course. He braces himself, but the light disappears, and the black cloud vanishes.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Don Ledger, “Two Spherical UAP Cases Witnessed by Pilots in Canadian Airspace,” IUR 33, no. 2 (July 2010): 7–9
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_3182

Event 20367 (CC6A9DF0)

Date: 5/15/1958
Location: USSR, BAIKONOUR
Description: (Translated from French) Launch of “Sputnik III”, third Russian satellite which imposed itself by its mass of 1.3 tons. First use of solar batteries.
Reference: “L’Astronautique” Pierre Rousseau, Hachette 1965, p. 19, 63
Reference: Fell on April 6, 1960
Reference: Mini catalogue chronologique des observations OVNI, by Godelieve Van Overmeire
Source: Overmeire, ID: Overmeire_2086

Event 20368 (99C6AC92)

Date: 5/15/1958
Location: COLOMBIA
Description: (Translated from French) A Colombian farmer, working in his fields with his workers, suddenly saw “a man at least 3 meters tall, green in color, appearing to be naked, and whose skin, resembling that of a crocodile, was crossed by deep transverse wrinkles. The arms, very long, almost reached the ground”. The story might be laughed at, if it did not evoke, with troubling coincidences, a similar event that occurred on February 12, 1952 in Flatwood (Virginia).
Reference: Charles GARREAU: “Flying Saucers: 20 Years of Investigations” - Mame 1971- p. 77
Reference: Mini catalogue chronologique des observations OVNI, by Godelieve Van Overmeire
Source: Overmeire, ID: Overmeire_2087

Event 20369 (30812660)

Date: 5/15/1958
Description: (Translated from French) Launch of Spoutnik 3. (May 15)
Reference: rr0 - Beau
Source: rr0, ID: rr0_1754

Event 20370 (2B8BEC64)

Date: 5/15/1958
Description: (Translated from French) The French Air Ministry decides to no longer encourage the collection of UFO testimonies (…) because it results that no act of aggression, either against people or civilian or military property, has been observed.
Reference: rr0 - Beau
Source: rr0, ID: rr0_1755

Event 20371 (405564B7)

Date: 5/15/1958
Description: (Translated from French) Publication of the book of Aimé Michel, Mysterious Celestial Objects (MOC), in which General Lionel Chassin admits the existence of UFOs.
Reference: rr0 - Beau
Source: rr0, ID: rr0_1756

Event 20372 (BAF808E7)

Date: 5/15/1958
Location: Caracas, Venezuela
Description: Formation of Circular Saucers (NICAP: 11 - Aviation Cases, Code: A, Rating: 5, BB: BBU)
Reference: NICAP: 580515
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_2257

Event 20373 (B78BDD85)

Date: 5/15/1958
Location: Malmstrom AFB, MT
Description: Object Flies Low Over Base, Tracked On Radar (NICAP: 09 - RADAR Cases, Code: R, Rating: 5)
Reference: NICAP: 580515
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_2258

Event 20374 (40B2A130)

Date: 5/15/1958
Location: Fort Bragg, NC
Description: Airline pilots saw an orange round object heading N at high speed (NICAP: 11 - Aviation Cases, BB: BBU)
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_2259

Event 20375 (CF039F62)

Date: 5/15/1958
Locations: Baikonur Cosmodrome; Kazakhstan
Description: The Soviets launch Sputnik 3 from Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Wikipedia, “Sputnik 3”
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_3183

Event 20376 (7792AE4D)

Date: 5/15/1958
Locations: Lackland AFB; San Antonio, Texas
Description: Lackland AFB’s chief of education planning for the officer candidate school, Maj. Warren Akin, suggests, at a meeting of the Junior Chamber of Commerce in San Antonio, Texas, that UFOs are spacecraft.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: “Visitors from Outer Space Already May Have Visited Us, Major Says,” San Antonio (Tex.) Express, May 16, 1958, p. 2
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_3184

Event 20377 (513A8662)

Date: 5/16/1958
Time: 01:30:00.5
Location: 11.3447 162.1789
Description: Nuclear test: Water, confirmed. Country: USA Name: “Wahoo” Yield: 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_126

Extra Data: LatLong: “11.3447 162.1789”, LatLongDMS: “11:20:41 N 162:10:44 E”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, NukeCountry: “USA”, NukeDepth: “0.15”, NukeName: “Wahoo”, NukeSource: “G+P”, NukeType: “NWCU”, NukeY: “9”

Event 20378 (64F72075)

Date: 5/16/1958
Location: Edwards AFB, California
Description: USAF Capt. Walter W. Irwin reaches 1,404 mph in a Lockheed YF-104A Starfighter at Edwards AFB, California.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Wikipedia, “Lockheed F-104 Starfighter”
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_3185

Event 20379 (9E92B714)

Date: 5/17/1958
Time: 21:20
Location: HAYWARD, CA
Description: 8+observer(s). Fireballs tumble going quickly northwest. 1 in rear glides and accelerates and passes others!
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO’s a HISTORY-1958 (7 booklets) 1998/03 Self published. (Index 317)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_5915

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

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “9”, Duration: “3”, Elev: “34”, HatchDesc: “HAYWARD,CA:8+OBS:FBLs TUMBLE >>NW:1 in rear GLIDES+ACCELERATES+PASSES OTHERS!”, LatLong: “37.650002 -122.066672”, LatLongDMS: “37:39:00 N 122:04:00 W”, Locale: “Residential”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “California”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 20380 (054C96BC)

Date: 5/17/1958
Time: 23:50
Location: NORTHWEST / FT. LAUDERDALE, FL
Description: 2 / boat. Orange fireball flares up and flees when hit / spotlight. / r242p12.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO’s a HISTORY-1958 (7 booklets) 1998/03 Self published. (Index 313)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_5916

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, FBL: Fireball: Blazing undistinguished form/orb., NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), OBS: Observation/chasing vehicles

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “7”, Duration: “2”, Elev: “4”, HatchDesc: “NW/Ft.LAUDERDALE,FL:2/BOAT:ORG FBL FLARES UP+FLEES when HIT/SPOTLITE:/r242p12”, LatLong: “26.366668 -80.383337”, LatLongDMS: “26:22:00 N 80:23:00 W”, Locale: “Town & City”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Florida”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 20381 (9FB8430F)

Date: 5/17/1958
Location: Ft. Lauderdale, FL
Description: UFO sped away when light was shone at it. [UFOE, II] (NICAP: 01 - Distant Encounters)
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_2260

Event 20382 (3769FC3B)

Date: 5/17/1958
Description: At 11:45 p.m. two men in a boat in Fort Lauderdale, Florida watched as an orange fireball flared up and sped away when a spotlight was shone at it.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: Richard Hall, The UFO Evidence, p. 12, 121; Loren E. Gross, The Fifth Horseman of the Apocalypse: UFOs: A History. 1958: May-July, p. 28
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_2922

Event 20383 (1ED606BC)

Date: 5/18/1958
Time: 22:30
Location: BULAWAYO, RHOD
Description: 5 observer(s). 5’ x2’RECTANGLE hovers / house. Going quickly south when hit with light. / MJ#124.
Type: sighting
Reference: HIND, Cynthia: UFO’S, AFRICAN ENCOUNTERS; Gemini Books, Salisbury, Zimbabwe 1982. 236pp (Index 120)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_5917

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, HQO: High-quality observer(s), DLT: Delta/vee/boomerang/rectangular shaped UFO, PRB: Probe: Possibly remote controlled, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), OBS: Observation/chasing vehicles, HUM: Humans affected: Injury/burns/marks/abduction/death, BLD: Building/man-made structure/roads/power lines, TCH: New technical details/clues, INJ: Injuries, illness/death, mutilations

Extra Data: Country: “Zimbabwe & Zambia”, Credibility: “8”, Duration: “170”, HatchDesc: “BULAWAYO,RHOD:5 OBS:5’x2’RECTANGLE HVRS/HOUSE:>>S WHEN HIT W/LIGHT:/MJ#124”, LatLong: “-20.216668 28.700001”, LatLongDMS: “20:13:00 S 28:42:00 E”, Locale: “Residential”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “BLW”, Strangeness: “7”

Event 20384 (5B70C5C4)

Date: 5/20/1958
Time: 18:30:00.1
Location: 11.5439 162.3561
Description: Nuclear test: Air, confirmed. Country: USA Name: “Holly” 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_127

Extra Data: LatLong: “11.5439 162.3561”, LatLongDMS: “11:32:38 N 162:21:22 E”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, NukeCountry: “USA”, NukeName: “Holly”, NukeSource: “G+P”, NukeType: “NACU”, NukeY: “5.9”

Event 20385 (2468C207)

Date: 5/21/1958
Time: 21:20:00.2
Location: 11.4961 165.3708
Description: Nuclear test: Air, confirmed. Country: USA Name: “Nutmeg” Yield: 25.1KT
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_128

Extra Data: LatLong: “11.4961 165.3708”, LatLongDMS: “11:29:46 N 165:22:15 E”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, NukeCountry: “USA”, NukeName: “Nutmeg”, NukeSource: “G+P”, NukeType: “NACU”, NukeY: “25.1”

Event 20386 (8FB55D18)

Date: 5/23/1958
Location: medium earth orbit
Description: Explorer 1 loses contact
Type: aerospace
Reference: Wikipedia
Source: Maj2, ID: Maj2_584

Event 20387 (67577392)

Date: 5/25/1958
Location: KIRCHBURG, HUNSRUCK, GERM
Description: Businessman and 1. Silver disk with antennas maneuvers into clouds.
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_5918

Attributes: 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: “Germany”, Credibility: “7”, Duration: “1”, HatchDesc: “KIRCHBURG,HUNSRUCK,GERM:BUSINESSMAN+1:SLVR DISK W/ANTENNAS MNVRS INTO CLOUDS”, LatLong: “49.933336 7.416667”, LatLongDMS: “49:56:00 N 07:25:00 E”, Locale: “Mountains”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “RHP”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 20388 (F74E7988)

Date: 5/25/1958
Location: Kirchberg, Hunsruck, Germany
Description: Circular silvery UFO observed moving through clouds. [UFOE, X] (NICAP: 01 - Distant Encounters)
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_2261

Event 20389 (086B4F1F)

Date: 5/26/1958
Time: 00:30
Location: JAVNGYDE, DK
Description: All scouts / camp. Blazing vertical ovoid hovers. Lights area. / r142#3p26.
Type: sighting
Reference: FLYING SAUCER REVIEW (FSR), London. Bimonthly. PO Box 162; High Wycombe, Bucks. HP135 DZ, England. (Index 53)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_5919

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

Extra Data: Country: “Scandanavian and Finland”, Credibility: “9”, Duration: “3”, HatchDesc: “JAVNGYDE,DK:ALL SCOUTS/CAMP:BLAZING VERTCL OVOID HVRS:LITES AREA:/r142#3p26”, LatLong: “56.116669 9.833334”, LatLongDMS: “56:07:00 N 09:50:00 E”, Locale: “Forest”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Danemark”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 20390 (DF276529)

Date: 5/26/1958
Time: 02:00:00.1
Location: 11.6603 162.2253
Description: Nuclear test: Air, confirmed. Country: USA Name: “Yellowwood” Yield: 330KT
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_129

Extra Data: LatLong: “11.6603 162.2253”, LatLongDMS: “11:39:37 N 162:13:31 E”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, NukeCountry: “USA”, NukeName: “Yellowwood”, NukeSource: “G+P”, NukeType: “NACU”, NukeY: “330”

Event 20391 (267D6FF7)

Date: 5/26/1958
Time: 18:00:00.1
Location: 11.5428 162.3539
Description: Nuclear test: Air, confirmed. Country: USA Name: “Magnolia” 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_130

Extra Data: LatLong: “11.5428 162.3539”, LatLongDMS: “11:32:34 N 162:21:14 E”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, NukeCountry: “USA”, NukeName: “Magnolia”, NukeSource: “G+P”, NukeType: “NACU”, NukeY: “57”

Event 20392 (90201892)

Date: 5/27/1958
Location: OFF BAHIA, BRZ
Description: Varig pilot. Luminous/glowing saucer maneuvers under liner. Dives toward(s) sea. / LDLN#334.
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_5920

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: “3”, Elev: “0”, HatchDesc: “off BAHIA,BRZ:VARIG PILOT:LUMn SCR MNVRS UNDER LINER:DIVES TWRD SEA:/LDLN#334”, LatLong: “-13.000001 -38.000002”, LatLongDMS: “13:00:00 S 38:00:00 W”, Locale: “Coastlands”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Bahia”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 20393 (8779D4A2)

Date: 5/27/1958
Time: 04:30
Location: BOCA DEL TIGRE, ARG
Description: Trucker. 3M giant / road. Blinding beam / chest. Missing time. / r113p150.
Type: sighting
Reference: The APRO BULLETIN: Monthly. Jim & Coral Lorenzen: Tucson,AZ (USA. defunct) By volume and number. (Index 709)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_5921

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, NFO: No craft seen, GNT: Giant: Large/tall alien, RAY: Odd light/searchlight/beam/laser-like, MST: Missing time or time anomaly, LND: UFO landing or any part touches ground

Extra Data: Country: “Argentina”, Credibility: “6”, Duration: “5”, Elev: “527”, HatchDesc: “BOCA del TIGRE,ARG:TRUCKER:3M GIANT/ROAD:BLINDING BEAM/CHEST:MST:/r113p150”, LatLong: “-33.316668 -64.733336”, LatLongDMS: “33:19:00 S 64:44:00 W”, Locale: “Pasture”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “CRD”, Strangeness: “8”

Event 20394 (D6A045A0)

Date: 5/27/1958
Time: 20:00
Location: WEDNESFIELD, ENGL
Description: 2 observer(s). Bright silver object going [to] overhead. All pigeons watch. / LDLN#130.
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_5922

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), ANI: Animals affected or injuries/marks

Extra Data: Country: “Great Britain and Ireland”, Credibility: “7”, Duration: “1”, Elev: “150”, HatchDesc: “WEDNESFIELD,ENGL:2 OBS:BRITE SLVR OBJ > OVHD:ALL PIGEONS WATCH:/LDLN#130”, LatLong: “52.600003 -2.083333”, LatLongDMS: “52:36:00 N 02:05:00 W”, Locale: “Residential”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “England”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 20395 (5F1C85A6)

Date: 5/27/1958
Location: Bahia State Coast, Brazil
Description: Varig Airlines pilot watched a brightly luminous circular object maneuver under his plane. [UFOE, X] (NICAP: 11 - Aviation Cases)
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_2262

Event 20396 (BA0FC1B3)

Date: 5/27/1958
Time: late
Location: Boa del Tigre, Argentina
Description: Remo dell’Armellina was driving a truck toward Santa Fe when he saw a figure, 3 m tall, blocking the road. He went toward it with an iron bar but could not approach because of the stench and the blinding phosphorescent light emanating from it. It had very long arms, a scaly body, and wore a flight coverall. The witness fainted; nothing was left to be seen when he regained consciousness.
Type: ufo sighting
Reference: Perego; Bulgarini (Vallee)
Source: ValléeMagonia, ID: Magonia_468

Event 20397 (CDED5C5F)

Date: 5/27/1958
Description: Remo dell’Armellina was driving a truck toward Santa Fe, Argentina when he saw a giant figure, three meters tall, blocking the road near the town of Boa del Tigre. He went towards it with an iron bar but could not get close because of the stench and a blinding phosphorescent light that emanated from the creature. It had very long arms, a scaly body, and wore a flightsuit coverall. The witness fainted; when he regained consciousness the being was gone.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: Jacques Vallee, Passport to Magonia: A Century of Landings, case 468; APRO Bulletin, January-February 1959
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_3114

Event 20398 (69865C85)

Date: 5/28/1958
Time: 18:40
Location: PETARE AND MORE/OTHERS, VNZL
Description: Many observer(s). Huge cylinder/cigar-shape with lights going west toward(s) Caracas. No sputnik / physics man.
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_5923

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: “Venezuela”, Credibility: “9”, Duration: “2”, Elev: “887”, HatchDesc: “PETARE++,VNZL:MANY OBS:HUGE CGR W/LITES >W twrd CARACAS:no sputnik/physics man”, LatLong: “10.483334 -66.833337”, LatLongDMS: “10:29:00 N 66:50:00 W”, Locale: “Residential”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “CRC”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 20399 (B813D69F)

Date: 5/28/1958
Location: Templehof, Germany
Description: (McDonald list; FUFOR Index) (NICAP: 01 - Distant Encounters, BB: BBU)
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_2263

Event 20400 (97A21AA1)

Date: 5/30/1958
Time: 21:20
Location: URALSK, KAZAKH SSR
Description: 32+observer(s). Night light circles airfield. 2nd night light joins. Going northwest. / LDLN#204+/ r84p40.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO’s a HISTORY-1958 (7 booklets) 1998/03 Self published. (Index 328)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_5924

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, MIL: Observer(s) military, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, HQO: High-quality observer(s), SCI: Scientist involvement, NLT: Nightlights/points of light, PRB: Probe: Possibly remote controlled, FBL: Fireball: Blazing undistinguished form/orb., NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), OBS: Observation/chasing vehicles, BLD: Building/man-made structure/roads/power lines, MIL: Military investigation, BBK: Project BLUEBOOK

Extra Data: Country: “Kazakh Republic”, Credibility: “9”, Duration: “10”, HatchDesc: “URALSK,KAZAKH SSR:32+OBS:NLT CCLS AIRFIELD:2nd NLT JOINS:>NW:/LDLN#204+/r84p40”, LatLong: “51.250002 51.166669”, LatLongDMS: “51:15:00 N 51:10:00 E”, Locale: “Mountains”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “URL”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 20401 (985F4D73)

Date: 5/30/1958
Time: 02:15:00.2
Location: 11.6633 162.2300
Description: Nuclear test: Air, confirmed. Country: USA Name: “Tobacco” Yield: 11.6KT
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_131

Extra Data: LatLong: “11.6633 162.2300”, LatLongDMS: “11:39:48 N 162:13:48 E”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, NukeCountry: “USA”, NukeName: “Tobacco”, NukeSource: “G+P”, NukeType: “NACU”, NukeY: “11.6”

Event 20402 (9FCF5298)

Date: 5/30/1958
Description: At 9:20 p.m. a science writer in Ural’sk, Kazakstan, USSR watched as a red light made the start of a pattern to land at the south edge of an airfield, but then stopped, stood motionless for a few moments, made a 90 degree turn, stopped again, and after several minutes got smaller. A second red light joined the first, then they separated and silently flew away.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: Lloyd Mallan, Official Guide to UFOs, p. 28, citing the US Air Force; Loren E. Gross, The Fifth Horseman of the Apocalypse: UFOs: A History. 1958: May-July, p. 34
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_3165

Event 20403 (4455BDE1)

Date: 5/31/1958
Time: 03:00:00.1
Location: 11.6908 165.2736
Description: Nuclear test: Air, confirmed. Country: USA Name: “Sycamore” Yield: 92KT
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_132

Extra Data: LatLong: “11.6908 165.2736”, LatLongDMS: “11:41:27 N 165:16:25 E”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, NukeCountry: “USA”, NukeName: “Sycamore”, NukeSource: “G+P”, NukeType: “NACU”, NukeY: “92”

Event 20404 (E5685BB4)

Date: 5/31/1958
End date: 6/1/1958
Locations: Giant Rock; Landers, California
Description: The fifth Interplanetary Spacecraft Convention takes place at Giant Rock, near Landers, California. Dana Howard, Truman Bethurum, John McCoy, Wayne Aho, Daniel Fry, and Reinhold O. Schmidt join host George Van Tassel for two days of contactee conviviality.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Dana Howard, “Dana Howard Reporting the Giant Rock Convention, 1958,” Flying Saucer Review 4, no. 4 (July/Aug. 1958): 20–21, 25
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_3186

Event 20405 (C152528B)

Date: 6/1958
Description: (Translated from French) 4 aircrafts crash after colliding with an unknown object. From witness observations, it appears that these tragedies were caused by sudden shocks against something invisible, followed by a bright light. (June-August)
Reference: rr0 - Beau
Source: rr0, ID: rr0_1761

Event 20406 (98415D0E)

Date: 6/1958
Description: (Translated from French) Drawing by an unknown mechanic of a UFO he saw flying over a runway of the Holloman base during the Summer!. See photo at images/1958-summer-holloman-airfor.jpg.
Reference: rr0 - Beau
Source: rr0, ID: rr0_1762

Event 20407 (771730B5)

Date: 6/1958
Location: SAMARIA ISL., PNG
Description: Pale-blue disk stops overhead / 4 minute(s). Extremely bright. Going north. Vanishes / mid-sky.
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_5925

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), OBS: Observation/chasing vehicles, RAY: Odd light/searchlight/beam/laser-like, BLD: Building/man-made structure/roads/power lines

Extra Data: Country: “Pacific Ocean and non - Asian islands”, Credibility: “8”, Duration: “4”, Elev: “1”, HatchDesc: “SAMARIA Isl.,PNG:PALE-BLUE DISK STOPS OVHD/4min:XBRITE:>N:VANISHES/MID-SKY”, LatLong: “-10.616667 150.666674”, LatLongDMS: “10:37:00 S 150:40:00 E”, Locale: “Islands”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “PNG”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 20408 (607353F2)

Date: 6/1958
Time: 04:00
Location: SINAIA, ROMANIA
Description: 2 observer(s). Domed saucer arcs over resort going east. Triangular part / underside.
Type: sighting
Reference: HOBANA Ion & WEVERBERGH,Julien: UFO’S from BEHIND the IRON CURTAIN; Bantam Books,1975. 308pp. (Index 160)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_5926

Attributes: 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: “Romania”, Credibility: “7”, Duration: “15”, HatchDesc: “SINAIA,ROMANIA:2 OBS:DOMED SCR ARCS OVR RESORT >E:TRIANGULAR PART/UNDERSIDE”, LatLong: “45.333335 25.550001”, LatLongDMS: “45:20:00 N 25:33:00 E”, Locale: “Mountains”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “PRH”, Strangeness: “7”

Event 20409 (93E76FC6)

Date: 6/1958
Time: 14:30
Location: ADRO, ITL
Description: Several observer(s). 2.3M saucer / slow spin. Lands / field. Faces / portholes! Quickly going up [to] fast.
Type: sighting
Reference: ITACAT, Catalogo Italiano degli Incontri Ravvicinati. Maurizio Verga, 1989 CISU/Torino, Italy. (Index 50)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_5927

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, HQO: High-quality observer(s), SCR: Classic saucer/disk/sphere shaped UFO, FIG: Undefined or poorly seen figure/entity, LND: UFO landing or any part touches ground

Extra Data: Country: “Italy”, Credibility: “7”, Duration: “2”, HatchDesc: “ADRO,ITL:SVRL OBS:2.3M SCR/SLOW SPIN:LANDS/FIELD:FACES/PORTHOLES!:↑↑ FAST”, LatLong: “45.616669 9.950000”, LatLongDMS: “45:37:00 N 09:57:00 E”, Locale: “Farmlands”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Brescia”, Strangeness: “8”

Event 20410 (1F2BE9B1)

Date: 6/1958
Description: A USAF officer secretly meets with Keyhoe and gives him three UFO reports and warns him that the Air Force will ask him for “certain UFO information. Think it over carefully before you decide.” NICAP could be in trouble, he says. Two days later, NICAP receives a request from the Air Force requesting any cases that indicate intelligent maneuvers by UFOs. Keyhoe refuses the request, sensing a setup.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Keyhoe, FSTS, pp. 199, 232–233
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_3189

Event 20411 (050695A4)

Date: 6/1958
Description: Richard H. Hall joins NICAP as executive secretary and associate editor.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Keyhoe, FSTS, pp. 30, 208
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_3190

Event 20412 (37319342)

Date: 6/1958
Locations: Lackland AFB; San Antonio, Texas
Description: Lackland AFB in San Antonio, Texas, has prepared a 17-page TV script based on a straightforward interpretation of Keyhoe’s The Flying Saucer Conspiracy, even including the 1953 Moncla case. The script states that “the most logical explanation is that the saucers are interplanetary.” It also says that USAF has “concealed information which was thought to be of danger because of the impending possibility of hysteria and panic.” Keyhoe approves the script, but Lackland withdraws it from consideration by December.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Keyhoe, FSTS, pp. 219–227
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_3191

Event 20413 (AD7D4F37)

Date: 6/1958
Location: Sinaia, Romania
Description: 4:00 a.m. A woman doctor at a resort at Sinaia, Romania, sees a silvery domed disc traveling slowly and silently toward the southeast at 1,500 feet. On its underside it has a bluish triangular section with rounded points. It passes within 900 feet of her hotel.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Hobana and Weverbergh 159–160
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_3192

Event 20414 (AB6EDAAF)

Date: 6/1958
Locations: Chimbay, Uzbekistan; Aral Sea
Description: 9:00 p.m. B. Muratov and his father are returning home to Chimbay, Uzbekistan, after a fishing expedition to the Aral Sea. They notice a disc-shaped object approaching them directly at low altitude from the northeast. It flies over them and see that its diameter is about 82 feet and it is traveling at 150–180 mph. Its hull is shiny and one side shines with a red color. A pipe is attached to one side, and it gives off a steady “zing zing zing” sound.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Stonehill and Mantle, Russia’s USO Secrets, Flying Disk, 2020, p. 123
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_3193

Event 20415 (13482575)

Date: 6/1/1958
Description: (Translated from French) Return of De Gaulle to power. (June 1st)
Reference: rr0 - Beau
Source: rr0, ID: rr0_1757

Event 20416 (7356EC6C)

Date: 6/1/1958
Time: 11:50
Location: ALTAFJORD, NORW
Description: 1 observer. Delta/triangle/box-like craft turns and going down / fjord. Ships subs and divers find only dead fish.
Type: sighting
Reference: SUFOI UFO NEWS. Annual. Articles translated from UFO - Nyt. Skandavinsk UFO Information; Postbox 6, DK-2820 Gentoffte, DENMARK. (Index 11)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_5928

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

Extra Data: Country: “Scandanavian and Finland”, Credibility: “7”, Duration: “1”, HatchDesc: “ALTAFJORD,NORW:1 OBS:DLT TURNS+↓/FJORD:SHIPS SUBS+DIVERS FIND ONLY DEAD FISH”, LatLong: “70.200003 23.000001”, LatLongDMS: “70:12:00 N 23:00:00 E”, Locale: “Offshore”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Norway”, Strangeness: “5”

Event 20417 (4EF3AEB0)

Date: 6/1/1958
Location: Altafjord, Troms og Finnmark, Norway
Description: 11:15 a.m. Bjørn Taraldsen, Nils M. Turi, Kate Julsen, and Rasmus Hykkerud watch a silent “unknown aircraft” like a twin-engine, delta-wing jet with no identifying marks plunge into the Altafjord, Troms og Finnmark, Norway. A column of water rises up, and dead fish float to the surface. The frigate KNM Arendal and the submarine KNM Sarpen, along with divers, search fruitlessly for more than a week, although the Arendal does get a sonar reading of a mobile object.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Ole Jonny Brænne, “Observations of Unidentified Submarine Objects in Norway,” IUR 20, no. 1 (Jan./Feb. 1995): 12
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_3194

Event 20418 (50469DE7)

Date: 6/1/1958
Description: At 11:15 a.m. on Sunday, June 1st, a silent “unknown aircraft” with no identifying markers crashed into the Alta fjord, Norway. At the impact site, 70 meters deep, a column of water rose up. The aircraft resembled a twin-engine delta-winged jet. The witnesses were Bjorn Taraldsen, Nils M. Turi, Kate Julsen, and Rasmus Hykkerud. When others arrived half an hour later all they found were a number of dead fish. The frigate KNM Arendal and the submarine KNM Sarpen, along with divers, searched for the aircraft fruitlessly for over a week. The Arendal, however, did get a sonar reading of a mobile object.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: Ole Jonny Braenne, International UFO Reporter, January-February 1995, pp. 12-13 & 17
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_3199

Event 20419 (809A221F)

Date: 6/2/1958
Time: 18:45:00.1
Location: 11.5411 162.3517
Description: Nuclear test: Air, confirmed. Country: USA Name: “Rose” 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_133

Extra Data: LatLong: “11.5411 162.3517”, LatLongDMS: “11:32:28 N 162:21:06 E”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, NukeCountry: “USA”, NukeName: “Rose”, NukeSource: “G+P”, NukeType: “NACU”, NukeY: “15”

Event 20420 (E4757FBC)

Date: 6/3/1958
Location: Princeton, New Jersey
Description: Physicist Freeman Dyson in Princeton, New Jersey, writes a speculative paper on “The Search for Artificial Stellar Sources of Infrared Radiation” in which he discusses how an advanced civilization might be visible from Earth. He suggests that the logical endpoint of the drive to capture as much energy from a sun would be for engineers to completely enclose it in a hollow sphere. Once the builders have completed it, the only light visible from their star would be the muted infrared glow of radiation heat. Such a structure, which becomes known as a “Dyson sphere,” would be a sure sign of an advanced race.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Freeman J. Dyson, “Search for Artificial Stellar Sources of Infrared Radiation,” Science 131 (1960): 1667–1668; Wikipedia, “Dyson sphere”
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_3195

Event 20421 (75934388)

Date: 6/4/1958
Time: 20:50
Location: SARASOTA, FL
Description: 1 / (seen thru) binoculars. Fuzzy oval night light zigzags overhead going quickly north. / r78p181+/ r242p137 / NICAP.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO’s a HISTORY-1958 (7 booklets) 1998/03 Self published. (Index 334)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_5929

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

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “6”, Duration: “2”, Elev: “9”, HatchDesc: “SARASOTA,FL:1/BINOCS:FUZZY OVAL NLT ZIGZAGS OVHD >>N:/r78p181+/r242p137/NICAP”, LatLong: “27.350001 -82.550004”, LatLongDMS: “27:21:00 N 82:33:00 W”, Locale: “Town & City”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Florida”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 20422 (8ADCBD5A)

Date: 6/4/1958
Time: 21:00
Location: CHIMURBAY, KZK
Description: 2 observer(s). Shiny 24M disk going [to] overhead / 100M altitude. Glows. Antenna / top. Chimes!
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO’s a HISTORY-1958 (7 booklets) 1998/03 Self published. (Index 336)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_5930

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

Extra Data: Country: “Kazakh Republic”, Credibility: “7”, Duration: “1”, HatchDesc: “CHIMURBAY,KZK:2 OBS:SHINY 24M DISK >OHVD/100M alt:GLOWS:ANTENNA/TOP:CHIMES!”, LatLong: “41.750002 68.783337”, LatLongDMS: “41:45:00 N 68:47:00 E”, Locale: “Pasture”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “KRK”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 20423 (B74ECA0D)

Date: 6/4/1958
Location: Sarasota, FL
Description: White oval-shaped object zigzagged overhead. [UFOE, XII] (NICAP: 01 - Distant Encounters)
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_2264

Event 20424 (DAA29802)

Date: 6/6/1958
Description: Keyhoe writes to NICAP member George Stocking saying that Ruppelt has a job at an aircraft company that contracts with the Air Force and thus might be playing it safe about UFOs.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Clark III 1023
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_3196

Event 20425 (90AF4A80)

Date: 6/7/1958
Time: 21:30
Location: NEAR MT. EGMONT, NZ
Description: 6 observer(s). Red glow / mountains. White ovoid shoots quickly going up. Stops. Going quickly [to] going up [to] and northwest overhead.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO’s a HISTORY-1958 (7 booklets) 1998/03 Self published. (Index 337)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_5931

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

Extra Data: Country: “New Zealand”, Credibility: “9”, Duration: “2”, HatchDesc: “nr Mt.EGMONT,NZ:6 OBS:RED GLOW/MTNS:WHT OVOID SHOOTS ↑↑:STOPS:>>↑+NW OVHD”, LatLong: “-36.133335 174.250008”, LatLongDMS: “36:08:00 S 174:15:00 E”, Locale: “Coastlands”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “NI”, Strangeness: “7”

Event 20426 (2F1149D4)

Date: 6/7/1958
Description: A red glow appeared over the mountains in Mount Egmont, New Zealand at 9:30 p.m. A white ovoid object shot up, stopped, then shot off horizontally to the northwest passing over the heads of the witnesses.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: Loren Gross, The fifth horseman of the apocalypse: UFOs: A history. 1958: May-July, p. 39
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_3349

Event 20427 (0DC4CA43)

Date: 6/8/1958
Time: 18:15:00.2
Location: 11.3808 162.2192
Description: Nuclear test: Water, confirmed. Country: USA Name: “Umbrella” 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_134

Extra Data: LatLong: “11.3808 162.2192”, LatLongDMS: “11:22:51 N 162:13:09 E”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, NukeCountry: “USA”, NukeDepth: “0.05”, NukeName: “Umbrella”, NukeSource: “G+P”, NukeType: “NWCU”, NukeY: “8”

Event 20428 (23B95280)

Date: 6/9/1958
Location: Central Puget Sound, WA
Description: Cylinder Maneuvers Around F-102 (NICAP: 11 - Aviation Cases, Code: A, Rating: 5, BB: BBU)
Reference: NICAP: 580609
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_2265

Event 20429 (1556FA6C)

Date: 6/9/1958
Description: At 10:17 a.m. a pilot named Scharf flying an F-102 fighter aircraft over Puget Sound, Washington State and many others sighted a white cylinder-shaped UFO with a slight orange tint, which oscillated and maneuvered for four minutes. The Air Force attempted to explain this sighting as a weather balloon.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: Project Blue Book files counted in official statistics, report form dated June 11, 1958; Dominique Weinstein, Aircraft UFO Encounters, p. 30
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_3385

Event 20430 (92D4419B)

Date: 6/10/1958
Time: 15:50
Location: NEAR GRASS VALLEY, CA
Description: 2 / cab. 150M cloud cylinder/cigar-shape quickly going up / woods. Going quickly southwest under cloudy ceiling.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO’s a HISTORY-1958 (7 booklets) 1998/03 Self published. (Index 339)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_5932

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), LND: UFO landing or any part touches ground, CMF: Camouflage/disguise

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “6”, Duration: “20”, Elev: “735”, HatchDesc: “nr GRASS VALLEY,CA:2/CAB:150M CLOUD CGR ↑↑/WOODS:>>SW UNDER CLOUDY CEILING”, LatLong: “39.250002 -121.083339”, LatLongDMS: “39:15:00 N 121:05:00 W”, Locale: “Mountains”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “California”, Strangeness: “7”

Event 20431 (D0AE088C)

Date: 6/10/1958
Time: 17:30:00.1
Location: 11.6872 165.4150
Description: Nuclear test: Air, confirmed. Country: USA Name: “Maple” Yield: 213KT
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_135

Extra Data: LatLong: “11.6872 165.4150”, LatLongDMS: “11:41:14 N 165:24:54 E”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, NukeCountry: “USA”, NukeName: “Maple”, NukeSource: “G+P”, NukeType: “NACU”, NukeY: “213”

Event 20432 (C9ECF98E)

Date: 6/10/1958
Location: UK House of Commons
Description: MP George Chetwynd in the UK House of Commons asks the Air Ministry how many instances of UFOs were reported in the past 12 months and what steps were taken to look into them. Under-Secretary of State for Air Ian Orr-Ewing replies that 54 reports were received and that most were meteors, balloons, aircraft, and satellites.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: “Unsatisfactory Answer to M.P.’s Question on UFOs by Undersecretary for Air,” Flying Saucer Review 4, no. 4 (July/Aug. 1958): 5; Good Above, p. 51
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_3197

Event 20433 (80A2A2E2)

Date: 6/12/1958
Time: 01:00?
Location: OFF LE BRUSC, FR
Description: 3 / fishermen. 4M glowing-saucer going down. Makes waves. Hums. Vanishes! / r156#14.
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 41)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_5933

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, SUB: Submersible: Rises from or submerges into water, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), SND: UFO sounds heard or recorded, CMF: Camouflage/disguise

Extra Data: Country: “France”, Credibility: “8”, Duration: “5”, HatchDesc: “off Le BRUSC,FR:3/FISHERMEN:4M GLO-SCR↓:MAKES WAVES:HUMS:VANISHES!:/r156#14”, LatLong: “43.083335 5.750000”, LatLongDMS: “43:05:00 N 05:45:00 E”, Locale: “Offshore”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Var”, Strangeness: “7”

Event 20434 (1A42B6C5)

Date: 6/12/1958
Location: Huntsville (10 miles W of), TX
Description: B-52 Crew Member Observes Object / Spuynik III Rocket? (NICAP: 11 - Aviation Cases, Code: A, Rating: 2, BB: BBU)
Reference: NICAP: 580612
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_2266

Event 20435 (830C8D0D)

Date: 6/12/1958
Description: near Le Brusc, France - Three fishermen had gone to sea on the Mediterranean Sea at night to set their nets. It was a very clear, starry night, and the sea was calm. A big orange-colored ball of light descended very quickly towards the sea, and soon it became a great big globe lying on the surface of the water. “Just lightly touching the waves it remained there for several minutes, but we had the impression that it was revolving, like a wheel turning round and round on the same place.” It caused a strong air disturbance for they could see the water being whipped up around it. The ball came rolling toward the fishermen’s boat, and they were terrified that it would collide with them. It didn’t in fact go over them but passed very close by, making such big waves that they nearly capsized. They felt a powerful blast of heat and a strong blast of air. As it went by it made a faint humming noise. Comparing it to their boat, it seemed to be about 4 meters in diameter. Moving along by leaps, half-disappearing among the waves, it made a right-hand turn and disappeared on the horizon.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: FSR Case Histories, April 1973, pp. 13-14; Lumieres dans la Nuit (Contact Lecteurs), Series 3, No. 5, January 1971
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_3437

Event 20436 (1CADB726)

Date: 6/14/1958
Description: (Translated from French) Sighting in Pueblo (Colorado). (June 14)
Reference: case Blue Book #5852 unsolved
Reference: rr0 - Beau
Source: rr0, ID: rr0_1758

Event 20437 (40AB8DA7)

Date: 6/14/1958
Time: 10:50
Location: PUEBLO, CO
Description: Project Bluebook Case #5852. Weatherman. 10M Saturn / 30K’ altitude. 500mph and more. No balloon. / r59p149.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO’s a HISTORY-1958 (7 booklets) 1998/03 Self published. (Index 343)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_5934

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

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “8”, Duration: “5”, Elev: “1410”, HatchDesc: “PUEBLO,CO:BBK#5852:WEATHERMAN:10M SATURN/30K’alt:500mph+:no balloon:/r59p149”, LatLong: “38.266668 -104.616672”, LatLongDMS: “38:16:00 N 104:37:00 W”, Locale: “Town & City”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, RelAlt: “9000”, State/Prov: “Colorado”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 20438 (46F1A37A)

Date: 6/14/1958
Location: Pueblo, CO
Description: A theodolite sighted an object shaped like Saturn (NICAP: 01 - Distant Encounters, BB: 5852)
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_2267

Event 20439 (6991037C)

Date: 6/14/1958
Time: 10:46 AM
Location: Pueblo, Colorado
Description: Witness: airport weather observer O.R. Foster, using a theodolite. An object shaped like Saturn, less the bottom part; silver with no metallic luster, flew overhead for 5 minutes.
Type: ufo sighting
Reference: BlueBook Unknowns PDF
Source: BerlinerBBUnknowns, ID: BerlinerBBU_426

Event 20440 (2214DBA0)

Date: 6/14/1958
Time: 17:30:00.1
Location: 11.6908 165.2733
Description: Nuclear test: Air, confirmed. Country: USA Name: “Aspen” Yield: 319KT
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_136

Extra Data: LatLong: “11.6908 165.2733”, LatLongDMS: “11:41:27 N 165:16:24 E”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, NukeCountry: “USA”, NukeName: “Aspen”, NukeSource: “G+P”, NukeType: “NACU”, NukeY: “319”

Event 20441 (1E447CB3)

Date: 6/14/1958
Time: 18:30:00.1
Location: 11.6603 162.2253
Description: Nuclear test: Air, confirmed. Country: USA Name: “Walnut” Yield: 1450KT
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_137

Extra Data: LatLong: “11.6603 162.2253”, LatLongDMS: “11:39:37 N 162:13:31 E”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, NukeCountry: “USA”, NukeName: “Walnut”, NukeSource: “G+P”, NukeType: “NACU”, NukeY: “1450”

Event 20442 (7FD2091B)

Date: 6/14/1958
Description: At 10:46 a.m. airport weather observer O. R. Foster in Pueblo, Colorado using a theodolite, sighted a domed disc-shaped object. It was silver in color but gave off no metallic luster. It flew overhead for five minutes.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: Project Blue Book files counted in official statistics, case # 5852; Don Berliner, Project Bluebook UFO Unknowns
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_3473

Event 20443 (A8BFDB26)

Date: 6/18/1958
Time: 03:00:00.1
Location: 11.5442 162.3564
Description: Nuclear test: Air, confirmed. Country: USA Name: “Linden” 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_138

Extra Data: LatLong: “11.5442 162.3564”, LatLongDMS: “11:32:39 N 162:21:23 E”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, NukeCountry: “USA”, NukeName: “Linden”, NukeSource: “G+P”, NukeType: “NACU”, NukeY: “11”

Event 20444 (A5FD476A)

Date: 6/20/1958
Description: (Translated from French) Observation at Fort Bragg (North Carolina).
Reference: case Blue Book #5857 unsolved
Reference: rr0 - Beau
Source: rr0, ID: rr0_1759

Event 20445 (ECA823A2)

Date: 6/20/1958
Description: (Translated from French) The Public Land Order 1662 is decreed by Roger Ernst, Deputy Secretary of the Interior, requisitioning 38400 acres (60 square miles) for exploitation by the Atomic Energy Commission in collaboration with the Nevada Test Site. The area, 6 miles North to South and 10 miles East to West, forms the first “box” around the base of Groom Lake, under the already restricted airspace.
Reference: rr0 - Beau
Source: rr0, ID: rr0_1760

Event 20446 (DEF874FE)

Date: 6/20/1958
Time: 23:10
Location: FT BRAGG, NC
Description: Army officer. Silver saucer hovers and wavers / green haze. Shoots away. / r70p3-57.
Type: sighting
Reference: BERLINER, DON: The BLUEBOOK UNKNOWNS; (FUFOR). (Index 27)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_5935

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

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “6”, Duration: “10”, Elev: “65”, HatchDesc: “Ft BRAGG,NC:ARMY OFFICER:SLVR SCR HVRS+WAVERS/GRN HAZE:SHOOTS AWAY:/r70p3-57”, LatLong: “35.150002 -78.983337”, LatLongDMS: “35:09:00 N 78:59:00 W”, Locale: “Town & City”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “North Carolina”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 20447 (5AB59AA8)

Date: 6/20/1958
Location: Fort Bragg, NC
Description: Silver, circular object, its lower portion seen through green haze (NICAP: 01 - Distant Encounters, BB: 5857)
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_2268

Event 20448 (C57D5C06)

Date: 6/20/1958
Location: Glennie (4 miles N of), MI
Description: An object hit water of a private lake making a circle 10 ft across w/foam (NICAP: 01 - Distant Encounters, BB: BBU)
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_2269

Event 20449 (E89BB71B)

Date: 6/20/1958
Location: Crystal Lake, IL
Description: Pilot saw a white disc the size of a basketball in straight line flight (NICAP: 11 - Aviation Cases, BB: BBU)
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_2270

Event 20450 (7FCF5AE2)

Date: 6/20/1958
Time: 11:05 PM
Location: Ft. Bragg, North Carolina
Description: Witness: Battalion Communication Chief SFC A. Parsley. One silver, circular object, its lower portion seen through a green haze, hovered, then oscillated slightly, then moved at great speed. Watched for 10 minutes.
Type: ufo sighting
Reference: BlueBook Unknowns PDF
Source: BerlinerBBUnknowns, ID: BerlinerBBU_427

Event 20451 (595C4C80)

Date: 6/20/1958
Location: Capitol building in Columbus, Ohio
Description: USAF Maj. Joseph E. Boland and Maj. Lawrence J. Tacker brief Rep. John E. Henderson (R-Ohio) for one hour on the status of Air Force UFO investigations in the Capitol building in Columbus, Ohio. Also in attendance are Rep. William C. Cramer (R-Fla.), and Rep. Donald H. Magnuson (D-Wash.). Afterward, the legislators express confidence in the investigation and agree that publicity is unwise, “particularly in an open or closed formal congressional hearing.”
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Loren E. Gross, The Fifth Horseman of the Apocalypse: UFOs, a History: 1958 May–July, The Author, 1999, pp. 48–50; Swords 276–277
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_3198

Event 20452 (30714427)

Date: 6/20/1958
Description: At 11:05 p.m. Fort Bragg, North Carolina Battalion Communication Chief SFC A. Parsley observed a silver, circular object, its lower portion seen through a green haze, hover, then oscillate slightly, and then move away at great speed. He watched it for 10 minutes.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: Project Blue Book files counted in official statistics, case # 5857; Don Berliner, Project Bluebook UFO Unknowns
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_3552

Event 20453 (2E1D61B3)

Date: 6/20/1958
Description: The Air Force briefs Reps. Henderson, Cramer, Magnuson, Walker and their staffs to assist them in dealing with constituent inquiries related to UAP. Briefing notes show the management of “unfavorable public hysteria” was discussed. All parties agree “it would be unwise to give the subject undue publicity, in an open or closed formal Congressional hearing.”

• https://files.afu.se/Downloads/Documents/USA%20-%20Congress/1958%20-%20Congressman%20Henderson%20briefing.pdf

Reference: Anonymous 2023 PDF
Source: Anon2023PDF, ID: Anon2023PDF_86

Event 20454 (39C76615)

Date: Summer 1958
Location: Unnamed AFB in SW US
Description: Two maneuvering UFOs evade jet interceptor.
Type: ufo sighting
Reference: UFOs and the National Security State: Chronology of a Cover-up, 1941–1973, by Richard Dolan
Source: Dolan, ID: Dolan_229

Event 20455 (3E0FC1E2)

Date: 6/21/1958
Time: 07:20
Location: CHENXI CO, HUNAN, CH
Description: 30+observer(s). 2M orange fireball spins smoke. 120° turn near school. Ozone odor.
Type: sighting
Reference: DONG, Paul: UFO’s Over MODERN CHINA. 1983 UFO Photo Archives; P. O. Box 17206; Tucson, AZ 85710. (Index 37)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_5936

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, HQO: High-quality observer(s), PRB: Probe: Possibly remote controlled, FBL: Fireball: Blazing undistinguished form/orb., NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), OBS: Observation/chasing vehicles, BLD: Building/man-made structure/roads/power lines, ODR: Odors associated with UFO’s, CMF: Camouflage/disguise

Extra Data: Country: “China”, Credibility: “11”, Duration: “8”, HatchDesc: “CHENXI co,HUNAN,CH:30+OBS:2M ORG.FBL SPINS SMOKE:120°TURN nr SCHOOL:OZONE ODOR”, LatLong: “28.050001 110.500005”, LatLongDMS: “28:03:00 N 110:30:00 E”, Locale: “Residential”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “HUN”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 20456 (597E0952)

Date: 6/21/1958
Time: 09:40
Location: ROSWELL-WALKER AIR FORCE BASE, NM
Description: Project Bluebook Case #unknown. 2 UFO’s / 25 second(s). (Rumors / ball-shaped landing gear.)
Type: sighting
Reference: BLUM, Ralph & Judy: BEYOND EARTH: Mans Contact with UFO’s Bantam, NY 1974 (Index 102)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_5937

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

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “4”, Duration: “1”, Elev: “1119”, HatchDesc: “ROSWELL-WALKER AFB,NM:BBK#UNK:2 UFOS/25sec:(RUMORS/BALL-SHAPED LANDING GEAR)”, LatLong: “33.300002 -104.566672”, LatLongDMS: “33:18:00 N 104:34:00 W”, Locale: “Town & City”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “New Mexico”, Strangeness: “7”

Event 20457 (AA69A468)

Date: Summer 1958
Location: Air Force Base, Southwest US, In Airspace
Description: Radar Confirms Incident (NICAP: 09 - RADAR Cases, Code: R, Rating: 5)
Reference: NICAP: 58Summer
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_2272

Event 20458 (0FD3DF09)

Date: Summer 1958
Location: Air Force base in the Southwest US
Description: At an unidentified Air Force base in the Southwest US, two jets are vectored in on two UFOs flying together as seen on radar. As the jets close in, one UFO disappears from the radarscope and quickly reappears behind the first jet. The first pilot reverses his course and again tries to close in. The UFO climbs out of range. The second pilot has the same difficulty with the other UFO.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: “UFO Chase by AF Jets Revealed to NICAP,” UFO Investigator 1, no. 8 (June 1959): 7
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_3187

Event 20459 (BC87183E)

Date: Summer 1958
Location: Holloman AFB, New Mexico
Description: Evening. A mechanic at Holloman AFB, New Mexico, allegedly sees a disc-like craft hovering silently above the tarmac. As the object retracts its landing gear, he manages to alert another mechanic in time for them both to see it take off at high speed. The Air Force officers who interrogate them tell them the object was also seen by control tower operators.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Good Need, p. 223
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_3188

Event 20460 (A7E9B1E9)

Date: 6/21/1958
Description: A two meter in diameter orange ball of fire was sighted by many at 7:15 a.m. over Chenxi County, Hunan Province, China. It was spinning out a cloud of smoke. It made a 120 degree turn near a school, and left behind a smell of ozone in the air.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: Wendelle Stevens and Paul Dong, UFOs over Modern China, p. 37
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_3571

Event 20461 (A4770E67)

Date: 6/23/1958
Time: 12:20
Location: ALEXANDRIA, LA
Description: Near England Air Force Base. Patrolman photographs 2 round objects. No further details. / r78p182.
Type: sighting
Reference: HALL, Richard: The UFO EVIDENCE; NICAP,Washington, DC 1964. Reprinted 1997 Barnes & Noble Books ( only $7.98! ) (Index 137)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_5938

Attributes: 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: “8”, Duration: “3”, Elev: “25”, HatchDesc: “ALEXANDRIA,LA:nr ENGLAND AFB:PATROLMAN FOTOS 2 ROUND OBJs:NFD:/r78p182”, LatLong: “31.311113 -92.450004”, LatLongDMS: “31:18:40 N 92:27:00 W”, Locale: “Town & City”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Louisiana”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 20462 (9F4EFBC2)

Date: 6/23/1958
Location: England AFB (near), LA
Description: State policeman photographed two round UFOs. [UFOE, VIII] (NICAP: 08 - Photographic Cases)
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_2271

Event 20463 (219C5F47)

Date: 6/25/1958
Locations: Lisbon, Portugal; Caracavelos, Portugal
Description: 8:05 p.m. Rádio Renascença in Lisbon, Portugal, broadcasts a Portuguese-language version of The War of the Worlds with only the names of characters and places changed. The Martians are supposedly landing in Caracavelos, Portugal. A certain amount of confusion results.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: John Gosling, Waging the War of the Worlds, McFarland, 2009, pp. 120–129
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_3199

Event 20464 (F53AE842)

Date: 6/26/1958
Location: USA, SPACE
Description: (Translated from French) Re-entry off the USA coast of Explorer 3 launched on March 26, 1958.
Reference: Martin Charles Noël, “Les satellites artificiels” PUF Paris 1958, p. 67
Reference: Mini catalogue chronologique des observations OVNI, by Godelieve Van Overmeire
Source: Overmeire, ID: Overmeire_2088

Event 20465 (640B1EFA)

Date: 6/26/1958
Location: New York
Description: The New York sector becomes the first operational component of the Semi-Automatic Ground Environment, a system of large computers that coordinates data from many radar sites and processes it to produce a single unified image of airspace over a wide area. SAGE directs and controls the NORAD response to a Soviet air attack, operating in this role from the late 1950s into the 1980s. Its enormous computers and huge displays remain a part of Cold War lore.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Wikipedia, “Semi-Automatic Ground Environment”
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_3200

Event 20466 (D0BA363D)

Date: 6/27/1958
Time: 17:30:00.1
Location: 11.6872 165.4150
Description: Nuclear test: Air, confirmed. Country: USA Name: “Redwood” Yield: 412KT
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_139

Extra Data: LatLong: “11.6872 165.4150”, LatLongDMS: “11:41:14 N 165:24:54 E”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, NukeCountry: “USA”, NukeName: “Redwood”, NukeSource: “G+P”, NukeType: “NACU”, NukeY: “412”

Event 20467 (6CD97E60)

Date: 6/27/1958
Time: 18:30:00.1
Location: 11.6633 162.2300
Description: Nuclear test: Air, confirmed. Country: USA Name: “Elder” Yield: 880KT
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_140

Extra Data: LatLong: “11.6633 162.2300”, LatLongDMS: “11:39:48 N 162:13:48 E”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, NukeCountry: “USA”, NukeName: “Elder”, NukeSource: “G+P”, NukeType: “NACU”, NukeY: “880”

Event 20468 (98B7DF98)

Date: 6/28/1958
Time: ~03:00
Location: NEAR SHANNON, IREL
Description: KLM airline(s)/airliner pilot / early morning. Luminous round object seen. No further details. / J. Aldrich.
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_5939

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: “Great Britain and Ireland”, Credibility: “7”, Duration: “1”, Elev: “0”, HatchDesc: “nr SHANNON,IREL:KLM AL PILOT/EARLY MORNING:LUMn.ROUND OBJ SEEN:NFD:/J.Aldrich”, LatLong: “52.500003 -10.250000”, LatLongDMS: “52:30:00 N 10:15:00 W”, Locale: “Metropolis”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Ireland”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 20469 (5935958D)

Date: 6/28/1958
Time: 19:30:00.1
Location: 11.6078 162.1078
Description: Nuclear test: Air, confirmed. Country: USA Name: “Oak” Yield: 8900KT
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_141

Extra Data: LatLong: “11.6078 162.1078”, LatLongDMS: “11:36:28 N 162:06:28 E”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, NukeCountry: “USA”, NukeName: “Oak”, NukeSource: “G+P”, NukeType: “NACU”, NukeY: “8900”

Event 20470 (F1E808E9)

Date: 6/28/1958
Location: New York City
Description: Otis T. Carr and Norman Evans Colton appear on the Long John Nebel show on WOR-AM in New York City. After Carr praises his mentor, Nikola Tesla, another guest asks Carr to enumerate one or two of his discoveries. Carr feigns a memory lapse, then later is unable to recite even one of Newton’s three laws of motion.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Clark III 860
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_3201

Event 20471 (1928C2FB)

Date: 6/28/1958
End date: 6/29/1958
Locations: Detroit, Michigan; Mountain View, Missouri; Ozarks; Wolf Star 359 in the Titanian system; Trijanon
Description: Lee Childers Jr., a baker from Detroit, Michigan, speaks at a flying saucer convention near Mountain View, Missouri, in the Ozarks hosted by contactee Buck Nelson. He claims that since April 1955 he has made 21 trips to other planets (and even to “Wolf Star 359 in the Titanian system” that has 2 planets revolving around it) on a saucer piloted by a spaceman named Commander Marcosan. He also went to a space station 2,000 miles in diameter called Trijanon. Other people tell their personal fantastic stories, among them Wayne Aho and Buck Nelson himself.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: “Out-of-This-World Ozark Convention,” St. Louis Post-Dispatch, July 6, 1958, p. 71; Clark III 915
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_3202

Event 20472 (C2A21873)

Date: 6/29/1958
Time: 13:00?
Location: GRIMSBY, ENGL
Description: 2 / light plane photograph 2M black dumbell. Maneuvers. 1100kph. Going quickly northeast to sea. / r150.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO’s a HISTORY-1958 (7 booklets) 1998/03 Self published. (Index 359)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_5940

Attributes: CST: Observer(s) in coastal area/just offshore, AIR: Observer(s) on aircraft, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, SCR: Classic saucer/disk/sphere shaped UFO, PRB: Probe: Possibly remote controlled, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), OBS: Observation/chasing vehicles, VEH: Vehicle affected: Marks/damage/EME effects, PHT: Photos/movies/videos taken

Extra Data: Country: “Great Britain and Ireland”, Credibility: “7”, Duration: “2”, Elev: “2”, HatchDesc: “GRIMSBY,ENGL:2/LITE PLANE FOTO 2M BLK DUMBELL:MNVRS:1100kph:>>NE to sea:/r150”, LatLong: “53.566669 -0.066667”, LatLongDMS: “53:34:00 N 00:04:00 W”, Locale: “Metropolis”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “England”, Strangeness: “7”

Event 20473 (15A658C1)

Date: 6/29/1958
Time: 00:00:00.1
Location: 11.4961 162.3708
Description: Nuclear test: Air, confirmed. Country: USA Name: “Hickory” 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_142

Extra Data: LatLong: “11.4961 162.3708”, LatLongDMS: “11:29:46 N 162:22:15 E”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, NukeCountry: “USA”, NukeName: “Hickory”, NukeSource: “G+P”, NukeType: “NACU”, NukeY: “14”

Event 20474 (278F12C3)

Date: 6/29/1958
Location: Grimsby, Lincolnshire, England
Description: Day. Former RAF Flight Engineer Peter Spencer is flying in an Auster aircraft piloted by Dennis Jackson at 800 feet near the docks at Grimsby, Lincolnshire, England. A large black dumbbell appears below them, flying against the wind. Suddenly it rises up to their height and flies along with them for a while at their speed. Then it accelerates in a terrific burst of speed to a position above them. They try to follow it, but it speeds out over the docks at 1,000 feet and 800 mph. Spencer manages to take three photos of it, but the images show a speed blur.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Loren E. Gross, The Fifth Horseman of the Apocalypse: UFOs, a History: 1958, May–July, The Author, 1999, p. 59
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_3203

Event 20475 (CA35B958)

Date: 7/1958
Time: 20:30
Location: HOLLOMAN AIR FORCE BASE, NM
Description: 2 men. Silent 25’ Adamski-saucer near runway. Several portholes / dome. Wobbles.
Type: sighting
Reference: MUFON UFO JOURNAL, Seguin, TX USA. Monthly. (Index 242)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_5941

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

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “6”, Duration: “3”, Elev: “1248”, HatchDesc: “HOLLOMAN AFB,NM:2 MEN:SLNT 25’ADAMSKI-SCR nr RUNWAY:SVRL PORTS/DOME:WOBBLES”, LatLong: “32.816668 -106.083338”, LatLongDMS: “32:49:00 N 106:05:00 W”, Locale: “Town & City”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “New Mexico”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 20476 (1D405080)

Date: 7/1958
Locations: Pakistan; Badaber (Peshawar Air Station)
Description: President Dwight Eisenhower requests permission from Pakistan to establish a secret US intelligence facility at Badaber (Peshawar Air Station) to fly U-2 reconnaissance missions over the Soviet Union.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Wikipedia, “1960 U-2 incident”
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_3204

Event 20477 (899F7641)

Date: 7/1958
Location: St. Albans, West Virginia
Description: Dusk. Michael D. Swords and his brother Tom are at home in St. Albans, West Virginia, and listening to WCHS- AM radio where someone is calling in a UFO report. They rush to a window and see a domed disc with a revolving top cruise quietly across the landscape.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Michael D. Swords, “We Know Where You Live,” IUR 30, no. 2 (January 2006): 12; Michael D. Swords
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_3205

Event 20478 (353B0355)

Date: 7/1958
Locations: Pease AFB in Portsmouth; CFB Goose Bay
Description: Night. A 509th Refueling Mission is returning to an Air Force Base in New Hampshire [Pease AFB in Portsmouth?] from Goose Bay [now CFB Goose Bay], Labrador. The crew is flying a KC-97 at about 17,000– 18,000 feet. A light like a “moving star” appears. It approaches below the cloud cover and seems to be spherical and as bright as Venus. It soon becomes the apparent size of the Moon, lighting up the clouds above it. The light is a brilliant blue-white with two dark spots, possibly indicating a structure. The object angles upwards and speeds out of sight in 5 seconds.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Michael D. Swords, GrassRoots UFOs: Case Reports from the Timmerman Files, Fund for UFO Research, 2005, pp. 24–25
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_3206

Event 20479 (D7F9D838)

Date: 7/1958
End date: 9/1958
Location: Washington, D.C.
Description: A civilian in Washington, D.C., manages to repeatedly photograph “geometrically shaped flying objects as they passed between his telescope and the moon.” The photos are “remarkably clear and certainly indicated a phenomenon for which he had no ready explanation.” The writer of an October 1 memo, a CIA employee, requests advice on “how we might get our hands on these materials to examine them firsthand and to make a more complete analysis of them.”
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: ClearIntent, pp. 136–137
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_3207

Event 20480 (693C08E3)

Date: 7/1/1958
Time: 19:20
Location: NORFOLK, VA
Description: 8 observer(s) / (seen thru) binoculars. Flat white disk going west overhead. Absolute(ly) silent / 25 minute(s). Then shoots going quickly [to] going west.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO’s a HISTORY-1958 (7 booklets) 1998/03 Self published. (Index 360)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_5942

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: “USA”, Credibility: “9”, Duration: “25”, Elev: “5”, HatchDesc: “NORFOLK,VA:8 OBS/BINOCS:FLAT WHT DISK >W OVHD:ABS SLNT/25min:THEN SHOOTS >>>W”, LatLong: “36.833335 -76.250004”, LatLongDMS: “36:50:00 N 76:15:00 W”, Locale: “Town & City”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Virginia”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 20481 (B25C282A)

Date: 7/1/1958
Time: 18:30:00.1
Location: 11.5442 162.3564
Description: Nuclear test: Air, confirmed. Country: USA Name: “Sequoia” Yield: 5.2KT
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_143

Extra Data: LatLong: “11.5442 162.3564”, LatLongDMS: “11:32:39 N 162:21:23 E”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, NukeCountry: “USA”, NukeName: “Sequoia”, NukeSource: “G+P”, NukeType: “NACU”, NukeY: “5.2”

Event 20482 (1E9FDC6A)

Date: 7/2/1958
Time: 17:30:00.1
Location: 11.6908 165.2736
Description: Nuclear test: Air, confirmed. Country: USA Name: “Cedar” Yield: 220KT
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_144

Extra Data: LatLong: “11.6908 165.2736”, LatLongDMS: “11:41:27 N 165:16:25 E”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, NukeCountry: “USA”, NukeName: “Cedar”, NukeSource: “G+P”, NukeType: “NACU”, NukeY: “220”

Event 20483 (A28DE930)

Date: 7/5/1958
Time: 18:30:00.2
Location: 11.6633 162.2300
Description: Nuclear test: Air, confirmed. Country: USA Name: “Dogwood” Yield: 397KT
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_145

Extra Data: LatLong: “11.6633 162.2300”, LatLongDMS: “11:39:48 N 162:13:48 E”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, NukeCountry: “USA”, NukeName: “Dogwood”, NukeSource: “G+P”, NukeType: “NACU”, NukeY: “397”

Event 20484 (F74E65BF)

Date: 7/8/1958
Time: 19:30
Location: CANISTEAR RESERVOIR, NJ
Description: 2 / boat. Large red-glow “bar” going north. Tilts 45°. Levels off. 90° turn…
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO’s a HISTORY-1958 (7 booklets) 1998/03 Self published. (Index 365)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_5943

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, HQO: High-quality observer(s), MID: Likely mis-identification, CIG: Torpedo/cigar/cylinder shaped UFO, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s)

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “7”, Duration: “12”, Elev: “331”, HatchDesc: “CANISTEAR Rsvr,NJ:2/BOAT:LRG RED-GLOW “BAR” >N:TILTS 45°:LEVELS OFF:90°TURN…”, LatLong: “41.100002 -74.483337”, LatLongDMS: “41:06:00 N 74:29:00 W”, Locale: “Oil & Coal”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “New Jersey”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 20485 (41F07E03)

Date: 7/9/1958
Location: USA, Cape Canaveral
Description: (Translated from French) The payload of the huge intercontinental missile Atlas exploded in mid-flight just minutes after launch: during the day, “luminous globes” had been seen. [note from vog: globes? That’s what the author claims… The rocket explosion is one of many that the US Navy has to endure… ]
Reference: S. DELLO STROLOGO: “What Governments Hide About UFOs” - De Vecchi 1975- p. 178
Reference: Mini catalogue chronologique des observations OVNI, by Godelieve Van Overmeire
Source: Overmeire, ID: Overmeire_2089

Event 20486 (37FEC2A3)

Date: 7/12/1958
Time: 23:00
Location: GRAGA, MINHO, PORTUGAL
Description: Fiery disk changes colors over city. / Comercio do Porto.
Type: sighting
Reference: LOURENCO, Victor: The PORTUCAT CATALOG; (BBS Download). (Index 60)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_5944

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

Extra Data: Country: “Portugal”, Credibility: “7”, Duration: “2”, HatchDesc: “GRAGA,MINHO,PORTUGAL:FIERY DISK CHANGES COLORS OVR CITY:/COMERCIO do PORTO”, LatLong: “41.333335 -8.416667”, LatLongDMS: “41:20:00 N 08:25:00 W”, Locale: “Town & City”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “MNH”, Strangeness: “4”

Event 20487 (B7503885)

Date: 7/12/1958
Time: 23:30
Location: BEJA, PORTUGAL
Description: Observer(s) / balcony. Saucer-shaped object seen. No further details. / Diario de Alentejo.
Type: sighting
Reference: LOURENCO, Victor: The PORTUCAT CATALOG; (BBS Download). (Index 61)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_5945

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: “Portugal”, Credibility: “6”, Duration: “1”, HatchDesc: “BEJA,PORTUGAL:OBS/BALCONY:SCR-SHAPED OBJ SEEN:NFD:/DIARIO de ALENTEJO”, LatLong: “38.050002 -7.883334”, LatLongDMS: “38:03:00 N 07:53:00 W”, Locale: “Residential”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “BXA”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 20488 (18D817DF)

Date: 7/12/1958
Time: 03:30:00.1
Location: 11.6881 165.2644
Description: Nuclear test: Air, confirmed. Country: USA Name: “Poplar” Yield: 9300KT
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_146

Extra Data: LatLong: “11.6881 165.2644”, LatLongDMS: “11:41:17 N 165:15:52 E”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, NukeCountry: “USA”, NukeName: “Poplar”, NukeSource: “G+P”, NukeType: “NACU”, NukeY: “9300”

Event 20489 (4C56B6E0)

Date: 7/14/1958
Time: 13:50
Location: WULKURAKA, QLD
Description: 12 workmen. Round white cloud-saucer going [to] NQ. Bottom glows. No plane / balloon.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO’s a HISTORY-1958 (7 booklets) 1998/03 Self published. (Index 369)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_5946

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: “Australia”, Credibility: “10”, Duration: “5”, HatchDesc: “WULKURAKA,QLD:12 WORKMEN:RND WHT CLOUD-SCR >NQ:BOTTOM GLOWS:no plane/balloon”, LatLong: “-27.616668 152.733341”, LatLongDMS: “27:37:00 S 152:44:00 E”, Locale: “Pasture”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Queensland”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 20490 (290BC94B)

Date: 7/14/1958
Time: 16:30
Location: GREENWOOD LAKE, NY
Description: 3 observer(s). Domed saucer tilts and vanishes. Back / 220Ohrs. [ 1956?? ].
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO’s a HISTORY-1958 (7 booklets) 1998/03 Self published. (Index 367)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_5947

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

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “8”, Duration: “74”, Elev: “190”, HatchDesc: “GREENWOOD LAKE,NY:3 OBS:DOMED SCR TILTS+VANISHES:BACK/220Ohrs:[ 1956 ?? ]”, LatLong: “41.222224 -74.294448”, LatLongDMS: “41:13:20 N 74:17:40 W”, Locale: “Town & City”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “New York”, Strangeness: “7”

Event 20491 (4B019D2A)

Date: 7/14/1958
Location: 11.0000 162.0000
Description: Nuclear test: Air, confirmed. Country: USA Name: “Scaevola” 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_147

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: “Scaevola”, NukeSource: “NV209”, NukeType: “NACU”, NukeY: “0”, NukeYMax: “0”

Event 20492 (A90E7A32)

Date: 7/16/1958
Time: 16:00
Location: RICHMANSWORTH, ENGL
Description: Class / teens. White-glowing hat-saucer maneuvers near dark clouds. / r142#3p70.
Type: sighting
Reference: FLYING SAUCER REVIEW (FSR), London. Bimonthly. PO Box 162; High Wycombe, Bucks. HP135 DZ, England. (Index 53)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_5948

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: “9”, Duration: “1”, HatchDesc: “RICHMANSWORTH,ENGL:CLASS/TEENS:WHT-GLO HAT-SCR MNVRS nr DRK CLOUDS:/r142#3p70”, LatLong: “51.666669 -0.466667”, LatLongDMS: “51:40:00 N 00:28:00 W”, Locale: “Residential”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “England”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 20493 (88FAC037)

Date: 7/17/1958
Time: 09:10
Location: CARIBBEAN / 76° 05W-16° 00N
Description: Project Bluebook Case #unknown. 1 UFO seen / 8 min. Time = GMT. No further details [in] at all.
Type: sighting
Reference: UFOCAT CATALOG: Assorted Printouts. Donald A. Johnson Ph.D (CUFOS). P.O. Box 446, Concord, NH 03302-0446 (Index 53)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_5949

Attributes: SEA: Observer(s) at sea, NLT: Nightlights/points of light, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), MIL: Military investigation, BBK: Project BLUEBOOK

Extra Data: Country: “Caribbean area”, Credibility: “6”, Duration: “8”, Elev: “0”, HatchDesc: “CARIBBEAN/76°05W-16°00N:BBK#UNKN:1 UFO SEEN/8 MIN:TIME=GMT:NFD AT ALL”, LatLong: “16.000001 -76.083337”, LatLongDMS: “16:00:00 N 76:05:00 W”, Locale: “High Seas”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “SEA”, Strangeness: “4”

Event 20494 (907E9648)

Date: 7/17/1958
Time: 21:10
Location: CHITOSE AIR FORCE BASE, JPN
Description: RADAR and Air Traffic Controllers and more. Red star south going north / 100M altitude. Circles base. Then denied. / r242p22.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO’s a HISTORY-1958 (7 booklets) 1998/03 Self published. (Index 370)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_5950

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, MIL: Observer(s) military, HQO: High-quality observer(s), NWS: News media report, NLT: Nightlights/points of light, PRB: Probe: Possibly remote controlled, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), OBS: Observation/chasing vehicles, VEH: Vehicle affected: Marks/damage/EME effects, BLD: Building/man-made structure/roads/power lines, RDR: Radar traces/blips, COV: Indication of coverup

Extra Data: Country: “Japan”, Credibility: “8”, Duration: “2”, HatchDesc: “CHITOSE AFB,JPN:RDR+ATCs+:RED STAR S>N/100M alt:CCLS BASE:then denied:/r242p22”, LatLong: “42.900002 141.550007”, LatLongDMS: “42:54:00 N 141:33:00 E”, Locale: “Town & City”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “HKD”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 20495 (D5B16DAA)

Date: 7/17/1958
Location: Chitose AFB, Japan
Description: Radar-visual sighting of circling reddish light. [UFOE, III] (NICAP: 09 - RADAR Cases, Rating: 5)
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_2273

Event 20496 (A6197268)

Date: 7/17/1958
Location: 11.0000 162.0000
Description: Nuclear test: Air, confirmed. Country: USA Name: “Pisonia” Yield: 255KT
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_148

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: “Pisonia”, NukeSource: “NV209”, NukeType: “NACU”, NukeY: “255”

Event 20497 (8F9FD66E)

Date: 7/17/1958
Description: Keyhoe writes to Ruppelt to say he is puzzled about his current stance on UFOs, but understands that he might be under pressure from the Air Force.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Michael Hall and Wendy Connors, “The Forgotten Correspondence of Edward J. Ruppelt: The Story behind Report on Unidentified Flying Objects,” pp. 15–16
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_3208

Event 20498 (13A5F964)

Date: 7/18/1958
Location: Albuquerque, New Mexico
Description: 8:30 p.m. High-school student Chris Kauffman is gazing at the night sky in Albuquerque, New Mexico, when he sees an object shaped like an equilateral triangle pass directly overhead in a north to south direction at 70–100 mph and 1,000 feet altitude for 10 seconds. It is flying with one point of the triangle as a forward edge and has 12 small orange lights along its edges.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Loren E. Gross, The Fifth Horseman of the Apocalypse: UFOs, a History: 1958, May–July, The Author, 1999, pp. 76–77
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_3209

Event 20499 (535DC786)

Date: 7/20/1958
Location: Hamar, Norway
Description: Two Bright Rocket-Shaped Objects Nr Navy Aircraft (NICAP: 11 - Aviation Cases, Code: A, Rating: 2)
Reference: NICAP: 580720
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_2274

Event 20500 (A16D4187)

Date: 7/20/1958
Description: A pilot flying over Crystal Lake in Chicago, Illinois at 5:07 p.m. sighted a white disc-shaped object. The disc appeared to be the size of a basketball, and flew in a straight line.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: Dominique Weinstein, Aircraft UFO Encounters, p. 30
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_4231

Event 20501 (95038532)

Date: 7/22/1958
Time: 04:20:00.1
Location: 11.4961 165.3708
Description: Nuclear test: Air, confirmed. Country: USA Name: “Juniper” Yield: 65KT
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_149

Extra Data: LatLong: “11.4961 165.3708”, LatLongDMS: “11:29:46 N 165:22:15 E”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, NukeCountry: “USA”, NukeName: “Juniper”, NukeSource: “G+P”, NukeType: “NACU”, NukeY: “65”

Event 20502 (B8046724)

Date: 7/22/1958
Time: 20:30:00.2
Location: 11.6633 162.2300
Description: Nuclear test: Air, confirmed. Country: USA Name: “Olive” Yield: 202KT
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_150

Extra Data: LatLong: “11.6633 162.2300”, LatLongDMS: “11:39:48 N 162:13:48 E”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, NukeCountry: “USA”, NukeName: “Olive”, NukeSource: “G+P”, NukeType: “NACU”, NukeY: “202”

Event 20503 (4DDEB158)

Date: 7/26/1958
Location: USA, Cape Kennedy
Description: (Translated from French) Success of “Explorer IV” (Epsilon 4) due to the Army, echoing the failure by the Navy, of a quantity of Vanguards.
Reference: follow-up 23.10.59
Reference: “Astronautics” Pierre Rousseau, Hachette 1965, p. 18
Reference: Mini catalogue chronologique des observations OVNI, by Godelieve Van Overmeire
Source: Overmeire, ID: Overmeire_2090

Event 20504 (0BBDF9BE)

Date: 7/26/1958
Time: 09:50
Location: DURANGO, CO
Description: Ground Observer Corps (GOC) observer(s). Silver sphere going quickly northwest / incredibly fast. Jet noise. ~12km altitude. (UPI) / r28p436.
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_5951

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), SND: UFO sounds heard or recorded

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “9”, Duration: “1”, Elev: “1988”, HatchDesc: “DURANGO,CO:GOC OBS:SLVR SPHERE >>NW/XXFAST:jet noise:~12km alt:(UPI)/r28p436”, LatLong: “37.266668 -107.850005”, LatLongDMS: “37:16:00 N 107:51:00 W”, Locale: “Mountains”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Colorado”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 20505 (C89C0421)

Date: 7/26/1958
Location: Durango, CO
Description: Ground Observer Corps Supervisor spotted a round silvery object moving “at tremendous speed.” [UFOE, VII] (NICAP: 01 - Distant Encounters)
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_2275

Event 20506 (45F4C2FB)

Date: 7/26/1958
Time: 20:30:00.2
Location: 11.6561 162.2197
Description: Nuclear test: Air, confirmed. Country: USA Name: “Pine” Yield: 2000KT
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_151

Extra Data: LatLong: “11.6561 162.2197”, LatLongDMS: “11:39:22 N 162:13:11 E”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, NukeCountry: “USA”, NukeName: “Pine”, NukeSource: “G+P”, NukeType: “NACU”, NukeY: “2000”

Event 20507 (41E5A40D)

Date: 7/29/1958
Locations: National Aeronautics and Space Administration; National Advisory Committee on Aeronautics
Description: The National Aeronautics and Space Administration succeeds the National Advisory Committee on Aeronautics. The new agency is to have a distinctly civilian orientation, encouraging peaceful applications in space science.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Wikipedia, “NASA”
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_3210

Event 20508 (0F4C2504)

Date: 7/29/1958
Location: Alamogordo, New Mexico
Description: An Associated Press writer in Alamogordo, New Mexico, sees an abridged version of Carl Jung’s 1954 letters on UFOs in the APRO Bulletin and jumps to the conclusion that the psychologist believes them to be extraterrestrial in origin.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Carl Jung, “On Unconventional Aerial Objects,” APRO Bulletin, July 1958, pp. 1, 5; “Dr. Jung Says ‘Saucers’ Exist: Bars Psychological Explanations,” New York Times, July 30, 1958, p. 13; Clark III 637
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_3211

Event 20509 (6AB802C1)

Date: 7/30/1958
Time: 18:00
Location: UTRECH-WEST, NTHL
Description: Blazing grey disk hovers. Dims. Shoots away / incredibly fast. / Disk Digest.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO’s a HISTORY-1958 (7 booklets) 1998/03 Self published. (Index 387)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_5952

Attributes: 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

Extra Data: Country: “Belgium, Netherlandsand Luxembourg”, Credibility: “6”, Duration: “1”, HatchDesc: “UTRECH-WEST,NTHL:BLAZING GREY DISK HVRS:DIMS:SHOOTS AWAY/XXFAST:/Disk Digest”, LatLong: “52.100002 5.050000”, LatLongDMS: “52:06:00 N 05:03:00 E”, Locale: “Residential”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Netherlands”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 20510 (14A87E80)

Date: 7/30/1958 (approximate)
Time: 18:00
Location: ST. J.BAPTISTE / ROUVILLE, QB
Description: Domed saucer tilts and follows terrain. Stops / lake / 5 minute(s). Extremely fast.
Type: sighting
Reference: LUMIERES DANS la NUIT (LDLN), Paris. Bimonthly since 1957. LDLN B.P.3; 77123 Le Vaudoue, FRANCE. (Index 126)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_5953

Attributes: 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: “Canada”, Credibility: “6”, Duration: “5”, Elev: “35”, HatchDesc: “St.J.BAPTISTE/ROUVILLE,QB:DOMED SCR TILTS+FOLOS TERRAIN:STOPS/LAKE/5min:XFAST”, LatLong: “45.516669 -73.033337”, LatLongDMS: “45:31:00 N 73:02:00 W”, Locale: “Mountains”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Quebec”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 20511 (0CE369B9)

Date: 7/30/1958
Time: 20:40
Location: NORTH / CAMAS, WA
Description: 2 / car and separate observer(s). Radio fades… beeps! Black object hovers / roadside. 2 red beams.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO’s a HISTORY-1958 (7 booklets) 1998/03 Self published. (Index 384)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_5954

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, EME: Electro-Magnetic Effects, TCH: New technical details/clues, SND: UFO sounds heard or recorded

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “8”, Duration: “2”, Elev: “50”, HatchDesc: “N/CAMAS,WA:2/CAR+SEP.OBS:RADIO FADES…BEEPS!:BLK OBJ HVRS/ROADSIDE:2 RED BEAMS”, LatLong: “45.616669 -122.400006”, LatLongDMS: “45:37:00 N 122:24:00 W”, Locale: “Pasture”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Washington”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 20512 (CAC6C068)

Date: 7/30/1958
Description: Ruppelt writes Keyhoe back, saying he has “always been convinced that UFO’s were nothing more than reports of airplanes, balloons, astronomical phenomena, etc.” He says he is not being intimidated, he is just not interested in UFOs anymore and too busy.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Michael Hall and Wendy Connors, “The Forgotten Correspondence of Edward J. Ruppelt: The Story behind Report on Unidentified Flying Objects,” p. 16
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_3212

Event 20513 (C11F63A1)

Date: 7/30/1958
Location: UK House of Commons
Description: MP George Chetwynd presses further questions in the UK House of Commons by asking the Secretary of State for Air George Ward what action is taken to identify unexplained UFOs. Ward replies that the unidentified reports are “not sufficiently precise.”
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: “More Questions in House of Commons,” Flying Saucer Review 4, no. 5 (Sept./Oct. 1958): iv; Good Above, pp. 51–52
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_3213

Event 20514 (A4F92893)

Date: 8/1958
Location: BRAZIL, Minduri
Description: (Translated from French) Just after dawn, two “giants” estimated to be 6 meters (!) tall and dressed in a bright red garment were observed by three witnesses. The entities were climbing the side of a hill and were only seen from behind.
Reference: Charles BOWEN: “In Search of Humanoids” - J’ai Lu 1974, p. 123
Reference: Mini catalogue chronologique des observations OVNI, by Godelieve Van Overmeire
Source: Overmeire, ID: Overmeire_2096

Event 20515 (6EE43883)

Date: 8/1958
Time: 16:00
Location: LAKE PLACID, NY
Description: 3 observer(s). Metallic blimp going south against strong wind. Absolute(ly) silent. No fins.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO’s a HISTORY-1958 (7 booklets) 1998/03 Self published. (Index 733)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_5955

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: “1”, Elev: “566”, HatchDesc: “LAKE PLACID,NY:3 OBS:MTLC BLIMP >S AGAINST STRONG WIND:ABS SLNT:NO FINS:”, LatLong: “44.294447 -73.994448”, LatLongDMS: “44:17:40 N 73:59:40 W”, Locale: “Mountains”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “New York”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 20516 (EC25E2BA)

Date: 8/1958
Time: ~17:00
Location: KUCHING, MALAYSIA
Description: 5 observer(s). Orange sphere hovers and pulses. Going down [to] into forest. Army finds nothing.
Type: sighting
Reference: RANDLES, Jenny & Warrington, P.: SCIENCE and the UFO’S; Basil Blackwell, NY 1985 (Index 10)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_5956

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

Extra Data: Country: “Malaysia”, Credibility: “9”, Duration: “5”, HatchDesc: “KUCHING,MALAYSIA:5 OBS:ORG SPHERE HVRS+PULSES:↓ INTO FOREST:ARMY FINDS NOTHING”, LatLong: “1.533333 110.333339”, LatLongDMS: “01:32:00 N 110:20:00 E”, Locale: “Rainforest”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “SWK”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 20517 (16BB2A82)

Date: 8/1958
Time: 19:30
Location: MULHACEN PEAK, SP
Description: 3 observer(s). 8M rocket rests / 3 legs. Going south overhead toward(s) Africa. / FSRv17#4.
Type: sighting
Reference: BALLESTER OLMOS, Vicente-Juan: CATALOG of 200 TYPE-1 EVENTS in SPAIN & PORTUGAL; CUFOS 1976. (Index 6)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_5957

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

Extra Data: Country: “Spain”, Credibility: “8”, Duration: “15”, HatchDesc: “MULHACEN PEAK,SP:3 OBS:8M ROCKET RESTS/3 LEGS:>S OVHD twrd AFRICA:/FSRv17#4”, LatLong: “37.055557 -3.305556”, LatLongDMS: “37:03:20 N 03:18:20 W”, Locale: “Mountains”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Grenada”, Strangeness: “7”

Event 20518 (A5159FC3)

Date: 8/1958
Time: 20:30
Location: TRIESTE, ITL
Description: 2 kids. 25M domed saucer. White steady light and 2 colored beams going down. 500M altitude.
Type: sighting
Reference: ITACAT, Catalogo Italiano degli Incontri Ravvicinati. Maurizio Verga, 1989 CISU/Torino, Italy. (Index 50)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_5958

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

Extra Data: Country: “Italy”, Credibility: “6”, Duration: “1”, HatchDesc: “TRIESTE,ITL:2 KIDS:25M DOMED SCR:WHT STEADY LITE+2 CLRD BEAMS ↓:500M alt”, LatLong: “45.650002 13.766667”, LatLongDMS: “45:39:00 N 13:46:00 E”, Locale: “Residential”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “TS”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 20519 (9E392C12)

Date: 8/1958 (approximate)
Time: 20:30
Location: BOYANG CO, JIANGXI, CH
Description: Big panic. Round object low and slow. Shoots blue-beams. / r208p39.
Type: sighting
Reference: DONG, Paul: UFO’s Over MODERN CHINA. 1983 UFO Photo Archives; P. O. Box 17206; Tucson, AZ 85710. (Index 39)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_5959

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

[c0mmando]

ilian, 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: “China”, Credibility: “11”, Duration: “2”, HatchDesc: “BOYANG co,JIANGXI,CH:BIG PANIC:RND OBJ LO+SLO:SHOOTS BLU-BEAMS:/r208p39”, LatLong: “29.033335 116.700006”, LatLongDMS: “29:02:00 N 116:42:00 E”, Locale: “Residential”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Jianxi”, Strangeness: “7”

Event 20520 (8D91F064)

Date: 8/1958 (approximate)
Time: 21:10
Location: MARYVILLE, TN
Description: 4 observer(s). Glowing disk going down. 2nd and 3rd join from low altitude. Complex maneuvers. Going quickly east.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO’s a HISTORY-1958 (7 booklets) 1998/03 Self published. (Index 443)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_5960

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: “15”, Elev: “286”, HatchDesc: “MARYVILLE,TN:4 OBS:GLO DISK ↓:2nd+3rd JOIN from lo alt:COMPLEX MNVRS:>>E”, LatLong: “35.750002 -83.966671”, LatLongDMS: “35:45:00 N 83:58:00 W”, Locale: “Residential”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Tennessee”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 20521 (25CD9F79)

Date: 8/1958
Time: 22:50
Location: SOUTHEAST OTTAWA, ON
Description: 2 observer(s). Huge flattened sphere going southeast. Stops / 60 seconds. Going quickly south. Absolute(ly) silent.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO’s a HISTORY-1958 (7 booklets) 1998/03 Self published. (Index 733)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_5961

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: “Canada”, Credibility: “7”, Duration: “2”, Elev: “116”, HatchDesc: “SE OTTAWA,ON:2 OBS:HUGE FLATTENED SPHERE > SE:STOPS/60secs:>>S:ABS SLNT”, LatLong: “45.366669 -75.666670”, LatLongDMS: “45:22:00 N 75:40:00 W”, Locale: “Residential”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, RelAlt: “1400”, State/Prov: “Ontario”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 20522 (624B8BB8)

Date: 8/1958
Locations: Warsaw; Świdnica; Poland
Description: Polish Air Force pilot Apoloniusz Czernów of the 3rd Fighter Regiment in Warsaw, is returning from an attempted balloon interception in the area around Świdnica, Poland. Flying at 26,000 feet, he sees another possible balloon 9 miles away at a height of 3,200 feet and turns his MiG-17 toward it. But when he approaches it, he sees it is a cigar-shaped object tilted at a 45° angle, silvery-orange in color, and pulsating with a weird light. He gets closer and the object ascends at high speed, heads north, changes to orange-red, and disappears. Base radar has detected nothing.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Poland 63–64
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_3214

Event 20523 (74779D5F)

Date: 8/1/1958
Time: 22:50
Location: BENTLEYVILLE, PA
Description: 3 observer(s). 2 40cm disks / low altitude stop / several minutes. Circle away going quickly northeast.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO’s a HISTORY-1958 (7 booklets) 1998/03 Self published. (Index 401)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_5962

Attributes: GND: 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

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “7”, Duration: “5”, Elev: “335”, HatchDesc: “BENTLEYVILLE,PA:3 OBS:2 40cm DISKS/LO alt STOP/SVRL MINUTES:CIRCLE AWAY >>NE”, LatLong: “40.116669 -80.000004”, LatLongDMS: “40:07:00 N 80:00:00 W”, Locale: “Residential”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Pennsylvania”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 20524 (B5661C8A)

Date: 8/1/1958
Time: 10:50:05.6
Location: 16.7439 -169.5333
Description: Nuclear test: Air, confirmed. Country: USA Name: “Teak” 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_152

Extra Data: LatLong: “16.7439 -169.5333”, LatLongDMS: “16:44:38 N 169:32:00 W”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, NukeCountry: “USA”, NukeDepth: “-76.81”, NukeName: “Teak”, NukeSource: “G+P”, NukeType: “NACU”, NukeY: “3800”

Event 20525 (6581AA29)

Date: 8/1/1958
Locations: Johnston Atoll; North Pacific Ocean; Hawaii
Description: The Teak thermonuclear test, part of Operation Hardtack I, is launched from Johnston Atoll in the North Pacific Ocean and carries a payload of 3.8 megatons. The warhead is carried on a Redstone missile, which has a “program failure,” causing it to go straight up and detonate directly above the island. In a sanitized film record of the event, men in flip-flops and shorts can be seen ducking for cover as a phenomenal fireball consumes the sky overhead. During the Teak test, all crew on and around Johnston Atoll are given protective eyewear to prevent flash blindness from the explosion. Besides the hazard of blindness, thermal radiation is another concern—even at an altitude of 50 miles. A crew member on Johnston at the time is said to have received a slight sunburn from the amount of thermal radiation that had reached the island. While only slight to the crew member, it creates issues for the local fauna. Many birds are seen in distress. Unsure if this is caused by blindness or thermal radiation, the project members decide to take precautions to protect local wildlife during the next test. The explosion can be seen from Hawaii 806 miles away and is said to be visible for almost half an hour. After the explosion, high- frequency, long-distance communication is interrupted across the Pacific. Due to this failure, Johnston Atoll personnel are unable to contact their superiors to advise of the test results until about 8 hours after the detonation. The detonation disturbs Wernher Von Braun so greatly that he leaves the island shortly after comms are restored. The explosion causes the blue sky to turn red, white, and gray, and it creates an aurora 2,100 miles long along the geomagnetic meridian.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Wikipedia, “Operation Hardtack I”; Jacobsen, Area 51, pp. 170–171
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_3215

Event 20526 (E5ED25F2)

Date: 8/3/1958
Time: 02:30
Location: ROMA AND MORE/OTHERS, ITL
Description: Power outage as fireball going southeast. AOK after. / r242p75+/ r79+/ r142#4p1+/ r98#65.
Type: sighting
Reference: FALLA, GEOFFREY: VEHICLE INTERFERENCE PROJECT. BUFORA Ltd. 1979. C.F. Lockwood & A.R. Rice editors. (Index 21)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_5963

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, FBL: Fireball: Blazing undistinguished form/orb., NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), VEH: Vehicle affected: Marks/damage/EME effects, BLD: Building/man-made structure/roads/power lines, EME: Electro-Magnetic Effects

Extra Data: Country: “Italy”, Credibility: “13”, Duration: “2”, HatchDesc: “ROMA++,ITL:PWR OUTAGE as FBL > SE:AOK AFTER:/r242p75+/r79+/r142#4p1+/r98#65”, LatLong: “41.916669 12.483334”, LatLongDMS: “41:55:00 N 12:29:00 E”, Locale: “Metropolis”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Rome”, Strangeness: “5”

Event 20527 (E77D9A67)

Date: 8/3/1958
Location: Rome, Italy
Description: Luminous UFO observed passing overhead as city lights failed; one report of car radio failure (NICAP: 03 - EME Cases)
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_2276

Event 20528 (A0BD9BBA)

Date: 8/3/1958
Locations: Rome, Italy; Sgurgola; Rieti; Naples
Description: 2:25 a.m. A sudden violet-orange brightness illuminates the sky over Rome, Italy, for about 3 seconds. Lights in the city dim, failing completely in some areas. Physician Angelo Corsi witnesses it 37 miles southeast of Rome in Sgurgola. After his car radio fails, and the house and streetlights go out, he sees a long whitish trail like a fan in the sky. At 2:22 a.m., in Rieti a sergeant and some guards see a yellow-green cigar-shaped object moving rapidly toward the southeast. It leaves a luminous trail that lights up roads, mountains, and houses for several seconds. A similar sight is seen in Naples.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Schopick, pp. 142–143; Loren E. Gross, The Fifth Horseman of the Apocalypse: UFOs, a History: 1958 August–September, The Author, 1999, pp. 1, 3
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_3216

Event 20529 (C0EEBD63)

Date: 8/4/1958
Time: 22:50
Location: MALMSTROM AIR FORCE BASE, MT
Description: Air Force guard. Large featureless silver delta/triangle/box-like craft-wing whistles going north straight and level. RADAR.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO’s a HISTORY-1958 (7 booklets) 1998/03 Self published. (Index 404)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_5964

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, MIL: Observer(s) military, HQO: High-quality observer(s), DLT: Delta/vee/boomerang/rectangular shaped UFO, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), RDR: Radar traces/blips, SND: UFO sounds heard or recorded

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “7”, Duration: “1”, Elev: “1075”, HatchDesc: “MALMSTROM AFB,MT:AF GUARD:LRG FEATURELESS SLVR DLT-WING WHISTLES >N S/L:RDR”, LatLong: “47.516669 -111.183339”, LatLongDMS: “47:31:00 N 111:11:00 W”, Locale: “Town & City”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Montana”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 20530 (FD61C8AE)

Date: 8/4/1958
Location: Malmstrom AFB, MT
Description: (McDonald list) Delta Craft Observed & Tracked On Radar At Key Base (NICAP: 09 - RADAR Cases, Code: R, Rating: 5, BB: BBU)
Reference: NICAP: 580804
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_2277

Event 20531 (7F2A4761)

Date: 8/6/1958
Location: 11.0000 162.0000
Description: Nuclear test: Air, confirmed. Country: USA Name: “Quince” 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_153

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: “Quince”, NukeSource: “NV209”, NukeType: “NACU”, NukeY: “0”, NukeYMax: “0”

Event 20532 (E076F4D5)

Date: 8/8/1958
Time: 01:30
Location: WEST / BOLIVAR, ARG
Description: Car malfunctions due to EME (electro-magnetic effects). Domed saucer 300M away. Going quickly south. Missing time. / r215p50+/ r156#17+/ r27+/ r3.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO’s a HISTORY-1958 (7 booklets) 1998/03 Self published. (Index 429)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_5965

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, SCR: Classic saucer/disk/sphere shaped UFO, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), MST: Missing time or time anomaly, ABD: Human or animal abduction, HUM: Humans affected: Injury/burns/marks/abduction/death, VEH: Vehicle affected: Marks/damage/EME effects, EME: Electro-Magnetic Effects, BBK: Project BLUEBOOK

Extra Data: Country: “Argentina”, Credibility: “7”, Duration: “20”, Elev: “110”, HatchDesc: “W/BOLIVAR,ARG:CAR EMEs:DOMED SCR 300M AWAY:>>S:MST:/r215p50+/r156#17+/r27+/r3”, LatLong: “-36.250002 -61.166670”, LatLongDMS: “36:15:00 S 61:10:00 W”, Locale: “Pasture”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Buenos Aires”, Strangeness: “10”

Event 20533 (72CE331A)

Date: 8/8/1958
Time: 22:10
Location: ALAMOGORDO, NM
Description: 12+observer(s). 35+night lights and disks going southeast in formation. Silent maneuvers / low altitude. / NICAP v1#5.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO’s a HISTORY-1958 (7 booklets) 1998/03 Self published. (Index 427)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_5966

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

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “6”, Duration: “1”, Elev: “1351”, HatchDesc: “ALAMOGORDO,NM:12+OBS:35+NLTS+DISKS >SE/FORMn:SLNT MNVRS/lo alt:/NICAP v1#5”, LatLong: “32.850002 -105.983338”, LatLongDMS: “32:51:00 N 105:59:00 W”, Locale: “Town & City”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “New Mexico”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 20534 (A2B51E10)

Date: 8/8/1958
Time: 23:20
Location: FLAT ROCK, MI
Description: 32+separate observer(s). Dull silver saucer 30M away / 60M altitude. Beams going down. Going quickly southwest. / r161p116.
Type: sighting
Reference: UFO INVESTIGATOR: NICAP: Kensington, MD & Washington, DC [defunct]. University Microfilms, Ann Arbor, MI 48106 (Index 17)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_5967

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., VEG: Plants affected or sampled/crop circles, MIL: Military investigation, BBK: Project BLUEBOOK

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “6”, Duration: “1”, Elev: “192”, HatchDesc: “FLAT ROCK,MI:32+SEP.OBS:DULL SLVR SCR 30M away/60M alt:BEAMS↓:>>SW:/r161p116”, LatLong: “42.094446 -83.294448”, LatLongDMS: “42:05:40 N 83:17:40 W”, Locale: “Pasture”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Michigan”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 20535 (EBF778E2)

Date: 8/8/1958
Locations: Ky.; Mass.; N.Y.; Mont.
Description: An informal two-hour hearing on UFOs is held by the House Subcommittee on Atmospheric Phenomena, chaired by Rep. William Natcher (D-Ky.), which is part of the Select Committee on Astronautics and Space Exploration, chaired by Rep. John W. McCormack (D-Mass.). Although McCormack wants an extended hearing in closed secret session, unrecorded, ATIC Capt. George T. Gregory persuades him to allow the Air Force to give a briefing, while allowing people like Menzel, Ruppelt, and Keyhoe to offer their opinions later. NICAP as a whole should be excluded, he emphasizes. The main witnesses turn out to be Gregory and Maj. Tacker. The subcommittee, which also includes Kenneth Keating (R-N.Y.) and Lee Metcalf (D-Mont.), commends Gregory for his presentation on Project Blue Book’s “improved” methods. The hearings were to have been extended to the following week, but they decide to call no more witnesses at the suggestion of scientific consultant Dr. Charles S. Sheldon II, who thus maneuvers Keyhoe out of appearing.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Loren E. Gross, The Fifth Horseman of the Apocalypse: UFOs, a History: 1958 August–September, The Author, 1999, pp. 5–27; Swords 277–279
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_3217

Event 20536 (E9D47307)

Date: 8/8/1958
Description: At 1:27 a.m. an official of the Argentine National Senate experienced a complete car failure, including his dashboard clock, when he saw a domed disc-shaped object 300 meters away while driving on the highway between Unsue and Bolivar, Buenos Aires province, Argentina. The object made a soft whistling sound. It approached the car, then climbed away rapidly, after which the car could be restarted.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: Oscar A. Uriondo, FSR Case Histories, December 1973, p. 17
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_4770

Event 20537 (D46670B8)

Date: 8/9/1958
Description: Carl Jung issues a denial to the Associated Press about his “extraterrestrial” statement, saying that witnesses are “in need of fantasy.” He thinks “something is being seen,” but his interest is more in what they think they are seeing.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: “Dr. Jung Says Flying Saucers Are a New ‘Savior Myth,’” St. Louis Post-Dispatch, August 9, 1958, p. 5
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_3218

Event 20538 (384B93B5)

Date: 8/11/1958
Time: 15:30
Location: OLEAN, NY
Description: Separate / observer(s). Grey “amoeba” shape going [to] by / 15 second(s). Silver dots inside dark “eyes”.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO’s a HISTORY-1958 (7 booklets) 1998/03 Self published. (Index 435)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_5968

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

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “7”, Duration: “1”, Elev: “422”, HatchDesc: “OLEAN,NY:SEP/OBS:GRY “AMOEBA” SHAPE > BY/15sec:SLVR DOTS INSIDE DRK “EYES””, LatLong: “42.077780 -78.427782”, LatLongDMS: “42:04:40 N 78:25:40 W”, Locale: “Residential”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “New York”, Strangeness: “7”

Event 20539 (779335B6)

Date: 8/11/1958
Time: 21:20
Location: CHAUTAUQUA LAKE, NY
Description: Engineering Professor. Circle / night lights seem attached. Other night lights. / r64p58.
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_5969

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, HQO: High-quality observer(s), SCI: Scientist involvement, MID: Likely mis-identification, 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: “75”, Elev: “504”, HatchDesc: “CHAUTAUQUA LAKE,NY:ENGINEERING PROF:CCL/NLTS SEEM ATTACHED:OTHER NLTS:/r64p58”, LatLong: “42.183335 -79.427782”, LatLongDMS: “42:11:00 N 79:25:40 W”, Locale: “Forest”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “New York”, Strangeness: “5”

Event 20540 (D586535E)

Date: 8/11/1958
Location: Osel Island and Gulf of Finland, At Sea
Description: (McDonald list) (NICAP: 01 - Distant Encounters, BB: BBU)
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_2278

Event 20541 (EA0B40A8)

Date: 8/11/1958
Location: Chautauqua Lake, NY
Description: Engineering professor observed unidentified lights arranged as if on oval object. [UFOE, VI] (NICAP: 01 - Distant Encounters)
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_2279

Event 20542 (DC3420C6)

Date: 8/11/1958
Locations: Johnston Atoll; Hawaii
Description: The Orange thermonuclear test is launched by Redstone missile from Johnston Atoll with a yield of 3.8 megatons. Although Orange is visible from Hawaii, it is not the great spectacle Teak had been. The light from the 28-mile-high blast is visible for about 5 minutes, but does not cause a large communication interruption; however, some commercial flights to Hawaii are said to have lost contact with air traffic controllers for a short period of time.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Wikipedia, “Operation Hardtack I”
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_3219

Event 20543 (C996C4BF)

Date: 8/11/1958
Locations: Lima, Peru; Europe
Description: Betty Jane Williamson dies in Lima, Peru, when her husband George Hunt Williamson is on a lecture tour in Europe. Her death is caused by malnutrition generated by an alternative diet regimen. James W. Moseley later circulates an outrageously false accusation that Williamson killed Betty by pushing her off a cliff, but the charge is a complete fabrication.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Clark III 1286; James W. Moseley and Karl T. Pflock, Shockingly Close to the Truth! Confessions of a Grave-Robbing Ufologist, Prometheus, 2002, pp. 137–138; Jerome Clark, “The Trivialist,” IUR 27, no. 1 (Spring 2002): 15–19, 29–30; Zirger and Martinelli, The Incredible Life of George Hunt Williamson, Verdechiari, 2016, pp. 117, 123–124
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_3220

Event 20544 (C92046FD)

Date: 8/11/1958
Description: At 3:45 p.m. a gray “amoeba” shape flew by Orlean, New York in 15 seconds; there were silver dots inside dark “eyes” according to the separate witnesses.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: Loren E. Gross, The Fifth Horseman of the Apocalypse: UFOs: A History. 1956: August, p. 37
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_4864

Event 20545 (68E66C3C)

Date: 8/11/1958
Description: A procession of four or five flying objects passed over Chautauqua Lake, New York beginning at around nine o’clock in the evening and continuing until 10:30 p.m. An engineering professor reported seeing a circle of nocturnal lights that seemed to be attached, plus other NLs.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: NICAP UFO Investigator, November 1958, p. 2; Richard Hall, The UFO Evidence, p. 58; Larry Hatch, U computer database, case # 5460
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_4865

Event 20546 (E82EAB71)

Date: 8/12/1958
Time: 11:50?
Location: 12 MI NORTHWEST / LAS VEGAS, NV
Description: Diffuse glowing-ball goes going up and down. Hovers / treetop level. Shoots off.
Type: sighting
Reference: HYNEK, Dr. J. Allen: THE HYNEK UFO REPORT; Dell Publ., NY 1977. 298pp. (Index 43)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_5970

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, MIL: Military investigation, BBK: Project BLUEBOOK

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “6”, Duration: “7”, Elev: “602”, HatchDesc: “12mi NW/LAS VEGAS,NV:DIFFUSE GLO-BALL GOES ↑+↓:HOVRS/TREETOP LEVEL:SHOOTS OFF”, LatLong: “36.283335 -115.200005”, LatLongDMS: “36:17:00 N 115:12:00 W”, Locale: “Desert”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, RelAlt: “15”, State/Prov: “Nevada”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 20547 (43E37A01)

Date: 8/12/1958
Time: 21:30
Location: ALAMOGORDO, NM
Description: Electrical engineer and family. Small ovoid going south / low altitude. Air-rushing sound.
Type: sighting
Reference: The APRO BULLETIN: Monthly. Jim & Coral Lorenzen: Tucson,AZ (USA. defunct) By volume and number. (Index 705)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_5971

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

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “9”, Duration: “1”, Elev: “1351”, HatchDesc: “ALAMOGORDO,NM:ELECTR.ENGINEER+FAMILY:SML OVOID >S/LO alt:AIR-RUSHING SOUND:”, LatLong: “32.833335 -105.950005”, LatLongDMS: “32:50:00 N 105:57:00 W”, Locale: “Residential”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “New Mexico”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 20548 (48516BE7)

Date: 8/12/1958
Location: Las Vegas (12 miles NW of), NV
Description: (McDonald list) (NICAP: 01 - Distant Encounters, BB: BBU)
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_2280

Event 20549 (B83DA627)

Date: 8/12/1958
Time: 10:30:08.6
Location: 16.3583 -169.5356
Description: Nuclear test: Air, confirmed. Country: USA Name: “Orange” 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_154

Extra Data: LatLong: “16.3583 -169.5356”, LatLongDMS: “16:21:30 N 169:32:08 W”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, NukeCountry: “USA”, NukeDepth: “-42.98”, NukeName: “Orange”, NukeSource: “G+P”, NukeType: “NACU”, NukeY: “3800”

Event 20550 (C33CF006)

Date: 8/12/1958
Description: A small ovoid object was sighted by an electrical engineer and his family as it flew to the south at a low altitude at 9:30 p.m. over Alamagordo, New Mexico. A sound of rushing air was heard.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: APRO Bulletin, September 1958
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_4937

Event 20551 (4AAAFD3A)

Date: 8/13/1958
Description: The Air Force briefs the Subcommittee on Atmospheric Phenomena and House Select Committee on Astronautics and Space Exploration. USAF tells Congressmen the greatest threat facing the USG with respect to UAP was civilian organizations “and spectacular news reporting.” The briefing concludes with Rep. Sheldon stating the House Select Committee would take no further interest in UAP.

