UFO/UAP Event Chronology, Part 3: 1960 up to and including 1969

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UFO/UAP Event Chronology, Part 3: 1960 up to and including 1969, v1.46 - Compiled 10/3/2023

An automated compilation by Richard Geldreich, Jr. using public data from Dr. Jacques Vallée,
Pea Research, George M. Eberhart,
Richard H. Hall, Dr. Donald A. Johnson,
Fred Keziah, Don Berliner,
Larry Hatch, NICAP, Thomas R. Adams, George D. Fawcett, Chris Aubeck, Philip L. Rife, Richard Dolan, Jérôme Beau, Godelieve Van Overmeire, and an anonymous individual or group.

Some non-summarized events fall under one of these copyrights:

• Richard Geldreich, Jr. - Copyright (c) 2023 (events marked "maj2" unless otherwise attributed)
• Dr. Jacques F. Vallée - Copyright (c) 1993
• LeRoy Pea - Copyright (c) 9/8/1988 (updated 3/17/2005)
• George M. Eberhart - Copyright (c) 2022
• Dr. Donald A. Johnson - Copyright (c) 2012
• Fred Keziah - Copyright (c) 1958
• Larry Hatch - Copyright (c) 1992-2002
• Thomas R. Adams - Copyright (c) 1991
• Richard Dolan - Copyright (c) 2002
• Jérôme Beau - Copyright (c) 2000-2023

Update History:

• v1.46: Adding ~3700 events, translated from the French chronology Mini catalogue chronologique des observations OVNI by Belgian ufologist Godelieve Van Overmeire, 1935-2021. Note these events are from the old HTML version on archive.org, not the larger (10k event) PDF version. It is unclear if these events are copyrighted. I didn’t see a copyright in either the HTML or PDF versions.
• v1.43: Added ~3160 events, translated from a French chronology to English using OpenAI, from rr0.org. I believe this chronology was composed by Jérôme Beau. Its license is here.
• v1.40: Added digitized events/newspaper clippings from Frank Scully’s papers at the American Heritage Center in Laramie, WY, summarized the events from the timeline on the Disclosure Diaries website, and added more misc. events. Fixed auto-translation issue in the search page.
• v1.38: Added a client-side search engine. There are a bunch of features I’m going to add to this engine, for now it can only search for keywords in the desc, location and and reference fields.
• v1.37: Updated intro text, added total number of events to each event year, added a few 1800’s events.
• v1.36: Extracted and summarized the events in the book It Didn’t Start with Roswell by Philip L. Rife. Also extracted the military UFO events from Richard Dolan’s book UFOs and the National Security State: Chronology of a Cover-up, 1941–1973.
• v1.34: Added more modern events, 1917 Mystery Airplane newspaper articles.
• v1.33: More events: Events from George D. Fawcett, short AI summaries of Stringfield’s 1978 MUFON symposium presentation, and short AI summaries of the pre-industrial era sighting events from the book Wonders in the Sky: Unexplained Aerial Objects from Antiquity to Modern Times.
• v1.30: Added 203 Mystery Helicopter/mutilation related events (1970’s-1980’s) compiled by author/researcher Thomas R. Adams (1945-2015) (or see here), from his book The Choppers - and the Choppers, Mystery Helicopters and Animal Mutilations, minor fixes
• v1.28: Added KWIC (Key Word in Context) index.
• v1.27: Imported Anonymous PDF’s contents, originally from here, with fixed URL’s
• v1.23-1.24: Added a handful of key historical events, such as Edward Tauss the head of CIA UFO disinformation in the 50’s
• v1.22: Fixing the date of Dr. Eric W. Davis’s March, 2020 classified briefing to the Senate (I had it listed as March 2019) - info from NY Times. Basic locations added to Eberhart records using OpenAI.
• v1.20: Split up into 5 parts, to work around iPhone web browser limits. Minor spelling and grammer fixes throughout timeline.
• v1.15: Eberhart records now have basic locations, thanks to OpenAI’s Davinci-3 AI model. They aren’t perfect, but it’s a good start to geocoding them.
• v1.14: Added nuclear test data, over 2000 records, from the Worldwide Nuclear Explosions paper by Yang, North, Romney, and Richards. Note the locations in the paper are approximate, and the yields are not super accurate, which are two problems I’ll fix over time. I improved the coordinates of the earliest USA/USSR tests by looking them up from Wikipedia.
• v1.13: Split up the timeline into 4 parts. Still not the best solution, but it avoids croaking browsers.
• v1.12: Added *U* database record data, using a custom event description decoder to handle his 1k+ abbreviations and custom syntax
• v1.11: Crawled all ~10.5k unique URL’s in this timeline using curl and fixed dead URL’s to use archive.org.
• v1.10: Added NICAP DB data.

Important Notes:

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I’ve split up the timeline into 4 parts, to reduce their sizes: distant past up to 1949, 1950-1959, 1960-1979, and 1980-present.

The majority of the events in this chronology are sighting related, however it’s important to be aware that this is a timeline of
UFO/UAP related events, not necessarily or exclusively UFO sightings. This is not exclusively a UFO sightings timeline or database.

Some sighting reports or events appear multiple times in this timeline because they appear in more than one data source. I view this as a useful feature.

Currently, the events are not sorted by time of day, only by date. Some sources have separate “time” fields, but most don’t. This will be fixed once the event times are automatically extracted from the description fields.

A few events don’t have firm dates, for example “Summer of 1947”, or “Late July 1952”. In these instances the compilation code uses fixed dates I selected for date sorting purposes. (See the code for the specific dates.)

Source Code:

This website is created automatically using a C++ command line tool called “ufojson”. It parses the raw text and Markdown source data to JSON format, which is then converted to a single large web page using pandoc. This tool’s source code and all of the raw source and JSON data is located here on github.

Year Ranges

1. Part 1: Distant past up to and including 1949
2. Part 2: 1950 up to and including 1959
3. Part 3: 1960 up to and including 1969
4. Part 4: 1970 up to and including 1979
5. Part 5: 1980 to present

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Table of Contents

Year Histogram

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Event Timeline

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Year: 1960, 508 Event(s), (Back to Top)

Event 21630 (DA961AA2)

Date: 1960’s
End date: Mid 1980’s
Description: ex-Navy worker Riley Hansard Crabb (April 2, 1912 — January 20, 1994) takes over as director of the BSRF. One of the first major things he does is discredit “Gerald Light”
Type: research group
Reference: link
Source: Maj2, ID: Maj2_593

Event 21631 (913A020E)

Date: 1960’s
Description: “Area 51” designation appears on several atomic fallout maps
Type: secret location
Reference: “Dreamland” by Lazar
Source: Maj2, ID: Maj2_594

Event 21632 (738E826A)

Date: 1960’s (approximate)
Location: Wright-Patterson AFB
Description: Air Force Major: At Wright-Patterson AFB saw intact UFO, damaged UFO parts, and dead alien bodies preserved under glass. Stated “We have the proof UFOs are extraterrestrial.”
Type: crash retrieval
Reference: Leonard Stringfield’s 1978 MUFON Symposium
Source: Maj2, ID: Maj2_985

Event 21633 (A7C32FF2)

Date: 1960’s (approximate)
Location: FRANCE, Valensole
Description: (Translated from French) One evening, a farmer who owns a chicken coop on the edge of Valensole heard the chickens and roosters squawking. Thinking of the fox, he went to check. To his surprise, he saw in the midst of the panicked animals a strange little being who fled at his approach and entered a red sphere that took off from a meadow. (1960’s (exact date unknown))
Reference: M. FIGUET/ J.L. RUCHON: “Ovni, First Complete Dossier…” - ed. Alain Lefeuvre 1979, p. 647
Reference: Mini catalogue chronologique des observations OVNI, by Godelieve Van Overmeire
Source: Overmeire, ID: Overmeire_2150

Event 21634 (148633B4)

Date: 1960
Description: The first planar monolithic integrated circuit (IC) chip was demonstrated
Type: scientific advance
Reference: Wikipedia
Source: Maj2, ID: Maj2_592

Event 21635 (E8F4E1A5)

Date: 1960
End date: 1961
Location: US
Description: Through its spokesman in the Pentagon, Lt. Col. Lawrence J. Tacker, the Air Force began answering critics of its UFO program publicly. Late in 1960, Col. Tacker’s book “Flying Saucers and the U.S. Air Force” by Lawrence J. Tacker (Van Nostrand) was published, with a foreword by General Thomas D. White, Air Force Chief of Staff. Col. Tacker went on a public tour to publicize the book, appearing on radio and television, and giving lectures.
Type: book release
Reference: Archive.org: “Flying Saucers and the U.S. Air Force” by Lawrence J. Tacker
Reference: Amazon: “Flying Saucers and the U.S. Air Force” by Lawrence J. Tacker
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_888

Event 21636 (A480BAE3)

Date: 1960
Location: FRANCE, Colomb Béchar
Description: (Translated from French) The “Véronique” rocket of 1959 then gave rise to other missiles, one of which, with solid fuel, rose to 150 kilometers in 1960 and reached a speed of 8000 km/h.
Reference: “Astronautics” Pierre Rousseau, Hachette 1965, p. 12
Reference: Mini catalogue chronologique des observations OVNI, by Godelieve Van Overmeire
Source: Overmeire, ID: Overmeire_2149

Event 21637 (52F813CA)

Date: 1960 (approximate)
Location: FRANCE, La Prodélie/Ayen (Puy d’Yssandon)
Description: (Translated from French) Mr. and Mrs. Plumauzille were driving on the D 151 around 11 pm. Suddenly, Mr. Plumauzille saw a pinkish red light without a border, at tree height, on the right side of the road. He saw it rise and realized he was only about a hundred meters away from it. Almost immediately, he and his wife saw, on the right side of the road, in the light of the headlights, a mass the size of a large bag of potatoes that quickly shrank, seeming to collapse in on itself. He then saw, as well as his wife, a number of these light gray-brown masses, smaller than the first, moving around in the grass. At least two of them crossed the road and disappeared into the ferns. The witnesses thought that these things moved by contracting, swelling and deflating their bulges, which made them look like an animal trapped in a translucent plastic bag. (Around 1960)
Reference: M. FIGUET/ J.L. RUCHON: “Ovni, Premier dossier complet…” - éd. Alain Lefeuvre 1979, p. 648
Reference: Mini catalogue chronologique des observations OVNI, by Godelieve Van Overmeire
Source: Overmeire, ID: Overmeire_2151

Event 21638 (0432CD8F)

Date: 1960
Location: USA (without further details)
Description: (Translated from French) Then, in 1960, it was Buck Nelson’s turn to take some trips aboard a saucer. This allowed him to sell many copies of his book entitled: “My Travels to Mars, the Moon and Venus”.
Reference: René PACAUT: “They Met Extraterrestrials” ed. Alain Lefeuvre, 1978, p 186
Reference: Mini catalogue chronologique des observations OVNI, by Godelieve Van Overmeire
Source: Overmeire, ID: Overmeire_2152

Event 21639 (2F44DE31)

Date: 1960
Location: ALLEMAGNE, Offenbach
Description: (Translated from French) Klaus Dieter Kaufmann, had to undergo a spinal surgery in 1990. “How many years ago was the previous operation?” the surgeon asked him, looking at his medical file. “But I have never been operated on,” Kaufmann replied. The surgeon showed him the radiographs to prove the contrary. A strange story from his adolescence then came back to him: he had observed a UFO. The craft shot a blinding flash at him and Dieter-Klaus fainted. He returned home four hours late and suffered from migraines and difficulty concentrating for several days. He had a painful mark on his pelvic region and a wound mark on the lower back. Kaufmann tried to remember the adventure and the memories gradually came back to him. He had entered a state close to trance when he was confronted with small armed creatures with some kind of oxygen tanks on their backs. He became friendly with them and followed them on board the ship, noticing that it did not walk but floated. He found himself in a brightly lit room where two beings with huge, black oblique eyes were standing: frightening. He tried to escape but was unable to move. After a medical examination carried out by beings with webbed fingers, he learned that he could go home and this time he felt like he was being carried out in the arms of someone he could not see but could hear breathing loudly, as if through a tube. He wanted to feel but only found a belt, no chest. A force pushed his hand away and he fainted, regaining consciousness at the place where the adventure had begun. (1960,)
Reference: Marie-Thérèse de BROSSES: “Enquête sur les enlèvements E.T.” - Plon 1995, p. 262, 263
Reference: Mini catalogue chronologique des observations OVNI, by Godelieve Van Overmeire
Source: Overmeire, ID: Overmeire_2190

Event 21640 (795334CB)

Date: 1960
Location: AUSTRALIA, Adelaide
Description: (Translated from French) In 1991 a 31 year old woman reported being abducted by a large entity and groups of small entities. The abductions occurred in her bed and through her bedroom door, throughout her life. The small entities measure 120 cm and have large ugly heads, with prominent eyes without pupils, dark blue to black in colour. They have only a slit for a mouth, and a very small nose. The larger entities measure 210 cm and seem to command the small ones. She levitated or was carried out of her bed, floating into a circular room, where medical examinations took place, while she was laid on a metal table. Then she would wake up in her bed. Hypnotic regression confirmed the abductions. Throughout her life she was surrounded by poltergeist activity, sensations of presence wherever she lived, children’s toys moving by themselves, such as their tricycles, etc. (the whole paranormal panoply). She claims to have implants in her face. The investigation revealed that she was a victim of sexual abuse during her childhood, not by entities from elsewhere, but by men from her very close family. [note from vog: so traumatised enough to become completely schizophrenic…] (Since its birth in 1960)
Reference: UFORA90045. UFORSA/Keith Basterfield.
Reference: Mini catalogue chronologique des observations OVNI, by Godelieve Van Overmeire
Source: Overmeire, ID: Overmeire_2191

Event 21641 (A24E95C0)

Date: 1960
Location: AFRIQUE DU SUD, Durban
Description: (Translated from French) In 1960, electrician Edwin found a job as a radio mechanic in Durban. His firm hired an inspector named George. George lived in a hotel room and soon the two men became friends, and went fishing together on the weekends. On one of these fishing trips, George brought a radio apparatus, and soon a saucer appeared in the sky while a voice on the radio announced “This is Wy-Ora (name of the vessel) We are a people from the planet Koldas.” It turns out that George is actually an extraterrestrial and his name is Valdar. To prove this, George/Valdar speaks in his extraterrestrial language and the saucer begins to perform incredible maneuvers. The world Koldas is in the universe of antimatter. In 1962 George/Valdar returned to his country, leaving the apparatus as a gift to Edwin, to continue to communicate. Which he did until 1964. Edwin was then warned against extraterrestrial saboteur groups, and also learned that a new planet called Epicot was being prepared to cater to the eventualities of repopulation. (1960,)
Reference: Mitarbeiter, “Ufo Geheimnisse”, Berlin, January 1998
Reference: Mini catalogue chronologique des observations OVNI, by Godelieve Van Overmeire
Source: Overmeire, ID: Overmeire_2192

Event 21642 (DAC57202)

Date: 1960
Location: Cincinnati, MI
Description: Kentucky Air National Guard pilot chased round UFO. [NICAP UFOE, V] (NICAP: 11 - Aviation Cases)
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_2425

Event 21643 (56708C00)

Date: 1960
Locations: Tucson, Arizona; Alamogordo, New Mexico
Description: Jim Lorenzen is hired as senior technical associate with the Kitt Peak National Observatory, so he and Coral move to Tucson, Arizona, from Alamogordo, New Mexico. On their third day in Tucson, an “exterminator” visits them, offering to inspect their rented premises for free. He fails to mention the name of his company, nor does he seem interested in his occupation. He talks with Coral about their reason for moving, where Jim is employed, and UFOs.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Clark III 50; Lorenzen, Encounters with UFO Occupants, Berkley Medallion, 1976, pp. 3, 251
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_3389

Event 21644 (316C349E)

Date: 1960
Locations: Mars; Atlantis; Lemuria
Description: Brinsley Le Poer Trench, 8th Earl of Clancarty, publishes The Sky People, in which he claims that Adam and Eve, Noah, and many other characters in the Bible originally lived on Mars. Trench believes that Adam and Eve were experimental creations of extraterrestrials. The biblical description of the Garden of Eden is inconsistent with what Earth is like, and because Mars contains canals, the Garden of Eden must have been located on Mars. He further claims that the north polar ice cap melted on Mars, causing the descendants of Adam and Eve to move to Earth. The Book of Genesis is a symbolic version of what actually happened to groups of people on Mars, he writes, with the Great Deluge referring to the flooding of Atlantis and Lemuria, which were populated with Adamic migrants.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Brinsley Le Poer Trench, The Sky People, Spearman, 1960; Jerome Clark, “Vimanas Have Landed: Ancient Astronautics in Ufology,” IUR 22, no. 3 (Fall 1997): 26–27
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_3390

Event 21645 (F37F8BDB)

Date: 1960
Description: Contactee George Hunt Williamson legally changes his name to Michel d’Obrenovic, said to reflect an ancestral connection to the throne of Serbia. However, John Griffin says the real reason is that Williamson’s sensational claims have rendered his anthropological work (such as it is) completely unacceptable.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Clark III 1287; Zirger and Martinelli, The Incredible Life of George Hunt Williamson, Verdechiari, 2016, pp. 119–124
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_3391

Event 21646 (084328C4)

Date: 1960
Locations: Brno; Czech Republic
Description: Night. During a pause in army maneuvers near Brno [now in the Czech Republic], soldiers see a peculiarly colored light above the city. After hovering a while, it vanishes but reappears in another part of the sky. Their commanding officer tells them to look at it with binoculars and check the radar. Headquarters sends up interceptors to chase the object, but every time one of them gets near, the light disappears from the radar screen, only to turn up elsewhere. The incident goes on for an hour before the light disappears for good.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Hobana and Weverbergh 90
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_3392

Event 21647 (DA8DAFA8)

Date: 1960
Description: The invention of transponders that transmit an electronic identification signal from aircraft to ground control helps to further reduce clutter on air traffic control radars. This means that “aerial phenomena” appear on radar only if they intrude on flight paths and create a near miss of the type investigated by the Civil Aviation Authority.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: David Clarke, “Gremlins and Black Projects,” Fortean Times 291 (August 2012): 26–27; National Air Traffic Controllers Association, A History of Air Traffic Control, 2019
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_3393

Event 21648 (E08FB4C0)

Date: 1960
Description: USAF Airman 3rd Class Larry W. Rogers, 3926th Air Police Squadron K-9, states he saw a half dozen glowing UAP while stationed at Ben Guerir Air Base, Morocco. Rogers states jet fighters from Zaragoza AFB, Spain were scrambled and began interacting with the lights. “The UFOs suddenly began moving around really quickly and erratically.” After the event, Rogers said he and a few companions who saw the event were told to get into an Air Force sedan, driven to the headquarters building, put into different rooms and debriefed. Rogers said they may have been OSI but he wasn’t sure; they threatened him, told him not to talk, forced him to sign a non-disclosure statement and shown a regulation “AFR 200-2.”

• https://www.ufohastings.com/index.php/articles/ufos-observed-by-us-air-force-security-guards-during-french-atomic-testing-in-algeria

Note: USAF issued Air Force Regulation 200-2 on 26 August 1953, which restricted UAP reporting procedures and required UAP events to be sent to Air Force Intelligence. It is likely the interrogators were AFOSI, given Rogers recalls seeing AFR 200-2.

• http://www.nicap.org/directives/AFR%20200-2,%20Aug%20%2026,1953.pdf

Reference: Anonymous 2023 PDF
Source: Anon2023PDF, ID: Anon2023PDF_94

Event 21649 (FFA2281B)

Date: Early 1960
Locations: James Connally AFB [now TSTC Waco Airport] near Waco, Texas; Waco
Description: Night. Vice Chief of Air Staff Gen. Curtis LeMay is conducting an exercise to test his bombers’ capability to penetrate US air space. An F-89J Scorpion jet instructor pilot and his radar observer, 1Lt. Joe Meyer, have just successfully intercepted a B-47 and are descending to land at James Connally AFB [now TSTC Waco Airport] near Waco, Texas. They notice a pinpoint of light at their level 12 miles away over Waco and decide to approach and attack it as if they are armed. As they approach on a collision course, they see the object has four bright blue- white lights on it and it is stationary. They estimate it is 25–30 feet in diameter. But the object shoots straight up at incredible speed before they reach it. They look up and see the object is bright blue white on its underside. It disappears at about 90,000 feet altitude.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: “Pilot Finally Reveals UFO Encounter,” MUFON UFO Journal, no. 375 (July 1999): 17
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_3388

Event 21650 (0BC734A8)

Date: 1/1960
Locations: Victoria; Queensland
Description: The first issue of the Australian Flying Saucer Review is published jointly by the Victorian Flying Saucer Research Society and UFOIC, edited by Peter E. Norris and Andrew P. Tomas. It will continue until December 1972, various issues confusingly sponsored by each group, plus the Queensland Flying Saucer Research Bureau and the renamed Victorian UFO Research Society.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Australian Flying Saucer Review 1, no. 1 (January 1960)
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_3394

Event 21651 (F435F70F)

Date: 1/1960
Description: Tests continue with a slightly modified Avrocar.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Wikipedia, “Avro Canada VZ-9 Avrocar”
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_3395

Event 21652 (6BB72E95)

Date: 1/1/1960
Description: (Translated from French) Creation of the new franc. (1st January)
Reference: rr0 - Beau
Source: rr0, ID: rr0_1833

Event 21653 (8AE989AC)

Date: 1/3/1960
Time: 23:05
Location: McCarran Field, Las Vegas NV
Description: A blue light, which raced silently across the Las Vegas, Nevada sky, puzzled McCarran Field tower controlmen. “It was the fastest thing I ever saw,” said tower employee Jack McMillen who spotted the light at about 11:05 p.m. A departing private plane also saw the object. Earlier that evening, four different pilots in two commercial airlines planes flying between Bryce Canyon and Mormon Mesa reported observing a similar light. Their reports of the object to Salt Lake City were intercepted by the McCarran tower. McMillen said he saw the light for about two or perhaps three seconds, going north to south at about a 15-20 degree elevation. He also said he had thought it might have been a meteor but changed his mind as it left no trail, and had a horizontal trajectory. He said he contacted a private plane which had just taken off and asked the pilot for confirmation. The pilot confirmed McMillen’s sighting. An Air Force T-33 inbound to Nellis AFB also confirmed its pilot had also seen a strange light.
Type: ufo sighting
Reference: APRO Bulletin - Jan. 1960, Page 3
Source: Maj2, ID: Maj2_925

Attributes: Nellis

Event 21654 (E2ABBEEE)

Date: 1/6/1960
Time: 08:00
Location: JACKSON, MI
Description: Several observer(s). Cone saucer going quickly south / treetop level. Going [to] into cloudbank pointed end down.
Type: sighting
Reference: UFO INVESTIGATOR: NICAP: Kensington, MD & Washington, DC [defunct]. University Microfilms, Ann Arbor, MI 48106 (Index 21)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_6325

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

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “8”, Duration: “1”, Elev: “282”, HatchDesc: “JACKSON,MI:SVRL OBS:CONE SCR >>S/TREETOP Lvl:> INTO CLOUDBANK pointed end down”, LatLong: “42.244446 -84.400004”, LatLongDMS: “42:14:40 N 84:24:00 W”, Locale: “Residential”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, RelAlt: “20”, State/Prov: “Michigan”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 21655 (5E38F4DC)

Date: 1/14/1960
Description: (Translated from French) In Japan, luminous phenomena are observed at the same time as an earthquake. (14 January)
Reference: rr0 - Beau
Source: rr0, ID: rr0_1834

Event 21656 (8B2390C4)

Date: 1/14/1960
Description: (Translated from French) Along the coasts of Argentina, two unknown submerged vessels are noticed. In the Nuevo Gulf, detectors of the Argentine navy reveal the presence of a submarine quietly settled in the mud at the bottom, motionless. After making the usual warnings, not getting any reaction, the sailors send bombs in its direction. Two other vessels then appear on the sonars. A few hours later, when all the passages leading to the open sea are watched, it is noticed that they have all 3 disappeared. The Argentines believe they have won the game when, after the absence of any manifestation and the publication of triumphant communiqués, the “ghosts” come back to the charge. A fantastic pursuit begins and lasts several weeks, during which 6 unknown submarines are detected.
Reference: rr0 - Beau
Source: rr0, ID: rr0_1835

Event 21657 (FDF823A5)

Date: 1/18/1960
Time: 11:00
Location: NUWARA ELIYA, SRI LANKA
Description: 3+observer(s) / (seen thru) binoculars. Large cylinder/cigar-shape going east / 5 minute(s). 10cm / ARMs length. No further details.
Type: sighting
Reference: FLYING SAUCER REVIEW (FSR), London. Bimonthly. PO Box 162; High Wycombe, Bucks. HP135 DZ, England. (Index 76)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_6326

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), RDA: Radiation/high energy fields detected

Extra Data: Country: “Indian Ocean + islands”, Credibility: “8”, Duration: “5”, HatchDesc: “NUWARA ELIYA,SRI LANKA:3+OBS/BINOCS:LRG CGR >E/5min:10cm/ARMs LENGTH:NFD”, LatLong: “6.972223 80.772226”, LatLongDMS: “06:58:20 N 80:46:20 E”, Locale: “Mountains”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “SRL”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 21658 (929AA6FC)

Date: 1/18/1960
Time: 22:50
Location: US2 9 MILE(S) WEST / LAKOTA, ND
Description: Flash. Car lights dim. Crescent saucer going down [to] toward(s) field. / r79p17.
Type: sighting
Reference: UFO INVESTIGATOR: NICAP: Kensington, MD & Washington, DC [defunct]. University Microfilms, Ann Arbor, MI 48106 (Index 21)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_6327

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, SCR: Classic saucer/disk/sphere shaped UFO, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), NUC: Nuclear facility related, VEH: Vehicle affected: Marks/damage/EME effects, EME: Electro-Magnetic Effects

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “7”, Duration: “1”, Elev: “465”, HatchDesc: “US2 9mi.W/LAKOTA,ND:FLASH:CAR LITES DIM:CRESCENT SCR ↓ twrd FIELD:/r79p17”, LatLong: “48.038891 -98.477782”, LatLongDMS: “48:02:20 N 98:28:40 W”, Locale: “Pasture”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “North Dakota”, Strangeness: “7”

Event 21659 (86322598)

Date: 1/18/1960
Location: Lakota (near), ND
Description: Car lights dimmed as UFO descended toward field, apparently about a mile off highway (NICAP: 03 - EME Cases)
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_2426

Event 21660 (959BCC45)

Date: 1/18/1960
Location: Gulf of Mexico, At Sea
Description: Two Radars On B-52 Track UFO At 14,000 Knots (NICAP: 09 - RADAR Cases, Code: R, Rating: 5)
Reference: NICAP: 600118
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_2427

Event 21661 (3D209E30)

Date: 1/18/1960
Locations: US Highway 2; Lakota, North Dakota
Description: 10:45 p.m. Leo Haley and Bert C. Baker are driving on US Highway 2, some 9 miles west of Lakota, North Dakota, when the headlights dim just as a brilliant green flash lights up the sky. In a field to the north about 1 mile away they can see a 5–6 foot crescent-shaped object with a 9-foot exhaust tail.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Schopick, p. 69
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_3396

Event 21662 (13B0BAB6)

Date: 1/18/1960
Description: Two men driving in a car, Haley and Baker, at 10:55 p.m. in Lakota, North Dakota had their car’s headlights dim as a UFO flew nearby. The object flew off towards a field approximately 1.5 kilometers from the highway.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: Grand Forks (ND) Herald, January 21, 1960; USAF Project Blue Book files counted in official statistics; Mark Rodeghier, UFO Reports Involving Vehicle Interference, p. 17
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_367

Event 21663 (DABDEC57)

Date: 1/21/1960
Location: USA
Description: (Translated from French) “MISS SAM” THE MONKEY IS LAUNCHED IN A MERCURY CAPSULE AND EJECTED AT 15 KM ALTITUDE.
Reference: Inforespace n° 49, 1980, p. 14, 15
Reference: Mini catalogue chronologique des observations OVNI, by Godelieve Van Overmeire
Source: Overmeire, ID: Overmeire_2153

Event 21664 (509DA403)

Date: 1/26/1960
Location: Area 51 in Nevada
Description: Richard Bissell notifies Kelly Johnson that the CIA is authorizing the delivery of 12 A-12 aircraft that will be five times faster than the U-2 and fly three miles higher. Skunk Works will move into production at Area 51 in Nevada to work on Project Oxcart. (Wikipedia, “Lockheed A-12”; Jacobsen, Area 51, pp. 134–135)
Reference: Eberhart
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_3397

Event 21665 (C89791D6)

Date: 1/29/1960
Location: SWITZERLAND, Ursenbach (Emmenthal)
Description: (Translated from French) “As we were driving in a break to the evening service, Friday (January 29, 1960), an oblong thing, similar to a torpedo or a giant cigar, suddenly crossed the road, at man’s height, in front of the horse, without the latter being frightened, which is really strange,” wrote to her niece Mrs. Marie Morgenthaler, from Ursenbach in Emmental. “The envelope of this kind of torpedo seemed to be composed of horizontal colored and luminous bands,” she specified. “The colors were moving and I had never seen such before this apparition. I have the feeling that they are not from this Earth. The torpedo arrived through the fields: it looked like a vehicle beacon. The thing then passed between two farms that border the road, and it was only at the moment when it emerged in front of us that we saw what it was. And imagine that this torpedo silently entered the side of the hill, on the other side of the road.” In a postscript, Mrs. Morgenthaler added: We saw in the newspaper the next day that a luminous object had been seen at the same time in the sky of Berne."
Reference: Les Soucoupes chez Heidi, cfr GREPI, Switzerland, 1997
Reference: Mini catalogue chronologique des observations OVNI, by Godelieve Van Overmeire
Source: Overmeire, ID: Overmeire_2154

Event 21666 (B13A3523)

Date: 1/29/1960
Time: 20:00?
Location: URSENBACH, SWZ
Description: Huge torpedo-cylinder/cigar-shape crosses road / 2M altitude. Horse ignores! Maneuvers / farms.
Type: sighting
Reference: Database/website: Chez HEIDI site: Alain Stauffer. GREPI / Switzerland http://home.worldcom.ch/~dbenaroy/heidi.html
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_6328

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

Extra Data: Country: “Switzerland”, Credibility: “6”, Duration: “2”, HatchDesc: “URSENBACH,SWZ:HUGE TORPEDO-CGR CROSSES ROAD/2M alt:HORSE IGNORES!:MNVRS/FARMS”, LatLong: “47.133336 7.766667”, LatLongDMS: “47:08:00 N 07:46:00 E”, Locale: “Pasture”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Berne”, Strangeness: “7”

Event 21667 (74567AB9)

Date: 1/31/1960
Description: Telegram from Manhattan Project scientist Dr. Leon Davidson to President Eisenhower over “inspection of secret aircraft” rumors of a Feb. 1954 meeting at Edwards AFB.
Type: telegram
Reference: link
Source: Maj2, ID: Maj2_595

Event 21668 (69931AAB)

Date: 1/31/1960
Description: (Translated from French) In Japan, luminous phenomena are observed at the same time as an earthquake. (January 31)
Reference: rr0 - Beau
Source: rr0, ID: rr0_1836

Event 21669 (8903DD0E)

Date: 1/31/1960
Time: 05:00
Location: OFF LAE, PAPUA-NG
Description: 6 / boat. White 14M umbrella sways to and fro. 4 ‘windows’ / underside. Going up.
Type: sighting
Reference: The APRO BULLETIN: Monthly. Jim & Coral Lorenzen: Tucson,AZ (USA. defunct) By volume and number. (Index 737)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_6329

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: “Pacific Ocean and non - Asian islands”, Credibility: “8”, Duration: “60”, Elev: “0”, HatchDesc: “off LAE,PAPUA-NG:6/BOAT:WHT 14M UMBRELLA SWAYS TO+FRO:4 ‘WINDOWS’/UNDERSIDE:↑”, LatLong: “-6.783334 147.083340”, LatLongDMS: “06:47:00 S 147:05:00 E”, Locale: “Offshore”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “PNG”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 21670 (17A1D1D2)

Date: 1/31/1960
Description: Six in a boat on the ocean on the coast of Lae, Papua New Guinea saw a 14 meter diameter umbrella-shaped craft swaying back and forth in the sky in overcast skies at around five o’clock in the morning. It had four windows on the underside. It shot up vertically.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: Flying Saucers, May 1962, p. 36; APRO Bulletin, May 1961
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_634

Event 21671 (8A7793E3)

Date: 2/1960
Description: The US Navy reportedly detects a “dark satellite” thought to be a Soviet spy satellite in orbit. However, a follow-up article alleges that the object was “the remains of an Air Force Discoverer VIII satellite that had gone astray.”
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: “Trackers Spot Mystery Object Orbiting Earth,” Washington (D.C.) Evening Star, February 11, 1960; Wikipedia, “Corona (satellite)”
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_3398

Event 21672 (E1DE217D)

Date: 2/3/1960
Time: 20:50
Location: INTERVALE, NH
Description: Ex-USCG man. 3 luminous objects in-line. 2 more join. Going quickly northwest fast. / r242p71.
Type: sighting
Reference: UFO INVESTIGATOR: NICAP: Kensington, MD & Washington, DC [defunct]. University Microfilms, Ann Arbor, MI 48106 (Index 21)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_6330

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

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “6”, Duration: “3”, Elev: “167”, HatchDesc: “INTERVALE,NH:EX-USCG MAN:3 LUMn.OBJs IN-LINE:2 MORE JOIN:>>NW FAST:/r242p71”, LatLong: “44.066669 -71.050003”, LatLongDMS: “44:04:00 N 71:03:00 W”, Locale: “Residential”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “New Hampshire”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 21673 (B9964EE3)

Date: 2/3/1960
Location: Intervale, New Haven, CT
Description: Former Air Force PT Boat Commander watched UFOs rendezvous, travel in formation. [NICAP UFOE, VII] (NICAP: 01 - Distant Encounters)
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_2428

Event 21674 (35BDFD3A)

Date: 2/5/1960
Time: 23:10
Location: HOLLYWOOD, CA
Description: Hundreds / observer(s). Invisible cylinder/cylindrical object with red light west going east stops / 8 minute(s). Same / 6 February. / r242p138.
Type: sighting
Reference: UFO INVESTIGATOR: NICAP: Kensington, MD & Washington, DC [defunct]. University Microfilms, Ann Arbor, MI 48106 (Index 22)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_6331

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CST: Observer(s) in coastal area/just offshore, MIL: Observer(s) military, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, HQO: High-quality observer(s), SCI: Scientist involvement, NWS: News media report, CIG: Torpedo/cigar/cylinder shaped UFO, NLT: Nightlights/points of light, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), OBS: Observation/chasing vehicles, HUM: Humans affected: Injury/burns/marks/abduction/death, VEH: Vehicle affected: Marks/damage/EME effects, BLD: Building/man-made structure/roads/power lines, CMF: Camouflage/disguise

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “12”, Duration: “50”, Elev: “107”, HatchDesc: “HOLLYWOOD,CA:100s/OBS:INVSBL CYL W/RED LITE W>E STOPS/8min:SAME/6FEB:/r242p138”, LatLong: “34.100002 -118.316672”, LatLongDMS: “34:06:00 N 118:19:00 W”, Locale: “Residential”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “California”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 21675 (CD401AB0)

Date: 2/5/1960
End date: 2/6/1960
Location: Hollywood, CA
Description: Several witnesses (about 11:15 p.m. each night) saw a distinct round UFO hover and maneuver slowly (NICAP: 01 - Distant Encounters)
Reference: NICAP: 600205-06
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_2429

Event 21676 (93B6EA68)

Date: 2/5/1960
Description: The office of the AF Chief of Intelligence is informed of ARDC’s rejection (by Maj. Gen. James Ferguson) of the ATIC proposal.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: “Saucer Reading Fest,” Saturday Night Uforia, January 25, 2019
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_3399

Event 21677 (43C1B5CA)

Date: 2/5/1960
Location: Sunset Boulevard and La Brea Avenue in Hollywood, California
Description: 11:15 p.m. Many people see a distinctly round UFO hover and maneuver slowly over or near the intersection of Sunset Boulevard and La Brea Avenue in Hollywood, California. Cars are stopped bumper-to- bumper, according to employees of several businesses around the intersection, with people gaping at the object overhead. Persons on hotel and apartment rooftops go out to see a bright “cherry-red, circular light.” Two service- station attendants at the intersection, Jerry Darr and Charles Walker, say that “hundreds of people saw it— everybody was looking” as the light hovers for at least 5 minutes over a busy drive-in. Pen Meyer, another service station attendant a third of a mile to the north, watches it hovering for about 10 minutes. Harold Sherman, his wife, and two others watch it as it resumes motion very slowly eastward. After proceeding east for a distance of a block or two, it veers southeastward and passes out of sight. No sound is heard over street-noise background.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Los Angeles NICAP Subcommittee case files; James E. McDonald, “Statement on Unidentified Flying Objects,” in Symposium on Unidentified Flying Objects, Hearings, US House Committee on Science and Astronautics, 90th Cong., 2nd Sess., July 29, 1968, pp. 54–57
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_3400

Event 21678 (EDC5B411)

Date: 2/6/1960
Locations: Hollywood, California; Sunset Boulevard and Sycamore Avenue; La Brea Avenue; Sunset and La Brea
Description: 11:15 p.m. The red object reappears over Hollywood, California, this time about one block further east, above Sunset Boulevard and Sycamore Avenue. A number of witnesses observe it hovering for about 10 minutes at an altitude of 500–600 feet. Then with a loud explosion it emits a brilliant bluish-white flash that extends downward and to the west, lighting up the ground all around La Brea Avenue. A mushroom-shaped cloud appears and dissipates. As the red light is extinguished, an object described by most witnesses as long, tubular, and about 70 feet long shoots upwards. A few seconds later, the red light appears about 1,000 feet above Sunset and La Brea for about 8 minutes. It then begins drifting slowly eastward, turns sharply toward the north-northeast, accelerates and climbs steeply, not stopping again until it is at a very high altitude well to the north.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Los Angeles NICAP Subcommittee case file; James E. McDonald, “Statement on Unidentified Flying Objects,” in Symposium on Unidentified Flying Objects, Hearings, US House Committee on Science and Astronautics, 90th Cong., 2nd Sess., July 29, 1968, pp. 54–57
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_3401

Event 21679 (156510E5)

Date: 2/8/1960
Location: CAPO PASSERO, ITL
Description: Disk sinks 200M offshore. No further details / Giornale d’Italia 9 / 2 / 60.
Type: sighting
Reference: ITACAT, Catalogo Italiano degli Incontri Ravvicinati. Maurizio Verga, 1989 CISU/Torino, Italy. (Index 51)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_6332

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, SUB: Submersible: Rises from or submerges into water, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), LND: UFO landing or any part touches ground

Extra Data: Country: “Italy”, Credibility: “6”, Duration: “1”, Elev: “0”, HatchDesc: “CAPO PASSERO,ITL:DISK SINKS 200M OFFSHORE:NFD/Giornale d’Italia 9/2/60”, LatLong: “36.683335 15.166667”, LatLongDMS: “36:41:00 N 15:10:00 E”, Locale: “Offshore”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “SR”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 21680 (65E09C79)

Date: 2/11/1960
Description: (Translated from French) In New Zealand, luminous phenomena are observed at the same time as an earthquake. (11 February)
Reference: rr0 - Beau
Source: rr0, ID: rr0_1837

Event 21681 (D6E5EAFE)

Date: 2/13/1960
Description: (Translated from French) Explosion of the first French atomic bomb. (13 February)
Reference: rr0 - Beau
Source: rr0, ID: rr0_1838

Event 21682 (1DF5F213)

Date: 2/13/1960
Description: (Translated from French) The Caribbean Sea is experiencing the same alert. An extremely fast engine is operating there without worrying about the considerable amount of grenades that are dumped on it the next day in the Mediterranean. The engine was following the yacht of President Nasser.
Reference: rr0 - Beau
Source: rr0, ID: rr0_1839

Event 21683 (0ACA4D97)

Date: 2/13/1960
Time: 22:00?
Location: GRAND BLANC, MI
Description: Joe Perry photographs domed saucer. FBI-types seize photograph. / r27p198.
Type: sighting
Reference: UFO INVESTIGATOR: NICAP: Kensington, MD & Washington, DC [defunct]. University Microfilms, Ann Arbor, MI 48106 (Index 21)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_6333

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, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), PHT: Photos/movies/videos taken, GSA: Covert Security Agency, OGA: Non-Covert Government Agencies, COV: Indication of coverup

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “6”, Duration: “2”, Elev: “256”, HatchDesc: “GRAND BLANC,MI:JOE PERRY FOTOS DOMED SCR:FBI-TYPES SEIZE FOTO:/r27p198”, LatLong: “42.927780 -83.627782”, LatLongDMS: “42:55:40 N 83:37:40 W”, Locale: “Town & City”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Michigan”, Strangeness: “8”

Event 21684 (37B04FCD)

Date: 2/13/1960
Time: 07:04:00.0
Location: 27.0000 0.0000
Description: Nuclear test: Air. Country: France Name: “gerb._bleue”
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_1837

Extra Data: LatLong: “27.0000 0.0000”, LatLongDMS: “27:00:00 N 00:00:00 W”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, NukeCountry: “France”, NukeDepth: “0.00”, NukeName: “gerb._bleue”, NukeSource: “BOLT”, NukeType: “A”

Event 21685 (D01EAE35)

Date: 2/14/1960
Time: 16:40
Location: NOME GOING QUICKLY [TO] ST. MICHAEL, AK
Description: Hundreds / observer(s). Silver cylinder/cigar-shape / 600M altitude going quickly southeast. Curves going up. / r242p118+/ r151.
Type: sighting
Reference: The APRO BULLETIN: Monthly. Jim & Coral Lorenzen: Tucson,AZ (USA. defunct) By volume and number. (Index 723)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_6334

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

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “12”, Duration: “3”, Elev: “11”, HatchDesc: “NOME>>St.MICHAEL,AK:100s/OBS:SLVR CGR/600M alt >>SE:CURVES↑:/r242p118+/r151”, LatLong: “64.500003 -165.416675”, LatLongDMS: “64:30:00 N 165:25:00 W”, Locale: “Coastlands”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Alaska”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 21686 (96AD7C6B)

Date: 2/14/1960
Location: Nome, AK
Description: Airline employee, others, saw a silvery rocket-like object with orange flame trail curving up and away “as if it were manned and controlled.” A similar second UFO was sighted at Unalakleet moving rapidly NW leaving contrails. [NICAP UFOE, X] (NICAP: 01 - Distant Encounters)
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_2430

Event 21687 (ABBC49FB)

Date: 2/14/1960
Description: At 4:40 p.m. a silver cigar-shaped object streaked through the sky over Nome, Alaska on a curved flight trajectory. There were four or more witnesses.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: NICAP UFO Investigator, March 1960, p. 8, citing Anchorage Daily News, February 15, 1960; APRO Bulletin, March-April 1960; Richard Hall, The UFO Evidence (Volume I), p. 118, citing the Fairbanks Daily, February 16, 1960
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_914

Event 21688 (20D3C590)

Date: 2/15/1960
Time: 23:00?
Location: PACIFIC LONGITUDE & LATITUDE COORDS. = BIG GUESS
Description: Several brass. 2000’ UFO paces flying tigers plane. RADAR-visual.
Type: sighting
Reference: MUFON UFO JOURNAL, Seguin, TX USA. Monthly. (Index 262)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_6335

Attributes: AIR: Observer(s) on aircraft, MIL: Observer(s) military, HQO: High-quality observer(s), CIG: Torpedo/cigar/cylinder shaped UFO, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), OBS: Observation/chasing vehicles, HUM: Humans affected: Injury/burns/marks/abduction/death, VEH: Vehicle affected: Marks/damage/EME effects, RDR: Radar traces/blips, MIL: Military investigation

Extra Data: Country: “Pacific Ocean and non - Asian islands”, Credibility: “9”, Duration: “10”, Elev: “0”, HatchDesc: “PACIFIC LL=BIG GUESS:SVRL BRASS:2000’UFO PACES FLYING TIGERS PLANE:RDR-VISUAL”, LatLong: “28.850001 131.750006”, LatLongDMS: “28:51:00 N 131:45:00 E”, Locale: “Metropolis”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “NPC”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 21689 (245FC696)

Date: 2/16/1960
Time: 09:20
Location: LAGUNA BEACH, CA
Description: Chemist. White ovoid going quickly east. Wobbles until 2nd object joins. / r114p119.
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_6336

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CST: Observer(s) in coastal area/just offshore, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, SCI: Scientist involvement, SCR: Classic saucer/disk/sphere shaped UFO, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), TCH: New technical details/clues

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “6”, Duration: “2”, Elev: “11”, HatchDesc: “LAGUNA BEACH,CA:CHEMIST:WHT OVOID >>E:WOBBLES until 2nd OBJ JOINS:/r114p119”, LatLong: “33.544446 -117.766672”, LatLongDMS: “33:32:40 N 117:46:00 W”, Locale: “Coastlands”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “California”, Strangeness: “7”

Event 21690 (B627A226)

Date: 2/16/1960
Location: Laguna Beach, CA
Description: Retired chemical manufacturing company executive observed rendezvous of two oval UFOs. [NICAP UFOE, VII] (NICAP: 01 - Distant Encounters)
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_2431

Event 21691 (CDD48A63)

Date: 2/17/1960
Time: 16:20
Location: NEW MARTINSVILLE, WV
Description: 2 observer(s). Fireball or black Saturn saucer with light ring blows smoke / rear.
Type: sighting
Reference: TEETS, Bob: WEST VIRGINIA UFO’s; Headline Books, PO Box 52, Terra Alta, WV 1995 213pp. (Index 82)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_6337

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

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “7”, Duration: “1”, Elev: “191”, HatchDesc: “NEW MARTINSVILLE,WV:2 OBS:FBL or BLK SATURN SCR W/LITE RING BLOWS SMOKE/REAR”, LatLong: “39.644446 -80.861115”, LatLongDMS: “39:38:40 N 80:51:40 W”, Locale: “Town & City”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Western Virginia”, Strangeness: “4”

Event 21692 (F30B26E3)

Date: 2/17/1960
Description: Hynek writes to Brig. Gen. Benjamin G. Holzman at ARDC in the hopes of interesting him in assessing UFO reports.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: “Saucer Reading Fest,” Saturday Night Uforia, January 25, 2019
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_3402

Event 21693 (62DE75B2)

Date: 2/17/1960
Description: A grayish black Saturn-shaped disc with exhaust cruised the tops of the hills in New Martinsville, West Virginia. A lighter-colored ring on the object emitted smoke from rear end.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: Bob Teets, West Virginia UFOs: Close Encounters in the Mountain State, p. 82
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_961

Event 21694 (3984B44D)

Date: 2/21/1960
Description: (Translated from French) In Algeria, luminous phenomena are observed at the same time as an earthquake. (February 21)
Reference: rr0 - Beau
Source: rr0, ID: rr0_1840

Event 21695 (C3725667)

Date: 2/22/1960
Time: 17:30
Location: SARNIA, ON
Description: 5 observer(s). 2 groups / white saucers / different ALTs beam lights going down. Dynamo sound. / r70p3-69.
Type: sighting
Reference: UFO INVESTIGATOR: NICAP: Kensington, MD & Washington, DC [defunct]. University Microfilms, Ann Arbor, MI 48106 (Index 21)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_6338

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, WAV: Wave/cluster/flap, SCR: Classic saucer/disk/sphere shaped UFO, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), OBS: Observation/chasing vehicles, RAY: Odd light/searchlight/beam/laser-like, DRT: Dirt/soil traces/marks/footprints etc., BLD: Building/man-made structure/roads/power lines, SND: UFO sounds heard or recorded

Extra Data: Country: “Canada”, Credibility: “8”, Duration: “2”, Elev: “186”, HatchDesc: “SARNIA,ON:5 OBS:2 GRPs/WHT SCRS/DIFF.ALTs BEAM LITES ↓:DYNAMO SOUND:/r70p3-69”, LatLong: “43.000002 -82.400004”, LatLongDMS: “43:00:00 N 82:24:00 W”, Locale: “Oil & Coal”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Ontario”, Strangeness: “7”

Event 21696 (91420BE5)

Date: 2/25/1960
Description: (Translated from French) In the Solomon Islands, luminous phenomena are observed at the same time as an earthquake. (25 February)
Reference: rr0 - Beau
Source: rr0, ID: rr0_1841

Event 21697 (248A7EA5)

Date: 2/27/1960
Description: (Translated from French) Sighting in Rome (New York). (February 27)
Reference: case Blue Book #6663 unsolved
Reference: rr0 - Beau
Source: rr0, ID: rr0_1842

Event 21698 (E1EE6535)

Date: 2/27/1960
Time: 18:30
Location: ROME AIR FORCE BASE, NY
Description: 5 Air Traffic Controllers. Night light trails white fan shape. Slow 3-4 minute(s) descent. No further details.
Type: sighting
Reference: BERLINER, DON: The BLUEBOOK UNKNOWNS; (FUFOR). (Index 28)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_6339

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, MIL: Observer(s) military, HQO: High-quality observer(s), DLT: Delta/vee/boomerang/rectangular shaped UFO, NLT: Nightlights/points of light, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), MIL: Military investigation, BBK: Project BLUEBOOK

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “10”, Duration: “4”, Elev: “154”, HatchDesc: “ROME AFB,NY:5 ATCs:NLT TRAILS WHT FAN SHAPE:SLOW 3-4min DESCENT:NFD”, LatLong: “43.211113 -75.455559”, LatLongDMS: “43:12:40 N 75:27:20 W”, Locale: “Town & City”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “New York”, Strangeness: “4”

Event 21699 (FBDF7300)

Date: 2/27/1960
Location: Rome AFB, NY
Description: Light trailing a white fan shape make a mild descent (NICAP: 01 - Distant Encounters, BB: 6663)
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_2432

Event 21700 (3EE6FE74)

Date: 2/27/1960
Time: 6:27 PM
Location: Rome AFB, New York
Description: Witnesses: control tower officer Capt. J. Huey and four other tower operators. One light trailing a white fan shape, made a mild descent for 3-4 minutes.
Type: ufo sighting
Reference: BlueBook Unknowns PDF
Source: BerlinerBBUnknowns, ID: BerlinerBBU_445

Event 21701 (1A497DB5)

Date: 2/27/1960
Description: NICAP sends photocopies of O’Keefe’s 1959 “UFOs Serious Business” memo to the media and to committees in the House and Senate, calling for congressional hearings. NICAP Board member Rear Adm. Roscoe Hillenkoetter adds a statement: “Behind the scenes, high-ranking AF officers are soberly concerned about the UFOs. But through official secrecy [AFR 200-2] and ridicule, many citizens are led to believe the unknown flying objects are nonsense.” NICAP board member Albert Baller writes: “If the UFOs are believed a threat, it would seem incumbent on the armed forces to waste no time in alerting the people. Any sudden, hostile act against a nation left in relative ignorance could have serious consequences.”
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: “UFO Warning Issued: Flying Objects ‘Now Serious Business,’” Lincoln (Neb.) Journal Star, February 27, 1960, p. 1; Loren E. Gross, The Fifth Horseman of the Apocalypse: UFOs, a History: January–June 1960, The Author, 2003, p. 37
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_3403

Event 21702 (416756B9)

Date: 2/27/1960
Description: A nocturnal light trailed after a white, fan-shaped UFO in the skies over Rome AFB, New York at 6:27 p.m. Five military witnesses including control tower officer Capt. J. Huey and four other tower operators witnessed the two UFOs. They moved slowly in a three to four minute descent.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: US Air Force Project Blue Book files counted in official statistics, case #6663; Don Berliner, Project Bluebook UFO Unknowns
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_1150

Event 21703 (810A6869)

Date: 3/1960
Description: “Flying Saucer Review” article by Manhattan Project scientist Dr. Leon Davidson
Type: article
Reference: link
Source: Maj2, ID: Maj2_596

Event 21704 (C64095DA)

Date: 3/1960
Location: SOUTHWEST / GORDONSVILLE, VA
Description: 2 airliner crews. Huge wingless fuselage going quickly southwest / 6000 mph. / MJ#263.
Type: sighting
Reference: WEINSTEIN, Dominique; UAP: 80 Years of Pilot Sightings Privately published. 7 avenue Bartholome. 75015 Paris, FRANCE. (Index 16)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_6340

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

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “8”, Duration: “1”, Elev: “151”, HatchDesc: “SW/GORDONSVILLE,VA:2 AIRLINER CREWS:HUGE WINGLESS FSLG >>SW/6000 mph:/MJ#263”, LatLong: “38.083335 -78.250004”, LatLongDMS: “38:05:00 N 78:15:00 W”, Locale: “Metropolis”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Virginia”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 21705 (AB71FAD4)

Date: 3/1960
Location: Ottawa
Description: The Ottawa Flying Saucer Club begins publishing Topside, edited by Wilbert B. Smith until 1962. It continues until winter 1971.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Topside, no. 1 (March 1960)
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_3404

Event 21706 (04E31146)

Date: 3/2/1960
Location: Austria, Leibnitz
Description: (Translated from French) Edgar Schedelbauer, a war-wounded reporter, managed to take the most unusual photograph known as the “Leibnitz Spider”. He was returning home on his motorcycle at 1:30 in the morning when an illuminated object appeared above the edge of the forest in the east, flew over the clearing, crossed the road and began to loop over the sloping terrain. It also briefly presented its upper part, which had the shape of an overturned bowl, orange in color. The alarming thing approached and remained motionless for 6 or 7 seconds. Schedelbauer, who had thrown his motorcycle into the ditch, clearly felt a thermal radiation and heard a machine noise. Crouching in the ditch, he managed to adjust his camera and capture this extraordinary moment on film. Suddenly, the hovering object above his head emitted a whistle similar to that of a jet engine, rose and quickly moved away to the east. The next day, Schedelbauer hoped to get a good price for his adventure…
Reference: A. SCHNEIDER-H. MALTHANER: “The Secret File of UFOs”, De Vecchi, 1978, p. 237
Reference: Mini catalogue chronologique des observations OVNI, by Godelieve Van Overmeire
Source: Overmeire, ID: Overmeire_2155

Event 21707 (F28D1985)

Date: 3/2/1960
Time: ~01:30
Location: LEIBNITZ, AUS
Description: Newsman. Photograph / saucer over woods. Skin burns. / r68p80. / LDLN#123. Fake / VJBO.
Type: sighting
Reference: FLYING SAUCER REVIEW (FSR), London. Bimonthly. PO Box 162; High Wycombe, Bucks. HP135 DZ, England. (Index 76)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_6341

Attributes: GND: 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), HUM: Humans affected: Injury/burns/marks/abduction/death, PHT: Photos/movies/videos taken, INJ: Injuries, illness/death, mutilations, MIL: Military investigation, BBK: Project BLUEBOOK

Extra Data: Country: “Austria”, Credibility: “3”, Duration: “1”, HatchDesc: “LEIBNITZ,AUS:NEWSMAN:FOTO/SCR OVR WOODS:skin burns:/r68p80:/LDLN#123:fake/VJBO”, LatLong: “46.783336 15.533334”, LatLongDMS: “46:47:00 N 15:32:00 E”, Locale: “Forest”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “STY”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 21708 (E61CF605)

Date: 3/2/1960
Description: Mr. Schedelbauer, a 36-year-old newsman, was driving his car near Labuttendorf, Austria at 1:30 a.m. when he had a close encounter with a round, glowing aerial object. He was able to take a photograph of the luminous UFO, but he also received burns on his face and hands from the encounter.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: Waveney Girvan, Flying Saucer Review, July-August 1960, p. 16; NICAP UFO Investigator, March-April 1960, p. 3; George D. Fawcett, Flying Saucers, September 1961, p. 48
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_1243

Event 21709 (434E24D5)

Date: 3/2/1960
Location: Labuttendorf, Austria
Description: Newspaperman Edgar Schedelbauer of Vienna, Austria for the newspaper “WIENER MONTAG,” suffered “great red spots” on his face and hands after his close encounter with a milky-white spider-shaped hovering UFO. It made a low humming sound and then a jet-like roar as it hovered about 50 feet above a road. A photographer took pictures of the object. Now under investigation.
Type: ufo sighting
Reference: The Flying Saucers are Hostile!, by George D. Fawcett 1961
Source: HostileFawcett, ID: HostileFawcett_87

Event 21710 (7BD6B866)

Date: 3/4/1960
Description: (Translated from French) In Japan, luminous phenomena are observed at the same time as an earthquake.
Reference: rr0 - Beau
Source: rr0, ID: rr0_1843

Event 21711 (B840D152)

Date: 3/4/1960
Description: (Translated from French) Observation in Dubuque (Iowa).
Reference: case Blue Book #6667 unsolved
Reference: rr0 - Beau
Source: rr0, ID: rr0_1844

Event 21712 (F3C1DA4F)

Date: 3/4/1960
Time: 17:50
Location: DUBUQUE, IA
Description: Project Bluebook Case #6667. Pilot and several. 3 saucers / row. Going [to] 2K’ altitude. 19’ / film. / r242p40+/ APRO 8’60.
Type: sighting
Reference: UFO INVESTIGATOR: NICAP: Kensington, MD & Washington, DC [defunct]. University Microfilms, Ann Arbor, MI 48106 (Index 21)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_6342

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

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “9”, Duration: “4”, Elev: “186”, HatchDesc: “DUBUQUE,IA:BBK#6667:PILOT+SVRL:3 SCRS/ROW:>2K’alt:19’/FILM:/r242p40+/APRO 8’60”, LatLong: “42.500002 -90.666671”, LatLongDMS: “42:30:00 N 90:40:00 W”, Locale: “Town & City”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, RelAlt: “600”, State/Prov: “Iowa”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 21713 (933D310D)

Date: 3/4/1960
Location: Dubuque, IA
Description: 3 elliptical-shaped objects make a slight climb (NICAP: 01 - Distant Encounters, BB: 6667)
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_2433

Event 21714 (7F6EFD55)

Date: 3/4/1960
Time: 5:55 PM
Location: Dubuque, Iowa
Description: Witness: Charles Morris. Three elliptical-shaped objects made a slight climb for 4 minutes. Film exposed during sighting showed no images of the objects.
Type: ufo sighting
Reference: BlueBook Unknowns PDF
Source: BerlinerBBUnknowns, ID: BerlinerBBU_446

Event 21715 (7601087E)

Date: 3/4/1960
Description: Pilot Charles Morris filmed three silver discs with his motion picture camera, flying over Dubuque, Iowa at 5:57 p.m. The Air Force claimed that no unusual objects appear on any of the frames.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: Richard Hall, The UFO Evidence (Volume I), p. 40
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_1291

Event 21716 (B94C5A2B)

Date: 3/6/1960
Time: 05:20
Location: NORRTALJE, SWD
Description: Photograph shoots 3 satellites going southeast. All 3 reverse course going quickly north.
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_6343

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CST: Observer(s) in coastal area/just offshore, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, HQO: High-quality observer(s), NLT: Nightlights/points of light, PRB: Probe: Possibly remote controlled, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), OBS: Observation/chasing vehicles, PHT: Photos/movies/videos taken, GSA: Covert Security Agency

Extra Data: Country: “Scandanavian and Finland”, Credibility: “10”, Duration: “12”, HatchDesc: “NORRTALJE,SWD:PHOTOG SHOOTS 3 SATELLITES > SE:ALL 3 REVERSE COURSE >>N”, LatLong: “59.783336 18.650001”, LatLongDMS: “59:47:00 N 18:39:00 E”, Locale: “Town & City”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Sweden”, Strangeness: “5”

Event 21717 (F41A0687)

Date: 3/6/1960
Locations: Norrtälje, Sweden; Stockholm latitude
Description: 5:15–5:27 a.m. Photographer Esse Jansson of Norrtälje, Sweden, goes out early in the morning to try to take a photo of an unidentified satellite, termed 1960 Alpha [however, the designation of 1960 Alpha 1 is reserved for the Pioneer 5 space probe, which isn’t launched until March 11], “which was expected to pass the Stockholm latitude in a southerly direction about 0525 hours.” He sees two objects that come from the north and move in a southeasterly direction. They are similar to phenomena he has seen before, but these objects reverse direction completely. One of his plates shows a third object. The CIA takes note of this and another mystery satellite viewed by a Swedish airplane and reported in Dagens Nyheter, March 8.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Central Intelligence Agency, “UFO’s Sighted, Photographed in Sweden; Unidentified Satellite Seen,” FDD Note 1107, March 17, 1960
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_3405

Event 21718 (E67099CC)

Date: 3/7/1960
Description: (Translated from French) Selection of 20 Russian cosmonauts. (March 7)
Reference: rr0 - Beau
Source: rr0, ID: rr0_1845

Event 21719 (38CD5546)

Date: 3/8/1960
Description: Holzman forwards Hynek’s letter up the chain of command.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: “Saucer Reading Fest,” Saturday Night Uforia, January 25, 2019
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_3406

Event 21720 (784F491A)

Date: 3/11/1960
Description: (Translated from French) Launch of Pioneer 5, first interplanetary probe. (March 11)
Reference: rr0 - Beau
Source: rr0, ID: rr0_1846

Event 21721 (E6567AFF)

Date: 3/11/1960
Description: (Translated from French) According to Carr, the New Paltz (New York) police managed to catch an humanoid who was outside of its vehicle while its two co-pilots rushed into the saucer and took off. The extraterrestrial is handed over to the CIA and dies after 28 days in captivity.
Reference: rr0 - Beau
Source: rr0, ID: rr0_1847

Event 21722 (52255CDE)

Date: 3/11/1960
Description: (Translated from French) Off the coast of Seattle, a metal articulated object was reported. A week later, an unknown submersible was located resting at 10m depth near Sydney for several days.
Reference: rr0 - Beau
Source: rr0, ID: rr0_1848

Event 21723 (8DAAE2C3)

Date: 3/12/1960
Location: Alamogordo, New Mexico
Description: The AERIAL PHENOMENA RESEARCH ORGANIZATION at Alamogordo, New Mexico announced that its organization has fragments of an “Extraterrestrial Flying Saucer” that fell from an exploding UFO in Brazil in 1957 and photographs of an “Extraterrestrial Flying Saucer” taken at Trinidade Island in 1958.
Type: ufo sighting
Reference: The Flying Saucers are Hostile!, by George D. Fawcett 1961
Source: HostileFawcett, ID: HostileFawcett_88

Event 21724 (B2AD6E78)

Date: 3/17/1960
Location: Cuba
Description: President Eisenhower signs off on a CIA paper titled “A Program of Covert Action against the Castro Regime.” The order gives the agency authorization to create an organization of exiled Cubans to manage opposition programs, begin a propaganda offensive to draw support for the movement, create an intelligence gathering network inside Cuba, and develop a paramilitary force to be introduced into Cuba to organize, train, and lead resistance groups against the Castro regime. Its budget is $4.4 million. Under the Cuban Project and under the direction of CIA Directorate for Plans Richard M. Bissell, MKUltra’s Sidney Gottlieb proposes spraying Fidel Castro’s television studio with LSD and saturating his shoes with thallium to make his beard fall out. Gottlieb also hatches schemes to assassinate Castro, including the use of a poisoned cigar, a poisoned wetsuit, an exploding conch shell, and a poisonous fountain pen.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Wikipedia, “Sidney Gottlieb”; Kris Hollington, Wolves, Jackals, and Foxes: The Assassins Who Changed History, St. Martin’s, 2008; Wikipedia, “Operation Mongoose”
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_3407

Event 21725 (955F65A8)

Date: Spring 1960
Location: USA
Description: (Translated from French) The first “midas 2” infrared alert satellite is satellited. Seven copies were launched in total on polar orbits at 3500 km altitude. In this type of detection it is indeed necessary to have a minimum of distance. (1960, Spring)
Reference: “The War of the Satellites” - Volume 3 - Pierre Kohler, ed. Famot 1982, p. 78
Reference: Mini catalogue chronologique des observations OVNI, by Godelieve Van Overmeire
Source: Overmeire, ID: Overmeire_2156

Event 21726 (7D0E37BE)

Date: Spring 1960
Location: ITALY, Sicily
Description: (Translated from French) Jeweler Salvatore Cianci was driving near Syracuse when a small creature in shiny clothes and wearing a diving cap appeared in the beams of his headlights. It had no arms, but two small wings. Salvatore Cianci suffered a nervous breakdown. (1960, Spring)
Reference: Jacques VALLEE: “Chronicles of E.T. Appearances” - DENOEL 1972 - coll. J’AI LU, p. 121
Reference: Mini catalogue chronologique des observations OVNI, by Godelieve Van Overmeire
Source: Overmeire, ID: Overmeire_2157

Event 21727 (4C017958)

Date: Spring 1960
Location: USA, Syracuse (New York)
Description: (Translated from French) An electronics engineer who was night fishing, heard a shrill whistle and saw a round object with a rotating light land on the shore. Through an opening, two dwarves with abnormally large heads emerged with a hose and pumped water from the river. Later they appeared to be playing like children. Their bodies sparkled with changing colored lights. (1960, Spring)
Reference: M. FIGUET/ J.L. RUCHON: “Ovni, Premier dossier complet…” - éd. Alain Lefeuvre 1979, p. 101
Reference: Mini catalogue chronologique des observations OVNI, by Godelieve Van Overmeire
Source: Overmeire, ID: Overmeire_2158

Event 21728 (0B055B61)

Date: Spring 1960
Description: (Translated from French) Meeting with Italian jeweler Salvatore Cianci. (Spring)
Reference: rr0 - Beau
Source: rr0, ID: rr0_1862

Event 21729 (D77241C0)

Date: Spring 1960
Time: night
Location: Syracuse, New York
Description: An electronics engineer was fishing when he heard a shrill, whirring sound and saw a round object, with a rotating light on top, land on the shore. The sound gradually stopped, an opening became visible, and two dwarfs with oversized heads came out with a hose and pumped water from the river. Later they appeared to play like children. Their bodies glowed with lights of changing colors.
Type: ufo sighting
Reference: Binder (Vallee)
Source: ValléeMagonia, ID: Magonia_501

Event 21730 (5D99015E)

Date: 3/23/1960
Description: (Translated from French) Sighting in Indianapolis (Indiana). (March 23)
Reference: case Blue Book #6691 unsolved
Reference: rr0 - Beau
Source: rr0, ID: rr0_1849

Event 21731 (EF1695D1)

Date: 3/23/1960
Time: 03:40
Location: INDIANAPOLIS, IN
Description: 2 observer(s). 20M “kite” arcs and maneuvers all over sky. Vibrant bright and metallic. 10 minute(s).
Type: sighting
Reference: SCIENCE & MECHANICS (eds.) OFFICIAL GUIDE to UFO’S; Ace Books, NY. 1968. (Index 170)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_6344

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, SCI: Scientist involvement, MID: Likely mis-identification, DLT: Delta/vee/boomerang/rectangular shaped UFO, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), OBS: Observation/chasing vehicles, MIL: Military investigation, BBK: Project BLUEBOOK

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “6”, Duration: “1”, Elev: “215”, HatchDesc: “INDIANAPOLIS,IN:2 OBS:20M “KITE” ARCS+MNVRS ALL OVR SKY:VBRITE+METALLIC:10min”, LatLong: “39.766669 -86.150004”, LatLongDMS: “39:46:00 N 86:09:00 W”, Locale: “Residential”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Indiana”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 21732 (C3692EC2)

Date: 3/23/1960
Location: Indianapolis, IN
Description: A series of balls, arranged like an “X” with one diagonal line (NICAP: 01 - Distant Encounters, BB: 6691)
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_2434

Event 21733 (1EEF2F0F)

Date: 3/23/1960
Time: 3:35 AM
Location: Indianapolis, Indiana
Description: Witnesses: Mr. and Mrs. E.I. Larsen. A series of balls, arranged like an “X” with one diagonal line, seen for 3/4 of a minute. Note: little data on the case in the files.
Type: ufo sighting
Reference: BlueBook Unknowns PDF
Source: BerlinerBBUnknowns, ID: BerlinerBBU_447

Event 21734 (528D3BE8)

Date: 3/23/1960
Description: At 3:35 a.m. Mr. & Mrs. Larsen sighted an object over their residence in Indianapolis, Indiana that looked like a kite made up of little metallic balls. The object or objects moved in an arc through the sky to the west, then made a 180-degree turn, and finally rose and departed vertically. It made no sound. Listed as a U.S. Air Force Project Blue Book unidentified report.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: Project Blue Book files counted in official statistics, case 6681; Otto Binder, What We Really Know About Flying Saucers, p. 27; Lloyd Mallan, Official Guide to UFOs, p. 170
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_1625

Event 21735 (4EF3AB8D)

Date: 3/24/1960
Locations: Lambert–St. Louis International Airport; Missouri
Description: Two policemen are in the vicinity of Lambert–St. Louis International Airport in Missouri, one on the north side, the other on the south side. A bright light illuminates the entire area. Three objects in a V-formation whisk overhead. They are round, white, and 9 feet in diameter.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Swords 293
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_3408

Event 21736 (5C03007C)

Date: 3/25/1960?
Time: ~15:00
Location: VICHEL, FR
Description: Gas turbine noise. Cylinder/cylindrical object hovers / 5+min. Shoots going quickly southeast sideways like an arrow.
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 50)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_6345

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), SND: UFO sounds heard or recorded

Extra Data: Country: “France”, Credibility: “6”, Duration: “1”, HatchDesc: “VICHEL,FR:GAS TURBINE NOISE:CYL HVRS/5+min:SHOOTS >>SE SIDEWAYS like an arrow”, LatLong: “45.433335 3.250000”, LatLongDMS: “45:26:00 N 03:15:00 E”, Locale: “Mountains”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Puy-de-Dôme”, Strangeness: “7”

Event 21737 (80BBC73A)

Date: 3/25/1960
Description: Making a noise like a gas turbine, a cylindrical UFO hovered over Vichel at around 3 p.m. in Puy-de-Dome department, France for more than five minutes, then shot away to the southeast, traveling sideways like an arrow.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: Larry Hatch, U computer database, case 5897, citing Lumieres dans la Nuit Lecteurs
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_1651

Event 21738 (3E325A47)

Date: 3/31/1960
Time: 19:00
Location: NORTH ATLANTIC
Description: Steamship MV Avafors / location unknown. Night light going south slow. Curves up then down. Going SSW / 220°.
Type: sighting
Reference: UFO INVESTIGATOR: NICAP: Kensington, MD & Washington, DC [defunct]. University Microfilms, Ann Arbor, MI 48106 (Index 22)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_6346

Attributes: SEA: Observer(s) at sea, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, HQO: High-quality observer(s), NLT: Nightlights/points of light, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s)

Extra Data: Country: “Atlantic Ocean + islands”, Credibility: “6”, Duration: “3”, Elev: “0”, HatchDesc: “N.ATLANTIC:SS MV AVAFORS/loc.unk:NLT > S SLOW:CURVES UP THEN DOWN:>SSW/220°”, LatLong: “42.000002 -63.500003”, LatLongDMS: “42:00:00 N 63:30:00 W”, Locale: “High Seas”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “NAT”, Strangeness: “5”

Event 21739 (44EED27D)

Date: 4/1960
Location: FRANCE, Puy du Dôme
Description: (Translated from French) Or early May. M. Germain Tichit, a baker, was kneading dough around 2 o’clock in the morning. He heard an unusual noise at the same time he saw flashes of all colors through the window. He went to the doorstep and in the middle of the sloping field was an object in the shape of a spinning top, 10 to 15 m in diameter and 5 m high. The central pivot looked like a bellows that inflated to give the object a horizontal plate on the sloping ground. A metallic cutting sound on top of the noise of the object itself caused a staircase to lower beneath the right side of the object and a small humanoid descended the three steps, stepped onto the ground and advanced. The small being was well built, rather handsome, wearing small boots, dressed in tight trousers and a jacket buttoned in front, gray-green in color, and wearing a helmet similar to that of a fireman of the same color as the jacket. He had a curved saber in a scabbard on his right side, the handle clearly visible. A real whirlwind blew under the object, a kind of hot, stinging wind which M. Tichit felt on his left cheek. The witness advanced towards the creature with the intention of capturing it. The dwarf pilot saw him and pointed a long tube at him which emitted an intense light. The witness then experienced difficulty breathing, bent forward, hands in front of his face, and continued to advance. The being seemed to be frightened, turned around, climbed the ladder and disappeared. The craft rose to about thirty meters, with a whistling sound, and then moved horizontally in waves.
Reference: M. FIGUET/ J.L. RUCHON: “Ovni, Premier dossier complet…” - éd. Alain Lefeuvre 1979, p. 241, 242
Reference: Mini catalogue chronologique des observations OVNI, by Godelieve Van Overmeire
Source: Overmeire, ID: Overmeire_2163

Event 21740 (C828E296)

Date: 4/1960
Location: NEAR SCAER, FR
Description: Moped malfunctions due to EME (electro-magnetic effects). Man invites observer(s) to 6M saucer / ground. Seats and levers and map and dials…
Type: sighting
Reference: BOEDEC, Jean-Francois: Les OVNI EN BRETAGNE, Anatomie d’un Phenomene. 1978 Editions Fernand Lanore, Paris. (Index 146)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_6347

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, HOX: Suspicion of hoax, CNT: Contactee related, ODD: Atypical/Forteana/paranormal, SCR: Classic saucer/disk/sphere shaped UFO, PSH: Pseudo-human: Clone/organic robot/human-like, CVS: Conversation/communication, VEH: Vehicle affected: Marks/damage/EME effects, LND: UFO landing or any part touches ground, EME: Electro-Magnetic Effects, TCH: New technical details/clues

Extra Data: Country: “France”, Credibility: “5”, Duration: “10”, HatchDesc: “nr SCAER,FR:MOPED EMEs:MAN INVITES OBS TO 6M SCR/GND:SEATS+LEVERS+MAP+DIALS…”, LatLong: “48.016669 -3.700000”, LatLongDMS: “48:01:00 N 03:42:00 W”, Locale: “Pasture”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Finistère”, Strangeness: “9”

Event 21741 (B31458A1)

Date: 4/1960 (approximate)
Time: 21:00?
Location: SYRACUSE, NY
Description: Fisherman. Saucer lands. Small humanoids (or Greys) draw water / hose. Play like kids. / O. Binder.
Type: sighting
Reference: VALLEE, Jacques: PASSPORT TO MAGONIA; H. Regnery, Chicago HC 1969 & Contemporary Books,Chicago 1993. 372pp. (Index 501)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_6348

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, 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: “5”, Duration: “15”, Elev: “120”, HatchDesc: “SYRACUSE,NY:FISHERMAN:SCR LANDS:OIDS DRAW WATER/HOSE:PLAY LIKE KIDS:/O.Binder”, LatLong: “43.050002 -76.133337”, LatLongDMS: “43:03:00 N 76:08:00 W”, Locale: “Town & City”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “New York”, Strangeness: “10”

Event 21742 (67694592)

Date: 4/1/1960
Location: USA
Description: (Translated from French) LAUNCH OF TIROS I SATELLITE, FIRST WEATHER SATELLITE, WEIGHT 122 KG. ("Astronautics, Pierre Rousseau, Hachette 1965, p. 63) THE FIRST GOOD IMAGES (… OF THE EARTH) WERE THOSE OF TIROS I, WEATHER SATELLITE PUT IN ORBIT BY NASA, ON APRIL 1, 1960. (April 1, 1960)
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_2159

Event 21743 (FD5AF15F)

Date: 4/1/1960
Description: (Translated from French) Launch of Tiros, 1st weather satellite. (April 1st)
Reference: rr0 - Beau
Source: rr0, ID: rr0_1850

Event 21744 (07B4C616)

Date: 4/1/1960
Time: 12:00
Location: ANGRA DO HEROISMO, AZORES
Description: Metallic saucer skims ground. Red edge. / Diario Insular.
Type: sighting
Reference: LOURENCO, Victor: The PORTUCAT CATALOG; (BBS Download). (Index 69)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_6349

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

Extra Data: Country: “Atlantic Ocean + islands”, Credibility: “7”, Duration: “1”, HatchDesc: “ANGRA do HEROISMO,AZORES:MTLC SCR SKIMS GROUND:RED EDGE:/DIARIO INSULAR”, LatLong: “38.650002 -27.200001”, LatLongDMS: “38:39:00 N 27:12:00 W”, Locale: “Islands”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Azores”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 21745 (E608694E)

Date: 4/1/1960
Time: 06:17:00.0
Location: 27.0000 0.0000
Description: Nuclear test: Air. Country: France Name: “gerb._blanche”
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_1838

Extra Data: LatLong: “27.0000 0.0000”, LatLongDMS: “27:00:00 N 00:00:00 W”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, NukeCountry: “France”, NukeDepth: “0.00”, NukeName: “gerb._blanche”, NukeSource: “BOLT”, NukeType: “A”

Event 21746 (F0F72014)

Date: 4/5/1960
Location: MOZAMBIQUE, Beira
Description: (Translated from French) A flying saucer of orange color landed and 4 small entities fled when the craft exploded.
Reference: Janet and Colin BORD: “Modern Mysteries of the World” - Guild Publishing London 1989, p. 344
Reference: Mini catalogue chronologique des observations OVNI, by Godelieve Van Overmeire
Source: Overmeire, ID: Overmeire_2160

Event 21747 (C4E4E5DF)

Date: 4/5/1960 (approximate)
Location: NEAR BEIRA, MZBQ
Description: Orange saucer whistles and lands. 4 small humanoids (or Greys) run going [to] woods. Saucer explodes! / r8#502.
Type: sighting
Reference: FLYING SAUCER REVIEW (FSR), London. Bimonthly. PO Box 162; High Wycombe, Bucks. HP135 DZ, England. (Index 77)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_6350

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CST: Observer(s) in coastal area/just offshore, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, NWS: News media report, ODD: Atypical/Forteana/paranormal, SCR: Classic saucer/disk/sphere shaped UFO, OID: Humanoid: Small alien or “Grey”, LND: UFO landing or any part touches ground, TCH: New technical details/clues, INJ: Injuries, illness/death, mutilations, SND: UFO sounds heard or recorded

Extra Data: Country: “Mozambique”, Credibility: “5”, Duration: “3”, HatchDesc: “nr BEIRA,MZBQ:ORG SCR WHISTLES+LANDS:4 OIDS RUN >WOODS:SCR EXPLODES!:/r8#502”, LatLong: “-19.666668 34.833335”, LatLongDMS: “19:40:00 S 34:50:00 E”, Locale: “Coastlands”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “BEI”, Strangeness: “10”

Event 21748 (BB6085F6)

Date: 4/5/1960
Location: Beira, Mozambique
Description: An orange disk landed with a hissing sound, then exploded, while four dwarfish figures ran away into the brush.
Type: ufo sighting
Reference: FSR 60, 5; 126 (Vallee)
Source: ValléeMagonia, ID: Magonia_502

Event 21749 (F31E7C83)

Date: 4/5/1960
Description: An orange disk landed in Beira, Mozambique with a hissing sound, then exploded, while four dwarfish figures ran off into the brush.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: Jacques Vallee, Passport to Magonia: A Century of Landings, case 501
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_1846

Event 21750 (5E329D07)

Date: 4/6/1960
Location: USSR, SPACE
Description: (Translated from French) FALL OF SPUTNIK 3 LAUNCHED ON MAY 15, 1958
Reference: Acta Aeronomica 1977, p. 135
Reference: LOCATION NOT SPECIFIED
Reference: Mini catalogue chronologique des observations OVNI, by Godelieve Van Overmeire
Source: Overmeire, ID: Overmeire_2161