• https://files.afu.se/Downloads/Documents/USA%20-%20Congress/1958%20-%20McCormack%20congressional%20sub-committee.pdf

Reference: Anonymous 2023 PDF
Source: Anon2023PDF, ID: Anon2023PDF_87

Event 20552 (C87370CB)

Date: 8/16/1958
Location: SWITZERLAND, Lake Geneva
Description: (Translated from French) A dozen people in a boat saw a UFO in the shape of a flat disc hovering above their heads. This object made a few jumps in the air before leaving at a dizzying speed.
Reference: Janet and Colin BORD: “Modern Mysteries of the World” - Guild Publishing London 1989, p. 354
Reference: Mini catalogue chronologique des observations OVNI, by Godelieve Van Overmeire
Source: Overmeire, ID: Overmeire_2091

Event 20553 (0A953397)

Date: 8/16/1958
Time: 17:00
Location: LAKE LEMAN, SWZ
Description: Silent 10M saucer going down / 15M / lake. Windows / dome. Spins and jumps. / r96#200.
Type: sighting
Reference: VALLEE, Jacques: PASSPORT TO MAGONIA; H. Regnery, Chicago HC 1969 & Contemporary Books,Chicago 1993. 372pp. (Index 469)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_5972

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: “Switzerland”, Credibility: “9”, Duration: “2”, HatchDesc: “LAKE LEMAN,SWZ:SLNT 10M SCR ↓/15M/LAKE:WINDOWS/DOME:SPINS+JUMPS:/r96#200”, LatLong: “46.233336 6.083334”, LatLongDMS: “46:14:00 N 06:05:00 E”, Locale: “Metropolis”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “GNV”, Strangeness: “7”

Event 20554 (EDBD0EDC)

Date: 8/16/1958
Time: 1700
Location: Leman Lake, Switzerland
Description: A dozen people out on the lake in perfect weather saw a bright light coming down. They stopped their boat as it came to hover about 15 m above them. It was saucer-shaped, 10 m in diameter, with a cabin showing several windows on top. The outer disk below the cabin was spinning. As it came down toward the water, a noticeable current was created. No noise or occupants were noticed. After several leaps in mid-air, the craft flew off at “unbelievable” speed.
Type: ufo sighting
Reference: Personal (Vallee)
Source: ValléeMagonia, ID: Magonia_469

Event 20555 (D0BF3F06)

Date: 8/16/1958
Location: Lake Geneva, Switzerland
Description: Around 5:00 p.m. Several persons on Lake Geneva, Switzerland, watch a bright light descending. It comes to hover about 45 feet above their boat. It is saucer-shaped, about 39 feet in diameter, and has a cabin on top with several windows. It causes a noticeable current in the water. After several leaps in the air, it flies off at high speed.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Vallée, Magonia, p. 272
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_3221

Event 20556 (ECDD4966)

Date: 8/16/1958
Description: A dozen people were out on Leman Lake in Switzerland in perfect weather at five o’clock in the afternoon when they saw a bright light coming down toward the lake. They stopped their boat as it came to hover about 15 meters above them. It was saucer-shaped, 10 meters in diameter, and had a cabin with several windows showing on top. The outer disc below the cabin was spinning. As it came down toward the water, a noticeable current was created on the surface. No noise or occupants were noticed. After several leaps in mid-air, the craft flew off at “unbelievable” speed.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: Jacques Vallee, Passport to Magonia: A Century of Landings, case 469, citing Aime Michel
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_5073

Event 20557 (CB39B01F)

Date: 8/17/1958
Location: USA
Description: (Translated from French) The first lunar probe “Pioneer 0” (also known as Able 1) fails due to failure of the first stage of the rocket.
Reference: “Conquest of Space” - Thomas de Galiana, ed. Larousse Poche, 1967, p. 234
Reference: Mini catalogue chronologique des observations OVNI, by Godelieve Van Overmeire
Source: Overmeire, ID: Overmeire_2092

Event 20558 (1AE61AF4)

Date: 8/17/1958
Location: Warren, Michigan
Description: (Translated from French) 7:05 p.m. Witness: A.D. Chisholm. An extremely bright object, initially resembling a bell, then a saucer, flew for 5 minutes, accelerated and flew off towards the WSW. Observation of 6-10 minutes.
Reference: Project Blue Book - cfr Don Berliner
Reference: Mini catalogue chronologique des observations OVNI, by Godelieve Van Overmeire
Source: Overmeire, ID: Overmeire_2093

Event 20559 (4645FE94)

Date: 8/17/1958
Location: CANADA, Rodney, Ontario
Description: (Translated from French) (rg: Unsure of date.) "This Sunday morning I was with my friend (name censored) in Rodney, around 4:30 at Lake Erie, just south of Mopeth, to go fishing. Our equipment being ready, we were sitting at the docks. It was still dark and the sky was very starry. At 4:45 in the direction of the southeast, an intense red light appeared on the horizon and rose in a straight line. In a few seconds the red light became white, much brighter than any star, and rose in the sky on an erratic trajectory. The spectacle made us forget a bit about fishing, and we stayed to observe this light. Sometimes it seemed to blink a bit but always gradually rising. An hour later, at 5:45 dawn was drawing and the sun was about to rise and the light was still rising at an angle of 45° but seeming to move away from us.
Reference: Department of Defence RG 24 Volume 1784, HQ 940-5, Part 1 n°000121
Reference: Mini catalogue chronologique des observations OVNI, by Godelieve Van Overmeire
Source: Overmeire, ID: Overmeire_2094

Event 20560 (56859354)

Date: 8/17/1958
Description: (Translated from French) Sighting in Warren (Michigan). (August 17)
Reference: case Blue Book #5999 unsolved
Reference: rr0 - Beau
Source: rr0, ID: rr0_1763

Event 20561 (EDFB2CCD)

Date: 8/17/1958
Time: 14:00
Location: KANSAS CITY, KS
Description: Classic domed saucer with portholes chases jets around and hovers. / r78p182.
Type: sighting
Reference: HALL, Richard: The UFO EVIDENCE; NICAP,Washington, DC 1964. Reprinted 1997 Barnes & Noble Books ( only $7.98! ) (Index 147)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_5973

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

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “8”, Duration: “30”, Elev: “225”, HatchDesc: “KANSAS CITY,KS:CLASSIC DOMED SCR W/PORTHOLES CHASES JETS AROUND+HVRS:/r78p182”, LatLong: “39.100002 -94.633338”, LatLongDMS: “39:06:00 N 94:38:00 W”, Locale: “Town & City”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Kansas”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 20562 (3552B7AF)

Date: 8/17/1958
Time: 19:10
Location: WARREN, MI
Description: Project Bluebook Case #5999. 1 / (seen thru) binoculars. 20m saucer stops. Going NNE. Flips and going quickly [to] WSW. / r70p3-58+/ r59p175.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO’s a HISTORY-1958 (7 booklets) 1998/03 Self published. (Index 437)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_5974

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

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “6”, Duration: “8”, Elev: “189”, HatchDesc: “WARREN,MI:BBK#5999:1/BINOCS:20m SCR STOPS:> NNE:FLIPS+>>WSW:/r70p3-58+/r59p175”, LatLong: “42.466669 -83.050004”, LatLongDMS: “42:28:00 N 83:03:00 W”, Locale: “Town & City”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Michigan”, Strangeness: “9”

Event 20563 (1E0745B4)

Date: 8/17/1958
Location: Kansas City, KS
Description: Dome-shaped disc with “portholes” followed jets, hovered. [NICAP, XII] (NICAP: 11 - Aviation Cases)
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_2281

Event 20564 (C1AFE9DD)

Date: 8/17/1958
Location: Warren, MI
Description: Extremely bright object shaped first like a bell, then a saucer (NICAP: 01 - Distant Encounters, BB: 5999)
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_2282

Event 20565 (AA721BFE)

Date: 8/17/1958
Time: 7:05 PM
Location: Warren, Michigan
Description: Witness: A.D. Chisholm. One extremely bright object shaped first like a bell, then like a saucer, hovered for 5 minutes, flipped over and sped away to the west-south-west. Sighting lasted 6-10 minutes.
Type: ufo sighting
Reference: BlueBook Unknowns PDF
Source: BerlinerBBUnknowns, ID: BerlinerBBU_428

Event 20566 (55014077)

Date: 8/17/1958
Description: At 7:05 p.m. in Warren, Michigan Mr. A. D. Chisholm observed an extremely bright UFO shaped first like a bell and then like a saucer. When maneuvering it seemed shaped like a fried egg. It gave the impression of a huge size at extreme range. It was much brighter than Venus, at 70 degrees elevation. It hovered for five minutes, then flipped over and sped away to the west-southwest. The sighting lasted 6-10 minutes.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: US Air Force Project Blue Book files counted in official statistics, case 5999; Don Berliner, Project Bluebook UFO Unknowns; Lloyd Mallan, Official Guide to UFOs, p. 32; Richard Hall, The UFO Evidence, p. 71; Thomas M. Olsen, The Reference to Outstanding UFO Reports, case 100
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_5110

Event 20567 (F2FDF9E0)

Date: 8/18/1958
Location: GREAT BRITAIN, near Birmingham
Description: (Translated from French) (cf: March 11, 1958). In the late afternoon Mrs. Appleton saw the E.T. enter calmly through the door leading to the courtyard, which was open. Why hadn’t he come earlier? A lesson on the theme of “what is time”. He gave her an object that the investigator could immediately decode. It was a piece of metal with some signs on it. Later, when Mrs. Appleton met the investigator, she could no longer find this proof, which had been carefully stored in an envelope. However, she remembered some signs and drew them from memory. The investigator recognized signs that Adamski claimed to have received from the Venusians, and at that time this was enough to discredit the case, which is currently (1995) being looked at more closely. Needless to say, the University of Manchester never gave the results of the analysis of the E.T.'s skin fragment
Reference: Marie-Thérèse de BROSSES: “Investigation of E.T. Abductions” - Plon 1995, p. 140
Reference: Mini catalogue chronologique des observations OVNI, by Godelieve Van Overmeire
Source: Overmeire, ID: Overmeire_2095

Event 20568 (25F40344)

Date: 8/18/1958
Time: 02:40
Location: NEAR HAMMONTON, NJ
Description: 3 / car. 6M ovoid follows road / very low altitude. Glows. Stops. Vanishes.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO’s a HISTORY-1958 (7 booklets) 1998/03 Self published. (Index 438)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_5975

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

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “7”, Duration: “5”, Elev: “30”, HatchDesc: “nr HAMMONTON,NJ:3/CAR:6M OVOID FOLOS ROAD/VLO alt:GLOWS:STOPS:VANISHES”, LatLong: “39.633335 -74.800004”, LatLongDMS: “39:38:00 N 74:48:00 W”, Locale: “Pasture”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, RelAlt: “2”, State/Prov: “New Jersey”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 20569 (B3861C43)

Date: 8/18/1958
Time: 06:30
Location: TABACAL, ARG
Description: Several sugar plantation. Disk crosses sky going quickly south descending. Violet trail.
Type: sighting
Reference: The APRO BULLETIN: Monthly. Jim & Coral Lorenzen: Tucson,AZ (USA. defunct) By volume and number. (Index 709)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_5976

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: “Argentina”, Credibility: “8”, Duration: “1”, Elev: “286”, HatchDesc: “TABACAL,ARG:SVRL SUGAR PLANTATION:DISK CROSSES SKY >>S DESCENDING:VIOLET TRAIL”, LatLong: “-23.266668 -64.250003”, LatLongDMS: “23:16:00 S 64:15:00 W”, Locale: “Farmlands”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “SLT”, Strangeness: “4”

Event 20570 (49CA6D67)

Date: 8/18/1958
Time: 20:50
Location: BELLS CORNERS, ON
Description: 2 observer(s). Patch / blue light / field. Only 1 observer(s) sees small humanoid (or Grey) lying / ground inside.
Type: sighting
Reference: MUSGRAVE, John Brent: UFO OCCUPANTS & CRITTERS; Global Communications, NY 1979. 8x11 66pp. (Index 31)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_5977

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, ODD: Atypical/Forteana/paranormal, NLT: Nightlights/points of light, FBL: Fireball: Blazing undistinguished form/orb., OID: Humanoid: Small alien or “Grey”, FIG: Undefined or poorly seen figure/entity, LND: UFO landing or any part touches ground, TCH: New technical details/clues, CMF: Camouflage/disguise

Extra Data: Country: “Canada”, Credibility: “7”, Duration: “5”, Elev: “113”, HatchDesc: “BELLS CORNERS,ON:2 OBS:PATCH/BLU LITE/FLD:only 1 obs sees OID LYING/GND INSIDE”, LatLong: “45.333335 -75.816670”, LatLongDMS: “45:20:00 N 75:49:00 W”, Locale: “Residential”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Ontario”, Strangeness: “10”

Event 20571 (E7E672F9)

Date: 8/18/1958
Location: 11.0000 162.0000
Description: Nuclear test: Air, confirmed. Country: USA Name: “Fig” Yield: .02KT
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_155

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: “Fig”, NukeSource: “NV209”, NukeType: “NACU”, NukeY: “.02”

Event 20572 (3F0935BD)

Date: 8/18/1958
Locations: 21950 Cunningham Avenue, Warren, Michigan; University of Minnesota
Description: 7:05 or 7:10 p.m. Typewriter repairman Alex Donald Chisholm is at home at 21950 Cunningham Avenue in Warren, Michigan, with Walter Moilanion and his wife and possibly a young daughter, when he sees a light much brighter than Venus in the vicinity of a flight of four military aircraft. He watches the object through 8x30 mm Japanese artillery-observer field glasses. It looks to be a Saturn-shaped grayish object like a “fried egg in pan.” Later it flips over, and another more elongated ring can be seen surrounding it. The object is about 60 feet long and is stationary for 5-8 minutes. However, the object is probably a Skyhook balloon launched from the University of Minnesota on August 17.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Clark III 392; NICAP, [case file]
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_3222

Event 20573 (0033A177)

Date: 8/21/1958
Time: 19:50
Location: EAST / NORTH BERGEN, NJ
Description: 2 teen girls. Rounded delta/triangle/box-like craft going down. Zigzags and maneuvers over marsh. Going quickly south. Quickly going up.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO’s a HISTORY-1958 (7 booklets) 1998/03 Self published. (Index 446)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_5978

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), OBS: Observation/chasing vehicles

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “6”, Duration: “1”, Elev: “60”, HatchDesc: “E/N.BERGEN,NJ:2 TEEN GIRLS:ROUNDED DLT ↓:ZIGZAGS+MNVRS OVR MARSH:>>S:↑↑”, LatLong: “40.800002 -73.983337”, LatLongDMS: “40:48:00 N 73:59:00 W”, Locale: “Town & City”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “New Jersey”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 20574 (5DACB8EA)

Date: 8/22/1958
Time: 18:00:00.0
Location: 1.6700 -157.2500
Description: Nuclear test: Air, confirmed. Country: Britain Name: “grapple” Yield: 24KT
Type: atomic
Reference: “columbia.edu: Worldwide Nuclear Explosions”, by Yang, North, Romney, and Richards
Reference: “archive.org: Worldwide Nuclear Explosions”, by Yang, North, Romney, and Richards
Source: NukeExplosions, ID: NukeExplosions_1764

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: “24”

Event 20575 (891E1A0D)

Date: 8/23/1958?
Time: 03:30
Location: NEAR PEEKSKILL, NY
Description: 2 IBM programmers abduction / 36 hours. Sperm samples. Observer(s) fear tape drives.
Type: sighting
Reference: Book: KENT, Malcom: The TERROR ABOVE US. Tower Books, NY 1967 (Entire PB book: IBM programmers abducted.)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_5979

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, TLP: Telepathy, SCR: Classic saucer/disk/sphere shaped UFO, OID: Humanoid: Small alien or “Grey”, PSH: Pseudo-human: Clone/organic robot/human-like, SMP: Sampling of plant/animal/soil/tissue/specimens, MST: Missing time or time anomaly, ABD: Human or animal abduction, CVS: Conversation/communication, HUM: Humans affected: Injury/burns/marks/abduction/death, LND: UFO landing or any part touches ground, TCH: New technical details/clues

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “5”, Duration: “48”, Elev: “4”, HatchDesc: “nr PEEKSKILL,NY:2 IBM PROGRAMMERS ABD/36hrs:SPERM SAMPLES:OBS FEAR TAPE DRIVES”, LatLong: “41.266669 -73.883337”, LatLongDMS: “41:16:00 N 73:53:00 W”, Locale: “Pasture”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “New York”, Strangeness: “10”

Event 20576 (7623A212)

Date: 8/23/1958
Time: 12:00
Location: CURACAO, WEST INDIES
Description: KLM airline(s)/airliner man and 1. 8 saucers / 4.5km altitude pass in formation. 3X-4X plane speed.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO’s a HISTORY-1958 (7 booklets) 1998/03 Self published. (Index 447)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_5980

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: “Caribbean area”, Credibility: “7”, Duration: “1”, Elev: “2”, HatchDesc: “CURACAO,W.INDIES:KLM AL MAN+1:8 SCRs/4.5km alt PASS/FORMn:3X-4X PLANE SPEED.”, LatLong: “12.250001 -68.916670”, LatLongDMS: “12:15:00 N 68:55:00 W”, Locale: “Islands”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, RelAlt: “4500”, State/Prov: “DWI”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 20577 (4DD53BB2)

Date: 8/24/1958
Time: 05:00
Location: WESTWOOD, NJ
Description: 2 cops. Orange glowing “pizza” hovers. Going quickly east. / r242p137+/ r78p182+/ r142#4p48.
Type: sighting
Reference: UFO INVESTIGATOR: NICAP: Kensington, MD & Washington, DC [defunct]. University Microfilms, Ann Arbor, MI 48106 (Index 17)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_5981

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, 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: “2”, Elev: “23”, HatchDesc: “WESTWOOD,NJ:2 COPS:ORG.GLO “PIZZA” HVRS:>>E:/r242p137+/r78p182+/r142#4p48”, LatLong: “40.988891 -74.033337”, LatLongDMS: “40:59:20 N 74:02:00 W”, Locale: “Town & City”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “New Jersey”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 20578 (748B5977)

Date: 8/24/1958
Time: 11:30
Location: ATLANTIC / LIBERIAN TANKER 70° 25W-36° 24N
Description: 1 UFO seen 30-40 second(s). No further details [in] at all.
Type: sighting
Reference: UFOCAT CATALOG: Assorted Printouts. Donald A. Johnson Ph.D (CUFOS). P.O. Box 446, Concord, NH 03302-0446 (Index 54)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_5982

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

Extra Data: Country: “Atlantic Ocean + islands”, Credibility: “6”, Duration: “1”, Elev: “0”, HatchDesc: “ATLANTIC/LIBERIAN TANKER 70°25w-36°24N:1 UFO SEEN 30-40 SEC:NFD AT ALL”, LatLong: “36.700002 -70.416670”, LatLongDMS: “36:42:00 N 70:25:00 W”, Locale: “High Seas”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “NAT”, Strangeness: “4”

Event 20579 (E1AB45C1)

Date: 8/24/1958
Time: 18:50
Location: BROOK, IN
Description: 2 observer(s). Brilliant “pie plate” going quickly northeast. Sudden turn going quickly southeast. / Lafayette newspaper.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO’s a HISTORY-1958 (7 booklets) 1998/03 Self published. (Index 448)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_5983

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: “198”, HatchDesc: “BROOK,IN:2 OBS:BRILL.“PIE PLATE” >> NE:SUDDEN TURN >>SE:/Lafayette newspaper”, LatLong: “40.850002 -87.350004”, LatLongDMS: “40:51:00 N 87:21:00 W”, Locale: “Town & City”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Indiana”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 20580 (D2E77068)

Date: 8/24/1958
Location: Westwood, NJ
Description: Police reported a circular, orange UFO which hovered, sped away. [UFOE, VII] (NICAP: 01 - Distant Encounters)
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_2283

Event 20581 (7E5CC18B)

Date: 8/25/1958
Time: 18:40
Location: SVENDBORG, FYN, DK
Description: Local official. Huge dark grey cylinder/cigar-shape crosses road / 650kph. No glow.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO’s a HISTORY-1958 (7 booklets) 1998/03 Self published. (Index 449)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_5984

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), CMF: Camouflage/disguise

Extra Data: Country: “Scandanavian and Finland”, Credibility: “6”, Duration: “1”, HatchDesc: “SVENDBORG,FYN,DK:LOCAL OFFICIAL:HUGE DRK GRY CGR CROSSES ROAD/650kph:no glow”, LatLong: “55.066669 10.633334”, LatLongDMS: “55:04:00 N 10:38:00 E”, Locale: “Farmlands”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Danemark”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 20582 (A29D6F9C)

Date: 8/26/1958
Time: 20:10
Location: LYNCHBURG, VA
Description: 1 observer. Glowing-cylinder/cigar-shape crosses sky extremely fast. Shoots back again. All repeated 3X.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO’s a HISTORY-1958 (7 booklets) 1998/03 Self published. (Index 449)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_5985

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: “3”, Elev: “249”, HatchDesc: “LYNCHBURG,VA:1 OBS:GLO-CGR CROSSES SKY XFAST:SHOOTS BACK AGAIN:ALL REPEATED 3X”, LatLong: “37.400002 -79.116670”, LatLongDMS: “37:24:00 N 79:07:00 W”, Locale: “Residential”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Virginia”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 20583 (85A8607B)

Date: 8/27/1958
Time: ~14:00
Location: HILLSBORO, NH
Description: 4 / car. Big classic saucer passes into woods. Red orange. Silent. Featureless.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO’s a HISTORY-1958 (7 booklets) 1998/03 Self published. (Index 450)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_5986

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: “1”, Elev: “177”, HatchDesc: “HILLSBORO,NH:4/CAR:BIG CLASSIC SCR PASSES INTO WOODS:RED ORG:SLNT:FEATURELESS”, LatLong: “43.100002 -71.883337”, LatLongDMS: “43:06:00 N 71:53:00 W”, Locale: “Forest”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, RelAlt: “10”, State/Prov: “New Hampshire”, Strangeness: “7”

Event 20584 (31BF03CF)

Date: 8/27/1958
Time: 20:20
Location: EDMONTON, ALTA
Description: Many separate observer(s). Luminous circular object hovers under overcast. Truncated beam going down.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO’s a HISTORY-1958 (7 booklets) 1998/03 Self published. (Index 451)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_5987

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, RAY: Odd light/searchlight/beam/laser-like, TCH: New technical details/clues

Extra Data: Country: “Canada”, Credibility: “10”, Duration: “5”, Elev: “660”, HatchDesc: “EDMONTON,ALTA:MANY SEP.OBS:LUMN.CIRC.OBJ HVRS UNDER OVERCAST:TRUNCATED BEAM ↓”, LatLong: “53.516669 -113.483339”, LatLongDMS: “53:31:00 N 113:29:00 W”, Locale: “Town & City”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Alberta”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 20585 (CC355877)

Date: 8/27/1958
Location: -38.5000 -11.5000
Description: Nuclear test: Air, confirmed. Country: USA Name: “Argus I” Yield: 1KT YieldMax: 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_156

Extra Data: LatLong: “-38.5000 -11.5000”, LatLongDMS: “38:30:00 S 11:30:00 W”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, NukeCountry: “USA”, NukeDepth: “0.00”, NukeName: “Argus I”, NukeSource: “NV209”, NukeType: “NACU”, NukeY: “1”, NukeYMax: “2”

Event 20586 (8EC81F23)

Date: 8/27/1958
End date: 9/6/1958
Locations: South Atlantic Ocean; South Africa; Berkeley, California; Livermore branch [now the Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory] of the Lawrence Radiation Laboratory
Description: In Operation Argus, three nuclear warheads are launched from X-17 rockets from the deck of the USS Norton Sound in the South Atlantic Ocean off the coast of South Africa. They explode approximately 300 miles into space. The tests are proposed by Nicholas Christofilos in an unpublished paper of the Livermore branch [now the Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory] of the Lawrence Radiation Laboratory in Berkeley, California, as a means to verify the Christofilos effect, which argues that high-altitude nuclear detonations will create a radiation belt in the extreme upper regions of the Earth’s atmosphere (they do create artificial electron belts that persist several weeks), or an electronic pulse that could hypothetically damage the arming devices on Soviet ICBM warheads (they do not).
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Wikipedia, “Operation Argus”
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_3223

Event 20587 (D5B92D92)

Date: 8/30/1958 (approximate)
Time: 17:30
Location: NORTHWEST / EGYPT, PA
Description: Radio buzz. 2 cars electro-magnetic effect (EME). Plain dark 6M blimp going north overhead. Car AOK after.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO’s a HISTORY-1958 (7 booklets) 1998/03 Self published. (Index 451)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_5988

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

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “6”, Duration: “2”, Elev: “120”, HatchDesc: “NW/EGYPT,PA:RADIO BUZZ:2 CARS EME:PLAIN DRK 6M BLIMP >N OVHD:CAR AOK AFTER”, LatLong: “40.700002 -75.550004”, LatLongDMS: “40:42:00 N 75:33:00 W”, Locale: “Pasture”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Pennsylvania”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 20588 (F5EDF010)

Date: 8/30/1958
Location: Killeen (Gray AFB), TX
Description: (McDonald list) Uncorrelated Target At 3,300 Knots (NICAP: 09 - RADAR Cases, Code: R, Rating: 5, BB: BBU)
Reference: NICAP: 580830
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_2284

Event 20589 (5FB0157C)

Date: 8/30/1958
Location: -49.5000 -8.2000
Description: Nuclear test: Air, confirmed. Country: USA Name: “Argus II” Yield: 1KT YieldMax: 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_157

Extra Data: LatLong: “-49.5000 -8.2000”, LatLongDMS: “49:30:00 S 08:12:00 W”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, NukeCountry: “USA”, NukeDepth: “0.00”, NukeName: “Argus II”, NukeSource: “NV209”, NukeType: “NACU”, NukeY: “1”, NukeYMax: “2”

Event 20590 (EBC0969C)

Date: 8/31/1958
Time: 11:20
Location: LA VERDE, ARG
Description: Private pilot. Engine REVs up. Flat 10M domed saucer quickly going up. / r27p21+/ r150.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO’s a HISTORY-1958 (7 booklets) 1998/03 Self published. (Index 455)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_5989

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, AIR: Observer(s) on aircraft, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, NWS: News media report, ODD: Atypical/Forteana/paranormal, NLT: Nightlights/points of light, VEH: Vehicle affected: Marks/damage/EME effects, EME: Electro-Magnetic Effects, TCH: New technical details/clues

Extra Data: Country: “Argentina”, Credibility: “6”, Duration: “1”, Elev: “35”, HatchDesc: “LA VERDE,ARG:Pvt PILOT:ENGINE REVs UP:FLAT 10M DOMED SCR ↑↑:/r27p21+/r150”, LatLong: “-34.700002 -59.333336”, LatLongDMS: “34:42:00 S 59:20:00 W”, Locale: “Metropolis”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Buenos Aires”, Strangeness: “7”

Event 20591 (DA4C162A)

Date: 8/31/1958
Location: La Verde, Arg
Description: Light aircraft (Piper) engine increased its revolutions abnormally during UFO sighting. Engine normal after UFO left (NICAP: 03 - EME Cases)
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_2285

Event 20592 (99596F9F)

Date: 8/31/1958
Description: Over La Verde, Buenos Aires province, Argentina an airplane’s engine increased revolutions when a UFO was sighted.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: Richard Hall, The UFO Evidence (Volume I), p. 75; Dominique Weinstein, Aircraft UFO Encounters, p. 49; Geoffrey Falla, BUFORA Vehicle Interference Project Report, p. 21, citing Leonard Cramp, Piece for a Jigsaw, p. 214
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_5522

Event 20593 (AF47FC5E)

Date: 9/1958
Time: 04:30
Location: POLIGNY, FR
Description: 20M transparent globe hovers. “Man” / 1 side. Door opens / other side. Figure gone.
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 40)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_5990

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, FIG: Undefined or poorly seen figure/entity

Extra Data: Country: “France”, Credibility: “6”, Duration: “1”, HatchDesc: “POLIGNY,FR:20M XPRNT GLOBE HVRS:“MAN”/1 SIDE:DOOR OPENS/OTHER SIDE:FIG.GONE”, LatLong: “46.833336 5.716667”, LatLongDMS: “46:50:00 N 05:43:00 E”, Locale: “Pasture”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Jura”, Strangeness: “8”

Event 20594 (167EC5A6)

Date: 9/1958
Time: 19:00
Location: SOUTHWEST / TAIX, FR
Description: 1 observer. Red cylinder/cigar-shape follows valley going northwest / 4mn. Contrail. Exact same / 3 weeks later.
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 49)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_5991

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

Extra Data: Country: “France”, Credibility: “6”, Duration: “4”, HatchDesc: “SW/TAIX,FR:1 OBS:RED CGR FOLOS VLY >NW/4mn:CONTRAIL:EXACT SAME/3 WEEKS LATER”, LatLong: “44.000002 2.100000”, LatLongDMS: “44:00:00 N 02:06:00 E”, Locale: “Farmlands”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Tarn”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 20595 (5F1D3A1D)

Date: 9/1958
Description: NICAP fires its office manager, treasurer, and typist Rose Hackett Campbell after she gives membership cards to George Adamski and other contactees. Richard H. Hall begins work at NICAP as associate editor.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: “Resignations,” UFO Investigator 1, no. 5 (Aug./Sept. 1958): 2; “Richard Hall Becomes Assoc. Editor,” UFO Investigator 1, no. 5 (Aug./Sept. 1958): 2
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_3224

Event 20596 (30246A20)

Date: 9/1958
Locations: Caribbean Sea; Guantanamo Bay Naval Base, Cuba
Description: Around 9:00 p.m. The USS Franklin D. Roosevelt is on a shakedown cruise in the Caribbean Sea out of Guantanamo Bay Naval Base, Cuba, when at least 25 of the 3,000 crew members notice a light following the aircraft carrier. Fireman’s apprentice Chester C. Grusinski watches it as it comes close and sees a cigar-shaped object with portholes and figures inside looking out. Grusinki can feel heat coming from the object, and some of the ship’s power apparently goes out. After a few minutes, the object turns red-orange and takes off.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Chester C. Grusinski, “UFOs Seen by Crew of an American Aircraft Carrier (1952–1958),” Flying Saucer Review 40, no. 3 (Autumn 1995): 1–4; Gordon Creighton, “Confirmation of an Important U.S. Naval Sighting,” Flying Saucer Review 46, no. 2 (Summer 2001): 17–20; Good Need, pp. 234–236
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_3225

Event 20597 (BC59CA85)

Date: 9/1/1958
Location: FRANCE, Gouzon “Pont Chanté”
Description: (Translated from French) At 2:45 AM, Mr. Donniou was on his way to work on his moped. As he left Gouzon, he saw strange lights, then a strong beam of light with perfectly sharp edges, rising vertically into the sky. Around the base of this beam, close to the ground, was another multicolored beam that suddenly went out. Then there was a sound like a sharp crack, like a branch being broken. Then an object resembling a large aluminum funnel pointed downwards rose vertically: 6m in diameter, 5m high. It disappeared, turning red.
Reference: M. FIGUET/ J.L. RUCHON: “Ovni, Premier dossier complet…” - ed. Alain Lefeuvre 1979, p. 237, 238
Reference: Mini catalogue chronologique des observations OVNI, by Godelieve Van Overmeire
Source: Overmeire, ID: Overmeire_2097

Event 20598 (6B24DEEB)

Date: 9/1/1958
Location: FRANCE, Laval
Description: (Translated from French) At 9:30 PM, 11 km before Laval coming from Paris, the witness suddenly saw an object motionless 10 m above the ground and 150 m to the left of the road. It had the shape of two cones with a common base and showed a row of around 10 openings in its middle part. It must have been around 20 m wide, had a metallic appearance, with a red light (like that of traffic signals) shining through the windows. The witness had time to stop and maneuvered so as to be able to light up the object with his headlights. During the whole duration of the observation, a whistling sound similar to that of a jet could be heard. The object rose very slowly, then quickly ascended until it was out of sight.
Reference: Jacques VALLEE: “Chronique des apparitions E.T.” DENOEL 1972 - coll. J’AI LU, p.297
Reference: Mini catalogue chronologique des observations OVNI, by Godelieve Van Overmeire
Source: Overmeire, ID: Overmeire_2098

Event 20599 (9752F118)

Date: 9/1/1958
Description: (Translated from French) Observation at Wheelus Air Base (Tripoli). (September 1st)
Reference: case Blue Book #6027 unsolved
Reference: rr0 - Beau
Source: rr0, ID: rr0_1764

Event 20600 (74F2618B)

Date: 9/1/1958
Time: 00:20
Location: WHEELUS AIR FORCE BASE, TRIPOLI, LIBYA
Description: Project Bluebook Case #6027. Blue-white sphere/orb/globe grows / nears. Fast. Slow. Stops. Gone.
Type: sighting
Reference: SCIENCE & MECHANICS (eds.) OFFICIAL GUIDE to UFO’S; Ace Books, NY. 1968. (Index 180)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_5992

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

Extra Data: Country: “Libya”, Credibility: “8”, Duration: “3”, HatchDesc: “WHEELUS AFB,TRIPOLI,LIBYA:BBK#6027:BLU-WHT ORB GROWS/NEARS:FAST:SLO:STOPS:GONE”, LatLong: “32.783335 13.183334”, LatLongDMS: “32:47:00 N 13:11:00 E”, Locale: “Town & City”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “TRP”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 20601 (19E54A41)

Date: 9/1/1958
Time: 01:30
Location: BREWSTER, WA
Description: Cop. 1M saucer / 20M altitude tilts and flashes. Possible electro-magnetic effect (EME). Big USAF investigation/investigators. / r60#311.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO’s a HISTORY-1958 (7 booklets) 1998/03 Self published. (Index 454)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_5993

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, MIL: Military investigation, OGA: Non-Covert Government Agencies

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “8”, Duration: “5”, Elev: “250”, HatchDesc: “BREWSTER,WA:COP:1M SCR/20M alt TILTS+FLASHES:POSS.EME:BIG USAF INV:/r60#311”, LatLong: “48.083336 -119.777783”, LatLongDMS: “48:05:00 N 119:46:40 W”, Locale: “Town & City”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, RelAlt: “20”, State/Prov: “Washington”, Strangeness: “7”

Event 20602 (75C24370)

Date: 9/1/1958
Time: 02:50
Location: GOUZON, 23, FR
Description: Odd lights. Motorcycle stops. 7M saucer passes overhead. Going quickly [to] Chambon. Grey trail.
Type: sighting
Reference: FIGEUT, Michel & RUCHON, Jean-Louis: OVNI - Le Premier Dossier…; Alain LeFeuvre, Paris 1979. (Index 238)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_5994

Attributes: 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: “France”, Credibility: “6”, Duration: “2”, HatchDesc: “GOUZON,23,FR:ODD LITES:MCYCLE STOPS:7M SCR PASSES OVHD:>>CHAMBON:GREY TRAIL”, LatLong: “46.200002 2.238889”, LatLongDMS: “46:12:00 N 02:14:20 E”, Locale: “Mountains”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Creuse”, Strangeness: “7”

Event 20603 (0E1BCF68)

Date: 9/1/1958
Time: 21:30
Location: NORTHEAST / LAVAL, FR
Description: 20M double-cone saucer. 20 windows. Hovers 10M / ground. Jet sound. / Oeste France.
Type: sighting
Reference: VALLEE, Jacques: PASSPORT TO MAGONIA; H. Regnery, Chicago HC 1969 & Contemporary Books,Chicago 1993. 372pp. (Index 470)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_5995

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: “France”, Credibility: “6”, Duration: “2”, HatchDesc: “NE/LAVAL,FR:20M DBL-CONE SCR:20 WINDOWS:HVRS 10M/GND:JET SOUND:/Oeste France”, LatLong: “48.133336 -0.666667”, LatLongDMS: “48:08:00 N 00:40:00 W”, Locale: “Farmlands”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “MYN”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 20604 (9455B0DC)

Date: 9/1/1958
Location: Wheelus AFB, Tripoli, N. Africa
Description: A round, blue-white object fly at varying speeds (NICAP: 01 - Distant Encounters, BB: 6027)
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_2286

Event 20605 (3F9537D6)

Date: 9/1/1958
Time: 2130
Location: Laval, France
Description: About 11 km before Laval, a businessman coming from Paris suddenly saw a motionless object, 10 m above ground, to the left of the road, 150 m away. It was shaped like two cones with a common base and showed two rows of about ten openings in the middle section. It seemed about 20 m wide, metallic, with a light similar to that of a red traffic light shining through the windows. The witness had time to stop and maneuvered to get the object in his headlight beams. Throughout the observation a whistling sound such as that of a jet aircraft was heard. The object rose very slowly, flew off faster climbing out of sight.
Type: ufo sighting
Reference: 119 (Vallee)
Source: ValléeMagonia, ID: Magonia_470

Event 20606 (DC8C980D)

Date: 9/1/1958
Time: 12:15 AM
Location: Wheelus AFB, Libya
Description: Witness: Philco technical representative A.M. Slaton. One round, blue-white object flew at varying speeds. First sighting lasted 2 minutes, second lasted 1.5 minutes.
Type: ufo sighting
Reference: BlueBook Unknowns PDF
Source: BerlinerBBUnknowns, ID: BerlinerBBU_429

Event 20607 (9E370C27)

Date: 9/1/1958
Description: At 12:15 a.m. A. M. Slaton, a Philco technical representative working as a government contractor, sighted a round, bluish-white object at Wheelus AFB, Libya. It was flying at varying speeds. His first sighting lasted two minutes and the second lasted 1.5 minutes.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: Don Berliner, Project Bluebook UFO Unknowns
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_5552

Event 20608 (3A82E15E)

Date: 9/1/1958
Description: At 9:30 p.m., about 11 km before reaching Laval, France a businessman driving from Paris suddenly saw a motionless object, 10 meters above ground to the left of the road. It was about 150 meters away. It was shaped like two cones with a common base and had two rows of about ten openings in the middle section. It seemed about 20 meters wide, metallic, with a light similar to a red traffic light shining through the windows. The witness had time to stop and maneuver his car to get the object in his headlight beams. Throughout the observation a whistling sound such as that of a jet aircraft was heard. The object rose very slowly, and then flew off faster climbing out of sight.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: Jacques Vallee, Passport to Magonia: A Century of Landings, case 470
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_5553

Event 20609 (3FC6D9AB)

Date: 9/2/1958 (approximate)
Time: 21:00
Location: DOCELLES, FR
Description: Violent blue-white flashes. 4 deep rectangular traces 5M apart / dirt / r30p237.
Type: sighting
Reference: LUMIERES DANS la NUIT (LDLN), Paris. Bimonthly since 1957. LDLN B.P.3; 77123 Le Vaudoue, FRANCE. (Index 159)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_5996

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, FBL: Fireball: Blazing undistinguished form/orb., NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), DRT: Dirt/soil traces/marks/footprints etc., VEG: Plants affected or sampled/crop circles, TRC: Physical traces

Extra Data: Country: “France”, Credibility: “8”, Duration: “1”, HatchDesc: “DOCELLES,FR:VIOLENT BLU-WHT FLASHES:4 DEEP RECT.TRACES 5M APART/DIRT /r30p237”, LatLong: “48.138891 6.616667”, LatLongDMS: “48:08:20 N 06:37:00 E”, Locale: “Residential”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Vosges”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 20610 (35791084)

Date: 9/2/1958
Time: 17:24:00.0
Location: 1.6700 -157.2500
Description: Nuclear test: Air, confirmed. Country: Britain Name: “grapple” Yield: 1000KT
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_1765

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: “1000”

Event 20611 (CB50CB88)

Date: 9/2/1958
Description: At nine o’clock several violent bluish-white flashes were seen at ground level in Docelles, France. The next day four deep rectangular imprints were found in the ground at the site. The imprints were five meters apart, and arranged in a square.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: Lumieres dans la Nuit, September 1976
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_5567

Event 20612 (F228972E)

Date: 9/5/1958
Time: 01:10
Location: ATLANTIC / PAA FLIGHT
Description: 68° 56W-29° 03N. RADAR-visual (observation). Bright night light going west. Blue Book. No further details. / UFOCAT.
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_5997

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

Extra Data: Country: “Atlantic Ocean + islands”, Credibility: “9”, Duration: “1”, Elev: “0”, HatchDesc: “ATLANTIC/PAA FLITE:68°56W-29°03N:RDR-VIS:BRITE NLT >W:BBK:NFD:/ufocat”, LatLong: “29.050001 -68.933337”, LatLongDMS: “29:03:00 N 68:56:00 W”, Locale: “Metropolis”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “NAT”, Strangeness: “4”

Event 20613 (AB5734F1)

Date: 9/5/1958
Time: 21:20
Location: NORTH FUNEN ISL., DK
Description: Girl / motorbike / malfunctions due to EME (electro-magnetic effects). Small strong night light going down / 1M altitude. 90° turn. Separate observer(s).
Type: sighting
Reference: ALDRICH, Jan J.: Private research papers. A huge mass of hard-won information. (Index 0)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_5998

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

Extra Data: Country: “Scandanavian and Finland”, Credibility: “6”, Duration: “2”, HatchDesc: “N.FUNEN Isl.,DK:GIRL/MOTORBIKE/EMEs:SML STRONG NLT ↓/1M alt:90°TURN:sep.obs”, LatLong: “55.500003 10.333334”, LatLongDMS: “55:30:00 N 10:20:00 E”, Locale: “Pasture”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Danemark”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 20614 (61B6FDE4)

Date: 9/5/1958
Location: Atlantic (at 29° 3’ N, 68°56’ W)., At Sea
Description: Pan Am Pilot Observes Object / Tracked By Airborne Radar (NICAP: 09 - RADAR Cases, Code: R, Rating: 5, BB: BBU)
Reference: NICAP: 580905
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_2287

Event 20615 (5916B927)

Date: 9/6/1958
Location: -48.5000 -9.7000
Description: Nuclear test: Air, confirmed. Country: USA Name: “Argus III” Yield: 1KT YieldMax: 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_158

Extra Data: LatLong: “-48.5000 -9.7000”, LatLongDMS: “48:30:00 S 09:42:00 W”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, NukeCountry: “USA”, NukeDepth: “0.00”, NukeName: “Argus III”, NukeSource: “NV209”, NukeType: “NACU”, NukeY: “1”, NukeYMax: “2”

Event 20616 (A7E8B992)

Date: 9/7/1958
Time: 17:30
Location: MISSION, KS
Description: Publisher and 1. White disc speeds overhead southwest going quickly northeast. Over horizon / 15 second(s). Distinct.
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_5999

Attributes: 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: “305”, HatchDesc: “MISSION,KS:PUBLISHER+1:WHT DISC SPEEDS OVHD SW>>NE:OVR HRZN/15sec:DISTINCT”, LatLong: “39.027780 -94.655560”, LatLongDMS: “39:01:40 N 94:39:20 W”, Locale: “Town & City”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Kansas”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 20617 (618FC30C)

Date: 9/7/1958
Location: Minot (Miles City AFS, Ellsworth AFB), ND
Description: Uncorrelated Targets Vanish When A/C Approached (NICAP: 09 - RADAR Cases, Code: R, Rating: 5, BB: BBU)
Reference: NICAP: 580907
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_2288

Event 20618 (613BF9A1)

Date: 9/7/1958
Location: Mission, KS
Description: Publisher saw white disc speed overhead. [UFOE, VII] (NICAP: 01 - Distant Encounters)
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_2289

Event 20619 (20C985A4)

Date: 9/8/1958
Location: Offutt AFB, NE
Description: AF Major, others, see rocket-like UFO with satellites.
Type: ufo sighting
Reference: UFOs and the National Security State: Chronology of a Cover-up, 1941–1973, by Richard Dolan
Source: Dolan, ID: Dolan_230

Event 20620 (64BC2B2D)

Date: 9/8/1958
Time: 18:40
Location: OFFUTT AIR FORCE BASE, NE
Description: 25 / USAF. Contrail = cylinder/cigar-shape. Black dots exit and orbit. / MJ#195+r71p112+/ r242.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO’s a HISTORY-1958 (7 booklets) 1998/03 Self published. (Index 459)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_6000

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, MIL: Observer(s) military, HQO: High-quality observer(s), CIG: Torpedo/cigar/cylinder shaped UFO, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), PHT: Photos/movies/videos taken, CMF: Camouflage/disguise

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “11”, Duration: “10”, Elev: “319”, HatchDesc: “OFFUTT AFB,NE:25/USAF:CONTRAIL=CGR:BLK DOTS EXIT+ORBIT:/MJ#195+r71p112+/r242”, LatLong: “41.122224 -95.916671”, LatLongDMS: “41:07:20 N 95:55:00 W”, Locale: “Town & City”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Nebraska”, Strangeness: “7”

Event 20621 (934B6DB3)

Date: 9/8/1958
Location: SAC HQ, Offutt AFB, Omaha, NE
Description: Offutt air traffic control tower personnel, saw an brilliantly white elongated cylindrical object hovering in the W (NICAP: 08 - Photographic Cases, BB: BBU)
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_2290

Event 20622 (088FB856)

Date: 9/8/1958
Locations: Offutt AFB, Omaha, Nebraska; Los Angeles AFB in El Segundo, California
Description: 6:40 p.m. At Offutt AFB, Omaha, Nebraska, SAC Operations Officer Maj. Paul A. Duich, plus several officers from USAF Ballistic Missiles Division, Los Angeles AFB in El Segundo, California; many other air base officers and airmen; and Offutt air traffic control tower personnel see a brilliant-white, elongated, cylindrical object hovering in the west just after sunset. The object is oriented vertically with the blunter end highest. After several minutes, the object turns dull orange-red and becomes sharper in outline. A swarm of about 10 “black specks” appears to “cavort” around the lower end of the object for about one minute before disappearing. Then the cylindrical object begins to rotate counterclockwise and starts drifting slowly to the south from due west and drops in elevation angle over about 5 minutes. During the final 5-minute observation, the object continues angular descent and gradually decreases in angular size, but it begins rotating clockwise until it disappears by fading into the slight atmospheric haze. A USAF colonel takes several color photos with a 35mm camera on a tripod but later claims nothing came out.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Loren E. Gross, The Fifth Horseman of the Apocalypse: UFOs, a History: 1958 August–September, The Author, 1999, pp. 59–63; UFOEv, pp. 25, 27; Herbert S. Taylor, “Satellite Objects and Cloud Cigars,” IUR 29, no. 1 (Spring 2004): 5–6; Sparks, p. 265; Swords 280
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_3226

Event 20623 (F80C84EF)

Date: 9/8/1958
Description: Air Force Major Duich and several others at Offutt AFB, Nebraska saw a rocket-like UFO with a group of satellite objects for 20 minutes at 6:40 p.m.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: NICAP UFO Investigator, May 1961, p. 4; Otto Binder, What We Really Know About Flying Saucers, p. 127, Richard Hall, The UFO Evidence, p. 15
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_5755

Event 20624 (B08F7279)

Date: 9/11/1958
Time: 17:48:00.0
Location: 1.6700 -157.2500
Description: Nuclear test: Air, confirmed. Country: Britain Name: “grapple” Yield: 800KT
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_1766

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: “800”

Event 20625 (920C40F7)

Date: 9/12/1958
Time: 20:00:00.2
Location: 37.0500 -116.0319
Description: Nuclear test: Underground, confirmed. Country: USA Name: “Otero” Yield: .038KT
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_159

Extra Data: LatLong: “37.0500 -116.0319”, LatLongDMS: “37:03:00 N 116:01:55 W”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, NukeCountry: “USA”, NukeDepth: “0.15”, NukeName: “Otero”, NukeSource: “G+P”, NukeType: “NUCU”, NukeY: “.038”

Event 20626 (B325E59B)

Date: 9/12/1958
Locations: Nevada Test Site; Area 51
Description: The Operation Hardtack II series of 37 nuclear tests takes place at the Nevada Test Site through October 30, all within 18 miles of Area 51.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Wikipedia, “Operation Hardtack II”
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_3227

Event 20627 (63FA6D41)

Date: 9/14/1958
Location: Wheelus AFB, Tripoli, Libya
Description: Unidentified Returns on GCI Scope (McDonald list) (NICAP: 09 - RADAR Cases, Code: R, Rating: 5, BB: BBU)
Reference: NICAP: 580914
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_2291

Event 20628 (2684E42B)

Date: 9/16/1958
Time: 12:30
Location: EL PORTEZUELO, ARG
Description: Cops and more/others. Disk / high altitude clearly seen. Going southwest. No further details. / El Tribuno, Salta.
Type: sighting
Reference: The APRO BULLETIN: Monthly. Jim & Coral Lorenzen: Tucson,AZ (USA. defunct) By volume and number. (Index 709)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_6001

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), OGA: Non-Covert Government Agencies

Extra Data: Country: “Argentina”, Credibility: “8”, Duration: “2”, Elev: “1200”, HatchDesc: “El PORTEZUELO,ARG:COPS++:DISK/HI ALT CLEARLY SEEN:>SW:NFD:/El Tribuno,Salta.”, LatLong: “-24.833335 -65.483336”, LatLongDMS: “24:50:00 S 65:29:00 W”, Locale: “Town & City”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “SLT”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 20629 (8370F1A4)

Date: 9/17/1958
Time: 06:00
Location: ATLANTIC 48° 00W-35° 00N MILITARY OBSERVER(S)
Description: 1 UFO / 2 minute(s). No further details [in] at all. Project Bluebook Case #unknown. ? / r246p134?
Type: sighting
Reference: UFOCAT CATALOG: Assorted Printouts. Donald A. Johnson Ph.D (CUFOS). P.O. Box 446, Concord, NH 03302-0446 (Index 55)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_6002

Attributes: SEA: Observer(s) at sea, 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: “Atlantic Ocean + islands”, Credibility: “6”, Duration: “2”, Elev: “0”, HatchDesc: “ATLANTIC 48°00W-35°00N MIL OBS:1 UFO/2min:NFD AT ALL:BBK#UNK::?/r246p134?”, LatLong: “35.000002 -48.000002”, LatLongDMS: “35:00:00 N 48:00:00 W”, Locale: “High Seas”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “NAT”, Strangeness: “4”

Event 20630 (FF767B31)

Date: 9/17/1958
Time: 19:30:00.2
Location: 37.0494 -116.0330
Description: Nuclear test: Underground, confirmed. Country: USA Name: “Bernalillo” Yield: .015KT
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_160

Extra Data: LatLong: “37.0494 -116.0330”, LatLongDMS: “37:02:58 N 116:01:59 W”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, NukeCountry: “USA”, NukeDepth: “0.15”, NukeName: “Bernalillo”, NukeSource: “G+P”, NukeType: “NUCU”, NukeY: “.015”

Event 20631 (F91C8D37)

Date: 9/19/1958
Time: 14:00:00.2
Location: 37.0867 -116.0236
Description: Nuclear test: Air, confirmed. Country: USA Name: “Eddy” Yield: .083KT
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_161

Extra Data: LatLong: “37.0867 -116.0236”, LatLongDMS: “37:05:12 N 116:01:25 W”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, NukeCountry: “USA”, NukeDepth: “-0.15”, NukeName: “Eddy”, NukeSource: “G+P”, NukeType: “NACU”, NukeY: “.083”

Event 20632 (643F0E51)

Date: 9/20/1958
Location: RIJEN, NETHL
Description: Man / motorcycle / malfunctions due to EME (electro-magnetic effects). Dull red 25M disk / 75M altitude. Light humming. AOK after. / r171.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO’s a HISTORY-1958 (7 booklets) 1998/03 Self published. (Index 465)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_6003

Attributes: 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, SND: UFO sounds heard or recorded

Extra Data: Country: “Belgium, Netherlandsand Luxembourg”, Credibility: “6”, Duration: “1”, HatchDesc: “RIJEN,NETHL:MAN/MCYCLE/EMEs:DULL RED 25M DISK/75M alt:LITE HUM:AOK AFTER:/r171”, LatLong: “51.577780 4.916667”, LatLongDMS: “51:34:40 N 04:55:00 E”, Locale: “Pasture”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, RelAlt: “75”, State/Prov: “Netherlands”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 20633 (4B049EFD)

Date: 9/21/1958
Time: 02:30
Location: SHEFFIELD LAKE, OH
Description: Separate observer(s). 6M saucer hovers 5’ altitude. Wobbles and smokes. / MJ#245+/ r142#5p45.
Type: sighting
Reference: UFO INVESTIGATOR: NICAP: Kensington, MD & Washington, DC [defunct]. University Microfilms, Ann Arbor, MI 48106 (Index 18)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_6004

Attributes: GND: 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, COV: Indication of coverup, CMF: Camouflage/disguise

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “8”, Duration: “6”, Elev: “183”, HatchDesc: “SHEFFIELD LAKE,OH:SEP.OBS:6M SCR HVRS 5’alt:WOBBLES+SMOKES:/MJ#245+/r142#5p45”, LatLong: “41.483335 -82.116671”, LatLongDMS: “41:29:00 N 82:07:00 W”, Locale: “Residential”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, RelAlt: “2”, State/Prov: “Ohio”, Strangeness: “7”

Event 20634 (6FAA4C82)

Date: 9/21/1958
Location: Sheffield Lake, OH
Description: Woman inside her house saw a circular, aluminum color flat object (NICAP: 01 - Distant Encounters, BB: BBU)
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_2292

Event 20635 (4A26ACBC)

Date: 9/21/1958
Time: 0300
Location: Sheffield Lake, Ohio
Description: A circular, flat object, 7 m in diameter, 2 m thick, hovering 1.5 m above ground, and making a jetlike sound was seen from a house by a civilian woman. Its color was that of aluminum; it had a wobbling motion and emitted gray smoke before rising again and taking off.
Type: ufo sighting
Reference: Atic (Vallee)
Source: ValléeMagonia, ID: Magonia_471

Event 20636 (109C9159)

Date: 9/21/1958
Time: 19:00:00.2
Location: 37.0492 -116.0336
Description: Nuclear test: Underground, confirmed. Country: USA Name: “Luna” Yield: .0015KT
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_162

Extra Data: LatLong: “37.0492 -116.0336”, LatLongDMS: “37:02:57 N 116:02:01 W”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, NukeCountry: “USA”, NukeDepth: “0.15”, NukeName: “Luna”, NukeSource: “G+P”, NukeType: “NUCU”, NukeY: “.0015”

Event 20637 (D4EDE06F)

Date: 9/21/1958
Location: Sheffield Lake, Ohio
Description: 3:00 a.m. Mrs. William H. Fitzgerald of Sheffield Lake, Ohio, sees through her east-facing bedroom window a metallic domed disc, 12–22 feet in diameter and 6 feet thick. It sweeps in over the front lawn heading north and descending in a falling-leaf oscillating motion to about 6 feet altitude, then crosses over her driveway, and stops for several seconds about 40 feet away. It then reverses course heading south and hovers 5 feet above the lawn about 25 feet away, making a jetlike sound. The object wobbles and emits gray smoke, makes two tight clockwise turns, then rises and takes off straight up over the house towards the east. Her 10-year-old son also observes the event from another room.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: NICAP, “12ʹ Diameter 6ʹ Thick Disc within 40ʹ”; UFO Ev, p. 113; Loren E. Gross, The Fifth Horseman of the Apocalypse: UFOs, a History: 1958 August–September, The Author, 1999, pp. 68–72
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_3228

Event 20638 (51AF210A)

Date: 9/21/1958
Description: A circular, flat object, seven meters in diameter and two meters thick, was seen by a woman from her home at three o’clock in the morning, hovering 1.5 meters above the ground in Sheffield Lake, Ohio. It made a sound like a jet and was aluminum in color. It wobbled and emitted gray smoke before rising up again and taking off into the night sky.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: NICAP UFO Investigator, November 1958, p. 2, December 1958, p. 5; Jacques Vallee, Passport to Magonia: A Century of Landings, case 471; Richard Hall, The UFO Evidence, p. 113
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_6179

Event 20639 (1F21DED7)

Date: 9/23/1958
Location: Kindley AFB, Bermuda
Description: (McDonald list) Red Object Tracked At Mach 1 (NICAP: 09 - RADAR Cases, Code: R, BB: BBU)
Reference: NICAP: 580923
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_2293

Event 20640 (FEA6112D)

Date: 9/23/1958
Location: 37.0000 -116.0000
Description: Nuclear test: Underground, confirmed. Country: USA Name: “Mercury” 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_163

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: “Mercury”, NukeSource: “NV209”, NukeType: “NUCU”, NukeY: “0”, NukeYMax: “20”

Event 20641 (904104F9)

Date: 9/23/1958
Time: 17:58:00.0
Location: 1.6700 -157.2500
Description: Nuclear test: Air, confirmed. Country: Britain Name: “grapple” 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_1767

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: “25”

Event 20642 (E3827C9E)

Date: 9/25/1958
Location: Portland, Oregon
Description: The Project Moonwatch team in Portland, Oregon, is looking at the Moon when they see objects crossing the lunar disc. Occasionally they recognize the transit as a bird, but there are “tiny dark objects” that behave differently. All the object pass in the same direction and in the same location for about one second. Supervisor Alex Geddes, who was not present, sends a supportive letter to the observers, thanking them for the data.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Michael D. Swords, “Gazing at the Moons,” IUR 32, no. 4 (October 2009): 15
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_3229

Event 20643 (7C9074AB)

Date: 9/26/1958
Time: 20:00:00.2
Location: 37.0497 -116.0297
Description: Nuclear test: Underground, confirmed. Country: USA Name: “Valencia” Yield: .002KT
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_164

Extra Data: LatLong: “37.0497 -116.0297”, LatLongDMS: “37:02:59 N 116:01:47 W”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, NukeCountry: “USA”, NukeDepth: “0.15”, NukeName: “Valencia”, NukeSource: “G+P”, NukeType: “NUCU”, NukeY: “.002”

Event 20644 (600EA8BD)

Date: 9/27/1958
Time: 21:40
Location: EAGLE LAKE, CA
Description: Hunters / camper. Psi effects? Night lights hover and maneuver near forest fire. Going quickly [to] away.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO’s a HISTORY-1958 (7 booklets) 1998/03 Self published. (Index 476)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_6005

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, ODD: Atypical/Forteana/paranormal, NLT: Nightlights/points of light, PRB: Probe: Possibly remote controlled, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s)

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “7”, Duration: “5”, Elev: “1520”, HatchDesc: “EAGLE LAKE,CA:HUNTERS/CAMPER:PSI EFFECTS?:NLTS HVR+MNVR nr FOREST FIRE:>> away”, LatLong: “40.566669 -120.750006”, LatLongDMS: “40:34:00 N 120:45:00 W”, Locale: “Forest”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “California”, Strangeness: “5”

Event 20645 (CB13EB57)

Date: 9/28/1958
Description: (Translated from French) Beginning of the 5th Republic in France. (September 28)
Reference: rr0 - Beau
Source: rr0, ID: rr0_1765

Event 20646 (FD526956)

Date: 9/28/1958
Time: 00:00:00.2
Location: 37.1931 -116.2006
Description: Nuclear test: Underground, confirmed. Country: USA Name: “Mars” Yield: .013KT
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_165

Extra Data: LatLong: “37.1931 -116.2006”, LatLongDMS: “37:11:35 N 116:12:02 W”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, NukeCountry: “USA”, NukeName: “Mars”, NukeSource: “G+P”, NukeType: “NUCU”, NukeY: “.013”

Event 20647 (BEEDE841)

Date: 9/29/1958
Description: (Translated from French) Dr. Kenzaburo Toyoda of Meiji University observes the Moon in the night and sees a fantastic phenomenon taking place in the Sea of Serenity, and to the left of the Sea of Tranquility: in very black and very clear letters, he sees the following two words, placed one under the other: PYAX and JWA. Two other people also saw these words through the telescope. A X was also seen in the crater Erasthotenes, and the Greek letter gamma in the crater Littrow. (September 29)
Reference: rr0 - Beau
Source: rr0, ID: rr0_1766

Event 20648 (696C3DC4)

Date: 9/29/1958
Time: 14:05:00.1
Location: 37.0867 -116.0236
Description: Nuclear test: Air, confirmed. Country: USA Name: “Mora” 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_166

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: “Mora”, NukeSource: “G+P”, NukeType: “NACU”, NukeY: “2”

Event 20649 (2AAF2D99)

Date: 9/29/1958
Location: Nike missile base W-93 in Derwood, Maryland
Description: 5:30 a.m. Pvt. Jerome A. Scanlon, stationed at Nike missile base W-93 in Derwood, Maryland, is walking from his sentry post to the barracks to sound reveille when he hears a humming sound above him. He looks up and sees a teardrop-shaped object 300 feet up and coming in for a landing at 30 mph. It moves over trees, breaking branches, and lands about 1.5 miles away. Exhaust flames issue from its rear, and its luminous green skin illuminates the terrain. It rises again and disappears. Scanlon runs to inform Riney Farris, the sergeant of the guard, who has also seen the object. They go to the landing site and find broken branches and a scorched strip of earth and vegetation about half a mile long. After the story appears in newspapers, the Air Force explains it as repair trucks doing welding jobs.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: “Brass to Hear GI’s Account of Fiery ‘Saucer,’” New York Journal- American, October 7, 1958; “‘Saucer’ Landed, Say Two Soldiers,” Goldsboro (N.C.) Record, October 9, 1958; Lorenzen, UFOs: The Whole Story, Signet, 1969, pp. 90–91; Loren E. Gross, The Fifth Horseman of the Apocalypse: UFOs, a History: 1958 August–September, The Author, 1999, p. 79
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_3230

Event 20650 (ACCE5A3B)

Date: 9/30/1958
Location: 73.7500 54.7500
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_1094

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: “900”

Event 20651 (2416A7E3)

Date: 9/30/1958
Location: 73.7500 54.7500
Description: Nuclear test: Air, confirmed. Country: USSR Yield: 1200KT
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_1095

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: “1200”

Event 20652 (B34B6C3A)

Date: 10/1958
Location: FRANCE, Renédale (Doubs)
Description: (Translated from French) Witnesses: Mme Côte Suzanne and Defrasne Césaire, farmers. It was about 8 o’clock. Between the house of Suzanne Côte and her neighbors Defrasne there is a vast wasteland where the grass barely covers the rock. About 10 m away is a pile of stones 7 to 8 m in diameter, 1 m high. On her way home, Suzanne felt a breath coming over her, her hair flew as if sucked and without her having time to make a gesture, she saw, passing a few meters above her head and producing a very perceptible whistle, three discs flying towards the pile of stones. These objects, which could be compared to plates or perhaps to rings, each measured 20 to 30 cm in diameter. Their plane was parallel to the ground and they were arranged in a triangle of at least 1 m side. One of the discs was clearly yellow, another was clearly red, the third was bluish. The triangle formed by these discs was animated by a slow rotational movement in the direct sense. Arriving near the stones, this composite triangle was less than a meter from the ground. It circled the pile and made three circular tours around the rubble. It then continued its trajectory, its whistling momentarily interrupted, seemed to accelerate its pace and passing behind the Defrasne house, flew in the direction of Evillers where it disappeared.
Reference: Henry DURRANT: “Le dossier des OVNI” - Laffont 1973 -p. 47-48
Reference: Mini catalogue chronologique des observations OVNI, by Godelieve Van Overmeire
Source: Overmeire, ID: Overmeire_2102

Event 20653 (4AAF455C)

Date: 10/1958
Time: 18:00
Location: RENEDALE, FR
Description: 2 / farm. 3 25cm disks whistle overhead to rock-pile / 1M altitude. Turn going southwest.
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 51)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_6006

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), OBS: Observation/chasing vehicles, DRT: Dirt/soil traces/marks/footprints etc., SND: UFO sounds heard or recorded

Extra Data: Country: “France”, Credibility: “7”, Duration: “1”, HatchDesc: “RENEDALE,FR:2/FARM:3 25cm DISKS WHISTLE OVHD to ROCK-PILE/1M alt:TURN >SW”, LatLong: “47.033336 6.283334”, LatLongDMS: “47:02:00 N 06:17:00 E”, Locale: “Farmlands”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Doubs”, Strangeness: “7”

Event 20654 (9F16FB3B)

Date: 10/1958
Time: 19:00
Location: BASCARA, SP
Description: Observer(s) hides. 8M saucer down / woods. 1 small humanoid (or Grey) / dome. 2 outside take samples. Going east.
Type: sighting
Reference: BALLESTER OLMOS, Vicente-Juan: CATALOG of 200 TYPE-1 EVENTS in SPAIN & PORTUGAL; CUFOS 1976. (Index 6)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_6007

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, SCR: Classic saucer/disk/sphere shaped UFO, OID: Humanoid: Small alien or “Grey”, SMP: Sampling of plant/animal/soil/tissue/specimens, DRT: Dirt/soil traces/marks/footprints etc., VEG: Plants affected or sampled/crop circles, LND: UFO landing or any part touches ground

Extra Data: Country: “Spain”, Credibility: “7”, Duration: “15”, HatchDesc: “BASCARA,SP:OBS HIDES:8M SCR DOWN/WOODS:1 OID/DOME:2 OUTSIDE TAKE SAMPLES:>E”, LatLong: “42.116669 2.900000”, LatLongDMS: “42:07:00 N 02:54:00 E”, Locale: “Forest”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “GER”, Strangeness: “10”

Event 20655 (0128C543)

Date: 10/1958
Time: ~21:00
Location: LUNEL, FR
Description: Saucer lands. Sweeps 3 observer(s) and area / white beam. Going northwest then going up. Traces found. / r30p238.
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 49)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_6008

Attributes: 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, LND: UFO landing or any part touches ground, TRC: Physical traces

Extra Data: Country: “France”, Credibility: “8”, Duration: “1”, HatchDesc: “LUNEL,FR:SCR LANDS:SWEEPS 3 OBS+AREA/WHT BEAM:>NW THEN ↑:TRACES FOUND:/r30p238”, LatLong: “43.683335 4.133334”, LatLongDMS: “43:41:00 N 04:08:00 E”, Locale: “Residential”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Hérault”, Strangeness: “7”

Event 20656 (482A70AF)

Date: 10/1958
Time: 22:00
Location: LANSDALE, PA
Description: 5M saucer hovers / 10M altitude. Lit dome. 3 observers walk underneath… hit by light.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO’s a HISTORY-1958 (7 booklets) 1998/03 Self published. (Index 590)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_6009

Attributes: 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

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “7”, Duration: “5”, Elev: “110”, HatchDesc: “LANSDALE,PA:5M SCR HVRS/10M alt:LIT DOME:3 OBSs WALK UNDERNEATH…HIT BY LITE”, LatLong: “40.238891 -75.283337”, LatLongDMS: “40:14:20 N 75:17:00 W”, Locale: “Residential”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, RelAlt: “10”, State/Prov: “Pennsylvania”, Strangeness: “7”

Event 20657 (D2C22D4B)

Date: 10/1958 (approximate)
Time: 23:00
Location: BETHLEHEM, NH
Description: 3+2 separate observer(s). 3 small objects join large saucer. Car malfunctions due to EME (electro-magnetic effects). Observers frozen.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO’s a HISTORY-1958 (7 booklets) 1998/03 Self published. (Index 591)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_6010

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), EME: Electro-Magnetic Effects

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “8”, Duration: “5”, Elev: “435”, HatchDesc: "BETHLEHEM,NH:3+2 SEP.OBS:3 SML OBJs JOIN LRG SCR:CAR EMEs:OBSs FROZEN ", LatLong: “44.277780 -71.688892”, LatLongDMS: “44:16:40 N 71:41:20 W”, Locale: “Mountains”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “New Hampshire”, Strangeness: “7”

Event 20658 (9BBB9E84)

Date: 10/1958
Description: Maj. Robert J. Friend takes over as head of Project Blue Book, relieving Capt. George T. Gregory. About this time, a new USAF fact sheet states that investigative improvements have reduced unsolved sightings to 1.8%. The “refinement” comes from lumping “probable” and “possible” identifications into “identified.” At the same time, a secret staff study by USAF intelligence officers addresses the public relations problems caused by Keyhoe, who is characterized as a “political adventurer” allied with Ruppelt, both of whom are in the UFO “business” strictly for the money. Yet together “they represent a formidable team from which plenty of trouble can be expected.” The study recommends that 18–20 personnel be assigned to temporary UFO investigation duty. They would solve reports that have not been sent directly to Blue Book. Though ATIC urges implementation of the plan, Air Force Headquarters kills it.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Jacobs, UFO Controversy in America, Signet ed., 1976, pp. 146–151; Clark III 920; Hynek UFO Report, pp. 25–27; Sparks, p. 14
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_3231

Event 20659 (BD361609)

Date: 10/1958
Description: USN veteran Chester C. Grusinski states during his service on the USS Franklin D Roosevelt, while near Cuba, witnessed a cigar-shaped object orange in color on the deck. Gruskinski states he could see silhouettes through windows in the object, “you could tell they weren’t human.” The object turned red and it “vanished.” After the incident, Grusinski states crew members who discussed the UAP event were transferred. Grusinksi stated later that other USS Roosevelt veterans met at a reunion recalled 8-10 separate UAP events connected with the carrier, which was the first to carry nuclear weapons and the only to carry the hydrogen bomb. Grusinksi says deck logs from 1958-59 were redacted.

• http://www.nicap.org/reports/58XXXXacc_fdr_rep.htm
• https://www.dignitymemorial.com/obituaries/grosse-pointe-woods-mi/chester-grusinski-10098655

Reference: Anonymous 2023 PDF
Source: Anon2023PDF, ID: Anon2023PDF_89

Event 20660 (CDE490AB)

Date: 10/1/1958
Description: (Translated from French) Creation of the NASA. (October 1st)
Reference: rr0 - Beau
Source: rr0, ID: rr0_1767

Event 20661 (7F195EDA)

Date: 10/1/1958
Locations: Hampton, Virginia; Mountain View, California; Brook Park, Ohio
Description: NASA begins operations. It includes three major labs: Langley Aeronautical Laboratory [now Langley Research Center] in Hampton, Virginia; Ames Aeronautical Laboratory [now Ames Research Center] in Mountain View, California; and Lewis Flight Propulsion Laboratory [now Glenn Research Center] in Brook Park, Ohio. It incorporates elements of the Army Ballistic Missile Agency and the US Naval Research Laboratory.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Wikipedia, “NASA”
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_3232

Event 20662 (ABBD0C8C)

Date: 10/2/1958
Location: USA, Stroudsburg, Pennsylvania.
Description: (Translated from French) 2:30 p.m. Witness: naturalist Ivan Sanderson. A dark grey object, shaped like a flat-bottomed gherkin, flew erratically and looped for 15 seconds.
**Referen

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ce:** Project Blue Book - cf. Don Berliner
Reference: Mini catalogue chronologique des observations OVNI, by Godelieve Van Overmeire
Source: Overmeire, ID: Overmeire_2099

Event 20663 (2FAD9D1B)

Date: 10/2/1958
Description: (Translated from French) Sighting in Stroudsburg (Pennsylvania) (October 2)
Reference: case Blue Book #6089 unsolved
Reference: rr0 - Beau
Source: rr0, ID: rr0_1768

Event 20664 (685CC12E)

Date: 10/2/1958
Time: 17:10
Location: STROUDSBURG, PA
Description: Project Bluebook Case #6089. 2 / car. Huge smoky ovoid going up / valley. Sharp maneuvers and flips. / r45p29.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO’s a HISTORY-1958 (7 booklets) 1998/03 Self published. (Index 502)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_6011

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, MIL: Observer(s) military, SCI: Scientist involvement, CIG: Torpedo/cigar/cylinder shaped UFO, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), OBS: Observation/chasing vehicles, TCH: New technical details/clues, MIL: Military investigation, BBK: Project BLUEBOOK, CMF: Camouflage/disguise

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “7”, Duration: “1”, Elev: “131”, HatchDesc: “STROUDSBURG,PA:BBK#6089:2/CAR:HUGE SMOKY OVOID ↑/Vly:SHARP MNVRS+FLIPS:/r45p29”, LatLong: “40.983335 -75.183337”, LatLongDMS: “40:59:00 N 75:11:00 W”, Locale: “Town & City”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Pennsylvania”, Strangeness: “8”

Event 20665 (A6445170)

Date: 10/2/1958
Time: 23:20
Location: PANDO, URUGUAY
Description: Blue-green ovoid going northeast over Air Force Base / 350M altitude. 2x moon-size. Turns toward(s) town.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO’s a HISTORY-1958 (7 booklets) 1998/03 Self published. (Index 501)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_6012

Attributes: 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: “Uruguay”, Credibility: “6”, Duration: “1”, Elev: “11”, HatchDesc: “PANDO,URUGUAY:Blu-Grn OVOID >NE ovr AFB/350M alt:2x MOONSIZE:turns twrd town”, LatLong: “-34.750002 -55.966669”, LatLongDMS: “34:45:00 S 55:58:00 W”, Locale: “Town & City”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, RelAlt: “350”, State/Prov: “PND”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 20666 (88297A65)

Date: 10/2/1958
Location: Stroudsburg, PA
Description: Naturalist Ivan Sanderson saw a dull-grey object w/flat bottom (NICAP: 01 - Distant Encounters, BB: 6089)
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_2294

Event 20667 (24F270FD)

Date: 10/2/1958
Location: Blairstown (near), NJ
Description: Zoologist watched disc circling and maneuvering. [UFOE, VI] (NICAP: 01 - Distant Encounters)
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_2295

Event 20668 (22D5A5AD)

Date: 10/2/1958
Time: 2:30 PM
Location: Stroudsburg, Pennsylvania
Description: Witness: naturalist Ivan Sanderson. One dull-grey object, shaped like a pickle with a flat bottom, flew erratically and made loops for 15 seconds.
Type: ufo sighting
Reference: BlueBook Unknowns PDF
Source: BerlinerBBUnknowns, ID: BerlinerBBU_430

Event 20669 (80D3A383)

Date: 10/2/1958
Location: 73.7500 54.7500
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_1096

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: “40”

Event 20670 (507FAF3B)

Date: 10/2/1958
Location: 73.7500 54.7500
Description: Nuclear test: Air, confirmed. Country: USSR Yield: 290KT
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_1097

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: “290”

Event 20671 (2A92C219)

Date: 10/2/1958
Locations: Delaware Water Gap; Stroudsburg, Pennsylvania
Description: Shortly after 5:00 p.m. Naturalist Ivan T. Sanderson sees a dull-gray object, shaped like a pickle with a flat bottom, fly erratically in loops over the Delaware Water Gap near Stroudsburg, Pennsylvania.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: NICAP, “Nickel- Shaped Object Flies Loops (Sanderson Case)”; UFOEv, p. 52; Sparks, p. 266
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_3233

Event 20672 (8DCE26EF)

Date: 10/2/1958
Description: An enormous object that first looked like a puff of smoke, then “like pickle with a flat bottom” was sighted in Stroudsburg, Pennsylvania at 5:29 p.m. At was a dull gray color. It went from appearing diaphanous to solid in appearance, then went black momentarily. A Project Blue Book “unidentified” case.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: Project Blue Book files counted in official statistics, case # 6089
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_6493

Event 20673 (7B4BD7AC)

Date: 10/3/1958
Time: 03:20
Location: OWASCO, IN
Description: 5 observer(s). 4 12M glowing-OVOIDs follow long train. Maneuver. Going quickly northeast. / r74p63+/ APRO Nov. '58.
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_6013

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), OBS: Observation/chasing vehicles, SIG: Signals/responses to/from/between UFO’s/occupants/observers, VEH: Vehicle affected: Marks/damage/EME effects, CMF: Camouflage/disguise

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “9”, Duration: “70”, Elev: “215”, HatchDesc: “OWASCO,IN:5 OBS:4 12M GLO-OVOIDs FOLO LONG TRAIN:MNVR:>>NE:/r74p63+/APRO Nov58”, LatLong: “40.455557 -86.622226”, LatLongDMS: “40:27:20 N 86:37:20 W”, Locale: “Pasture”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Indiana”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 20674 (C97638DE)

Date: 10/3/1958
Time: 20:00
Location: TRINDADE ISLAND, ATLANTIC OCEAN.
Description: Brazil Navy sentry. Fast round red-glowing object stops / 4 minute(s). Shoots going quickly northeast.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO’s a HISTORY-1958 (7 booklets) 1998/03 Self published. (Index 510)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_6014

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

Extra Data: Country: “Atlantic Ocean + islands”, Credibility: “6”, Duration: “4”, HatchDesc: “TRINDADE Isl,ATL:BRZL NAVY SENTRY:FAST RND RED-GLO OBJ STOPS/4min:SHOOTS >>NE”, LatLong: “-20.527779 -29.327779”, LatLongDMS: “20:31:40 S 29:19:40 W”, Locale: “Islands”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “BRZ”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 20675 (0F65758D)

Date: 10/3/1958
Time: 23:00?
Location: WACO, TX
Description: 5 observer(s). 4 luminous ovoids pass over entire 1 / 2 miles train / both directions and follow / 70 minute(s).
Type: sighting
Reference: HAINES, Richard Ph.D: PROJECT DELTA; 1994, LDA Press, PO Box 880, Los Altos, CA 94023 USA (Index 110)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_6015

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, TCH: New technical details/clues

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “8”, Duration: “70”, Elev: “122”, HatchDesc: “WACO,TX:5 OBS:4 LUM.OVOIDS PASS OVR ENTIRE 1/2mi TRAIN/BOTH DIRs+FOLO/70min”, LatLong: “31.566668 -97.150005”, LatLongDMS: “31:34:00 N 97:09:00 W”, Locale: “Pasture”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Texas”, Strangeness: “8”

Event 20676 (1E738B12)

Date: 10/3/1958
Location: Fukushima-Ken, Japan
Description: Portable radio emitted strange buzz as green fireball passed (NICAP: 03 - EME Cases)
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_2296

Event 20677 (2EB8757D)

Date: 10/3/1958
Location: Wasco, IN
Description: The Monon RR UFO Incident (NICAP: 02 - Close Encounters, Code: C, Rating: 5)
Reference: NICAP: 581003
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_2297

Event 20678 (49A2AD34)

Date: 10/3/1958
Locations: Owasco; Kirklin, Indiana
Description: 3:10 a.m. A Monon Railroad freight train is traveling between Owasco and Kirklin, Indiana, when a formation of four odd white lights crosses ahead of the train. The entire crew watch the UFOs turn and traverse the full length of the train, front to back (about a half mile). After passing the rear of the train, the objects swing east, turn back, and follow the train. The bright glow conceals their exact shape, but they appear flattened and sometimes fly on edge. The objects follow the train until the conductor shines a bright light on them. Immediately the objects speed away, but return quickly and continue to pace the train. Total time of observation is about 1 hour 10 minutes. Finally the UFOs move away to the northeast and disappear.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: NICAP, “The Monon RR UFO Incident”; “They’re Back Again—in Indiana,” APRO Bulletin, November 1958, 1, 3; Frank Edwards, “UFO Buzzes Train,” Fate 12, no. 2 (February 1959): 25–30
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_3234

Event 20679 (548808F8)

Date: 10/3/1958
Description: At 3:20 a.m. in Owasco, Indiana four big, soft white elliptical lights, about 40 meters in diameter, maneuvered back and forth just above tree top level while changing color.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: NICAP UFO Investigator, August 1959, p. 3
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_6525

Event 20680 (B04FBF3D)

Date: 10/4/1958
Location: 73.7500 54.7500
Description: Nuclear test: Air, confirmed. Country: USSR Yield: 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_1098

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: “9”

Event 20681 (8E18B611)

Date: 10/5/1958
Time: 16:00
Location: NORTH GREENFIELD, MA
Description: Huge brilliant orange-silver disk going north slow. Black top. No trail. / G. Fawcett.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO’s a HISTORY-1958 (7 booklets) 1998/03 Self published. (Index 516)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_6016

Attributes: 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: “77”, HatchDesc: “N.GREENFIELD,MA:HUGE BRILL.ORG-SLVR DISK >N SLOW:BLK TOP:NO TRAIL:/G.FAWCETT”, LatLong: “42.616669 -72.600003”, LatLongDMS: “42:37:00 N 72:36:00 W”, Locale: “Residential”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Massachusetts”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 20682 (3116A3DD)

Date: 10/5/1958
Time: 22:00
Location: SOUTH / FARGO, ND
Description: Numerous separate observer(s). Round object ringed / colored lights going east. Swerves going quickly north. 500kph?
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO’s a HISTORY-1958 (7 booklets) 1998/03 Self published. (Index 515)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_6017

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

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “9”, Duration: “3”, Elev: “272”, HatchDesc: “S/FARGO,ND:NMRS.SEP.OBS:RND OBJ RINGED/CLRD LITES >E:SWERVES >>N:500kph?”, LatLong: “46.833336 -96.833338”, LatLongDMS: “46:50:00 N 96:50:00 W”, Locale: “Pasture”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “North Dakota”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 20683 (C5CFC57D)

Date: 10/5/1958
Time: 14:10:00.1
Location: 37.0867 -116.0236
Description: Nuclear test: Air, confirmed. Country: USA Name: “Hidalgo” Yield: .077KT
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_167

Extra Data: LatLong: “37.0867 -116.0236”, LatLongDMS: “37:05:12 N 116:01:25 W”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, NukeCountry: “USA”, NukeDepth: “-0.11”, NukeName: “Hidalgo”, NukeSource: “G+P”, NukeType: “NACU”, NukeY: “.077”

Event 20684 (C5032FBE)

Date: 10/5/1958
Time: 16:15:00.2
Location: 37.0489 -116.0342
Description: Nuclear test: Underground, confirmed. Country: USA Name: “Colfax” Yield: .0055KT
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_168

Extra Data: LatLong: “37.0489 -116.0342”, LatLongDMS: “37:02:56 N 116:02:03 W”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, NukeCountry: “USA”, NukeDepth: “0.15”, NukeName: “Colfax”, NukeSource: “G+P”, NukeType: “NUCU”, NukeY: “.0055”

Event 20685 (54DAF8A7)

Date: 10/5/1958
Location: 73.7500 54.7500
Description: Nuclear test: Air, confirmed. Country: USSR 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_1099

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: “15”

Event 20686 (1B74AD52)

Date: 10/6/1958
Time: 10:30
Location: CLIFFSIDE PARK, NJ
Description: 3 men / tree. 2 silver globes cross sky / 2x jet-speed. Seen / 2 minutes.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO’s a HISTORY-1958 (7 booklets) 1998/03 Self published. (Index 516)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_6018

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

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “7”, Duration: “2”, Elev: “76”, HatchDesc: “CLIFFSIDE PARK,NJ:3 MEN/TREE:2 SLVR GLOBES CROSS SKY/2x JET-SPEED:seen/2 mins”, LatLong: “40.822224 -73.988892”, LatLongDMS: “40:49:20 N 73:59:20 W”, Locale: “Residential”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “New Jersey”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 20687 (D7D63C47)

Date: 10/6/1958
Location: 73.7500 54.7500
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_1100

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: “5.5”

Event 20688 (BE4C9B1B)

Date: 10/7/1958
Time: 02:30
Location: TOWNSVILLE, QLD
Description: Engineer and 2 / airport. Red-gold object swings and maneuvers / 20 minutes. / UFOIC.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO’s a HISTORY-1958 (7 booklets) 1998/03 Self published. (Index 521)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_6019

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

Extra Data: Country: “Australia”, Credibility: “8”, Duration: “20”, HatchDesc: “TOWNSVILLE,QLD:ENGINEER+2/AIRPORT:RED-GOLD OBJ SWINGS+MNVRS/20mins:/UFOIC”, LatLong: “-19.216668 146.800007”, LatLongDMS: “19:13:00 S 146:48:00 E”, Locale: “Coastlands”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Queensland”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 20689 (1F2AA3DE)

Date: 10/7/1958
Time: 03:00
Location: 7 MILE(S) SOUTHEAST / INDIAN HEAD, SSK
Description: 2 / farm. 3M and blue-white glowing-object going down / 3M altitude 6M from house!
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO’s a HISTORY-1958 (7 booklets) 1998/03 Self published. (Index 527)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_6020

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), OBS: Observation/chasing vehicles, BLD: Building/man-made structure/roads/power lines

Extra Data: Country: “Canada”, Credibility: “7”, Duration: “2”, Elev: “581”, HatchDesc: “7mi.SE/INDIAN HEAD,SSK:2/FARM:3M+ BLU-WHT GLOW-OBJ ↓/3M alt 6M from HOUSE!”, LatLong: “50.483336 -103.633338”, LatLongDMS: “50:29:00 N 103:38:00 W”, Locale: “Farmlands”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, RelAlt: “3”, State/Prov: “Sasketchewan”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 20690 (049982B7)

Date: 10/7/1958
Time: 14:50
Location: AMESBURY, MA
Description: Repeater. Flat disk hovers / Lake Attitash. Hums. / Haverhill Gazette.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO’s a HISTORY-1958 (7 booklets) 1998/03 Self published. (Index 735)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_6021

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CST: Observer(s) in coastal area/just offshore, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, HOX: Suspicion of hoax, SCR: Classic saucer/disk/sphere shaped UFO, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), OBS: Observation/chasing vehicles, SND: UFO sounds heard or recorded

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “4”, Duration: “1”, Elev: “15”, HatchDesc: “AMESBURY,MA:REPEATER:FLAT DISK HVRS/Lake ATTITASH:HUMS:/Haverhill Gazette”, LatLong: “42.850002 -70.816670”, LatLongDMS: “42:51:00 N 70:49:00 W”, Locale: “Residential”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Massachusetts”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 20691 (DC6E820C)

Date: 10/7/1958
Time: 16:30
Location: BUZZARDS BAY, MA
Description: Ferry crew and more/others. Grey ovoid hovers / 3km altitude. Rises and going quickly northeast. / r28p436+/ r142.
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_6022

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)

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “9”, Duration: “2”, Elev: “0”, HatchDesc: “BUZZARDS BAY,MA:FERRY CREW++:GRY OVOID HVRS/3km alt:RISES+>>NE:/r28p436+/r142”, LatLong: “41.566669 -70.750003”, LatLongDMS: “41:34:00 N 70:45:00 W”, Locale: “Offshore”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Massachusetts”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 20692 (8DD64488)

Date: 10/7/1958
Time: 18:00
Location: ALEXANDRIA, VA
Description: 1 observer. Huge silent silver Saturn-sphere rises and going quickly south. / DoD Report.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO’s a HISTORY-1958 (7 booklets) 1998/03 Self published. (Index 521)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_6023

Attributes: 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: “9”, HatchDesc: “ALEXANDRIA,VA:1 OBS:HUGE SLNT SLVR SATURN-SPHERE RISES+>>S:/DOD Rpt:”, LatLong: “38.800002 -77.050004”, LatLongDMS: “38:48:00 N 77:03:00 W”, Locale: “Town & City”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Virginia”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 20693 (2E94365C)

Date: 10/7/1958
Location: Nantucket, MA
Description: Ship’s Master, others watched a grayish oval object hover for several minutes, then climb away at high speed. [UFOE, VII] (NICAP: 01 - Distant Encounters)
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_2298

Event 20694 (6DBE3EC8)

Date: 10/7/1958
Location: Alexandria, VA
Description: Saturn shaped “silvery” or “aluminum clad” oblate spherical object (NICAP: 01 - Distant Encounters, BB: BBU)
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_2299

Event 20695 (8303EB6A)

Date: 10/7/1958
Location: Nantucket Channel, Massachusetts
Description: 2:55 p.m. Joseph Gwooz, master of the SS Nantucket, sees a gray, oval object in the sky at an altitude of 8,000–10,000 feet at the entrance to the Nantucket Channel, Massachusetts. It remains stationary for more than one minute, then shoots up and away to the northeast.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: UFOEv, p. 71
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_3235

Event 20696 (5ADAC720)

Date: 10/7/1958
Location: Alexandria, Virginia
Description: 6:02 p.m. Chemist John R. Townsend, special assistant for research and engineering to the Assistant Secretary of Defense, sees a large, stationary, sharply outlined Saturn-shaped silvery object (with a “gossamer” surface appearance and a rim or girdle around its equator) in a clear sky in Alexandria, Virginia. It rapidly rises at an estimated speed of 1,000 mph and disappears to the south after 40 seconds. At one point a passing Capitol Airlines Flight 407 flies directly between his line of sight and the UFO at 2 miles distance, allowing him to estimate the UFO’s size as about 500 feet. Townsend reenacts the timing by walking the half block down Lee Street to get a better feeling for its distance and size.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: NICAP, “Saturn-Shaped Object Observed, Object Confirmed by Pilot”; Swords 282; Sparks, p. 267
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_3236

Event 20697 (A86052D6)

Date: 10/8/1958
Time: 22:00:00.1
Location: 37.1953 -116.2003
Description: Nuclear test: Underground, confirmed. Country: USA Name: “Tamalpais” Yield: .072KT
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_169

Extra Data: LatLong: “37.1953 -116.2003”, LatLongDMS: “37:11:43 N 116:12:01 W”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, NukeCountry: “USA”, NukeDepth: “0.10”, NukeName: “Tamalpais”, NukeSource: “G+P”, NukeType: “NUCU”, NukeY: “.072”

Event 20698 (67CBAF4A)

Date: 10/9/1958
Time: 22:00
Location: LITTLE SHEEP MOUNTAIN, WY
Description: 3 doctors. Large bright night light jerks and tumbles. Angular turns.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO’s a HISTORY-1958 (7 booklets) 1998/03 Self published. (Index 536)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_6024

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

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “8”, Duration: “5”, Elev: “3116”, HatchDesc: “LITTLE SHEEP Mtn,WY:3 DOCTORS:LRG BRITE NLT JERKS+TUMBLES:ANGULAR TURNS:”, LatLong: “43.316669 -109.916672”, LatLongDMS: “43:19:00 N 109:55:00 W”, Locale: “Mountains”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Wyoming”, Strangeness: “5”

Event 20699 (3F1BD0D3)

Date: 10/10/1958 (approximate)
Time: 21:30
Location: LAYTONSVILLE, MD
Description: Ex-military observer(s). Large round glowing-object hovers / 20M altitude near Nike base. Quickly going up [to] and going quickly east.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO’s a HISTORY-1958 (7 booklets) 1998/03 Self published. (Index 541)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_6025

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, RDR: Radar traces/blips

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “6”, Duration: “1”, Elev: “186”, HatchDesc: “LAYTONSVILLE,MD:EX-MIL OBS:LRG RND GLO-OBJ HVRS/20M alt nr NIKE BASE:↑↑+>>E”, LatLong: “39.211113 -77.144448”, LatLongDMS: “39:12:40 N 77:08:40 W”, Locale: “Town & City”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, RelAlt: “20”, State/Prov: “Maryland”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 20700 (689DE845)

Date: 10/10/1958
Time: 14:30:00.1
Location: 37.0947 -116.0236
Description: Nuclear test: Air, confirmed. Country: USA Name: “Quay” Yield: .079KT
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_170

Extra Data: LatLong: “37.0947 -116.0236”, LatLongDMS: “37:05:41 N 116:01:25 W”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, NukeCountry: “USA”, NukeDepth: “-0.03”, NukeName: “Quay”, NukeSource: “G+P”, NukeType: “NACU”, NukeY: “.079”

Event 20701 (0D4E6288)

Date: 10/10/1958
Location: 73.7500 54.7500
Description: Nuclear test: Air, confirmed. Country: USSR Yield: 68KT
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_1101

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: “68”

Event 20702 (757BBBC4)

Date: 10/11/1958
Location: USA
Description: (Translated from French) SECOND ATTEMPT TO LAUNCH A LUNAR PROBE. PIONEER I (ETA 1) TURNED BACK AT 114,000 KM (“To the Conquest of Space” - Thomas de Galiana, ed. Larousse Poche, 1967, p. 234) PIONEER 1 FELL BACK THE NEXT DAY (1958, October 11th and 12th)
Reference: Acta Aeronomica 1977, p. 126
Reference: Mini catalogue chronologique des observations OVNI, by Godelieve Van Overmeire
Source: Overmeire, ID: Overmeire_2100

Event 20703 (DA0AFA8E)

Date: 10/11/1958
Location: VOSTOK STATION, ANTARCTIC
Description: 4 Russian scientists. Silent metallic disk. 2 low passes. Telepathy?
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO’s a HISTORY-1958 (7 booklets) 1998/03 Self published. (Index 554)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_6026

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, HQO: High-quality observer(s), SCI: Scientist involvement, TLP: Telepathy, 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

Extra Data: Country: “Antarctic below 70 degrees South”, Credibility: “7”, Duration: “2”, HatchDesc: “VOSTOK Stn.,ANTARCTIC:4 RUSS.SCIENTISTS:SLNT MTLC DISK:2 LOW PASSES:TLP?”, LatLong: “-78.466670 106.866672”, LatLongDMS: “78:28:00 S 106:52:00 E”, Locale: “Tundra”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Vostok”, Strangeness: “9”

Event 20704 (4326B254)

Date: 10/11/1958
Time: 10:00
Location: FRESNO, CA
Description: Woman. 2 flat silver disks going quickly east. Seen briefly. / Fresno Bee 12 Oct. '58.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO’s a HISTORY-1958 (7 booklets) 1998/03 Self published. (Index 554)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_6027

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

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “6”, Duration: “0”, Elev: “89”, HatchDesc: “FRESNO,CA:WOMAN:2 FLAT SLVR DISKS >>E:seen briefly:/Fresno Bee 12OCT58”, LatLong: “36.766668 -119.766672”, LatLongDMS: “36:46:00 N 119:46:00 W”, Locale: “Residential”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “California”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 20705 (5FBFF16D)

Date: 10/11/1958
Location: Laredo, TX
Description: (McDonald list) Unidentified Target During Radar Mission 164 (NICAP: 09 - RADAR Cases, Code: R, Rating: 5, BB: BBU)
Reference: NICAP: 581011
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_2300

Event 20706 (29FE3AD7)

Date: 10/12/1958
Time: ~18:00
Location: MONTEVIDEO, URUG
Description: Yellow-white football wobbles and maneuvers by TV tower. Jerky exit. / Ciovni.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO’s a HISTORY-1958 (7 booklets) 1998/03 Self published. (Index 556)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_6028

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

Extra Data: Country: “Uruguay”, Credibility: “6”, Duration: “2”, Elev: “35”, HatchDesc: “MONTEVIDEO,URUG:YLW-WHT FOOTBALL WOBBLES+MNVRS by TV TOWER:JERKY EXIT:/CIOVNI”, LatLong: “-34.816668 -56.166669”, LatLongDMS: “34:49:00 S 56:10:00 W”, Locale: “Metropolis”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “MNT”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 20707 (D542036B)

Date: 10/12/1958
Location: Aurora, IL
Description: Police reported several yellowish UFOs moving in all directions. [UFOE, VII] (NICAP: 01 - Distant Encounters)
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_2301

Event 20708 (8DE4550A)

Date: 10/12/1958
Location: 73.7500 54.7500
Description: Nuclear test: Air, confirmed. Country: USSR Yield: 1450KT
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_1102

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: “1450”

Event 20709 (F1FA1E0A)

Date: 10/13/1958
Time: 01:20
Location: OFF BEAR CREEK, NY
Description: Cop and 2. Fireball going up [to] and hovers / 90 minutes. Going down / Lake Ontario. / r44p226+/ r24 v1#6.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO’s a HISTORY-1958 (7 booklets) 1998/03 Self published. (Index 559)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_6029

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

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “7”, Duration: “120”, Elev: “75”, HatchDesc: “off BEAR CREEK,NY:COP+2:FBL ↑+HVRS/90 mins:↓/Lake ONTARIO:/r44p226+/r24 v1#6”, LatLong: “43.333335 -77.250004”, LatLongDMS: “43:20:00 N 77:15:00 W”, Locale: “Offshore”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “New York”, Strangeness: “5”

Event 20710 (6951457B)

Date: 10/13/1958
Time: 22:10
Location: BRANDT, OH
Description: Several teens. Large white disk going northeast. Instant turn going south. Accelerations. Jets chase. Going quickly southeast.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO’s a HISTORY-1958 (7 booklets) 1998/03 Self published. (Index 561)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_6030

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: “8”, Duration: “5”, Elev: “302”, HatchDesc: “BRANDT,OH:SVRL TEENS:LRG WHT DISK > NE:INSTANT TURN > S:ACCELS:jets chase:>>SE”, LatLong: “39.900002 -84.094448”, LatLongDMS: “39:54:00 N 84:05:40 W”, Locale: “Residential”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Ohio”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 20711 (AA5151B0)

Date: 10/13/1958
Time: 13:20:00.1
Location: 37.0867 -116.0236
Description: Nuclear test: Air, confirmed. Country: USA Name: “Lea” Yield: 1.4KT
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_171

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: “Lea”, NukeSource: “G+P”, NukeType: “NACU”, NukeY: “1.4”

Event 20712 (52A34C8C)

Date: 10/14/1958
Time: 18:00:00.2
Location: 37.1939 -116.1997
Description: Nuclear test: Underground, confirmed. Country: USA Name: “Neptune” Yield: .115KT
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_172

Extra Data: LatLong: “37.1939 -116.1997”, LatLongDMS: “37:11:38 N 116:11:59 W”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, NukeCountry: “USA”, NukeDepth: “0.03”, NukeName: “Neptune”, NukeSource: “G+P”, NukeType: “NUCU”, NukeY: “.115”

Event 20713 (F837D768)

Date: 10/15/1958
Description: (Translated from French) Antonio Villa Boas is the first abduction in UFO history. (October 15)
Reference: rr0 - Beau
Source: rr0, ID: rr0_1769

Event 20714 (F703EBD8)

Date: 10/15/1958
Description: (Translated from French) Major Robert J. Friend succeeds Captain George T. Gregory as head of the Blue Book project.
Reference: rr0 - Beau
Source: rr0, ID: rr0_1770

Event 20715 (34C4795F)

Date: 10/15/1958
Time: 16:00:00.2
Location: 36.8022 -115.9322
Description: Nuclear test: Air, confirmed. Country: USA Name: “Hamilton” Yield: .0012KT
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_173

Extra Data: LatLong: “36.8022 -115.9322”, LatLongDMS: “36:48:08 N 115:55:56 W”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, NukeCountry: “USA”, NukeDepth: “-0.02”, NukeName: “Hamilton”, NukeSource: “G+P”, NukeType: “NACU”, NukeY: “.0012”

Event 20716 (62AEECB1)

Date: 10/15/1958
Location: 73.7500 54.7500
Description: Nuclear test: Air, confirmed. Country: USSR Yield: 1500KT
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_1103

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: “1500”

Event 20717 (976CEF5F)

Date: 10/16/1958
Time: 06:00:00.1
Location: 37.1842 -116.2011
Description: Nuclear test: Underground, confirmed. Country: USA Name: “Logan” 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_174

Extra Data: LatLong: “37.1842 -116.2011”, LatLongDMS: “37:11:03 N 116:12:04 W”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, NukeCountry: “USA”, NukeDepth: “0.25”, NukeName: “Logan”, NukeSource: “G+P”, NukeType: “NUCU”, NukeY: “5”

Event 20718 (5016EE0C)

Date: 10/16/1958
Time: 14:20:00.1
Location: 37.0867 -116.0236
Description: Nuclear test: Air, confirmed. Country: USA Name: “Dona Ana” Yield: .037KT
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_175

Extra Data: LatLong: “37.0867 -116.0236”, LatLongDMS: “37:05:12 N 116:01:25 W”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, NukeCountry: “USA”, NukeDepth: “-0.15”, NukeName: “Dona Ana”, NukeSource: “G+P”, NukeType: “NACU”, NukeY: “.037”

Event 20719 (FA189867)

Date: 10/17/1958
Location: GRAND RAPIDS, MI
Description: 24 round amber objects / high altitude. Dime-size. 2 groups / 12 each. = meteors / 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_6031

Attributes: 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: “183”, HatchDesc: “GRAND RAPIDS,MI:24 RND AMBER OBJS/HI ALT:DIME-SIZE:2 GRPS/12 EACH:=METEORS/BBK”, LatLong: “42.966669 -85.666671”, LatLongDMS: “42:58:00 N 85:40:00 W”, Locale: “Town & City”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Michigan”, Strangeness: “5”

Event 20720 (99002215)

Date: 10/17/1958
Time: 20:00?
Location: OPORTO, PORTUGAL
Description: Airport workers and small plane. 2 bright objects make odd maneuvers. Unidentified.
Type: sighting
Reference: LOURENCO, Victor: The PORTUCAT CATALOG; (BBS Download). (Index 62)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_6032

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CST: Observer(s) in coastal area/just offshore, AIR: Observer(s) on aircraft, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, HQO: High-quality observer(s), NLT: Nightlights/points of light, PRB: Probe: Possibly remote controlled, FBL: Fireball: Blazing undistinguished form/orb., NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s)

Extra Data: Country: “Portugal”, Credibility: “10”, Duration: “10”, HatchDesc: “OPORTO,PORTUGAL:AIRPORT WORKERS+SML PLANE:2 BRITE OBJS MAKE ODD MNVRS:UID”, LatLong: “41.166669 -8.600000”, LatLongDMS: “41:10:00 N 08:36:00 W”, Locale: “Town & City”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Douro”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 20721 (2A89B2AB)

Date: 10/17/1958
Location: Grand Rapids, MI
Description: (Hynek UFO Rpt p. 44) (NICAP: 01 - Distant Encounters, BB: BBU)
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_2302

Event 20722 (729B4513)

Date: 10/17/1958
Time: 23:00:00.2
Location: 37.1225 -116.0347
Description: Nuclear test: Air, confirmed. Country: USA Name: “Vesta” Yield: .024KT
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_176

Extra Data: LatLong: “37.1225 -116.0347”, LatLongDMS: “37:07:21 N 116:02:05 W”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, NukeCountry: “USA”, NukeName: “Vesta”, NukeSource: “G+P”, NukeType: “NACU”, NukeY: “.024”

Event 20723 (C21D8A37)

Date: 10/18/1958
Time: 14:30
Location: GREENFIELD, MA
Description: Numerous observer(s). Silver orange disk hovers over football game. Going [to] through clouds.
Type: sighting
Reference: UFO INVESTIGATOR: NICAP: Kensington, MD & Washington, DC [defunct]. University Microfilms, Ann Arbor, MI 48106 (Index 18)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_6033

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

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “9”, Duration: “2”, Elev: “76”, HatchDesc: “GREENFIELD,MA:NMRS OBS:SLVR ORG DISK HVRS ovr FOOTBALL GAME:> THRU CLOUDS”, LatLong: “42.694446 -72.600003”, LatLongDMS: “42:41:40 N 72:36:00 W”, Locale: “Residential”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Massachusetts”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 20724 (FECF6DCF)

Date: 10/18/1958
Time: 15:00
Location: BUENOS AIRES, ARG
Description: Many separate observer(s). Group / disks going northeast. Rock and hover and maneuver / 1 hr then away.
Type: sighting
Reference: The APRO BULLETIN: Monthly. Jim & Coral Lorenzen: Tucson,AZ (USA. defunct) By volume and number. (Index 709)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_6034

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

Extra Data: Country: “Argentina”, Credibility: “11”, Duration: “60”, Elev: “27”, HatchDesc: “BUENOS AIRES,ARG:MANY SEP.OBS:GROUP/DISKS >NE:ROCK+HVR+MNVR/1 hr then away”, LatLong: “-34.616668 -58.466669”, LatLongDMS: “34:37:00 S 58:28:00 W”, Locale: “Metropolis”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Buenos Aires”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 20725 (9FF02F30)

Date: 10/18/1958
Time: 18:30
Location: DOGURA, PAPUA-NG
Description: Numerous separate observer(s). Night lights pass. Brilliant green flare / 1200M altitude going south. Lights ground.
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_6035

Attributes: CST: Observer(s) in coastal area/just offshore, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, HQO: High-quality observer(s), NLT: Nightlights/points of light, FBL: Fireball: Blazing undistinguished form/orb.

Extra Data: Country: “Pacific Ocean and non - Asian islands”, Credibility: “9”, Duration: “3”, Elev: “3”, HatchDesc: “DOGURA,PAPUA-NG:NMRS.SEP.OBS:NLTS PASS:BRILL.GRN FLARE/1200M alt >S:LITES GND”, LatLong: “-10.100000 150.083340”, LatLongDMS: “10:06:00 S 150:05:00 E”, Locale: “Islands”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, RelAlt: “1200”, State/Prov: “PNG”, Strangeness: “4”

Event 20726 (F6FB771A)

Date: 10/18/1958
Time: 14:25:00.1
Location: 37.0411 -116.0258
Description: Nuclear test: Air, confirmed. Country: USA Name: “Rio Arriba” Yield: .09KT
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_177

Extra Data: LatLong: “37.0411 -116.0258”, LatLongDMS: “37:02:28 N 116:01:33 W”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, NukeCountry: “USA”, NukeDepth: “-0.02”, NukeName: “Rio Arriba”, NukeSource: “G+P”, NukeType: “NACU”, NukeY: “.09”

Event 20727 (BF43D6C0)

Date: 10/18/1958
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_1104

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 20728 (8EA9ECB4)

Date: 10/19/1958
Location: 73.7500 54.7500
Description: Nuclear test: Air, confirmed. Country: USSR Yield: 0KT YieldMax: .001KT
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_1105

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: “0”, NukeYMax: “.001”

Event 20729 (68769379)

Date: 10/19/1958
Location: 73.7500 54.7500
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_1106

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: “40”

Event 20730 (4EFB355B)

Date: 10/20/1958
Time: 14:30:00.2
Location: 37.0447 -116.0297
Description: Nuclear test: Underground, confirmed. Country: USA Name: “San Juan” 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_178

Extra Data: LatLong: “37.0447 -116.0297”, LatLongDMS: “37:02:41 N 116:01:47 W”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, NukeCountry: “USA”, NukeDepth: “-0.02”, NukeName: “San Juan”, NukeSource: “G+P”, NukeType: “NUCU”, NukeY: “0”, NukeYMax: “0”

Event 20731 (8B735229)

Date: 10/20/1958
Location: 73.7500 54.7500
Description: Nuclear test: Air, confirmed. Country: USSR Yield: 440KT
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_1107

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: “440”

Event 20732 (C85A94B7)

Date: 10/21/1958 (approximate)
Time: 22:00?
Location: NEAR CLARKSVILLE, TN
Description: Coed. Saucer lands near Fort Campbell. Orange cloud over saucer! No further details / news.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO’s a HISTORY-1958 (7 booklets) 1998/03 Self published. (Index 571)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_6036

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, LND: UFO landing or any part touches ground

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “6”, Duration: “1”, Elev: “150”, HatchDesc: “nr CLARKSVILLE,TN:COED:SCR LANDS nr Fort Campbell:ORG.CLOUD OVR SCR!:NFD/news”, LatLong: “36.500002 -87.361115”, LatLongDMS: “36:30:00 N 87:21:40 W”, Locale: “Mountains”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Tennessee”, Strangeness: “7”

Event 20733 (861E2939)

Date: 10/21/1958
Location: 73.7500 54.7500
Description: Nuclear test: Air, confirmed. Country: USSR 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_1108

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: “2”

Event 20734 (BE897695)

Date: 10/22/1958
Location: 37.0000 -116.0000
Description: Nuclear test: Air, confirmed. Country: USA Name: “Oberon” 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_179

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: “Oberon”, NukeSource: “NV209”, NukeType: “NACU”, NukeY: “0”, NukeYMax: “0”

Event 20735 (86323174)

Date: 10/22/1958
Time: 13:30:00.2
Location: 37.0867 -116.0236
Description: Nuclear test: Air, confirmed. Country: USA Name: “Socorro” 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_180

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: “Socorro”, NukeSource: “G+P”, NukeType: “NACU”, NukeY: “6”

Event 20736 (E2F0B1E1)

Date: 10/22/1958
Time: 16:50:00.1
Location: 36.7981 -115.9289
Description: Nuclear test: Air, confirmed. Country: USA Name: “Wrangell” Yield: .115KT
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_181

Extra Data: LatLong: “36.7981 -115.9289”, LatLongDMS: “36:47:53 N 115:55:44 W”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, NukeCountry: “USA”, NukeDepth: “-0.46”, NukeName: “Wrangell”, NukeSource: “G+P”, NukeType: “NACU”, NukeY: “.115”

Event 20737 (C0FAF9DD)

Date: 10/22/1958
Time: 23:40:00.1
Location: 37.1347 -116.0408
Description: Nuclear test: Air, confirmed. Country: USA Name: “Rushmore” Yield: .188KT
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_182

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: “Rushmore”, NukeSource: “G+P”, NukeType: “NACU”, NukeY: “.188”

Event 20738 (B7878AD4)

Date: 10/22/1958
Location: 73.7500 54.7500
Description: Nuclear test: Air, confirmed. Country: USSR Yield: 2800KT
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_1109

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: “2800”

Event 20739 (C37735E2)

Date: 10/23/1958
Time: 21:10
Location: CAIRNS, QLD
Description: Separate observer(s). Bright orange triangle stops / police station/depot/facility. Many dots / light.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO’s a HISTORY-1958 (7 booklets) 1998/03 Self published. (Index 737)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_6037

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: “Australia”, Credibility: “7”, Duration: “2”, Elev: “5”, HatchDesc: “CAIRNS,QLD:SEP.OBS:BRITE ORG TRIANGLE STOPS/POLICE Stn:MANY DOTS/LITE”, LatLong: “-17.033334 145.783340”, LatLongDMS: “17:02:00 S 145:47:00 E”, Locale: “Coastlands”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Queensland”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 20740 (EDB07F14)

Date: 10/24/1958
Time: 22:00?
Location: VAALHARTZ, RSA
Description: Ex Air Force pilot. 3 10M saucers hover / 10 minutes. Lights / rims. Suddenly gone.
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_6038

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: “Republic of South Africa”, Credibility: “7”, Duration: “10”, HatchDesc: “VAALHARTZ,RSA:EX AF PILOT:3 10M SCRS HVR/10 mins:LITES/RIMS:suddenly gone”, LatLong: “-28.116668 24.933335”, LatLongDMS: “28:07:00 S 24:56:00 E”, Locale: “Residential”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “CAP”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 20741 (9A13B6A1)

Date: 10/24/1958
Time: 15:00:00.2
Location: 37.0431 -116.0269
Description: Nuclear test: Air, confirmed. Country: USA Name: “Catron” Yield: .021KT
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_183

Extra Data: LatLong: “37.0431 -116.0269”, LatLongDMS: “37:02:35 N 116:01:37 W”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, NukeCountry: “USA”, NukeDepth: “-0.02”, NukeName: “Catron”, NukeSource: “G+P”, NukeType: “NACU”, NukeY: “.021”

Event 20742 (BB779338)

Date: 10/24/1958
Time: 16:01:00.2
Location: 37.1233 -116.0378
Description: Nuclear test: Air, confirmed. Country: USA Name: “Juno” Yield: .0017KT
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_184

Extra Data: LatLong: “37.1233 -116.0378”, LatLongDMS: “37:07:24 N 116:02:16 W”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, NukeCountry: “USA”, NukeName: “Juno”, NukeSource: “G+P”, NukeType: “NACU”, NukeY: “.0017”

Event 20743 (5BCE6F1B)

Date: 10/24/1958
Location: 73.7500 54.7500
Description: Nuclear test: Air, confirmed. Country: USSR Yield: 1000KT
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_1110

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: “1000”

Event 20744 (98AAFB6E)

Date: 10/25/1958 (approximate)
Location: NORTH / ROSWELL, NM
Description: 2 observer(s). Bright luminous disk buzzes lonely house. Fast reversal and away.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO’s a HISTORY-1958 (7 booklets) 1998/03 Self published. (Index 563)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_6039

Attributes: 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: “1095”, HatchDesc: “N/ROSWELL,NM:2 OBS:BRITE LUMn.DISK BUZZES LONELY HOUSE:FAST REVERSAL+away”, LatLong: “33.483335 -104.516672”, LatLongDMS: “33:29:00 N 104:31:00 W”, Locale: “Desert”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “New Mexico”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 20745 (55844EA9)

Date: 10/25/1958
Location: 73.7500 54.7500
Description: Nuclear test: Air, confirmed. Country: USSR Yield: 0KT YieldMax: .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_1111

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: “0”, NukeYMax: “.1”

Event 20746 (84FD2421)

Date: 10/25/1958
Location: 73.7500 54.7500
Description: Nuclear test: Air, confirmed. Country: USSR Yield: 190KT
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_1112

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: “190”

Event 20747 (01F0E64D)

Date: 10/26/1958
Description: (Translated from French) At Loch Raven (Maryland), 2 witnesses whose car had broken down observed a UFO for 1 to 2 minutes. The object emitted a powerful white light beam which caused a sensation of heat on their faces (they were burned to the 1st degree and hospitalized), then it left vertically in 5 to 10 seconds: Shortly after crossing the dam… the point rose, at 200 m or 250 m from there… So we saw, at this distance, what seemed to be a large oblong and flattened object suspended between 30 and 45 m above the superstructure of the bridge crossing the lake. We slowed down and then decided to get closer and examine the object… When we arrived at 25 m from the bridge, the car completely let us down. It seemed to come from the electrical circuits; the dashboard and headlights went out, the engine stopped. Mr. S., who was driving, tightened the brakes (the engine no longer running) and maneuvered the key 1 or 2 times. The mill remained silent; so then we really started to be afraid… We contemplated it… for maybe 30 to 45 seconds and then, although I’m not sure of the order of events, it seemed to emit a very bright white light beam, and both of us felt the heat on our face… At the same time, we heard a fairly loud noise, which I took for a muffled explosion… And then, very quickly… the object started to go up vertically. As far as we could judge, it did not change position (aspect) during its ascent. The only difference is that it was very bright and its edges became unclear so that, as it climbed, its shape was no longer distinguishable. It disappeared in 5 to 10 seconds. We were really scared… It took us maybe 1/4 hour to get back to a telephone booth. (October 26, 10:30 PM)
Reference: Poher 2003
Reference: rr0 - Beau
Source: rr0, ID: rr0_1771

Event 20748 (1DB8C856)

Date: 10/26/1958
Location: LAFAYETTE, IND
Description: Chemist with telescope. 3 bright/brilliant saucers “near the moon”. No further details.
Type: sighting
Reference: FLAMMONDE, Paris: UFO EXIST!; Ballentine Books, NY 1976. PB 480pp. (Index 436)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_6040

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), TCH: New technical details/clues

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “9”, Duration: “5”, Elev: “170”, HatchDesc: “LAFAYETTE,IND:CHEMIST W/TELESCOPE:3 BRT SCRS “NEAR THE MOON”:NFD”, LatLong: “40.416669 -86.900004”, LatLongDMS: “40:25:00 N 86:54:00 W”, Locale: “Residential”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Indiana”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 20749 (40B8BD9E)

Date: 10/26/1958
Time: 22:30
Location: LOCH RAVEN DAM, MD
Description: Project Bluebook Case #6148. 2 observer(s). 30M saucer over bridge. Electro-magnetic effect (EME). Quickly going up [to] with bang. / APRO 11’58.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO’s a HISTORY-1958 (7 booklets) 1998/03 Self published. (Index 573)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_6041

Attributes: GND: 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, EME: Electro-Magnetic Effects, TCH: New technical details/clues, INJ: Injuries, illness/death, mutilations, MIL: Military investigation, BBK: Project BLUEBOOK, SND: UFO sounds heard or recorded

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “7”, Duration: “1”, Elev: “73”, HatchDesc: “LOCH RAVEN DAM,MD:BBK#6148:2 OBS:30M SCR OVR BRIDGE:EME:↑↑ W/BANG:/APRO 11’58”, LatLong: “39.444446 -76.555559”, LatLongDMS: “39:26:40 N 76:33:20 W”, Locale: “Pasture”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, RelAlt: “30”, State/Prov: “Maryland”, Strangeness: “8”

Event 20750 (CBA56FB1)

Date: 10/26/1958
Location: Baltimore, MD
Description: UFO observed hovering over bridge ahead of car; motor and headlights failed, two passengers felt heat (NICAP: 03 - EME Cases)
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_2303

Event 20751 (1B030449)

Date: 10/26/1958
Location: Lafayette, IN
Description: Research chemist saw 2-3 bright objects pass through field of telescope. [VI] (NICAP: 01 - Distant Encounters)
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_2304

Event 20752 (ADC81439)

Date: 10/26/1958
Location: Lock Raven Dam, MD
Description: Egg-Shaped Object & E-M Effects Over Bridge (NICAP: 02 - Close Encounters, Code: C, Rating: 5, BB: 6148, NC)
Reference: NICAP: 581026
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_2306

Event 20753 (D2122B14)

Date: 10/26/1958
Time: 04:00:00.2
Location: 37.1814 -116.0686
Description: Nuclear test: Air, confirmed. Country: USA Name: “Ceres” Yield: .0007KT
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_185

Extra Data: LatLong: “37.1814 -116.0686”, LatLongDMS: “37:10:53 N 116:04:07 W”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, NukeCountry: “USA”, NukeDepth: “-0.01”, NukeName: “Ceres”, NukeSource: “G+P”, NukeType: “NACU”, NukeY: “.0007”

Event 20754 (BCFD6E0A)

Date: 10/26/1958
Time: 10:20:00.1
Location: 36.7981 -115.9289
Description: Nuclear test: Air, confirmed. Country: USA Name: “Sanford” Yield: 4.9KT
Type: atomic
Reference: “columbia.edu: Worldwide Nuclear Explosions”, by Yang, North, Romney, and Richards
Reference: “archive.org: Worldwide Nuclear Explosions”, by Yang, North, Romney, and Richards
Source: NukeExplosions, ID: NukeExplosions_186

Extra Data: LatLong: “36.7981 -115.9289”, LatLongDMS: “36:47:53 N 115:55:44 W”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, NukeCountry: “USA”, NukeDepth: “-0.46”, NukeName: “Sanford”, NukeSource: “G+P”, NukeType: “NACU”, NukeY: “4.9”

Event 20755 (72316404)

Date: 10/26/1958
Time: 16:00:00.1
Location: 37.0867 -116.0236
Description: Nuclear test: Air, confirmed. Country: USA Name: “De Baca” Yield: 2.2KT
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_187

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: “De Baca”, NukeSource: “G+P”, NukeType: “NACU”, NukeY: “2.2”

Event 20756 (218AFE07)

Date: 10/26/1958
Locations: Maryland Route 146; Loch Raven Reservoir, Maryland; Towson, Maryland; St. Joseph’s Hospital in Baltimore
Description: 10:30 p.m. Alvin Cohen and Phillip Small are rounding a curve on Maryland Route 146 some 600–900 feet south of the bridge at Loch Raven Reservoir, Maryland. They see a large (100 feet long) egg-shaped object hanging 100–150 feet above the bridge. When they drive to within 75 feet of it their car stalls and the dash lights turn off. They get out of the car and watch the UFO from behind it for 30–45 seconds. The UFO flashes a beam of white light and they feel heat on their faces. They also hear a dull explosion. The UFO rises vertically and disappears in 5–10 seconds. They are able to start the car and drive into Towson, Maryland, to make a phone call to the Ground Observer Corps and the police. Police Cpl. Kenneth Hartmann and Patrolman Richard Fink drive up and they tell them the story, then they go to St. Joseph’s Hospital in Baltimore and are given a cursory examination for burns. Other people in the neighborhood either see an object at the time or hear the boom.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: “Baltimore’s Flying Saucer,” Baltimore (Md.) Evening Sun, December 15, 1958, p. 21; NICAP, “Egg-Shaped Object & E-M Effects over Bridge”; Schopick, pp. 62–63; Loren E. Gross, The Fifth Horseman of the Apocalypse: UFOs, a History: 1958 October, The Author, 1999, pp, 73–86; J. Allen Hynek, The UFO Experience, Ballantine ed., 1974, pp. 132, 139–140; Sparks, p. 268; Clark III 686
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_3237

Event 20757 (4DCF4C6A)

Date: 10/26/1958
Description: Two men, Small and Cohen, had a close encounter with a 100-foot-long ovoid object with an irridescent moon glow as they drove near Loch Raven Dam in Baltimore County, Maryland. The object flew at 150 feet altitude, and when it approached their car at the bridge over the reservoir the car engine, dashboard lights, and headlights all died at a distance of 200 to 300 feet. The witnesses felt heat coming from the object and later discovered that they had sunburns on their exposed skin.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: Project Blue Book files counted in official statistics, case # 6148; Gordon I. R. Lore, Jr., Strange Effects from UFOs, p. 1; Richard H. Hall, The UFO Evidence, Volume I, pp. 74-75; J. Allen Hynek, The UFO Experience, p. 115; UNICAT, case # 392
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_7145

Event 20758 (EC47DD5C)

Date: 10/26/1958
Location: Above the Loch Raven Reservoir, Baltimore, Maryland
Description: Mr. Philip Small and Mr. Alvin Cohen watched a hovering luminous egg-shaped UFO.
Type: ufo sighting
Reference: The Flying Saucers are Hostile!, by George D. Fawcett 1961
Source: HostileFawcett, ID: HostileFawcett_73

Event 20759 (16A4E0F3)

Date: 10/27/1958
Description: (Translated from French) Observation at Lock Raven Dam (Maryland). (October 27)
Reference: case Blue Book #6148 unsolved
Reference: rr0 - Beau
Source: rr0, ID: rr0_1772

Event 20760 (AC992992)

Date: 10/27/1958
Location: UNION DALE, PA
Description: Large cylinder/cigar-shape with tail Assembly flies / treetop height. Swishing sound…
Type: sighting
Reference: VALLEE, Jacques: PASSPORT TO MAGONIA; H. Regnery, Chicago HC 1969 & Contemporary Books,Chicago 1993. 372pp. (Index 472)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_6042

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), SND: UFO sounds heard or recorded

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “5”, Duration: “1”, Elev: “517”, HatchDesc: “UNION DALE,PA:LRG CGR WITH TAIL ASSY FLIES/TREETOP HEIGHT:SWISHING SOUND…”, LatLong: “41.716669 -75.494448”, LatLongDMS: “41:43:00 N 75:29:40 W”, Locale: “Farmlands”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, RelAlt: “20”, State/Prov: “Pennsylvania”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 20761 (BDA39A77)

Date: 10/27/1958
Time: 17:00
Location: FRONTEIRA, PORTUGAL
Description: Strange bright sphere seen here. / Diario de Lisboa.
Type: sighting
Reference: LOURENCO, Victor: The PORTUCAT CATALOG; (BBS Download). (Index 63)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_6043

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

Extra Data: Country: “Portugal”, Credibility: “6”, Duration: “1”, HatchDesc: “FRONTEIRA,PORTUGAL:STRANGE BRIGHT SPHERE SEEN HERE:/DIARIO de LISBOA”, LatLong: “39.066669 -7.672223”, LatLongDMS: “39:04:00 N 07:40:20 W”, Locale: “Town & City”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “AAL”, Strangeness: “5”

Event 20762 (8CD0CC1E)

Date: 10/27/1958
Location: Union Dale, PA
Description: Large gray cigar-like object with an assembly tail flew at treetop height (NICAP: 02 - Close Encounters, BB: BBU)
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_2305

Event 20763 (D94E8F69)

Date: 10/27/1958
Location: Union Dale, Pennsylvania
Description: An object resembling a large gray cigar with an assembly tail flew at treetop height, making a strong “swishing” sound.
Type: ufo sighting
Reference: Atic (Vallee)
Source: ValléeMagonia, ID: Magonia_472

Event 20764 (88CFCAD5)

Date: 10/27/1958
Time: 10:30 PM
Location: Lock Raven Dam, Maryland
Description: Witnesses: Phillip Small, Alvin Cohen. One large, flat egg-shaped object affected a car’s electrical system and caused a burning sensation on one of its occupants. Sighting lasted 1 minute.
Type: ufo sighting
Reference: BlueBook Unknowns PDF
Source: BerlinerBBUnknowns, ID: BerlinerBBU_431

Event 20765 (E3B93BD7)

Date: 10/27/1958
Location: 37.0000 -116.0000
Description: Nuclear test: Air, confirmed. Country: USA Name: “Chavez” Yield: .0006KT
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_188

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: “Chavez”, NukeSource: “NV209”, NukeType: “NACU”, NukeY: “.0006”

Event 20766 (90F0B028)

Date: 10/27/1958
Description: An object resembling a large gray cigar with an assembly tail flew at treetop level over Union Dale, Pennsylvania making a strong “swishing” sound.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: Jacques Vallee, Passport to Magonia: A Century of Landings, case 472
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_7190

Event 20767 (0F844160)

Date: 10/28/1958
Location: France, near Pont la Dame
Description: (Translated from French) At around 7:55 PM Jean Boyer was returning home to Beylon de Montmaur. He had reached 700 meters from the bridge over the Buech, without even thinking about it. When he arrived near the bridge in the Cote des Egaux, he saw a luminous disc suspended above the bridge and the valley below. A railway bridge passing over the road bridge and the valley cast the oval shadow of the disc. He ventured onto the road bridge and stopped near the railway bridge. He got out of the car and looked up, noticing that the object was perfectly round and contained a smaller circle. Boyer estimated the disc to be 120 meters long and 300 meters in altitude. After two or three minutes of observation, the witness was truly frightened when the disc began to sparkle with a dark red and then rose vertically at an incredible speed, without making any noise. Then he was hit by a strong wind, as were the five other witnesses who, like him, had observed the phenomenon.
Reference: “Ufo’s: A Century of Sightings” by Michael David Hall, Galde Prss Inc. 1999, p. 259
Reference: Mini catalogue chronologique des observations OVNI, by Godelieve Van Overmeire
Source: Overmeire, ID: Overmeire_2101

Event 20768 (8952BC88)

Date: 10/28/1958
Time: 19:50
Location: N75 NORTH / SERRES, FR
Description: 1 / car. 100M saucer over bridge. No electro-magnetic effect (EME). Absolute(ly) silent. Quickly going up [to] extremely fast. / r142#5p88.
Type: sighting
Reference: VALLEE, Jacques: CHALLENGE to SCIENCE, The UFO ENIGMA; Henry Regnery 1966 & Ballentine Books, NY 1974. PB (Index 226)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_6044

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

Extra Data: Country: “France”, Credibility: “6”, Duration: “2”, HatchDesc: “N75 N/SERRES,FR:1/CAR:100M SCR OVR BRIDGE:NO EME:ABS SLNT:↑↑ XFAST:/r142#5p88”, LatLong: “44.450002 5.716667”, LatLongDMS: “44:27:00 N 05:43:00 E”, Locale: “Pasture”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Hautes Alpes”, Strangeness: “7”

Event 20769 (08B2A812)

Date: 10/28/1958
Description: Two members of the Ohio Highway Patrol drove east of Georgetown, Ohio on SR125 at 4:20 p.m. when the witness saw a “huge silver disc” over the power lines and he asked the driver to stop. They went back to the police station, and the dispatcher also saw it. The three of them watched until the UFO departed off in the distance.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: Delbert E. Anderson, MUFON field investigation database, case 951112dC
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_7223

Event 20770 (188A53B5)

Date: 10/29/1958
Location: 37.0000 -116.0000
Description: Nuclear test: Air, confirmed. Country: USA Name: “Mazama” 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_189

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: “Mazama”, NukeSource: “NV209”, NukeType: “NACU”, NukeY: “0”, NukeYMax: “0”

Event 20771 (EA76BCA8)

Date: 10/29/1958
Time: 00:00:00.2
Location: 37.1947 -116.2047
Description: Nuclear test: Underground, confirmed. Country: USA Name: “Evans” Yield: .055KT
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_190

Extra Data: LatLong: “37.1947 -116.2047”, LatLongDMS: “37:11:41 N 116:12:17 W”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, NukeCountry: “USA”, NukeDepth: “0.26”, NukeName: “Evans”, NukeSource: “G+P”, NukeType: “NUCU”, NukeY: “.055”

Event 20772 (C19E3047)

Date: 10/29/1958
Time: 14:45:00.1
Location: 37.0478 -116.0247
Description: Nuclear test: Air, confirmed. Country: USA Name: “Humboldt” Yield: .0078KT
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_191

Extra Data: LatLong: “37.0478 -116.0247”, LatLongDMS: “37:02:52 N 116:01:29 W”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, NukeCountry: “USA”, NukeDepth: “-0.01”, NukeName: “Humboldt”, NukeSource: “G+P”, NukeType: “NACU”, NukeY: “.0078”

Event 20773 (74254B91)

Date: 10/30/1958
Time: 16:50
Location: OBLONG, IL
Description: Large round silver object ringed by 6 small disks. Small disks exit / all directions!
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO’s a HISTORY-1958 (7 booklets) 1998/03 Self published. (Index 589)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_6045

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, MIL: Military investigation, BBK: Project BLUEBOOK

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “6”, Duration: “10”, Elev: “160”, HatchDesc: “OBLONG,IL:LRG RND SLVR OBJ RINGED by 6 SML DISKS:SML DISKS EXIT/ALL DIRs!”, LatLong: “39.000002 -87.911115”, LatLongDMS: “39:00:00 N 87:54:40 W”, Locale: “Residential”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Illinois”, Strangeness: “7”

Event 20774 (1CC2DD6C)

Date: 10/30/1958
Location: 37.0000 -116.0000
Description: Nuclear test: Air, confirmed. Country: USA Name: “Ganymede” 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_192

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: “Ganymede”, NukeSource: “NV209”, NukeType: “NACU”, NukeY: “0”, NukeYMax: “0”

Event 20775 (383B810A)

Date: 10/30/1958
Time: 03:00:00.1
Location: 37.0867 -116.0236
Description: Nuclear test: Air, confirmed. Country: USA Name: “Santa Fe” 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_193

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: “Santa Fe”, NukeSource: “G+P”, NukeType: “NACU”, NukeY: “1.3”

Event 20776 (B56BDFF2)

Date: 10/30/1958
Time: 15:00:00.2
Location: 37.1858 -116.2019
Description: Nuclear test: Underground, confirmed. Country: USA Name: “Blanca” 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_194

Extra Data: LatLong: “37.1858 -116.2019”, LatLongDMS: “37:11:09 N 116:12:07 W”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, NukeCountry: “USA”, NukeDepth: “0.25”, NukeName: “Blanca”, NukeSource: “G+P”, NukeType: “NUCU”, NukeY: “22”

Event 20777 (A49001DC)

Date: 10/30/1958
Time: 20:34:00.2
Location: 37.1772 -116.0692
Description: Nuclear test: Air, confirmed. Country: USA Name: “Titania” Yield: .0002KT
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_195

Extra Data: LatLong: “37.1772 -116.0692”, LatLongDMS: “37:10:38 N 116:04:09 W”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, NukeCountry: “USA”, NukeDepth: “-0.01”, NukeName: “Titania”, NukeSource: “G+P”, NukeType: “NACU”, NukeY: “.0002”

Event 20778 (C50A4624)

Date: 10/30/1958
Description: USAF Col. William G. Workman writes to AFOSI about a UFO crash near Hunter AFB in Georgia. He denotes Soviet satellites and UFOs as separate debris categories, and states that the letter is classified to “protect official Air Force interest in the recovery of UFOs from unauthorized disclosure.”

• https://pbs.twimg.com/media/FYIHqt0XEAUhS_f?format=jpg&name=900x900

Note: This is three years after USAF ATIC informs Congress and the American public that UAP are not advanced craft due to no debris recovery.

Reference: Anonymous 2023 PDF
Source: Anon2023PDF, ID: Anon2023PDF_88

Event 20779 (6A25AF73)

Date: 10/31/1958
Description: (Translated from French) At Igaupe (Brazil), a disc plunged into the river Péropava after hitting a palm tree with an intense whistling in front of a group of witnesses.
Reference: rr0 - Beau
Source: rr0, ID: rr0_1773

Event 20780 (5E18ADC0)

Date: 10/31/1958
Description: (Translated from French) H. Obert, one of the fathers of the V-2 rockets, wrote: I am convinced that flying saucers are piloted by higher forms of life, intelligent beings who have been observing the Earth for a long time.
Reference: rr0 - Beau
Source: rr0, ID: rr0_1774

Event 20781 (10C77EFA)

Date: 10/31/1958
Description: (Translated from French) Photo taken on December 22nd by Dr. Kowalezewski. See photo at images/1958-12-22-03_Zegiestowa_Kowalezewski.jpg.
Reference: rr0 - Beau
Source: rr0, ID: rr0_1775

Event 20782 (01282806)

Date: 10/31/1958
Time: 00:50
Location: NORTHEAST / PAISLEY, ON
Description: 2+2 separate cops. Saucer hovers and pulsates / 1100M altitude. 4 lights. Changes color(s).
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO’s a HISTORY-1958 (7 booklets) 1998/03 Self published. (Index 593)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_6046

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, OGA: Non-Covert Government Agencies

Extra Data: Country: “Canada”, Credibility: “9”, Duration: “3”, Elev: “214”, HatchDesc: “NE/PAISLEY,ON:2+2 SEP.COPS:SCR HVRS+PULSATES/1100M alt:4 LITES:CHANGES CLRs”, LatLong: “44.316669 -81.233337”, LatLongDMS: “44:19:00 N 81:14:00 W”, Locale: “Farmlands”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, RelAlt: “1100”, State/Prov: “Ontario”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 20783 (47DCAF9E)

Date: 10/31/1958
Time: 15:50
Location: CALEDON EAST, ONT
Description: Saucer descends / 4M altitude. Up and down in jerks. Silent. “Explodes”. / r8#473.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO’s a HISTORY-1958 (7 booklets) 1998/03 Self published. (Index 591)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_6047

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

Extra Data: Country: “Canada”, Credibility: “6”, Duration: “8”, Elev: “302”, HatchDesc: “CALEDON EAST,ONT:SCR DESCENDS/4M alt:UP+DOWN in jerks:SLNT:“EXPLODES”:/r8#473”, LatLong: “43.866669 -79.866670”, LatLongDMS: “43:52:00 N 79:52:00 W”, Locale: “Residential”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, RelAlt: “4”, State/Prov: “Ontario”, Strangeness: “8”

Event 20784 (787FE68D)

Date: 10/31/1958
Time: ~18:00
Location: ARLINGTON, OH
Description: Several observer(s). Disk going quickly southeast / high altitude / several minutes. Lost in clouds. 1 side lit and 1 dark.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO’s a HISTORY-1958 (7 booklets) 1998/03 Self published. (Index 593)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_6048

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

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “8”, Duration: “3”, Elev: “305”, HatchDesc: “ARLINGTON,OH:SVRL OBS:DISK >>SE/HI alt/SVRL mins:LOST/CLOUDS:1 SIDE LIT+1 DARK”, LatLong: “41.066669 -81.483337”, LatLongDMS: “41:04:00 N 81:29:00 W”, Locale: “Town & City”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Ohio”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 20785 (C8E3CC09)

Date: 10/31/1958
Location: Caledon East, Ontario, CAN
Description: Civilian saw an elliptical, aluminum-colored (NICAP: 01 - Distant Encounters, BB: BBU)
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_2307

Event 20786 (5EC80ABB)

Date: 10/31/1958
Time: 1550
Location: Caledon East, Canada
Description: A civilian reported an eliptical, aluminum-colored object at 2 km altitude, coming down to 4 m, flying up and down by sudden jumps, stopping at ground level less than 200 m away for five min. A red light appeared at one end of the object, which gradually took a fiery color, then exploded. The witness ran away.
Type: ufo sighting
Reference: Atic (Vallee)
Source: ValléeMagonia, ID: Magonia_473

Event 20787 (BD3293B0)

Date: 10/31/1958
Description: At 3:50 p.m. an elliptical, aluminum object was first spotted flying at two kilometers altitude in Caledon East, Ontario but it quickly descended to just four meters above the ground. It flew up-and-down by sudden jumps at the ground level, less than 200 meters away, for five minutes. It had a red light at one end that changed to a fiery color, then the object exploded. The witness ran.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: Jacques Vallee, Passport to Magonia: A Century of Landings, case 473, citing US Air Force ATIC
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_7332

Event 20788 (9C0620E4)

Date: 11/1958
Location: SCOTLAND, in Deeside
Description: (Translated from French) An AT unit from the Aberdeen area was on a weekend exercise in the vicinity of Braemar and Ballater. During the maneuvers the two young soldiers were to guard a small hill. Well equipped they dug a trench for shelter. In the early hours of dawn they heard a strange gurgling sound coming from behind the trees a few hundred meters from their position. As they decided to go and see, two huge silhouettes emerged from the shadows and headed towards them. They froze, horrified, as the creatures were more than 2 m tall. The gurgling sound seemed to be the sound the creatures made while conversing with each other. (…) dressed in strange clothing that hampered their pace. Terrified, the soldiers spun around and ran away.
Reference: Charles BOWEN: “In Search of Humanoids” - J’ai Lu 1974 p. 20, 21
Reference: Mini catalogue chronologique des observations OVNI, by Godelieve Van Overmeire
Source: Overmeire, ID: Overmeire_2104

Event 20789 (7ECF7E28)

Date: 11/1958
Time: ~05:00
Location: BRAEMAR, SCOT
Description: Soldiers. Gurgle noise. 2 7’ figure(s) / odd suits. Saucer takes off. / r67p19.
Type: sighting
Reference: FLYING SAUCER REVIEW (FSR), London. Bimonthly. PO Box 162; High Wycombe, Bucks. HP135 DZ, England. (Index 63)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_6049

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, MIL: Observer(s) military, ODD: Atypical/Forteana/paranormal, SCR: Classic saucer/disk/sphere shaped UFO, PSH: Pseudo-human: Clone/organic robot/human-like, GNT: Giant: Large/tall alien, LND: UFO landing or any part touches ground, SND: UFO sounds heard or recorded

Extra Data: Country: “Great Britain and Ireland”, Credibility: “5”, Duration: “12”, Elev: “321”, HatchDesc: “BRAEMAR,SCOT:SOLDIERS:GURGLE NOISE:2 7’FIGS/ODD SUITS:SCR TAKES OFF:/r67p19”, LatLong: “57.005558 -3.400000”, LatLongDMS: “57:00:20 N 03:24:00 W”, Locale: “Pasture”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Scotland”, Strangeness: “10”

Event 20790 (4D25B7AA)

Date: 11/1958
Time: 18:00
Location: LODI, CA
Description: Teen / (seen thru) binoculars. Twin silver cigars hover. 2 red orbs exit. 1 going north and 1 going south going. 5 lit portholes.
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_6050

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)

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “6”, Duration: “3”, Elev: “16”, HatchDesc: “LODI,CA:TEEN/BINOCS:TWIN SLVR CGRS HVR:2 RED ORBS EXIT:1>N+1>S>:5 LIT PORTHs”, LatLong: “38.116668 -121.283339”, LatLongDMS: “38:07:00 N 121:17:00 W”, Locale: “Residential”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “California”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 20791 (08343F6B)

Date: 11/1958
Location: DEW Line, DEW Line
Description: Radar tracked UFO which descended, moved horizontally, climbed out of radar beam. [UFOE, VIII] (NICAP: 09 - RADAR Cases, Rating: 5)
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_2308

Event 20792 (6CDFF27A)

Date: 11/1958
Time: 0500
Location: Braemar, Scotland
Description: Two soldiers of the Territorial Army on an exercise near Ballater heard a “gurgling noise” and saw two figures, over 2 m tall, dressed in peculiar suits. As they fled, they heard a “swishing” noise and saw a large disk flying at ground level, which then swooped over their heads and away, pulsating and leaving a sparkling trail. Witnesses were in a state of shock.
Type: ufo sighting
Reference: Humanoids 5 (Vallee)
Source: ValléeMagonia, ID: Magonia_474

Event 20793 (42D4E027)

Date: 11/1958
Locations: Denmark; Minot, North Dakota
Description: Skandinavisk UFO Information in Denmark begins publishing UFO-Nyt. (UFO-Nyt, November 1958) November 3 — 2:01 p.m. At Minot, North Dakota, M/Sgt. William R. Butler, a medic, sees one bright-green object, shaped like a 10-cent piece, and one smaller, silver round object. The first object explodes, then the second object moves toward the location of the first at high speed. Sighting lasts 1 minute.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Sparks, p. 268
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_3238

Event 20794 (2495D1E5)

Date: 11/1/1958
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_1113

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 20795 (C3BB3AF4)

Date: 11/2/1958
Time: 22:00
Location: HAPPY, TX
Description: Observer(s) drives under blue night light. Ammeter going [to] Max and more. Car malfunctions due to EME (electro-magnetic effects). Object going quickly south rising. / r141#6.
Type: sighting
Reference: MUFON UFO JOURNAL, Seguin, TX USA. Monthly. (Index 247)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_6051

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, DLT: Delta/vee/boomerang/rectangular shaped UFO, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), VEH: Vehicle affected: Marks/damage/EME effects, EME: Electro-Magnetic Effects, TCH: New technical details/clues

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “6”, Duration: “1”, Elev: “1288”, HatchDesc: “HAPPY,TX:OBS DRIVES UNDER BLU NLT:AMMETER>MAX+:CAR EMEs:OBJ >>S RISING:/r141#6”, LatLong: “34.744446 -101.855560”, LatLongDMS: “34:44:40 N 101:51:20 W”, Locale: “Pasture”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Texas”, Strangeness: “8”

Event 20796 (B5C14BCC)

Date: 11/3/1958
Description: (Translated from French) Sighting in Minot (North Dakota). (November 3)
Reference: case Blue Book #6153 unsolved
Reference: rr0 - Beau
Source: rr0, ID: rr0_1776

Event 20797 (5C415FE1)

Date: 11/3/1958
Location: Minot, ND
Description: Sergeant & medic see two maneuvering UFO;s one explodes.
Type: ufo sighting
Reference: UFOs and the National Security State: Chronology of a Cover-up, 1941–1973, by Richard Dolan
Source: Dolan, ID: Dolan_231

Event 20798 (0F511F94)

Date: 11/3/1958
Time: 14:00
Location: MINOT, ND
Description: Project Bluebook Case #6153. Military observer(s). Bright green coin-disk explodes. Small silver sphere/orb/globe rushes over.
Type: sighting
Reference: BERLINER, DON: The BLUEBOOK UNKNOWNS; (FUFOR). (Index 27)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_6052

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

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “6”, Duration: “1”, Elev: “467”, HatchDesc: “MINOT,ND:BBK#6153:MIL OBS:BRITE GRN COIN-DISK EXPLODES:SML SLVR ORB RUSHES OVR”, LatLong: “48.250002 -101.283338”, LatLongDMS: “48:15:00 N 101:17:00 W”, Locale: “Farmlands”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “North Dakota”, Strangeness: “8”

Event 20799 (CBCC76B3)

Date: 11/3/1958
Time: 17:00
Location: VIRGINIA BEACH, VA
Description: Many observer(s). Fast silver cylinder/cigar-shape stops and blows smoke. Going south. Stops. Sails away.
Type: sighting
Reference: MUFON UFO JOURNAL, Seguin, TX USA. Monthly. (Index 247)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_6053

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

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “11”, Duration: “15”, Elev: “5”, HatchDesc: “VIRGINIA BEACH,VA:MANY OBS:FAST SLVR CGR STOPS+BLOWS SMOKE:>S:STOPS:SAILS AWAY”, LatLong: “36.850002 -75.983337”, LatLongDMS: “36:51:00 N 75:59:00 W”, Locale: “Coastlands”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Virginia”, Strangeness: “7”

Event 20800 (4CF50242)

Date: 11/3/1958
Location: Minot, ND
Description: Bright green object and one smaller, silver round object (NICAP: 01 - Distant Encounters, BB: 6153)
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_2309

Event 20801 (B328E895)

Date: 11/3/1958
Time: 2:01 PM
Location: Minot, North Dakota
Description: Witness: M/Sgt. William R. Butler, medic. One bright green object, shaped like a 10 cent piece, and one smaller, silver round object. First object exploded, then second object moved toward the location of the first at high speed. Sighting lasted 1 minute.
Type: ufo sighting
Reference: BlueBook Unknowns PDF
Source: BerlinerBBUnknowns, ID: BerlinerBBU_432

Event 20802 (8E9C196E)

Date: 11/3/1958
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_1114

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 20803 (367D5642)

Date: 11/4/1958
Time: 17:20
Location: INTERVALE, NH
Description: 2 separate observer(s). Orange ovoid hovers / horizon. Going up and down / regular intervals. No further details.
Type: sighting
Reference: UFO INVESTIGATOR: NICAP: Kensington, MD & Washington, DC [defunct]. University Microfilms, Ann Arbor, MI 48106 (Index 18)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_6054

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

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “7”, Duration: “30”, Elev: “167”, HatchDesc: “INTERVALE,NH:2 SEP.OBS:ORG.OVOID HVRS/HRZN:↑+↓/REGULAR INTERVALS:NFD”, LatLong: “44.083335 -71.050003”, LatLongDMS: “44:05:00 N 71:03:00 W”, Locale: “Pasture”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “New Hampshire”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 20804 (E5B887E8)

Date: 11/4/1958
Location: Pope AFB, NC
Description: Object On Collision Course With KB-50 Tanker, Circles (NICAP: 11 - Aviation Cases, Code: A, Rating: 5, BB: BBU)
Reference: NICAP: 581104
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_2310

Event 20805 (3A7247AF)

Date: 11/4/1958
Locations: Pope AFB; Fayetteville, North Carolina
Description: 9:03 p.m. The pilot of a KB-50 USAF tanker is in the downwind leg of the traffic pattern during a ground- controlled approach to Pope AFB [now Pope Field] in Fayetteville, North Carolina, when he notices an object on a collision course. He and his flight crew also notice that “strange lights were observed in his cockpit while he was on the final approach…” He executes a go-around maneuver and climbs in altitude to await the disappearance of the object. Air Force tower personnel also see the UFO hovering above the airport, watching it through their binoculars for 20 minutes. They are convinced it is not an atmospheric phenomenon. They say that “the UFO presented a hazard to aircraft operating in the area.”
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: NICAP, “Object on Collision Course with KB-50 Tanker, Circles”; Richard F. Haines, “Aviation Safety in America: A Previously Neglected Factor,” NARCAP, October 15, 2000, pp. 53–54; Sparks, p. 268
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_3239

Event 20806 (501C6C81)

Date: 11/5/1958
Location: NEAR PIONEER, OHIO
Description: “Strange craft” lands. “Midgets” seen nearby / gerry hunt.
Type: sighting
Reference: HUNT, Gerry: BIZARRE AMERICA; Berkley Books, NY. PB 1988. [ inexpensive ] (Index 63)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_6055

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: “USA”, Credibility: “4”, Duration: “20”, Elev: “266”, HatchDesc: “nr PIONEER,OHIO:“STRANGE CRAFT” LANDS:“MIDGETS” SEEN NEARBY / GERRY HUNT.”, LatLong: “41.666669 -84.550004”, LatLongDMS: “41:40:00 N 84:33:00 W”, Locale: “Farmlands”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Ohio”, Strangeness: “9”

Event 20807 (A3261FB9)

Date: 11/5/1958
Time: 13:00?
Location: SOUTHEAST / BLOEMFONTAIN, RSA
Description: Pilots and many. Disk hovers / official airport opening. Military inv.
Type: sighting
Reference: UFO INVESTIGATOR: NICAP: Kensington, MD & Washington, DC [defunct]. University Microfilms, Ann Arbor, MI 48106 (Index 18)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_6056

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: “Republic of South Africa”, Credibility: “8”, Duration: “5”, HatchDesc: “SE/BLOEMFONTAIN,RSA:PILOTS+MANY:DISK HVRS/OFFICIAL AIRPORT OPENING:mil.inv.”, LatLong: “-29.183335 26.300001”, LatLongDMS: “29:11:00 S 26:18:00 E”, Locale: “Town & City”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Orange Free State”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 20808 (FDE2FC4E)

Date: 11/5/1958
Location: Conway, NH
Description: Hovering light suddenly sped away. [UFOE, XII] (NICAP: 01 - Distant Encounters)
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_2311

Event 20809 (2B477CFE)

Date: 11/5/1958
Location: UK House of Commons
Description: MP Roy Mason asks the Air Minister in the UK House of Commons to what extent official records are kept of UFO sightings and what departments are involved. Air Minister George Ward replies in writing that reports involving national security are investigated but “nothing suggests that they are other than mundane.”
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: “Come Off It, Mr. Ward! ‘Nothing Suggests That They Are Other Than Mundane,’” Flying Saucer Review 5, no. 1 (Jan./Feb. 1959): 2; Good Above, p. 52
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_3240

Event 20810 (C354A86F)

Date: 11/6/1958
Time: ~15:00
Location: LABELLE, QBC
Description: Several observer(s). Silver specks fly singly / pairs / large groups. Jets chase / too fast.
Type: sighting
Reference: HAINES, Richard Ph.D: PROJECT DELTA; 1994, LDA Press, PO Box 880, Los Altos, CA 94023 USA (Index 42)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_6057

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

Extra Data: Country: “Canada”, Credibility: “9”, Duration: “5”, Elev: “210”, HatchDesc: “LABELLE,QBC:SVRL OBS:SLVR SPECKS FLY SINGLY/PAIRS/LRG GRPS:JETS CHASE/TOO FAST”, LatLong: “46.277780 -74.727781”, LatLongDMS: “46:16:40 N 74:43:40 W”, Locale: “Pasture”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Quebec”, Strangeness: “8”

Event 20811 (01B187C7)

Date: 11/6/1958
Description: At 3:00 p.m. in Shawbridge, Quebec several silver points of light flew in pairs and large groups. Jet aircraft pursued them but could not catch up.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: Richard F. Haines, Project Delta: A Study of Multiple UFO, p. 42
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_7500

Event 20812 (CE80D2D8)

Date: 11/7/1958
Description: (Translated from French) Following the incident of October 31, the Péropava river is dredged, in vain. (November 7)
Reference: rr0 - Beau
Source: rr0, ID: rr0_1777

Event 20813 (B0164692)

Date: 11/7/1958
Description: (Translated from French) Villa Boas confides in a journalist, [João Marti

[c0mmando]

ns](João Martins), who takes him to see Dr Olavo Fontès. The latter performs a number of tests and discovers two small punctures, on either side of the chin.
Reference: rr0 - Beau
Source: rr0, ID: rr0_1778

Event 20814 (ED6E332C)

Date: 11/8/1958
Location: USA
Description: (Translated from French) Third attempt to launch a lunar probe. The third stage of the rocket did not ignite and Pioneer II did not reach even 1000 KM in altitude.
Reference: “To the Conquest of Space” - Thomas de Galiana, ed. Larousse Poche, 1967, p. 234
Reference: Mini catalogue chronologique des observations OVNI, by Godelieve Van Overmeire
Source: Overmeire, ID: Overmeire_2103

Event 20815 (72EE2065)

Date: 11/8/1958
Location: RIVERSIDE, CA
Description: Biped reptile attacks and claws car. Observer(s) runs over it. Definite traces.
Type: sighting
Reference: CLARK, Jerome: UFO ENCOUNTERS & BEYOND; Signet Books 1993. 192pp. (Index 114)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_6058

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, ODD: Atypical/Forteana/paranormal, NFO: No craft seen, MON: Monster: Life form fits no category, VEH: Vehicle affected: Marks/damage/EME effects, TRC: Physical traces, TCH: New technical details/clues, CMF: Camouflage/disguise

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “4”, Duration: “1”, Elev: “259”, HatchDesc: “RIVERSIDE,CA:BIPED REPTILE ATTACKS+CLAWS CAR:OBS RUNS OVER IT:DEFINITE TRACES”, LatLong: “33.950002 -117.383339”, LatLongDMS: “33:57:00 N 117:23:00 W”, Locale: “Pasture”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “California”, Strangeness: “12”

Event 20816 (FB664F93)

Date: 11/8/1958
Location: Brazilia, Brazil
Description: Air Force pilot and 500 observers saw a moving saucer at 40,000 ft (NICAP: 11 - Aviation Cases, BB: BBU)
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_2312

Event 20817 (773B80A7)

Date: 11/9/1958
Locations: Trinidad; Rio Dell; McKinleyville; Humboldt State College
Description: Residents of Trinidad, Rio Dell, and other towns in northern California report showers of cobweblike material, some in strands 5–6 feet long. Two fishermen at sea, George Korkan and Jack Curry, say the substance settles on their boat in such quantity that it makes the boat appear “a million years old.” A sample obtained at McKinleyville is examined by biologist Erwin Bielfuss at Humboldt State College. He rules out mold or an animal product and suggests it is plant material or plastic.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: “Cobweb Like Substance in Area Mystifies Zoologist,” Eureka (Calif.) Humboldt Standard, November 10, 1958, p. 5; UFOEv, p. 99
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_3241

Event 20818 (6B08C115)

Date: 11/9/1958
Locations: Stockholm, Sweden; Väddö island; Älmstä; Väddö Bay; Linköping; University of California, Berkeley
Description: 10:00 p.m. Two carpenters, Stig Ekberg and Harry Sjöberg, are returning from Stockholm, Sweden, to their cabin on Väddö island, about 20 miles to the northeast. About 6 miles north of Älmstä their car engine begins to sputter and fail, and the headlights go out. They see a huge, shining object descending toward them and making a turn above Väddö Bay to the left of the road. It lands in the middle of the road about 300 feet in front of their car, its neon glow illuminating the landscape. They estimate it is 53 feet long and 20 feet high, with a bright glow underneath the object and a dazzling mist surrounding it. They watch the object for about 10 minutes, then it rises from the road and shoots into the sky to their right. Afterward, the air is stifling and hot, but the engine starts up right away. A few minutes later they return to the landing site and find flattened grass and a still-hot, smooth, triangular piece of metal the size of a matchbox, which they retrieve. They submit the metal to several labs over the next few years, apparently without ambiguous results, but in the process it is split into three pieces. Finally, an engineer in Linköping named Schalin finds the metal has the hardness of sapphire and a specific weight of 15.2. It can take several thousand degrees C. heat without getting red hot. One of the pieces is submitted to the US Air Force and not returned. In the early 1970s, another piece is examined by James Harder at the University of California, Berkeley, who establishes it is composed of tungsten carbide, cobalt, and traces of titanium, and that it has been manufactured.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Christer Nordin, “The Väddö Case,” Nordic UFO Newsletter, no. 1 (1981): 2–6
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_3242

Event 20819 (848224A5)

Date: 11/11/1958
Time: 01:40
Location: TOPEKA, KS
Description: Separate observer(s). Blazing fireball floats / low altitude. Quickly going up [to] vertical when porch light lit!
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO’s a HISTORY-1958 (7 booklets) 1998/03 Self published. (Index 605)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_6059

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, RDR: Radar traces/blips, EME: Electro-Magnetic Effects, MIL: Military investigation, OGA: Non-Covert Government Agencies

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “8”, Duration: “2”, Elev: “300”, HatchDesc: “TOPEKA,KS:SEP.OBS:BLAZING FBL FLOATS/lo alt:↑↑ VERTICAL WHEN PORCH LITE LIT!”, LatLong: “39.050002 -95.700005”, LatLongDMS: “39:03:00 N 95:42:00 W”, Locale: “Residential”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Kansas”, Strangeness: “7”

Event 20820 (2FE2F27D)

Date: 11/11/1958 (approximate)
Time: 16:10
Location: BERKELEY, CA
Description: 2 / patio. Parachute saucer going quickly southwest toward(s) city center. Silent. 800 kph. 300M altitude?
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO’s a HISTORY-1958 (7 booklets) 1998/03 Self published. (Index 605)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_6060

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: “16”, HatchDesc: “BERKELEY,CA:2/PATIO:PARACHUTE SCR >>SW TWRD CITY CENTER:SLNT:800 kph:300M alt?”, LatLong: “37.872224 -122.272228”, LatLongDMS: “37:52:20 N 122:16:20 W”, Locale: “Residential”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “California”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 20821 (CB037B09)

Date: 11/11/1958
Locations: Topeka, Kansas; Philip Billard Municipal Airport
Description: 1:35 a.m. A Mrs. Kinney, who is a Lt. Col. in the Civil Air Patrol in Topeka, Kansas, wakes up when her bedroom floods with an amber-colored light and her three dogs begin barking. The source is a 25-foot diameter sphere that is sitting on the walkway in the yard about 30 feet away. Kinney opens a door to go out on a porch, but the light zooms straight up and out of sight. She goes back to bed and the phone rings; it is a neighbor who has seen the light going toward her house. At 7:30 a.m., the phone rings again; this time it is the controllers at the Philip Billard Municipal Airport, who know her well and tell her about the light they saw. In the evening, she finds there is an electrical failure on the east side of the house. Lights, radios, and refrigerators are not working. Kinney replaces some fuses, but not everything turns on again. An electrician comes and replaces some wiring on November 12, but Kinney’s eyes develop subconjunctival hemorrhages and sensitivity to bright light. She begins to wear sunglasses regularly. Both of her male dogs develop cataracts.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Swords 287–288
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_3243

Event 20822 (4F35913E)

Date: 11/12/1958
Time: ~05:00
Location: NORTHEAST / CARACAS, VNZL
Description: Numerous observer(s). Brilliant blue-glowing disk with 2 domes low / main highway. Jet sound.
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_6061

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, SND: UFO sounds heard or recorded

Extra Data: Country: “Venezuela”, Credibility: “9”, Duration: “1”, Elev: “100”, HatchDesc: “NE/CARACAS,VNZL:NMRS OBS:BRILL.BLU-GLO DISK W/2 DOMES LOW/MAIN HWY:JET SOUND”, LatLong: “10.550001 -66.916670”, LatLongDMS: “10:33:00 N 66:55:00 W”, Locale: “Pasture”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “CRC”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 20823 (D96636E2)

Date: 11/12/1958
Description: A brilliant blue glowing disc with two domes flew low over a main highway in Caracas, Venezuela at five o’clock in the morning. It made a sound like a jet.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: APRO Bulletin, May 1959
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_7608

Event 20824 (FFDE652A)

Date: 11/13/1958
Location: Troy Peak (and Tonopah Airport), NV
Description: (McDonald list) Three Radars Track Slow Object (NICAP: 09 - RADAR Cases, Code: R, Rating: 5, BB: BBU)
Reference: NICAP: 581113
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_2313

Event 20825 (7CBFA8A8)

Date: 11/15/1958 (approximate)
Time: ~12:20
Location: LOA, UT
Description: Mailman and 2. Slow dark 10M cylinder/cylindrical object. 1.5M diameter. Several 90° turns. Going southwest. / Bluebook files.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO’s a HISTORY-1958 (7 booklets) 1998/03 Self published. (Index 610)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_6062

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: “7”, Duration: “20”, Elev: “2134”, HatchDesc: “LOA,UT:MAILMAN+2:SLOW DRK 10M CYL:1.5M diam:SVRL 90° TURNS:>SW:/BLUEBOOK files”, LatLong: “38.400002 -111.644450”, LatLongDMS: “38:24:00 N 111:38:40 W”, Locale: “Residential”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Utah”, Strangeness: “7”

Event 20826 (DCE35E9C)

Date: 11/16/1958
Location: TARAKAN, BORNEO
Description: 2 separate locations. Cylinder/cigar-shape streaks by. “Smoke exits doorlike openings”.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO’s a HISTORY-1958 (7 booklets) 1998/03 Self published. (Index 611)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_6063

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: “Indonesia”, Credibility: “8”, Duration: “1”, HatchDesc: “TARAKAN,BORNEO:2 SEP.LOCs:CGR STREAKS BY:“SMOKE EXITS DOORLIKE OPENINGS””, LatLong: “-3.333333 117.633339”, LatLongDMS: “03:20:00 S 117:38:00 E”, Locale: “Islands”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “BRN”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 20827 (21CA1D7F)

Date: 11/16/1958
Time: ~06:00
Location: UPPLANDS-VASBY, SWD
Description: 2 / car stalls. Headlights out. 50’ saucer lands / roadside. Grass physical trace(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 15)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_6064

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, SCR: Classic saucer/disk/sphere shaped UFO, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), VEG: Plants affected or sampled/crop circles, VEH: Vehicle affected: Marks/damage/EME effects, LND: UFO landing or any part touches ground, EME: Electro-Magnetic Effects, TRC: Physical traces

Extra Data: Country: “Scandanavian and Finland”, Credibility: “7”, Duration: “5”, HatchDesc: “UPPLANDS-VASBY,SWD:2/CAR STALLS:HEADLITES OUT:50’ SCR LANDS/ROADSIDE:GRASS TRC”, LatLong: “59.533336 17.922223”, LatLongDMS: “59:32:00 N 17:55:20 E”, Locale: “Pasture”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Sweden”, Strangeness: “7”

Event 20828 (1EDC3E33)

Date: 11/17/1958
Time: 11:20
Location: COLUMBUS, OH
Description: Double disk spins? / high altitude. Steadily going north across sky. Half moon-size.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO’s a HISTORY-1958 (7 booklets) 1998/03 Self published. (Index 612)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_6065

Attributes: 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: “240”, HatchDesc: “COLUMBUS,OH:DOUBLE DISK SPINS?/hi alt:STEADILY >N ACROSS SKY:HALF MOONSIZE”, LatLong: “39.983335 -83.016671”, LatLongDMS: “39:59:00 N 83:01:00 W”, Locale: “Residential”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Florida”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 20829 (217848D3)

Date: 11/17/1958
Time: 12:00?
Location: FT. SMITH, ARK
Description: 3 observer(s). 2M glowing plate-saucer hovers / treetops / rainstorm. Booming sounds.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO’s a HISTORY-1958 (7 booklets) 1998/03 Self published. (Index 611)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_6066

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

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “8”, Duration: “20”, Elev: “134”, HatchDesc: “Ft.SMITH,ARk:3 OBS:2M GLOWING PLATE-SCR HVRS/TREETOPS/RAINSTORM:booming sounds”, LatLong: “35.416668 -94.400005”, LatLongDMS: “35:25:00 N 94:24:00 W”, Locale: “Residential”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, RelAlt: “30”, State/Prov: “Arkansas”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 20830 (D91040FA)

Date: 11/17/1958
Time: 22:00
Location: WOODS NEAR SOSNOVSKOYE, RUSSIA
Description: UFO goes west going east. Joined / disk. Fly off Opp directions. / LDLN#204.
Type: sighting
Reference: VALLEE, Jacques: UFO CHRONICLES of the SOVIET UNION; Ballentine Books HB 1992. 212pp. (Index 184)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_6067

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

Extra Data: Country: “Russia”, Credibility: “6”, Duration: “3”, HatchDesc: “WOODS nr SOSNOVSKOYE,RUSS:UFO GOES W>E:JOINED/DISK:FLY OFF OPP DIRs:/LDLN#204”, LatLong: “55.600003 43.750002”, LatLongDMS: “55:36:00 N 43:45:00 E”, Locale: “Forest”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “GRK”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 20831 (457B0287)

Date: 11/17/1958
Time: 2203
Location: Soviet Union, exact location not revealed
Description: A luminous object, with an apparent diameter greater than that of the full moon, was seen coming down from a high altitude, hovering at tree height, then landing. It was observed for two min.
Type: ufo sighting
Reference: Atic (Vallee)
Source: ValléeMagonia, ID: Magonia_475

Event 20832 (899BAB4B)

Date: 11/17/1958
Location: Russia
Description: 10:03 p.m. Somewhere in Russia a luminous object hovers and lands. It is seen for 2 minutes.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Vallée, Magonia, p. 273
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_3244

Event 20833 (8421CA84)

Date: 11/19/1958
Time: 09:30
Location: MONTAUK AFS, NY
Description: Blue Book. Military observer(s) = Frey. CE2. 1 UFO on RADAR for hours! No further details [in] at all.
Type: sighting
Reference: UFOCAT CATALOG: Assorted Printouts. Donald A. Johnson Ph.D (CUFOS). P.O. Box 446, Concord, NH 03302-0446 (Index 55)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_6068

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CST: Observer(s) in coastal area/just offshore, MIL: Observer(s) military, HQO: High-quality observer(s), NLT: Nightlights/points of light, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), RDR: Radar traces/blips, MIL: Military investigation, BBK: Project BLUEBOOK

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “10”, Duration: “240”, Elev: “6”, HatchDesc: “MONTAUK AFS,NY:BBK:MIL OBS=FREY:CE2:1 UFO ON RDR FOR HOURS!:NFD AT ALL”, LatLong: “41.033335 -71.950003”, LatLongDMS: “41:02:00 N 71:57:00 W”, Locale: “Town & City”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “New York”, Strangeness: “5”

Event 20834 (CEA42BCD)

Date: 11/19/1958
Location: Montauk AFB, Long Island, NY
Description: (McDonald list) (NICAP: 01 - Distant Encounters, BB: BBU)
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_2314

Event 20835 (2F032CED)

Date: 11/20/1958
Time: 17:00
Location: SOLOMONS, MD
Description: Several observer(s). 3 thin red cigars going east. 4th materializes. Flash! A saucer! going quickly northeast.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO’s a HISTORY-1958 (7 booklets) 1998/03 Self published. (Index 613)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_6069

Attributes: 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, CMF: Camouflage/disguise

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “8”, Duration: “5”, Elev: “3”, HatchDesc: “SOLOMONS,MD:SVRL OBS:3 THIN RED CGRS >E:4th MATERIALIZES:FLASH!:a SCR! >>NE”, LatLong: “38.316668 -76.405559”, LatLongDMS: “38:19:00 N 76:24:20 W”, Locale: “Coastlands”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Maryland”, Strangeness: “8”

Event 20836 (63AC63A1)

Date: 11/20/1958
Time: 17:30
Location: PINEVILLE, LA
Description: Yellow-white ovoid over treetops / 5 min. 3 cm / arms length. 90° turn. Circles.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO’s a HISTORY-1958 (7 booklets) 1998/03 Self published. (Index 613)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_6070

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

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “6”, Duration: “6”, Elev: “37”, HatchDesc: “PINEVILLE,LA:YLW-WHT OVOID OVR TREETOPS/5 min:3 cm/ARMS LENGTH:90°TURN:CCLS:”, LatLong: “31.322224 -92.433338”, LatLongDMS: “31:19:20 N 92:26:00 W”, Locale: “Residential”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, RelAlt: “20”, State/Prov: “Louisiana”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 20837 (7A40A5B0)

Date: 11/20/1958
Location: W of Calif. coast, At Sea
Description: Man in C-118 Reports Silver Object (NICAP: 11 - Aviation Cases, Code: A, Rating: 5, BB: BBU)
Reference: NICAP: 581120
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_2315

Event 20838 (0AC65536)

Date: 11/23/1958
Time: 23:40
Location: COJUTEPEQUE, EL SALVADOR
Description: 6.5’ man inspects 12M UFO then flies. Men in Black? / r8#476.
Type: sighting
Reference: LORENZEN, Coral & Jim: ENCOUNTERS with UFO OCCUPANTS; APRO/Berkley Medallion Books 1976. 424pp (Index 151)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_6071

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, GNT: Giant: Large/tall alien, DRT: Dirt/soil traces/marks/footprints etc., LND: UFO landing or any part touches ground, TRC: Physical traces, COV: Indication of coverup

Extra Data: Country: “El Salvador”, Credibility: “6”, Duration: “12”, Elev: “854”, HatchDesc: “COJUTEPEQUE,EL SALVADOR:6.5’MAN INSPECTS 12M UFO THEN FLIES:MIBs?:/r8#476”, LatLong: “13.700001 -88.966671”, LatLongDMS: “13:42:00 N 88:58:00 W”, Locale: “Mountains”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “CSC”, Strangeness: “10”

Event 20839 (FA3D44B3)

Date: 11/23/1958
Time: 2335
Location: Cojutepeque, San Salvador
Description: An engineer, Julio M. Ladaleto, stopped when his car hit a can rolling on the road, then observed an object about 35 m away. It was shaped like a lamp shade with an upper transparent sphere emitting a bluish, pulsating light, 12 m diameter, 7 m high, resting on three half-spheres. An occupant 2.5 m tall was photographed by the witness as he crossed the road and appeared to inspect the craft. He wore a blue coverall and luminescent heelless boots, and had a bald head. The observation lasted 10 min, after which the object took off with a whining sound, sparks and smoke. The following day, before he had revaled anything about the case, Ladeleto was contacted by strange “newsmen” who appeared to know all the details of it.
Type: ufo sighting
Reference: Settimana Incom. Sep. 16, 62 (Vallee)
Source: ValléeMagonia, ID: Magonia_476

Event 20840 (F55FAAB1)

Date: 11/23/1958
Description: At 11:35 p.m. Julio M. Ladaleto, an engineer, stopped when his car hit a can rolling on the road in Cojutepeque, El Salvador. He then observed an object about 35 meters away. It was shaped like a lamp shade with an upper transparent sphere emitting a bluish, pulsating light, 12 meters diameter, seven meters high, and resting on three half-spheres. An very tall occupant, 2.5 meters in height, was photographed by the witness as the crossed the road and appeared to inspect the craft. The UFOnaut wore a blue coverall and luminescent heelless boots, and had a bald head. The observation lasted 10 minutes, after which the object took off with a whining sound, sparks and smoke. The following day, before he had revealed anything about the case, Ladeleto was contacted by strange “newsmen” who appeared to know all the details of it.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: Jacques Vallee, Passport to Magonia: A Century of Landings, case 476; Coral & Jim Lorenzen, Encounters with UFO Occupants, p. 151
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_7839

Event 20841 (43DD87CF)

Date: 11/25/1958 (approximate)
Time: 13:00?
Location: DATIL TO/FROM PIE TOWN, NM
Description: 2 teardrop shapes connected / metallic shafts. Objects turn back going north and away.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO’s a HISTORY-1958 (7 booklets) 1998/03 Self published. (Index 627)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_6072

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: “10”, Elev: “2300”, HatchDesc: “DATIL><PIE TOWN,NM:2 TEARDROP SHAPES CONNECTED/MTLC SHAFTS:OBJs TURB >N +away”, LatLong: “34.200002 -108.000005”, LatLongDMS: “34:12:00 N 108:00:00 W”, Locale: “Pasture”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “New Mexico”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 20842 (67A1E5F0)

Date: 11/26/1958
Description: (Translated from French) A mysterious satellite in Earth orbit sends out messages in a strange language, which are picked up all over the world. Scientists name it The Black Knight. (November 26)
Reference: rr0 - Beau
Source: rr0, ID: rr0_1779

Event 20843 (AE283EB8)

Date: 11/27/1958
Time: 22:00?
Location: ATHENS, TN
Description: ~20 observer(s). Fast bowl-saucer going quickly southwest fast. Lights / rim pulsate. / police report.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO’s a HISTORY-1958 (7 booklets) 1998/03 Self published. (Index 615)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_6073

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, HQO: High-quality observer(s), NWS: News media report, SCR: Classic saucer/disk/sphere shaped UFO, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), SIG: Signals/responses to/from/between UFO’s/occupants/observers, OGA: Non-Covert Government Agencies

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “10”, Duration: “1”, Elev: “390”, HatchDesc: “ATHENS,TN:~20 OBS:FAST BOWL-SCR >>SW FAST:LITES/RIM PULSATE:/POLICE RPT:”, LatLong: “35.444446 -84.594448”, LatLongDMS: “35:26:40 N 84:35:40 W”, Locale: “Residential”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Tennessee”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 20844 (C42A5CEC)

Date: 11/29/1958
Time: 15:10
Location: SANTA CRUZ, CA
Description: Bright silver white saucers play and maneuver / all directions. 1 shoots quickly going up. 1 turns going quickly north.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO’s a HISTORY-1958 (7 booklets) 1998/03 Self published. (Index 617)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_6074

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: “USA”, Credibility: “8”, Duration: “2”, Elev: “10”, HatchDesc: “SANTA CRUZ,CA:BRITE SLVR WHT SCRS PLAY+MNVR/ALL DIRs:1 SHOOTS ↑↑:1 TURNS >>N”, LatLong: “37.000002 -122.033339”, LatLongDMS: “37:00:00 N 122:02:00 W”, Locale: “Coastlands”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “California”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 20845 (B510371A)

Date: 11/30/1958
Time: 19:40
Location: CLEVELAND, OH
Description: Ex-Navy man. 6-8 classic saucers pass / crescent formation. / NICAP Jan’59.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO’s a HISTORY-1958 (7 booklets) 1998/03 Self published. (Index 617)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_6075

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: “207”, HatchDesc: “CLEVELAND,OH:EX-NAVY MAN:6-8 CLASSIC SCRS PASS/CRESCENT FORMn:/NICAP Jan’59”, LatLong: “41.483335 -81.733337”, LatLongDMS: “41:29:00 N 81:44:00 W”, Locale: “Residential”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Ohio”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 20846 (0F7AC6EA)

Date: 11/30/1958
Location: Boston
Description: Tom Gerber of the Boston Herald features interviews with unnamed Air Force officers who proclaim an “undeclared war on phony organizations that capitalize on the ‘mystery’ of flying saucers.” Supposedly, the Air Force has evidence that “perhaps as many as 100,000 persons belong to these UFO organizations” and are “making a wad of money.” As many as 16% of the UFO sightings investigated by USAF are “hoaxes originated by members or officials of these organizations”—an obvious swipe at NICAP.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Swords 282–283
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_3245

Event 20847 (E9DFA04F)

Date: 11/30/1958
Description: A retired Navy man reported seeing 6 to 8 classic disc-shaped objects fly over Cleveland, Ohio at 7:40 p.m. in a crescent formation.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: NICAP UFO Investigator, January 1959; Loren E. Gross, The Fifth Horseman of the Apocalypse: UFOs: A History. 1958: November-December, p. 19
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_8069

Event 20848 (D8D81390)

Date: 12/1958
Locations: Jet Propulsion Laboratory; Pasadena, California
Description: The Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena, California, is transferred to NASA from the Army, becoming the agency’s primary planetary spacecraft center.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Wikipedia, “Jet Propulsion Laboratory”
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_3246

Event 20849 (461627C1)

Date: 12/1958
Description: Some 450 airline pilots have signed a petition protesting the official policy of debunking UFO sightings. One pilot describes the policy as a “lesson in lying, intrigue, and the ‘Big Brother’ attitude carried to the ultimate extreme.” Of the signatories, more than 50 personally have reported UFO sightings but are told by the Air Force that they are mistaken. USAF warns them that they face up to 10 years in prison under JANAP 146 if they reveal details of their sighting to the media. Because of situations like this, Maj. Friend unsuccessfully requests that Blue Book be transferred from ATIC to Air Research and Development Command on the grounds that UFOs are a scientific, not a military problem. His staff complains that the work is time-consuming and unproductive, and ARDC could speak to the public with authority and persuasiveness. ARDC briefly considers, then declines, the offer.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Good Above, p. 284; Clark III 922
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_3247

Event 20850 (F95D67CB)

Date: 12/1/1958
Time: 14:30
Location: EAST / GRANTS, NM
Description: Several observer(s). Wingless B52 fuselage circles slow / high altitude. Hovers / same spot 3X. Going quickly northwest.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO’s a HISTORY-1958 (7 booklets) 1998/03 Self published. (Index 619)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_6076

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, DRT: Dirt/soil traces/marks/footprints etc.