Event 21751 (5D739548)

Date: 4/6/1960
Time: 18:00
Location: LOOGOOTEE, IN
Description: Navy civil eng. Tech. Large yellow-red ovoid crosses road going south. Silent.
Type: sighting
Reference: UFO INVESTIGATOR: NICAP: Kensington, MD & Washington, DC [defunct]. University Microfilms, Ann Arbor, MI 48106 (Index 22)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_6351

Attributes: 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: “164”, HatchDesc: “LOOGOOTEE,IN:NAVY CIV.ENG.TECH:LARGE YLW-RED OVOID CROSSES ROAD >S:SLNT:”, LatLong: “38.683335 -86.916671”, LatLongDMS: “38:41:00 N 86:55:00 W”, Locale: “Pasture”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Indiana”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 21752 (8C42D461)

Date: 4/8/1960
Locations: National Radio Astronomy Observatory at Green Bank, West Virginia; Soviet Union
Description: Project Ozma, set up only a few days earlier by Frank Drake at the National Radio Astronomy Observatory at Green Bank, West Virginia, seems to hit paydirt. As he slews his antenna off Tau Ceti and onto Epsilon Eridani, Drake is greeted with a strong, periodic, pulsed signal on 1420 MHz, the hyperfine transition emission line of interstellar hydrogen atoms proposed for SETI by Giuseppe Cocconi and Philip Morrison, and still favored as a promising hailing frequency for interstellar communications. Drake is ready with a second, low-gain antenna. The pulses are there as well, sadly disproving their extraterrestrial origin. But they are not exactly terrestrial interference, either. The rate at which the phantom signal traverses the sky suggests that it is emanating from an aircraft cruising at unprecedented altitude—perhaps 80,000 feet. At the time, no known aircraft can reach the stratosphere. Such an aircraft, as it happens, doesn’t “come into existence” until the following month, when Francis Gary Powers is shot down over the Soviet Union. (Drake wisely decides to withhold publication of this positive result, so he never does receive proper credit for “discovering” the U-2.) The project only lasts through July.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Wikipedia, “Project Ozma”; H. Paul Shuch, “Project Ozma: The Birth of Observational SETI,” in Searching for Extraterrestrial Intelligence, Springer, 2011, pp. 13–18; Seth Shostak, “Project Ozma,” SETI Institute, July 2021
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_3409

Event 21753 (B40DD158)

Date: 4/9/1960
Locations: Pakistan; Semipalatinsk Test Site in Kazakhstan; Dolon Air Base in Semey, Kazakhstan; SAM test site near Saryshagan, Kazakhstan; Baikonur Cosmodrome near Tyuratam, Kazakhstan; Iranian airstrip at Zahedan
Description: The U-2 spy plane piloted by Francis Gary Powers crosses into the Soviet Union from Pakistan and flies over the Semipalatinsk Test Site in Kazakhstan; the Dolon Air Base in Semey, Kazakhstan; a SAM test site near Saryshagan, Kazakhstan; and the Baikonur Cosmodrome near Tyuratam, Kazakhstan. The plane is detected by Soviet Air Defense Forces but avoids intercepts by a MiG-19 and a Su-9. Powers lands at an Iranian airstrip at Zahedan. A 1994 CIA monograph by Gerald K. Haines, “CIA’s Role in the Study of UFOs, 1947–90,” claims that “According to later estimates from CIA officials who worked on the U-2 project and the Oxcart (SR-71, or Blackbird) project, over half of all UFO reports from the late 1950s through the 1960s were accounted for by manned reconnaissance flights (namely the U-2) over the United States.”
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Wikipedia, “1960 U-2 incident”; Gerald K. Haines, “CIA’s Role in the Study of UFOs, 1947–90,” Studies in Intelligence 40, no. 5 (1997): 67–84
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_3410

Event 21754 (C734B24B)

Date: 4/10/1960
Time: 22:00
Location: SOUTHEAST / LE BOULOU, FR
Description: 2 big white disks over Mt. St. Christophe. Vanish and reappear. Photographs. No further details.
Type: sighting
Reference: LDLN CONTACT LECTEURS: by Series and #. May’68 -JAN’72 (Entire set of 18 issues) LDLN local chapters & individual members’ UFO reports. (Index 28)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_6352

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

Extra Data: Country: “France”, Credibility: “8”, Duration: “10”, HatchDesc: “SE/Le BOULOU,FR:2 BIG WHT DISKS ovr Mt.St.CHRISTOPHE:VANISH+REAPPEAR:FOTOS:NFD”, LatLong: “42.494446 2.883333”, LatLongDMS: “42:29:40 N 02:53:00 E”, Locale: “Mountains”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Pyrénées-Orientales”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 21755 (099EF3BD)

Date: 4/11/1960
Description: (Translated from French) As part of his OZMA project, Frank Drake pointed the newly-equipped 29.5m diameter receiver of the NRAO at two stars 11 light-years away, listening intently on the 1420 megahertz frequency suggested as ideal by Cocconi and Morrison’s paper the previous year. On the first day, Drake thought he had hit the jackpot. Aiming at Epsilon Eridani, he immediately recorded a pulsing signal of clearly artificial origin that lasted only 5 minutes. It is now thought to have been an aircraft flying at very high altitude. (April 11th, 6am)
Reference: rr0 - Beau
Source: rr0, ID: rr0_1851

Event 21756 (62C88330)

Date: 4/11/1960
Time: 20:20
Location: SOUTHWEST / STONEHAVEN, SCTL
Description: 6 / car. Red-gold saucer going north to cloud. Exits / different direction. Separate observer(s).
Type: sighting
Reference: FLYING SAUCER REVIEW (FSR), London. Bimonthly. PO Box 162; High Wycombe, Bucks. HP135 DZ, England. (Index 76)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_6353

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

Extra Data: Country: “Great Britain and Ireland”, Credibility: “9”, Duration: “2”, Elev: “3”, HatchDesc: “SW/STONEHAVEN,SCTL:6/CAR:RED-GOLD SCR >N to CLOUD:EXITS/DIFF.DIRECTION:sep.obs”, LatLong: “56.883336 -2.333333”, LatLongDMS: “56:53:00 N 02:20:00 W”, Locale: “Pasture”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Scotland”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 21757 (F306FC1F)

Date: 4/12/1960
Description: (Translated from French) Sighting at La Camp (Louisiana). (April 12)
Reference: case Blue Book #6711 unsolved
Reference: rr0 - Beau
Source: rr0, ID: rr0_1852

Event 21758 (3D76B331)

Date: 4/12/1960
Description: (Translated from French) Explosion of the first French atomic bomb.
Reference: rr0 - Beau
Source: rr0, ID: rr0_1853

Event 21759 (D6F819B1)

Date: 4/12/1960
Time: 21:00
Location: LACAMP, LA
Description: Project Bluebook Case #6711. Saucer going quickly south plows through trees. Skips off ground. Flies off. Lots / traces.
Type: sighting
Reference: SCIENCE & MECHANICS (eds.) OFFICIAL GUIDE to UFO’S; Ace Books, NY. 1968. (Index 169)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_6354

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CST: Observer(s) in coastal area/just offshore, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, SCI: Scientist involvement, SCR: Classic saucer/disk/sphere shaped UFO, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), DRT: Dirt/soil traces/marks/footprints etc., VEG: Plants affected or sampled/crop circles, LND: UFO landing or any part touches ground, TRC: Physical traces, TCH: New technical details/clues, MIL: Military investigation, BBK: Project BLUEBOOK

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “9”, Duration: “1”, Elev: “77”, HatchDesc: “LACAMP,LA:BBK#6711:SCR>>S PLOWS THRU TREES:SKIPS OFF GND:FLIES OFF:LOTS/TRACES”, LatLong: “29.950001 -92.916671”, LatLongDMS: “29:57:00 N 92:55:00 W”, Locale: “Wetlands”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Louisiana”, Strangeness: “8”

Event 21760 (7927FA53)

Date: 4/12/1960
Location: La Camp, LA
Description: A fiery-red disc from the S touch the ground about 1,000 ft (NICAP: 01 - Distant Encounters, BB: 6711)
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_2435

Event 21761 (7730C771)

Date: 4/12/1960
Time: 9 PM
Location: LaCamp, Louisiana
Description: Witness: Monroe Arnold. One fiery-red disc exploded four or five times. Analysis of paint samples from explosion proved inconclusive. Sighting lasted 2-3 seconds.
Type: ufo sighting
Reference: BlueBook Unknowns PDF
Source: BerlinerBBUnknowns, ID: BerlinerBBU_448

Event 21762 (EF1E00C9)

Date: 4/12/1960
Description: LaCamp, Louisiana. At 9:00 p.m. Monroe Arnold, a physical scientist, saw a fiery-red disc that made a rumbling sound and exploded four or five times while flying through the sky for two to three seconds. It plowed through trees, struck the ground, bounced nine times, and resulted in explosions and flames. It left behind nine ground scars. An analysis of paint samples from the explosion proved inconclusive.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: Don Berliner, Project Bluebook UFO Unknowns; Project Blue Book files counted in official statistics, case # 6711; NICAP UFO Investigator, May 1960, p. 4
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_1969

Event 21763 (DF60C519)

Date: 4/13/1960
Location: Red Bluff, CA
Description: State Police encounter with highly ma-neuverable elliptical object, red light beams swept ground (NICAP UFOE, V). (NICAP: 02 - Close Encounters)
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_2436

Event 21764 (05C44FDA)

Date: 4/13/1960
Location: Red Bluff, CA
Description: State Police encounter with highly maneuverable elliptical object, red light beams swept ground
Type: sighting
Reference: The UFO Evidence by Richard H. Hall
Source: HallUFOEvidence2, ID: HallUFOE2_7

Event 21765 (FC3BDD2B)

Date: 4/16/1960
Time: 17:50
Location: NAPIER, NZ
Description: 3 women. Brilliant pole rises slowly. Turns horizontal and darkens and going northeast to sea.
Type: sighting
Reference: The APRO BULLETIN: Monthly. Jim & Coral Lorenzen: Tucson,AZ (USA. defunct) By volume and number. (Index 727)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_6355

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: “New Zealand”, Credibility: “8”, Duration: “2”, HatchDesc: “NAPIER,NZ:3 WOMEN:BRILL.POLE RISES SLOWLY:TURNS HORIZONTAL+DARKENS+ >NE TO SEA”, LatLong: “-39.516669 176.916675”, LatLongDMS: “39:31:00 S 176:55:00 E”, Locale: “Coastlands”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “NI”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 21766 (7970C7CF)

Date: 4/16/1960
Description: A brilliant vertical cylinder or pole-shaped object rose slowly over the shore of Napier, New Zealand at 5:50 p.m. It turned horizontal and then darkened. It finally flew to the northeast and out to sea.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: APRO Bulletin, July 1960
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_2052

Event 21767 (49D4AE55)

Date: 4/17/1960
Description: (Translated from French) Sighting at Richards, Gebaur AB (Missouri). (April 17)
Reference: case Blue Book #6721 unsolved
Reference: rr0 - Beau
Source: rr0, ID: rr0_1854

Event 21768 (CA1F26DF)

Date: 4/17/1960
Time: 20:30
Location: RICHARDS-GEBAUR AIR FORCE BASE, MO
Description: Project Bluebook Case #6721. 2 / 48X-(seen thru) telescope. Red night light turns in sky. High and distant.
Type: sighting
Reference: KEHOE, Maj Donald: ALIENS FROM SPACE; Doubleday, Garden City, NY 1973 HB (Index 53)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_6356

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, MIL: Observer(s) military, HQO: High-quality observer(s), NLT: Nightlights/points of light, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), VEH: Vehicle affected: Marks/damage/EME effects, TRC: Physical traces, MIL: Military investigation, BBK: Project BLUEBOOK

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “8”, Duration: “3”, Elev: “332”, HatchDesc: “RICHARDS-GEBAUR AFB,MO:BBK#6721:2/48X-TSCOPE:RED NLT TURNS IN SKY:HI+DISTANT”, LatLong: “38.883335 -94.533338”, LatLongDMS: “38:53:00 N 94:32:00 W”, Locale: “Town & City”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Missouri”, Strangeness: “4”

Event 21769 (494E2490)

Date: 4/17/1960
Location: Richards-Gebaur AFB, MO
Description: (Berliner) (NICAP: 01 - Distant Encounters, BB: 6721)
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_2437

Event 21770 (54E75750)

Date: 4/17/1960
Time: 8:29 PM
Location: Richards-Gebauer AFB, Missouri
Description: Witnesses: USAF Maj. J.G. Ford and Link representative A. Chapdelaine, using a 48x telescope. One reddish glow made an odd orbit for 2.5 minutes.
Type: ufo sighting
Reference: BlueBook Unknowns PDF
Source: BerlinerBBUnknowns, ID: BerlinerBBU_449

Event 21771 (A89E1F5F)

Date: 4/18/1960
Time: 2100
Location: Lacamp, Louisiana
Description: Mr. Arnold saw a round object, fiery red in color, arriving at high speed from the south. It touched the ground about 300 m away with a loud explosion heard by many people, and a flame. It bounced in an easterly direction for about 300 m, then rose again, turned west and disappeared. The ground was scarred in nine places, and a substance resembling metallic paint was found.
Type: ufo sighting
Reference: Science & Mechanics Dec., 66 (Vallee)
Source: ValléeMagonia, ID: Magonia_503

Event 21772 (E37D98BE)

Date: 4/18/1960
Description: At 9:00 p.m. Mr. Arnold saw a round, fiery red flying object approach at high speed from the south in Lacamp, Louisiana. It touched the ground about 300 meters away with a loud explosion heard by many people, and a flame. It bounced in an easterly direction for about 300 meters, then rose again, turned west and disappeared. The ground was scarred in nine places, and a substance resembling metallic paint was found.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: Jacques Vallee, Passport to Magonia: A Century of Landings, case 503
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_2111

Event 21773 (9966CC4A)

Date: 4/20/1960
Location: USSR, SPACE
Description: (Translated from French) RE-ENTRY OF LUNIK (LUNA) 3 LAUNCHED OCT. 4, 59, LOCATION NOT SPECIFIED
Reference: Acta Aeronomica 1977, p. 110
Reference: Mini catalogue chronologique des observations OVNI, by Godelieve Van Overmeire
Source: Overmeire, ID: Overmeire_2162

Event 21774 (9BBDC42A)

Date: 4/21/1960
Time: 12:00?
Location: GUANTANAMO BAY, CUBA
Description: Project Bluebook Case #6724. Unidentified. Poor naval photos / daylight disks. No further details. / photograph only.
Type: sighting
Reference: STEIGER, Brad (ed.): PROJECT BLUEBOOK; Ballentine Books 1976. 423pp. (Index 364)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_6357

Attributes: CST: Observer(s) in coastal area/just offshore, SEA: Observer(s) at sea, MIL: Observer(s) military, HQO: High-quality observer(s), SCR: Classic saucer/disk/sphere shaped UFO, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), PHT: Photos/movies/videos taken, MIL: Military investigation, BBK: Project BLUEBOOK

Extra Data: Country: “Caribbean area”, Credibility: “6”, Duration: “5”, Elev: “0”, HatchDesc: “GUANTANAMO BAY,CUBA:BBK#6724:UID:POOR NAVAL PHOTOS/DAYLITE DISKS:NFD:/pix only”, LatLong: “19.583334 -75.583337”, LatLongDMS: “19:35:00 N 75:35:00 W”, Locale: “Coastlands”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “CUB”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 21775 (97D75082)

Date: 4/21/1960
Time: 21:00
Location: ESTREMOZ, PORTUGAL
Description: Several / train station. Cylinder/cigar-shape-object flies by. / O Seculo. No further details.
Type: sighting
Reference: LOURENCO, Victor: The PORTUCAT CATALOG; (BBS Download). (Index 70)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_6358

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: “Portugal”, Credibility: “9”, Duration: “1”, HatchDesc: “ESTREMOZ,PORTUGAL:SVRL/TRAIN STATION:CGR-OBJ FLIES BY:/O SECULO:NFD”, LatLong: “38.850002 -7.605556”, LatLongDMS: “38:51:00 N 07:36:20 W”, Locale: “Town & City”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “AAL”, Strangeness: “5”

Event 21776 (0FE60A2C)

Date: 4/22/1960
Description: A cigar-shaped UFO flew by a train station at 9:00 p.m. in Estremoz, Portugal.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: Vicente-Juan Ballester Olmos case investigation files
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_2213

Event 21777 (3708CCAE)

Date: 4/25/1960
Description: (Translated from French) Sighting in Shelby (Montana). (April 25)
Reference: case Blue Book #6727 unsolved
Reference: rr0 - Beau
Source: rr0, ID: rr0_1855

Event 21778 (73203A90)

Date: 4/25/1960
Time: 19:00
Location: SHELBY, MT
Description: Project Bluebook Case #6727. Unidentified. 3M orbs seen 5x since 1957. Slow and fast. Sharp turns. Vanish.
Type: sighting
Reference: SCIENCE & MECHANICS (eds.) OFFICIAL GUIDE to UFO’S; Ace Books, NY. 1968. (Index 143)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_6359

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

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “7”, Duration: “180”, Elev: “1002”, HatchDesc: “SHELBY,MT:BBK#6727:UID:3M ORBS SEEN 5x SINCE 1957:SLO+FAST:SHARP TURNS:VANISH”, LatLong: “48.516669 -111.877783”, LatLongDMS: “48:31:00 N 111:52:40 W”, Locale: “Oil & Coal”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Montana”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 21779 (52CCA7F7)

Date: 4/25/1960
Time: 21:00
Location: PLYMOUTH, NH
Description: 1 observer. Scarlet cylinder/cigar-shape hovers / 45 second(s). Going quickly south fast and silent. / r219p12. / r70p3-69.
Type: sighting
Reference: HALL, Richard: The UFO EVIDENCE; NICAP,Washington, DC 1964. Reprinted 1997 Barnes & Noble Books ( only $7.98! ) (Index 68)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_6360

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

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “6”, Duration: “2”, Elev: “157”, HatchDesc: “PLYMOUTH,NH:1 OBS:SCARLET CGR HVRS/45sec:>>S FAST+SLNT:/r219p12:/r70p3-69”, LatLong: “43.755558 -71.688892”, LatLongDMS: “43:45:20 N 71:41:20 W”, Locale: “Town & City”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “New Hampshire”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 21780 (E4D90D2A)

Date: 4/25/1960
Location: Plymouth, NH
Description: Former Town Selectman saw bright red cigar-shaped UFO hover, speed away. [NICAP UFOE, VII] (NICAP: 02 - Close Encounters)
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_2438

Event 21781 (CF2A6D2F)

Date: 4/25/1960
Location: Shelby, MT
Description: Saw 5 circular objects fly in trail formation (NICAP: 01 - Distant Encounters, BB: 6727)
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_2439

Event 21782 (6C1CDDC0)

Date: 4/25/1960
Time: 7-10 PM
Location: Shelby, Montana
Description: Witness: Mrs. M. Clark. Five circular objects flew in trail formation, hovered and accelerated and made sharp turns. Case file includes other reports from Mrs. Clark for previous 3 years.
Type: ufo sighting
Reference: BlueBook Unknowns PDF
Source: BerlinerBBUnknowns, ID: BerlinerBBU_450

Event 21783 (B73599EE)

Date: 4/25/1960
Description: Mrs. M. Clark of Shelby, Montana saw five circular or round objects fly in a trail formation, hover, accelerate, and make sharp turns. A strong white light beam shone down from the balls of light (BOL), which had a red glow. They flew at a low altitude, and made sharp turns.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: Project Blue Book files counted in official statistics, case # 6727; Don Berliner, Project Bluebook Unknowns; Lloyd Mallan, Official Guide to UFOs, p. 18
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_2294

Event 21784 (B321F5A4)

Date: 4/27/1960
Description: Mr. N. N., a painter, was driving from Slagelse to Naestved, Denmark at around 3:00 a.m. when his car engine and lights died. His car stopped twenty feet from a green glowing thirty-foot wide domed disc. The object was shaped like two bowls edge-to-edge, had a shining stripe of light around its center, three portholes, three legs for landing gear, and a central column. It also made a humming sound. Four three-foot tall entities in luminous green costumes emerged. Their uniforms had three dark vertical marks on the chest.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: Willy Wegner, UFO-Landinger I Danmark, p. 36; Gene Duplantier, Saucers, Space & Science; David F. Webb & Ted Bloecher, HUMCAT: Catalogue of Humanoid Reports, case A0492
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_2366

Event 21785 (B078891C)

Date: 4/30/1960
Description:

[c0mmando]

George Adamski appears on Long John Nebel’s late-night TV show on WOR.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: “Long John Nebel, The Flying Saucer Story (George Adamski interview),” ThriftStoreVinyl YouTube channel, September 4, 2018; “Final Years,” The Adamski Case, June 11, 2009
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_3411

Event 21786 (6FB70D6A)

Date: 5/1960
Description: (Translated from French) Off the coast of Florida, numerous American warships detect the presence of a very deep submarine that refuses to move despite their repeated attempts to dislodge it. The military conclude it is a conventional submarine.
Reference: rr0 - Beau
Source: rr0, ID: rr0_1856

Event 21787 (3696AB73)

Date: 5/1960
Time: 13:00
Location: SOUTH / BORNOS RESERVOIR, SP
Description: 1 / motorcycle. 2 red figure(s) / Michelin-Man suits cross road / angle.
Type: sighting
Reference: The APRO BULLETIN: Monthly. Jim & Coral Lorenzen: Tucson,AZ (USA. defunct) By volume and number. (Index 967)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_6361

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, NFO: No craft seen, RBT: Possible robot or “Grey”, mechanical motions, PSH: Pseudo-human: Clone/organic robot/human-like, FIG: Undefined or poorly seen figure/entity

Extra Data: Country: “Spain”, Credibility: “6”, Duration: “1”, HatchDesc: “S/BORNOS Rsvr,SP:1/MCYCLE:2 RED FIGs/MICHELIN-MAN SUITS CROSS ROAD/ANGLE”, LatLong: “36.783335 -5.733334”, LatLongDMS: “36:47:00 N 05:44:00 W”, Locale: “Pasture”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “CDZ”, Strangeness: “8”

Event 21788 (32E9836A)

Date: 5/1960
Locations: Miami, Florida; Retalhuleu; Sierra Madre mountains of Guatemala
Description: The CIA begins to recruit anti-Castro Cuban exiles in the Miami, Florida, area. Infantry training is carried out at a CIA-run base that is code-named JM Trax near Retalhuleu in the Sierra Madre mountains of Guatemala.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Wikipedia, “Brigade 2506”
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_3412

Event 21789 (68E8FEC6)

Date: 5/1960
Location: Washington, DC
Description: The NATIONAL INVESTIGATIONS COMMITTEE ON AERIAL PHENOMENA in Washington, D.C. announced that the “UFOs or FLYING SAUCERS" are unknown devices, which have been reported by scores of reliable observers, are intelligently controlled machines from outer space.” Vice Admiral R. H. Hillenkoetter, former head of the Central Intelligence Agency, stated that the “unknown objects are operating under intelligent control.” He added, “I know that neither Russia nor this country has anything even approaching such high speeds and maneuvers.” Speaking as a NICAP Board Member, Admiral Hillenkoetter said it was high time the secrecy was ended.
Type: ufo sighting
Reference: The Flying Saucers are Hostile!, by George D. Fawcett 1961
Source: HostileFawcett, ID: HostileFawcett_89

Event 21790 (2C92820B)

Date: 5/1/1960
Locations: Peshawar, Pakistan; Baikonur, Kazakhstan; Chelyabinsk, Russia; Plesetsk Cosmodrome; Kyshtym, Russia; Sverdlovsk [now Yekaterinburg]
Description: 6:26 a.m. A US U-2 spy plane, flown by CIA pilot Francis Gary Powers, takes off from Peshawar, Pakistan, and performs photographic aerial reconnaissance over Baikonur, Kazakhstan, and Chelyabinsk, Russia. Powers has orders to continue across Siberia to get a look at the new Plesetsk Cosmodrome, but at 8:53 a.m. local time he is hit by an S-75 Dvina (SA-2 Guideline) surface-to-air missile fired by a defense battalion near Kyshtym, Russia. The U-2 crashes near Sverdlovsk [now Yekaterinburg]. The Soviet Air Defense Forces have anticipated the flight and give orders to “attack the violator.” Powers parachutes safely and is captured. This is the first time in five years of overflights that the US is caught.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Wikipedia, “1960 U-2 incident”
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_3413

Event 21791 (B5587839)

Date: 5/4/1960
Time: 09:20
Location: SARASOTA, FL
Description: Architect. Yellow cylinder/cigar-shape with 4 square windows / side. Ground level. / r8#504p278.
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_6362

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), LND: UFO landing or any part touches ground

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “7”, Duration: “2”, Elev: “8”, HatchDesc: “SARASOTA,FL:ARCHITECT:YLW CGR W/4 SQR WINDOWS/SIDE:GND LVL:/r8#504p278”, LatLong: “27.366668 -82.550004”, LatLongDMS: “27:22:00 N 82:33:00 W”, Locale: “Town & City”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, RelAlt: “1”, State/Prov: “Florida”, Strangeness: “7”

Event 21792 (DD7B9833)

Date: 5/4/1960
Time: 21:20
Location: BEDFORD, MA
Description: Planetarium Tech. Thin white beams / sky. Red sphere appears. Pulses.
Type: sighting
Reference: UFO INVESTIGATOR: NICAP: Kensington, MD & Washington, DC [defunct]. University Microfilms, Ann Arbor, MI 48106 (Index 22)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_6363

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

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “7”, Duration: “5”, Elev: “41”, HatchDesc: “BEDFORD,MA:PLANETARIUM TECH:THIN WHT BEAMS/SKY:RED SPHERE APPEARS:PULSES”, LatLong: “42.500002 -71.283337”, LatLongDMS: “42:30:00 N 71:17:00 W”, Locale: “Town & City”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Massachusetts”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 21793 (DC1B1A32)

Date: 5/4/1960
Location: Sarasota, FL
Description: Cigar-shaped UFO with four window-like markings sighted by architect. [NICAP UFOE, XII] (NICAP: 01 - Distant Encounters)
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_2440

Event 21794 (BCDFCA0C)

Date: 5/4/1960
Time: 0915
Location: Sarasota, Florida
Description: A yellow, elliptical object with four evenly spaced windowlike openings was observed at ground level by an architect.
Type: ufo sighting
Reference: NICAP May., 60 (Vallee)
Source: ValléeMagonia, ID: Magonia_504

Event 21795 (74A354DC)

Date: 5/4/1960
Description: A yellow, cigar-shaped or elliptical object with four evenly spaced windows was observed at ground level by an architect in Sarasota, Florida at 9:15 a.m.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: Jacques Vallee, Passport to Magonia: A Century of Landings, case 504; NICAP Special Bulletin, May 1960, p. 4; Richard Hall, The UFO Evidence, p. 138; George D. Fawcett, Flying Saucers, December 1967, p. 24 & September 1970, p. 6
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_2504

Event 21796 (D7D030BF)

Date: 5/4/1960
Description: In 1960 a giant cigar-shaped object crossed the skies over the town of Botocatu, Brazil during the daytime. It moved at a tremendous speed and was gone from sight in 30 seconds.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: Coral E. Lorenzen, UFOs:The Whole Story, p. 221
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_2505

Event 21797 (0D2713E7)

Date: 5/5/1960
Location: USSR, Sverdlovsk
Description: (Translated from French) It is remembered that American pilot Gary Powers was shot down by a Soviet missile, aboard his U-2 spy plane, while he was flying over the USSR above the Sverdlovsk Region. Departing from Pakistan to reach Norway by flying over the Urals, aboard this astonishing apparatus capable of covering more than 5000 km at 27000 meters of altitude, he was to take detailed pictures of certain regions or installations of interest to the American secret services. The photographic device equipped on the U-2 allowed to discover details of only 1 meter. (…) Due to its vulnerability, the U-2 spy plane program was interrupted. (May 5th, 1960)
Reference: “The War of the Satellites” - Volume 3 - Pierre Kohler, ed. Famot 1982, p. 23
Reference: Mini catalogue chronologique des observations OVNI, by Godelieve Van Overmeire
Source: Overmeire, ID: Overmeire_2164

Event 21798 (12D46F72)

Date: 5/5/1960
Location: MALLORCA ISLAND, SPN
Description: Astronomers. 1 / 4 moon-size spinning triangle! / Flying Saucer Review (FSR) v7#1.
Type: sighting
Reference: FLAMMONDE, Paris: UFO EXIST!; Ballentine Books, NY 1976. PB 480pp. (Index 437)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_6364

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CST: Observer(s) in coastal area/just offshore, HQO: High-quality observer(s), SCI: Scientist involvement, DLT: Delta/vee/boomerang/rectangular shaped UFO, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), TCH: New technical details/clues

Extra Data: Country: “Spain”, Credibility: “8”, Duration: “3”, HatchDesc: “MALLORCA ISL,SPN:ASTRONOMERS:1/4 MOON-SIZE SPINNING TRIANGLE!:/FSR v7#1”, LatLong: “39.633335 3.000000”, LatLongDMS: “39:38:00 N 03:00:00 E”, Locale: “Islands”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “BLR”, Strangeness: “7”

Event 21799 (91546AC0)

Date: 5/5/1960
Locations: north of Turkey; NASA Flight Research Center; Armstrong Flight Research Center; Edwards Air Force Base; California
Description: NASA issues a press release saying a weather research aircraft has “gone missing” north of Turkey and speculates that the pilot has fallen unconscious and the plane has crashed. Under the impression that the pilot has died and that the plane has been destroyed, a U-2 plane is quickly painted in NASA colors and a photo is shown to the media at NASA Flight Research Center [now the Armstrong Flight Research Center] at Edwards Air Force Base in California. Premier Nikita Khrushchev announces the shoot-down to the Soviet parliament but does not reveal yet that the pilot has survived.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: NASA, “U-2,” September 4, 1997
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_3414

Event 21800 (F880BF08)

Date: 5/6/1960
Description: Shortly before 9:00 p.m. a rocket-shaped UFO crossed over the town of Vila Ezio, Sao Paulo State, Brazil moving at high speed.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: UFO Nachtrichten, August 1961, citing Olavo T. Fontes: Coral & Jim Lorenzen, UFOs: The Whole Story, p. 221
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_2581

Event 21801 (35C8812F)

Date: 5/7/1960
Location: Regina, Saskatchewan, CAN
Description: (McDonald list) Sightings Backed By FPS-20 & FPS-6A (NICAP: 09 - RADAR Cases, Code: R, Rating: 5, BB: BBU)
Reference: NICAP: 600507
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_2441

Event 21802 (624A8C66)

Date: 5/7/1960
Description: Khrushchev now reveals to the Soviet parliament that Powers is alive and much of the U-2 technologies have survived the crash.
Reference: Eberhart
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_3415

Event 21803 (AFF10D36)

Date: 5/9/1960
Location: Congress
Description: Director of Central Intelligence Allen Dulles tells Congress that all U-2 flights are used for aerial espionage and are flown pursuant to “presidential directives.”
Reference: Eberhart
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_3416

Event 21804 (2B62BB82)

Date: 5/10/1960
Locations: Mo.; Soviet Union
Description: House Appropriations Chair Clarence Cannon (D-Mo.) reveals to the press that the U-2 is a CIA plane engaged in aerial espionage over the Soviet Union “under the aegis” of the president. The press begins to suggest that Eisenhower has lost control of the intelligence agencies.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Wikipedia, “1960 U-2 incident”
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_3417

Event 21805 (573DB047)

Date: 5/11/1960
Description: (Translated from French) Launch of the ocean liner France. (May 11)
Reference: rr0 - Beau
Source: rr0, ID: rr0_1857

Event 21806 (8288858F)

Date: 5/13/1960
Location: BRAZIL, Paracuru (Ceara)
Description: (Translated from French) More than a hundred people observed a circular craft of a polished and dark grey, maneuvering and hovering above their heads. It had a bright light on its top and seemed to measure 20 meters in width. At 4 o’clock in the morning the following day, Raimundo Dos Santos saw two discs on the beach and several entities similar to men, small and pale, standing next to them, apparently in conversation. Seeing the farmer, the entities made a gesture to him, but he turned his back and ran away. Coming back later with other men, he discovered the marks left by the discs on the sand. (1960, May 13th and 14th)
Reference: Charles BOWEN: “In Search of Humanoids” - J’ai Lu 1974, p. 124
Reference: Mini catalogue chronologique des observations OVNI, by Godelieve Van Overmeire
Source: Overmeire, ID: Overmeire_2165

Event 21807 (2030066A)

Date: 5/13/1960
Time: 18:30
Location: TABOLEIRO / NAZARE, BRZ
Description: Huge round grey object follows donkey herd going east. Light / top. Low and silent. Quickly going up.
Type: sighting
Reference: FLYING SAUCER REVIEW (FSR), London. Bimonthly. PO Box 162; High Wycombe, Bucks. HP135 DZ, England. (Index 87)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_6365

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, WAV: Wave/cluster/flap, SCR: Classic saucer/disk/sphere shaped UFO, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), OBS: Observation/chasing vehicles, ANI: Animals affected or injuries/marks, HUM: Humans affected: Injury/burns/marks/abduction/death

Extra Data: Country: “Brazil”, Credibility: “7”, Duration: “20”, Elev: “15”, HatchDesc: “TABOLEIRO/NAZARE,BRZ:HUGE RND GRY OBJ FOLOS DONKEY HERD >E:LITE/TOP:LO+SLNT:↑↑”, LatLong: “-3.400000 -39.233335”, LatLongDMS: “03:24:00 S 39:14:00 W”, Locale: “Pasture”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “CEA”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 21808 (B8177055)

Date: 5/13/1960
Time: 18:30
Location: OFF PARACURU, BRZ
Description: Dark silent object going down / 100M over fishing boat. 3 observer(s). Blue light going down. Going southwest.
Type: sighting
Reference: FLYING SAUCER REVIEW (FSR), London. Bimonthly. PO Box 162; High Wycombe, Bucks. HP135 DZ, England. (Index 87)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_6366

Attributes: CST: Observer(s) in coastal area/just offshore, SEA: Observer(s) at sea, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, WAV: Wave/cluster/flap, SCR: Classic saucer/disk/sphere shaped UFO, PRB: Probe: Possibly remote controlled, 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: “7”, Duration: “3”, Elev: “0”, HatchDesc: “off PARACURU,BRZ:DRK SLNT OBJ ↓/100M ovr FISHING BOAT:3 OBS:BLUE LITE ↓:>SW”, LatLong: “-3.333333 -39.000002”, LatLongDMS: “03:20:00 S 39:00:00 W”, Locale: “Offshore”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “CEA”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 21809 (5A5525E4)

Date: 5/13/1960
Time: 19:00
Location: PARACURU, BRZ
Description: 100+. 60’ saucer / searchlight. 7 states / huge 2 hour wave. / r111p199+/ FSRv7#3.
Type: sighting
Reference: The APRO BULLETIN: Monthly. Jim & Coral Lorenzen: Tucson,AZ (USA. defunct) By volume and number. (Index 727)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_6367

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”, RAY: Odd light/searchlight/beam/laser-like, SIG: Signals/responses to/from/between UFO’s/occupants/observers, DRT: Dirt/soil traces/marks/footprints etc., LND: UFO landing or any part touches ground, TRC: Physical traces, MIL: Military investigation

Extra Data: Country: “Brazil”, Credibility: “10”, Duration: “120”, Elev: “1”, HatchDesc: “PARACURU,BRZ:100+:60’SCR/SEARCHLITE:7 STATES/HUGE 2hr WAVE:/r111p199+/FSRv7#3”, LatLong: “-3.400000 -39.066669”, LatLongDMS: “03:24:00 S 39:04:00 W”, Locale: “Coastlands”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “CEA”, Strangeness: “8”

Event 21810 (A4943FC2)

Date: 5/13/1960
Time: 19:50
Location: FORTALEZA, BRZ
Description: Silent saucer hovers / edge of town. Air Force jet chases. Fast evasive maneuvers.
Type: sighting
Reference: FLYING SAUCER REVIEW (FSR), London. Bimonthly. PO Box 162; High Wycombe, Bucks. HP135 DZ, England. (Index 87)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_6368

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

Extra Data: Country: “Brazil”, Credibility: “7”, Duration: “2”, Elev: “1”, HatchDesc: “FORTALEZA,BRZ:SLNT SCR HVRS/EDGE of town:AF JET CHASES:FAST EVASIVE MNVRs”, LatLong: “-3.733334 -38.516669”, LatLongDMS: “03:44:00 S 38:31:00 W”, Locale: “Town & City”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “CEA”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 21811 (13EE3878)

Date: 5/13/1960
Locations: Paracuru, Ceará, Brazil; Céara state; Rio Grande do Norte; Pernambuco; Paraíba; Bahia; Piauí; Maranhão
Description: 7:00 p.m. More than 100 people at Paracuru, Ceará, Brazil, watch a disc-shaped UFO. Flying about 600 feet in the air at low speed, the silent object maneuvers over the downtown area or a long time. About 60 feet in diameter, it hovers at an angle by a church. A strong bluish light is on top of it. The same day, 20 cities and towns in Céara state, four in Rio Grande do Norte, three in Pernambuco, two in Paraíba, two in Bahia, and one each in the states of Piauí and Maranhão report UFO sightings.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Lorenzen, UFOs: The Whole Story, Signet, 1969, pp. 220–221; Loren E. Gross, The Fifth Horseman of the Apocalypse: UFOs, a History: January–June 1960, The Author, 2003, pp. 92–93
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_3418

Event 21812 (56C1F105)

Date: 5/13/1960
Description: There were over 20 UFO sightings including two close encounters in Brazil recorded for this evening in 1960 between 6:00 p.m. and 8:00 p.m. by Dr. Olavo T. Fontes for the Aerial Phenomena Research Organization.
Reference: Johnson
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_2796

Event 21813 (D5B085AF)

Date: 5/13/1960
Description: Brazil: At shortly before 18:30 a huge cigar-shaped object came from the west at high speed and passed over Campos Sales, Brazil. It two ends were opaque and smoky, but it had a bright light at the center. It was seen by many residents.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: Dr. Olavo T. Fontes for the Aerial Phenomena Research Organization, between 6-8pm
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_2797

Event 21814 (5EB784BE)

Date: 5/13/1960
Description: At 18:30 off the coast at Paracuru, Brazil at the location marked as (2) on the map, three fisherman were frightened when a luminous disc hovered 300 feet over their fishing boat in a clear sky for three minutes. It emitted a strong blue glow but made no sound.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: Dr. Olavo T. Fontes for the Aerial Phenomena Research Organization, between 6-8pm
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_2798

Event 21815 (E9A53E16)

Date: 5/13/1960
Description: At the same time a huge round gray object followed a donkey herd between the towns of Taboleiro and Nazare, Brazil at the location marked as (3). The UFO had a light on its top, and flew low and silently. It rose vertically as it flew off.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: Dr. Olavo T. Fontes for the Aerial Phenomena Research Organization, between 6-8pm
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_2799

Event 21816 (0302B2F2)

Date: 5/13/1960
Description: A 60-foot wide oval-shaped disc, almost circular, with a strong bluish light on top, flew noiseless and then hovered in a tilted position over Paracuru, Ceara State, Brazil (4) at 19:00.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: Dr. Olavo T. Fontes for the Aerial Phenomena Research Organization, between 6-8pm
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_2800

Event 21817 (EFF33505)

Date: 5/13/1960
Description: At 19:45 p.m. a military jet tried to intercept at the location marked as (5) over Fortaleza, Brazil. The UFO made an evasive maneuver, and was gone in a few seconds at supersonic speeds.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: Olavo T. Fontes, APRO Bulletin, July 1960, pp. 3-5; Larry Hatch, U computer database, citing FSR, May 1961; Correio Ceara, May 16, 1960; O Globo, May 25, 1960
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_2801

Event 21818 (61AC1752)

Date: 5/13/1960
Description: At 4:00 a.m. the next day (May 14, 1960) Raimondo dos Santos saw two craft land on a hill near a farm called Capin Acu, near the ocean in Paracuru, Ceara State, Brazil. He went near them and saw several small beings, pale-looking, making friendly gestures. He ran away. The creatures wore blue uniforms and white helmets. The previous day at 7:00 p.m., over 100 witnesses observed a dark-gray, circular craft, 20 meters in diameter with a powerful light, maneuvering and hovering in the sky.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: Jacques Vallee, Passport to Magonia: A Century of Landings, case # 505, citing Lumieres dans la Nuit, issue 58
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_2802

Event 21819 (67D5F136)

Date: 5/14/1960
Time: 04:00
Location: PARACURU BEACH, BRZ
Description: 2 metallic disks on beach. 2 small humanoids (or Greys) / helmets by! Gestures. Observer(s) runs.
Type: sighting
Reference: FLYING SAUCER REVIEW (FSR), London. Bimonthly. PO Box 162; High Wycombe, Bucks. HP135 DZ, England. (Index 87)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_6369

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, WAV: Wave/cluster/flap, SCR: Classic saucer/disk/sphere shaped UFO, OID: Humanoid: Small alien or “Grey”, SIG: Signals/responses to/from/between UFO’s/occupants/observers, LND: UFO landing or any part touches ground, TRC: Physical traces

Extra Data: Country: “Brazil”, Credibility: “6”, Duration: “2”, Elev: “1”, HatchDesc: “PARACURU BEACH,BRZ:2 MTLC DISKS ON BEACH:2 OIDS/HELMETS BY!:GESTURES:OBS RUNS”, LatLong: “-3.366667 -39.050002”, LatLongDMS: “03:22:00 S 39:03:00 W”, Locale: “Coastlands”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “CEA”, Strangeness: “8”

Event 21820 (C0CE99E7)

Date: 5/14/1960
Time: 0400
Location: Paracuru, Brazil
Description: Raimondo dos Santos saw two craft land on hill near a farm called Capin Acu. He went near them and saw several small beings, palelooking, making friendly gestures. He ran away. The creatures wore blue uniforms and white helmets. The previous day at 1900, over 100 witnesses had observed a dark-gray, circular craft, 20 m in diameter with a powerful light, maneuvering and hovering.
Type: ufo sighting
Reference: Humanoids 37; LDLN 58 (Vallee)
Source: ValléeMagonia, ID: Magonia_505

Event 21821 (DA0EFAAC)

Date: 5/14/1960
Location: Paracuru, Ceará, Brazil
Description: 4:00 a.m. Fisherman Raimundo Ursulino dos Santos sees two metallic discs landed on a sandy hill by the beach at Paracuru, Ceará, Brazil. As he approaches, he sees two humanlike beings outside, talking to each other. They are small and pallid. One is dressed in a blue suit with a helmet. Dos Santos turns and runs away. Marks in the sand are found later.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Loren E. Gross, The Fifth Horseman of the Apocalypse: UFOs, a History: January–June 1960, The Author, 2003, p. 93; Patrick Gross, URECAT, September 29, 2007
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_3419

Event 21822 (1B675524)

Date: 5/14/1960
Description: At around four a.m. Raimondo dos Santos saw two craft land on hill near a farm called Capin Acu in Paracuru, Brazil. He went near them and saw several small pallid beings, who were making friendly gestures at him. He ran away. The creatures wore blue uniforms with white helmets. The previous day at 7 p.m., over a hundred witnesses had observed a dark-gray, circular craft, 20 meters in diameter with a powerful light, maneuvering and hovering in the sky.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: Jacques Vallee, Passport to Magonia: A Century of Landings, case 505; Olavo T. Fontes, APRO Bulletin, September 1960, p. 5; Coral E. Lorenzen, Flying Saucers: The Startling Evidence of the Invasion from Outer Space, p. 200
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_2825

Event 21823 (F38A38C9)

Date: 5/14/1960
Description: A red light 10 feet in diameter paced the Lewis family in their car in Casterton near Mount Gambier, South Australia at 6:50 p.m. It stayed in front of their car for 15 miles.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: Michael Hervey, UFOs Over the Southern Hemisphere, p. 170
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_2826

Event 21824 (FE58B6B8)

Date: 5/15/1960
Description: (Translated from French) Launch of the first space ship Vostok. (May 15)
Reference: rr0 - Beau
Source: rr0, ID: rr0_1858

Event 21825 (3EDB9D91)

Date: 5/15/1960
Description: (Translated from French) A photograph was taken of a squadron of UFOs in the shape of a “V” above Albuquerque (New Mexico).
Reference: rr0 - Beau
Source: rr0, ID: rr0_1859

Event 21826 (991EF61A)

Date: 5/15/1960
Description: (Translated from French) In Canada, an astronomer goes with his brother to chase a strange sphere that was reported to him: We got within 100 m of the object. It hovered above a large tree, which was about 35 m tall. The object appeared to be circular in shape and was therefore generally a spheroid. It was intensely bright against the dark sky and it went through all the colors of the spectrum with a period of about 2 s (period quite irregular). The object seemed to examine the tree quite closely. It described circles around the top, staying between 15 and 30 m from the ground, passing in front of the tree, then being clearly visible through the branches when it passed behind again. The witnesses get closer but the craft disappears: It left almost due south and disappeared over the horizon. (2 h)
Reference: …
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Reference: rr0 - Beau
Source: rr0, ID: rr0_1860

Event 21827 (01FEAC59)

Date: 5/15/1960
Description: (Translated from French) The red alert announcing the launch of an attack against the USSR alarms the bombers from the Travis Air Force Base (USA) after the radar detection of “targets” flying over the North Pole towards the United States. The “targets” disappear from the screens. They will later be explained as reflections of the Moon. The disaster is narrowly avoided.
Reference: rr0 - Beau
Source: rr0, ID: rr0_1861

Event 21828 (FABA5191)

Date: 5/16/1960
Time: 03:50
Location: HAWAII TO COLORADO
Description: Time = GMT. 4 separate telescopes record same high-power radio source.
Type: sighting
Reference: STURROCK, Dr. Peter A: REPORT / SURVEY of the AMERICAN ASTRONOMICAL SOCIETY of the UFO PROBLEM; Stanford, CA 1977. (Index 167)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_6370

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

Extra Data: Country: “Pluto”, Credibility: “10”, Duration: “20”, HatchDesc: “HAWAII to COLORADO:TIME=GMT:4 SEP TSCOPES RECORD SAME HI-POWER RADIO SOURCE.”, LatLong: “90.000004 -0.000000”, LatLongDMS: “90:00:00 N 00:00:00 W”, Locale: “Residential”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Unknown”, Strangeness: “4”

Event 21829 (41D7948B)

Date: 5/17/1960
Time: 19:00
Location: ACARAU, BRZ
Description: Luminous green sphere going south. Stops offshore. Follows coast going southeast. Night light follows later.
Type: sighting
Reference: FLYING SAUCER REVIEW (FSR), London. Bimonthly. PO Box 162; High Wycombe, Bucks. HP135 DZ, England. (Index 87)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_6371

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

Extra Data: Country: “Brazil”, Credibility: “9”, Duration: “2”, Elev: “0”, HatchDesc: “ACARAU,BRZ:LUMn.GRN.SPHERE > S:STOPS OFFSHORE:FOLOS COAST >SE:NLT FOLOS LATER”, LatLong: “-2.800000 -40.116669”, LatLongDMS: “02:48:00 S 40:07:00 W”, Locale: “Coastlands”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “CEA”, Strangeness: “5”

Event 21830 (01C4DAEB)

Date: 5/17/1960
Description: At 6:30 p.m. two men herding donkeys in Taboleiro de Nazare, Ceara State, Brazil were chased by a huge round object at low altitude for about 20 minutes. It pursued them for 18 kilometers, keeping same distance. Finally, after it flew away by climbing very quickly out of sight. Ten minutes later a luminous green ball of light was spotted along the coastline in Acarau, Ceara State, Brazil. It stopped offshore, then followed the coastline to the southeast. Another light followed along after it a short time later.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: (1) Peter Rogerson, World-Wide Catalog of Type 1 Reports, case 939, citing APRO Bulletin, September 1960; (2) Larry Hatch, U computer database, case 5923, citing Flying Saucer Review
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_2924

Event 21831 (CC953BA5)

Date: 5/18/1960
Location: GERMANY, Mainz
Description: (Translated from French) (cf. Dec. 30, 58 between Mainz and Kassel) While Hans Klotzbach was walking in the park, he was suddenly caught in a beam of light. Suddenly one of the extraterrestrials who had taken him in their saucer on May 25, 48 was near him.
Reference: Mitarbeiter, “Ufo Geheimnisse”, Berlin, January 1998
Reference: follow-up to Oct. 16, 60
Reference: Mini catalogue chronologique des observations OVNI, by Godelieve Van Overmeire
Source: Overmeire, ID: Overmeire_2166

Event 21832 (75E7DDCA)

Date: 5/18/1960
Location: WELLINGTON, NZ
Description: Cigar-UFO with portholes. Time unknown. No further details. / r78p185.
Type: sighting
Reference: The APRO BULLETIN: Monthly. Jim & Coral Lorenzen: Tucson,AZ (USA. defunct) By volume and number. (Index 727)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_6372

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

Extra Data: Country: “New Zealand”, Credibility: “6”, Duration: “2”, HatchDesc: “WELLINGTON,NZ:CIGAR-UFO WITH PORTHOLES:TIME UNK:NFD:/r78p185”, LatLong: “-41.250002 174.750008”, LatLongDMS: “41:15:00 S 174:45:00 E”, Locale: “Metropolis”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “NI”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 21833 (A3A23017)

Date: 5/18/1960
Location: Wellington, NZ
Description: Cigar-shaped UFO with “portholes.” [NICAP UFOE, XII] (NICAP: 01 - Distant Encounters)
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_2442

Event 21834 (8BEEEFC3)

Date: 5/18/1960
Description: One year later a cigar-shaped object w portholes was seen over Wellington, New Zealand.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: APRO Bulletin, May-June 1959; Richard Hall, The UFO Evidence (Volume I), p. 138
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_2952

Event 21835 (041F8B80)

Date: 5/19/1960
Location: DILLINGHAM, AK
Description: 25’ ovoid with legs. Grass and oilcans lifted. Antenna spins / bottom/underside. / r249p407.
Type: sighting
Reference: HYNEK, Dr. J. Allen: THE HYNEK UFO REPORT; Dell Publ., NY 1977. 298pp. (Index 146)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_6373

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), SMP: Sampling of plant/animal/soil/tissue/specimens, VEG: Plants affected or sampled/crop circles, TCH: New technical details/clues, MIL: Military investigation, BBK: Project BLUEBOOK

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “8”, Duration: “5”, Elev: “26”, HatchDesc: “DILLINGHAM,AK:25’OVOID W/LEGS:GRASS+OILCANS LIFTED:ANTENNA SPINS/BTM:/r249p407”, LatLong: “59.044447 -158.461119”, LatLongDMS: “59:02:40 N 158:27:40 W”, Locale: “Tundra”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Alaska”, Strangeness: “8”

Event 21836 (D5C4F915)

Date: 5/19/1960
Time: 22:00?
Location: SIRACUSA, SICILY
Description: 1M small humanoid (or Grey) / diving suit seen / headlights. Helmet and “wings”. / FSR’64#4.
Type: sighting
Reference: VALLEE, Jacques: PASSPORT TO MAGONIA; H. Regnery, Chicago HC 1969 & Contemporary Books,Chicago 1993. 372pp. (Index 506)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_6374

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CST: Observer(s) in coastal area/just offshore, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, NFO: No craft seen, OID: Humanoid: Small alien or “Grey”, HUM: Humans affected: Injury/burns/marks/abduction/death, LND: UFO landing or any part touches ground, TCH: New technical details/clues

Extra Data: Country: “Italy”, Credibility: “7”, Duration: “1”, HatchDesc: “SIRACUSA,SICILY:1M OID/DIVING SUIT SEEN/HEADLITES:HELMET+“WINGS”:/FSR’64#4”, LatLong: “37.050002 15.266667”, LatLongDMS: “37:03:00 N 15:16:00 E”, Locale: “Coastlands”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “SR”, Strangeness: “8”

Event 21837 (4025CCD6)

Date: 5/19/1960
Location: Dillingham, AK
Description: Silver-colored round object 20-25 ft wide with hanging appendages (NICAP: 01 - Distant Encounters, BB: BBU)
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_2443

Event 21838 (651CE660)

Date: 5/19/1960
Time: night
Location: Siracusa, Italy
Description: Salvatore Cianci, jeweler, and his wife, were driving near this Sicilian town when a creature about 1 m tall appeared in the headlights. It wore a shining coverall and a diving helmet and had two short wings. Mrs. Cianci suffered from shock.
Type: ufo sighting
Reference: FSR 64, 4 (Vallee)
Source: ValléeMagonia, ID: Magonia_506

Event 21839 (0713B812)

Date: 5/19/1960
Locations: Ekuk, Alaska; Dillingham; Wright Patterson AFB
Description: A silver-colored round object, 20–25 feet wide with hanging appendages, hovers 50–100 feet away from Indigenous observers in the village of Ekuk, Alaska, south of Dillingham. It barely clears electric wires 12 feet above the ground. It sucks up two empty five-gallon trashcans and drags them swirling along the ground. It flies between two houses and crosses to the other side of a ridge for 100 yards, drops the trashcans and sucks up some swirling grass, makes a loud sucking sound, then ascends rapidly. Thomas M. Conrow, chief of intelligence at a nearby Air Force Base, interviews the witnesses and concludes that “there still appears to be no logical explanation of the sighting.” At Wright Patterson AFB, Blue Book analysts classify it as a “weather balloon with a radar reflector,” even though it is traveling against the wind.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Hynek UFO Report, pp. 146–149; Sparks, p. 284; Loren E. Gross, The Fifth Horseman of the Apocalypse: UFOs, a History: January–June 1960, The Author, 2003, pp. 99–101
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_3420

Event 21840 (2FFC4661)

Date: 5/19/1960
Description: On this night Salvatore Cianci, a jeweler, and his wife, were driving near the Sicilian town of Siracusa, Italy when a creature about one meter tall suddenly appeared in the headlights. It wore a shiny coverall uniform and a diving helmet, and had two short wings. Mrs. Cianci suffered from shock.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: Flying Saucer Review, April 1964; Jacques Vallee, Passport to Magonia: A Century of Landings, case 506; David F. Webb & Ted Bloecher, HUMCAT: Catalogue of Humanoid Reports, case A0498
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_2974

Event 21841 (96AB53DB)

Date: 5/19/1960
Description: At 3:50 p.m. twelve UFOs were seen over Long Beach, California swinging in the sky in a pendulum motion.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: NICAP UFO Investigator, August 1961, p. 6
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_2975

Event 21842 (B9391CC8)

Date: 5/19/1960
Description: Residents in Ekuk, AK see a 25 foot silver round object hover near electrical wires and suck up trash cans before dragging them on the ground in a swirling motion.

USAF Thomas M. Conrow interviews witnesses and says there is “no logical explanation,” but Project Blue Book classifies the UAP as a weather balloon to debunk the sighting. Records show the UAP traveled against the wind.

• https://archive.org/details/hynekuforeport00alle/page/146/mode/2up
• https://www.nicap.org/bb/BB_Unknowns.pdf (p284)
• https://sohp.us/collections/ufos-a-history/pdf/GROSS-1960-Jan-Jun.pdf (p99-101)

Reference: Anonymous 2023 PDF
Source: Anon2023PDF, ID: Anon2023PDF_92

Event 21843 (482A1A57)

Date: 5/20/1960
Time: 22:40
Location: VAL POSCHIAVO, SWZ
Description: 1 / (seen thru) binoculars. Blimp-cylinder/cigar-shape with colored beams. Going east and west over town. / Flying Saucer Review (FSR) v6#5.
Type: sighting
Reference: Periodical: WELTRAUMBOTE: Monthly, Zurich, SWZ. Clipping/B.Mancusi. (Val Poschiavo: #56-57 Nov.-Dec 1960, p23.)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_6375

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, CIG: Torpedo/cigar/cylinder shaped UFO, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), OBS: Observation/chasing vehicles, RAY: Odd light/searchlight/beam/laser-like, BLD: Building/man-made structure/roads/power lines

Extra Data: Country: “Switzerland”, Credibility: “6”, Duration: “14”, HatchDesc: “VAL POSCHIAVO,SWZ:1/BINOCS:BLIMP-CGR W/CLRD BEAMS:>E+W OVR TOWN:/FSR v6#5”, LatLong: “46.383336 10.050000”, LatLongDMS: “46:23:00 N 10:03:00 E”, Locale: “Town & City”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “GRB”, Strangeness: “7”

Event 21844 (F84B1410)

Date: 5/21/1960
Time: 22:00
Location: SOUTHWEST / LEXINGTON, KY
Description: 2 observer(s). 8’ torpedo over lawn. Burnt grass and car malfunctions due to EME (electro-magnetic effects) 60 days later.
Type: sighting
Reference: MUFON UFO JOURNAL, Seguin, TX USA. Monthly. (Index 180)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_6376

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, ODD: Atypical/Forteana/paranormal, CIG: Torpedo/cigar/cylinder shaped UFO, PRB: Probe: Possibly remote controlled, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), VEG: Plants affected or sampled/crop circles, VEH: Vehicle affected: Marks/damage/EME effects, EME: Electro-Magnetic Effects, TRC: Physical traces, TCH: New technical details/clues

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “7”, Duration: “3”, Elev: “287”, HatchDesc: “SW/LEXINGTON,KY:2 OBS:8’TORPEDO OVR LAWN:BURNT GRASS+CAR EMEs 60 DAYS LATER.”, LatLong: “38.172224 -85.638893”, LatLongDMS: “38:10:20 N 85:38:20 W”, Locale: “Residential”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, RelAlt: “1”, State/Prov: “Kentucky”, Strangeness: “9”

Event 21845 (D8163FD8)

Date: 5/22/1960
Time: 09:30
Location: PALMA, MAJORCA
Description: Astronomers. Silent delta/triangle/box-like craft spins. Going [to] WSW. / cable going [to] NASA. / r242p123+Flying Saucer Review (FSR) v6#5.
Type: sighting
Reference: The APRO BULLETIN: Monthly. Jim & Coral Lorenzen: Tucson,AZ (USA. defunct) By volume and number. (Index 727)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_6377

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

Extra Data: Country: “Spain”, Credibility: “8”, Duration: “2”, HatchDesc: “PALMA,MAJORCA:ASTRONOMERS:SLNT DLT SPINS:>WSW:/CABLE >NASA:/r242p123+FSR v6#5”, LatLong: “39.566669 2.633333”, LatLongDMS: “39:34:00 N 02:38:00 E”, Locale: “Islands”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “BLR”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 21846 (C79DAB69)

Date: 5/22/1960
Time: 10:30
Location: OCUMARE DEL TUY, VNZL
Description: 20+HIQ observer(s). 30M metallic ovoid maneuvers low. Lands. Physical traces. / r111p185.
Type: sighting
Reference: The APRO BULLETIN: Monthly. Jim & Coral Lorenzen: Tucson,AZ (USA. defunct) By volume and number. (Index 741)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_6378

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, HQO: High-quality observer(s), NWS: News media report, SCR: Classic saucer/disk/sphere shaped UFO, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), DRT: Dirt/soil traces/marks/footprints etc., VEG: Plants affected or sampled/crop circles, LND: UFO landing or any part touches ground, TRC: Physical traces

Extra Data: Country: “Venezuela”, Credibility: “10”, Duration: “5”, Elev: “178”, HatchDesc: “OCUMARE del TUY,VNZL:20+ HIQ OBS:30M MTLC OVOID MNVRS LO:LANDS:TRCs:/r111p185”, LatLong: “10.122223 -66.772225”, LatLongDMS: “10:07:20 N 66:46:20 W”, Locale: “Pasture”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “MRN”, Strangeness: “7”

Event 21847 (01AF9EFB)

Date: 5/22/1960
Location: Majorca Isle, Mediterranean Sea
Description: Palma Observatory reported morning observation of a white triangular UFO, about one-fourth the size of the moon, spinning on its axis. [NICAP UFOE, VI] (NICAP: 01 - Distant Encounters)
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_2444

Event 21848 (421CF66E)

Date: 5/22/1960
Locations: Majorca, Balearic Islands, Spain; Washington, D.C.
Description: 9:33 a.m. An observatory on Majorca, Balearic Islands, Spain, sees a white, triangular object one-quarter the size of the moon spinning on its own axis and maintaining a steady course. It cables a report to NASA in Washington, D.C.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: UFOEv, p. 123
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_3421

Event 21849 (E94C5C4F)

Date: 5/24/1960
Location: USA, SPACE
Description: (Translated from French) MIDAS 2 (1960 ZETA 2° LAUNCHED.
Reference: Acta Aeronomica 1977, p. 92
Reference: continued 7.2.74
Reference: Mini catalogue chronologique des observations OVNI, by Godelieve Van Overmeire
Source: Overmeire, ID: Overmeire_2167

Event 21850 (FF983C20)

Date: 5/24/1960
Location: Ocumare del Tuy, Venezuela
Description: Several doctors, a topographer and policemen saw three UFOs, in-line formation, which landed in a heavily wooded area on a hilltop; diamond-shaped scorched marking found at landing site. [NICAP UFOE, VIII] (NICAP: 06 - Trace Cases)
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_2445

Event 21851 (D68AA753)

Date: 5/25/1960
Time: 12:00?
Location: NEAR GODALMING, SURREY
Description: Grey ovoid hovers / Broadwater Lake / tree height. Going west. / r8#507.
Type: sighting
Reference: FLYING SAUCER REVIEW (FSR), London. Bimonthly. PO Box 162; High Wycombe, Bucks. HP135 DZ, England. (Index 77)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_6379

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

Extra Data: Country: “Great Britain and Ireland”, Credibility: “6”, Duration: “18”, HatchDesc: “nr GODALMING,SURREY:GRY OVOID HVRS/BROADWATER LAKE/TREE HEIGHT:>W:/r8#507”, LatLong: “51.200002 -0.594444”, LatLongDMS: “51:12:00 N 00:35:40 W”, Locale: “Residential”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, RelAlt: “3”, State/Prov: “England”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 21852 (807996FE)

Date: 5/25/1960
Location: Chinthurst Hill, Great Britain
Description: Vera Bowden, 35, saw a gray, elliptical object hovering at tree height over Broadwater Lake for 18 min. Then it left toward the west.
Type: ufo sighting
Reference: FSR 60, 5 (Vallee)
Source: ValléeMagonia, ID: Magonia_507

Event 21853 (2CCD66D0)

Date: 5/25/1960
Description: Vera Bowden, age 35, and a man named Foster saw a gray, elliptical object hovering at tree height over Broadwater Lake in Chinthurst Hill, England for 18 minutes. It then flew off towards the west.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: Jacques Vallee, Passport to Magonia: A Century of Landings, case 507
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_3084

Event 21854 (24D5405E)

Date: 5/28/1960
Description: Engineer Ronald N. Bracewell, suggests that extraterrestrials may already be in our neighborhood through an autonomous interstellar space probe (now called a “Bracewell probe”) sent for the express purpose of communicating with alien civilizations.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Ronald N. Bracewell, “Communications from Superior Galactic Communities,” Nature 186 (1960): 670–671
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_3422

Event 21855 (45F861FB)

Date: 6/1960
Time: 07:30
Location: NEAR PIERCE, AZ
Description: 2 / horseback. 2 silent metallic saucers glide up dry wash / low altitude. Going east.
Type: sighting
Reference: The APRO BULLETIN: Monthly. Jim & Coral Lorenzen: Tucson,AZ (USA. defunct) By volume and number. (Index 374)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_6380

Attributes: 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: “262”, HatchDesc: “nr PIERCE,AZ:2/HORSEBACK:2 SLNT MTLC SCRS GLIDE UP DRY WASH/LO ALT:>E”, LatLong: “33.366668 -112.616672”, LatLongDMS: “33:22:00 N 112:37:00 W”, Locale: “Desert”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, RelAlt: “5”, State/Prov: “Arizona”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 21856 (76CA4EA4)

Date: 6/1960
Location: Michigan
Description: The U.S. Air Force is currently investigating films and movies of “UFOs and FLYING SAUCERS” taken over Michigan in February, over Austria and Iowa in March, over Wisconsin in April, and over New York in August, all of this year 1960. They were photographed by a newspaperman, a restaurant owner, a pilot, a housewife, and an astronomer. (A point of information.) I have listed over 171 different photographs or movies taken worldwide since 1905 in my own private “SAUCERIANA COLLECTION.”
Type: ufo sighting
Reference: The Flying Saucers are Hostile!, by George D. Fawcett 1961
Source: HostileFawcett, ID: HostileFawcett_90

Event 21857 (F8AAF879)

Date: 6/1/1960
Locations: Worcester (Mass.); Washington, D.C.
Description: Bulkley Griffin, chief of the Worcester (Mass.) Evening Gazette’s Washington, D.C., Bureau, writes a well- reasoned story about the Air Force’s unilateral control of UFO information and its national security implications. He quotes Adm. Hillenkoetter’s opinion that UFOs are intelligently controlled and are neither US nor USSR devices, which is why he is pushing for a Congressional investigation.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Loren E. Gross, The Fifth Horseman of the Apocalypse: UFOs, a History: January–June 1960, The Author, 2003, pp. 111–112
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_3424

Event 21858 (715E8224)

Date: 6/4/1960
Location: Pacific Ocean, At Sea
Description: (McDonald list) (NICAP: 01 - Distant Encounters, BB: BBU)
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_2446

Event 21859 (4A3890B5)

Date: 6/8/1960?
Time: 18:00
Location: QUEENS, NY
Description: Scientist watches echo satellite. Featureless disk passes / 5 minute(s). / r24v1#10.
Type: sighting
Reference: STURROCK, Dr. Peter A: REPORT / SURVEY of the AMERICAN ASTRONOMICAL SOCIETY of the UFO PROBLEM; Stanford, CA 1977. (Index 143)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_6381

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), OBS: Observation/chasing vehicles, VEH: Vehicle affected: Marks/damage/EME effects

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “7”, Duration: “5”, Elev: “15”, HatchDesc: “QUEENS,NY:SCIENTIST WATCHES ECHO SAT.:FEATURELESS DISK PASSES/5min:/r24v1#10”, LatLong: “40.716669 -73.800004”, LatLongDMS: “40:43:00 N 73:48:00 W”, Locale: “Metropolis”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “New York”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 21860 (F5FD44C4)

Date: 6/8/1960
Location: New York City, NY
Description: Elliptical UFO sighted by biochemist. [NICAP UFOE, VI] (NICAP: 01 - Distant Encounters)
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_2447

Event 21861 (EF87DFC1)

Date: 6/10/1960
Location: USA, near Globe (Arizona)
Description: (Translated from French) At around 00:15 the driver, with her husband asleep next to her in the car and the two children sleeping in the back, was negotiating a right turn about 24 km from Globe, heading towards California, when she saw a small figure on the right side of the road about 100m ahead. It was as if it was ready to cross, and she let go of the accelerator and the car immediately slowed down as if they were going uphill. Simultaneously, the being faced her, pivoted and ran into the bushes out of the headlights’ beam. She stopped abruptly and woke up her husband. The creature was about 90 cm tall, broad shoulders, long arms, dark in color, head shaped like a flattened pumpkin almost. In its head shone two yellow-orange eyes. When it was in profile there was a light radiating beyond its face. She did not see a nose, mouth, or ears. The body was less well defined than the head and she had the impression of hair or fur.
Reference: Charles BOWEN: “In Search of Humanoids” - J’ai Lu 1974, p. 193, 194
Reference: Mini catalogue chronologique des observations OVNI, by Godelieve Van Overmeire
Source: Overmeire, ID: Overmeire_2168

Event 21862 (E459E66E)

Date: 6/10/1960
Location: PORTUGAL, Algoz (Algarve)
Description: (Translated from French) Observation at 03:30. Beings were seen moving around a landed UFO. Shortly afterwards it was seen flying over the region and disappearing. (Henry DURRANT: “First Investigations on ET Humanoids” - Laffont 1977 - p. 175 and 179) At 3:30 in the morning the witness was returning home with his dog, after a walk in the fields. He saw what he thought were the lights of a car. These lights suddenly becoming bigger and brighter, he hid in the bushes. From this hiding place, he observed, terrified, the coming and going of 6 humanoids around a UFO on the ground. The dog panicked and ran away. After a few minutes the object shot up vertically into the sky. The witness took off running towards his house. He was still surprised to see a searchlight directed downwards, scanning the ground 50 meters from his position.
Reference: collaboration of Larry Fenwick, CUFORN, Joaquim Fernandes, CNIFO, Willy Smith, UNICAT Project; listing of Victor Lourenço; “Diario de Noticias”-12.6.60
Reference: Mini catalogue chronologique des observations OVNI, by Godelieve Van Overmeire
Source: Overmeire, ID: Overmeire_2169

Event 21863 (8D4FF274)

Date: 6/10/1960
Location: Spain, unspecified location
Description: (Translated from French) At 3 o’clock Carlos Sabinos, 25 years old, and his friend Filipe were out for a walk when they saw an object they took for a car. As they got closer they noticed the craft had a saucer shape and was emitting an unusual and bright light. They hid behind a mound and were able to observe six small beings who were moving around the disc. Later they entered the vehicle which soon rose vertically and quickly. (exactly the same story as the one in Portugal on the same date???) The two men left their hiding place to run towards their house, but while they were running the craft reappeared and swept the ground with an intense beam of light.
Reference: Jean FERGUSON: “Everything about Flying Saucers”, ed. Leméac, Ottawa, 1972, p. 200
Reference: Mini catalogue chronologique des observations OVNI, by Godelieve Van Overmeire
Source: Overmeire, ID: Overmeire_2170

Event 21864 (22F2496A)

Date: 6/10/1960 (approximate)
Time: 00:20
Location: 4 MILES NORTHWEST / PERIDOT, AZ
Description: Family westbound / US70. Small humanoid (or Grey) stands / N. roadside. No UFO seen.
Type: sighting
Reference: LORENZEN, Coral & Jim: ENCOUNTERS with UFO OCCUPANTS; APRO/Berkley Medallion Books 1976. 424pp (Index 180)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_6382

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, ODD: Atypical/Forteana/paranormal, NFO: No craft seen, OID: Humanoid: Small alien or “Grey”

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “6”, Duration: “2”, Elev: “800”, HatchDesc: “4mi NW/PERIDOT,AZ:FAMILY WESTBOUND/US70:OID STANDS/N.ROADSIDE:NO UFO SEEN”, LatLong: “33.366668 -110.550005”, LatLongDMS: “33:22:00 N 110:33:00 W”, Locale: “Mountains”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Arizona”, Strangeness: “7”

Event 21865 (31342026)

Date: 6/10/1960 (approximate)
Time: 03:30
Location: ALGOZ, PRT
Description: Man sees saucer and hides. 6 “men” around it. Goes straight/strait(s) up. Reappears. Light / ground.
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_6383

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”, PSH: Pseudo-human: Clone/organic robot/human-like, OBS: Observation/chasing vehicles, RAY: Odd light/searchlight/beam/laser-like, ANI: Animals affected or injuries/marks

Extra Data: Country: “Portugal”, Credibility: “7”, Duration: “5”, HatchDesc: “ALGOZ,PRT:MAN SEES SCR+HIDES:6 “MEN” AROUND IT:GOES STRT UP:REAPPEARS:LITE/GND”, LatLong: “37.166668 -8.305556”, LatLongDMS: “37:10:00 N 08:18:20 W”, Locale: “Pasture”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Algarve”, Strangeness: “8”

Event 21866 (F8ADC071)

Date: 6/10/1960
Description: Half a dozen “men” could be seen standing around a landed disc-shaped UFO in Algoz, Portugal at 3:30 a.m. The boarded the craft and the UFO took off vertically. When the witness started to run the object lit up the ground with an intense beam of light. His dog ran away in fear. Later that same night the headlights of a car driving fifteen miles east of Globe, Arizona illuminated a small figure standing 300 feet away. The being turned and ran. It was described as having broad shoulders, long arms, a dark body, no ears or nose, and a large pumpkin-shaped head with two orange glowing eyes.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: Vicente-Juan Ballester Olmos, Catalogue of Type-I UFO Events in Spain and Portugal, p. 7 (case 30); Coral E. Lorenzen, Flying Saucer Occupants, pp. 128-129
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_3407

Event 21867 (B22747C0)

Date: 6/12/1960
Locations: Quebec; St. Lawrence River; Les Écureuils; Quebec City, Quebec; Japan; Ottawa; Sorel, Quebec; Ohio; Colorado; Montreal; Canada
Description: 3:00 or 4:00 p.m. Following a sonic boom above Quebec, a fiery object falls from the sky from an altitude of 1,000–2,000 feet and splits into two pieces that fall into the St. Lawrence River near Les Écureuils, about 20 miles upriver from Quebec City, Quebec. A beachcomber runs across the pieces, one closer to the shore and visible at low tide, the other one further out and mostly submerged. He retrieves a smaller piece (800 pounds) and sells it to a scrap-metal dealer, who fails to recognize it as ferrous and possibly ships it to Japan. The other piece is picked up by the Canadian Armament Research and Development Establishment [now DRDC Valcartier] near Quebec City. Wilbert Smith’s Ottawa Flying Saucer Club [later the Ottawa New Sciences Club] tells its members that the material is high-strength metal that is 6 feet in diameter and 2 feet thick at the center with an embedded tube, an “electronic potting can,” and a transistor. CARDE’s analysis is said to have revealed an alloy with a high manganese content, although it was identified as the “normal product of a foundry, consisting of slag with semi- molten scrap embedded in it,” likely coming from Sorel Iron Foundries in Sorel, Quebec. Smith rejects those findings and and conducts his own tests (although he is an electrical engineer and not a metallurgist) on a chunk the club retrieves from the river around July 1, supposedly engaging in a “tremendous amount of detective work on this metal.” In November 1961, Smith tells Ohio UFO researchers C. W. Fitch and George Popovitch: “We are speculating that what we have is a portion of a very large device which came into this solar system…we don’t know when…but it had been in space a long time before it came to Earth; we can tell by the micrometeorites embedded in the surface. But we don’t know whether it was a few years ago—or a few hundred years ago.” In June 1968, the Colorado project’s Roy Craig is in Ottawa and offers to examine the club’s chunk of metal because they had offered it to Condon a year earlier. Craig obligingly takes a piece with him but does not analyze it since there is no connection to a UFO and it looks like foundry slag anyway. Later, the Montreal UFO Society’s Ronald Anstee has a piece of it analyzed by an independent metallurgist, who finds that the composition “does not correspond to any known commercial manganese steel.” In September 1967, Eric Smith of the Canada Department of Energy, Mines, and Resources visits the Ottawa club and examines their large artifact, but fails to report back. In 1969, the National Research Council’s Peter Millman takes a look and is convinced that it is ordinary manganese steel from the Sorel plant.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: “The Mysterious Chunk of Hardware at Ottawa,” Topside, no. 20 (Spring 1966): 4–6; Frank Edwards, FS Serious Business, Bantam ed., 1966, pp. 48–49; “The Mystery of UFO Hardware,” Topside, no. 24/25 (Spring/Summer 1967): 10–11; “Unidentified Hardware Mystery Deepens,” Topside, no. 27 (Winter 1968): 4–9; “Latest Report on the Mystery Metal,” Topside, no. 29 (Summer 1968): 11– 12; Condon, pp. 133–135; “Canada’s Mysterious Chunk of Metal,” Spacelink 6, no. 2 (January 1970): 6–9; “More Mystery Added to Ottawa’s Mysterious Chunk of Hardware,” Topside, no. 33 (Winter/Spring 1970): 13–17; “Latest Report on Ottawa’s Mystery Metal,” Topside, no. 34 (Summer/Fall 1970): 22–23; “New Deveopments on Ottawa’s Mystery Metal,” Topside, no. 35 (Winter 1971): 29–33; Story, pp. 208–209; John Robert Colombo, UFOs over Canada, Hounslow, 1991, pp. 53–56; Roy Craig, UFOs: An Insiders’ View of the Official Quest for Evidence, University of North Texas, 1995, pp. 121–132; Good Above, pp. 188–189; Chris Rutkowski, Canada’s UFOs: Declassified, August Night, 2022, pp. 166, 229–249
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_3425

Event 21868 (2D0C1684)

Date: Summer 1960
Description: (Translated from French) In Walkerton (Ontario), 5 policemen observe and pursue for 1 hour in 2 cars a small object of about 1 m in diameter. The policemen in radio liaison try to follow a nocturnal light that moves at low altitude, along various country roads, then the light stops near a large tree, in the middle of a cultivated field, and the policemen’s cars arrive at a distance of less than 100 m from this tree. The witnesses observe for a long time with caution then try to approach on foot: It hovered above a large tree, which rose alone in the middle of a cultivated field. We were about 100 m from the tree, which was about 35 m high. The object, which subtended an angle of about 1/4 °, which implies a real diameter less than 0.90 m, appeared circular in shape and was therefore probably a spheroid. It was intensely bright against the dark background of the sky and it passed through all the colors of the spectrum with a fairly irregular period of about 2 s. Given its brightness, I may have slightly overestimated its angular dimension and 1/4 ° should perhaps be considered a maximum. The minimum estimate would certainly be 1/8 °. The object seemed to examine the tree quite closely. It described circles around the top, standing between 15 and 30 m from the ground, passing in front of the tree, then clearly visible through the branches when it passed behind. We watched it continue this apparent “reconnaissance” of the tree for several minutes. It moved deliberately and intentionally in its inspection of the tree, making short stops at points of interest and giving a distinct impression of intelligent behavior. Then, as we absolutely wanted to photograph it, we crossed the fence and slowly approached the tree, on the side facing West. We had barely gone 3 m when it “noticed” us and, with a powerful and silent acceleration, it left almost due south and disappeared over the horizon, with a slightly ascending trajectory, and 2.5 s approximately, without any noise. I believe that one can rely on my evaluation of distances and times because at the time I did a lot of athletics and was therefore well trained in this respect. Even taking into account the exceptional circumstances, these figures are probably accurate to within 20% (Summer, 2 h)
Reference: [Poher 2003].
Reference: rr0 - Beau
Source: rr0, ID: rr0_1865

Event 21869 (88CE7C10)

Date: Summer 1960
Location: Orbit of the Earth
Description: “Mystery satellite” tracked, photographed by Grumman.
Type: ufo sighting
Reference: UFOs and the National Security State: Chronology of a Cover-up, 1941–1973, by Richard Dolan
Source: Dolan, ID: Dolan_237

Event 21870 (309D4559)

Date: Summer 1960
Location: Walkerton, Ontario
Description: 2:00 a.m. Two brothers are alerted by their journalist brother about an elusive UFO that local police in Walkerton, Ontario, have been pursuing for about an hour. They drive out along country roads until they get within 300 feet of the object, which is hovering around a large tree. The object is circular and apparently about 3 feet in diameter. It is very bright and changes color repeated. It then circles the tree purposefully for several minutes. The brothers climb a fence and approach it, but the UFO suddenly accelerates and disappears to the south.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: J. Allen Hynek, The UFO Experience, Ballantine ed., 1974, pp. 54–56
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_3423

Event 21871 (FAEF8905)

Date: 6/21/1960
Description: NICAP sends a confidential report to the US Congress on “Dangers of Secrecy on UFOs (Unidentified Flying Objects) and Digest of Documented Evidence” urging legislators to go on the record about the reality of UFOs.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Donald E. Keyhoe, “Confidential NICAP Report to Congress: Dangers of Secrecy on UFOs (Unidentified Flying Objects) and Digest of Documented Evidence,” June 21, 1960
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_3426

Event 21872 (D94A7D79)

Date: 6/22/1960
Location: Clan Lake, Northwest Territories
Description: 6:20 p.m. John Person is setting up camp at Clan Lake, Northwest Territories, on a prospecting expedition and is waiting for his partner. He hears a noise like an aircraft approaching and something bounces and hits the surface of the lake about 1,700 feet behind him. Person sees an object 4–6 feet wide with arms or spokes is rotating rapidly in the water, but gradually slows down and stops spinning. When his partner arrives, they get into a canoe and travel to the impact area. They find an area of burned grass and another area where grass it cut up in small pieces. They use a pole to probe the lake bottom and find a channel that is one foot deeper at one end and three feet deeper at the other, RCMP Cpl. Matheson flies to the lake in a seaplane on July 19 and August 15 and finds the impact area as Person has described but no submerged object.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Royal Canadian Mounted Police, “Report of Strange Object Striking Clan Lake, Clan Lake Dist., N.W.T.,” July 19, July 25, and August 25, 1960; Chris Rutkowski, Canada’s UFOs: Declassified, August Night, 2022, pp. 98–102
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_3427

Event 21873 (820A8366)

Date: 6/22/1960
Description: A strange flying object struck Clan Lake, which is located some 30 miles north of Yellowknife, Northwest Territories, Canada at around 6 p.m. About 20-25 minutes after a airplane had dropped off witness C. T. Wright, he heard a noise that sounded like a large plane in the distance. The noise got louder but he could not see anything in the sky. He then heard something strike the water behind him and saw an object with arms or spokes rotating in the water. It was rotating very rapidly and throwing water, but gradually it began to spin less and finally stopped. It was about 1700 feet away from him. When his partner arrived they took a canoe and went over to the shallow spot in the lake where the object hit the water. There was grass about 18 inches high were the object hit and it appeared to be burnt and cut up over an area of 20 feet by 60 feet. They felt around in the water with their paddles where the floor of the lake was very much disturbed and muddy, and one to three feet deeper than the surrounding lake proper. The object looked to be about 4-6 feet wide. Mr. Wright did not see any steam when the object hit the water. He and his partner went back to the location on two more occasions but could find nothing.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: Carl Feindt, www.waterufo.net, citing RCMP report courtesy of Chris Styles
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_3603

Event 21874 (1F1DA3A1)

Date: 6/22/1960
Description: Former CIA director Adm. R. H. Hillenkoetter states in a newspaper that UAP flying saucers are “operating under intelligence control,” and they’re not U.S. or Russian. Hillenkoetter states the Air Force is not telling U.S. citizens the truth about UAP.

• https://www.cia.gov/readingroom/docs/CIA-RDP68-00046R000200090025-2.pdf (rg - changed to https variant)
• https://web.archive.org/web/20221226173916/http://www.cia.gov/readingroom/docs/CIA-RDP68-00046R000200090025-2.pdf (rg - archive.org version)
• https://www.newspapers.com/article/delmarva-news-resort-visitor-interviews/129123907/ (alt newspaper link added by RG)

Reference: Anonymous 2023 PDF
Source: Anon2023PDF, ID: Anon2023PDF_93

Event 21875 (B6EF6E82)

Date: 6/28/1960 (approximate)
Time: 12:00
Location: LOUVIERS, FR
Description: 1 / garden. Fat 20M cylinder/cigar-shape / 30M altitude going northeast slow. Orange and white. Sound = swarm of bees.
Type: sighting
Reference: LUMIERES DANS la NUIT (LDLN), Paris. Bimonthly since 1957. LDLN B.P.3; 77123 Le Vaudoue, FRANCE. (Index 138)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_6384

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, SND: UFO sounds heard or recorded

Extra Data: Country: “France”, Credibility: “6”, Duration: “1”, HatchDesc: “LOUVIERS,FR:1/GARDEN:FAT 20M CGR/30M alt >NE SLOW:ORG+WHT:SOUND=SWARM of BEES”, LatLong: “49.233336 1.166667”, LatLongDMS: “49:14:00 N 01:10:00 E”, Locale: “Residential”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “EUR”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 21876 (36585F1E)

Date: 6/29/1960
Time: 11:30
Location: SUNLANDS, RSA
Description: Several / farm. 10M cylinder/cigar-shape hovers and turns / 200M altitude. Possible landing / hills. Balloon?
Type: sighting
Reference: FLYING SAUCER REVIEW (FSR), London. Bimonthly. PO Box 162; High Wycombe, Bucks. HP135 DZ, England. (Index 85)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_6385

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), LND: UFO landing or any part touches ground

Extra Data: Country: “Republic of South Africa”, Credibility: “8”, Duration: “30”, HatchDesc: “SUNLANDS,RSA:SVRL/FARM:10M CGR HVRS+TURNS/200M alt:POSS.LANDING/HILLS:balloon?”, LatLong: “-33.933335 25.400001”, LatLongDMS: “33:56:00 S 25:24:00 E”, Locale: “Farmlands”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “CAP”, Strangeness: “5”

Event 21877 (29ECF70D)

Date: 7/1960
Location: Canada, Chapais (Abitibi)
Description: (Translated from French) Three workers were inspecting and repairing the Canadian National Railway at a place called Sub-Anville, in the Chapais region. Mr. Georges Godbout, a man in his fifties, communicated this case to us which he witnessed with his two companions. (…) The railway workers were hard at work. Suddenly a shrill noise rises, amplifies, to the point where the men feel unwell. (…) It is then that they see, 300 m in front of them, an object advancing on the railway track. It is dazzling like a well-polished metal that shines in the sun. As only one train passes per day, the men are perplexed. (…) Suddenly the object moves away from the track and hovers a few meters above an inaccessible savannah where it stops and stays a few meters from the ground. The men, disturbed by the noise, “a whirring of a top”, can see its profile. It is an object in the shape of a top of a metallic green, throwing off luminous flashes. (…) An opening appears in front of the astonished witnesses and a kind of small ladder is placed on the threshold of the craft. A “being” well proportioned advances and descends about three rungs. He wears a fitting, greenish uniform. He is about 1 m 60 tall. His head is covered with a helmet that encloses it, and on his face there is a mask like that of a basketball referee. When he comes out he casts a circular glance, but his head does not seem to be mobile, the whole body turns at the same time. (…) He immediately climbs back up. The object rises with an unbearable noise, it flies over the railway track and moves away a little, rises into the sky and quickly disappears into space. (July 1960)
Reference: Jean FERGUSON: “The Humanoids…” - ed. Leméac, Ottawa, 1977, p. 39,40
Reference: Mini catalogue chronologique des observations OVNI, by Godelieve Van Overmeire
Source: Overmeire, ID: Overmeire_2171

Event 21878 (E6F0EFAE)

Date: 7/1960
Time: 07:00
Location: SCANDALE, ITL
Description: 1 observer. 2M grey metallic torpedo passes / few meters altitude. Straight and level flight. No further details.
Type: sighting
Reference: ITACAT, Catalogo Italiano degli Incontri Ravvicinati. Maurizio Verga, 1989 CISU/Torino, Italy. (Index 51)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_6386

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

Extra Data: Country: “Italy”, Credibility: “6”, Duration: “1”, HatchDesc: “SCANDALE,ITL:1 OBS:2M GRY MTLC TORPEDO PASSES/few METERS ALT:S/L FLITE:NFD”, LatLong: “39.116669 16.950001”, LatLongDMS: “39:07:00 N 16:57:00 E”, Locale: “Farmlands”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “CZ”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 21879 (B9308063)

Date: 7/1960
Location: US Senate
Description: Members of the US Senate Preparedness Committee and the House Science and Astronautics Committee, as well as the CIA, ask for hearings on USAF’s handling of UFOs.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Clark III 922
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_3428

Event 21880 (285150CD)

Date: 7/1/1960
Location: Canada
Description: Canadian authorities possibly recover “very strange metal”. 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_236

Event 21881 (BF204296)

Date: 7/1/1960
Time: 10:30
Location: NEAR LEEFE, WY
Description: 3 / mine. Silent 55M saucer hovers 50’ / slag heap. 5 transparent domes / bottom/underside. Going quickly south.
Type: sighting
Reference: The APRO BULLETIN: Monthly. Jim & Coral Lorenzen: Tucson,AZ (USA. defunct) By volume and number. (Index 727)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_6387

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

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “8”, Duration: “1”, Elev: “1127”, HatchDesc: “nr LEEFE,WY:3/MINE:SLNT 55M SCR HVRS 50’/SLAG HEAP:5 XPRNT DOMES/BTM:>>S”, LatLong: “42.000002 -110.583339”, LatLongDMS: “42:00:00 N 110:35:00 W”, Locale: “Mountains”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Wyoming”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 21882 (C218369A)

Date: 7/1/1960
Location: Leefe (near), WY
Description: Hovering disc like “two dinner plates face to face,” ascended and sped away. [NICAP UFOE, XII] (NICAP: 01 - Distant Encounters)
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_2448

Event 21883 (61B36B3A)

Date: 7/1/1960
Locations: Leefe Mine; Lincoln County, Wyoming
Description: 10:30 a.m. Four witnesses at the Leefe Mine in Lincoln County, Wyoming, see a shiny disc move in from the south and hover above a slag heap. It has a diameter of at least 185 feet and is 14 feet thick. Five transparent bubbles are visible on the bottom as it rocks gently before moving off to the south at high speed.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Lorenzen, UFOs: The Whole Story, Signet, 1969, p. 221
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_3429

Event 21884 (A76C72E1)

Date: 7/2/1960
Time: 03:00
Location: NEAR PUERTO RICO
Description: Luminous UFO paces Venezuelan.airliner / 20 minute(s). Shoots away. / LDLN#334p3.
Type: sighting
Reference: HALL, Richard: The UFO EVIDENCE; NICAP,Washington, DC 1964. Reprinted 1997 Barnes & Noble Books ( only $7.98! ) (Index 121)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_6388

Attributes: CST: Observer(s) in coastal area/just offshore, SEA: Observer(s) at sea, AIR: Observer(s) on aircraft, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, NWS: News media report, SCR: Classic saucer/disk/sphere shaped UFO, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), OBS: Observation/chasing vehicles, VEH: Vehicle affected: Marks/damage/EME effects

Extra Data: Country: “Caribbean area”, Credibility: “9”, Duration: “5”, Elev: “0”, HatchDesc: “nr PUERTO RICO:LUM.UFO PACES VENEZUELAN.AIRLINER/20min:SHOOTS AWAY:/LDLN#334p3”, LatLong: “19.000001 -67.000003”, LatLongDMS: “19:00:00 N 67:00:00 W”, Locale: “Town & City”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “PRC”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 21885 (9827A435)

Date: 7/2/1960
Location: Maiquetia (near), Venezuela
Description: Pilot and crew of Venezuelan Airlines Super-Constellation arriving from Spain, reported plane was followed by a luminous UFO. [NICAP UFOE, X] (NICAP: 11 - Aviation Cases)
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_2449

Event 21886 (700F919A)

Date: 7/2/1960
Location: Kankakee, Illinois
Description: Early morning. A couple driving in the vicinity of Kankakee, Illinois, see the landscape light up with a bright blue light as a ball of fire approaches out of the south. It passes above their car dragging a trail of bluish light behind it. The inside of the car heats up uncomfortably, waking up their daughter and her husband who are asleep in the back. The light gradually fades and disappears in the north.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Lorenzen, UFOs: The Whole Story, Signet, 1969, pp. 221–223
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_3430

Event 21887 (BC098FA2)

Date: 7/3/1960
Time: 16:30
Location: NORTHEAST / YACANTO, ARG
Description: Air Force Captain / car photographs cone. 8M tall-4M diameter. Spins. Slow and silent. / r11p331.
Type: sighting
Reference: FSR CASE HISTORIES. Bimonthly/London. Supplements 2 - 18 (final issue) (Index 17)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_6389

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), OBS: Observation/chasing vehicles, PHT: Photos/movies/videos taken

Extra Data: Country: “Argentina”, Credibility: “7”, Duration: “2”, Elev: “745”, HatchDesc: “NE/YACANTO,ARG:AF CAPT/CAR FOTOS CONE:8M TALL-4M diam:SPINS:SLOW+SLNT:/r11p331”, LatLong: “-31.833335 -64.750003”, LatLongDMS: “31:50:00 S 64:45:00 W”, Locale: “Pasture”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “CRD”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 21888 (98DF1938)

Date: 7/3/1960
Locations: Argentine Air Force; Villa General Belgrano, Córdoba, Argentina
Description: 4:30 p.m. Argentine Air Force Capt. Hugo F. Niotti is driving north near Villa General Belgrano, Córdoba, Argentina, when he notices a dark object hovering to the right of the road. He stops his car, grabs his camera, and takes a photo of the object, which is moving slowly over a field. As he is winding the film to take another shot, the object accelerates and disappears into the clouds. The photo shows a conical object low above the ground, as well as a horse whose attention is attracted to the object. Analysis shows that the object is about 23 feet high, 20 feet in diameter, and 56 feet above the ground.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Guillermo C. Roncoroni and Gustavo J. Alvarez, “Foto de OVNI Avalada por la Fuerza Aerea Argentina,” UFO Press 1, no. 3 (April 1977): 32–38; “Cone-Shaped UFO Photographed in Argentina,” CUFOS Associate Newsletter 1, no. 8 (December 1980): 1; Johannes Koch, “Correspondence,” CUFOS Associate Newsletter 2, no. 2 (February 1981): 2; Willy Smith, “The Yacanto, Cordoba, Argentina, Photograph, 07-03-1960,” UFO Casebook; Willy Smith, “UFOs in Latin America,” UFOs 1947–1987, Fortean Tomes, 1987, pp. 104–106
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_3431

Event 21889 (B82E28DE)

Date: 7/3/1960
Description: An Argentinean Air Force Captain photographed a cone-shaped UFO between Yacanto and Cordoba, Argentina at 4:30 p.m. There was a mystery fall of ice from the sky in Portage, Pennsylvania.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: FSR Case Histories, December 1973, p. 17; George Eberhart, A Geo-Bibliography of Anomalies, p. 788
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_3801

Event 21890 (E309DBD0)

Date: 7/6/1960
Time: ~20:30
Location: TELI, TUVINSK., RUSSIA
Description: 8 scientists. Moon-object 45° over horizon. Going north at 1.5° / minute. / LDLN#204.
Type: sighting
Reference: VALLEE, Jacques: UFO CHRONICLES of the SOVIET UNION; Ballentine Books HB 1992. 212pp. (Index 185)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_6390

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

Extra Data: Country: “Russia”, Credibility: “10”, Duration: “30”, HatchDesc: “TELI,TUVINSK.,RUS:8 SCIENTISTS:MOON-OBJ 45°OVR HRZN:>N @1.5°/minute:/LDLN#204”, LatLong: “51.083336 90.200004”, LatLongDMS: “51:05:00 N 90:12:00 E”, Locale: “Desert”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “TUV”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 21891 (450DC1D8)

Date: 7/6/1960
Location: Texas
Description: Responding to NICAP’s “Dangers of Secrecy on UFOs” report, Sen. Lyndon B. Johnson (D-Tex.) states that he has ordered the staff of the Senate Preparedness Investigating Subcommittee to keep a close watch on UFO developments.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: “NICAP UFO Report: Extension of Remarks of Hon. Leonard G. Wolf of Iowa in the House of Representatives, Wednesday, August 31, 1960,” Congressional Record, Proceedings and Debates of the 86th Congress, Second Session, vol. 106, Part 14, pp. 18955–18956
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_3432

Event 21892 (1E26A8FE)

Date: 7/6/1960
Description: A moon-like object was sighted by eight scientists over Teli, Russia at a 45-degree elevation above the horizon. The UFO flew to the north moving at 1.5 degrees of arc per minute.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: Felix Zigel, unpublished manuscript, p. 79; Jacques Vallee, UFO Chronicles of the Soviet Union: A Cosmic Samizdat, p. 185
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_3875

Event 21893 (5FD862C8)

Date: 7/8/1960
Time: 12:00?
Location: KAMCHUK R.W / TELI, RUSSIA
Description: Same scientists and saucer. Appears from mountains / west. Unpopulated area.
Type: sighting
Reference: VALLEE, Jacques: UFO CHRONICLES of the SOVIET UNION; Ballentine Books HB 1992. 212pp. (Index 185)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_6391

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

Extra Data: Country: “Russia”, Credibility: “10”, Duration: “10”, HatchDesc: “KAMCHUK R.W/TELI,RUS:SAME SCIENTISTS+SCR:APPEARS fm MTNS/W:unpopulated area”, LatLong: “51.083336 89.966671”, LatLongDMS: “51:05:00 N 89:58:00 E”, Locale: “Forest”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “TUV”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 21894 (B384465A)

Date: 7/13/1960
Locations: Washington National Airport; Levelland
Description: The Air Force gives a preliminary briefing to associate counsel Stuart French, staff member of the Senate Preparedness Committee, who wants to know about USAF explanations for the Washington National Airport and Levelland cases.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Jacobs, UFO Controversy in America, Signet ed., 1976, p. 156
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_3433

Event 21895 (63B8B558)

Date: 7/14/1960
Location: Miho AFB (2 miles E of), Japan
Description: Pilot Sees Oblong Object At Very High Speed (NICAP: 11 - Aviation Cases, Code: A, Rating: 1, BB: BBU)
Reference: NICAP: 600714
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_2450

Event 21896 (82154B0D)

Date: 7/15/1960
Description: The Air Force gives a major briefing on UFOs for congressional staffers: Chief Counsel Robert Smart (House Committee on Armed Services); Spencer Beresford, Richard Hines, and Frank Hammill (House Science and Astronautics Committee). Charles S. Sheldon II, technical director of the House Science and Astronautics Committee, is also present. The USAF reps are Robert Friend, Lawrence J. Tacker, Hynek, and Maj. Gen. Arno H. Luehman. CIA officers Richard Payne and John S. Warner are possibly there as well. The staffers are skeptical; Smart accuses the Air Force of withholding information and wants to be kept informed of sightings and investigations.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Jacobs, UFO Controversy in America, Signet ed., 1976, pp. 156–159; Marcia S. Smith, The UFO Enigma, Congressional Research Service Report No. 83-205, June 20, 1983, pp. 65–66; Swords 291–292; “Saucer Reading Fest,” Saturday Night Uforia, January 25, 2019
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_3434

Event 21897 (65A6F98E)

Date: 7/19/1960
Time: 20:30
Location: ST. LOUIS, MO
Description: Project Bluebook Case #6858. 8+observer(s) / 3 nights. Small sphere/orb/globe with lights / edge. Rotation = 20 rpm. / r59p144.
Type: sighting
Reference: The APRO BULLETIN: Monthly. Jim & Coral Lorenzen: Tucson,AZ (USA. defunct) By volume and number. (Index 727)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_6392

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, HQO: High-quality observer(s), WAV: Wave/cluster/flap, PRB: Probe: Possibly remote controlled, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), TCH: New technical details/clues, MIL: Military investigation, BBK: Project BLUEBOOK

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “10”, Duration: “20”, Elev: “138”, HatchDesc: “ST LOUIS,MO:BBK#6858:8+OBS/3 NITES:SML ORB W/LITES/EDGE:ROTn=20rpm:/r59p144”, LatLong: “38.633335 -90.200004”, LatLongDMS: “38:38:00 N 90:12:00 W”, Locale: “Metropolis”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Missouri”, Strangeness: “5”

Event 21898 (3CC44083)

Date: 7/19/1960
End date: 7/21/1960
Location: St. Louis, MO
Description: Round, bright red light fly overhead, stop, hover, and back up (NICAP: 01 - Distant Encounters, BB: 6858)
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_2451

Event 21899 (0DC17966)

Date: 7/19/1960
Time: 8:30 PM
Location: St. Louis, Missouri
Description: Witness: T.L. Ochs. One round, bright red light flew overhead, stopped and hovered, and then backed up. Sighting lasted 20 minutes. Note: Ochs reported similar sightings on three following nights.
Type: ufo sighting
Reference: BlueBook Unknowns PDF
Source: BerlinerBBUnknowns, ID: BerlinerBBU_451

Event 21900 (675FA8E3)

Date: 7/19/1960
Description: 8:30 p.m. CDT. Witness T. L. Ochs of St. Louis, Missouri reported watching a round, bright red light that flew overhead, stopped and hovered, and then backed up. The sighting lasted 20 minutes. Note: Ochs reported similar sightings on three following nights. An hour later, another witness named Sokol reported seeing a round red ball or wheel-like object with a central nucleus; around it were revolving or orbiting lights or balls. They winked off.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: Project Blue Book files counted in official statistics, case # 6858; Don Berliner, Project Bluebook Unknowns
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_4197

Event 21901 (94E25955)

Date: 7/21/1960
Description: (Translated from French) Observation in Saint-Louis (Missouri). (19-21 July)
Reference: case Blue Book #6858 unsolved
Reference: rr0 - Beau
Source: rr0, ID: rr0_1863

Event 21902 (2FD5461E)

Date: 7/21/1960
Description: (Translated from French) The press widely takes up a collision that takes place in the port of New York between the tanker Alkaïd and an unknown half-submerged object of which no trace was found.
Reference: rr0 - Beau
Source: rr0, ID: rr0_1864

Event 21903 (68DB61C5)

Date: 7/21/1960
Description: On this evening a power failure occurred in Miami, Florida after a misty blue cloud with a bright center was seen. A crowd chased a “spaceman” wearing bubble headgear “with gold in it” down Collins Avenue, but lost him.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: David F. Webb & Ted Bloecher, HUMCAT: Catalogue of Humanoid Reports, case A0501, citing newspaper clipping dated July 22, 1960
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_4265

Event 21904 (45545668)

Date: 7/22/1960
Time: 22:00
Location: MARTIN, TN
Description: Girl / 13. Saucer hovers. Rudderlike protrusion. Large oily circles found. / r180p24.
Type: sighting
Reference: The APRO BULLETIN: Monthly. Jim & Coral Lorenzen: Tucson,AZ (USA. defunct) By volume and number. (Index 727)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_6393

Attributes: 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., TRC: Physical traces, TCH: New technical details/clues

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “5”, Duration: “1”, Elev: “126”, HatchDesc: “MARTIN,TN:GIRL/13:SCR HVRS:RUDDERLIKE PROTRUSION:LRG OILY CCLs FOUND:/r180p24”, LatLong: “36.344446 -88.850004”, LatLongDMS: “36:20:40 N 88:51:00 W”, Locale: “Residential”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Tennessee”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 21905 (68B444BD)

Date: 7/22/1960
Description: At ten o’clock in the evening a disc-shaped object with a fin or rudder-like proturberance was seen hovering over Martin, Tennessee by a 13-year-old girl. After it left large oily circles were found on the ground.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: George D. Fawcett, Flying Saucers, March 1972, p. 27
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_4297

Event 21906 (39E68704)

Date: 7/24/1960
Time: 20:50
Location: PORTVILLE, NY
Description: Cop and 2. 2 silver cigars change shape and color(s). Hover. Going NNW. Turn going south. / r114p54.
Type: sighting
Reference: HALL, Richard: The UFO EVIDENCE; NICAP,Washington, DC 1964. Reprinted 1997 Barnes & Noble Books ( only $7.98! ) (Index 64)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_6394

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), OGA: Non-Covert Government Agencies

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “8”, Duration: “5”, Elev: “434”, HatchDesc: “PORTVILLE,NY:COP+2:2 SLVR CGRS CHANGE SHAPE+CLRS:HVR:> NNW:TURN>S:/r114p54”, LatLong: “42.038891 -78.338893”, LatLongDMS: “42:02:20 N 78:20:20 W”, Locale: “Residential”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “New York”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 21907 (4BC1FA3E)

Date: 7/24/1960
Location: Portville, NY
Description: State policeman reported two dumbbell-like UFOs. [NICAP UFOE, VII] (NICAP: 01 - Distant Encounters)
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_2452

Event 21908 (1E969532)

Date: 7/24/1960
Description: Frank Porcello and two others saw two UFOs maneuver over Portville, New York at 8:45 p.m. The sighting lasted more than four minutes.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: Richard Hall, The UFO Evidence (Volume I), p. 64; Thomas M. Olsen, Reference to Outstanding UFO Reports, case 113
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_4351

Event 21909 (EA5327F6)

Date: 7/26/1960
Description: Lt. Col. Lawrence J. Tacker writes to Stringfield that “There is absolutely no truth in the charge that the Air Force or any other governmental agency is withholding information on the subject of UFOs from the general public.”
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Stringfield, Situation Red, Fawcett Crest, 1977, p. 167
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_3435

Event 21910 (C3BC0531)

Date: 7/30/1960
Time: 23:30
Location: BISHOPBRIGGS, SCT
Description: 18+observer(s). Bell-saucer low and slow / 60 minutes. Electric humming. Lit portholes. Glows.
Type: sighting
Reference: FLYING SAUCER REVIEW (FSR), London. Bimonthly. PO Box 162; High Wycombe, Bucks. HP135 DZ, England. (Index 85)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_6395

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

Extra Data: Country: “Great Britain and Ireland”, Credibility: “10”, Duration: “60”, Elev: “76”, HatchDesc: “BISHOPBRIGGS,SCT:18+OBS:BELL-SCR LOW+SLOW/60mins:ELCTRIC HUM:LIT PORTS:GLOWS”, LatLong: “55.900003 -4.233334”, LatLongDMS: “55:54:00 N 04:14:00 W”, Locale: “Town & City”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Scotland”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 21911 (980122D9)

Date: 7/31/1960
Time: 17:00
Location: NASHVILLE, OH
Description: 2 observer(s). Slow silent cylinder/cigar-shape passes. Painfully brilliant. Vanishes in place.
Type: sighting
Reference: The APRO BULLETIN: Monthly. Jim & Coral Lorenzen: Tucson,AZ (USA. defunct) By volume and number. (Index 727)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_6396

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

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “7”, Duration: “1”, Elev: “782”, HatchDesc: “NASHVILLE,OH:2 OBS:SLOW SLNT CGR PASSES:PAINFULLY BRILLIANT:vanishes in place”, LatLong: “40.600002 -82.111115”, LatLongDMS: “40:36:00 N 82:06:40 W”, Locale: “Residential”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Ohio”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 21912 (8D666FDF)

Date: 7/31/1960
Time: 17:00
Location: AUCKLAND, NZ
Description: 4 / (seen thru) binoculars. Shiny metallic ‘parachute’ hovers / BROWNs bay. No cords or rider.
Type: sighting
Reference: The APRO BULLETIN: Monthly. Jim & Coral Lorenzen: Tucson,AZ (USA. defunct) By volume and number. (Index 727)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_6397

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: “New Zealand”, Credibility: “8”, Duration: “2”, HatchDesc: “AUCKLAND,NZ:4/BINOCS:SHINY MTLC ‘PARACHUTE’ HVRS/BROWNs BAY:no cords or rider”, LatLong: “-36.866668 174.700008”, LatLongDMS: “36:52:00 S 174:42:00 E”, Locale: “Offshore”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “NI”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 21913 (5921838C)

Date: 7/31/1960
Description: At 5:00 p.m. in Nashville, Ohio a very bright cigar-shaped object passed by slowly. Its light was so intense it caused eye irritation for the two witnesses.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: APRO Bulletin, July 1960; George D. Fawcett, Flying Saucers magazine, September 1962, p. 36
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_4522

Event 21914 (FE760E3B)

Date: 8/1960
Location: FRANCE, Meussia
Description: (Translated from French) During the night, around 3 o’clock, the child Jouffroy got up and went to a meadow behind the house. He returned scared having seen a white and luminous phenomenon. Mrs. Grandmottet then got up to accompany him, she also saw the strange phenomenon and thought she heard a strange noise. She returned to the house and asked Mrs. Jouffroy if she had hung out sheets. The three witnesses then noticed that apparently just behind the hedge, a kind of long white rectangle was placed or very close to the ground. They heard a noise of metal and stones being moved. Afraid, the witnesses went back inside. When a little later they looked out the window, everything had disappeared.
Reference: M. FIGUET/ J.L. RUCHON: “Ovni, Premier dossier complet…” ed. Alain Lefeuvre 1979, p. 242
Reference: Mini catalogue chronologique des observations OVNI, by Godelieve Van Overmeire
Source: Overmeire, ID: Overmeire_2178

Event 21915 (17E3A090)

Date: 8/1960
Location: FRANCE, Brittany
Description: (Translated from French) At around 3pm, G.P., a merchant from Dijon, was driving a truck with two employees in the center of Brittany. Suddenly, they saw on the road, about 100 meters ahead of them, three figures about 2 meters tall, wearing khaki scuba suits with some kind of helmet on their heads, who immediately turned around. The truck accelerated to about 60 km/h to catch up to them, but they moved faster above the ground and disappeared into an opening in the hedge on the side of the road. When they arrived at this spot, the passengers of the truck saw a saucer about 4 meters high, about fifteen meters above the ground. It rose and disappeared in a few seconds into the sky. Its diameter was about ten meters according to the circle of scorched grass it had imprinted on the ground.
Reference: Jean-Francis CROLARD: “The Enigma of the E.T.” - ed. Guy Trédaniel 1995, p. 84
Reference: Mini catalogue chronologique des observations OVNI, by Godelieve Van Overmeire
Source: Overmeire, ID: Overmeire_2179

Event 21916 (839EDB61)

Date: 8/1960
Location: GRUMMAN ARCRFT CO TRACKS AND PHOTOS MYSTERY EARTH SATELLITE / SEVERAL DAYS
Description: Many observer(s).
Type: sighting
Reference: KEHOE, Maj Donald: ALIENS FROM SPACE; Doubleday, Garden City, NY 1973 HB (Index 162)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_6398

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, MIL: Observer(s) military, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, HQO: High-quality observer(s), SCI: Scientist involvement, NWS: News media report, ODD: Atypical/Forteana/paranormal, PRB: Probe: Possibly remote controlled, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), PHT: Photos/movies/videos taken, RDR: Radar traces/blips, TCH: New technical details/clues, HST: Historical account

Extra Data: Country: “Earth Orbit or seen from space stations/capsules”, Credibility: “11”, Duration: “10”, HatchDesc: “GRUMMAN ARCRFT CO TRACKS+PHOTOS MYSTERY EARTH SATELLITE/SVRL DAYS:MANY OBS”, LatLong: “90.000004 -0.000000”, LatLongDMS: “90:00:00 N 00:00:00 W”, Locale: “Residential”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “CLF”, Strangeness: “5”

Event 21917 (838EEE27)

Date: 8/1960
Time: 01:30
Location: BELMONT, NSW
Description: Buzz. Big top-saucer / backyard! Pseudo-human/entity / south-suit walks going [to] house. Sees observer(s) and away.
Type: sighting
Reference: Database/website: BASTERFIELD, KEITH: ENTCAT97.DOC: Catalog of Australian Entity and related reports: October 1997
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_6399

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

Extra Data: Country: “Australia”, Credibility: “6”, Duration: “15”, HatchDesc: “BELMONT,NSW:BUZZ:BIG TOP-SCR/BACKYARD!:PSH/S-SUIT WALKS > HOUSE:SEES OBS+AWAY”, LatLong: “-32.916668 151.700007”, LatLongDMS: “32:55:00 S 151:42:00 E”, Locale: “Residential”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “NSW”, Strangeness: “8”

Event 21918 (C72DC4F0)

Date: 8/1960?
Time: 02:00
Location: NEAR WALKERTON, ONT
Description: Scientist/science and cops. 3’ saucer closely examines tree. Flies off when approached.
Type: sighting
Reference: STURROCK, Dr. Peter A: REPORT / SURVEY of the AMERICAN ASTRONOMICAL SOCIETY of the UFO PROBLEM; Stanford, CA 1977. (Index 105)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_6400

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, OGA: Non-Covert Government Agencies

Extra Data: Country: “Canada”, Credibility: “10”, Duration: “66”, Elev: “255”, HatchDesc: “nr WALKERTON,ONT:SCI+COPS:3’ SCR CLOSELY EXAMINES TREE:FLIES OFF WHEN APPRCHD”, LatLong: “44.127780 -81.205559”, LatLongDMS: “44:07:40 N 81:12:20 W”, Locale: “Farmlands”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, RelAlt: “5”, State/Prov: “Ontario”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 21919 (FC1BF2E7)

Date: 8/1960
Time: 03:00
Location: MEUSSIA, FR
Description: 3 observer(s). Strange glowing white rectangle / ground. See Cazalla de la Sierra, Sp.
Type: sighting
Reference: FIGEUT, Michel & RUCHON, Jean-Louis: OVNI - Le Premier Dossier…; Alain LeFeuvre, Paris 1979. (Index 242)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_6401

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, ODD: Atypical/Forteana/paranormal, DLT: Delta/vee/boomerang/rectangular shaped UFO, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), LND: UFO landing or any part touches ground, TCH: New technical details/clues

Extra Data: Country: “France”, Credibility: “7”, Duration: “2”, HatchDesc: “MEUSSIA,FR:3 OBS:STRANGE GLOWING WHT RECTANGLE/GND:see CAZALLA de la SIERRA,SP”, LatLong: “46.500002 5.733334”, LatLongDMS: “46:30:00 N 05:44:00 E”, Locale: “Residential”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Jura”, Strangeness: “9”

Event 21920 (63FDE36B)

Date: 8/1960
Time: 09:20
Location: HAMBURG, GER
Description: 7M saucer-on-edge descends / garden. 3 beams / light / center. Haze and gas. P279.
Type: sighting
Reference: VALLEE, Jacques: PASSPORT TO MAGONIA; H. Regnery, Chicago HC 1969 & Contemporary Books,Chicago 1993. 372pp. (Index 508)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_6402

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, SCR: Classic saucer/disk/sphere shaped UFO, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), RAY: Odd light/searchlight/beam/laser-like, LND: UFO landing or any part touches ground, TCH: New technical details/clues, CMF: Camouflage/disguise

Extra Data: Country: “Germany”, Credibility: “6”, Duration: “3”, HatchDesc: “HAMBURG,GER:7M SCR-ON-EDGE DESCENDS/GARDEN:3 BEAMS/LITE/CENTER:HAZE+GAS:p279”, LatLong: “53.566669 10.050000”, LatLongDMS: “53:34:00 N 10:03:00 E”, Locale: “Metropolis”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “SCH”, Strangeness: “7”

Event 21921 (A9A4D242)

Date: 8/1960
Time: 13:00?
Location: NEAR FT. BRAGG, NC
Description: Airman. Metallic domed 10M saucer drops / storm clouds. Portholes. Rocks. Going up.
Type: sighting
Reference: UFO INVESTIGATOR: NICAP: Kensington, MD & Washington, DC [defunct]. University Microfilms, Ann Arbor, MI 48106 (Index 44)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_6403

Attributes: AIR: Observer(s) on aircraft, MIL: Observer(s) military, HQO: High-quality observer(s), SCR: Classic saucer/disk/sphere shaped UFO, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), CMF: Camouflage/disguise

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “6”, Duration: “1”, Elev: “65”, HatchDesc: “nr Ft.BRAGG,NC:AIRMAN:MTLC DOMED 10M SCR DROPS/STORM CLOUDS:PORTHOLES:ROCKS:↑”, LatLong: “35.166668 -79.000004”, LatLongDMS: “35:10:00 N 79:00:00 W”, Locale: “Town & City”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “North Carolina”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 21922 (25279F0F)

Date: 8/1960 (approximate)
Time: 17:00
Location: MOSCOW
Description: Scientist and many. Rectangular object hangs miles / sky. No visible support.
Type: sighting
Reference: VALLEE, Jacques: UFO CHRONICLES of the SOVIET UNION; Ballentine Books HB 1992. 212pp. (Index 185)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_6404

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, HQO: High-quality observer(s), ODD: Atypical/Forteana/paranormal, DLT: Delta/vee/boomerang/rectangular shaped UFO, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), OBS: Observation/chasing vehicles

Extra Data: Country: “Russia”, Credibility: “10”, Duration: “18”, HatchDesc: “MOSCOW:SCIENTIST+MANY:RECTANGLR OBJ HANGS MILES/SKY:NO VISIBLE SUPPORT:”, LatLong: “55.733336 37.583335”, LatLongDMS: “55:44:00 N 37:35:00 E”, Locale: “Metropolis”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “MOS”, Strangeness: “7”

Event 21923 (995A149F)

Date: 8/1960 (approximate)
Time: 22:00?
Location: NANJING, CH
Description: Large and small orbs during tornado. Night lights enter cottage. Cottage rises / air!
Type: sighting
Reference: DONG, Paul: UFO’s Over MODERN CHINA. 1983 UFO Photo Archives; P. O. Box 17206; Tucson, AZ 85710. (Index 42)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_6405

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, NLT: Nightlights/points of light, PRB: Probe: Possibly remote controlled, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), SMP: Sampling of plant/animal/soil/tissue/specimens, TCH: New technical details/clues, CMF: Camouflage/disguise

Extra Data: Country: “China”, Credibility: “10”, Duration: “60”, HatchDesc: “NANJING,CH:LRG+SML ORBS DURING TORNADO:NLTS ENTER COTTAGE:COTTAGE RISES/AIR!”, LatLong: “32.066668 118.766672”, LatLongDMS: “32:04:00 N 118:46:00 E”, Locale: “Residential”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Jiangsu”, Strangeness: “10”

Event 21924 (5DF85F86)

Date: 8/1960
Time: 0920
Location: Hamburg, Germany
Description: Mrs. K. St. Bereits was in her garden when she saw an object coming down at great speed. Arriving at ground level, it came toward her, appearing as a disk standing on edge, 7 m in diameter with a pulsating halo of yellow light. Three beams of light came from a central opening. A sort of haze and “gas stream” was also described.
Type: ufo sighting
Reference: Nachrichten Jan., 61; FSR 61, 4 (Vallee)
Source: ValléeMagonia, ID: Magonia_508

Event 21925 (18F97285)

Date: 8/1960
Locations: US; Dominican Republic
Description: The US severs diplomatic relations with the Dominican Republic. The CIA’s Special Group decides to arm Dominicans in hopes of an assassination of generalissimo Rafael Trujillo. The CIA disperses three rifles and three .38 revolvers, but things pause in 1961 as John F. Kennedy assumes office.
Reference: Eberhart
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_3436

Event 21926 (3D0FD472)

Date: 8/2/1960
Location: FRANCE, Noulle - Difques
Description: (Translated from French) Mr. and Mrs. Daniel Hiot were driving from Noulle to Morhinghem around 0:30. Their father-in-law noticed a distant light, and as they left Moulle, they saw a red ball the apparent size of the moon. The object crossed the road obliquely, 3 or 4 meters in front of the car and 2 meters from the ground, forcing the driver to brake suddenly. Then the 5-6 meter wide phenomenon, with a bright red light radiating from a kind of half-sphere larger than a horse-drawn carriage wheel at the base of the object, accompanied them for a kilometer. As they arrived at the first houses, it seemed to go out from bottom to top, as if it was veiling itself starting from the bottom. (M. FIGUET/ J.L. RUCHON: “Ovni, Premier dossier complet…” ed. Alain Lefeuvre 1979, p. 243) Near the hamlet of Difques, two witnesses were followed for more than a kilometer by a red luminous ball. A silhouette was visible inside. (???) The ball gradually went out from bottom to top.
Reference: Erich ZURCHER/ “Les apparitions d’Humanoïdes” - ed. Alain Lefeuvre 1979, p. 201
Reference: Mini catalogue chronologique des observations OVNI, by Godelieve Van Overmeire
Source: Overmeire, ID: Overmeire_2172

Event 21927 (E94B8392)

Date: 8/2/1960
Time: 00:30
Location: MOULLE, FR
Description: 3 observer(s). Thin 5M glowing-disc crosses road / 2M altitude. Follows car / 1km. / r30p243.
Type: sighting
Reference: LUMIERES DANS la NUIT (LDLN), Paris. Bimonthly since 1957. LDLN B.P.3; 77123 Le Vaudoue, FRANCE. (Index 117)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_6406

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, VEH: Vehicle affected: Marks/damage/EME effects

Extra Data: Country: “France”, Credibility: “7”, Duration: “3”, HatchDesc: “MOULLE,FR:3 OBS:THIN 5M GLO-DISC CROSSES ROAD/2M ALT:FOLOS CAR/1km:/r30p243”, LatLong: “50.788891 2.183333”, LatLongDMS: “50:47:20 N 02:11:00 E”, Locale: “Pasture”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Pas-de-Calais”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 21928 (E0DE9057)

Date: 8/2/1960
Description: Mr. & Mrs. Hiot and a third witness encountered a purple light while driving between Difques and St. Omer, Pas-de-Calais department, France at 12:05 a.m. As it got closer it revealed itself to be a domed disc-shaped object, four meters wide, with a red luminous bottom that illuminated the road. the UFO paced their car for one kilometer, making no noise and flying just three meters above the ground. Mrs. Hiot saw a human-looking figure inside the saucer.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: Ouest France, August 5, 1960; David F. Webb & Ted Bloecher, HUMCAT: Catalogue of Humanoid Reports, case # A1786; Lumieres dans la Nuit, issue # 117
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_4593

Event 21929 (4395C22A)

Date: 8/5/1960 (approximate)
Time: 02:00
Location: EYZIES-DE-TAYAC, FR
Description: Dark domed saucer glows / hills. Observer(s) feels watched. Away fast.
Type: sighting
Reference: PHENOMENES SPATIAUX: Group GEPA, Gen. M. Lionel Chassin Paris. Quarterly 1964?-1977. Merged into Grp. GEPAN (Index 24)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_6407

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, SCR: Classic saucer/disk/sphere shaped UFO, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), OBS: Observation/chasing vehicles, HUM: Humans affected: Injury/burns/marks/abduction/death

Extra Data: Country: “France”, Credibility: “6”, Duration: “2”, HatchDesc: “EYZIES-de-TAYAC,FR:DRK DOMED SCR GLOWS/HILLS:OBS FEELS WATCHED:away fast”, LatLong: “44.933335 1.016667”, LatLongDMS: “44:56:00 N 01:01:00 E”, Locale: “Farmlands”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Dordogne”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 21930 (15AEDEB5)

Date: 8/6/1960
Location: USA
Description: (Translated from French) A SECOND GENERATION (OF INFRARED ALERT SATELLITES) MUCH MORE PERFORMANT APPEARED WITH BMEWS 1 (BALLISTIC MISSILE (or MULTIPURPOSE?) EARLY WARNING SYSTEM). IT WAS THE FIRST REPRESENTATIVE OF A LONG FAMILY OF GEOSTATIONARY SATELLITES, PLACED FIRST UNDER 10°, THEN UNDER 63° OF INCLINATION. (August 6, 1960)
Reference: “The War of the Satellites” - Volume 3 - Pierre Kohler, ed. Famot 1982, p. 78
Reference: Mini catalogue chronologique des observations OVNI, by Godelieve Van Overmeire
Source: Overmeire, ID: Overmeire_2175

Event 21931 (8FA0AC06)

Date: 8/9/1960
Locations: Los Angeles Biltmore Hotel; Shrine Auditorium in Los Angeles, California
Description: Contactee Gabriel Green announces his candidacy for the presidency of the United States at a press conference at the Los Angeles Biltmore Hotel. He publishes his Space Age Platform at the second meeting of his Amalgamated Flying Saucer Clubs of America convention in the Shrine Auditorium in Los Angeles, California, on August 13–14, but soon drops out and lends his support to John F. Kennedy.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Wikipedia, “Gabriel Green”; “Space Age Platform of Gabriel Green: Candidate for the Office of President of the United States,” AFSCA World Report, no. 16 (July/Aug. 1960): 4–7; Clark III 99; S. D. Tucker, False Economies: The Strangest, Least Successful, and Most Audacious Financial Follies, Plans, and Crazes of All Times, Amberly, 2018, chapter 3, excerpted in “T

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axing Credulity,” Fortean Times 367 (June 2018): 52–55
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_3437

Event 21932 (A6081C2C)

Date: 8/10/1960
Locations: Vandenberg AFB [now Vandenberg Space Force Base], California; North Pacific
Description: The Discoverer 13 Corona KH-1 photoreconnaissance satellite is launched from Vandenberg AFB [now Vandenberg Space Force Base], California. The primary goal of this series of satellites is to replace the U-2 spy plane in surveilling the Sino-Soviet Bloc, determining the disposition and speed of production of Soviet missiles and long-range bombers assess. The Corona program is also used to produce maps and charts for the Department of Defense and other US government mapping programs. On August 11, after 17 orbits, the satellite splashes down in the North Pacific and its payload is recovered. It represents the first-ever successful recovery of an object from orbit.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Wikipedia, “Discoverer 13”
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_3438

Event 21933 (2C5E55F2)

Date: 8/11/1960
Location: USA
Description: (Translated from French) LAUNCH OF DISCOVERER XIII, 635 KG, RECOVERED IN FLIGHT ON NOVEMBER 14, 1960, FIRST! ("Astronautics, Pierre Rousseau, Hachette 1965, p. 63) THE CAPSULE OF THE DISCOVERER 13 SATELLITE IS RECOVERED IN THE PACIFIC. THIS IS THE VERY FIRST TIME THAT AN AMERICAN SATELLITE RETURNS TO EARTH INTACT. (…) ONLY A FEW DAYS LATER, DISCOVERER 14 WAS RECOVERED IN THE GREATEST DISCRETION, IT WAS THERE, ALTHOUGH THE AMERICANS DENIED IT, THE FIRST SPY SATELLITE. (August 11, 1960)
Reference: “The War of the Satellites” - Volume 3 - Pierre Kohler, ed. Famot 1982, p. 23 and 25
Reference: Mini catalogue chronologique des observations OVNI, by Godelieve Van Overmeire
Source: Overmeire, ID: Overmeire_2173

Event 21934 (5D42C61D)

Date: 8/11/1960
Time: 15:10
Location: LEFT HAND CANYON, CO
Description: Saucer going down / ground. Tractor malfunctions due to EME (electro-magnetic effects). Humming. Outer plate pulled in and replaced!
Type: sighting
Reference: The APRO BULLETIN: Monthly. Jim & Coral Lorenzen: Tucson,AZ (USA. defunct) By volume and number. (Index 729)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_6408

Attributes: 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, LND: UFO landing or any part touches ground, EME: Electro-Magnetic Effects, TCH: New technical details/clues, MIL: Military investigation, BBK: Project BLUEBOOK, OGA: Non-Covert Government Agencies, SND: UFO sounds heard or recorded, COV: Indication of coverup

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “6”, Duration: “15”, Elev: “3218”, HatchDesc: “LEFT HAND CANYON,CO:SCR↓/GND:TRACTOR EMEs:HUM:OUTER PLATE PULLED IN+REPLACED!”, LatLong: “40.111113 -105.305561”, LatLongDMS: “40:06:40 N 105:18:20 W”, Locale: “Farmlands”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Colorado”, Strangeness: “9”

Event 21935 (5942EC7C)

Date: 8/11/1960
Locations: Left Hand Canyon; Altona, Colorado
Description: 3:10 p.m. Ray Hawks is operating a farm tractor at Left Hand Canyon near Altona, Colorado, when he hears a muffled explosion. Looking up, he watches a disc dropping vertically out of the cloud cover. It stops in midair about 650 feet away from him and 200 feet above the ground, wobbling a bit. When it stabilizes, he sees it looks like two concave discs joined together at the rim and dull aluminum in color. Bluish smoke is issuing from an apparent gap in its surface. An electric hum seems to come from inside the object. The section where the smoke is issuing is withdrawn inside, and a new section appears to replace it, settling in with a click. The hum increases in intensity, and the object appears to be surrounded by a heat haze. It then shoots up into the clouds and vanishes.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Lorenzen, UFOs: The Whole Story, Signet, 1969, pp. 223–225
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_3439

Event 21936 (148F3745)

Date: 8/11/1960
Description: An important close encounter case involving ignition interference with the engine of a tractor occurred on this day in Left Hand Canyon, Boulder County, Colorado at 3:10 in the afternoon. Mr. Robert Hawks was operating a tractor with a backhoe when his tractor stalled. Looking up he saw a disc-shaped object hovering in the sky above the canyon, making a humming noise, and he watched for the next 15 minutes, unable to re-start his tractor, while some apparent repair activity was performed on the hovering craft. A panel on the craft was rotated inside and replaced. Ater the repair was completed, the craft departed by shooting straight up in the sky. Mr. Hawks could then restart his tractor.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: B. V. Wilson, APRO Bulletin, September-October 1960, p. 1; Coral E. Lorenzen, Flying Saucers: The Startling Evidence of the Invasion from Outer Space, p. 182; Thomas M. Olsen, The Reference for Outstanding UFO Reports, case # 114; Mark Rodeghier, UFO Reports Involving Vehicle Interference, p. 18
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_4866

Event 21937 (EC0E6A4D)

Date: 8/12/1960
Location: USA
Description: (Translated from French) LAUNCH OF THE ECHO SATELLITE BALLOON, 75 KG. (“Astronautics”, Pierre Rousseau, Hachette 1965, p. 63) ECHO I, A SIMPLE ALUMINIZED PLASTIC BALLOON, THICKNESS OF ONLY 12/1000 OF MM, WHICH, IMMEDIATELY AFTER INJECTION INTO ORBIT, WAS INFLATED BY THE EXPANSION OF A SMALL VOLUME OF GAS CONTAINED IN ITS FOLDS, UP TO TAKE THE FORM OF A HUGE SPHERE OF 30 METERS IN DIAMETER. (…) IT CONTAINS NO FRAMEWORK OR INSTRUMENT, NOT EVEN THE USUAL RADIO TRANSMITTER, IT WEIGHS 75.5 KG, OFFERING AN ENORMOUS SURFACE TO SOLAR RADIATION WHILE OPPOSING ONLY A SMALL INERTIA TO THEIR PUSH. (August 12, 1960)
Reference: continued 24.5.68
Reference: “Conquest of Space” - Thomas de Galiana, ed. Larousse Poche, 1967, p. 173
Reference: Mini catalogue chronologique des observations OVNI, by Godelieve Van Overmeire
Source: Overmeire, ID: Overmeire_2174

Event 21938 (68CEF23B)

Date: 8/12/1960
Time: 03:30
Location: SAN MATEO, CA
Description: Amateur astronomer. Odd theramin sound! 2 groups / white night lights east going west in V-formation.
Type: sighting
Reference: STURROCK, Dr. Peter A: REPORT / SURVEY of the AMERICAN ASTRONOMICAL SOCIETY of the UFO PROBLEM; Stanford, CA 1977. (Index 78)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_6409

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CST: Observer(s) in coastal area/just offshore, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, SCI: Scientist involvement, HOX: Suspicion of hoax, DLT: Delta/vee/boomerang/rectangular shaped UFO, NLT: Nightlights/points of light, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), SND: UFO sounds heard or recorded

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “4”, Duration: “11”, Elev: “20”, HatchDesc: “SAN MATEO,CA:AM.ASTRONOMER:ODD THERAMIN SOUND!:2 GRPS/WHT NLTS E>W IN V-FORMn”, LatLong: “37.561113 -122.333339”, LatLongDMS: “37:33:40 N 122:20:00 W”, Locale: “Residential”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “California”, Strangeness: “7”

Event 21939 (D654565B)

Date: 8/12/1960
Locations: NASA; Thor-Delta rocket
Description: NASA’s Echo 1 balloon satellite is launched by a Thor-Delta rocket and becomes the first passive communications satellite. Microwave signals are bounced off the satellite from one point on earth to another.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Wikipedia, “Project Echo”
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_3440

Event 21940 (A9F63B11)

Date: 8/13/1960
Location: Red Bluff, CA
Description: Red Bluff, CA: CHP Officers Charles A. Carson and Stanley Scott were on patrol when they sighted what they thought was an airliner about to crash. When the UFO had descended to about 100 or 200 feet altitude it suddenly reversed direction and climbed to 500 ft. Description: round or oblong surrounded by a glow (color not mentioned) and having definite red lights at each end. They continued to watch the UFO as it performed ”unbelievable” aerial feats. The local RADAR operator confirmed the UFO at this time but denied it the next day. Other Tehema County Sheriffs’ officers also saw this UFO and another similar one that same night. (NICAP, 1964)
Type: ufo sighting
Reference: Pea Research
Source: Maj2, ID: Maj2_597

Event 21941 (8415475D)

Date: 8/13/1960
Description: (Translated from French) Observation of Red Bluff (California). (August 13)
Reference: rr0 - Beau
Source: rr0, ID: rr0_1866

Event 21942 (A04BE6B1)

Date: 8/13/1960
Time: ~20:00
Location: PLUMAS CO, CA
Description: Cop and several. Formations / red and white-glowing-disks maneuver / incredible speeds. / r242p61.
Type: sighting
Reference: The APRO BULLETIN: Monthly. Jim & Coral Lorenzen: Tucson,AZ (USA. defunct) By volume and number. (Index 729)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_6410

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

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “8”, Duration: “10”, Elev: “1400”, HatchDesc: “PLUMAS co,CA:COP+SVRL:FORMNs/RED+WHT-GLOW-DISKS MNVR/INCRED.SPEEDS:/r242p61”, LatLong: “40.000002 -121.000006”, LatLongDMS: “40:00:00 N 121:00:00 W”, Locale: “Mountains”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “California”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 21943 (23C71276)

Date: 8/13/1960
Time: 23:50
Location: EAST / CORNING, CA
Description: 2 California Highway Patrol (CHP) and more/others. RADAR. Saucer / fantastic maneuvers. Red beam scans sky and ground. / r103p66.
Type: sighting
Reference: HALL, Richard: The UFO EVIDENCE; NICAP,Washington, DC 1964. Reprinted 1997 Barnes & Noble Books ( only $7.98! ) (Index 170)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_6411

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, HQO: High-quality observer(s), WAV: Wave/cluster/flap, SCR: Classic saucer/disk/sphere shaped UFO, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), OBS: Observation/chasing vehicles, RAY: Odd light/searchlight/beam/laser-like, DRT: Dirt/soil traces/marks/footprints etc., VEH: Vehicle affected: Marks/damage/EME effects, RDR: Radar traces/blips, EME: Electro-Magnetic Effects, MIL: Military investigation, BBK: Project BLUEBOOK

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “10”, Duration: “120”, Elev: “84”, HatchDesc: “E/CORNING,CA:2 CHP++:RDR:SCR/FANTASTIC MNVRS:RED BEAM SCANS SKY+GND:/r103p66”, LatLong: “39.433335 -122.055561”, LatLongDMS: “39:26:00 N 122:03:20 W”, Locale: “Farmlands”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “California”, Strangeness: “7”

Event 21944 (FBB265A7)

Date: 8/13/1960
Time: 23:50
Location: RED BLUFF, CA
Description: Cops and many and RADAR’s. Red ovoid / impossible maneuvers. Radio Frequency Interference (RFI). / r11p272+/ r242p170.
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_6412

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, HQO: High-quality observer(s), NWS: News media report, SCR: Classic saucer/disk/sphere shaped UFO, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), RAY: Odd light/searchlight/beam/laser-like, RDR: Radar traces/blips, EME: Electro-Magnetic Effects, MIL: Military investigation, BBK: Project BLUEBOOK, OGA: Non-Covert Government Agencies, COV: Indication of coverup

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “11”, Duration: “220”, Elev: “95”, HatchDesc: “RED BLUFF,CA:COPS+MANY+RDRS:RED OVOID/IMPOSSIBLE MNVRs:RFI:/r11p272+/r242p170”, LatLong: “40.172224 -122.238895”, LatLongDMS: “40:10:20 N 122:14:20 W”, Locale: “Farmlands”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “California”, Strangeness: “8”

Event 21945 (53AFC98A)

Date: 8/13/1960
End date: 8/18/1960
Location: Northern Area, US
Description: Concentration of UFO sightings, mostly in north, including -many police witnesses. (NICAP UFOE, XII) (NICAP: 01 - Distant Encounters)
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_2453

Event 21946 (83CC9117)

Date: 8/13/1960
Location: Red Bluff, CA
Description: Police, vehicle encounter, light beam, E-M, maneuvers, cat-and-mouse pursuit (NICAP: 03 - EME Cases, BB: BBU)
Reference: NICAP: 600813
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_2454

Event 21947 (79DECCE5)

Date: 8/13/1960
Location: Red Bluff, CA
Description: Red Bluff, California, G,V (NICAP: 09 - RADAR Cases, Rating: 5, BB: BBU)
Reference: NICAP: 600813
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_2455

Event 21948 (12D75859)

Date: 8/13/1960
End date: 8/14/1960
Locations: Highway Patrol; Red Bluff, California; Tehama County
Description: 11:50 p.m.–2:05 a.m. Highway Patrol officers Charles A. Carson and Stanley E. Scott, plus three others at Red Bluff, California, are on patrol when see what they think at first is an airliner about to crash. It turns out to be a maneuvering, silent red light with five white lights, descending to 100–200 feet altitude. It suddenly reverses course, climbs to 500 feet, hovers, sweeps the ground with a red beam, performs aerial gymnastics, then heads east, chased by the police car. It is joined by a similar object from the south, then it disappears in the east. A local radar operator confirms the UFO at the time but denies it the next day. Tehama County sheriff’s officers also see the UFO and another similar one the same night.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: NICAP, “Red Bluff Incident”; “False AF Answer in Red Bluff Case,” NICAP Special Bulletin, October 1960, pp. 1, 4; Schopick, pp. 96–100; Lorenzen, FSHoax, pp. 180–182; Lorenzen, UFOs: The Whole Story, Signet, 1969, pp. 153–156, 225; Hynek UFO Report, pp. 92–94; Clark III 1002–1006; Sparks, p. 284; UFOEv, pp. 61–62, 112; Swords 295–297; “Red Bluff: 1960,” Saturday Night Uforia, February 16, 2017
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_3441

Event 21949 (502931B7)

Date: 8/13/1960
Description: At 11:50 p.m. a red colored, cigar-shaped UFO in Tehama county, California twice approached a police car at close range. Police officers Scott and Carson were 18 miles north of Red Bluff and east of Corning, California on Hoag Road when they first encountered the UFO. It had red lights at both ends, and one of the red lights swept the ground like a searchlight. They experienced heavy static on their police radio, and the UFO swerved to avoid their spotlight. There were at least two other independent witnesses to the UFO that night.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: San Francisco Chronicle, August 16, 1960; Gordon I. R. Lore, Jr. & Harold H. Dennault, Jr., Mysteries of the Skies: UFOs in Perspective, p. 162; Richard H. Hall, The UFO Evidence (Volume I), p. 61; APRO Bulletin, September 1960, p. 1; Mark Rodeghier, UFOs Reports Involving Vehicle Interference, p. 18; Hynek J Allen Hynek, The Hynek UFO Report, p. 92
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_4966

Event 21950 (ECE79139)

Date: 8/14/1960
Time: 00:30
Location: LOS MOLINOS, CA
Description: Wave. Hundreds / observer(s) in many N. California towns. 13-20 August. 1 Case / MJ#179p3.
Type: sighting
Reference: FLAMMONDE, Paris: UFO EXIST!; Ballentine Books, NY 1976. PB 480pp. (Index 348)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_6413

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, MIL: Observer(s) military, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, HQO: High-quality observer(s), WAV: Wave/cluster/flap, SCR: Classic saucer/disk/sphere shaped UFO, CIG: Torpedo/cigar/cylinder shaped UFO, 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: “12”, Duration: “206”, Elev: “67”, HatchDesc: “LOS MOLINOS,CA:WAVE:100s/OBS in MANY N.CAL TOWNS:13-20aug:1 CASE/MJ#179p3”, LatLong: “40.022224 -122.100006”, LatLongDMS: “40:01:20 N 122:06:00 W”, Locale: “Farmlands”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “California”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 21951 (31F2AB6E)

Date: 8/15/1960
Location: US
Description: “Air Force Information Policy Letter; For Commanders,” Vol. XIV, No. 12, issued by Office of Secretary of Air Force. Under title “AF Keeping Watchful Eye on Aerospace,” stated, “There is a relationship between the Air Force’s interest in space surveillance and its continuous surveillance of the atmosphere near Earth for unidentified flying objects–‘UFOs.’”
Type: policy letter
Reference: “The UFO Evidence” (1964) by Richard H. Hall, page 106-108
Reference: “Report on Unidentified Flying Objects” (Dec. 1956) by Capt. Edward J. Ruppelt
Source: Maj2, ID: Maj2_887

Event 21952 (2AB8C98D)

Date: 8/15/1960
Time: 22:00
Location: LISBON, PORTUGAL
Description: 2+observer(s). Luminous yellow cylinder/cigar-shape flies fast. No further details. / O Seculo.
Type: sighting
Reference: LOURENCO, Victor: The PORTUCAT CATALOG; (BBS Download). (Index 72)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_6414

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

Extra Data: Country: “Portugal”, Credibility: “8”, Duration: “1”, HatchDesc: “LISBON,PORTUGAL:2+OBS:LUMN.YELLOW CGR FLIES FAST:NFD:/O SECULO”, LatLong: “38.716669 -9.066667”, LatLongDMS: “38:43:00 N 09:04:00 W”, Locale: “Metropolis”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “EST”, Strangeness: “4”

Event 21953 (499DE958)

Date: 8/15/1960
Description: Air Force Information Policy Letter for Commanders, vol. 14, no. 12, is issued by Office of the Secretary of Air Force. In “AF Keeping Watchful Eye on Aerospace,” it states, “There is a relationship between the Air Force’s interest in space surveillance and its continuous surveillance of the atmosphere near Earth for unidentified flying objects—’UFOs.’”
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: UFOEv, p. 108
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_3442

Event 21954 (18E48856)

Date: 8/15/1960
Description: In Lisbon, Portugal at 10:00 p.m. a luminous yellow, cigar-shaped object flew by the city at high speed.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: Victor Lourenco, PORTUCAT, case # 72, citing the newspaper O Seculo
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_5032

Event 21955 (A992501A)

Date: 8/16/1960
Location: OAK FOREST, IL
Description: Former Air Force pilot. Saucer hovers and bobs around. No further details. / r78p186.
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_6415

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

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “7”, Duration: “3”, Elev: “205”, HatchDesc: “OAK FOREST,IL:FORMER AF PILOT:SCR HVRS AND BOBS AROUND:NFD:/r78p186”, LatLong: “41.605558 -87.744449”, LatLongDMS: “41:36:20 N 87:44:40 W”, Locale: “Residential”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Illinois”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 21956 (B3BD2020)

Date: 8/16/1960
Time: 12:00?
Location: KAZAKH LOCATION UNKNOWN
Description: Geology Professor. Bright disc / sky. Going [to] moons diameter. No further details. / r11p285.
Type: sighting
Reference: SPENCER, John: The UFO ENCYCLOPEDIA; BUFORA/Acon Books, NY. 1991. 340pp. (Index 285)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_6416

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

Extra Data: Country: “Kazakh Republic”, Credibility: “8”, Duration: “1”, HatchDesc: “KAZAKH LOC UNK:GEOLOGY PROF:BRITE DISC/SKY:>MOONS DIAMETER:NFD:/r11p285”, LatLong: “48.750002 59.000003”, LatLongDMS: “48:45:00 N 59:00:00 E”, Locale: “Desert”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Unknown”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 21957 (CEE41964)

Date: 8/16/1960
Time: 20:30
Location: CORNING, CA
Description: Cops and many. 2 red saucers and delta. Red lights sweep grounded and sky. / r242p170+r249.
Type: sighting
Reference: FLAMMONDE, Paris: UFO EXIST!; Ballentine Books, NY 1976. PB 480pp. (Index 348)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_6417

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, AIR: Observer(s) on aircraft, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, HQO: High-quality observer(s), WAV: Wave/cluster/flap, SCR: Classic saucer/disk/sphere shaped UFO, CIG: Torpedo/cigar/cylinder shaped UFO, DLT: Delta/vee/boomerang/rectangular shaped UFO, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), OBS: Observation/chasing vehicles, EME: Electro-Magnetic Effects, TCH: New technical details/clues, OGA: Non-Covert Government Agencies

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “11”, Duration: “135”, Elev: “83”, HatchDesc: “CORNING,CA:COPS+MANY:2 RED SCRS+DELTA:RED LITES SWEEP GRND+SKY:/r242p170+r249”, LatLong: “39.933335 -122.200006”, LatLongDMS: “39:56:00 N 122:12:00 W”, Locale: “Farmlands”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “California”, Strangeness: “7”

Event 21958 (BF345097)

Date: 8/16/1960
Time: 21:30
Location: EUREKA, CA
Description: Many observer(s). 6-8 bright red and white night lights maneuver in formation. = planes refueling / USAF.
Type: sighting
Reference: FLAMMONDE, Paris: UFO EXIST!; Ballentine Books, NY 1976. PB 480pp. (Index 348)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_6418

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), CMF: Camouflage/disguise

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “11”, Duration: “5”, Elev: “14”, HatchDesc: “EUREKA,CA:MANY OBS:6-8 BRITE RED+WHT NLTS MNVR/FORMn:=PLANES REFUELING/USAF”, LatLong: “40.750002 -124.166673”, LatLongDMS: “40:45:00 N 124:10:00 W”, Locale: “Coastlands”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “California”, Strangeness: “5”

Event 21959 (8997346C)

Date: 8/16/1960
Time: 22:00
Location: KUYBYSHEV = SAMARA, RUSSIA
Description: Slow disk seen. Lens-saucer zigzags going northeast / Kazak Mountains / r97#50.
Type: sighting
Reference: VALLEE, Jacques: UFO CHRONICLES of the SOVIET UNION; Ballentine Books HB 1992. 212pp. (Index 185)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_6419

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

Extra Data: Country: “Russia”, Credibility: “6”, Duration: “5”, HatchDesc: “KUYBYSHEV=SAMARA,RUSS:SLOW DISK SEEN::LENS-SCR ZIGZAGS >NE/KAZAK Mtns/r97#50”, LatLong: “53.166669 50.083336”, LatLongDMS: “53:10:00 N 50:05:00 E”, Locale: “Town & City”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “SAM”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 21960 (E2345153)

Date: 8/16/1960
Time: 23:00
Location: MINERAL, CA
Description: Cops and many. 6 objects dip and dive and hover. Incredible speeds. / r28p348.
Type: sighting
Reference: HALL, Richard: The UFO EVIDENCE; NICAP,Washington, DC 1964. Reprinted 1997 Barnes & Noble Books ( only $7.98! ) (Index 170)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_6420

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

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “11”, Duration: “5”, Elev: “1496”, HatchDesc: “MINERAL,CA:COPS+MANY:6 OBJs DIP+DIVE+HVR:INCREDIBLE SPEEDS:/r28p348”, LatLong: “40.350002 -121.600006”, LatLongDMS: “40:21:00 N 121:36:00 W”, Locale: “Forest”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “California”, Strangeness: “8”

Event 21961 (184085D2)

Date: 8/16/1960
Time: 23:00
Location: BARAKHUDZIR RV, USSR
Description: 11m north / Koktal, CH. Geologists. Luminous object 1.5 / moon north going quickly south over mountains.
Type: sighting
Reference: VALLEE, Jacques: UFO CHRONICLES of the SOVIET UNION; Ballentine Books HB 1992. 212pp. (Index 185)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_6421

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

Extra Data: Country: “Tadzhik Republic”, Credibility: “10”, Duration: “10”, HatchDesc: “BARAKHUDZIR Rv,USSR:11m N/KOKTAL,CH:GEOLOGISTS:LUM OBJ 1.5/MOON N>>S OVR MTNs”, LatLong: “39.266669 74.100004”, LatLongDMS: “39:16:00 N 74:06:00 E”, Locale: “Mountains”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “???”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 21962 (32E83332)

Date: 8/16/1960
Time: 23:40
Location: CONCORD AND PLEASANT HILL, CA
Description: Circular object maneuvers going up and down [to] and side to side. Colored lights. / r28p348.
Type: sighting
Reference: HALL, Richard: The UFO EVIDENCE; NICAP,Washington, DC 1964. Reprinted 1997 Barnes & Noble Books ( only $7.98! ) (Index 170)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_6422

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

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “7”, Duration: “35”, Elev: “24”, HatchDesc: “CONCORD+PLEASANT HILL,CA:CIRC.OBJ MNVRS ↑+↓+SIDE to SIDE:CLRD LITES:/r28p348”, LatLong: “37.966668 -122.016672”, LatLongDMS: “37:58:00 N 122:01:00 W”, Locale: “Town & City”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “California”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 21963 (B00E365F)

Date: 8/16/1960
Location: Oak Forest, IL
Description: Former Air Force pilot saw disc-like UFO which hovered, bobbed around. [NICAP UFOE, V] (NICAP: 01 - Distant Encounters)
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_2456

Event 21964 (3B0599F9)

Date: 8/16/1960
Location: Charleston, South Carolina
Description: Night. A woman in Charleston, South Carolina, takes a photo of a mystery satellite that is in the same part of the sky as Echo I, which is also in the photo.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Michael D. Swords, “Gazing at the Moons,” IUR 32, no. 4 (October 2009): 13
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_3443

Event 21965 (6C0354D5)

Date: 8/16/1960
Description: Eight geophysicists working in the Kazakstan Mountains near the Barakhudzir River, 18 kilometers north of Koktal, Kazakstan, U.S.S.R. saw a bright orange lens-shaped UFO at 11:00 p.m. The strange luminous body suddenly appeared over the mountainns on the east slope of the valley, moved north to south while keeping a constant speed and altitude. It went behind the mountain top, then re-appeared, flying off to the southeast.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: Felix Zigel, unpublished manuscript, p. 61; Jacques Vallee, UFO Chronicles of the Soviet Union: A Cosmic Samizdat, p. 185; Ion Hobana & Julien Weverbergh, UFOs from Behind the Iron Curtain, p. 284
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_5074

Event 21966 (8FE4642A)

Date: 8/16/1960
Description: At 10:30 p.m. in Corning, California pilots and many other witnesses observed two long red ovoids, followed by a V-shaped boomerang.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: Richard Hall, The UFO Evidence, p. 170; Paris Flammonde, UFO Exist!, p. 366
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_5075

Event 21967 (CEF85FD3)

Date: 8/17/1960
Time: 02:00?
Location: HEALDSBURG AND SANTA ROSA, CA
Description: Deputy. Dull red flattened ball hovers and floats near horizon.
Type: sighting
Reference: HALL, Richard: The UFO EVIDENCE; NICAP,Washington, DC 1964. Reprinted 1997 Barnes & Noble Books ( only $7.98! ) (Index 170)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_6423

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: “3”, Elev: “33”, HatchDesc: “HEALDSBURG+SANTA ROSA,CA:DEPUTY:DULL RED FLATTENED BALL HVRS+FLOATS nr HRZN”, LatLong: “38.616669 -122.883339”, LatLongDMS: “38:37:00 N 122:53:00 W”, Locale: “Pasture”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “California”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 21968 (6919C439)

Date: 8/17/1960
Time: ~20:00
Location: ROSEVILLE, CA
Description: 2 cops and more/others. 2 lit up Oblong objects play over town / 1 hr. No further details. / r28p348.
Type: sighting
Reference: HALL, Richard: The UFO EVIDENCE; NICAP,Washington, DC 1964. Reprinted 1997 Barnes & Noble Books ( only $7.98! ) (Index 170)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_6424

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, HQO: High-quality observer(s), WAV: Wave/cluster/flap, SCR: Classic saucer/disk/sphere shaped UFO, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), OGA: Non-Covert Government Agencies

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “10”, Duration: “60”, Elev: “50”, HatchDesc: “ROSEVILLE,CA:2 COPS++:2 LIT UP OBLONG OBJs PLAY OVR TOWN/1 hr:NFD:/r28p348”, LatLong: “38.733335 -121.316672”, LatLongDMS: “38:44:00 N 121:19:00 W”, Locale: “Pasture”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “California”, Strangeness: “7”

Event 21969 (2AB04618)

Date: 8/17/1960
Time: ~22:00
Location: FOLSOM, CA
Description: UFO / whining noise. 2 white lights / front and amber light / rear. / r28p348.
Type: sighting
Reference: HALL, Richard: The UFO EVIDENCE; NICAP,Washington, DC 1964. Reprinted 1997 Barnes & Noble Books ( only $7.98! ) (Index 170)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_6425

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

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “8”, Duration: “10”, Elev: “67”, HatchDesc: “FOLSOM,CA:UFO/WHINING NOISE:2 WHT LITES/FRONT+AMBER LITE/REAR:/r28p348”, LatLong: “38.666669 -121.166672”, LatLongDMS: “38:40:00 N 121:10:00 W”, Locale: “Pasture”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “California”, Strangeness: “7”

Event 21970 (3A798490)

Date: 8/17/1960
Location: Moscow
Description: The trial for downed U-2 pilot Francis Gary Powers begins in Moscow.
Reference: Eberhart
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_3444

Event 21971 (02EAAABC)

Date: 8/18/1960
Location: USA, SPACE
Description: (Translated from French) DISCOVERER 14 (KAPPA 1) LAUNCHED.
Reference: Acta Aeronomica 1977, p. 92
Reference: follow-up 16.9.60
Reference: Mini catalogue chronologique des observations OVNI, by Godelieve Van Overmeire
Source: Overmeire, ID: Overmeire_2176

Event 21972 (F61876CD)

Date: 8/18/1960
Time: 00:10
Location: DUNSMUIR, CA
Description: Highway patrolmen. Ovoid going down [to] near ground. Absolute(ly) quiet. 2nd object joins. / r11p272.
Type: sighting
Reference: HALL, Richard: The UFO EVIDENCE; NICAP,Washington, DC 1964. Reprinted 1997 Barnes & Noble Books ( only $7.98! ) (Index 170)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_6426

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), RDR: Radar traces/blips, EME: Electro-Magnetic Effects

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “8”, Duration: “130”, Elev: “698”, HatchDesc: “DUNSMUIR,CA:HWY PATROLMEN:OVOID ↓ nr GND:ABS QUIET:2nd OBJ JOINS:/r11p272”, LatLong: “41.133335 -122.283339”, LatLongDMS: “41:08:00 N 122:17:00 W”, Locale: “Mountains”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “California”, Strangeness: “8”

Event 21973 (8A784F79)

Date: 8/18/1960
Time: 01:50
Location: REDLANDS, CA
Description: Domed disk with ring / red lights. Humming and deep roar. / r28p348+/ r242p170.
Type: sighting
Reference: The APRO BULLETIN: Monthly. Jim & Coral Lorenzen: Tucson,AZ (USA. defunct) By volume and number. (Index 729)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_6427

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

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “8”, Duration: “5”, Elev: “402”, HatchDesc: “REDLANDS,CA:DOMED DISK W/RING/RED LITES:HUM+DEEP ROAR:/r28p348+/r242p170”, LatLong: “34.033335 -117.200006”, LatLongDMS: “34:02:00 N 117:12:00 W”, Locale: “Pasture”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “California”, Strangeness: “8”

Event 21974 (4172B44C)

Date: 8/18/1960
Time: 21:50
Location: HONEYDEW, CA
Description: Postmaster. Delta/triangle/box-like craft seen clearly. Interior lit up. Sharp turn and away. / r28.
Type: sighting
Reference: HALL, Richard: The UFO EVIDENCE; NICAP,Washington, DC 1964. Reprinted 1997 Barnes & Noble Books ( only $7.98! ) (Index 170)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_6428

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CST: Observer(s) in coastal area/just offshore, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, WAV: Wave/cluster/flap, SCR: Classic saucer/disk/sphere shaped UFO, DLT: Delta/vee/boomerang/rectangular shaped UFO, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s)

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “8”, Duration: “2”, Elev: “110”, HatchDesc: “HONEYDEW,CA:POSTMASTER:DLT SEEN CLEARLY:INTERIOR LIT UP:SHARP TURN+AWAY:/r28”, LatLong: “40.244446 -124.122228”, LatLongDMS: “40:14:40 N 124:07:20 W”, Locale: “Forest”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “California”, Strangeness: “8”

Event 21975 (5B974527)

Date: 8/18/1960
Location: Mys Schmidta airfield in Siberia
Description: The Discoverer 14 Corona KH-1 spy satellite is launched. It is the first completely successful mission and returns images of the Mys Schmidta airfield in Siberia.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Wikipedia, “Discoverer 14”
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_3445

Event 21976 (1A995338)

Date: 8/19/1960
Location: USSR, Baikonour
Description: (Translated from French) LAUNCH OF SPUTNIK V, RECOVERED THE NEXT DAY AUGUST 20, WEIGHT 4600 KG, FIRST LANDING WITH LIVE ANIMALS. ("Astronautics, Pierre Rousseau, Hachette 1965, p. 63) The USSR SUCCEEDED IN ITS FIRST ATTEMPT AT RECOVERING A SATELLITE, WITH SPUTNIK 5, ON BOARD OF WHICH WERE TWO DOGS “BIELKA” AND “STRELKA”. THIS SATELLITE WAS MUCH LARGER THAN DISCOVERER, AS IT WAS ALREADY A REAL SPACECRAFT, THE VOSTOK. (August 19, 1960)
Reference: “The War of the Satellites” - Volume 3 - Pierre Kohler, ed. Famot 1982, p. 24
Reference: Mini catalogue chronologique des observations OVNI, by Godelieve Van Overmeire
Source: Overmeire, ID: Overmeire_2177

Event 21977 (98B7C9D0)

Date: 8/22/1960
Description: (Translated from French) At Congress, Roscoe Hillenkoetter acknowledges that the USAF is studying UFOs and that the secrecy and ridicule imposed on the subject are dangerous. (August 22)
Reference: rr0 - Beau
Source: rr0, ID: rr0_1867

Event 21978 (2EF7BBBF)

Date: 8/23/1960
Description: (Translated from French) Sighting in Wichita (Kansas). (August 23)
Reference: case Blue Book #6914 unsolved
Reference: rr0 - Beau
Source: rr0, ID: rr0_1868

Event 21979 (577B070C)

Date: 8/23/1960
Time: 03:20
Location: WICHITA, KS
Description: Project Bluebook Case #6914. Unidentified. “Japanese lantern” with portholes follows Echo satellite trajectory. Very large.
Type: sighting
Reference: SCIENCE & MECHANICS (eds.) OFFICIAL GUIDE to UFO’S; Ace Books, NY. 1968. (Index 146)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_6429

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: “2”, Elev: “392”, HatchDesc: “WICHITA,KS:BBK#6914:UID:“JAP.LANTERN” W/PORTS FOLOS Echo SATELLITE TRAJ:VLARGE”, LatLong: “37.683335 -97.316671”, LatLongDMS: “37:41:00 N 97:19:00 W”, Locale: “Metropolis”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Kansas”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 21980 (122763E2)

Date: 8/23/1960
Location: Wichita, KS
Description: Dull orange round object, with yellow lights (NICAP: 01 - Distant Encounters, BB: 6914)
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_2457

Event 21981 (36071F06)

Date: 8/23/1960
Time: 3::24 AM
Location: Wichita, Kansas
Description: Witness: Boeing aeronautical engineer C.A. Komiske. One round object with yellow lights coming from what looked like three triangular windows at bottom. Object was dull orange. Flew in an arc for 2 minutes.
Type: ufo sighting
Reference: BlueBook Unknowns PDF
Source: BerlinerBBUnknowns, ID: BerlinerBBU_452

Event 21982 (77412040)

Date: 8/23/1960
Description: C.A. Komiske, a Boeing aeronautical engineer, sighted a dull orange, round flying object at 3:24 a.m. in Wichita, Kansas. The object had three yellow lights that came from what looked like triangular windows at the bottom. The object flew in an arc for two minutes.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: Don Berliner, Project Bluebook UFO Unknowns
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_5253

Event 21983 (550D8DD1)