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “8”, Duration: “20”, Elev: “1965”, HatchDesc: “E/GRANTS,NM:SVRL OBS:WINGLESS B52 FSLG CCLS SLOW/hi alt:HVRS/SAME SPOT 3X:>>NW”, LatLong: “35.083335 -107.600005”, LatLongDMS: “35:05:00 N 107:36:00 W”, Locale: “Pasture”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “New Mexico”, Strangeness: “7”

Event 20851 (CB9C6637)

Date: 12/1/1958
Description: One year later, a wingless fuselage circled slowly at a high altitude east of Grants, New Mexico at 2:30 in the afternoon. Earlier that day, at 2:07 a.m., a round, white glowing object moved back and forth for 90 minutes new Lake Elsinore, California. The observers signaled the UFO with a flashlight, and it approached to within 10 feet, pacing their truck and emitting a high-pitched hum. They then saw a “well built” man run across the road in front of them.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: Richard Hall, The UFO Evidence (Volume I), p. 90
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_8103

Event 20852 (8F66F6F6)

Date: Early 12/1958
Locations: New York City; Tythan
Description: Contactee Lee Childers visits a New York City group called the Bureau of UFO Research and Analysis to present a lecture. By now he is calling himself Prince Neosom of Tythan, which is 8.5 light years from Earth. He also answers to the name Dana.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Clark III 915
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_3248

Event 20853 (B5DB23BC)

Date: 12/6/1958
Location: USA/AFRICA
Description: (Translated from French) Fourth attempt to launch a lunar probe. Pioneer III (Theta 1) falls back in Africa after a leap of 102,000 km from the ground, although the mass of the device was reduced to less than 6 kilograms. (1958, December 6th and 7th)
Reference: “Conquest of Space” - Thomas de Galiana, ed. Larousse Poche, 1967, p. 234
Reference: Mini catalogue chronologique des observations OVNI, by Godelieve Van Overmeire
Source: Overmeire, ID: Overmeire_2105

Event 20854 (00D7EBB0)

Date: 12/6/1958
Time: 03:20
Location: WEST / ANNISTON, AL
Description: Guard. 2M ovoid going [to] 15kph / 15M altitude. Hovers / ordnance depot. Shoots going quickly northwest.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO’s a HISTORY-1958 (7 booklets) 1998/03 Self published. (Index 623)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_6077

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

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “7”, Duration: “10”, Elev: “230”, HatchDesc: “W/ANNISTON,AL:GUARD:2M OVOID > 15kph/15M alt:HVRS/ORDNANCE DEPOT:SHOOTS >>NW”, LatLong: “33.650002 -86.000004”, LatLongDMS: “33:39:00 N 86:00:00 W”, Locale: “Town & City”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, RelAlt: “15”, State/Prov: “Alabama”, Strangeness: “7”

Event 20855 (D7634968)

Date: 12/6/1958
Time: 23:00
Location: BARI, ITALY
Description: Many observer(s). Saucer passes / very low altitude. Power blackout / entire city. No further details.
Type: sighting
Reference: GARREAU, Charles: SOUCOUPES VOLANTES, Vingt-cinq Ans d’Enquetes. 3rd Editn = 1973? Maison Mame ISBN 2-250-00464-1 (Index 78)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_6078

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), BLD: Building/man-made structure/roads/power lines, EME: Electro-Magnetic Effects

Extra Data: Country: “Italy”, Credibility: “9”, Duration: “1”, HatchDesc: “BARI,ITALY:MANY OBS:SCR PASSES/VLO ALT:POWER BLACKOUT/ENTIRE CITY:NFD”, LatLong: “41.116669 16.883334”, LatLongDMS: “41:07:00 N 16:53:00 E”, Locale: “Coastlands”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Bari”, Strangeness: “7”

Event 20856 (4B6299AB)

Date: 12/6/1958
Locations: Russia; India; Mars
Description: Between 6:38 and 6:40 p.m. Along the border of Russia and India, an observer sees a bright UFO cross his field of vision through his telescope from north to south as he is observing Mars. He thinks it might be Sputnik 3, but the location and direction of the object do not bear that out.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: ClearIntent, pp. 137–138
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_3249

Event 20857 (122C4EFC)

Date: 12/6/1958
Location: LC-5 at Cape Canaveral, Florida
Description: 5:44 a.m. The first launch of a Juno II, carrying Pioneer 3, at LC-5 at Cape Canaveral, Florida, suffers a premature first-stage cutoff, preventing the upper stages from achieving sufficient velocity. Pioneer 3 cannot escape Earth orbit but transmits data for some 40 hours before reentering the atmosphere. A malfunction in a propellant depletion circuit is found to be the cause of the failure, although the exact nature of it cannot be determined. The circuit is redesigned afterwards.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Wikipedia, “Juno II”
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_3250

Event 20858 (E82F31B9)

Date: 12/6/1958
Description: A disc-shaped object passed very low over the city of Bari, Apulia, Italy at about 11:00 p.m. A power blackout occurred over the entire city.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: Larry Hatch, U computer database, citing Charles Garreau, Soucopes Volantes Vingt-cinq Ans d’Enquetes (Third Edition), p. 78
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_8231

Event 20859 (0A8A6252)

Date: 12/7/1958
Description: (Translated from French) Kenneth Martin, 54 years old, his wife and their 3 children disappear from their home in Portland (Oregon) after announcing they were going to get a Christmas tree. (December 7)
Reference: rr0 - Beau
Source: rr0, ID: rr0_1780

Event 20860 (E51F962C)

Date: 12/10/1958
Location: Rio Negro, Uruguay
Description: Persons watched a luminous egg-shaped UFO, felt heat coming from the object and found fragments which fell to the ground during the incident.
Type: ufo sighting
Reference: The Flying Saucers are Hostile!, by George D. Fawcett 1961
Source: HostileFawcett, ID: HostileFawcett_74

Event 20861 (96D65536)

Date: 12/11/1958
Description: On this day a fuselage-shaped object had landed on the sea ice on McMurdo Sound near Mount Erebus, Antarctica. It was supported by girder-like structures. A thirty-year-old U.S. Navy man named R. Benson saw two thin Grey beings, who were walking in slow circles near the craft, their long arms dangling to the ice. They had very long faces. His radio quit working. He did not file an official Navy report of his encounter.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: David F. Webb & Ted Bloecher, HUMCAT: Catalogue of Humanoid Reports, case A1543, citing Yvonne Durfield, Ideal UFO Magazine, March 1978, p. 44
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_8339

Event 20862 (40495E69)

Date: 12/12/1958
Time: 17:30
Location: SOUTHWEST / TAMPA, FL
Description: Numerous separate observer(s). Brilliant 30M top saucer going west slow / 1200M altitude. News silenced!
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO’s a HISTORY-1958 (7 booklets) 1998/03 Self published. (Index 627)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_6079

Attributes: GND: 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, COV: Indication of coverup

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “10”, Duration: “20”, Elev: “5”, HatchDesc: “SW/TAMPA,FL:NMRS SEP.OBS:BRILL.30M TOP SCR >W SLOW/1200M alt:news silenced!”, LatLong: “27.883335 -82.533337”, LatLongDMS: “27:53:00 N 82:32:00 W”, Locale: “Coastlands”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Florida”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 20863 (78CC0FD2)

Date: 12/13/1958
Location: USA
Description: (Translated from French) “Gordo” the monkey makes a jump of more than 2700 km in a Jupiter rocket and reaches an altitude of 550 km. The capsule is lost. (Inforespace #49, 1980, p. 14, 15) Capsule with monkey Gordo (also named “old reliable”), 15 minute flight, capsule lost at sea.
Reference: Acta Aeronomica 1977, p. 126
Reference: Mini catalogue chronologique des observations OVNI, by Godelieve Van Overmeire
Source: Overmeire, ID: Overmeire_2106

Event 20864 (5C65A681)

Date: 12/16/1958
Location: Hawk Inlet, AK
Description: Diesel Generator Disrupted On Fishing Boat (NICAP: 03 - EME Cases, Code: E, Rating: 5)
Reference: NICAP: 581216
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_2316

Event 20865 (A031D34C)

Date: 12/16/1958
Location: Tampa Bay, Florida
Description: A B-47 Stratojet crashed and exploded, UFOs reported seen in the vicinity.
Type: ufo sighting
Reference: The Flying Saucers are Hostile!, by George D. Fawcett 1961
Source: HostileFawcett, ID: HostileFawcett_75

Event 20866 (D96BF963)

Date: 12/17/1958
Location: KAJAANI, FINLAND
Description: 6 observer(s). Moon-size red-orange sphere quickly going down. Stops over trees / 2 min. Drops.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO’s a HISTORY-1958 (7 booklets) 1998/03 Self published. (Index 632)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_6080

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

Extra Data: Country: “Scandanavian and Finland”, Credibility: “8”, Duration: “2”, HatchDesc: “KAJAANI,FINLAND:6 OBS:MOONSIZE RED-ORG SPHERE ↓↓:STOPS OVER TREES/2 min:DROPS”, LatLong: “64.233336 27.683335”, LatLongDMS: “64:14:00 N 27:41:00 E”, Locale: “Forest”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Finland”, Strangeness: “7”

Event 20867 (2C539F34)

Date: 12/17/1958
Time: 00:40
Location: THOMPSONVILLE, CT
Description: Cop. Silent blue-glowing ovoid passes / 1 min. Flame / rear. Seen widely…
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO’s a HISTORY-1958 (7 booklets) 1998/03 Self published. (Index 630)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_6081

Attributes: 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), OGA: Non-Covert Government Agencies

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “7”, Duration: “1”, Elev: “34”, HatchDesc: “THOMPSONVILLE,CT:COP:SLNT BLU-GLO OVOID PASSES/1 min:FLAME/REAR:seen widely…”, LatLong: “41.994446 -72.600003”, LatLongDMS: “41:59:40 N 72:36:00 W”, Locale: “Residential”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Massachusetts”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 20868 (542DDA6E)

Date: 12/17/1958
Time: 19:30
Location: FORNELLS, MENORCA, SP
Description: 2.5M x 30cm “missile”. Vibrant bright. Maneuvers 2 min. Going [to] behind trees.
Type: sighting
Reference: BALLESTER OLMOS, Vicente-Juan: CATALOG of 200 TYPE-1 EVENTS in SPAIN & PORTUGAL; CUFOS 1976. (Index 6)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_6082

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CST: Observer(s) in coastal area/just offshore, MIL: Observer(s) military, CIG: Torpedo/cigar/cylinder shaped UFO, PRB: Probe: Possibly remote controlled, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), TCH: New technical details/clues

Extra Data: Country: “Spain”, Credibility: “9”, Duration: “2”, HatchDesc: “FORNELLS,MENORCA,SP:2.5M x 30cm “MISSILE”:VBRITE:MANEUVERS 2 MIN:>BEHIND TREES”, LatLong: “40.016669 4.100000”, LatLongDMS: “40:01:00 N 04:06:00 E”, Locale: “Islands”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “BLR”, Strangeness: “7”

Event 20869 (D48ADA36)

Date: 12/17/1958
Description: Fornells de Minorca, Baleares Islands, Spain. Mr. Galvez, a 55-year-old retired artillery sergeant was motorcycling on this Mediterranean Island when he observed a missile-shaped UFO 2.5 meters long flying only ten meter above some pine trees. It made a buzzing sound. There were some other witnesses nearby, according to Mr. Galvez.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: Vicente-Juan Ballester Olmos, Catalogue of 200 Type-I UFO Events in Spain and Portugal, p. 27, citing Eduardo Buelta as the field investigator
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_8462

Event 20870 (8E9CE15A)

Date: 12/19/1958
Location: Newark (N.J.)
Description: John Lester, a writer for the Newark (N.J.) Star-Ledger, has polled 1,000 US government radar operators over the past month and found that 80% have observed UFOs traveling at fantastic speeds, executing perfect 90° turns, steep vertical climbs, and hovering stops. They fly in formation and manage to stay just ahead of USAF jets scrambled to intercept them. Tacker responds immediately that the UFOs are natural phenomena (“lightning, meteors, and meteorites”).
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Newark (N.J.) Star-Ledger, December 19, 21, 1958
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_3251

Event 20871 (099BC57E)

Date: 12/20/1958
Location: Dunellen, NJ
Description: Patrolmen Le Roy A. Arboreen and B. Talada while on patrol suddenly spotted a glowing red object which came directly toward them at a phenomenal rate of speed from the West, Increasing rapidly in size, then coming to an abrupt stop, it was ellipsoid in shape and solid bright red while giving off a pulsating glow. After hovering a few seconds it went straight up like a shot and faded beyond the stars. Visibility: unlimited.
Type: ufo sighting
Reference: Pea Research
Source: Maj2, ID: Maj2_586

Event 20872 (451FEDFB)

Date: 12/20/1958
Location: SWEDEN, Domsten
Description: (Translated from French) On their way back from a ball in Hoganas, Hans Gustavsson, 25 years old, and Stig Rydberg, 30 years old, saw a particular light through a gap in the pine trees at 02:55. They left the car to go towards the light. They saw a disc-shaped craft resting on three legs, about 1 meter high and 4 to 5 meters long. It was luminous but not dazzling. Suddenly they were attacked by 4 creatures, lead-gray in color, about 1.20 meters tall and 35 cm wide. They seemed to have no limbs and looked like skittles, but when they attacked they firmly grasped and tried to drag the men towards the craft, which they had no grip on because they had the consistency of jelly. They smelled like old marshes. The struggle lasted from 4 to 7 minutes and suddenly they were only paying attention to Hans who had clung to the post. Stig had taken the opportunity to run to the car and honk. Immediately they let go of Hans who fell to the ground. [note from vog: IN REALITY: Swedish investigators learned in 1989, 31 years later, from one of the two “witnesses” who had a kind of late remorse that this case was a hoax. They had the idea of this “close encounter” betting on significant financial returns. They gave numerous paid lectures, told their story to many magazines for cash and coins. He concluded by saying that “UFO is a very good business” but he still regretted duping so many people.]
Reference: Henry DURRANT: “First Investigations on ET Humanoids” - Laffont 1977 - pp. 106 to 111
Reference: Mini catalogue chronologique des observations OVNI, by Godelieve Van Overmeire
Source: Overmeire, ID: Overmeire_2107

Event 20873 (C1CEF038)

Date: 12/20/1958
Description: (Translated from French) Meeting of Hans Gustavsson and Stig Rydberg in Domsten (Sweden). (December 20)
Reference: rr0 - Beau
Source: rr0, ID: rr0_1781

Event 20874 (E6D48A4B)

Date: 12/20/1958
Time: 01:00
Location: DUNELLEN, NJ
Description: Silent 25M glowing-ovoid buzzes cops. Extremely fast. Quickly going up [to] vertical. / r25p246+/ r242p5.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO’s a HISTORY-1958 (7 booklets) 1998/03 Self published. (Index 639)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_6083

Attributes: GND: 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, OGA: Non-Covert Government Agencies

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “9”, Duration: “2”, Elev: “18”, HatchDesc: “DUNELLEN,NJ:SLNT 25M GLO-OVOID BUZZES COPS:XFAST:↑↑ VERTICAL:/r25p246+/r242p5”, LatLong: “40.600002 -74.466670”, LatLongDMS: “40:36:00 N 74:28:00 W”, Locale: “Town & City”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “New Jersey”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 20875 (0948348A)

Date: 12/20/1958 (approximate)
Time: 16:00
Location: CLERMONT-FERRAND, FR
Description: 20M saucer seen. Damage to ground. No further details. / Quincy.
Type: sighting
Reference: VALLEE, Jacques: PASSPORT TO MAGONIA; H. Regnery, Chicago HC 1969 & Contemporary Books,Chicago 1993. 372pp. (Index 478)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_6084

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, SCR: Classic saucer/disk/sphere shaped UFO, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), DRT: Dirt/soil traces/marks/footprints etc., VEG: Plants affected or sampled/crop circles, LND: UFO landing or any part touches ground, TRC: Physical traces

Extra Data: Country: “France”, Credibility: “7”, Duration: “1”, HatchDesc: “CLERMONT-FERRAND,FR:20M SCR SEEN:DAMAGE TO GROUND:NFD:/Quincy”, LatLong: “45.777780 3.094445”, LatLongDMS: “45:46:40 N 03:05:40 E”, Locale: “Town & City”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Puy-de-Dôme”, Strangeness: “7”

Event 20876 (CF176BE1)

Date: 12/20/1958
Location: Dunellen, NJ
Description: Police witnesses, vehicle encounter, vertical ascent (NICAP: 01 - Distant Encounters)
Reference: NICAP: 581220
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_2317

Event 20877 (F991AF7E)

Date: 12/20/1958
Location: Dunellen, NJ
Description: Police witnesses, vehicle encounter (NICAP: 02 - Close Encounters)
Reference: NICAP: 581220
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_2318

Event 20878 (E5203721)

Date: 12/20/1958
Time: 0255
Location: Hoganas, Sweden
Description: Near Domsten, Hans Gustavsson, 35, and Stig Rydberg, 30, saw something in the woods and stopped their car to observe it. They found a disk about 5 m wide set on a tripod. All of a sudden they were attacked by four gray-colored creatures described as “fluid,” but one witness reached the car and blew the horn for help. The beings fled and the craft took off, emitting “paralyzing vibrations.”
Type: ufo sighting
Reference: Lor. II 56 (Vallee)
Source: ValléeMagonia, ID: Magonia_477

Event 20879 (46B09D9A)

Date: 12/20/1958
Time: 1600
Location: Clermont-Ferrand, France
Description: Approximate date. A disk of 20 m diameter was observed and caused damage on the ground.
Type: ufo sighting
Reference: Quincy (Vallee)
Source: ValléeMagonia, ID: Magonia_478

Event 20880 (E22A669B)

Date: 12/20/1958
Locations: Helsingborg, Sweden; Domsten
Description: 2:55 a.m. Hans Gustafsson, a 24-year-old truck driver, and Stig Rydberg, a 30-year-old student, claim that while driving home to Helsingborg, Sweden, from a dance they see a strange light in a glade on their right near Domsten. They leave the car and walk up to the object, which turns out to be a disc-shaped vehicle 16 feet in diameter resting on 3 legs. The two are suddenly attacked by four gray creatures about 4 feet tall who try to drag them to the UFO. In January 1959, a medical doctor, Lars-Erik Essén, hypnotizes the men in what is perhaps the first use of hypnosis of a UFO witness, but the two manage to fool Essén. In the late 1980s, Gustafsson’s brother Artur reveals to ufologist Clas Svahn that before he died his brother had told him the story was a hoax.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Clark III 413–414; Rob Morphy, “Terrible Flying Jelly Bags aka Domsten Blobs (Sweden),” Cryptopia, May 6, 2018; Swords 366–367; Clas Svahn and Anders Liljegren, Domstensfallet: En svensk närkontakt 1958, AFU, 1989
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_3252

Event 20881 (7D95FF8D)

Date: 12/20/1958
Description: At 12:55 a.m. two policemen, Officers Arboreen and Talada of the Dunellen Township police department in Middlesex County, New Jersey, watched in amazement as a glowing red, football-shaped UFO came directly at their police cruiser. The UFO came to an abrupt stop a short distance away, pulsated while hovering, and then shot straight up into the sky and was gone.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: NICAP case investigation files
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_8527

Event 20882 (51254EC1)

Date: 12/20/1958
Description: Not far from Domsten, Sweden Hans Gustavsson, age 35, and Stig Rydberg, 30, saw something strange in the woods near the village of Haganas and stopped their car to observe it. They discovered that it was a disc about five meters wide, set on tripod landing gear. Next they were suddenly attacked by four gray-colored creatures described as “fluid” in appearance, but one of the men reached the car and blew the horn for help. The beings then fled and the craft took off, emitting “paralyzing vibrations.”
Reference: Johnson
Reference: Passport to Magonia, A Century of Landings, case 478
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_8528

Event 20883 (C8F6A180)

Date: 12/20/1958
Description: On that same day at four o’clock in the afternoon in France, or nine hours later, a disc-shaped UFO was seen near the ground in Clermont-Ferrand, Puy-de-Dome department. The 20-meter diameter object caused some damage on the ground.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: Jacques Vallee, Computerized catalogue, case # 2802, citing Quincy; Passport to Magonia, A Century of Landings, case 477
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_8529

Event 20884 (58754C5F)

Date: 12/21/1958
Time: 15:30
Location: FT. HOOD, TX
Description: Rumor. 36 soldiers. Domed 6M saucer hovers / 100M. Sharp beam going down. Going quickly northwest silent. / CUFOS.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO’s a HISTORY-1958 (7 booklets) 1998/03 Self published. (Index 644)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_6085

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, MIL: Military investigation

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “6”, Duration: “22”, Elev: “283”, HatchDesc: “Ft.HOOD,TX:RUMOR:36 GIs:DOMED 6M SCR HVRS/100M:SHARP BEAM ↓:>>NW slnt:/CUFOS”, LatLong: “31.200001 -97.750005”, LatLongDMS: “31:12:00 N 97:45:00 W”, Locale: “Town & City”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, RelAlt: “100”, State/Prov: “Texas”, Strangeness: “7”

Event 20885 (DDAC3583)

Date: 12/21/1958
Location: Newark (N.J.)
Description: A group of more than 50 commercial airline pilots, all of whom have had at least one UFO sighting, tell reporter John Lester with the Newark (N.J.) Star-Ledger that the Air Force policy of censorship and denial regarding reports is the “Big Brother attitude carried to the ultimate extreme.” Most express disgust with the USAF methods of interrogating civilian pilots and complain about the gag order about publicly talking about their sightings under penalty of 10 years in prison or $10,000 in fines (JANAP 146). “Nuts to that. Who needs it?”
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Newark (N.J.) Star-Ledger, December 22, 1958; Loren E. Gross, The Fifth Horseman of the Apocalypse: UFOs, a History: 1958 November–December, The Author, 1999, p. 55
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_3253

Event 20886 (753D8DC5)

Date: 12/21/1958
Location: Jujuy, Argentina
Description: UFO fragments land, under investigation.
Type: ufo sighting
Reference: The Flying Saucers are Hostile!, by George D. Fawcett 1961
Source: HostileFawcett, ID: HostileFawcett_76

Event 20887 (7C708D1E)

Date: 12/21/1958
Description: A group of 50 commercial airline pilots who have seen UAP tell a reporter the Air Force policy of denial is like “Big Brother.” They say the gag order of talking about sightings by penalty of 10 years in prison or $10,000 fine (JANAP 146) is “nuts.” This policy effectively stopped airline pilots from discussing the UAP air safety issue for decades and lulled Congress, the American public and the airline industry into a false sense of security.

• https://sohp.us/collections/ufos-a-history/pdf/GROSS-1958-Nov-Dec.pdf (p55)

Reference: Anonymous 2023 PDF
Source: Anon2023PDF, ID: Anon2023PDF_90

Event 20888 (D146CB5A)

Date: 12/22/1958
Description: (Translated from French) Doctor Stanislaw Kowalezewski takes a photo of a glowing light coming from the clouds. Despite not having a filter on his camera he takes the photo through the window, hoping the light will render the orange glow. Kowalezewski will say he could see the road to Zegiestowa, the railway, the Poprad river and the top of the mountain silhouette bathed in this orange light which was about 500 from his window. The negative would have been examined by several experts who would have considered it authentic. (December 22, 3 AM)
Reference: rr0 - Beau
Source: rr0, ID: rr0_1782

Event 20889 (3B7F1BB1)

Date: 12/22/1958
Time: 15:00
Location: MUSZYNA, POL
Description: Photograph through window / odd orange glow 500M away shows ovoid / center. / r84p67.
Type: sighting
Reference: INTERNATIONAL UFO REPORTER (IUR) Bimonthly. CUFOS, Chicago. Highly regarded. (Index 134)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_6086

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), PHT: Photos/movies/videos taken

Extra Data: Country: “Poland”, Credibility: “7”, Duration: “3”, HatchDesc: “MUSZYNA,POL:FOTO thru WINDOW/ODD ORG GLOW 500M away shows OVOID/CTR:/r84p67”, LatLong: “49.355558 20.844445”, LatLongDMS: “49:21:20 N 20:50:40 E”, Locale: “Mountains”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “NSC”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 20890 (5FE385BA)

Date: 12/22/1958
Location: Muszyna, Poland
Description: 3:00 p.m. Stanislaw Kowalczewski, a physician, takes a photograph of a dark, disc-shaped object over Muszyna, Poland.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Hobana and Weverbergh 67–68; Wiki Meteoritica, “Muszyna 1958”; Poland 21–23
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_3254

Event 20891 (82464A04)

Date: 12/28/1958
Location: Northern Ireland, Portglennone
Description: (Translated from French) A farmer saw a small UFO 2 m wide, cut in half a tree 12 m high. The tree was cut at a height of 3 m from the ground.
Reference: Janet and Colin BORD: “Modern Mysteries of the World” - Guild Publishing London 1989, p. 345
Reference: Mini catalogue chronologique des observations OVNI, by Godelieve Van Overmeire
Source: Overmeire, ID: Overmeire_2108

Event 20892 (EC9973A5)

Date: 12/28/1958
Time: ~15:00
Location: PORTGLENONE, NORTH IRE
Description: Black 2M flying object cuts 2’ tree / half and keeps flying. / r142#6p64.
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_6087

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), VEG: Plants affected or sampled/crop circles, LND: UFO landing or any part touches ground, TRC: Physical traces, TCH: New technical details/clues, INJ: Injuries, illness/death, mutilations

Extra Data: Country: “Great Britain and Ireland”, Credibility: “6”, Duration: “1”, Elev: “114”, HatchDesc: “PORTGLENONE,N.IRE:BLK 2M FLYING OBJ CUTS 2’ TREE/HALF+KEEPS FLYING:/r142#6p64”, LatLong: “54.866669 -6.477778”, LatLongDMS: “54:52:00 N 06:28:40 W”, Locale: “Pasture”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Northern Ireland”, Strangeness: “9”

Event 20893 (02C837A5)

Date: 12/28/1958
Time: afternoon
Location: Portglenone, Ireland
Description: A black flying object, 2 m wide, cut a tree in two, 3 m above ground, and did not stop. The tree in question is 70 cm wide and 13 m tall. This event was observed by a farmer named Bennett.
Type: ufo sighting
Reference: FSR 59, 2 (Vallee)
Source: ValléeMagonia, ID: Magonia_479

Event 20894 (354C64BF)

Date: 12/28/1958
Description: On this afternoon in Portglenone, Ireland a two-meter wide black flying object cut an oak tree in two, three meters above the ground and did not stop. The tree in question was 70 cm wide and 13 meters tall. The event was observed by a farmer named Bennett.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: Flying Saucer Review, May 1959, p. 7; APRO Bulletin, March 1959; Passport to Magonia, A Century of Landings, case 479
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_8629

Event 20895 (3799A449)

Date: 12/29/1958
Description: (Translated from French) Earl Zrust, a young building entrepreneur from Silver Lake (Minnesota), his wife and their 4 children disappear without anyone knowing where they were going. (December 29)
Reference: rr0 - Beau
Source: rr0, ID: rr0_1783

Event 20896 (FF27E778)

Date: 12/29/1958
Description: (Translated from French) Major Robert J. Friend is appointed director of the project Blue Book in replacement of Captain George T. Gregory.
Reference: rr0 - Beau
Source: rr0, ID: rr0_1784

Event 20897 (FE6C4C19)

Date: 12/29/1958
Description: (Translated from French) Richard Hall joins NICAP.
Reference: rr0 - Beau
Source: rr0, ID: rr0_1785

Event 20898 (74461F2D)

Date: 12/29/1958
Time: 18:00?
Location: SOUTHEAST / ATLAS, IL
Description: 2 / car. 2 saucers “dogfight” all over/all about sky. Collision! 1 going quickly east. 2nd follows…
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO’s a HISTORY-1958 (7 booklets) 1998/03 Self published. (Index 666)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_6088

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: “USA”, Credibility: “5”, Duration: “15”, Elev: “148”, HatchDesc: “SE/ATLAS,IL:2/CAR:2 SCRS “DOGFIGHT” ALLO SKY:COLLISION!:1 >>E:2nd FOLLOWS…”, LatLong: “39.500002 -90.916671”, LatLongDMS: “39:30:00 N 90:55:00 W”, Locale: “Pasture”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Illinois”, Strangeness: “7”

Event 20899 (2EA83E61)

Date: 12/30/1958
Location: GERMANY, between Mainz and Kassel
Description: (Translated from French) (cf: Wasserbillig, May 25, 48) Hans Klotzbach sees a spaceship, above the bridge crossing the Rhine between Mainz and Kassel.
Reference: Mitarbeiter, “Ufo Geheimnisse”, Berlin, January 1998
Reference: following 18 May 60
Reference: Mini catalogue chronologique des observations OVNI, by Godelieve Van Overmeire
Source: Overmeire, ID: Overmeire_2109

Event 20900 (39A3CAC1)

Date: 12/30/1958
Time: 15:50
Location: ST. RAPHAEL, FR
Description: Man / roof. Plain silent silver fuselage going [to] over slow. Then away / seconds.
Type: sighting
Reference: LUMIERES DANS la NUIT (LDLN), Paris. Bimonthly since 1957. LDLN B.P.3; 77123 Le Vaudoue, FRANCE. (Index 139)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_6089

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: “France”, Credibility: “6”, Duration: “1”, HatchDesc: “St.RAPHAEL,FR:MAN/ROOF:PLAIN SLNT SLVR FUSELAGE >OVR SLOW:THEN AWAY/SECONDS”, LatLong: “43.433335 6.766667”, LatLongDMS: “43:26:00 N 06:46:00 E”, Locale: “Residential”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Var”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 20901 (094FA444)

Date: 12/30/1958
Location: Portglenone, County Antrim, Northern Ireland
Description: 3:30 p.m. Joseph Bennett, a farmer in Portglenone, County Antrim, Northern Ireland, is out walking and hears a noise like a rush of wind. A black object 7 feet across comes hurtling through the air about 20 feet above the ground. Moving from south to northwest, it crashes into an oak tree, splitting it in two at a height of 10 feet, then ascends and disappears in seconds. The tree has no burn or scorch marks.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: “UAOs Collide with Tree, Roof,” APRO Bulletin, March 1959, p. 2; “We’re Not Roswell, We’re Portglenone,” Fortean Ireland, March 17, 2019
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_3255

Event 20902 (ECD2799C)

Date: 12/31/1958
Time: 23:50
Location: LA HERRERIA, SP
Description: 2 / truck. 2 2 Mx30cm rockets going up / terrific ascent. No flame. / FSRv17#4.
Type: sighting
Reference: BALLESTER OLMOS, Vicente-Juan: CATALOG of 200 TYPE-1 EVENTS in SPAIN & PORTUGAL; CUFOS 1976. (Index 6)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_6090

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, MID: Likely mis-identification, ODD: Atypical/Forteana/paranormal, CIG: Torpedo/cigar/cylinder shaped UFO, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), LND: UFO landing or any part touches ground, MIL: Military investigation

Extra Data: Country: “Spain”, Credibility: “9”, Duration: “3”, HatchDesc: “LA HERRERIA,SP:2/TRUCK:2 2Mx30cm ROCKETS ↑/TERRIFIC ASCENT:NO FLAME:/FSRv17#4”, LatLong: “37.416668 -6.133334”, LatLongDMS: “37:25:00 N 06:08:00 W”, Locale: “Pasture”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “SVL”, Strangeness: “7”

Event 20903 (10127F9A)

Date: 12/31/1958
Description: Two men in their late 40s, Srs. Salas and Acosta, watched a cylindrical object with a pointed end shoot straight up in the sky at 11:55 p.m. in Umbrete, Sevilla province, Spain. A moment later, when one of them opened the door of the truck in which they had been driving, a second object-two meters long-shot up from the ground.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: Vicente-Juan Ballester Olmos, FSR, July-August 1971, p. 11
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_8667

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Year: 1959, 726 Event(s), (Back to Top)

Event 20904 (AB6CFA37)

Date: 1959
Description: Project SIGMA meets with success and establishes contact with Aliens.
Type: majestic document
Reference: Pea Research
Source: Maj2, ID: Maj2_591

Attributes: Majestic
See also: 4/15/64

Event 20905 (E2834DEC)

Date: 1959
Location: Wright-Patterson AFB
Description: Mrs. G, Foreign Materials Division at Wright-Patterson AFB: In mid-1950s catalogued 1000+ items from crashed UFO. Saw 2 dead 4-5 foot aliens with big heads and slanted eyes transported through base.
Type: crash retrieval
Reference: Leonard Stringfield’s 1978 MUFON Symposium
Source: Maj2, ID: Maj2_981

Event 20906 (7C94E7CD)

Date: 1959
Location: FRANCE, Colomb-Béchar
Description: (Translated from French) France set up a small Peenemunde in Vernon in the Eure. They put into the world Vveronique" a 1300 kg rocket, which, tested in Colomb-Bechar, reached a height of 200 kilometers in 1959. (1959,)
Reference: “L’Astronautique” Pierre Rousseau, Hachette 1965, p. 12
Reference: see 1960
Reference: Mini catalogue chronologique des observations OVNI, by Godelieve Van Overmeire
Source: Overmeire, ID: Overmeire_2116

Event 20907 (708F308E)

Date: 1959
Location: BRAZIL, Baya Blanca
Description: (Translated from French) A businessman leaving the hotel in the morning with his new car suddenly saw a cloud-like mass envelop the entire vehicle. He probably lost consciousness. The next thing he knew was that he was alone, without a car in a deserted area of the countryside. Seeing a truck, he signaled the driver and asked him to take him to Baya Blanca. The truck driver, surprised, replied that it was not possible, the nearest town was Salta and Baya Blanca was more than 1000 km away! The businessman looked at his watch and realized that only a few minutes had passed since he had taken his car from Baya Blanca, amazed he got into the truck and went to the local authorities to explain his case. Soon after, the police of Baya Blanca responded by phone that the witness’s vehicle was in front of the hotel in Baya Blanca, and the engine was running!
Reference: R. Jack Perrin: “The Mystery of UFOs” - J’ai Lu/Pygmalion 1976, pp. 149, 150
Reference: Mini catalogue chronologique des observations OVNI, by Godelieve Van Overmeire
Source: Overmeire, ID: Overmeire_2148

Event 20908 (728D82A0)

Date: 1959
Location: EAST PAPUA, NG
Description: 62 UFO’s / 1959. 18 / Boianai and 13 / Baniara and 7 / Ruabapain and 6 / Dagura and more/others / r55p217…
Type: sighting
Reference: FLYING SAUCER REVIEW (FSR), London. Bimonthly. PO Box 162; High Wycombe, Bucks. HP135 DZ, England. (Index 65)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_6197

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CST: Observer(s) in coastal area/just offshore, MIL: Observer(s) military, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, HQO: High-quality observer(s), NWS: News media report, WAV: Wave/cluster/flap, SCR: Classic saucer/disk/sphere shaped UFO, NLT: Nightlights/points of light, PRB: Probe: Possibly remote controlled, FIG: Undefined or poorly seen figure/entity, HST: Historical account

Extra Data: Country: “Pacific Ocean and non - Asian islands”, Credibility: “10”, Duration: “31”, Elev: “1”, HatchDesc: “E.PAPUA,NG:62 UFOS/1959:18/BOIANAI+13/BANIARA+7/RUABAPAIN+6/DAGURA++/r55p217…”, LatLong: “-10.000000 150.000007”, LatLongDMS: “10:00:00 S 150:00:00 E”, Locale: “Islands”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “PNG”, Strangeness: “8”

Event 20909 (3ED4644E)

Date: 1959?
Location: Nevada Test Site
Description: According to weapons specialist David Middleton, sometime in the late 1950s a few hours prior to a nuclear weapons test at the Nevada Test Site, he and several other technicians watch two silver discs race across then swoop down and maneuver near the detonation tower where the atomic weapon is mounted. The two objects fly a tight circle around the tower before zooming off at high velocity. The test is immediately postponed by senior AEC personnel. Middleton is debriefed and sworn to secrecy.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Nukes 58–59
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_3256

Event 20910 (A8D7AB4E)

Date: 1959
Locations: Baker-Nunn cameras; Naval Space Command; Naval Network and Space Operations Command
Description: The original US Navy Space Surveillance System goes into operation. From 1960 until the early 1990s the system is used in conjunction with a network of Baker-Nunn cameras that can see an object the size of a basketball at 25,000 miles. The system is operated by the US Navy for NORAD from 1961 to October 2004. Initially independent, it is run by Naval Space Command from 1993 to 2002, and then by Naval Network and Space Operations Command from 2002 to 2004, when it is taken over by the Air Force.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Wikipedia, “Air Force Space Surveillance System”
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_3257

Event 20911 (DFA4A3E1)

Date: 1959
Locations: Edgewood Arsenal; Aberdeen Proving Ground, Maryland
Description: The US Army and CIA at Edgewood Arsenal at Aberdeen Proving Ground, Maryland, show significant interest in deploying a new drug, 3-quinuclidinyl benzilate (BZ), as a chemical warfare agent. The drug’s effects last for three days, perhaps as long as six. Between 1959 and 1975, some 2,800 soldiers are given BZ at Edgewood.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Reid Kirby, “Paradise Lost: The Psycho Agents,” The CBW Conventions Bulletin, no. 71 (May 2006): 1–5
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_3258

Event 20912 (E7399546)

Date: 1959
Locations: UK; Zurich, Switzerland
Description: Psychologist Carl Jung publishes Flying Saucers: A Modern Myth of Things Seen in the Skies in the UK, a translation of Ein moderner Mythus von Dingen, die am Himmel gesehen werden, published in Zürich, Switzerland, in 1958, in which he compares the discs to archetypes, dreams, visions, paintings, and the metaphysical symbol of a mandala: “the rounded wholeness of the mandala becomes a space ship controlled by an intelligent being.” However, he remains puzzled by the physical evidence.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Carl Jung, Flying Saucers: A Modern Myth of Things Seen in the Skies, Routledge & Kegan Paul, 1959; Clark III 637–638
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_3259

Event 20913 (865F8C84)

Date: 1959
Location: Santiago, Chile
Description: Author Hugo Correa founds UFO Chile in Santiago, Chile. Its newsletter appears from August 1967 to May 1969.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Hugo Correa, “¿Que es ‘UFO Chile’?” UFO Chile, no. 1 (August 1967): 1
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_3260

Event 20914 (39D8961B)

Date: 1959
Description: The Soviet KGB has created its own disinformation Department D (Dezinformatsiya) in the First Chief Directorate, which under Yuri Andropov is later renamed Department A (for “active measures”). It specializes in the fabrication and dissemination of forged documents, tapes, letters, manuscripts, photos, rumors, and false intelligence.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Wikipedia, “Active measures”; John Barron, KGB: The Secret Work of Soviet Secret Agents, Bantam, 1974; Richard H. Shultz and Roy Godson, Dezinformatsia: Active Measures in Soviet Strategy, Pergamon-Brassey’s, 1984
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_3261

Event 20915 (3BC1F37E)

Date: 1959
Description: Contactee Howard Menger publishes From Outer Space to You, an account of his meetings with space people.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Howard Menger, From Outer Space to You, Saucerian, 1959; Clark III 739
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_3262

Event 20916 (7D064AAE)

Date: 1959
Location: Giant Rock, California
Description: George Van Tassel claims the space people have taught him a method of rejuvenating the human body. Using his new-found knowledge and funds provided by Howard Hughes, he completes the outer structure of the Integraton at Giant Rock, California, a four-story domed structure, 55 feet in diameter, built mostly of wood without nails, screws, iron, or steel. Van Tassel claims it will harness the EMF energy required for recharging the cells in our bodies. In the course of its construction, Van Tassel discovers that the Integraton functions as a time machine.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Wikipedia, “Integraton”; Clark III 1219; Douglas Curran, In Advance of the Landing: Folk Concepts of Outer Space, Abbeville, 1985, pp. 79–81; David Clarke and Tom Clark, “Going ‘Out There’ in SoCal,” Fortean Times 388 (January 2020): 75–76
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_3263

Event 20917 (2DB044BB)

Date: 1959
Location: Brazil
Description: A Brazilian Air Force B-26 Commander asked permission to take off without lights on his bomber, in order to avoid further pursuit by a strange UFO that had followed his plane for almost an hour before he reached the airport.
Type: ufo sighting
Reference: The Flying Saucers are Hostile!, by George D. Fawcett 1961
Source: HostileFawcett, ID: HostileFawcett_85

Event 20918 (6BD5D0DF)

Date: 1959
Description: French scientist “Mr. L” claims to have been requested by the American government to work at WPAFB; he was a former colleague of Lwoff, Monod and Jacob, Nobel Prize winners in 1965 and a Professor at College de France; he claims in 1959 for three months he studied the cellular structure of two tall, twin humanoids stored at WPAFB who were over 7 feet tall, deceased and bore mutations as if they were victims of an accident.

Their heads were intact, they had high brows, long blond hair, and eyes that looked Asiatic, with small noses, small mouths and think lips, with no facial hair; the skin did not have keratin granules and their lymphatic system had taken the place of their circulatory system; eyes were light blue and did not look different from humans and their hands were slender and human like, while their feet were flat; he was sworn to secrecy for ten years and claims the corpses were at WPAFB FTD/TDETR as of 1959.

• Retrievals of the Third Kind presented at MUFON 1978, Leon Stringfield, p165

Note: FTD (TDETR) is in correspondence between Maj. Hector Quintanilla and J. Allen Hynek; it appears to be a code for Project Blue Book.

• https://documents.theblackvault.com/bluebookdesk/hynekcorrespondence.pdf

Reference: Anonymous 2023 PDF
Source: Anon2023PDF, ID: Anon2023PDF_91

Event 20919 (0D2ADA6C)

Date: 1/1959
Location: NEAR VERONA, ITL
Description: 1 / train. Metallic disk / 10M altitude 200M away. Lit portholes / dome. Telepathy?
Type: sighting
Reference: ITACAT, Catalogo Italiano degli Incontri Ravvicinati. Maurizio Verga, 1989 CISU/Torino, Italy. (Index 51)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_6091

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

Extra Data: Country: “Italy”, Credibility: “6”, Duration: “1”, HatchDesc: “nr VERONA,ITL:1/TRAIN:MTLC DISK/10M alt 200M away:LIT PORTHOLES/DOME:TLP?”, LatLong: “45.500002 11.000001”, LatLongDMS: “45:30:00 N 11:00:00 E”, Locale: “Pasture”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “VR”, Strangeness: “7”

Event 20920 (2E484ECD)

Date: 1/1959
Time: 07:00
Location: TOBOLSK, USSR
Description: Bright “star” forms cloud. Emits similar object. Moves. Original = “Tobilsk”.
Type: sighting
Reference: VALLEE, Jacques: UFO CHRONICLES of the SOVIET UNION; Ballentine Books HB 1992. 212pp. (Index 184)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_6092

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, ODD: Atypical/Forteana/paranormal, CIG: Torpedo/cigar/cylinder 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: “Russia”, Credibility: “6”, Duration: “20”, HatchDesc: “TOBOLSK,USSR:BRITE “STAR” FORMS CLOUD:EMITS SIMILAR OBJ:MOVES:orig=“TOBILSK””, LatLong: “58.150003 68.466670”, LatLongDMS: “58:09:00 N 68:28:00 E”, Locale: “Town & City”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “NVS”, Strangeness: “5”

Event 20921 (D628508F)

Date: 1/1959
Time: 17:00
Location: DUMAS, ARK
Description: Hundreds / observer(s). Ovoid going quickly southeast. Reddish glow. Light-bulb shape. Back in May nearby.
Type: sighting
Reference: MUFON UFO JOURNAL, Seguin, TX USA. Monthly. (Index 171)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_6093

Attributes: GND: 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: “12”, Duration: “60”, Elev: “50”, HatchDesc: “DUMAS,ARK:100s/OBS:OVOID >>SE:REDDISH GLOW:LIGHT-BULB SHAPE:BACK IN MAY NEARBY”, LatLong: “33.877779 -91.483338”, LatLongDMS: “33:52:40 N 91:29:00 W”, Locale: “Town & City”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Arkansas”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 20922 (6AA500B4)

Date: 1/1959
Time: 17:20
Location: STRATFORD-ON-AVON, WARWICKS
Description: Fiery saucer lands. 3 men exit and sit clumsily. Observer(s) frozen.
Type: sighting
Reference: VALLEE, Jacques: PASSPORT TO MAGONIA; H. Regnery, Chicago HC 1969 & Contemporary Books,Chicago 1993. 372pp. (Index 480)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_6094

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

Extra Data: Country: “Great Britain and Ireland”, Credibility: “5”, Duration: “5”, Elev: “72”, HatchDesc: “STRATFORD-on-AVON,WARWICKs:FIERY SCR LANDS:3 MEN EXIT+SIT CLUMSILY:OBS FROZEN:”, LatLong: “52.216669 -1.683333”, LatLongDMS: “52:13:00 N 01:41:00 W”, Locale: “Town & City”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “England”, Strangeness: “9”

Event 20923 (145EFA90)

Date: 1/1959?
Time: 23:50
Location: WELDON SPRING, MO
Description: Blue Book. 3 observer(s). Saucer hovers / government nuclear facility / 20 minute(s). Then going quickly SE.
Type: sighting
Reference: HYNEK, Dr. J. Allen: THE HYNEK UFO REPORT; Dell Publ., NY 1977. 298pp. (Index 80)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_6095

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, NUC: Nuclear facility related, MIL: Military investigation, BBK: Project BLUEBOOK

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “8”, Duration: “20”, Elev: “125”, HatchDesc: “WELDON SPRING,MO:BBK:3 OBS:SCR HVRs/GOV’T NUCLEAR FACILITY/20min:THEN >>SE.”, LatLong: “38.711113 -90.688893”, LatLongDMS: “38:42:40 N 90:41:20 W”, Locale: “Farmlands”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Missouri”, Strangeness: “8”

Event 20924 (DD5C5498)

Date: 1/1959
Time: 1715
Location: Stratford-on-Avon, Great Britain
Description: Leonard Hewins, of Tredington, saw a fiery, round object come down from the east and land 100 m away. While a blue haze formed, three figures emerged from the object and seemed to sit down with clumsy movements. The witness was unable to move until the craft and its occupants took off swiftly, leaving a trail of stars.
Type: ufo sighting
Reference: FSR 67, 5 (Vallee)
Source: ValléeMagonia, ID: Magonia_480

Event 20925 (DC70AA9E)

Date: 1/1959
Location: Stratford-on-Avon, England
Description: Leonard Hewins sees a fiery, round object come down near Stratford-on-Avon, England, from the east and land 300 feet away. A blue haze forms and three figures emerge and sit down with clumsy movements. Hewins is unable to move until the UFO takes off.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: John D. Llewellyn, “Stratford-on-Avon Landing with Occupants: January 1959,” Flying Saucer Review 13, no. 5 (Sept./Oct. 1967): 15; Patrick Gross, URECAT, March 9, 2008
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_3264

Event 20926 (9C7973B3)

Date: 1/1/1959
Time: 16:50
Location: NEWPORT BEACH, CA
Description: Harbor guards. UFO splits / 4. 2 going up [to] very fast. 1 going quickly southeast. 1 stays. / r143#1.
Type: sighting
Reference: The APRO BULLETIN: Monthly. Jim & Coral Lorenzen: Tucson,AZ (USA. defunct) By volume and number. (Index 709)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_6096

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, NLT: Nightlights/points of light, 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: “8”, Duration: “15”, Elev: “3”, HatchDesc: “NEWPORT BEACH,CA:HARBOR GUARDS:UFO SPLITS/4:2 ↑ VFAST:1 >>SE:1 STAYS:/r143#1”, LatLong: “33.616668 -117.883339”, LatLongDMS: “33:37:00 N 117:53:00 W”, Locale: “Coastlands”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “California”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 20927 (2014CEAB)

Date: 1/1/1959
Location: Newport Beach, CA
Description: County Harbor Department guards watched UFO split in four parts; two rose vertically at high speed, one headed SE, one remained stationary. [NICAP UFOE, XII] (NICAP: 01 - Distant Encounters)
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_2319

Event 20928 (EE6C5C94)

Date: 1/1/1959
Location: Germany
Description: Rocket scientist Wernher von Braun, on holiday in Germany, makes a cryptic statement about the failed launch of Pioneer 3 by a Juno II rocket on December 6, 1958: “We find ourselves faced by powers which are far stronger than we had hitherto assumed, and whose base is at present unknown to us. More I cannot say at present. We are now engaged in entering into closer contact with those powers, and in six or nine months’ time it may be possible to speak with more precision on the matter.”
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Good Above, p. 370
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_3265

Event 20929 (17F7714C)

Date: 1/1/1959
Locations: Harbor Department in Corona del Mar, California; Newport Beach
Description: 4:55 p.m. Deputy Fred Gunzelman of the Harbor Department in Corona del Mar, California, spots a bright object outside department headquarters. He summons Deputy Elmer Sandling and Sgt. Bruce Young and the three watch the object through binoculars, where it appears to be a disc-shaped object with a rotating tail. They notify the lifeguard headquarters at Newport Beach, where Lt. Mike Henry, Guard Jack Bell, and Lt. Jim Richards also see the UFO. The planet Venus is clearly visible in the same section of sky. During the 15 minutes it is visible, it starts moving to the southeast and then splits into four parts. Two rise vertically at high speed, another heads southeast, and the last remains stationary.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: UFOEv, p. 137; Lorenzen, UFOs: The Whole Story, Signet, 1969, p. 95
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_3266

Event 20930 (9B970CE6)

Date: 1/2/1959
Location: USSR, Baikonour
Description: (Translated from French) The experiment was attempted by the Russians. They launched “Lunik I” towards the Moon, but the craft missed its target, passing about 7000 km from the lunar surface and continuing on its route. It eventually fell under the influence of the Sun and was condemned to perpetual orbit as a planet. (following September 12, 1959) (Astronautics - Pierre Rousseau, Hachette 1965, p. 53) Let us cite the measurements taken by the space probe “Lunik I”. At first glance, the number of 26 impacts recorded in 36 hours of interplanetary flight per square meter of exposed surface may seem alarming. But the meteorite detector was in this case sensitive to the shock of masses of the order of a millionth of a gram… (…) It has become a planet of the Sun under the name of “Metchta”
Reference: “Conquest of Space” - Thomas de Galiana, ed. Larousse Pocket, 1967, p. 33 and 235
Reference: Dream
Reference: Mini catalogue chronologique des observations OVNI, by Godelieve Van Overmeire
Source: Overmeire, ID: Overmeire_2115

Event 20931 (605A4D90)

Date: 1/2/1959
Description: (Translated from French) The Soviet mission Luna 1 passes 6000 km from the Moon. (2 January)
Reference: rr0 - Beau
Source: rr0, ID: rr0_1786

Event 20932 (370B763E)

Date: 1/2/1959
Time: 20:00
Location: ANNISTON ORDNANCE, AL
Description: Military and civil. Silent silver glowing-sphere/orb/globe hovers and maneuvers / fast circles. Going quickly southwest.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO’s a HISTORY-1959 (4 booklets) 1999/00 Self published. (Index 108)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_6097

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

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “8”, Duration: “7”, Elev: “226”, HatchDesc: “ANNISTON ORDNANCE,AL:MIL+CIV:SLNT SLVR GLOW-ORB HVRS+MNVRS/FAST CCLs:>>SW”, LatLong: “33.650002 -85.983337”, LatLongDMS: “33:39:00 N 85:59:00 W”, Locale: “Town & City”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “LAL”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 20933 (5C4BC5E5)

Date: 1/2/1959
Description: In Calhoun County, Alabama at 7 p.m. a silent silver globe hovered and maneuvered over the Anniston Army Ordnance Depot. The UFO made several quick circles in the sky then flew off toward the southwest.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: Project Bluebook files counted in official statistics
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_27

Event 20934 (52A01759)

Date: 1/3/1959
Time: ~20:00
Location: DOVER, OH
Description: 2+6 kids / car. Large silent cylinder/cigar-shape hovers / 40M altitude. Red and green and white lights / surface.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO’s a HISTORY-1959 (4 booklets) 1999/00 Self published. (Index 104)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_6098

Attributes: GND: 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: “8”, Duration: “5”, Elev: “274”, HatchDesc: “DOVER,OH:2+6 KIDS/CAR:LRG SLNT CGR HVRS/40M alt:RED+GRN+WHT LITES/SURFACE”, LatLong: “40.516669 -81.466671”, LatLongDMS: “40:31:00 N 81:28:00 W”, Locale: “Residential”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, RelAlt: “40”, State/Prov: “Ohio”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 20935 (DBFA8912)

Date: 1/3/1959
Time: 20:30
Location: ROCHESTER, NY
Description: Pilot / (seen thru) binoculars and more/others. Orange round object going south. Crackles. Turns going southwest. Night light exits going quickly west.
Type: sighting
Reference: UFO INVESTIGATOR: NICAP: Kensington, MD & Washington, DC [defunct]. University Microfilms, Ann Arbor, MI 48106 (Index 19)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_6099

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), SND: UFO sounds heard or recorded

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “8”, Duration: “1”, Elev: “155”, HatchDesc: “ROCHESTER,NY:PILOT/BINOCS++:ORG.RND.OBJ > S:CRACKLES:TURNS >SW:NLT EXITS >>W:”, LatLong: “43.166669 -77.633337”, LatLongDMS: “43:10:00 N 77:38:00 W”, Locale: “Town & City”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “New York”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 20936 (E4F898F8)

Date: 1/3/1959
Description: At 1:30 p.m. a six-foot long shining cigar-shaped object flew over Adelaide, South Australia. It gave off a red glow. It was followed shortly by a six-foot square object, spinning and shining brightly in the daytime sky. At 8:00 p.m. another cigar-shaped UFO hovered over Dover, Ohio at 40 meters altitude. It was large, silent, and had red, green and white lights on its surface. At about the same time or shortly after eight p.m. a round orange object flew south of Rochester, New York. It made a crackling noise as it flew. A nocturnal light exited from the larger craft, and flew off quickly to the west.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: Michael Hervey, UFOs over the Southern Hemisphere, p. 164; Loren Gross, The fifth horseman of the Apocalypse: UFOs: A History, 1959: January-March, p. 4; NICAP UFO Investigator, March 1959, p. 5
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_52

Event 20937 (9C1B1ED8)

Date: 1/4/1959
Time: 01:30
Location: SOUTH / CLINES CORNERS, NM
Description: 3+2 / car. Glowing-sphere/orb/globe scouts routes US185+66. Sharp maneuvers and stops.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO’s a HISTORY-1959 (4 booklets) 1999/00 Self published. (Index 105)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_6100

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

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “8”, Duration: “50”, Elev: “2145”, HatchDesc: “S/CLINES CORNERS,NM:3+2/CAR:GLOW-ORB SCOUTS Rtes US185+66:SHARP MNVRS+STOPS”, LatLong: “34.900002 -105.616672”, LatLongDMS: “34:54:00 N 105:37:00 W”, Locale: “Pasture”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “New Mexico”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 20938 (D652BF7F)

Date: 1/4/1959
End date: 1/5/1959
Location: Taft, CA
Description: Three Airliners See Silver Object (NICAP: 11 - Aviation Cases, Code: A, Rating: 5, BB: BBU)
Reference: NICAP: 590104-05
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_2320

Event 20939 (B0552587)

Date: 1/4/1959
Description: At 1:30 a.m. five people saw a luminous globe make sharp maneuvers in the sky about ten miles south of Clines Corner, New Mexico. It then hovered over a highway intersection for fifteen minutes.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: Project Blue Book files counted in official statistics
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_84

Event 20940 (9A182DB1)

Date: 1/6/1959
Time: 18:00
Location: MARKHAM, IL
Description: 2 observer(s). Sparkling glowing-sausage going southwest / low altitude. Turns going west. Unknown. separate observer(s).
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO’s a HISTORY-1959 (4 booklets) 1999/00 Self published. (Index 107)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_6101

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: “3”, Elev: “187”, HatchDesc: “MARKHAM,IL:2 OBS:SPARKLING GLOW-SAUSAGE > SW/lo alt:TURNS >W:unkn.sep.obs”, LatLong: “41.594446 -87.694449”, LatLongDMS: “41:35:40 N 87:41:40 W”, Locale: “Residential”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Illinois”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 20941 (47944292)

Date: 1/8/1959
Description: (Translated from French) Fidel Castro enters Havana. (8 January)
Reference: rr0 - Beau
Source: rr0, ID: rr0_1787

Event 20942 (068F98F2)

Date: 1/8/1959
Time: 00:00
Location: WALWORTH, WI
Description: Ex Air Traffic Controller / flight controller. Round object going down [to] slow. Then going quickly southwest. / r242p45+/ r143#1.
Type: sighting
Reference: UFO INVESTIGATOR: NICAP: Kensington, MD & Washington, DC [defunct]. University Microfilms, Ann Arbor, MI 48106 (Index 19)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_6102

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

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “9”, Duration: “3”, Elev: “290”, HatchDesc: “WALWORTH,WI:EX ATC/FLT CONTROLLER:RND.OBJ ↓ SLOW:THEN >>SW:/r242p45+/r143#1”, LatLong: “42.550002 -88.577782”, LatLongDMS: “42:33:00 N 88:34:40 W”, Locale: “Farmlands”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Wisconsin”, Strangeness: “5”

Event 20943 (D4A50458)

Date: 1/8/1959
Time: 09:20
Location: RISDON, TASM
Description: 2 electric engineers. 2 white sheets going down [to] and maneuver impossibly. Night lights maneuver overhead. See reference.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO’s a HISTORY-1959 (4 booklets) 1999/00 Self published. (Index 111)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_6103

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, BLD: Building/man-made structure/roads/power lines, TCH: New technical details/clues, MIL: Military investigation, OGA: Non-Covert Government Agencies

Extra Data: Country: “Australia”, Credibility: “9”, Duration: “15”, HatchDesc: “RISDON,TASM:2 ELEC.ENGs:2 WHT SHEETS ↓+MNVR IMPOSSIBLY:NLTS MNVR OVHD:see ref”, LatLong: “-42.800002 147.333340”, LatLongDMS: “42:48:00 S 147:20:00 E”, Locale: “Town & City”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “TSM”, Strangeness: “7”

Event 20944 (CE3DFD99)

Date: 1/8/1959
Time: ~19:30
Location: BALBOA, PANAMA CZ
Description: Silver object crosses sky. Tracked / RADAR / 24 Jan / NY Times / r242p137.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO’s a HISTORY-1959 (4 booklets) 1999/00 Self published. (Index 130)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_6104

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), RDR: Radar traces/blips

Extra Data: Country: “Panama”, Credibility: “7”, Duration: “2”, Elev: “2”, HatchDesc: “BALBOA,PANAMA CZ:SLVR OBJ CROSSES SKY::TRACKED/RDR/24JAN/NY Times/r242p137”, LatLong: “8.966667 -79.566670”, LatLongDMS: “08:58:00 N 79:34:00 W”, Locale: “Coastlands”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Canal Zone”, Strangeness: “5”

Event 20945 (A468A88A)

Date: 1/8/1959
Time: 20:00
Location: NEAR ANN ARBOR, MI
Description: 2 / farm. 5 cigars maneuver and circle / 50M altitude. Red lights flash / top. Absolute(ly) silent.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO’s a HISTORY-1959 (4 booklets) 1999/00 Self published. (Index 110)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_6105

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

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “7”, Duration: “70”, Elev: “270”, HatchDesc: “nr ANN ARBOR,MI:2/FARM:5 CGRS MNVR+CCL/50M alt:RED LITES FLASH/TOP:ABS SLNT”, LatLong: “42.250002 -83.750004”, LatLongDMS: “42:15:00 N 83:45:00 W”, Locale: “Farmlands”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, RelAlt: “50”, State/Prov: “Michigan”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 20946 (77ACAF45)

Date: 1/8/1959
Location: Walworth (near), WI
Description: Former control tower operator and flight controller saw UFO descend slowly, then speed away like meteor. [NICAP UFOE, V] (NICAP: 01 - Distant Encounters)
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_2321

Event 20947 (777A6DB8)

Date: 1/8/1959
Description: Shortly after nine a.m. on a clear day two MEc employee in Hobart, Tasmania saw a 2.7-meter long object disappear between buildings. Three more were seen in the sky and a fifth object shaped like an inverted skittle with a ball handle dove in the River Derwent.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: J. Allen Hynek Center for UFO Studies case files, report dated January 21, 1959 citing USAF
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_192

Event 20948 (5F45AF05)

Date: 1/11/1959
Time: 20:10
Location: NEAR SHORT PUMP, VA
Description: 3 / car. Disk going southwest over car. 2.5cm / arms length. Yellow windows all over/all about / rim.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO’s a HISTORY-1959 (4 booklets) 1999/00 Self published. (Index 116)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_6106

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: “88”, HatchDesc: “nr SHORT PUMP,VA:3/CAR:DISK >SW ovr CAR:2.5cm/ARMS LNGTH:YLW WINDOWS ALLO/RIM”, LatLong: “37.650002 -77.600004”, LatLongDMS: “37:39:00 N 77:36:00 W”, Locale: “Pasture”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Virginia”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 20949 (680FBA9F)

Date: 1/11/1959
Location: Ottawa, Ontario
Description: Wilbert Smith speaks on UFOs at the Illuminating Engineering Society’s Canadian Regional Conference in Ottawa, Ontario. He claims that “Various items of ‘hardware’ are known to exist, but are usually clapped into security and are not available to the general public.”
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Frank Edwards, FS Serious Business, Bantam ed., 1966, p. 48
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_3267

Event 20950 (8BAF5B2D)

Date: 1/13/1959
Time: 07:00
Location: PYMATUNING RESERVOIR, PA
Description: UFO stops overhead. Motor and lights and radio fail. Going quickly west and truck OK. / r79p16.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO’s a HISTORY-1959 (4 booklets) 1999/00 Self published. (Index 118)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_6107

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

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “6”, Duration: “5”, Elev: “310”, HatchDesc: “PYMATUNING RSVR,PA:UFO STOPS OVHD:MOTOR+LITES+RADIO FAIL:>>W+TRUCK OK:/r79p16”, LatLong: “41.500002 -80.466671”, LatLongDMS: “41:30:00 N 80:28:00 W”, Locale: “Pasture”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Pennsylvania”, Strangeness: “7”

Event 20951 (BB750AA6)

Date: 1/13/1959
Time: 21:00?
Location: BYGHOLM, DK
Description: 1 / car. 15M ovoid hovers. Going west over car. Engine quits. Lights OK. / r143#1p17.
Type: sighting
Reference: FLYING SAUCER REVIEW (FSR), London. Bimonthly. PO Box 162; High Wycombe, Bucks. HP135 DZ, England. (Index 65)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_6108

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, 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: “Scandanavian and Finland”, Credibility: “6”, Duration: “1”, HatchDesc: “BYGHOLM,DK:1/CAR:15M OVOID HVRS:>W OVR CAR:ENGINE QUITS:LITES OK:/r143#1p17”, LatLong: “55.866669 9.833334”, LatLongDMS: “55:52:00 N 09:50:00 E”, Locale: “Pasture”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Danemark”, Strangeness: “7”

Event 20952 (361CF914)

Date: 1/13/1959
Location: Bygholm, Den
Description: Car motor failed as UFO passed overhead; headlights and spotlight functioned normally (NICAP: 03 - EME Cases)
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_2322

Event 20953 (8B7D0A0D)

Date: 1/13/1959
Location: Pymatuning Lake, PA
Description: Truck motor, lights and radio failed as UFO hovered over truck (NICAP: 03 - EME Cases)
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_2323

Event 20954 (3F4C9169)

Date: 1/13/1959
Locations: Hartstown Road; Pymatuning Lake, Pennsylvania
Description: 7:00 a.m. Robert Collins is driving a pickup truck south on Hartstown Road across Pymatuning Lake, Pennsylvania, when he sees a bright light approaching from the east and illuminating the ground. It stops above his truck, hovering 200 feet above it for several minutes. The truck’s electrical system fails, the engine dies, and the headlights and radio go out. The object’s light illuminates an area about 300 feet in front of him. It takes off and disappears in seconds, and the truck begins working again.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: “Area Man’s Encounter with Unidentified Flying Object Called Weirdest Experience,” Greenville (Pa.) Record-Argus, January 31, 1959, pp. 1–2
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_3268

Event 20955 (8546C7F1)

Date: 1/13/1959
Description: A witness driving alone in Bygholm, Denmark saw a stationary object ahead in the sky. After about five seconds the object moved toward the car and passed over it at a height of 100 meters. The car’s engine stopped at this point but the headlights were not affected. The object, which now changed color from yellow-green to yellow-white, moved quickly away into the west.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: Richard Hall, The UFO Evidence, p. 75; Mark Rodeghier, UFO Reports Involving Vehicle Interference, case 97, FSR, Vol. 5, No. 5
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_294

Event 20956 (E53791A4)

Date: 1/13/1959
Description: At 7:00 a.m. Robert Collins, while driving a pick-up truck near Greenville, Pennsylvania, noticed lights in the sky he thought were a plane making an emergency landing. The lights eventually coalesced into a single bright light. This light then hovered over his truck for several minutes. His truck’s engine, lights, and radio failed at this point. The light, which was too bright for Mr. ColIins to discern any structure, departed quickly to the west and out of sight in 30 seconds. The truck then could be restarted.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: Greenville ¶ Record-Argus, January 31, 1959; Mark Rodeghier, UFO Reports Involving Vehicle Interference, case 98, citing Coral & Jim Lorenzen, UFOs: The Whole Story, p. 75
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_295

Event 20957 (7CFAF331)

Date: 1/14/1959
Time: 19:40
Location: AIRLINER TO NY
Description: Copilot. Brilliant yellow cylinder/cigar-shape going quickly west 1500M ahead. 4 silver rectangular panels / side.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO’s a HISTORY-1959 (4 booklets) 1999/00 Self published. (Index 120)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_6109

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

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “7”, Duration: “1”, Elev: “0”, HatchDesc: “AIRLINER to NY:COPILOT:BRILL.YLW CGR >>W 1500M ahead:4 SLVR RECT.PANELS/SIDE”, LatLong: “29.333335 -79.000004”, LatLongDMS: “29:20:00 N 79:00:00 W”, Locale: “Metropolis”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Florida”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 20958 (25FCB1E0)

Date: 1/17/1959
Locations: Auckland, New Zealand; North Island; Kaikohe
Description: George Adamski arrives in Auckland, New Zealand, on the first stop on his world lecture tour where he is received by North Island Adamski Correspondence Group leaders Henk and Brenda Hinfelaar for a 6-week engagement starting with a talk in Kaikohe on January 20.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: “World Lecture Tour,” The Adamski Case, October 5, 2019; Marc Hallet, A Critical Appraisal of George Adamski: The Man Who Spoke to the Space Brothers, The Author, 2016
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_3269

Event 20959 (9D2B42B6)

Date: 1/18/1959
Time: 15:00
Location: ST. CLAIR, NZ
Description: Prof. astronomers. Night light going quickly west / 30-90 second(s). No explanation. / Flying Saucer Review (FSR) MAR’59.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO’s a HISTORY-1959 (4 booklets) 1999/00 Self published. (Index 121)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_6110

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: “New Zealand”, Credibility: “9”, Duration: “2”, HatchDesc: “St.CLAIR,NZ:PROF.ASTROMOMERS:NLT >>W/30-90sec:no explanation:/FSR MAR’59”, LatLong: “-45.800002 170.483341”, LatLongDMS: “45:48:00 S 170:29:00 E”, Locale: “Coastlands”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “SI”, Strangeness: “4”

Event 20960 (2B375DA9)

Date: 1/18/1959?
Locations: Stigsjö, Sweden; Lake Länsjön
Description: Eight people see a UFO over Stigsjö, Sweden. The round object, 18–24 feet in diameter, approaches slowly from the south over Lake Länsjön at a height of 900 feet. It is surrounded by a luminous ring 6 feet wide. It is visible for 3 minutes.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Loren E. Gross, The Fifth Horseman of the Apocalypse: UFOs, a History: 1959 January–March, The Author, 1999, p. 25
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_3270

Event 20961 (9575786C)

Date: 1/20/1959
Description: (Translated from French) Unidentified luminous objects are observed in Sweden. (20 January)
Reference: rr0 - Beau
Source: rr0, ID: rr0_1788

Event 20962 (6F741E45)

Date: 1/20/1959
Time: 13:00?
Location: STIGSJO, SWDN
Description: 2+6 observer(s). 7M saucer with 2M glowing-ring going northeast over Lake Langsjoen. / r26p138.
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_6111

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

Extra Data: Country: “Scandanavian and Finland”, Credibility: “9”, Duration: “3”, HatchDesc: “STIGSJO,SWDN:2+6 OBS:7M SCR W/2M GLOW-RING >NE ovr Lk.LANGSJOEN:/r26p138”, LatLong: “62.633336 17.666668”, LatLongDMS: “62:38:00 N 17:40:00 E”, Locale: “Pasture”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Sweden”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 20963 (1730C7DC)

Date: 1/21/1959
Time: 08:20
Location: SOUTHEAST / LANDER, WY
Description: Farmer. Plain white 12M cylinder/cigar-shape 3.5M wide and 1.5M thick. Arcs around and going quickly west.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO’s a HISTORY-1959 (4 booklets) 1999/00 Self published. (Index 127)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_6112

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

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “6”, Duration: “1”, Elev: “1635”, HatchDesc: “SE/LANDER,WY:FARMER:PLAIN WHT 12M CGR 3.5M WIDE+1.5M THICK:ARCS AROUND+>>W”, LatLong: “42.766669 -108.650005”, LatLongDMS: “42:46:00 N 108:39:00 W”, Locale: “Farmlands”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Wyoming”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 20964 (39B9B649)

Date: 1/21/1959
Locations: Gdynia, Poland; Gdynia Polytechnic University; Polish Naval Academy; Soviet Union
Description: 6:00 a.m. A flying object is seen crashing into the waters of the harbor at Gdynia, Poland. Rumors later claim that a rust-free fragment is retrieved by divers and, after being examined by the Polish navy, sent to Gdynia Polytechnic University [possibly the Polish Naval Academy]. A few days later, an injured occupant of the craft is allegedly found wandering in the area. He speaks no known language, wears an odd uniform, and apparently has burns on the face. He is taken to a hospital, but he dies when doctors attempt to remove an armband. His remains are said to have been shipped to the Soviet Union.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Hobana and Weverbergh 1–2; Poland 25–28, 115
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_3271

Event 20965 (BD90A2E9)

Date: 1/21/1959
Locations: UK House of Commons; Canada; US
Description: MP Roy Mason asks the Air Minister another question in the UK House of Commons: What instructions have been sent to RAF stations about collecting military UFO reports, and what collaboration is there with Canada and the US? Air Minister George Ward replies that RAF units have standing instructions for handling reports, and there is no special collaboration with those countries.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: “Roy Mason Asks Another,” Flying Saucer Review 5, no. 2 (March/April 1959): 2; Good Above, p. 52
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_3272

Event 20966 (7F835CC8)

Date: 1/21/1959
Description: A luminous object was seen falling into the harbor of Gdynia, Poland on this night. Divers were sent to retrieve it and brought back a piece of un-rusted metal whose composition was not publicly disclosed. Several days later, a strange male figure wearing “a sort of uniform” was encountered dragging himself along the beach. Part of his face appeared to be burnt and his hair singed. After being taken to hospital it was discovered that the uniform he wore was made of metal, and the being’s organs were quite different from those of a human being. It had six digits on its hands and feet. The creature died after an armband was removed, and the body was sent to the Soviet Union. An autopsy allegedly revealed a different structure of internal organs and a spiral system of blood circulation. It had six fingered extremities and was about 1.60 meters in height. The body was placed in a freezer and stored in an underground bunker, supposedly in the Moscow area. The divers apparently also found another half of the object that crashed, embedded in the underwater mud.

According to additional details revealed later, a second alien body was recovered on shore a short time after the first recovery. The alien that had still been alive was treated at the Gdynia-Redlow hospital, but soon fell into a coma-like state after an arm bracelet was removed. Both aliens had six digits on their hands and feet. An autopsy was conducted on one of the dead aliens; the one in a coma was put in a special chamber aimed at supporting its vital functions. The six-fingered being taken to the U.S.S.R. is allegedly being stored in an isolated top-secret underground bunker, located under a building on a biomedical research center fa

[c0mmando]

cility east of Solnechnogorsk.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: David F. Webb and Ted Bloecher, HUMCAT: Catalogue of Humanoid Reports, case 1959-02, citing Ion Hobana and Julien Weverbergh; Anton Anfalov, Lenura Azizova, Larissa Chora, and Bronislaw Rzepecki
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_402

Event 20967 (CEEF9678)

Date: 1/23/1959
Location: Panama Canal, Panama
Description: Panama Canal, G,V (NICAP: 09 - RADAR Cases, Rating: 5)
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_2324

Event 20968 (F39E4205)

Date: 1/23/1959
Description: A bright silver object was sighted as it arced across the sky in the Panama Canal Zone. It was tracked by US radar.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: Richard Hall, The UFO Evidence, p. 119, citing New York Times, January 23, 1959
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_438

Event 20969 (D57EE581)

Date: 1/24/1959
Time: 11:30
Location: SYDNEY, NSW
Description: 2 observer(s). Skyquakes. Metallic cylinder/cigar-shape hovers / 5 min. 90° turns. Going quickly [to] away extremely fast. Absolute(ly) silent.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO’s a HISTORY-1959 (4 booklets) 1999/00 Self published. (Index 132)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_6113

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

Extra Data: Country: “Australia”, Credibility: “7”, Duration: “6”, HatchDesc: “SYDNEY,NSW:2 OBS:SKYQUAKES:MTLC CGR HVRS/5 min:90°TURNS:>> AWAY XFAST:ABS.SLNT”, LatLong: “-33.900002 151.216674”, LatLongDMS: “33:54:00 S 151:13:00 E”, Locale: “Metropolis”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “NSW”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 20970 (4AA09E12)

Date: 1/24/1959
Description: Mr. Armstrong and a second person in Centennial, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia heard skyquakes at 11:30 a.m. They then observed a metallic, cigar-shaped object hovering for 5 minutes. It made 90 degree turns, then shot away extremely fast. It was absolutely silent.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: Michael Hervey, UFOs Over the Southern Hemisphere, p. 53; Loren E. Gross, The Fifth Horseman of the Apocalypse: UFOs: A History. 1959: January-March, p. 32
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_478

Event 20971 (0B9C353A)

Date: 1/26/1959
Location: Coral Gables, FL
Description: Area-51/S-4 whistleblower Bob Lazar is born in Coral Gables, FL.
Type: whistleblower
Reference: Wikipedia
Source: Maj2, ID: Maj2_588

Event 20972 (74D6F677)

Date: 1/26/1959
Time: 16:00
Location: HOKKAIDO ISLAND, JP
Description: Many observer(s). 2 glowing lens-saucers going west slow. 1 turns 180° going east. Absolute(ly) silent.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO’s a HISTORY-1959 (4 booklets) 1999/00 Self published. (Index 134)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_6114

Attributes: GND: 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: “11”, Duration: “5”, HatchDesc: “HOKKAIDO Isl,JP:MANY OBS:2 GLOW.LENS-SCRS >W SLOW:1 TURNS 180° >E:ABS.SLNT”, LatLong: “43.500002 143.000007”, LatLongDMS: “43:30:00 N 143:00:00 E”, Locale: “Residential”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “HKD”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 20973 (86EC214D)

Date: 1/26/1959
Description: On the island of Hokkaido, Japan at 4 p.m. many witnesses watched two glowing lens-shaped discs that flew slowly to the west. One made a 180 degree turn to the east. Both were completely silent.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: Loren E. Gross, The Fifth Horseman of the Apocalypse: UFOs: A History. 1959: January-March, p. 34
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_518

Event 20974 (1BD13462)

Date: 1/27/1959
Time: 21:50
Location: CLEVELAND, OH
Description: 2 observer(s). Sausage with lights lands behind warehouse. Nothing found. / r24v1#7.
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_6115

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

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “7”, Duration: “2”, Elev: “207”, HatchDesc: “CLEVELAND,OH:2 OBS:SAUSAGE W/LITES LANDS BHND WAREHOUSE:nothing found:/r24v1#7”, LatLong: “41.500002 -81.733337”, LatLongDMS: “41:30:00 N 81:44:00 W”, Locale: “Metropolis”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Ohio”, Strangeness: “7”

Event 20975 (77C4AE12)

Date: 1/28/1959
Locations: Astor Hotel; New York City
Description: At a Symposium on Aerospace Technology by the Institute of the Aeronautical Sciences at the Astor Hotel in New York City, USAF Maj. Gen. Donald J. Keirn, assistant deputy chief of staff on development for nuclear systems, talks about nuclear aircraft propulsion. He mentions that if intelligent extraterrestrials do exist, “it is entirely possible that some of them may have passed through our stage of evolution, and may have already achieved a higher level of social and technological culture than our own.” He suggests using electromagnetic emissions to detect them, as they may be doing with us.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: US Congress, Joint Committee on Atomic Energy, Hearings, Aircraft Nuclear Propulsion Program, July 23, 1959, p. 153
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_3273

Event 20976 (E5B19842)

Date: 1/29/1959
Location: OFF VIANA DO CASTELO, PORTGL
Description: Cylinder/cigar-shape hovers / 300M altitude / 30 minute(s). Turns vertical. Extremely quickly going up [to] extremely fast.
Type: sighting
Reference: FLYING SAUCER REVIEW (FSR), London. Bimonthly. PO Box 162; High Wycombe, Bucks. HP135 DZ, England. (Index 65)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_6116

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: “11”, Duration: “30”, HatchDesc: “off VIANA do CASTELO,PORTGL:CGR HVRS/300M alt/30min:TURNS VERTICAL:↑↑↑ XFAST”, LatLong: “41.683335 -8.733334”, LatLongDMS: “41:41:00 N 08:44:00 W”, Locale: “Offshore”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “MNH”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 20977 (4690A6D6)

Date: 1/30/1959
Description: A truck driver driving this night on U.S. Route 52 near New Richmond, Ohio saw a bizarre gray “ugly” creature with tentacles crossing the road ahead of the truck. Two hours later, just across the border in Covington, Kentucky a woman reported seeing a strange grayish creature with a lopsided chest, ugly tentacles, and rolls of fat running in a bent over fashion.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: Albert S. Rosales, Humanoid Contact Database 1959, citing Bigfoot: Tales of Unexplained Creatures, UFOs, and Psychic Connections
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_600

Event 20978 (A236C130)

Date: 1/31/1959
Description: The US Ground Observer Corps is deactivated with the advent of automated Army (Missile Master) and Air Force (SAGE) radar systems.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Wikipedia, “Ground Observer Corps”
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_3274

Event 20979 (DC19B7A6)

Date: 2/1959
Location: Umiat, Alaska
Description: 350 km east of Umiat, trappers saw a red, disk-shaped object less than 4 km away, going up and down, sometimes nearly touching the ground. It circled and went away.
Type: ufo sighting
Reference: FSR 59, 3 (Vallee)
Source: ValléeMagonia, ID: Magonia_481

Event 20980 (A817FD08)

Date: 2/1959
Location: Digeliotika, Greece
Description: 9:30 p.m. The people of Digeliotika, Greece, hear a humming noise coming from the direction of the sea. Running out of their homes, many people see a luminous disc circling the village for about 10 minutes. Radios fail to operate and the electrical current in one house fails completely. When the disc flies low over the house of the priest, Papa Costas, there is a loud noise and the whole house shakes. The object moves off to the west. Inspection of the house the next day reveals that many of the roof tiles have been displaced, and others are on the ground.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: “UAOs Collide with Tree, Roof,” APRO Bulletin, March 1959, p. 2
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_3275

Event 20981 (94C6EB2B)

Date: 2/1/1959
Location: Canada
Description: JANAP 146(D) integrates Canada into the CIRVIS reporting instructions. The Canadian Department of National Defence launches a series of Communications Instructions for Reporting Vital Intelligence Sightings in line with the JANAP procedures.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Gregory M. Kanon, “UFOs and the Canadian Government,” Canadian UFO Report 3, no. 7 (Spring 1976): 17–18; Antonio F. Rullán, “Blue Book UFO Reports at Sea by Ships,” December 10, 2002
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_3276

Event 20982 (AFC98603)

Date: 2/2/1959
Location: Sandusky (near), OH
Description: UofM professor saw a yellow half-sphere in the sky (NICAP: 01 - Distant Encounters, BB: BBU)
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_2325

Event 20983 (15498287)

Date: 2/4/1959
Time: 03:00
Location: SOUTH / SWAN ISLAND
Description: Pan-AM crew. Red night light zigzags in front / DC6B. Quickly going up [to] extremely fast. / r242p42+/ r143.
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_6117

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, 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: “Caribbean area”, Credibility: “8”, Duration: “1”, Elev: “0”, HatchDesc: “S/SWAN Isl:PAN-AM CREW:RED NLT ZIGZAGS IN FRONT/DC6B:↑↑ XFAST:/r242p42+/r143”, LatLong: “17.333334 -83.933337”, LatLongDMS: “17:20:00 N 83:56:00 W”, Locale: “Metropolis”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “SEA”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 20984 (BFD02D7F)

Date: 2/4/1959
Time: 20:00
Location: EL COCO AIRPORT/APARTMENT, COSTA RICA
Description: Air Traffic Controller. Ovoid flashes west going quickly east. No further details / pilot John Novak.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO’s a HISTORY-1959 (4 booklets) 1999/00 Self published. (Index 141)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_6118

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: “Costa Rica”, Credibility: “7”, Duration: “1”, Elev: “895”, HatchDesc: “El COCO Apt,COSTA RICA:ATC:OVOID FLASHES W>>E:NFD/pilot John Novak”, LatLong: “9.983334 -84.200004”, LatLongDMS: “09:59:00 N 84:12:00 W”, Locale: “Town & City”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “SNJ”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 20985 (F8B87CBA)

Date: 2/4/1959
Location: Swan Island, Gulf of Mexico, at Sea
Description: Reddish Light Performs Maneuvers Near Airplane (NICAP: 11 - Aviation Cases, Code: A, Rating: 5)
Reference: NICAP: 590204
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_2326

Event 20986 (E4FD653B)

Date: 2/7/1959
Time: 01:40
Location: ATLANTIC CITY, NJ
Description: Rumble! 15M and saucer going west / 150kph. All lit. Square portholes. Returns and hovers / 20m.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO’s a HISTORY-1959 (4 booklets) 1999/00 Self published. (Index 140)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_6119

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

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “6”, Duration: “30”, Elev: “4”, HatchDesc: “ATLANTIC CITY,NJ:RUMBLE!:15M+ SCR >W/150kph:ALL LIT:SQR PORTS:RETURNS+HVRS/20m”, LatLong: “39.383335 -74.450004”, LatLongDMS: “39:23:00 N 74:27:00 W”, Locale: “Coastlands”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, RelAlt: “20”, State/Prov: “New Jersey”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 20987 (888F1A5D)

Date: 2/7/1959
Time: 04:20
Location: US 601, SC
Description: TV engineer. Car hood glows green. 30M saucer overhead. Away fast. / r143 v1p43.
Type: sighting
Reference: UFO INVESTIGATOR: NICAP: Kensington, MD & Washington, DC [defunct]. University Microfilms, Ann Arbor, MI 48106 (Index 19)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_6120

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

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “6”, Duration: “1”, Elev: “65”, HatchDesc: “US 601,SC:TV ENGINEER:CAR HOOD GLOWS GRN:30M SCR OVHD:AWAY FAST:/r143 v1p43”, LatLong: “33.666668 -80.783337”, LatLongDMS: “33:40:00 N 80:47:00 W”, Locale: “Pasture”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “South Carolina”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 20988 (F98103CD)

Date: 2/8/1959?
Location: 200MI EAST / UMIAK, AK
Description: Trappers. Red saucer rises falls hovers circles & quickly going up. / r141#1p50+/ r8.
Type: sighting
Reference: FLYING SAUCER REVIEW (FSR), London. Bimonthly. PO Box 162; High Wycombe, Bucks. HP135 DZ, England. (Index 63)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_6121

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, LND: UFO landing or any part touches ground

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “7”, Duration: “2”, Elev: “300”, HatchDesc: “200mi E/UMIAK,AK:TRAPPERS:RED SCR RISEs FALLs HVRs CCLs & ↑↑:/r141#1p50+/r8”, LatLong: “69.333337 -142.666673”, LatLongDMS: “69:20:00 N 142:40:00 W”, Locale: “Tundra”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Alaska”, Strangeness: “7”

Event 20989 (71870CF7)

Date: 2/9/1959
Location: IMPERIAL BEACH, CA
Description: 2 observer(s). Bright object with halo filmed. Hovers. Gone. Reappears. Going quickly west to sea.
Type: sighting
Reference: HALL, Richard: The UFO EVIDENCE; NICAP,Washington, DC 1964. Reprinted 1997 Barnes & Noble Books ( only $7.98! ) (Index 92)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_6122

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

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “6”, Duration: “30”, Elev: “6”, HatchDesc: “IMPERIAL BEACH,CA:2 OBS:BRITE OBJ W/HALO FILMED:HVRS:GONE:REAPPEARS:>>W to SEA”, LatLong: “32.583335 -117.083339”, LatLongDMS: “32:35:00 N 117:05:00 W”, Locale: “Coastlands”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “California”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 20990 (F103E6C7)

Date: 2/9/1959
Location: Imperial Beach, CA
Description: Bright UFO with halo filmed. [NICAP UFOE, VIII] (NICAP: 01 - Distant Encounters)
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_2327

Event 20991 (15156114)

Date: 2/11/1959
Time: 20:50
Location: NEAR PHILIPSBURG, PA
Description: 3 plane crews and passengers. 3 300’ saucers pace airline(s)/airliner. Not / RADAR. / MJ#250.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO’s a HISTORY-1959 (4 booklets) 1999/00 Self published. (Index 160)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_6123

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, NLT: Nightlights/points of light, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), OBS: Observation/chasing vehicles, VEH: Vehicle affected: Marks/damage/EME effects, RDR: Radar traces/blips, MIL: Military investigation, BBK: Project BLUEBOOK, CMF: Camouflage/disguise

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “12”, Duration: “50”, Elev: “437”, HatchDesc: “nr PHILIPSBURG,PA:3 PLANE CREWS+PASSENGERS:3 300’SCRs PACE AL:NOT/RDR:/MJ#250”, LatLong: “40.894446 -78.222226”, LatLongDMS: “40:53:40 N 78:13:20 W”, Locale: “Metropolis”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Pennsylvania”, Strangeness: “8”

Event 20992 (8D9DB1C8)

Date: 2/12/1959
Time: 18:10
Location: MIAMI, FL
Description: 1 observer. White cigarette cylinder/cylindrical object jerks to and fro over cloud. Gone suddenly. / NICAP.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO’s a HISTORY-1959 (4 booklets) 1999/00 Self published. (Index 148)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_6124

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: “3”, HatchDesc: “MIAMI,FL:1 OBS:WHT CIGARETTE CYL JERKS TO+FRO ovr CLOUD:GONE SUDDENLY:/NICAP”, LatLong: “25.783335 -80.172226”, LatLongDMS: “25:47:00 N 80:10:20 W”, Locale: “Metropolis”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Florida”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 20993 (12134A00)

Date: 2/12/1959
Description: At 6:10 p.m. a white cylindrical object, shaped like a cigarette in appearance, jerked back and forth over a cloud in Miami, Florida. It then vanished suddenly.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: Loren E. Gross, The Fifth Horseman of the Apocalypse: UFOs: A History. 1959: January-March, p. 48
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_862

Event 20994 (D1EBE960)

Date: 2/13/1959
Time: 18:10
Location: OFF OAK HARBOR, WA
Description: Air Traffic Controller and 6 military. 30cm green fireball emerges / sea. Hisses and spins and rises and away.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO’s a HISTORY-1959 (4 booklets) 1999/00 Self published. (Index 149)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_6125

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CST: Observer(s) in coastal area/just offshore, MIL: Observer(s) military, HQO: High-quality observer(s), PRB: Probe: Possibly remote controlled, FBL: Fireball: Blazing undistinguished form/orb., SUB: Submersible: Rises from or submerges into water, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), TCH: New technical details/clues, MIL: Military investigation, SND: UFO sounds heard or recorded

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “9”, Duration: “1”, Elev: “0”, HatchDesc: “off OAK HARBOR,WA:ATC+6 MIL:30cm GRN FBL EMERGES/SEA:HISSES+SPINS+RISES+AWAY”, LatLong: “48.250002 -122.633339”, LatLongDMS: “48:15:00 N 122:38:00 W”, Locale: “Offshore”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Washington”, Strangeness: “7”

Event 20995 (644647D0)

Date: 2/16/1959
Time: 20:30
Location: BENGHAZI, LIBYA
Description: Project Bluebook Case #unknown. Military observer(s) = rose. 1 UFO seen / 15 min. No further details [in] at all.
Type: sighting
Reference: UFOCAT CATALOG: Assorted Printouts. Donald A. Johnson Ph.D (CUFOS). P.O. Box 446, Concord, NH 03302-0446 (Index 56)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_6126

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

Extra Data: Country: “Libya”, Credibility: “6”, Duration: “15”, HatchDesc: “BENGHAZI,LIBYA:BBK#UNK:MIL OBS=ROSE:1 UFO SEEN/15 MIN:NFD AT ALL”, LatLong: “32.116668 20.083334”, LatLongDMS: “32:07:00 N 20:05:00 E”, Locale: “Town & City”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “BEN”, Strangeness: “5”

Event 20996 (ABD3A5D5)

Date: 2/16/1959
Location: Benghazi, Libya
Description: Silvery blue to reddish to dark round object with dome, sharply outlined (NICAP: 01 - Distant Encounters, BB: BBU)
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_2328

Event 20997 (1B1A32AE)

Date: 2/17/1959
Location: Pentagon
Description: Hynek wants to start bringing together ATIC and Blue Book personnel for monthly meetings where scientific and PR problems are reviewed. To get it going, he meets with Air Force Intelligence, Secretary of the Air Force officials, and Blue Book staffers in the Pentagon. This meeting includes, besides Hynek, Maj. Robert J. Friend, Col. Leonard T. Glaser, Alex Francis Arcier, Maj. James F. Byrne, Maj. Joseph E. Boland, Maj. Lawrence J. Tacker, and Burgoyne Lee Griffing. The group agrees that eventually the term “UFOs” should be jettisoned and older unsolved cases reexamined in the light of “greater scientific knowledge” that will move them from unknowns to knowns.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Jacobs, UFO Controversy in America, Signet ed., 1976, pp. 148–149; Clark III 919; Swords 286; “Saucer Reading Fest,” Saturday Night Uforia, January 25, 2019
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_3277

Event 20998 (DB3FECD4)

Date: 2/20/1959
Time: 19:30
Location: OKLAHOMA CITY, OK AND MORE/OTHERS
Description: Wave / fireballs. 1 makes 180° turn. Compass spins. Gun camera photographs?
Type: sighting
Reference: FLYING SAUCER REVIEW (FSR), London. Bimonthly. PO Box 162; High Wycombe, Bucks. HP135 DZ, England. (Index 63)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_6127

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, HQO: High-quality observer(s), MID: Likely mis-identification, WAV: Wave/cluster/flap, NLT: Nightlights/points of light, FBL: Fireball: Blazing undistinguished form/orb., NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), EME: Electro-Magnetic Effects

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “11”, Duration: “60”, Elev: “360”, HatchDesc: “OKLAHOMA CITY,OK++:WAVE/FBLS:1 MAKES 180°TURN:COMPASS SPINS:gun camera fotos?”, LatLong: “35.466668 -97.516671”, LatLongDMS: “35:28:00 N 97:31:00 W”, Locale: “Metropolis”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Oklahoma”, Strangeness: “4”

Event 20999 (8F1DD147)

Date: 2/20/1959
Time: 21:00
Location: CINCINNATI, OH
Description: B57 pilot / 12km altitude and more/others. Brilliant round object going west flashing color(s). Observer(s) chases.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO’s a HISTORY-1959 (4 booklets) 1999/00 Self published. (Index 157)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_6128

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

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “9”, Duration: “2”, Elev: “208”, HatchDesc: “CINCINNATI,OH:B57 PILOT/12km alt++:BRILL.RND.OBJ >W FLASHING CLRS:OBS CHASES”, LatLong: “39.111113 -84.522226”, LatLongDMS: “39:06:40 N 84:31:20 W”, Locale: “Metropolis”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Ohio”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 21000 (BD09E9FD)

Date: 2/20/1959
Time: ~22:00
Location: SR20 6MI EAST / US91, UT
Description: Saucer south going north. Missile Tech abduction? Relapse. Must see references. / r113p347.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO’s a HISTORY-1959 (4 booklets) 1999/00 Self published. (Index 154)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_6129

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, MIL: Observer(s) military, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, ODD: Atypical/Forteana/paranormal, SCR: Classic saucer/disk/sphere shaped UFO, MST: Missing time or time anomaly, ABD: Human or animal abduction, TCH: New technical details/clues, MIL: Military investigation

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “8”, Duration: “35”, Elev: “1950”, HatchDesc: “SR20 6mi E/US91,UT:SCR S>N:MISSILE TECH ABD?:RELAPSE:must see refs:/r113p347”, LatLong: “38.083335 -112.600005”, LatLongDMS: “38:05:00 N 112:36:00 W”, Locale: “Pasture”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Utah”, Strangeness: “11”

Event 21001 (3665CE06)

Date: 2/20/1959
Locations: Fort Bliss, El Paso, Texas; Cedar City, Utah; Idaho
Description: Pfc. Bernard G. “Gerry” Irwin, on leave from Fort Bliss in El Paso, Texas, is driving near Cedar City, Utah, when he stops to investigate what seems to be a crashing plane. He is later found unconscious in the snow and treated at the Cedar City hospital. He suffers from amnesia, continues to have fainting spells, and returns more than once to the site in some kind of fugue. He soon deserts and perhaps disappears, but not forever, as he is living in Idaho in 2013, where David Booher interviews him about his PTSD-like symptoms.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Coral Lorenzen, “Soldier Sees Flash; Unconscious 24 Hours,” APRO Bulletin, March 1959, pp. 1, 10; Lorenzen, UFOs: The Whole Story, Signet, 1969, pp. 97–99; Lorenzen, Encounters with UFO Occupants, Berkley Medallion, 1976, pp. 347+; Loren E. Gross, The Fifth Horseman of the Apocalypse: UFOs, a History: 1961 July–December, The Author, 2003, pp. 56–60; Loren E. Gross, The Fifth Horseman of the Apocalypse: UFOs, a History: 1962 July– December, The Author, 2005, pp. 68–70; Kevin D. Randle, The UFO Dossier, Visible Ink, 2015, pp. 134–141; David Booher, No Return: The Gerry Irwin Story, UFO Abduction or Covert Operation?, Anomalist, 2017; Clark III 2
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_3278

Event 21002 (CF388767)

Date: 2/20/1959
Locations: Canada; USAF Project Office
Description: Just as the first working models of the Army’s VZ-9 Avrocar are being manufactured, the Canadian government cancels the Avro CF-105 Arrow program. Almost all Avro Canada employees are laid off, including those with the Special Projects Group. However, three days later, many of the Special Projects employees are rehired, but it isn’t quite business as usual. The USAF Project Office devoted to the Avro projects recommends that the WS-606A and all related work (including the Avrocar) be cancelled. However, in May the USAF authorizes Avro to continue its “flying saucer” programs.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Wikipedia, “Avro Canada VZ-9 Avrocar”
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_3279

Event 21003 (837C3A54)

Date: 2/20/1959
Description: Wave of fireballs were seen flying over Oklahoma City, Oklahoma starting at 7:30 p.m. One made a 180 degree turn. A compass was reported to have begun spinning during the sightings.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: Hayden Hewes, The Oklahoman, April 18, 1965
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_1021

Event 21004 (07CECFA3)

Date: 2/21/1959
Location: POLAND, Gdynia
Description: (Translated from French) Dock workers at the Gdynia port see a glowing object fall into the middle of the harbor basin and their description is so precise that the exact location of where it fell can be determined. The maritime authorities then send three divers who enter the icy water and first announce that their search is hampered by a thick cloud of mud. They eventually manage to surface with a metal piece. After being previously examined by the Polish Navy, the piece was sent to the Gdynia Polytechnic University. (…) Several days after the glowing object plunged into the port waters, men assigned to guard the surrounding beaches stumbled upon a strange figure: a kind of man crawling, completely exhausted, on the sand. This creature spoke no known language and was dressed in a kind of uniform. Part of his face and hair seemed burned. He was brought to the University hospital where he was kept in isolation and examined. But it soon became clear that it was impossible to undress this creature because the uniform had no means of opening: it was not made of a usual substance such as wool or fabric, but of a metal that could only be cut with special tools and after much effort. The doctors noted that the organs of their patient were very different from ours: the circulatory system was completely new to them and the number of fingers and toes was not normal. The creature remained alive until a kind of bracelet was removed from him. The remains were then sent to the USSR for further examination. The Polish ufologists quickly established a link between the metal object and the creature on the one hand and UFOs and everything related to them on the other.
Reference: Ion HOBANA/Julien WEVERBERGH: “Les OVNI en URSS et dans les pays de l’Est”. French translation Laffont 1966 - p.23 - 24
Reference: Mini catalogue chronologique des observations OVNI, by Godelieve Van Overmeire
Source: Overmeire, ID: Overmeire_2117

Event 21005 (276248AB)

Date: 2/21/1959
Time: 12:00?
Location: GDYNIA, POL
Description: UFO going down / harbor. Odd metal found. Rumor small humanoid (or Grey) and all going [to] Moscow. / txt file here.
Type: sighting
Reference: HOBANA Ion & WEVERBERGH,Julien: UFO’S from BEHIND the IRON CURTAIN; Bantam Books,1975. 308pp. (Index 1)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_6130

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CST: Observer(s) in coastal area/just offshore, MIL: Observer(s) military, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, HOX: Suspicion of hoax, SCR: Classic saucer/disk/sphere shaped UFO, PRB: Probe: Possibly remote controlled, SUB: Submersible: Rises from or submerges into water, OID: Humanoid: Small alien or “Grey”, PSH: Pseudo-human: Clone/organic robot/human-like, VEH: Vehicle affected: Marks/damage/EME effects, LND: UFO landing or any part touches ground, TRC: Physical traces, MIL: Military investigation, COV: Indication of coverup

Extra Data: Country: “Poland”, Credibility: “4”, Duration: “1”, HatchDesc: “GDYNIA,POL:UFO ↓/HARBOR:ODD METAL FOUND:rumor OID+ALL >MOSCOW:/txt file here”, LatLong: “54.538891 18.550001”, LatLongDMS: “54:32:20 N 18:33:00 E”, Locale: “Coastlands”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “NW”, Strangeness: “10”

Event 21006 (10341903)

Date: 2/22/1959
Description: Two witnesses saw three white discs pass into a cloud over the city of Warsop, England from which they never reappeared.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: J. Bernard Delair, Awareness, October 1977, p. 12
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_1044

Event 21007 (421826F1)

Date: 2/22/1959
Location: Utah
Description: PFC Bernard G. Irwin of Ft. Bliss, Texas reported the sighting of a “ball of light” circular UFO in the skies. The object, whatever it was, rendered him unconscious for 24 hours.
Type: ufo sighting
Reference: The Flying Saucers are Hostile!, by George D. Fawcett 1961
Source: HostileFawcett, ID: HostileFawcett_78

Event 21008 (9A3FC92E)

Date: 2/24/1959
Time: 20:20
Location: BRADFORD, PA AND MORE/OTHERS
Description: 6 airline(s)/airliner crews. 3 saucers pace. / r46p27+/ APRO 3’59+/ r242+/ r143+/ FSRv5#3.
Type: sighting
Reference: UFO INVESTIGATOR: NICAP: Kensington, MD & Washington, DC [defunct]. University Microfilms, Ann Arbor, MI 48106 (Index 19)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_6131

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), OBS: Observation/chasing vehicles, TCH: New technical details/clues, COV: Indication of coverup

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “12”, Duration: “45”, Elev: “440”, HatchDesc: “BRADFORD,PA++:6 AL CREWS:3 SCRS PACE:/r46p27+/APRO 3’59+/r242+/r143+/FSRv5#3”, LatLong: “41.950002 -78.650004”, LatLongDMS: “41:57:00 N 78:39:00 W”, Locale: “Metropolis”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Pennsylvania”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 21009 (8C049AE2)

Date: 2/24/1959
Time: 21:10
Location: VICTORVILLE, CA
Description: House lit. Dogs howl. 50M ovoid / 3 wide passes. Hums. / r55p167.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO’s a HISTORY-1959 (4 booklets) 1999/00 Self published. (Index 161)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_6132

Attributes: 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, EME: Electro-Magnetic Effects, MIL: Military investigation, BBK: Project BLUEBOOK, SND: UFO sounds heard or recorded

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “8”, Duration: “15”, Elev: “876”, HatchDesc: “VICTORVILLE,CA:HOUSE LIT:DOGS HOWL:50M OVOID/3 WIDE PASSES:HUMS:/r55p167”, LatLong: “34.533335 -117.283339”, LatLongDMS: “34:32:00 N 117:17:00 W”, Locale: “Desert”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “California”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 21010 (7560B6D6)

Date: 2/24/1959
Location: Williamsport (13 miles SW of), PA
Description: Killian case (NICAP: 11 - Aviation Cases, Code: A, Rating: 5, BB: BBU)
Reference: NICAP: 590224
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_2329

Event 21011 (1B3E43E9)

Date: 2/24/1959
Location: Victorville, CA
Description: Witness sighted a biconvex dull red object about 25 ft wide (NICAP: 04 - Animal Reactions, BB: BBU)
Reference: NICAP: 590224
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_2330

Event 21012 (8F0ABD82)

Date: 2/24/1959
Locations: Newark; Detroit; Williamsport, Pennsylvania; Pittsburgh
Description: 8:20 p.m. Capt. Peter W. Killian is flying an American Airlines flight from Newark to Detroit when he encounters three bright lights flying in a precise line. The initial detection takes place when the aircraft is flying at 8,500 feet and 50 mph about 13 miles west of Williamsport, Pennsylvania. At first Killian thinks he is seeing Orion’s sword, but he can see those stars elsewhere. One of the objects abruptly leaves formation and approaches the plane, slows down before Killian takes evasive action, then rejoins the other two. Killian alerts copilot James John Dee and then announces on the intercom for the passengers to take a look. He also puts out a call to nearby aircraft, and five other commercial airline pilots indicate that they can see the objects. The lights remain at about the 9 o’clock position for 40 minutes, providing an opportunity for many of the 35 passengers to observe them. They are also seen by the crews of two other planes flying much farther to the south, as well as by the tower operators in Pittsburgh. The Air Force quickly identifies the objects as the three Orion stars, changes that to an aerial refueling operation, then accuses Killian of being drunk. But an independent sighting of the UFOs by an Air Force transport plane 150 miles further south confirms Killian’s observation, and no refueling routes exist in central Pennsylvania. Brad Sparks uncovers new evidence in 2016 that supports the witnesses’ story.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: NICAP, “The Killian Case”; UFOEv, pp. 116–117; Loren E. Gross, The Fifth Horseman of the Apocalypse: UFOs, a History: 1959 January–March, The Author, 1999, pp. 58–60; Clark III 385–387; Sparks, p. 270; Willy Smith, “Over Pennsylvania,” IUR 23, no. 1 (Spring 1998): 13–14, 29–30; Swords 285; Patrick Gross, “The Killian– Orion Belt Sightings, 1958”
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_3280

Event 21013 (196008E4)

Date: 2/24/1959
Location: Victorville, California
Description: 10:00 p.m. A 17-year-old male is home babysitting the family pets and his younger brother in Victorville, California, when he sees a bright light shining in his bedroom window. The dogs begin to howl and run around. He goes outside and sees a luminous object like an “elongated egg,” dull red with purple waves inside it, flying in a descending path toward his house. It passes over the front yard at a height of only 8–10 feet. As the object returns, he goes inside to get a gun, but as he goes outside the object is making a third pass and he goes back inside. When the parents return home, they find the dogs in a terrified state.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Hynek UFO Report, pp. 167–170; Swords 286–287
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_3281

Event 21014 (760808E1)

Date: 2/24/1959
Description: At 8:45 p.m. American Airlines pilot Capt. Killian on Flight 937 sighted three bright yellow-orange maneuvering lights, changing colors, above the cloud layer while flying over Philipsburg and Bradford, Pennsylvania. His co-pilot also sighted the lights, and up to 37 other witnesses from Pan American and United Airlines flights also reported seeing the unusual lights.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: NICAP UFO Investigator, March 1959, p. 1; Dominique Weinstein, Aircraft UFO Encounters, p. 31
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_1078

Event 21015 (519C1145)

Date: 2/24/1959
Description: At 9:10 p.m. in Victorville, California two young men reported that a red egg shaped object made five passes over their house, which is located eight miles from George AFB. Their pet dogs began howling and ran to get inside the house. They also reported that the UFO caused radio interference. and made a humming sound.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: Loren E. Gross, The Fifth Horseman of the Apocalypse: UFOs: A History. 1959: January-March, p. 61; J. Allen Hynek, The Hynek UFO Report, p. 167; UNICAT database, case 280
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_1079

Event 21016 (7C6C32A3)

Date: 2/25/1959
Time: 06:50
Location: BARBERTON, OH
Description: 1 / SR21. Dark saucer / 150M altitude. Red light / top. No blimp in area.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO’s a HISTORY-1959 (4 booklets) 1999/00 Self published. (Index 167)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_6133

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: “295”, HatchDesc: “BARBERTON,OH:1/SR21:DRK SCR/150M alt:RED LITE/TOP:no blimp in area”, LatLong: “41.011113 -81.605559”, LatLongDMS: “41:00:40 N 81:36:20 W”, Locale: “Pasture”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, RelAlt: “150”, State/Prov: “Ohio”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 21017 (3FEDBA17)

Date: 2/25/1959
Time: 08:30
Location: SOUTH / HOBBS, NM
Description: Ovoid going quickly east. Repeated ‘dot-dot-dash’ on car radio. Duration = 35 second(s). / r79p16.
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_6134

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, SCR: Classic saucer/disk/sphere shaped UFO, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), SIG: Signals/responses to/from/between UFO’s/occupants/observers, EME: Electro-Magnetic Effects

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “6”, Duration: “1”, Elev: “1105”, HatchDesc: “S/HOBBS,NM:OVOID >>E:REPEATED ‘DOT-DOT-DASH’ on CAR RADIO:DUR=35sec:/r79p16”, LatLong: “32.633335 -103.133338”, LatLongDMS: “32:38:00 N 103:08:00 W”, Locale: “Pasture”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “New Mexico”, Strangeness: “7”

Event 21018 (97D9203F)

Date: 2/25/1959
Time: 14:10
Location: PALOS VERDES, CA
Description: 1 observer. 5 orange saucers descend and play tag! Going quickly southwest to sea / military jet nears.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO’s a HISTORY-1959 (4 booklets) 1999/00 Self published. (Index 167)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_6135

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

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “6”, Duration: “2”, Elev: “66”, HatchDesc: “PALOS VERDES,CA:1 OBS:5 ORG SCRS DESCEND+PLAY TAG!:>>SW TO SEA/mil jet nears”, LatLong: “33.766668 -118.333339”, LatLongDMS: “33:46:00 N 118:20:00 W”, Locale: “Coastlands”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “California”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 21019 (6F271E87)

Date: 2/25/1959
Location: Hobbs, NM
Description: Signals on car radio (steady succession of two dots and a dash) as UFO passed (NICAP: 03 - EME Cases, NC)
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_2331

Event 21020 (237A1CDA)

Date: Late 2/1959
End date: 4/15/1959
Locations: Sydney; Perth; Adelaide; Melbourne; Brisbane, Australia
Description: George Adamski continues his world lecture tour in Sydney, Perth, Adelaide, Melbourne, and Brisbane, Australia.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: “World Lecture Tour,” The Adamski Case, October 5, 2019
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_3282

Event 21021 (13882C6A)

Date: 2/25/1959
Location: State Highway 18 south of Hobbs, New Mexico
Description: 8:30 a.m. Jim Dobbs Jr. is driving south on State Highway 18 south of Hobbs, New Mexico, when he sees an egg-shaped object glowing like radium on a watch dial. He estimates it is 10° above the southern horizon and traveling fast. His radio fades out and produces only a steady succession of two dots and a dash. The object disappears in the east after 30 seconds.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: “Hobbs Man Sees Glowing UFO, Hears Signals,” APRO Bulletin, March 1959, p. 1
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_3283

Event 21022 (07662709)

Date: 2/25/1959
Locations: Huntsville, Alabama; Detroit, Michigan
Description: Lt. Col. Lee B. James, chief of the Liaison Branch of the Army Ballistic Agency in Huntsville, Alabama, gives a talk at the Detroit Chapter of the Michigan Society of Professional Engineers on space flight. Because of the recent Killian incident, he is asked about UFOs. Referring to the witness on that aircraft, he says: “If they (35 passengers and several crew members) saw what they really saw, it would have to come from outer space—a civilization decades before ours.”
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Loren E. Gross, The Fifth Horseman of the Apocalypse: UFOs, a History: 1959 January–March, The Author, 1999, p. 68
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_3284

Event 21023 (C1C718C8)

Date: 2/25/1959
Locations: London Airport (now Heathrow); England
Description: 7:25 p.m. A pale-yellow light is seen by officials above one of the runways at London Airport [now Heathrow], England. Airport and air defense radars do not pick up any target. RAF Fighter Command Headquarters says the light fluctuates in intensity and is about 200 feet from the ground. It stays in one position for 20 minutes then climbs away at high speed.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Charles H. Gibbs-Smith, “Venus and the Nose-Cone Light: A Study in the Lunacy of Explainistics,” Flying Saucer Review 5, no. 3 (May/June 1959): 10–11, 31; Good Above, p. 52; UFOEv, p. 122
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_3285

Event 21024 (42F0A581)

Date: 2/25/1959
Description: At 6:45 a.m., sixty miles north of Barberton, Ohio on State Route 21 in Summit County a dark disc-shaped UFO with a red light on top flew around for five minutes at 150 meters altitude. No blimp was flying in the area at the time.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: NICAP UFO Investigator, March 1959, p. 5; Loren E. Gross, The Fifth Horseman of the Apocalypse: UFOs: A History. 1959: January-March, p. 67
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_1097

Event 21025 (2845C83E)

Date: 2/25/1959
Description: On the same morning at 8:30 a.m. in Hobbs, New Mexico an ovoid UFO was seen by a Mr. Dobbs. The car radio repeated a “dot-dot-dash” for 35 seconds during the sighting.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: Richard Hall, The UFO Evidence, p. 75; Mark Rodeghier, UFO Reports Involving Vehicle Interference, case 99, citing Coral & Jim Lorenzen, UFOs: The Whole Story
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_1098

Event 21026 (0E232972)

Date: 2/26/1959
Description: (Translated from French) An unidentified luminous object(s) is/are observed above London Heathrow Airport. (February 26)
Reference: rr0 - Beau
Source: rr0, ID: rr0_1789

Event 21027 (4DAB67A6)

Date: 2/26/1959
Time: 19:30
Location: HEATHROW AIRPORT/APARTMENT
Description: Many observer(s). Brilliant glowing disk hovers / runway / 20 minute(s). No RADAR image. Quickly going up. / r24v1#7.
Type: sighting
Reference: FLYING SAUCER REVIEW (FSR), London. Bimonthly. PO Box 162; High Wycombe, Bucks. HP135 DZ, England. (Index 63)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_6136

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, TCH: New technical details/clues, MIL: Military investigation, COV: Indication of coverup, CMF: Camouflage/disguise

Extra Data: Country: “Great Britain and Ireland”, Credibility: “9”, Duration: “20”, HatchDesc: “HEATHROW APT:MANY OBS:BRILL.GLO DISK HVRS/RUNWAY/20min:NO RDR IMG:↑↑:/r24v1#7”, LatLong: “51.455558 -0.450000”, LatLongDMS: “51:27:20 N 00:27:00 W”, Locale: “Town & City”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “England”, Strangeness: “7”

Event 21028 (B2B75524)

Date: 2/26/1959
Location: London, UK
Description: Air Traffic Controllers, others saw a bright yellow disc which hovered for 20 minutes above airport, then climbed away at high speed. [NICAP UFOE, X] (NICAP: 01 - Distant Encounters)
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_2332

Event 21029 (647CBFD6)

Date: 2/28/1959
Description: (Translated from French) Gerry Irwin observes a luminous object near Cedar City. He is found “asleep”. (February 28)
Reference: rr0 - Beau
Source: rr0, ID: rr0_1790

Event 21030 (EF9DEB3D)

Date: 2/28/1959
Time: 20:40
Location: CORDOBA, ARG
Description: Many observer(s). Round silver saucer hovers / 25 minute(s). Several brilliant flashes. Vanishes.
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_6137

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, HQO: High-quality observer(s), NWS: News media report, SCR: Classic saucer/disk/sphere shaped UFO, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), SIG: Signals/responses to/from/between UFO’s/occupants/observers

Extra Data: Country: “Argentina”, Credibility: “10”, Duration: “25”, Elev: “384”, HatchDesc: “CORDOBA,ARG:MANY OBS:RND SLVR SCR HVRS/25min:SVRL BRILL.FLASHES:VANISHES:”, LatLong: “-31.416668 -64.183336”, LatLongDMS: “31:25:00 S 64:11:00 W”, Locale: “Town & City”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “CRD”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 21031 (7AE7AB69)

Date: 2/28/1959
Time: 23:40
Location: SOUTH SALVADOR DE JUJUY, ARG
Description: Rotorless silent helicopter beams going [to] linemen. Red balls exit.
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_6138

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, HQO: High-quality observer(s), CIG: Torpedo/cigar/cylinder shaped UFO, PRB: Probe: Possibly remote controlled, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), OBS: Observation/chasing vehicles, RAY: Odd light/searchlight/beam/laser-like, HUM: Humans affected: Injury/burns/marks/abduction/death, BLD: Building/man-made structure/roads/power lines, CMF: Camouflage/disguise

Extra Data: Country: “Argentina”, Credibility: “9”, Duration: “2”, Elev: “1201”, HatchDesc: “S.SALVADOR de JUJUY,ARG:ROTORLESS SLNT COPTER BEAMS >LINEMEN:RED BALLS EXIT”, LatLong: “-24.183334 -65.305559”, LatLongDMS: “24:11:00 S 65:18:20 W”, Locale: “Town & City”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Juhuy”, Strangeness: “7”

Event 21032 (5201E53D)

Date: 2/28/1959
Location: Cedar City, Iowa
Description: Private Gerry Irwin stopped his car to investigate what he thought was a crashing plane. He was later found unconscious. Sequels of the incident (fainting, amnesia and his return to the site in a trancelike state) are sometimes quoted as evidence of psychologial experience correlated with the observation of the luminous object. Irwin deserted, and his subsequent whereabouts are unknown.
Type: ufo sighting
Reference: 121; Lorenzen; Magonia (Vallee)
Source: ValléeMagonia, ID: Magonia_482

Event 21033 (E37CFCAC)

Date: 2/28/1959
Location: US
Description: The US Air Force launches Discoverer 1, the first of a series of satellites that are part of the Corona spy program. The mission is a failure due to problems with the Agena upper stage.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Wikipedia, “Discoverer 1”
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_3286

Event 21034 (DDD093CB)

Date: 2/28/1959
Description: Private Gerry Irwin, a Nike missile technician, was driving from Nampa, Idaho to his barracks at Fort Bliss in El Paso, Texas. He had reached Cedar City, Utah at about 1 p.m. when he observed a glowing object cross the sky. Irwin decided it could have been an airliner on fire attempting a crash landing, so he went to investigate. Using shoe polish, he wrote “Stop” on the side of his car, and left a note on the steering wheel that read: “Have gone to investigate possible plane crash. Please call law enforcement officers.” A short time later a fish and game inspector did stop and took the note to the Cedar County sheriff, Otto Pfief, who returned to the site with a group of volunteers. No trace of an airplane crash was found, but Irwin was soon found unconscious and taken to a hospital. When Irwin finally woke up form a deep sleep, he was puzzled by the absence of his jacket. He was flown back to Fort Bliss and placed under observation for four days, after which he returned to duty.

Irwin behaved strangely: he was plagued by fainting, didn’t seem to be aware of the correct date, and kept asking, “were there any survivors?” He was placed in a hospital for psychiatric examination. On April 18th, the day after being discharged, Irwin felt a powerful urge to return to the site of his strange encounter. Once there he walked straight to a bush and found his missing jacket. There was a pencil in a buttonhole with a piece of paper wound tightly around it. Irwin curiously took the paper and burned it. He then went to sheriff Pfief, who provided him with the details of the initial incident. Shortly afterwards Irwin’s case came to the attention of the inspector general, who ordered a new investigation. On July 10, Irwin re-entered the hospital. On August 1, he failed to report for duty. One month later, he was listed as A.W.O.L. and was not seen again.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: Albert S. Rosales, Humanoid Contact Database 1959, citing The Ignored and Unexplained; Jacques Vallee, Passport To Magonia: A Century of Landings, case 481
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_1174

Event 21035 (79FA1371)

Date: 2/28/1959
Description: At 8:40 p.m. a round silver disc-shaped object hovered in the sky over the city of Cordoba, Argentina for 15 minutes. It gave off several brilliant flashes before vanishing. At 11:40 p.m. a rotorless silent helicopter-shaped object directed a beam of light at some linemen workers in San Salvador de Jujuy, Argentina. Red lights were seen exiting from the object.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: APRO Bulletin, May 1959
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_1175

Event 21036 (BF13D6C0)

Date: 3/1959
Location: POLAND, Kolobreg
Description: (Translated from French) Not far from this settlement, on the coast of the Baltic Sea, soldiers saw a triangular object of four meters emerging from the sea creating a strong turbulence. It flew away, made a tour around the barracks and disappeared at high speed.
Reference: Ion HOBANA/Julien WEVERBERGH: “Les OVNI en URSS et dans les pays de l’Est”. French translation Laffont 1966 - p.262
Reference: Mini catalogue chronologique des observations OVNI, by Godelieve Van Overmeire
Source: Overmeire, ID: Overmeire_2121

Event 21037 (6DCD5E97)

Date: 3/1959
Location: Kojaberg, Poland
Description: Polish soldiers see triangular object emerge from water. 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_232

Event 21038 (04724AA5)

Date: 3/1959
Location: KOLOBRZEG, POL
Description: Soldiers. 4M triangle rises / sea. Circles over waves and away. / r2p192.
Type: sighting
Reference: INTERNATIONAL UFO REPORTER (IUR) Bimonthly. CUFOS, Chicago. Highly regarded. (Index 134)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_6139

Attributes: CST: Observer(s) in coastal area/just offshore, MIL: Observer(s) military, DLT: Delta/vee/boomerang/rectangular shaped UFO, SUB: Submersible: Rises from or submerges into water, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), OBS: Observation/chasing vehicles

Extra Data: Country: “Poland”, Credibility: “8”, Duration: “15”, HatchDesc: “KOLOBRZEG,POL:SOLDIERS:4M TRIANGLE RISES/SEA:CCLS ovr WAVES+AWAY:/r2p192”, LatLong: “54.166669 15.583334”, LatLongDMS: “54:10:00 N 15:35:00 E”, Locale: “Offshore”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “KOS”, Strangeness: “7”

Event 21039 (148B1E5D)

Date: 3/1959
Location: Kolobreg, Poland
Description: On the Polish coast, not far from Kolobreg, soldiers saw the sea become turbulent as a triangular object, 4 m in size, emerged, circled the barracks, and flew away at high speed.
Type: ufo sighting
Reference: 122 (Vallee)
Source: ValléeMagonia, ID: Magonia_483

Event 21040 (9074CBA0)

Date: 3/1959
Locations: Baltic Sea coast; Kołobrzeg, Poland
Description: On the Baltic Sea coast near Kołobrzeg, Poland, soldiers watch the sea become turbulent as a triangular object, 12 feet in diameter, emerges, circles the barracks, and flies away at high speed.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Vallée, Magonia, p. 275
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_3287

Event 21041 (58187986)

Date: 3/2/1959
Time: 19:30
Location: MT. AIRY, NC
Description: 2 kids and more. 6M lighted saucer / 60M altitude near quarry. No further details / news account.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO’s a HISTORY-1959 (4 booklets) 1999/00 Self published. (Index 172)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_6140

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, NWS: News media report, SCR: Classic saucer/disk/sphere shaped UFO, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), OBS: Observation/chasing vehicles, DRT: Dirt/soil traces/marks/footprints etc.

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “6”, Duration: “2”, Elev: “336”, HatchDesc: “Mt.AIRY,NC:2 KIDS+:6M LIGHTED SCR/60M alt nr QUARRY:NFD/news acct”, LatLong: “36.500002 -80.616671”, LatLongDMS: “36:30:00 N 80:37:00 W”, Locale: “Residential”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, RelAlt: “60”, State/Prov: “NVR”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 21042 (54AA519F)

Date: 3/2/1959
Description: A six-meter in diameter disc hovered 60 meters over a quarry in Mount Airy, North Carolina at 7:30 p.m. It had body lights and was witnessed by two children. The sighting lasted about two minutes.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: Loren E. Gross, The Fifth Horseman of the Apocalypse: UFOs: A History. 1959: January-March, p. 72
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_1242

Event 21043 (E093FD8D)

Date: 3/3/1959
Location: USA
Description: (Translated from French) The americans succeeded in making the Pioneer IV carrier rocket function at all levels, and this tiny 6 kg probe, missing the Moon by 50,000 km, became in turn a solar planet.
Reference: “Conquest of Space” - Thomas de Galiana, ed. Larousse Poche, 1967, p. 235
Reference: Mini catalogue chronologique des observations OVNI, by Godelieve Van Overmeire
Source: Overmeire, ID: Overmeire_2118

Event 21044 (219B87E0)

Date: 3/3/1959
Description: (Translated from French) The American mission Pioneer 4 passes 59000 km from the Moon. (March 3)
Reference: rr0 - Beau
Source: rr0, ID: rr0_1791

Event 21045 (EACB9EAD)

Date: 3/7/1959
Description: At 9:30 a.m. Rev. Pearl Kerwin of Silver Spring, Maryland saw a man wearing a white “helmet” behind a hedge, so she went around the hedge to meet him. She encountered a being wearing a white, one-piece coverall suit that covered even his feet, with bright blue trunks. The “helmet” was part of the suit, like a hood. She yelled and the man ran off very rapidly, apparently “skimming” over the ground. John Gill, who saw the creature’s face at a distance of 15 feet, said there were two black holes where the eyes should be.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: David F. Webb and Ted Bloecher, HUMCAT: Catalogue of Humanoid Reports, case 1959-03, citing Eli Berzweig, Don Neill, & Richard Hall, NICAP
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_1363

Event 21046 (D883D9E1)

Date: 3/10/1959
Time: 04:00
Location: 60 MI SSE / GD.BAHAMA AUX.AFB
Description: RADAR blip circles 2X and figure-8 maneuver by missile test! Going northeast.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO’s a HISTORY-1959 (4 booklets) 1999/00 Self published. (Index 175)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_6141

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CST: Observer(s) in coastal area/just offshore, MIL: Observer(s) military, HQO: High-quality observer(s), MID: Likely mis-identification, PRB: Probe: Possibly remote controlled, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), OBS: Observation/chasing vehicles, VEH: Vehicle affected: Marks/damage/EME effects, RDR: Radar traces/blips, MIL: Military investigation, BBK: Project BLUEBOOK

Extra Data: Country: “Caribbean area”, Credibility: “9”, Duration: “25”, Elev: “0”, HatchDesc: “60mi SSE/Gd.BAHAMA Aux.AFB:RDR BLIP CCLs 2X+ Fig-8 MNVR by missile test!:>NE”, LatLong: “25.750001 -78.166670”, LatLongDMS: “25:45:00 N 78:10:00 W”, Locale: “Offshore”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “BAH”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 21047 (77203A83)

Date: 3/10/1959
Location: Grand Bahama Island, West Indies
Description: (McDonald list) UFO Maneuvers ON FPS-8, Converges On Missile (NICAP: 09 - RADAR Cases, Code: R, Rating: 5, BB: BBU)
Reference: NICAP: 590310
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_2333

Event 21048 (5157ABDF)

Date: 3/11/1959
Locations: Antarctica; Wellington, New Zealand
Description: Rear Admiral George J. Dufek, on his way back from commanding Operation Deepfreeze in Antarctica, tells reporters in Wellington, New Zealand, that he does not think the existence of UFOs can be discounted: “I think it is very stupid for human beings to think no one else in the universe is as intelligent as we are.” Asked years later why he said this, he explains that it was because of sightings related to him by people who worked with him at the South Pole.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Swords 290
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_3288

Event 21049 (EC4E1F93)

Date: 3/12/1959
Location: AUSTRALIA, Urnong Landing - South Australia
Description: (Translated from French) In the evening, young Kim Marks (6 years old) was getting ready for bed, when he told his parents that a man, dressed in a red jacket and pants with white trim, was in his room. The man, about 150 cm tall, had a crimson face. The child and the entity observed each other in silence for more than a minute. The dog, which accompanied the child, had no special reaction.
Reference: Keith Basterfield
Reference: Mini catalogue chronologique des observations OVNI, by Godelieve Van Overmeire
Source: Overmeire, ID: Overmeire_2119

Event 21050 (A0300660)

Date: 3/12/1959
Description: (Translated from French) Unidentified luminous objects are observed in Norway. (March 12)
Reference: rr0 - Beau
Source: rr0, ID: rr0_1792

Event 21051 (97BA400F)

Date: 3/12/1959
Location: BERGEN, NORW
Description: Several observer(s). 5 objects cross sky north going south in succession. Each takes 2 minute(s).
Type: sighting
Reference: FAWCETT, Lawrence & GREENWOOD, Barry: The UFO COVERUP (Formerly Clear Intent); Prentice Hall, NJ 1984. 264pp. (Index 138)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_6142

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: “Scandanavian and Finland”, Credibility: “9”, Duration: “12”, HatchDesc: “BERGEN,NORW:SVRL OBS:5 OBJS CROSS SKY N>S IN SUCCESSION:EACH TAKES 2min”, LatLong: “60.400003 5.333334”, LatLongDMS: “60:24:00 N 05:20:00 E”, Locale: “Coastlands”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Norway”, Strangeness: “3”

Event 21052 (CF67109F)

Date: 3/12/1959
Location: Bergen, Norway
Description: Several witnesses at Bergen, Norway, see a bright object passing north to south, taking two minutes to move from horizon to horizon. Several minutes later another appears, following the same course. This is soon followed by three more in succession.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: ClearIntent, p. 138
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_3289

Event 21053 (A4711221)

Date: 3/12/1959
Description: On this night 6-year-old Kim Marks of Purnong Landing, South Australia was preparing for bed when he saw a five foot tall man with a crimson face, wearing a red jacket and trousers with white trimmings. He was visible for a minute and a half. Kim’s dog did not react. A few hours later, a multi-colored luminous UFO was seen close to the Marks property.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: David F. Webb and Ted Bloecher, HUMCAT: Catalogue of Humanoid Reports, case 1959-04, citing Keith Basterfield; Bill Chalker & Keith Basterfield, Australian Catalogue of Close Encounter Type Three Reports, case 7
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_1433

Event 21054 (6F77A629)

Date: 3/13/1959
Time: 02:10
Location: PURNONG, SOUTH AUST
Description: 60M domed saucer / field. Going up [to] and going southwest when 2+observer(s) near. / MJ#251+/ FSRv5#3+/ r8.
Type: sighting
Reference: FLYING SAUCER REVIEW (FSR), London. Bimonthly. PO Box 162; High Wycombe, Bucks. HP135 DZ, England. (Index 65)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_6143

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, MIL: Military investigation, OGA: Non-Covert Government Agencies

Extra Data: Country: “Australia”, Credibility: “7”, Duration: “10”, HatchDesc: “PURNONG,S.AUST:60M DOMED SCR/FLD:↑+>SW when 2+ OBS near:/MJ#251+/FSRv5#3+/r8”, LatLong: “-34.866668 139.600007”, LatLongDMS: “34:52:00 S 139:36:00 E”, Locale: “Pasture”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “South Australia”, Strangeness: “8”

Event 21055 (4A8DE334)

Date: 3/13/1959
Location: Duluth, MN
Description: A/C Crew Saw Lights / Radar Targets Confirmed (NICAP: 09 - RADAR Cases, Code: R, Rating: 5, BB: BBU)
Reference: NICAP: 590313
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_2334

Event 21056 (861F0257)

Date: 3/13/1959
Time: 1410
Location: Pumong, Australia
Description: Near Claypans, 150 km northeast of Adelaide, Carl Towill, postmaster, and Percy Briggs, mail carrier, saw a dome-shaped object take off from a field 400 m away. It resembled a huge, brilliant circus tent, studded with lights that kept changing from red to blue. They approached within 200 m, then saw it rise, hover, and shoot off at immense speed toward the south. They had observed it for 10 min. Mr. Briggs was questioned by investigators from Woomera Rocket range.
Type: ufo sighting
Reference: FSR 59,5 (Vallee)
Source: ValléeMagonia, ID: Magonia_484

Event 21057 (B7A28315)

Date: 3/13/1959
Locations: Purnong; Mannum, South Australia; Cournamont Hill; Murray River
Description: 2:00 a.m. Percy Briggs is driving from Purnong to Mannum, South Australia, with a load of vegetables and Claypans Postmaster C. Towill as passenger. They have just climbed Cournamont Hill near the Purnong Ferry over the Murray River. They see to the left of the road a huge dome-shaped object with 8–9 red and blue lights about 20 feet apart. The UFO soon rises from the ground at a 15° angle and moves away to the southwest. The separate lights merge into one big light. They watch it recede for about 10 minutes.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Loren E. Gross, The Fifth Horseman of the Apocalypse: UFOs, a History: 1959 January–March, The Author, 1999, pp. 79–80
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_3290

Event 21058 (FC39E34D)

Date: 3/13/1959
Description: Driving over a hill in Purnong Landing, South Australia at 2:10 a.m., 1.6 kilometers from the ferry, two men names Briggs and Towill came upon a multi-colored domed disc on the ground. It was about 10 meters in diameter and 100 meters away from them. The UFO went through a regular sequence of color changes. It had red and blue lights, and when on the ground they were half blue and half red, which would switch colors. When they decided to get closer it rose and flew off. They watched it for 10 minutes.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: Michael Hervey, UFOs Over the Southern Hemisphere, p. 157; Keith Basterfield, UFO Research Australia Newsletter, March 1982, p. 23
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_1450

Event 21059 (6D0CACF0)

Date: 3/14/1959
Time: ~23:50
Location: KYGER, OH
Description: Separate observer(s). Saucer with sphere / top chases teen / car. Beams going down. Descends / low altitude.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO’s a HISTORY-1959 (4 booklets) 1999/00 Self published. (Index 181)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_6144

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, HUM: Humans affected: Injury/burns/marks/abduction/death, VEH: Vehicle affected: Marks/damage/EME effects

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “7”, Duration: “3”, Elev: “183”, HatchDesc: “KYGER,OH:SEP.OBS:SCR W/SPHERE/TOP CHASES TEEN/CAR:BEAMS ↓:DESCENDS/LO ALT”, LatLong: “38.983335 -82.155559”, LatLongDMS: “38:59:00 N 82:09:20 W”, Locale: “Farmlands”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, RelAlt: “2”, State/Prov: “Ohio”, Strangeness: “7”

Event 21060 (2497F355)

Date: 3/14/1959
Location: Ellsworth AFB, SD
Description: (McDonald list) (NICAP: 01 - Distant Encounters, BB: BBU)
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_2335

Event 21061 (B0EB2E9B)

Date: 3/14/1959
Description: A disc-shaped object with a sphere on top paced a teenage driving in a car in Kyger, Gallia County, Ohio at 11:45 p.m. It beeamed a light down, and descended to a low altitude.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: Loren E. Gross, The Fifth Horseman of the Apocalypse: UFOs: A History. 1959: January-March, p. 81
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_1479

Event 21062 (6ECCD015)

Date: 3/15/1959
Description: (Translated from French) Gerry Irwin faints in a street of El Paso. (March 15)
Reference: rr0 - Beau
Source: rr0, ID: rr0_1793

Event 21063 (32B498AE)

Date: 3/15/1959
Time: 23:00
Location: TORINO, ITL
Description: Red-yellow sphere/orb/globe stops 100M over airfield / 20 minute(s). Pulsates. Vibrant bright. Going up. / r100.
Type: sighting
Reference: FLYING SAUCER REVIEW (FSR), London. Bimonthly. PO Box 162; High Wycombe, Bucks. HP135 DZ, England. (Index 64)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_6145

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

Extra Data: Country: “Italy”, Credibility: “10”, Duration: “20”, Elev: “240”, HatchDesc: “TORINO,ITL:RED-YEL ORB STOPS 100M OVR AIRFIELD/20min:PULSATES:VBRITE:↑:/r100”, LatLong: “45.083335 7.766667”, LatLongDMS: “45:05:00 N 07:46:00 E”, Locale: “Town & City”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, RelAlt: “100”, State/Prov: “Torino”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 21064 (AA435432)

Date: 3/15/1959
Description: A reddish yellow sphere stopped 100 meters over the Torino, Italy airfield at 11:00 p.m. It was pulsating and very bright, and hovered 20 minutes.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: UFO Nachtrichten, September 1959; Larry Hatch, U computer database, case #5696, citing Flying Saucer Review, July 1959
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_1523

Event 21065 (C8A39FA7)

Date: 3/16/1959
Description: (Translated from French) Gerry Irwin wakes up, convinced he is February 28. He is taken back to William Beaumont Hospital. (March 16, 2 AM)
Reference: rr0 - Beau
Source: rr0, ID: rr0_1794

Event 21066 (4539AE23)

Date: 3/18/1959
Location: Denville, New Jersey
Description: 8:50 p.m. Jesse Wilson of Denville, New Jersey, is taking photos of the Moon through a telescope and captures an image of two groups of multiple objects.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Center for UFO Studies, [case documents]
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_3291

Event 21067 (3CED5795)

Date: 3/19/1959
Time: 01:00
Location: COLEBROOK, NH
Description: Man abduction. Pseudo-human/entity = leader. Many saucers to/from/between cylinder/cigar-shape. Small humanoids (or Greys) absorb paste / skin as food.
Type: sighting
Reference: MUFON UFO JOURNAL, Seguin, TX USA. Monthly. (Index 302)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_6146

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, TLP: Telepathy, SCR: Classic saucer/disk/sphere shaped UFO, CIG: Torpedo/cigar/cylinder shaped UFO, OID: Humanoid: Small alien or “Grey”, PSH: Pseudo-human: Clone/organic robot/human-like, ABD: Human or animal abduction, CVS: Conversation/communication, HUM: Humans affected: Injury/burns/marks/abduction/death, LND: UFO landing or any part touches ground, TCH: New technical details/clues

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “6”, Duration: “240”, Elev: “315”, HatchDesc: “COLEBROOK,NH:MAN ABD:PSH=LEADER:MANY SCRS<>CGR:OIDS ABSORB PASTE/SKIN AS FOOD”, LatLong: “44.894447 -71.494448”, LatLongDMS: “44:53:40 N 71:29:40 W”, Locale: “Residential”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “New Hampshire”, Strangeness: “11”

Event 21068 (47273CFF)

Date: 3/19/1959
Time: 20:50
Location: SOUTHEAST / KYGER, OH
Description: Blue Book. Buzz / car radio. Lights dim. 6M metal saucer paces. / MJ#251+/ r242p75.
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_6147

Attributes: 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, MIL: Military investigation, BBK: Project BLUEBOOK

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “6”, Duration: “5”, Elev: “180”, HatchDesc: “SE/KYGER,OH:BBK:BUZZ/CAR RADIO:LITES DIM:6M MTL SCR PACES:/MJ#251+/r242p75”, LatLong: “38.966669 -82.116671”, LatLongDMS: “38:58:00 N 82:07:00 W”, Locale: “Pasture”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Ohio”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 21069 (4B1A5ECC)

Date: 3/19/1959
Location: Kyger, OH
Description: Buzzing static-like sound on car radio. Lights dimmed; unidentified light source seen ahead of car (NICAP: 03 - EME Cases)
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_2336

Event 21070 (02F6DFD1)

Date: 3/19/1959
Location: Killian
Description: USAF spokesman Maj. Lawrence J. Tacker retracts the dubious Orion explanation for the Killian case and says instead that the pilots saw B-47 bombers refueling in flight from a KC-97 tanker. Killian tells the papers, “I don’t care what the air force says,” he knows what refueling looks like and the UFOs were “at least three times the size of any tanker or bomber we have. They could travel at 2,000 mph. And they were not conventional aircraft.”
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Loren E. Gross, The Fifth Horseman of the Apocalypse: UFOs, a History: 1959 January–March, The Author, 1999, pp. 82–84
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_3292

Event 21071 (B4A078A5)

Date: 3/19/1959
Description: At 8:45 p.m. on this day in 1959 a metallic disc, six meters in diameter, paced a car on highway 124 southeast of Kyger, Ohio. Electromagnetic effects noted at the time of this close encounter were a buzzing on the car radio and the dimming of the headlights and dashboard lights.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: Gallipolis (Ohio) Daily Tribune, March 20, 1959; Mark Rodeghier, UFO Reports Involving Vehicle Interference, case 100, citing Richard Hall, The UFO Evidence (Volume I)
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_1564

Event 21072 (F32DD30F)

Date: 3/19/1959
Description: Fifteen minutes later, at 9:00 p.m., two seminary roommates were outdoors on the grounds of the Lady of Grace Monastery in Colebrook, New Hampshire when they saw a silvery colored, Saturn-shaped, ovoid UFO descend over them. The craft had lighted windows around its lower portion and blinking red, yellow, and green lights around its outer rim. It also emitted a loud humming sound. The craft flew towards and then retreated from the witnesses several times. They apparently suffered a period of amnesia. Years later under hypnosis one of the witnesses recalled that the craft landed nearby on three legs and all normal noises ceased. They both were paralyzed and were both then floated up a ramp and taken onboard the craft, where they communicated by telepathy with four humanoids of differing heights, including a taller six-foot tall being that appeared to be the leader. Both were given physical exams and several experiments were conducted on them. They were able to see a “mother ship” and other craft through a window in the UFO on which they flew, and were taken onboard the larger craft where they saw other human abductees.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: Morton Schaffer, MUFON field investigations database, case # 930402E; Albert S. Rosales, Humanoid Contact Database 1959, case # 715, citing Morton Schafer, MUFON UFO Journal, issue # 302
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_1565

Event 21073 (8AF53DD8)

Date: 3/20/1959
Alternate date: 6/8/1959
Location: Redstone Arsenal
Description: A group at the Army Ballistic Missile Agency (ABMA) produced for the Army a classified study report titled Project Horizon, A U.S. Army Study for the Establishment of a Lunar Military Outpost by 1965.
Type: aerospace
Reference: Wikipedia
Source: Maj2, ID: Maj2_587

Event 21074 (1B116FC3)

Date: Spring 1959
Location: Washington DC
Description: ex-CIA Whistleblower Kewper Stein (likely Oscar Wayne Wolff 1935-2015), part of the CIA’s secret UFO investigation project, claims in the spring of 1959, he returned to Washington D.C. and met with President Eisenhower, Vice President Nixon, and a CIA official at FBI headquarters. A few FBI officials took part in the meeting but not Director J. Edgar Hoover. Stein gave these leaders a thorough briefing on his fact-finding mission. The evidence he shared included a variety of reports and photographic images of flying saucers and unknown aerial crafts taken by various sources worldwide. Eisenhower looked them over with substantial interest and made informed remarks. He seemed to know a good deal more than Nixon, who was seemingly “stunned” and somewhat “out of the loop” on the otherworldly topic. Decades later starting in the 1990’s, Kewper claimed that Project Blue Book was just window dressing and for public relations, and the most interesting reports were secretly forwarded to the CIA for investigation.
Type: secret meeting
Reference: “Deanonymizing “Anonymous” (“Agent Kewper”)” by Richard Geldreich, Jr.
Reference: “Anonymous: A Former CIA Agent comes out of the Shadows to Brief the White House about UFOs”, by C. Ronald Garner
Reference: “The Nixon-Gleason Alien Encounter” by Paul Blake Smith, page 10
Reference: “Ex-CIA Agent Deathbed Confession On UFOs: Visited Area-51 & Saw Living Aliens”
Reference: Part 1: Army/CIA Unit Studied the Real UFO Blue Book Cases
Source: Maj2, ID: Maj2_900

Event 21075 (27092A4B)

Date: Spring 1959
Location: In flight, between Alma Ata (Kazakhstan) and Moscow (USSR)
Description: (Translated from French) A TU 104 was flying normally when suddenly a glow was noticed inside the passenger cabin, near the corridor leading to the cockpit. This glow suddenly took on a solid form, becoming a luminous disc about 50 cm in diameter. It remained motionless in a vertical position. The passengers were alarmed, someone shouted “Fire!” A pilot from the crew immediately came with an extinguisher, but he saw neither fire nor object, as it had disappeared! The situation had just returned to normal when, suddenly, the object reappeared! Slowly it moved through the cabin, from window to window. Paralyzed by fear, the passengers did not make the slightest movement. After making its inspection tour, the disc returned to its initial position and vanished forever. (1959, Spring)
Reference: Guy TARADE: “S.V. and Extraterrestrial Civilizations”. - J’AI LU 1969, p. 219, 220
Reference: Mini catalogue chronologique des observations OVNI, by Godelieve Van Overmeire
Source: Overmeire, ID: Overmeire_2127

Event 21076 (1A67CBD6)

Date: Spring 1959
Description: (Translated from French) Another jet is sent to intercept a stationary object detected on radar off the northeast coast of Japan. The pilot sees the object and is authorized to fire. The missiles have no effect on the unknown object which begins to pursue the plane as the radar follows the scene. The two signals overlap, the single object that results remains stationary for a moment then disappears. The searches conducted for several days fail: no trace of the jet is found. Even if it is advanced that the plane disappeared over the water, it remains that the radars never detected any fall after the “meeting” of the “blips”, that a localized crash with precision at sea leaves traces on the surface and that one of the aircrafts left by its own means, which excludes for it the devastating effects of a collision. (Spring)
Reference: Maccabee
Reference: rr0 - Beau
Source: rr0, ID: rr0_1803

Event 21077 (69627F98)

Date: 3/20/1959
Time: 17:30
Location: OSTROLEKA, POLAND
Description: Several observer(s). 2 silent cigars going quickly west like meteors. 3rd object follows. / txt file.
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_6148

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, HQO: High-quality observer(s), MID: Likely mis-identification, CIG: Torpedo/cigar/cylinder shaped UFO, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s)

Extra Data: Country: “Poland”, Credibility: “9”, Duration: “1”, HatchDesc: “OSTROLEKA,POLAND:SVRL OBS:2 SLNT CGRS>>W like meteors:3rd OBJ FOLOS:/txt file”, LatLong: “53.088891 21.588890”, LatLongDMS: “53:05:20 N 21:35:20 E”, Locale: “Farmlands”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “OST”, Strangeness: “4”

Event 21078 (386EA4FA)

Date: 3/20/1959
Time: 21:00
Location: NEAR MURRAY BRIDGE, SOUTH AUSTRALIA
Description: 2 / car. Blazing gold coin-disk over road. Arcs up extremely fast.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO’s a HISTORY-1959 (4 booklets) 1999/00 Self published. (Index 187)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_6149

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: “Australia”, Credibility: “7”, Duration: “1”, HatchDesc: “nr MURRAY BRIDGE,S.AUSTRL:2/CAR:BLAZING GOLD COIN-DISK OVR ROAD:ARCS UP XFAST”, LatLong: “-35.133335 139.250007”, LatLongDMS: “35:08:00 S 139:15:00 E”, Locale: “Pasture”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “South Australia”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 21079 (2CFEA04A)

Date: 3/20/1959
Location: Ostroleka, Poland
Description: 5:30 p.m. Witold Sambrowski, an electronics engineer, sees two noiseless cigar-shaped, reddish-pink objects flying over Ostroleka, Poland. They are traveling horizontally at a speed greater than a jet. When the two vanish, a third appears and follows the path the others have taken.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Hobana and Weverbergh 211–212
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_3293

Event 21080 (00B883E7)

Date: Spring 1959
Location: New York Yacht Club
Description: Keyhoe meets with Hillenkoetter at the New York Yacht Club to discuss NICAP strategy. USAF Public Information Officer Lawrence J. Tacker has sent the organization a letter asking it to stop writing to Air Force personnel about UFOs. Keyhoe tells Hillenkoetter that three scientists have contacted a certain congressman to report UFO sightings. Hillenkoetter advises, “we’ll have to do something to speed things up.”
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Keyhoe, FSTS, pp. 15, 247–248
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_3297

Event 21081 (D39D12C0)

Date: Spring 1959
Location: Sverdlovsk, Russia
Description: Soviet radar and Air Defense personnel observe UFOs circling and hovering for more than 24 hours above the headquarters of the Tactical Missile Command at Sverdlovsk, Russia. Fighter aircraft sent to intercept them report that the UFOs easily outmaneuver them and zigzag to avoid machine gun fire.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Flying Saucers, no. 47, May 1966, pp. 6–10; Good Above, p. 227
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_3298

Event 21082 (F19A4EDD)

Date: Spring 1959
Locations: Tokyo, Japan; Misawa Air Base; Honshu; Tsugaru Strait; Pentagon
Description: Early evening. A weather officer with the US Fifth Air Force in Tokyo, Japan, is in the operations center when the staff tracks a UFO near Misawa Air Base on the north end of Honshu. One of the officers says this happens frequently, that the objects travel at 2,000 mph, and they often stop in one position and hover for 30 minutes to several hours before taking off westward along the Tsugaru Strait and disappearing in a burst of speed. The center commander orders the pilots of two specially equipped F-106s based at Misawa to intercept the target. One of the planes is having instrumentation problems, but the other goes up. After 10 minutes he is being guided toward the target through Misawa. The pilot says the object is circular and metallic with a cockpit on top. The commander calls the Pentagon for authorization for the pilot to fire on the UFO, and he gets permission for the pilot to make a firing pass. The pilot fires two missiles, but they detonate just at the edge of the object, as if it is protected. The UFO then turns toward the terrified pilot, and the command center watches as the two blips merge into one. The blip disappears. Crews search for wreckage for 4 days but find none.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Bruce Maccabee, “Hiding the Hardware,” IUR 16, no. 5 (Sept./Oct. 1991): 8–9
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_3299

Event 21083 (68D7C7A9)

Date: 3/22/1959
Time: 23:50
Location: NEAR HERMOSILLO, MX
Description: 2 engineers. Intensely blue object hovers / low altitude near mine. No further details.
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_6150

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., LND: UFO landing or any part touches ground

Extra Data: Country: “Mexico”, Credibility: “8”, Duration: “1”, Elev: “200”, HatchDesc: “nr HERMOSILLO,MX:2 ENGINEERS:INTENSELY BLUE OBJ HVRS/lo alt nr MINE:NFD”, LatLong: “29.000001 -110.916672”, LatLongDMS: “29:00:00 N 110:55:00 W”, Locale: “Desert”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Sonora”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 21084 (B13A8C25)

Date: 3/22/1959
Location: Ann Arbor, MI
Description: (McDonald list) (NICAP: 01 - Distant Encounters, BB: BBU)
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_2337

Event 21085 (BFBC353F)

Date: 3/22/1959
Location: Ann Arbor, Michigan
Description: 1:30 a.m. Mr. and Mrs. Gary Bond are driving near Ann Arbor, Michigan, when they see an intensely lighted object hovering about 2 miles to the southeast. It is about 200 feet in the air and just south of a main road. Intense shafts of light are shining from two oval ports at the bottom. As they drive closer, they can hear no sound and find it is about 50–75 feet from the road. The UFO parallels their car at first, then the light shafts go out, and a circle of 8–10 red lights appear on the bottom. Then it rises rapidly and disappears in seconds. A local radio astronomer, Allen Barrot, claims the couple saw the lights of his telescope. But the Air Force finds that the couple were never looking in the direction of Barrot’s observatory.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Swords 288–289; Loren E. Gross, The Fifth Horseman of the Apocalypse: UFOs, a History: 1959 January–March, The Author, 1999, pp. 87–90
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_3294

Event 21086 (6C5D70DD)

Date: 3/23/1959
Description: Two men, Briggs and Elio, saw a strange, domed disc-shaped object apparently on or near to the ground, then later in the sky over Adelaide, South Australia. It was in view for 10 minutes.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: Michael Hervey, UFOs Over the Southern Hemisphere, p. 164
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_1624

Event 21087 (E94630F7)

Date: 3/25/1959
Time: 11:30
Location: WARSAW, POLAND
Description: Big and small spheres connected / cylinder/cylindrical object. Hovers / institute. Turns into saucer!!
Type: sighting
Reference: HOBANA Ion & WEVERBERGH,Julien: UFO’S from BEHIND the IRON CURTAIN; Bantam Books,1975. 308pp. (Index 212)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_6151

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, SCI: Scientist involvement, ODD: Atypical/Forteana/paranormal, 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: “Poland”, Credibility: “7”, Duration: “10”, HatchDesc: “WARSAW,POLAND:BIG+SML SPHERES CONNECTED/CYL:HVRS/INSTITUTE:TURNS INTO SCR!!”, LatLong: “52.250002 21.083334”, LatLongDMS: “52:15:00 N 21:05:00 E”, Locale: “Metropolis”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “WAR”, Strangeness: “8”

Event 21088 (1EE08625)

Date: 3/25/1959
Location: N Montana, MT
Description: (McDonald list) B-52 & Gnd Radar / Radar Visual / Radar Freqs From UFO (NICAP: 09 - RADAR Cases, Code: R, Rating: 5, BB: BBU)
Reference: NICAP: 590325
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_2338

Event 21089 (DC7BBAEB)

Date: 3/25/1959
Description: Two silver spheres joined by a cylinder changed shape to a disc over Warsaw, Poland at around 11:30 a.m.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: Ion Hobana & Julien Weverbergh, UFOs from Behind the Iron Curtain, p. 212
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_1650

Event 21090 (4EDE2598)

Date: 3/26/1959
Location: USA, Corsica, Pennsylvania.
Description: (Translated from French) 12:45 p.m. Witness: T.E. Clark. An object shaped like a barrel, dark red in color, 20 feet long, 6 to 7 feet high, descended behind the trees during the 3 minute observation. (1959, March 26 or 27)
Reference: Project Blue Book - cfr Don Berliner
Reference: Mini catalogue chronologique des observations OVNI, by Godelieve Van Overmeire
Source: Overmeire, ID: Overmeire_2120

Event 21091 (6ECCF145)

Date: 3/26/1959
Time: 12:50
Location: CORSICA, PA
Description: Project Bluebook Case #6317. Odd 20’ “fish-shape” UFO hovers and drops behind trees. Absolute(ly) silent.
Type: sighting
Reference: SCIENCE & MECHANICS (eds.) OFFICIAL GUIDE to UFO’S; Ace Books, NY. 1968. (Index 182)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_6152

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: “7”, Duration: “3”, Elev: “492”, HatchDesc: “CORSICA,PA:BBK#6317:ODD 20’ “FISH-SHAPE” UFO HVRS+DROPS BHND TREES:ABS SILENT.”, LatLong: “41.238891 -79.200004”, LatLongDMS: “41:14:20 N 79:12:00 W”, Locale: “Farmlands”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Pennsylvania”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 21092 (953B918B)

Date: 3/26/1959
End date: 3/27/1959
Location: Corsica, PA
Description: Dark red, barrel-shaped object, 20 ft long, 6-7 ft high (NICAP: 01 - Distant Encounters, BB: 6317)
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_2339

Event 21093 (5FBA8ED4)

Date: 3/26/1959
Time: 12:45 PM
Location: Corsica, Pennsylvania
Description: Or March 27, 1959. Witness: T.E. Clark. One dark red, barrel-shaped object, 20’ long, 6-7’ high, descended below some trees during the 3 minute sighting.
Type: ufo sighting
Reference: BlueBook Unknowns PDF
Source: BerlinerBBUnknowns, ID: BerlinerBBU_433

Event 21094 (88BFAF66)

Date: 3/27/1959
Description: (Translated from French) Observation in Corsica (Pennsylvania). (26-27 March)
Reference: case Blue Book #6317 unsolved
Reference: rr0 - Beau
Source: rr0, ID: rr0_1795

Event 21095 (B5385EE5)

Date: 3/27/1959
Time: 15:40
Location: DOGURA, PNG
Description: Cleric and more/others. “Tilley lamp” going west from sea over Cape Frere and here. Separate night light report(s).
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO’s a HISTORY-1959 (4 booklets) 1999/00 Self published. (Index 198)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_6153

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)

Extra Data: Country: “Pacific Ocean and non - Asian islands”, Credibility: “7”, Duration: “2”, Elev: “4”, HatchDesc: “DOGURA,PNG:CLERIC++:“TILLEY LAMP” >W FROM SEA ovr CAPE FRERE+here:SEP NLT Rpts”, LatLong: “-10.133334 150.083340”, LatLongDMS: “10:08:00 S 150:05:00 E”, Locale: “Islands”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “PNG”, Strangeness: “4”

Event 21096 (60818E06)

Date: 3/27/1959
Location: Maryland
Description: Lou Corbin has told Keyhoe that Rep. Samuel Friedel (D-Md.) is “all set to hop on this Killian business” and begins to plan for Killian to meet with him. But Killian’s wife now tells Keyhoe that he is under strict orders from the Air Force not to talk to anyone about the sighting or risk losing his job. Soon afterwards, the Air Force releases a statement from Killian that says, “Having never seen night refueling of jets by a tanker, I suppose that could be what we saw.”
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Keyhoe, FSTS, pp. 27–36; UFOEv, pp. 116–117
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_3295

Event 21097 (C0FFFBC7)

Date: 3/27/1959
Description: A blue, barrel-shaped UFO landed remotely a half mile away in a wooded area west of Corsica, Pennsylvania at 12:45 p.m. It was seen by a man and a woman.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: Lloyd Mallan, Official Guide to UFOs, p. 35; Project Bluebook files counted in official statistics, case 6317
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_1692

Event 21098 (2FE790CB)

Date: 3/28/1959
Time: ~21:00
Location: VILA NOVA / FUENTES, PRT
Description: Several observer(s). Strong beam going down / house. Retracts. Going down / rocks. Night light going quickly west.
Type: sighting
Reference: FLYING SAUCER REVIEW (FSR), London. Bimonthly. PO Box 162; High Wycombe, Bucks. HP135 DZ, England. (Index 65)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_6154

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CST: Observer(s) in coastal area/just offshore, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, HQO: High-quality observer(s), NLT: Nightlights/points of light, PRB: Probe: Possibly remote controlled, OBS: Observation/chasing vehicles, RAY: Odd light/searchlight/beam/laser-like, DRT: Dirt/soil traces/marks/footprints etc., BLD: Building/man-made structure/roads/power lines

Extra Data: Country: “Portugal”, Credibility: “8”, Duration: “2”, HatchDesc: “VILA NOVA/FUENTES,PRT:SVRL OBS:STRONG BEAM ↓/HOUSE:RETRACTS:↓/ROCKS:NLT >>W”, LatLong: “37.716668 -8.783334”, LatLongDMS: “37:43:00 N 08:47:00 W”, Locale: “Coastlands”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “???”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 21099 (567FBB50)

Date: 3/28/1959
Description: On this night three witnesses encountered a seven foot tall luminous humanoid in a swampy area of Charles Mill Lake, Ohio. It appeared to be armless and had large, bright greenish eyes. It left tracks behind resembling those of the footgear worn by skin divers.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: Albert S. Rosales, Humanoid Contact Database 1959, case # 314, citing Loren Coleman, Curious Encounters
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_1708

Event 21100 (F3BEF3E3)

Date: 3/29/1959
Location: GERMANY, Lampertheim near Mannheim
Description: (Translated from French) Horst Raps, 26 years old, is taking a walk (on medical prescription, he suffers from his lungs) Around 8 pm he sees a light descending from the sky. He approaches it and sees a shining object hovering one meter above the ground. It is a saucer of blue and purple light, topped with a dome that sends out beams of light. Fascinated, he sees a staircase come out and a large humanoid figure in multicolored uniform appears. The apparition speaks correct German and comes to warn the witness of great dangers. It sets a rendezvous and forces him to return to the same place three days later.
Reference: Mitarbeiter, “Ufo Geheimnisse”, Berlin, January 1998
Reference: continued April 1, 59
Reference: Mini catalogue chronologique des observations OVNI, by Godelieve Van Overmeire
Source: Overmeire, ID: Overmeire_2122

Event 21101 (DAE2D2B8)

Date: 3/29/1959
Description: At eight o’clock in the evening 26-year-old Horst Raps of Lampertheim, Germany had gone out for a walk as recommended by his doctor after being diagnosed with lung disease. As he walked along he sighted a light coming down from the sky. The light approached and he saw an object hovering just one meter above the ground. The craft was saucer-shaped and surrounded by a blue-violet light. It had a cupola on top that emitted bright beams of light. Fascinated, he watched as a stairway descended to the ground and a tall, heavy-set man emerged. The figure wore a tight-fitting, multicolored uniform. He approached Raps and spoke to him in perfect German… He warned the witness of approaching future dangers and asked him to return to the same place three days later.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: Albert S. Rosales, Humanoid Contact Database 1959, citing UFO Geheimnisse, Berlin, January 1998
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_1717

Event 21102 (C8C64230)

Date: 3/31/1959
Time: 19:50
Location: ADELAIDE, SA
Description: 3 kids and separate observer(s). Ovoid with fuzzy edges and lights going east. Circles. Going west again. No further details.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO’s a HISTORY-1959 (4 booklets) 1999/00 Self published. (Index 199)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_6155

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)

Extra Data: Country: “Australia”, Credibility: “8”, Duration: “30”, HatchDesc: “ADELAIDE,SA:3 KIDS+SEP.OBS:OVOID W/FUZZY EDGES+LITES >E:CCLS:>W AGAIN:NFD”, LatLong: “-34.950002 138.633340”, LatLongDMS: “34:57:00 S 138:38:00 E”, Locale: “Metropolis”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “South Australia”, Strangeness: “5”

Event 21103 (F01A5387)

Date: 3/31/1959
Time: 23:30
Location: WEST / GOOLWA, AUSTR
Description: 5M red-orange dome / windows / ground. Glows. Going up [to] and going quickly east. / r143 #1p99+/ r8#485.
Type: sighting
Reference: FLYING SAUCER REVIEW (FSR), London. Bimonthly. PO Box 162; High Wycombe, Bucks. HP135 DZ, England. (Index 65)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_6156

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: “Australia”, Credibility: “6”, Duration: “3”, HatchDesc: “W/GOOLWA,AUSTR:5M RED-ORG DOME/WINDOWS/GND:GLOWS:↑+ >>E:/r143 #1p99+ /r8#485”, LatLong: “-35.522224 138.766673”, LatLongDMS: “35:31:20 S 138:46:00 E”, Locale: “Coastlands”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “South Australia”, Strangeness: “8”

Event 21104 (62CCBC61)

Date: 3/31/1959
Time: 1330
Location: Port Elliot, Australia
Description: Barry Neale was driving home to Goolwa when he saw on the ground a glowing, reddish-orange object with a row of portholes. It illuminated the trees, was about 5 m wide. He got within 300 m of it, and drove around the wooded area in time to see it take off. No radioactivity was found at the spot.
Type: ufo sighting
Reference: FSR 59,5 (Vallee)
Source: ValléeMagonia, ID: Magonia_485

Event 21105 (2BEB511C)

Date: 3/31/1959
Locations: Port Elliot; Goolwa, South Australia
Description: 11:30 p.m. Barry Neale, operator of the Port Elliot movie theater, is driving home to Goolwa, South Australia, and sees a dome-shaped, reddish-orange object with a row of evenly spaced portholes around it. He estimates it to be about 15 feet wide, and it is on the ground about 900 feet from the road. He sees it disappear to the east.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Loren E. Gross, The Fifth Horseman of the Apocalypse: UFOs, a History: 1959 January–March, The Author, 1999, pp. 99–100
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_3296

Event 21106 (3BF67368)

Date: 3/31/1959
Description: Three Adelaide, South Australia children reported having seen strange objects moving about in the sky. Neil Abercrombie, his mother, brother, and some other friends, all saw a strange object at 6:05 p.m. He described it as an “elongated circle with indistinct edges” and said it had been flying quite high. Two other nearby residents saw a round object with red flashing lights at about 7:50 p.m. They said the object circled and disappeared in the west, appearing to be smaller than a plane.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: Michael Hervey, UFOs over the Southern Hemisphere, London: Robert Hale, 1975, p. 165
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_1761

Event 21107 (E65D2F17)

Date: 3/31/1959
Description: Later that same evening the Adelaide Weather Bureau received a report of a UFO at about eight p.m. from Goolwa, near Port Elliott, South Australia. And at 11:30 p.m. a young man spotted a reddish-orange oval-shaped object on the ground about 100 meters from the rural road he was driving on. Barry Neale, age 15, was driving home between Goolwa and Port Elliot, South Australia when he saw the glowing, reddish-orange object on the ground. It had a row of 8 or 9 portholes, was about five meters (16 feet) wide, and it illuminated the trees. He drove around the wooded area in time to see it take off. “It climbed at an angle of 45 degrees towards Hindmarsh Island and soon disappeared.” No radioactivity was found at the spot.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: Jacques Vallee, Passport to Magonia: A Century of Landings, case 484; Keith Basterfield, UFO Research Australia, March 1982, p. 23
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_1762

Event 21108 (E678E8CC)

Date: 4/1959 (approximate)
Location: SVERDLOVSK, RUSSIA
Description: UFO’s over launchpads. Evade jets. Zigzag / RADAR. / LDLN#204+/ r148p200.
Type: sighting
Reference: HOBANA Ion & WEVERBERGH,Julien: UFO’S from BEHIND the IRON CURTAIN; Bantam Books,1975. 308pp. (Index 283)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_6157

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

Extra Data: Country: “Russia”, Credibility: “6”, Duration: “160”, HatchDesc: “SVERDLOVSK,RUS:UFOS OVR LAUNCHPADS:EVADE JETS:ZIGZAG/RDR:/LDLN#204+/r148p200”, LatLong: “56.850003 60.600003”, LatLongDMS: “56:51:00 N 60:36:00 E”, Locale: “Town & City”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “SVR”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 21109 (6106D177)

Date: 4/1959
Location: Seattle, Washington
Description: Air Force acknowledges a “frantic radio report” that “we have hit something or something has hit us,” which preceded a mysterious crash of a C-118. No survivors. Eyewitnesses on the ground reported sighting 3 or 4 parachute-like glowing UFOs following the plane prior to its crash.
Type: ufo sighting
Reference: The Flying Saucers are Hostile!, by George D. Fawcett 1961
Source: HostileFawcett, ID: HostileFawcett_80

Event 21110 (7CD536E9)

Date: 4/1/1959
Location: Orting, WA
Description: An Air Force C-118 transport plane with four passengers suddenly radioed in ”MAYDAY, we’ve been hit!” Col. R.E. Booth told reporters that a mid-air collision had taken place at 8:19 p.m. APRG (Aerial Phenomena Research Group) investigators determined that from 7:00 p.m. on through the early evening several mysterious aerial explosions had shaken the Seattle, WA, area. Several residents had reported seeing mysterious UFOs from 20 miles north of the crash scene to about 8 miles southeast of it. These sightings were confirmed by the Orting Chief of Police and by Public Information Officer at McChord AFB. Several persons told APRG investigator, R. Gribble, that as the C-118 passed over their area it was followed by 2 parachute-shaped objects and that the C-118 was missing its tail assembly. Mr. and Mrs. Bill Jones reported 3 or 4 parachute-shaped UFOs following the C-118 as it passed over their home. Chief of Police, Fred Emard, told R. Gribble that he would be glad to furnish information on the UFOs to APRG, but changed his mind the next day after an interview with an Air Force Colonel. “The Chief and other officials of Orting had been silenced,” Gribble reported.
Type: mid-air collision
Reference: Pea Research
Source: Maj2, ID: Maj2_589
See also: 9/29/59
See also: 5/61

Event 21111 (DB7EFDC1)

Date: 4/1/1959
Location: GERMANY, Lampertheim
Description: (Translated from French) Horst Raps is faithful to the appointments set on the 29th. He can board and in a minimum of time the saucer moves away to land on Alpha Centauri. There he notices that there are different races of people, that the dwellings are dome-shaped, and that multicolored flowers are cultivated. (1959, April 1st and 18th)
Reference: Mitarbeiter, “Ufo Geheimnisse”, Berlin, January 1998
Reference: Mini catalogue chronologique des observations OVNI, by Godelieve Van Overmeire
Source: Overmeire, ID: Overmeire_2123

Event 21112 (CC5A1B82)

Date: 4/1/1959
Description: (Translated from French) A C-118 cargo plane taking off from Mac Chord military airbase in Washington state collides with an unknown luminous object. Several witnesses see 2 yellow-orange lights approach the plane. The crew has time to send a distress message before crashing: We’ve hit something… or something has hit us! MAYDAY, MAYDAY, this time it’s it, this time it’s it! (April 1st)
Reference: rr0 - Beau
Source: rr0, ID: rr0_1796

Event 21113 (00456586)

Date: 4/1/1959
Location: Near Tacoma, WA
Description: C-118 collides with unknown object, no survivors.
Type: ufo sighting
Reference: UFOs and the National Security State: Chronology of a Cover-up, 1941–1973, by Richard Dolan
Source: Dolan, ID: Dolan_233

Event 21114 (8DED519A)

Date: 4/1/1959
Time: 19:40
Location: ORTING, WA
Description: Saucers follow USAF C118? C118 Radios collision. 4 die. / MJ#252+/ FSRv32#3.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO’s a HISTORY-1959 (4 booklets) 1999/00 Self published. (Index 202)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_6158

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, HUM: Humans affected: Injury/burns/marks/abduction/death, VEH: Vehicle affected: Marks/damage/EME effects, INJ: Injuries, illness/death, mutilations, MIL: Military investigation, COV: Indication of coverup

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “9”, Duration: “5”, Elev: “66”, HatchDesc: “ORTING,WA:SCRS FOLO USAF C118?:C118 Radios COLLISION:4 DIE:/MJ#252+/FSRv32#3”, LatLong: “47.094447 -122.205561”, LatLongDMS: “47:05:40 N 122:12:20 W”, Locale: “Metropolis”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Washington”, Strangeness: “9”

Event 21115 (BFDFAC85)

Date: 4/1/1959
Locations: Sumner; Orting; Washington; McChord AFB [now Joint Base Lewis-McChord]; Tacoma
Description: An Air Force C-118 plane with four on board crashes between Sumner and Orting, Washington, about an hour after taking off from McChord AFB [now Joint Base Lewis-McChord] in Tacoma. Their last radio message indicates that they hit something or that something hit them. Bob Gribble and other UFO investigators find witnesses who claim to have seen two orange or yellow objects closing in on the plane. Best guess is that the plane hit a tree and the UFO observations are unrelated.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Loren E. Gross, The Fifth Horseman of the Apocalypse: UFOs, a History: 1959 April–June, The Author, 1999, pp. 2–4
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_3300

Event 21116 (65E58AB6)

Date: 4/1/1959
Description: Horst Raps returned to the previously appointed site in Lampertheim, Germany where he had encountered a UFOnaut on March 29th and found the hovering blue-violet disc-shaped craft and the tall humanoid waiting for him. This time he was invited onboard the UFO, and supposedly taken on an otherworldly ride to another planet in the Alpha Centauri system. There he encountered various races of people, who allegedly lived in dwellings shaped like cupolas and cultivated multicolored flowers.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: Albert S. Rosales, Humanoid Contact Database 1959, case # 2440, citing Ulrich Magin
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_1781

Event 21117 (15EA8698)

Date: 4/1/1959
Location: McChord Air Force Base, California
Description: Air Force C-118 transport crashes, 3 persons killed, UFOs seen in vicinity.
Type: ufo sighting
Reference: The Flying Saucers are Hostile!, by George D. Fawcett 1961
Source: HostileFawcett, ID: HostileFawcett_79

Event 21118 (78B25F57)

Date: 4/3/1959
Time: 19:30
Location: OCOEE, FL
Description: Ex-treasury officer. Large green night light going up and down. Hovers. Going up [to] and gone. / r143#1p4+/ r242p64.
Type: sighting
Reference: UFO INVESTIGATOR: NICAP: Kensington, MD & Washington, DC [defunct]. University Microfilms, Ann Arbor, MI 48106 (Index 20)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_6159

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: “5”, Elev: “40”, HatchDesc: “OCOEE,FL:EX-TREASURY OFFICER:LRG GRN NLT ↑+↓:HVRS:↑+GONE:/r143#1p4+/r242p64”, LatLong: “28.566668 -81.544448”, LatLongDMS: “28:34:00 N 81:32:40 W”, Locale: “Wetlands”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Florida”, Strangeness: “5”

Event 21119 (CDD4895E)

Date: 4/3/1959
Location: Ocoee, FL
Description: Treasury enforcement officer saw UFO ascending and descending. [NICAP UFOE, VII] (NICAP: 01 - Distant Encounters)
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_2340

Event 21120 (A762B054)

Date: 4/4/1959
Time: 16:50
Location: ROSKILDE, DK
Description: 1 / motorbike / malfunctions due to EME (electro-magnetic effects). Luminous tube hovers vertical. Moves 200M away and motor OK.
Type: sighting
Reference: ALDRICH, Jan J.: Private research papers. A huge mass of hard-won information. (Index 0)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_6160

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

Extra Data: Country: “Scandanavian and Finland”, Credibility: “6”, Duration: “1”, HatchDesc: “ROSKILDE,DK:1/MOTORBIKE/EMEs:LUMn.TUBE HVRS VERTICAL:MOVES 200M AWAY+MOTOR OK”, LatLong: “55.650003 12.066667”, LatLongDMS: “55:39:00 N 12:04:00 E”, Locale: “Pasture”, LocationLink: "[Google Maps](https://www.googl

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e.com/maps/place/55.650003,12.066667)", State/Prov: “Danemark”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 21121 (3BB43D51)

Date: 4/5/1959 (approximate)
Location: YERGA ALEM, ETHIOPIA
Description: Many observer(s). Green sphere sways and maneuvers all over area. / APRO 5’59.
Type: sighting
Reference: FLYING SAUCER REVIEW (FSR), London. Bimonthly. PO Box 162; High Wycombe, Bucks. HP135 DZ, England. (Index 64)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_6161

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: “Ethiopia”, Credibility: “9”, Duration: “99”, HatchDesc: “YERGA ALEM,ETHIOPIA:MANY OBS:GRN SPHERE SWAYS+MNVRS ALL OVR AREA:/APRO 5’59”, LatLong: “6.716667 38.400002”, LatLongDMS: “06:43:00 N 38:24:00 E”, Locale: “Desert”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “SDM”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 21122 (297E0636)

Date: 4/7/1959
Locations: CFB St. Hubert; Montreal/Saint-Hubert Airport; Quebec
Description: 8:00 p.m. Control tower operators at CFB St. Hubert [now Montreal/Saint-Hubert Airport], Quebec, spot a red, glowing light hanging in the sky for a few minutes at 3,000–7,000 feet altitude. It suddenly darts to the north at supersonic speed.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Lorenzen, UFOs: The Whole Story, Signet, 1969, p. 100
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_3301

Event 21123 (B96CF55C)

Date: 4/9/1959
Description: (Translated from French) The NASA selects 9 astronauts. (April 9)
Reference: rr0 - Beau
Source: rr0, ID: rr0_1797

Event 21124 (CE6D0126)

Date: 4/9/1959
Description: At 6:50 p.m. a UFO was seen against the mountains by the Sideia Mission Brothers in Boianai, Papua New Guinea.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: Charles Bowen, UFOs in Two Worlds: FSR Special Edition No. 4, p. 34
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_1923

Event 21125 (72B6C91D)

Date: 4/11/1959
Location: Woodlands, New Zealand
Description: Two businessmen at Woodlands, New Zealand, watch a glowing 40-foot-long object with a balloon-like attachment on the underside hovering just above the trees. As they approach it in their car, it speeds off to the north.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Lorenzen, UFOs: The Whole Story, Signet, 1969, p. 100
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_3302

Event 21126 (3B863BDE)

Date: 4/12/1959
Time: 20:00
Location: MONTREAL, QB
Description: Military Air Traffic Controller and more/others. Red night light-cylinder/cigar-shape hovers / Air Force Base. Going quickly north. Nothing / RADAR. / APRO 5’59+/ r242p118.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO’s a HISTORY-1959 (4 booklets) 1999/00 Self published. (Index 207)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_6162

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, MIL: Observer(s) military, HQO: High-quality observer(s), NWS: News media report, NLT: Nightlights/points of light, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), OBS: Observation/chasing vehicles, VEH: Vehicle affected: Marks/damage/EME effects, BLD: Building/man-made structure/roads/power lines

Extra Data: Country: “Canada”, Credibility: “8”, Duration: “5”, Elev: “70”, HatchDesc: “MONTREAL,QB:MIL.ATC++:RED NLT-CGR HVRS/AFB:>>N:NOTHNG/RDR:/APRO 5’59+/r242p118”, LatLong: “45.500002 -73.583337”, LatLongDMS: “45:30:00 N 73:35:00 W”, Locale: “Town & City”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Quebec”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 21127 (BC09AD5F)

Date: 4/12/1959
Location: Montreal, CAN
Description: St. Hubert Air Base Control Tower Operators, others saw red light which hovered over base, then darted away. [NICAP UFOE, X] (NICAP: 01 - Distant Encounters)
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_2341

Event 21128 (228B0640)

Date: 4/12/1959
Locations: St. Hubert Air Defence Command Base [now CFB St. Hubert], Quebec; Montreal
Description: 8:00 p.m. Control tower personnel and airport officials at St. Hubert Air Defence Command Base [now CFB St. Hubert], Quebec, as well as local residents watch a red ball of light hovering above the airfield at 3,000–7,000 feet. Descriptions vary from a black ball with a red light to a long red cigar. Radar does not pick it up. Suddenly it takes off toward Montreal to the north.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Yurko Bondarchuk, UFO Sightings, Landings, and Abductions, Methuen, 1979, pp. 94–96
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_3303

Event 21129 (19D487B2)

Date: 4/13/1959
Description: (Translated from French) The press headlines "A Red Glint in the Sky: a black sphere with a red light was observed above St-Lambert, east of Montreal, by hundreds of witnesses. (April 13)
Reference: rr0 - Beau
Source: rr0, ID: rr0_1798

Event 21130 (FB2881C0)

Date: 4/13/1959
Time: 19:20
Location: ANTIGO AND MADISON, WI
Description: Photographs / 25-30 RADAR blips. Object with red and green lights / type unknown. Maneuvers. No further details.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO’s a HISTORY-1959 (4 booklets) 1999/00 Self published. (Index 206)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_6163

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

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “8”, Duration: “120”, Elev: “260”, HatchDesc: “ANTIGO+MADISON,WI:FOTOS/25-30 RDR BLIPS:OBJ W/RED+GRN LITES/type unk:MNVRS:NFD”, LatLong: “45.133335 -89.150004”, LatLongDMS: “45:08:00 N 89:09:00 W”, Locale: “Farmlands”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Wisconsin”, Strangeness: “5”

Event 21131 (697B6F6A)

Date: 4/13/1959
Location: Antigo & Madison, WI
Description: (McDonald list) Highly Maneuverable Lights Tracked / Fighter Scrambled (NICAP: 09 - RADAR Cases, Code: R, Rating: 5, BB: BBU)
Reference: NICAP: 590413
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_2342

Event 21132 (8B16260B)

Date: 4/14/1959
Time: 13:00?
Location: FYN ISL., DK
Description: 1 observer. Metallic dome / 1M altitude. Away and back. Follows motorbike / 5km. Separate observer(s).
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_6164

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, HUM: Humans affected: Injury/burns/marks/abduction/death, VEH: Vehicle affected: Marks/damage/EME effects, LND: UFO landing or any part touches ground

Extra Data: Country: “Scandanavian and Finland”, Credibility: “7”, Duration: “9”, HatchDesc: “FYN Isl.,DK:1 OBS:MTLC DOME/1M alt:AWAY+BACK:FOLOS MOTORBIKE/5km:sep.obs”, LatLong: “55.333336 10.500001”, LatLongDMS: “55:20:00 N 10:30:00 E”, Locale: “Pasture”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Danemark”, Strangeness: “7”

Event 21133 (F7A9C719)

Date: 4/15/1959
Location: DENMARK, near Svendborg
Description: (Translated from French) A man on a bicycle saw a luminous disc-shaped UFO, which seemed to be made of glass. This object was close to the ground and made a buzzing sound. When it took off, the UFO lifted the cyclist to about 7 m in altitude, then it fell back down, quite slowly.
Reference: Janet and Colin BORD: “Modern Mysteries of the World” - Guild Publishing London 1989, p. 324
Reference: Mini catalogue chronologique des observations OVNI, by Godelieve Van Overmeire
Source: Overmeire, ID: Overmeire_2124

Event 21134 (A33F8F38)

Date: 4/15/1959
Time: ~18:00
Location: NORTHEAST / SVENBORG, DK
Description: Saucer / ground. Paces bicycle / 5km / 6M altitude. Luminous and glassy. / FSR’59#3.
Type: sighting
Reference: VALLEE, Jacques: PASSPORT TO MAGONIA; H. Regnery, Chicago HC 1969 & Contemporary Books,Chicago 1993. 372pp. (Index 486)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_6165

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, HUM: Humans affected: Injury/burns/marks/abduction/death, VEH: Vehicle affected: Marks/damage/EME effects, LND: UFO landing or any part touches ground

Extra Data: Country: “Scandanavian and Finland”, Credibility: “6”, Duration: “8”, HatchDesc: “NE/SVENBORG,DK:SCR/GND:PACES BICYCLE/5km/6M ALT:LUM+GLASSY:/FSR’59#3”, LatLong: “55.105558 10.727778”, LatLongDMS: “55:06:20 N 10:43:40 E”, Locale: “Coastlands”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Danemark”, Strangeness: “7”

Event 21135 (E161B38B)

Date: 4/15/1959
Time: evening
Location: Svendborg, Denmark
Description: Between Svendborg and Nyborg, Ove Christensen, coming home after work on his bicycle, was stopped on the road by a disk-shaped object spinning at ground level. After five minutes it began chasing him, flying 6 m above him for 5 m. The object was luminous and seemed made of glass.
Type: ufo sighting
Reference: FSR 59, 3 (Vallee)
Source: ValléeMagonia, ID: Magonia_486

Event 21136 (A1862E98)

Date: 4/15/1959
Description: On this evening Ove Christensen was coming home after work on his bicycle along the road between Svendborg and Nyborg, Denmark when he was stopped by a disc-shaped object spinning at ground level. After five minutes it began chasing him, flying six meters above him for five minutes. The UFO was luminous and seemed to be made of a glasslike material.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: Jacques Vallee, Passport to Magonia: A Century of Landings, case 486; Flying Saucer Review, May-June 1959
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_2022

Event 21137 (95A01C24)

Date: 4/17/1959
Description: (Translated from French) Gerry Irwin leaves William Beaumont Hospital. (April 17)
Reference: rr0 - Beau
Source: rr0, ID: rr0_1799

Event 21138 (6F547C4D)

Date: 4/17/1959
Locations: Kolkata, India; Varanasi, India
Description: George Adamski meets with Sisir Kumar Maitra, head of the Department of Philosophy and dean of the Faculty of Arts of Banaras Hindu University in Varanasi during a stopover in Kolkata, India.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: “World Lecture Tour,” The Adamski Case, October 5, 2019
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_3304

Event 21139 (ED954B24)

Date: 4/18/1959
Description: (Translated from French) Gerry Irwin leaves Fort Bliss heading to Cedar City. (April 18)
Reference: rr0 - Beau
Source: rr0, ID: rr0_1800

Event 21140 (5AAB6B9E)

Date: 4/18/1959
End date: 5/14/1959
Locations: London, England; Tunbridge Wells; Weston-super-Mare; Bournemouth; Caxton Hall in London; Birmingham University; Manchester
Description: Adamski arrives in London, England, and appears on the TV show In Town Tonight on April 18 and on the BBC program Panorama on April 20 where he debates with astronomer Patrick Moore, a show that is seen by 9 million viewers. Both Gen. Frederick Browning and RAF Commander Peter Horsley meet with Adamski and Desmond Leslie during their visit to a private address in London. Adamski gives further lectures in Tunbridge Wells, Weston-super-Mare, Bournemouth, at Caxton Hall in London (on April 28), Birmingham University (April 29), Manchester (May 1), and several more around the British Isles.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: “World Lecture Tour,” The Adamski Case, October 5, 2019; David Clarke, “The Prince and the Saucers,” Fortean Times 406 (June 2021): 19
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_3305

Event 21141 (D22F6F39)

Date: 4/19/1959
Description: (Translated from French) Gerry Irwin arrives in Cedar City and goes to the site of his observation. He finds his missing jacket, a pencil inside, and burns a paper rolled around it. As if coming out of a trance, he struggles to find his way back to Cedar City. (April 19)
Reference: rr0 - Beau
Source: rr0, ID: rr0_1801

Event 21142 (9479D1B6)

Date: 4/19/1959
Locations: Oklahoma; Frontier City amusement park northeast of Oklahoma City; Mercy Hospital; Baltimore
Description: 3:00 p.m. Otis T. Carr and Norman Colton, who have been in Oklahoma since February, pretend to attempt the launch of their OTC-X1 spacecraft in a gravel pit 6 miles east of the Frontier City amusement park northeast of Oklahoma City. Frontier City obligingly erects a model of the spacecraft as a ride. However, Carr comes down with a mysterious throat ailment and goes to Mercy Hospital on April 17. He invites Long John Nebel to have a brief glimpse of the model, but Nebel thinks it looks like a jumble of unconnected parts. As it turns out, the OTC- X1 develops a “mercury leak” and the launch is delayed then canceled. Those who have come for the April 19 launch hear contactee Dana Howard talk about her trip to Venus, and Margaret Storm (Carr’s “publications editor” in Baltimore) declares that Carr is inspired by the “Divine Master St. Germain.”
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: “Difficulties Put Off Flying Saucer Test,” Oklahoma City Daily Oklahoman, April 20, 1959, pp. 1–2, 13; Clark III 860–861
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_3306

Event 21143 (0A451C28)

Date: 4/20/1959
Description: (Translated from French) Doctor Jessup is found dying in his van (car?) in a public garden in Dade County, asphyxiated by a pipe attached to the exhaust of his vehicle and passed through the window of a door. (April 20)
Reference: rr0 - Beau
Source: rr0, ID: rr0_1802

Event 21144 (83DA7C2B)

Date: 4/20/1959
Location: Dade County park, Florida
Description: Ufologist Morris K. Jessup commits suicide in a Dade County park, Florida, from carbon monoxide poisoning. Some theorists connect his involvement with the Allende letters and the Philadelphia experiment to his death, but friends say Jessup has been discussing suicide with them for several months.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Clark III 635; “Jessup and the Allende Case,” Pursuit 1, no. 4 (September 30, 1968): 8–10
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_3307

Event 21145 (3023E849)

Date: 4/23/1959
Time: 00:10
Location: BRADENTON, FL
Description: Glowing-disk stops 2km away. 1cm apparent size. Beam going down [to] searches ground. Going quickly south / 1500kph.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO’s a HISTORY-1959 (4 booklets) 1999/00 Self published. (Index 216)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_6166

Attributes: 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

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “6”, Duration: “3”, Elev: “8”, HatchDesc: “BRADENTON,FL:GLO-DISK STOPS 2km away:1cm BDB:BEAM ↓ SEARCHES GND:>>S/1500kph”, LatLong: “27.500001 -82.550004”, LatLongDMS: “27:30:00 N 82:33:00 W”, Locale: “Pasture”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Florida”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 21146 (1C220AFA)

Date: 4/23/1959
Description: At 12:10 a.m. a luminous disc flew over a pasture in Bradenton, Florida and stopped two kilometers away from the witnesses. It emitted a beam of light that searched the ground for a couple of minutes, then it flew away toward the south.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: Loren E. Gross, The Fifth Horseman of the Apocalypse: UFOs: A History. 1959: April-June, p. 16
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_2252

Event 21147 (4F95A0D2)

Date: 4/24/1959
Time: 12:00?
Location: SALVADOR, BRZ
Description: Domed saucer with symbols / under. Telepathy = stop atom tests. 4 clear photographs. / r79p16.
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_6167

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CST: Observer(s) in coastal area/just offshore, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, TLP: Telepathy, HOX: Suspicion of hoax, CNT: Contactee related, SCR: Classic saucer/disk/sphere shaped UFO, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), MST: Missing time or time anomaly, VEH: Vehicle affected: Marks/damage/EME effects, PHT: Photos/movies/videos taken, EME: Electro-Magnetic Effects, TCH: New technical details/clues

Extra Data: Country: “Brazil”, Credibility: “4”, Duration: “10”, Elev: “1”, HatchDesc: “SALVADOR,BRZ:DOMED SCR W/SYMBOLS/UNDER:TLP=STOP ATOM TESTS:4 CLR FOTOS:/r79p16”, LatLong: “-12.966667 -38.533335”, LatLongDMS: “12:58:00 S 38:32:00 W”, Locale: “Coastlands”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Bahia”, Strangeness: “10”

Event 21148 (40DF7274)

Date: 4/25/1959
Description: Luis Da Silva saw a “red hot” colored disc in the sky on the evening of April 23rd in Sao Paulo, Brazil. Around midnight of April 23-24 he awoke and felt the need to go outside to the garden. There he found a noted that told him to return the following night at 1:30 a.m. When he did so, a circular UFO appeared in the air 300 feet above the ground, and he felt himself paralyzed. A man descended from the UFO in a slow spiral, but when he reached the ground he stopped above it and his feet did not quite touch the ground. He wore a helmet and some form of plastic clothing, and gloves looking like they were made of a transparent, glass material. He told Da Silva to return on Thursday at 2:05 a.m., and then re-ascended in a spiral into the craft. On Thursday the same sequence of events occurred, but the next time three entities descended in sequence. The last one of these men asked Da Silva for a piece of paper, and inscribed upon it a message of some kind, written in indescipherable markings.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: David F. Webb & Ted Bloecher, HUMCAT: Catalogue of Humanoid Reports, case 1959-07, citing Dr. Walter Buhler; Flying Saucer Review, May-June 1967, p. 7
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_2293

Event 21149 (77718DB7)

Date: 4/26/1959
Description: Luis Da Silva had seen a red colored disc in the sky before he went to bed in Sao Paulo, Brazil and when he awoke at midnight he felt a compulsion to go out into his garden, where he found a note telling him to return the next night at 1:30 a.m. He did so, and a circular UFO appeared at a low altitude, perhaps 100 meters. He felt paralyzed and unable to move. In a spiral a man descended from the UFO but did not quite touch the ground. He wore a helmet and was clad in plastic looking clothing, with gloves that looked transparent like glass. He told Da Silva to return again on Thursday at 2:05 a.m. and then re-ascended in a spiral to his craft. On Thursday the same sequence of events occurred, but this time three entities descended, one at a time. The last of these beings asked Da Silva for a sheet of paper, and he inscribed upon it a message consisting of undecipherable markings.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: Flying Saucer Review, May-June 1967, p. 7; David F. Webb and Ted Bloecher, HUMCAT: Catalogue of Humanoid Reports, case 1959-07, citing Dr. Walter Buhler, SBEDV
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_2333

Event 21150 (2593C1CE)

Date: 4/29/1959
Time: 06:00
Location: SELIZHAROVO STATION/DEPOT/FACILITY, RUSSIA
Description: Engineers and more/others. Saucer hovers. Violet glow beneath. Moves. / r9p184.
Type: sighting
Reference: VALLEE, Jacques: UFO CHRONICLES of the SOVIET UNION; Ballentine Books HB 1992. 212pp. (Index 184)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_6168

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)

Extra Data: Country: “Russia”, Credibility: “7”, Duration: “10”, HatchDesc: “SELIZHAROVO Stn,RUSS:ENGINEERS++:SCR HVRS:VIOLET GLOW BENEATH:MOVES:/r9p184”, LatLong: “56.833336 33.516668”, LatLongDMS: “56:50:00 N 33:31:00 E”, Locale: “Pasture”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “TVR”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 21151 (41AAD9D1)

Date: 4/29/1959
Time: 22:30
Location: NEAR GRASSY PLAINS, BC
Description: 14’ ovoid with lit dome on gravel road. Gone fast. / r8#487+/ r2p190.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO’s a HISTORY-1959 (4 booklets) 1999/00 Self published. (Index 245)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_6169

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: “Canada”, Credibility: “8”, Duration: “12”, Elev: “885”, HatchDesc: “nr GRASSY PLAINS,BC:14’OVOID W/LIT DOME on GRAVEL Rd:GONE FAST:/r8#487+/r2p190”, LatLong: “53.933336 -125.905562”, LatLongDMS: “53:56:00 N 125:54:20 W”, Locale: “Pasture”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “British Columbia”, Strangeness: “7”

Event 21152 (D752090B)

Date: 4/29/1959
Time: 2230
Location: Grassy Plains, Canada
Description: Alex Gillis and Jerry Monkman saw from a hilltop an egg-shaped object in the middle of the road. It was about 5 m long, the top part emitting a bright light. The object went away silently. Fearing ridicule, the witnesses reported the incident one month later.
Type: ufo sighting
Reference: FSR 59, 6 (Vallee)
Source: ValléeMagonia, ID: Magonia_487

Event 21153 (A1D7C833)

Date: 4/29/1959
Description: At 7:30 p.m. Rod Lightfoot and another man in Blackwood Park, a suburb of Adelaide, South Australia took a photograph of a saucer-shaped object. The main body of the UFO appeared to be rotating on its vertical axis, but the row of lights remained steady.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: Adelaide Advertiser, April 30, 1959; Michael Hervey, UFOs Over the Southern Hemisphere, p. 165; J. Bernard Delair, UFO Register (Volume 7), p. 49; Keith Basterfield, UFO Research South Australia, case # SA59001
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_2406

Event 21154 (75B1B2F8)

Date: 5/1959
Location: Mississauga, Ontario
Description: The first Avrocar, #58-7055, rolls out of the Avro Malton factory in Mississauga, Ontario. From June 9 to October 7 it is tested in a static hover rig. A second Avrocar is completed in August.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Wikipedia, “Avro Canada VZ-9 Avrocar”
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_3308

Event 21155 (E625F16A)

Date: 5/2/1959
Time: 19:20
Location: PEASE AIR FORCE BASE, NH
Description: Project Bluebook Case #unknown. Many military observer(s). Multiple RADAR’s / photographed. 14 objects. Type unknown.
Type: sighting
Reference: UFOCAT CATALOG: Assorted Printouts. Donald A. Johnson Ph.D (CUFOS). P.O. Box 446, Concord, NH 03302-0446 (Index 56)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_6170

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CST: Observer(s) in coastal area/just offshore, MIL: Observer(s) military, HQO: High-quality observer(s), 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

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “11”, Duration: “100”, Elev: “30”, HatchDesc: “PEASE AFB,NH:BBK#UNK:MANY MIL OBS:MULTIPLE RDRS/PHOTOD:14 OBJS:TYPE UNK”, LatLong: “43.100002 -70.816670”, LatLongDMS: “43:06:00 N 70:49:00 W”, Locale: “Town & City”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “New Hampshire”, Strangeness: “5”

Event 21156 (5D0EDBC7)

Date: 5/2/1959
Location: Pease AFB, NH
Description: (McDonald list) Three Radars Have 18 Tracks, 10+ Aircraft Scrambled (NICAP: 09 - RADAR Cases, Code: R, Rating: 5, BB: BBU)
Reference: NICAP: 590502
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_2343

Event 21157 (7B8F9EB7)

Date: 5/4/1959
Locations: Oklahoma City, Oklahoma; Frontier City
Description: Otis T. Carr and his attorney are summoned to the county courthouse in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, to answer questions about stock sales by OTC Enterprises, including a block of 21,000 shares to Frontier City promoter Jimmy Burge, oilman Frank Buttram, and publisher Edward K. Gaylord. Carr pleads the Fifth Amendment.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Clark III 861
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_3309

Event 21158 (6074D60F)

Date: 5/5/1959
Location: Wright-Patterson AFB in Dayton, Ohio
Description: Hynek’s newly formed UFO Advisory Panel holds its first meeting at Wright-Patterson AFB in Dayton, Ohio. The panel consists of Hynek, Lt. Col. Richard M. Graham (chaplain), Lt. Col. Theodore J. Hieatt (PR), Maj. Leroy D. Pigg (psychologist), V. J. Handmacher (physicist), and L. V. Robinson (astronomer).
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: “Saucer Reading Fest,” Saturday Night Uforia, January 25, 2019; Jacobs, UFO Controversy in America, Signet ed., 1976, pp. 148– 149
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_3310

Event 21159 (60FD4B9B)

Date: 5/7/1959
Time: 20:00
Location: OVER ITAPETININGA, BRZ
Description: Airline(s)/airliner crew and ground observer(s). Luminous ball hovers. Vanishes. Reappears elsewhere.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO’s a HISTORY-1959 (4 booklets) 1999/00 Self published. (Index 224)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_6171

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), OBS: Observation/chasing vehicles