Date: 8/25/1960 (approximate)
Time: 20:50
Location: BETHPAGE, NY
Description: Grumman station/depot/facility. Surprise satellite meets echo-I from opposite direction. “Common”.
Type: sighting
Reference: STURROCK, Dr. Peter A: REPORT / SURVEY of the AMERICAN ASTRONOMICAL SOCIETY of the UFO PROBLEM; Stanford, CA 1977. (Index 170)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_6430

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, MIL: Observer(s) military, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, 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, PHT: Photos/movies/videos taken, MIL: Military investigation, OGA: Non-Covert Government Agencies, CMF: Camouflage/disguise

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “8”, Duration: “5”, Elev: “9”, HatchDesc: “BETHPAGE,NY:GRUMMAN Stn:SURPRISE SAT. MEETS ECHO-I FROM OPPOSITE DIRn:“COMMON””, LatLong: “40.750002 -73.483337”, LatLongDMS: “40:45:00 N 73:29:00 W”, Locale: “Residential”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “New York”, Strangeness: “5”

Event 21984 (1EE212CB)

Date: 8/25/1960
Time: 22:00?
Location: CHICAGO, IL
Description: 2 / (seen thru) binoculars / planetarium. Echo satellite going east. UFO going quickly west 3X as fast. / r97#50v1#11.
Type: sighting
Reference: KLOIAN, Richard: UFO’s in the New York TIMES, 1947-1987 1994 Document Research Services, Berkeley, CA (Index 860)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_6431

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

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “9”, Duration: “1”, Elev: “190”, HatchDesc: “CHICAGO,IL:2/BINOCS/PLANETARIUM:ECHO SAT.> E:UFO >>W 3X as FAST:/r97#50v1#11”, LatLong: “41.833335 -87.683338”, LatLongDMS: “41:50:00 N 87:41:00 W”, Locale: “Metropolis”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, RelAlt: “9999”, State/Prov: “Illinois”, Strangeness: “4”

Event 21985 (21C499DB)

Date: 8/25/1960
Location: Bethpage, NY
Description: Grumman mystery satellite photo (NICAP: 08 - Photographic Cases, Code: I, Rating: 5)
Reference: NICAP: 600825
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_2458

Event 21986 (48149EDF)

Date: 8/25/1960
Location: Bethpage, Long Island, New York
Description: The “dark satellite” is seen and photographed five times by Grumman Aircraft Engineering Corporation at Bethpage, Long Island, New York. It is supposed to be three times faster than the Echo 1 satellite and travels east to west in a retrograde orbit, rather than west to east. Its inclination to the equator is about 135°. The color of the object varies from “carrot to straw.” The Grumman observers estimate that the object is in an eccentric orbit with an apogee of as much as 4,200 miles and a perigee of about 300 miles. They immediately produce a proposal to the US Air Force to share data in the hopes of plotting a firm orbit for the mystery satellite.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: NICAP, “Grumman Mystery Satellite”; Gordon W. Creighton, “Unidentified Satellites,” Flying Saucer Review 7, no. 1 (Jan./Feb. 1961): 3–6; “The Unidentified Satellite: Grumman Aircraft Writes to One of Our Readers,” Flying Saucer Review 7, no. 2 (March/April 1961): 29; Blue Book files, “Grumman Proposal for Optical Surveillance of the Retrograde Satellite,” 1961; UFOEv, p. 138; Michael D. Swords, “Gazing at the Moons,” IUR 32, no. 4 (October 2009): 13; Center for UFO Studies, “Moonwatch Mystery Satellites, 1958–1962”
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_3446

Event 21987 (23391D29)

Date: 8/25/1960
Description: The National Security Council recommends to President Eisenhower the establishment of a top secret National Reconnaissance Office to coordinate USAF and CIA reconnaissance satellite activities because of management problems with the USAF satellite program.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Wikipedia, “National Reconnaissance Office”
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_3447

Event 21988 (395D3084)

Date: Late 8/1960
Location: Butte Falls, Oregon
Description: Two men in a car near Butte Falls, Oregon, see a pale-white light hovering 300 feet ahead of them. They watch it for 15 minutes, then decide to drive closer. The light then rises to 100 feet and recedes, then changes to orange. No sound is heard. The light performs geometrical maneuvers, creating rectangle paths and other zig- zags. It then accelerates, changes back to white, and zooms off.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Swords 294
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_3450

Event 21989 (F304171C)

Date: Late 8/1960
Alternate date: Early 9/1960
Location: Memphis, Tennessee
Description: Evening. Rhodes McCarroll and his grandfather, sitting on the upstairs back porch of their home in Memphis, Tennessee, notice a glowing basketball-sized globe in the soil by the hedge. They watch it for 5 minutes, then see a figure standing behind the ball. It is a glowing nude, generally humanlike figure, about 6 feet tall, holding a light at chest level. The figure is square-shouldered and has disproportionately long legs that are narrow and pointed between the knees and ankles. The witnesses watch another 5 minutes, at which point the globe and the entity begin to fade and are gone from sight in another 5 minutes.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Clark III 279–280
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_3451

Event 21990 (E9BFA45D)

Date: 8/25/1960
Description: On this afternoon an agriculture student named Nielsen was sucked up into a flying saucer in Halmstad, Sweden. He lost consciousness; when he came to he found himself on a bed in a room with light-emitting walls. A man wearing coveralls apologized to him in Swedish. He was then taken to an underground base.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: Flying Saucer Review, April 1963, p. 10; David F. Webb & Ted Bloecher, HUMCAT: Catalogue of Humanoid Reports, case # A0503
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_5315

Event 21991 (A913B48E)

Date: 8/26/1960
Time: 20:00
Location: MESA, AZ
Description: Chemical teacher. Object rumbles and hovers. 4 beams and beacon / top. Vanishes / reappears.
Type: sighting
Reference: HALL, Richard: The UFO EVIDENCE; NICAP,Washington, DC 1964. Reprinted 1997 Barnes & Noble Books ( only $7.98! ) (Index 68)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_6432

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), SND: UFO sounds heard or recorded

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “10”, Duration: “2”, Elev: “376”, HatchDesc: “MESA,AZ:CHEM.TEACHER:OBJ RUMBLES+HVRs:4 BEAMS+BEACON/TOP:VANISHES/REAPPEARS”, LatLong: “33.433335 -111.850005”, LatLongDMS: “33:26:00 N 111:51:00 W”, Locale: “Residential”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Arizona”, Strangeness: “5”

Event 21992 (728BBA1A)

Date: 8/26/1960
Location: Mesa, AZ
Description: UFO observed by chemistry teacher, pilot. [NICAP UFOE, VII] (NICAP: 01 - Distant Encounters)
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_2459

Event 21993 (080A35E6)

Date: 8/26/1960
Locations: Adler Planetarium; Chicago, Illinois
Description: 9:00 p.m. Director Robert I. Johnson and other staff at the Adler Planetarium in Chicago, Illinois, observe a faint reddish object in the sky moving from east to west, apparently the same mystery satellite seen and photographed by the Grumman observers.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Michael D. Swords, “Gazing at the Moons,” IUR 32, no. 4 (October 2009): 13; Swords 294; Center for UFO Studies, “Moonwatch Mystery Satellites, 1958–1962”
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_3448

Event 21994 (C6CAD8FE)

Date: 8/29/1960
Description: (Translated from French) Sighting in Crete (Illinois). (August 29)
Reference: case Blue Book #6929 unsolved
Reference: rr0 - Beau
Source: rr0, ID: rr0_1869

Event 21995 (DE4CE022)

Date: 8/29/1960
Time: 16:10
Location: CRETE, IL
Description: Project Bluebook Case #6929. Unidentified. Brill silvery globe over farm road. Rises going up [to] until gone.
Type: sighting
Reference: SCIENCE & MECHANICS (eds.) OFFICIAL GUIDE to UFO’S; Ace Books, NY. 1968. (Index 174)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_6433

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: “223”, HatchDesc: “CRETE,IL:BBK#6929:UID:BRILL SILVERY GLOBE OVR FARM ROAD:RISES ↑ UNTIL GONE”, LatLong: “41.433335 -87.650004”, LatLongDMS: “41:26:00 N 87:39:00 W”, Locale: “Farmlands”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Illinois”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 21996 (3E617276)

Date: 8/29/1960
Location: Crete, IL
Description: Shiny, round, silver object fly straight up at high speed (NICAP: 01 - Distant Encounters, BB: 6929)
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_2460

Event 21997 (75DB54D6)

Date: 8/29/1960
Time: 4:05 PM
Location: Crete, Illinois
Description: Witness: farmer Ed Schneeweis. One shiny, round, silver object flew straight up very fast for 18 seconds.
Type: ufo sighting
Reference: BlueBook Unknowns PDF
Source: BerlinerBBUnknowns, ID: BerlinerBBU_453

Event 21998 (88063404)

Date: 8/29/1960
Description: At 4:05 p.m. in Crete, Illinois farmer Ed Schneeweis sighted a shiny, round, silver object that flew straight up very fast. It was in sight for 18 seconds.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: Don Berliner, Project Bluebook UFO Unknowns
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_5460

Event 21999 (16F05E06)

Date: 8/31/1960
Locations: Iowa; Congress
Description: Rep. Leonard G. Wolf (D-Iowa) makes a statement in the House on NICAP’s “Dangers of Secrecy on UFOs” report, saying that it is “imperative to end the risk of accidental war from defense forces’ confusion over UFOs.” He mentions NICAP board member Adm. Roscoe Hillenkoetter’s request that “Congress inform the public as to the facts.” Based on a there-year NICAP study, Wolf states that all defense personnel “should be told that the UFOs are real and should be trained to distinguish them—by their characteristic speeds and maneuvers— from conventional planes and missiles…. The American people must be convinced, by documented facts, that the UFOs could not be Soviet machines.”
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: “NICAP UFO Report: Extension of Remarks of Hon. Leonard G. Wolf of Iowa in the House of Representatives, Wednesday, August 31, 1960,” Congressional Record, Proceedings and Debates of the 86th Congress, Second Session, vol. 106, Part 14, pp. 18955–18956; Good Need, p. 261
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_3449

Event 22000 (37487862)

Date: 9/1960
Description: (Translated from French) Beginning of major extension of Groom Lake facilities to better accommodate the CIA’s A-12 (OXCART) program. This construction period would not end until mid 1964.
Reference: McIninch
Reference: rr0 - Beau
Source: rr0, ID: rr0_1870

Event 22001 (643794E4)

Date: 9/1960
Location: Groom Lake in Nevada
Description: Groom Lake in Nevada receives the name “Area 51” when A-12 test facility construction begins, including a new 8,500-foot runway (Runway 14/32) to replace the existing one built for the U-2.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Wikipedia, “Area 51”
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_3452

Event 22002 (669ED15D)

Date: 9/1960
Locations: New York City; Cuba
Description: CIA officer Richard M. Bissell Jr. and DCI Allen W. Dulles initiate talks with two leading figures of the Mafia, Johnny Roselli and Sam Giancana. Later, other crime bosses such as Carlos Marcello, Santo Trafficante Jr., and Meyer Lansky become involved in the first plot against Fidel Castro. The strategy is managed by Sheffield Edwards. Robert Maheu, a veteran of CIA counterespionage activities, is instructed to hire the Mafia to kill Castro. The advantage of employing the Mafia for this work is that it provides the CIA with a credible cover story. The Mafia are known to be angry with Castro for closing their profitable brothels and casinos in Cuba. On September 14, Maheu meets with Roselli in a New York City hotel and offers him $150,000 for the “removal” of Castro. James O’Connell, who identifies himself as Maheu’s associate but is really the chief of the CIA’s operational support division, is present during the meeting. Declassified documents do not reveal if Roselli, Giancana, or Trafficante accept a down payment for the job. According to CIA files, it is Giancana who suggests poison pills to add to Castro’s food or drinks. Such pills, manufactured by the CIA’s Technical Services Division, are given to Giancana’s nominee named Juan Orta. Giancana recommends him as being an official in the Cuban government with access to Castro. Allegedly, after several unsuccessful attempts to introduce the poison into Castro’s food, Orta abruptly demands to be let out of the mission, handing over the job to another unnamed participant. Later, a second attempt is mounted through Giancana and Trafficante using Tony Varona, the leader of the Cuban Exile Junta, who has, according to Trafficante, become “disaffected with the apparent ineffectual progress of the Junta.” Varona requests $10,000 in expenses and $1,000 worth of communications equipment. However, it is unknown how far the second attempt goes, as it is canceled due to the launching of the Bay of Pigs Invasion.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Wikipedia, “Sam Giancana”; Wikipedia, “Assassination attempts on Fidel Castro”
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_3453

Event 22003 (27B06070)

Date: 9/1960
Location: Democratic Republic of the Congo
Description: MKUltra chief Sidney Gottlieb brings a vial of poison concealed in toothpaste to the Democratic Republic of the Congo with plans to place it on Prime Minister Patrice Lumumba’s toothbrush. The plot is abandoned, allegedly because CIA station chief Larry Devlin refuses permission.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Wikipedia, “Patrice Lumumba”
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_3454

Event 22004 (5E9ADAF5)

Date: 9/1960
Description: The USAF Assistant Chief of Staff for Intelligence turns down ATIC’s request for one additional staffer for Project Blue Book (raising it to 3) and additional funding.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Clark III 922
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_3455

Event 22005 (5ECC5760)

Date: 9/2/1960
Locations: US Highway 1 in Westbrook, Connecticut; Long Island, New York; Chalker Beach in Old Saybrook, Connecticut
Description: 11:30 p.m. Richard Ireton and his wife are driving on US Highway 1 in Westbrook, Connecticut, when they notice what seems to be an aircraft about to crash. It veers close to the shore and the Iretons drive to the beach to look for it. They see a triangular-shaped object flying silently at the speed of a Piper Cub airplane, alternately hovering and moving horizontally and vertically. When it reaches the public beach, it takes off at great speed toward Long Island, New York. They see a similar object the next evening around 9:30 p.m. at Chalker Beach in Old Saybrook, Connecticut.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: “‘Flying Triangle’ Seen in State,” Hartford (Conn.) Courant, September 17, 1960, pp. 1–2
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_3456

Event 22006 (B15921E2)

Date: 9/2/1960
Description: In the middle of the night Mr. & Mrs. Palmes noticed a large dark gray object, covered with tiles and as large as a three-storey building, in a nearby field while driving down a highway north of Bunnell, Florida. The UFO then came and hovered over road, only 30-50 feet away. The car’s lights and engine died. The wife recalls seeing short people in tight-fitting uniforms, and her husband being in a trance. There was an undisclosed period of missing time.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: David F. Webb & Ted Bloecher, HUMCAT: Catalogue of Humanoid Reports, case A0504, citing Norman Bean, Skylook, August 1975, p. 9
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_5568

Event 22007 (1B8008A5)

Date: 9/3/1960 (approximate)
Time: 22:30
Location: NORTH / BUNNEL, FL
Description: UFO / field. Car malfunctions due to EME (electro-magnetic effects). Driver dazed. Figure(s) approach car. 60 minute(s) missing time… .
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 18)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_6434

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, FIG: Undefined or poorly seen figure/entity, MST: Missing time or time anomaly, ABD: Human or animal abduction, VEH: Vehicle affected: Marks/damage/EME effects, LND: UFO landing or any part touches ground, EME: Electro-Magnetic Effects

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “8”, Duration: “65”, Elev: “6”, HatchDesc: “N/BUNNEL,FL:UFO/FIELD:CAR EMES:DRIVER DAZED:FIGS APPROACH CAR:60min MST…”, LatLong: “29.666668 -81.283337”, LatLongDMS: “29:40:00 N 81:17:00 W”, Locale: “Farmlands”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Florida”, Strangeness: “9”

Event 22008 (565A2671)

Date: 9/4/1960
Time: 21:30
Location: LEXINGTON, KY
Description: Former Strategic Air Command (SAC) RADAR Tech. Glowing sphere goes southwest going quickly northeast horizon to horizon.
Type: sighting
Reference: HALL, Richard: The UFO EVIDENCE; NICAP,Washington, DC 1964. Reprinted 1997 Barnes & Noble Books ( only $7.98! ) (Index 59)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_6435

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

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “7”, Duration: “2”, Elev: “288”, HatchDesc: “LEXINGTON,KY:FORMER SAC RDR TECH:GLOWING SPHERE GOES SW>>NE HRZN TO HRZN:”, LatLong: “38.050002 -84.500004”, LatLongDMS: “38:03:00 N 84:30:00 W”, Locale: “Metropolis”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Kentucky”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 22009 (3C5FFD86)

Date: 9/4/1960
Location: Lexington, KY
Description: Former Strategic Air Command radar technician saw a glowing sphere traveling from horizon to horizon. [NICAP UFOE, VI] (NICAP: 01 - Distant Encounters)
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_2461

Event 22010 (5B5FD5B9)

Date: 9/5/1960
Location: SONOMA CO, CA
Description: Cops. 6 UFO’s / V-formation. Various colors. Bouncing trajectory. No further details. / r78p186.
Type: sighting
Reference: HALL, Richard: The UFO EVIDENCE; NICAP,Washington, DC 1964. Reprinted 1997 Barnes & Noble Books ( only $7.98! ) (Index 15)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_6436

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

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “8”, Duration: “5”, Elev: “30”, HatchDesc: “SONOMA co,CA:COPS:6 UFOS/V-FORMn:VARIOUS COLORS:BOUNCING TRAJ:NFD:/r78p186”, LatLong: “38.300002 -122.450006”, LatLongDMS: “38:18:00 N 122:27:00 W”, Locale: “Farmlands”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “California”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 22011 (4ABD7337)

Date: 9/5/1960
Location: Sonoma County, CA
Description: Sheriffs observed six vari-colored UFOs flying in V-formation. [NICAP UFOE, VII] (NICAP: 01 - Distant Encounters)
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_2462

Event 22012 (88370D22)

Date: 9/6/1960
Location: Hartford, Connecticut
Description: Fragments fell to ground from bluish-green speeding UFO and landed with a hissing sound. They are now under investigation by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration in Washington, D.C.
Type: ufo sighting
Reference: The Flying Saucers are Hostile!, by George D. Fawcett 1961
Source: HostileFawcett, ID: HostileFawcett_91

Event 22013 (2122B696)

Date: 9/7/1960
Description: (Translated from French) Work begins at Groom Lake for the strengthening and lengthening of the 5000 foot runway to 8500 feet. It will be completed on November 15. (September 7)
Reference: McIninch
Reference: rr0 - Beau
Source: rr0, ID: rr0_1871

Event 22014 (7F16A36B)

Date: 9/8/1960
Location: Consett, South Shields, Newcastle upon Tyne, England
Description: Night. Witnesses in Consett, South Shields, and Newcastle upon Tyne, England, see a triangular formation of lights with a red light in the center.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: London Evening Chronicle, September 9, 1960; Marler 76
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_3457

Event 22015 (94E05C7A)

Date: 9/10/1960
Description: (Translated from French) Observation in Ridgecrest (California). (September 10)
Reference: case Blue Book #6962 unsolved
Reference: rr0 - Beau
Source: rr0, ID: rr0_1872

Event 22016 (85CE7944)

Date: 9/10/1960
Time: 21:50
Location: RIDGECREST, CA
Description: Project Bluebook Case #6962. 4 observer(s). 1 sees disk. 1 photographs boomerang. 4 passes / 70 minute(s).
Type: sighting
Reference: LOFTIN, Robert: IDENTIFIED FLYING SAUCERS: D. McKay, NY 1968 (Index 184)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_6437

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, HQO: High-quality observer(s), SCR: Classic saucer/disk/sphere shaped UFO, DLT: Delta/vee/boomerang/rectangular shaped UFO, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), OBS: Observation/chasing vehicles, PHT: Photos/movies/videos taken, MIL: Military investigation, BBK: Project BLUEBOOK

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “8”, Duration: “70”, Elev: “698”, HatchDesc: “RIDGECREST,CA:BBK#6962:4 OBS:1 SEES DISK:1 FOTOS BOOMERANG:4 PASSES/70min”, LatLong: “35.616668 -117.633339”, LatLongDMS: “35:37:00 N 117:38:00 W”, Locale: “Desert”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “California”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 22017 (BC606E4F)

Date: 9/10/1960
Location: Ridgecrest, CA
Description: 2 light gray glowing objects, saucer or boomerang-shaped (NICAP: 01 - Distant Encounters, BB: 6962)
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_2463

Event 22018 (5D650537)

Date: 9/10/1960
Time: 9:50 PM
Location: Ridgecrest, California
Description: Witnesses: Mr. and Mrs. M.G. Evans. Two light gray glowing objects, saucer or boomerang-shaped, which swished when accelerating. Seen 1-2 seconds each.
Type: ufo sighting
Reference: BlueBook Unknowns PDF
Source: BerlinerBBUnknowns, ID: BerlinerBBU_454

Event 22019 (9724AFC3)

Date: 9/10/1960
Location: Scituate, Massachusetts
Description: A married couple in Scituate, Massachusetts, sees a trio of brilliant discs parked in a triangle formation in the sky. About 12° to the objects’ left is a huge cylinder. One witness watches them through binoculars, and the brilliance hurts his eyes for two hours. Two more discs seem to be attached to the top of the cylinder. Small domes sprinkle their surface. The large object disappears too quickly for the eye to follow.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Swords 294
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_3458

Event 22020 (D0CDE9E6)

Date: 9/10/1960
Location: Ridgecrest, California
Description: 9:50 p.m. Mr. and Mrs. M. G. Evans see 2 light-gray glowing objects, saucer or boomerang-shaped, that swish when accelerating, over Ridgecrest, California.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Swords 294; Sparks, p. 285
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_3459

Event 22021 (9EA0E01E)

Date: 9/10/1960
Description: In Ridgecrest, California at 9:50 p.m. Mr. and Mrs. M. G. Evans sighted two light gray glowing objects, saucer or boomerang-shaped, which made a swishing sound when accelerating. They were seen for a couple of seconds each.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: Don Berliner, Project Bluebook UFO Unknowns
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_5823

Event 22022 (D58B8E0A)

Date: 9/13/1960
Time: 01:20
Location: CASCAIS, PORTUGAL
Description: Several satellite watchers see UFO instead. Type unknown. / O Seculo.
Type: sighting
Reference: LOURENCO, Victor: The PORTUCAT CATALOG; (BBS Download). (Index 73)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_6438

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

Extra Data: Country: “Portugal”, Credibility: “9”, Duration: “1”, HatchDesc: “CASCAIS,PORTUGAL:SVRL SATELLITE WATCHERS SEE UFO INSTEAD:TYPE UNK:/O SECULO”, LatLong: “38.700002 -9.416667”, LatLongDMS: “38:42:00 N 09:25:00 W”, Locale: “Coastlands”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “EST”, Strangeness: “3”

Event 22023 (6434FAE5)

Date: 9/14/1960
Location: Lorain, Ohio
Description: 2:50 a.m. A dispatcher in Lorain, Ohio, is taking a coffee break when he sees a light that he thinks is the Echo 1 satellite. As he watches it, knowing it is not the right time for Echo 1, he sees four objects traveling in a perfectly spaced line of flight. It makes a surprising right turn, after which the objects move on their way, apparently at a great height.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Michael D. Swords, “I’ve Seen the Light…But What Was It?” IUR 32, no. 3 (July 2009): 3; Swords 294–295
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_3460

Event 22024 (6194931A)

Date: 9/15/1960
Location: COLORADO SPRS, CO
Description: Military tracking team. Unexplainable ‘satellite’ / unusual maneuvers.
Type: sighting
Reference: The APRO BULLETIN: Monthly. Jim & Coral Lorenzen: Tucson,AZ (USA. defunct) By volume and number. (Index 729)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_6439

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

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “9”, Duration: “10”, Elev: “1802”, HatchDesc: “COLORADO SPRs,CO:MIL.TRACKING TEAM:UNEXPLAINABLE ‘SATELLITE’/UNUSUAL MANEUVERS”, LatLong: “38.833335 -104.800005”, LatLongDMS: “38:50:00 N 104:48:00 W”, Locale: “Town & City”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Colorado”, Strangeness: “4”

Event 22025 (15C53827)

Date: 9/15/1960
Location: Carrizales, Venezuela
Description: Professor of engineering observed accelerating luminous object. [NICAP UFOE, X] (NICAP: 01 - Distant Encounters)
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_2464

Event 22026 (341E60D3)

Date: 9/15/1960
Locations: Douglas Aircraft plant in Santa Monica, California; West Los Angeles police station; Santa Monica Boulevard and Beverly Glen Street
Description: 7:30 a.m. A witness sees a UFO hovering 300–400 feet above the Douglas Aircraft plant in Santa Monica, California, and calls it into the West Los Angeles police station. Desk Officer Don Anderson goes outside and sees a dark triangular object moving slowly to the northeast at 3,000 feet. It disappears in the vicinity of Santa Monica Boulevard and Beverly Glen Street.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: “Officer Reports Flying Triangle,” San Pedro (Calif.) News-Pilot, September 15, 1960, p. 1
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_3461

Event 22027 (D54C2FD8)

Date: 9/15/1960
Location: Long Beach, California
Description: Ruppelt dies of a heart attack in Long Beach, California, at age 37.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Clark III 1024
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_3462

Event 22028 (57CDD6C4)

Date: 9/16/1960
Location: USA, SPACE
Description: (Translated from French) DISCOVERER 14 LANDED ON 18.8.60
Reference: Acta Aeronomica 1977, p. 92
Reference: Mini catalogue chronologique des observations OVNI, by Godelieve Van Overmeire
Source: Overmeire, ID: Overmeire_2180

Event 22029 (B16D106A)

Date: 9/16/1960
Time: 13:00?
Location: SANTA MONICA, CA
Description: Cop. 3M triangle hovers 100M over Douglas aircraft plant. Test?
Type: sighting
Reference: The APRO BULLETIN: Monthly. Jim & Coral Lorenzen: Tucson,AZ (USA. defunct) By volume and number. (Index 729)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_6440

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CST: Observer(s) in coastal area/just offshore, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, MID: Likely mis-identification, DLT: Delta/vee/boomerang/rectangular shaped UFO, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), OGA: Non-Covert Government Agencies

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “6”, Duration: “2”, Elev: “15”, HatchDesc: “SANTA MONICA,CA:COP:3M TRIANGLE HVRS 100M ovr DOUGLAS AIRCRAFT PLANT:test?”, LatLong: “34.016668 -118.450006”, LatLongDMS: “34:01:00 N 118:27:00 W”, Locale: “Town & City”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “California”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 22030 (CFB93725)

Date: 9/17/1960
Location: Kirksville AFS, MO
Description: (McDonald list) (NICAP: 01 - Distant Encounters, BB: BBU)
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_2465

Event 22031 (5065AA83)

Date: 9/17/1960
Location: Kirksville AFS, MO
Description: Multiple Targets Tracked Several Times (McDonald list) (NICAP: 09 - RADAR Cases, Code: R, Rating: 5, BB: BBU)
Reference: NICAP: 600917
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_2467

Event 22032 (65B0FFAE)

Date: 9/19/1960
Location: Susanville, CA
Description: (McDonald list) (NICAP: 01 - Distant Encounters, BB: BBU)
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_2466

Event 22033 (A7807DF5)

Date: 9/20/1960
Time: 21:40
Location: EAGLE AND MORE/OTHERS, CO
Description: Pilots and many. Square object inside round object. Flashes color(s). 60km altitude / FAA estimated.
Type: sighting
Reference: The APRO BULLETIN: Monthly. Jim & Coral Lorenzen: Tucson,AZ (USA. defunct) By volume and number. (Index 729)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_6441

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

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “10”, Duration: “5”, Elev: “2012”, HatchDesc: “EAGLE++,CO:PILOTS+MANY:SQR.OBJ INSIDE ROUND OBJ:FLASHES CLRS:60km alt/FAA estm”, LatLong: “39.655557 -106.827783”, LatLongDMS: “39:39:20 N 106:49:40 W”, Locale: “Residential”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Colorado”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 22034 (7DE7DF65)

Date: 9/20/1960
Location: Farmington (SE of), NM
Description: (McDonald list) (NICAP: 01 - Distant Encounters, BB: BBU, NC)
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_2468

Event 22035 (44720F82)

Date: 9/23/1960
Time: 21:40
Location: LOCATION UNKNOWN OFF NORTH LABRADOR
Description: SHIPs crew. Cylinder/cylindrical object object with lit portholes dives into sea and sinks.
Type: sighting
Reference: VALLEE, Jacques: PASSPORT TO MAGONIA; H. Regnery, Chicago HC 1969 & Contemporary Books,Chicago 1993. 372pp. (Index 509)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_6442

Attributes: SEA: Observer(s) at sea, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, HQO: High-quality observer(s), CIG: Torpedo/cigar/cylinder shaped UFO, SUB: Submersible: Rises from or submerges into water, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), LND: UFO landing or any part touches ground, MIL: Military investigation

Extra Data: Country: “Atlantic Ocean + islands”, Credibility: “10”, Duration: “2”, Elev: “0”, HatchDesc: “LOC.UNK off N.LABRADOR:SHIPs CREW:CYL OBJ W/LIT PORTHOLES DIVES INTO SEA+SINKS”, LatLong: “58.000003 -62.000003”, LatLongDMS: “58:00:00 N 62:00:00 W”, Locale: “Offshore”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “LAB”, Strangeness: “8”

Event 22036 (F420FF48)

Date: 9/23/1960
Time: 2135
Location: Labrador
Description: A Canadian ship reported that a cylindrical object with lighted portholes came down, hit the ocean, and sank off the northcoast of Labrador.
Type: ufo sighting
Reference: Atic (Vallee)
Source: ValléeMagonia, ID: Magonia_509

Event 22037 (6B84C4A8)

Date: 9/23/1960
Description: A Canadian ship reported that a cylindrical object with lighted portholes came down, hit the ocean, and sank off the north coast of Labrador.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: Jacques Vallee, Passport to Magonia: A Century of Landings, case 509
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_6252

Event 22038 (9E0EFE02)

Date: 9/25/1960
Location: ESSEX, ENGL
Description: All / county. Thousands / huge parachutes / 15-50K’ altitude. None land. / Flying Saucer Review (FSR) v7#1.
Type: sighting
Reference: MUFON UFO JOURNAL, Seguin, TX USA. Monthly. (Index 269)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_6443

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), MIL: Military investigation

Extra Data: Country: “Great Britain and Ireland”, Credibility: “13”, Duration: “99”, HatchDesc: “ESSEX,ENGL:ALL/COUNTY:1000s/HUGE PARACHUTES/15-50K’alt:none land:/FSR v7#1”, LatLong: “51.666669 0.666667”, LatLongDMS: “51:40:00 N 00:40:00 E”, Locale: “Farmlands”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “England”, Strangeness: “5”

Event 22039 (0A0D1FCA)

Date: 9/25/1960
Location: Midway Isles, At Sea
Description: (McDonald list) (NICAP: 01 - Distant Encounters, BB: BBU)
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_2469

Event 22040 (D0CFD83F)

Date: 9/26/1960
Time: 03:00
Location: WEST AND NORTH / LAS CRUCES, NM
Description: 2+2 separate cops. Fireball lands and flies. Bright green disk makes turn and away.
Type: sighting
Reference: The APRO BULLETIN: Monthly. Jim & Coral Lorenzen: Tucson,AZ (USA. defunct) By volume and number. (Index 729)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_6444

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, FBL: Fireball: Blazing undistinguished form/orb., 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: “8”, Duration: “60”, Elev: “1200”, HatchDesc: “W+N/LAS CRUCES,NM:2+2 SEP.COPS:FBL LANDS+FLIES::BRITE GRN DISK MAKES TURN+AWAY”, LatLong: “32.333335 -106.766672”, LatLongDMS: “32:20:00 N 106:46:00 W”, Locale: “Desert”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “New Mexico”, Strangeness: “7”

Event 22041 (577ADD49)

Date: 9/28/1960
Location: Kirksville, MO
Description: (McDonald list) Slow Radar Return At 100,000’ (NICAP: 09 - RADAR Cases, Code: R, Rating: 5, BB: BBU)
Reference: NICAP: 600928
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_2470

Event 22042 (B48DA886)

Date: 9/28/1960
Location: Sheppard AFB, Wichita Falls, TX
Description: OSI document says crash reported and mention of “Moon Dust”, asks ATIC to come to the scene. (NICAP: 06 - Trace Cases)
Reference: NICAP: 600928
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_2471

Event 22043 (96456860)

Date: 9/28/1960
Location: Arlington, TX
Description: Aeronautical engineer observed erratically maneuvering UFO. [NICAP UFOE, V] (NICAP: 01 - Distant Encounters)
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_2472

Event 22044 (94940398)

Date: 9/29/1960
Time: 18:20
Location: ARLINGTON, TX
Description: PAA radioman and several. Orange star / erratic maneuvers. Starts and stops. Away fast.
Type: sighting
Reference: HALL, Richard: The UFO EVIDENCE; NICAP,Washington, DC 1964. Reprinted 1997 Barnes & Noble Books ( only $7.98! ) (Index 45)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_6445

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: “USA”, Credibility: “9”, Duration: “14”, Elev: “192”, HatchDesc: “ARLINGTON,TX:PAA RADIOMAN+SVRL:ORG STAR/ERRATIC MNVRS:STARTS+STOPS:AWAY FAST”, LatLong: “32.733335 -97.116671”, LatLongDMS: “32:44:00 N 97:07:00 W”, Locale: “Residential”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Texas”, Strangeness: “5”

Event 22045 (5A83F95E)

Date: 9/29/1960
Location: New Westminster, British Columbia
Description: 9:25 p.m. Five people are out looking for the Echo 1 satellite in New Westminster, British Columbia. After they spot it, they remain for a few minutes talking. One of them sees three objects come up from the southeast, pass overhead, and disappear over the rooftops in 10 seconds. The objects are luminous, round- cornered triangles.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Michael D. Swords, “Timmerman’s Triangles,” IUR 29, no. 2 (Summer 2004): 16
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_3463

Event 22046 (54ABF356)

Date: 9/30/1960
Description: Tiffany Thayer’s widow Tanagra Thayer formally disbands the Fortean Society.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Clark III 516
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_3464

Event 22047 (30430F53)

Date: 10/1960
Location: AUSTRALIA, Cressy region (Tasmania)
Description: (Translated from French) UFO wave. Including observation of “mother ships” accompanied by smaller objects. (1960, October and November)
Reference: who are mistaken about the year - it was in 1959…
Reference: Janet and Colin BORD: “Modern Mysteries of the World” - Guild Publishing London 1989, p. 310
Reference: Mini catalogue chronologique des observations OVNI, by Godelieve Van Overmeire
Source: Overmeire, ID: Overmeire_2185

Event 22048 (8408518D)

Date: 10/1960
Location: EAST / RED BLUFF, CA
Description: Cop and dispatcher. Orange sphere crosses road just ahead / cruiser.
Type: sighting
Reference: MUFON UFO JOURNAL, Seguin, TX USA. Monthly. (Index 179)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_6446

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), OGA: Non-Covert Government Agencies

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “7”, Duration: “1”, Elev: “100”, HatchDesc: “E/RED BLUFF,CA:COP+DISPATCHER:ORANGE SPHERE CROSSES ROAD JUST AHEAD/CRUISER”, LatLong: “40.172224 -122.227784”, LatLongDMS: “40:10:20 N 122:13:40 W”, Locale: “Pasture”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “California”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 22049 (4B112EBE)

Date: 10/1960
Time: 23:00
Location: BERK-BISK, BIYAL RIVER, RUSSIA
Description: Engineer and 50. Single cloud on clear day. Glows and moves. Beams light.
Type: sighting
Reference: VALLEE, Jacques: UFO CHRONICLES of the SOVIET UNION; Ballentine Books HB 1992. 212pp. (Index 185)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_6447

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

Extra Data: Country: “Russia”, Credibility: “10”, Duration: “5”, HatchDesc: “BERK-BISK,BIYAL Rvr,RUS:ENG+50:SINGLE CLOUD on CLR DAY:GLOWS+MOVES:BEAMS LITE”, LatLong: “52.533336 85.466671”, LatLongDMS: “52:32:00 N 85:28:00 E”, Locale: “Mountains”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “GNA”, Strangeness: “7”

Event 22050 (F57477E3)

Date: 10/1960
Location: Yariguarenda Jungle, Argentina
Description: New apparitions of a monstrous “cyclops.”
Type: ufo sighting
Reference: 129 (Vallee)
Source: ValléeMagonia, ID: Magonia_510

Event 22051 (DFD1ED10)

Date: 10/1960
Locations: Nellis AFB complex; Area 51
Description: Reynolds Electrical and Engineering Company begins construction of “Project 51” at the Nellis AFB complex in Nevada with double-shift personal schedules. They mark an Archimedean spiral on Area 51’s dry lake approximately two miles across so that an A-12 pilot approaching the end of the overrun can abort instead of plunging into the sagebrush. Area 51 pilots call it “The Hook.” For crosswind landings, they mark two unpaved airstrips (runways 9/27 and 03/21) on the dry lakebed.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Wikipedia, “Area 51”
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_3465

Event 22052 (A2C55207)

Date: 10/1/1960
Time: 16:00
Location: AMANZIMTOTI, NATAL
Description: ~50 observer(s). Cylinder/cylindrical object makes wide circles / sky. Large and high. Hovers. Rises away.
Type: sighting
Reference: FLYING SAUCER REVIEW (FSR), London. Bimonthly. PO Box 162; High Wycombe, Bucks. HP135 DZ, England. (Index 85)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_6448

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: “Republic of South Africa”, Credibility: “11”, Duration: “30”, HatchDesc: “AMANZIMTOTI,NATAL:~50 OBS:CYL MAKES WIDE CCLS/SKY:LRG+HIGH:HVRS:RISES away”, LatLong: “-30.050001 30.883335”, LatLongDMS: “30:03:00 S 30:53:00 E”, Locale: “Pasture”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “KwaZulu-Natal”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 22053 (14BD0F06)

Date: 10/3/1960
Location: City unknown, Tasmania
Description: The sighting of six flying saucers and a ‘mother ship’ has been reported from the Australian island state of Tasmania. A Church of England minister says he saw the mysterious craft nearly one week ago, but was reluctant to report them. (NICAP: 01 - Distant Encounters)
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_2473

Event 22054 (6522AFCD)

Date: 10/4/1960
Location: USA
Description: (Translated from French) LAUNCH OF “COURIER I”, FIRST COMMUNICATIONS SATELLITE, 277 (227?) KG. ("Astronautics, Pierre Rousseau, Hachette 1965, p. 63) BUT THE MOST NUMEROUS STILL ARE THE SPECIFICALLY MILITARY TELECOMMUNICATION SATELLITES. THE VERY FIRST, EXPERIMENTAL OF COURSE, WAS COURIER 1 B, LAUNCHED ON OCTOBER 4, 1960. THIS FIRST RELAY SATELLITE FUNCTIONED FOR A LITTLE MORE THAN TWO WEEKS, UNTIL THE EXHAUSTION OF ITS BATTERIES. (October 4, 1960)
Reference: “The War of the Satellites” - Volume 3 - Pierre Kohler, ed. Famot 1982, p. 88
Reference: Mini catalogue chronologique des observations OVNI, by Godelieve Van Overmeire
Source: Overmeire, ID: Overmeire_2181

Event 22055 (DCC5E3C7)

Date: 10/4/1960
Location: AUSTRALIA, Cressy
Description: (Translated from French) A cylindrical object emerged from a curtain of rain, stopped abruptly and hovered, before being joined by six small discs. Then, the entire formation moved backwards. The witnesses were a pastor and his wife.
Reference: Science and Life, special edition: 50 years of UFO, Atlas of Unsolved Cases, pp. 60-63
Reference: Mini catalogue chronologique des observations OVNI, by Godelieve Van Overmeire
Source: Overmeire, ID: Overmeire_2182

Event 22056 (CD44B9BF)

Date: 10/4/1960
Description: (Translated from French) In Cressy (Australia), a pastor and his wife observe a cylindrical object emerging from a curtain of rain. It suddenly stops and hovers, before being joined by 6 small discs. Then, the entire formation moves back. (October 4)
Reference: rr0 - Beau
Source: rr0, ID: rr0_1873

Event 22057 (59C6757E)

Date: 10/4/1960
Time: 18:10
Location: CRESSY, TASM
Description: Minister and 1. Cylinder/cigar-shape going west. 5 30’ domed disks join. Going quickly east. / r111p204+APRO.Sep’60.
Type: sighting
Reference: FLYING SAUCER REVIEW (FSR), London. Bimonthly. PO Box 162; High Wycombe, Bucks. HP135 DZ, England. (Index 293)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_6449

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

Extra Data: Country: “Australia”, Credibility: “9”, Duration: “12”, HatchDesc: “CRESSY,TASM:MINISTER+1:CGR > W:5 30’DOMED DISKS JOIN:>>E:/r111p204+APRO.Sep’60”, LatLong: “-41.683335 147.066674”, LatLongDMS: “41:41:00 S 147:04:00 E”, Locale: “Islands”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “TSM”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 22058 (04A9BCDD)

Date: 10/4/1960 (approximate)
Time: ~22:00
Location: STAROLKA, POLAND
Description: Many observer(s). Bright object going [to] going up [to] going down [to] and all directions. Type unknown. Exits going quickly south. / r84p212.
Type: sighting
Reference: The APRO BULLETIN: Monthly. Jim & Coral Lorenzen: Tucson,AZ (USA. defunct) By volume and number. (Index 731)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_6450

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, MIL: Observer(s) military, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, HQO: High-quality observer(s), NWS: News media report, NLT: Nightlights/points of light, PRB: Probe: Possibly remote controlled, FBL: Fireball: Blazing undistinguished form/orb., NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), OBS: Observation/chasing vehicles

Extra Data: Country: “Poland”, Credibility: “11”, Duration: “5”, HatchDesc: “STAROLKA,POLAND:MANY OBS:BRITE OBJ >↑↓+ALL DIRs:TYPE UNK:EXITS >>S:/r84p212”, LatLong: “52.400002 16.916667”, LatLongDMS: “52:24:00 N 16:55:00 E”, Locale: “Town & City”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “PZN”, Strangeness: “5”

Event 22059 (7A607770)

Date: 10/4/1960
Location: Cressy, Tasmania
Description: 6:10 p.m. Rev. Lionel Browning and his wife are looking at a rainbow outside their rectory in Cressy, Tasmania, when they see a gray, cigar-shaped object emerge from a raincloud. It has 4 or 5 vertical, dark bands around its circumference and an aerial array that projects from the top. Browning estimates it to be 100 feet long and about 4 miles distant. It moves north at about 60–70 mph at about 400 feet altitude. After one minute, it stops and is joined by 5–6 smaller objects that emerge from a cloud. After another minute, all the UFOs abruptly reverse back into the rain squall at the same speed.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: “Mysterious Ships in the Sky,” Australian Flying Saucer Review 1, no. 4 (February 1961): 1–2; Loren E. Gross, The Fifth Horseman of the Apocalypse: UFOs, a History: July–December 1960, The Author, 2003, pp. 104–107; Loren E. Gross, The Fifth Horseman of the Apocalypse: UFOs, a History: January–June 1961, The Author, 2003, pp. 35–36; Clark III 350–352; Bill Chalker, “The Australian Government and UFOs,” IUR 22, no. 3 (Fall 1997): 19–20; Swords 385–388
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_3466

Event 22060 (2E0AEEB4)

Date: 10/4/1960
Description: Reverend and Mrs. Browning in Cressy, Tasmania observed a cigar-shaped object fly toward the west. Five 30’ diameter domed discs joined the larger object, and all flew away rapidly to the east at 6:10 p.m.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: James E. McDonald case investigation files; APRO Bulletin, September-October 1960, p. 4
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_6556

Event 22061 (9492A0AC)

Date: 10/5/1960
Description: (Translated from French) Sighting at Mount Kisco (New York). (October 5)
Reference: case Blue Book #7057 unsolved
Reference: rr0 - Beau
Source: rr0, ID: rr0_1874

Event 22062 (62CDE5B8)

Date: 10/5/1960
Location: Mount Kisco, NY
Description: Bright, star-like light move across 120° of sky (NICAP: 01 - Distant Encounters, BB: 7057)
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_2474

Event 22063 (C1637F70)

Date: 10/5/1960
Time: 7:37 PM
Location: Mt. Kisko, New York
Description: Witness: E.G. Crossland. One bright, star-like light moved across 120^ of sky in 20 seconds.
Type: ufo sighting
Reference: BlueBook Unknowns PDF
Source: BerlinerBBUnknowns, ID: BerlinerBBU_455

Event 22064 (A982FF0E)

Date: 10/5/1960
Locations: Thule Site J in Greenland; Russia; Omaha, Nebraska
Description: A formation of UFOs is detected by the new Ballistic Missile Early Warning System at Thule Site J in Greenland. The objects appear to be heading directly toward North America from the direction of Russia. Within seconds, Strategic Air Command headquarters in Omaha, Nebraska, scrambles the crews of B-52 bombers armed with nuclear warheads to prepare a retaliatory strike. But at the last moment checks reveal that the objects are spurious radar echoes. Unusual atmospheric conditions create phantoms on the BMEWS that cannot be seen by other radars.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Eric Schlosser, Command and Control: Nuclear Weapons, the Damascus Incident, and the Illusion of Safety, Penguin, 2013, pp. 253–254, 542
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_3467

Event 22065 (111FEF5B)

Date: 10/9/1960
Time: 18:30
Location: LONG POINT, IL
Description: Minister and several. Golden football hovers / 8-10 minute(s) and goes. Observer(s) chase / 6km.
Type: sighting
Reference: HALL, Richard: The UFO EVIDENCE; NICAP,Washington, DC 1964. Reprinted 1997 Barnes & Noble Books ( only $7.98! ) (Index 69)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_6451

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: “8”, Duration: “10”, Elev: “196”, HatchDesc: “LONG POINT,IL:MINISTER+SVRL:GOLDEN FOOTBALL HVRS/8-10min+GOES:OBS CHASE/6km”, LatLong: “41.005558 -88.894449”, LatLongDMS: “41:00:20 N 88:53:40 W”, Locale: “Farmlands”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Illinois”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 22066 (0777B429)

Date: 10/9/1960
Location: Longpoint, IL
Description: Minister and others saw a golden, elliptical UFO hover, move away. [NICAP UFOE, VII] (NICAP: 01 - Distant Encounters)
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_2475

Event 22067 (39002C40)

Date: 10/15/1960
Location: Cressy (30 miles from), Tasmania
Description: Spherical 75 ft object flying at great speed at 36,000 ft (NICAP: 01 - Distant Encounters, BB: BBU)
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_2476

Event 22068 (DDCD134D)

Date: 10/16/1960
Location: GERMANY, Mainz
Description: (Translated from French) (cf. May 18, 60) Two extraterrestrials take Hans Klotzbach in a car and drive him to the forest. There is a “glider” that takes the three people to a saucer in the sky. They explain to him the relationship between light and color.
Reference: Mitarbeiter, “Ufo Geheimnisse”, Berlin, January 1998
Reference: following 8 to 11 July 73
Reference: Mini catalogue chronologique des observations OVNI, by Godelieve Van Overmeire
Source: Overmeire, ID: Overmeire_2183

Event 22069 (5A2AFC8B)

Date: 10/20/1960
Location: FRANCE, Montcel by Combronde/Lavaure
Description: (Translated from French) At around 7pm Mr. Faure was returning home when suddenly he was dazzled by a rectangular light at 3 or 4 meters altitude. In the upper part two humanoid silhouettes that seemed to be wearing a helmet of 40 to 50 cm in diameter. The light suddenly went out. When he arrived home the witness was in a state of shock and remained in a state of agitation for several days. At the same time three witnesses from Villemorge, a locality located downhill from Lavaure, saw a silent craft that crossed the sky at great speed towards the south-east. (1960, October 20th and 25th)
Reference: M. FIGUET/ J.L. RUCHON: “Ovni, Premier dossier complet…” ed. Alain Lefeuvre 1979, p. 244
Reference: Mini catalogue chronologique des observations OVNI, by Godelieve Van Overmeire
Source: Overmeire, ID: Overmeire_2184

Event 22070 (8AF7CF45)

Date: 10/20/1960 (approximate)
Time: 19:00
Location: LA VAURE, FR
Description: Luminous rectangular / 4M altitude 10M away. Shadows / 2 helmeted small humanoids (or Greys) / inside. UFO going southwest.
Type: sighting
Reference: LUMIERES DANS la NUIT (LDLN), Paris. Bimonthly since 1957. LDLN B.P.3; 77123 Le Vaudoue, FRANCE. (Index 95)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_6452

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, DLT: Delta/vee/boomerang/rectangular shaped UFO, OID: Humanoid: Small alien or “Grey”, FIG: Undefined or poorly seen figure/entity, TCH: New technical details/clues

Extra Data: Country: “France”, Credibility: “7”, Duration: “1”, HatchDesc: “LA VAURE,FR:LUM RECT./4M alt 10M AWAY:SHADOWS/2 HELMETED OIDS/INSIDE:UFO >SW”, LatLong: “46.016669 3.066667”, LatLongDMS: “46:01:00 N 03:04:00 E”, Locale: “Farmlands”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Puy-de-Dôme”, Strangeness: “10”

Event 22071 (51E93AFC)

Date: 10/20/1960
Locations: Australia; Cressy, Tasmania
Description: Australian MP Gil Duthie asks Frederick Osborne, Australian Minister for Air, whether he has read the account of the UFO seen at Cressy, Tasmania. Osborne responds that he has, and he admits that the Department of Air receives UFO reports and shares them with the RAF and the US Air Force. However, all of them are “explainable on a perfectly normal basis.”
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Clark III 352; Swords 387
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_3468

Event 22072 (3F2AFA04)

Date: 10/24/1960
Description: (Translated from French) Explosion of an R-16 rocket at Baikonour, 123 deaths. (October 24)
Reference: rr0 - Beau
Source: rr0, ID: rr0_1875

Event 22073 (E978348E)

Date: 10/27/1960
Time: 17:50
Location: LEXINGTON, KY
Description: Attorney. Saucer hovers / 10 minute(s). Going quickly northwest rising faster than a jet. Contrail.
Type: sighting
Reference: HALL, Richard: The UFO EVIDENCE; NICAP,Washington, DC 1964. Reprinted 1997 Barnes & Noble Books ( only $7.98! ) (Index 68)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_6453

Attributes: 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: “10”, Elev: “287”, HatchDesc: “LEXINGTON,KY:ATTORNEY:SCR HVRS/10min:>>NW RISING FASTER than a JET:CONTRAIL”, LatLong: “38.050002 -84.483337”, LatLongDMS: “38:03:00 N 84:29:00 W”, Locale: “Town & City”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Kentucky”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 22074 (7A8C654F)

Date: 10/27/1960
Location: Lexington, KY
Description: Attorney saw disc hover, move away. [NICAP UFOE, VII] (NICAP: 01 - Distant Encounters)
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_2477

Event 22075 (A3274942)

Date: 10/30/1960
Location: CRESCENT CITY, CA
Description: FAA expert and more/others. 2+3 Brill objects hover. 6th object scouts between groups.
Type: sighting
Reference: UFO INVESTIGATOR: NICAP: Kensington, MD & Washington, DC [defunct]. University Microfilms, Ann Arbor, MI 48106 (Index 23)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_6454

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CST: Observer(s) in coastal area/just offshore, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, HQO: High-quality observer(s), NLT: Nightlights/points of light, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s)

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “9”, Duration: “2”, Elev: “12”, HatchDesc: “CRESCENT CITY,CA:FAA EXPERT++:2+3 BRILL OBJS HVR:6th OBJ SCOUTS BETWEEN GROUPS”, LatLong: “41.755558 -124.200006”, LatLongDMS: “41:45:20 N 124:12:00 W”, Locale: “Coastlands”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “California”, Strangeness: “5”

Event 22076 (C0A91847)

Date: 10/31/1960
Location: Cuba
Description: Most guerrilla infiltrations and supply drops directed by the CIA into Cuba have failed; these are replaced by a plan to mount an initial amphibious assault with a minimum of 1,500 men.
Reference: Eberhart
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_3469

Event 22077 (3E13A89B)

Date: 11/1960
Location: CARACAS, VNZL
Description: Hundreds / observer(s). Cylinder/cigar-shape going south low and slow. Blue-green luminous halo. Males turn over mountain.
Type: sighting
Reference: The APRO BULLETIN: Monthly. Jim & Coral Lorenzen: Tucson,AZ (USA. defunct) By volume and number. (Index 741)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_6455

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: “Venezuela”, Credibility: “12”, Duration: “2”, Elev: “930”, HatchDesc: “CARACAS,VNZL:100s/OBS:CGR >S LO+SLOW:BLU-GRN LUMn.HALO:MALES TURN ovr MOUNTAIN”, LatLong: “10.466667 -66.983337”, LatLongDMS: “10:28:00 N 66:59:00 W”, Locale: “Metropolis”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “CRC”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 22078 (9C4136B7)

Date: 11/3/1960
Time: 16:30
Location: PRICE CO, WI
Description: Humming. 7M domed metallic saucer / ground. Quickly going up [to] and away fast. Several square portholes. / r242p147.
Type: sighting
Reference: The APRO BULLETIN: Monthly. Jim & Coral Lorenzen: Tucson,AZ (USA. defunct) By volume and number. (Index 733)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_6456

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

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “6”, Duration: “2”, Elev: “456”, HatchDesc: “PRICE co,WI:HUM:7M DOMED MTLC SCR/GND:↑↑+AWAY FAST:SVRL SQR PORTs:/r242p147”, LatLong: “45.683336 -90.350004”, LatLongDMS: “45:41:00 N 90:21:00 W”, Locale: “Farmlands”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Wisconsin”, Strangeness: “7”

Event 22079 (B97B58E7)

Date: 11/3/1960
Location: Price County, Wisconsin
Description: 4:30 p.m. Two 8-year-old boys are walking over a small hill in rural Price County, Wisconsin, when they hear an odd high-pitched, humming noise. The air has become unusually warm. They look back and see an aluminum-colored object on the hill behind them. They run back toward it, but it lifts off and shoots away. They find the soil of the hill to be warm to the touch.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: “Small Boys See Warm, Landed UAO,” APRO Bulletin, January 1961, pp. 1, 4
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_3470

Event 22080 (FA5E87E6)

Date: 11/4/1960
Location: Massachusetts
Description: House Majority Leader John W. McCormack (D-Mass.) writes to Keyhoe that “it was pretty well established by some, in our minds, that there were some objects flying around in space that were unexplainable.”
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: “Congressmen Confirm AF Secrecy: Pressure for Investigation Increasing,” UFO Investigator 1, no. 11 (Dec./Jan. 1960/1961): 1; UFOEv, p. 175
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_3471

Event 22081 (1AE3F3CF)

Date: 11/7/1960
Time: ~19:00
Location: CHICAGO HEIGHTS, IL
Description: Night lights = running lights / 2 large UFO’s. Type unknown. Possible portholes. No further details.
Type: sighting
Reference: FARISH, Jucius: UFO NEWSCLIPPING SERVICE: $5/Monthly. Plumerville, AR. (Index 292)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_6457

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

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “6”, Duration: “15”, Elev: “198”, HatchDesc: “CHICAGO HEIGHTS,IL:NLTS=RUNNING LITES/2 LRG UFOS:type unk:POSS.PORTHOLES:NFD”, LatLong: “41.800002 -87.650004”, LatLongDMS: “41:48:00 N 87:39:00 W”, Locale: “Residential”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Illinois”, Strangeness: “4”

Event 22082 (B677F462)

Date: 11/8/1960
Description: (Translated from French) Election of John F. Kennedy to the Presidency of the United States. (November 8)
Reference: rr0 - Beau
Source: rr0, ID: rr0_1876

Event 22083 (92699632)

Date: 11/11/1960
Location: MOLINE, IL AND MORE/OTHERS
Description: Airport weathermen and more. Large silver object with antenna on side. Others / widely.
Type: sighting
Reference: UFO INVESTIGATOR: NICAP: Kensington, MD & Washington, DC [defunct]. University Microfilms, Ann Arbor, MI 48106 (Index 23)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_6458

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, HQO: High-quality observer(s), WAV: Wave/cluster/flap, SCR: Classic saucer/disk/sphere shaped UFO, CIG: Torpedo/cigar/cylinder shaped UFO, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), NUC: Nuclear facility related

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “8”, Duration: “120”, Elev: “183”, HatchDesc: “MOLINE,IL++:AIRPORT WEATHERMEN+:LRG SLVR OBJ W/ANTENNA on SIDE:others/widely”, LatLong: “41.505558 -90.516671”, LatLongDMS: “41:30:20 N 90:31:00 W”, Locale: “Town & City”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Illinois”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 22084 (D61E48EC)

Date: 11/11/1960
Time: 22:00?
Location: WARMINSTER, WILTS
Description: 3 military and 1. Blinding sphere/orb/globe going down. Nearly lands. Going quickly north. Type unknown. / r8#511.
Type: sighting
Reference: The APRO BULLETIN: Monthly. Jim & Coral Lorenzen: Tucson,AZ (USA. defunct) By volume and number. (Index 731)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_6459

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

Extra Data: Country: “Great Britain and Ireland”, Credibility: “9”, Duration: “2”, Elev: “120”, HatchDesc: “WARMINSTER,WILTS:3 MIL+1:BLINDING ORB ↓:NEARLY LANDS:>>N:type unk:/r8#511”, LatLong: “51.200002 -2.166667”, LatLongDMS: “51:12:00 N 02:10:00 W”, Locale: “Town & City”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, RelAlt: “1”, State/Prov: “England”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 22085 (409B7317)

Date: 11/11/1960
Time: night
Location: Warminster, Great Britain
Description: Four witnesses, among them three military men, saw an object that seemed about to land, then took off again toward the north, leaving a trail of sparks and blinding them.
Type: ufo sighting
Reference: 130; FSR 61,1 (Vallee)
Source: ValléeMagonia, ID: Magonia_511

Event 22086 (B54B2897)

Date: 11/11/1960
Description: On this night four witnesses in Warminster, England, including among them three men in the British military, saw an object that seemed about to land, but then took off again. It flew off toward the north, leaving a trail of sparks and blinding them by its brilliance.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: Jacques Vallee, Passport to Magonia: A Century of Landings, case 511
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_7595

Event 22087 (DEF26C71)

Date: 11/13/1960
Location: FRANCE, La Londe
Description: (Translated from French) At 02:45, Rémi Carbonnier was awakened by a green light illuminating his room. He went to the window and saw a round, shining object, 6 m in diameter, resting on three legs, on a railway track, 300 m away. It was emitting orange glows. A dome on the top of the object began to turn, the legs disappeared and the object rose vertically above the trees, without a sound. Less than 20 seconds later it had crossed the hill and disappeared to the southwest. The next day the witness went to the spot and found no trace, but his dog refused to go forward and ran away. (Jacques VALLEE: "Chronicles of E.T. Appearances - DENOEL 1972 - coll. J’AI LU, p. 298) The personality of the witness seems to weigh heavily on the credibility to be given to this testimony.
Reference: J.C. BOURRET: “The New Challenge of UFOs” - France Empire 1976 - pp. 43 to 50
Reference: Mini catalogue chronologique des observations OVNI, by Godelieve Van Overmeire
Source: Overmeire, ID: Overmeire_2186

Event 22088 (6FEE15E9)

Date: 11/13/1960
Time: 02:50
Location: LA LONDE, FR
Description: 6M domed saucer / railroad/railway tracks. Retracts legs. Going quickly southwest. Dog avoids site. / r30p244.
Type: sighting
Reference: LUMIERES DANS la NUIT (LDLN), Paris. Bimonthly since 1957. LDLN B.P.3; 77123 Le Vaudoue, FRANCE. (Index 94)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_6460

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

Extra Data: Country: “France”, Credibility: “6”, Duration: “45”, HatchDesc: “LA LONDE,FR:6M DOMED SCR/RR TRACKS:RETRACTS LEGS:>>SW:DOG AVOIDS SITE:/r30p244”, LatLong: “49.305558 0.944444”, LatLongDMS: “49:18:20 N 00:56:40 E”, Locale: “Pasture”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Seine Maritime”, Strangeness: “8”

Event 22089 (88A092BE)

Date: 11/13/1960
Time: 0245
Location: La Londe, France
Description: Remi Carbonnier, 45, was awakened by a green light illuminating his room. He went to the window and saw a bright, round object, 6 m in diameter, resting on three legs on the railroad tracks 300 m away. It was emitting orange flashes. A dome on top of the object started spinning, the legs disappeared, and the object rose vertically above the trees, without noise. Less than 20 sec later, it had cleared the hill and was lost to sight in the southwest. The next day the witness went to the site and found no trace, but his dog turned around and ran away,
Type: ufo sighting
Reference: 131 (Vallee)
Source: ValléeMagonia, ID: Magonia_512

Event 22090 (8445DA7D)

Date: 11/13/1960
Description: In the year 1960 in La Londe, France a domed disc-shaped UFO was spotted sitting on railroad tracks at 2:45 a.m. It made no sound, and shafts of orange light periodically shot out from the object. It rose vertically, folded its landing gear, and shot off straight up.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: Jacques Vallee, Passport to Magonia: A Century of Landings, case 512
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_7630

Event 22091 (E9326EA1)

Date: 11/14/1960
Location: USA, SPACE
Description: (Translated from French) SECRET RECOVERY OF DISCOVERER 13 LAUNCHED ON AUGUST 10, 1960.
Reference: Acta Aeronomica 1977, p. 92
Reference: Mini catalogue chronologique des observations OVNI, by Godelieve Van Overmeire
Source: Overmeire, ID: Overmeire_2187

Event 22092 (C73C4884)

Date: 11/14/1960
Location: Dillsboro, IN
Description: S. Indiana/Dillsboro Nike Missile Station, G,V (NICAP: 09 - RADAR Cases, Code: R, Rating: 5)
Reference: NICAP: 601114
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_2478

Event 22093 (0519AD4F)

Date: 11/15/1960
Time: 10:40
Location: 50KM NORTH / CRESSY, TASM
Description: 70’ saucer going [to] 800MPH / 36K’. Buzzes USAF RB-57. / r249p484. / r120p167.
Type: sighting
Reference: CHALKER,Bill: The OZ FILES. Australian Sightings. 1996 Duffy & Snellgrove. NSW,Australia. ISBN 1-875989-04-8 (Index 105)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_6461

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

Extra Data: Country: “Australia”, Credibility: “8”, Duration: “5”, HatchDesc: “50km N/CRESSY,TASM:70’SCR>800MPH/36K’:BUZZES USAF RB-57:/r249p484:/r120p167”, LatLong: “-41.427780 147.261118”, LatLongDMS: “41:25:40 S 147:15:40 E”, Locale: “Metropolis”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “TSM”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 22094 (A9EC3F94)

Date: 11/15/1960
Locations: RAAF Base East Sale, Victoria, Australia; Launceston, Tasmania
Description: 10:40 a.m. A USAF B-57 Canberra reconnaissance aircraft operating out of RAAF Base East Sale, Victoria, Australia, encounters a UFO 15 miles north of Launceston, Tasmania. Capt. Douglas G. Ludlam and Capt. Joseph W. Ivins say it looks like a balloon about 70 feet in diameter and is flying at 35,000 feet, just below the B-57, and traveling at about 920 mph. It is in sight for 5–7 seconds before it disappears under the left wing.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Bill Chalker, “Australian A.F. UFO Report Files,” APRO Bulletin 30, no. 11 (December 1982):4; Clark III 352; Sparks, p. 285
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_3472

Event 22095 (332AC5AD)

Date: 11/17/1960
Time: 01:30
Location: HENDERSON, KY
Description: 2 / (seen thru) binoculars. Silent orange and brown colored object soars over valley. Spews angel hair all over/all about.
Type: sighting
Reference: MUFON UFO JOURNAL, Seguin, TX USA. Monthly. (Index 271)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_6462

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

[c0mmando]

ccupant seen by observer(s), TRC: Physical traces, TCH: New technical details/clues

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “7”, Duration: “8”, Elev: “132”, HatchDesc: “HENDERSON,KY:2/BINOCS:SLNT ORG+BRN OBJ SOARS ovr VALLEY:SPEWS ANGEL HAIR ALLO”, LatLong: “37.850002 -87.600004”, LatLongDMS: “37:51:00 N 87:36:00 W”, Locale: “Farmlands”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Kentucky”, Strangeness: “5”

Event 22096 (8B35F495)

Date: 11/17/1960
Location: Lexington, KY
Description: Three UFOs were seen to follow two jet aircraft. One object closed in on the jets, then stopped, repeating this several times. Witnesses described it as round, rotating, color changing from gray to silver as it turned. (NICAP: 11 - Aviation Cases)
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_2479

Event 22097 (3866D2BA)

Date: 11/18/1960
Location: Cuba
Description: Director of Central Intelligence Allen Dulles and CIA Deputy Director for Plans Richard Bissell brief President-elect John F. Kennedy on the Cuban invasion. Dulles is confident that the CIA can overthrow the Cuban government.
Reference: Eberhart
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_3473

Event 22098 (7B295BB4)

Date: 11/20/1960
Description: A gruesome case classified as spontaneous human combustion occurred on this date in 1960 in Grassy Creek, Kentucky. The burned bodies of four men and a youth were found in a car. Molten metal from the car’s roof had dropped on the cremated bodies.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: Coral Lorenzen, APRO Bulletin, July 1963, p. 8
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_7747

Event 22099 (EB3FC18E)

Date: 11/24/1960
Time: 10:00
Location: NEAR DEFIANCE, OH
Description: Physics Professor and 1 / car. Silent 30M black disk going northwest. Clear edges. / r242p54.
Type: sighting
Reference: The APRO BULLETIN: Monthly. Jim & Coral Lorenzen: Tucson,AZ (USA. defunct) By volume and number. (Index 749)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_6463

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

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “7”, Duration: “2”, Elev: “210”, HatchDesc: “nr DEFIANCE,OH:PHYSICS PROF+1/CAR:SLNT 30M BLK DISK >NW:CLEAR EDGES:/r242p54”, LatLong: “41.211113 -84.438893”, LatLongDMS: “41:12:40 N 84:26:20 W”, Locale: “Pasture”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Ohio”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 22100 (0258E121)

Date: 11/24/1960
Location: Unknown City, OH
Description: White elliptical UFO observed by scientist. [NICAP UFOE, VI] (NICAP: 01 - Distant Encounters)
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_2480

Event 22101 (67B7E649)

Date: 11/24/1960
Description: At 10:00 a.m. in Defiance, Ohio a physics professor driving in a car, and his passenger, watched a silent 30-meter in diameter black disc-shaped object that flew off to the northwest. It had clearly defined edges.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: Richard Hall, The UFO Evidence, p. 54
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_7870

Event 22102 (5E6A990F)

Date: 11/27/1960
Description: (Translated from French) Sighting in Chula Vista (California). (November 27)
Reference: case Blue Book #7133 unsolved
Reference: rr0 - Beau
Source: rr0, ID: rr0_1877

Event 22103 (0192022B)

Date: 11/27/1960
Time: 19:30
Location: CHULA VISTA, CA
Description: Project Bluebook Case #7133. 7 / trailer camp. Sphere/orb/globe with antennas arcs and dashes. Seen / (seen thru) binoculars.
Type: sighting
Reference: SCIENCE & MECHANICS (eds.) OFFICIAL GUIDE to UFO’S; Ace Books, NY. 1968. (Index 149)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_6464

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

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “10”, Duration: “25”, Elev: “21”, HatchDesc: “CHULA VISTA,CA:BBK#7133:7/TRAILER CAMP:ORB W/ANTENNAS ARCS+DASHES:SEEN/BINOCS”, LatLong: “32.638890 -117.083339”, LatLongDMS: “32:38:20 N 117:05:00 W”, Locale: “Residential”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “California”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 22104 (3437FE85)

Date: 11/27/1960
Location: Chula Vista, CA
Description: Orange-red point of light, with white sparkler-like light (NICAP: 01 - Distant Encounters, BB: 7133)
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_2481

Event 22105 (F1AEB74E)

Date: 11/27/1960
Time: 7:30 PM
Location: Chula Vista, California
Description: Witnesses: Mr. and Mrs. L.M. Hart. One orange-red point of light made huge circles and stopped during the 20-30 minute sighting.
Type: ufo sighting
Reference: BlueBook Unknowns PDF
Source: BerlinerBBUnknowns, ID: BerlinerBBU_456

Event 22106 (745874AD)

Date: 11/27/1960
Description: A red UFO maneuvered all over the sky in huge circles over Chula Vista, San Diego County, California at 7:30 p.m. for 20 minutes. It looked like a ball with a long antenna rod attached, and a flashing white light ran back and forth along the rod. The UFO made several dashes at terrific speeds, and was watched through binoculars by seven witnesses. It made no sound. The sighting lasted between 20 and 30 minutes. A Project Blue Book “unknown”.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: Project Blue Book files counted in official statistics, case # 7133; Lloyd Mallan, Science & Mechanics, December 1966, p. 30; Richard Hall, The UFO Evidence (Volume I), p. 91
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_7956

Event 22107 (C73EF6B7)

Date: 11/28/1960
Description: (Translated from French) The Judica Cordiglia brothers intercept a S. O. S. sent by a Soviet. A few days later, Soviet authorities announce that Spoutnik VI disintegrated during the flight. (November 28)
Reference: rr0 - Beau
Source: rr0, ID: rr0_1878

Event 22108 (47D4B164)

Date: 11/29/1960
Description: (Translated from French) Observation in the South of Kyushu (Japan). (November 29)
Reference: case Blue Book #7134 unsolved
Reference: rr0 - Beau
Source: rr0, ID: rr0_1879

Event 22109 (D680B271)

Date: 11/29/1960
Description: (Translated from French) During a UFO sighting, giant white worms crawling on a road in Yssandon (France).
Reference: rr0 - Beau
Source: rr0, ID: rr0_1880

Event 22110 (ED54A40F)

Date: 11/29/1960
Time: 18:40
Location: SOUTH / KYUSHU, JPN
Description: Project Bluebook Case #7134. Unidentified. 2 / T33 trainer. “Star” paces plane. Vanishes. / r185.
Type: sighting
Reference: SCIENCE & MECHANICS (eds.) OFFICIAL GUIDE to UFO’S; Ace Books, NY. 1968. (Index 185)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_6465

Attributes: CST: Observer(s) in coastal area/just offshore, SEA: Observer(s) at sea, 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, CMF: Camouflage/disguise

Extra Data: Country: “Japan”, Credibility: “7”, Duration: “10”, Elev: “0”, HatchDesc: “S/KYUSHU,JPN:BBK#7134:UID:2/T33 TRAINER:“STAR” PACES PLANE:VANISHES:/r185”, LatLong: “31.000001 131.000006”, LatLongDMS: “31:00:00 N 131:00:00 E”, Locale: “Metropolis”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Kyushu”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 22111 (4F65D918)

Date: 11/29/1960
Location: Vincennes, IN
Description: Observed for 25 minutes, an object with a bright, pulsating light was seen by Francis Ridge, a NICAP subcommittee chairman, and many other witnesses. (NICAP: 01 - Distant Encounters)
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_2482

Event 22112 (32D3D222)

Date: 11/29/1960
Location: Kyushu (South of), Japan
Description: Light Paces T-33 (NICAP: 11 - Aviation Cases, Code: A, Rating: 5, BB: 7134)
Reference: NICAP: 601129
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_2483

Event 22113 (606EE485)

Date: 11/29/1960
Time: 6:38 PM
Location: south of Kyushu, Japan
Description: Witnesses: USAF Lt. Col. R.L. Blwlin (sp?) and Maj. F.B. Brown, flying a T-33 jet trainer. One white light 8lowed and paralleled the course of the T-33 for 10 minutes.
Type: ufo sighting
Reference: BlueBook Unknowns PDF
Source: BerlinerBBUnknowns, ID: BerlinerBBU_457

Event 22114 (6613F3C9)

Date: 11/29/1960
Location: Cuban
Description: Eisenhower meets with the chiefs of the CIA, Defense, State, and Treasury departments to discuss the new concept of a Cuban invasion. No one expresses objections, and Eisenhower approves the plans with the intention of persuading John F. Kennedy of their merit.
Reference: Eberhart
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_3474

Event 22115 (2CFC6609)

Date: 11/29/1960
Description: At 6:38 p.m. two crew members of a USAF T-33 trainer sighted a white light flying south of Kyushu, Japan. The object slowed down to pace the Lockheed jet trainer, and followed the plane for 10 minutes without making any sound. The case is listed by Project Blue Book as unexplained.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: Project Blue Book files counted in official statistics, case # 7134; Lloyd Mallan, Official Guide to UFOs, p. 36; Richard Hall, The UFO Evidence, p. 92; Dominique Weinstein, Aircraft UFO Encounters, p. 32, citing Don Berliner
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_8030

Event 22116 (9371369E)

Date: 12/3/1960
Description: In 1960, a man and his grandson were out duck hunting early in the morning near Atlantic City, New Jersey. They were sitting in a duck blind at around 6 a.m. when they saw a 20-meter wide disc approach to within 100 meters of their position. It glowed red and lit the ground, and moved with a jerky motion “like a bouncing ball.” It changed color from red to purple as it rose vertically into the sky, then flew off toward the southwest.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: George D. Fawcett, Flying Saucers, September 1961, p. 53
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_8161

Event 22117 (9501AF06)

Date: 12/5/1960
Location: US
Description: Debate with NICAP Director and USAF Col. Tacker on Dave Garroway’s network television program.
Type: debate
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_889

Event 22118 (FD763CFB)

Date: 12/5/1960
Location: Pentagon
Description: Pentagon UFO spokesman Lt. Col. Lawrence J. Tacker publishes Flying Saucers and the U.S. Air Force, in which he blisteringly attacks critics of Project Blue Book, depicting them all as charlatans and opportunists and gullible believers.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Lawrence J. Tacker, Flying Saucers and the U.S. Air Force, Van Nostrand, 1960; Clark III 922
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_3475

Event 22119 (D1CD7347)

Date: 12/5/1960
Description: Keyhoe debates Lt. Col. Lawrence J. Tacker on the Today show, hosted by Dave Garroway. Tacker says he wrote the book Flying Saucers and the US Air Force because “I felt the Air Force was being set upon by Maj. Keyhoe, NICAP, and other hobby groups who believe in spaceships as an act of pure faith.” Keyhoe repeatedly challenges Tacker, whose statements ring hollow, and even Garroway asks Tacker pointed questions and coolly notes Tacker’s apparent ignorance of basic physics. The show generates numerous phone calls and letters to NBC, most of them critical of the Air Force.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Loren E. Gross, The Fifth Horseman of the Apocalypse: UFOs, a History: July–December 1960, The Author, 2003, pp. 129–135; “New Debunking Campaign Backfires,” UFO Investigator 1, no. 11 (Dec.–Jan. 1960/1961): 1–2; “Dave Garroway Show NBC-TV UFO Discussion: Tacker vs. Keyhoe, December 5, 1960,” Journal of UFO History 1, no. 4 (Sept./Oct. 2004): 3–6
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_3476

Event 22120 (937E105C)

Date: 12/8/1960
Description: Richard Bissell presents an outline for the Cuban invasion to the Special Group, while declining to commit details to written records.
Reference: Eberhart
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_3477

Event 22121 (EE9EDE11)

Date: 12/9/1960
Location: FRANCE, Carignan
Description: (Translated from French) At 8:30 PM a dog barked at a bright object hovering in a park. Three witnesses observed it from separate locations. It appeared to be an oval, luminous craft 4 m in diameter and one could see vague shadows inside. It flew away in a northerly direction. On the ground a circle of yellowed grass was found.
Reference: Jacques VALLEE: "Chronicles of the E.T. Appearances - DENOEL 1972 - coll. J’AI LU, p. 298
Reference: Mini catalogue chronologique des observations OVNI, by Godelieve Van Overmeire
Source: Overmeire, ID: Overmeire_2188

Event 22122 (48A9735B)

Date: 12/9/1960
Time: 20:30
Location: CARIGNAN, FR
Description: 3 separate observer(s). 4M saucer rests / park. Vague figure(s) inside. Going quickly north. / Flying Saucer Review (FSR) v16#5+/ r30.
Type: sighting
Reference: LUMIERES DANS la NUIT (LDLN), Paris. Bimonthly since 1957. LDLN B.P.3; 77123 Le Vaudoue, FRANCE. (Index 130)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_6466

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, 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: “15”, HatchDesc: “CARIGNAN,FR:3 SEP.OBS:4M SCR RESTS/PARK:VAGUE FIGs INSIDE:>>N:/FSR v16#5+/r30”, LatLong: “49.633336 5.166667”, LatLongDMS: “49:38:00 N 05:10:00 E”, Locale: “Forest”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Ardennes”, Strangeness: “8”

Event 22123 (63CAA82E)

Date: 12/9/1960
Time: 2030
Location: Carignan, France
Description: A dog barking at a glowing object resting in a park. Three witnesses observed it from separate locations. It appeared as an oval, luminous craft, 4 m in diameter, inside which vague shadows were seen. It took off toward the north. A circle of yellowed grass was found at the site.
Type: ufo sighting
Reference: Ouranos 27 (Vallee)
Source: ValléeMagonia, ID: Magonia_513

Event 22124 (E601B451)

Date: 12/9/1960
Locations: Château des Mailles; Carignan-de-Bordeaux; Gironde, France
Description: 8:30 p.m. Mme. Dhelens in the Château des Mailles (31 miles south of Carignan-de-Bordeaux), Gironde, France, sees a luminous oval object twice the size of an automobile hovering just above the ground in the château’s park. It has two round portholes, behind which she sees indistinct shadows moving. It takes off, leaving a 12-foot circle of yellowed grass, which later dies.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Loren E. Gross, The Fifth Horseman of the Apocalypse: UFOs, a History: July–December 1960, The Author, 2003, p. 138
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_3478

Event 22125 (B5E5111B)

Date: 12/9/1960
Description: At 8:30 p.m. in Carignan, France a dog was seen barking at a glowing UFO resting in a park. Three witnesses observed it from separate locations. It appeared to be an oval-shaped, self-luminous craft, four meters in diameter. Inside the glowing object vague shadows were seen moving about. It took off toward the north. A circle of yellowed grass was found at the site.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: Jacques Vallee, Passport to Magoina: A Century of Landings, case 513; David F. Webb & Ted Bloecher, HUMCAT: Catalogue of Humanoid Reports, case A0506, citing Ouranos, August 1961
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_8282

Event 22126 (04222B28)

Date: 12/14/1960
Location: Washington, D.C.
Description: The Brookings Research Institute in Washington, D.C., releases a 186-page report prepared for NASA titled Proposed Studies on the Implications of Peaceful Space Activities for Human Affairs. It is later published as a 272-page Committee Print for the House Committee on Science and Astronautics on March 24, 1961. The report includes a section on “Implications of a Discovery of Extraterrestrial Life.” It is sent to the House Committee on Science and Astronautics for approval by Rep. Overton Brooks (D-La.) and discusses the effects of meeting extraterrestrial life: “It is possible that if the intelligence of these creatures were sufficiently superior to ours, they would choose to have little if any contact with us.” It also speculates on the possibility of finding alien artifacts on earth and the possibility that contact might result in social disintegration.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Wikipedia, “Brookings Report”; Proposed Studies on the Implications of Peaceful Space Activities for Human Affairs, committee print prepared for NASA by the Brookings Institution, Report of the US House Committee on Science and Astronautics, 87th Congress, First Session, March 24, 1961, pp. 215–216, 225–226 (note 34)
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_3479

Event 22127 (D09E7B48)