Extra Data: Country: “Brazil”, Credibility: “10”, Duration: “10”, Elev: “680”, HatchDesc: “ovr ITAPETININGA,BRZ:AL CREW+GND OBS:LUMn.BALL HVRS:VANISHES:REAPPEARS ELSEWHR”, LatLong: “-23.600001 -48.050002”, LatLongDMS: “23:36:00 S 48:03:00 W”, Locale: “Metropolis”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “São Paulo”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 21160 (B729228D)

Date: 5/8/1959
Time: 23:00
Location: BLOOMSBURG, PA
Description: 2+observer(s) / (seen thru) binoculars. Brilliant ovoid circles town 4X in 7 minutes. Then shoots going quickly northwest.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO’s a HISTORY-1959 (4 booklets) 1999/00 Self published. (Index 223)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_6172

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

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “7”, Duration: “2”, Elev: “530”, HatchDesc: “BLOOMSBURG,PA:2+OBS/BINOCS:BRILL.OVOID CCLS TOWN 4X in 7 mins:THEN SHOOTS >>NW”, LatLong: “41.016669 -76.455559”, LatLongDMS: “41:01:00 N 76:27:20 W”, Locale: “Residential”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Pennsylvania”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 21161 (49DCEF45)

Date: 5/13/1959
Time: 19:00
Location: MONTEVIDEO, URU
Description: 2 observer(s). Circular object rotates CW(seen / bottom). Glows. Dome flashes. Going west.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO’s a HISTORY-1959 (4 booklets) 1999/00 Self published. (Index 228)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_6173

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, SCR: Classic saucer/disk/sphere shaped UFO, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), SIG: Signals/responses to/from/between UFO’s/occupants/observers

Extra Data: Country: “Uruguay”, Credibility: “6”, Duration: “2”, Elev: “29”, HatchDesc: “MONTEVIDEO,URU:2 OBS:CIRC.OBJ ROTATES CW(seen/bottom):GLOWS:DOME FLASHES:>W”, LatLong: “-34.850002 -56.150003”, LatLongDMS: “34:51:00 S 56:09:00 W”, Locale: “Metropolis”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “MTV”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 21162 (00BA459A)

Date: 5/13/1959
Time: 21:20
Location: NORTHWEST / OFFUTT AIR FORCE BASE, NE
Description: Blue Book. Military and civil Air Traffic Controllers and all / airliner. Fireball night light going southwest / 15 second(s). Plane speed.
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_6174

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

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “11”, Duration: “1”, Elev: “322”, HatchDesc: “NW/OFFUTT AFB,NE:BBK:MIL+CIV.ATCs+ALL/AIRLINER:FBL NLT >SW/15sec:PLANE SPEED”, LatLong: “41.111113 -95.922227”, LatLongDMS: “41:06:40 N 95:55:20 W”, Locale: “Town & City”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Nebraska”, Strangeness: “4”

Event 21163 (F04D553C)

Date: 5/13/1959
Location: Omaha (Offutt AFB), NE
Description: (McDonald list) (NICAP: 01 - Distant Encounters, BB: BBU)
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_2344

Event 21164 (D47BD21A)

Date: 5/13/1959
Description: At 7:00 p.m. a domed disc was seen over the city of Colon, Uruguay. The circular bottom of the object rotated clockwise. The object itself was self-luminous, and the dome of the craft flashed. The UFO flew off to the west.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: Roberto Enrique Banchs; Loren E. Gross, The Fifth Horseman of the Apocalypse: UFOs: A History. 1959: April-June, p. 28
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_2794

Event 21165 (BA62C8DB)

Date: 5/13/1959
Description: Military witnesses at Offutt AFB, Nebraska, a civilian ATC, and all onboard a Braniff airliner witnessed a fireball fly across the sky toward the SW for 15 seconds. It was sighted on a clear night at 9:21 p.m. and was estimated to be traveling at the same speed as the plane.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: APRO Bulletin, July 1959
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_2795

Event 21166 (40900C59)

Date: 5/14/1959
Location: Des Moines, IA
Description: UFO hovered, sped away. [NICAP UFOE, XII] (NICAP: 01 - Distant Encounters)
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_2345

Event 21167 (E2F8FAD2)

Date: 5/14/1959
Location: Philadelphia, PA
Description: (McDonald list) (NICAP: 01 - Distant Encounters, BB: BBU)
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_2346

Event 21168 (FBD7A8D6)

Date: 5/17/1959
Time: 04:30
Location: COOKTOWN, AUST
Description: 3 hunters. Huge saucer / trees. Portholes. 1 observer very sick-1 dies. / r229’82#2.
Type: sighting
Reference: CHALKER,Bill: The OZ FILES. Australian Sightings. 1996 Duffy & Snellgrove. NSW,Australia. ISBN 1-875989-04-8 (Index 101)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_6175

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), HUM: Humans affected: Injury/burns/marks/abduction/death, INJ: Injuries, illness/death, mutilations

Extra Data: Country: “Australia”, Credibility: “8”, Duration: “20”, HatchDesc: “COOKTOWN,AUST:3 HUNTERS:HUGE SCR/TREES:PORTHOLES:1 OBS vSICK-1 DIES:/r229’82#2”, LatLong: “-15.666667 145.333340”, LatLongDMS: “15:40:00 S 145:20:00 E”, Locale: “Wetlands”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Queensland”, Strangeness: “7”

Event 21169 (45EAC90B)

Date: 5/17/1959
Description: Three crocodile hunters saw a huge football-shaped object 100 meters away from them while hunting in Cooktown, Queensland, Australia at 4:30 a.m. The object spewed forth a 50 meter wide band of vapor. Two of the hunters stood up to get a better look. One of the two later died, and the other suffered some severe physiological aftereffects from the encounter.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: Bill Chalker, The Oz Files, p. 101; Keith Basterfield, UFO Research Australia, March 1982, p. 24
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_2923

Event 21170 (0ED2A56A)

Date: 5/18/1959
Time: 02:00
Location: GIRARD, KS
Description: Trucker. Orange disk lands / road! Covers both lanes. Going up [to] and away. Unknown separate observer(s).
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO’s a HISTORY-1959 (4 booklets) 1999/00 Self published. (Index 230)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_6176

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: “6”, Duration: “2”, Elev: “301”, HatchDesc: “GIRARD,KS:TRUCKER:ORG DISK LANDS/ROAD!:COVERS BOTH LANES:↑+away:unk sep.obs”, LatLong: “37.500002 -94.833338”, LatLongDMS: “37:30:00 N 94:50:00 W”, Locale: “Pasture”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Kansas”, Strangeness: “7”

Event 21171 (F83712F5)

Date: 5/18/1959
Location: Greenbush, KS
Description: (McDonald list) (NICAP: 01 - Distant Encounters, BB: BBU)
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_2347

Event 21172 (91E7E923)

Date: 5/18/1959
Locations: Soestdijk Palace in Baarn; The Hague
Description: George Adamski has an audience with Queen Juliana and Prince Bernhard of the Netherlands at Soestdijk Palace in Baarn on his world lecture tour, amid fiercely critical media coverage. The royal audience, scheduled to last 45 minutes, goes on for two hours, making Adamski 20 minutes late for his lecture in The Hague. The royal couple claim that the British royal family, especially Prince Philip, are also keen to meet Adamski. After the audience, Dutch Aeronautical Association president Cornelis Kolff says “The Queen showed an extraordinary interest in the whole subject.” Royal Netherlands Air Force Chief of Staff Lt. Gen. Haye Schaper says, “The man’s a pathological case.”
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: “World Lecture Tour,” The Adamski Case, October 5, 2019; David Clarke, “The Prince and the Saucers,” Fortean Times 406 (June 2021): 19
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_3311

Event 21173 (65122610)

Date: 5/18/1959
Description: A truck driver in Girard, Kansas reported that at 2:00 a.m. an orange disc-shaped object landed on the highway and covered both lanes. It rose up vertically after a short while and flew away. A separate witness was not identified.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: Loren E. Gross: The Fifth Horseman of the Apocalypse: UFOs: A History. 1959: April-June, p. 30
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_2951

Event 21174 (89F9E6BD)

Date: 5/20/1959
Location: ARGENTINA, near Tres Lomas (Pampa)
Description: (Translated from French) At 5:30 PM two hunters saw an image that appeared to be that of a disc-shaped object, 150 m away. They described the appearance as an engine made of aluminum or silver metal or polished glass, and 2-2.5 m high. They also added that it seemed to have a dome of one meter radius. After the object left, they found flattened grass.
Reference: Jacques VALLEE – Jeanine VALLEE: “Les phénomènes insolites de l’espace”, ed. bound LAFFONT 1978, p. 74, 75
Reference: Mini catalogue chronologique des observations OVNI, by Godelieve Van Overmeire
Source: Overmeire, ID: Overmeire_2125

Event 21175 (DB374F0B)

Date: 5/20/1959
Time: 17:30
Location: TRES LOMAS, ARG
Description: Domed saucer 150M away. 8’ tall. Grass flattened. / r8+/ r180p23+/ r3p64.
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_6177

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, SCR: Classic saucer/disk/sphere shaped UFO, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), VEG: Plants affected or sampled/crop circles, LND: UFO landing or any part touches ground, TRC: Physical traces

Extra Data: Country: “Argentina”, Credibility: “8”, Duration: “12”, Elev: “113”, HatchDesc: “TRES LOMAS,ARG:DOMED SCR 150M AWAY:8’TALL:GRASS FLATTENED:/r8+/r180p23+/r3p64”, LatLong: “-36.450002 -62.850003”, LatLongDMS: “36:27:00 S 62:51:00 W”, Locale: “Pasture”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Buenos Aires”, Strangeness: “7”

Event 21176 (948EAC06)

Date: 5/20/1959
Time: 1730
Location: Tres Lomas, Argentina
Description: Two hunters saw a diskshaped object resting on the ground 150 m away. It looked like an aluminum craft about 2.5 m high, with a dome on top. Grass flattened.
Type: ufo sighting
Reference: Challenge 53 (Vallee)
Source: ValléeMagonia, ID: Magonia_488

Event 21177 (13FD1E14)

Date: 5/20/1959
Location: Pehuelches station, Buenos Aires, Argentina
Description: 5:30 p.m. Antonio Sanchez and Ernesto Fogliani are hunting rabbits about 7 miles from Pehuelches station, Buenos Aires, Argentina. They see a saucer-shaped, silvery machine resting on the ground about 980 feet away. They approach to about 490 feet when the object rises into the sky and disappears. At the spot where it was, they find the grass flattened in the shape of a large oval.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Loren E. Gross, The Fifth Horseman of the Apocalypse: UFOs, a History: 1959 April–June, The Author, 1999, p. 32
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_3312

Event 21178 (C72B6297)

Date: 5/20/1959
Description: At 5:30 p.m. two hunters named Sanchez and Fogliani observed a landed silvery metallic disc in Tres Lomas, La Pampa, Argentina. Grass at the landing site was flattened.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: La Razon, May 24, 1959; Oscar A. Uriondo, FSR Case Histories, December 1972, p. 9
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_3005

Event 21179 (9465E31D)

Date: 5/21/1959
Location: BRINDISI, ITL
Description: Many observer(s). Huge yellow glowing-cylinder/cigar-shape going northeast. Circles town and continues going northeast to sea.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO’s a HISTORY-1959 (4 booklets) 1999/00 Self published. (Index 232)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_6178

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

Extra Data: Country: “Italy”, Credibility: “10”, Duration: “2”, HatchDesc: “BRINDISI,ITL:MANY OBS:HUGE YLW GLO-CGR >NE:CIRCLES TOWN+ CONTINUES >NE to sea”, LatLong: “40.616669 17.916668”, LatLongDMS: “40:37:00 N 17:55:00 E”, Locale: “Coastlands”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “APL”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 21180 (65E02A4C)

Date: 5/21/1959
Location: Rapid City (8 miles E of), SD
Description: (McDonald list) (NICAP: 01 - Distant Encounters, BB: BBU)
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_2348

Event 21181 (D579B614)

Date: 5/21/1959
Description: On this afternoon around 1:00 p.m. a huge yellow glowing cigar flew toward the northwest and circled the town of Brindisi, Italy before continuing on toward the northeast and out to sea.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: Loren E. Gross, The Fifth Horseman of the Apocalypse: UFOs: A History. 1959: April-June, p. 32
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_3017

Event 21182 (E2975654)

Date: 5/22/1959
Description: The UFO Advisory Panel meets to “determine the type of information which should be used for correlation in bringing Special Report #14 up to date.”
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: “Saucer Reading Fest,” Saturday Night Uforia, January 25, 2019
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_3313

Event 21183 (5A3EAB5A)

Date: Late 5/1959
Locations: Zürich, Switzerland; Switzerland; Italy; Austria; Denmark
Description: Ruppelt tells Keyhoe he is revising his book to bring it more up to date and requests NICAP’s most recent information. He says the Air Force is giving its full cooperation and he is “middle of the road” on the UFO question. (Keyhoe, FSTS, pp. 258–260) May 26, 29 — Adamski gives two lectures in Zürich, Switzerland. At the second talk, he meets with organized resistance by a group of 300 students (in an audience of 700) who have been led to believe he will discredit Swiss astronomer Fritz Zwicky. When a reporter afterwards asks if he will accept an apology, Adamski replies that it should not be given to him, but to the Swiss public. Due to recurring heart problems, Adamski cancels his remaining lectures in Switzerland, Italy, Austria, and Denmark.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: “World Lecture Tour,” The Adamski Case, October 5, 2019
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_3314

Event 21184 (426FDDF3)

Date: 5/27/1959 (approximate)
Location: Black Mountain, NV
Description: AP Newswire: Mystery Object Flits Over Vegas: Unidentified objects, visible to the naked eye but not on radar, were reported in the Las Vegas area during a 3 week period. A man told Nellis Air Force Base officials that he saw 4 unidentified objects flying in apparent formation at tremendous speed over the Black Mountains, 40 miles SE of Las Vegas area. The Air Force said none of the objects sighted could have been planes.
Type: ufo sighting
Reference: Quest International - Journal of UFO Investigation - Issue 145 (1947-1973), 1990
Source: Maj2, ID: Maj2_912

Attributes: Nellis

Event 21185 (C0144B99)

Date: 5/28/1959
Location: USA, Cape Canaveral
Description: (Translated from French) FEMALE MONKEYS “ABLE” AND “BAKER” REACH 500 KM IN A JUPITER ROCKET. THEY ARE RECOVERED SAFE AND SOUND. (Inforespace n° 49, 1980, p. 14, 15) FLIGHT DURATION 15 MINUTES
Reference: Henk Nieuwenhuis, Artis in de ruimte, Van Wijnen - Franeker 1988 p. 19
Reference: Mini catalogue chronologique des observations OVNI, by Godelieve Van Overmeire
Source: Overmeire, ID: Overmeire_2126

Event 21186 (F899F61D)

Date: 5/28/1959
Description: Otis T. Carr and two OTC Enterprises employees (Lari Kendrick and Charles O. Rhoades) are barred by a federal court order from selling any further stock in the company. The SEC contends that they have been selling unregistered securities fraudulently since November 18, 1955, using the US mail to do so. Contactee associate Wayne Aho escapes arraignment, while Norman Colton has fled the state and cannot be located.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Clark III 861
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_3315

Event 21187 (1E053501)

Date: 5/28/1959
Location: San Antonio, Texas
Description: Night. Two observers on a Project Moonwatch team in San Antonio, Texas, see two silvery objects through their telescopes that shoot across the sky in less than one second, one curving away in a parabolic path, the other executing a more gradual hyperbolic curve.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Michael D. Swords, “Gazing at the Moons,” IUR 32, no. 4 (October 2009): 13–14; Center for UFO Studies, “Moonwatch Mystery Satellites, 1958–1962”
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_3316

Event 21188 (1D3B4857)

Date: 5/31/1959
Description: A man named Priest sighted a reddish orange object with a tapering tail fly over Port Elliot, South Australia at 6:13 a.m. It moved from west to east at 25 degrees elevation in southern sky.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: Michael Hervey, UFOs over the Southern Hemisphere, p. 166
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_3180

Event 21189 (860AC9AD)

Date: 6/1959
Location: ARGENTINA, near Buenos Aires, at sea
Description: (Translated from French) The Argentine Navy was perplexed in not being able to identify a submarine. It had the shape of a huge fish (it might have been a huge fish!) with a wide tail like the stabilizer of a B 17. It moved and maneuvered very quickly. It was impossible for them to identify it and we do not know the rest of the story.
Reference: Janet and Colin BORD: “Modern Mysteries of the World” - Guild Publishing London 1989, p. 170
Reference: Mini catalogue chronologique des observations OVNI, by Godelieve Van Overmeire
Source: Overmeire, ID: Overmeire_2130

Event 21190 (2D8C7F6F)

Date: 6/1959
Location: Buenos Aires, Argentina
Description: Navy traps a large object in the harbor, not a sub. 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_234

Event 21191 (19A25EEC)

Date: 6/1959
Location: RIO PARDO, BRZ
Description: Saucer overhead points tube at crocodile hunters. All absolute(ly) silent! / Flying Saucer Review (FSR) v13#4.
Type: sighting
Reference: TRENCH, Brinsley Le Poer: MYSTERIOUS VISITORS - the UFO Story; Stein & Day, NY 1971-73 (Index 80)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_6179

Attributes: 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: “Brazil”, Credibility: “7”, Duration: “3”, Elev: “340”, HatchDesc: “RIO PARDO,BRZ:SCR OVHD POINTS TUBE at CROC HUNTERS:ALL ABS SILENT!:/FSR v13#4”, LatLong: “-20.450001 -53.766669”, LatLongDMS: “20:27:00 S 53:46:00 W”, Locale: “Rainforest”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “MGS”, Strangeness: “8”

Event 21192 (812E3468)

Date: 6/1959
Location: Buenos Aires harbor, Argentina
Description: The Argentine Navy bottles up a fast, submarine-like object in the Buenos Aires harbor, Argentina. It is shaped like a huge fish, is silver in color, and sports a tail like the stabilizer on a B-17.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Lorenzen, UFOs over the Americas, Signet, 1968, pp. 52–53
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_3317

Event 21193 (F0301DE2)

Date: 6/1959
Locations: Lockheed’s Georgia Nuclear Aircraft Laboratory; Dawson Forest; Dawsonville, Georgia
Description: The radiation effects reactor at Lockheed’s Georgia Nuclear Aircraft Laboratory [now closed] in the Dawson Forest outside Dawsonville, Georgia, is brought up to full power and unsheathed for the first time. It is a water- cooled 10-megawatt nuclear reactor in a shielded underground shaft with the purpose of irradiating military aircraft as well as the forest itself to determine the effects of nuclear war on wildlife. The experiment exposes everything within a 1,000-foot radius to a lethal dose of radiation. Bugs fall from the air, and small animals and the bacteria living in and on them are exterminated, in a phenomenon the technicians call “instant taxidermy.” Oak trees turn brown, yet crabgrass is seemingly unaffected. Pine trees are the hardest hit of all. Clear Coca-Cola bottles turn brown, hydraulic fluid coagulates into chewing gum, transistorized equipment stops working, and rubber tires become rock hard. Documents about the reactor remain highly classified, and the entrance to the underground portion of the facility has been buried. The area is closed in 1971, and only objects left above ground were the concrete foundations on which the buildings and reactors were placed.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Wikipedia, “Georgia Nuclear Aircraft Laboratory”; Adam Higginbotham, Midnight at Chernobyl, Simon & Schuster, 2019, p. 30
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_3318

Event 21194 (BEF47562)

Date: 6/2/1959
Description: Mrs. Henry X. Buller reported that she and her husband saw two cigar-shaped objects fly northeast of Windom, Minnesota while driving between Windom and Mountain Lake at 9:15 p.m.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: Fate magazine, October 1959; Jay Rath, The M-Files, p. 50
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_3224

Event 21195 (FCD291D9)

Date: 6/3/1959 (approximate)
Location: Las Vegas, NV
Description: AP Newswire: Mystery Object Flits Over Vegas: Unidentified objects, visible to the naked eye but not on radar, were reported in the Las Vegas area during a 3 week period. One object was reported sighted over Las Vegas, over the eastern horizon near the city. The Air Force said none of the objects sighted could have been planes.
Type: ufo sighting
Reference: Quest International - Journal of UFO Investigation - Issue 145 (1947-1973), 1990
Source: Maj2, ID: Maj2_913

Attributes: Nellis

Event 21196 (55C42EF9)

Date: 6/3/1959
Location: BLOOMINGTON, IN
Description: Torpedo-cylinder/cigar-shape hovers. Dives out-of-sight. Time unknown. No further details. / r78p184.
Type: sighting
Reference: HALL, Richard: The UFO EVIDENCE; NICAP,Washington, DC 1964. Reprinted 1997 Barnes & Noble Books ( only $7.98! ) (Index 137)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_6180

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

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “6”, Duration: “2”, Elev: “168”, HatchDesc: “BLOOMINGTON,IN:TORPEDO-CGR HOVERS:DIVES OUT-OF-SIGHT:TIME UNK:NFD:/r78p184”, LatLong: “39.166669 -86.527782”, LatLongDMS: “39:10:00 N 86:31:40 W”, Locale: “Forest”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Indiana”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 21197 (9E1D25EC)

Date: 6/3/1959
Location: Genoa, Italy
Description: (McDonald list) (NICAP: 01 - Distant Encounters, BB: BBU)
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_2349

Event 21198 (28970D94)

Date: 6/3/1959
Location: Bloomington (near), IN
Description: Torpedo-shaped UFO hovered, dove out of sight. [NICAP UFOE, XII] (NICAP: 01 - Distant Encounters)
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_2350

Event 21199 (4725CD7A)

Date: 6/3/1959
Description: On this day in Bloomington, Indiana a torpedo-shaped object first hovered, then dove out of sight.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: Richard Hall, The UFO Evidence, p. 137
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_3242

Event 21200 (FAE7D22B)

Date: 6/6/1959
Time: 22:00
Location: NOURLANGE, AUSTRALIA
Description: Several / Safari. Red “saucer” going up [to] fast. Hovers / 30 second(s). Quickly going up [to] again. Lights cloud.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO’s a HISTORY-1959 (4 booklets) 1999/00 Self published. (Index 246)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_6181

Attributes: GND: 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: “Australia”, Credibility: “9”, Duration: “2”, HatchDesc: “NOURLANGE,AUSTRL:SVRL/SAFARI:RED “SCR” ↑ FAST:HVRS/30sec:↑↑ AGAIN:LITES CLOUD”, LatLong: “-12.750001 132.666673”, LatLongDMS: “12:45:00 S 132:40:00 E”, Locale: “Rainforest”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Northern Territory”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 21201 (102448FA)

Date: 6/6/1959
Description: Several members of a safari in the Australian outback near Nourlange, Northern Territory watched a red disc descend fast, then stop and hover for 30 seconds. It shot straight up into the clouds and illuminated the clouds a reddish color.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: Loren E. Gross, The Fifth Horseman of the Apocalypse: UFOs: A History, 1959: April-June, p. 46
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_3320

Event 21202 (04A84CBB)

Date: 6/9/1959
Location: Manassas-Roanoke, VA
Description: (McDonald list) Two Sites Track At 62,000’ (NICAP: 09 - RADAR Cases, Code: R, Rating: 5, BB: BBU)
Reference: NICAP: 590609
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_2351

Event 21203 (5CCCEF63)

Date: 6/11/1959
Time: 19:50
Location: HENDERSON, NV
Description: Guards. 4 silver 30M cigars / circular formation. Regroup to line. Going [to] east-northeast. / r242p71.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO’s a HISTORY-1959 (4 booklets) 1999/00 Self published. (Index 247)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_6182

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: “7”, Duration: “5”, Elev: “573”, HatchDesc: “HENDERSON,NV:GUARDS:4 SLVR 30M CGRS/CIRC.FORMn:REGROUP TO LINE:>ENE:/r242p71”, LatLong: “36.050002 -114.983339”, LatLongDMS: “36:03:00 N 114:59:00 W”, Locale: “Desert”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Nevada”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 21204 (E9383A5A)

Date: 6/11/1959
Location: Henderson, NV
Description: Security officers observed a formation of four disc-like objects. [NICAP UFOE, VII] (NICAP: 01 - Distant Encounters)
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_2352

Event 21205 (142A881E)

Date: 6/12/1959
Description: Keyhoe writes an open letter to Ruppelt that lists his past statements on UFOs and urges him not to let the Air Force intimidate him into retracting.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Donald E. Keyhoe, “Capt. Ruppelt Revising His UFO Book: Air Force Rumored to Be Pressuring Former Project Chief,” UFO Investigator 1, no. 8 (June 1959): 5–6
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_3319

Event 21206 (85D8F3DA)

Date: 6/13/1959
Description: Charles S. Sheldon II, technical director of the House Science and Astronautics Committee, writes to Richard H. Hall at NICAP to say that while he thinks UFOs are “extremely interesting,” they do not pose a national security threat.”
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Swords 290
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_3320

Event 21207 (6B104C7E)

Date: 6/13/1959
Locations: Ristorante La Cisterna in the Trastevere area of Rome, Italy; Copenhagen, Denmark
Description: Adamski, along with follower Lou Zinsstag, meets with diplomat Alberto Perego and Mario Maioli at Ristorante La Cisterna in the Trastevere area of Rome, Italy, then go on an all-night taxi ride around the city. He returns to the United States via Copenhagen, Denmark, on June 17.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: “World Lecture Tour,” The Adamski Case, October 5, 2019; 1Pinotti 106
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_3321

Event 21208 (F50741D1)

Date: 6/15/1959 (approximate)
Time: 14:30
Location: NEAR GOOSE AIR FORCE BASE, NFLD
Description: 2 circular objects hover overhead / 2 minutes. Shoot going quickly northwest and back several X. Then quickly going up.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO’s a HISTORY-1959 (4 booklets) 1999/00 Self published. (Index 251)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_6183

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, MIL: Observer(s) military, HQO: High-quality observer(s), SCR: Classic saucer/disk/sphere shaped UFO, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), OBS: Observation/chasing vehicles, MIL: Military investigation, CMF: Camouflage/disguise

Extra Data: Country: “Canada”, Credibility: “6”, Duration: “10”, Elev: “10”, HatchDesc: “nr GOOSE AFB,NFLD:2 CIRC.OBJs HVR OVHD/2mins:SHOOT >>NW+back SVRL X:THEN ↑↑”, LatLong: “53.283336 -60.333336”, LatLongDMS: “53:17:00 N 60:20:00 W”, Locale: “Town & City”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Newfoundland”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 21209 (5F561020)

Date: 6/16/1959
Time: 05:50
Location: YOUNGSTOWN, OH
Description: Large saucer hovers over 2 small disks. Saucer going / horizon. Disks going quickly [to] behind trees…
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO’s a HISTORY-1959 (4 booklets) 1999/00 Self published. (Index 251)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_6184

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

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “6”, Duration: “1”, Elev: “259”, HatchDesc: “YOUNGSTOWN,OH:LRG SCR HVRS OVR 2 SML DISKS:SCR >/HRZN:DISKS >> BHND TREES…”, LatLong: “41.116669 -80.650004”, LatLongDMS: “41:07:00 N 80:39:00 W”, Locale: “Residential”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Ohio”, Strangeness: “7”

Event 21210 (DCB1DD9D)

Date: 6/16/1959
Location: Meridian (SE of), MS
Description: (McDonald list) (NICAP: 01 - Distant Encounters, BB: BBU)
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_2353

Event 21211 (EE9DA6FE)

Date: 6/17/1959
Time: 22:55
Location: Las Vegas, NV
Description: AP Newswire: Mystery Object Flits Over Vegas: An unidentified object, visible to the naked eye but not on radar, was reported in the Las Vegas area. It was the 3rd mysterious sighting in the area in the last three weeks. A sherriff’s sergeant, control tower crewman at McCarran Field, and Air Force men were amoung those reporting seeing a bright object flash down towards the desert northwest of Las Vegas at 10:55pm. Airman at the Air Force radar installation at Angel’s Peak, 30 miles NW of Las Vegas, saw the object. Radar was not able to track it. The Air Force said none of the objects sighted could have been planes.
Type: ufo sighting
Reference: Quest International - Journal of UFO Investigation - Issue 145 (1947-1973), 1990
Source: Maj2, ID: Maj2_911

Attributes: Nellis

Event 21212 (C583EC2D)

Date: 6/18/1959
Description: (Translated from French) Sighting in Edmonton, Alberta (Canada). (June 18)
Reference: case Blue Book #6400 unsolved
Reference: rr0 - Beau
Source: rr0, ID: rr0_1804

Event 21213 (02299A06)

Date: 6/18/1959
Description: (Translated from French) According to some sources, the United States is establishing primitive communications with extraterrestrials.
Reference: rr0 - Beau
Source: rr0, ID: rr0_1805

Event 21214 (0F0BCFB3)

Date: 6/18/1959
Description: (Translated from French) An odd object falls into the port of Frdynia (Poland). Divers recover a shiny metal piece, which would have been examined by the Polytechnic Institute and the Polish Navy, but part of it would have disappeared. In the following days, the body of a small humanoid found on a nearby beach would be sent to the Soviet Union.
Reference: rr0 - Beau
Source: rr0, ID: rr0_1806

Event 21215 (A0910F24)

Date: 6/18/1959
Location: SOUTHEAST / PIQUEROBI, BRAZIL
Description: Mayor and several. Domed saucer very low near road. Violent maneuvers. Vibrant bright.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO’s a HISTORY-1959 (4 booklets) 1999/00 Self published. (Index 255)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_6185

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: “380”, HatchDesc: “SE/PIQUEROBI,BRZL:MAYOR+SVRL:DOMED SCR VERY LOW nr ROAD:VIOLENT MNVRS:VBRITE”, LatLong: “-21.916668 -51.700002”, LatLongDMS: “21:55:00 S 51:42:00 W”, Locale: “Pasture”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, RelAlt: “2”, State/Prov: “São Paulo”, Strangeness: “7”

Event 21216 (FD2A2470)

Date: 6/18/1959
Time: 21:30
Location: EDMONTON, ALTA
Description: Project Bluebook Case #6400. 2 observer(s) / (seen thru) binoculars. 20’ cylinder/cigar-shape rises / horizon / 4 min then vanishes.
Type: sighting
Reference: SCIENCE & MECHANICS (eds.) OFFICIAL GUIDE to UFO’S; Ace Books, NY. 1968. (Index 179)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_6186

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, CMF: Camouflage/disguise

Extra Data: Country: “Canada”, Credibility: “7”, Duration: “4”, Elev: “660”, HatchDesc: “EDMONTON,ALTA:BBK#6400:2 OBS/BINOCS:20’CGR RISES/HORIZON/4MIN THEN VANISHES:”, LatLong: “53.533336 -113.466672”, LatLongDMS: “53:32:00 N 113:28:00 W”, Locale: “Metropolis”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Alberta”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 21217 (06E24280)

Date: 6/18/1959
Location: Pacific bet. Hawaii and Calif, At Sea
Description: (McDonald list) (NICAP: 01 - Distant Encounters, BB: BBU) (NICAP: 01 - Distant Encounters) (NICAP: 01 - Distant Encounters) (NICAP: 01 - Distant Encounters) (NICAP: 01 - Distant Encounters)
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_2354

Event 21218 (E258A340)

Date: 6/18/1959
Location: Edmonton, Alberta, CAN
Description: Brown, cigar-shaped object come from below the horizon (NICAP: 01 - Distant Encounters, BB: 6400)
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_2359

Event 21219 (EEC72D9A)

Date: 6/18/1959
Time: 9:30 PM
Location: Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
Description: Witnesses: A. Cavelli and R. Blessin, using 7x binoculars. One brown, cigar-shaped object came from below the horizon (close to the witnesses) ascending to 40-50^ above the horizon in 4 minutes.
Type: ufo sighting
Reference: BlueBook Unknowns PDF
Source: BerlinerBBUnknowns, ID: BerlinerBBU_434

Event 21220 (28987068)

Date: 6/21/1959
Time: 20:00
Location: THE WILLOWS, RSA
Description: 12M saucer hovers 5M over farm field. Orange glow and green light / side. Going / low altitude.
Type: sighting
Reference: FLYING SAUCER REVIEW (FSR), London. Bimonthly. PO Box 162; High Wycombe, Bucks. HP135 DZ, England. (Index 66)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_6187

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, NWS: News media report, SCR: Classic saucer/disk/sphere shaped UFO, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), OBS: Observation/chasing vehicles, DRT: Dirt/soil traces/marks/footprints etc.

Extra Data: Country: “Republic of South Africa”, Credibility: “6”, Duration: “1”, HatchDesc: “The WILLOWS,RSA:12M SCR HVRS 5M ovr FARM FIELD:ORG GLOW+GRN LITE/SIDE:>/lo alt”, LatLong: “-24.383334 30.583335”, LatLongDMS: “24:23:00 S 30:35:00 E”, Locale: “Farmlands”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “TRV”, Strangeness: “7”

Event 21221 (9EC1393F)

Date: 6/21/1959
Time: 2000
Location: The Willows, South Africa
Description: A civilian woman observed a saucer-shaped object hovering 5 m above ground. It was bathed in an orange glow, similar to that of a dying fire. It flew away horizontally and was lost to sight behind a hill.
Type: ufo sighting
Reference: FSR 59, 6 (Vallee)
Source: ValléeMagonia, ID: Magonia_489

Event 21222 (51011F2D)

Date: 6/22/1959
Time: 07:40
Location: SOUTH CHINA SEA
Description: Blue Book. USAF RB66 pilot and gunner and RADAR confirm. 4 groups / 8 round objects going southwest.
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_6188

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

Extra Data: Country: “Pacific Ocean and non - Asian islands”, Credibility: “10”, Duration: “6”, Elev: “0”, HatchDesc: “S.CHINA SEA:BBK:USAF RB66 PILOT+GUNNER+RDR CONFIRM:4 GROUPS/8 RND OBJS >SW”, LatLong: “21.083334 113.200005”, LatLongDMS: “21:05:00 N 113:12:00 E”, Locale: “Farmlands”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “SCS”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 21223 (AFCB564A)

Date: 6/22/1959
Time: 20:00
Location: SALTA, ARG
Description: Luminous sphere/orb/globe north going south over hills. Power out / entire town / several minutes. / r111p178.
Type: sighting
Reference: The APRO BULLETIN: Monthly. Jim & Coral Lorenzen: Tucson,AZ (USA. defunct) By volume and number. (Index 719)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_6189

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), BLD: Building/man-made structure/roads/power lines, EME: Electro-Magnetic Effects

Extra Data: Country: “Argentina”, Credibility: “12”, Duration: “7”, Elev: “1183”, HatchDesc: “SALTA,ARG:LUM ORB N>S ovr HILLS:POWER OUT/ENTIRE TOWN/SVRL MINUTES:/r111p178”, LatLong: “-24.766668 -65.416670”, LatLongDMS: “24:46:00 S 65:25:00 W”, Locale: “Town & City”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “SLT”, Strangeness: “8”

Event 21224 (1A3450C3)

Date: 6/22/1959
Location: Macao (South China Sea S of), China
Description: Gunner of RB-66 saw 4 groups of 8 dark round objects heading SW (NICAP: 11 - Aviation Cases, BB: BBU)
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_2360

Event 21225 (458EB98D)

Date: 6/22/1959
Location: Salta, Arg
Description: Luminous sphere observed passing in sky, city lights failed (NICAP: 03 - EME Cases)
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_2361

Event 21226 (89394A3B)

Date: 6/22/1959
Location: Salta, Argentina
Description: 8:00 p.m. A large, luminous UFO passes over Salta, Argentina, and blacks out all electrical power for several minutes.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Bernardo Passíon, “Report from Argentina,” APRO Bulletin, November 1959, p. 9; Loren E. Gross, The Fifth Horseman of the Apocalypse: UFOs, a History: 1959 April–June, The Author, 1999, p. 56
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_3322

Event 21227 (A1B99217)

Date: 6/25/1959
Location: Taegu (S) of, Korea
Description: (McDonald list) (NICAP: 01 - Distant Encounters, BB: BBU)
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_2362

Event 21228 (9F699C0E)

Date: 6/26/1959
Location: BOIANAI, PNG
Description: (Translated from French) (note in passing the difference in date) Several disc-shaped objects manifest in the evening of the 26th, for four hours, to several dozen witnesses, including Father W. Gill. Silhouettes are seen on the closest one. The same scene is repeated the next day, and signs are exchanged with the entities. There are about sixty similar observations in the region in two months. Confusion with planets? [note from vog: this seems out of the question to me: the indigenous populations of these regions know their night sky much better than we do] (1959, June 26th and 27th 1959)
Reference: Science and Life, special edition: 50 years of UFO, Atlas of Unsolved Cases, pp. 60 to 63
Reference: Mini catalogue chronologique des observations OVNI, by Godelieve Van Overmeire
Source: Overmeire, ID: Overmeire_2129

Event 21229 (FE3555DF)

Date: 6/26/1959
Description: (Translated from French) Multiple Observations of Boianai (Papua New Guinea). (June 26-27)
Reference: rr0 - Beau
Source: rr0, ID: rr0_1807

Event 21230 (C2322F44)

Date: 6/26/1959
Time: 18:50
Location: BOIANAI, PNG
Description: Fr Gill and 37. Saucer and 4 small humanoids (or Greys) wave back! Blue beam shot going up. Going quickly southwest. / r111p175.
Type: sighting
Reference: FLYING SAUCER REVIEW (FSR), London. Bimonthly. PO Box 162; High Wycombe, Bucks. HP135 DZ, England. (Index 66)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_6190

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, OID: Humanoid: Small alien or “Grey”, OBS: Observation/chasing vehicles, RAY: Odd light/searchlight/beam/laser-like, SIG: Signals/responses to/from/between UFO’s/occupants/observers, TCH: New technical details/clues

Extra Data: Country: “Pacific Ocean and non - Asian islands”, Credibility: “10”, Duration: “240”, Elev: “2”, HatchDesc: “BOIANAI,PNG:Fr GILL+37:SCR+4 OIDS WAVE BACK!:BLUE BEAM SHOT↑:>>SW:/r111p175”, LatLong: “-10.016667 149.883340”, LatLongDMS: “10:01:00 S 149:53:00 E”, Locale: “Rainforest”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “PNG”, Strangeness: “8”

Event 21231 (5427C841)

Date: 6/26/1959
Time: 19:20
Location: OFF GIWA, NEW GUINEA
Description: Trader. Bright green 70’ saucer with portholes hovers. Going quickly west. / r70p3-65.
Type: sighting
Reference: INTERNATIONAL UFO REPORTER (IUR) Bimonthly. CUFOS, Chicago. Highly regarded. (Index 36)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_6191

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

Extra Data: Country: “Pacific Ocean and non - Asian islands”, Credibility: “6”, Duration: “4”, Elev: “0”, HatchDesc: “off GIWA,NEW GUINEA:TRADER:BRITE GRN 70’SCR W/PORTHOLES HVRS:>>W:/r70p3-65”, LatLong: “-9.833334 149.866674”, LatLongDMS: “09:50:00 S 149:52:00 E”, Locale: “Offshore”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “PNG”, Strangeness: “7”

Event 21232 (B6E6915F)

Date: 6/26/1959
Location: Papua (Boianai Mission), New Guinea
Description: Father Gill Case -saw Platform shaped object with “men” on top (NICAP: 07 - Entity Cases, BB: BBU)
Reference: NICAP: 590626
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_2363

Event 21233 (34CEEA70)

Date: 6/26/1959
Time: 1845
Location: Boianai, New Guinea
Description: Many witnesses, among them Fr. W. B. Gill, head of a local mission, saw an orange object that hovered in mid-air. Four engines were visible on its “deck” and a beam of blue light was emitted upward from it. The object did not come to ground level, but its position above the ocean was almost on a level with the observers standing on the hill.
Type: ufo sighting
Reference: 123; Anatomy 145 (Vallee)
Source: ValléeMagonia, ID: Magonia_490

Event 21234 (C74FEE46)

Date: 6/26/1959
End date: 6/28/1959
Locations: Boianai Mission, Papua New Guinea; Giwa
Description: 6:45 p.m. At Boianai Mission, Papua New Guinea, Rev. William Booth Gill and 38 others watch a platform-shaped object with legs that appears in the sky above Venus. It has an electric blue spotlight and is hovering about 500 feet away at a height of 300–400 feet. On top of the object, four humanlike figures, their bodies surrounded by illumination, are busy with some unknown task. The men and spotlight disappear at 7:20 p.m. and the object vanishes into the clouds. It reappears at 8:28 without the men or spotlight but now joined by second, third and fourth objects at 8:29, 8:35, and 8:35–8:50 p.m., coming and going through the clouds. The main UFO, “large, clear, stationary,” gives off a red light and disappears overhead into clouds at 9:10 p.m., reappears at 9:20, moves across the sea to Giwa appearing white-red-blue, then disappears at 9:30. An overhead object reappears at 9:46, hovering, disappears behind a cloud at 10:10, reappears in a gap between clouds at 10:30, then is gone at 10:50. The next day, the object returns at 6:00–6:30 p.m. with two others, one to the west and one overhead. “Two of the figures seemed to be doing something near the center of the deck. They were occasionally bending over and raising their arms as though adjusting or setting up something (not visible). One figure seemed to be standing, looking down at us.” Father Gill and another teacher wave their arms, and two of the figures on the main object wave back. Gill waves a flashlight and the object moves back and forth laterally. Gill goes in for dinner and a church service; when he returns at 7:45 p.m., the UFO is gone. The next evening at 6:45 p.m., some eight objects align themselves across a section of the sky. No occupants are visible. Martin Kottmeyer suggests that Gill was watching a lighted squid-fishing boat close to shore, but Gill has confirmed the object was over his head.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: “Saucer Men Seen in Flight: Amazing Sighting from Papua,” Flying Saucer Review 5, no. 6 (Nov./Dec. 1959): 7–8; Norman E. G. Cruttwell, “Flying Saucers over Papua: A Report on Papuan Unidentified Flying Objects,” March 1960; Norman E. G. Cruttwell, “What Happened in Papua in 1959?” Flying Saucer Review 6, no. 6 (Nov./Dec. 1960): 3–7; “Father Gill and the Rev. Lionel Browning,” Flying Saucer Review 7, no. 5 (Sept./Oct. 1961): 23–25; Norman E. G. Cruttwell, “Flying Saucers over Papua,” in Charles Bowen, ed., UFOs in Two Worlds, special issue of FSR, August 1971, pp. 3–38; Gordon Creighton, “The New Guinea Sightings; A Note on Some Anthropological Aspects,” in Charles Bowen, ed., UFOs in Two Worlds, special issue of FSR, August 1971, p. 39; J. Allen Hynek, The UFO Experience, Ballantine ed., 1974, pp. 167– 172, 271–273; Hynek UFO Report, pp. 216–223; Loren E. Gross, The Fifth Horseman of the Apocalypse: UFOs, a History: 1959 April–June, The Author, 1999, pp. 59–68, 69–71; “Papua/Father Gill Revisited,” IUR 2, no. 11 (November 1977): 4–7; “Papua/Father Gill Revisited, Part Two,” IUR 2, no. 12 (December 1977): 4–8; Kim Hansen, “UFO Casebook,” UFOs 1947–1987, Fortean Tomes, 1987, pp. 59–62; Martin Kottmeyer, “Gill Again: The Father Gill Case Reconsidered,” Magonia, no. 54 (November 1995): 11–14; Bill Chalker, “The Boianai Visitants of 1959,” The Black Vault, May 16, 2016; Thomas E. Bullard, “Defending UFOs,” IUR 34, no. 2 (Mar. 2012): 31–32; Swords 383–385; Clark III 533–536
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_3323

Event 21235 (BCCDA1FD)

Date: 6/26/1959
Description: At 6:45 p.m. at Boianai Mission on Milne Bay, Papua New Guinea an Anglican missionary named Father Gill and 37 others watched four luminous figures on top of a low, hovering, disc-shaped UFO. It was circular with a wide base and a narrower upper deck, and had four tapering legs, two at each end, on the bottom. A shaft of blue light that shone upwards at a 45 degree angle was witnessed part of the time. The four figures on top of the craft were surrounded at a little distance by an aura of luminescence. “If wearing clothes, they were very tight-fitting,” reported Father Gill. One of the beings waved back in an apparent response to hand waves from the witnesses. The UFO also wobbled in response to flashlight signals. Thirty minutes later an oval-shaped craft with portholes was seen maneuvering over Giwa, Papua New Guinea. The UFO made a series of moves and stops, and made a “whoomp whoomp” noise.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: Charles Bowen, UFOs in the Two Worlds, FSR Special Edition No. 4, pp. 35 & 21
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_3668

Event 21236 (799984DA)

Date: 6/26/1959
Description: Earlier that same day Mr. Taylor, a 22-year-old man living in Whitefield, Greater Manchester, England observed two tall men walking down Alexander Avenue. They were dressed like motorcyclists, stood over six-feet tall, wore tight fitting trousers and heavy boots, and had long blond hair. They turned a corner and when Taylor quickly followed, the men had already vanished into thin air.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: Peter Rogerson, World-Wide Catalog of Type-I Reports, case 892, published in the Merseyside UFO Bulletin (MUFOB), which later was re-named Magonia magazine; Albert S. Rosales, Humanoid Contact Database 1959, case # 345, citing Janet & Colin Bord, Modern Mysteries of Britain
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_3669

Event 21237 (48ECBDDC)

Date: 6/27/1959
Location: PAPUA, Boianai
Description: (Translated from French) RR3. (at dusk, about 25 witnesses, duration: 3 hours) Excerpt from notes taken by Reverend Gill: Time: 6:45 PM. Sky: some low cloud formations. Saw a bright white light to the northwest. 6:50 PM: called Steven and Eric. Steven arrives, confirms, not a star. 6:55 PM sent Eric to get people. Object at the top moving - a man? Now three men, moving, luminous, doing something on the bridge. Gone. 7 PM: men, 1 then again 2. 7:04 PM gone again. 7:10 PM cloud cover at 600m altitude. Man 1, 3, 4, 2 (appeared in this order), thin blue electric projector. Men gone, projector still there. 7:12 PM men 1 and 2 reappeared, blue projector. 7:20 PM projector off, men gone. 7:20 PM UFO passes through a cloud. 8:28 PM sky cleared above, big cloud above Dogura. Saw UFO up high. Called people from the station. Seemed to be descending, growing bigger. 8:50 PM new cloud formation. Big UFO stationary. Others going back and forth in the clouds. When they descend through a cloud, the light reflects off the cloud like a big halo - no more than 600m, probably less. All UFOs very distinct. The “mother” ship still big, distinct, stationary. 9:05 PM cloud formations, numbers 2, 3, 4 gone. 9:10 PM number 1 gone above us in a cloud. 9:20 PM “mother” back. 9:30 PM “mother” gone, crossing the sea towards Giwa. 9:46 PM UFO reappears above us, hovering. 10 PM still stationary. 10:10 PM hovering, gone behind a cloud. 10:30 PM very high hovering in a break in the sky between clouds. 10:50 PM very cloudy, no sign of UFO. 11:04 PM heavy rain.

The following night they returned (…) It was still luminous and sparkling, but it seemed closer and clearer. And then there was this figure on the bridge, well that’s what I call the top. And it was the teacher who said: “I wonder if it’s going to land on the playground”. I replied: “Why not?” And then we made big signs - Hello, Hello! - and you can imagine how surprised we were when they returned our signals. And then Eric who was still with me - he never left me - and another boy waved their arms and the figures also waved both arms in response. (1959, June 27th and 28th)
Reference: Maurice CHATELAIN: “The Messengers of the Cosmos” - Laffont 1980, pp. 43, 44
Reference: J. Allen HYNEK: “UFOs, Myth or Reality?” - trans. Belfond 1974 -pp. 175 to 179, 278
Reference: Mini catalogue chronologique des observations OVNI, by Godelieve Van Overmeire
Source: Overmeire, ID: Overmeire_2128

Event 21238 (EFDB952A)

Date: 6/27/1959
Time: 18:00
Location: BOIANAI, PNG
Description: Fr Gill and 25. Saucer and small humanoids (or Greys) over sea. Respond / signals. / Flying Saucer Review (FSR) Si #4+Flying Saucer Review (FSR) v5#6.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO’s a HISTORY-1959 (4 booklets) 1999/00 Self published. (Index 259)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_6192

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, OID: Humanoid: Small alien or “Grey”, SIG: Signals/responses to/from/between UFO’s/occupants/observers

Extra Data: Country: “Pacific Ocean and non - Asian islands”, Credibility: “10”, Duration: “90”, Elev: “2”, HatchDesc: “BOIANAI,PNG:Fr GILL+25:SCR+OIDS OVR SEA:RESPOND/SIGNALS:/FSR SI #4+FSR v5#6”, LatLong: “-10.033334 149.866674”, LatLongDMS: “10:02:00 S 149:52:00 E”, Locale: “Coastlands”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “PNG”, Strangeness: “9”

Event 21239 (89969FA3)

Date: 6/27/1959
Time: 19:50
Location: OFF ILHEUS, BRZ
Description: Luminous sphere/orb/globe scouts destroyer Bauru. Very fast 90° turns. Avoids spotlight.
Type: sighting
Reference: The APRO BULLETIN: Monthly. Jim & Coral Lorenzen: Tucson,AZ (USA. defunct) By volume and number. (Index 719)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_6193

Attributes: CST: Observer(s) in coastal area/just offshore, SEA: Observer(s) at sea, MIL: Observer(s) military, HQO: High-quality observer(s), SCR: Classic saucer/disk/sphere shaped UFO, PRB: Probe: Possibly remote controlled, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), OBS: Observation/chasing vehicles, VEH: Vehicle affected: Marks/damage/EME effects, MIL: Military investigation, CMF: Camouflage/disguise

Extra Data: Country: “Brazil”, Credibility: “12”, Duration: “10”, Elev: “0”, HatchDesc: “off ILHEUS,BRZ:LUMn.ORB SCOUTS DESTROYER BAURU:VFAST 90°TURNS:AVOIDS SPOTLITE”, LatLong: “-14.833334 -39.000002”, LatLongDMS: “14:50:00 S 39:00:00 W”, Locale: “Offshore”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Bahia”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 21240 (038651C7)

Date: 6/27/1959
Time: ~20:00
Location: DANVILLE, VA
Description: 4 small objects exit diving cloud-cylinder/cigar-shape. Follow cloud back up after. Going southeast.
Type: sighting
Reference: VALLEE, Jacques: UFO’S IN SPACE - Anatomy of a Phenomenon; Henry Regnery 1966 & Ballentine PB 1974 294pp. (Index 208)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_6194

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

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “8”, Duration: “25”, Elev: “152”, HatchDesc: “DANVILLE,VA:4 SML OBJS EXIT DIVING CLOUD-CGR:FOLO CLOUD BACK UP AFTER:>SE”, LatLong: “36.633335 -79.411115”, LatLongDMS: “36:38:00 N 79:24:40 W”, Locale: “Town & City”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Virginia”, Strangeness: “7”

Event 21241 (356FBD78)

Date: 6/27/1959
Time: 23:00
Location: SOUTH / RIACHUELO, BRAZIL
Description: Sgt. and 5. Silent metallic domed tub saucer stops low. Lights ground. Quickly going up / jet sound.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO’s a HISTORY-1959 (4 booklets) 1999/00 Self published. (Index 271)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_6195

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, 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: “Brazil”, Credibility: “8”, Duration: “10”, Elev: “108”, HatchDesc: “S/RIACHUELO,BRZL:SGT+5:SLNT MTLC DOMED TUB SCR STOPS LO:LITES GND:↑↑/jet sound”, LatLong: “-5.833334 -35.766668”, LatLongDMS: “05:50:00 S 35:46:00 W”, Locale: “Farmlands”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “RGN”, Strangeness: “7”

Event 21242 (0BB05A9C)

Date: 6/27/1959
Location: Dunville, VA
Description: (McDonald list) (NICAP: 01 - Distant Encounters, BB: BBU)
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_2364

Event 21243 (F7D3594F)

Date: 6/27/1959
Location: Papua (Boianai Mission), New Guinea
Description: Object returned from previous night with 2 others (NICAP: 07 - Entity Cases, BB: BBU)
Reference: NICAP: 590627
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_2365

Event 21244 (A3AC16B5)

Date: 6/27/1959
Description: Twenty-four hours after their previous sighting, a UFO re-appeared in the same position in the sky over the Boianai Mission on Milne Bay, New Guinea, only a little further off. Four men were again seen occupied with some activity on top of it. Father William Gill waved, and one of the men on the UFO did the same; then all the observers waved, and all four UFO occupants appeared to wave back. Flashlight signals were answered by movements of the object, which oscillated and then came somewhat closer. After this there was no further response. After about 90 minutes of visibility some low clouds obscured the object.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: Rev. Norman E. G. Crutwell, UFOs in the Two Worlds, FSR Special Edition No. 4., p. 35; David F. Webb and Ted Bloecher, HUMCAT: Catalogue of Humanoid Reports, case 1959-10, citing FSR Special Issue #4
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_3694

Event 21245 (D178ECAD)

Date: 6/28/1959
Location: Papua (Boianai Mission), New Guinea
Description: Father Gill saw up to 8 lights at varying heights (NICAP: 07 - Entity Cases, BB: BBU)
Reference: NICAP: 590628
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_2366

Event 21246 (E94F1A33)

Date: 6/30/1959
Description: (Translated from French) Observation at Patuxent River (Maryland). (June 30)
Reference: case Blue Book #6409 unsolved
Reference: rr0 - Beau
Source: rr0, ID: rr0_1808

Event 21247 (E42BF558)

Date: 6/30/1959
Time: 20:20
Location: PATUXENT RIVER NAS, MD
Description: 2 military observer(s). Project Bluebook Case #6409. 9x1 gold ovoid. 100mph. 4000’ altitude. Vanishes.
Type: sighting
Reference: SCIENCE & MECHANICS (eds.) OFFICIAL GUIDE to UFO’S; Ace Books, NY. 1968. (Index 179)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_6196

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, 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: “7”, Duration: “1”, Elev: “3”, HatchDesc: “PATUXENT RVR NAS,MD:2 MIL OBS:BBK#6409:9x1 GOLD OVOID:100mph:4000’alt:VANISHES”, LatLong: “39.183335 -77.183337”, LatLongDMS: “39:11:00 N 77:11:00 W”, Locale: “Town & City”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, RelAlt: “1200”, State/Prov: “Maryland”, Strangeness: “7”

Event 21248 (BC8DE7DC)

Date: 6/30/1959
Location: Patuxent River, MD
Description: Metallic gold, oblate-shaped object (NICAP: 01 - Distant Encounters, BB: 6409)
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_2367

Event 21249 (937D8AAA)

Date: 6/30/1959
Time: 8:23 PM
Location: Patuxent River NAS, Maryland
Description: Witness: USN Cdr. D. Connolly. One gold, oblate-shaped object, nine times as wide as it was thick, metallic and with sharp edges, flew straight and level for 20-30 seconds.
Type: ufo sighting
Reference: BlueBook Unknowns PDF
Source: BerlinerBBUnknowns, ID: BerlinerBBU_435

Event 21250 (6A7CC1EA)

Date: 6/30/1959
Description: A U.S. Navy Commander and a female companion at the Patuxent River Naval Air Station in Lexington Park, Maryland sighted a metallic gold, oblate object at 8:23 p.m. EDT. He spotted it to the north; the UFO traveled in a straight and level flight path.A Project Blue Book “unknown.”
Reference: Johnson
Reference: Lloyd Mallan, Official Guide to UFOs, p. 179; Richard Hall, The UFO Evidence, p. 77
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_3745

Event 21251 (0722C884)

Date: 7/1959
Location: Spain, Cadaqués
Description: (Translated from French) In July 1959, engineer Juan Porta Massano took a photo of Salvador Dali in Cadaqués. Upon development, a black shape resembling a bottle appeared above the painter’s head.
Reference: Archives of Ignacio Darnaude, published in “Màs Alla” No. 51 Madrid, January 1999
Reference: Mini catalogue chronologique des observations OVNI, by Godelieve Van Overmeire
Source: Overmeire, ID: Overmeire_2132

Event 21252 (BAD99B69)

Date: 7/1959
Time: 18:00
Location: SQ / ELKADER, IA
Description: 2 blue-white 5M disks skim trees. Follow 2 observer(s) / 12M altitude. Sandy surface.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO’s a HISTORY-1959 (4 booklets) 1999/00 Self published. (Index 302)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_6198

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

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “7”, Duration: “1”, Elev: “285”, HatchDesc: “SQ/ELKADER,IA:2 BLU-WHT 5M DISKS SKIM TREES:FOLO 2 OBS/12M alt:sandy surface”, LatLong: “45.800002 -91.450004”, LatLongDMS: “45:48:00 N 91:27:00 W”, Locale: “Farmlands”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, RelAlt: “10”, State/Prov: “Iowa”, Strangeness: “7”

Event 21253 (25E0022D)

Date: 7/1959
Time: 22:00?
Location: JANE LEW, WV
Description: Dogs bark. Odd whine. 2 observer(s) frozen. Glow outside. 8M oval / burnt soil.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO’s a HISTORY-1959 (4 booklets) 1999/00 Self published. (Index 346)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_6199

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, NFO: No craft seen, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), DRT: Dirt/soil traces/marks/footprints etc., VEG: Plants affected or sampled/crop circles, ANI: Animals affected or injuries/marks, TRC: Physical traces, TCH: New technical details/clues, SND: UFO sounds heard or recorded

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “6”, Duration: “1”, Elev: “307”, HatchDesc: “JANE LEW,WV:DOGS BARK:ODD WHINE:2 OBS FROZEN:GLOW OUTSIDE:8M OVAL/BURNT SOIL”, LatLong: “39.111113 -80.405559”, LatLongDMS: “39:06:40 N 80:24:20 W”, Locale: “Residential”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Western Virginia”, Strangeness: “7”

Event 21254 (2245CDFF)

Date: 7/1959
Location: Fort Belvoir, Fairfax County, Virginia
Description: The Air Force reassigns UFO investigative duties to the 1127th Field Activities Group stationed at Fort Belvoir, Fairfax County, Virginia, replacing the 1006th AISS. The unit will also be responsible for Project Moon Dust and Operation Blue Fly.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Jacobs, UFO Controversy in America, Signet ed., 1976, p. 134; Kevin D. Randle and Donald R. Schmitt, “Secret Projects and Open Eyes: A Response,” IUR 19, no. 3 (May/June 1994): 16–17
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_3324

Event 21255 (D893993B)

Date: 7/1959
Description: Contactee Gabriel Green rebrands his group as the Amalgamated Flying Saucer Clubs of America and publishes the AFSCA World Report from 1959 to 1961, UFO International from 1962 to 1965, and Flying Saucers International from 1966 to 1969.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: AFSCA Information Sheet, no. 1 (1959); AFSCA UFO International, no. 17 (Sept./Oct. 1962); Flying Saucers International, no. 24 (July 1966); Clark III 99
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_3325

Event 21256 (F2C2CA30)

Date: 7/1/1959
Time: 02:00
Location: RACINE, WI
Description: 2 observer(s). Squeaky whirr. Silver saucer going down / Johnson’s Wax building! Phones dead. News.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO’s a HISTORY-1959 (4 booklets) 1999/00 Self published. (Index 304)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_6200

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), OBS: Observation/chasing vehicles, BLD: Building/man-made structure/roads/power lines, LND: UFO landing or any part touches ground, EME: Electro-Magnetic Effects, TCH: New technical details/clues, SND: UFO sounds heard or recorded

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “7”, Duration: “2”, Elev: “189”, HatchDesc: “RACINE,WI:2 OBS:SQUEEKY WHIRR:SLVR SCR ↓/JOHNSONS WAX BLDG!:PHONES DEAD:news”, LatLong: “42.716669 -87.783338”, LatLongDMS: “42:43:00 N 87:47:00 W”, Locale: “Town & City”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, RelAlt: “30”, State/Prov: “Wisconsin”, Strangeness: “7”

Event 21257 (52B72572)

Date: 7/3/1959
Location: Needles, CA
Description: (McDonald list) (NICAP: 01 - Distant Encounters, BB: BBU)
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_2368

Event 21258 (035159D1)

Date: 7/4/1959 (approximate)
Location: BUTTERWORTH RAAF, MALAYSIA
Description: Rumor. 2 jets down saucer. Next day saucer zaps 2 jets. Gone!
Type: sighting
Reference: MUFON UFO JOURNAL, Seguin, TX USA. Monthly. (Index 175)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_6201

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), HUM: Humans affected: Injury/burns/marks/abduction/death, VEH: Vehicle affected: Marks/damage/EME effects, RDR: Radar traces/blips, TRC: Physical traces, TCH: New technical details/clues

Extra Data: Country: “Malaysia”, Credibility: “3”, Duration: “220”, HatchDesc: “BUTTERWORTH RAAF,MALAYSIA:RUMOR:2 JETS DOWN SCR:NEXT DAY SCR ZAPS 2 JETS:GONE!”, LatLong: “5.416667 100.400005”, LatLongDMS: “05:25:00 N 100:24:00 E”, Locale: “Town & City”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “PNG”, Strangeness: “11”

Event 21259 (1419F78C)

Date: 7/4/1959
Time: 06:40
Location: SOUTH CHINA SEA
Description: 112.35E-20.38N. USAF B66 pilot and gunner. 16 cream-colored ovoids / 36000 Ft.
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_6202

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: “2”, Elev: “0”, HatchDesc: “S.CHINA SEA:112.35E-20.38N:USAF B66 PILOT+GUNNER:16 CREAM-CLRD OVOIDS/36000 Ft”, LatLong: “20.633334 112.583339”, LatLongDMS: “20:38:00 N 112:35:00 E”, Locale: “Metropolis”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “SCS”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 21260 (031395A9)

Date: 7/4/1959
Location: Macao (South China Sea S of), China
Description: USAF pilot and gunner of RB-66 saw a group of 18 cream-colored objects (NICAP: 11 - Aviation Cases, BB: BBU)
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_2369

Event 21261 (4280AFE1)

Date: 7/4/1959
Description: The crew of a USAF RB-66 aircraft sighted a group of 16 cream colored oval-shaped objects flying at 36,000 feet altitude over the China Sea.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: Dominique Weinstein, Aircraft UFO Encounters, p. 31
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_3817

Event 21262 (BEA5F5DE)

Date: 7/5/1959
Time: ~19:00
Location: NEW ALBANY, MS
Description: Cigar-object hovers / 45° angle. Then slides up into clouds going northwest.
Type: sighting
Reference: VALLEE, Jacques: UFO’S IN SPACE - Anatomy of a Phenomenon; Henry Regnery 1966 & Ballentine PB 1974 294pp. (Index 209)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_6203

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: “USA”, Credibility: “8”, Duration: “5”, Elev: “111”, HatchDesc: “NEW ALBANY,MS:CIGAR-OBJ HVRS/45°ANGLE:THEN SLIDES UP INTO CLOUDS >NW”, LatLong: “34.494446 -89.000004”, LatLongDMS: “34:29:40 N 89:00:00 W”, Locale: “Farmlands”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Mississippi”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 21263 (895DA707)

Date: 7/5/1959
Location: Macao (South China Sea S of), China
Description: USAF pilot and gunner of RB-66 gunner of RB-66 saw 5 oval objects (NICAP: 11 - Aviation Cases, BB: BBU)
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_2370

Event 21264 (94C7662F)

Date: 7/5/1959
End date: 7/6/1959
Locations: Washington, D.C.; Eliot, Maine; Washington; Dayton, Ohio
Description: US Navy Cmdr. Julius Larsen, an ONI liaison officer to the CIA’s Photographic Intelligence Center in Washington, D.C., rediscovers the Swan-Knowles-Affa correspondence from 1954 in a file and decides to follow up on it. He goes to Eliot, Maine, to visit Adm. Knowles and interview Frances Swan. Larsen tries his hand at automatic writing and channels a message from Affa. Back in Washington on July 6, Larsen goes to director of the Photographic Intelligence Office, Arthur C. Lundahl, and tells the story to him and his assistant Lt. Robert S. Neasham. They urge Larsen to try to contact the extraterrestrials. Larsen goes into a trance, asks Affa questions, and writes the answers down. When Neasham challenges Affa to appear in person or let them see his spaceship, Larsen stops writing and tells Neasham to go to the window. Lundahl sees nothing unusual, but Neasham insists a spaceship is hiding behind some fluffy clouds. He also insists that he later contacted Washington National Airport and heard from the radar tower that the sector where the UFO appeared had been “blocked out.” Neasham urges Project Blue Book’s Maj. Robert Friend to come over for a briefing. He shows up on July 9 and hears Neasham’s version of the story, and Larsen even channels some messages. Friend goes back to Dayton, Ohio, and prepares a memo for his boss.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Jacobs, UFO Controversy in America, Signet ed., 1976, pp. 153–154; Clark III 1118–1119; Robert Emenegger, UFOs: Past, Present, and Future, Ballantine, 1974
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_3326

Event 21265 (F4B9B708)

Date: 7/6/1959
Time: 14:00
Location: WASHINGTON, DC
Description: CIA and ONI men. Telepathy from “Affa”. Dark saucer going [to] over. RADAR blocked / area. / r33p66.
Type: sighting
Reference: Book: VALLEE, Jacques:The INVISIBLE COLLEGE; E. P. Dutton, NY 1975. Hardcover. (Washington, DC 1959 pg 74. Ashland, NE 1967 pg 57.)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_6204

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, MIL: Observer(s) military, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, TLP: Telepathy, SCR: Classic saucer/disk/sphere shaped UFO, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), CVS: Conversation/communication, RDR: Radar traces/blips, EME: Electro-Magnetic Effects, TCH: New technical details/clues, MIL: Military investigation, GSA: Covert Security Agency, OGA: Non-Covert Government Agencies

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “3”, Duration: “5”, Elev: “8”, HatchDesc: “WASHINGTON,DC:CIA+ONI MEN:TLP fm “AFFA”:DRK SCR > OVR:RDR BLOCKED/AREA:/r33p66”, LatLong: “38.933335 -77.016670”, LatLongDMS: “38:56:00 N 77:01:00 W”, Locale: “Metropolis”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “WDC”, Strangeness: “7”

Event 21266 (3A14792A)

Date: 7/6/1959
Description: At 12:50 a.m. a round oval-shaped UFO with a dark band encircling the object and four illuminated domed portholes under the dark band, was sighted by Orwin and Smith in Baniara, Papua New Guinea. That night at 8:40 p.m. a disc-shaped UFO did a loop over Dogura, Papua New Guinea.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: Norman E G Cruttwell, UFOs in the two worlds: FSR Special Edition no. 4, pp. 21, 35
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_3874

Event 21267 (B0A34FEC)

Date: 7/7/1959
Time: 07:00
Location: SSE / BURREN JCT., NSW
Description: Separate observer(s). Dome-saucer / roadside. Brilliant object shines beams going down / 2120hrs.
Type: sighting
Reference: CHALKER,Bill: The OZ FILES. Australian Sightings. 1996 Duffy & Snellgrove. NSW,Australia. ISBN 1-875989-04-8 (Index 100)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_6205

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

Extra Data: Country: “Australia”, Credibility: “8”, Duration: “132”, HatchDesc: “SSE/BURREN Jct.,NSW:SEP.OBS:DOME-SCR/ROADSIDE:BRILL.OBJ SHINES BEAMS↓/2120hrs:”, LatLong: “-30.250001 149.050007”, LatLongDMS: “30:15:00 S 149:03:00 E”, Locale: “Pasture”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “NSW”, Strangeness: “7”

Event 21268 (D22B95A2)

Date: 7/7/1959
Time: 16:30
Location: BREMERTON, WA
Description: Silent dark-brown colored cylinder/cylindrical object / high altitude overtakes 2 planes. Planes audible only.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO’s a HISTORY-1959 (4 booklets) 1999/00 Self published. (Index 308)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_6206

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

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “6”, Duration: “1”, Elev: “30”, HatchDesc: “BREMERTON,WA:SLNT DRK-BRN CYL/HI alt OVERTAKES 2 PLANES:planes audible only”, LatLong: “47.583336 -122.633339”, LatLongDMS: “47:35:00 N 122:38:00 W”, Locale: “Town & City”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Washington”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 21269 (D2154463)

Date: 7/8/1959
Time: 10:00?
Location: AMAGER ISLAND, DK
Description: 2 young birdwatchers. 3 photographs / classic saucer / low altitude. News.
Type: sighting
Reference: The APRO BULLETIN: Monthly. Jim & Coral Lorenzen: Tucson,AZ (USA. defunct) By volume and number. (Index 719)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_6207

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

Extra Data: Country: “Scandanavian and Finland”, Credibility: “6”, Duration: “1”, HatchDesc: “AMAGER Isl,DK:2 YOUNG BIRDWATCHERS:3 FOTOS/CLASSIC SCR/lo alt:news”, LatLong: “55.616669 12.616667”, LatLongDMS: “55:37:00 N 12:37:00 E”, Locale: “Coastlands”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “AMG”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 21270 (EA5C241A)

Date: 7/8/1959 (approximate)
Time: ~13:00
Location: MATANZAS, CUBA
Description: Boys. Brill-shiny top-saucer. Going up [to] fast. Descends over bay. No further details / news.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO’s a HISTORY-1959 (4 booklets) 1999/00 Self published. (Index 313)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_6208

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, NWS: News media report, SCR: Classic saucer/disk/sphere shaped UFO, SUB: Submersible: Rises from or submerges into water, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s)

Extra Data: Country: “Caribbean area”, Credibility: “6”, Duration: “1”, Elev: “0”, HatchDesc: “MATANZAS,CUBA:BOYS:BRILL-SHINY TOP-SCR:↑ FAST:DESCENDS OVR BAY:NFD/news”, LatLong: “23.083334 -81.566671”, LatLongDMS: “23:05:00 N 81:34:00 W”, Locale: “Coastlands”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “CBA”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 21271 (4A64939B)

Date: 7/8/1959
Time: 18:40
Location: KARUMBA, AUST
Description: Several observer(s). Silent 18M disk / light going northwest straight and level fast. / APRO Nov’59+/ r198p24.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO’s a HISTORY-1959 (4 booklets) 1999/00 Self published. (Index 310)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_6209

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, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s)

Extra Data: Country: “Australia”, Credibility: “9”, Duration: “1”, HatchDesc: “KARUMBA,AUST:SVRL OBS:SLNT 18M DISK/LITE >NW S/L FAST:/APRO Nov’59+/r198p24”, LatLong: “-17.483334 140.833340”, LatLongDMS: “17:29:00 S 140:50:00 E”, Locale: “Rainforest”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Queensland”, Strangeness: “5”

Event 21272 (AF151873)

Date: 7/8/1959
Time: ~18:50
Location: PORT LIHOU, QLD, AUST
Description: Natives and many. Red-glow object lands / hill. / APRO 9’59+/ r198p25.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO’s a HISTORY-1959 (4 booklets) 1999/00 Self published. (Index 313)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_6210

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: “Australia”, Credibility: “8”, Duration: “3”, HatchDesc: “PORT LIHOU,QLD,AUST:NATIVES+MANY:RED-GLOW OBJ LANDS/HILL:/APRO 9’59+/r198p25”, LatLong: “-10.733334 142.233340”, LatLongDMS: “10:44:00 S 142:14:00 E”, Locale: “Islands”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Queensland”, Strangeness: “7”

Event 21273 (DC586829)

Date: 7/8/1959
Location: Columbus, IN
Description: Family in car chased three pulsating object seen moving slowly at low altitude in V-formation. (Two WTTV employees saw similar formation few minutes earlier, 25-30 miles away.) [NICAP UFOE, II] (NICAP: 02 - Close Encounters)
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_2371

Event 21274 (CF8B7AE2)

Date: 7/8/1959
Locations: Prince of Wales Island; Port Lihou; Thursday Island; Mapoon Mission; Cape York
Description: Night. Mrs. Napau Abednego and other indigenous people on Prince of Wales Island in the Torres Strait off Queensland, Australia, see a huge, glowing red object land on top of a hill at Port Lihou. The same night, residents of nearby Thursday Island see a green UFO flying low, and a strange object is also reported at Mapoon Mission on the west coast of Cape York.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Loren E. Gross, The Fifth Horseman of the Apocalypse: UFOs, a History: 1959 July–September, The Author, 2000, p. 13
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_3327

Event 21275 (3D0AC516)

Date: 7/9/1959
Location: unknown location, Bahamas
Description: (McDonald list) (NICAP: 01 - Distant Encounters, BB: BBU)
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_2372

Event 21276 (F4D3750F)

Date: 7/9/1959
Description: An interesting parapsychological experiment closely tied to the UFO phenomenon was conducted on this day in Washington, DC by the Central Intelligence Agency and U.S. Naval Intelligence. It was held at an office in a government building at the corner of 5th and K Streets (quadrant of the city not given). According to Lt. Colonel Robert Friend, the officer in charge of Project Blue Book at the time and who was present at the session, telepathic communication was attempted through a psychic channeler who was also a military officer.

Colonel Friend was invited to attend a meeting with this officer, and was given the following background information. A Canadian woman, Mrs. Swan, had come to their attention through the Canadian government. The Canadians had conducted an extensive investigation into Mrs. Swan’s claims of contact with the aliens. With two Naval Intelligence officers present, she went into a trance and they asked her scientific and technical questions to which a woman of her education could not possibly know the answers. Yet as questions were put to her, she was able to answer quickly and easily, apparently with telepathic help from purported extraterrestrials. According to the report, the aliens represented an organization called the “Universal Association of Planets,” and this group had a project monitoring Earth. The investigation took an unexpected turn when the woman informed one of the Naval officers that “they” were willing to answer questions directly through him, a Navy commander and intelligence officer–with no prior experience in telepathic communications. He took over, attempting to write down the answers to questions put to him by his associate Naval officer.

The word traveled back quickly to Washington officials and a very skeptical CIA. Nevertheless, there was no strong reason to totally disbelieve the report of this respected Navy commander and his partner.

A meeting was arranged to be held in the security portion of a W

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ashington government building. When trance state contact was achieved, several questions were put to him, and answers came back quickly. “Do you favor any government group or race?” and “Would there be a third world war?” Both were answered “No.” The officials present then asked to see a spaceship. The commander, still in a trance, told the group to look out the window and they would have proof. They did promptly and a dark saucer-shaped object was seen hovering in the sky “at approximately 1400 hours.”

They hurriedly made calls to the Washington radar center to confirm the presence of the object. They were told by the radar operators that they were experiencing a strange type of technical difficulty with their equipment, and radar was blocked for that quadrant of the sky over Washington. During the question and answer exchange the answer to one question indicated that the UFOs acknowledged difficulty in slipping through our radar net undetected. A number of other questions were put to the psychic, including whether Catholics were the chosen people. They were told that they were not. A follow-up contact session was attempted that same day with only limited success. It was indicated by the few answers that the Commander received that “this was not the right time” [emphasis added].
Reference: Johnson
Reference: Don Elkins, Secrets of the UFOs, p. 34; Robert Emenegger, UFO’s, Past, Present and Future, pp. 55-62
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_3952

Event 21277 (588D0D3D)

Date: 7/10/1959
Description: (Translated from French) Gerry Irwin re-admitted to hospital. (July 10)
Reference: rr0 - Beau
Source: rr0, ID: rr0_1809

Event 21278 (A433222D)

Date: 7/10/1959 (approximate)
Time: 02:00
Location: NORMA, NJ
Description: 2 white-glowing ovoids / sharp outlines. 3rd joins. All circle dock / 10 minutes. Going [to] slow.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO’s a HISTORY-1959 (4 booklets) 1999/00 Self published. (Index 309)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_6211

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: “10”, Elev: “28”, HatchDesc: “NORMA,NJ:2 WHT-GLO OVOIDS/SHARP OUTLINES:3rd JOINS:ALL CCL DOCK/10mins:> SLOW”, LatLong: “39.494446 -75.088892”, LatLongDMS: “39:29:40 N 75:05:20 W”, Locale: “Coastlands”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “New Jersey”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 21279 (7ED932CD)

Date: 7/10/1959
Description: At two a.m. two white glowing ovoid objects with sharp outlines were joined by a third over Norma, New Jersey and all three UFOs circled a dock for 10 minutes, then flew away slowly.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: Loren E. Gross, The Fifth Horseman of the Apocalypse: UFOs: A History. 1959: July-September, p. 9
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_3983

Event 21280 (AABA9102)

Date: 7/11/1959
Location: L’Ain, France
Description: (Translated from French) On July 11, 1959, an unidentified flying object was seen by a group of people near the town of L’Ain, France. The object was saucer-shaped and was described as having a silver color and a red light. It was seen flying at a constant speed and disappeared on the horizon.
Reference: Mini catalogue chronologique des observations OVNI, by Godelieve Van Overmeire
Source: Overmeire, ID: Overmeire_2113

Event 21281 (A898CCA0)

Date: 7/11/1959
Location: USA
Description: (Translated from French) At the same time, the X-15, another rocket-powered aircraft, helped to better understand the problems of flight in this still poorly explored zone, which no longer belonged entirely to aeronautics and not yet completely to space. The first X-15, released from a B-52 bomber, made its first free flight in 1959.
Reference: “The War of the Satellites” - Volume 3 - Pierre Kohler, ed. Famot 1982, p. 162
Reference: continued June 1962
Reference: Mini catalogue chronologique des observations OVNI, by Godelieve Van Overmeire
Source: Overmeire, ID: Overmeire_2114

Event 21282 (2A353781)

Date: 7/11/1959
Time: 03:00
Location: SF TO/FROM HAWAII
Description: 8 airliners. Huge Brill objects maneuver and turn. Extremely fast. 1 going south. / MJ#255+/ APRO 7’59.
Type: sighting
Reference: FLYING SAUCER REVIEW (FSR), London. Bimonthly. PO Box 162; High Wycombe, Bucks. HP135 DZ, England. (Index 65)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_6212

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

Extra Data: Country: “Pacific Ocean and non - Asian islands”, Credibility: “12”, Duration: “44”, Elev: “0”, HatchDesc: “SF><HAWAII:8 AIRLINERS:HUGE BRILL OBJS MNVR+TURN:XFAST:1>S:/MJ#255+/APRO 7’59”, LatLong: “28.416668 -144.500007”, LatLongDMS: “28:25:00 N 144:30:00 W”, Locale: “Metropolis”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “NPC”, Strangeness: “4”

Event 21283 (B5F05CB7)

Date: 7/11/1959
Location: N Pacific, 800 n.mi. from, HI
Description: Pilots (Wilson & Moffatt) and crew saw a big bright light followed by 3-4 smaller lights (NICAP: 11 - Aviation Cases, BB: BBU)
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_2373

Event 21284 (32CF90E4)

Date: 7/11/1959
Locations: Pacific Ocean; Honolulu, Hawaii
Description: 6:02 a.m. A Pan American Boeing Stratocruiser piloted by Capt. George Wilson flying over the Pacific Ocean about 1,035 miles northeast of Honolulu, Hawaii, encounters a large bright light with 3–4 satellite lights in a line below, behind, and to the left of the main object. It makes a sharp right turn and disappears to the south. Copilot Richard Lorenzen and Flight Engineer Bob Scott also see the UFOs. Another Pan Am flight sees essentially the same phenomenon, as well as an Air Force bomber crew, a Slick Airways plane, and a Canadian Pacific airliner.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: UFOEv, p. 125
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_3328

Event 21285 (D6D269E3)

Date: 7/12/1959
Location: RIDGECREST, CA
Description: Project Bluebook Case #6962. Military electrical Tech. Saucer hovers and maneuvers over desert. / r78p184.
Type: sighting
Reference: HALL, Richard: The UFO EVIDENCE; NICAP,Washington, DC 1964. Reprinted 1997 Barnes & Noble Books ( only $7.98! ) (Index 31)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_6213

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, PHT: Photos/movies/videos taken, MIL: Military investigation, BBK: Project BLUEBOOK

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “7”, Duration: “15”, Elev: “698”, HatchDesc: “RIDGECREST,CA:BBK#6962:MIL.ELECTR.TECH:SCR HVRS+MNVRS OVR DESERT:/r78p184”, LatLong: “35.616668 -117.650006”, LatLongDMS: “35:37:00 N 117:39:00 W”, Locale: “Desert”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “California”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 21286 (9151C7A1)

Date: 7/12/1959
Location: Ridgecrest (near), CA
Description: Electronics mechanic at China Lake U. S. Naval Ordnance Test Station saw three disc-like UFOs which alternately hovered and moved at high speeds over desert to the Southwest. [NICAP UFOE, IV] (NICAP: 01 - Distant Encounters)
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_2374

Event 21287 (B3D83C3C)

Date: 7/12/1959
Description: A military electronic technician named Guerrero saw a saucer-shaped object hover and maneuver over the desert in Ridgecrest, California.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: Richard Hall, The UFO Evidence (Volume I), p. 138
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_4001

Event 21288 (A3983819)

Date: 7/13/1959
Location: NEW ZEALAND, Blenheim
Description: (Translated from French) Mrs. Frederich Moreland was crossing a paddock to milk her cows. She looked up and noticed a bright green light among the clouds. (…) she saw two large intense green lights quickly descending from the sky. (…) Everything was bathed in this green light described as “sticky and horrible”. (…) She took shelter behind some trees planted in the middle of the paddock (…) It was then that she realized that the two green lights were part of a large bell-shaped object that was emitting a strong heat. The object stabilized at the height of the roof of the house. The witness estimated its wingspan to be about 10 m. She heard a low humming. Two rows of openings located on the middle part of the craft emitted orange glows. The lower part, on the other hand, had a metallic green color. Suddenly the portholes went out. The top of the dome-shaped object made of a material as clear as glass lit up and Mrs. Moreland clearly distinguished two men wearing shiny costumes (…) the material of these uniforms had the shine of aluminum or silver paper. Their faces were covered with a translucent mask. One of the beings stood up and seemed to look at something specific inside the craft. Then he sat down next to his companion. Then the openings on the side of the object emitted orange flames, the craft tilted slightly and shot into the sky where it disappeared with a soft noise that seemed sharp to the amazed witness. (…)(Jean FERGUSON: “Les Humanoïdes…” - ed. Leméac, Ottawa, 1977, p.44, 45).
Reference: Janet and Colin BORD: “Modern Mysteries of the World” - Guild Publishing London 1989, p. 344, 345
Reference: Mini catalogue chronologique des observations OVNI, by Godelieve Van Overmeire
Source: Overmeire, ID: Overmeire_2131

Event 21289 (5A84D4C4)

Date: 7/13/1959
Time: 05:40
Location: BLENHEIM, NZ
Description: 2 figure(s) / 9M domed saucer. Hovers / 8M altitude. Green beams. / r3p13+/ MJ#255+/ r174p98.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO’s a HISTORY-1959 (4 booklets) 1999/00 Self published. (Index 326)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_6214

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, OID: Humanoid: Small alien or “Grey”, 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, MIL: Military investigation, SND: UFO sounds heard or recorded

Extra Data: Country: “New Zealand”, Credibility: “8”, Duration: “12”, HatchDesc: “BLENHEIM,NZ:2 FIGs/9M DOMED SCR:HVRS/8M alt:GRN BEAMS:/r3p13+/MJ#255+/r174p98”, LatLong: “-41.533335 173.916675”, LatLongDMS: “41:32:00 S 173:55:00 E”, Locale: “Farmlands”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “SI”, Strangeness: “9”

Event 21290 (DC85E0EF)

Date: 7/13/1959
Location: Blenheim, NZ
Description: Domed disc descended, hovered. (NICAP UFOE, XIV) (NICAP: 01 - Distant Encounters)
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_2375

Event 21291 (B6415136)

Date: 7/13/1959
Time: 0530
Location: Blenheim, New Zealand
Description: Mrs. Moreland saw a diskshaped object as she was milking cows. It was about 10 m diameter, had two intense, green lights and two rows of jets around the rim, emitting orange flames. Inside a glass dome on top were two men dressed in aluminumlike suits. The craft did not land, but took off at great speed with a high-pitched sound. Heat sensation.
Type: ufo sighting
Reference: 124; Challenge 24 (Vallee)
Source: ValléeMagonia, ID: Magonia_491

Event 21292 (4CFFE0F2)

Date: 7/13/1959
Location: Blenheim, New Zealand
Description: Disc with dome illuminated area in green light, two beings visible in dome
Type: sighting
Reference: The UFO Evidence by Richard H. Hall
Source: HallUFOEvidence2, ID: HallUFOE2_6

Event 21293 (A624058A)

Date: 7/13/1959
Location: Blenheim, New Zealand
Description: 5:30 a.m. Eileen Moreland, a farmwoman in Blenheim, New Zealand, goes to the barn to milk her cows and sees a huge object, about 20–30 feet in diameter, with two intense green lights on its underside descend towards her and hover at rooftop height. It bathes her in green light. Two rows of jets around the middle shoot out orange flames. She can see two men inside, dressed in close-fitting suits of shiny material and opaque helmets. The jets turn on again, the object tilts, and it shoots up vertically at great speed, making a high-pitched sound.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Loren E. Gross, The Fifth Horseman of the Apocalypse: UFOs, a History: 1959 July–September, The Author, 2000, pp. 25–28; Richard H. Hall, “Dyad ‘Scout Craft,’” IUR 25, no. 4 (Winter 2000–2001): 23; Patrick Gross, URECAT, November 2, 2006
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_3329

Event 21294 (791E439C)

Date: 7/13/1959
Description: Walking to her cow shed on her farm in Blenheim, New Zealand at 5:40 a.m. Mrs. Frederick Moreland saw a round object with two intense green lights come down out of the clouds and hover at rooftop level. Around its rim were two counter-rotating rows of jets giving off orange flames and heat. A transparent glass-like cowling covered the top, and through this she could see two men wearing diver’s helmets. One of them stood up and leaned forward. Both wore tight-fitting silvery suits. As it departed the UFO made a high-pitched whining noise, and left behind an odor “like pepper.”
Reference: Johnson
Reference: David F. Webb and Ted Bloecher, HUMCAT: Catalogue of Humanoid Reports, case 1959-11, citing Harold Fulton, APRO Bulletin, September 1959; SATCU, Xenolog, November 1975, p. 13; Jacques Vallee, Passport to Magonia: A Century of Landings, case 491
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_4030

Event 21295 (D9A94980)

Date: 7/13/1959
Description: At midnight in Suchs, Spain a Mr. Domingo watched a 80 cm sphere hover only 15 meters above the ground. It illuminated the countryside “like daylight.” The witness panicked and ran when he heard the sound of an explosion.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: Vicente-Juan Ballester Olmos
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_4031

Event 21296 (90797031)

Date: 7/14/1959
Time: 00:00
Location: SUCHS, LERIDA, SPAIN
Description: 80cm sphere lights countryside like day. Later goes east to/from/between west. No further details.
Type: sighting
Reference: BALLESTER OLMOS, Vicente-Juan: CATALOG of 200 TYPE-1 EVENTS in SPAIN & PORTUGAL; CUFOS 1976. (Index 7)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_6215

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

Extra Data: Country: “Spain”, Credibility: “8”, Duration: “2”, HatchDesc: “SUCHS,LERIDA,SPAIN:80cm SPHERE LITES COUNTRYSIDE like DAY:LATER GOES E<>W:NFD”, LatLong: “41.483335 0.400000”, LatLongDMS: “41:29:00 N 00:24:00 E”, Locale: “Pasture”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “LRD”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 21297 (638EF3F2)

Date: 7/14/1959
Time: 20:20
Location: SALISBURY, NC
Description: Rotating ovoid going west. Oscillate/oscillation high-frequency sound. Strong TV Radio Frequency Interference (RFI) and outages. / NICAP.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO’s a HISTORY-1959 (4 booklets) 1999/00 Self published. (Index 330)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_6216

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, HQO: High-quality observer(s), SCR: Classic saucer/disk/sphere shaped UFO, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), EME: Electro-Magnetic Effects, SND: UFO sounds heard or recorded

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “8”, Duration: “2”, Elev: “227”, HatchDesc: “SALISBURY,NC:ROTATING OVOID >W:OSC.HI-FREQ SOUND:STRONG TV RFI+OUTAGES:/NICAP”, LatLong: “35.683335 -80.466671”, LatLongDMS: “35:41:00 N 80:28:00 W”, Locale: “Residential”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “North Carolina”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 21298 (ECFACCE9)

Date: 7/14/1959 (approximate)
Time: 21:50
Location: HOLLOMAN AIR FORCE BASE, NM
Description: 2 observer(s). Night lights / dark silent craft. Going east slow / across high winds. Hovers and onward.
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_6217

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

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “7”, Duration: “5”, Elev: “1248”, HatchDesc: “HOLLOMAN AFB,NM:2 OBS:NLTS/DRK SLNT CRAFT:>E SLOW/ACRS HIGH WINDS:HVRS+ONWARD”, LatLong: “32.850002 -106.100005”, LatLongDMS: “32:51:00 N 106:06:00 W”, Locale: “Town & City”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “New Mexico”, Strangeness: “5”

Event 21299 (A0DDFDAF)

Date: 7/14/1959
Location: New Delhi, India
Description: (McDonald list) (NICAP: 01 - Distant Encounters, BB: BBU)
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_2376

Event 21300 (6C79DDB0)

Date: 7/14/1959
Location: Pampulha, Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais State, Brazil
Description: Luminous object followed FAB (Brazilian Air Force) B-26, hovered near airport. [NICAP UFOE, X] (NICAP: 11 - Aviation Cases)
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_2377

Event 21301 (53E71D3E)

Date: 7/14/1959
Location: Salisbury, NC
Description: Television sets blacked out, some lights reported off, as circular UFO observed; loud oscillating high frequency noise reported (NICAP: 03 - EME Cases)
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_2378

Event 21302 (F3DD510C)

Date: 7/14/1959
Location: Prince of Wales Island, Australia
Description: Hunters reported the landing of a red object on the island. Other hunters saw a similar object near Karumba Lodge.
Type: ufo sighting
Reference: 123 (Vallee)
Source: ValléeMagonia, ID: Magonia_492

Event 21303 (3DEEA0D1)

Date: 7/14/1959
Location: Salisbury, North Carolina
Description: 8:22 p.m. TV sets in Salisbury, North Carolina, mysteriously go dead as residents see a flash of light and hear a loud vibrato noise.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Schopick, pp. 111–113
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_3330

Event 21304 (32735EB2)

Date: 7/14/1959
Description: A group of Aboriginal hunters reported the landing of a red glowing object on a hill on Prince of Wales Island, Queensland, Australia. Other hunters saw a similar object near Karumba Lodge.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: Jacques Vallee, Passport to Magonia: A Century of Landings, case 492, citing Australian Flying Saucer Review, January 1960; Peter Rogerson, World-Wide Catalog of Type 1 Reports, citing Flying Saucer Review, September-October 1962, p. 24
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_4048

Event 21305 (4AA05A27)

Date: 7/14/1959
Description: A light followed a Brazilian Air Force B-26 bomber plane for one hour as it flew from Pampulha to Belo Horizonte, Brazil. All the time it was changing colors.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: Dominique Weinstein, Aircraft UFO Encounters, p. 32; Richard Hall, The UFO Evidence (Volume I), p. 120; Donald E. Keyhoe, Flying Saucers: Top Secret, p. 256
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_4049

Event 21306 (3F5A44D1)

Date: 7/15/1959 (approximate)
Time: 21:00?
Location: MT. LAUREL, NJ
Description: Kids. Silent moon-size glowing-ovoid going south over NJ Turnpike / low altitude. “Pulses”.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO’s a HISTORY-1959 (4 booklets) 1999/00 Self published. (Index 317)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_6218

Attributes: 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: “USA”, Credibility: “6”, Duration: “1”, Elev: “24”, HatchDesc: “Mt.LAUREL,NJ:KIDS:SLNT MOONSIZE GLO-OVOID >S OVR NJ TURNPIKE/lo alt:“PULSES””, LatLong: “39.933335 -74.888892”, LatLongDMS: “39:56:00 N 74:53:20 W”, Locale: “Pasture”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “New Jersey”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 21307 (BBB617A6)

Date: 7/15/1959
Description: On this evening seven children in Mount Laurel, New Jersey witnessed a low level, glowing ovoid UFO fly south over the New Jersey Turnpike. It was silent in flight, the apparent size of the Moon, and gave off “pulses.”
Reference: Johnson
Reference: Loren E. Gross, The Fifth Horseman of the Apocalypse: UFOs: A History. 1959: July-September, p. 17
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_4069

Event 21308 (10F7AC16)

Date: 7/16/1959
Time: 21:00?
Location: RIO DJ, BRAZIL
Description: Numerous observer(s). Wobbling ovoid stops / apartment building. Wobbles. Away fast.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO’s a HISTORY-1959 (4 booklets) 1999/00 Self published. (Index 336)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_6219

Attributes: GND: 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: “1”, Elev: “11”, HatchDesc: “RIO DJ,BRZL:NMRS OBS:WOBBLING OVOID STOPS/APARTMENT BLDG:WOBBLES:AWAY FAST”, LatLong: “-22.933334 -43.166669”, LatLongDMS: “22:56:00 S 43:10:00 W”, Locale: “Metropolis”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “RDJ”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 21309 (EB7AE88B)

Date: 7/18/1959
Time: 18:30
Location: EAST / OORINDI, AUSTR
Description: Several observer(s). Flashing “streak” / 15’ altitude shoots going quickly north toward(s) Norman River.
Type: sighting
Reference: MANEY, Charles & HALL, Richard: The CHALLENGE OF UFO’S; NICAP, Washington, DC. 1961 (Index 25)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_6220

Attributes: CIV: Observer(s) civilian, HQO: High-quality observer(s), MID: Likely mis-identification, WAV: Wave/cluster/flap, NLT: Nightlights/points of light, FBL: Fireball: Blazing undistinguished form/orb., NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s)

Extra Data: Country: “Australia”, Credibility: “9”, Duration: “1”, HatchDesc: “E/OORINDI,AUSTR:SVRL OBS:FLASHING “STREAK”/15’alt SHOOTS >>N twrd NORMAN Rvr”, LatLong: “-20.683334 141.116673”, LatLongDMS: “20:41:00 S 141:07:00 E”, Locale: “Mountains”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Queensland”, Strangeness: “3”

Event 21310 (10FCF57D)

Date: 7/18/1959
Description: At 6:30 p.m. a flashing light streaked to the north over the Norman River in Corindie, Queensland, Australia. Twenty minutes later a red glowing object landed on a hill on Prince of Wales Island, Queensland. Around 8:00 p.m. a UFO was seen moving over the mountains at Didiwa, Papua New Guinea.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: Larry Hatch, U computer database, case 5771; Norman Crutwell, UFOs in Two Worlds: FSR Special Edition No. 4, p. 35; APRO Bulletin, September 1959
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_4165

Event 21311 (3596B047)

Date: 7/19/1959
Description: A father and daughter were driving south on Highway 77 to Lincoln, Nebraska. When they got two miles south of Ceresco, Nebraska at around 10:30 p.m. they saw a bright white light hovering in the south-southeastern sky. The light went out, revealing a dark, sixty-foot wide domed disc-shaped object with several one foot wide windows around the rim. The object dropped several small red lights, then made a sharp turn and flew off to the west.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: Project Blue Book files counted in official statistics, report dated July 24, 1959
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_4196

Event 21312 (ABB91BF9)

Date: 7/20/1959
Location: WOOMERA, SOUTH AUSTRALIA
Description: Many / town and base. Bright white cylinder/cigar-shape going south over test range. No further details / news.
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_6221

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: “Australia”, Credibility: “9”, Duration: “1”, HatchDesc: “WOOMERA,S.AUSTRL:MANY/TOWN+BASE:BRITE WHT CGR >S ovr TEST RANGE:NFD/NEWS”, LatLong: “-31.250001 136.716673”, LatLongDMS: “31:15:00 S 136:43:00 E”, Locale: “Town & City”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “South Australia”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 21313 (7AC9517E)

Date: 7/20/1959
Time: 22:30
Location: WEST / OAK, NEBR
Description: 4 / 2 cars. Round small luminous object follows car going west. Maneuvers. Inches / diameter. No further details.
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_6222

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, HQO: High-quality observer(s), PRB: Probe: Possibly remote controlled, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), OBS: Observation/chasing vehicles, HUM: Humans affected: Injury/burns/marks/abduction/death

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “8”, Duration: “3”, Elev: “525”, HatchDesc: “W/OAK,NEbr:4/2 CARS:ROUND SML LUMn.OBJ FOLOS CAR >W:MNVRs:INCHES/DIAMETER:NFD”, LatLong: “40.227780 -98.016671”, LatLongDMS: “40:13:40 N 98:01:00 W”, Locale: “Pasture”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Nebraska”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 21314 (3E956B68)

Date: 7/20/1959
Locations: RAAF Woomera Range Complex; South Australia
Description: A shuttlecock-shaped UFO is seen over the RAAF Woomera Range Complex in South Australia.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Lorenzen, UFOs: The Whole Story, Signet, 1969, p. 100
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_3331

Event 21315 (11A2CA2D)

Date: 7/20/1959
Description: A UFO was seen flying over a mountain in Papua New Guinea at around 6 p.m. At 10:15 p.m. a bright white cigar-shaped object flew south over the Woomera missile test range in South Australia. Many at the military base as well as in the town saw it, and the newspapers carried the report widely.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: APRO Bulletin, September-October 1959
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_4232

Event 21316 (5E648BA8)

Date: 7/21/1959
Time: 08:30
Location: LIMA, OH
Description: Woman. Disk going south through clouds. Tilt reveals shape. No further details. / NICAP.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO’s a HISTORY-1959 (4 booklets) 1999/00 Self published. (Index 336)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_6223

Attributes: 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: “263”, HatchDesc: “LIMA,OH:WOMAN:DISK >S THRU CLOUDS:TILT REVEALS SHAPE:NFD:/NICAP”, LatLong: “40.733335 -84.083337”, LatLongDMS: “40:44:00 N 84:05:00 W”, Locale: “Residential”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Ohio”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 21317 (E4FBC25D)

Date: 7/21/1959
Time: 22:00?
Location: ST. ROSE, LA
Description: 60cm ball going southwest / 30kph. 700M altitude. Light buzz. Changes color(s). 180° turn going northeast.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO’s a HISTORY-1959 (4 booklets) 1999/00 Self published. (Index 341)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_6224

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, PRB: Probe: Possibly remote controlled, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), TCH: New technical details/clues, MIL: Military investigation, BBK: Project BLUEBOOK, SND: UFO sounds heard or recorded

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “6”, Duration: “2”, Elev: “3”, HatchDesc: “St.ROSE,LA:60cm BALL > SW/30kph:700M alt:LITE BUZZ:CHANGES CLRS:180° TURN >NE”, LatLong: “29.950001 -90.316671”, LatLongDMS: “29:57:00 N 90:19:00 W”, Locale: “Pasture”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Louisiana”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 21318 (443B267F)

Date: 7/21/1959
Time: 22:30
Location: BROKEN HILL, AUSTRALIA
Description: Numerous observer(s) / 5 glowing-objects exit long fireball. Going [to] low single files going [to] horizon.
Type: sighting
Reference: VALLEE, Jacques: UFO’S IN SPACE - Anatomy of a Phenomenon; Henry Regnery 1966 & Ballentine PB 1974 294pp. (Index 209)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_6225

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

Extra Data: Country: “Australia”, Credibility: “10”, Duration: “3”, HatchDesc: “BROKEN HILL,AUSTRL:NMRS OBS/5 GLOW-OBJS EXIT LONG FBL:>LOW SINGLE FILES>HRZN”, LatLong: “-31.916668 141.583340”, LatLongDMS: “31:55:00 S 141:35:00 E”, Locale: “Desert”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “NSW”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 21319 (083939F0)

Date: 7/21/1959
Description: At 10:00 p.m. in St. Rose, St. Charles Parish, Louisiana a 0.6 meter in diameter sphere flew over at 30 km/hour heading south at an altitude of 700 meters. It made a slight buzzing sound. It changed colors, and then made a 180 degree turn traveling back to the northeast.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: Larry Hatch, U computer database, case # 5775, citing Loren E. Gross, The Fifth Horseman of the Apocalypse: UFOs: A History. 1959: July-September, p. 41
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_4264

Event 21320 (24EB7B37)

Date: 7/22/1959
Location: FORTALEZA, BRAZIL
Description: Air Traffic Controller and several pilots and more/others. Flying disks hover over city. / No further details / news.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO’s a HISTORY-1959 (4 booklets) 1999/00 Self published. (Index 343)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_6226

Attributes: GND: 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: “Brazil”, Credibility: “10”, Duration: “3”, Elev: “1”, HatchDesc: “FORTALEZA,BRZL:ATC+SVRL PILOTS++:FLYING DISKS HVR OVR CITY:/NFD/news”, LatLong: “-3.716667 -38.500002”, LatLongDMS: “03:43:00 S 38:30:00 W”, Locale: “Town & City”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “CEA”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 21321 (33AE32B4)

Date: 7/22/1959
Time: ~19:00
Location: EAST / MENAPI, PAPUA-NG
Description: Native. Classic saucer. Luminous dome. Going quickly [to] to sea / low altitude. / r97#035.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO’s a HISTORY-1959 (4 booklets) 1999/00 Self published. (Index 343)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_6227

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: “Pacific Ocean and non - Asian islands”, Credibility: “6”, Duration: “1”, Elev: “2”, HatchDesc: “E/MENAPI,PAPUA-NG:NATIVE:CLASSIC SCR:LUMn.DOME:>> TO SEA/lo alt:/r97#035”, LatLong: “-9.750000 149.916674”, LatLongDMS: “09:45:00 S 149:55:00 E”, Locale: “Coastlands”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “PNG”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 21322 (EDA103EC)

Date: 7/22/1959
Description: At 7:45 p.m. in Porayebayebera, Milne Bay, Papua New Guinea the son of a paramount chief sighted a domed disc-shaped object with a dark base and an illuminted dome on the top at a low altitude. It flew out to sea. The witness had been known to the author, Norman Cruttwell, for over eight years.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: Norman E. G. Cruttwell, UFOs in Two Worlds: FSR Special Edition No. 4, p. 25
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_4296

Event 21323 (14F02781)

Date: 7/23/1959 (approximate)
Time: 12:00
Location: BELLEVUE, WA
Description: Metallic silver disk / elliptical orbit. No wind. Vanishes instantly. / NICAP.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO’s a HISTORY-1959 (4 booklets) 1999/00 Self published. (Index 341)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_6228

Attributes: 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: “30”, HatchDesc: “BELLEVUE,WA:MTLC SLVR DISK/ELLIPTICAL ORBIT:NO WIND:vanishes instantly:/NICAP”, LatLong: “47.600002 -122.200006”, LatLongDMS: “47:36:00 N 122:12:00 W”, Locale: “Residential”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Washington”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 21324 (BDCAC251)

Date: 7/23/1959
Description: A silver metallic disc was seen flying in an elliptical orbit in the sky over Bellevue, Washington at noon. There was no wind at the time. It vanished in an instant.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: Larry Hatch, U computer database, case 5779; Loren E. Gross, The Fifth Horseman of the Apocalypse: UFOs: A History. 1959: July-September, p. 41
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_4321

Event 21325 (27C7EC51)

Date: 7/25/1959
Description: (Translated from French) Sighting in Irondequoit (New York). (July 25)
Reference: case Blue Book #6446 unsolved
Reference: rr0 - Beau
Source: rr0, ID: rr0_1810

Event 21326 (45FDF8DE)

Date: 7/25/1959
Time: 13:30
Location: IRONDEQUOIT, NY
Description: Project Bluebook Case #6446. 50’ crescent with dome / center. Still then 800mph. Seen / (seen thru) binoculars.
Type: sighting
Reference: SCIENCE & MECHANICS (eds.) OFFICIAL GUIDE to UFO’S; Ace Books, NY. 1968. (Index 178)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_6229

Attributes: 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: “117”, HatchDesc: “IRONDEQUOIT,NY:BBK#6446:50’ CRESCENT W DOME/CTR:STILL then 800mph:SEEN/BINOCS”, LatLong: “43.183335 -77.583337”, LatLongDMS: “43:11:00 N 77:35:00 W”, Locale: “Residential”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “New York”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 21327 (3130B3D3)

Date: 7/25/1959
Time: 19:30
Location: GAIAWANAKI, PNG
Description: 3 observer(s). Huge saucer / treetop level on edge. Beam lights beach like day.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO’s a HISTORY-1959 (4 booklets) 1999/00 Self published. (Index 344)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_6230

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, SCR: Classic saucer/disk/sphere shaped UFO, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), OBS: Observation/chasing vehicles, RAY: Odd light/searchlight/beam/laser-like, DRT: Dirt/soil traces/marks/footprints etc.