Date: 12/14/1960
Locations: Leningrad [now St. Petersburg]; Moscow; Kaliningrad; Hiroshima
Description: The first Single Integrated Operational Plan, titled SIOP-62, is completed. It describes a massive strike with the entire US arsenal of 3,200 warheads, totaling 7847 megatons, against Russia, China, and Soviet-aligned states with urban and other targets being hit simultaneously. Nine weapons are to be “laid down” on four targets in Leningrad [now St. Petersburg], 23 weapons on six target complexes in Moscow, and 18 on seven target areas in Kaliningrad. Weapons scientist George W. Rathjens looks through SAC’s atlas of Soviet cities, searching for the town that most closely resembles Hiroshima in size and industrial concentration. When he finds one that roughly matches, he asks how many bombs the SIOP “laid down” on that city. The reply: one 4.5 megaton bomb and three more 1.1 megaton weapons in case the big bomb is a dud. The execution of SIOP-62 is estimated to result in 285 million dead and 40 million casualties in the Soviet Union and China. Presented with all the facts and figures, USAF Gen. Thomas D. White finds the plan “splendid.” Disregarding the human aspect, SIOP-62 represents an outstanding technological achievement.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Wikipedia, “Single Integrated Operational Plan”; Daniel Ellsberg, The Doomsday Machine, Bloomsbury, 2017, pp. 90–103
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_3480

Event 22128 (17BD627B)

Date: 12/18/1960
Location: US
Description: Interview with USAF Col. Tacker on Westinghouse network radio program, “Washington Viewpoint.”
Type: interview
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_890

Event 22129 (EAB29684)

Date: 12/24/1960
Time: 23:50
Location: DURANGO, CO
Description: 12 observer(s). 20’ domed saucer / mountain top. Ringed / lights. Pulses. Dog / panic-dies. / r70.
Type: sighting
Reference: The APRO BULLETIN: Monthly. Jim & Coral Lorenzen: Tucson,AZ (USA. defunct) By volume and number. (Index 733)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_6467

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, NWS: News media report, SCR: Classic saucer/disk/sphere shaped UFO, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), VEG: Plants affected or sampled/crop circles, ANI: Animals affected or injuries/marks, LND: UFO landing or any part touches ground, TRC: Physical traces, INJ: Injuries, illness/death, mutilations

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “10”, Duration: “15”, Elev: “1988”, HatchDesc: “DURANGO,CO:12 OBS:20’DOMED SCR/Mtn.TOP:RINGED/LITES:PULSES:DOG/PANIC-DIES:/r70”, LatLong: “37.250002 -107.866672”, LatLongDMS: “37:15:00 N 107:52:00 W”, Locale: “Mountains”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Colorado”, Strangeness: “7”

Event 22130 (032D4D21)

Date: 12/24/1960
Description: A domed disc, estimated to be 20 feet in diameter, was seen near a mountain top in Durango, Colorado at midnight. It had a ring of lights around its rim. It pulsated and was in view for 15 minutes. A dog panicked in an agitated reaction, and later died.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: Durango Herald, December 28, 1960; Thomas M. Olsen, The Reference for Outstanding UFO Reports, case 117, citing APRO Bulletin, January 1961, p. 1; John A. Keel, Operation Trojan Horse, p. 163; Kenneth Larson, Flying Saucers, March 1970, p. 13: Otto Binder, What We Really Know About Flying Saucers, p. 160
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_8586

Event 22131 (111C2745)

Date: 12/25/1960
Time: 23:50
Location: COTTONWOOD, MN
Description: Saucer and 3 night lights exchange green beams. Night lights enter saucer / door. Going quickly north. / r114p85.
Type: sighting
Reference: The APRO BULLETIN: Monthly. Jim & Coral Lorenzen: Tucson,AZ (USA. defunct) By volume and number. (Index 755)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_6468

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), SIG: Signals/responses to/from/between UFO’s/occupants/observers, TCH: New technical details/clues

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “6”, Duration: “15”, Elev: “427”, HatchDesc: “COTTONWOOD,MN:SCR+3 NLTS EXCHANGE GRN BEAMS:NLTS ENTER SCR/DOOR:>>N:/r114p85”, LatLong: “44.611113 -95.672227”, LatLongDMS: “44:36:40 N 95:40:20 W”, Locale: “Farmlands”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Minnesota”, Strangeness: “7”

Event 22132 (2E9B9E01)

Date: 12/25/1960
Description: A disc-shaped flying object and three nocturnal lights exchanged green beams of light in the sky over Cottonwood, Minnesota at 11:45 p.m. The nocturnal lights then entered the saucer-shaped craft through a hatch. The disc flew off toward the north. Pendulum motion was also reported.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: APRO Bulletin, November 1962, p. 2; Thomas M. Olsen, The Reference for Outstanding UFO Reports, p. 3-071
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_8598

Event 22133 (0CB74F88)

Date: 12/26/1960
Location: FRANCE, Canteleu (Seine Maritime)
Description: (Translated from French) At around two in the morning, the two witnesses were riding bicycles. A few meters from the road, they saw a round or oval, metallic, very shiny, aluminum-colored object. One of them fled in panic, but the other observed the object with four feet resting in the snow. A kind of articulated arm equipped with a light emerged from the craft, and its blue-violet beam, 15 cm in diameter, was directed at the witness’s face, immobilizing him. He saw a hatch open, letting out a bright light jet and an indistinct shadow entering the cabin. The module rose, causing a snow whirlwind. After the object had moved away, the witness was again free to move and returned home. The next day, at the landing site, the ground was charred in a diameter of 4 meters and four 30 cm deep and 40 cm in diameter holes were discovered. (…) 22 years later, in 1982, LDLN investigators revisiting the case, the witness was unable to approach the landing site. (…)
Reference: Jimmy GUIEU: “Our Masters the Extraterrestrials” - Presses de la Cité 1992, pp. 186-188
Reference: Mini catalogue chronologique des observations OVNI, by Godelieve Van Overmeire
Source: Overmeire, ID: Overmeire_2189

Event 22134 (84929DF8)

Date: 12/26/1960
Location: CORDOBA, ARG
Description: Pilots and many. Panic. Extra moon stops / 45 minute(s) / 1100M. Changes color(s). Gone!
Type: sighting
Reference: The APRO BULLETIN: Monthly. Jim & Coral Lorenzen: Tucson,AZ (USA. defunct) By volume and number. (Index 731)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_6469

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

Extra Data: Country: “Argentina”, Credibility: “10”, Duration: “45”, Elev: “384”, HatchDesc: “CORDOBA,ARG:PILOTS+MANY:PANIC:EXTRA MOON STOPS/45min/1100M:CHANGES CLRS:gone!”, LatLong: “-31.416668 -64.166670”, LatLongDMS: “31:25:00 S 64:10:00 W”, Locale: “Town & City”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, RelAlt: “1100”, State/Prov: “CRD”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 22135 (F9162D92)

Date: 12/27/1960
Time: 07:30:00.0
Location: 27.0000 0.0000
Description: Nuclear test: Air. Country: France Name: “gerb._rouge”
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_1839

Extra Data: LatLong: “27.0000 0.0000”, LatLongDMS: “27:00:00 N 00:00:00 W”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, NukeCountry: “France”, NukeDepth: “0.00”, NukeName: “gerb._rouge”, NukeSource: “BOLT”, NukeType: “A”

Event 22136 (E9A053CB)

Date: 12/27/1960
Location: Pentagon
Description: Blue Book officer Maj. Robert Friend and his boss at ATIC, Philip G. Evans, write a memo to Air Force Intelligence in the Pentagon. Friend complains about civilian UFO organizations supported by people for “financial gain, religious reasons, pure emotional outlet, ignorance, or possibly to use the organization as a ‘cold war’ tool.” He is upset by their accusations that the Air Force is withholding UFO information.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Swords 292
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_3481

Event 22137 (78EAFAA2)

Date: 12/29/1960
Location: Miho, Japan
Description: T-33 Crew Observed Bright Light (NICAP: 11 - Aviation Cases, Code: A, Rating: 5)
Reference: NICAP: 601229
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_2484

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Year: 1961, 545 Event(s), (Back to Top)

Event 22138 (D9DD6DD7)

Date: 1961
Location: Washington DC
Description: ex-Lt. Col Philip J. Corso said in 1961 he was given a file cabinet from his superior General Trudeau which contained material recovered from ET craft. He was instructed to use these items for “utilization and exploitation,” farming the objects out to various companies such as Bell Labs to reverse engineer and further develop. Among the technologies he said arose from this were: night vision, fiber optics, food irradiation, integrated circuits, and lasers.
Type: historical event
Reference: “The Day after Roswell”, by Philip J. Corso
Reference: Philip J. Corso’s Manuscript
Source: Maj2, ID: Maj2_598

Event 22139 (A82CE035)

Date: 1961
End date: 1963
Location: Area 51
Description: Near Nellis AFB, NE: “Mat”, a radio maintenance engineer at Nevada’s AEC between 1961–1963 provided evidence to the MUFON Journal that Project REDLIGHT was secretly being conducted at nearby “Area 51”, a 50-mile-square quadrant of land east of Nellis AFB. This Project “involved flight-testing of an UFO which had been shipped there from Edwards AFB.” The craft flew silently, was about 20 to 30 ft. in diam., and had no wings or tail.
Type: ufo testing
Reference: Pea Research
Source: Maj2, ID: Maj2_599

Event 22140 (3D339711)

Date: 1961
Location: Russia
Description: Russia: Vladimir Azhazha found an elliptical area where he claimed that an alien craft had plummeted to Earth in 1961. A local resident, Zoya Shubenkina, corroborated Azhazha’s story about the 1961 crash, claiming she had witnessed it for herself. She said a big, fiery, red sphere flew over her house and crashed in the valley by the river.
Type: ufo crash
Reference: Pea Research
Source: Maj2, ID: Maj2_603

Event 22141 (9A7DE5A7)

Date: 1961
Location: USSR, Irkutsk
Description: (Translated from French) An engine, shaped like a rocket, with four feet, was seen on the ground, as well as two of its occupants and photographed by a doctor from a nearby laboratory
Reference: Henry DURRANT "The Black Book of UFOs - Laffont 1970 - p. 204
Reference: according to Flying Saucer Review of May 1967
Reference: Mini catalogue chronologique des observations OVNI, by Godelieve Van Overmeire
Source: Overmeire, ID: Overmeire_2193

Event 22142 (1BC9D670)

Date: 1961
Location: USSR, Baikonour
Description: (Translated from French) The craft, “Venusik” (643 kg) loaded with scientific equipment, was taken aboard Spoutnik VIII and placed in a circumterrestrial orbit at an altitude of 200 km. From there it was launched towards Venus in the opposite direction of the Earth’s movement, with a speed of 27.7 km/second relative to the Sun. Then radio contact was lost and no more was heard from the messenger. (continued 25.2.61) (“Astronautics”, Pierre Rousseau, Hachette 1965, p. 56) The Venusik probe was sent with the mission of exploring Venus. Launched with remarkable precision, using the technique of a stopover in a terrestrial orbit, this craft has refused to give news since February 27, 1961 and the failure of the transmitter deprived the Russians, for once, of a “first” that the Americans brilliantly achieved the following year with their craft “Mariner II”
Reference: “Conquest of Space” - Thomas de Galiana, ed. Larousse Pocket, 1967, p. 279
Reference: Mini catalogue chronologique des observations OVNI, by Godelieve Van Overmeire
Source: Overmeire, ID: Overmeire_2199

Event 22143 (E8177CF0)

Date: 1961 (approximate)
Location: GERMANY, Timmendorf
Description: (Translated from French) A disc is said to have fallen in this village. The British Army was reportedly the first on the scene, setting up a security cordon to prevent access. Photos were said to have been taken. The object fell on soft ground with little damage, but buried itself a third of the way into the ground. Soon the British were joined by the Russians. Inside the object were 12 small corpses. Photos were also taken of these creatures, as well as during the autopsies. For some of them it was evident that they were not capable of procreation. They seemed to have been made on a production line, all of the same model. They had no digestive system. The disc was reportedly cut into 6 pieces, like a cake, for shipment to the USA to Wright Patterson… (1961, unspecified date)
Reference: FUO n° 1 of 1995, p. 11, 12 - A.J.S. Rayl
Reference: Mini catalogue chronologique des observations OVNI, by Godelieve Van Overmeire
Source: Overmeire, ID: Overmeire_2216

Event 22144 (F8587F41)

Date: 1961
Location: Moscow (near), USSR
Description: Report of Russian tact missiles being fired on UFO (NICAP: 10 - Nuclear Connection, NC)
Reference: NICAP: 610000
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_2485

Event 22145 (DC4F5D06)

Date: 1961
Description: The first American to publish on the microwave auditory effect is biophysicist Allan H. Frey. In his experiments, the subjects are able to hear appropriately pulsed microwave radiation from a distance of 328 feet from the transmitter. This is accompanied by side effects such as dizziness, headaches, and a pins-and-needles sensation.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Allen H. Frey, “Human Auditory System Response to Modulated Electromagnetic Energy,” Journal of Applied Physiology 17 (July 1, 1962): 689–692; Wikipedia, “Microwave auditory effect”
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_3482

Event 22146 (A3E8230B)

Date: 1961
Description: Ray Palmer begins publishing The Hidden World, a quarterly magazine in trade-paperback format that runs through 1964. It consists of reprints of Richard Shaver stories and readers’ contributions.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Clark III 873
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_3483

Event 22147 (C6E7C08A)

Date: 1961
Description: George Adamski publishes Flying Saucers Farewell, signaling his intention to refocus his efforts on teaching about life and consciousness.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: George Adamski, Flying Saucers Farewell, Abelard-Schuman, 1961; “Final Years,” The Adamski Case, June 11, 2009
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_3484

Event 22148 (11AC51E4)

Date: 1961
Locations: Sverdlovsk, Russia; Kurgan
Description: An Antonov AN-2P mail biplane takes off from an airfield at or near Sverdlovsk, Russia, bound for Kurgan with seven people on board. About 80–100 miles from Sverdlovsk, the aircraft disappears from the radar screen. Ground control cannot regain contact, so a search is launched with helicopters and troops. The aircraft is found in a small clearing in a dense forest, completely intact. The authorities state that it looks like it was placed there gently from above. All the mail is intact, and there is no sign of anyone on board. No marks or footprints are seen. A 100-foot wide, clearly defined circle of scorched grass and depressed earth is found at a distance of 328 feet from the plane. A report by the Moscow Aviation Institute claims that a UFO was tracked on radar at the control tower and that strange radio signals were hear at the time of the disappearance.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Good Above, pp. 228–229
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_3485

Event 22149 (BB214B1C)

Date: 1961
Locations: Catalina Huanca; Apongo, Peru
Description: A UFO appears above the iron-ore mine of Catalina Huanca, owned by the Marcona Mining Company, near Apongo, Peru. It hovers for 5–15 minutes, only about 300 feet away from a young mining engineer. It is round and glowing, with windows on the upper part. The engineer gets a look at it through his theodolite, but it still looks fuzzy. The object reappears throughout the day, allowing all the mine workers (about 70) to view it. The following day it follows a supply truck for several hours as it exits the mine heading south over a dirt track.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: S. Parker Gay Jr., “Peru, 1961,” IUR 24, no. 3 (Fall 1999): 29
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_3486

Event 22150 (C2F5E150)

Date: 1961
Description: Texas Instruments establishes the Southwest Center for Advanced Studies and later hires I. Robinson, W. Rindler, J. Ehlers and C. Bichteler to work on gravitational physics.

• https://arxiv.org/pdf/1607.03319.pdf

Reference: Anonymous 2023 PDF
Source: Anon2023PDF, ID: Anon2023PDF_95

Event 22151 (A6F8EEBE)

Date: 1961
Description: US Army Col. Phillip J. Corso states when the USAF Foreign Technology Division began, he was put on it and received autopsy reports of what seemed like extraterrestrial bodies, crash reports of UAP craft, and recovered artifacts from crashes.

• https://archive.org/stream/DisclosureProjectBriefingDocument/DisclosureProjectBriefingDocument_djvu.txt
• https://archive.org/details/DisclosureProjectBriefingDocument/mode/2up?view=theater (alt URL added by RG)

Reference: Anonymous 2023 PDF
Source: Anon2023PDF, ID: Anon2023PDF_96

Event 22152 (C61A406B)

Date: 1/1961?
Location: IRKUTSK, BIRYAT, RUSSIA
Description: Doctor. Rocket / going down [to] 4 legs. 2 figure(s) nearby. / Flying Saucer Review (FSR) May’67+Quest.
Type: sighting
Reference: HOBANA Ion & WEVERBERGH,Julien: UFO’S from BEHIND the IRON CURTAIN; Bantam Books,1975. 308pp. (Index 285)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_6470

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, CIG: Torpedo/cigar/cylinder shaped UFO, FIG: Undefined or poorly seen figure/entity, LND: UFO landing or any part touches ground, PHT: Photos/movies/videos taken

Extra Data: Country: “Russia”, Credibility: “6”, Duration: “2”, HatchDesc: “IRKUTSK,BIRYAT,RUSS:DOCTOR:ROCKET/↓4 LEGS:2 FIGs NEARBY:/FSR May’67+Quest”, LatLong: “52.266669 104.000005”, LatLongDMS: “52:16:00 N 104:00:00 E”, Locale: “Town & City”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “BRY”, Strangeness: “9”

Event 22153 (38AD1F41)

Date: 1/1961
Locations: La Victoria; El Vigía, Mérida, Venezuela
Description: Day. Government topographer Adolfo Paolini Pisani is driving a jeep along the highway between La Victoria and El Vigía, Mérida, Venezuela, when a truck passes him. A few minutes later, a brilliant metallic disc like polished blue steel swoops down and passes dangerously close above the hood of the truck. The truck rises a few feet into the air and overturns in the direction taken by the object, falling in a sandbank with its wheels in the air. The object ascends and is lost to view in a few seconds. Pisani stops his jeep to assist, but fortunately the lone driver has only a few scratches.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Horacio Gonzales, “Disc Upsets Truck,” APRO Bulletin, September 1961, pp. 1, 3
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_3487

Event 22154 (65C75273)

Date: 1/1/1961
Location: LA VICTORIA, VNZ
Description: Saucer going [to] overhead. Truck pulled 1M going up. Falls / ditch. 2 separate observer(s). / r111p185.
Type: sighting
Reference: The APRO BULLETIN: Monthly. Jim & Coral Lorenzen: Tucson,AZ (USA. defunct) By volume and number. (Index 741)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_6471

Attributes: 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, TRC: Physical traces, TCH: New technical details/clues

Extra Data: Country: “Venezuela”, Credibility: “7”, Duration: “2”, Elev: “612”, HatchDesc: “LA VICTORIA,VNZ:SCR > OVHD:TRUCK PULLED 1M ↑:FALLS/DITCH:2 SEP.OBS:/r111p185”, LatLong: “10.233334 -67.333337”, LatLongDMS: “10:14:00 N 67:20:00 W”, Locale: “Mountains”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “CAR”, Strangeness: “8”

Event 22155 (193FF7E9)

Date: 1/1/1961
Time: 20:00
Location: MUNCQ-NIEURLET, FR
Description: Farmer. Silent luminous top hovers / woods. Red turns going [to] orange. Going west and vanishes.
Type: sighting
Reference: BOURRET, Jean-Claude: Le NOUVEAU DEFI des OVNI. Editions France Loisirs, Paris. 1976 ISBN 2-7242-0104-3 395pp. (Index 37)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_6472

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

Extra Data: Country: “France”, Credibility: “6”, Duration: “5”, HatchDesc: “MUNCQ-NIEURLET,FR:FARMER:SLNT LUMn.TOP HVRS/WOODS:RED TURNS>ORG:>W+VANISHES:”, LatLong: “50.850002 2.100000”, LatLongDMS: “50:51:00 N 02:06:00 E”, Locale: “Forest”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Pas-de-Calais”, Strangeness: “7”

Event 22156 (1739E180)

Date: 1/1/1961
Location: La Victoria, Venezuela
Description: A government topographer, Adolfo P. Pisani, was passed by a truck as he was driving on the Andean Highway. A brilliant disk with the appearance of blue steel swooped down very close to the hood of the truck and then flew away. The truck was pulled up nearly 1 m above the road and overturned in a sandbank. The driver escaped with minor injuries.
Type: ufo sighting
Reference: Lor.I 250 (Vallee)
Source: ValléeMagonia, ID: Magonia_514

Event 22157 (76BE3A8C)

Date: 1/1/1961
Description: Mr. Pisani, a government topographer, had just passed a truck on the Andean Highway between La Victoria and El Vigia, Venezuela on a clear day when he witnessed a flying disc of polished blue steel swoop down very close to the hood of the truck and lift it about a meter into the air. The truck overturned onto a sandbank, causing minor injuries to the driver.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: Coral E. Lorenzen, Flying Saucers: The Startling Evidence of the Invasion from Outer Space, p. 185, citing H. Gonzalez; Jacques Vallee, Passport to Magonia: A Century of Landings, case 514
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_5

Event 22158 (A7C36899)

Date: 1/3/1961
Location: Cuba
Description: President Eisenhower severs diplomatic relations with Cuba.
Reference: Eberhart
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_3488

Event 22159 (C1B95D07)

Date: 1/3/1961
Location: Idaho Falls, Idaho
Description: 9:01 p.m. An explosion at the US Army’s SL-1 nuclear power reactor in Idaho Falls, Idaho, causes a meltdown, killing three operators. The direct cause is the improper withdrawal of the central control rod, responsible for absorbing neutrons in the reactor core. The event is the only reactor accident in the US that results in immediate fatalities.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Wikipedia, “SL-1”
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_3489

Event 22160 (DEEA53EE)

Date: 1/4/1961
Location: Cuba
Description: The CIA Deputy Director of Plans Richard Bissell plans for a “lodgement” by 750 men at an undisclosed site in Cuba, supported by considerable air power.
Reference: Eberhart
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_3490

Event 22161 (8E5302E8)

Date: 1/6/1961
Time: 03:00
Location: TORROJA DP, SP
Description: 6M saucer lands 1500m away / 20 minute(s). Dog avoids area after. / r50p7.
Type: sighting
Reference: FSR CASE HISTORIES. Bimonthly/London. Supplements 2 - 18 (final issue) (Index 18)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_6473

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), ANI: Animals affected or injuries/marks, LND: UFO landing or any part touches ground, TRC: Physical traces

Extra Data: Country: “Spain”, Credibility: “9”, Duration: “30”, HatchDesc: “TORROJA DP,SP:6M SCR LANDS 1500m AWAY/20min:DOG AVOIDS AREA AFTER:/r50p7.”, LatLong: “41.266669 1.083333”, LatLongDMS: “41:16:00 N 01:05:00 E”, Locale: “Mountains”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “TRG”, Strangeness: “8”

Event 22162 (FE5CC507)

Date: 1/6/1961
Description: At 3:00 a.m. Luis G. Ferre Casas, age 33, and two other witnesses watched as a domed disc-shaped object, six meters in diameter, landed quietly on a mountain in Torroia del Priorato, Tarragona, Spain. It was the color of moonlight. A dog who was with them refused to approach the landing site. The incident lasted 20 minutes.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: Vicente-Juan Ballester Olmos, FSR Case Histories, February 1974, p. 10; Vicente-Juan Ballester Olmos, OVNIs: El Fenomeno Aterrizaje, p. 49; Catalogue of 200 Type-I UFO Events in Spain and Portugal, case 31; UNICAT database, case 488, citing Ballester Olmos
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_163

Event 22163 (113615B2)

Date: 1/8/1961
Description: (Translated from French) Pravda reports that citizens of the USSR who claim to have seen flying saucers are either fools or liars. (January 8)
Reference: rr0 - Beau
Source: rr0, ID: rr0_1881

Event 22164 (FFC26A79)

Date: 1/8/1961
Locations: Uzbekistan; Tajikistan; USSR
Description: Pravda asserts that “some regions” (including Uzbekistan and Tajikistan) of the USSR are reporting UFOs. It quotes physicist Lev Artsimovich saying that “it is about time that these tales be stopped no matter how breathtaking they may be.”
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Loren E. Gross, The Fifth Horseman of the Apocalypse: UFOs, a History: January– June 1961, The Author, 2003, pp. 5–6
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_3491

Event 22165 (F42D56EC)

Date: 1/10/1961
Description: (Translated from French) A Polaris missile is launched from Cape Canaveral. The missile is on its route when an unidentified object is detected in the area: the object is large enough and maneuvers so close to the Polaris that the ground automatic radar detection, programmed to follow the missile, mistakenly locks onto the other object, which eventually leaves the radar detection range. It takes 14 minutes to lock back onto the Polaris. (January 10)
Reference: Keyhoe 1967
Reference: rr0 - Beau
Source: rr0, ID: rr0_1882

Event 22166 (40CDB97C)

Date: 1/10/1961
Location: Cape Canaveral, FL
Description: UFO follows Polaris missile during launch.
Type: ufo sighting
Reference: UFOs and the National Security State: Chronology of a Cover-up, 1941–1973, by Richard Dolan
Source: Dolan, ID: Dolan_238

Event 22167 (79521FC6)

Date: 1/10/1961 (approximate)
Location: ATLANTIC 33° 40W-19° 48S
Description: Radars. Huge object paces Polaris missile test. / r211p55.
Type: sighting
Reference: GOOD, Timothy: ABOVE TOP SECRET; Sidgewick & Jackson, London 1987 & Quill Books, 1988. 592pp. (Index 367)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_6474

Attributes: SEA: Observer(s) at sea, HQO: High-quality observer(s), NLT: Nightlights/points of light, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), OBS: Observation/chasing vehicles, VEH: Vehicle affected: Marks/damage/EME effects, RDR: Radar traces/blips, EME: Electro-Magnetic Effects, TCH: New technical details/clues, MIL: Military investigation, BBK: Project BLUEBOOK

Extra Data: Country: “Atlantic Ocean + islands”, Credibility: “10”, Duration: “14”, Elev: “0”, HatchDesc: “ATLANTIC 33°40W-19°48S:RADARS:HUGE OBJ PACES POLARIS MISSILE TEST:/r211p55”, LatLong: “-19.800001 -33.666668”, LatLongDMS: “19:48:00 S 33:40:00 W”, Locale: “High Seas”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “SAT”, Strangeness: “5”

Event 22168 (A0824C7D)

Date: 1/10/1961
Time: 21:10
Location: SOUTH / BENJAMIN, TX
Description: Pilot and more/others. Saucer zigzags going quickly southwest and lands. Darkens and going up [to] as Posse nears. / r242p43.
Type: sighting
Reference: The APRO BULLETIN: Monthly. Jim & Coral Lorenzen: Tucson,AZ (USA. defunct) By volume and number. (Index 735)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_6475

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

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “9”, Duration: “6”, Elev: “485”, HatchDesc: “S/BENJAMIN,TX:PILOT++:SCR ZIGZAGS >>SW+LANDS:DARKENS+↑ as POSSE NEARS:/r242p43”, LatLong: “33.500002 -99.794449”, LatLongDMS: “33:30:00 N 99:47:40 W”, Locale: “Farmlands”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Texas”, Strangeness: “8”

Event 22169 (3B6E55B7)

Date: 1/10/1961
Time: 21:10
Location: BOULDER, CO
Description: Radio astronomers. Intense artificial white noise / 29.75MHz / S. sky.
Type: sighting
Reference: STURROCK, Dr. Peter A: REPORT / SURVEY of the AMERICAN ASTRONOMICAL SOCIETY of the UFO PROBLEM; Stanford, CA 1977. (Index 165)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_6476

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

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “8”, Duration: “55”, Elev: “1629”, HatchDesc: “BOULDER,CO:RADIO ASTRONOMERS:INTENSE ARTIFICIAL WHITE NOISE/29.75MHz/S.SKY”, LatLong: “40.016669 -105.283338”, LatLongDMS: “40:01:00 N 105:17:00 W”, Locale: “Residential”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Colorado”, Strangeness: “5”

Event 22170 (5F10C197)

Date: 1/10/1961
Location: Cape Canaveral, FL
Description: UFO alters launch of U.S. Navy Polaris missile, G (NICAP: 09 - RADAR Cases, Rating: 5)
Reference: NICAP: 610110
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_2486

Event 22171 (587A217B)

Date: 1/10/1961
Location: Cape Canaveral, FL
Description: UFO blocks tracking of U.S. missile, G (NICAP: 10 - Nuclear Connection)
Reference: NICAP: 610110
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_2487

Event 22172 (7DA55D4E)

Date: 1/10/1961
Location: Atlantic bet. Cuba and Haiti, At Sea
Description: (McDonald list) UFO “Alters” Navy Polaris Missile Test (NICAP: 09 - RADAR Cases, Code: R, Rating: 5, BB: BBU)
Reference: NICAP: 610110
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_2488

Event 22173 (A581DEB1)

Date: 1/10/1961
Location: Wichita Falls, TX
Description: A/c Sees Object Maneuver and Land (NICAP: 06 - Trace Cases, Code: T, Rating: 5, BB: BBU) (NICAP: 11 - Aviation Cases)
Reference: NICAP: 610110
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_2489

Event 22174 (5F8FE178)

Date: 1/10/1961
Location: Benjamin, TX
Description: Glowing red, zig-zagging UFO observed from air by pilot (also from ground by others); maneuvered and landed on large overgrown field. [NICAP UFOE, V] (NICAP: 11 - Aviation Cases)
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_2491

Event 22175 (70935369)

Date: 1/10/1961
Location: Cape Canaveral, Florida
Description: A US Navy A-1 Polaris missile is launched from a ground pad at Cape Canaveral, Florida. A disc, whose diameter is close to the length of the Polaris, alters its tracking, but does not block the missile firing, since the tracking system continues to follow the object and later returns to again to track the Polaris downrange. The diameter of the disc is approximately 20–25 feet and it is about 6–8 feet thick at its center. It is visually lost to ground observers and the primary witness (Clark C. McClelland, with 10x50 binoculars) as it continues downrange. The original investigation is conducted by McClelland and his Florida NICAP subcommittee.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: NICAP, “UFO ‘Alters’ Tracking of Navy Polaris Test”; Loren E. Gross, The Fifth Horseman of the Apocalypse: UFOs, a History: January–June 1961, The Author, 2003, pp. 6–7; Sparks, p. 286
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_3492

Event 22176 (22096525)

Date: 1/10/1961
Description: At 12:14 p.m. a Polaris missile launched from Cape Canaveral, Florida was paced by a UFO. Its radar signal was so strong that the radar tracking locked onto the UFO instead of the missile.The UFO stayed on the radar screen for several minutes.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: William R. Corliss & Jerome Clark, UFO Calendar 1999; Richard M. Dolan, UFO’s and the National Security State: Chronology of a Cover-up 1941-1973, p. 411
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_239

Event 22177 (84F74761)

Date: 1/10/1961
Description: At 9:12 p.m. a bright red disc-shaped object was sighted near Benjamin, Texas by two men in a light plane. It followed their Beech Debonair airplane, zigzagged, and then landed. The pilot was interviewed by the US Air Force.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: Dominique Weinstein, Aircraft UFO Encounters, p. 32; Richard Hall, The UFO Evidence, p. 43; Gordon I. R. Lore, Jr., UFOs: A New Look, Washington DC: NICAP, p. 24
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_240

Event 22178 (389B0A21)

Date: 1/12/1961
Locations: Moscow, Russia; Fort Bliss
Description: In a press conference in Moscow, Russia, Minister of Merchant Marine Viktor Bakaev charges that US military aircraft and ships are systematically conducting “provocative actions” against Soviet vessels around Cuba. He is probably referring to close approaches to Cuban airspace by Fort Bliss–based reconnaissance aircraft that are testing the responses of Soviet electronic countermeasures.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Jacobsen, Area 51, pp. 155–157
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_3493

Event 22179 (C8C939E7)

Date: 1/17/1961
Locations: Élisabethville [now Lubumbashi]; Democratic Republic of the Congo; Katanga
Description: DRC Prime Minister Patrice Lumumba is executed by firing squad near Élisabethville [now Lubumbashi], Democratic Republic of the Congo. CIA Station Chief Larry Devlin has helped direct the search to capture Lumumba for his transfer to his enemies in Katanga, he is involved in arranging Lumumba’s transfer there, and he is in direct touch with the killers the night Lumumba is killed. The Congolese leaders who kill Lumumba, including Mobutu Sese Seko and Joseph Kasa-Vubu, receive money and weapons directly from the CIA. John Stockwell writes in 1978 that a CIA agent had the body in the trunk of his car in order to try to get rid of it. Stockwell, who knows Devlin well, feels Devlin knows more than anyone else about the murder. However, documents released in 2017 reveal that the US role in Lumumba’s murder was only under consideration by the CIA and never carried out.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Wikipedia, “Patrice Lumumba”
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_3494

Event 22180 (CF18FF7E)

Date: 1/17/1961
Description: Eisenhower delivers a farewell address in a TV broadcast. Perhaps best known for advocating that the nation guard against the potential influence of the military–industrial complex, a term he is credited with coining, the speech also expresses concerns about planning for the future and the dangers of massive spending, especially deficit spending, the prospect of the domination of science through federal funding, and, conversely, the domination of science-based public policy by what he calls a “scientific-technological elite.”
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Wikipedia, “Eisenhower’s farewell address”
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_3495

Event 22181 (CCB44D42)

Date: 1/17/1961
Locations: Holloman AFB; Cimarron, New Mexico
Description: 6:17 p.m. A former weather officer at Holloman AFB is driving with some companions near Cimarron, New Mexico, when they see three different groups of amber UFOs flying in V-formation about 15 miles away at 30,000 feet. There are six lights in the first group and eight in the second and third. They fly away to the southwest and then return to where they first appeared.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Lorenzen, UFOs: The Whole Story, Signet, 1969, pp. 226–227
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_3496

Event 22182 (EAC2B621)

Date: 1/19/1961
Description: (Translated from French) Statement from the USAF following the wave of sightings: - Not a single fragment of a saucer or spaceship. (January 19)
Reference: rr0 - Beau
Source: rr0, ID: rr0_1883

Event 22183 (3AF0C4F7)

Date: 1/19/1961
Description: A USAF press release proclaims that “not even a minute fragment of a so-called ‘flying saucer’ has ever been found.”
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Frank Edwards, FS Serious Business, Bantam ed., 1966, p. 48
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_3497

Event 22184 (C1840C49)

Date: 1/20/1961
End date: 11/22/1963
Location: Washington DC
Description: President John F. Kennedy in office
Type: historical event
Reference: Wikipedia
Source: Maj2, ID: Maj2_600

Event 22185 (2CFC396C)

Date: 1/22/1961
Location: FRANCE, Cestas-Gazinet
Description: (Translated from French) At 6:30 pm, a professor from the University of Bordeaux and 3 teachers observed an elongated, shiny, orange object. There was an influence on the car’s ignition. One witness felt a slight discomfort and heard (or perceived in some other way) the word “Zemu” (note from vog: maybe it was the word “SAMU”?) repeated twice.
Reference: Jacques VALLEE: "Chronicles of E.T. Appearances - DENOEL 1972 - coll. J’AI LU, p. 298
Reference: Mini catalogue chronologique des observations OVNI, by Godelieve Van Overmeire
Source: Overmeire, ID: Overmeire_2194

Event 22186 (2AD0CA38)

Date: 1/22/1961
Location: Eglin AFB, FL
Description: Metallic UFO approaches, makes U-turn, speeds away.
Type: ufo sighting
Reference: UFOs and the National Security State: Chronology of a Cover-up, 1941–1973, by Richard Dolan
Source: Dolan, ID: Dolan_239

Event 22187 (E44D5522)

Date: 1/22/1961
Time: 16:50
Location: EGLIN AIR FORCE BASE, FL
Description: Metallic saucer nears Air Force Base / Gulf. U-turn and retreats. 8mm film / businessman.
Type: sighting
Reference: HALL, Richard: The UFO EVIDENCE; NICAP,Washington, DC 1964. Reprinted 1997 Barnes & Noble Books ( only $7.98! ) (Index 95)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_6477

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, PHT: Photos/movies/videos taken

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “7”, Duration: “4”, Elev: “26”, HatchDesc: “EGLIN AFB,FL:MTLC SCR NEARS AFB/GULF:UTURN+RETREATS:8mm FILM/BUSINESSMAN”, LatLong: “30.483335 -86.550004”, LatLongDMS: “30:29:00 N 86:33:00 W”, Locale: “Town & City”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Florida”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 22188 (4E03A0FB)

Date: 1/22/1961
Time: 18:30
Location: CESTAS TO/FROM GAZINET, FR
Description: 4 professors. Saucer. Electro-magnetic effect (EME) / auto. Possible telepathy. / Ouranos.
Type: sighting
Reference: VALLEE, Jacques: PASSPORT TO MAGONIA; H. Regnery, Chicago HC 1969 & Contemporary Books,Chicago 1993. 372pp. (Index 515)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_6478

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, HQO: High-quality observer(s), TLP: Telepathy, SCR: Classic saucer/disk/sphere shaped UFO, CIG: Torpedo/cigar/cylinder shaped UFO, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), VEH: Vehicle affected: Marks/damage/EME effects, EME: Electro-Magnetic Effects

Extra Data: Country: “France”, Credibility: “9”, Duration: “2”, HatchDesc: “CESTAS><GAZINET,FR:4 PROFESSORS:SCR:EME/AUTO:POSSIBLE TLP:/Ouranos”, LatLong: “44.783335 -0.666667”, LatLongDMS: “44:47:00 N 00:40:00 W”, Locale: “Pasture”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Gironde”, Strangeness: “8”

Event 22189 (34264D33)

Date: 1/22/1961
Location: Eglin AFB, FL
Description: An elliptical UFO, metallic looking, approached from over the Gulf, made a U- turn and sped back over the Gulf. Photographed on 8 mm movie film by a businessman. [NICAP UFOE, VIII] (NICAP: 08 - Photographic Cases)
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_2492

Event 22190 (197DC471)

Date: 1/22/1961
Time: 1830
Location: Cestas-Gazinet, France
Description: An electronics professor at Bordeaux University and three school teachers observed an elongated, glowing, orange object. Interference with car ignition was noted. One witness was said to have felt a slight indisposition and to have heard or somehow perceived the word “ZEMU” repeated twice.
Type: ufo sighting
Reference: Ouranos 26 (Vallee)
Source: ValléeMagonia, ID: Magonia_515

Event 22191 (4DF005C5)

Date: 1/22/1961
Locations: Eglin AFB; Valparaiso, Florida
Description: 4:45 p.m. An elliptical, metallic-looking UFO approaches Eglin AFB near Valparaiso, Florida, from over the Gulf, makes a U-turn and speeds back over the Gulf. Harry Caslar is filming his son on the beach with 8mm movie film and captures the UFO.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: UFOEv, p. 95
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_3498

Event 22192 (1DBD1A25)

Date: 1/22/1961
Description: An electronics professor at Bordeaux University and three school teachers observed an elongated, glowing, orange object in Cestas-Gazinet, France at 6:30 p.m. Interference with their car’s ignition was noted. One witness was said to have felt a slight indisposition and to have heard or somehow perceived the word “ZEMU” repeated twice.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: Jacques Vallee, Passport to Magonia: A Century of Landings, case 515; Mark Rodeghier, UFO Reports Involving Vehicle Interference, case 111, citing Vallee
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_411

Event 22193 (E0D3147A)

Date: 1/22/1961
Description: A metallic UFO was filmed at 4:45 p.m. as it approached Eglin Air Force Base, Florida, then made a U-turn and sped away. There were at least six witnesses.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: NICAP UFO Investigator, May 1961, p. 5; Richard Hall, The UFO Evidence, p. 95; George D. Fawcett, Flying Saucers, September 1970, p. 4
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_412

Event 22194 (466D3422)

Date: 1/28/1961
Locations: Trinidad, Cuba; Havana; Escambray Mountains; Sancti Spiritus province
Description: President Kennedy is briefed, together with all the major departments, on the latest plan (code-named Operation Pluto) that involves 1,000 men landed in a ship-borne invasion at Trinidad, Cuba, about 170 miles southeast of Havana at the foothills of the Escambray Mountains in Sancti Spiritus province. Kennedy authorizes the active departments to report progress.
Reference: Eberhart
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_3499

Event 22195 (3E8E661F)

Date: 1/29/1961
Location: Netherlands
Description: Royal Dutch AF pilot in F-86 fires on 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_240

Event 22196 (76658257)

Date: 1/31/1961
Location: USA
Description: (Translated from French) Chimpanzee “Ham” reached 252 km with a Redstone rocket. His capsule was recovered after a 18 minute flight.
Reference: Inforespace n° 49, 1980, p. 14, 15
Reference: Mini catalogue chronologique des observations OVNI, by Godelieve Van Overmeire
Source: Overmeire, ID: Overmeire_2195

Event 22197 (7B834741)

Date: 2/1961
Time: 22:10
Location: SOUTHWEST / LOQUEFFRET, FR
Description: Gendarme. Domed disk / 150M altitude lights area near nuclear power station/depot/facility.
Type: sighting
Reference: PHENOMENES SPATIAUX: Group GEPA, Gen. M. Lionel Chassin Paris. Quarterly 1964?-1977. Merged into Grp. GEPAN (Index 36)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_6479

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, RAY: Odd light/searchlight/beam/laser-like, NUC: Nuclear facility related

Extra Data: Country: “France”, Credibility: “6”, Duration: “1”, HatchDesc: “SW/LOQUEFFRET,FR:GENDARME:DOMED DISK/150M alt LITES AREA nr NUCL.POWER Stn:”, LatLong: “48.305558 -3.877778”, LatLongDMS: “48:18:20 N 03:52:40 W”, Locale: “Pasture”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Finistère”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 22198 (3552AA29)

Date: 2/1961
Location: Western Europe, France
Description: Disc near nuclear power station (NICAP: 01 - Distant Encounters, NC)
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_2493

Event 22199 (39E4B968)

Date: 2/1961
Locations: Karelia, Russia; Leningrad; St. Petersburg
Description: Forester Vasili Brodski finds a mysterious crater 100 feet long, 50 feet wide, and 10 feet deep on the bank of a frozen lake in Karelia, Russia. It had not been there two days earlier. The base is remarkably smooth, and around the edge are lumps of grass and soil but no trace of the excavated dirt. Six investigators from Leningrad [now St. Petersburg] arrive and find odd, crumbling black pellets on the edge of the lake. Divers discover a 330- foot strip where the soil has been displaced along the floor of the lake, as if something slid along the ground and submerged, ploughing up the soil. Geologist Vsevolod Charmov examines ice, water, and soil samples but cannot explain a green discoloration on some of the submerged pieces of broken ice. The pellets seem to be an inorganic substance.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Hobana and Weverbergh 61–63
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_3500

Event 22200 (54F0F060)

Date: 2/1/1961
Location: USA
Description: (Translated from French) Launch of “Samos II”, a retrograde moving satellite.
Reference: "Astronautics, Pierre Rousseau, Hachette 1965, p. 63
Reference: Mini catalogue chronologique des observations OVNI, by Godelieve Van Overmeire
Source: Overmeire, ID: Overmeire_2196

Event 22201 (DF9220FA)

Date: 2/2/1961
Description: (Translated from French) Turin devices record the sound of a beating heart and a labored breath. A cardiogram is traced by the famous cardiologist Doglioti. (February 2)
Reference: rr0 - Beau
Source: rr0, ID: rr0_1884

Event 22202 (8AAD69BA)

Date: 2/4/1961
Location: USSR, Baikonour
Description: (Translated from French) Launch of Sputnik VIII, the heaviest of all satellites with its 6483 kg. It was recovered on February 26, 1961.
Reference: "Astronautics, Pierre Rousseau, Hachette 1965, p. 63
Reference: Mini catalogue chronologique des observations OVNI, by Godelieve Van Overmeire
Source: Overmeire, ID: Overmeire_2197

Event 22203 (7868922F)

Date: 2/5/1961 (approximate)
Location: PORTLAND, ME AND ENTIRE STATE
Description: Wave / night lights fireballs and unidentified shapes / 2 days. News. / r242p138.
Type: sighting
Reference: FLAMMONDE, Paris: UFO EXIST!; Ballentine Books, NY 1976. PB 480pp. (Index 437)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_6480

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

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “10”, Duration: “240”, Elev: “9”, HatchDesc: “PORTLAND,ME+ENTIRE STATE:WAVE/NLTS FBLS+UID SHAPES/2 DAYS:NEWS:/r242p138”, LatLong: “43.650002 -70.266670”, LatLongDMS: “43:39:00 N 70:16:00 W”, Locale: “Forest”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Maine”, Strangeness: “4”

Event 22204 (6BF44B4D)

Date: 2/5/1961
End date: 2/7/1961
Location: Unknown City, ME
Description: Many reports of strange lights flashing around in sky. Some blinked and moved up and down. (NICAP: 01 - Distant Encounters)
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_2494

Event 22205 (45335DFD)

Date: 2/5/1961
End date: 2/7/1961
Locations: Maine; Portland; Brunswick
Description: Many people report strange lights flashing around in the sky over Maine. Some blink and move up and down. A Portland Press Herald editorial, February 9, says: “Mysterious objects ‘lit up like a ball of fire and going fast’ zoom over Portland. Unidentified shapes with green, yellow, and red lights hover over Brunswick, then dart away with ‘unbelievable quickness.’ Strange things are happening. . . The military had us just about convinced that no such objects existed. The only trouble was that many people—good, reliable observers— continued to see these things.”
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: UFOEv, p. 138
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_3501

Event 22206 (D22FF199)

Date: 2/7/1961
Description: (Translated from French) Soviet authorities announce the disintegration of Sputnik 7. (February 7)
Reference: rr0 - Beau
Source: rr0, ID: rr0_1885

Event 22207 (94AED493)

Date: 2/7/1961
Time: 22:30
Location: KENNEBUNKPORT, ME
Description: Business exec. Bright-red hemisphere hovers. Going quickly east. Silent. No contrail.
Type: sighting
Reference: HALL, Richard: The UFO EVIDENCE; NICAP,Washington, DC 1964. Reprinted 1997 Barnes & Noble Books ( only $7.98! ) (Index 68)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_6481

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: “3”, Elev: “12”, HatchDesc: “KENNEBUNKPORT,ME:BUSINESS EXEC:BRITE-RED HEMISPHERE HVRS:>>E:SLNT:NO CONTRAIL”, LatLong: “43.361113 -70.477781”, LatLongDMS: “43:21:40 N 70:28:40 W”, Locale: “Coastlands”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Maine”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 22208 (564E0E13)

Date: 2/10/1961
Time: 13:00?
Location: TIREE ISL.SCOTLAND
Description: 1 observer. Night light going quickly [to] against wind. Lands / 2 hours. Burnt grass. / FSR’61#5.
Type: sighting
Reference: PHILLIPS, Ted: Study of PHYSICAL TRACES ASSOCIATED with UFO SIGHTINGS; CUFOS 1975. (Index 25)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_6482

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CST: Observer(s) in coastal area/just offshore, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, NLT: Nightlights/points of light, PRB: Probe: Possibly remote controlled, FBL: Fireball: Blazing undistinguished form/orb., NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), 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: “Great Britain and Ireland”, Credibility: “6”, Duration: “121”, Elev: “11”, HatchDesc: “TIREE Isl.SCOTLAND:1 OBS:NLT>>AGAINST WIND:LANDS/2hrs:BURNT GRASS:/FSR’61#5”, LatLong: “56.500003 -6.916667”, LatLongDMS: “56:30:00 N 06:55:00 W”, Locale: “Islands”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Scotland”, Strangeness: “7”

Event 22209 (BB58B113)

Date: 2/12/1961
Location: USSR, Baikonour
Description: (Translated from French) The first test shot towards Venus was executed by the USSR on February 12.
Reference: Mini catalogue chronologique des observations OVNI, by Godelieve Van Overmeire
Source: Overmeire, ID: Overmeire_2198

Event 22210 (321B2A80)

Date: 2/12/1961
Description: (Translated from French) Launch of Venera 1 towards Venus. (February 12)
Reference: rr0 - Beau
Source: rr0, ID: rr0_1886

Event 22211 (CF998B4A)

Date: 2/16/1961
Location: Atlantic N of Bermuda, At Sea
Description: (McDonald list) High Speed Object Tracked on APS-95 (NICAP: 09 - RADAR Cases, Code: R, Rating: 5, BB: BBU)
Reference: NICAP: 610216
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_2495

Event 22212 (34508945)

Date: 2/16/1961
Description: Rep. John W. McCormack states the Air Force “has not been giving out all the information it has on UFOs.” A year earlier McCormack, the Senate Preparedness Committee and the House Science and Astronautics Committee were briefed by USAF and told no government agency or department was withholding information on the subject. McCormack’s comments in 1961 suggests he believed he was lied to.

• https://www.cia.gov/readingroom/docs/CIA-RDP68-00046R000200090019-9.pdf
• https://books.google.com/books?id=Zgw35KTLOVoC&pg=PT407&lpg=PT407&dq=ufos+%22lied+to+congress%22&source=bl&ots=JDWfkd7NfQ&sig=ACfU3U3kGUZrzFSOxKgHzrdzZFUPn3YY4g&hl=en&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwjWq-K7-Ir5AhWdGTQIHft0DXUQ6AF6BAgQEAI#v=onepage&q=McCormack%20Committee&f=false

Reference: Anonymous 2023 PDF
Source: Anon2023PDF, ID: Anon2023PDF_97

Event 22213 (3FC13F92)

Date: 2/17/1961
Description: (Translated from French) A man and a woman are launched from the Baikonur base, on the shores of the Aral Sea. The woman cries out: I’m going to catch it and hold it in my right hand! Look out the porthole! Look out the porthole! I got it… The first woman in space must have taken something that was floating near the capsule. But things get complicated by an unexpected event. The man suddenly declares: There it is! There’s something there! If we don’t come back, the world will never know! It’s hard… (February 17)
Reference: rr0 - Beau
Source: rr0, ID: rr0_1887

Event 22214 (F12B3011)

Date: 2/17/1961
Description: (Translated from French) 50 Unidentified Flying Objects are detected on the NATO radar, moving in formation from the Soviet Union towards Europe, at an altitude of nearly 3000 m, then disappearing 9 minutes later.
Reference: rr0 - Beau
Source: rr0, ID: rr0_1888

Event 22215 (39BE28BA)

Date: 2/17/1961
Description: (Translated from French) Acting on the recommendations of the Joint Study Group, Secretary of Defense Robert S. McNamara notified the JCS in February 1961 of his decision to establish a Defense Intelligence Agency and charged it with developing a concept plan that would integrate the military intelligence efforts of all elements of the DoD.
Reference: rr0 - Beau
Source: rr0, ID: rr0_1889

Event 22216 (2C1D38C0)

Date: 2/23/1961
Location: Misawa AFB, Japan
Description: (McDonald list) (NICAP: 01 - Distant Encounters, BB: BBU)
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_2496

Event 22217 (DE77E01D)

Date: 2/26/1961
Location: Tyndall AFB, FL
Description: (McDonald list) (NICAP: 01 - Distant Encounters, BB: BBU)
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_2497

Event 22218 (774B2A3C)

Date: 2/27/1961
Description: (Translated from French) Observation at Bark River (Michigan). (February 27)
Reference: case Blue Book #7284 unsolved
Reference: rr0 - Beau
Source: rr0, ID: rr0_1890

Event 22219 (89CAB477)

Date: 2/27/1961
Description: (Translated from French) Crash of a 30 m disk in Timmensdorfer, near the Baltic Sea (Germany). The British army arrives first on the scene and establishes a security perimeter. The aircraft is not destroyed, because it landed on a soft and gentle terrain, although a third is buried. 12 small bodies are found inside, similar to the description of the Gris.
Reference: rr0 - Beau
Source: rr0, ID: rr0_1891

Event 22220 (A6AF8034)

Date: 2/27/1961
Description: (Translated from French) Construction of the MIB Headquarters under New York.
Reference: rr0 - Beau
Source: rr0, ID: rr0_1892

Event 22221 (B462482D)

Date: 2/27/1961
Location: LEWIS TO/FROM HARRIS ISLANDS, SCT
Description: Ships crew. Odd object twists and turns and falls to sea. / FSRv17#5.
Type: sighting
Reference: SANDERSON, Ivan: INVISIBLE RESIDENTS; World Publishing HB 1970 & Avon Books PB 1973 (Index 40)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_6483

Attributes: CST: Observer(s) in coastal area/just offshore, SEA: Observer(s) at sea, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, NWS: News media report, ODD: Atypical/Forteana/paranormal, SUB: Submersible: Rises from or submerges into water, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), LND: UFO landing or any part touches ground

Extra Data: Country: “Great Britain and Ireland”, Credibility: “9”, Duration: “10”, Elev: “0”, HatchDesc: “LEWIS><HARRIS Isls,SCT:SHIPS CREW:ODD OBJ TWISTS+TURNS+FALLS TO SEA:/FSRv17#5.”, LatLong: “57.872225 -6.744445”, LatLongDMS: “57:52:20 N 06:44:40 W”, Locale: “Offshore”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Scotland”, Strangeness: “5”

Event 22222 (AC5DF068)

Date: 2/27/1961
Time: 22:20
Location: BARK RIVER, MI
Description: Project Bluebook Case #7284. 13cm sphere/orb/globe maneuvers slowly. Beams light ahead. Goes behind trees.
Type: sighting
Reference: SCIENCE & MECHANICS (eds.) OFFICIAL GUIDE to UFO’S; Ace Books, NY. 1968. (Index 170)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_6484

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, PRB: Probe: Possibly remote controlled, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), RAY: Odd light/searchlight/beam/laser-like, ANI: Animals affected or injuries/marks, MIL: Military investigation, BBK: Project BLUEBOOK

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “7”, Duration: “10”, Elev: “227”, HatchDesc: “BARK RIVER,MI:BBK#7284:13cm ORB MNVRS SLOWLY:BEAMS LITE AHEAD:GOES BHND TREES”, LatLong: “45.711113 -87.305560”, LatLongDMS: “45:42:40 N 87:18:20 W”, Locale: “Farmlands”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Michigan”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 22223 (B259AF3D)

Date: 2/27/1961
Location: Yuma, AZ
Description: (McDonald list) Uncorrelated Target With Diffused Echoes (NICAP: 09 - RADAR Cases, Code: R, Rating: 5, BB: BBU)
Reference: NICAP: 610227
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_2498

Event 22224 (951C498B)

Date: 2/27/1961
Location: Ft. Meade, MD
Description: Cluster of 3 Objects Tracked at 900 Knots (NICAP: 09 - RADAR Cases, Code: R, Rating: 5)
Reference: NICAP: 610227
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_2499

Event 22225 (66CB8778)

Date: 2/27/1961
Location: Herndon, VA
Description: (McDonald list) (NICAP: 01 - Distant Encounters, BB: BBU)
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_2500

Event 22226 (55CA32F8)

Date: 2/27/1961
Location: Bark River, MI
Description: Fiery-red, round object, preceded by light rays (NICAP: 01 - Distant Encounters, BB: 7284)
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_2501

Event 22227 (EC27156B)

Date: 2/27/1961
Time: 10:15 PM
Location: Bark River, Michigan
Description: Witness: Mrs. LaPalm. One fiery-red, round object, preceded by light rays, slowed and descended, while her dog howled. Sighting lasted 10 minutes.
Type: ufo sighting
Reference: BlueBook Unknowns PDF
Source: BerlinerBBUnknowns, ID: BerlinerBBU_458

Event 22228 (AD7854FB)

Date: 2/27/1961
Description: A ship’s crew watched an oddly shaped flying object twist, turn, and fall into the sea between Lewis and Harris Islands in the Western Isles off Scotland. On that night at 10:15 p.m. a red sphere with light rays projecting out ahead of it was seen by Mrs. Lapham and her daughter for ten minutes in Bark River, Michigan. Her dog howled during the time that the UFO was present.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: Janet Gregory, FSR, September-October 1971, p. 29; US Air Force Project Blue Book files counted in official statistics, case #7284
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_1151

Event 22229 (204B4E36)

Date: 2/28/1961
Location: Vietnam
Description: US military advisors first accompany South Vietnamese troops during operations in Vietnam
Type: war
Reference: link
Source: Maj2, ID: Maj2_601

Event 22230 (B4050A64)

Date: 2/28/1961
Time: 03:20
Location: LAKEVILLE, MA
Description: Blue Book. Roar. Bright-yellow ovoid / 2 passes. House lights fail. Going quickly south. / r242p139.
Type: sighting
Reference: UFO INVESTIGATOR: NICAP: Kensington, MD & Washington, DC [defunct]. University Microfilms, Ann Arbor, MI 48106 (Index 25)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_6485

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, HQO: High-quality observer(s), SCR: Classic saucer/disk/sphere shaped UFO, CIG: Torpedo/cigar/cylinder shaped UFO, DLT: Delta/vee/boomerang/rectangular shaped UFO, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), OBS: Observation/chasing vehicles, BLD: Building/man-made structure/roads/power lines, EME: Electro-Magnetic Effects, MIL: Military investigation, BBK: Project BLUEBOOK, SND: UFO sounds heard or recorded

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “8”, Duration: “6”, Elev: “27”, HatchDesc: “LAKEVILLE,MA:BBK:ROAR:BRITE-YEL OVOID/2 PASSES:HOUSE LITES FAIL:>>S:/r242p139”, LatLong: “41.850002 -70.950003”, LatLongDMS: “41:51:00 N 70:57:00 W”, Locale: “Farmlands”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Massachusetts”, Strangeness: “7”

Event 22231 (FA17DA8C)

Date: 2/28/1961
Location: Waverly AFB, IA
Description: (McDonald list) (NICAP: 09 - RADAR Cases, Code: R, Rating: 5, BB: BBU)
Reference: NICAP: 610228
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_2502

Event 22232 (ADAB50EA)

Date: 2/28/1961
Location: Lakeville, MA
Description: House lights dimmed three times, went out on two occasions as elongated UFO twice passed overhead (NICAP: 03 - EME Cases)
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_2503

Event 22233 (B63C489B)

Date: 2/28/1961
Location: Lakewood, Massachusetts
Description: 3:20 a.m. Clarence Blackwood and his wife hear a roaring sound in the sky at their home in Lakewood, Massachusetts. They look out the bedroom window and see a fiery cigar-shaped object moving at low altitude to the northeast. It is bright yellow in the middle with a bright red edge and surrounded by thin clouds of black smoke. The object rolls back and forth rapidly and travels slowly to the southwest. It passes directly above their house, illuminating the bedroom. The lights that they have left on in the kitchen dim three times and go out for 4– 5 minutes. The object returns at 3:40 and the kitchen lights repeat their previous actions.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Schopick, pp. 115–117
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_3502

Event 22234 (3038E69B)

Date: 3/1961
Location: US
Description: Article in Argosy magazine. AF Col. Tacker used the strongest language to date in denouncing critics of the UFO investigation. Their claims were “absolutely erroneous;” “a hoax:” “sensational theories:” the work of “amateur hobby groups.” NICAP’s evidence was “drivel,” its claims “ridiculous” and it was making “senseless accusations.” In April 1961, after being associated with the UFO project for over three years, Col. Tacker was shipped to Europe on “routine reassignment.”
Type: magazine article
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_892

Event 22235 (8BDFD706)

Date: 3/1961
Description: In an article in Argosy, Maj. Lawrence Tacker says that critics of the Air Force investigation are “absolutely erroneous,” “a hoax,” “sensational theories,” and the work of “amateur hobby groups.” NICAP’s evidence is “drivel,” its claims “ridiculous,” and it is making “senseless accusations.”
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Lawrence J. Tacker, “‘Flying Saucers Are Fakes!’ ‘—U.S. Air Force,’” Argosy, March 1961, pp. 58, 125–126; UFOEv, p. 108
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_3503

Event 22236 (E6074BC2)

Date: 3/1961
Description: House Majority Leader John W. McCormack tells Keyhoe privately that he has urged the Science and Astronautics Committee, headed by Rep. Overton Brooks (D-La.), to investigate Air Force UFO secrecy.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Keyhoe, Aliens from Space, Signet ed., 1974, p. 76
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_3504

Event 22237 (3EC79DDB)

Date: 3/3/1961
Location: Ephrata, WA
Description: (McDonald list) (NICAP: 09 - RADAR Cases, Code: R, Rating: 5, BB: BBU)
Reference: NICAP: 610303
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_2504

Event 22238 (06226925)

Date: 3/3/1961
Description: A white spherical UFO with a metallic luster was seen during the day flying over Manly, New South Wales, Australia. At 10:45 p.m. a father and son were camping near a lake at Bowna Hume Weir, New South Wales when they saw a disc-shaped UFO with four windows on the ground not far away. Four humanoid figures could be seen between the object and a nearby fire. Their encounter lasted 45 minutes.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: Michael Hervey, UFOs over the Southern Hemisphere, p. 87; Bill Chalker & Keith Basterfield, Australian Catalogue of Close Encounter Type Three Reports, p. 11
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_1270

Event 22239 (996D8A91)

Date: 3/4/1961
Location: ATLANTIC 43° 30W-42° 55N PROJECT BLUEBOOK CASE #UNKNOWN
Description: Military observer(s). 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 63)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_6486

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: “1”, Elev: “0”, HatchDesc: “ATLANTIC 43°30W-42°55N BBK#UNKN:MIL OBS:NFD”, LatLong: “42.916669 -43.500002”, LatLongDMS: “42:55:00 N 43:30:00 W”, Locale: “High Seas”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “NAT”, Strangeness: “4”

Event 22240 (B12A28B8)

Date: 3/6/1961
Description: In South Miami, Dade County, Florida at 10:15 p.m. a man saw a cigar-shaped object with occupants aboard.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: Norbert F. Gariety, Flying Saucers, September 1961, p. 38; Geroge D. Fawcett, Flying Saucers, May 1963, p. 34
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_1330

Event 22241 (99D9FE04)

Date: 3/10/1961
Time: 21:10
Location: WANGARATTA AND TALLANGATTA, VCT
Description: Night light maneuvers / wide area near Hume reservoir. No further details. / AFSR#5.
Type: sighting
Reference: VALLEE, Jacques: PASSPORT TO MAGONIA; H. Regnery, Chicago HC 1969 & Contemporary Books,Chicago 1993. 372pp. (Index 516)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_6487

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, HQO: High-quality observer(s), WAV: Wave/cluster/flap, NLT: Nightlights/points of light, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), OBS: Observation/chasing vehicles, TCH: New technical details/clues

Extra Data: Country: “Australia”, Credibility: “6”, Duration: “1”, HatchDesc: “WANGARATTA+TALLANGATTA,VCT:NLT MNVRs/WIDE AREA nr HUME RSVR:NFD:/AFSR#5”, LatLong: “-36.383335 146.300007”, LatLongDMS: “36:23:00 S 146:18:00 E”, Locale: “Mountains”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Victoria”, Strangeness: “4”

Event 22242 (481D435E)

Date: 3/10/1961
Location: RAF Upper Heyford, UK
Description: (McDonald list) Slow-Moving Object Tracked on Gnd Radar (NICAP: 09 - RADAR Cases, Code: R, Rating: 5, BB: BBU)
Reference: NICAP: 610310
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_2505

Event 22243 (1EBF059A)

Date: 3/10/1961
Time: 2045
Location: Bowna, Australia
Description: F. Reynolds and his son were camping near the water. They observed an object on the ground with four windows in it. There was a fire nearby, and four figures could be seen between it and the object. At 2130 it had disappeared. Witnesses in Wodonga, West Albury, Wangaratta and Tallangatta independently observed an unknown object in flight.
Type: ufo sighting
Reference: Austr. FSR 5 (Vallee)
Source: ValléeMagonia, ID: Magonia_516

Event 22244 (1CB5D7DF)

Date: 3/10/1961
Description: F. Reynolds and his son were camping near the water in Bowna, New South Wales, Australia. They observed an object on the ground with four windows in it. There was a fire nearby, and four figures could be seen between it and the object. At 9:30 p.m. it had disappeared. Witnesses in Wodonga, West Albury, Wangaratta and Tallangatta independently observed an unknown object in flight that same evening.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: Jacques Vallee, Passport to Magonia: A Century of Landings, case 516
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_1402

Event 22245 (B4B30148)

Date: 3/13/1961
Location: SAN DIEGO, CA
Description: Blue Book. 2 Navy men. “Satellite” going going west makes 90° turn going quickly south.
Type: sighting
Reference: SCIENCE & MECHANICS (eds.) OFFICIAL GUIDE to UFO’S; Ace Books, NY. 1968. (Index 40)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_6488

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CST: Observer(s) in coastal area/just offshore, MIL: Observer(s) military, HQO: High-quality observer(s), NLT: Nightlights/points of light, PRB: Probe: Possibly remote controlled, FBL: Fireball: Blazing undistinguished form/orb., NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), MIL: Military investigation, BBK: Project BLUEBOOK

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “7”, Duration: “10”, Elev: “5”, HatchDesc: “SAN DIEGO,CA:BBK:2 NAVY MEN:“SATELLITE” GOING > W MAKES 90° TURN >>S.”, LatLong: “32.733335 -117.150006”, LatLongDMS: “32:44:00 N 117:09:00 W”, Locale: “Residential”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, RelAlt: “9999”, State/Prov: “California”, Strangeness: “5”

Event 22246 (35E4F7CB)

Date: 3/15/1961
Time: 20:50
Location: NEAR BOWNA, AUSTR
Description: 2 / camp. Flaming object / shore. Figure(s) run to and fro. No trace. / r96#161+/ r8.
Type: sighting
Reference: The APRO BULLETIN: Monthly. Jim & Coral Lorenzen: Tucson,AZ (USA. defunct) By volume and number. (Index 743)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_6489

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, MID: Likely mis-identification, SCR: Classic saucer/disk/sphere shaped UFO, FIG: Undefined or poorly seen figure/entity, LND: UFO landing or any part touches ground, CMF: Camouflage/disguise

Extra Data: Country: “Australia”, Credibility: “7”, Duration: “45”, HatchDesc: “nr BOWNA,AUSTR:2/CAMP:FLAMING OBJ/SHORE:FIGs RUN TO+FRO:NO TRACE:/r96#161+/r8”, LatLong: “-36.033335 147.083340”, LatLongDMS: “36:02:00 S 147:05:00 E”, Locale: “Forest”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “NSW”, Strangeness: “8”

Event 22247 (32C66E8A)

Date: 3/16/1961
Time: 18:20
Location: ADMIRALTY BAY, ANTARC
Description: Icebreaker crew. Ovoid northeast going southwest / 12 second(s). Beams going down. Splits. / r242p53.
Type: sighting
Reference: PHENOMENES SPATIAUX: Group GEPA, Gen. M. Lionel Chassin Paris. Quarterly 1964?-1977. Merged into Grp. GEPAN (Index 16)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_6490

Attributes: CST: Observer(s) in coastal area/just offshore, SEA: Observer(s) at sea, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, HQO: High-quality observer(s), SCI: Scientist involvement, 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

Extra Data: Country: “Antarctic below 70 degrees South”, Credibility: “8”, Duration: “1”, Elev: “0”, HatchDesc: “ADMIRALTY BAY,ANTARC:ICEBREAKER CREW:OVOID NE>SW/12sec:BEAMS↓:SPLITS:/r242p53”, LatLong: “-62.083336 -58.416669”, LatLongDMS: “62:05:00 S 58:25:00 W”, Locale: “Offshore”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “VCT”, Strangeness: “5”

Event 22248 (0C1082EA)

Date: 3/16/1961
Location: Unknown City, Antarctica
Description: Meteorologist observed a fireball-like object, multi-colored, below overcast. [NICAP UFOE, VI] (NICAP: 01 - Distant Encounters)
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_2506

Event 22249 (5CB16922)

Date: 3/16/1961
Location: Admiralty Bay, South Shetland Islands, Antarctica
Description: 6:15 p.m. Brazilian meteorologist Rubens J. Villela, on the deck of the USS Glacier, watches a tear-shaped fireball over Admiralty Bay, South Shetland Islands, Antarctica, in slow, level flight. It leaves a long orange trail like a tracer bullet, then abruptly divides in two as if exploding. It disappears after 10 seconds.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: UFOEv, pp. 53– 54; James E. McDonald, “Statement on Unidentified Flying Objects,” in Symposium on Unidentified Flying Objects, Hearings, US House Committee on Science and Astronautics, 90th Cong., 2nd Sess., July 29, 1968, pp. 64–65
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_3505

Event 22250 (829AE595)

Date: 3/16/1961
Locations: Murray River; Bowna, New South Wales
Description: 8:45 p.m. Mr. F. Reynolds and his 15-year-old son Lloyd are camped in their trailer 900 feet from the Murray River, at Bowna, New South Wales, when they see what appears to be a huge trailer with four windows and a red light at the end standing by the water. A fire is visible to the right of the object, and they can see four figures moving quickly between the object and the fire. Reynolds watches through binoculars and sees the entire array moving sideways in a jerking manner. After 45 minutes, it is all gone from sight. In the morning they can find no traces on the soft mud flat.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: “UFO Landing?” Australian Flying Saucer Review, no. 5 (July 1961): 1–2
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_3506

Event 22251 (FD0F86D6)

Date: 3/17/1961
Location: Buffalo, NY
Description: USAF Col. Tacker lectures to the Aero Club of Buffalo, N.Y.
Type: lecture
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_891

Event 22252 (5030EB58)

Date: 3/17/1961
Description: USAF ATIC is asked by the House Armed Services Subcommittee how the USAF can improve UAP sightings. ATIC states the best solution is to give its primary advisor J. Allen Hynek a raise of $1,000 per year and purchase one new polaroid camera and one new geiger counter for field work. It also recommends raising the count of commissioned officers working on UAP from 1 to 2.

• https://files.afu.se/Downloads/Documents/USA%20-%20Congress/1960%20-%20Congressional%20briefings%20and%20Smart.pdf

Note: It is questionable that these meager improvements were the best the USAF could do in response to the Congressional inquiry.

Reference: Anonymous 2023 PDF
Source: Anon2023PDF, ID: Anon2023PDF_98

Event 22253 (9DFDF191)

Date: Spring 1961
Description: (Translated from French) In Millville (New Jersey), two flirting witnesses in a car parked in a discreet location observe a nocturnal light: What caught my attention was the way the light moved… it shone without emitting any sound. It was much brighter than any star in the sky… As it moved slowly towards the North, I first thought it was a weather balloon reflecting the light of the Sun. Only balloons don’t stop, don’t change direction, don’t do reverse… Both of us watched the thing’s gambols… Finally, after 5 good minutes, from where it was, far to the South, it went straight to the North, it disappeared in about 5 seconds. I know, I timed it. The observation lasted in total 7 minutes. (Spring, late evening)
Reference: Poher 2003
Reference: rr0 - Beau
Source: rr0, ID: rr0_1893

Event 22254 (1667EFA9)

Date: Spring 1961
Description: (Translated from French) Observation in Kemah (Texas) (Spring)
Reference: case Blue Book #7321 unsolved
Reference: rr0 - Beau
Source: rr0, ID: rr0_1907

Event 22255 (4C402ACC)

Date: Spring 1961
Location: Kemah, TX
Description: Case missing (Berliner) (NICAP: 01 - Distant Encounters, BB: 7321)
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_2507

Event 22256 (A1E70FFF)

Date: Spring 1961
Time: Time unknown
Location: Kemah, Texas
Description: Case missing from official files.
Type: ufo sighting
Reference: BlueBook Unknowns PDF
Source: BerlinerBBUnknowns, ID: BerlinerBBU_459

Event 22257 (4F1DCCE2)

Date: Spring 1961
Location: Millville, New Jersey
Description: Late evening. A couple parking in Millville, New Jersey, watch a bright light silently moving northward. It hovers, reverses direction, and maneuvers for 5 minutes. At one point it races directly at a star, abruptly stops, draws a neat, right-angled, half-box around it, and goes racing on. Finally it speeds out of sight in about 5 seconds.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: J. Allen Hynek, The UFO Experience, Ballantine ed., 1974, p. 44; Michael D. Swords, “We Know Where You Live,” IUR 30, no. 2 (January 2006): 10
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_3507

Event 22258 (D80C54A4)

Date: 3/22/1961
Time: 21:50
Location: FORT PIERCE, FL
Description: Mayor and airmen. Fireball / fantastic maneuvers. Big wave / all Florida to 29 March.
Type: sighting
Reference: MUFON UFO JOURNAL, Seguin, TX USA. Monthly. (Index 275)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_6491

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CST: Observer(s) in coastal area/just offshore, AIR: Observer(s) on aircraft, MIL: Observer(s) military, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, HQO: High-quality observer(s), NWS: News media report, MID: Likely mis-identification, WAV: Wave/cluster/flap, PRB: Probe: Possibly remote controlled, FBL: Fireball: Blazing undistinguished form/orb., NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s)

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “10”, Duration: “16”, Elev: “2”, HatchDesc: “FORT PIERCE,FL:MAYOR+AIRMEN:FBL/FANTASTIC MNVRS:BIG WAVE/ALL FLORIDA to 29MAR”, LatLong: “27.433335 -80.333337”, LatLongDMS: “27:26:00 N 80:20:00 W”, Locale: “Coastlands”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Florida”, Strangeness: “8”

Event 22259 (8181AB80)

Date: 3/23/1961
Location: Ft. Pierce, FL
Description: Beechcraft pilot and passenger saw an intense bright light rise (NICAP: 09 - RADAR Cases, Code: R, Rating: 5, BB: BBU)
Reference: NICAP: 610323
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_2508

Event 22260 (FBE238AB)

Date: 4/1961
Time: 20:00
Location: DRAGUIGNAN, VAR
Description: Hemisphere lands / pasture. Rises and vanishes instantly. Busy area!
Type: sighting
Reference: FIGEUT, Michel & RUCHON, Jean-Louis: OVNI - Le Premier Dossier…; Alain LeFeuvre, Paris 1979. (Index 249)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_6492

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

Extra Data: Country: “France”, Credibility: “6”, Duration: “10”, HatchDesc: “DRAGUIGNAN,VAR:HEMISPHERE LANDS/PASTURE:RISES+VANISHES INSTANTLY:BUSY AREA!”, LatLong: “43.516669 6.483334”, LatLongDMS: “43:31:00 N 06:29:00 E”, Locale: “Pasture”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Var”, Strangeness: “8”

Event 22261 (3C490825)

Date: 4/1961
Locations: Pentagon; Europe
Description: Maj. Tacker is removed from his job as Pentagon UFO spokesman and reassigned to Europe. He is replaced by Maj. William T. Coleman.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: “Tacker Replaced As Spokesman,” UFO Investigator 1, no. 12 (April/May 1961): 1– 2; UFOEv, p. 108
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_3508

Event 22262 (D74EB60E)

Date: 4/2/1961
Location: PACIFIC 132° 15W-34° 34N
Description: Blue Book. US Navy boat crew. 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 63)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_6493

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: “Pacific Ocean and non - Asian islands”, Credibility: “7”, Duration: “1”, Elev: “0”, HatchDesc: “PACIFIC 132°15W-34°34N:BBK:US NAVY BOAT CREW:NFD”, LatLong: “34.566668 -132.250006”, LatLongDMS: “34:34:00 N 132:15:00 W”, Locale: “High Seas”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “NPC”, Strangeness: “4”

Event 22263 (0780470F)

Date: 4/4/1961
Locations: Bay of Pigs; Cuba; Trinidad
Description: President Kennedy approves the Bay of Pigs plan (also known as Operation Zapata) for the invasion of Cuba because it has an airfield that does not need extending to handle bomber operations, it is farther away from large groups of civilians than the Trinidad plan, and it is less noisy militarily, which would make any future denial of direct US involvement more plausible.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Wikipedia, “Bay of Pigs invasion”
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_3509

Event 22264 (8A594A5E)

Date: 4/9/1961
Location: KINGSVILLE, TX
Description: Round red object descends hovers and speeds away. No further details. / r78p188.
Type: sighting
Reference: HALL, Richard: The UFO EVIDENCE; NICAP,Washington, DC 1964. Reprinted 1997 Barnes & Noble Books ( only $7.98! ) (Index 139)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_6494

Attributes: 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: “40”, HatchDesc: “KINGSVILLE,TX:ROUND RED OBJ DESCENDS HVRS+SPEEDS AWAY:NFD:/r78p188”, LatLong: “27.516668 -97.855560”, LatLongDMS: “27:31:00 N 97:51:20 W”, Locale: “Pasture”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Texas”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 22265 (7BCB26FB)

Date: 4/9/1961
Location: Kingsville, TX
Description: Round red UFO descended, hovered, sped away. [NICAP UFOE, XII] (NICAP: 01 - Distant Encounters)
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_2509

Event 22266 (F676978D)

Date: 4/11/1961
Location: Cape Canaveral, FL
Description: (McDonald list) Object Tracked Prior to Launch of Polaris Missile (NICAP: 09 - RADAR Cases, Code: R, Rating: 5, BB: BBU)
Reference: NICAP: 610411
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_2510

Event 22267 (8A417EA8)

Date: 4/12/1961
Location: USSR, Baikonur
Description: (Translated from French) Launch of Vostok I, first occupied satellite (Gagarine) recovered the same day.
Reference: "Astronautics, Pierre Rousseau, Hachette 1965, p. 63
Reference: Mini catalogue chronologique des observations OVNI, by Godelieve Van Overmeire
Source: Overmeire, ID: Overmeire_2200

Event 22268 (302D6BFB)

Date: 4/12/1961
Description: (Translated from French) The crew of the motorized fishing vessel Santa Ameria observed a bright red spherical body moving in a south-southeast to north-northwest trajectory. The object was seen descending, displaying purple/orange rings and emitting small rainbows. As it descended, the object seemed to become larger. The front of the object touched the surface of the water for a moment. A few minutes after the first observation, a second lenticular-shaped object followed the trajectory of the first. During the descent of the objects, a red wake was observed. Possible meteor.
Reference: Inquiry of E. Morricone of 18/07/1979; AAVV Ufo in Italia, vol. 3, ed. Upiar, p. 67; electronic archive CUN April 2002
Reference: rr0 - Beau
Source: rr0, ID: rr0_1894

Event 22269 (D8113FB6)

Date: 4/12/1961
Description: (Translated from French) Yuri Gagarin was the first man launched into space, aboard Vostok 1. He spent 108 minutes in flight, at an altitude of 327 km.
Reference: rr0 - Beau
Source: rr0, ID: rr0_1895

Event 22270 (C8F9CB86)

Date: 4/12/1961
Description: Soviet cosmonaut Yuri Gagarin becomes the first human to go into outer space when his Vostok spacecraft completes an orbit of the earth.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Wikipedia, “Yuri Gagarin”
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_3510

Event 22271 (216541DD)

Date: 4/14/1961
Location: Marianas Islands, Asia
Description: Four Small Objects Tracked 10-15 Minutes (NICAP: 09 - RADAR Cases, Code: R, Rating: 5, BB: BBU)
Reference: NICAP: 610414
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_2511

Event 22272 (3BE1B2A8)

Date: 4/17/1961
Description: (Translated from French) “Bay of Pigs” in Cuba. (April 17)
Reference: rr0 - Beau
Source: rr0, ID: rr0_1896

Event 22273 (7A7E064F)

Date: 4/17/1961
Locations: Cuba; Guatemala; Nicaragua
Description: The Bay of Pigs invasion takes place in Cuba. A counter-revolutionary military (made up of Cuban exiles), trained and funded by the CIA, Brigade 2506 fronts the armed wing of the Democratic Revolutionary Front (DRF) and intends to overthrow the increasingly communist government of Fidel Castro. Launched from bases in Guatemala and Nicaragua, the invading force is defeated within three days by the Cuban Revolutionary Armed Forces under the direct command of Castro.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Wikipedia, “Bay of Pigs invasion”
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_3511

Event 22274 (7A6C1AFD)

Date: 4/18/1961
Location: USA, Eagle River
Description: (Translated from French) At around 11am Joe Simonton was drawn by a curious sound of studded tires on a wet pavement. He went into the yard and saw a silver saucer-shaped object, brighter than chrome, hovering close to the ground. The object was 12 feet high and thirty feet in diameter. An opening appeared about 5 feet from the ground and Simonton saw three men inside the craft. One was wearing a two-piece black suit. They were about 5 feet tall, clean-shaven, and resembled Italians: black hair, swarthy skin. Their shirt was trimmed with a turtleneck collar and they wore woolen caps. One of the men lifted a pot apparently made of the same material as the craft and it seemed to Simonton that he was asking for water. Simonton took the pot, filled it. On his return, one of the men was cooking food on some kind of flame-less grill. The inside of the craft was black like raw iron. He could make out panels for instruments and heard a sound like that of a generator. When he made a gesture indicating he was interested in the prepared food, one of the men, also dressed in black but with a narrow red braid on his trousers, handed him three small cakes about 3 inches in diameter with small holes in them. All this had lasted about 5 minutes. The man closest to the witness fastened some kind of belt to a hook on his clothing and closed the opening. The object rose 20 feet and headed south causing such a gust of wind that the pines bent.
Reference: Jacques VALLEE: “Chronicles of the E.T. Appearances” - DENOEL 1972 - coll. J’AI LU, p. 40-41
Reference: Mini catalogue chronologique des observations OVNI, by Godelieve Van Overmeire
Source: Overmeire, ID: Overmeire_2201

Event 22275 (DB4DF93B)

Date: 4/18/1961
Description: (Translated from French) Joe Simonton, a farmer from Wisconsin, hears a noise outside his house and notices a curious chrome-colored craft hovering close to the ground. As he approaches, he sees through

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an opening 3 figures with tanned skin and black hair. One is busy with the controls of a dashboard, while the other seems to be cooking something on a flame-less stove. Having spotted Simonton, one of the creatures hands him a kind of bucket, gesturing that it wants water. The farmer complies. As a thank you, and since Simonton shows interest in what is being cooked, the pilot of the craft gives him 4 cakes. Finally, the hatch closes and the craft flies south, causing a gust of wind that bends the trees. The observation lasted 5 minutes, no more. Simonton eats one of the cakes and finds it tastes like cardboard. The USAF has one of the cakes analyzed — as part of the official UFO study program — and the report concludes that the ingredients do not come from another planet, and that the farmer must have been daydreaming. (April 18th, 11am)
Reference: rr0 - Beau
Source: rr0, ID: rr0_1897

Event 22276 (26BABD68)

Date: 4/18/1961
Time: 11:00
Location: EAGLE RIVER, WI
Description: Dark 5’ pseudo-humans/entities / 13’ saucer ask farmer / water. Bake pancakes! / MJ#276.
Type: sighting
Reference: The APRO BULLETIN: Monthly. Jim & Coral Lorenzen: Tucson,AZ (USA. defunct) By volume and number. (Index 737)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_6495

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, NWS: News media report, ODD: Atypical/Forteana/paranormal, SCR: Classic saucer/disk/sphere shaped UFO, PSH: Pseudo-human: Clone/organic robot/human-like, OBS: Observation/chasing vehicles, SMP: Sampling of plant/animal/soil/tissue/specimens, 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: “3”, Duration: “30”, Elev: “501”, HatchDesc: “EAGLE RIVER,WI:DARK 5’ PSHs/13’ SCR ASK FARMER/WATER:BAKE PANCAKES!:/MJ#276”, LatLong: “45.911113 -89.266671”, LatLongDMS: “45:54:40 N 89:16:00 W”, Locale: “Farmlands”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Wisconsin”, Strangeness: “11”

Event 22277 (7E5A7F6B)

Date: 4/18/1961
Location: Eagle River, WI
Description: CE-3 case involving ETs giving ‘pancakes’ for water (NICAP: 02 - Close Encounters, BB: BBU)
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_2512

Event 22278 (8DF76182)

Date: 4/18/1961
Time: 1100
Location: Eagle River, Wisconsin
Description: J. Simonton heard a whining sound and saw an object, 10 m in diameter, 4 m high, with exhaust pipes around the periphery, land near his house. A door was opened and a man appeared. About 1.50 m tall, he wore a black, turtle-neck pullover with a white band at the belt, and black trousers with a vertical white band along the side. Two figures were visible inside the object. Simonton filled a jug with water, returned it to the man, who gave him three ordinary pancakes, and the craft took off.
Type: ufo sighting
Reference: Atic; Magonia (Vallee)
Source: ValléeMagonia, ID: Magonia_517

Event 22279 (CDFCD190)

Date: 4/18/1961
Location: Eagle River, Wisconsin
Description: 11:00 a.m. Joe Simonton hears a whining sound on his farm four miles from Eagle River, Wisconsin, and sees a silvery object, 30 feet in diameter and 12 feet high, with exhaust pipes around the periphery, land nearby. A door opens and a man appears, about 5 feet tall and wearing a black, turtle-neck pullover with a white band at the belt, and black trousers with a vertical white band along the side. Two other figures are visible inside. The creature is holding a metallic jug and making gestures suggesting he wants a drink. Simonton takes the jug into his basement, fills it with water, and returns it to the man. Simonton notices one man frying on a flameless grill and motions for some food. Simonton receives four ordinary pancakes or cookies, 3 inches in diameter, perforated with small holes. The object takes off after 5 minutes. Simonton gives one of the pancakes to Judge Frank Wellington Carter, who then passes it on to the National Investigations Committee on Aerial Phenomena; another he gives to J. Allen Hynek for Project Blue Book; and the third he keeps for himself. A thorough analysis is performed on one of the pancakes by the US Department of Health, Education, and Welfare, and the food is found to be made of terrestrial but tasteless ingredients, including hydrogenated oil and buckwheat flour. The Air Force concludes that Simonton is honest but has mistakenly conflated the reality of his breakfast with a dream.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Sparks, p. 287; Vallée, Magonia, pp. 23–25; Clark III 421–426; Loren E. Gross, The Fifth Horseman of the Apocalypse: UFOs, a History: January–June 1961, The Author, 2003, pp. 32–34; Center for UFO Studies, [Hynek case documents]; Center for UFO Studies, [case photos]; Center for UFO Studies, [Lex Mebane case files]; Center for UFO Studies, [NICAP case documents]; Jerome Clark, “The Pancakes of Eagle River,” IUR 21, no. 1 (Spring 1996): 3–8, 27; Joshua Cutchin, “The Great Alien Bake-Off,” Fortean Times 332 (November 2015): 42–44
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_3512

Event 22280 (2DA189BB)

Date: 4/18/1961
Description: Mr. Paul Simonton, a Chicken farmer in Eagle River, Wisconsin saw a disc-shaped carft land vertically on his farm. A hatch opened, and when he approached he saw three human-looking men inside. They asked him for some water. They appeared to be cooking pancakes on a griddle, and in exchange for the water they gave him four of the pancakes from griddle. The men were described as five feet tall with dark hair. They wore blue knit outfits and helmets. The newspapers had a field day with this report, but private UFO investigators who interviewed Mr. Simonton found him to be sincere and his story uncomplicated.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: Allen Utke case files, case 6; Milwaukee Journal, April 23, 1961; George D. Fawcett, Flying Saucers, May 1963, p. 34; NICAP UFO Investigator, May 1961, p. 8; Jacques Vallee, Passport to Magonia, p. 23
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_2112

Event 22281 (BA52FC9B)

Date: 4/19/1961
Locations: San Vito Lo Capo, Sicily, Italy; Capo Carbonara, Sardinia, Italy
Description: 7:40 p.m. Commanding Officer C. J. Peterson of the minesweeper HMS Maxton sees a swiftly moving object as the ship is 33 miles off San Vito Lo Capo, Sicily, Italy. It is green and leaves an orange trail as it moves higher and disappears to the northwest. The ship’s crew sees a similar object on April 20 at 4:50 a.m. when it is 25 miles south of Capo Carbonara, Sardinia, Italy.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: 1Pinotti 112–113
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_3513

Event 22282 (A7C62921)

Date: 4/20/1961
Location: Hanna City AFS, IL
Description: Object at 97,000’ Tracked on FPS-6A (McDonald list) (NICAP: 09 - RADAR Cases, Code: R, Rating: 5, BB: BBU)
Reference: NICAP: 610420
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_2513

Event 22283 (CA57BE4B)

Date: 4/23/1961
Time: 01:50
Location: MANITOWOC, WI
Description: Newspaperman. Dull-grey disk going west slowly. Rushing wind sound. No further details.
Type: sighting
Reference: UFO INVESTIGATOR: NICAP: Kensington, MD & Washington, DC [defunct]. University Microfilms, Ann Arbor, MI 48106 (Index 25)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_6496

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

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “6”, Duration: “2”, Elev: “197”, HatchDesc: “MANITOWOC,WI:NEWSPAPERMAN:DULL-GREY DISK >W SLOWLY:RUSHING WIND SOUND:NFD”, LatLong: “44.066669 -87.600004”, LatLongDMS: “44:04:00 N 87:36:00 W”, Locale: “Town & City”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Wisconsin”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 22284 (601F52A7)

Date: 4/24/1961
Description: (Translated from French) Observation in the Pacific (35’-50’ North, 125’ 40’ West). (April 24)
Reference: case Blue Book #7284 unsolved
Reference: rr0 - Beau
Source: rr0, ID: rr0_1898

Event 22285 (941ACB55)

Date: 4/24/1961
Time: 03:30
Location: PACIFIC 35° 50N-125° 40W WITH SAN JOSE
Description: 2 military observer(s). Small disc / night light paces USAF jet. / r185.
Type: sighting
Reference: SCIENCE & MECHANICS (eds.) OFFICIAL GUIDE to UFO’S; Ace Books, NY. 1968. (Index 186)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_6497

Attributes: SEA: Observer(s) at sea, 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: “Pacific Ocean and non - Asian islands”, Credibility: “7”, Duration: “8”, Elev: “0”, HatchDesc: “PACIFIC 35°50N-125°40W W/SAN JOSE:2 MIL OBS:SML DISC/NLT PACES USAF JET:/r185”, LatLong: “35.833335 -125.666673”, LatLongDMS: “35:50:00 N 125:40:00 W”, Locale: “Offshore”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “CLF”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 22286 (7404C68E)

Date: 4/24/1961
Location: San Francisco (200 miles SW of), At Sea
Description: RC-121 Crew Tracks Object With Sextant (NICAP: 11 - Aviation Cases, Code: A, Rating: 5, BB: 7359)
Reference: NICAP: 610424
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_2514

Event 22287 (7F02F96A)

Date: 4/24/1961
Time: 3:34 AM
Location: 200 miles SW of San Francisco, California (35’ 50’ N, 125’ 40 W)
Description: Witnesses: aircraft commander Capt. H.J. Savoy and navigator lst Lt. M.W. Rand, on USAF RC-l2lD patrol plane. One reddish-white, round object or light, similar to satellite. Observed for 8 minutes.
Type: ufo sighting
Reference: BlueBook Unknowns PDF
Source: BerlinerBBUnknowns, ID: BerlinerBBU_460

Event 22288 (93D23105)

Date: 4/25/1961
Description: (Translated from French) Generals’ putsch in Algiers. (April 25)
Reference: rr0 - Beau
Source: rr0, ID: rr0_1899

Event 22289 (56ADF5C1)

Date: 4/25/1961
Time: 06:00:00.0
Location: 27.0000 0.0000
Description: Nuclear test: Air. Country: France
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_1840

Extra Data: LatLong: “27.0000 0.0000”, LatLongDMS: “27:00:00 N 00:00:00 W”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, NukeCountry: “France”, NukeDepth: “0.00”, NukeSource: “BOLT”, NukeType: “A”

Event 22290 (FB0BF83C)

Date: 4/25/1961
Locations: US; American
Description: US Air Force Intelligence Collection Guidance Letter no. 4, originally classified Confidential, describes and provides guidance for Project Moon Dust reporting. Several items of interest appear in the document: classification level of Moon Dust Alerts and reports, focus of Moon Dust on “foreign earth satellite vehicles,” and destination agencies for Moon Dust reports among them. Project Moon Dust is a covert project to exploit the discovery of Soviet hardware when it temporarily lands in American hands.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Department of the Air Force, “MOON DUST Reporting,” Intelligence Collection Guidance Letter, no. 4, April 25, 1961; Kevin D. Randle, A History of UFO Crashes, Avon, 1995, pp. 157–169
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_3514

Event 22291 (7381202E)

Date: 4/27/1961
Description: (Translated from French) Photograph of Pescara (Italy). (April 27, mid-day)
Reference: rr0 - Beau
Source: rr0, ID: rr0_1900

Event 22292 (688CB4DE)

Date: 4/27/1961
Time: ~06:00
Location: LAKE ONEGA, RUSSIA
Description: UFO breaks dirt and ice / frozen lake. Furrows / lakebed. Crud and odd fragments.
Type: sighting
Reference: HOBANA Ion & WEVERBERGH,Julien: UFO’S from BEHIND the IRON CURTAIN; Bantam Books,1975. 308pp. (Index 61)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_6498

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, SUB: Submersible: Rises from or submerges into water, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), DRT: Dirt/soil traces/marks/footprints etc., VEG: Plants affected or sampled/crop circles, VEH: Vehicle affected: Marks/damage/EME effects, LND: UFO landing or any part touches ground, TRC: Physical traces, TCH: New technical details/clues, MIL: Military investigation

Extra Data: Country: “Russia”, Credibility: “8”, Duration: “2”, HatchDesc: “LAKE ONEGA,RUSS:UFO BREAKS DIRT+ICE/FROZEN LAKE:FURROWS/LAKEBED:CRUD+ODD FRAGS”, LatLong: “62.033336 34.583335”, LatLongDMS: “62:02:00 N 34:35:00 E”, Locale: “Forest”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “KRL”, Strangeness: “9”

Event 22293 (4616A49E)

Date: 4/27/1961
Description: On this morning a bluish green oval object, the size of a jetliner, landed on Lake Onega in Karelia, Russia and broke through the ice. It was heading toward the east when it came down and created a trench 50 feet long and 10 feet deep in the lake bed. There was a great deal of disturbed mud, and odd fragments were also found at the site. The sample residue was analyzed and showed the presence of the elements magnesium, aluminum, calcium, barium, and titanium. There were at least 25 witnesses to the crash landing.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: Jacques Vallee, UFO Chronicles of the Soviet Union: A Cosmic Samizdat, p. 137, citing Felix Zigel; APRO Bulletin, June 1976, p. 5; Xenolog, August 1976, p. 11; Ion Hobana & Julien Weverbergh, UFOs from Behind the Iron Curtain, p. 61
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_2367

Event 22294 (DF5D027B)

Date: 4/28/1961
Location: Korb Lake, Leningrad, Russia
Description: Traces of a crashed UFO were found in this area.
Type: ufo crash
Reference: Pea Research
Source: Maj2, ID: Maj2_602

Event 22295 (8F8A4388)

Date: 4/28/1961
Location: USSR, Korb-Ozéro (Karelia)
Description: (Translated from French) Around 9 pm, forest guard Vassili Brodski was walking along the 600 m long and 150 m wide frozen lake without seeing anything out of the ordinary. The next morning he walked back and found a stretched out ditch that started on the high bank and disappeared into the lake through a huge hole in the ice: the earth that had been excavated to make this 27 m long, 15 m wide and 3 m deep ditch was nowhere to be found: yet it was about 1000 cubic meters. He informed the military authorities who arrived with their equipment a week later. The submerged part of the broken floating ice was green. On the shore the military found grains of a black material that crumbled between their fingers. Upon analysis they seemed to come from a metal that had been heated as if for welding. (Boris CHOURINOV: “The two faces of ufology in Russia” - May 1994, p. 6 and 7) On the morning of April 27, a group of twenty-five hunters and foresters saw an unknown aerial object descend and crash into the ground near a bend where a stream emptied. According to the witnesses it could have been 8 or 10 in the morning. The object was oval-shaped, as big as a long-haul plane and shone with a gray-blue light. It was flying at low altitude and at high speed. It was heading east to west when the crash occurred near the north shore of the lake. There was a loud noise like a strong explosion. (…) [note from vog: this contradicts what the Russian Chourinov says?]
Reference: Charles BERLITZ and William L. MOORE: “The Mystery of Rosswell, the Space Wreckage” ed. France Empire 1981, p. 191 to 195 - he cites UFO’s in the USSR vol. II 1975 by Félix Ziegel and Gray and Dick: The new Soviet Psychic discoveries"
Reference: Mini catalogue chronologique des observations OVNI, by Godelieve Van Overmeire
Source: Overmeire, ID: Overmeire_2202

Event 22296 (434C67A2)

Date: 4/28/1961
Description: (Translated from French) In Karelia (USSR), a forest guard, Vassili Brodski, noticed an enormous pit (27m long, 15m wide and 3m deep) leading to the frozen lake of Korb, on the south cliff side, as if it had been breached, and which had not been there the night before at 9pm. The loggers of the region had seen nothing, heard nothing. A striking object seemed to have dug the cliff, the ice and the bottom of the lake, creating a 1000m^3^ pit swallowing the frozen ground, pushing the ice into the bottom and advancing 20m on the bottom pushing a 1.5m ridge of muddy earth and then coming out in reverse. The object was not seen but left fragments of many metals. The broken ice pieces were of an emerald green whose nature and origin no analysis could explain. Strange black grains collected on the shore revealed a metallic chemical composition so complex that it could only be obtained by operations at very high temperatures; they resisted the action of acids. It was concluded that these grains had a non-organic and probably non-natural origin. Since then, the vegetation inside the pit is inexplicably lush but, in spite of so many enigmas, the research was not pursued, because the phenomenon is not dangerous to man. (April 28th, 8am)
Reference: rr0 - Beau
Source: rr0, ID: rr0_1901

Event 22297 (8A890610)

Date: 4/29/1961
Time: 16:00
Location: BAILEYS BEACH, NY
Description: Red ball floats 600’ offshore. Going up [to] 60’. Going quickly south to sea / 100mph. / r44p40.
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_6499

Attributes: CST: Observer(s) in coastal area/just offshore, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, ODD: Atypical/Forteana/paranormal, SCR: Classic saucer/disk/sphere shaped UFO, PRB: Probe: Possibly remote controlled, SUB: Submersible: Rises from or submerges into water, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), LND: UFO landing or any part touches ground, TCH: New technical details/clues

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “7”, Duration: “12”, Elev: “2”, HatchDesc: “BAILEYs BEACH,NY:RED BALL FLOATS 600’OFFSHORE:↑60’:>>S to SEA/100mph:/r44p40”, LatLong: “40.866669 -72.638892”, LatLongDMS: “40:52:00 N 72:38:20 W”, Locale: “Offshore”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “New York”, Strangeness: “8”

Event 22298 (8A882979)

Date: 4/29/1961
Locations: Bailey’s Beach, Newport, Rhode Island; Ocean
Description: Around 4:00 p.m. Contractor John P. Gallagher is working at a home adjacent to Bailey’s Beach, Newport, Rhode Island. He sees a red spherical object bobbing on the ocean waves about 600 feet from the shore. Suddenly the object rises into the air to 60 feet and moves out to sea at about 100 mph.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: “‘Head’ Floats—Flies,” APRO Bulletin, July 1961, p. 4
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_3515

Event 22299 (2914C346)

Date: 4/29/1961
Description: Mr. Gallagher was at Bailey’s Beach, Newport County, Rhode Island at around four o’clock in the afternoon when he noticed a red ball floating about 600 feet offshore. It then ascended to 60 feet altitude, and flew away to the south at 100 mph.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: APRO Bulletin, July-August 1961, p. 4; Ivan T. Sanderson, Invisible Residents, p. 40, citing Flying Saucer Review
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_2407

Event 22300 (007085AE)

Date: 5/1961
Location: US
Description: In the May issue of “Fate” magazine, Master Sgt. O.D. Hill admits that we are still losing Air Force planes to UFOs. The first case was an F-86 jet fighter that was sent aloft to investigate an UFO that had been plotted on the Radar scope of an Air Base (name and dates classified). The Radar Operator spied the UFO heading straight for the craft. The operator radioed for the F-86 to climb at once, but it was too late. The two blips merged as one and the UFO was tracked moving away. Classified as “mysterious” not a single shred of the F-86 was ever found. (ref. Kinross AFB where an F-89 with crew of two merged with an UFO and disappeared.-Donald Keyhoe) Second Case: A radar operator was tracking a transport plane carrying 26 persons aboard when, suddenly, another blip appeared on the screen closing at 2500 mph on the transport. Before the operator could warn the transport the two blips emerged as one. The remaining blip sped straight up at tremendous speed. A surface search in the vicinity revealed no oil slicks on the water, although a Generals’ briefcase was found floating around.
Type: publication
Reference: Fate Magazine, 5/1961
Source: Maj2, ID: Maj2_604
See also: 4/1/59
See also: 9/29/59

Event 22301 (D63AA9AC)

Date: 5/1961
Location: USSR, Voronezh
Description: (Translated from French) A UFO in the shape of a cigar flew over the city of Voronezh, causing terror among the population. It was estimated to be between 250 and 300 m long and was at an altitude of about 600 m. When the Mig fighters arrived to intercept it, the UFO fled at an approximate speed of 16000 km/h and disappeared definitively.
Reference: Antonio RIBERA: “Trial of the UFOs” - De Vecchi 1977, p. 101
Reference: Mini catalogue chronologique des observations OVNI, by Godelieve Van Overmeire
Source: Overmeire, ID: Overmeire_2204

Event 22302 (5A23A2DD)

Date: 5/1961
Description: (Translated from French) John Kennedy announces to the American Congress that the United States must commit to, before the end of the decade, landing a man on the Moon and returning him safely to Earth.
Reference: rr0 - Beau
Source: rr0, ID: rr0_1902

Event 22303 (82CB8B5F)

Date: 5/1961
Time: 11:00
Location: LURGAN, NORTH IREL
Description: 3 / isolated park. Noisy 4’ saucer going [to] over lake. Fades from view and quiets!
Type: sighting
Reference: FLYING SAUCER REVIEW (FSR), London. Bimonthly. PO Box 162; High Wycombe, Bucks. HP135 DZ, England. (Index 397)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_6500

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, ODD: Atypical/Forteana/paranormal, SCR: Classic saucer/disk/sphere shaped UFO, PRB: Probe: Possibly remote controlled, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), EME: Electro-Magnetic Effects, SND: UFO sounds heard or recorded, CMF: Camouflage/disguise

Extra Data: Country: “Great Britain and Ireland”, Credibility: “7”, Duration: “3”, Elev: “84”, HatchDesc: “LURGAN,N.IREL:3/ISOLATED PARK:NOISY 4’SCR > OVR LAKE:FADES FROM VIEW+QUIETS!”, LatLong: “54.450003 -6.333334”, LatLongDMS: “54:27:00 N 06:20:00 W”, Locale: “Forest”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Northern Ireland”, Strangeness: “7”

Event 22304 (3C8AE649)

Date: 5/1961
Location: Union Mills, IN
Description: First Week of May - Hemispherical UFO with “portholes”, on road; took off as car approached. [NICAP UFOE, XII] (NICAP: 02 - Close Encounters)
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_2515

Event 22305 (533B6F3B)

Date: 5/1961
Locations: La.; Minn.; U.S.
Description: Rep. Overton Brooks (D-La.) appoints Rep. Joseph Karth (DFL-Minn.) head of a Subcommittee on Space Problems and Life Sciences. Karth and two other members plan for hearings in early 1962. The plan calls for a statement by Roscoe Hillenkoetter. NICAP releases a joint statement by 21 American scientists that calls for an open investigation by UFOs without secrecy. It says the Air Force should have a more straightforward information policy that releases all facts on major UFO sightings.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: “Scientists Urge Check on AF Investigation,” UFO Investigator 1, no. 12 (April/May 1961): 7; “UFO Inquiry behind Closed Doors: NICAP Asks Right to Question Air Force,” UFO Investigator 2, no. 1 (July/Aug. 1961): 1
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_3516

Event 22306 (2C635595)

Date: 5/3/1961
Description: (Translated from French) Shepard’s suborbital flight (15 min). (May 3)
Reference: rr0 - Beau
Source: rr0, ID: rr0_1903

Event 22307 (2C1619DE)

Date: 5/3/1961 (approximate)
Time: 22:00
Location: UNION MILLS, IN
Description: 4M saucer with portholes rests / county road. Takes off / car nears. / r237p4.
Type: sighting
Reference: VALLEE, Jacques: PASSPORT TO MAGONIA; H. Regnery, Chicago HC 1969 & Contemporary Books,Chicago 1993. 372pp. (Index 518)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_6501

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

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “6”, Duration: “1”, Elev: “226”, HatchDesc: “UNION MILLS,IN:4M SCR W/PORTHOLES RESTS/COUNTY Rd:TAKES OFF/CAR NEARS:/r237p4”, LatLong: “41.494446 -86.855560”, LatLongDMS: “41:29:40 N 86:51:20 W”, Locale: “Farmlands”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Indiana”, Strangeness: “7”

Event 22308 (A9BB021D)

Date: 5/3/1961
Time: 2200
Location: Union Mills, Indiana
Description: Approximate date. A hemispherical craft with portholes, resting on a road, took off when a car came near it. Estimated diameter was 4 m, height 2.5 m, bearing “fluorescent lights.”
Type: ufo sighting
Reference: Evidence 139, 147 (Vallee)
Source: ValléeMagonia, ID: Magonia_518

Event 22309 (DEB22EA2)

Date: 5/3/1961
Description: On or about this date a hemispherical craft with portholes was sighted resting on a road in Union Mills, Indiana. The time was ten o’clock in the evening. It took off when a car came close to it. Its estimated diameter was four meters, height 2.5 meters, and it bore “fluorescent lights.”
Reference: Johnson
Reference: Jacques Vallee, Passport to Magonia: A Century of Landings, case 518; Richard Hall, The UFO Evidence, p. 147
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_2469

Event 22310 (83FE0F3E)

Date: 5/5/1961
Location: Cape Canaveral, Florida
Description: Astronaut Alan Shepard becomes the first American in space (for 15 minutes and 22 seconds) when his Freedom 7 capsule is launched from Cape Canaveral, Florida, as the first manned Project Mercury launch.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Wikipedia, “Mercury-Redstone 3”
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_3517

Event 22311 (74C1AF52)

Date: 5/7/1961
Time: 04:20
Location: NEAR GUNDAGAI, NSW, AUSTR
Description: 5 / plane take long exposure / huge UFO. Saucer with nose down. Odd.
Type: sighting
Reference: LORENZEN, Coral: FLYING SAUCERS, the Starting Evidence; Signet Books, NY 1962 & 1966. 278pp. Originally “The Great F. S. Hoax”. (Index 183)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_6502

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

Extra Data: Country: “Australia”, Credibility: “9”, Duration: “130”, HatchDesc: “nr GUNDAGAI,NSW,AUSTR:5/PLANE TAKE LONG EXPOSURE/HUGE UFO:SCR W/NOSE DOWN:ODD”, LatLong: “-35.083335 148.083340”, LatLongDMS: “35:05:00 S 148:05:00 E”, Locale: “Metropolis”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “NSW”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 22312 (17A3F4E7)

Date: 5/9/1961
Time: 07:30
Location: SOUTH / WELLINGTON, RSA
Description: Several observer(s). Shiny saucer hovers over Bains Kloof. Hovers. Wobbles. Then going quickly east.
Type: sighting
Reference: FLYING SAUCER REVIEW (FSR), London. Bimonthly. PO Box 162; High Wycombe, Bucks. HP135 DZ, England. (Index 88)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_6503

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

Extra Data: Country: “Republic of South Africa”, Credibility: “9”, Duration: “2”, HatchDesc: “S/WELLINGTON,RSA:SVRL OBS:SHINY SCR HVRs OVR BAINS KLOOF:HVRS:WOBBLES:then >>E”, LatLong: “-33.500002 19.100001”, LatLongDMS: “33:30:00 S 19:06:00 E”, Locale: “Mountains”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “CAP”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 22313 (EA7F7213)

Date: 5/9/1961
Description: At 7:45 a.m. several observers watched a shiny saucer-shaped object hover over Bains Kloof Mountain Pass near Wellington, Western Cape, South Africa. It hovered for a minute of two, then wobbled, and then shot off toward the east.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: Larry Hatch, U computer database, citing FSR, volume 7, number 4; newspaper clipping dated May 9, 1961
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_2680

Event 22314 (39F0BB83)

Date: 5/10/1961
Location: PACIFIC 124° 00E-22° 22N.
Description: Project Bluebook Case #unknown. US Navy boat observer(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 63)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_6504

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: “Pacific Ocean and non - Asian islands”, Credibility: “7”, Duration: “1”, Elev: “0”, HatchDesc: “PACIFIC 124°00E-22°22N.:BBK#UNK:US NAVY BOAT OBS:NFD AT ALL”, LatLong: “22.366668 124.000006”, LatLongDMS: “22:22:00 N 124:00:00 E”, Locale: “High Seas”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “NPC”, Strangeness: “4”

Event 22315 (5A08DB58)

Date: 5/10/1961
Locations: Osakis, Minnesota; rural road south of Osakis, Minnesota
Description: Late evening. Richard Vogt, driving on a rural road south of Osakis, Minnesota, sees a “ball of fog approximately 3 feet in diameter” swiftly descending toward him at a 45° angle from a clear sky. Unable to take evasive action, Vogt can only stare as the object hits the upper part of his hood and windshield. The noisy impact generates a tremendous amount of heat; the windshield becomes extremely hot to the touch. The object leaves pit marks burned in the windshield, circular tracks on the glass, and burned specks in the finish of the hood.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: C. W. Fitch, “Monitoring and Scanning UFOs,” APRO Bulletin, July 1963, p. 5; Clark III 716
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_3518

Event 22316 (6788E219)

Date: 5/14/1961
Description: At around 11:00 o’clock in the morning a 21-year-old man saw a golden disc-shaped object floating on the surface of the water while crossing the Mississippi River near Vicksburg, Mississippi. He got out of his car and watched it through binoculars. The water surface was disturbed as the object ascended, making a swishing sound. The sighting lasted about two minutes.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: James A. Scarborough, MUFON field investigations database, case 900315
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_2827

Event 22317 (113D89FC)

Date: 5/15/1961
Location: PACIFIC 141° 55E-35° 26N.
Description: Project Bluebook Case #unknown. Military observer(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 63)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_6505

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: “Pacific Ocean and non - Asian islands”, Credibility: “7”, Duration: “1”, Elev: “0”, HatchDesc: “PACIFIC 141°55E-35°26N.:BBK#UNK:MIL OBS:NFD AT ALL”, LatLong: “35.433335 141.916673”, LatLongDMS: “35:26:00 N 141:55:00 E”, Locale: “High Seas”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “NPC”, Strangeness: “4”

Event 22318 (474A1237)

Date: 5/15/1961
Location: Dominican Republic
Description: An order approved by President Kennedy results in the dispersal of four machine guns to insurgents in the Dominican Republic. President Rafael Trujillo dies from gunshot wounds on May 30. In the aftermath, Robert Kennedy writes that the CIA has succeeded where it has failed many times in the past, but in the face of that success, it is caught flatfooted, having failed to plan what to do next.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Wikipedia, “Rafael Trujillo”
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_3519

Event 22319 (1947CE35)

Date: 5/16/1961
Location: ATLANTIC 37° 00W-43° 46N
Description: Project Bluebook Case #unknown. Military observer(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 63)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_6506

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: “7”, Duration: “1”, Elev: “0”, HatchDesc: “ATLANTIC 37°00W-43°46N:BBK#UNK:MIL OBS:NFD AT ALL”, LatLong: “43.766669 -37.000002”, LatLongDMS: “43:46:00 N 37:00:00 W”, Locale: “High Seas”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “NAT”, Strangeness: “4”

Event 22320 (2AA31CCB)

Date: 5/18/1961
Description: (Translated from French) We pick up messages from 3 cosmonauts: 2 men and 1 woman. The men are called Chibotine and Dolgov, although one of them has a voice remarkably similar to Gagarin’s. Still in line with our plans… according to instructions… Why do we have to stay? asks one of them. Please, be more careful… But everything has been checked!.., comments the other. The requests and responses all concern technical objects and seem “feverish”. (May 18)
Reference: rr0 - Beau
Source: rr0, ID: rr0_1904

Event 22321 (E2B6F2B2)

Date: 5/19/1961
Time: 15:50
Location: LONG BEACH, CA
Description: Sonic booms. 12 metal objects play / sky. Vanish as jets near. / APRO 5’61.
Type: sighting
Reference: UFO INVESTIGATOR: NICAP: Kensington, MD & Washington, DC [defunct]. University Microfilms, Ann Arbor, MI 48106 (Index 25)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_6507

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), ODD: Atypical/Forteana/paranormal, WAV: Wave/cluster/flap, SCR: Classic saucer/disk/sphere shaped UFO, PRB: Probe: Possibly remote controlled, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), MIL: Military investigation

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “10”, Duration: “105”, Elev: “9”, HatchDesc: “LONG BEACH,CA:SONIC BOOMS:12 MTL OBJS PLAY/SKY:VANISH AS JETS NEAR:/APRO 5’61”, LatLong: “33.800002 -118.150006”, LatLongDMS: “33:48:00 N 118:09:00 W”, Locale: “Town & City”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “California”, Strangeness: “9”

Event 22322 (667F4323)

Date: 5/19/1961
Location: Bay Minette (About 7 miles W of), AL
Description: Silver-like object with tapered edges reflecting sunlight to the NNE (NICAP: 01 - Distant Encounters, BB: BBU)
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_2516

Event 22323 (034D28C9)

Date: 5/19/1961
Location: Long Beach, CA
Description: Twelve shiny UFOs maneuvered erratically over the area at 3:50 p.m., with an odd fluttering motion; then two loud “skyquakes” were heard. [NICAP UFOE, XII] (NICAP: 01 - Distant Encounters)
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_2517

Event 22324 (4F9A2AF3)

Date: 5/20/1961
Time: 02:50
Location: TYNDALL AIR FORCE BASE, FL
Description: Project Bluebook Case #7417. Pilots and many. RADAR’s / 2 days. Coin disk spins. / MJ#277+/ r59.
Type: sighting
Reference: UFO INVESTIGATOR: NICAP: Kensington, MD & Washington, DC [defunct]. University Microfilms, Ann Arbor, MI 48106 (Index 25)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_6508

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CST: Observer(s) in coastal area/just offshore, AIR: Observer(s) on aircraft, MIL: Observer(s) military, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, HQO: High-quality observer(s), SCR: Classic saucer/disk/sphere shaped UFO, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), OBS: Observation/chasing vehicles, VEH: Vehicle affected: Marks/damage/EME effects, BLD: Building/man-made structure/roads/power lines, RDR: Radar traces/blips, MIL: Military investigation, BBK: Project BLUEBOOK

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “10”, Duration: “64”, Elev: “6”, HatchDesc: “TYNDALL AFB,FL:BBK#7417:PILOTS+MANY:RDRs/2 DAYS:COIN DISK SPINS:/MJ#277+/r59”, LatLong: “30.072224 -85.577782”, LatLongDMS: “30:04:20 N 85:34:40 W”, Locale: “Town & City”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Florida”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 22325 (66A98A8F)

Date: 5/20/1961
Location: Maxwell AFB, Montgomery, AL
Description: Dime-Shaped Object Observed / Weather Radar Tracked? (McDonald list) (NICAP: 09 - RADAR Cases, Code: R, Rating: 5, BB: BBU)
Reference: NICAP: 610520
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_2518

Event 22326 (D7A83AED)

Date: 5/20/1961
Location: Tyndall AFB, FL
Description: Gnd Radar Tracks Object Chased By Fighter & Heli Pilots (NICAP: 09 - RADAR Cases, Code: R, Rating: 5, BB: BBU)
Reference: NICAP: 610520
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_2519

Event 22327 (F061A94B)

Date: 5/22/1961
Description: (Translated from French) Observation at the USAF base in Tyndall (Florida) (May 22)
Reference: case Blue Book #7417 unsolved
Reference: rr0 - Beau
Source: rr0, ID: rr0_1905

Event 22328 (EF9E8036)

Date: 5/22/1961
Location: Tyndall AFB, FL
Description: Big silver-dollar disc hover and revolve, then disappear (NICAP: 01 - Distant Encounters, BB: 7417)
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_2520

Event 22329 (57438F5F)

Date: 5/22/1961
Time: 4:30 PM
Location: Tyndall AFB, Florida
Description: Witnesses: Mrs. A.J. Jones and Mrs. R.F. Davis. One big silver dollar disc hovered and revolved, then suddenly disappeared after 15 minutes.
Type: ufo sighting
Reference: BlueBook Unknowns PDF
Source: BerlinerBBUnknowns, ID: BerlinerBBU_461

Event 22330 (FA0BE4B5)

Date: 5/22/1961
Description: Over 20 high qualified witnesses including several doctors watched a 30 meter long metallic ovoid object maneuver at low altitude in Ocumare del Tuy, Venezuela and then land at 10:30 a.m. A total of three objects were seen, manuevering silently in and out of the nearby hills and dodging trees and a low speed. Flattened grass was found at the landing site.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: APRO Bulletin, September 1961; Coral E. Lorenzen, Flying Saucers: The Startling Evidence of the Invasion from Outer Space, p. 185; Larry Hatch, U computer database, case #5930
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_3032

Event 22331 (D15DB2D9)

Date: 5/22/1961
Description: That same afternoon in Texas a stationary silver disc hung in the air over Tyndall Air Force Base. It was seen by two married women, Mrs. Jones and Mrs. Davis, at 4:30 p.m. The object appeared to be revolving as it hovered. After 15 minutes it finally rose higher and higher into the air and disappeared. A Project Blue Book “unknown.”
Reference: Johnson
Reference: Project Blue Book files counted in official statistics, case # 7417; Lloyd Mallan, Science & Mechanics, December 1966, p. 36; Lloyd Mallan, The Official Guide to UFOs, p. 22; Richard H. Hall, The UFO Evidence (Volume I), p. 95
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_3033

Event 22332 (76BBEFC0)

Date: 5/23/1961
Time: 15:20
Location: NAPIER, NZ
Description: 1 observer. Round silver ‘bowl’ going south slow. Reaches airdrome and vanishes in place.
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_6509

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CST: Observer(s) in coastal area/just offshore, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, SCR: Classic saucer/disk/sphere shaped UFO, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), OBS: Observation/chasing vehicles, VEH: Vehicle affected: Marks/damage/EME effects, BLD: Building/man-made structure/roads/power lines, CMF: Camouflage/disguise

Extra Data: Country: “New Zealand”, Credibility: “6”, Duration: “2”, HatchDesc: “NAPIER,NZ:1 OBS:ROUND SLVR ‘BOWL’ >S SLOW:REACHES AIRDROME+VANISHES in place.”, LatLong: “-39.516669 176.933342”, LatLongDMS: “39:31:00 S 176:56:00 E”, Locale: “Coastlands”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “NI”, Strangeness: “7”

Event 22333 (27BC50B4)

Date: 5/23/1961
Location: Bronson and Cross City, FL
Description: Oval Tracked By AN/FPS-6A (NICAP: 09 - RADAR Cases, Code: R, Rating: 5)
Reference: NICAP: 610523
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_2521

Event 22334 (0F9D72DC)

Date: 5/23/1961
Description: A round, silver bowl-shaped object flew slowly to the south over Napier, New Zealand in Hawke’s Bay at a few minutes after 3:15 p.m. It was witnessed by a Mrs. Church for two minutes. It reached a position over the local aerodrome and then vanished in place.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: APRO Bulletin, July-August 1961, p. 8
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_3045

Event 22335 (370A737B)

Date: 5/24/1961 (approximate)
Location: IN SPACE
Description: (Translated from French) On May 17th 1961 a Russian Lunik type spacecraft took off from the Baikonour base (I couldn’t find this information from authors talking about aeronautics…) : on May 24th the Turin and Bochum stations intercepted a man’s voice and a woman’s voice coming from the capsule: “We can no longer read the dials. The indicators are no longer clear. There are none… (silence)… There, there, there is something… it’s difficult… (silence)… if we don’t make it, the world will never know! It’s impossible…” Then nothing more. (…) Could Terechkova aboard Vostok 6 on June 16th 1963 have been the first woman in space? (Jean-Francis CROLARD: “The Enigma of the E.T.” - ed. Guy TREDANIEL 1995, p. 33) A woman and a man had been launched on February 17th 1962 from the Baikonour base. On the evening of February 24th, at 8pm, the Bochum, Meudon and Turin stations heard the reports. (…) (1961, May 24th (or 1962, February 24th?))
Reference: Jacques POTTIER: “Flying Saucers” - DE VECCHI - 1974 - p. 44
Reference: Mini catalogue chronologique des observations OVNI, by Godelieve Van Overmeire
Source: Overmeire, ID: Overmeire_2203

Event 22336 (154DB213)

Date: 5/25/1961
Description: (Translated from French) Kennedy launches the Apollo program. (May 25)
Reference: rr0 - Beau
Source: rr0, ID: rr0_1906

Event 22337 (4B136E74)

Date: 5/25/1961
Time: 22:10
Location: SHEPPERTON, ENG
Description: Girl / 16. 8M Derby-hat saucer going northwest / 30kph 150M away. Dome glows. 3 portholes.
Type: sighting
Reference: FLYING SAUCER REVIEW (FSR), London. Bimonthly. PO Box 162; High Wycombe, Bucks. HP135 DZ, England. (Index 89)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_6510

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

Extra Data: Country: “Great Britain and Ireland”, Credibility: “6”, Duration: “2”, HatchDesc: “SHEPPERTON,ENG:GIRL/16:8M DERBY-HAT SCR >NW/30kph 150M AWAY:DOME GLOWS:3 PORTS”, LatLong: “51.400002 -0.450000”, LatLongDMS: “51:24:00 N 00:27:00 W”, Locale: “Farmlands”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “England”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 22338 (3E71387C)

Date: 5/25/1961
Location: Shepperton, Middlesex, UK
Description: Domed UFO with “portholes.” [NICAP UFOE, XII] (NICAP: 01 - Distant Encounters)
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_2522

Event 22339 (F98CB95F)

Date: 5/28/1961 (approximate)
Location: NORTHEAST / FLORIANOPOLIS, BRAZIL
Description: Airmen. Luminous disk circles / sea level. Going up [to] and circles and paces DC3 going northeast.
Type: sighting
Reference: The APRO BULLETIN: Monthly. Jim & Coral Lorenzen: Tucson,AZ (USA. defunct) By volume and number. (Index 743)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_6511

Attributes: SEA: Observer(s) at sea, AIR: Observer(s) on aircraft, HQO: High-quality observer(s), SCR: Classic saucer/disk/sphere shaped UFO, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), OBS: Observation/chasing vehicles, VEH: Vehicle affected: Marks/damage/EME effects, LND: UFO landing or any part touches ground

Extra Data: Country: “Brazil”, Credibility: “8”, Duration: “30”, Elev: “0”, HatchDesc: “NE/FLORIANOPOLIS,BRZL:AIRMEN:LUMn.DISK CCLS/SEA Lvl:↑+CCLs+PACES DC3 >NE”, LatLong: “-25.500001 -45.833336”, LatLongDMS: “25:30:00 S 45:50:00 W”, Locale: “Metropolis”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “SEA”, Strangeness: “7”

Event 22340 (0D08A886)

Date: 5/28/1961
Description: A luminous disc was seen by airmen circling below at sea level northeast of Florianopolis, Brazil on this night. It climbed to the altitude of the DC-3 and circled the plane, then paced the aircraft as it flew to the northeast.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: APRO Bulletin, November 1961
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_3132

Event 22341 (5FA0797D)

Date: 5/29/1961
Location: Newark, OH
Description: Boy filmed unidentified light. [NICAP UFOE, VIII] (NICAP: 08 - Photographic Cases)
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_2523

Event 22342 (A1E551B5)

Date: 5/31/1961
Time: 12:00
Location: WYALONG TO/FROM TOOMPANG, AUS
Description: 7 observer(s). Large sphere/orb/globe hovers. 4 small delta/triangle/box-like crafts exit and maneuver and return. / r2p147.
Type: sighting
Reference: FLYING SAUCER REVIEW (FSR), London. Bimonthly. PO Box 162; High Wycombe, Bucks. HP135 DZ, England. (Index 293)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_6512

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

Extra Data: Country: “Australia”, Credibility: “9”, Duration: “120”, HatchDesc: “WYALONG><TOOMPANG,AUS:7 OBS:LRG ORB HVRS:4 SML DLTS EXIT+MNVR+RETURN:/r2p147”, LatLong: “-33.900002 147.288896”, LatLongDMS: “33:54:00 S 147:17:20 E”, Locale: “Pasture”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “NSW”, Strangeness: “7”

Event 22343 (DBBD4181)

Date: 5/31/1961
Description: At noon on this day over Toompang, New South Wales, Australia five men watched a large object hover in the sky while four delta-shaped objects exited and maneuvered around it for over an hour. They finally rejoined it and the large craft flew away.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: Jacques Vallee, Anatomy of a Phenomenon, p. 151; FSR, March 1979, p. 10
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_3181

Event 22344 (056CF15A)

Date: 6/1961
Location: US
Description: The outspoken new policy, if that is what it was, apparently backfired. Angered by USAF Col. Tacker’s attitude, NICAP members and other citizens deluged Congress with requests for an investigation of the Air Force project. Congressional hearings were contemplated but never came about. Instead, Air Force Congressional Liaison personnel briefed key Congressional committees in private.
Type: congressional briefings
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_893

Event 22345 (940BDA44)

Date: 6/1961
Time: 23:50
Location: BARABON, QLD, AUS
Description: 4 observer(s) / car. Classic saucer passes. Car engine quits. 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 18)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_6513

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, HQO: High-quality observer(s), SCR: Classic saucer/disk/sphere shaped UFO, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), VEH: Vehicle affected: Marks/damage/EME effects, EME: Electro-Magnetic Effects

Extra Data: Country: “Australia”, Credibility: “9”, Duration: “2”, HatchDesc: “BARABON,QLD,AUS:4 OBS/CAR:CLASSIC SCR PASSES:CAR ENGINE QUITS:NFD”, LatLong: “-20.833334 143.466674”, LatLongDMS: “20:50:00 S 143:28:00 E”, Locale: “Pasture”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Queensland”, Strangeness: “7”

Event 22346 (4EE0CA83)

Date: 6/2/1961
Description: (Translated from French) Observation at the Miyako Jima air station (Japan) (June 2)
Reference: case Blue Book #7437 unsolved
Reference: rr0 - Beau
Source: rr0, ID: rr0_1908

Event 22347 (2FFC962A)

Date: 6/2/1961
Time: 22:20
Location: MIYAKO JIMA AFS, JAPAN
Description: Project Bluebook Case #7437. Several observer(s). Blue-white night light maneuvers erratically / 5 minute(s).
Type: sighting
Reference: BERLINER, DON: The BLUEBOOK UNKNOWNS; (FUFOR). (Index 29)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_6514

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

Extra Data: Country: “Japan”, Credibility: “9”, Duration: “5”, HatchDesc: “MIYAKO JIMA AFS,JAPAN:BBK#7437:SVRL OBS:BLU-WHT NLT MNVRS ERRATICALLY/5min”, LatLong: “34.716668 135.550006”, LatLongDMS: “34:43:00 N 135:33:00 E”, Locale: “Town & City”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Honshu Island”, Strangeness: “5”

Event 22348 (C5B37BDE)

Date: 6/2/1961
Location: Tampa, FL
Description: (McDonald list) Object Tracked At 34,000’ /F-102 Scrambled (NICAP: 09 - RADAR Cases, Code: R, Rating: 3, BB: BBU)
Reference: NICAP: 610602
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_2524

Event 22349 (213EF06B)

Date: 6/2/1961
Location: Miyako Jima Air Station, Japan
Description: Blue-white light fly erratic course at varying speed (NICAP: 01 - Distant Encounters, BB: 7437)
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_2525

Event 22350 (33413A79)

Date: 6/2/1961
Time: 10:17 PM
Location: Miyako Jima, Japan
Description: Witnesses: lst Lt. R.N. Monahan and Hazeltine Electric Co. technical representative D.W. Mattison. One blue-white light flew erratic course at varying speed, in an arc-like path for 5 minutes.
Type: ufo sighting
Reference: BlueBook Unknowns PDF
Source: BerlinerBBUnknowns, ID: BerlinerBBU_462

Event 22351 (6FB9E6A2)

Date: 6/2/1961
Description: On Miyako Jima, Japan at 10:17 p.m. Lt. R. N. Monahan and Hazeltine Electric Co. technical representative D. W. Mattison, sighted a blue-white light that flew an erratic course at varying speeds, in an arc-like path for five minutes. A radar contact with visual confirmation of the UFO occurred on the same day in Tampa, Florida.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: Project Blue Book files counted in official statistics, case # 7437; Don Berliner, Project Bluebook UFO Unknowns
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_3225

Event 22352 (BB4B8557)

Date: 6/3/1961
Location: ITALY, at sea
Description: (Translated from French) Four people were chatting in the boat, engine stopped, off the Italian coast. Suddenly they were shaken by waves of increasing amplitude. They then saw the water swell into an enormous bubble 1 km away from them. A strange object in the shape of an overturned plate topped with a cone emerged from this bubble of water as if the object was pushing the water away, as if it was surrounded by an air cushion. Once out of the water it stopped for a few seconds at about ten meters from the surface, forming a halo around its base. Then it left at a lightning speed. (June 3, 1961)
Reference: Michel BOUGARD: “Des S.V. aux OVNI” - SOBEPS 1976 - P. 214
Reference: Mini catalogue chronologique des observations OVNI, by Godelieve Van Overmeire
Source: Overmeire, ID: Overmeire_2205

Event 22353 (87E28D0B)

Date: 6/3/1961
Time: 06:40
Location: OFF SAVONA, ITL
Description: Sea boils. Glowing-saucer emerges. Going quickly northeast / fast. / FSRv9#4p11+/ r70p3-73+/ r8.
Type: sighting
Reference: ITACAT, Catalogo Italiano degli Incontri Ravvicinati. Maurizio Verga, 1989 CISU/Torino, Italy. (Index 51)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_6515

Attributes: CST: Observer(s) in coastal area/just offshore, SEA: Observer(s) at sea, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, HQO: High-quality observer(s), SCR: Classic saucer/disk/sphere shaped UFO, CIG: Torpedo/cigar/cylinder shaped UFO, SUB: Submersible: Rises from or submerges into water, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), LND: UFO landing or any part touches ground

Extra Data: Country: “Italy”, Credibility: “10”, Duration: “2”, Elev: “0”, HatchDesc: “off SAVONA,ITL:SEA BOILS:GLO-SCR EMERGES:>>NE/FAST:/FSRv9#4p11+/r70p3-73+/r8”, LatLong: “44.250002 8.516667”, LatLongDMS: “44:15:00 N 08:31:00 E”, Locale: “Offshore”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “SV”, Strangeness: “8”

Event 22354 (5F622439)

Date: 6/3/1961
Time: 0635
Location: Savona, Italy
Description: Off this town, four people in a boat were suddenly shaken by growing waves and saw the sea swelling like an enormous bubble 1 km away. An object emerged, hovering at 10 m altitude for a brief time, its underside glowing, and it left obliquely at high speed toward the northeast. Its shape was similar to a cone resting on a disk.
Type: ufo sighting
Reference: Settimana Incom. Jan. 6,63 (Vallee)
Source: ValléeMagonia, ID: Magonia_519

Event 22355 (FF2FB6B3)

Date: 6/3/1961
Location: Savona, Italy
Description: 6:35 a.m. Giacomo Barra, Giuseppe Pordoi, Filippo Marin, and Silvano Guardinfante are in a motorboat off Savona, Italy, when the boat begins to roll badly. More than one-half mile away, they notice the surface of the sea is “bulging like an enormous ball, with long billows going out.” An object emerges from the sea and stops still for a few seconds at a height of 30 feet and rocks slightly. A halo forms around the base and it shoots away quickly across the sea and vanishes towards the northwest.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Loren E. Gross, The Fifth Horseman of the Apocalypse: UFOs, a History: January–June 1961, The Author, 2003, p. 50; 1Pinotti 117–118
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_3523

Event 22356 (CD4306B0)

Date: 6/3/1961
Locations: Mercury, Nevada; Nellis AFB
Description: A civilian weather observer sees an object through a theodolite at Mercury, Nevada. It remains in sight for 2 hours at an altitude of 80,000–120,000 feet. Project Blue Book evaluators correctly identify the object as a probable U-2 aircraft flying out of Nellis AFB.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Mark Rodeghier, “The U-2 Spy Plane and Blue Book: Another Look,” IUR 27, no. 3 (Fall 2002): 21
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_3524

Event 22357 (061638AC)

Date: 6/3/1961
Description: In the sea off the town of Savona, Italy four people who were taking a ride in a small motorboat were suddenly rocked by growing waves. They stood up and noticed the sea swell up like an enormous bubble a kilometer away, with large waves widening into a circle. A few seconds later an object emerged and hovered at 10 meters altitude above the waves for a brief time. Its lower part was similar to an upside down plate and the upper part was shaped like a cone. As it was emerging from the water the object seemed to push it as if there was an air pillow. After it had emerged completely, the object stopped for a few seconds in the air at about 10 meters above the surface. After a few sways, a mark around the base formed and the object rapidly departed following a trajectory oblique to the sea surface and disappeared towards the northeast.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: Passport to Magonia: A Century of Landings, case 519; Marco Bianchini, USOCAT: Italian Center for UFO Studies (CISU), www.cisu.org; Thomas M. Olsen, Reference to Outstanding UFO Reports, case 122, citing Flying Saucer Review, July-August 1963, p. 11
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_3243

Event 22358 (A83F530B)

Date: 6/4/1961
Time: ~14:00
Location: BLUE RIDGE SUMMIT, PA
Description: Several small saucers streak to big ovoid. Going quickly NNW. Very fast. / r242p71.
Type: sighting
Reference: UFO INVESTIGATOR: NICAP: Kensington, MD & Washington, DC [defunct]. University Microfilms, Ann Arbor, MI 48106 (Index 25)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_6516

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: “7”, Duration: “2”, Elev: “408”, HatchDesc: “BLUE RIDGE SUMMIT,PA:SVRL SML SCRS STREAK to BIG OVOID:>>NNW:VFAST:/r242p71”, LatLong: “39.733335 -77.472226”, LatLongDMS: “39:44:00 N 77:28:20 W”, Locale: “Mountains”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Pennsylvania”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 22359 (1C4C8EC9)

Date: 6/4/1961
Location: Blue Ridge Summit, PA
Description: A cigar-shaped or long elliptical UFO with a cluster of smaller UFOs was observed by a librarian. First motionless, the smaller objects then streaked across the sky to the large UFO and all vanished behind trees. [NICAP UFOE, VIII] (NICAP: 01 - Distant Encounters)
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_2526

Event 22360 (54C4BFB8)

Date: 6/4/1961
Location: Blue Ridge Summit, Pennsylvania
Description: Mrs. James W. Annis, a librarian, sees a large, narrow, elliptical object hovering low in the sky to the north of Blue Ridge Summit, Pennsylvania. Farther to the east, a cluster of smaller objects is hovering. She then watches the smaller objects streak across the sky to the larger one. All then move out of sight behind trees to the north- northwest.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: UFOEv, p. 71; Herbert S. Taylor, “Satellite Objects: A Further Look,” IUR 29, no. 2 (Summer 2004): 25
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_3525

Event 22361 (E41EE44D)

Date: 6/5/1961
Location: Rodovia Anchieta highway 30 miles northwest of Santos, São Paulo, Brazil
Description: 2:30 a.m. Patrolman Jaime de Miranda and Astrogildo de Medeiros are called to the scene of a sighting on the Rodovia Anchieta highway 30 miles northwest of Santos, São Paulo, Brazil. When they arrive, they find about 20 cars stopped along the road and people watching a luminous disc-shaped object maneuvering in the area. The patrolmen try to signal the object by shining a spotlight on it, but they get no response. When they focus a red light on it, the object moves toward the cars at high speed. They take cover. Another responder, Marshal José Otavia Leite, is about to shoot at the object but other police prevent him. After 3 hours, the object gets dimmer. At 5:30 a.m., it is still visible through binoculars when it lands on the ground some distance from the highway. By daybreak it is no longer visible.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Lorenzen, UFOs: The Whole Story, Signet, 1969, pp. 227–228
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_3526

Event 22362 (951EDEC2)

Date: 6/9/1961
Location: Mississisauga, Ontario
Description: A second USAF/NASA flight evaluation of the Avrocar is conducted on a modified second prototype at the Avro facility in Mississisauga, Ontario. During these tests, the vehicle reaches a maximum speed of 20 knots and shows the ability to traverse a ditch 6 feet across and 18 inches deep. Flight above the critical altitude proves dangerous if not nearly impossible due to inherent instability. The flight test report further identifies a range of control problems.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Wikipedia, “Avro Canada VZ-9 Avrocar”
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_3527

Event 22363 (1B8C0E52)

Date: 6/11/1961
Time: 23:00
Location: VILLANUEVA DE RIO Y M., SP
Description: 12+observer(s). 5M saucer maneuvers. All animals affected. Going quickly west. / r50p7.
Type: sighting
Reference: FSR CASE HISTORIES. Bimonthly/London. Supplements 2 - 18 (final issue) (Index 18)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_6517

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, ANI: Animals affected or injuries/marks

Extra Data: Country: “Spain”, Credibility: “10”, Duration: “8”, HatchDesc: “VILLANUEVA de RIO y M.,SP:12+OBS:5M SCR MNVRS:ALL ANIMALS AFFECTED:>>W:/r50p7”, LatLong: “37.655557 -5.716667”, LatLongDMS: “37:39:20 N 05:43:00 W”, Locale: “Pasture”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “SVL”, Strangeness: “7”

Event 22364 (2AAF078B)

Date: 6/11/1961
Locations: Fuenteluega Estate; Sevilla, Spain
Description: 11:00 p.m. José-Gregorio Darnaude y Rojas Marcos, 28, is lying in a hammock in the front of his house on the Fuenteluega Estate in Sevilla, Spain, when he feels a peculiar pricking sensation throughout his whole body but particularly in his head. His dogs are cowering, the sheep go completely crazy, and the crickets and cicadas become silent. Suddenly, a luminous disc about 15 feet in diameter appears from behind the house, flying from northeast to southwest. It makes an abrupt 90° turn and moves directly toward him, hovering about 400 feet away from him and 80 feet in the air, changing colors from white to orange to red to purple several times. Darnaude runs inside, but the disc turns bright white and shots away at enormous speed.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Vicente-Juan Ballester Olmos, “Twelfh Night: And a UFO,” Flying Saucer Review Case Histories, no. 18 (September 1974): 11
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_3528

Event 22365 (4D5B8F5B)

Date: 6/11/1961
Description: Jose Darnaude, age 28, of Villanueva del Rio y Minas, Spain felt a strange prickling sensation all over his body but especially on his head when he next saw a spinning luminous object approach rapidly from the northeast. The disc-shaped UFO dropped down at a 90-degree angle, and stopped to hover at 20-30 meters altitude, 250 meters away. It changed color from white to orange to red to purple to white again. Over a dozen other people witnessed it for several minutes before it rose vertically at great speed and flew towards the southwest. Horses in the area went crazy with fear, sheep broke loose, and dogs cowered in silence. Mr. Darnaude has degrees in law, economics, and business management, and at the time was the manager of his family’s agricultural and cattle breeding business, on whose estate the incident occurred.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: Vicente Juan Ballester Olmos, A Catalogue of 200 Type I UFO Events in Spain and Portugal, pp. 7-8.
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_3418

Event 22366 (78459F12)

Date: 6/12/1961
Description: A smoke ring was seen in the presence of a UFO at 6:30 p.m. in Waynesville, Ohio.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: APRO Bulletin, July-August 1961, p. 1
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_3438

Event 22367 (C468C473)

Date: 6/13/1961
Time: 15:40
Location: BETHUNGRA, AUS
Description: 4 / railroad/railway station/depot/facility. 25cm disk just over phone lines. Whistles. Lines tangled.
Type: sighting
Reference: FLYING SAUCER REVIEW (FSR), London. Bimonthly. PO Box 162; High Wycombe, Bucks. HP135 DZ, England. (Index 89)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_6518

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

Extra Data: Country: “Australia”, Credibility: “8”, Duration: “1”, HatchDesc: “BETHUNGRA,AUS:4/RR Stn:25cm DISK JUST OVR PHONE LINES:WHISTLES:LINES TANGLED”, LatLong: “-34.766668 147.866674”, LatLongDMS: “34:46:00 S 147:52:00 E”, Locale: “Pasture”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “NSW”, Strangeness: “7”

Event 22368 (2B4E1706)

Date: 6/13/1961
Description: At 3:35 p.m. a 25 cm wide disc flew just above some telephone lines at a railroad station in Bethunga, New South Wales, Australia. It made a whistling noise. The telephone became entangled by its passage.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: Luis Schoenherr, computerized catalogue, case #1451
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_3456

Event 22369 (F783AAAB)

Date: 6/17/1961
Location: PACIFIC 148° 10W-26° 03N PROJECT BLUEBOOK CASE #UNKNOWN
Description: Military observer(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 65)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_6519

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: “Pacific Ocean and non - Asian islands”, Credibility: “7”, Duration: “1”, Elev: “0”, HatchDesc: “PACIFIC 148°10W-26°03N BBK#UNK:MIL OBS:NFD AT ALL”, LatLong: “26.050001 -148.166674”, LatLongDMS: “26:03:00 N 148:10:00 W”, Locale: “High Seas”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “NPC”, Strangeness: “4”

Event 22370 (8A1470EA)

Date: 6/19/1961
Location: EXETER, ENGL
Description: Large bright shiny object hovers 50k’ over airport/apartment. RADAR’s track. / r242p139+/ r28p437.
Type: sighting
Reference: UFO INVESTIGATOR: NICAP: Kensington, MD & Washington, DC [defunct]. University Microfilms, Ann Arbor, MI 48106 (Index 25)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_6520

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, MIL: Observer(s) military, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, HQO: High-quality observer(s), SCR: Classic saucer/disk/sphere shaped UFO, CIG: Torpedo/cigar/cylinder shaped UFO, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), OBS: Observation/chasing vehicles, VEH: Vehicle affected: Marks/damage/EME effects, BLD: Building/man-made structure/roads/power lines, RDR: Radar traces/blips

Extra Data: Country: “Great Britain and Ireland”, Credibility: “9”, Duration: “60”, Elev: “26”, HatchDesc: “EXETER,ENGL:LRG BRITE SHINY OBJ HVRS 50k’ovr Apt:RDRs TRACK:/r242p139+/r28p437”, LatLong: “50.733336 -3.550000”, LatLongDMS: “50:44:00 N 03:33:00 W”, Locale: “Town & City”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “England”, Strangeness: “5”

Event 22371 (1D1B8072)

Date: 6/19/1961
Location: Exeter, UK
Description: Exeter, England; Edinburgh, Scotland, G,V (NICAP: 09 - RADAR Cases, Rating: 5)
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_2527

Event 22372 (7B54B39D)

Date: 6/19/1961
Location: Exeter, Devon, England
Description: A flying object hovers for more than an hour above an airport at Exeter, Devon, England. Officials say: “We do not know what it is. It was seen on the radar screen and we have had it under observation for some time. We think it is pretty big. It appears to be shining brightly and is about 50,000 feet up.”
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: UFOEv, pp. 80, 139
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_3529

Event 22373 (83B3C982)

Date: 6/21/1961
Location: USSR, Rybinsk
Description: (Translated from French) A metal object in the shape of a disc, approximately 100 m in diameter, hovered above the Rybinsk anti-aircraft missile launch base north of Moscow. The object, apparently at an altitude of 6000 m, was first detected on radar and then seen with the naked eye. While it remained stationary, smaller discs emerged from the giant object and began to fly over the base at low altitude. The commander gave the order to shoot down the craft. A first series of surface-to-air missiles were launched: the projectiles rose towards the UFO but exploded in the air when they were 2 km away. The UFO remained stationary and intact in the same place. A second attack was ordered, with the same result. Preparations were being made for a third attack when the small discs descended very low and the electricity was cut off, including that supplied by the emergency generator. After ten minutes the small objects rose back up to the large craft, then it disappeared. The electricity then returned normally. (Antonio RIBERA: “Procès aux OVNI” - De Vecchi 1977 - p. 101, 102) (Internet, WUFOC site, which reproduces this account attributing it to Thimoty Good “Above Top Secret” with the comment that Good claims his source is a very serious Italian scientific journal….) Defensive missiles were installed around Moscow. At one of the bases, a radar detected a UFO flying at an altitude of 18000 meters and escorted by smaller UFOs. The commander of the Rybinsk base responded with a salvo of missiles. The escort UFOs descended towards the base, whose electrical equipment then stopped working. The missiles exploded well before reaching their targets. When the UFOs rejoined their mothership, the energy returned to the missile base.
Reference: “Dossiers OVNI”, ed. Marshall Cavendish, Paris 1998, Hors série, p. 24
Reference: Mini catalogue chronologique des observations OVNI, by Godelieve Van Overmeire
Source: Overmeire, ID: Overmeire_2206

Event 22374 (1E8C32E3)

Date: 6/21/1961
Time: ~15:00
Location: RYBINSK, RS
Description: 100M saucer / 20km altitude. Small saucers all over/all about. Missiles fired. Electric out. / r211p31.
Type: sighting
Reference: GOOD, Timothy: ABOVE TOP SECRET; Sidgewick & Jackson, London 1987 & Quill Books, 1988. 592pp. (Index 227)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_6521

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, RDR: Radar traces/blips, EME: Electro-Magnetic Effects, MIL: Military investigation

Extra Data: Country: “Russia”, Credibility: “6”, Duration: “25”, HatchDesc: “RYBINSK,RS:100M SCR/20km alt:SML SCRS ALLO:MISSILES FIRED:ELEC.OUT:/r211p31”, LatLong: “58.033336 38.866669”, LatLongDMS: “58:02:00 N 38:52:00 E”, Locale: “Town & City”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “MOS”, Strangeness: “7”

Event 22375 (6F6A3152)

Date: Summer 1961
Location: Rybinsk, Yaroslavl Oblast, Russia
Description: Near Rybinsk, Yaroslavl Oblast, Russia, crews are setting up new missile batteries as part of Moscow’s defensive network. A huge disc-shaped object allegedly appears at an estimated altitude of 12.5 miles, surrounded by a number of smaller objects. A nervous battery commander panics and gives unauthorized orders to fire a salvo at the disc. All the missiles explode at an estimated distance of 1.2 miles from the target. A third salvo is not fired, because at that point the smaller objects stall the electrical apparatus of the entire missile base. After the smaller disc rejoin the big UFO, the electrical systems return.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Good Above, pp. 227–228; Flying Saucers, no. 47, May 1966, pp. 6–10
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_3520

Event 22376 (A5FDBADB)

Date: Summer 1961
Locations: Travis AFB; Fairfield, California; Sacramento Valley
Description: Capt. Robert Filler and Lt. Phil Lee, based with the 82d Fighter Interceptor Squadron at Travis AFB in Fairfield, California, are scrambled in their F-102 Delta Dagger jets to intercept a radar target that has been hovering at 50,000 feet for 30 minutes. They get a radar lock-on 20 miles out above the Sacramento Valley. The target is still stationary until they are 5 miles away, then the target moves quickly several times to a higher altitude. Filler estimates it is moving at 36,000 mph.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Good Need, pp. 245–246
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_3521

Event 22377 (82A655AF)

Date: Summer 1961
Location: Beloit, Ohio
Description: Day. Glenn E. Bradley watches a group of six metallic discs pass over his farm near Beloit, Ohio, at a low altitude. They are traveling in single file at about 30 mph and are spaced 1–2 miles apart. The objects are each about 60 feet in diameter at the bottom with a 30-foot dome on top. Within a transparent section in the center he can see two figures on each side. The objects begin banking to the left about 200–300 feet away.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: “Soup Bowls over Ohio,” CUFOS Associate Newsletter 6, no. 1 (Feb./March 1985): 4, 6
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_3522

Event 22378 (31CF784E)

Date: 6/25/1961
Location: Pacific Ocean, At Sea
Description: (McDonald list) Two Blips At 4800 Knots (NICAP: 09 - RADAR Cases, Code: R, Rating: 5, BB: BBU)
Reference: NICAP: 610625
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_2528

Event 22379 (C2D757D6)

Date: 6/28/1961
Description: An alleged one page memo from President Kennedy (not using auto signature) to DCI states he requests a review of MJ-12 operations as they related to Cold War psychological warfare plans.