Extra Data: Country: “Pacific Ocean and non - Asian islands”, Credibility: “8”, Duration: “1”, Elev: “2”, HatchDesc: “GAIAWANAKI,PNG:3 OBS:HUGE SCR/TREETOP LVL ON EDGE:BEAM LITES BEACH LIKE DAY”, LatLong: “-9.816667 149.700007”, LatLongDMS: “09:49:00 S 149:42:00 E”, Locale: “Coastlands”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, RelAlt: “5”, State/Prov: “PNG”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 21328 (A669EE48)

Date: 7/25/1959
Location: Irondequoit, NY
Description: Thin, crescent moon-shaped object, with a small white dome (NICAP: 01 - Distant Encounters, BB: 6446)
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_2379

Event 21329 (BCDD3590)

Date: 7/25/1959
Time: 1 PM
Location: Irondequoit, New York
Description: Witness: technical illustrator W.D. Neva. One thin, crescent moon-shaped object with a small white dome in the center, flew at tremendous speed for 5-10 seconds.
Type: ufo sighting
Reference: BlueBook Unknowns PDF
Source: BerlinerBBUnknowns, ID: BerlinerBBU_436

Event 21330 (F08014A3)

Date: 7/25/1959
Description: In Gaiawanaki, Papua New Guinea a beam of light shone down on men on the beach, lighting up the area like day. A domed disc came down to a low altitude. It had a dark, concave base, and illuminated dome, and traveled on its side in the sky.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: Norman Cruttwell, UFOs in Two Worlds: FSR Special Edition No. 4, p. 25
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_4378

Event 21331 (982C12A0)

Date: 7/25/1959
Description: On this day at about 1:30 p.m. in Irondequoit, New York W.D. Neva, a technical illustrator, saw a thin, crescent-shaped object with a small white dome in the center resembling a gun turret at 1:00 p.m. The object flew at an estimated 800 mph, banked, and disappeared from view behind some trees after 5-10 seconds.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: Project Blue Book files counted in official statistics, case 6446; Don Berliner, Project Bluebook Unknowns
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_4379

Event 21332 (958758BE)

Date: 7/26/1959
Time: 20:30
Location: LADAPEYRE, FR
Description: 2 observer(s). Huge luminous disk hovers / 30+min. Lenticular cloud?
Type: sighting
Reference: LUMIERES DANS la NUIT (LDLN), Paris. Bimonthly since 1957. LDLN B.P.3; 77123 Le Vaudoue, FRANCE. (Index 131)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_6231

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: “7”, Duration: “30”, HatchDesc: “LADAPEYRE,FR:2 OBS:HUGE LUMn.DISK HVRS/30+min:lenticular cloud?”, LatLong: “46.250002 2.033333”, LatLongDMS: “46:15:00 N 02:02:00 E”, Locale: “Residential”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Creuse”, Strangeness: “5”

Event 21333 (E9BF5724)

Date: 7/27/1959
Locations: Wright-Patterson AFB; Ohio
Description: The UFO Advisory Panel meets at Wright-Patterson AFB in Ohio to discuss trends and statistics and recent sightings.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: “Saucer Reading Fest,” Saturday Night Uforia, January 25, 2019
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_3332

Event 21334 (9452CBBF)

Date: 7/28/1959
Time: 14:10
Location: CORPUS CHRISTI, TX
Description: Ray Stanford and more/others. 4 large cigars and disk / 16 mm film. / r2p210+/ r242p91.
Type: sighting
Reference: FLYING SAUCER REVIEW (FSR), London. Bimonthly. PO Box 162; High Wycombe, Bucks. HP135 DZ, England. (Index 73)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_6232

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), PHT: Photos/movies/videos taken, TRC: Physical traces, TCH: New technical details/clues, MIL: Military investigation, BBK: Project BLUEBOOK

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “6”, Duration: “10”, Elev: “11”, HatchDesc: “CORPUS CHRISTI,TX:Ray STANFORD++:4 LRG CGRs+DISK/16mm FILM:/r2p210+/r242p91”, LatLong: “27.800001 -97.388894”, LatLongDMS: “27:48:00 N 97:23:20 W”, Locale: “Oil & Coal”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Texas”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 21335 (6F4FD415)

Date: 7/28/1959
Location: Corpus Christi, TX
Description: (McDonald list) (NICAP: 01 - Distant Encounters, BB: BBU) (NICAP: 01 - Distant Encounters)
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_2380

Event 21336 (F49FE8A7)

Date: 7/28/1959
Location: 2629 Lynch Street, Corpus Christi, Texas
Description: 2:10 p.m. Ray Stanford and a friend simultaneously take 8mm and 16mm film footage of three cigar-shaped objects maneuvering in the sky above his parents’ home at 2629 Lynch Street, Corpus Christi, Texas. A fourth UFO appears about 5 minutes later. At one point a jet aircraft appears to alter its course to fly closer to one of the objects.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Ray Stanford, “The July 28 Movies,” Saucers 7, no. 3/4 (Fall/Winter 1959/1960): 20–23; “Out of the Past,” CUFOS Associate Newsletter 5, no. 4 (Aug./Sept. 1984): 5–7; “Out of the Past,” CUFOS Associate Newsletter 5, no. 5 (Oct./Nov. 1984): 7–8
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_3333

Event 21337 (4DA78899)

Date: 8/1959
Location: USA- SPACE
Description: (Translated from French) A RADAR OF THE AMERICAN NAVY DETECTS AN INTRUDER ADDING TO THE EIGHT SATELLITES THEN IN ORBIT. THE NEWS FIRST CONFIDENTIAL, APPEARS IN THE PRESS ON SEPTEMBER 2ND. FIVE MONTHS LATER, ON FEBRUARY 11TH 1960, THE SATELLITE STILL TURNS AND AN AMERICAN COMMUNIQUE REVEALS THAT THIS SATELLITE IS OF GREAT SIZE, REFLECTS POORLY THE SOLAR LIGHT AND CIRCULATES ON A POLAR ORBIT. CERTAIN ONES ADVANCE THE HYPOTHESIS OF A SECRET RUSSIAN SATELLITE, WHICH THE SOVIETS DENY IMMEDIATELY. IT MUST BE RECOGNIZED, INDEED, THAT THESE LATTER HAVE THEN NO SATELLITE IN POLAR ORBIT (THE FIRST COSMOS 144, IN FEBRUARY 1967) WHILE THE AMERICANS ALREADY HAVE POLAR DISCOVERERS…
Reference: “The War of the Satellites” - Volume 3 - Pierre Kohler, ed. Famot 1982, p. 122, 123
Reference: Mini catalogue chronologique des observations OVNI, by Godelieve Van Overmeire
Source: Overmeire, ID: Overmeire_2134

Event 21338 (69C45E37)

Date: 8/1959
Location: USSR, Georgia
Description: (Translated from French) Not far from a village in Georgia (the name is not given) a UFO is said to have exploded in front of a 43-year-old farmer named Vassili Doubichev. No remains were found except for a “dead monster”! A certain Dr. Fiodor Pétrov allegedly claimed that the remains were not composed of carbon but of silicon.
Reference: Ion HOBANA/Julien WEVERBERGH: “UFOs in the USSR and Eastern Countries”. French translation Laffont 1966 - p.277
Reference: Mini catalogue chronologique des observations OVNI, by Godelieve Van Overmeire
Source: Overmeire, ID: Overmeire_2135

Event 21339 (7B5EE3C0)

Date: 8/1959
Location: VNUKOVO AIRPORT, RUSSIA
Description: 3 disks / RADAR. Planes sent up… see nothing! / LDLN#204.
Type: sighting
Reference: HOBANA Ion & WEVERBERGH,Julien: UFO’S from BEHIND the IRON CURTAIN; Bantam Books,1975. 308pp. (Index 284)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_6233

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, SCR: Classic saucer/disk/sphere shaped UFO, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), OBS: Observation/chasing vehicles, VEH: Vehicle affected: Marks/damage/EME effects, BLD: Building/man-made structure/roads/power lines, RDR: Radar traces/blips, CMF: Camouflage/disguise

Extra Data: Country: “Russia”, Credibility: “9”, Duration: “60”, HatchDesc: “VNUKOVO AIRPORT,RUSS:3 DISKS/RDR:PLANES SENT UP…see nothing!:/LDLN#204”, LatLong: “55.633336 37.416668”, LatLongDMS: “55:38:00 N 37:25:00 E”, Locale: “Town & City”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “MOS”, Strangeness: “5”

Event 21340 (D62328B5)

Date: 8/1959
Time: 14:00
Location: SKIATOOK, OK
Description: 2 cars electro-magnetic effect (EME). Saucer over creek. Hose sucks water. Water comes up. / r79p16.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO’s a HISTORY-1959 (4 booklets) 1999/00 Self published. (Index 359)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_6234

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), SMP: Sampling of plant/animal/soil/tissue/specimens, VEH: Vehicle affected: Marks/damage/EME effects, EME: Electro-Magnetic Effects, TCH: New technical details/clues

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “6”, Duration: “10”, Elev: “204”, HatchDesc: “SKIATOOK,OK:2 CARS EME:SCR OVR CREEK:HOSE SUCKS WATER:WATER DOMES UP:/r79p16”, LatLong: “36.366668 -96.000005”, LatLongDMS: “36:22:00 N 96:00:00 W”, Locale: “Farmlands”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Oklahoma”, Strangeness: “8”

Event 21341 (95420AE4)

Date: 8/1959
Location: Brisbane car park
Description: Stan Seers, president of the Queensland Flying Saucer Research Bureau [now UFO Research Queensland], is contacted by a man who requests a meeting with him in a Brisbane car park and offers him important information on UFOs. At the meeting he finds out that the man is an agent of the Australian Security Intelligence Organisation, who indicates he knows quite a bit about the group and its officers. By suggesting that ASIO could offer them significant information, the agent subsequently infiltrates the group and causes dissension and confusion. Some QFSRB members are pacifists, apparently, and are seeking to contact Russian scientists about the UFO phenomenon through the Soviet cultural organization VOKS.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Good Above, pp. 164–166; Kremlin 137– 144
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_3334

Event 21342 (AC00BD70)

Date: 8/1959
Location: Skiatook, Oklahoma
Description: 2:00 p.m. A son and his father are driving near Skiatook, Oklahoma. Upon nearing a bridge, the car engine dies. Another car is stopped on the other side of the bridge with its hood up. They see a metallic, domed disc with a flexible hose hovering less than a foot above the water of a creek. They watch it for 5 minutes, then the hose draws in and the disk rises to 10 feet, disturbing the water’s surface into a foot-deep trench. It flies upward and the cars start again.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Loren E. Gross, The Fifth Horseman of the Apocalypse: UFOs, a History: 1959 July–September, The Author, 2000, pp. 59–61; Michael D. Swords, “Messing Around with the Force,” IUR 31, no. 4 (March 2008): 16–17
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_3335

Event 21343 (46C45883)

Date: 8/1959
Location: New Matamoras, Ohio
Description: Kathleen O’Rourke is asleep with her two children in her bedroom in New Matamoras, Ohio, when her son yells her awake. There are a dozen globes of yellow light circling about a foot above his bed. They are about 3 inches in diameter. Then a second group enters the room, passing through the screen. They split, half joining the first and half sailing over Kathleen. They all then move to her bed and circle above her. Not one of the lights goes to her daughter’s bed. She presses the light switch, and the lights turn into straight-edged streaks of light and disappear. There are no holes in the screens.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Michael D. Swords, “A Trick of the Light,” IUR 31, no. 2 (June 2007): 10
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_3336

Event 21344 (AC96622A)

Date: 8/1/1959
Description: (Translated from French) Gerry Irwin does not show up for roll call. (1st August)
Reference: rr0 - Beau
Source: rr0, ID: rr0_1811

Event 21345 (332B50BB)

Date: 8/2/1959
Location: Washington, D.C.
Description: (McDonald list) (NICAP: 01 - Distant Encounters, BB: BBU)
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_2382

Event 21346 (8BE748B5)

Date: 8/2/1959
Description: A petroleum worker measuring levels in storage tanks at 1:00 a.m. in Cullen, Chile had a bright light fly over his head and follow him, which caused him to run away, leaving the tank hatchways open.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: Peter Rogerson, World-Wide Catalog of Type I Reports, case 902, citing Pablo Petrowitsch
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_4592

Event 21347 (EB7ABAF3)

Date: 8/3/1959
Time: 12:50
Location: SILVER SPRING, MD
Description: Several observer(s). 2 silver disk-ovoids repeat staircase maneuvers. Quickly going up.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO’s a HISTORY-1959 (4 booklets) 1999/00 Self published. (Index 348)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_6235

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: “4”, Elev: “104”, HatchDesc: “SILVER SPRING,MD:SVRL OBS:2 SLVR DISK-OVOIDS REPEAT STAIRCASE MNVRS:↑↑”, LatLong: “38.983335 -77.016670”, LatLongDMS: “38:59:00 N 77:01:00 W”, Locale: “Residential”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Maryland”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 21348 (8B9737DE)

Date: 8/3/1959
Location: Silver Springs, MD
Description: (McDonald list) (NICAP: 01 - Distant Encounters, BB: BBU)
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_2383

Event 21349 (49D20E9F)

Date: 8/4/1959
Time: 10:30
Location: GLOVERSVILLE, NY
Description: Several observer(s). Big boat rests / empty field. Green-brown colored tarp covers. Going up [to] and away!
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_6236

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, HQO: High-quality observer(s), CIG: Torpedo/cigar/cylinder shaped UFO, DLT: Delta/vee/boomerang/rectangular shaped UFO, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), LND: UFO landing or any part touches ground, CMF: Camouflage/disguise

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “8”, Duration: “3”, Elev: “243”, HatchDesc: “GLOVERSVILLE,NY:SVRL OBS:BIG BOAT RESTS/EMPTY FLD:GRN-BRN TARP COVERS:↑+AWAY!”, LatLong: “43.050002 -74.344448”, LatLongDMS: “43:03:00 N 74:20:40 W”, Locale: “Residential”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “New York”, Strangeness: “7”

Event 21350 (15A2144E)

Date: 8/4/1959
Description: At 7:00 p.m. a white spherical object was sighted hovering over Wakwapu, Papua New Guinea by Mr. R. Smith. It had coherent light beams. There were green rays of light emanating from the base of the object, one on either side at an angle of 15 degrees from the vertical, and one aimed straight up vertically. All beams receded into the UFO in a coherent fashion like retracting appendages.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: Norman E. G. Cruttwell, UFOs in Two Worlds: FSR Special Edition No. 4, p. 27
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_4644

Event 21351 (EA3B98CF)

Date: 8/7/1959
Location: USA
Description: (Translated from French) EXPLORER 6 (DELTA 1) TRANSMITTED THE FIRST IMAGE OF OUR PLANET. THIS FIRST DOCUMENT WAS OF QUITE MEDIOCRE QUALITY.
Reference: continued July 1961
Reference: “The War of the Satellites” - Volume 3 - Pierre Kohler, ed. Famot 1982, p. 20
Reference: Mini catalogue chronologique des observations OVNI, by Godelieve Van Overmeire
Source: Overmeire, ID: Overmeire_2133

Event 21352 (7D1F09B8)

Date: 8/7/1959
Description: (Translated from French) Explorer 6 sends the first images of Earth. (August 7)
Reference: rr0 - Beau
Source: rr0, ID: rr0_1812

Event 21353 (7E9FFDBE)

Date: 8/9/1959
Time: 19:50
Location: SOMBRERO, TDF, CHILE
Description: 3 / car O / O / fuel. Upright egg with probes and beams circles. / r8#493.
Type: sighting
Reference: LORENZEN, Coral & Jim: UFO’s OVER THE AMERICAS; Signet Books, NY 1968. 243p. (Index 14)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_6237

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, HUM: Humans affected: Injury/burns/marks/abduction/death, VEH: Vehicle affected: Marks/damage/EME effects

Extra Data: Country: “Argentina”, Credibility: “8”, Duration: “6”, Elev: “32”, HatchDesc: “SOMBRERO,TDF,CHILE:3/CAR O/O/FUEL:UPRIGHT EGG W/PROBES+BEAMS CIRCLES:/r8#493”, LatLong: “-52.733336 -69.333337”, LatLongDMS: “52:44:00 S 69:20:00 W”, Locale: “Pasture”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “TDF”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 21354 (B7812B11)

Date: 8/9/1959
Time: 1954
Location: Sombrero, Tierra del Fuego
Description: Mr. Uribe, a petroleum engineer, and two other witnesses had to stop when they ran out of fuel; they observed a light swinging like a pendulum, coming close to the ground. It appared as a large, vertical, egg-shaped object which made a “whooshing” sound. Closest approach was 120 m. Estimated height: 2 m; width, 1.5 m. When Uribe aimed a rifle at the object, it went out of sight within seconds.
Type: ufo sighting
Reference: Lor. IlI 14 (Vallee)
Source: ValléeMagonia, ID: Magonia_493

Event 21355 (8B1562E7)

Date: 8/9/1959
Location: Cerro Sombrero, Tierra del Fuego, Chile
Description: 7:30 p.m. Petroleum engineer Armando Uribe is returning home from Cerro Sombrero, Tierra del Fuego, Chile, with his wife and an 11-year-old housemaid when their pickup runs out of fuel. As they are waiting for another vehicle, the girl spots a bright blue light around 7:54 p.m. that is swinging in the air with a pendulum-like motion. As it approaches, they see it is an object like a metallic egg standing on end with two shafts of white light projecting from the bottom. A rose-colored, rotating device is on top. The object makes a quick movement when Uribe gets out of the truck, but then moves closer. Uribe points a rifle at it, and it quickly recedes and disappears.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Lorenzen, UFOs over the Americas, Signet, 1968, pp. 14–16; Loren E. Gross, The Fifth Horseman of the Apocalypse: UFOs, a History: 1959 July–September, The Author, 2000, pp. 53–54
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_3337

Event 21356 (F3625FB9)

Date: 8/9/1959
Description: Mr. Uribe, a petroleum engineer, and two other witnesses had to stop when they ran out of fuel at Sombrero, Magallanes, Chile. At 7:54 p.m. they observed a light swinging in the sky like a pendulum, and coming closer to the ground. It appeared to be a large, vertical, ovoid object that made a “whooshing” sound. Its closest approach was 120 meters. They estimated its dimensions at two meters in height and 1.5 meters in width. When Uribe aimed his rifle at the object it went out of sight within seconds.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: Jacques Vallee, Passport to Magonia: A Century of Landings, case 493; Jim & Coral Lorenzen, UFOs over the Americas, p. 14
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_4791

Event 21357 (3F1D024A)

Date: 8/10/1959
Description: (Translated from French) Observation at Goose Air Base (Labrador). (August 10)
Reference: case Blue Book #6462 unsolved
Reference: rr0 - Beau
Source: rr0, ID: rr0_1813

Event 21358 (8BA62D7C)

Date: 8/10/1959
Time: 03:50
Location: BANIARA, PNG
Description: Sphere maneuvers. Brief beams going up. Small disk paces maneuvers. 2nd sphere shows.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO’s a HISTORY-1959 (4 booklets) 1999/00 Self published. (Index 354)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_6238

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, WAV: Wave/cluster/flap, SCR: Classic saucer/disk/sphere shaped UFO, PRB: Probe: Possibly remote controlled, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), RAY: Odd light/searchlight/beam/laser-like, SIG: Signals/responses to/from/between UFO’s/occupants/observers

Extra Data: Country: “Pacific Ocean and non - Asian islands”, Credibility: “7”, Duration: “30”, Elev: “2”, HatchDesc: “BANIARA,PNG:SPHERE MNVRS:BRIEF BEAMS ↑:SML DISK PACES MNVRS:2nd SPHERE SHOWS”, LatLong: “-9.766667 149.850007”, LatLongDMS: “09:46:00 S 149:51:00 E”, Locale: “Coastlands”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “PNG”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 21359 (4651764B)

Date: 8/10/1959
Location: Goose Bay AFB, Labrador, CAN
Description: Pilot saw large star-like light cross 53° of sky (NICAP: 11 - Aviation Cases, BB: 6462)
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_2384

Event 21360 (78FCA5A4)

Date: 8/10/1959
Time: 1:28 AM
Location: Goose AFB, Labrador, Canada
Description: Witness: Royal Canadian Air Force pilot Flt. Lt. M.S. Mowat, on ground. One large star-like light crossed 53 degree of sky in 25 minutes.
Type: ufo sighting
Reference: BlueBook Unknowns PDF
Source: BerlinerBBUnknowns, ID: BerlinerBBU_437

Event 21361 (B52E2EE4)

Date: 8/10/1959
Description: Two multi-colored spheres (of many dazzling colors) and a bronze disc flew over the shore of Baniara, Milne Bay, Papua New Guinea at 3:50 a.m. local time. About twelve hours later that same night, at 1:28 a.m. Atlantic Daylight Time, a 30-year-old RCAF pilot saw a bright light fly from horizon to overhead at Goose Bay Air Force Base in Labrador, Canada. It crossed 53 degrees of sky in 25 minutes, then mysteriously vanished. Project Blue Book lists this case as an “unknown.” At 7:30 p.m. a disc flew over Wayne, Pennsylvania.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: (1) Norman E. G. Cruttwell, UFOs in Two Worlds, FSR Special Issue No. 4, p. 35; (2) Project Blue Book files counted in official statistics, case # 6462; Lloyd Mallan, Official Guide to UFOs, p. 34; Richard Hall, The UFO Evidence (Volume I), pp. 79, 156; Don Berliner, Project Bluebook UFO Unknowns; (3) Walter N. Webb, case investigation files, case no. 19
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_4818

Event 21362 (DC2A77B5)

Date: 8/12/1959
Description: (Translated from French) Luna 2 crashes on the Moon. (August 12)
Reference: rr0 - Beau
Source: rr0, ID: rr0_1814

Event 21363 (89C45534)

Date: 8/12/1959
Location: BRION, SP
Description: Ovoid lands. Goes going up [to] and going north toward(s) Santiago. Cobas event / 8 August / 1700h = hoax / Flying Saucer Review (FSR.)
Type: sighting
Reference: VALLEE, Jacques: PASSPORT TO MAGONIA; H. Regnery, Chicago HC 1969 & Contemporary Books,Chicago 1993. 372pp. (Index 494)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_6239

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, SCR: Classic saucer/disk/sphere shaped UFO, PRB: Probe: Possibly remote controlled, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), LND: UFO landing or any part touches ground, TRC: Physical traces

Extra Data: Country: “Spain”, Credibility: “6”, Duration: “2”, HatchDesc: “BRION,SP:OVOID LANDS:GOES ↑+>N twrd SANTIAGO::COBAS EVENT/8AUG/1700h=HOAX/FSR”, LatLong: “42.850002 -8.666667”, LatLongDMS: “42:51:00 N 08:40:00 W”, Locale: “Pasture”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “LAC”, Strangeness: “8”

Event 21364 (149DF9A0)

Date: 8/12/1959
Time: 08:10
Location: MEMPHIS, TN
Description: Girl. 1M saucer / low altitude. Dome hops going up and down [to] and away. Wires extend and point going west. See reference.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO’s a HISTORY-1959 (4 booklets) 1999/00 Self published. (Index 355)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_6240

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: “6”, Duration: “2”, Elev: “77”, HatchDesc: “MEMPHIS,TN:GIRL:1M SCR/lo alt:DOME HOPS ↑+↓+away:WIRES EXTEND+POINT >W:see ref”, LatLong: “35.150002 -90.000004”, LatLongDMS: “35:09:00 N 90:00:00 W”, Locale: “Residential”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, RelAlt: “30”, State/Prov: “Tennessee”, Strangeness: “7”

Event 21365 (BA2CDD5C)

Date: 8/12/1959
Location: Brion, Spain
Description: A 60-year-old farmer saw an eggshaped object come down at high speed and land in a pasture near a river. Then it took off vertically and flew away toward Santiago. Traces. Engine noise, not similar to helicopter.
Type: ufo sighting
Reference: Personal (Vallee)
Source: ValléeMagonia, ID: Magonia_494

Event 21366 (BE18BF78)

Date: 8/12/1959
Description: A 60-year-old farmer in Brion, La Coruna province, Spain saw an egg-shaped object come down at high speed and land in a pasture near a river. It then took off vertically and flew away toward Santiago. It left behind traces on the ground, and it made an engine noise that was not similar to helicopter.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: Jacques Vallee, Passport to Magonia: A Century of Landings, case 494, citing Aime Michel
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_4938

Event 21367 (86ABA6D9)

Date: 8/13/1959
Time: 16:00
Location: SOUTHEAST / CORONA, NM
Description: Pilot. 3 saucers. Compass spins. Warned / sickness / USAF. / MJ#186+/ r24v3#1.
Type: sighting
Reference: HAINES, Richard & WEINSTEIN,Dominique: Preliminary Study of 64 Pilot Sightings involving EME on Aircraft Systems NARCAP TR-3 2001 (Index 26)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_6241

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), HUM: Humans affected: Injury/burns/marks/abduction/death, VEH: Vehicle affected: Marks/damage/EME effects, RDA: Radiation/high energy fields detected, EME: Electro-Magnetic Effects, MIL: Military investigation, COV: Indication of coverup

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “8”, Duration: “15”, Elev: “2200”, HatchDesc: “SE/CORONA,NM:PILOT:3 SCRS:COMPASS SPINS:WARNED/SICKNESS/USAF:/MJ#186+/r24v3#1”, LatLong: “33.833335 -105.050005”, LatLongDMS: “33:50:00 N 105:03:00 W”, Locale: “Metropolis”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “New Mexico”, Strangeness: “7”

Event 21368 (C159ACAF)

Date: 8/13/1959
Time: 21:30
Location: FREEPORT, TX
Description: Cars electro-magnetic effect (EME). Bright UFO flies over into woods. 2+4 observer(s). No description. / r8+/ r79.
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_6242

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, PRB: Probe: Possibly remote controlled, 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: “10”, Duration: “150”, Elev: “5”, HatchDesc: “FREEPORT,TX:CARS EME:BRITE UFO FLIES OVR INTO WOODS:2+4 OBS:NO DESCR:/r8+/r79”, LatLong: “28.950001 -95.366671”, LatLongDMS: “28:57:00 N 95:22:00 W”, Locale: “Forest”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Texas”, Strangeness: “7”

Event 21369 (75D2F6E3)

Date: 8/13/1959
Location: Freeport, TX
Description: UFO crossed road ahead of car at low altitude. Motor and headlights failed (NICAP: 03 - EME Cases)
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_2385

Event 21370 (B36DBA7D)

Date: 8/13/1959
Location: Corona (Bet. Roswell and), NM
Description: Fmr Navy PBY pilot enc EME and elliptical object (NICAP: 03 - EME Cases, Code: E, Rating: 5, BB: BBU, NC) (NICAP: 11 - Aviation Cases)
Reference: NICAP: 590813
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_2386

Event 21371 (B27DD122)

Date: 8/13/1959
Time: 2130
Location: Freeport, Texas
Description: A bright, flying object passed low over a car, whose engine stalled, and landed in a wooded area. Six witnesses in two separate groups observed the object, and the police were called. The dense underbrush prevented investigation of the site.
Type: ufo sighting
Reference: APRO Sep., 59 (Vallee)
Source: ValléeMagonia, ID: Magonia_495

Event 21372 (2E998E63)

Date: 8/13/1959
Locations: Hobbs; Albuquerque, New Mexico; Roswell; Corona; Kirtland AFB
Description: 4:00 p.m. Pilot Jack H. Goldsberry, flying a Cessna 170 from Hobbs to Albuquerque, New Mexico, at 8,000 feet, notices halfway between Roswell and Corona, that his Magnesyn electric compass has suddenly moved around a slow 360° rotation in about 4–5 seconds. His other standard magnetic compass is spinning wildly. About this time, he sees three small, gray, and slightly fuzzy elliptical objects in close echelon formation passing in front from left to right and around his plane at a distance about 450–600 feet at a speed of about 200 mph. The Magnesyn compass follows the objects’ position as they circle the plane, and after one full circle they disappear to the rear. Then both compasses settle back to normal. The controller at Albuquerque cancels his flight plan and orders him to land at Kirtland AFB, where he is interrogated by a USAF major, who tells him that he might become ill from the experience.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: NICAP, “Former Navy PBY Pilot Encounter / EME”; Clark III 950; Sparks, p. 278; Swords 287; “AF Secretly Warns Pilot of Danger,” UFO Investigator 3, no. 1 (March/April 1965): 5; Schopick, pp. 127–128
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_3338

Event 21373 (39B6D0DF)

Date: 8/13/1959
Locations: Highway 332; Freeport, Texas
Description: Around 9:45 p.m. Orville Shanks is driving with three passengers on Highway 332 north of Freeport, Texas, when they see a bright object with two satellite lights approach at low altitude. The car motor stalls and the headlights go out. The two lights appear to land, the main object follows them, continually changing colors and varying the intensity of its light. The motor and lights come back on when the UFOs cross the road, and Shanks drives on. About midnight they return, and the object is still there. Shanks gets out and approaches, but the UFO starts glowing brightly and making a noise, and they drive off again.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: “Object Lands in Texas, U.S.,” APRO Bulletin, September 1959, p. 3; Loren E. Gross, The Fifth Horseman of the Apocalypse: UFOs, a History: 1959 July–September, The Author, 2000, pp. 55–60
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_3339

Event 21374 (B2DF43E3)

Date: 8/13/1959
Description: Two women at a lake near Ogden Dunes, Indiana saw a glowing domed disc at six o’clock in the morning. The object was 20 meters in diameter, and hovered and maneuvered 15 meters over the lake for two minutes.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: Gary (IN) Post-Tribune, August 14, 1959; Loren E. Gross, The Fifth Horseman of the Apocalypse: UFOs: A History. 1957: August-September, p. 29
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_4963

Event 21375 (1CB96B5A)

Date: 8/13/1959
Description: At around 4:00 p.m. a pilot flying a Cessna 170 between Hobbs and Albuquerque, New Mexico encountered three round, gray UFOs that circled his aircraft just southeast of Corona, New Mexico and caused his compass to spin. Compass deviation. The pilot reported the incident and was later interrogated by the U.S. Air Force.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: NICAP UFO Investigator, April 1965, p. 5; Geoffrey Falla, BUFORA Vehicle Interference Project Report, p. 23
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_4964

Event 21376 (4B19C20A)

Date: 8/13/1959
Description: At 9:30 p.m. six woman travelling by car through a rural area near Freeport, Texas saw a bright UFO pass low in front of their car, causing the car’s engine and headlights to die. The UFO landed in a wooded area. Dense underbrush prevented approaching landing site.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: APRO Bulletin, September 1959; Richard Hall, The UFO Evidence (Volume I), p. 75; Jacques Vallee, Passport to Magonia: A Century of Landings, case 277
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_4965

Event 21377 (7B94C018)

Date: 8/14/1959
Time: 05:40
Location: WEST / PUUWAAWAA, HI
Description: Silver ovoid rises / beach. Going [to] to sea then going east behind mountains. Extremely fast acceleration.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO’s a HISTORY-1959 (4 booklets) 1999/00 Self published. (Index 362)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_6243

Attributes: 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: “2”, HatchDesc: “W/PUUWAAWAA,HI:SLVR OVOID RISES/BEACH:> TO SEA THEN >E BHND MTNS:XFAST ACCEL”, LatLong: “19.800001 -155.883341”, LatLongDMS: “19:48:00 N 155:53:00 W”, Locale: “Islands”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Hawaii”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 21378 (3FA90B85)

Date: 8/14/1959
Location: NE of Hawaii, HI
Description: Military pilot saw a very bright white light change color to red as it moved (NICAP: 11 - Aviation Cases, BB: BBU)
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_2388

Event 21379 (C93BCFAF)

Date: 8/16/1959
Location: Macon and Forsyth, GA
Description: (McDonald list) (NICAP: 01 - Distant Encounters, BB: BBU)
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_2389

Event 21380 (1249BCF6)

Date: 8/17/1959
Description: (Translated from French) In Uberlandia (Brazil), many witnesses observe a bright flying object following a high-tension line. As it approaches, my switches jump and plunge the region into darkness. After its passage, the devices reposition themselves and the current is restored. No damage is reported afterwards on the installations. (August 17)
Reference: rr0 - Beau
Source: rr0, ID: rr0_1815

Event 21381 (DDE36D5C)

Date: 8/17/1959
Time: ~23:00
Location: UBERLANDIA, BRZ
Description: All CCTS out / electric main and substations as UFO overflies each.
Type: sighting
Reference: LORENZEN, Coral: FLYING SAUCERS, the Starting Evidence; Signet Books, NY 1962 & 1966. 278pp. Originally “The Great F. S. Hoax”. (Index 179)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_6244

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, HQO: High-quality observer(s), FBL: Fireball: Blazing undistinguished form/orb., NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), EME: Electro-Magnetic Effects, TCH: New technical details/clues

Extra Data: Country: “Brazil”, Credibility: “9”, Duration: “20”, Elev: “688”, HatchDesc: “UBERLANDIA,BRZ:ALL CCTS OUT/ELECTRIC MAIN+SUBSTATIONS AS UFO OVERFLIES EACH”, LatLong: “-18.916668 -48.300002”, LatLongDMS: “18:55:00 S 48:18:00 W”, Locale: “Town & City”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Minas Gerais”, Strangeness: “4”

Event 21382 (1B1CA7B3)

Date: 8/17/1959
Location: Uberlandia, Brazil
Description: Automatic keys at power station turned off as round UFO passed over following trunk line. After UFO left, keys turned back on. (NICAP: 03 - EME Cases)
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_2390

Event 21383 (2C8B9416)

Date: 8/17/1959
Location: Uberlândia, Minas Gerais, Brazil
Description: The automatic keys at the power station in Uberlândia, Minas Gerais, Brazil, suddenly disconnect power to all four trunk lines. A technician at a substation 45 miles away reports that all the keys disconnected as a UFO passes overhead, traveling toward the main station along the power lines. The chief engineer resets all the keys but they turn off again. Outside he sees a bright object approaching at high speed. As soon as it passes, the entire system returns to normal.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Lorenzen, FSHoax, pp. 179–180; Schopick, pp. 143–145; Lorenzen, UFOs: The Whole Story, Signet, 1969, pp. 152–153; McCampbell, Ufology, 1976, pp. 66–67; Loren E. Gross, The Fifth Horseman of the Apocalypse: UFOs, a History: 1959 July–September, The Author, 2000, pp. 66–67
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_3340

Event 21384 (A1C18514)

Date: 8/18/1959
Time: 19:50
Location: PONTIAC, MI
Description: Many / drive-in theater. 2 yellow disks hover. Streak overhead and maneuver / 20 minutes.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO’s a HISTORY-1959 (4 booklets) 1999/00 Self published. (Index 368)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_6245

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

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “11”, Duration: “20”, Elev: “292”, HatchDesc: “PONTIAC,MI:MANY/DRIVE-IN THEATER:2 YLW DISKS HVR:STREAK OVHD+MNVR/20mins”, LatLong: “42.650002 -83.300004”, LatLongDMS: “42:39:00 N 83:18:00 W”, Locale: “Town & City”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Michigan”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 21385 (98270543)

Date: 8/19/1959
Time: 15:40
Location: 80 MI EAST / WASH, DC
Description: Unidentified RADAR blip larger / 747. 3000-8000mph. 7 UFO’s in all. See reference.
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_6246

Attributes: CST: Observer(s) in coastal area/just offshore, SEA: Observer(s) at sea, HQO: High-quality observer(s), NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), RDR: Radar traces/blips, TCH: New technical details/clues

Extra Data: Country: “Atlantic Ocean + islands”, Credibility: “9”, Duration: “1”, Elev: “0”, HatchDesc: “80MI E/WASH,DC:UID RDR BLIP LARGER/747:3000-8000mph:7 UFOS IN ALL:see ref”, LatLong: “38.833335 -74.000004”, LatLongDMS: “38:50:00 N 74:00:00 W”, Locale: “Offshore”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “NAT”, Strangeness: “5”

Event 21386 (7F6FDAFC)

Date: 8/19/1959
Time: 19:00
Location: 6MI WITH MITCHELL AIR FORCE BASE, LI, NY
Description: Vertical luminous red UFO flies straight going quickly southeast. 1 observer.
Type: sighting
Reference: VALLEE, Jacques: CHALLENGE to SCIENCE, The UFO ENIGMA; Henry Regnery 1966 & Ballentine Books, NY 1974. PB (Index 206)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_6247

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)

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “6”, Duration: “1”, Elev: “25”, HatchDesc: “6mi W/MITCHELL AFB,LI,NY:VERTICAL LUM RED UFO FLIES STRAIGHT >>SE:1 OBS”, LatLong: “40.727780 -73.683337”, LatLongDMS: “40:43:40 N 73:41:00 W”, Locale: “Town & City”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “New York”, Strangeness: “4”

Event 21387 (89C1DE70)

Date: 8/19/1959
Time: 19:50
Location: TRENTON, NJ
Description: Project Bluebook Case #unknown. Vertical cylinder/cigar-shape makes 8-10 90° turns. Joined by saucers. Going quickly northeast.
Type: sighting
Reference: VALLEE, Jacques: CHALLENGE to SCIENCE, The UFO ENIGMA; Henry Regnery 1966 & Ballentine Books, NY 1974. PB (Index 206)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_6248

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: “50”, Elev: “17”, HatchDesc: “TRENTON,NJ:BBK#UNK:VERTICAL CGR MAKES 8-10 90°TURNS:JOINED BY SCRS:>>NE”, LatLong: “40.233335 -74.750004”, LatLongDMS: “40:14:00 N 74:45:00 W”, Locale: “Town & City”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “New Jersey”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 21388 (D4C339A2)

Date: 8/19/1959
Time: 20:30
Location: ELBURN, IL
Description: Project Bluebook Case #unknown. United Airlines (UAL) FLT333 sees 3-4 headlights / sky. Go from WNW-going NNW. Observer(s) = Moore.
Type: sighting
Reference: VALLEE, Jacques: CHALLENGE to SCIENCE, The UFO ENIGMA; Henry Regnery 1966 & Ballentine Books, NY 1974. PB (Index 207)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_6249

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

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “6”, Duration: “2”, Elev: “259”, HatchDesc: “ELBURN,IL:BBK#UNK:UAL FLT333 SEES 3-4 HEADLITES/SKY:GO FROM WNW->NNW:OBS=MOORE”, LatLong: “41.894446 -88.472226”, LatLongDMS: “41:53:40 N 88:28:20 W”, Locale: “Town & City”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Illinois”, Strangeness: “5”

Event 21389 (CBDF8C12)

Date: 8/19/1959
Time: 21:10
Location: SHELTON, CT
Description: Project Bluebook Case #unknown. Work crew. Bright star spirals going northeast / 3 minute(s). / r3p207+/ r201p103.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO’s a HISTORY-1959 (4 booklets) 1999/00 Self published. (Index 367)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_6250

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: “8”, Duration: “3”, Elev: “40”, HatchDesc: “SHELTON,CT:BBK#UNK:WORK CREW:BRITE STAR SPIRALS >NE/3min:/r3p207+/r201p103”, LatLong: “41.316669 -73.094448”, LatLongDMS: “41:19:00 N 73:05:40 W”, Locale: “Farmlands”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Connecticut”, Strangeness: “4”

Event 21390 (DB8E6041)

Date: 8/19/1959
Location: 80 miles E of U.S. [?]., Unk
Description: (McDonald list) (NICAP: 01 - Distant Encounters, BB: BBU)
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_2391

Event 21391 (45FCFEA7)

Date: 8/19/1959
Location: Elburn, IL
Description: Airline pilot saw a string of 3-4 white lights seemingly part of one object (NICAP: 11 - Aviation Cases, BB: BBU)
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_2392

Event 21392 (5E9C1A66)

Date: 8/20/1959
Description: The witness and three young girls were sleeping in a station wagon at Lake Bonita, New Mexico. At around three a.m. they were awake to see a bright fireball descend and land on the side of the nearby mountain. Several figures carrying what looked like bright flashlights emerged from the object and approached their location, shining beams of light inside their car and illuminating the area like daylight. The figures then left the area and the witnesses ran from their vehicle and crawled to the relative safety of a nearby cabin.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: Albert S. Rosales, Humanoid Contact Database 1959, case # 3604, citing Peter Davenport, National UFO Reporting Center, Seattle
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_5174

Event 21393 (9798F4EE)

Date: 8/23/1959
Description: At 9:30 p.m. a student watched a bright, pulsating ellipsoid object hover in Midland, Michigan. It made a whirring sound, was sharply outlined, and about the size of a T-33 plane. It changed color from white to bluish-white when it shot off.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: John M. Windover, UFO Research Center case files, report dated June 22, 1966
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_5252

Event 21394 (E0FB1A22)

Date: 8/24/1959
Location: EMMITSBURG, MD
Description: Planet-like object hovers. Shoots straight up. No further details. / r78p184.
Type: sighting
Reference: HALL, Richard: The UFO EVIDENCE; NICAP,Washington, DC 1964. Reprinted 1997 Barnes & Noble Books ( only $7.98! ) (Index 138)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_6251

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: “2”, Elev: “137”, HatchDesc: “EMMITSBURG,MD:PLANET-LIKE OBJ HOVERS:SHOOTS STRAIGHT UP:NFD:/r78p184”, LatLong: “39.705557 -77.327781”, LatLongDMS: “39:42:20 N 77:19:40 W”, Locale: “Farmlands”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Maryland”, Strangeness: “5”

Event 21395 (82E4D24A)

Date: 8/24/1959
Location: Emmitsburg (near), MD
Description: Planet-like UFO hovered, took off straight up. [NICAP UFOE, XII] (NICAP: 01 - Distant Encounters)
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_2393

Event 21396 (BDF728CB)

Date: 8/25/1959
Time: 11:00
Location: WERDOHL-EVEKING, GER
Description: 30M saucer lands / tripod. 2 rows / bright openings. Observer(s) faints.
Type: sighting
Reference: VALLEE, Jacques: PASSPORT TO MAGONIA; H. Regnery, Chicago HC 1969 & Contemporary Books,Chicago 1993. 372pp. (Index 496)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_6252

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, SCR: Classic saucer/disk/sphere shaped UFO, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), MST: Missing time or time anomaly, HUM: Humans affected: Injury/burns/marks/abduction/death, LND: UFO landing or any part touches ground

Extra Data: Country: “Germany”, Credibility: “6”, Duration: “10”, HatchDesc: “WERDOHL-EVEKING,GER:30M SCR LANDS/TRIPOD:2 ROWS/BRITE OPENINGS:OBS FAINTS”, LatLong: “51.250002 7.750000”, LatLongDMS: “51:15:00 N 07:45:00 E”, Locale: “Forest”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “NRW”, Strangeness: “8”

Event 21397 (C97D586A)

Date: 8/25/1959
Time: 1100
Location: Werdehl-Eveking, Germany
Description: Near Hagen, Lutz Holtmann went toward a bright object in a forest, and fainted when he got close to it. When he regained consciousness, he saw it take off silently and vertically. It was round, had a tripod landing gear, two rows of bright openings, and was about 30 m in diameter.
Type: ufo sighting
Reference: Nachrichten Oct., 59 (Vallee)
Source: ValléeMagonia, ID: Magonia_496

Event 21398 (AE3C9EC5)

Date: 8/25/1959
Location: Eveking, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany
Description: 11:00 a.m. At Eveking, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany, Lutz Holtman walks towards a bright object in a forest and faints after he gets close to it. When he regains consciousness, he sees the UFO take off silently and vertically. The object is circular, has a tripod landing gear and two rows of bright openings, and is about 90 feet in diameter.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Vallée, Magonia, p. 277
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_3341

Event 21399 (B25CFD0E)

Date: 8/25/1959
Description: At around eleven o’clock in the morning near Hagen, Werdehl-Eveking, Germany Lutz Holtmann began walking toward a bright object he had seen in the forest, but he fainted when he got close to it. When he regained consciousness he saw it silently take off in a vertical ascent. He described the UFO as round with tripod landing gear and two rows of bright openings. It was about 30 meters in diameter.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: Jacques Vallee, Passport to Magonia: A Century of Landings, case 496;Albert S. Rosales, Humanoid Contact Database 1959, both citing UFO Nachrichten, October 1959
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_5314

Event 21400 (EB1FA6CA)

Date: 8/27/1959
Time: 21:50
Location: CHARLOTTE ISLANDS, BC
Description: 2 ships Captains. White pillar / light going down. Black saucer shoots / bottom/underside. / MJ#256.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO’s a HISTORY-1959 (4 booklets) 1999/00 Self published. (Index 370)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_6253

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, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), RAY: Odd light/searchlight/beam/laser-like, RDR: Radar traces/blips, MIL: Military investigation, BBK: Project BLUEBOOK

Extra Data: Country: “Canada”, Credibility: “9”, Duration: “1”, Elev: “0”, HatchDesc: “CHARLOTTE ISLs,BC:2 SHIPS CAPTns:WHT PILLAR/LITE↓:BLK SCR SHOOTS/BTM:/MJ#256”, LatLong: “53.833336 -132.000006”, LatLongDMS: “53:50:00 N 132:00:00 W”, Locale: “Offshore”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “British Columbia”, Strangeness: “7”

Event 21401 (EA6FCFBD)

Date: 8/27/1959
Description: Two ship captains sailing in the Charlotte Islands off the coast of British Columbia saw a pillar of white light shoot up into the sky. A black disc-shaped object was ejected from the bottom.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: Project Blue Book
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_5396

Event 21402 (83ED7017)

Date: 8/28/1959
Location: Charlotte Island, CAN
Description: (McDonald list) (NICAP: 01 - Distant Encounters, BB: BBU)
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_2394

Event 21403 (57284F96)

Date: 8/31/1959
Location: OFF HAMMERFEST, NORW
Description: Captain. Silent 3M diameter cylinder/cylindrical object hovers over bow / steamship Aida. / APRO 9’59.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO’s a HISTORY-1959 (4 booklets) 1999/00 Self published. (Index 370)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_6254

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CST: Observer(s) in coastal area/just offshore, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, HQO: High-quality observer(s), NWS: News media report, CIG: Torpedo/cigar/cylinder shaped UFO, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), OBS: Observation/chasing vehicles, VEH: Vehicle affected: Marks/damage/EME effects

Extra Data: Country: “Scandanavian and Finland”, Credibility: “7”, Duration: “5”, HatchDesc: “off HAMMERFEST,NORW:CAPTAIN:SLNT 3M diam.CYL HVRS ovr BOW/SS AIDA:/APRO 9’59”, LatLong: “70.750003 23.666668”, LatLongDMS: “70:45:00 N 23:40:00 E”, Locale: “Offshore”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Norway”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 21404 (79D89FCA)

Date: 8/31/1959
Time: 21:30
Location: NORTH / BARSTOW, CA
Description: 2 cops. 4 huge brilliant disks follow jet. 90° turns and away extremely fast. / r143#3.
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_6255

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, OGA: Non-Covert Government Agencies

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “7”, Duration: “1”, Elev: “660”, HatchDesc: “N/BARSTOW,CA:2 COPS:4 HUGE BRILL.DISKS folo JET:90°TURNS+AWAY XFAST:/r143#3”, LatLong: “34.950002 -117.033339”, LatLongDMS: “34:57:00 N 117:02:00 W”, Locale: “Town & City”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “California”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 21405 (87BA5B2B)

Date: 8/31/1959
Description: At 9:30 p.m. two police officers on a pistol range in Barstow, California saw four huge brilliant disc-shaped objects following a jet aircraft. One of the UFOs makes a 90 degree turn, then flies away in a separate direction.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: APRO Bulletin, September 1959
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_5523

Event 21406 (1342C690)

Date: 9/1959
Location: EURAMO, AUSTR
Description: Farmer. Large Brill 10M cone over sugar cane. Lights house nearby.
Type: sighting
Reference: UFO RESEARCH AUSTRALIA NEWSLETTER. (Details missing) (Index 822)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_6256

Attributes: 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: “Australia”, Credibility: “6”, Duration: “1”, HatchDesc: “EURAMO,AUSTR:FARMER:LRG BRILL 10M CONE OVR SUGAR CANE:LITES HOUSE NEARBY”, LatLong: “-17.883334 145.850007”, LatLongDMS: “17:53:00 S 145:51:00 E”, Locale: “Farmlands”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Queensland”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 21407 (2CBEE6FF)

Date: 9/1959
Time: 13:00?
Location: BLAYDON, ENG
Description: 1 / train. Domed circular object hovers / power station/depot/facility. Away fast. Thin cylinder/cylindrical object nearby.
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_6257

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), OBS: Observation/chasing vehicles, BLD: Building/man-made structure/roads/power lines

Extra Data: Country: “Great Britain and Ireland”, Credibility: “5”, Duration: “2”, Elev: “27”, HatchDesc: “BLAYDON,ENG:1/TRAIN:DOMED CIRC.OBJ HVRS/POWER Stn:AWAY FAST:THIN CYL NEARBY”, LatLong: “54.966669 -1.700000”, LatLongDMS: “54:58:00 N 01:42:00 W”, Locale: “Town & City”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “England”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 21408 (BE55402D)

Date: 9/1959
Time: ~15:00
Location: NORTHEAST / WHEELING, WV
Description: 2+observer(s). 20’ silver saucer lands / Ogilbay Park. Photographs lost. Going east smooth and silent.
Type: sighting
Reference: The WEST VIRGINIA UFO NEWSLETTER. Bob Teets editor. Headline Books Inc. PO Box 52; Terra Alta, WV 26764 Bimonthly. Terra Alta at AOL.com 304/789-5951 (Index 1)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_6258

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

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “7”, Duration: “2”, Elev: “230”, HatchDesc: “NE/WHEELING,WV:2+OBS:20’SLVR SCR LANDS/OGILBAY PARK:FOTOS LOST:>E SMOOTH+SLNT”, LatLong: “40.116669 -80.650004”, LatLongDMS: “40:07:00 N 80:39:00 W”, Locale: “Residential”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Western Virginia”, Strangeness: “7”

Event 21409 (B95376B2)

Date: 9/1959
Location: Westover AFB, MA
Description: B-52 On Flight Line Tracks Seven Targets (NICAP: 09 - RADAR Cases, Code: R, Rating: 5)
Reference: NICAP: 5909xx
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_2395

Event 21410 (0C8BA3CF)

Date: 9/1959
Locations: Area 51, Nevada; Burbank, California
Description: Employees of Lockheed’s Skunk Works are the first to return to Area 51 in Nevada to develop an aircraft that will replace the U-2. The Archangel-12 (A-12) spy plane will be designed to reduce its radar cross section by 50%. Following tests with wooden models at Burbank, California, proof-of-concept tests are to be carried out at Area 51 with full-scale mockups elevated onto 50-foot pylons. The CIA program to develop the follow-on aircraft to the U-2 is code-named Project Oxcart. EG&G agrees to move its radar test facility here.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Jacobsen, Area 51, p. 131; Peter W. Merlin, “Groom Lake Timeline: The First Fifty Years,” Secret Heroes, November 10, 2021
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_3342

Event 21411 (75FB71E2)

Date: 9/1959
Description: Waveney Girvan takes over the editorship of Flying Saucer Review from Brinsley Le Poer Trench.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: “Trench Resigns,” Flying Saucer Review 5, no. 5 (Sept./Oct. 1959): 2; Clark III 498
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_3343

Event 21412 (75CF2365)

Date: 9/1959
Locations: Harvard University; Cambridge, Massachusetts
Description: Harvard University psychologist Henry Murray begins what are widely considered unethical experiments, in which he uses 22 Harvard undergraduates as research subjects in Cambridge, Massachusetts. Among other purposes, experiments focus on measuring people’s reactions under extreme stress. The unwitting undergraduates are submitted to what Murray calls “vehement, sweeping, and personally abusive” attacks. Specific, tailored assaults on their egos, cherished ideas, and beliefs are used to cause high levels of stress and distress. The subjects then repeatedly view recorded footage of their reactions to this verbal abuse. Among them is 17-year-old Ted Kaczynski, a mathematician who goes on to become the Unabomber, a domestic terrorist targeting academics and technologists for 18 years. Alston Chase’s book Harvard and the Unabomber connects Kaczynski’s abusive experiences under Murray to his later criminal career. His participation in these experiments and his service in the OSS have led many to believe that Murray was a part of the MK Ultra program. His experiments are not so much for observing stress reactions, but for a study of brainwashing and enhanced interrogation techniques.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Wikipedia, “Henry Murray”; Alston Chase, Harvard and the Unabomber: The Education of an American Terrorist, Norton, 2003
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_3344

Event 21413 (C504C791)

Date: 9/1/1959
Description: (Translated from French) Gerry Irwin is declared a deserter. He will never be seen again. (1st September)
Reference: rr0 - Beau
Source: rr0, ID: rr0_1816

Event 21414 (B64C3BED)

Date: 9/3/1959
Time: ~22:00
Location: BALLSTON LAKE, NY
Description: Several observer(s). Large glowing-saucer maneuver away and back / 15 minutes. Flame-glow / rim.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO’s a HISTORY-1959 (4 booklets) 1999/00 Self published. (Index 372)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_6259

Attributes: GND: 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: “15”, Elev: “123”, HatchDesc: “BALLSTON LAKE,NY:SVRL OBS:LRG GLO-SCR MNVR AWAY+BACK/15mins:FLAME-GLOW/RIM”, LatLong: “42.916669 -73.866670”, LatLongDMS: “42:55:00 N 73:52:00 W”, Locale: “Residential”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “New York”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 21415 (8F301FB1)

Date: 9/4/1959
Time: ~17:00
Location: NEAR PETALUMA, CA
Description: 3+/ car. Dull silver cylinder/cylindrical object going down / 45° angle. Hides / clouds. Watches traffic.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO’s a HISTORY-1959 (4 booklets) 1999/00 Self published. (Index 372)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_6260

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, CIG: Torpedo/cigar/cylinder shaped UFO, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), OBS: Observation/chasing vehicles, VEH: Vehicle affected: Marks/damage/EME effects, CMF: Camouflage/disguise

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “8”, Duration: “1”, Elev: “4”, HatchDesc: “nr PETALUMA,CA:3+/CAR:DULL SLVR CYL ↓/45°ANGLE:HIDES/CLOUDS:WATCHES TRAFFIC”, LatLong: “38.233335 -122.633339”, LatLongDMS: “38:14:00 N 122:38:00 W”, Locale: “Pasture”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “California”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 21416 (6256689C)

Date: 9/5/1959
Location: Naha, Okinawa
Description: (McDonald list) (NICAP: 01 - Distant Encounters, BB: BBU)
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_2396

Event 21417 (6975E714)

Date: 9/7/1959
Location: Northern Ireland, Moneymore (Derry)
Description: (Translated from French) A couple approached a small UFO, one meter in diameter, that had just landed in a bog. It was ovoid, brightly red, and marked with three dark red lines. Thomas Hutchinson’s intention was to take it to the police station. As he reached out, the object rose and flew away.
Reference: Janet and Colin BORD: “Modern Mysteries of the World” - Guild Publishing London 1989, p. 346
Reference: Mini catalogue chronologique des observations OVNI, by Godelieve Van Overmeire
Source: Overmeire, ID: Overmeire_2136

Event 21418 (BF405F5F)

Date: 9/7/1959
Time: 02:30
Location: WALLINGFORD, KY
Description: Grey ovoid lights area blue. Blue beam going down [to] as object going quickly east. Burnt circle / ground.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO’s a HISTORY-1959 (4 booklets) 1999/00 Self published. (Index 377)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_6261

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, DRT: Dirt/soil traces/marks/footprints etc., VEG: Plants affected or sampled/crop circles, TRC: Physical traces, TCH: New technical details/clues, OGA: Non-Covert Government Agencies

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “6”, Duration: “10”, Elev: “258”, HatchDesc: “WALLINGFORD,KY:GRY OVOID LITES AREA BLUE:BLU BEAM↓ AS OBJ >>E:BURNT CCL/GND”, LatLong: “38.405557 -83.611115”, LatLongDMS: “38:24:20 N 83:36:40 W”, Locale: “Farmlands”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Kentucky”, Strangeness: “7”

Event 21419 (B5F6EA85)

Date: 9/7/1959
Time: 20:10
Location: NORTH / LEXINGTON, KY
Description: Blue Book. Ex Air Force pilot and more. 5 glowing-ovoids dive and, maneuver east and west. Sharp turns. Extremely fast.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO’s a HISTORY-1959 (4 booklets) 1999/00 Self published. (Index 374)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_6262

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, SCR: Classic saucer/disk/sphere shaped UFO, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), DRT: Dirt/soil traces/marks/footprints etc., LND: UFO landing or any part touches ground, TRC: Physical traces, MIL: Military investigation, BBK: Project BLUEBOOK, GSA: Covert Security Agency

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “9”, Duration: “25”, Elev: “290”, HatchDesc: “N/LEXINGTON,KY:BBK:EX AF PILOT+:5 GLO-OVOIDS DIVE+,MVR E+W:SHARP TURNS:XFAST”, LatLong: “38.200002 -84.500004”, LatLongDMS: “38:12:00 N 84:30:00 W”, Locale: “Metropolis”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Kentucky”, Strangeness: “7”

Event 21420 (3D2A9883)

Date: 9/7/1959
Location: Wallingford, KY
Description: 15-ft burned mark left by object on takeoff (NICAP: 01 - Distant Encounters, BB: BBU)
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_2397

Event 21421 (E32FF107)

Date: 9/7/1959
Location: Wallingford, Kentucky
Description: A bluish, disk-shaped object was observed at ground level by a mail carrier. It suddenly went away horizonally, leaving a stained ring on the ground.
Type: ufo sighting
Reference: NICAP Nov., 59 (Vallee)
Source: ValléeMagonia, ID: Magonia_497

Event 21422 (1B4F918A)

Date: 9/7/1959
Location: Wallingford, Kentucky
Description: 2:00 a.m. Rural mail carrier Walter E. Ogden sees a glowing, pumpkin-shaped object about 40 feet above the trees in his pasture at Wallingford, Kentucky. After a minute, a bluish blaze of fire comes from the bottom and it rises about 500 feet, leaving a circular smoke ring. It then zooms away horizontally. Six days later, a 12-foot depressed ring of scorched earth is discovered on the spot, along with a kerosene smell. Air Force investigators show up and declare it a hoax.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Loren E. Gross, The Fifth Horseman of the Apocalypse: UFOs, a History: 1959 July–September, The Author, 2000, pp. 74–75, 77–80
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_3345

Event 21423 (A2B8F775)

Date: 9/7/1959
Description: At 2:30 a.m. while driving along highway 559 in Wallingford, Kentucky a postman saw an elliptical shape hovering just over the ground. It rose vertically emitting a blast of flame, and then sped away horizontally. There was a 30 cm wide stained ring on the ground enclosing a 4-meter diameter circle. At 9:05 p.m. north of Lexington, Kentucky five glowing ovoid objects dived and maneuvered toward the east and west, making extremely fast, sharp turns.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: NICAP UFO Investigator, March 1960, p. 5; Project Blue Book files counted in official statistics; Jacques Vallee, Passport to Magonia: A Century of Landings, case # 497
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_5717

Event 21424 (ADA1F67C)

Date: 9/7/1959
Location: Wallingford, Kentucky
Description: Fragments fall to ground from hovering UFO. Under investigation.
Type: ufo sighting
Reference: The Flying Saucers are Hostile!, by George D. Fawcett 1961
Source: HostileFawcett, ID: HostileFawcett_81

Event 21425 (3B0E13F5)

Date: 9/9/1959
Locations: Vandenberg Space Force Base; Lompoc, California; Francis E. Warren AFB; Cheyenne, Wyoming
Description: The first Atlas-D ICBM is successfully launched at Vandenberg AFB [now Vandenberg Space Force Base] near Lompoc, California, and Gen. Thomas S. Power, CINCSAC, declares the first ICBM to be operational. Shortly afterward, the first operational Atlas-D ICBM squadron goes on alert at Francis E. Warren AFB, west of Cheyenne, Wyoming. It is equipped with six SM-65D Atlas missiles based in above-ground launchers.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Wikipedia, “Vandenberg Space Force Base”; Wikipedia, “SM-65 Atlas”
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_3346

Event 21426 (AB3BD523)

Date: 9/10/1959 (approximate)
Time: 15:30
Location: WEST / TILLER, OR
Description: 2 observer(s). 3 silver globes hover. Shoot going quickly west as airliner passes. Going quickly [to] back again.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO’s a HISTORY-1959 (4 booklets) 1999/00 Self published. (Index 391)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_6263

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

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “7”, Duration: “50”, Elev: “320”, HatchDesc: “W/TILLER,OR:2 OBS:3 SLVR GLOBES HVR:SHOOT >>W as AIRLINER PASSES:>>BACK AGAIN”, LatLong: “42.933335 -123.000006”, LatLongDMS: “42:56:00 N 123:00:00 W”, Locale: “Mountains”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Oregon”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 21427 (3A3578CA)

Date: 9/10/1959
Location: Camp Kinser, Okinawa
Description: (McDonald list) (NICAP: 01 - Distant Encounters, BB: BBU)
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_2398

Event 21428 (E4D05CE7)

Date: 9/12/1959
Location: USSR, Baikonour
Description: (Translated from French) (cf. January 2, 1959) SUCCESS WAS ACHIEVED WITH “LUNIK II” ON THE FOLLOWING SEPTEMBER 12. THE ACCURACY OF THE SHOT HAVING BEEN IMPROVED, ESPECIALLY BY TELEGUIDANCE, THE ROCKET STRUCK THE MOON AFTER 34 HOURS OF TRAVEL AND WAS PULVERIZED UPON IMPACT. (following October 4, 1959) (“Astronautics”, Pierre Rousseau, Hachette 1965, p. 53) THE ROCKETEERS OF LUNIK II ANNOUNCED SHORTLY AFTER DEPARTURE THAT THE ENGINE, A SPHERE OF 390 (1511?) KILOS, WOULD REACH THE LUNAR SURFACE ON SEPTEMBER 13 AT 10:05 PM MOSCOW TIME. THE IMPACT OCCURRED, INDEED, WITH ASTONISHING PRECISION, AT 10:02:24 PM IN A POINT LOCATED 800 KM FROM THE CENTER OF THE VISIBLE HEMISPHERE OF THE SATELLITE.
Reference: “Conquest of Space” - Thomas de Galiana, ed. Larousse Poche, 1967, p. 235, 236
Reference: Mini catalogue chronologique des observations OVNI, by Godelieve Van Overmeire
Source: Overmeire, ID: Overmeire_2137

Event 21429 (C7A262B4)

Date: 9/13/1959
Description: (Translated from French) Observation at Bunker Hill Air Force Base (Indiana). (September 13)
Reference: case Blue Book #6507 unsolved
Reference: rr0 - Beau
Source: rr0, ID: rr0_1817

Event 21430 (ED4486CD)

Date: 9/13/1959
Time: 01:10
Location: GILLS ROCK, WI
Description: Project Bluebook Case #6506. Large fuzzy saucer going down / farm. Loud jet sound. Going up [to] and away. / r70p3-66.
Type: sighting
Reference: SCIENCE & MECHANICS (eds.) OFFICIAL GUIDE to UFO’S; Ace Books, NY. 1968. (Index 152)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_6264

Attributes: 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, SND: UFO sounds heard or recorded

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “6”, Duration: “10”, Elev: “183”, HatchDesc: “GILLS ROCK,WI:BBK#6506:LRG FUZZY SCR ↓/FARM:LOUD JET SOUND:↑+AWAY:/r70p3-66”, LatLong: “45.288891 -87.022226”, LatLongDMS: “45:17:20 N 87:01:20 W”, Locale: “Farmlands”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, RelAlt: “1”, State/Prov: “Wisconsin”, Strangeness: “7”

Event 21431 (5C5A71FC)

Date: 9/13/1959
Time: 10:00
Location: GRISSOM AIR FORCE BASE WITH BUNKER HILL, IN
Description: Project Bluebook Case #6507. Air Traffic Controllers and pilots. Jets can’t catch pear-shape.
Type: sighting
Reference: BERLINER, DON: The BLUEBOOK UNKNOWNS; (FUFOR). (Index 28)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_6265

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, AIR: Observer(s) on aircraft, MIL: Observer(s) military, HQO: High-quality observer(s), MID: Likely mis-identification, SCR: Classic saucer/disk/sphere shaped UFO, PRB: Probe: Possibly remote controlled, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), OBS: Observation/chasing vehicles, VEH: Vehicle affected: Marks/damage/EME effects, BLD: Building/man-made structure/roads/power lines, RDR: Radar traces/blips, MIL: Military investigation, BBK: Project BLUEBOOK

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “10”, Duration: “180”, Elev: “243”, HatchDesc: “GRISSOM AFB W/BUNKER HILL,IN:BBK#6507:ATCs+PILOTS:JETS CANT CATCH PEAR-SHAPE”, LatLong: “40.644446 -86.150004”, LatLongDMS: “40:38:40 N 86:09:00 W”, Locale: “Town & City”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Indiana”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 21432 (FDE45CC0)

Date: 9/13/1959
Location: Gills Rock, WI
Description: Round yellow light, with 8 blue lights in it, 5 larger red lights (NICAP: 01 - Distant Encounters, BB: 6506)
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_2399

Event 21433 (70EA070C)

Date: 9/13/1959
Location: Bunker Hill AFB, IN
Description: Nearly motionless white,cream and metallic pear-shaped obj (NICAP: 09 - RADAR Cases, Code: R, Rating: 5, BB: 6507)
Reference: NICAP: 590913
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_2400

Event 21434 (ACB33750)

Date: 9/13/1959
Time: 1:05 AM
Location: Gills Rock, Wisconsin
Description: Witness: R.H. Daubner. One round yellow light, with eight blue lights within it, and then five larger red lights, flew very fast vertically while making a pulsating jet noise. Sighting lasted 10 minutes.
Type: ufo sighting
Reference: BlueBook Unknowns PDF
Source: BerlinerBBUnknowns, ID: BerlinerBBU_438

Event 21435 (BCEA0CEB)

Date: 9/13/1959
Time: 4 PM
Location: Bunker Hill AFB, Indiana
Description: Witnesses: at least two control tower operators and the pilot of a Mooney private airplane. One pear-shaped object, colored white, cream, and metallic, with a trail under it. Object showed little movement during 3 hours. Attempted intercept by USAF T-33 jet trainer failed.
Type: ufo sighting
Reference: BlueBook Unknowns PDF
Source: BerlinerBBUnknowns, ID: BerlinerBBU_439

Event 21436 (DEC47ADE)

Date: 9/13/1959
Locations: Kirtland AFB; Albuquerque; New Mexico
Description: 9:58 p.m. A radar target is tracked at Kirtland AFB in Albuquerque, New Mexico, moving at 2,300 mph at an altitude of 60,000 feet and heading northwest. A total of four radar stations track the object.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Lorenzen, UFOs: The Whole Story, Signet, 1969, p. 103
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_3347

Event 21437 (00157695)

Date: 9/13/1959
Description: At 1:05 a.m. Mr. R. H. Daubner of Gills Rock, Wisconsin observed a yellow ring of lights, with eight blue lights within it, and then five larger brilliant red lights. The object rose very fast vertically from a field three kilometers away, while making a pulsating jet noise. The tremendous pulsating noise hurt the ears of the witness. The encounter lasted ten minutes.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: Project Blue Book files counted in official statistics, case # 6506; Don Berliner, Project Bluebook UFO Unknowns
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_5910

Event 21438 (9A8CFC8F)

Date: 9/13/1959
Description: Scott Mitchell was in the hallway of his home near Gills Rock, Wisconsin at around two o’clock in the afternoon when he saw a being with dark gray, wrinkled skin standing at the opposite end. The being communicated in a telepathic voice that went directly to the witness head, “Do not be afraid, we will not harm you.” Frightened, he tried to run away but was paralyzed in his tracks, and time seemed to slow down around him. A greenish haze surrounded him and the being glided towards him. The witness then lost consciousness. His next memory was of waking up in the house in a back bedroom. The witness subsequently experienced further close encounters.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: Albert S. Rosales, Humanoid Contact Database 1959, citing UFOs and Aliens Among Us
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_5911

Event 21439 (80D44473)

Date: 9/13/1959
Description: At four p.m. at least two control tower operators at Bunker Hill AFB, Indiana plus the pilot of a Mooney private aircraft sighted a pear-shaped object, colored white, cream, and metallic, with a trail under it. The UFO showed little movement during the three hour sighting. A

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n intercept was attempted by a USAF T-33 jet trainer, but it failed to find the UFO in time.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: Project Blue Book files counted in official statistics, case # 6507; Don Berliner, Project Bluebook UFO Unknowns
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_5912

Event 21440 (5351B19F)

Date: 9/14/1959
Location: Pentagon
Description: Air Force Regulation 200-2 is revised, with additional emphasis on reducing the number of unknowns. This version devotes five full paragraphs to public release of information, which is now restricted to the Secretary of the Air Force’s Office of Information Services at the Pentagon. Local base commanders can release information only if an object is positively identified. Air Force personnel are not to contact private individuals on UFO cases or discuss their operations unless ordered to.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: “USAF UFO Program,” September 28, 1959; Clark III 920–921
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_3348

Event 21441 (79FB06BB)

Date: 9/14/1959
Description: The CIA emphasizes antiradar study, aerodynamic structural tests, and engineering designs, selecting the Lockheed A-12 over rival Convair’s Kingfish. Edward Lovick’s suggestion for adding cesium to the A-12’s fuel in order to ionize the exhaust and mask it from radar is also persuasive. Lockheed has also added twin canted fins instead of a single right-angle one. Project Oxcart is officially established. The A-12 design, a combination of their A-7 and A-11 submissions, emphasizes low radar cross section, extremely high altitude, and high-speed performance.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Wikipedia, “Lockheed A-12”
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_3349

Event 21442 (004B7768)

Date: 9/15/1959
Time: 19:00
Location: TRENTON, OH
Description: Numerous observer(s). Disk hovers / 2 hours. Lights / rim darken for each passing plane.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO’s a HISTORY-1959 (4 booklets) 1999/00 Self published. (Index 380)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_6266

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), CMF: Camouflage/disguise

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “10”, Duration: “120”, Elev: “199”, HatchDesc: “TRENTON,OH:NMRS OBS:DISK HVRS/2 hrs:LITES/RIM DARKEN for EACH PASSING PLANE”, LatLong: “39.483335 -84.455560”, LatLongDMS: “39:29:00 N 84:27:20 W”, Locale: “Farmlands”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Ohio”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 21443 (787A11DB)

Date: 9/15/1959?
Time: 23:00
Location: MONTIGNY-EN-OSTREVENT, FR
Description: 3M hat-saucer with rectangular windows / low altitude. Beam searches going down. Going southeast.
Type: sighting
Reference: LUMIERES DANS la NUIT (LDLN), Paris. Bimonthly since 1957. LDLN B.P.3; 77123 Le Vaudoue, FRANCE. (Index 165)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_6267

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, SCR: Classic saucer/disk/sphere shaped UFO, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), OBS: Observation/chasing vehicles, RAY: Odd light/searchlight/beam/laser-like, DRT: Dirt/soil traces/marks/footprints etc., BLD: Building/man-made structure/roads/power lines

Extra Data: Country: “France”, Credibility: “6”, Duration: “3”, HatchDesc: “MONTIGNY-en-OSTREVENT,FR:3M HAT-SCR W/RECT.WINDOWS/LO alt:BEAM SEARCHES ↓:>SE”, LatLong: “50.383336 3.183333”, LatLongDMS: “50:23:00 N 03:11:00 E”, Locale: “Residential”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Nord”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 21444 (81AB2F0A)

Date: 9/15/1959
Location: Kadena AFB, Okinawa
Description: Radar Target Illuminated By Rotating Beacon (NICAP: 09 - RADAR Cases, Code: R, Rating: 5, BB: BBU)
Reference: NICAP: 590915
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_2401

Event 21445 (BCB4C597)

Date: 9/17/1959
Description: (Translated from French) Creation of the SEREB. (September 17)
Reference: rr0 - Beau
Source: rr0, ID: rr0_1818

Event 21446 (92EED59A)

Date: 9/17/1959
Time: 14:50
Location: ROCHESTER, MICH
Description: 1 observer. Small silver disk circles / clouds. Red glow / underside. No further details / news.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO’s a HISTORY-1959 (4 booklets) 1999/00 Self published. (Index 380)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_6268

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

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “6”, Duration: “2”, Elev: “228”, HatchDesc: “ROCHESTER,MICH:1 OBS:SML SLVR DISK CCLS/CLOUDS:RED GLOW/UNDERSIDE:NFD/NEWS”, LatLong: “42.666669 -83.150004”, LatLongDMS: “42:40:00 N 83:09:00 W”, Locale: “Town & City”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Michigan”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 21447 (7DBB2EFE)

Date: 9/17/1959
Location: Dryden Flight Research Center at Edwards AFB, California
Description: The first powered X-15 flight is piloted by Albert Scott Crossfield out of the Dryden Flight Research Center at Edwards AFB, California.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Wikipedia, “North American X-15”
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_3350

Event 21448 (9A636716)

Date: 9/20/1959
Time: 02:00
Location: JAKARTA, INDONS
Description: Air Force patrol. Disk hovers. Sudden glare. Shoots going quickly northeast silently. / Salutin?
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO’s a HISTORY-1959 (4 booklets) 1999/00 Self published. (Index 381)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_6269

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: “Indonesia”, Credibility: “8”, Duration: “2”, HatchDesc: “JAKARTA,INDONS:AF PATROL:DISK HVRS:SUDDEN GLARE:SHOOTS >>NE SILENTLY:/Salutin?”, LatLong: “-6.166667 106.800005”, LatLongDMS: “06:10:00 S 106:48:00 E”, Locale: “Metropolis”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “JVA”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 21449 (99B7FAC7)

Date: 9/21/1959
Description: (Translated from French) USGS takes a photo (13-146) of Groom Lake base as part of a routine mapping program, still available. (September 21)
Reference: rr0 - Beau
Source: rr0, ID: rr0_1819

Event 21450 (7960DBC4)

Date: 9/21/1959
Location: ALGES AND CRUZ QUEBRADA, PORTUGAL
Description: Several observer(s) can’t agree / shape of strange objects / sky.
Type: sighting
Reference: LOURENCO, Victor: The PORTUCAT CATALOG; (BBS Download). (Index 65)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_6270

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), TCH: New technical details/clues

Extra Data: Country: “Portugal”, Credibility: “9”, Duration: “2”, HatchDesc: “ALGES+CRUZ QUEBRADA,PORTUGAL:SVRL OBS CAN’T AGREE/SHAPE of STRANGE OBJs/SKY”, LatLong: “38.700002 -9.216667”, LatLongDMS: “38:42:00 N 09:13:00 W”, Locale: “Metropolis”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “EST”, Strangeness: “5”

Event 21451 (575731CA)

Date: 9/21/1959
Description: The Air Technical Intelligence Center is renamed the Aerospace Technical Intelligence Center.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: NASIC, “National Air and Space Intelligence Center Heritage”
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_3351

Event 21452 (81B133AB)

Date: 9/24/1959
Location: USA, Redmond (Oregon)
Description: (Translated from French) At 5am a gigantic UFO slowly descended towards the earth and stopped 65m above the head of police officer Robert Dickerson. After a few minutes the object rose and flew over the airport, stopping again to the northeast of the landing field. Wertz from air security and other officials followed the object with binoculars, its radiation now less intense: at the circumference of the disk they saw yellow, red and green beams of light. At 05:10 fighter jets took off from Portland base, while Klamath radar operators were already observing the object. The Redmond employees heard the fighters arrive, and as soon as they dived towards the object, the light beams disappeared, but intense radiation came from its lower part and the object suddenly rose as if catapulted into the sky. One of the fighters narrowly avoided a collision. Three others tried in vain to chase it.
Reference: Johannes von BUTLAR: “UFO, We Are Not Alone” - Presses de la Cité 1979 - pp. 141-144
Reference: Mini catalogue chronologique des observations OVNI, by Godelieve Van Overmeire
Source: Overmeire, ID: Overmeire_2138

Event 21453 (81C0EE86)

Date: 9/24/1959
Description: (Translated from French) Radar observation in Redmont (Oregon). (24 September)
Reference: Chauvin 1973
Reference: rr0 - Beau
Source: rr0, ID: rr0_1820

Event 21454 (51BA12DC)

Date: 9/24/1959
Location: Redmond, OR
Description: Six jets attempt intercept of UFO, near collision; 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_235

Event 21455 (344E2487)

Date: 9/24/1959
Time: 05:00
Location: EAST / REDMOND, OR
Description: Cops and RADAR. 60M disk hovers. Going east very fast. 4 jets chase. / MJ#257+/ APRO 1’60.
Type: sighting
Reference: UFO INVESTIGATOR: NICAP: Kensington, MD & Washington, DC [defunct]. University Microfilms, Ann Arbor, MI 48106 (Index 21)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_6271

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, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), OBS: Observation/chasing vehicles, VEH: Vehicle affected: Marks/damage/EME effects, RDR: Radar traces/blips, TCH: New technical details/clues, MIL: Military investigation, OGA: Non-Covert Government Agencies, COV: Indication of coverup

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “10”, Duration: “15”, Elev: “920”, HatchDesc: “E/REDMOND,OR:COPS+RDR:60M DISK HVRS:>E VFAST:4 JETS CHASE:/MJ#257+/APRO 1’60”, LatLong: “44.233335 -121.200006”, LatLongDMS: “44:14:00 N 121:12:00 W”, Locale: “Forest”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Oregon”, Strangeness: “7”

Event 21456 (8F36C9FC)

Date: 9/24/1959
Location: Redmond, OR
Description: Huge Disc Sparks Scramble (NICAP: 09 - RADAR Cases, Code: R, Rating: 5, BB: BBU) (NICAP: 11 - Aviation Cases)
Reference: NICAP: 590924
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_2402

Event 21457 (452B486A)

Date: 9/24/1959
Locations: Redmond, Oregon; Prineville Highway; Seattle Air Route Control Center in Washington; Hamilton AFB [now closed], Novato, California; Portland; Seattle Center; USAF Air Defense Center radar site at Klamath Falls, Oregon
Description: About 4:55 a.m. In Redmond, Oregon, police officer Robert Dickerson sees a bright white light rapidly descending north of the airport. It stops abruptly and hovers about 200 feet above ground for several minutes, lighting up the juniper trees below. Dickerson drives toward it on the Prineville Highway, then turns toward the airport. The object turns reddish-orange and moves rapidly to about 10 miles northeast of the airport to hover again. Dickerson arrives at the airport to report his sighting in person to the FAA Air Traffic Communication Station. Flight Service Specialist Laverne Wertz, Dickerson, and others view the object through binoculars as flat and round with occasional flames extending from its edge. The FAA reports the UFO to Seattle Air Route Control Center in Washington at 5:10 a.m., which in turn reports it to Hamilton AFB [now closed], Novato, California, which scrambles six F-102 jets from Portland to intercept the object. FAA station observers see the object hover and emit long tongues of red, yellow, and green light that extend and retract at irregular intervals. As the jets approach the object from the southeast, it turns into a mushroom shape, emits red and yellow flames from the lower side, and ascends rapidly, disappearing above scattered clouds at about 14,000 feet. The object’s departure forces one F-102 to swerve to avoid collision. Another nearly loses control from the UFO’s turbulent wake. The UFO is tracked on one F-102 gunsight radar, but the jets cannot intercept. The UFO reappears about 20 miles south of Redmond at about 25,000 feet. The Seattle Center reports at 6:20 a.m. radar contact with the object about 25 miles south. The USAF Air Defense Center radar site at Klamath Falls, Oregon, tracks a large target abruptly changing course and vectors B-47 and F-89 aircraft to identify it. Redmond FAA controllers lose sight of the object. Seattle FAA reports at 7:11 a.m. that Klamath Falls radar still is tracking it at 25 miles south of Redmond but varies in altitude from 6,000 to 52,000 feet. The Air Force claims the UFOs are caused by false radar returns, with excitable witnesses imagining the glow. But locals notice the FAA is checking for abnormal radioactivity, so the Air Force changes its explanation to weather balloon. And NICAP obtains FAA logs showing all the details. The Air Force again changes its explanation to Venus.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: NICAP, “Huge Disc Sparks Scramble”; UFOEv, pp. 44, 48, 113–114, 138; Keyhoe, Aliens from Space, Signet ed., 1974, pp. 33–36; WFAA, Dallas, Texas, “Archive 1959: Fighter Jets Sent to Intercept Redmond UFO,” May 12, 2016; Patrick Gross, “The Redmond UFO Incident, USA, September 24, 1959”
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_3352

Event 21458 (C33C4D19)

Date: 9/24/1959
Location: Redmond, Oregon
Description: A UFO with tentacle-like projections, glowing with red and greenish colors moved through controlled maneuvers. Reported by ground observers, picked up on Air Force radar for over an hour. After the object moved away, an active search for the UFO was conducted by 7 jet fighters, a B-47 bomber, and a Tripacer, which later was asked to check the area for signs of radioactivity.
Type: ufo sighting
Reference: The Flying Saucers are Hostile!, by George D. Fawcett 1961
Source: HostileFawcett, ID: HostileFawcett_82

Event 21459 (081361DD)

Date: 9/25/1959
Time: 19:50
Location: WNW / TRES ARROYOS, ARG
Description: 5 / car. 2 brilliant spheres hover / 3km altitude. 1 lands and quickly going up. 2nd darkens.
Type: sighting
Reference: The APRO BULLETIN: Monthly. Jim & Coral Lorenzen: Tucson,AZ (USA. defunct) By volume and number. (Index 719)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_6272

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), LND: UFO landing or any part touches ground, CMF: Camouflage/disguise

Extra Data: Country: “Argentina”, Credibility: “8”, Duration: “3”, Elev: “100”, HatchDesc: “WNW/TRES ARROYOS,ARG:5/CAR:2 BRILL.SPHERES HVR/3km alt:1 LANDS+↑↑:2nd DARKENS”, LatLong: “-38.266668 -60.550003”, LatLongDMS: “38:16:00 S 60:33:00 W”, Locale: “Pasture”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Buenos Aires”, Strangeness: “7”

Event 21460 (46B88FC0)

Date: 9/25/1959
Time: 23:20
Location: LEROY, OH
Description: 4 observer(s). 6M grey disk with lights spins counterclockwise / hover and clockwise rising. Lands / field. Quickly going up. / r143.
Type: sighting
Reference: The APRO BULLETIN: Monthly. Jim & Coral Lorenzen: Tucson,AZ (USA. defunct) By volume and number. (Index 719)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_6273

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

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “8”, Duration: “8”, Elev: “335”, HatchDesc: “LEROY,OH:4 OBS:6M GRY DISK W/LITES SPINS CCW/HVR+CW RISING:LANDS/FLD:↑↑:/r143”, LatLong: “41.016669 -81.933337”, LatLongDMS: “41:01:00 N 81:56:00 W”, Locale: “Farmlands”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Ohio”, Strangeness: “7”

Event 21461 (DC7BD6FD)

Date: 9/25/1959
Description: Two brilliant spheres hovered at three kilometers altitude northwest of Tres Arroyos, Argentina at 7:45 p.m. One of the object landed, while the second object darkened until it could no longer be seen.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: APRO Bulletin, November 1959
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_6312

Event 21462 (91AAD614)

Date: 9/25/1959
Description: At 11:20 p.m. a gray disc-shaped objects with lights, estimated to be six meters in diamete, hovered while spinning counterclockwise near Akron, Ohio. It appeared to spin in a clockwise direction when rising in altitude. It eventually landed in a field.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: APRO Bulletin, November 1959
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_6313

Event 21463 (8C15678F)

Date: 9/26/1959
Time: 04:00
Location: RUTHVEN, IA
Description: Cops and more/others. Brilliant ovoid swoops and 180° turns. 20M altitude. Maneuvers. Bright and dim. / NICAP.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO’s a HISTORY-1959 (4 booklets) 1999/00 Self published. (Index 388)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_6274

Attributes: GND: 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, OGA: Non-Covert Government Agencies

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “10”, Duration: “120”, Elev: “431”, HatchDesc: “RUTHVEN,IA:COPS++:BRILL.OVOID SWOOPS+180°TURNS:20M alt:MNVRS:BRITE+DIM:/NICAP”, LatLong: “43.127780 -94.900005”, LatLongDMS: “43:07:40 N 94:54:00 W”, Locale: “Town & City”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, RelAlt: “20”, State/Prov: “Iowa”, Strangeness: “7”

Event 21464 (8843A5FB)

Date: 9/26/1959
Time: 23:00
Location: 150MI EAST / GOOSE BAY, NFLD
Description: PAA flight-114. Odd object going quickly north / high altitude / 30 second(s). Type unknown. No further details.
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_6275

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, AIR: Observer(s) on aircraft, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, MID: Likely mis-identification, 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: “1”, Elev: “50”, HatchDesc: “150mi E/GOOSE BAY,NFLD:PAA FLT-114:ODD OBJ >>N/HI ALT/30sec:TYPE UNK:NFD”, LatLong: “53.333336 -58.000003”, LatLongDMS: “53:20:00 N 58:00:00 W”, Locale: “Metropolis”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Newfoundland”, Strangeness: “4”