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Reference: Anonymous 2023 PDF
Source: Anon2023PDF, ID: Anon2023PDF_99

Event 22380 (BEE0B206)

Date: 6/30/1961
Location: Warsaw, Poland
Description: 2:00 p.m. Residents of Warsaw, Poland, see a large, luminous, roughly spherical, slowly moving object in the sky. It supposedly remains visible for more than 8 hours.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Poland 29–31
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_3530

Event 22381 (C382861B)

Date: 7/1961
Location: USA, SPACE
Description: (Translated from French) Re-entry of Explorer 6 launched on August 7th, 1959.
Reference: Acta Aeronomica 1977, p. 97
Reference: Mini catalogue chronologique des observations OVNI, by Godelieve Van Overmeire
Source: Overmeire, ID: Overmeire_2207

Event 22382 (B8D964B4)

Date: 7/1961
Alternate date: 8/1961
Location: Lacul Roşu, Romania
Description: Dusk. Florin Gorănescu is staying at a villa in Lacul Roşu, Romania. He and two colleagues notice on top of a nearby high cliff an intensely red light that remains motionless until it begins moving slowly northeast.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Romania 13
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_3531

Event 22383 (13CDC881)

Date: 7/1/1961
Description: ATIC is removed from USAF Intelligence and added to the new Air Force Systems Command. Its name is changed to the Foreign Technology Division. Project Blue Book is included in the reorganization.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Sparks, pp. 12–13; Wikipedia, “National Air and Space Intelligence Center”
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_3532

Event 22384 (B9E7A503)

Date: 7/1/1961
Locations: Ent AFB [now the US Olympic Training Center], Colorado Springs, Colorado; Hanscom Field, Bedford, Massachusetts
Description: A new squadron that will become the 1st Aerospace Surveillance and Control Squadron becomes operational under the USAF Air Defense Command at Ent AFB [now the US Olympic Training Center], Colorado Springs, Colorado, part of NORAD’s Space Detection and Tracking System. The first squadron commander is Col. Robert Miller. The Space Track organization at Hanscom Field, Bedford, Massachusetts, assumes a backup role for squadron operations.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Wikipedia, “1st Space Operations Squadron”
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_3533

Event 22385 (EA3A8338)

Date: 7/3/1961
Time: 00:20
Location: RYDE, WIGHT, ENG
Description: 2 women. Domed saucer going north from sea. Hovers 20M over trees. Silent. Going quickly south. / r8.
Type: sighting
Reference: FLYING SAUCER REVIEW (FSR), London. Bimonthly. PO Box 162; High Wycombe, Bucks. HP135 DZ, England. (Index 90)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_6522

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

Extra Data: Country: “Great Britain and Ireland”, Credibility: “8”, Duration: “2”, HatchDesc: “RYDE,WIGHT,ENG:2 WOMEN:DOMED SCR >N from SEA:HVRS 20M OVR TREES:SLNT:>>S:/r8”, LatLong: “50.716669 -1.266667”, LatLongDMS: “50:43:00 N 01:16:00 W”, Locale: “Islands”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “England”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 22386 (412E610F)

Date: 7/3/1961
Time: 0015
Location: Ryde, Great Britain
Description: An object resembling a hovercraft, having five windows through which an orange light was shining, hovered about 20 m above the trees. It left suddenly at high speed.
Type: ufo sighting
Reference: FSR 61, 6 (Vallee)
Source: ValléeMagonia, ID: Magonia_520

Event 22387 (E705CA91)

Date: 7/3/1961
Description: An object resembling a hovercraft was seen at fifteen minutes after minute in Ryde, England. It had five windows through which a bright orange light was shining, and it hovered about 20 meters above the trees. It left suddenly at high speed.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: Passport to Magonia: A Century of Landings, case 520
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_3802

Event 22388 (2104EC26)

Date: 7/4/1961
Time: 22:20
Location: AKRON, OH
Description: Private pilot and ground RADAR. Glowing-object dives at plane. Back 5 July. No further details. / r28p437.
Type: sighting
Reference: HALL, Richard: The UFO EVIDENCE; NICAP,Washington, DC 1964. Reprinted 1997 Barnes & Noble Books ( only $7.98! ) (Index 43)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_6523

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, FBL: Fireball: Blazing undistinguished form/orb., NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), OBS: Observation/chasing vehicles, VEH: Vehicle affected: Marks/damage/EME effects, RDR: Radar traces/blips, MIL: Military investigation

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “8”, Duration: “2”, Elev: “310”, HatchDesc: “AKRON,OH:PVT PILOT+GND RDR:GLOW-OBJ DIVES AT PLANE:BACK 5JLY:NFD:/r28p437”, LatLong: “41.116669 -81.616671”, LatLongDMS: “41:07:00 N 81:37:00 W”, Locale: “Metropolis”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Ohio”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 22389 (B6AD8A75)

Date: 7/4/1961
Location: Akron, OH
Description: Object Dives At Plane, Climbs Away At Tremendous Speed (NICAP: 11 - Aviation Cases, Code: A, Rating: 5)
Reference: NICAP: 610704
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_2529

Event 22390 (1B29B0FB)

Date: 7/7/1961
Description: (Translated from French) Observation at Copemiah (Michigan) (July 7)
Reference: case Blue Book #7491 unsolved
Reference: rr0 - Beau
Source: rr0, ID: rr0_1909

Event 22391 (5DC1BFCC)

Date: 7/7/1961
Location: MUSKEGON, MI
Description: 3+observer(s). Metallic double-bowl saucer. Light flashes. Going up [to] slow and going quickly [to] very fast. Police report.
Type: sighting
Reference: UFO INVESTIGATOR: NICAP: Kensington, MD & Washington, DC [defunct]. University Microfilms, Ann Arbor, MI 48106 (Index 25)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_6524

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, OGA: Non-Covert Government Agencies

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “8”, Duration: “1”, Elev: “180”, HatchDesc: “MUSKEGON,MI:3+OBS:MTLC DOUBLE-BOWL SCR:LITE FLASHES:↑ SLO+>>VFAST:police rept.”, LatLong: “43.216669 -86.266671”, LatLongDMS: “43:13:00 N 86:16:00 W”, Locale: “Pasture”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Michigan”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 22392 (EC95B2D6)

Date: 7/7/1961
Time: 23:00
Location: COPEMISH, MI
Description: BBK7491. 2+2+2 observer(s). Large sphere/orb/globe splits into 4 small ones. Drop going down [to] trees.
Type: sighting
Reference: SCIENCE & MECHANICS (eds.) OFFICIAL GUIDE to UFO’S; Ace Books, NY. 1968. (Index 172)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_6525

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), RAY: Odd light/searchlight/beam/laser-like, TCH: New technical details/clues, MIL: Military investigation, BBK: Project BLUEBOOK

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “8”, Duration: “60”, Elev: “246”, HatchDesc: “COPEMISH,MI:BBK7491:2+2+2 OBS:LARGE ORB SPLITS INTO 4 SMALL ONES:DROP ↓ TREES”, LatLong: “44.466669 -85.911115”, LatLongDMS: “44:28:00 N 85:54:40 W”, Locale: “Farmlands”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, RelAlt: “3”, State/Prov: “Michigan”, Strangeness: “8”

Event 22393 (32728A98)

Date: 7/7/1961
Location: Copemiah, MI
Description: A large ball fly slow, split into 4 after 45 mins flying (NICAP: 01 - Distant Encounters, BB: 7491)
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_2530

Event 22394 (6A83B36A)

Date: 7/7/1961
Time: 11 PM
Location: Copemish, Michigan
Description: Witness: waitress Nannette Hilley. One large ball flew slow, split into four after 45 minutes. Four flew close formation, descended and flew away to the west. Total sighting lasted 1 hour.
Type: ufo sighting
Reference: BlueBook Unknowns PDF
Source: BerlinerBBUnknowns, ID: BerlinerBBU_463

Event 22395 (0C553F8E)

Date: 7/7/1961
Description: In Copemish, Michigan at 11 p.m. waitress Nannette Hilley saw a large flying ball of light slow down and split into four parts after 45 minutes. The four lights flew in close formation, descended and flew away toward the west. The sighting lasted a total of one hour.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: Don Berliner, Project Bluebook UFO Unknowns
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_3903

Event 22396 (13D04185)

Date: 7/8/1961
Time: 22:10
Location: FAIRBORN, OH
Description: Observer(s) = Wilson. Blue Book. Orange-yellow saucer / 10 minute(s). Going southwest. Inverted mushroom 2 SEPT61.
Type: sighting
Reference: VALLEE, Jacques: UFO’S IN SPACE - Anatomy of a Phenomenon; Henry Regnery 1966 & Ballentine PB 1974 294pp. (Index 220)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_6526

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

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “9”, Duration: “10”, Elev: “252”, HatchDesc: “FAIRBORN,OH:OBS=WILSON:BBK:ORG-YEL SCR/10min:>SW::INVERTED MUSHROOM 2SEPT61”, LatLong: “39.822224 -84.027782”, LatLongDMS: “39:49:20 N 84:01:40 W”, Locale: “Town & City”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Ohio”, Strangeness: “7”

Event 22397 (4AAA7A37)

Date: 7/8/1961
Time: 23:10
Location: BEULAH, MI
Description: Project Bluebook Case #7491. 4 observer(s). 2-3 saucers maneuver. Different color(s). 1 has rotating beacon.
Type: sighting
Reference: VALLEE, Jacques: UFO’S IN SPACE - Anatomy of a Phenomenon; Henry Regnery 1966 & Ballentine PB 1974 294pp. (Index 211)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_6527

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

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “8”, Duration: “38”, Elev: “181”, HatchDesc: “BEULAH,MI:BBK#7491:4 OBS:2-3 SCRS MNVR:DIFF.CLRS:1 HAS ROTATING BEACON.”, LatLong: “44.644447 -86.088893”, LatLongDMS: “44:38:40 N 86:05:20 W”, Locale: “Farmlands”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Michigan”, Strangeness: “8”

Event 22398 (9AAC8D4C)

Date: 7/8/1961
Description: In Beulah, Michigan a bluish-white light with a faint rotating beacon inside was sighted at 11:00 p.m. It had three red and three white lights inside. It descended to tree top level, and then went behind the trees. Soon, a red light followed by a white object emerged from behind the trees; they flew low over the ground, and then the two lights merged together.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: Lloyd Mallan, Official Guide to UFOs, p. 29
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_3925

Event 22399 (C68EB9E6)

Date: 7/10/1961
Location: Golden, CO
Description: (McDonald list) (NICAP: 01 - Distant Encounters, BB: BBU)
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_2531

Event 22400 (DC6F40BE)

Date: 7/11/1961
Description: (Translated from French) Sighting in Springfield (Ohio) (July 11)
Reference: case Blue Book #7499 unsolved
Reference: rr0 - Beau
Source: rr0, ID: rr0_1910

Event 22401 (6532402F)

Date: 7/11/1961
Description: (Translated from French) The ATIC becomes the FTD.
Reference: rr0 - Beau
Source: rr0, ID: rr0_1911

Event 22402 (06F5F2B3)

Date: 7/11/1961
Description: (Translated from French) The JCS completes the design work of the DIA.
Reference: rr0 - Beau
Source: rr0, ID: rr0_1912

Event 22403 (64346E4B)

Date: 7/11/1961
Time: 19:40
Location: SPRINGFIELD, OH
Description: Ex-airman and others. Bright metallic round object overhead / 20 minute(s). No further details.
Type: sighting
Reference: BERLINER, DON: The BLUEBOOK UNKNOWNS; (FUFOR). (Index 29)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_6528

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

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “9”, Duration: “20”, Elev: “300”, HatchDesc: “SPRINGFIELD,OH:EX-AIRMAN+OTHERS:BRITE MTLC ROUND OBJ OVHD/20min:NFD”, LatLong: “39.916669 -83.800004”, LatLongDMS: “39:55:00 N 83:48:00 W”, Locale: “Residential”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Ohio”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 22404 (809B15FF)

Date: 7/11/1961
Location: Springfield, OH
Description: Round bright light like shiny aluminum, pass overhead (NICAP: 01 - Distant Encounters, BB: 7499)
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_2532

Event 22405 (84A2904C)

Date: 7/11/1961
Time: 7:45 PM
Location: Springfield, Ohio
Description: Witnesses: ex-air navigator G. Scott, Mrs. Scott, and neighbors. One round, bright light like shiny aluminum, passed overhead in 20 minutes.
Type: ufo sighting
Reference: BlueBook Unknowns PDF
Source: BerlinerBBUnknowns, ID: BerlinerBBU_464

Event 22406 (08FE872D)

Date: 7/11/1961
Location: Paris Observatory in Meudon, France
Description: 10:35 p.m. Jacques Vallée and others at the Paris Observatory in Meudon, France, see a mystery satellite as part of Project Moonwatch. The following day the director of the project confiscates all their data and destroys it, apparently in fear of being laughed at by the press, scientific colleagues, and the Americans.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Jacques Vallée, Forbidden Science, North Atlantic, 1992, pp. 41–42; Michael D. Swords, “Gazing at the Moons,” IUR 32, no. 4 (October 2009): 11–12
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_3534

Event 22407 (242B01B4)

Date: 7/11/1961
Description: In Springfield, Ohio at 7:45 p.m. Mr. and Mrs. Scott and their neighbors sighted a round, bright light like shiny aluminum pass overhead. Their sighting lasted 20 minutes.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: Don Berliner, Project Bluebook UFO Unknowns
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_3991

Event 22408 (3FBFD6BB)

Date: 7/17/1961
Time: 02:00
Location: US91 NORTHEAST / LAS VEGAS, NV
Description: Saucer circles car. Rush / cold air! Big military investigation/investigators. No traces. P282.
Type: sighting
Reference: VALLEE, Jacques: PASSPORT TO MAGONIA; H. Regnery, Chicago HC 1969 & Contemporary Books,Chicago 1993. 372pp. (Index 521)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_6529

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, SCR: Classic saucer/disk/sphere shaped UFO, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), OBS: Observation/chasing vehicles, VEH: Vehicle affected: Marks/damage/EME effects, MIL: Military investigation, BBK: Project BLUEBOOK

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “7”, Duration: “2”, Elev: “625”, HatchDesc: “US91 NE/LAS VEGAS,NV:SCR CIRCLES CAR:RUSH/COLD AIR!:BIG MIL INV:NO TRACES:p282”, LatLong: “36.333335 -114.933339”, LatLongDMS: “36:20:00 N 114:56:00 W”, Locale: “Desert”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, RelAlt: “4”, State/Prov: “Nevada”, Strangeness: “7”

Event 22409 (3B5AF8BB)

Date: 7/17/1961
Location: Las Vegas (Bonnie Springs? near), NV
Description: 2 in/car saw in mirror a low-flying object that overtook their car (NICAP: 01 - Distant Encounters, BB: BBU)
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_2533

Event 22410 (0C3F815D)

Date: 7/17/1961
Time: 0200
Location: Las Vegas, Nevada
Description: One mile north of Bonny Spring Ranch, on U.S. Highway 91, two civilians in a car observed in the rear-view mirror a low-flying object that overtook their car, followed by a rush of cold air. It stopped, circled the vehicle, flew off and was lost to sight behind the mountains, where it may have landed. In the course of an exceptionally complete investigation by military authorities, however, no evidence of a landing was discovered.
Type: ufo sighting
Reference: Atic (Vallee)
Source: ValléeMagonia, ID: Magonia_521

Event 22411 (DE5D361A)

Date: 7/17/1961
Locations: Bonnie Springs Ranch; Red Rock Canyon National Conservation Area, Nevada
Description: 2:00 a.m. Two people driving about one mile north of Bonnie Springs Ranch [now the Ranch at Red Rock] in the Red Rock Canyon National Conservation Area, Nevada, see in the rear-view mirror a low-flying object that overtakes their car, followed by a rush of cold air. It stops, circles the vehicle, flies off, and is lost to sight behind the mountains, where it might have landed, but an investigation by the military finds no trace.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Vallée, Magonia, p. 282; Sparks, p. 288
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_3535

Event 22412 (FE323FB6)

Date: 7/20/1961
Description: (Translated from French) Sighting in Houston (Texas) (July 20)
Reference: case Blue Book #7510 unsolved
Reference: rr0 - Beau
Source: rr0, ID: rr0_1913

Event 22413 (2D7009AD)

Date: 7/20/1961
Time: 08:00?
Location: OVER BAYTOWN, TX
Description: DC3 crew ground and air RADAR’s. 2 vibrant bright saucer-fireballs over port Arthur. / r185.
Type: sighting
Reference: SCIENCE & MECHANICS (eds.) OFFICIAL GUIDE to UFO’S; Ace Books, NY. 1968. (Index 34)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_6530

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CST: Observer(s) in coastal area/just offshore, AIR: Observer(s) on aircraft, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, HQO: High-quality observer(s), SCR: Classic saucer/disk/sphere shaped UFO, FBL: Fireball: Blazing undistinguished form/orb., NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), PHT: Photos/movies/videos taken, RDR: Radar traces/blips, MIL: Military investigation, BBK: Project BLUEBOOK

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “9”, Duration: “30”, Elev: “10”, HatchDesc: “ovr BAYTOWN,TX:DC3 CREW GND+AIR RDRS:2 VBRITE SCR-FBLS OVER PORT ARTHUR:/r185”, LatLong: “29.900001 -93.983338”, LatLongDMS: “29:54:00 N 93:59:00 W”, Locale: “Coastlands”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Texas”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 22414 (82623E76)

Date: 7/20/1961
Location: Houston, TX
Description: Pilot in DC3 saw 2 bright white lights fly in formation (NICAP: 09 - RADAR Cases, Code: R, Rating: 5, BB: 7510)
Reference: NICAP: 610720
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_2534

Event 22415 (6AB2582B)

Date: 7/20/1961
Time: 8 AM
Location: Houston, Texas
Description: Witnesses: Trans-Texas Airlines Capt. A.V. Beather, flying DC-3, plus vague report from ground radar. Two very bright white light or objects flew in trail formation for 30 minutes.
Type: ufo sighting
Reference: BlueBook Unknowns PDF
Source: BerlinerBBUnknowns, ID: BerlinerBBU_465

Event 22416 (BD9A2557)

Date: 7/20/1961
Description: While flying in a DC-3 over Houston, Texas at eight o’clock in the morning Trans-Texas Airlines Capt. A.V. Beather sighted two very bright white lights or objects. They flew in trail formation for 30 minutes. There is a vague report from ground radar that the UFOs were picked up on radar.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: Don Berliner, Project Bluebook Unknowns
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_4233

Event 22417 (C12F67BA)

Date: 7/21/1961
Location: US
Description: Mercury program : Mercury-Redstone 4 Mission — Gus Grissom piloting Liberty Bell 7 becomes the second American to go into space (in a suborbital mission).
Type: aerospace
Reference: Fate Magazine, 5/1961
Source: Maj2, ID: Maj2_605
See also: 1/27/67

Event 22418 (799084A7)

Date: 7/24/1961
Time: 22:00?
Location: ILHA GRANDE, BRZ
Description: Vasp pilot. Fireball maneuvers all over/all about. Responds to radio message? / r242p120.
Type: sighting
Reference: UFO INVESTIGATOR: NICAP: Kensington, MD & Washington, DC [defunct]. University Microfilms, Ann Arbor, MI 48106 (Index 26)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_6531

Attributes: CST: Observer(s) in coastal area/just offshore, AIR: Observer(s) on aircraft, HQO: High-quality observer(s), FBL: Fireball: Blazing undistinguished form/orb., NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s)

Extra Data: Country: “Brazil”, Credibility: “7”, Duration: “1”, Elev: “0”, HatchDesc: “ILHA GRANDE,BRZ:VASP PILOT:FBL MNVRS ALLO:RESPONDS to radio message?:/r242p120”, LatLong: “-23.283334 -44.416669”, LatLongDMS: “23:17:00 S 44:25:00 W”, Locale: “Metropolis”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “RDJ”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 22419 (2C93CDC0)

Date: 7/24/1961
Location: Ilha Grande, Brazil
Description: An intensely luminous UFO maneuvered sharply around a VASP Airlines plane. [NICAP UFOE, X] (NICAP: 11 - Aviation Cases)
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_2535

Event 22420 (23F96DF1)

Date: 7/25/1961
Time: ~22:00
Location: PALATKA, FLA
Description: 1 object splits into 2. Both maneuver and rejoin. Fly off. Type unknown. No further details.
Type: sighting
Reference: VALLEE, Jacques: UFO’S IN SPACE - Anatomy of a Phenomenon; Henry Regnery 1966 & Ballentine PB 1974 294pp. (Index 212)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_6532

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

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “7”, Duration: “5”, Elev: “22”, HatchDesc: “PALATKA,FLA:1 OBJ SPLITS INTO 2:BOTH MNVR+REJOIN:FLY OFF:TYPE UNK:NFD”, LatLong: “29.650001 -81.638893”, LatLongDMS: “29:39:00 N 81:38:20 W”, Locale: “Town & City”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Florida”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 22421 (3AC193A5)

Date: 7/30/1961
Time: 01:30
Location: SAN BERNARDINO, CA
Description: Several observer(s). 100’ arrowhead with vertical shaft hovers. Quickly going up [to] then going east.
Type: sighting
Reference: The APRO BULLETIN: Monthly. Jim & Coral Lorenzen: Tucson,AZ (USA. defunct) By volume and number. (Index 741)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_6533

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, HQO: High-quality observer(s), DLT: Delta/vee/boomerang/rectangular shaped UFO, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s)

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “9”, Duration: “25”, Elev: “360”, HatchDesc: “SAN BERNARDINO,CA:SVRL OBS:100’ARROWHEAD W/VERTICAL SHAFT HVRS:↑↑ then >E”, LatLong: “34.133335 -117.300006”, LatLongDMS: “34:08:00 N 117:18:00 W”, Locale: “Residential”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “California”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 22422 (4BAA9BC4)

Date: 8/1961
Location: NEAR TOBOLSK, RS
Description: Plane and 7 lost. Found intact / small clearing! 7 men gone! / Flying Saucer Review (FSR) Dec’62.
Type: sighting
Reference: GOOD, Timothy: ABOVE TOP SECRET; Sidgewick & Jackson, London 1987 & Quill Books, 1988. 592pp. (Index 228)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_6534

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, MIL: Observer(s) military, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, ODD: Atypical/Forteana/paranormal, NFO: No craft seen, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), ABD: Human or animal abduction, VEG: Plants affected or sampled/crop circles, 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, GSA: Covert Security Agency, OGA: Non-Covert Government Agencies

Extra Data: Country: “Russia”, Credibility: “8”, Duration: “200”, HatchDesc: “nr TOBOLSK,RS:PLANE+7 LOST:FOUND INTACT/SML CLEARING!:7 MEN GONE!:/FSR Dec’62”, LatLong: “58.000003 68.500003”, LatLongDMS: “58:00:00 N 68:30:00 E”, Locale: “Forest”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “UFA”, Strangeness: “10”

Event 22423 (988EEA63)

Date: 8/1961
Location: Area 51 in Nevada
Description: Construction of essential facilities is completed at Area 51 in Nevada; three surplus Navy hangars are erected on the base’s north side. The original U-2 hangars are converted to maintenance and machine shops. Facilities in the main cantonment area include workshops and buildings for storage and administration, a commissary, control tower, fire station, and housing. The Navy also contributes more than 130 surplus Babbitt duplex housing units for long-term occupancy facilities. Older buildings are repaired, and additional facilities are constructed as necessary. A reservoir pond surrounded by trees serves as a recreational area one mile north of the base. Other recreational facilities included a gymnasium, a movie theater, and a baseball diamond.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Wikipedia, “Area 51”
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_3536

Event 22424 (9EACEB3E)

Date: 8/1/1961
Description: (Translated from French) The JCS publishes the directive DoD 5105.21, *Defense Intelligence Agency.* (August 1st)
Reference: rr0 - Beau
Source: rr0, ID: rr0_1914

Event 22425 (7AF0D0A0)

Date: 8/4/1961
Locations: Virginia; Washington D.C.
Description: Rep. Thomas N. Downing (D-Va.) advises NICAP that the House Science and Astronautics Committee is considering hearings on UFOs by a three-man subcommittee headed by Rep. Joseph Karth. Meanwhile, Rep. Overton Brooks meets privately with Hillenkoetter and Keyhoe, asking them to prepare the best cases and proof of official censorship for a meeting on August 24.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: UFOEv, p. 139; Keyhoe, Aliens from Space, Signet ed., 1974, pp. 77–78
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_3537

Event 22426 (D74A0494)

Date: 8/5/1961
Locations: Mount Hale shearing station; Meekatharra, Western Australia
Description: 8:20 a.m. John Lee-Steere sees a “snowy white meshlike substance” float to the ground from 12 white metallic discs traveling in pairs over the Mount Hale shearing station, 50 miles northwest of Meekatharra, Western Australia. Sheep-shearing contractor Edwin C. Payne picks up the material and it fades away in his hands.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: “Discs Trail White Fibrous Stuff,” APRO Bulletin, January 1962, p. 1; Loren E. Gross, The Fifth Horseman of the Apocalypse: UFOs, a History: July–December 1961, The Author, 2003, p. 23; Keith Basterfield, “Angel Hair: An Australian Perspective,” IUR 27, no. 1 (Spring 2002): 7; Clark III 324
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_3538

Event 22427 (2D6BDF2F)

Date: 8/6/1961
Location: PACIFIC 175° 19E-22° 27N PROJECT BLUEBOOK CASE #UNKNOWN
Description: Observer(s) = Freytag. (SE / midway island). 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 65)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_6535

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: “Pacific Ocean and non - Asian islands”, Credibility: “6”, Duration: “1”, Elev: “0”, HatchDesc: “PACIFIC 175°19E-22°27N BBK#UNK:OBS=FREYTAG:(SE/MIDWAY ISL):NFD AT ALL”, LatLong: “22.450001 175.316675”, LatLongDMS: “22:27:00 N 175:19:00 E”, Locale: “High Seas”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “NPC”, Strangeness: “4”

Event 22428 (68DC9796)

Date: 8/6/1961
Time: 03:30
Location: MEEKATHARRA, WEST AUST
Description: 12 observer(s). 12 white-metal disks / pairs / 6 hours. Angel hair going down. / r114p41.
Type: sighting
Reference: The APRO BULLETIN: Monthly. Jim & Coral Lorenzen: Tucson,AZ (USA. defunct) By volume and number. (Index 745)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_6536

Attributes: GND: 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

Extra Data: Country: “Australia”, Credibility: “10”, Duration: “104”, HatchDesc: “MEEKATHARRA,W.AUST:12 OBS:12 WHT-MTL DISKS/PAIRS/6hrs:ANGEL HAIR↓:/r114p41”, LatLong: “-26.500001 118.633339”, LatLongDMS: “26:30:00 S 118:38:00 E”, Locale: “Pasture”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Western Australia”, Strangeness: “7”

Event 22429 (0EBDE022)

Date: 8/6/1961
Time: 23:00
Location: MENDOZA, ARG
Description: Several observer(s). Cylinder/cigar-shape with 2 wings makes dull shhh sound. Plane? camouflage?
Type: sighting
Reference: BANCHS, Rodolfo: LAS EVIDENCIAS de los OVNI; Rudolfo Alonso Editor, Argentina. 1976 (Index 29)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_6537

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

Extra Data: Country: “Argentina”, Credibility: “9”, Duration: “2”, Elev: “824”, HatchDesc: “MENDOZA,ARG:SVRL OBS:CGR W/2 WINGS MAKES DULL SHHH SOUND:PLANE? CAMOUFLAGE?”, LatLong: “-32.866668 -68.816670”, LatLongDMS: “32:52:00 S 68:49:00 W”, Locale: “Pasture”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “MND”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 22430 (D4B1ED1B)

Date: 8/6/1961
Description: In Meekatharra, Western Australia beginning at 3:30 a.m. 12 white metallic disc-shaped objects flew over the countryside in pairs for six hours. They left an angel hair residue, a snowy-white mesh like material.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: APRO Bulletin, 19620101; Thomas M. Olsen, The Reference for Outstanding UFO Reports, case # 123; Richard F. Haines, Project Delta: A Study of Multiple UFO, p. 41
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_4723

Event 22431 (EF09F8B8)

Date: 8/7/1961
Description: (Translated from French) Titov completes 17 revolutions aboard Vostok 2. (August 7)
Reference: rr0 - Beau
Source: rr0, ID: rr0_1915

Event 22432 (655F7A98)

Date: 8/7/1961
Description: (Translated from French) In Siberia, 4 men are in charge of postal delivery by plane. The plane does not arrive at one of its usual stops. The plane is found 2 days later, on the ground. Everything is in order on board. The tank still contains enough fuel for 2 hours of flight and the engine works perfectly. No trace of the 4 occupants is found. At a distance of about 100 m, a large, clearly defined circle is discovered, inside of which the grass is scorched and the ground is sunken.
Reference: rr0 - Beau
Source: rr0, ID: rr0_1916

Event 22433 (5874E3D8)

Date: 8/7/1961
Time: 09:00?
Location: HEATON MOOR, ENGL
Description: 20-30 odd silver objects exit odd cloud. Most go going west. No further details. / r2p212.
Type: sighting
Reference: FLYING SAUCER REVIEW (FSR), London. Bimonthly. PO Box 162; High Wycombe, Bucks. HP135 DZ, England. (Index 90)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_6538

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, 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), TCH: New technical details/clues, CMF: Camouflage/disguise

Extra Data: Country: “Great Britain and Ireland”, Credibility: “8”, Duration: “2”, Elev: “70”, HatchDesc: “HEATON MOOR,ENGL:20-30 ODD SLVR OBJS EXIT ODD CLOUD:MOST GO >W:NFD:/r2p212”, LatLong: “53.416669 -2.183333”, LatLongDMS: “53:25:00 N 02:11:00 W”, Locale: “Wetlands”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “England”, Strangeness: “5”

Event 22434 (28B4EA1A)

Date: 8/7/1961
Description: On this day in Heaton Morr, England near Manchester a cigar-shaped cloud was seen to release 20 or more smaller objects as it passed overhead.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: Jacques Vallee, Anatomy of a Phenomenon, Chicago: Henry Regnery, 1965, p. 155
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_4760

Event 22435 (673FF5A0)

Date: 8/8/1961
Time: 03:30
Location: WETASKIWIN, ALTA
Description: 2+1 observer(s). 2 small humanoids (or Greys) / bedroom. Telepathy = “they’re waking”. 25’ sphere/orb/globe going north. / r43p30.
Type: sighting
Reference: FLYING SAUCER REVIEW (FSR), London. Bimonthly. PO Box 162; High Wycombe, Bucks. HP135 DZ, England. (Index 278)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_6539

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”, OBS: Observation/chasing vehicles, HUM: Humans affected: Injury/burns/marks/abduction/death

Extra Data: Country: “Canada”, Credibility: “8”, Duration: “2”, Elev: “758”, HatchDesc: “WETASKIWIN,ALTA:2+1 OBS:2 OIDS/BEDROOM:TLP=“THEY’RE WAKING”:25’ORB >N:/r43p30”, LatLong: “52.966669 -113.366672”, LatLongDMS: “52:58:00 N 113:22:00 W”, Locale: “Farmlands”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, RelAlt: “1”, State/Prov: “Alberta”, Strangeness: “8”

Event 22436 (5139BB05)

Date: 8/8/1961
Description: The witness awoke at 3:30 a.m. in Wetaskiwin, Alberta, Canada to see two beings in her bedroom, one at each end of her bed. They were four feet tall and dressed in green tunics and trousers. They wore transparent helmets with the visors open. A neighbor saw a blue globe take off from the lawn with a swishing sound.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: John Brent Musgrave, FSR, August 1977, p. 26; APRO Bulletin, April 1977, p. 6
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_4771

Event 22437 (E4C48310)

Date: 8/11/1961
Description: (Translated from French) The new restricted airspace R-4808 becomes effective, covering the Test Site and Groom Lake. Use is restricted from the ground to FL600. The restricted airspace above Groom Lake remains at a size of 5 nautical miles by 9 (26 FR 6233). (August 11)
Reference: Federal Register
Reference: rr0 - Beau
Source: rr0, ID: rr0_1917

Event 22438 (CAB6AE6E)

Date: 8/12/1961
Description: (Translated from French) Observation in Kansas City (Kansas).
Reference: case Blue Book #7579 unsolved
Reference: rr0 - Beau
Source: rr0, ID: rr0_1918

Event 22439 (015D0085)

Date: 8/12/1961
Description: (Translated from French) Construction of the Berlin Wall.
Reference: rr0 - Beau
Source: rr0, ID: rr0_1919

Event 22440 (FE5630F5)

Date: 8/12/1961
Time: 21:00
Location: KANSAS CITY, KS
Description: Project Bluebook Case #7579. 130’ ovoid with

[c0mmando]

lights over road / 4 minute(s). Shoots going up [to] and going quickly east. / v70p3-73.
Type: sighting
Reference: SCIENCE & MECHANICS (eds.) OFFICIAL GUIDE to UFO’S; Ace Books, NY. 1968. (Index 144)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_6540

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

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “7”, Duration: “5”, Elev: “225”, HatchDesc: “KANSAS CITY,KS:BBK#7579:130’OVOID W/LITES OVR ROAD/4min:SHOOTS↑+>>E:/v70p3-73”, LatLong: “39.116669 -94.633338”, LatLongDMS: “39:07:00 N 94:38:00 W”, Locale: “Metropolis”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Kansas”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 22441 (441F1958)

Date: 8/12/1961
Location: Kansas City, KS
Description: Oval object with/fin extending from one edge to the center (NICAP: 01 - Distant Encounters, BB: 7579)
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_2536

Event 22442 (6C11C2C8)

Date: 8/12/1961
Time: 2100
Location: Kansas City, Kansas
Description: Two Drake University students saw a large object shaped like an oval with “running boards” bearing a series of lights. It hovered for about 4 min at tree-height, shot straight up, climbed away toward the east, then disappeared from view in five sec or so.
Type: ufo sighting
Reference: Atic (Vallee)
Source: ValléeMagonia, ID: Magonia_522

Event 22443 (ECB64915)

Date: 8/12/1961
Time: 9 PM
Location: Kansas City, Kansas
Description: Witnesses: college seniors J.B. Furkenhoff and Tom Phipps. One very large oval object with a fin extending from one edge to the center; like a sled with lighted car running boards. Hovered at 50’ altitude for 3-5 minutes, then flew straight up and east.
Type: ufo sighting
Reference: BlueBook Unknowns PDF
Source: BerlinerBBUnknowns, ID: BerlinerBBU_466

Event 22444 (B85E2001)

Date: 8/12/1961
Locations: Old Mission High School; Kansas City, Missouri
Description: 9:00 p.m. College seniors J. B. Furkenhoff and Tom Phipps see a large oval object with a fin extending from one edge to the center, like a sled with lighted car running boards, near Old Mission High School on 50th Street in Kansas City, Missouri. It hovers at 50 feet altitude for 3–5 minutes, then flies straight up, disappearing in about 5 seconds.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Patrick Gross, “Kansas City 1961, a Blue Book ‘Unknown’”; Sparks, p. 289
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_3539

Event 22445 (4D7618B9)

Date: 8/12/1961
Description: In Kansas City, Kansas at 9:00 p.m. two 21-year-old witnesses saw a yellowish white oval-shaped UFO with an off-centered dome hovering only 50 feet above a road near Drake University. It stayed there for three to five minutes, then shot straight up, and climbed away sharply towards the east. It was gone from view in five seconds. A U.S. Air Force Project Blue Book “unknown” case. "
Reference: Johnson
Reference: Project Blue Book files counted in official statistics, case # 7579; Lloyd Mallan, Official Guide to UFOs, p. 18; Thomas M. Olsen, Reference to Outstanding UFO Reports, p. 124; Richard Hall, The UFO Evidence, p. 98; UNICAT case # 640, citing James E. McDonald, A.A.S. 1968 Symposium Proceedings, p. 13; Jacques Vallee, Passport to Magonia: A Century of Landings, case 522
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_4939

Event 22446 (0A18A946)

Date: 8/14/1961
Time: ~22:00
Location: GLENVILLE, RHD
Description: Air Traffic Controller / car and separate observer(s). Cylinder/cigar-shape going west / 600M altitude. Sudden green flame / rear and away extremely fast.
Type: sighting
Reference: FLYING SAUCER REVIEW (FSR), London. Bimonthly. PO Box 162; High Wycombe, Bucks. HP135 DZ, England. (Index 90)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_6541

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), TCH: New technical details/clues

Extra Data: Country: “Zimbabwe & Zambia”, Credibility: “8”, Duration: “1”, HatchDesc: “GLENVILLE,RHD:ATC/CAR+SEP.OBS:CGR >W/600M alt:SUDDEN GRN FLAME/REAR+AWAY XFAST”, LatLong: “-20.100001 28.566668”, LatLongDMS: “20:06:00 S 28:34:00 E”, Locale: “Residential”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “RHD”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 22447 (B73C8DA0)

Date: Mid 8/1961
Location: ATIC in Dayton
Description: House Committee staff consultant Richard P. Hines visits ATIC in Dayton, where Col. Robert Friend, Hynek, and other officials give him a tour, tell him that Project Blue Book has the UFO problem at hand, and that Rep. McCormack has been pressured by NICAP to hold hearings. Hines leaves ATIC “favorably impressed.”
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Jacobs, UFO Controversy in America, Signet ed., 1976, pp. 160–161; Swords 293
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_3540

Event 22448 (E7A25D5F)

Date: 8/16/1961
Location: Japan
Description: George Hunt Williamson, now going by the name of Michel d’Obrenovic, arrives in Japan at the invitation of the Cosmic Brotherhood Association and its contactee leader Yusuke Matsumara.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Zirger and Martinelli, The Incredible Life of George Hunt Williamson, Verdechiari, 2016, pp. 129–130
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_3541

Event 22449 (63CA3CBB)

Date: 8/16/1961
Description: In Admiralty Bay, Antarctica four members of the crew of an icebreaker sighted an oval fireball that flew from the northeast to the southwest for 12 seconds at 6:15 p.m. The object split in two.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: Phenomenes Spatiaux, June 1968, p.17; UNICAT, case # 142, citing James E. McDonald
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_5076

Event 22450 (D9C034CD)

Date: 8/17/1961
Location: STILLWATER, MN
Description: V formation / night lights or delta / running lights passes behind trees. Low altitude.
Type: sighting
Reference: HALL, Richard: The UFO EVIDENCE; NICAP,Washington, DC 1964. Reprinted 1997 Barnes & Noble Books ( only $7.98! ) (Index 139)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_6542

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

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “6”, Duration: “2”, Elev: “275”, HatchDesc: “STILLWATER,MN:VFORM/NLTS or DELTA/RUNNING LITES PASSES BEHIND TREES:LO ALT.”, LatLong: “45.055558 -92.805560”, LatLongDMS: “45:03:20 N 92:48:20 W”, Locale: “Farmlands”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Minnesota”, Strangeness: “3”

Event 22451 (9FB451E1)

Date: 8/17/1961
Location: Stillwater, MN
Description: A V-formation of yellowish lights (or V-shaped UFO with body lights) passed behind trees at low altitude. [NICAP UFOE, II] (NICAP: 02 - Close Encounters)
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_2537

Event 22452 (726FC3B0)

Date: 8/17/1961
Description: On this night five people on a farm in Stillwater, Minnesota observed a group of UFOs arranged vertically in a V formation. The V formation of nocturnal lights, or a boomerang-shaped object with running lights, passed behind some trees flying at a low altitude.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: Richard Hall, The UFO Evidence (Volume I), p. 139; Larry Hatch, U computer database, case 6096
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_5111

Event 22453 (9AED45A5)

Date: 8/22/1961
Description: Adm. Roscoe Hillenkoetter signs a NICAP letter to Congress urging “immediate congressional action to reduce the dangers from secrecy about UFOs, including accidental war and the Russians falsely claiming UFOs are Soviet weapons.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Keyhoe, Aliens from Space, Signet ed., 1974, p. 85
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_3542

Event 22454 (23343CF6)

Date: 8/23/1961
Location: USA
Description: (Translated from French) Americans resume their lunar adventure with probes of a new type, weighing 330 kg. These devices, called “Ranger”, are to take physical measurements during the approach to the Moon, photograph the surface, and drop a capsule containing instruments and a small rocket onto the Moon’s surface. This rocket, by means of retro-propulsion, is to allow the capsule and its contents to land without damage. The first two “Rangers” were two failures due to malfunction of the rockets.
Reference: continued 29.8.61
Reference: “Conquest of Space” - Thomas de Galiana, ed. Larousse Poche, 1967, p. 236
Reference: Mini catalogue chronologique des observations OVNI, by Godelieve Van Overmeire
Source: Overmeire, ID: Overmeire_2208

Event 22455 (2F0F6246)

Date: 8/23/1961
Time: 22:00
Location: LADAPEYRE, FR
Description: Numerous observer(s). Huge starfish shape. Absolute(ly) black. Edges glow. Eclipses stars!
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_6543

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

Extra Data: Country: “France”, Credibility: “9”, Duration: “3”, HatchDesc: “LADAPEYRE,FR:NMRS.OBS:HUGE STARFISH SHAPE:ABS.BLACK:EDGES GLOW:ECLIPSES STARS!”, LatLong: “46.233336 2.050000”, LatLongDMS: “46:14:00 N 02:03:00 E”, Locale: “Town & City”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Creuse”, Strangeness: “8”

Event 22456 (8DC01C1D)

Date: Late 8/1961
Location: CINCINNATI, Ohio
Description: (Translated from French) Hamilton County: Hundreds of people observe a red light moving very slowly at low altitude on a NE to SW trajectory. Above Bond Hill the object rises and explodes in a flash of white light. The weather services received hundreds of calls, as did the airport. According to the astronomical center, it was not a meteor, star, plane, or satellite. (1961, Late August)
Reference: Cincinnati Enquirer: August 31, 1961
Reference: Mini catalogue chronologique des observations OVNI, by Godelieve Van Overmeire
Source: Overmeire, ID: Overmeire_2210

Event 22457 (7B87D138)

Date: 8/25/1961 (approximate)
Location: TOULOUSE, FR
Description: 5 / car. 8M luminous-yellow sphere / windows. Quickly going up [to] as car nears town. / r120p228+/ r8.
Type: sighting
Reference: PHENOMENES SPATIAUX: Group GEPA, Gen. M. Lionel Chassin Paris. Quarterly 1964?-1977. Merged into Grp. GEPAN (Index 22)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_6544

Attributes: 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: “France”, Credibility: “9”, Duration: “5”, HatchDesc: “TOULOUSE,FR:5/CAR:8M LUM-YEL SPHERE/WINDOWS:↑↑ as CAR NEARS TOWN:/r120p228+/r8”, LatLong: “43.633335 1.433333”, LatLongDMS: “43:38:00 N 01:26:00 E”, Locale: “Town & City”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Haute Garonne”, Strangeness: “7”

Event 22458 (0053CB07)

Date: 8/25/1961
Location: Toulouse, France
Description: Approximate date. Five persons observed a luminous, yellow sphere, 8 m in diameter, flying about 10 m above the road. Horizontal and vertical bands of darker tone gave the impression of “windows.” The object flew up very fast when the car reached town.
Type: ufo sighting
Reference: LDLN (Vallee)
Source: ValléeMagonia, ID: Magonia_523

Event 22459 (82F16E93)

Date: 8/25/1961?
Location: Toulouse, France
Description: Five people at Toulouse, France, see a luminous, yellow object, 24 feet in diameter, flying about 30 feet above a road. The object has horizontal and vertical bands of darker tone that give the appearance of “windows.” The UFO flies upwards very quickly when the car reaches town.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Vallée, Magonia, p. 282
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_3543

Event 22460 (0F8E7EBE)

Date: 8/25/1961
Description: On or about this date five persons riding in a car near Toulouse, France observed a luminous, yellow sphere, 8 meters in diameter, that was flying about 10 meters above the road. It had horizontal and vertical bands of darker tone that gave the impression of windows. The UFO flew up and away very fast when the car reached town.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: Jacques Vallee, Passport to Magonia: A Century of Landings, case 523
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_5316

Event 22461 (69A5D1A5)

Date: 8/28/1961
Description: Rep. Karth writes a harsh letter to Keyhoe and attacks him for trying to defame and ridicule the Air Force. He had thought Keyhoe would be proving the existence of spaceships, but he knows now he cannot do this. Therefore, he is no longer interested in holding hearings. He tells a newspaper reporter that he will not be part of Keyhoe’s “cheap scheme to discredit the Air Force.”
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Jacobs, UFO Controversy in America, Signet ed., 1976, pp. 161–162
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_3544

Event 22462 (E5C32CC6)

Date: 8/30/1961
Location: USA, SPACE
Description: (Translated from French) RANGER 1, LAUNCHED ON 23.8.61 CRASHES TO GROUND (1961, 29 or 30 August)
Reference: Acta Aeronomica 1977, p. 128
Reference: Mini catalogue chronologique des observations OVNI, by Godelieve Van Overmeire
Source: Overmeire, ID: Overmeire_2209

Event 22463 (B474A664)

Date: 8/31/1961
Location: USOVO, RUSSIA
Description: 2 silver objects hover / railroad/railway crossing. Cars electro-magnetic effect (EME). Only start / takeoff. / r120p228.
Type: sighting
Reference: LUMIERES DANS la NUIT (LDLN), Paris. Bimonthly since 1957. LDLN B.P.3; 77123 Le Vaudoue, FRANCE. (Index 204)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_6545

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, HQO: High-quality observer(s), SCR: Classic saucer/disk/sphere shaped UFO, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), VEH: Vehicle affected: Marks/damage/EME effects, LND: UFO landing or any part touches ground, EME: Electro-Magnetic Effects, TCH: New technical details/clues

Extra Data: Country: “Russia”, Credibility: “9”, Duration: “3”, HatchDesc: “USOVO,RUSS:2 SLVR OBJs HVR/RR CROSSING:CARS EME:ONLY START/TAKEOFF:/r120p228”, LatLong: “55.733336 37.211113”, LatLongDMS: “55:44:00 N 37:12:40 E”, Locale: “Residential”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “MOS”, Strangeness: “7”

Event 22464 (6A26F14A)

Date: 8/31/1961
Description: On this night two silver UFOs hovered over a railroad crossing in Usovo, Russia near Moscow. Several car engines stopped, and would only start up again when the UFOs took off.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: Lumieres dans la Nuit, April 1981
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_5524

Event 22465 (766EFFB3)

Date: 9/1961
Description: (Translated from French) An electronic device attached to a parachute lands on the roof of a house. Launched 2 years ago, it was supposed to explode 2 days later, reaching 30 km in altitude.
Reference: rr0 - Beau
Source: rr0, ID: rr0_1920

Event 22466 (7DF27BD1)

Date: 9/1961
Description: A National Intelligence Estimate concludes that the USSR has no more than 25 ICBMs and will not possess more in the near future, effectively discrediting the missile gap myth.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Wikipedia, “Missile gap”
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_3545

Event 22467 (36DE9D1B)

Date: 9/1/1961
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_1115

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 22468 (D8F51630)

Date: 9/2/1961
Time: 23:40
Location: ALBUQUERQUE, NM
Description: Several silver saucers zigzag going east. Small objects (1 / 16 size) exit saucers twice.
Type: sighting
Reference: VALLEE, Jacques: UFO’S IN SPACE - Anatomy of a Phenomenon; Henry Regnery 1966 & Ballentine PB 1974 294pp. (Index 220)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_6546

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: “8”, Duration: “10”, Elev: “1490”, HatchDesc: “ALBUQUERQUE,NM:SVRL SLVR SCRS ZIGZAG >E:SML OBJs (1/16 SIZE) EXIT SCRS TWICE”, LatLong: “35.083335 -106.666672”, LatLongDMS: “35:05:00 N 106:40:00 W”, Locale: “Metropolis”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “New Mexico”, Strangeness: “8”

Event 22469 (A299E1A2)

Date: 9/2/1961
Location: Albuquerque, NM
Description: Object stops twice and emits several small silvery objects (NICAP: 01 - Distant Encounters, BB: BBU, NC)
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_2538

Event 22470 (D28951DD)

Date: 9/2/1961
Location: northeast section of Albuquerque, New Mexico
Description: 4:40–4:50 p.m. A man named Ziegler is reclining outside his home in the northeast section of Albuquerque, New Mexico, when he sees a shiny round white object moving erratically to the west. At two different times it emits several small silvery objects about one-sixth the size of the main object. It fades out of sight to the south.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: NICAP, “Silver Object and Smaller Ones Emitted”; Sparks, p. 289; Herbert S. Taylor, “Satellite Objects: A Further Look,” IUR 29, no. 2 (Summer 2004): 25
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_3546

Event 22471 (4C5427AF)

Date: 9/4/1961
Location: 50.4375 77.814167
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_1116

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: “9”

Event 22472 (B9BC0A4C)

Date: 9/5/1961
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_1117

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 22473 (D2B9E679)

Date: 9/6/1961
Location: 50.4375 77.814167
Description: Nuclear test: Air, confirmed. Country: USSR Yield: 1.1KT
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_1118

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: “1.1”

Event 22474 (3008AAB8)

Date: 9/6/1961
Location: 48.56956 45.90346
Description: Nuclear test: Air, confirmed. Country: USSR 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_1119

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: “11”

Event 22475 (88ABCD95)

Date: 9/6/1961
Location: Chantilly, Virginia
Description: The National Reconnaissance Office is officially launched with headquarters in Chantilly, Virginia. It designs, builds, launches, and operates the reconnaissance satellites of the federal government, and provides satellite intelligence to several government agencies, particularly signals intelligence (SIGINT) to the National Security Agency, imagery intelligence (IMINT) to the National Geospace-Intelligence Agency, and measurement and signature intelligence (MASINT) to the Defense Intelligence Agency. Its existence remains top secret until September 18, 1992. The move creates a protocol that requires the CIA deputy director and the undersecretary of the Air Force to co-manage all space reconnaissance and aerial espionage programs. The public face of the NRO is the Office of Space Systems.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Wikipedia, “National Reconnaissance Office”; Jacobsen, Area 51, pp. 168–169
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_3547

Event 22476 (10700AF7)

Date: 9/7/1961
Location: CAPE CANAVERAL, FL
Description: UFO moves going up [to] going down / tracking scope during missile launch. Military observer(s).
Type: sighting
Reference: HYNEK, Dr. J. Allen: THE HYNEK UFO REPORT; Dell Publ., NY 1977. 298pp. (Index 44)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_6547

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, PRB: Probe: Possibly remote controlled, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), OBS: Observation/chasing vehicles, VEH: Vehicle affected: Marks/damage/EME effects, BLD: Building/man-made structure/roads/power lines, MIL: Military investigation, BBK: Project BLUEBOOK

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “8”, Duration: “2”, Elev: “3”, HatchDesc: “CAPE CANAVERAL,FL:UFO MOVES ↑↓/TRACKING SCOPE DURING MISSILE LAUNCH:MIL OBS”, LatLong: “28.700001 -80.633337”, LatLongDMS: “28:42:00 N 80:38:00 W”, Locale: “Town & City”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Florida”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 22477 (FA0049DE)

Date: 9/7/1961
Location: Cape Canaveral, FL
Description: (Hynek UFO Rpt p. 44) Object Moves Vertically During Missile Launch (NICAP: 09 - RADAR Cases, Code: R, Rating: 5, BB: BBU)
Reference: NICAP: 610907
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_2539

Event 22478 (8FD8D414)

Date: 9/8/1961
Location: LAVERTON RAAF, VIC
Description: Air Force men. Disk spins over radar hill. Going up / 90 second(s). Going down. Going up. / APRO Nov’61.
Type: sighting
Reference: FLYING SAUCER REVIEW (FSR), London. Bimonthly. PO Box 162; High Wycombe, Bucks. HP135 DZ, England. (Index 97)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_6548

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

Extra Data: Country: “Australia”, Credibility: “7”, Duration: “5”, HatchDesc: “LAVERTON RAAF,VIC:AF MEN:DISK SPINS OVR RADAR HILL:↑/90sec:↓:↑:/APRO Nov’61”, LatLong: “-37.861113 144.738896”, LatLongDMS: “37:51:40 S 144:44:20 E”, Locale: “Town & City”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Western Australia”, Strangeness: “7”

Event 22479 (D2B0AB7A)

Date: 9/8/1961
Description: Disc was seen spinning over the radar hill at Laverton Royal Australian AFB, Victoria, Australia. It make an ascent for 90 seconds, then hovered while spinning again, and finally ascends and leaves.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: APRO Bulletin, November 1961
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_5756

Event 22480 (C216372F)

Date: 9/9/1961
Location: 50.4375 77.814167
Description: Nuclear test: Air, confirmed. Country: USSR Yield: .38KT
Type: atomic
Reference: “columbia.edu: Worldwide Nuclear Explosions”, by Yang, North, Romney, and Richards
Reference: “archive.org: Worldwide Nuclear Explosions”, by Yang, North, Romney, and Richards
Source: NukeExplosions, ID: NukeExplosions_1120

Extra Data: LatLong: “50.4375 77.814167”, LatLongDMS: “50:26:15 N 77:48:51 E”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, NukeCountry: “USSR”, NukeDepth: “0.00”, NukeSource: “RFAE”, NukeType: “NACS”, NukeY: “.38”

Event 22481 (DBFDDE6A)

Date: 9/10/1961 (approximate)
Time: 23:40
Location: NORTH / MADRAS, OR
Description: 2 / car. Blinding light / US97. No likely source. Goes out when car stops.
Type: sighting
Reference: MUFON UFO JOURNAL, Seguin, TX USA. Monthly. (Index 172)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_6549

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, ODD: Atypical/Forteana/paranormal, FBL: Fireball: Blazing undistinguished form/orb., NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s)

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “7”, Duration: “1”, Elev: “692”, HatchDesc: “N/MADRAS,OR:2/CAR:BLINDING LITE/US97:NO LIKELY SOURCE:GOES OUT WHEN CAR STOPS”, LatLong: “44.733335 -121.066672”, LatLongDMS: “44:44:00 N 121:04:00 W”, Locale: “Pasture”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Oregon”, Strangeness: “4”

Event 22482 (6BA37F79)

Date: 9/10/1961
Location: 73.7500 54.7500
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_1121

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: “12”

Event 22483 (8A78B37C)

Date: 9/10/1961
Location: 50.4375 77.814167
Description: Nuclear test: Air, confirmed. Country: USSR Yield: .88KT
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_1122

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: “.88”

Event 22484 (97D1C9B4)

Date: 9/10/1961
Time: 09:00:09.2
Location: 74.2000 52.5000
Description: Nuclear test: Air, confirmed. Country: USSR Yield: 2700KT
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_1123

Extra Data: LatLong: “74.2000 52.5000”, LatLongDMS: “74:12:00 N 52:30:00 E”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, NukeCountry: “USSR”, NukeDepth: “0.00”, NukeSource: “PDE”, NukeType: “NACS”, NukeY: “2700”

Event 22485 (BE5B52A4)

Date: 9/11/1961
Time: 21:00
Location: SAN DIEGO, CA
Description: Blue Book. Amateur astronomers and more/others. Night light circles all over/all about border area. Crescent going quickly south. / r55p78.
Type: sighting
Reference: UFO INVESTIGATOR: NICAP: Kensington, MD & Washington, DC [defunct]. University Microfilms, Ann Arbor, MI 48106 (Index 27)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_6550

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

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “9”, Duration: “30”, Elev: “30”, HatchDesc: “SAN DIEGO,CA:BBK:AM.ASTRONs++:NLT CCLS ALLO BORDER AREA:CRESCENT >>S:/r55p78”, LatLong: “32.700002 -117.150006”, LatLongDMS: “32:42:00 N 117:09:00 W”, Locale: “Metropolis”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “California”, Strangeness: “5”

Event 22486 (02299A50)

Date: 9/11/1961
Location: 50.4375 77.814167
Description: Nuclear test: Air, confirmed. Country: USSR Yield: .3KT
Type: atomic
Reference: “columbia.edu: Worldwide Nuclear Explosions”, by Yang, North, Romney, and Richards
Reference: “archive.org: Worldwide Nuclear Explosions”, by Yang, North, Romney, and Richards
Source: NukeExplosions, ID: NukeExplosions_1124

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: “.3”

Event 22487 (85512114)

Date: 9/12/1961
Time: 10:08:15.3
Location: 74.2000 52.1000
Description: Nuclear test: Air, confirmed. Country: USSR Yield: 1150KT
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_1125

Extra Data: LatLong: “74.2000 52.1000”, LatLongDMS: “74:12:00 N 52:06:00 E”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, NukeCountry: “USSR”, NukeDepth: “0.00”, NukeSource: “PDE”, NukeType: “NACS”, NukeY: “1150”

Event 22488 (DDBE9B18)

Date: 9/13/1961
Time: 04:00
Location: CRAWFORDSVILLE, IN
Description: 3 observer(s). Orange saucer east going quickly west. Stops and hovers / 5 minute(s). Shoots into distance.
Type: sighting
Reference: HALL, Richard: The UFO EVIDENCE; NICAP,Washington, DC 1964. Reprinted 1997 Barnes & Noble Books ( only $7.98! ) (Index 139)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_6551

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

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “8”, Duration: “6”, Elev: “244”, HatchDesc: “CRAWFORDSVILLE,IN:3 OBS:ORG SCR E>>W:STOPS+HVRS/5min:SHOOTS INTO DISTANCE”, LatLong: “40.050002 -86.866671”, LatLongDMS: “40:03:00 N 86:52:00 W”, Locale: “Farmlands”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Indiana”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 22489 (C940D3B2)

Date: 9/13/1961
Location: Crawfordsville, IN
Description: 4:00 a.m. Three people reported a round, orange UFO which moved rapidly east to west, stopped and hovered for 5 minutes, then accelerated rapidly disappearing in the distance. [NICAP UFOE, XII] (NICAP: 01 - Distant Encounters)
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_2540

Event 22490 (3AA8F0F4)

Date: 9/13/1961
Location: 50.4375 77.814167
Description: Nuclear test: Air, confirmed. Country: USSR Yield: .001KT 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_1126

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: “.001”, NukeYMax: “20”

Event 22491 (65D4ABB8)

Date: 9/13/1961
Location: 70.8700 53.3300
Description: Nuclear test: Air, confirmed. Country: USSR 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_1127

Extra Data: LatLong: “70.8700 53.3300”, LatLongDMS: “70:52:12 N 53:19:48 E”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, NukeCountry: “USSR”, NukeDepth: “0.00”, NukeSource: “KHRISTOFOROV”, NukeType: “NACS”, NukeY: “6”

Event 22492 (ECBBA1B1)

Date: 9/14/1961
Time: 19:20
Location: OSAN AIR FORCE BASE, KOREA
Description: White saucer maneuvers / 10 minute(s). Turns red. Elude jet / 90° turns. Continues going ESE.
Type: sighting
Reference: VALLEE, Jacques: UFO’S IN SPACE - Anatomy of a Phenomenon; Henry Regnery 1966 & Ballentine PB 1974 294pp. (Index 220)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_6552

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

Extra Data: Country: “Korea(both sides)”, Credibility: “10”, Duration: “12”, HatchDesc: “OSAN AFB,KOREA:WHT SCR MNVRS/10min:TURNS RED:ELUDE JET/90°TURNS:CONTINUES >ESE”, LatLong: “37.183335 127.066673”, LatLongDMS: “37:11:00 N 127:04:00 E”, Locale: “Town & City”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “SKO”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 22493 (AEF66578)

Date: 9/14/1961
Location: 50.4375 77.814167
Description: Nuclear test: Air, confirmed. Country: USSR Yield: .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_1128

Extra Data: LatLong: “50.4375 77.814167”, LatLongDMS: “50:26:15 N 77:48:51 E”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, NukeCountry: “USSR”, NukeDepth: “0.00”, NukeSource: “RFAE”, NukeType: “NACS”, NukeY: “.4”

Event 22494 (069B6F0D)

Date: 9/14/1961
Time: 09:56:16.7
Location: 74.6000 51.1000
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_1129

Extra Data: LatLong: “74.6000 51.1000”, LatLongDMS: “74:36:00 N 51:06:00 E”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, NukeCountry: “USSR”, NukeDepth: “0.00”, NukeSource: “PDE”, NukeType: “NACS”, NukeY: “1200”

Event 22495 (EFBE327D)

Date: 9/15/1961
Time: 17:00:00.1
Location: 37.1879 -116.2078
Description: Nuclear test: Underground, confirmed. Country: USA Name: “Antler” Yield: 2.6KT
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_196

Extra Data: LatLong: “37.1879 -116.2078”, LatLongDMS: “37:11:16 N 116:12:28 W”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, NukeCountry: “USA”, NukeDepth: “0.40”, NukeMb: “4.70”, NukeName: “Antler”, NukeSource: “SPRINGER”, NukeType: “NUCU”, NukeY: “2.6”

Event 22496 (AD40DD46)

Date: 9/16/1961
Time: 19:45:00.1
Location: 37.0484 -116.0328
Description: Nuclear test: Underground, confirmed. Country: USA Name: “Shrew” 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_197

Extra Data: LatLong: “37.0484 -116.0328”, LatLongDMS: “37:02:54 N 116:01:58 W”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, NukeCountry: “USA”, NukeDepth: “0.10”, NukeName: “Shrew”, NukeSource: “SPRINGER”, NukeType: “NUCU”, NukeYMax: “20”

Event 22497 (90EBCDC8)

Date: 9/16/1961
Time: 09:08:13.7
Location: 74.0000 51.9000
Description: Nuclear test: Air, confirmed. Country: USSR Yield: 830KT
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_1130

Extra Data: LatLong: “74.0000 51.9000”, LatLongDMS: “74:00:00 N 51:54:00 E”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, NukeCountry: “USSR”, NukeDepth: “0.00”, NukeSource: “PDE”, NukeType: “NACS”, NukeY: “830”

Event 22498 (FEBEF8D9)

Date: 9/16/1961
Description: Rep. Overton Brooks dies of a heart attack; the August 24 meeting about UFO evidence has not taken place. He is replaced on the House Science and Astronautics Committee by Rep. George Paul Miller (D-Calif.) who indicates he will not order UFO hearings.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Keyhoe, Aliens from Space, Signet ed., 1974, p. 78
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_3548

Event 22499 (AD324BA1)

Date: 9/17/1961
Location: 50.4375 77.814167
Description: Nuclear test: Air, confirmed. Country: USSR Yield: 20KT YieldMax: 150KT
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_1131

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: “20”, NukeYMax: “150”

Event 22500 (477E304B)

Date: 9/18/1961
Location: IND. OCEAN
Description: White object descends to sea. Submerges. Water and sky lit up / minutes after.
Type: sighting
Reference: SANDERSON, Ivan: INVISIBLE RESIDENTS; World Publishing HB 1970 & Avon Books PB 1973 (Index 41)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_6553

Attributes: SEA: Observer(s) at sea, SCR: Classic saucer/disk/sphere shaped UFO, SUB: Submersible: Rises from or submerges into water, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), RAY: Odd light/searchlight/beam/laser-like, SIG: Signals/responses to/from/between UFO’s/occupants/observers, LND: UFO landing or any part touches ground, TCH: New technical details/clues

Extra Data: Country: “Indian Ocean + islands”, Credibility: “7”, Duration: “18”, Elev: “0”, HatchDesc: “IND.OCEAN:WHITE OBJ DESCENDS TO SEA:SUBMERGES:WATER+SKY LIT UP/MINUTES AFTER.”, LatLong: “5.000000 75.000004”, LatLongDMS: “05:00:00 N 75:00:00 E”, Locale: “High Seas”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “SEA”, Strangeness: “7”

Event 22501 (9AC88AFE)

Date: 9/18/1961
Location: 50.4375 77.814167
Description: Nuclear test: Air, confirmed. Country: USSR Yield: .004KT
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_1132

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: “.004”

Event 22502 (6D31D93A)

Date: 9/18/1961
Location: 50.4375 77.814167
Description: Nuclear test: Air, confirmed. Country: USSR Yield: .75KT
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_1133

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: “.75”

Event 22503 (C86817ED)

Date: 9/18/1961
Time: 07:59:36.8
Location: 74.0000 52.0000
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_1134

Extra Data: LatLong: “74.0000 52.0000”, LatLongDMS: “74:00:00 N 52:00:00 E”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, NukeCountry: “USSR”, NukeDepth: “0.00”, NukeSource: “PDE”, NukeType: “NACS”, NukeY: “1000”

Event 22504 (125985F7)

Date: 9/18/1961
Location: Indian Ocean
Description: Fourth Officer G. Gendall of the cargo ship Queensland Star, in the Indian Ocean, sees a white UFO through a cloud formation. It vanishes into the clouds and then reappears, dropping toward the sea. The water in the surrounding area grows intensely bright. Particles of white matter continue to fall into the sea after the object disappears, and the sky and water are illuminated for several minutes.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Sanderson, InvRes, pp. 47–48
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_3549

Event 22505 (517A66E7)

Date: 9/19/1961
End date: 9/20/1961
Location: Lincoln, New Hampshire
Description: Betty and Barney Hill abduction incident in Lincoln, New Hampshire. Three miles south of the city of Lancaster, New Hampshire: Barney noticed what appeared to be a bright star, or planet, which seemed to move erratically. Barney pointed this out to Betty… As the object moved to within a hundred feet of him, he could see occupants inside. Frightened, he ran back to his car where Betty waited. They climbed inside and sped away. Soon, two hours of their lives would vanish into oblivion.
Type: abduction
Reference: Wikipedia
Source: Maj2, ID: Maj2_606

Event 22506 (14828EA9)

Date: 9/19/1961
Location: USA, Whitfield (New Hampshire)
Description: (Translated from French) RR3, around midnight, 2 witnesses, duration: 1 hour. Case: Betty and Barney Hill. Returning from their vacation in Canada, the interracial Hill couple was driving late at night on a deserted road, when they saw a UFO descending. It eventually landed, blocking the road in front of them. They were approached by humanoids. A few hours later the Hills found themselves back on the road, but 55 kilometers away and without any memory of what had happened during that time. This persistent amnesia caused them to experience various physical and psychological problems, and eventually they went to see Dr. Simon, famous for his amnesia cures. Having been put into a hypnotic state several times, each of them separately recounted the facts. Their respective versions were quite precise. They reported that they had been taken aboard the craft, treated well by the occupants, more or less in the way humans treat laboratory animals, and then released after being hypnotically instructed to totally forget their experience. [note from vog: various authors cite Betty Hill, several times afterwards, to observe other UFOs, almost on command, to give UFO lectures, etc… ufobusiness…]
Reference: J. Allen HYNEK: “UFOs, Myth or Reality?” - trans. Belfond 1974 - pp. 186-192, 278
Reference: Mini catalogue chronologique des observations OVNI, by Godelieve Van Overmeire
Source: Overmeire, ID: Overmeire_2211

Event 22507 (9583AE95)

Date: 9/19/1961
Description: (Translated from French) Abduction of Betty and Barney Hill. (September 19)
Reference: rr0 - Beau
Source: rr0, ID: rr0_1921

Event 22508 (D2CDDB00)

Date: 9/19/1961
Time: 22:00
Location: US3 NORTH / LINCOLN, NH
Description: Betty and Barney hill abducted. See drawings / NICAP April’72.
Type: sighting
Reference: Book: FULLER, John G.: INTERRUPTED JOURNEY; 1966. Dell Books PB 1987. (Betty & Barney Hill. Entire book.)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_6554

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”, 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, VEH: Vehicle affected: Marks/damage/EME effects, LND: UFO landing or any part touches ground, RDR: Radar traces/blips, TRC: Physical traces, INJ: Injuries, illness/death, mutilations, MIL: Military investigation, BBK: Project BLUEBOOK

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “8”, Duration: “120”, Elev: “260”, HatchDesc: “US3 N/LINCOLN,NH:BETTY+BARNEY HILL ABDUCTED:see drawings/NICAP April’72”, LatLong: “44.077780 -71.677781”, LatLongDMS: “44:04:40 N 71:40:40 W”, Locale: “Forest”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “New Hampshire”, Strangeness: “12”

Event 22509 (5C83C208)

Date: 9/19/1961
Location: Indian Head, NH
Description: Betty & Barney Hill Case (NICAP: 07 - Entity Cases, Code: E, Rating: 5, BB: BBU)
Reference: NICAP: 610919
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_2541

Event 22510 (F0DBC094)

Date: 9/19/1961
Location: Lincoln (Pease AFB), NH
Description: Radar Tracks Object Before & After Hill Abduction (NICAP: 09 - RADAR Cases, Code: R, Rating: 5)
Reference: NICAP: 610919
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_2542

Event 22511 (72265565)

Date: 9/19/1961
Time: 2200
Location: Indian Head, New Hampshire
Description: Mr. and Mrs. Hill saw a lenticular object with a double row of portholes and half-a-dozen dark figures working at control panels inside, when they stopped to investigate a light following their car. They became afraid and drove away. A “beeping sound” enveloped the car, and they felt a prickling sensation before losing consciousness. When they came to, they were driving near Ashland. A series of nightmares and medically controlled hypnosis brought back what apparently was the memory of their abduction by the occupants of the object.
Type: ufo sighting
Reference: Fuller; Magonia (Vallee)
Source: ValléeMagonia, ID: Magonia_524

Event 22512 (15D46B96)

Date: 9/19/1961
Location: White Mountains, NH
Description: Barney and Betty Hill vehicle encounter, abduction case
Type: sighting
Reference: The UFO Evidence by Richard H. Hall
Source: HallUFOEvidence2, ID: HallUFOE2_8

Event 22513 (0A8E92D8)

Date: 9/19/1961
Location: 50.4375 77.814167
Description: Nuclear test: Air, confirmed. Country: USSR Yield: .03KT
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_1135

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: “.03”

Event 22514 (81279C6A)

Date: 9/19/1961
Locations: North Concord Air Force Station; East Mountain, Vermont
Description: 5:22 a.m. The North Concord Air Force Station [now closed] at East Mountain, Vermont, picks up an unidentified radar target at 62,000 feet for 18 minutes. It moves at a slow speed on an erratic course.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: NICAP, “Radar Tracks Object before and after Hill Abduction”
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_3550

Event 22515 (5AF23B25)

Date: 9/19/1961
Description: Keyhoe has smoothed things over with Rep. Karth, who writes: “Now that we better understand each other, I would hope we could properly proceed with a hearing early next year—providing the new chairman [Miller] authorizes hearings.”
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: “Majority Leader Support Indicates Early Congressional Action: Chairman Karth Backs Open Hearings,” UFO Investigator 2, no. 2 (October 1961): 1–2
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_3551

Event 22516 (FD118243)

Date: 9/19/1961
End date: 9/20/1961
Locations: Portsmouth, New Hampshire; Quebec; US Highway 3; Groveton, New Hampshire; Twin Mountain; Franconia Notch; Old Man of the Mountain; Indian Head (north of Lincoln)
Description: 10:30 p.m. Barney and Betty Hill are driving home to Portsmouth, New Hampshire, from a vacation in Quebec, going south on US Highway 3. Near Groveton, New Hampshire, Betty sees a bright light moving upward and erratically, growing larger. Later, Barney stops the car at a scenic picnic area south of Twin Mountain. Through binoculars, Betty sees a solid object against the moon that “appeared to be flashing thin pencils of different colored lights.” Barney thinks it’s a plane, though it might be “playing games” with them. Barney drives slowly through Franconia Notch, watching the object. At one point it passes near the Old Man of the Mountain. About one mile south of Indian Head (north of Lincoln), the object rapidly descends toward their vehicle, causing Barney to stop in the middle of the highway. The huge, silent craft hovers approximately 80–100 feet above the Hills’ 1957 Chevrolet Bel Air and fills the entire field of view in the windshield. It reminds Barney of a huge pancake. Carrying his pistol in his pocket, he steps away from the vehicle and moves closer to the object. Using the binoculars, Barney claims see about 8–11 humanoid figures who are peering out of the craft’s windows, seeming to look at him. In unison, all but one figure move to what appears to be a panel on the rear wall of the hallway that encircles the front portion of the craft. The one remaining figure continues to look at Barney and communicates a message telling him to “stay where you are and keep looking.” Barney has a recollection of observing the humanoid forms wearing glossy black uniforms and black caps. Red lights on what appears to be bat-wing fins begin to telescope out of the sides of the craft, and a long structure descends from the bottom of the craft. The UFO approaches to within 50–80 feet overhead and 300 feet away from him. Barney tears the binoculars away from his eyes and runs back to his car. In a near hysterical state, he tells Betty, “They’re going to capture us!” He sees the object again shift its location to directly above the vehicle. He drives away at high speed, telling Betty to look for the object. She rolls down the window and looks up. Almost immediately, the Hills hear a rhythmic series of beeping or buzzing sounds which seem to bounce off the trunk of their vehicle. The car vibrates and a tingling sensation passes through them. At this point in time they experience the onset of an altered state of consciousness that leaves their minds dulled. A second series of beeping sounds return them to full consciousness. They find that they have traveled nearly 35 miles south, but have only vague, spotty memories of this section of road. They recall making a sudden, unplanned turn, encountering a roadblock, and observing a fiery orb in the road. At 5:00 a.m., they arrive home, about two hours later than expected. Barney feels compelled to examine his genitals, and they both take long showers. Betty notices a pinkish powder and a tear in her dress. There are shiny, concentric circles on their car’s trunk that were not there the previous day. Betty and Barney experiment with a compass, noting that when they move it close to the spots, the needle whirls rapidly. But when they move it a few inches away from the shiny spots, it drops down.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Wikipedia, “Betty and Barney Hill”; NICAP, “The Betty and Barney Hill Case”; Clark III 577–581; Sparks, p. 289; John G. Fuller, The Interrupted Journey, Dial, 1966; J. Allen Hynek, The UFO Experience, Ballantine ed., 1974, pp. 178–184; Mark Rodeghier, “Hypnosis and the Hill Abduction Case,” IUR 19, no. 2 (March/April 1994): 4–6, 23–24; Robert H. Coddington, “The Hill Experience,” IUR 19, no. 3 (May/June 1994): 18–19; Michael D. Swords, GrassRoots UFOs: Case Reports from the Timmerman Files, Fund for UFO Research, 2005, p. 143; Greg Sandow, “The Hill Case and the Limits of Ufology,” IUR 31, no. 4 (March 2008): 3–7, 19–28; Stanton Friedman and Kathleen Marden, Captured! The Betty and Barney Hill UFO Experience, Weiser, 2007; Mark Cashman, “Behavioral Classification System for UFO Occupants,” IUR 24, no. 1 (Spring 1999): 19
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_3552

Event 22517 (54A9760B)

Date: 9/19/1961
Description: In perhaps the most famous UFO abduction story ever reported, Betty and Barney Hill, a biracial married couple active in the Civil Rights movement, were driving home from Montreal to their home in Portsmouth, New Hampshire late on this evening. When they reached Colebrook they noticed a bright lighted object in the sky that seemed to be pacing their car, and they continued to observe it as the drove along a desolate section of U.S. Route 3 through the White Mountains. Around Indian Head, New Hamsphire they stopped by the side of the road to take a closer look, and saw through binoculars a lenticular object with a double row of portholes and half a dozen dark figures working at control panels inside. One of the occupants seemed to stare directly at them. They became frightened and drove away. A “beeping sound” enveloped their car, and they felt a prickling sensation before losing consciousness.

When they came to, they were driving near Ashland, New Hampshire. They arrived home in Portsmouth unable to account for about two hours. A series of nightmares and then a series of hypnosis sessions performed by a psychiatrist in Boston brought back memories of their abduction experience by the occupants of the UFO. They encountered six five-foot-tall entities with large eyes and heads. One acted as their guide or interpreter, and he communicated with them by telepathy. They were separated, stripped for a medical exam during which a needle was inserted in Betty Hill’s navel and Barney’s dentures were removed and examined. There was also a map of the stars seen at one point, and Betty asked to take an artifact as evidence of their experience, but was refused.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: John Fuller, The Interrupted Journey, New York: Dial, 1966; Thomas M. Olsen, Reference for Outstanding UFO Reports, case 125; Jacques Vallee, Passport to Magonia: A Century of Landings, case 524; UNICAT, case 328
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_6083

Event 22518 (AA75828E)

Date: 9/20/1961
Location: 50.4375 77.814167
Description: Nuclear test: Air, confirmed. Country: USSR Yield: 4.8KT
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_1136

Extra Data: LatLong: “50.4375 77.814167”, LatLongDMS: “50:26:15 N 77:48:51 E”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, NukeCountry: “USSR”, NukeDepth: “0.00”, NukeSource: “RFAE”, NukeType: “NACS”, NukeY: “4.8”

Event 22519 (C6ACCE70)

Date: 9/20/1961
Location: 73.7500 54.7500
Description: Nuclear test: Air, confirmed. Country: USSR Yield: 150KT YieldMax: 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_1137

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: “150”, NukeYMax: “1500”

Event 22520 (EB6AB4DD)

Date: 9/20/1961
Locations: Pease AFB; Portsmouth, New Hampshire
Description: 2:14 a.m. Pease AFB [now Pease Air National Guard Base] in Portsmouth, New Hampshire, picks up an unidentified radar blip 4 miles away from the base, with no visual contact.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: NICAP, “Radar Tracks Object before and after Hill Abduction”
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_3553

Event 22521 (37E8D243)

Date: 9/21/1961
Description: (Translated from French) Two commercial airliners, one American and the other British, fly over the Pacific and independently observe a huge round craft flying over them at a phenomenal speed. (September 21)
Reference: Keyhoe 1967
Reference: rr0 - Beau
Source: rr0, ID: rr0_1922

Event 22522 (594A039F)

Date: 9/21/1961
Time: 05:00
Location: NORTHEAST / MIDWAY ISLAND
Description: Airliners and ship. 2X moon-size object going quickly southeast over ship / 10 minute(s). Ray shoots going down.
Type: sighting
Reference: HALL, Richard: The UFO EVIDENCE; NICAP,Washington, DC 1964. Reprinted 1997 Barnes & Noble Books ( only $7.98! ) (Index 126)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_6555

Attributes: SEA: Observer(s) at sea, AIR: Observer(s) on aircraft, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, HQO: High-quality observer(s), SCR: Classic saucer/disk/sphere shaped UFO, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), OBS: Observation/chasing vehicles, RAY: Odd light/searchlight/beam/laser-like

Extra Data: Country: “Pacific Ocean and non - Asian islands”, Credibility: “9”, Duration: “10”, Elev: “0”, HatchDesc: “NE/MIDWAY ISL:AIRLINERS+SHIP:2X MOONSIZE OBJ >>SE OVR SHIP/10min:RAY SHOOTS ↓”, LatLong: “31.500002 -175.500008”, LatLongDMS: “31:30:00 N 175:30:00 W”, Locale: “High Seas”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “NPC”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 22523 (424CEE4C)

Date: 9/21/1961
Time: 05:10
Location: NEAR WAKE ISLAND
Description: BOAC and PAA liners and military ship. Bright white ring. Seen / Oahu / 72 min. / MJ#160.
Type: sighting
Reference: UFO INVESTIGATOR: NICAP: Kensington, MD & Washington, DC [defunct]. University Microfilms, Ann Arbor, MI 48106 (Index 26)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_6556

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

Extra Data: Country: “Pacific Ocean and non - Asian islands”, Credibility: “9”, Duration: “72”, Elev: “0”, HatchDesc: “nr WAKE Isl:BOAC+PAA LINERS+MIL SHIP:BRITE WHT RING:SEEN/OAHU/72 min:/MJ#160”, LatLong: “19.300001 166.633341”, LatLongDMS: “19:18:00 N 166:38:00 E”, Locale: “Islands”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “WAK”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 22524 (632B5169)

Date: 9/21/1961
Location: Pacific Ocean near, Wake Island
Description: Airline pilots, ship, reported a bright white circular UFO. [NICAP UFOE, X] (NICAP: 11 - Aviation Cases)
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_2543

Event 22525 (6C1B1C02)

Date: 9/21/1961
Location: 50.4375 77.814167
Description: Nuclear test: Air, confirmed. Country: USSR 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_1138

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: “.8”

Event 22526 (51F32DAA)

Date: 9/21/1961
End date: 9/22/1961
Location: Pease AFB
Description: Betty Hill calls Pease AFB and reports her UFO incident (without mentioning the figures). Maj. Paul W. Henderson of the 100th Bomb Wing calls back with a few questions.
Reference: Eberhart
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_3554

Event 22527 (76BA7553)

Date: 9/21/1961
Description: On this day at around five o’clock in the afternoon the passengers and crew of two Boeing 707 airliners, a BOAC flight and a Pan Am flight, witnessed a bright white UFO with a halo while flying over the Pacific Ocean northeast of Midway Island.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: NICAP UFO Investigator, November 1961, p. 1; Robert Gribble, MUFON UFO Journal, September 1991, p. 11
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_6180

Event 22528 (FDF5905B)

Date: 9/22/1961
Location: 73.7500 54.7500
Description: Nuclear test: Air, confirmed. Country: USSR Yield: 260KT
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_1139

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: “260”

Event 22529 (C7D3AB18)

Date: Autumn 1961
Locations: Neamț Monastery; Târgu Neamț, Romania
Description: Evening. Emanoil Manoliu, son of the prominent novelist Mihail Sadoveanu, is at the Neamț Monastery west of Târgu Neamț, Romania, when he sees a blinding, multicolored light. After a few seconds it rises quickly and he can see it looks like a disc with a concave base about 20–23 feet long and 10 feet broad. It vanishes “like a tornado in the air” and he feels the rush of wind. The next day he goes to the site with a priest and finds an area of singed grass and a light imprint in the soil.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Hobana and Weverbergh 167–168
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_3559

Event 22530 (798EB603)

Date: 9/24/1961
Time: 23:40
Location: MONITOR VALLEY, NV
Description: Geologist. 2 large night lights. 1 shines 100’ wide beam going down / monitor mountains.
Type: sighting
Reference: SCIENCE & MECHANICS (eds.) OFFICIAL GUIDE to UFO’S; Ace Books, NY. 1968. (Index 183)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_6557

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, SCI: Scientist involvement, NLT: Nightlights/points of light, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), OBS: Observation/chasing vehicles, RAY: Odd light/searchlight/beam/laser-like, DRT: Dirt/soil traces/marks/footprints etc., MIL: Military investigation, BBK: Project BLUEBOOK

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “6”, Duration: “10”, Elev: “1700”, HatchDesc: “MONITOR VALLEY,NV:GEOLOGIST:2 LRG NLTS:1 SHINES 100’ WIDE BEAM ↓/MONITOR MTNs”, LatLong: “38.916669 -116.666672”, LatLongDMS: “38:55:00 N 116:40:00 W”, Locale: “Desert”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Nevada”, Strangeness: “5”

Event 22531 (106553E0)

Date: 9/24/1961
Time: 23:40
Location: LEBSKO BAY, POLAND
Description: 1 observer. Big noise. Odd 5M funnel shape rises / sea. Silent. Going quickly north.
Type: sighting
Reference: CATHIE, Bruce: HARMONIC 33. A. & A. Reed, Wellington, NZ (Index 153)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_6558

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CST: Observer(s) in coastal area/just offshore, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, SCR: Classic saucer/disk/sphere shaped UFO, SUB: Submersible: Rises from or submerges into water, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), LND: UFO landing or any part touches ground, TCH: New technical details/clues, SND: UFO sounds heard or recorded

Extra Data: Country: “Poland”, Credibility: “6”, Duration: “2”, Elev: “0”, HatchDesc: “LEBSKO BAY,POLAND:1 OBS:BIG NOISE:ODD 5M FUNNEL SHAPE RISES/SEA:SLNT:>>N”, LatLong: “54.733336 17.400001”, LatLongDMS: “54:44:00 N 17:24:00 E”, Locale: “Coastlands”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “PMR”, Strangeness: “8”

Event 22532 (D90B6427)

Date: 9/26/1961
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_1140

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 22533 (23099FD1)

Date: 9/26/1961
Description: Betty Hill writes to Donald E. Keyhoe (mentioning the figures Barney remembers seeing) and asks for more information. She mentions that she and Barney are considering hypnosis.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Mark Rodeghier, “Hypnosis and the Hill Abduction Case,” IUR 19, no. 2 (March/April 1994): 4–6, 23–24; Michael D. Swords, “Radio Signals from Space, Alien Probes, and Betty Hill,” IUR 29, no. 4 (July 2005): 15
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_3555

Event 22534 (EEBB56DE)

Date: 9/27/1961
Location: Pacific Coast, At Sea
Description: (McDonald list) Uncorrelated Targets on APS-95 (NICAP: 09 - RADAR Cases, Code: R, Rating: 5, BB: BBU)
Reference: NICAP: 610927
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_2544

Event 22535 (FFD6FB6C)

Date: 9/27/1961
Description: Allen Dulles resigns as director of central intelligence; John A. McCone replaces him.
Reference: Eberhart
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_3556

Event 22536 (73CD7B7F)

Date: 9/27/1961
Location: California coast
Description: 7:57 a.m. The radar operator on a USAF Airborne Early Warning and Control aircraft off the California coast spots five targets on his scope. Four of the objects are on a heading of 90°, and all of them are moving at a high rate of speed. They soon disappear into sea clutter. Three minutes later, two objects appear heading 70° then also disappear into sea clutter. The speed of one of the objects is measured at about 2,070 mph over a distance of 230 miles. While the two objects are on the scope, a single stationary object also appears. After remaining stationary for about two minutes, it moves on a heading of 265° at 70 mph and is lost in the sea clutter. The objects can only be painted with the IFF on. The radar is an APS-95.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: NICAP, “Uncorrelated Targets on APS- 95”; Sparks, p. 290
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_3557

Event 22537 (F6DFFE12)

Date: 9/29/1961
End date: 10/3/1961
Location: Barney
Description: Betty Hill has a series of intensely vivid dreams in which she and Barney encounter a strange roadblock and are approached by a group of men. She loses consciousness and awakes on board a craft where they are given a medical examination by “intelligent, humanoid beings.”
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Clark III 581–583
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_3558

Event 22538 (163CA986)

Date: 9/30/1961
Time: 22:00
Location: SOUTH / LA PORTE, IN
Description: Large red sphere rises / road. Observers(16) scared off bicycle. / Hartle.
Type: sighting
Reference: VALLEE, Jacques: PASSPORT TO MAGONIA; H. Regnery, Chicago HC 1969 & Contemporary Books,Chicago 1993. 372pp. (Index 525)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_6559

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, MIL: Military investigation, BBK: Project BLUEBOOK

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “6”, Duration: “1”, Elev: “250”, HatchDesc: “S/LA PORTE,IN:LRG RED SPHERE RISES/ROAD:OBS(16) SCARED OFF BICYCLE:/Hartle”, LatLong: “41.522224 -86.727782”, LatLongDMS: “41:31:20 N 86:43:40 W”, Locale: “Pasture”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Indiana”, Strangeness: “7”

Event 22539 (6224461A)

Date: 9/30/1961
Location: Las Vegas, NV
Description: (McDonald list) Object Tracked and Observed For 45-Mins (NICAP: 09 - RADAR Cases, Code: R, Rating: 5, BB: BBU)
Reference: NICAP: 610930
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_2545

Event 22540 (8F2ACF91)

Date: 9/30/1961
Time: 2200
Location: La Porte, Indiana
Description: Eight km south of La Porte, 16-year-old Dennis Bealor saw a large sphere of orange light rise ahead of him on the road. He was so frightened that he lost control of his bike and left the road.
Type: ufo sighting
Reference: Hartle 158 (Vallee)
Source: ValléeMagonia, ID: Magonia_525

Event 22541 (A3BE70A8)

Date: 9/30/1961
Description: At around 9:04 a.m. local time, a weather observer at Indian Springs AFB, Nevada saw several objects on a 20 power theodolite at 133.4 degrees azimuth, 55 degrees elevation. The observer first saw one object that was white or metallic in color, round in shape, and the size of the head of a pin. Four smaller objects, traveling very fast, then came out from the first object. The Las Vegas AFS tracked a UFO on radar 45 miles southeast of Nellis AFB. The object was tracked for approximately 45 minutes.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: Project Blue Book files counted in official statistics, case 1961-466, James E. McDonald files; www.nicap.org
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_6441

Event 22542 (8DAD5C91)

Date: 9/30/1961
Description: At ten o’clock in the evening 16-year-old Dennis Bealor saw a large sphere of orange light on the road while riding his bicycle four miles south of La Porte, Indiana. It rose up into the sky while still ahead of him. He was so frightened that he lost control of his bike and ran off the road.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: Hartle Orvil R. Hartle, A Carbon Experiment, p. 158; Jacques Vallee, Passport to Magonia: A Century of Landings, case # 525
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_6442

Event 22543 (32DE90FA)

Date: 10/1961 (approximate)
Time: 20:00?
Location: NEAMT MONESTARY, ROM
Description: Fall / 61. 6-7M saucer rises / hill. Wind on takeoff. Crop circles.
Type: sighting
Reference: HOBANA Ion & WEVERBERGH,Julien: UFO’S from BEHIND the IRON CURTAIN; Bantam Books,1975. 308pp. (Index 167)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_6560

Attributes: 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: “Romania”, Credibility: “6”, Duration: “3”, HatchDesc: “NEAMT MONESTARY,ROM:FALL/61:6-7M SCR RISES/HILL:WIND ON TAKEOFF:CROP CIRCLES”, LatLong: “46.933336 26.383335”, LatLongDMS: “46:56:00 N 26:23:00 E”, Locale: “Mountains”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “NMT”, Strangeness: “8”

Event 22544 (127697A4)

Date: 10/1/1961
Description: (Translated from French) The DIA becomes operational. (1st October)
Reference: rr0 - Beau
Source: rr0, ID: rr0_1923

Event 22545 (D3E4995A)

Date: 10/1/1961
Description: (Translated from French) High-ranking military personnel at the Pentagon decide to place a crown of copper needles in orbit around the Earth. These millions of tiny needles were to reflect radio signals back to Earth and facilitate military communications, thus shielded from any interference. But such an accomplishment seriously compromised radio astronomy for several centuries. The presence of these millions of needles could therefore have disastrous consequences denounced by many scientists around the world and yet the project received government approval.
Reference: rr0 - Beau
Source: rr0, ID: rr0_1924

Event 22546 (F5021C6B)

Date: 10/1/1961
Time: 22:30:00.1
Location: 37.0483 -116.0345
Description: Nuclear test: Underground, confirmed. Country: USA Name: “Boomer” 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_198