Event 21465 (0D9CD416)

Date: 9/26/1959
Description: On this night a Russian military aircraft reportedly spotted from the air the crash site of a large disc-shaped craft not far from Moscow, Russia. The object appeared to be smoldering and it was shattered with one large piece broken off. The largest section of the craft was transported by helicopter to a nearby airfield at Aktyubinsk. It was badly damaged by some kind of explosion and fire, and the inside was completely charred. Noticeable radiation was detected at the crash site, where among the remaining wreakage was discovered the fragments of the body of a dwarf humanoid, perhaps 80 cm tall. Fragments of the craft were transported to different secret scientific research locations and the body was allegedly taken to an underground bunker in Moscow.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: Albert S. Rosales, Humanoid Contact Database 1959, citing Anton “Cade” Belousov, Soviet X Files List
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_6346

Event 21466 (041F0FD2)

Date: 9/28/1959
Location: Detroit, MI
Description: Spherical-shaped white to blue in color object (NICAP: 01 - Distant Encounters, Code: D, Rating: 5)
Reference: NICAP: 590928
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_2404

Event 21467 (C12EB092)

Date: 9/28/1959
Description: ATIC issues a staff study by Col. Richard R. Shoop reassessing its UFO investigating role. It recommends that the UFO program be transferred to the Air Research and Development Command, which has better scientific capabilities, and then implement an effective public relations campaign with the goal of “the eventual elimination of the program as a special project.”
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: “USAF UFO Program,” September 28, 1959; “Saucer Reading Fest,” Saturday Night Uforia, January 25, 2019; Jacobs, UFO Controversy in America, Signet ed., p. 151
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_3353

Event 21468 (A39DE046)

Date: 9/29/1959
Location: Buffalo, Texas
Description: Maj. R.O. Braswell, while flying an C-47 at 6500 ft. alt., spotted an UFO. “It was colored like a large red fire and looked like an atomic cloud”, he stated. At about 5 degrees above my plane it appeared massive and was at about 13000 ft. alt. The UFO appeared to be about 1000 ft. thick (top to bottom). Billie Guyton of Centerville, TX, also observed the UFO and said that he observed a smaller UFO emerge from it. Another ground observer, Jackie J. Cox, schoolteacher, saw a “bright light in the sky that spread to cover the entire sky.” W.S. Webb of Buffalo, N.Y., glanced out his bedroom window and saw a ball of fire shooting through the sky, after which he heard a noise, as if something was falling from the sky. The next day Braniff Airways Flight 542, carrying 28 passengers and 6 crew members, was found shredded in a thousand pieces. Subsequent inquiry found that there had been no fire or explosion aboard the jet before or after the crash and that scorch marks found on the exterior windows, fuselage and parted tail section showed signs of having been exposed to tremendous exterior heat. Also the force causing the plane to come down did not come from within the plane. Radar Operator, E.H. Tindale, later told investigators that he had plotted an UFO twice on the night Flight 542 crashed. Both plots of the UFO were in the area where the wreckage of the airliner was found. The UFO was stationary both times it was tracked.
Type: mid-air collision
Reference: Pea Research
Source: Maj2, ID: Maj2_590
See also: 4/1/59
See also: 5/61

Event 21469 (7CB9A5A8)

Date: 9/29/1959
Location: Texas
Description: Maj. R. O. Braswell, flying an Air Force C-47 at 6,500 feet over Texas, sees a “large red fire” that looks like a mushroom cloud. It is 5° above his plane, with its base at 12,000–15,000 feet and its top at 16,000 feet.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Keyhoe, Aliens from Space, Signet ed., 1974, pp. 160–161
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_3354

Event 21470 (2AF42A68)

Date: 9/29/1959
Description: The first attempt to hover a tethered Avrocar is made. After the vehicle becomes airborne, an uncontrollable roll and pitch-coupled oscillation starts that forces each of the three wheels into the ground in turn. The pilot, W. D. “Spud” Potocki, immediately shuts down all engines. Changes are made to the stability system to provide more control authority, while new tethers are investigated to improve the ability to control the problem.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Wikipedia, “Avro Canada VZ-9 Avrocar”
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_3355

Event 21471 (375CFF0B)

Date: 9/29/1959
Description: An electrical power outage occurred In Mariannelund, Sweden at 6:55 p.m. Going outside during the power failure, Mr. Gideon Johansson and his son saw a brilliant white light hovering over a nearby building. The object descended, breaking through the top of a maple tree, until it was 18 inches above the street and only ten feet from Mr. Johansson. It was a domed, oval-shaped machine 12 feet long and 8 feet high, and light blue in color. In the front of the object was a large window surrounded by rivets. Inside, brilliantly illuminated by a white light, he could see two small, seated individuals. They had very high crowned heads, big eyes, small mouths, and pointed chins. Each had what looked like an earphone on one ear. They wore white uniforms with broad black belts crossed over their shoulders and chests. One of them loosened his belt to work on something below the window level. After two minutes the craft floated along the street for 25 meters then disappeared in a flash, with a gust of air. A glassy deposit was found on the power line a kilometer away. Mr. Johansson suffered ill effects to his health and the maple tree eventually died.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: David F. Webb and Ted Bloecher, HUMCAT: Catalogue of Humanoid Reports, case 1959-12, citing K. Gosta Rehn, APRO, and Anders Liljegren, UFO Sweden
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_6419

Event 21472 (7206F8B3)

Date: 9/29/1959
Location: Texas
Description: A Braniff Airways Turbo-Prop Airliner crashed in Texas, claiming 34 lives. UFOs were reported in the vicinity.
Type: ufo sighting
Reference: The Flying Saucers are Hostile!, by George D. Fawcett 1961
Source: HostileFawcett, ID: HostileFawcett_83

Event 21473 (664C5EBC)

Date: 9/30/1959
Location: Poznań, Poland
Description: Night. During a training flight with a student over Poznań, Poland, a pilot named Leszczyński sees two large circles of light with another pair some 12 miles away. He makes a close approach, but one of the objects shoots off while the other grows dimmer. After a short while, the dark object moves away.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Poland 63
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_3356

Event 21474 (29FC4BAA)

Date: 10/1959
Location: EARTH ORBIT
Description: NASA getting signals / mystery satellite. Can’t decode. Not US / Russian.
Type: sighting
Reference: KEHOE, Maj Donald: FLYING SAUCERS TOP SECRET; NICAP and G.P. Putnam’s Sons, NY 1960 HB. (Index 255)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_6276

Attributes: AIR: Observer(s) on aircraft, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, SCI: Scientist involvement, MID: Likely mis-identification, ODD: Atypical/Forteana/paranormal, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), SIG: Signals/responses to/from/between UFO’s/occupants/observers, TCH: New technical details/clues, GSA: Covert Security Agency, OGA: Non-Covert Government Agencies

Extra Data: Country: “Earth Orbit or seen from space stations/capsules”, Credibility: “7”, Duration: “15”, HatchDesc: “EARTH ORBIT:NASA GETTING SIGNALS/MYSTERY SATELLITE:CANT DECODE:NOT US/RUSSIAN”, LatLong: “90.000004 -0.000000”, LatLongDMS: “90:00:00 N 00:00:00 W”, Locale: “Residential”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “SAT”, Strangeness: “5”

Event 21475 (88ADBCB9)

Date: 10/1959
Description: NICAP continues collecting statements in preparation for potential congressional hearings. It gets statements from USAF pilot and UFO witness Lt. Col. Richard T. Headrick, Sgt. James H. Sawyer, and Sgt. Oliver Dean.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Keyhoe, FSTS, pp. 252–254; UFOEv, p. 25
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_3357

Event 21476 (11FEF804)

Date: 10/1959
Location: Núcleo Bandeirante region in Brasília, Federal District, Brazil
Description: 10:00 a.m. Fr. Raimundo Nascimento Teixeira, a professor at Don Bosco College, is walking in the Núcleo Bandeirante region in Brasília, Federal District, Brazil, when he sees a crowd watching a strange object moving and stopping in the blue sky. He sees a student of his with a box camera, and he takes six photos of what he calls a flying saucer. A few days later, Teixeira meets with another witness, Israel Pinheiro, president of the New Building Company, who takes the negatives of his three best photos to forward to the Brazilian Navy for analysis. A few months later, the Navy returns different photos and offers no technical report.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Clark III 197; Roberto Affonso Beck, “Um Fenômeno Desafiador,” September 2005, pp. 35–36
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_3358

Event 21477 (F6F12D88)

Date: 10/1/1959
Description: (Translated from French) Observation at Telephone Ridge (Oregon). (October 1st)
Reference: case Blue Book #6534 unsolved
Reference: rr0 - Beau
Source: rr0, ID: rr0_1821

Event 21478 (DC355ABB)

Date: 10/1/1959
Time: 16:50
Location: EVANSVILLE, IN
Description: 2 teens. 15M thin silver cylinder/cylindrical object hovers level / 100M altitude. Lights / rear. Quickly going up [to] fast.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO’s a HISTORY-1959 (4 booklets) 1999/00 Self published. (Index 401)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_6277

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

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “6”, Duration: “1”, Elev: “117”, HatchDesc: “EVANSVILLE,IN:2 TEENS:15M THIN SLVR CYL HVRS LEVEL/100M alt:LITES/REAR:↑↑ FAST”, LatLong: “37.966668 -87.533338”, LatLongDMS: “37:58:00 N 87:32:00 W”, Locale: “Residential”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, RelAlt: “100”, State/Prov: “Indiana”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 21479 (75F6D67C)

Date: 10/1/1959
Location: Telephone Ridge, OR
Description: Bright light approach hover about 30 mins, then disappear (NICAP: 01 - Distant Encounters, BB: 6534)
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_2405

Event 21480 (398E3CC7)

Date: 10/1/1959
Location: Kirtland AFB in Albuquerque, New Mexico
Description: 9:20 a.m. A radar target moving at 719 mph on a northwest course is tracked at Kirtland AFB in Albuquerque, New Mexico. At 10:29 a.m., another radar target is detected moving at 1,000 mph to the northwest. Its altitude is 41,000 feet. Two F-89J Scorpion fighters are scrambled to intercept it but they can see nothing.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Lorenzen, UFOs: The Whole Story, Signet, 1969, pp. 103–104
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_3359

Event 21481 (70758298)

Date: 10/2/1959
Time: 00:20
Location: SEATTLE, WA
Description: 1211. McChord RADAR tracks 5+erratic blips. Round objects visually. / r37p145.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO’s a HISTORY-1959 (4 booklets) 1999/00 Self published. (Index 402)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_6278

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, NLT: Nightlights/points of light, PRB: Probe: Possibly remote controlled, FBL: Fireball: Blazing undistinguished form/orb., NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), RDR: Radar traces/blips, MIL: Military investigation, BBK: Project BLUEBOOK, OGA: Non-Covert Government Agencies

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “10”, Duration: “180”, Elev: “105”, HatchDesc: “SEATTLE,WA:1211:McCHORD RDR TRACKS 5+ ERRATIC BLIPS:RND OBJs VISUALLY:/r37p145”, LatLong: “47.616669 -122.300006”, LatLongDMS: “47:37:00 N 122:18:00 W”, Locale: “Town & City”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Washington”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 21482 (710E57C6)

Date: 10/2/1959
Location: Seattle, WA
Description: (McDonald list) (NICAP: 01 - Distant Encounters, BB: BBU)
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_2406

Event 21483 (8663E5A7)

Date: 10/2/1959
Location: Glenora, Canada
Description: Approximate date. Miss G. Wilson, 14, was out riding a horse when a luminous object dived toward her, and she rushed home in fear. Her father came out and saw the object, which he described as orange and making a “painful” sound.
Type: ufo sighting
Reference: 125 (Vallee)
Source: ValléeMagonia, ID: Magonia_498

Event 21484 (14F70F81)

Date: 10/2/1959
Location: McChord AFB [now Joint Base Lewis-McChord] near Tacoma, Washington
Description: 12:20 a.m. For three hours, a Hercules radar site (#13) at McChord AFB [now Joint Base Lewis-McChord] near Tacoma, Washington, tracks a total of five objects that usually appear in pairs. The radar returns are said to be “weak.” Visually, at least one soundless, round. “quarter sized,” blue-white light is seen in the sky. ARTC reports no air traffic in the area of the radar site during the time of contact. The first object on radar is seen at 10° elevation. The last object seen on radar was at 20° elevation. The visual object is at 10° degrees elevation. When last observed, the visual object is 20° elevation. Flight patterns are erratic. Range changes from 12,000 feet to 24,000 feet, and azimuth from 190° to 170°. Objects seem to fade from the scope and visual contact when finally lost. Visual contact is disrupted by intermittent fog.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: NICAP, “Hercules Site Tracks Objects for Three Hours”; Condon, pp. 145–148; Swords 287
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_3360

Event 21485 (CB40799C)

Date: 10/3/1959
Time: 16:30
Location: 240 KM NORTH / AZORES
Description: Navy crew. Very large fireball paces USS chambers / 10 kts / 1 hr. 150M altitude.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO’s a HISTORY-1959 (4 booklets) 1999/00 Self published. (Index 403)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_6279

Attributes: SEA: Observer(s) at sea, MIL: Observer(s) military, HQO: High-quality observer(s), SCR: Classic saucer/disk/sphere shaped UFO, PRB: Probe: Possibly remote controlled, FBL: Fireball: Blazing undistinguished form/orb., OBS: Observation/chasing vehicles, VEH: Vehicle affected: Marks/damage/EME effects

Extra Data: Country: “Atlantic Ocean + islands”, Credibility: “11”, Duration: “60”, Elev: “0”, HatchDesc: “240 km N/AZORES:NAVY CREW:VLRG FBL PACES USS CHAMBERS/10 kts/1 hr:150M alt”, LatLong: “41.500002 -27.000001”, LatLongDMS: “41:30:00 N 27:00:00 W”, Locale: “High Seas”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “NAT”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 21486 (57F2F19B)

Date: 10/4/1959
Location: USSR, Baikonour
Description: (Translated from French) (cf: September 12, 1959) This high precision acrobatic attempt was made on October 4, 1959 by “Lunik III” this vehicle circled the Moon -unfortunately from too far away: 60,000 km - and was able to transmit views of its hidden face, giving astronomers the means to draw, for the first time, a summary map.
Reference: continued April 20, 1960
Reference: "Astronautics, Pierre Rousseau, Hachette 1965, p. 54
Reference: Mini catalogue chronologique des observations OVNI, by Godelieve Van Overmeire
Source: Overmeire, ID: Overmeire_2139

Event 21487 (1D5B7686)

Date: 10/4/1959
Description: (Translated from French) 1st photo of the far side of the Moon, by Luna 3.
Reference: rr0 - Beau
Source: rr0, ID: rr0_1822

Event 21488 (424BA3E4)

Date: 10/4/1959
Description: (Translated from French) Observation in the Philippines.
Reference: case Blue Book #6538 unsolved
Reference: rr0 - Beau
Source: rr0, ID: rr0_1823

Event 21489 (0C8E1D3B)

Date: 10/4/1959 (approximate)
Time: 12:00?
Location: EAST / DUNCAN, BC
Description: 11+horse. Orange disk going down. Painful humming. Windows / Flying Saucer Review (FSR) v16#5+v6#1+/ r2p190+/ r8.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO’s a HISTORY-1959 (4 booklets) 1999/00 Self published. (Index 390)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_6280

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), RAY: Odd light/searchlight/beam/laser-like, TCH: New technical details/clues, SND: UFO sounds heard or recorded

Extra Data: Country: “Canada”, Credibility: “7”, Duration: “8”, Elev: “40”, HatchDesc: “E/DUNCAN,BC:11+HORSE:ORG.DISK↓:PAINFUL HUM:WINDOWS/FSR v16#5+v6#1+/r2p190+/r8”, LatLong: “48.783336 -123.666673”, LatLongDMS: “48:47:00 N 123:40:00 W”, Locale: “Farmlands”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “British Columbia”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 21490 (DBD4BD4F)

Date: 10/4/1959
Time: 21:30
Location: QUEZON CITY, PI
Description: Project Bluebook Case #6538. 2 military observer(s). Saucer changes color(s). Flew south-L / 15 minute(s). No further details.
Type: sighting
Reference: BERLINER, DON: The BLUEBOOK UNKNOWNS; (FUFOR). (Index 28)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_6281

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

Extra Data: Country: “Philippines”, Credibility: “7”, Duration: “15”, HatchDesc: “QUEZON CITY,PI:BBK#6538:2 MIL OBS:SCR CHANGES CLRS:FLEW S-L/15min:NFD”, LatLong: “14.666667 121.033339”, LatLongDMS: “14:40:00 N 121:02:00 E”, Locale: “Town & City”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “QUE”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 21491 (FAB29E5F)

Date: 10/4/1959
Location: Quezon, Philippines
Description: Large round or oval object, changing from red to red orange (NICAP: 01 - Distant Encounters, BB: 6538)
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_2407

Event 21492 (E6967E64)

Date: 10/4/1959
Time: 9:25 PM
Location: Quezon, Phillipine Islands
Description: Witnesses: USN Lt. C.H. Pogson, CPO K.J. Moore. One large round or oval object, changing from red to red-orange, flew straight and level for 15 minutes.
Type: ufo sighting
Reference: BlueBook Unknowns PDF
Source: BerlinerBBUnknowns, ID: BerlinerBBU_441

Event 21493 (A5F56B76)

Date: 10/5/1959
Description: Admiral Hyman Rickover’s submarine the SSN Sea Dragon detected an unidentified submerged object outside Portsmouth, New Hampshire harbor on this day.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: George Eberhart, A Geo-Bibliography of Anomalies, p. 994
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_6574

Event 21494 (E7EEBEBC)

Date: 10/6/1959
Description: (Translated from French) Sighting in Lincoln (Nebraska). (October 6)
Reference: case Blue Book #6543 unsolved
Reference: rr0 - Beau
Source: rr0, ID: rr0_1824

Event 21495 (4FA54A16)

Date: 10/6/1959
Location: NEAR FORREST CITY, ARK
Description: Air Traffic Controllers and more. ANG-T33 chases glowing-object. Too fast for photographs. / r242p37.
Type: sighting
Reference: KEHOE, Maj Donald: FLYING SAUCERS TOP SECRET; NICAP and G.P. Putnam’s Sons, NY 1960 HB. (Index 256)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_6282

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

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “8”, Duration: “20”, Elev: “84”, HatchDesc: “nr FORREST CITY,ARK:ATCs+:ANG-T33 CHASES GLOW-OBJ:TOO FAST FOR FOTOS:/r242p37”, LatLong: “35.005557 -90.788893”, LatLongDMS: “35:00:20 N 90:47:20 W”, Locale: “Mountains”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Arkansas”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 21496 (9B730327)

Date: 10/6/1959
Time: 20:20
Location: SOUTHEAST / LINCOLN, NE
Description: Project Bluebook Case #6543. 2 military observer(s). Round white-yellow night light. Abrupt turns. Very fast. / r143#4p7.
Type: sighting
Reference: BERLINER, DON: The BLUEBOOK UNKNOWNS; (FUFOR). (Index 28)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_6283

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, MIL: Observer(s) military, 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: “340”, HatchDesc: “SE/LINCOLN,NE:BBK#6543:2 MIL OBS:RND WHT-YEL NLT:ABRUPT TURNS:VFAST:/r143#4p7”, LatLong: “40.750002 -96.633338”, LatLongDMS: “40:45:00 N 96:38:00 W”, Locale: “Farmlands”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Nebraska”, Strangeness: “5”

Event 21497 (C05FBCF4)

Date: 10/6/1959
Location: Lincoln, NE
Description: Round, white-yellow light make several abrupt turns at high speed (NICAP: 01 - Distant Encounters, BB: 6543)
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_2408

Event 21498 (ACCCA8FD)

Date: 10/6/1959
Time: 8:15 PM
Location: Lincoln, Nebraska
Description: Witnesses: Lt. Col. L. Liggett (Selective Service) and wife. One round, white-yellow light made several abrupt turns and flew very fast for 2 minutes.
Type: ufo sighting
Reference: BlueBook Unknowns PDF
Source: BerlinerBBUnknowns, ID: BerlinerBBU_442

Event 21499 (A4C46932)

Date: 10/6/1959
Description: At 8:15 p.m. U.S. Army Lt. Colonel L. Liggett and two members of his family sighted a round yellowish-white nocturnal light southeast of Lincoln, Nebraska that made several abrupt turns in the sky at very fast speeds for two minutes. A Project Blue Book “unidentified” case.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: Project Blue Book files counted in official statistics, case # 6543; Don Berliner, Project Blue Book Unknowns, p. 28
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_6599

Event 21500 (37CE92E8)

Date: 10/6/1959
Description: On this night an Air National Guard T-33 aircraft with a pilot and co-pilot aboard chased a glowing UFO over Forrest City, Arkansas. It flew too fast to get any photos.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: Donald E. Keyhoe, Flying Saucers: Top Secret, p. 256
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_6600

Event 21501 (ECC1C563)

Date: 10/7/1959
Time: 03:10
Location: EASTERN AIRLINES FLIGHT 541 FM WDC
Description: Crew and 1. Cylinder/cigar-shape paces airliner going southwest / 10 minutes. Lit portholes.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO’s a HISTORY-1959 (4 booklets) 1999/00 Self published. (Index 405)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_6284

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), OBS: Observation/chasing vehicles, VEH: Vehicle affected: Marks/damage/EME effects

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “6”, Duration: “10”, Elev: “225”, HatchDesc: “EAL Flt.541 fm WDC:CREW+1:CGR PACES AIRLINER >SW/10 mins:LIT PORTHOLES:”, LatLong: “37.000002 -79.500004”, LatLongDMS: “37:00:00 N 79:30:00 W”, Locale: “Metropolis”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Virginia”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 21502 (27BF29A8)

Date: 10/7/1959
Time: 20:00
Location: FAIRLIE, NZ
Description: Several observer(s). Large white dome shaped mass going quickly west fast. Lost over hills. / local (as a local wave) news.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO’s a HISTORY-1959 (4 booklets) 1999/00 Self published. (Index 406)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_6285

Attributes: GND: 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: “9”, Duration: “1”, HatchDesc: “FAIRLIE,NZ:SVRL OBS:LRG WHT DOME SHAPED MASS >>W FAST:lost ovr hills:/lcl news”, LatLong: “-44.100002 170.800008”, LatLongDMS: “44:06:00 S 170:48:00 E”, Locale: “Farmlands”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “SI”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 21503 (DE8DB41E)

Date: 10/7/1959
Location: Forest City, AR
Description: Kentucky Air National Guard pilot chased glowing object. [NICAP UFOE, V] (NICAP: 11 - Aviation Cases)
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_2409

Event 21504 (266F1EF2)

Date: 10/7/1959
Description: Eastern Airlines flight 541, flying over Virginia at 3:10 a.m., was paced by a cigar-shaped object for ten minutes. The craft had illuminated portholes. At approximately the same time (8:00 p.m. New Zealand time) a large white, domed shaped mass flew quickly toward the west over Fairlie, New Zealand, and was gone from sight behind some hills.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: Larry Hatch, U computer database, cases 5835 & 5836
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_6629

Event 21505 (8B742691)

Date: 10/8/1959
Locations: Mobile, Alabama; Moon
Description: Night. Two amateur astronomers in Mobile, Alabama, observe an unknown object traverse the Moon’s disk from west to east directly over the crater Copernicus. They watch the fast-moving shape “every night the weather permitted for a period of 33 days.” They write to Project Moonwatch about the observations, but they reply that no other lunar observers have seen the phenomenon, so it must be closer to the Mobile observers.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Michael D. Swords, “Gazing at the Moons,” IUR 32, no. 4 (October 2009): 15
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_3361

Event 21506 (91D120F5)

Date: 10/12/1959
Location: Washington, GA
Description: (McDonald list) (NICAP: 01 - Distant Encounters, BB: BBU)
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_2410

Event 21507 (E288ED40)

Date: 10/12/1959
Locations: Washington; Sharon; Crawfordville, Georgia; Robins AFB, Georgia
Description: 1:00 p.m. Multiple witnesses at Washington, Sharon, and Crawfordville, Georgia, watch “brown or black footballs” traveling southeast to west, followed by angel hair covering a vast area. The substance consists of “threads from 10ʹ to 50ʹ long connected at ¾ʺ intervals by minute particles resembling snowflakes.” The material falls for about 2 hours. Five samples are collected and sent to the Chemicals and Materials Laboratory at Robins AFB, Georgia. No unusual elements are discovered except for high amounts of silver in one and some silver in three others. The conjecture is that “cloud seeding with a silver salt could have caused the phenomenon.”
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Brian Boldman, “Angel Hair Physical Analyses: A Review,” JUFOS 9 (2006): 103–104
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_3362

Event 21508 (89E1008D)

Date: 10/13/1959
Description: In his syndicated column, Joseph Alsop goes so far as to describe “classified intelligence” as placing the Soviet missile count as high as 1,500 by 1963, and the US will have only 130 at that time.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Joseph Alsop, “True Missile Gap Picture Belies Pentagon Response,” Eugene (Oreg.) Register-Guard, October 13, 1959, p. 10
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_3363

Event 21509 (426BC3A6)

Date: 10/15/1959
Time: 09:00
Location: MONTEVIDEO, URG
Description: Red fireball going quickly south / high altitude. Short irregular tail. Stops. Turns. Going [to] into clouds.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO’s a HISTORY-1959 (4 booklets) 1999/00 Self published. (Index 409)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_6286

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, HQO: High-quality observer(s), MID: Likely mis-identification, FBL: Fireball: Blazing undistinguished form/orb.

Extra Data: Country: “Uruguay”, Credibility: “9”, Duration: “2”, Elev: “29”, HatchDesc: “MONTEVIDEO,URG:RED FBL >>S/hi alt:SHORT IRREG.TAIL:STOPS:TURNS:> INTO CLOUDS:”, LatLong: “-34.833335 -56.166669”, LatLongDMS: “34:50:00 S 56:10:00 W”, Locale: “Metropolis”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “MNT”, Strangeness: “4”

Event 21510 (2828AABC)

Date: 10/15/1959
Location: Terre Haute, IN
Description: Ground/Air Visuals Over City Stir Air Force (NICAP: 11 - Aviation Cases, Code: A, Rating: 5)
Reference: NICAP: 591015
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_2411

Event 21511 (BC49EAB0)

Date: 10/16/1959
Description: (Translated from French) Death of General George C. Marshall. (October 16)
Reference: rr0 - Beau
Source: rr0, ID: rr0_1825

Event 21512 (ACE3DD5E)

Date: 10/16/1959
Time: 13:00?
Location: RESISTENCIA, ARG
Description: Airliner chases grey ovoid. 4 small objects exit. Saucer going quickly south. / Flying Saucer Review (FSR) v6#4.
Type: sighting
Reference: The APRO BULLETIN: Monthly. Jim & Coral Lorenzen: Tucson,AZ (USA. defunct) By volume and number. (Index 719)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_6287

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

Extra Data: Country: “Argentina”, Credibility: “10”, Duration: “30”, Elev: “48”, HatchDesc: “RESISTENCIA,ARG:AIRLINER CHASES GRY OVOID:4 SML OBJs EXIT:SCR >>S:/FSR v6#4”, LatLong: “-27.450001 -58.983336”, LatLongDMS: “27:27:00 S 58:59:00 W”, Locale: “Metropolis”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “CRR”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 21513 (CCEC5BD8)

Date: 10/16/1959
Description: A worker was alone at a local water plant in El Cobre, Algeciras province, Spain at three a.m. when suddenly all electricity and lights at the plant were shut off. He went outside to see what had caused the outage and felt a strange electrical sensation in the air. He then saw a hovering luminous object about 200 meters away that was very close to the ground. It was shaped like a half egg on top of a plate, and it emitted brilliant orange, green and purple lights. Next to the object stood two tall human-like figures wearing shiny silvery-orange outfits. One of the beings bent down under the object and appeared to look inside. All the time the witness was not able to move a muscle, holding a flashlight in his hand. Somehow he was finally able to turn the flashlight on and when he did so both beings re-entered the object, which then ascended slowly, emitting a loud buzzing sound and increasing in luminosity. Ground traces were found at the site. The witness nearly suffered a nervous breakdown afterwards.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: Albert S. Rosales, Humanoid Contact Database 1971, case # 94, citing Vicenter-Juan Ballester Olmos & Fernandez Peri, Enciclopedia De Los Encuentros Cercanos con Ovnis
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_6894

Event 21514 (0FA75993)

Date: 10/19/1959
Location: BRAZIL, Pinhal
Description: (Translated from French) Retired policeman Cavalheiro Mendes, alone in his cottage, sat down on the terrace at around 00:15. After 5 minutes he felt a fear that intensified so much that he felt uncomfortable, while a heat oppressed him in general but especially on his face. His hair stood on end. He wanted to go inside, but as soon as he stood up he headed towards a small path, crossed the fence: his will seemed dominated by an unknown force. Barefoot he walked, until he reached the beach, he felt weak, wanted to sit down but felt compelled to stagger forward. He then noticed at 150 m an orange glow of a lenticular craft. At 20 m from the craft appeared a male human bust, with large protruding eyes, tanned skin, no beard, straight blond hair combed back. The bust wore a coarse lead-colored jacket with a high collar, without closures or pockets. When he arrived close to the bust the being inclined his head to the left and right and smiled. A kind of banal telepathic conversation ensued. With his arm he made a circular gesture to the right, open hand, fingers joined. In the direction indicated the witness saw a small man of about 1m60 heading towards the craft and disappearing from view. Then the witness heard the sound of the latch of the fence and all of a sudden regained his normal state: it was 01:30.
Reference: Inforespace n° 34 p. 24, 25
Reference: Mini catalogue chronologique des observations OVNI, by Godelieve Van Overmeire
Source: Overmeire, ID: Overmeire_2140

Event 21515 (C04AA764)

Date: 10/19/1959
Description: (Translated from French) Sighting in Plainville (Kansas). (October 19)
Reference: case Blue Book #6563 unsolved
Reference: rr0 - Beau
Source: rr0, ID: rr0_1826

Event 21516 (18622B38)

Date: 10/19/1959
Time: 16:20
Location: COLOMBIAN NAVY SHIP
Description: Small luminous/glowing circular object / S. sky. Dark spots / sides. No further details / report to Blue Book.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO’s a HISTORY-1959 (4 booklets) 1999/00 Self published. (Index 419)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_6288

Attributes: SEA: Observer(s) at sea, MIL: Observer(s) military, HQO: High-quality observer(s), SCR: Classic saucer/disk/sphere shaped UFO, NLT: Nightlights/points of light, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s)

Extra Data: Country: “Colombia”, Credibility: “10”, Duration: “2”, Elev: “0”, HatchDesc: “COLOMBIAN NAVY SHIP:SML LUMn CIRCLR OBJ/S.SKY:DRK SPOTS/SIDES:NFD/rpt to BBK”, LatLong: “10.133334 -75.833337”, LatLongDMS: “10:08:00 N 75:50:00 W”, Locale: “Offshore”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “SEA”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 21517 (D13CA5D4)

Date: 10/19/1959
Time: 18:20
Location: NEAR POQUOSON, VA
Description: Teen shoots at 4’ black disk with silver ring / 80’ altitude. Clank and gone. / MJ#258.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO’s a HISTORY-1959 (4 booklets) 1999/00 Self published. (Index 413)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_6289

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), SND: UFO sounds heard or recorded

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “6”, Duration: “3”, Elev: “3”, HatchDesc: “nr POQUOSON,VA:TEEN SHOOTS at 4’BLK DISK W/SLVR RING/80’alt:CLANK+GONE:/MJ#258”, LatLong: “37.122224 -76.344448”, LatLongDMS: “37:07:20 N 76:20:40 W”, Locale: “Wetlands”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, RelAlt: “24”, State/Prov: “Virginia”, Strangeness: “7”

Event 21518 (7D0A941A)

Date: 10/19/1959
Time: 21:30
Location: PLAINVILLE, KS
Description: Project Bluebook Case #6563. USAF pilot. Bright yellow night light buzzes T33. Dims and gone. / r242.
Type: sighting
Reference: BERLINER, DON: The BLUEBOOK UNKNOWNS; (FUFOR). (Index 28)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_6290

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, AIR: Observer(s) on aircraft, MIL: Observer(s) military, NLT: Nightlights/points of light, PRB: Probe: Possibly remote controlled, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), 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: “665”, HatchDesc: “PLAINVILLE,KS:BBK#6563:USAF PILOT:BRITE YEL.NLT BUZZES T33:DIMS+GONE:/r242”, LatLong: “39.233335 -99.300005”, LatLongDMS: “39:14:00 N 99:18:00 W”, Locale: “Metropolis”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Kansas”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 21519 (99AB673C)

Date: 10/19/1959
Location: Langley AFB (N of), VA
Description: (McDonald list) (NICAP: 01 - Distant Encounters, BB: BBU)
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_2412

Event 21520 (6408F8D4)

Date: 10/19/1959
Location: Plainville, KS
Description: Bright yellowish light on collision course with the T-33 (NICAP: 11 - Aviation Cases, BB: 6563)
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_2413

Event 21521 (D3D548A1)

Date: 10/19/1959
Time: 9:15 PM
Location: 3rd or 4th week. Telephone Ridge, Oregon
Description: Witness: department store manager C.A. Cissman. One bright light approached, hovered about 30 minutes, and then was up and gone in 2 seconds.
Type: ufo sighting
Reference: BlueBook Unknowns PDF
Source: BerlinerBBUnknowns, ID: BerlinerBBU_440

Event 21522 (E5CECDE2)

Date: 10/19/1959
Time: 9:25 PM
Location: Plainville Kansas
Description: Witness: Capt. F.A. Henney, engineering instructor at USAF Academy, flying a T-33 jet trainer. One bright yellowish light came head-on at the T-33, the pilot avoided it and the light dimmed. Sighting lasted 30 seconds.
Type: ufo sighting
Reference: BlueBook Unknowns PDF
Source: BerlinerBBUnknowns, ID: BerlinerBBU_443

Event 21523 (22AE6560)

Date: 10/19/1959
Description: At 9:25 p.m. Captain F. A. Henney, an engineering instructor at the USAF Academy in Colorado Springs, Colorado was flying a T-33 jet trainer over Plainville, Kansas at 9:25 p.m. when a bright yellow light came directly head-on at him. The T-33 pilot avoided it and the light then dimmed. The encounter lasted 30 seconds.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: Project Blue Book files counted in official statistics, case # 6563; Don Berliner, Project Bluebook UFO Unknowns, p. 28
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_6978

Event 21524 (62EC1787)

Date: 10/19/1959
Description: Two teenagers were in Poquoson, Virginia at 6:15 in the evening when they saw a four foot wide black disc with a silver ring around it, hovering at eighty feet altitude and making a whirring noise. One of them took a shot at it with a rifle, and they heard a clank suggesting that the bullet hit a solid object, then the UFO disappeared.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: Flying Saucer Review, November 1961, p.27; C. W. Fitch, APRO Bulletin, May 1963, p. 5; Loren E. Gross, The Fifth Horseman of the Apocalypse: UFOs: A History. 1959: October-December, p. 13
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_6979

Event 21525 (8AD62E7A)

Date: 10/19/1959
Location: Poquoson, Virginia
Description: Near the “Big Marsh,” outside of Poquoson, Virginia — Two schoolboys, Mark Muza and Harold Moore, “shot at” a hovering UFO. The bullet struck a metallic surface and rebounded to the ground.
Type: ufo sighting
Reference: The Flying Saucers are Hostile!, by George D. Fawcett 1961
Source: HostileFawcett, ID: HostileFawcett_84

Event 21526 (8151DE26)

Date: 10/20/1959
Location: SOUTH SALVADOR / JUJUY, ARG
Description: Pulsating ovoid hovers / northeast sky. Too bright to watch. Back 21 October.
Type: sighting
Reference: The APRO BULLETIN: Monthly. Jim & Coral Lorenzen: Tucson,AZ (USA. defunct) By volume and number. (Index 719)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_6291

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

Extra Data: Country: “Argentina”, Credibility: “9”, Duration: “20”, Elev: “1201”, HatchDesc: “S.SALVADOR/JUJUY,ARG:PULSATING OVOID HVRS/NE SKY:too brite to watch:BACK 21OCT”, LatLong: “-24.166668 -65.266670”, LatLongDMS: “24:10:00 S 65:16:00 W”, Locale: “Residential”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Juhuy”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 21527 (BB803956)

Date: 10/20/1959
Location: KEY WEST, FL
Description: 2 Navy men. 2 star-like night lights meet and speed away. No further details. / r78p184.
Type: sighting
Reference: HALL, Richard: The UFO EVIDENCE; NICAP,Washington, DC 1964. Reprinted 1997 Barnes & Noble Books ( only $7.98! ) (Index 31)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_6292

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)

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “7”, Duration: “2”, Elev: “3”, HatchDesc: “KEY WEST,FL:2 NAVY MEN:2 STARLIKE NLTS MEET+SPEED AWAY:NFD:/r78p184”, LatLong: “24.566668 -81.783337”, LatLongDMS: “24:34:00 N 81:47:00 W”, Locale: “Town & City”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Florida”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 21528 (A5203A0A)

Date: 10/20/1959
Location: Key West, FL
Description: Navy enlisted men watched two UFOs rendezvous, speed away. [NICAP UFOE, IV] (NICAP: 01 - Distant Encounters)
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_2414

Event 21529 (BCC038E0)

Date: 10/21/1959
Location: Warsaw, NY
Description: (McDonald list) (NICAP: 01 - Distant Encounters, BB: BBU)
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_2415

Event 21530 (3ED6F7DA)

Date: 10/22/1959
Time: 19:00
Location: CUMBERLAND, MD
Description: 3 observer(s). Saucer going down [to] 50’ over road. Car malfunctions due to EME (electro-magnetic effects). Shoots going up / clouds. Car OK. / r79p17.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO’s a HISTORY-1959 (4 booklets) 1999/00 Self published. (Index 423)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_6293

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

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “8”, Duration: “3”, Elev: “210”, HatchDesc: “CUMBERLAND,MD:3 OBS:SCR ↓ 50’ OVR ROAD:CAR EMES:SHOOTS↑/CLOUDS:CAR OK:/r79p17”, LatLong: “39.650002 -78.761115”, LatLongDMS: “39:39:00 N 78:45:40 W”, Locale: “Pasture”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, RelAlt: “15”, State/Prov: “Maryland”, Strangeness: “7”

Event 21531 (AE75970E)

Date: 10/22/1959
End date: 10/23/1959
Location: Loring AFB (near), ME
Description: (McDonald list) (NICAP: 01 - Distant Encounters, BB: BBU)
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_2416

Event 21532 (07042395)

Date: 10/22/1959
Location: Cumberland, MD
Description: Car motor, headlights, and radio failed as UFO hovered low over road ahead (NICAP: 03 - EME Cases)
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_2417

Event 21533 (9FFEF4F4)

Date: 10/22/1959
Location: Cumberland, Maryland
Description: Night. Three witnesses are driving through Cumberland, Maryland, when they see a metallic disc emitting a bluish-green light around its edge. The driver abruptly stops, but leaves the car running. Suddenly the object drops down to 50 feet altitude and hovers 100 feet away in front of the car, making a humming vibration. As two of the witnesses open the door to get out, the car engine, lights, and radio fail. Shortly afterward, the disc shoots straight up, then forward, makes a 90° angle, then disappears in clouds. The car begins functioning normally again.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Newark (Md.) Evening News, November 5, 1959; Schopick, pp. 67–68; Lorenzen, UFOs: The Whole Story, Signet, 1969, pp. 104–105
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_3364

Event 21534 (1240AA7E)

Date: 10/22/1959
Description: A disc-shaped object paced a car in Cumberland, Maryland at dusk, and stayed 50 feet overhead while the car’s engine, lights and radio stopped working. The disc then shot up into the clouds, and the car returned to normal operation.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: Coral & Jim Lorenzen, UFOs: The Whole Story, p. 104
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_7019

Event 21535 (DF0D513E)

Date: 10/23/1959
Location: USA, SPACE
Description: (Translated from French) Re-entry of Explorer 4 launched on 26.7.58 (but mentioned on 8.8.59???). Location not specified.
Reference: Acta Aeronomica 1977, p. 135
Reference: Mini catalogue chronologique des observations OVNI, by Godelieve Van Overmeire
Source: Overmeire, ID: Overmeire_2141

Event 21536 (43DEFE04)

Date: 10/23/1959
Time: ~20:00
Location: CORDOBA, ARG
Description: 40 / outdoor party. Strange buzz. Luminous saucer goes overhead going quickly northwest. Wave / Arg.
Type: sighting
Reference: The APRO BULLETIN: Monthly. Jim & Coral Lorenzen: Tucson,AZ (USA. defunct) By volume and number. (Index 719)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_6294

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), SND: UFO sounds heard or recorded

Extra Data: Country: “Argentina”, Credibility: “11”, Duration: “1”, Elev: “384”, HatchDesc: “CORDOBA,ARG:40/OUTDOOR PARTY:STRANGE BUZZ:LUMn. SCR goes OVHD >>NW:wave/Arg.”, LatLong: “-31.400001 -64.200003”, LatLongDMS: “31:24:00 S 64:12:00 W”, Locale: “Residential”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “CRD”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 21537 (DF5F9744)

Date: 10/23/1959
Time: 22:00
Location: MT. GWOIRA, PAPUA NG
Description: Bright disk / light going northwest. Circles peak. Maneuvers. Going southeast again. Changes color(s).
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO’s a HISTORY-1959 (4 booklets) 1999/00 Self published. (Index 423)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_6295

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

Extra Data: Country: “Pacific Ocean and non - Asian islands”, Credibility: “8”, Duration: “60”, HatchDesc: “Mt.GWOIRA,PAPUA NG:BRITE DISK/LITE >NW:CCLS PEAK:MNVRS:>SE AGAIN:CHANGES CLRS”, LatLong: “-9.816667 149.516674”, LatLongDMS: “09:49:00 S 149:31:00 E”, Locale: “Mountains”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “PNG”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 21538 (D1EA3999)

Date: 10/23/1959
Description: A strange buzzing sound was heard when a luminous saucer-shaped object flew over Cordoba, Argentina at 8:00 p.m. It flew off to the northwest.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: APRO Bulletin, November 1959
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_7043

Event 21539 (67E18786)

Date: 10/25/1959
Time: 20:00?
Location: TRANS-CANADA HIGHWAY NORTHWEST / FT WILLIAM, ON
Description: 4 hunters / car paced / 50km. Stays / 15M altitude. / r148p285+/ r8#499.
Type: sighting
Reference: FLYING SAUCER REVIEW (FSR), London. Bimonthly. PO Box 162; High Wycombe, Bucks. HP135 DZ, England. (Index 73)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_6296

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, HUM: Humans affected: Injury/burns/marks/abduction/death, VEH: Vehicle affected: Marks/damage/EME effects

Extra Data: Country: “Canada”, Credibility: “8”, Duration: “50”, Elev: “190”, HatchDesc: “TCH NW/Ft WILLIAM,ON:4 HUNTERS/CAR PACED/50km:STAYS/15M alt:/r148p285+/r8#499”, LatLong: “48.583336 -89.500004”, LatLongDMS: “48:35:00 N 89:30:00 W”, Locale: “Forest”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, RelAlt: “15”, State/Prov: “Ontario”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 21540 (172DA612)

Date: 10/25/1959 (approximate)
Time: 21:20
Location: TELEPHONE RIDGE, ID
Description: 4 / rifle scopes / Hells canyon. Project Bluebook Case #6534. Vibrant bright night light hovers and away.
Type: sighting
Reference: SCIENCE & MECHANICS (eds.) OFFICIAL GUIDE to UFO’S; Ace Books, NY. 1968. (Index 164)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_6297

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

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “9”, Duration: “30”, Elev: “1800”, HatchDesc: "TELEPHONE RIDGE,ID:4/RIFLE SCOPES/HELLS CANYON:BBK#6534:VBRITE NLT HVRS+AWAY ", LatLong: “45.433335 -116.416672”, LatLongDMS: “45:26:00 N 116:25:00 W”, Locale: “Mountains”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Idaho”, Strangeness: “5”

Event 21541 (7A529D4D)

Date: 10/25/1959
Location: Fort William, Canada
Description: On the Trans-Canada Highway west of this town, four hunters (Douglas Robinson, Ray Disguiseppe, Victor Arnone and John Defilippo, of Port-Arthur) saw an oval, luminous object follow their car about 13 m above them. The object was spinning, stopped when they did, was white in color and remained with them for nearly 50 km.
Type: ufo sighting
Reference: FSR 60, 1 (Vallee)
Source: ValléeMagonia, ID: Magonia_499

Event 21542 (DD41FB38)

Date: Late 10/1959
Location: Mariannelund, Småland, Sweden
Description: 6:55 p.m. Electrician Gideon Johansson is at home in Mariannelund, Småland, Sweden, when there is a power failure. He goes outside to look at the power lines when he bumps into his son Rolf, who points out a brilliant white object hovering above a three-story building. The object descends slowly and appears to be heading toward Johansson’s garden. The machine oscillates three times and smashes into the top of a maple tree, descends through the branches and hovers about 18 inches above the ground. Only about 10 feet away, Johansson can see the object has a large window, through which two entities are visible. Their heads have high crown and they have big, friendly eyes. They have mall mouths and pointed chins and are wearing white uniforms with broad black belts. One seems to be working at an instrument panel. They are only the size of a 14-year-old. Soon the object moves up and shoots away in a flash. Glassy deposits are found on some power lines in addition to the damaged tree, and Johansson gets prickly pains in his lower body.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Anders Liljegren, “Mariannelund UFO and Occupants,” Flying Saucer Review 16, no. 6 (Nov./Dec. 1970): 14–17
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_3365

Event 21543 (04322807)

Date: 10/25/1959
Description: On the Trans-Canada Highway west of Fort William, Canada four hunters (Douglas Robinson, Ray Disguiseppe, Victor Arnone and John Defilippo, of Port Arthur) saw an oval, luminous object follow their car about 13 meters above them. The object was spinning, stopped when they did, and was white in color. It paced their car and remained with them for nearly 50 km.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: Passport to Magonia: A Century of Landings, case 499, citing Flying Saucer Review, January-February 1960
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_7122

Event 21544 (2E9C9F5B)

Date: 10/26/1959
Time: 01:30
Location: GIZYCKO, POLAND
Description: 10M ovoid swoops going down / woodsman. Heat and odd vacuum. Nosebleed! Separate observer(s).
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO’s a HISTORY-1959 (4 booklets) 1999/00 Self published. (Index 25)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_6298

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, HUM: Humans affected: Injury/burns/marks/abduction/death, TRC: Physical traces, TCH: New technical details/clues, INJ: Injuries, illness/death, mutilations, OGA: Non-Covert Government Agencies

Extra Data: Country: “Poland”, Credibility: “6”, Duration: “1”, HatchDesc: “GIZYCKO,POLAND:10M OVOID SWOOPS ↓/WOODSMAN:HEAT+ODD VACUUM:NOSEBLEED!:sep.obs”, LatLong: “54.033336 21.766668”, LatLongDMS: “54:02:00 N 21:46:00 E”, Locale: “Forest”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “SWL”, Strangeness: “8”

Event 21545 (E4A328B6)

Date: 10/26/1959
Location: Toccoa, GA
Description: (McDonald list) (NICAP: 01 - Distant Encounters, BB: BBU)
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_2418

Event 21546 (5697A3D8)

Date: End of 10/1959
Location: FRANCE, Aubagne/ Madrague de Montredon
Description: (Translated from French) Mrs. Moulet and her three children were outside around 6 pm. She saw an ovoid object descending in a horizontal position, the back of it was steel-like and polished, at the front was a strong light and above it a large window above a platform. Through this window about twenty figures were visible: good-looking, tall, wearing white suits with short sleeves, officer collars, fair complexion, wavy blond hair, smiling, with an impression of laughter. The craft gave the impression of a boat cutting through the waves. It moved without a sound. A slight vibration before it left in 2 or 3 seconds. (October, end of 1959)
Reference: M. FIGUET/ J.L. RUCHON: “Ovni, Premier dossier complet…” ed. Alain Lefeuvre 1979, p. 239, 240
Reference: Mini catalogue chronologique des observations OVNI, by Godelieve Van Overmeire
Source: Overmeire, ID: Overmeire_2143

Event 21547 (00600B64)

Date: 10/28/1959
Time: 21:20
Location: VALPARAISO, CHL
Description: Astronomer / (seen thru) telescope and several. Orange concave disk maneuvers. / r242p120+news.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO’s a HISTORY-1959 (4 booklets) 1999/00 Self published. (Index 426)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_6299

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

Extra Data: Country: “Chile”, Credibility: “9”, Duration: “3”, Elev: “163”, HatchDesc: “VALPARAISO,CHL:ASTRONOMER/TSCOPE+SVRL:ORG.CONCAVE DISK MNVRS:/r242p120+news”, LatLong: “-33.050002 -71.611115”, LatLongDMS: “33:03:00 S 71:36:40 W”, Locale: “Town & City”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “VLP”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 21548 (60130F34)

Date: 10/28/1959
Location: Valparaiso, Chili
Description: Astronomer, others, observed maneuvering orange disc. [NICAP UFOE, X] (NICAP: 01 - Distant Encounters)
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_2419

Event 21549 (BF8DF9F1)

Date: 10/28/1959
Description: An astronomer and several other witnesses saw an orange concave disc-shaped object maneuvering in the sky over Valparaiso, Chile at 9:15 p.m.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: Richard H. Hall, The UFO Evidence (Volume I), p. 120
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_7224

Event 21550 (9C97082D)

Date: 10/30/1959
Location: BRAZIL, Pont de Camarao (Porto Alegre)
Description: (Translated from French) At around 10:55 PM, Colonel Waldemar Carlos Bastide Schneider and his wife saw two blinking UFOs, diamond-shaped, with an apparent size of 45 to 60 cm. They were hovering 5 m above a wood. With the car headlights and then with flashlights, the Colonel made signals to the UFOs which responded in kind. This game lasted for an hour. Suddenly, the two luminous diamonds disappeared suddenly.
Reference: Inforespace n° 34 p. 26, 27
Reference: Mini catalogue chronologique des observations OVNI, by Godelieve Van Overmeire
Source: Overmeire, ID: Overmeire_2142

Event 21551 (C8B0D769)

Date: 10/30/1959 (approximate)
Time: 18:00
Location: AUBAGNE, FR
Description: Saucer over line / shoppers. 20 pseudo-human/entity / white suits / transparent dome laugh! / r30p239.
Type: sighting
Reference: LUMIERES DANS la NUIT (LDLN), Paris. Bimonthly since 1957. LDLN B.P.3; 77123 Le Vaudoue, FRANCE. (Index 125)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_6300

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, SCR: Classic saucer/disk/sphere shaped UFO, PSH: Pseudo-human: Clone/organic robot/human-like, OBS: Observation/chasing vehicles, HUM: Humans affected: Injury/burns/marks/abduction/death, TCH: New technical details/clues, CMF: Camouflage/disguise

Extra Data: Country: “France”, Credibility: “7”, Duration: “15”, HatchDesc: “AUBAGNE,FR:SCR OVR LINE/SHOPPERS:20 PSH/WHT SUITS/XPRNT DOME LAUGH!:/r30p239”, LatLong: “43.300002 5.566667”, LatLongDMS: “43:18:00 N 05:34:00 E”, Locale: “Town & City”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Bouches-du-Rhône”, Strangeness: “9”

Event 21552 (B7D3F194)

Date: 10/30/1959
Time: 19:30
Location: MONTEVIDEO, URUG
Description: Several observer(s). Dark metallic hubcap-saucer going north. Turns going west. Turns and speeds going east.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO’s a HISTORY-1959 (4 booklets) 1999/00 Self published. (Index 427)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_6301

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: “Uruguay”, Credibility: “8”, Duration: “2”, Elev: “29”, HatchDesc: “MONTEVIDEO,URUG:SVRL OBS:DRK MTLC HUBCAP-SCR > N:TURNS >W:TURNS+SPEEDS >E”, LatLong: “-34.833335 -56.150003”, LatLongDMS: “34:50:00 S 56:09:00 W”, Locale: “Metropolis”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “MNT”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 21553 (757B2F8E)

Date: 10/30/1959
Description: A domed disc hovered over a queue of shoppers in the city of Aubagne, Bouches-Rhone, France at 6 p.m. Twenty human-looking occupants were visible inside the transparent dome, and appeared to be laughing at them.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: Lumieres dans la Nuit, issue 125
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_7302

Event 21554 (4CDBA9EC)

Date: 10/31/1959
Time: 05:00
Location: OHINGAITI HILL, NZ
Description: Large street lamp follows 2 / car / 100km. Scouts valley. Quickly going up / daybreak.
Type: sighting
Reference: FLYING SAUCER REVIEW (FSR), London. Bimonthly. PO Box 162; High Wycombe, Bucks. HP135 DZ, England. (Index 74)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_6302

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, CMF: Camouflage/disguise

Extra Data: Country: “New Zealand”, Credibility: “7”, Duration: “70”, HatchDesc: “OHINGAITI HILL,NZ:LRG STREET LAMP FOLOS 2/CAR/100km:SCOUTS VALLEY:↑↑/daybreak”, LatLong: “-39.861113 175.694453”, LatLongDMS: “39:51:40 S 175:41:40 E”, Locale: “Desert”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “NI”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 21555 (E14BF9C3)

Date: 10/31/1959
Location: Soviet Union
Description: Soviet Col. Georgy Mosolov reaches an airspeed record of 1,484 mph in a Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-21 over the Soviet Union.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Wikipedia, “Georgy Mosolov”
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_3366

Event 21556 (33C950E1)

Date: 10/31/1959
Description: Two brothers with the last name of Hawkins were followed for 95 kilometers between Marton and Matamata, New Zealand by a luminous object that looked like a large street lamp. The UFO maneuvered around their car when they stopped near Oningaiti, New Zealand and it ascended vertically at daybreak. The incident began at 4:15 a.m. and continued until the break of day.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: Peter Rogerson, World-Wide Catalog of Type 1 Reports, in the Merseyside UFO Bulletin, citing Flying Saucer Review, March-April 1960, p. 17
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_7333

Event 21557 (D45980FE)

Date: 11/1959
Description: (Translated from French) A full-scale mockup of an A-12 is delivered to Groom Lake by truck, for radar signature testing.
Reference: McIninch
Reference: rr0 - Beau
Source: rr0, ID: rr0_1827

Event 21558 (F94C7733)

Date: 11/1959
Location: Area 51 in Nevada
Description: A full-scale mockup of the A-12 is shipped to Area 51 in Nevada for radar signature testing by EG&G.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Peter W. Merlin, “Groom Lake Timeline: The First Fifty Years,” Secret Heroes, November 10, 2021
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_3367

Event 21559 (7196D904)

Date: 11/2/1959
Time: 12:00
Location: EVORA, PORTUGAL
Description: Scientists and many. 2 saucers. 1 maneuvers. 10-legged bug found in angel hair.
Type: sighting
Reference: LOURENCO, Victor: The PORTUCAT CATALOG; (BBS Download). (Index 66)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_6303

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, HQO: High-quality observer(s), SCI: Scientist involvement, ODD: Atypical/Forteana/paranormal, SCR: Classic saucer/disk/sphere shaped UFO, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), ANI: Animals affected or injuries/marks, TRC: Physical traces, TCH: New technical details/clues

Extra Data: Country: “Portugal”, Credibility: “10”, Duration: “5”, HatchDesc: “EVORA,PORTUGAL:SCIs+MANY:2 SCRS:1 MNVRS:10-LEGGED BUG FOUND IN ANGEL HAIR”, LatLong: “38.583335 -7.883334”, LatLongDMS: “38:35:00 N 07:53:00 W”, Locale: “Town & City”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “AAL”, Strangeness: “10”

Event 21560 (5EF9BF07)

Date: 11/2/1959
Time: 22:00?
Location: BEACH NEAR PORTO ALEGRE, BRZ
Description: 4 / car. Domed saucer going [to] overhead. 2 saucers form cylinder/cylindrical object between them!
Type: sighting
Reference: INFORESPACE Journal. SOBEPS Group, Belgium; bimonthly (Index 35)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_6304

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

Extra Data: Country: “Brazil”, Credibility: “8”, Duration: “10”, Elev: “30”, HatchDesc: “BEACH nr PORTO ALEGRE,BRZ:4/CAR:DOMED SCR>OVHD::2 SCRS FORM CYL BETWEEN THEM!”, LatLong: “-30.066668 -51.200002”, LatLongDMS: “30:04:00 S 51:12:00 W”, Locale: “Pasture”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “RGS”, Strangeness: “7”

Event 21561 (356167A2)

Date: 11/2/1959
Locations: Evora, Portugal; University of Lisbon
Description: 12:00 noon. A substance described as angel hair falls from two UFOs seen in Evora, Portugal, and is collected and analyzed under a microscope by a school director, Dr. Amaral, and later by armed forces technicians and scientists at the University of Lisbon. The scientists conclude that the substance is produced by a small insect or some strange kind of single-celled organism about 4 millimeters in length.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Hayley Price, “Evora Angel Hair,” UFO Weekly News; Nicole Guardiola, “An Extraterrestrial Living Being, Captured and Studied Eighteen Years Ago,” translated from El País, October 13, 1978
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_3368

Event 21562 (E278AFC8)

Date: 11/3/1959
Time: 21:30
Location: EAST / KENNINGTON, NZ
Description: 2 / car. 12M rectangle / trees. Going quickly north as car nears. / APRO Nv’59+/ r143#4.
Type: sighting
Reference: FLYING SAUCER REVIEW (FSR), London. Bimonthly. PO Box 162; High Wycombe, Bucks. HP135 DZ, England. (Index 74)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_6305

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

Extra Data: Country: “New Zealand”, Credibility: “7”, Duration: “1”, HatchDesc: “E/KENNINGTON,NZ:2/CAR:12M RECTANGLE/TREES:>>N as car nears:/APRO Nv’59+/r143#4”, LatLong: “-46.383336 168.500008”, LatLongDMS: “46:23:00 S 168:30:00 E”, Locale: “Pasture”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “SI”, Strangeness: “7”

Event 21563 (16D183C0)

Date: 11/3/1959
Location: Utica, NY
Description: Stationary round yellow-white obj move away, disappear, then reappear (NICAP: 01 - Distant Encounters, BB: BBU)
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_2420

Event 21564 (167D7A25)

Date: 11/5/1959
Location: ELVAS, PORTUGAL
Description: Several observer(s). Strange object seems to shoot fire. Seen / 2 hours. / O Seculo.
Type: sighting
Reference: LOURENCO, Victor: The PORTUCAT CATALOG; (BBS Download). (Index 67)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_6306

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: “Portugal”, Credibility: “9”, Duration: “120”, HatchDesc: “ELVAS,PORTUGAL:SVRL OBS:STRANGE OBJ SEEMS TO SHOOT FIRE:SEEN/2hrs:/O SECULO”, LatLong: “38.883335 -7.183334”, LatLongDMS: “38:53:00 N 07:11:00 W”, Locale: “Pasture”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “AAL”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 21565 (606E5C11)

Date: 11/5/1959
Location: Montauk AFB, Long Island, NY
Description: Three Radars Track Blip (McDonald list) (NICAP: 09 - RADAR Cases, Code: R, Rating: 0, BB: BBU)
Reference: NICAP: 591105
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_2421

Event 21566 (30DD7933)

Date: 11/6/1959
Time: 05:00
Location: STATESVILLE, NC AND MORE/OTHERS
Description: Blue ball / light paces car / miles. Stops with car 6X. Separate observer(s).
Type: sighting
Reference: FLYING SAUCER REVIEW (FSR), London. Bimonthly. PO Box 162; High Wycombe, Bucks. HP135 DZ, England. (Index 73)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_6307

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

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “8”, Duration: “30”, Elev: “281”, HatchDesc: “STATESVILLE,NC++:BLU BALL/LITE PACES CAR/MILES:STOPS WITH CAR 6X:SEP.OBS”, LatLong: “35.783335 -80.888893”, LatLongDMS: “35:47:00 N 80:53:20 W”, Locale: “Pasture”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “North Carolina”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 21567 (D1126E4E)

Date: 11/8/1959
Time: 10:00?
Location: SOUTH / ALVIN, TX
Description: Cylinder/cigar-shape follows gasoline truck / miles. Drops and sprays highway with fog. Missing time. / MJ#259.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO’s a HISTORY-1959 (4 booklets) 1999/00 Self published. (Index 434)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_6308

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, VEH: Vehicle affected: Marks/damage/EME effects, TCH: New technical details/clues, OGA: Non-Covert Government Agencies, CMF: Camouflage/disguise

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “6”, Duration: “44”, Elev: “11”, HatchDesc: “S/ALVIN,TX:CGR FOLOS GASOLINE TRUCK/MILES:DROPS+SPRAYS HWY W/FOG:MST:/MJ#259”, LatLong: “29.366668 -95.244449”, LatLongDMS: “29:22:00 N 95:14:40 W”, Locale: “Pasture”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Texas”, Strangeness: “7”

Event 21568 (781F4E1E)

Date: 11/8/1959
Time: 11:20
Location: EVERGLADES NOT PLOTTED ON MAPS, FL
Description: PAA aero RADAR’s. Huge ovoid blip / fast maneuvers. Quickly going up [to] to space / 6500 kph.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO’s a HISTORY-1959 (4 booklets) 1999/00 Self published. (Index 432)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_6309

Attributes: GND: 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: “20”, Elev: “4”, HatchDesc: “EVERGLADES NP,FL:PAA AERO RDRS:HUGE OVOID BLIP/FAST MNVRS:↑↑ TO SPACE/6500 kph”, LatLong: “25.416668 -80.833337”, LatLongDMS: “25:25:00 N 80:50:00 W”, Locale: “Wetlands”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Florida”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 21569 (4FC8437B)

Date: 11/8/1959
Location: Kandahar, Afghanistan
Description: A large, luminous object is seen moving at great speed over Kandahar, Afghanistan, to the northwest. Shortly afterward it explodes with a loud roar in nearby mountains, causing some slight earth tremors. Possible Russian missile test.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Good Above, p. 308
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_3369

Event 21570 (66026DD3)

Date: 11/8/1959
Description: On this morning a cigar-shaped UFO followed a gasoline tanker truck for miles in Austin, Texas. It dropped down and sprayed the highway with fog. Later, it was realized that the driver had experienced approximately 40 minutes of missing time.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: Larry Hatch,U computer database, case # 5860, citing Loren E. Gross, The Fifth Horseman of the Apocalypse: UFOs: A History. 1959: October-December, p. 34
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_7535

Event 21571 (A23BD0D0)

Date: 11/10/1959
Description: Requests to transfer responsibility for UFO investigations from ATIC to ARDC are sent to Maj. Gen. Charles B. Dougher (ATIC commander), Col. Philip G. Evans (ATIC Deputy for Sciences and Components), and Maj. Gen. James H. Walsh (AF Assistant Chief of Staff for Intelligence).
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: “Saucer Reading Fest,” Saturday Night Uforia, January 25, 2019
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_3370

Event 21572 (FA6F4EDE)

Date: 11/12/1959
Description: The first completely free flight of an Avrocar takes place. This test proves the nozzle control system unacceptable.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Wikipedia, “Avro Canada VZ-9 Avrocar”
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_3371

Event 21573 (0A9CC26C)

Date: 11/15/1959
Description: The witness, a young man who was on leave from the Army, had been driving on U.S. highway 99 near Marysville, California with two friends when he suddenly found himself onboard a hovering, bluish-white craft. His two friends had apparently been put to sleep and were not disturbed. The witness was taken by six four-foot tall humanoids with large human like eyes to a room that had many instruments, and was given a medical examination. The beings wore silvery gray outfits with a dark triangle-like insignia on their chest. They glided above the floor instead of walking. The witness was later deposited back in his vehicle unharmed.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: Albert S. Rosales, Humanoid Contact Database 1959, case # 196, citing Nick H. Edwards, CUFORN Bulletin, November-December 1988
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_7687

Event 21574 (5AD908E9)

Date: 11/16/1959
Locations: Czech Air Force; Czechoslovakian airfield; Czech Republic
Description: 8:00 p.m. Czech Air Force officer Commander Duchoň is driving with another officer named Bezák to a Czechoslovakian airfield [now in the Czech Republic] to supervise night-flying exercises. At about 6 miles from the airfield, the car engine begins to stall. Suddenly they see a light sapphire-colored band moving at high speed at an altitude of 1,600–2,600 feet. It is completely silent. Some minutes later they are able to start the car again. Personnel at the airfield tell them they had seen a flaming ball that rotated, made a 90° turn, and passed over the airfield again. The tower tracks the object on radar at an altitude of 3,000 feet during its second pass. The object is about 500 feet in diameter with a glowing ring around it.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: “Saucers and the Iron Curtain: A Report from Czechoslovakia,” Flying Saucer Review 6, no. 4 (July/Aug. 1960): 31–32
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_3372

Event 21575 (9D3FA5EB)

Date: 11/17/1959
Time: 09:20
Location: VERDI, NV
Description: 3 / car / US40. 3 silver-white flat-bottom cone-saucers going [to] overhead / 8000M altitude. / news.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO’s a HISTORY-1959 (4 booklets) 1999/00 Self published. (Index 439)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_6310

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: “1471”, HatchDesc: “VERDI,NV:3/CAR/US40:3 SLVR-WHT FLAT-BOTTOM CONE-SCRS > OVHD/8000M alt:/news”, LatLong: “39.516669 -119.966672”, LatLongDMS: “39:31:00 N 119:58:00 W”, Locale: “Mountains”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, RelAlt: “2400”, State/Prov: “Nevada”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 21576 (98665267)

Date: 11/18/1959
Description: (Translated from French) Observation in the South of Crystal Springs (Mississippi). (November 18)
Reference: case Blue Book #6600 unsolved
Reference: rr0 - Beau
Source: rr0, ID: rr0_1828

Event 21577 (788FAB8E)

Date: 11/18/1959
Time: 18:30
Location: SOUTH / CRYSTAL SPRS, MS
Description: Project Bluebook Case #6600. 1 observer. Row / red lights drifts then off / fantastic speed.
Type: sighting
Reference: BERLINER, DON: The BLUEBOOK UNKNOWNS; (FUFOR). (Index 28)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_6311

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), MIL: Military investigation, BBK: Project BLUEBOOK

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “6”, Duration: “6”, Elev: “140”, HatchDesc: “S/CRYSTAL Sprs,MS:BBK#6600:1 OBS:ROW/RED LITES DRIFTS THEN OFF/FANTASTIC SPEED”, LatLong: “31.966668 -90.355560”, LatLongDMS: “31:58:00 N 90:21:20 W”, Locale: “Farmlands”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Mississippi”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 21578 (1D55D35C)

Date: 11/18/1959
Location: Crystal Springs (South of), MS
Description: A row of red lights fly slow, then accelerate immensely (NICAP: 01 - Distant Encounters, BB: 6600)
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_2422

Event 21579 (BC2AC585)

Date: 11/18/1959
Time: 6:25 PM
Location: Crystal Springs, Mississippi
Description: Witness: J.M. Porter. A row of red lights flew slow, then speeded up immensely. Sighting lasted 5-6 minutes.
Type: ufo sighting
Reference: BlueBook Unknowns PDF
Source: BerlinerBBUnknowns, ID: BerlinerBBU_444

Event 21580 (53BBCF3E)

Date: 11/18/1959
Description: At 6:25 a.m. in Crystal Springs, Mississippi Mr. J. M. Porter witnessed a row of red lights that flew slowly through the sky, and then sped up incredibly fast. His sighting lasted from 5-6 minutes.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: Don Berliner, Project Bluebook UFO Unknowns
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_7729

Event 21581 (AFDEDE4E)

Date: 11/19/1959
Location: Yukon, Oklahoma
Description: Otis T. Carr is convicted in federal court of selling unregistered securities to Gurney G. Warnberg, a pilot and railroad man in Yukon, Oklahoma, and fined $5,000. Unable to pay, Carr works off his fine in jail at a dollar a day.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Clark III 861
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_3373

Event 21582 (1E593ADE)

Date: 11/20/1959
Time: 04:20
Location: WEST / BLACKWOOD, SOUTH AUSTRALIA
Description: 2 cops. Disk with transparent dome skims sea going north. Maneuvers past moon.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO’s a HISTORY-1959 (4 booklets) 1999/00 Self published. (Index 439)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_6312

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

Extra Data: Country: “Australia”, Credibility: “7”, Duration: “5”, HatchDesc: “W/BLACKWOOD,S.AUSTRL:2 COPS:DISK W/XPRNT DOME SKIMS SEA >N:MNVRS PAST MOON”, LatLong: “-35.016668 138.416673”, LatLongDMS: “35:01:00 S 138:25:00 E”, Locale: “Coastlands”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “South Australia”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 21583 (D0F001F6)

Date: 11/20/1959
Description: In 1959, at 4:15 a.m. in Adelaide Hills, South Australia a flat object with a large bubble on top was seen just before sunrise. It reflected light from the Moon, and appeared to skim above the waves on the ocean. It flew to the North, and was seen again over the city.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: Michael Hervey, UFOs over the Southern Hemisphere, p. 169.
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_7746

Event 21584 (5FEF0815)

Date: 11/23/1959
Time: 19:30
Location: KOIABAGIRI, PAPUA-NG
Description: 3 observer(s). Brilliant disk half-moon-size going down / cloud. Dark ‘boat’ under.
Type: sighting
Reference: The APRO BULLETIN: Monthly. Jim & Coral Lorenzen: Tucson,AZ (USA. defunct) By volume and number. (Index 721)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_6313

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: “Pacific Ocean and non - Asian islands”, Credibility: “8”, Duration: “60”, Elev: “2”, HatchDesc: “KOIABAGIRI,PAPUA-NG:3 OBS:BRILL.DISK HALF-MOONSIZE ↓/CLOUD:DRK ‘BOAT’ UNDER”, LatLong: “-9.800000 149.750007”, LatLongDMS: “09:48:00 S 149:45:00 E”, Locale: “Islands”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “PNG”, Strangeness: “7”

Event 21585 (3E540FB9)

Date: 11/24/1959
Time: 13:00?
Location: NEW FERRY, ENGL
Description: Housewife. Silver saucer with yellow lit dome. Spins. Light flashes. Going NNE.
Type: sighting
Reference: FLYING SAUCER REVIEW (FSR), London. Bimonthly. PO Box 162; High Wycombe, Bucks. HP135 DZ, England. (Index 74)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_6314

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: “9”, HatchDesc: “NEW FERRY,ENGL:HOUSEWIFE:SLVR SCR W/YLW LIT DOME:SPINS:LITE FLASHES:>NNE”, LatLong: “53.350003 -3.000000”, LatLongDMS: “53:21:00 N 03:00:00 W”, Locale: “Residential”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “England”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 21586 (E8B53DAA)

Date: 11/24/1959
Time: 18:20
Location: PRAIA, CAPE VERDE ISLANDS
Description: Luminous object surrounded by halo with pulsing light. / Novidades.
Type: sighting
Reference: LOURENCO, Victor: The PORTUCAT CATALOG; (BBS Download). (Index 68)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_6315

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

Extra Data: Country: “Atlantic Ocean + islands”, Credibility: “7”, Duration: “2”, Elev: “5”, HatchDesc: “PRAIA,CAPE VERDE ISLs:LUMN.OBJ SURROUNDED BY HALO W/PULSING LITE:/NOVIDADES”, LatLong: “15.000001 -23.500001”, LatLongDMS: “15:00:00 N 23:30:00 W”, Locale: “Islands”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “CVI”, Strangeness: “7”

Event 21587 (2E46FF82)

Date: 11/24/1959
Description: At 1:00 p.m. Mrs. Sperring in New Ferry, Cheshire, England watched a silver domed disc with a yellow illuminated dome. It was spinning, and had flashing lights. It flew off to the north-northeast.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: Larry Hatch, U computer database, case # 5866; FSR, March 1960
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_7869

Event 21588 (5E4B5649)

Date: 11/28/1959
Time: 19:00
Location: EAST / BASIN, WY
Description: 2 / farm. White-glow cone-saucer / night light hovers. Going down [to] low. Going up [to] and hovers high as observer(s) near.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO’s a HISTORY-1959 (4 booklets) 1999/00 Self published. (Index 445)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_6316

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: “1180”, HatchDesc: “E/BASIN,WY:2/FARM:WHT-GLOW CONE-SCR/NLT HVRS:↓ LOW:↑+HVRS HIGH as obs near”, LatLong: “44.377780 -108.000005”, LatLongDMS: “44:22:40 N 108:00:00 W”, Locale: “Farmlands”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Wyoming”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 21589 (0FABCA49)

Date: 12/1959
Location: NORWAY, Namsenfjorden
Description: (Translated from French) At around 10pm, Lorentz Johnson was on his way home to Skomsvoll when he saw a cigar-shaped, red glowing object with windows hovering at 50m altitude. Suddenly, the UFO ejected two long objects into the fjord. Another witness was present at the scene and although he saw nothing strange, he heard splashing noises. Five years later, a fisherman caught something on the bottom of the fjord that he could not bring up. A colleague with a sonar on board located a sizeable object. This was confirmed in 1968 when a UFO group detected an object 20 feet long at 100m depth. Whatever means were used, it was never possible to bring it up.
Reference: Janet and Colin BORD: “Modern Mysteries of the World” - Guild Publishing London 1989, p. 163, 164
Reference: Mini catalogue chronologique des observations OVNI, by Godelieve Van Overmeire
Source: Overmeire, ID: Overmeire_2146

Event 21590 (27472865)

Date: 12/1959
Time: 05:50
Location: PROBERTA, CA
Description: Truck radio and lights electro-magnetic effect (EME). Saucer hovers. Going [to] east-northeast. Observer(s) felt lifted. Battery melted.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO’s a HISTORY-1959 (4 booklets) 1999/00 Self published. (Index 459)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_6317

Attributes: 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, EME: Electro-Magnetic Effects, TCH: New technical details/clues

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “6”, Duration: “2”, Elev: “77”, HatchDesc: “PROBERTA,CA:TRUCK RDO+LITES EME:SCR HVRS:>ENE:OBS FELT LIFTED:BATTERY MELTED”, LatLong: “40.083335 -122.172228”, LatLongDMS: “40:05:00 N 122:10:20 W”, Locale: “Farmlands”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “California”, Strangeness: “8”

Event 21591 (E801E3CD)

Date: 12/1959
Description: The new edition of Ruppelt’s The Report on Unidentified Flying Objects is published with three new UFO debunking chapters, the last of which is completely different in tone from the rest of the book. He claims there is no Air Force secrecy on UFOs and NICAP is just a bunch of grandstanding nuts.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Clark III 1024; Michael Hall and Wendy Connors, “The Forgotten Letters of Edward J. Ruppelt,” IUR 24, no. 4 (Winter 1999): 20–26, 30, 32; Swords 301
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_3374

Event 21592 (4A185080)

Date: 12/1959
Location: London
Description: The London UFO Research Organisation is founded by Paul Teugells, Nigel Stephenson, Susanne Stebbing, and Roy Stemman, and begins publishing a monthly magazine, LUFORO Bulletin.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: LUFORO Newsletter, no. 1 (December 1959)
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_3375

Event 21593 (212841C6)

Date: 12/1959
Locations: Cambridge, Massachusetts; National Space Surveillance Control Center (NSSCC)
Description: Project Space Track moves to a new building in Cambridge, Massachusetts, the National Space Surveillance Control Center (NSSCC), which is formally dedicated on February 9, 1960. The NSSCC is part of the Air Force Command and Control Development Division, Air Research and Development Command. Harold O. Curtis of Lincoln Laboratory is the director of the NSSCC.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Wikipedia, “Project Space Track”
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_3376

Event 21594 (937AFA25)

Date: 12/1959
Locations: US Highway 99 near Proberta, California; Sierra foothills
Description: 5:45 a.m. Larry Jensen is driving to work on US Highway 99 near Proberta, California, when his radio begins making “snapping” noises, and his lights dim. He pulls over to the side of the road and gets out to check his headlights, which he finds are shining feebly. He notices a huge, bright, bluish-green, crescent-shaped object hovering about 60 feet above the road a quarter of a mile behind him. It appears to be 80–90 feet across and 15– 20 feet thick. Suddenly and inexplicably, he finds his clothes are soaked and he feels an alarming feeling as if he is getting crushed inside. He also feels as if he is being sucked up into the object. He grabs for a car door, then collides with a side mirror and staggers backward, but manages to get inside. Looking out the right-door window, he sees the UFO a few miles away, heading northeast and climbing at a shallow angle over the Sierra foothills. It vanishes within 10 seconds. Jensen’s car lights come back on. He resumes driving, but 600 feet away is forced to stop because he smells burning rubber. The battery caps are blown out, and the battery is swollen out of shape, the generator is not working, and the armature and field wires have melted together. Later, he finds it odd that he has not encountered another single car during or after the episode.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Clark III 866; Loren E. Gross, The Fifth Horseman of the Apocalypse: UFOs, a History: 1959 October–December, The Author, 2000, pp. 56–59
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_3377

Event 21595 (85B84CA5)

Date: End of 1959
Location: BRAZIL, Tres Cerros
Description: (Translated from French) The foreman came to warn the farmer Sesefredo Silveira Gomes that a wheel-less circular object was stopped on a small marshy island. He added that he saw small men coming out of the machine. (1959, end of year)
Reference: Inforespace n°35 - p. 19
Reference: Mini catalogue chronologique des observations OVNI, by Godelieve Van Overmeire
Source: Overmeire, ID: Overmeire_2145

Event 21596 (421A4960)

Date: End of 1959
Location: BRAZIL, Guaiba (Porto Alegre)
Description: (Translated from French) The witnesses saw a plane coming down in flames. This fire went out on the edge of the road 8 m above their car. It was a round object about 5 m in diameter, with a copper dome and bumps. A rim made of 3 rings spaced 30 cm apart encircled the object. The rings were not in contact with the body of the object. The outer rings shone like white metal and were of low thickness. The central ring was darker, had a thickness of about 5 cm. Under the craft was dissipating a white luminosity. It inclined at 45° presenting its dome where no opening was visible. During this maneuver the rings remained parallel to the ground. (1959, end of year)
Reference: Inforespace n° 35 - p. 19
Reference: Mini catalogue chronologique des observations OVNI, by Godelieve Van Overmeire
Source: Overmeire, ID: Overmeire_2147

Event 21597 (B11321F7)

Date: 12/1/1959
Time: 21:30
Location: EAST FONTANA, CA
Description: 2 cops. Lampshade saucer lights area. Beams going down. Going quickly [to] very fast. Contrail. / FSRv6#2.
Type: sighting
Reference: The APRO BULLETIN: Monthly. Jim & Coral Lorenzen: Tucson,AZ (USA. defunct) By volume and number. (Index 721)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_6318

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, NWS: News media report, SCR: Classic saucer/disk/sphere shaped UFO, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), OBS: Observation/chasing vehicles, RAY: Odd light/searchlight/beam/laser-like, DRT: Dirt/soil traces/marks/footprints etc., OGA: Non-Covert Government Agencies

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “7”, Duration: “3”, Elev: “380”, HatchDesc: “E.FONTANA,CA:2 COPS:LAMPSHADE SCR LITES AREA:BEAMS ↓:>>VFAST:CONTRAIL:/FSRv6#2”, LatLong: “34.100002 -117.416672”, LatLongDMS: “34:06:00 N 117:25:00 W”, Locale: “Residential”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “California”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 21598 (110DE11B)

Date: 12/1/1959
Location: Washington, D.C.
Description: At a NASA news conference in Washington, D.C., Cal Tech geochemist Harrison Brown suggests that boneless animals similar to jellyfish abound in oceans on Venus. The speculation comes in the wake of the discovery that the planet’s atmosphere contains water vapor.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: “Scientist Says Jellyfish May Live on Venus,” Wilmington (Del.) News Journal, December 2, 1959, p. 29
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_3378

Event 21599 (A3DD05D6)

Date: 12/2/1959
Location: GHAZNI, AFGHANISTAN
Description: Bright saucer seen going quickly southwest / 2 min. Possible Soviet missile.
Type: sighting
Reference: GOOD, Timothy: ABOVE TOP SECRET; Sidgewick & Jackson, London 1987 & Quill Books, 1988. 592pp. (Index 308)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_6319

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

Extra Data: Country: “Afghanistan”, Credibility: “8”, Duration: “2”, HatchDesc: “GHAZNI,AFGHANISTAN:BRIGHT SCR SEEN >>SW/2 MIN:possible Soviet missile”, LatLong: “33.633335 68.622225”, LatLongDMS: “33:38:00 N 68:37:20 E”, Locale: “Town & City”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Ghazni”, Strangeness: “4”

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21600 (7EE2FB9A)
Date: 12/2/1959
Location: Ghazni, Afghanistan
Description: A bright, circular object is seen in the sky heading southwest over Ghazni, Afghanistan. It disappears after 2 minutes.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Good Above, p. 308
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_3379

Event 21601 (ED95A890)

Date: 12/3/1959
Time: 21:50
Location: CHATTON, NZ
Description: 4 observer(s). Saucer going northeast. Stops and circles / 45 minutes. Bright glow / edge. Lost in clouds.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO’s a HISTORY-1959 (4 booklets) 1999/00 Self published. (Index 448)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_6320

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: “45”, HatchDesc: “CHATTON,NZ:4 OBS:SCR >NE:STOPS+CCLS/45 mins:BRITE GLOW/EDGE:LOST in CLOUDS”, LatLong: “-45.983336 168.916675”, LatLongDMS: “45:59:00 S 168:55:00 E”, Locale: “Farmlands”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “SI”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 21602 (24F07412)

Date: 12/3/1959
Description: In 1959 on a cloudy night on a farm near Chatton, New Zealand a disc flew in around 9:45 p.m. flying toward the northeast, stopped and then circled for 45 minutes. It gave off a bright glow around its rim. It was finally lost from sight behind the clouds.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: Larry Hatch, U computer database, citing Loren E. Gross, UFOs: A History, 1959, volume 4
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_8160

Event 21603 (7DC70146)

Date: 12/4/1959
Location: USA
Description: (Translated from French) The rhesus monkey “Sam” reached 85 km in a Little Joe rocket.
Reference: Inforespace n° 49, 1980, p. 14, 15
Reference: Mini catalogue chronologique des observations OVNI, by Godelieve Van Overmeire
Source: Overmeire, ID: Overmeire_2144

Event 21604 (E5C06099)

Date: 12/5/1959
Description: After five flights, testing of the Avrocar is temporarily halted, by which time it has logged 18.5 hours of test time in total.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Wikipedia, “Avro Canada VZ-9 Avrocar”
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_3380

Event 21605 (11B3249C)

Date: 12/7/1959
Description: Maj. Gen. James H. Walsh writes to Lt. Gen. Bernard A. Schriever, commander of ARDC, regarding transfer of UFO duties.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: “Saucer Reading Fest,” Saturday Night Uforia, January 25, 2019
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_3381

Event 21606 (085F5512)

Date: 12/11/1959
Description: A memo reaches CIA head Allen Dulles’s desk recommending the removal of Fidel Castro. He sets the wheels in motion.
Reference: Eberhart
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_3382

Event 21607 (D4B713E4)

Date: 12/13/1959
Locations: La Orchila Island, Venezuela; Caribbean
Description: Karl Lars Dersson is walking on the deck of the Danish tanker Dorthe Mærsk just north of La Orchila Island, Venezuela. He sees a brilliant cone-shaped object descending from the sky and alerts the crew. It gets brighter as it nears the surface of the Caribbean, and the crew hear a loud concussion as it enters the water. The surface becomes turbulent and brilliant with many colors.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Lorenzen, UFOs over the Americas, Signet, 1968, pp. 50–51
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_3383

Event 21608 (FD93AB00)

Date: 12/13/1959
Locations: Fort Bliss; El Paso, Texas
Description: Early evening. A rocket project officer at Fort Bliss in El Paso, Texas, is out looking at the Moon with binoculars when a lighted object approaches the Moon very slowly in the six o’clock position. Once nearly in line with the lunar edge, it begins a precision journey, skirting the edge until it reaches three o’clock. It then leaves on a straight track directly away. During the observation, the man calls his wife and two neighbors to watch the performance.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Michael D. Swords, “Gazing at the Moons,” IUR 32, no. 4 (October 2009): 14–15
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_3384

Event 21609 (11B450F2)

Date: 12/13/1959
Description: A brilliant cone giving off flares descended into the ocean near La Orchila Island in the Dependencias Federales chain of islands belonging to Venezuela. The witnesses were three crewmen aboard the ship SS Dorthemaersk. After the object submerged the sea became brilliant with many bright colors and very turbulent at that spot.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: Jim & Coral Lorenzen, UFOs over the Americas, p. 50
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_8369

Event 21610 (1D9286B7)

Date: 12/15/1959
Location: Edwards AFB, California
Description: USAF Maj. Joseph Rogers attains an airspeed of 1,526 mph in a Convair F-106 Delta Dart at Edwards AFB, California.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Wikipedia, “Convair F-106 Delta Dart”
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_3385

Event 21611 (7BD89019)

Date: 12/17/1959
Time: 08:00
Location: HAVERHILL, MA
Description: 4 kids / bus. Flash! Round silver domed object going down / field. Door opens. Figure exits!
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO’s a HISTORY-1959 (4 booklets) 1999/00 Self published. (Index 453)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_6321

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, NWS: News media report, SCR: Classic saucer/disk/sphere shaped UFO, FIG: Undefined or poorly seen figure/entity, LND: UFO landing or any part touches ground

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “6”, Duration: “1”, Elev: “8”, HatchDesc: “HAVERHILL,MA:4 KIDS/BUS:FLASH!:RND SLVR DOMED OBJ ↓/FLD:DOOR OPENS:FIG.EXITS!”, LatLong: “42.772224 -71.072226”, LatLongDMS: “42:46:20 N 71:04:20 W”, Locale: “Residential”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Massachusetts”, Strangeness: “8”

Event 21612 (7853E3A4)

Date: 12/17/1959
Description: On this day at eight o’clock in the morning four children on a school bus in Haverhill, Massachusetts saw a flash in the sky, then watched a silver, domed disc land in a field. A door in the craft opened and a humanoid occupant exited.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: Loren E. Gross, The Fifth Horseman of the Apocalypse: UFOs: A History. 1959: October-December
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_8463

Event 21613 (E77809DE)

Date: 12/18/1959
Location: S Victoria Island, CAN
Description: (McDonald list) (NICAP: 01 - Distant Encounters, BB: BBU)
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_2423

Event 21614 (85BEEF03)

Date: 12/19/1959
Time: 17:20
Location: BURGOON, OH
Description: 2 observer(s). Saucer going down [to] tilted. Slow spin. Plane passes. Object gone!
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO’s a HISTORY-1959 (4 booklets) 1999/00 Self published. (Index 453)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_6322

Attributes: 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: “216”, HatchDesc: “BURGOON,OH:2 OBS:SCR ↓ TILTED:SLO SPIN:PLANE PASSES:OBJ GONE!:”, LatLong: “41.266669 -81.250004”, LatLongDMS: “41:16:00 N 81:15:00 W”, Locale: “Residential”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Ohio”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 21615 (5885FD86)

Date: 12/20/1959
Time: 02:20
Location: REDONDO BEACH, CA
Description: 2 / home. 8 saucers race and play tag. Vibrant bright yellow and bronze. Moon high and full.
Type: sighting
Reference: GROSS, Loren: UFO’s a HISTORY-1959 (4 booklets) 1999/00 Self published. (Index 456)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_6323

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: “18”, HatchDesc: “REDONDO BEACH,CA:2/HOME:8 SCRS RACE+PLAY TAG:VBRITE YLW+BRONZE:moon hi+full”, LatLong: “33.850002 -118.388895”, LatLongDMS: “33:51:00 N 118:23:20 W”, Locale: “Coastlands”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “California”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 21616 (A2A0D63A)

Date: 12/20/1959
Description: At 2:20 a.m. on a clear night with the full Moon high in the sky, eight disc-shaped craft maneuvered and seemed to be playing tag over the shoreline in Redondo Beach, California. They were bright yellow and bronze in color.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: Larry Hatch, U computer database, case 5875, citing Loren Gross, The Fifth Horseman of the Apocalypse. UFOs: A History, 1959 (volume 4), p. 56
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_8530

Event 21617 (E1AEE4B6)

Date: 12/22/1959
Time: 2350
Location: Oakdale, California
Description: Kenneth Lindsley and several other witnesses saw a bright, orange object at ground level. It was bowl-shaped, as wide as the road, and shadows that appeared to be moving could be seen.
Type: ufo sighting
Reference: FSR 60, 3 (Vallee)
Source: ValléeMagonia, ID: Magonia_500

Event 21618 (3BC205D9)

Date: 12/22/1959
Description: Kenneth Lindsey was walking along a road near Modesto, California at around 11:50 at night when he saw a bright, orange bowl-shaped object descend to about 20 feet above the road, extending across the entire roadway. “On it I could see shadows which appeared to be moving, but I could not distinguish what they were.” After two minutes it rose again into the air. There were others in the neighborhood who also saw the object.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: David F. Webb and Ted Bloecher, HUMCAT: Catalogue of Humanoid Reports, case 1959-14, citing Coral Lorenzen, APRO Bulletin, January 1960
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_8561

Event 21619 (FFC9ED22)

Date: 12/23/1959
Time: 00:10
Location: OAKDALE, CA
Description: Several observer(s). Bright orange 7M bowl-saucer. Shadows move inside. / r143#4+/ FSRv6#3.
Type: sighting
Reference: The APRO BULLETIN: Monthly. Jim & Coral Lorenzen: Tucson,AZ (USA. defunct) By volume and number. (Index 721)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_6324

Attributes: GND: 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

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “9”, Duration: “55”, Elev: “47”, HatchDesc: “OAKDALE,CA:SVRL OBS:BRITE ORG 7M BOWL-SCR:shadows move inside:/r143#4+/FSRv6#3”, LatLong: “37.766668 -120.844450”, LatLongDMS: “37:46:00 N 120:50:40 W”, Locale: “Residential”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “California”, Strangeness: “8”

Event 21620 (2DCB100B)

Date: 12/23/1959
Location: Albuquerque (W of), NM
Description: (McDonald list) Three Objects Tracked By MPS-14 At 70,000’ (NICAP: 09 - RADAR Cases, Code: R, Rating: 5, BB: BBU, NC)
Reference: NICAP: 591223
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_2424

Event 21621 (CBAA7A4C)

Date: 12/23/1959
Description: At a few minutes after midnight in Oakdale, California several witnesses sighted a seven-meter wide, bowl-shaped disc. Shadows were seen moving about inside the craft.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: APRO Bulletin, January-February 1960
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_8568

Event 21622 (E06EF9F4)

Date: 12/24/1959
Location: US
Description: Air Force Inspector General brief to Operations and Training Commands: “UFOs Serious Business.” Stated that UFO investigators on base level “should be equipped with binoculars, camera, geiger counter, magnifying glass and have a source for containers in which to store samples.”
Type: briefing
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_886

Event 21623 (9111454F)

Date: 12/24/1959
Description: (Translated from French) Letter from the USAF to base commanders stating that UFO matters should be considered “serious” for the USAF and should ultimately be disclosed to the public (vice versa?). (December 24)
Reference: rr0 - Beau
Source: rr0, ID: rr0_1829

Event 21624 (C4E2C9FE)

Date: 12/24/1959
Description: (Translated from French) Joseph Hynek sets up a number of informal meetings between members of the Blue Book project and the ATIC. It is decided to use the term Unidentified Flying Object and to reexamine cases in light of scientific knowledge of the time.
Reference: rr0 - Beau
Source: rr0, ID: rr0_1830

Event 21625 (13A1EFDB)

Date: 12/24/1959
Description: (Translated from French) Ruppelt changed the conclusion of his book published 3 years earlier.
Reference: rr0 - Beau
Source: rr0, ID: rr0_1831

Event 21626 (0C92B5A5)

Date: 12/24/1959
Description: (Translated from French) Two physicists from Cornell University, Giuseppi Cocconi and Philip Morrison, published an article in the scientific journal Nature in which they discussed the use of microwaves for interstellar communication. They recommended listening on the frequency of 1420 MHz. This article motivated Frank Drake for his project OZMA.
Reference: rr0 - Beau
Source: rr0, ID: rr0_1832

Event 21627 (F32977A8)

Date: 12/24/1959
Location: US
Description: Maj. Gen. Richard E. O’Keefe, acting inspector general of the Air Force, issues instructions pertaining to “UFO business” to every air base commander in the US. The document is not intended for public distribution, but NICAP obtains a copy. Across the top are the words “UFOs Serious Business.” It says that UFOs “must be rapidly and accurately identified as serious USAF business in the ZI [Zone of Interior]” and specifies that UFO investigators “should be equipped with binoculars, camera, Geiger counter, magnifying glass and have a source for containers in which to store samples.” O’Keefe asks that UFO explanations be “reasonable and knowledgeable.”
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Loren E. Gross, The Fifth Horseman of the Apocalypse: UFOs, a History: 1959 October– December, The Author, 2000, pp. 61, 65–66; Swords 286; Good Need, pp. 226, 229
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_3387

Event 21628 (F7233669)

Date: 12/24/1959
Location: US
Description: In private instructions briefing Air Force for Operations and Training Commands, Major General Richard E. O’Keefe, Acting Inspector General, recently warned that UFO sightings would increase. The IG brief was headed “UFOs - SERIOUS BUSINESS.” The AF, he said, was chiefly concerned with defense and technical aspects of the phenomena. Air Force Investigators should use binoculars, cameras, Geiger counters, magnifying glasses, and containers for any “fragments or ground samples” recovered. This order came as the Air Force was again telling the public that the “flying saucers" just don’t exist.
Type: ufo sighting
Reference: The Flying Saucers are Hostile!, by George D. Fawcett 1961
Source: HostileFawcett, ID: HostileFawcett_86

Event 21629 (53E3388E)

Date: Late 12/1959
Location: Namsenfjorden, Trøndelag, Norway
Description: 10:00 p.m. Lorentz Johnsen sees a dark, silent object with a row of windows fly slowly by at an altitude of 500 feet, headed in the direction of Namsenfjorden, Trøndelag, Norway. It descends to about 160 feet, grows fiery red, then explodes with a crash and falls into the water. He says that it looks like a cover is torn off in one piece like a “curved sheet of metal.”
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Ole Jonny Brænne, “Observations of Unidentified Submarine Objects in Norway,” IUR 20, no. 1 (Jan./Feb. 1995): 13
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_3386

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Year Histogram

• 1950, 1139
• 1951, 659
• 1952, 3400
• 1953, 1119
• 1954, 2881
• 1955, 828
• 1956, 872
• 1957, 1487
• 1958, 831
• 1959, 726