Extra Data: LatLong: “37.0483 -116.0345”, LatLongDMS: “37:02:54 N 116:02:04 W”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, NukeCountry: “USA”, NukeDepth: “0.10”, NukeName: “Boomer”, NukeSource: “AEC”, NukeType: “NUCU”, NukeYMax: “20”

Event 22547 (920AAD68)

Date: 10/1/1961
Location: 50.4375 77.814167
Description: Nuclear test: Air, confirmed. Country: USSR Yield: 3KT
Type: atomic
Reference: “columbia.edu: Worldwide Nuclear Explosions”, by Yang, North, Romney, and Richards
Reference: “archive.org: Worldwide Nuclear Explosions”, by Yang, North, Romney, and Richards
Source: NukeExplosions, ID: NukeExplosions_1141

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: “3”

Event 22548 (F0E0FDC1)

Date: 10/1/1961
Description: The Defense Intelligence Agency, created at the request of Defense Secretary Robert S. McNamara to integrate all military intelligence operations, begins work with a handful of employees in borrowed office space. Its mission is the continuous task of collecting, processing, evaluating, analyzing, integrating, producing, and disseminating military intelligence for the Department of Defense and related national stakeholders. Other objectives include more efficiently allocating scarce intelligence resources, more effectively managing all DoD intelligence activities, and eliminating redundancies in facilities, organizations, and tasks.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Wikipedia, “Defense Intelligence Agency”
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_3560

Event 22549 (6B31E71D)

Date: 10/2/1961
Location: Salt Lake City, UT
Description: Disc-shaped UFO maneuvered away from investigating aircraft. [NICAP UFOE, I] (NICAP: 11 - Aviation Cases)
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_2546

Event 22550 (85C9E382)

Date: 10/2/1961
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_1142

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 22551 (BD0DDEE2)

Date: 10/2/1961
Locations: Utah Central Airport [now closed] in Granger, Utah; Hill AFB near Ogden; Wright-Patterson AFB in Ohio
Description: Around 12:00 noon. Waldo J. Harris, private pilot and real-estate broker, is getting ready to take off in a Mooney M20A from Utah Central Airport [now closed] in Granger, Utah, when he sees a bright spot in the sky. After he takes off, he notices that the light is still in the same location. He flies toward the object to get a better look, and sees that the UFO has no wings or tail and is hovering with a slight rocking motion. He later estimates the diameter at 35–50 feet, with a thickness of about 4 feet, and the appearance of sand-blasted aluminum. Harris estimates he has approached within 2 miles of the object before it rises abruptly and zooms away for 10 miles before it resumes a rocking hover. He approaches again, but it departs in about 2–3 seconds. Several other people, including airport controller Jay Galbraith, also see the UFO from the airport. Investigators from Hill AFB near Ogden arrive quickly. Airport attendant Russell M. Woods tells them he thinks the object was at 2,500 feet altitude. On October 9, Douglas M. Crouch forwards the Hill AFB official report, including transcripts of interviews, to Wright-Patterson AFB in Ohio, saying “No unusual meteorological or astronomical conditions were present to account for the sighting.” Nonetheless, Blue Book wanders from Venus to a research balloon to a sundog (an assessment James E. McDonald calls “nonsensical”) as explanations.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Clark III 1025–1028; UFOEv, pp. 1–2 ; James E. McDonald, “Statement on Unidentified Flying Objects,” in Symposium on Unidentified Flying Objects, Hearings, US House Committee on Science and Astronautics, 90th Cong., 2nd Sess., July 29, 1968, pp. 49–50
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_3561

Event 22552 (F5978395)

Date: 10/2/1961
Description: A pilot in flight and seven witnesses on the ground observed a lens-shaped disc of brightly polished aluminum over the Utah Central Airport in Salt Lake City, Utah at noon. It was seen against the mountains as a backdrop, and had an estimated diameter of 50-60 feet. It moved out of sight in seconds, covering a distance of 70 degrees, with a speed “beyond any known jet…”
Reference: Johnson
Reference: Robert Gribble, MUFON UFO Journal, October 1991, p. 22; UNICAT, case # 531, citing James E. McDonald, 1968 Proceedings of the Scientific Subcommittee Hearings of the U.S. Congress, p. 49
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_6494

Event 22553 (E27B1985)

Date: 10/3/1961
Location: Severny Island, Novaya Zemlya
Description: Soviet “Tsar Bomba” hydrogen bomb test, the most powerful thermonuclear weapon ever detonated, 50mt yield, Novaya Zemlya archipelago, 10x the amount of all the explosives used in WW2 combined, heat of explosion was estimated to potentially inflict 3rd degree burns at 100km distance.
Type: atomic
Reference: Wikipedia
Reference: Wikipedia
Source: Maj2, ID: Maj2_607
Atomic type: aboveground
Atomic MT: 50

Event 22554 (8EAE0B44)

Date: 10/3/1961 (approximate)
Time: 12:00?
Location: CHINGOLA NORTH RHODESIA
Description: Troops / helicopter photograph silent shiny metallic saucer. Very fast over horizon.
Type: sighting
Reference: MUFON UFO JOURNAL, Seguin, TX USA. Monthly. (Index 104)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_6561

Attributes: AIR: Observer(s) on aircraft, MIL: Observer(s) military, HQO: High-quality observer(s), SCR: Classic saucer/disk/sphere shaped UFO, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), PHT: Photos/movies/videos taken

Extra Data: Country: “Zimbabwe & Zambia”, Credibility: “8”, Duration: “1”, HatchDesc: “CHINGOLA N.RHODESIA:TROOPS/COPTER FOTO SILENT SHINY MTLC SCR:VFAST OVR HORIZON”, LatLong: “-12.533334 27.866668”, LatLongDMS: “12:32:00 S 27:52:00 E”, Locale: “Metropolis”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “NRH”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 22555 (0FB177E3)

Date: 10/3/1961
Time: 12:10
Location: PROVO, UT
Description: Many ground and air observer(s). 50’ metallic saucer / thousands / MPH. Going up [to] and going quickly west. / r242p139+/ APRO and Flying Saucer Review (FSR) 1’62.
Type: sighting
Reference: UFO INVESTIGATOR: NICAP: Kensington, MD & Washington, DC [defunct]. University Microfilms, Ann Arbor, MI 48106 (Index 26)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_6562

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

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “11”, Duration: “15”, Elev: “1365”, HatchDesc: “PROVO,UT:MANY GND+AIR OBS:50’MTLC SCR/1000s/MPH:↑+>>W:/r242p139+/APRO+FSR 1’62”, LatLong: “40.233335 -111.655561”, LatLongDMS: “40:14:00 N 111:39:20 W”, Locale: “Metropolis”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Utah”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 22556 (BC08D441)

Date: 10/4/1961
Location: 50.4375 77.814167
Description: Nuclear test: Air, confirmed. Country: USSR Yield: 13KT
Type: atomic
Reference: “columbia.edu: Worldwide Nuclear Explosions”, by Yang, North, Romney, and Richards
Reference: “archive.org: Worldwide Nuclear Explosions”, by Yang, North, Romney, and Richards
Source: NukeExplosions, ID: NukeExplosions_1143

Extra Data: LatLong: “50.4375 77.814167”, LatLongDMS: “50:26:15 N 77:48:51 E”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, NukeCountry: “USSR”, NukeDepth: “0.00”, NukeSource: “RFAE”, NukeType: “NACS”, NukeY: “13”

Event 22557 (B4367D71)

Date: 10/4/1961
Time: 07:30:54.8
Location: 73.7000 53.8000
Description: Nuclear test: Air, confirmed. Country: USSR Yield: 1500KT YieldMax: 10000KT
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_1144

Extra Data: LatLong: “73.7000 53.8000”, LatLongDMS: “73:42:00 N 53:48:00 E”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, NukeCountry: “USSR”, NukeDepth: “0.00”, NukeSource: “PDE”, NukeType: “NACS”, NukeY: “1500”, NukeYMax: “10000”

Event 22558 (12A4F08E)

Date: 10/4/1961
End date: 10/5/1961
Location: Washington, D.C.
Description: Two IBM engineers, C. D. Jackson and Robert E. Hohmann, have lunch in Washington, D.C., with Donald Keyhoe, who shows them the letter from Betty Hill.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Michael D. Swords, “Radio Signals from Space, Alien Probes, and Betty Hill,” IUR 29, no. 4 (July 2005): 15
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_3562

Event 22559 (BE99F775)

Date: 10/6/1961
Time: 23:00
Location: SANTA RITA, VNZ
Description: Large UFO going south over lake. Fishermen dive. 1 drowns. / r47p71+/ APRO 9’61.
Type: sighting
Reference: UFO INVESTIGATOR: NICAP: Kensington, MD & Washington, DC [defunct]. University Microfilms, Ann Arbor, MI 48106 (Index 27)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_6563

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, HUM: Humans affected: Injury/burns/marks/abduction/death

Extra Data: Country: “Venezuela”, Credibility: “8”, Duration: “10”, Elev: “1”, HatchDesc: “SANTA RITA,VNZ:LRG UFO >S OVR LAKE:FISHERMEN DIVE:1 DROWNS:/r47p71+/APRO 9’61”, LatLong: “9.916667 -72.216670”, LatLongDMS: “09:55:00 N 72:13:00 W”, Locale: “Wetlands”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “MAR”, Strangeness: “7”

Event 22560 (7D25ABA5)

Date: 10/6/1961
Location: 48.56956 45.90346
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_1145

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: “40”

Event 22561 (7D66B121)

Date: 10/6/1961
Time: 07:00:12.2
Location: 74.3000 51.6000
Description: Nuclear test: Air, confirmed. Country: USSR Yield: 4000KT
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_1146

Extra Data: LatLong: “74.3000 51.6000”, LatLongDMS: “74:18:00 N 51:36:00 E”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, NukeCountry: “USSR”, NukeDepth: “0.00”, NukeSource: “PDE”, NukeType: “NACS”, NukeY: “4000”

Event 22562 (99574F8F)

Date: 10/8/1961
Location: US
Description: Privately circulated letter from Manhattan Project scientist Dr. Leon Davidson to members of the UFO community over his concerns that all UFO’s are actually CIA psychological warfare.
Type: letter
Reference: link
Source: Maj2, ID: Maj2_608

Event 22563 (00177616)

Date: 10/8/1961
Time: ~03:00
Location: CHARLESTON, SC
Description: Ovoid zigzags back and forth / coastline. Dome-lights top and bottom.
Type: sighting
Reference: UFO INVESTIGATOR: NICAP: Kensington, MD & Washington, DC [defunct]. University Microfilms, Ann Arbor, MI 48106 (Index 27)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_6564

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

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “6”, Duration: “1”, Elev: “36”, HatchDesc: “CHARLESTON,SC:OVOID ZIGZAGS BACK+FORTH/COASTLINE:DOME-LITES TOP+BOTTOM”, LatLong: “32.750002 -79.916670”, LatLongDMS: “32:45:00 N 79:55:00 W”, Locale: “Coastlands”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “South Carolina”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 22564 (D424BF0B)

Date: 10/8/1961
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_1147

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 22565 (E8A21B63)

Date: 10/10/1961
Time: 18:00:00.1
Location: 37.1943 -116.2070
Description: Nuclear test: Underground, confirmed. Country: USA Name: “Chena” 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_199

Extra Data: LatLong: “37.1943 -116.2070”, LatLongDMS: “37:11:39 N 116:12:25 W”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, NukeCountry: “USA”, NukeDepth: “0.26”, NukeName: “Chena”, NukeSource: “SPRINGER”, NukeType: “NUCU”, NukeYMax: “20”

Event 22566 (A26C241F)

Date: 10/11/1961
Time: 07:39:59.9
Location: 49.7727 77.9950
Description: Nuclear test: Underground, confirmed. Country: USSR Yield: 1KT
Type: atomic
Reference: “columbia.edu: Worldwide Nuclear Explosions”, by Yang, North, Romney, and Richards
Reference: “archive.org: Worldwide Nuclear Explosions”, by Yang, North, Romney, and Richards
Source: NukeExplosions, ID: NukeExplosions_1148

Extra Data: LatLong: “49.7727 77.9950”, LatLongDMS: “49:46:22 N 77:59:42 E”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, NukeCountry: “USSR”, NukeDepth: “0.00”, NukeSource: “BOCHAROV”, NukeType: “NUCS”, NukeY: “1”

Event 22567 (706925F8)

Date: 10/12/1961
Time: 20:10
Location: INDIANAPOLIS, IN
Description: F. Edwards and hundreds. Advertising plane(?) going south. / r70p376+/ APRO 11’61.
Type: sighting
Reference: UFO INVESTIGATOR: NICAP: Kensington, MD & Washington, DC [defunct]. University Microfilms, Ann Arbor, MI 48106 (Index 27)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_6565

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

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “12”, Duration: “10”, Elev: “215”, HatchDesc: “INDIANAPOLIS,IN:F.EDWARDS+100s:ADVERTISING PLANE(?) >S:/r70p376+/APRO 11’61”, LatLong: “39.766669 -86.116671”, LatLongDMS: “39:46:00 N 86:07:00 W”, Locale: “Metropolis”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Indiana”, Strangeness: “3”

Event 22568 (85A56C4E)

Date: 10/12/1961
Location: Indianapolis, IN
Description: Spherical UFO with a row of pulsating lights viewed from many angles by different observers. [NICAP UFOE, XII] (NICAP: 01 - Distant Encounters)
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_2547

Event 22569 (5B46285C)

Date: 10/12/1961
Location: 50.4375 77.814167
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_1149

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: “15”

Event 22570 (498F8DB0)

Date: 10/14/1961
Description: (Translated from French) Messages from cosmonauts are suddenly intercepted, then abruptly cut off. (October 14)
Reference: rr0 - Beau
Source: rr0, ID: rr0_1925

Event 22571 (A8979362)

Date: 10/14/1961
Time: 17:00
Location: OFF TWO HARBORS, MN
Description: 200M and object going down [to] into Lake Superior. Floats. Going up [to] and flies going southeast. / r44p266.
Type: sighting
Reference: The APRO BULLETIN: Monthly. Jim & Coral Lorenzen: Tucson,AZ (USA. defunct) By volume and number. (Index 743)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_6566

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, HQO: High-quality observer(s), CIG: Torpedo/cigar/cylinder shaped UFO, SUB: Submersible: Rises from or submerges into water, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), LND: UFO landing or any part touches ground

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “8”, Duration: “3”, Elev: “183”, HatchDesc: “off TWO HARBORS,MN:200M+ OBJ ↓ into Lk.SUPERIOR:FLOATS:↑+FLIES>SE:/r44p266”, LatLong: “47.000002 -91.650004”, LatLongDMS: “47:00:00 N 91:39:00 W”, Locale: “Offshore”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Minnesota”, Strangeness: “8”

Event 22572 (890A6A7A)

Date: 10/14/1961
Time: 17:30
Location: SUNSET, UT
Description: 4 observer(s). 2 odd clouds going east. 2 saucers follow. Clouds back / 15 October. / APRO Mar’62.
Type: sighting
Reference: UFO INVESTIGATOR: NICAP: Kensington, MD & Washington, DC [defunct]. University Microfilms, Ann Arbor, MI 48106 (Index 27)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_6567

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

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “8”, Duration: “1”, Elev: “1392”, HatchDesc: “SUNSET,UT:4 OBS:2 ODD CLOUDS >E:2 SCRS FOLO:CLOUDS BACK/15OCT:/APRO Mar’62”, LatLong: “41.133335 -112.027783”, LatLongDMS: “41:08:00 N 112:01:40 W”, Locale: “Residential”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Utah”, Strangeness: “7”

Event 22573 (B11F268F)

Date: 10/14/1961
Locations: Two Harbors, Minnesota; Lake Superior; Lake County
Description: 5:00 p.m. Mrs. Erwin Riley, a summer resident in Two Harbors, Minnesota, sees a large object slide into the water of Lake Superior about one mile from shore and bob about on the surface. She summons a neighbor, Jack Ray, and they both watch through binoculars, but they can’t make out what it is. At dusk, the Lake County Sheriff responds to their call, but he can’t see much due to swells on the lake surface. He calls the Air Force and Coast Guard to make sure it’s not part of a training exercise. Shortly afterward, Riley sees the object rise into the air and travel southeast at about the speed of a car. A Coast Guard search the next day turns up only a floating log.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: “Flying Log?” APRO Bulletin, November 1961, p. 3
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_3563

Event 22574 (5691763D)

Date: 10/14/1961
Location: Sunset, Utah
Description: 5:30 p.m. Mayor Michael Burson and his wife watch two pairs of UFOs move to the east above Sunset, Utah. The first pair looks like puffy cotton joined together by “stringy stuff,” and the second pair are metallic discs.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: “More Discs in Utah,” APRO Bulletin, March 1962, p. 2
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_3564

Event 22575 (53B718B8)

Date: 10/14/1961
Description: At 12:15 p.m. a 200 meter long object descended onto Lake Superior near Two Harbors, Minnesota. It floated on the water for three minutes, then ascended and flew off toward the southeast.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: APRO Bulletin, November 1961, p. 3; Coral & Jim Lorenzen, UFOs: The Whole Story, p. 230; Jay Rath, The M-Files: True Reports of Minnesota’s Unexplained Phenomena, p. 50
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_6835

Event 22576 (EEE77F55)

Date: 10/15/1961
Locations: Marquette, Michigan; Hurley, Wisconsin
Description: 5:00 p.m. Mrs. John P. Vanicky and Norine Gribble are driving from Marquette, Michigan, to Hurley, Wisconsin, when they see a brown cigar-shaped object spouting fire from its rear and moving southeast. They stop the car and watch for 20 minutes until it disappears.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Duluth (Minn.) News-Tribune, October 19, 1961; “Flying Log?” APRO Bulletin, November 1961, p. 3
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_3565

Event 22577 (AC6A0224)

Date: 10/17/1961
Time: 18:10
Location: TONAWANDA, NY
Description: Several observer(s). 2 round objects maneuver all over/all about B58 bomber. Chase futile. No further details.
Type: sighting
Reference: UFO INVESTIGATOR: NICAP: Kensington, MD & Washington, DC [defunct]. University Microfilms, Ann Arbor, MI 48106 (Index 27)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_6568

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

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “8”, Duration: “2”, Elev: “174”, HatchDesc: “TONAWANDA,NY:SVRL OBS:2 RND OBJs MNVR ALLO B58 BOMBER:chase futile:NFD”, LatLong: “43.022224 -78.883337”, LatLongDMS: “43:01:20 N 78:53:00 W”, Locale: “Town & City”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “New York”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 22578 (2A6BFDED)

Date: 10/17/1961
Location: 50.4375 77.814167
Description: Nuclear test: Air, confirmed. Country: USSR Yield: 6.6KT
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_1150

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: “6.6”

Event 22579 (286B33CB)

Date: 10/19/1961
Location: GRAND CAYMAN ISLAND, CAYMANS, WEST INDIES
Description: Observer(s) = Baker and Ralston. No further details. Project Bluebook Case #unknown.
Type: sighting
Reference: UFOCAT CATALOG: Assorted Printouts. Donald A. Johnson Ph.D (CUFOS). P.O. Box 446, Concord, NH 03302-0446 (Index 66)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_6569

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

Extra Data: Country: “Caribbean area”, Credibility: “7”, Duration: “1”, Elev: “3”, HatchDesc: “GRAND CAYMAN ISL,CAYMANS,WEST INDIES:OBS=BAKER+RALSTON:NFD:BBK#UNK”, LatLong: “19.250001 -81.250004”, LatLongDMS: “19:15:00 N 81:15:00 W”, Locale: “Islands”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “CAY”, Strangeness: “4”

Event 22580 (04E1D7BB)

Date: 10/19/1961
Location: 50.4375 77.814167
Description: Nuclear test: Air, confirmed. Country: USSR Yield: .001KT 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_1151

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: “.001”, NukeYMax: “20”

Event 22581 (F4122E35)

Date: 10/19/1961
Location: Boston, Massachusetts
Description: NICAP secretary Richard H. Hall writes to Walter N. Webb at Hayden Planetarium in Boston, Massachusetts, and asks him to talk to Betty and Barney Hill.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Clark III 578–579
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_3566

Event 22582 (B80005CF)

Date: 10/20/1961
Description: (Translated from French) The two Italian wireless operators pick up a faint voice rambling incomprehensible words. They manage to make out his name: Lodovsky. (October 20)
Reference: rr0 - Beau
Source: rr0, ID: rr0_1926

Event 22583 (6ADDB50B)

Date: 10/20/1961
Time: 08:07:02.0
Location: 73.8000 53.2000
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_1152

Extra Data: LatLong: “73.8000 53.2000”, LatLongDMS: “73:48:00 N 53:12:00 E”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, NukeCountry: “USSR”, NukeDepth: “0.00”, NukeSource: “PDE”, NukeType: “NACS”, NukeY: “1450”

Event 22584 (94DCB206)

Date: 10/21/1961
Location: USA
Description: (Translated from French) As work continued on the development of more sophisticated telecommunications satellites, an original but controversial formula was tested, known as the “Westfort” project. The US Air Force had been working on the project since 1958, which involved launching no less than 350 million 2 centimeter long copper hairs into space. It was expected that these angel hairs, once released from their container in orbit, would stretch out around the Earth to form a belt, a kind of miniature Saturn ring. The size of these metal needles had been calculated to reflect radio waves preferentially on a frequency of 8400 megahertz, or a wavelength of 3 to 4 cm. (…) The first attempt took place in October 1961 from the MIDAS 4 spy satellite. But the needles remained grouped in packets. Two months later, radar observations showed that the ring measured more than 8 km long. This experiment had obviously caused a real stir among scientists, who accused the military of polluting space. Astronomers in particular, led by the Englishman Sir Bernard Lovell. (October 21, 1961)
Reference: “The War of the Satellites” - Volume 3 - Pierre Kohler, ed. Famot 1982, pp. 88-89
Reference: continued May 1963
Reference: Mini catalogue chronologique des observations OVNI, by Godelieve Van Overmeire
Source: Overmeire, ID: Overmeire_2212

Event 22585 (B08B4545)

Date: 10/21/1961
Description: (Translated from French) The Americans place a spy satellite, Midas 4, carrying 350 million copper needles, in a polar orbit 3500 km from Earth. Immediately after separation from the rocket, the cloud of small copper needles disperses and begins to form an artificial ring, which will have astonishing repercussions, as in February 1950: normal radio emissions are disturbed or mysteriously disappear. Then the incredible happens. On the radar screens, an enormous unknown object bursts in and, according to McCarty himself: Like a gigantic vacuum cleaner, it cleaned these skies in a few minutes of these needles. Despite this overwhelming event, a second shipment of needles will take place and the same phenomenon will occur. Millions of small needles are absorbed by an unknown phenomenon. (October 21)
Reference: rr0 - Beau
Source: rr0, ID: rr0_1927

Event 22586 (148CEC02)

Date: 10/21/1961
Time: 02:00
Location: US60 / DATIL, NM
Description: 2 / car. Fireball buzzes car. Splits / 4 night lights. Maneuvers and paces. Quickly going up / town. / r24v2#3.
Type: sighting
Reference: The APRO BULLETIN: Monthly. Jim & Coral Lorenzen: Tucson,AZ (USA. defunct) By volume and number. (Index 745)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_6570

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, NLT: Nightlights/points of light, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), OBS: Observation/chasing vehicles, VEH: Vehicle affected: Marks/damage/EME effects

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “7”, Duration: “10”, Elev: “2238”, HatchDesc: “US60/DATIL,NM:2/CAR:FBL BUZZES CAR:SPLITS/4 NLTS:MNVRS+PACES:↑↑/TOWN:/r24v2#3”, LatLong: “34.144446 -107.855561”, LatLongDMS: “34:08:40 N 107:51:20 W”, Locale: “Desert”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “New Mexico”, Strangeness: “5”

Event 22587 (92147604)

Date: 10/21/1961
Location: Datil (near), NM
Description: Four lights paced car, maneuvered, shot away upward. [NICAP UFOE, II] (NICAP: 02 - Close Encounters)
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_2548

Event 22588 (3C90B7DE)

Date: 10/21/1961
Locations: US Highway 60; Datil; Pie Town, New Mexico
Description: 2:00 a.m. A brilliant fireball flashes in front of Richard and Rhonda DuBois’s car on US Highway 60 as they are driving between Datil and Pie Town, New Mexico. It then veers into the sky. Later, as they approach a canyon they see that the light is traveling along in front of them. It breaks into four lights that move along with the car, even as DuBois drives at 100 mph, until they stop at a roadside motel. The lights then zoom straight up and disappear.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: “Woman Says Flying Objects Chase Car,” Garden Grove (Calif.) News, October 23, 1961; Lorenzen, UFOs: The Whole Story, Signet, 1969, p. 231; Loren E. Gross, The Fifth Horseman of the Apocalypse: UFOs, a History: July–December 1961, The Author, 2003, p. 97
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_3567

Event 22589 (EA8E46B6)

Date: 10/21/1961
Description: Webb, initially skeptical, winds up interviewing the Hills for 6 hours. He finds that their amnesia concerning some parts of the episode has unsettled them, and Betty tells him she had vivid nightmares for six straight nights a couple weeks after the incident.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Clark III 581
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_3568

Event 22590 (71F5FA37)

Date: 10/23/1961
Location: PACIFIC 143° 55W-58° 14N
Description: Blue Book. Military observers. No furt

[c0mmando]

her 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 66)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_6571

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: “Pacific Ocean and non - Asian islands”, Credibility: “6”, Duration: “1”, Elev: “0”, HatchDesc: “PACIFIC 143°55W-58°14N:BBK:MIL OBSERVERS:NFD AT ALL”, LatLong: “58.233336 -143.916674”, LatLongDMS: “58:14:00 N 143:55:00 W”, Locale: “High Seas”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “NPC”, Strangeness: “4”

Event 22591 (3473FF92)

Date: 10/23/1961
Time: 08:31:22.1
Location: 73.9000 53.8000
Description: Nuclear test: Water, confirmed. Country: USSR Yield: 4.8KT
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_1153

Extra Data: LatLong: “73.9000 53.8000”, LatLongDMS: “73:54:00 N 53:48:00 E”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, NukeCountry: “USSR”, NukeDepth: “0.00”, NukeSource: “PDE”, NukeType: “NWCS”, NukeY: “4.8”

Event 22592 (1A4620A7)

Date: 10/23/1961
Time: 10:30:48.0
Location: 70.7030 54.60
Description: Nuclear test: Air, confirmed. Country: USSR Yield: 12500KT
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_1154

Extra Data: LatLong: “70.7030 54.60”, LatLongDMS: “70:42:11 N 54:36:00 E”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, NukeCountry: “USSR”, NukeDepth: “0.05”, NukeSource: “KHRISTOFOROV”, NukeType: “NACS”, NukeY: “12500”

Event 22593 (FF2E2549)

Date: 10/25/1961
Location: 73.7500 54.7500
Description: Nuclear test: Air, confirmed. Country: USSR Yield: 300KT
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_1155

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: “300”

Event 22594 (544CD655)

Date: 10/25/1961
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_1156

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 22595 (84681AA1)

Date: 10/26/1961
Description: Walter Webb’s report to NICAP concludes that the Hills are telling the truth.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Walter N. Webb, “A Dramatic UFO Encounter in the White Mountains, N.H., September 19–20, 1961,” NICAP Massachusetts Subcommittee, October 26, 1961; Clark III 581; Mark Rodeghier, “Hypnosis and the Hill Abduction Case,” IUR 19, no. 2 (March/April 1994): 4–6
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_3569

Event 22596 (373522BC)

Date: 10/27/1961
Description: (Translated from French) Launch of the Saturn 1 rocket. (October 27)
Reference: rr0 - Beau
Source: rr0, ID: rr0_1928

Event 22597 (EF3804A1)

Date: 10/27/1961
Location: 48.56956 45.90346
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_1157

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: “1.2”

Event 22598 (EF3804A1)

Date: 10/27/1961
Location: 48.56956 45.90346
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_1158

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: “1.2”

Event 22599 (D6B336C0)

Date: 10/27/1961
Time: 08:30:26.0
Location: 70.7000 54.6700
Description: Nuclear test: Water, 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_1159

Extra Data: LatLong: “70.7000 54.6700”, LatLongDMS: “70:42:00 N 54:40:12 E”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, NukeCountry: “USSR”, NukeDepth: “0.00”, NukeSource: “KHRISTOFOROV”, NukeType: “NWCS”, NukeY: “16”

Event 22600 (ACE94E3E)

Date: 10/28/1961
Time: ~08:00
Location: KAIFENG, HENAN, CH
Description: Several observer(s). Ovoid maneuvers / 7 minute(s). Photographs poorly copied. / Flying Saucer Review (FSR) v26#5p6.
Type: sighting
Reference: LUMIERES DANS la NUIT (LDLN), Paris. Bimonthly since 1957. LDLN B.P.3; 77123 Le Vaudoue, FRANCE. (Index 218)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_6572

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

Extra Data: Country: “China”, Credibility: “9”, Duration: “7”, HatchDesc: “KAIFENG,HENAN,CH:SVRL OBS:OVOID MNVRS/7min:FOTOS poorly copied:/FSR v26#5p6”, LatLong: “34.800002 114.366672”, LatLongDMS: “34:48:00 N 114:22:00 E”, Locale: “Town & City”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “HEN”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 22601 (C41DCBE8)

Date: 10/29/1961
Time: 18:30:00.1
Location: 37.0486 -116.0311
Description: Nuclear test: Underground, confirmed. Country: USA Name: “Mink” 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_200

Extra Data: LatLong: “37.0486 -116.0311”, LatLongDMS: “37:02:55 N 116:01:52 W”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, NukeCountry: “USA”, NukeDepth: “0.19”, NukeName: “Mink”, NukeSource: “SPRINGER”, NukeType: “NUCU”, NukeYMax: “20”

Event 22602 (F66FB3B8)

Date: 10/30/1961
Time: 00:20
Location: DERRY, PA
Description: Engineer. 4 blue luminous/glowing saucers. Windows / edges? / r70p3-77+/ r114p89.
Type: sighting
Reference: UFO INVESTIGATOR: NICAP: Kensington, MD & Washington, DC [defunct]. University Microfilms, Ann Arbor, MI 48106 (Index 27)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_6573

Attributes: 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: “358”, HatchDesc: “DERRY,PA:ENGINEER:4 BLU LUMn SCRS:WINDOWS/EDGES?:/r70p3-77+/r114p89”, LatLong: “40.333335 -79.300004”, LatLongDMS: “40:20:00 N 79:18:00 W”, Locale: “Mountains”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Pennsylvania”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 22603 (1E331E78)

Date: 10/30/1961
Location: Ligonier, PA
Description: Engineer observed four luminous blue discs with bands of lights or “portholes” on outer periphery. [NICAP UFOE, I] (NICAP: 01 - Distant Encounters)
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_2551

Event 22604 (116430F0)

Date: 10/30/1961
Location: 50.4375 77.814167
Description: Nuclear test: Air, confirmed. Country: USSR 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_1160

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: “.09”

Event 22605 (7F5CE5C0)

Date: 10/30/1961
Time: 08:33:27.8
Location: 73.8000 53.5000
Description: Nuclear test: Air, confirmed. Country: USSR Yield: 50000KT
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_1161

Extra Data: LatLong: “73.8000 53.5000”, LatLongDMS: “73:48:00 N 53:30:00 E”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, NukeCountry: “USSR”, NukeDepth: “0.00”, NukeSource: “PDE”, NukeType: “NACS”, NukeY: “50000”

Event 22606 (B1CFAAE6)

Date: 10/30/1961
Locations: Sukhoy Nos Cape of Severny Island, Novaya Zemla, Arkhangelsk Oblast, Russia; Finland
Description: The Soviet RDS-202 hydrogen bomb, the 50-megaton Tsar Bomba, is supposedly the most powerful nuclear weapon ever tested. It is detonated at the Sukhoy Nos Cape of Severny Island, Novaya Zemla, Arkhangelsk Oblast, Russia. It flattens entire villages in surrounding areas and breaks windows in Finland 1,000 miles away.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Wikipedia, “Tsar Bomba”
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_3570

Event 22607 (9F224E92)

Date: 10/31/1961
Location: 73.7500 54.7500
Description: Nuclear test: Air, confirmed. Country: USSR Yield: 150KT YieldMax: 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_1162

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: “150”, NukeYMax: “1500”

Event 22608 (BF251FD5)

Date: 10/31/1961
Time: 08:29:17.2
Location: 73.6000 56.2000
Description: Nuclear test: Air, confirmed. Country: USSR Yield: 5000KT
Type: atomic
Reference: “columbia.edu: Worldwide Nuclear Explosions”, by Yang, North, Romney, and Richards
Reference: “archive.org: Worldwide Nuclear Explosions”, by Yang, North, Romney, and Richards
Source: NukeExplosions, ID: NukeExplosions_1163

Extra Data: LatLong: “73.6000 56.2000”, LatLongDMS: “73:36:00 N 56:12:00 E”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, NukeCountry: “USSR”, NukeDepth: “0.00”, NukeSource: “PDE”, NukeType: “NACS”, NukeY: “5000”

Event 22609 (2CF95D55)

Date: 11/1961
Description: (Translated from French) Frank Drake organizes, with J. Peter Pearman, an officer of the Space Science Board of the NAS, the first conference on the SETI project. The 3-day meeting, held at the NRAO, brings together a dozen scientists who have shown an interest in SETI. It is there that Drake proposes his famous equation, which proposes the theoretical calculation of the number of “communicating” civilizations in our galaxy.
Reference: rr0 - Beau
Source: rr0, ID: rr0_1929

Event 22610 (210E4637)

Date: 11/1961
Description: (Translated from French) Creation of projects Moon Dust and Blue Fly.
Reference: rr0 - Beau
Source: rr0, ID: rr0_1930

Event 22611 (BAE493BD)

Date: 11/1961
Description: (Translated from French) Meeting of Paul Miller and 3 of his friends in Minot (North Dakota).
Reference: rr0 - Beau
Source: rr0, ID: rr0_1931

Event 22612 (CF083B44)

Date: 11/1961
Description: (Translated from French) Wilbert B. Smith wrote: I showed Admiral Knowles the small fragment of flying saucer that the US Air Force had kindly lent me in July 1952.
Reference: rr0 - Beau
Source: rr0, ID: rr0_1932

Event 22613 (B8A516A0)

Date: 11/1961 (approximate)
Time: 17:30
Location: BRAY-SUR-SEINE, FR
Description: Saucer just over ground. Cylinder/cylindrical object / bottom bigger inside than out! Going quickly south.
Type: sighting
Reference: LUMIERES DANS la NUIT (LDLN), Paris. Bimonthly since 1957. LDLN B.P.3; 77123 Le Vaudoue, FRANCE. (Index 314)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_6574

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

Extra Data: Country: “France”, Credibility: “5”, Duration: “3”, HatchDesc: “BRAY-sur-SEINE,FR:SCR JUST OVR GND:CYL/BOTTOM BIGGER INSIDE THAN OUT!:>>S”, LatLong: “48.416669 3.233333”, LatLongDMS: “48:25:00 N 03:14:00 E”, Locale: “Farmlands”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Seine-et-Marne”, Strangeness: “7”

Event 22614 (7C2B56CB)

Date: 11/1/1961
Location: 50.4375 77.814167
Description: Nuclear test: Air, confirmed. Country: USSR Yield: 2.7KT
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_1164

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: “2.7”

Event 22615 (96AE4203)

Date: 11/1/1961
Locations: National Radio Astronomy Observatory; Green Bank, West Virginia
Description: At a small, informal conference on SETI at the National Radio Astronomy Observatory’s facility in Green Bank, West Virginia, astronomer Frank Drake writes this equation on a chalkboard: N = R fp ne fl fi fc L. The equation, the Green Bank Formula, summarizes the main concepts that scientists must contemplate when considering the question of extraterrestrial life capable of communicating by radio across space. It is more properly thought of as an approximation rather than as a serious attempt to determine a precise number.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Wikipedia, “Drake equation”; Lee Billings, “The Alien-Life Summit,” Slate, September 27, 2013
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_3571

Event 22616 (CDA6B267)

Date: 11/2/1961
Time: 14:30
Location: SANTA CRUZ, CA
Description: 2 boys / bus. Classic saucer with transparent dome. Plane chases… too fast.
Type: sighting
Reference: The APRO BULLETIN: Monthly. Jim & Coral Lorenzen: Tucson,AZ (USA. defunct) By volume and number. (Index 745)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_6575

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

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “6”, Duration: “1”, Elev: “5”, HatchDesc: “SANTA CRUZ,CA:2 BOYS/BUS:CLASSIC SCR W/XPRNT DOME:PLANE CHASES…too fast”, LatLong: “36.983335 -122.050006”, LatLongDMS: “36:59:00 N 122:03:00 W”, Locale: “Coastlands”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “California”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 22617 (E70040ED)

Date: 11/2/1961
Location: 73.7500 54.7500
Description: Nuclear test: Air, confirmed. Country: USSR Yield: 120KT
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_1165

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: “120”

Event 22618 (4029A145)

Date: 11/2/1961
Location: 73.7500 54.7500
Description: Nuclear test: Air, confirmed. Country: USSR Yield: 280KT
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_1166

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: “280”

Event 22619 (0E836C2C)

Date: 11/2/1961
Location: 50.4375 77.814167
Description: Nuclear test: Air, confirmed. Country: USSR 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_1167

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: “.6”

Event 22620 (608E24C4)

Date: 11/3/1961
Location: 50.4375 77.814167
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_1168

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: “0”, NukeYMax: “.001”

Event 22621 (E2B7C8D4)

Date: 11/3/1961
Location: 50.4375 77.814167
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_1169

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: “.9”

Event 22622 (C8EFBEE0)

Date: 11/3/1961
Location: Eyres Monsell, Leicester, England
Description: 4:30 p.m. Mr. E. Adkins observes a brilliant object with an orange center flying south over Eyres Monsell, Leicester, England, at an estimated 600 mph. It is triangular in shape and about 300 feet wide.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: “Triangular Object over Eyres Monsell,” Flying Saucer Review 8, no. 2 (March/April 1962): 24
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_3572

Event 22623 (5258002D)

Date: 11/4/1961
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_1170

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 22624 (5AF9E34F)

Date: 11/4/1961
Location: 73.7500 54.7500
Description: Nuclear test: Air, confirmed. Country: USSR 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_1171

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: “6”

Event 22625 (A1945693)

Date: 11/4/1961
Location: 50.4375 77.814167
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_1172

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: “.2”

Event 22626 (D4909E92)

Date: 11/4/1961
Time: 07:20:19.7
Location: 73.7000 55.7000
Description: Nuclear test: Air, confirmed. Country: USSR Yield: 150KT YieldMax: 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_1173

Extra Data: LatLong: “73.7000 55.7000”, LatLongDMS: “73:42:00 N 55:42:00 E”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, NukeCountry: “USSR”, NukeDepth: “0.00”, NukeSource: “PDE”, NukeType: “NACS”, NukeY: “150”, NukeYMax: “1500”

Event 22627 (375D1B97)

Date: 11/6/1961 (approximate)
Location: VUKOVAR, CROATIA
Description: Electric power surge. Radio station/depot/facility malfunctions due to EME (electro-magnetic effects). Odd grey cloud going quickly. Sodium lamps glow.
Type: sighting
Reference: HOBANA Ion & WEVERBERGH,Julien: UFO’S from BEHIND the IRON CURTAIN; Bantam Books,1975. 308pp. (Index 202)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_6576

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, HQO: High-quality observer(s), NWS: News media report, ODD: Atypical/Forteana/paranormal, CIG: Torpedo/cigar/cylinder shaped UFO, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), BLD: Building/man-made structure/roads/power lines, EME: Electro-Magnetic Effects, TCH: New technical details/clues, CMF: Camouflage/disguise

Extra Data: Country: “Former Yugoslavia”, Credibility: “9”, Duration: “12”, HatchDesc: “VUKOVAR,CROATIA:ELEC.PWR SURGE:RDO STN EMES:ODD GREY CLOUD>>:SODIUM LAMPS GLOW”, LatLong: “45.344447 19.000001”, LatLongDMS: “45:20:40 N 19:00:00 E”, Locale: “Town & City”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “CRO”, Strangeness: “7”

Event 22628 (2C88CBAE)

Date: 11/7/1961
Location: Arlington Heights, IL
Description: (McDonald list) Sharp Radar Returns at 4000 Knots (NICAP: 09 - RADAR Cases, Code: R, Rating: 5, BB: BBU)
Reference: NICAP: 611107
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_2549

Event 22629 (CB2C1CED)

Date: 11/7/1961
Time: 11:29:59.9
Location: 24.0571 5.0521
Description: Nuclear test: Underground. Country: France Name: “agate”
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_1841

Extra Data: LatLong: “24.0571 5.0521”, LatLongDMS: “24:03:26 N 05:03:08 E”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, NukeCountry: “France”, NukeDepth: “0.00”, NukeName: “agate”, NukeSource: “BOLT”, NukeType: “U”

Event 22630 (BCC00B29)

Date: 11/8/1961
Time: 07:20
Location: NEAR POPLAR GROVE, IL
Description: 2 observer(s). 3 metallic discus saucers going [to] over 1200M clouds in sequence.
Type: sighting
Reference: UFO INVESTIGATOR: NICAP: Kensington, MD & Washington, DC [defunct]. University Microfilms, Ann Arbor, MI 48106 (Index 27)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_6577

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

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “7”, Duration: “1”, Elev: “273”, HatchDesc: “nr POPLAR GROVE,IL:2 OBS:3 MTLC DISCUS SCRS > ovr 1200M CLOUDS in sequence”, LatLong: “42.366669 -88.833338”, LatLongDMS: “42:22:00 N 88:50:00 W”, Locale: “Farmlands”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Illinois”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 22631 (2260A6F8)

Date: 11/8/1961
Time: 15:00
Location: CHADRON, NE
Description: Farmer. 4’ sphere/orb/globe going [to] overhead. Drops thin metallic fibers. / MJ#283+/ APRO Jan’62.
Type: sighting
Reference: UFO INVESTIGATOR: NICAP: Kensington, MD & Washington, DC [defunct]. University Microfilms, Ann Arbor, MI 48106 (Index 27)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_6578

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

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “6”, Duration: “1”, Elev: “1005”, HatchDesc: “CHADRON,NE:FARMER:4’ORB > OVHD:DROPS THIN MTLC FIBERS:/MJ#283+/APRO Jan’62”, LatLong: “42.827780 -103.000005”, LatLongDMS: “42:49:40 N 103:00:00 W”, Locale: “Farmlands”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Nebraska”, Strangeness: “8”

Event 22632 (845E7FD3)

Date: 11/10/1961
Location: YUGOSLAVIA, Vukovar (Croatia)
Description: (Translated from French) (…) the broadcast of the city’s station was suddenly interrupted. The electric lights in the studios went out or began to flicker for 30 to 40 seconds. The recording devices registered a considerable increase in static electricity… (Ion HOBANA/Julien WEVERBERGH: “Les OVNI en URSS et dans les pays de l’Est” - trad. Laffont 1976, p. 250-251) November 18, 1961; USA, near Chadron, Nebraska: In the afternoon a strange object passed through the sky above Theodore Goff’s farm leaving behind a mysterious substance. It seemed to be very fine metal fibers that draped over the fields, trees, electrical lines, machines. “It was around 3 o’clock in the afternoon,” said Goff, "I had worked in the hangar. As I was coming out, I saw this strange ball flying in the sky, at a tremendous speed, without any noise. I only saw it for a few moments. (November 10 (or 11), 1961)
Reference: National UFOReporting Center - Looking Back - by Bob Gribble
Reference: …
Reference: Mini catalogue chronologique des observations OVNI, by Godelieve Van Overmeire
Source: Overmeire, ID: Overmeire_2213

Event 22633 (27F537B2)

Date: 11/10/1961
Location: NORTHEAST BALTIMORE, MD
Description: Many observer(s). Metallic disk maneuvers / low altitude. Spins. Lights / edge and portholes / bottom.
Type: sighting
Reference: UFO INVESTIGATOR: NICAP: Kensington, MD & Washington, DC [defunct]. University Microfilms, Ann Arbor, MI 48106 (Index 27)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_6579

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

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “10”, Duration: “2”, Elev: “40”, HatchDesc: “NE BALTIMORE,MD:MANY OBS:MTLC DISK MNVRS/LO alt:SPINS:LITES/EDGE+PORTS/BOTTOM”, LatLong: “39.316669 -76.583337”, LatLongDMS: “39:19:00 N 76:35:00 W”, Locale: “Metropolis”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Maryland”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 22634 (6244278F)

Date: 11/13/1961
Locations: Ent AFB; Colorado Springs, Colorado
Description: The AFCIN-1E-0 Draft Policy letter (Betz Memo) is prepared by Lt. Col. Norman M. Rosner for Col. Ward Reid Betz. Among other things, it specifies three peacetime functions of the 4602d Air Intelligence Service Squadron at Ent AFB [now the US Olympic Training Center], Colorado Springs, Colorado: UFO investigations, Project Moon Dust (an exploitation program to locate, recover, and deliver descended foreign space vehicles), and Operation Blue Fly (to facilitate delivery to the Foreign Technological Division of Moon Dust and other items of great technical intelligence interest). These three functions involve “employment of qualified field intelligence personnel on a quick reaction basis to recover or perform field exploitation of unidentified flying objects, or known Soviet/Bloc aerospace vehicles, weapons systems, and/or residual components of such equipment.”
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Paul Dean, “The Rejuvenated ‘Betz Memo,’” UFOs: Documenting the Evidence, May 8, 2016
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_3573

Event 22635 (202FB42D)

Date: 11/13/1961
Description: USAF document “AFCIN-1E-0 Draft Policy” written by Lt. Col. Norman M. Rosner to Col. Betz writes that intelligence team personnel are needed to support Air Force Projects Moon Dust, Blue Fly and “UFO,” and other quick reaction projects. The document gives the 1127th Field Activities Group at Ft. Belvoir responsibility for UAP “collection
responsibilities,” and importantly, divorces these responsibilities from Moon Dust and Blue Fly, described as projects to locate, retrieve and deliver foreign space vehicles.

The document also distinguishes crashed UAP from Soviet/Bloc vehicles, and describes the need for quick reaction recovery teams. For decades after, the USAF continued to rely on the conclusions of Special Report No. 14 to debunk UAP, which stated no compelling physical evidence had ever been recovered from UAP, despite debris collection teams existing.

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Reference: Anonymous 2023 PDF
Source: Anon2023PDF, ID: Anon2023PDF_100

Event 22636 (08FA0409)

Date: 11/18/1961
Location: USA, SPACE
Description: (Translated from French) LAUNCH OF RANGER 2 (ALPHA THETA 1) IT RE-ENTERS ON NOVEMBER 20TH (1961, November 18th to 20th)
Reference: Acta Aeronomica 1977, p. 128
Reference: Mini catalogue chronologique des observations OVNI, by Godelieve Van Overmeire
Source: Overmeire, ID: Overmeire_2214

Event 22637 (25EE9C0E)

Date: 11/18/1961
Description: A strange flying object streaked across the skies above the Theodore Goff farm on the afternoon of the 18th and left behind it a mysterious substance that defied explanation. The strange, seemingly metallic substance, came off the UFO in thin fibers and settled to earth, draping itself like a finely-knit shroud over Goff’s fields, trees, machinery, and power lines. The farm is located near Chadron, Nebraska.

“It was about three o’clock,” Goff related, “and I had been working in my shed. I came outside and happened to look up and see this strange ball flying through the air. It was kind of rough and seemed to be rolling as it sped through the air. It was going faster than any airplane I ever saw and it just disappeared from sight when it got out of the sunlight. It made absolutely no noise.”

“Big chunks of it broke off and these fibers began settling down on everything. The ball was about as big around as a tractor tire, four feet in diameter or so and it came out of the southwest going northeast. At first I thought it was an airplane but when I really looked, I just didn’t know what to think. It’s hard to say how high up it was, maybe a thousand feet or more. The fibers cannot be seen with the naked eye except when they are in direct sunlight. Then, and only then, can you see them glistening ghostlike in the sun. They can be felt on the skin like spider webs, but they are much smaller in diameter than a spider web. A human hair seems like a rope compared to the fibers.”

“I didn’t really notice the fibers much that day, but the next morning my fields and trees just glowed with the stuff when the sun hit them. You can pick one up, but you can’t really tell if you have one unless the sun hits it just right. It’s the strangest stuff I ever saw.” Attempts to break the weird strings were to no avail. They seemingly could not be broken apart, but, when a hot cigarette was applied to one of the strings, it did break. The string did not, however, burst into flame or seem to burn. “They’re so fine you just can’t tell when you’ve got one,” Goff said. “You can feel it, but you can’t see it.”
Reference: Johnson
Reference: Bob Gribble, Looking Back November 1961, National UFO Reporting Center website
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_7730

Event 22638 (F54E836F)

Date: 11/21/1961
Description: (Translated from French) Sighting in Oldtown (Florida). (November 21)
Reference: case Blue Book #7741 unsolved
Reference: rr0 - Beau
Source: rr0, ID: rr0_1933

Event 22639 (BA41E5CE)

Date: 11/21/1961
Time: 19:30
Location: OLDTOWN, FL
Description: Project Bluebook Case #7741. Huge saucer goes going up. Seen closely. 2 observer(s). Also similar recent reports.
Type: sighting
Reference: SCIENCE & MECHANICS (eds.) OFFICIAL GUIDE to UFO’S; Ace Books, NY. 1968. (Index 183)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_6580

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

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “7”, Duration: “4”, Elev: “3”, HatchDesc: “OLDTOWN,FL:BBK#7741:HUGE SCR GOES↑:SEEN CLOSELY:2 OBS:+SIMILAR RECENT REPORTS”, LatLong: “29.600001 -82.983337”, LatLongDMS: “29:36:00 N 82:59:00 W”, Locale: “Town & City”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Florida”, Strangeness: “7”

Event 22640 (A84F0E4F)

Date: 11/21/1961
Location: Oldtown, FL
Description: Round, red-orange object fly straight up and fade. (NICAP: 01 - Distant Encounters, BB: 7741)
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_2550

Event 22641 (D8BE4B65)

Date: 11/21/1961
Time: 7:30 PM
Location: Oldtown, Florida
Description: Witnesses: C. Locklear and Helen Hatch. One round, red-orange object flew straight up and faded after 3-4 minutes.
Type: ufo sighting
Reference: BlueBook Unknowns PDF
Source: BerlinerBBUnknowns, ID: BerlinerBBU_467

Event 22642 (8932B046)

Date: 11/21/1961
Description: On this night in 1961 six to eight crescent-shaped objects were seen entering an isolated cloud over Adelaide Hills, South Australia around 6:15 p.m. They did not re-emerge.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: Michael Hervey, UFOs over the Southern Hemisphere, p. 171
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_7769

Event 22643 (78BCD34B)

Date: 11/21/1961
Description: That same evening at 7:30 p.m. EST in Oldtown, Florida two witnesses, C. Locklear and Helen Hatch, watched a round, reddish-orange object ascend straight up into the night sky. It faded away after 3-4 minutes.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: Don Berliner, Project Bluebook UFO Unknowns
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_7770

Event 22644 (D145BBE8)

Date: 11/22/1961
Time: 19:00
Location: GRAFTON, ND
Description: Metallurgist and 1. Grey metallic cylinder/cigar-shape hovers. Portholes / side. / r78p190+/ r242p54.
Type: sighting
Reference: UFO INVESTIGATOR: NICAP: Kensington, MD & Washington, DC [defunct]. University Microfilms, Ann Arbor, MI 48106 (Index 28)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_6581

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

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “7”, Duration: “5”, Elev: “251”, HatchDesc: “GRAFTON,ND:METALLURGIST+1:GRY MTLC CGR HVRS:PORTHOLES/SIDE:/r78p190+/r242p54”, LatLong: “48.416669 -97.411116”, LatLongDMS: “48:25:00 N 97:24:40 W”, Locale: “Pasture”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “North Dakota”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 22645 (8B146B75)

Date: 11/22/1961
Location: Grafton (near), ND
Description: Metallurgist observed a hovering, grayish cigar-shaped UFO with “portholes”. [NICAP UFOE, VI] (NICAP: 01 - Distant Encounters)
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_2552

Event 22646 (8A8902B8)

Date: 11/22/1961
Location: Edwards AFB, California
Description: US Navy pilot Robert G. Robinson reaches an airspeed of 1,606 mph in a McDonnell-Douglas F4H-1F Phantom II over Edwards AFB, California.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Wikipedia, “Robert G. Robinson”
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_3576

Event 22647 (59CE360B)

Date: 11/22/1961
Description: Mr. and Mrs. Vagle were driving in Grafton, Wisconsin with their son at 7:00 p.m. when they saw a red light in the sky and stopped. Lights in the sky then joined together. Next, they sighted a large cigar-shaped object hovering at a sharp angle over a plowed field; it had a bright white light on each tip and the lower one was blinking. It also had square ports or windows along the side.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: Jay Rath, The W-Files: True Reports of Wisconsin’s Unexplained Phenomena, p. 70
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_7795

Event 22648 (1DB01BBB)

Date: 11/23/1961
Description: (Translated from French) Sighting in Sioux City (Iowa). (November 23)
Reference: case Blue Book #7742 unsolved
Reference: rr0 - Beau
Source: rr0, ID: rr0_1934

Event 22649 (2F027A24)

Date: 11/23/1961
Location: Sioux City, IA
Description: Bright red star fly straight and level (NICAP: 01 - Distant Encounters, BB: 7742)
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_2553

Event 22650 (A356A911)

Date: 11/23/1961
Time: 9:30 PM
Location: Sioux City, Iowa
Description: Witness: F. Braunger. One bright red star flew straight and level for 15 minutes.
Type: ufo sighting
Reference: BlueBook Unknowns PDF
Source: BerlinerBBUnknowns, ID: BerlinerBBU_468

Event 22651 (F1B00A44)

Date: 11/23/1961
Description: In Sioux City, Iowa at 9:30 p.m. F. Braunger saw a bright red “star” fly straight and level for 15 seconds.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: Project Blue Book files counted in official statistics, case # 7742; Don Berliner, Project Bluebook Unknowns
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_7840

Event 22652 (5A5D8583)

Date: 11/25/1961 (approximate)
Time: 21:30
Location: PINHAL, RGS, BRZ
Description: Man compelled to walk to beach. 2 hour abduction / 2 small humanoids (or Greys). Amnesia and missing time.
Type: sighting
Reference: LORENZEN, Coral & Jim: FLYING SAUCER OCCUPANTS; Signet Books, NY 1967. (Index 199)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_6582

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CST: Observer(s) in coastal area/just offshore, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, TLP: Telepathy, SCR: Classic saucer/disk/sphere shaped UFO, OID: Humanoid: Small alien or “Grey”, MST: Missing time or time anomaly, ABD: Human or animal abduction, OPR: Operations on humans/animal mutilation/surgery, HUM: Humans affected: Injury/burns/marks/abduction/death, LND: UFO landing or any part touches ground, MIL: Military investigation

Extra Data: Country: “Brazil”, Credibility: “7”, Duration: “120”, Elev: “1”, HatchDesc: "PINHAL,RGS,BRZ:MAN COMPELLED TO WALK TO BEACH:2hr ABD/2 OIDS:AMNESIA+MST: ", LatLong: “-30.250001 -50.233336”, LatLongDMS: “30:15:00 S 50:14:00 W”, Locale: “Coastlands”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “RGS”, Strangeness: “10”

Event 22653 (E267F284)

Date: Late 11/1961
Locations: Harvey, North Dakota; Martin, North Dakota
Description: Evening. A group of four friends are hunting on a Sunday in the area of Harvey, North Dakota. As they are returning in the car, the two men in the front seat notice a descending glowing object in the sky ahead of them. Assuming they are witnessing a plane crash, they rush to the scene of its landing, where they find at 150 yards distance, a “silo-appearing craft which was sticking in the ground with this glow around it.” The men shine a hand spotlight and shine it on the object, whereupon they see four human-looking individuals standing around it. At this point they seem to hear an explosion and “everything went out.” The principal witness wakes up from dozing in the back seat as the car is negotiating soggy ground looking for the craft and crew. They return to the spot where the landing takes place, and they see the figures again, wearing white coveralls and standing 5 feet high. They get out of the car and one figure waves them away. Eventually, the men agree to return to a small town, possibly Martin, North Dakota, 11 miles away, where they find a police officer, who listens to the story and agrees to accompany them back to the site. They see red lights moving in the field and both cars go in pursuit of them. The lights go out, the police officer drives away, and the four men resume driving home. Two miles down the highway, the silo-like object reappears, landing gently 150 yards away with two of the figures watching them. Two of the men get out of the car again and shine the spotlight on the craft. One of the men is carrying a rifle; he drops on the ground and shoots, apparently hitting one of the figures in the right shoulder. The figure spins around, goes down on his knees, gets help from the other figure, then yells, “Now what the hell did you do that for?” Weirdly, as soon as the men return to the car, the two who have remained inside insist the rifle had not been removed and no shot was fired. The primary witness (who remains in the car) has no recollection of what happened to the craft and figures. By the time they get home, dawn is breaking, and their wives are waiting for them. They all know it has taken longer than it should have to return. A few hours later, around 12:00 noon, the principal witness is at work when three well-groomed, official-looking men visit him. He presumes they are Air Force intelligence officers who say they have a “report” about the previous night’s event. They ask him what clothes he was wearing and what the object looked like, but they never ask about the shooting. Later, they show up at his house and ask to see his hunting gear and boots. They tell him not to say anything more about the incident. In January 1968, US Border Patrol agent [later BATF agent] Donald E. Flickinger manages to interview the primary witness, who works as a supervisor at Minot AFB hospital, and two of the others, one a small-town high school superintendent and the other an active-duty Air Force sergeant. They all are “extremely reliable and responsible,” Flickinger says.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: J. Allen Hynek, The UFO Experience, Ballantine ed., 1974, pp. 164–165; Clark III 825–827
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_3574

Event 22654 (9EF7829B)

Date: Late 11/1961
Locations: Balneário Pinhal, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil; Beach House
Description: 9:30 p.m. Real estate agent Cavalheiro Mendes is walking along the beach in Balneário Pinhal, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil, when he sees a huge light 900 feet away. As he walks toward it, he sees it is a huge disc resting on the sand. He feels compelled to approach it and sees two helmeted figures come from behind the object. They seem to be telling him telepathically not to resist. Mendes finds he is completely unable to move. He feels one of them scratching his forearm with an instrument, then he blacks out. When he wakes up, he is nearly back to his beach house and it is 11:30 p.m. After a few weeks he feels anxious and sad for no apparent reason. He refuses to be hypnotized.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Lorenzen, Flying Saucer Occupants, Signet, 1967, pp. 199–200
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_3575

Event 22655 (B6A261D8)

Date: 11/25/1961
Description: IBM engineers C. D. Jackson and Robert E. Hohmann interview the Hills. One of them expresses surprise at how long the drive took. They are mysteriously interested in whether nitrates or chemicals containing nitrates are in their car. For the first time, Barney and Betty realize that there are two hours they cannot account for. Also present is a friend of the Hills, retired USAF Maj. James McDonald, a former intelligence officer. He suggests that Betty and Barney consult a hypnotist.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Clark III 583; Mark Rodeghier, “Hypnosis and the Hill Abduction Case,” IUR 19, no. 2 (March/April 1994): 6, 23–24; Michael D. Swords, “Radio Signals from Space, Alien Probes, and Betty Hill,” IUR 29, no. 4 (July 2005): 15
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_3577

Event 22656 (30FA1585)

Date: 11/26/1961
Time: ~02:00
Location: WNW / MARTIN, ND
Description: 4 hunters. Silo / ground and 2 5’ men. Observer(s) shoots 1. See / r72 #1+/ r249p353.
Type: sighting
Reference: HYNEK & VALLEE: The EDGE of REALITY, A Progress Report, Chicago, Regnery 1975. 301pp 24cm (Index 129)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_6583

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, MIL: Observer(s) military, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, HQO: High-quality observer(s), ODD: Atypical/Forteana/paranormal, CIG: Torpedo/cigar/cylinder shaped UFO, OID: Humanoid: Small alien or “Grey”, PSH: Pseudo-human: Clone/organic robot/human-like, MIB: Men in Black, MST: Missing time or time anomaly, TCH: New technical details/clues, INJ: Injuries, illness/death, mutilations, MIL: Military investigation, BBK: Project BLUEBOOK, CMF: Camouflage/disguise

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “6”, Duration: “60”, Elev: “495”, HatchDesc: “WNW/MARTIN,ND:4 HUNTERS:SILO/GND+2 5’ MEN:OBS SHOOTS 1:see /r72 #1+/r249p353”, LatLong: “47.850002 -100.166671”, LatLongDMS: “47:51:00 N 100:10:00 W”, Locale: “Pasture”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “North Dakota”, Strangeness: “10”

Event 22657 (6B822E35)

Date: 11/28/1961
Location: Langley, Virginia
Description: President Kennedy presides over the dedication of the new CIA headquarters in Langley, Virginia.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Wikipedia, “George Bush Center for Intelligence”; CIA History Staff, 50 Years in Langley: Recollections of the Construction of CIA’s Original Headquarters Building, 1961–2011, January 2012
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_3578

Event 22658 (7F96C270)

Date: 11/29/1961
Location: USA
Description: (Translated from French) “ENOS” Male Chimpanzee is launched in a Mercury capsule by an Atlas rocket. It completes two orbits.
Reference: Inforespace n° 49, 1980, p. 14, 15
Reference: Mini catalogue chronologique des observations OVNI, by Godelieve Van Overmeire
Source: Overmeire, ID: Overmeire_2215

Event 22659 (FEA704DA)

Date: 11/29/1961
Location: PACIFIC 173° 00W-40° 00N
Description: Project Bluebook Case #unknown. Military observer(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 66)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_6584

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: “Pacific Ocean and non - Asian islands”, Credibility: “6”, Duration: “1”, Elev: “0”, HatchDesc: “PACIFIC 173°00W-40°00N:BBK#UNK:MIL OBS:NFD AT ALL”, LatLong: “40.000002 -173.016675”, LatLongDMS: “40:00:00 N 173:01:00 W”, Locale: “High Seas”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “NPC”, Strangeness: “4”

Event 22660 (A981E6A6)

Date: 11/30/1961
Locations: White House; Bay of Pigs Invasion; Cuba
Description: Covert operations against Fidel Castro are officially authorized by President Kennedy after being given the name Operation Mongoose at a White House meeting on November 3. The operation is led by USAF Gen. Edward Lansdale and goes into effect after the failed Bay of Pigs Invasion. A document from the Department of State confirms that the project aims to “help Cuba overthrow the Communist regime,” including Castro, and it aims “for a revolt which can take place in Cuba by October 1962.” One of Lansdale’s ideas is to project a huge image of the Second Coming of Christ above the island, spread the word that Castro is the anti-Christ, shoot starburst shells from a submarine into the air, and hope far an uprising. US policymakers want to see “a new government with which the United States can live in peace.”
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Wikipedia, “Operation Mongoose”; Kremlin 131– 133
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_3579

Event 22661 (D49F8E1A)

Date: 12/1961
Location: US
Description: Project 1794, a secret program to build a flying saucer-type aircraft designed to shoot down Soviet bombers, was cancelled in December 1961 after tests suggested the flying saucer-like design was aerodynamically unstable and would likely be uncontrollable at high speeds (let alone supersonic speeds).
Type: secret project
Type: declassified documents
Reference: Mike Colangelo
Reference: livescience.com: Flying saucers to mind control: 24 declassified military & CIA secrets
Source: Maj2, ID: Maj2_817
See also: Late 2012

Event 22662 (2AE9EF8B)

Date: 12/1961
Description: Funding runs out for the Avrocar and it and related WS-606A supersonic VTOL programs are officially cancelled by the US military.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Wikipedia, “Avro Canada VZ-9 Avrocar”
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_3580

Event 22663 (67C069C0)

Date: 12/3/1961
Time: 23:04:59.6
Location: 37.0459 -116.0277
Description: Nuclear test: Underground, confirmed. Country: USA Name: “Fisher” Yield: 13.4KT
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_201

Extra Data: LatLong: “37.0459 -116.0277”, LatLongDMS: “37:02:45 N 116:01:40 W”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, NukeCountry: “USA”, NukeDepth: “0.36”, NukeName: “Fisher”, NukeSource: “SPRINGER”, NukeType: “NUCU”, NukeY: “13.4”

Event 22664 (B20CA424)

Date: 12/10/1961
Time: 19:00:00.0
Location: 32.2636 -103.8658
Description: Nuclear test: Underground, confirmed. Country: USA Name: “Gnome” Yield: 3KT
Type: atomic
Reference: “columbia.edu: Worldwide Nuclear Explosions”, by Yang, North, Romney, and Richards
Reference: “archive.org: Worldwide Nuclear Explosions”, by Yang, North, Romney, and Richards
Source: NukeExplosions, ID: NukeExplosions_202

Extra Data: LatLong: “32.2636 -103.8658”, LatLongDMS: “32:15:49 N 103:51:57 W”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, NukeCountry: “USA”, NukeDepth: “0.36”, NukeName: “Gnome”, NukeSource: “SPRINGER”, NukeType: “NUCU”, NukeY: “3”

Event 22665 (023F40FB)

Date: 12/13/1961
Description: (Translated from French) Sighting in Washington (D. C.). (December 13)
Reference: case Blue Book #7754 unsolved
Reference: rr0 - Beau
Source: rr0, ID: rr0_1935

Event 22666 (360CB4C3)

Date: 12/13/1961
Description: (Translated from French) USAF Colonel Robert J. Holbury is appointed commander of Groom Lake Base. (End of Year)
Reference: McIninch
Reference: rr0 - Beau
Source: rr0, ID: rr0_1936

Event 22667 (4CA5F4D0)

Date: 12/13/1961
Description: (Translated from French) American radio astronomers, Burke and Franklin, from the Carnegie Institute, detect a transmitting source coming from Jupiter that emits ordered, perfectly rhythmic messages. But it quickly falls silent.
Reference: rr0 - Beau
Source: rr0, ID: rr0_1937

Event 22668 (591F90F6)

Date: 12/13/1961
Time: 17:10
Location: WASHINGTON, DC
Description: Project Bluebook Case #7754. 3 observer(s). 10’ diamond / 1200’ altitude going [to] overhead. Pulsing light beneath.
Type: sighting
Reference: SCIENCE & MECHANICS (eds.) OFFICIAL GUIDE to UFO’S; Ace Books, NY. 1968. (Index 167)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_6585

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, MIL: Observer(s) military, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, HQO: High-quality observer(s), DLT: Delta/vee/boomerang/rectangular shaped UFO, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), OBS: Observation/chasing vehicles, BLD: Building/man-made structure/roads/power lines, MIL: Military investigation, BBK: Project BLUEBOOK

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “8”, Duration: “3”, Elev: “8”, HatchDesc: “WASHINGTON,DC:BBK#7754:3 OBS:10’DIAMOND/1200’alt >OVHD:PULSING LITE BENEATH”, LatLong: “38.900002 -76.983337”, LatLongDMS: “38:54:00 N 76:59:00 W”, Locale: “Metropolis”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “WDC”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 22669 (2AB0E8F5)

Date: 12/13/1961
Location: Washington, D.C.
Description: Dark diamond-shaped object w/bright tip fly straight and level (NICAP: 01 - Distant Encounters, BB: 7754)
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_2554

Event 22670 (B9864926)

Date: 12/13/1961
Time: 5:05 PM
Location: Washington, DC
Description: Witnesses: C.F. Muncy, ex-U.S. Navy pilot W.J. Myers, and G. Weber. One dark diamond-shaped object with a bright tip flew straight and level for 1-3 minutes.
Type: ufo sighting
Reference: BlueBook Unknowns PDF
Source: BerlinerBBUnknowns, ID: BerlinerBBU_469

Event 22671 (C77A67A1)

Date: 12/13/1961
Time: 18:00:00.2
Location: 37.1266 -116.0488
Description: Nuclear test: Underground, confirmed. Country: USA Name: “Mad” 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_203

Extra Data: LatLong: “37.1266 -116.0488”, LatLongDMS: “37:07:36 N 116:02:56 W”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, NukeCountry: “USA”, NukeDepth: “0.18”, NukeMb: “3.40”, NukeName: “Mad”, NukeSource: “SPRINGER”, NukeType: “NUCU”, NukeY: “.5”

Event 22672 (AD4E04FC)

Date: 12/13/1961
Description: At 5:05 p.m. over Washington, D.C. three people witnessed a sharply defined diamond-shaped object that had a brownish-orange glow centered beneath it in a diamond shape, one-third the total size of the object. It pulsated rapidly and made no sound. The sighting lasted three minutes. A Project Blue Book unexplained case.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: Project Blue Book files counted in official statistics, case # 7754; Richard Hall, The UFO Evidence (Volume I), p. 101; Lloyd Mallan, The Official Guide to UFOs, p. 28
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_8370

Event 22673 (6E39F1AA)

Date: 12/14/1961
Location: ATLANTIC 17° 30W-50° 31N PROJECT BLUEBOOK CASE #UNKNOWN
Description: Military observer(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 66)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_6586

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: “1”, Elev: “0”, HatchDesc: “ATLANTIC 17°30W-50°31N BBK#UNK:MIL OBS:NFD AT ALL”, LatLong: “50.516669 -17.500001”, LatLongDMS: “50:31:00 N 17:30:00 W”, Locale: “High Seas”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “NAT”, Strangeness: “4”

Event 22674 (79FDB0D9)

Date: 12/15/1961
Location: PACIFIC 174° 00W-40° 00N
Description: Project Bluebook Case #unknown. Military observer(s) (usn ship). 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 66)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_6587

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: “Pacific Ocean and non - Asian islands”, Credibility: “7”, Duration: “1”, Elev: “0”, HatchDesc: “PACIFIC 174°00W-40°00N:BBK#UNK:MIL OBS (USN SHIP):NFD AT ALL”, LatLong: “40.016669 -174.000008”, LatLongDMS: “40:01:00 N 174:00:00 W”, Locale: “High Seas”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “NPC”, Strangeness: “4”

Event 22675 (49F6B2D5)

Date: 12/15/1961
Description: A Mr. Torri took a photograph of a UFO in Riccione, Italy at 10:40 a.m. The photograph was published in an Italian newspaper.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: Roberto Pinotti, Flying Saucers, January-February 1966, p. 55
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_8408

Event 22676 (4B36B11E)

Date: 12/16/1961
Location: ATLANTIC 06° 45W-61° 15N PROJECT BLUEBOOK CASE #UNKNOWN
Description: Military observer(s) (usn ship). 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 66)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_6588

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: “7”, Duration: “1”, Elev: “0”, HatchDesc: “ATLANTIC 06°45W-61°15N BBK#UNK:MIL OBS (USN SHIP):NFD AT ALL”, LatLong: “61.250003 -6.750000”, LatLongDMS: “61:15:00 N 06:45:00 W”, Locale: “High Seas”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “NAT”, Strangeness: “4”

Event 22677 (D97C5A85)

Date: 12/17/1961
Time: 16:35:00.1
Location: 37.0432 -116.0253
Description: Nuclear test: Underground, confirmed. Country: USA Name: “Ringtail” 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_204

Extra Data: LatLong: “37.0432 -116.0253”, LatLongDMS: “37:02:36 N 116:01:31 W”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, NukeCountry: “USA”, NukeDepth: “0.36”, NukeName: “Ringtail”, NukeSource: “SPRINGER”, NukeType: “NUCU”, NukeYMax: “20”

Event 22678 (26C06CF2)

Date: 12/21/1961
Time: 16:40
Location: NEAR MT. ASO, JAPAN
Description: 1 / JAL Flt#307. 2 cloud-cigars maneuver. 1 emits sphere/orb/globe / paces DC4. Photographs.
Type: sighting
Reference: DONG, Paul: UFO’s Over MODERN CHINA. 1983 UFO Photo Archives; P. O. Box 17206; Tucson, AZ 85710. (Index 300)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_6589

Attributes: AIR: Observer(s) on aircraft, 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), PHT: Photos/movies/videos taken

Extra Data: Country: “Japan”, Credibility: “7”, Duration: “5”, HatchDesc: “nr Mt.ASO,JAPAN:1/JAL Flt#307:2 CLOUD-CGRS MNVR:1 EMITS ORB/PACES DC4:FOTOS”, LatLong: “32.883335 131.033340”, LatLongDMS: “32:53:00 N 131:02:00 E”, Locale: “Metropolis”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “KYS”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 22679 (F2D61583)

Date: 12/21/1961
Time: 21:50
Location: LAFAYETTE GOING QUICKLY [TO] KENTLAND, IN
Description: Teen. 2.5M saucer dives / car and flies away. 1M thick. / r8#526.
Type: sighting
Reference: The APRO BULLETIN: Monthly. Jim & Coral Lorenzen: Tucson,AZ (USA. defunct) By volume and number. (Index 747)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_6590

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

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “6”, Duration: “1”, Elev: “198”, HatchDesc: “LAFAYETTE>>KENTLAND,IN:TEEN:2.5M SCR DIVES/CAR+FLIES AWAY:1M THICK:/r8#526”, LatLong: “40.500002 -87.000004”, LatLongDMS: “40:30:00 N 87:00:00 W”, Locale: “Farmlands”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Indiana”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 22680 (637A3E87)

Date: 12/21/1961
Time: 2145
Location: Lafayette, Indiana
Description: Jerry Hislope, 20, was driving to Kentland when he saw a glowing white object, 3 m in diameter, 1 m thick, dive at him, flying 3 m above the ground. He stopped to observe it, but the object flew away.
Type: ufo sighting
Reference: APRO Mar., 62 (Vallee)
Source: ValléeMagonia, ID: Magonia_526

Event 22681 (13EADB95)

Date: 12/21/1961
Description: At 4:35 p.m. two cloud cigars maneuvered within sight of an airliner and then paced the DC-4 aircraft near Aso-san, Japan. One of the objects emitted a ball of light. The pilot, Mr. Matsumura, took photographs. That night at 9:45 local time in Lafayette, Indiana a 2.5 meter diameter disc dove at a car being driven by a twenty-year-old man named Hislope and then flew away.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: Yusuke J. Matsumura, Flying Saucers, October 1965, p. 29; Coral E. Lorenzen, Flying Saucers: The Startling Evidence of the Invasion from Outer Space, p. 213; Indiana Journal, December 28, 1961
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_8548

Event 22682 (F939C977)

Date: 12/22/1961
Time: 16:30:00.1
Location: 37.1949 -116.2083
Description: Nuclear test: Underground, confirmed. Country: USA Name: “Feather” 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_205

Extra Data: LatLong: “37.1949 -116.2083”, LatLongDMS: “37:11:42 N 116:12:30 W”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, NukeCountry: “USA”, NukeDepth: “0.25”, NukeName: “Feather”, NukeSource: “SPRINGER”, NukeType: “NUCU”, NukeY: “.15”

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Year: 1962, 703 Event(s), (Back to Top)

Event 22683 (960C4477)

Date: 1962
Location: New Mexico
Description: Robert Barry, 1978: In 1962 a tracked UFO crashed in New Mexico after flight issues. Two dead 42 inch alien bodies recovered and taken to medical facility for study. UFO taken to SW military base.
Type: crash retrieval
Reference: Leonard Stringfield’s 1978 MUFON Symposium
Source: Maj2, ID: Maj2_984

Event 22684 (94BEBFD6)

Date: 1962
Location: AUSTRALIA, Brisbane
Description: (Translated from French) This 65-year-old bar waitress had never seen anything like it in her life. On a hot night, a customer entered the bar wearing a raincoat and a scarf. He asked for rum and demanded to add Tia Maria to it. After drinking several of this concoction, he seemed completely drunk. One of the bar guards then approached him with the intention of gently putting him out. The visitor disappeared on the spot, his body and clothes vanished into nothingness before their eyes.
Reference: UFORQLD UFORA91064 QA90026 - Keith Basterfield.
Reference: Mini catalogue chronologique des observations OVNI, by Godelieve Van Overmeire
Source: Overmeire, ID: Overmeire_2247

Event 22685 (BFCA91B0)

Date: 1962
Description: (Translated from French) The fuel tank of Groom Lake is completed, with a capacity of 1320000 gallons. (Beginning of the Year)
Reference: McIninch
Reference: rr0 - Beau
Source: rr0, ID: rr0_1938

Event 22686 (E8DD7C91)

Date: 1962
Location: CIA’s National Photographic Interpretation Center
Description: According to a “former Project Blue Book Chief” (probably Maj. Friend) gun-camera films obtained during jet interceptor UFO chases are routinely referred to the CIA’s National Photographic Interpretation Center (established in 1961) for analysis. Richard H. Hall writes, “This cannot be documented at present, but I heard him say so to a UFO researcher colleague. None of the photoanalysis data in these cases has been released, nor has the existence of these films ever been acknowledged.”
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Richard H. Hall, Uninvited Guests, Aurora, 1988, p. 179
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_3581

Event 22687 (0EDADF37)

Date: 1962
Location: NASA
Description: The Air Force tries once again to get rid of the UFO program, but its attempts to get NASA or the National Science Foundation to handle the program prove futile. It finally gives up the entire idea. The program remains at FTD as a special project and without expanded resources.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Jacobs, UFO Controversy in America, Signet ed., 1976, p. 164
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_3582

Event 22688 (15FDC147)

Date: 1962
Locations: Wichita, Kansas; air base in the southwest
Description: Day. An Air Force pilot is flying a brand new B-52 with a full crew out of Wichita, Kansas, headed for an air base in the southwest. He notices a bright flash of sunlight in his left side and turns to see a metallic object “like polished chrome.” It is pacing the aircraft near its left wingtip. The object is 4–8 feet in diameter and has no seams or markings. His First Officer is watching an identical object off the right wing, and the crewman in the tail reports that there is a round shiny metal ball following close behind the B-52. The top and bottom gunners also see spheres above and below the plane. The pilot goes into an evasive maneuver, but after 10–15 minutes the objects are maintaining their positions. He returns to his previous assigned altitude and heading. After a few minutes, the five objects leave, one at a time, first the bottom one, then the top, then the tail. The two objects on the wings shoot away at the same time and climb out of sight parallel to each other. After landing, the crew is told not to talk about the sighting at all.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Richard F. Haines, “NARCAP’s Project Sphere: Are Spherical UAP a Threat to Aviation Safety?” IUR 33, no. 2 (July 2010): 5–6
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_3583

Event 22689 (407BB065)

Date: 1962
Locations: Desert; Yuma, Arizona
Description: 12:00 midnight. Actor Jamie Farr and his wife Joy Ann are driving through the desert near Yuma, Arizona, when they notice a light moving erratically at the top of a mountain. It zig-zags across the sky as it approaches them, moving to within 150 feet, then 60 feet of their vehicle. They can see two lights, red and blue, revolving beneath the silent object. It paces them for a short time then moves away at incredible speed.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: “Jamie and Joy Farr Report UFO Sighting,” CUFOS Associate Newsletter 1, no. 8 (December 1980): 3, 5
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_3584

Event 22690 (FA623A36)

Date: 1962
Description: The Argentine Navy creates a permanent commission for the study of UFOs, and the Argentine Air Force establishes a division for the same purpose.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Vicente-Juan Ballester Olmos, “Argentina: UFO Declassification,” UAPSG–GEFAI, July 29, 2020
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_3585

Event 22691 (DB11D870)

Date: 1962
Location: Paris, France
Description: René and Françine Fouéré establish the Groupe d’Étude des Phénomènes Aériens in Paris, France, with an initial group of 60 interested members. The following year GEPA launches a magazine, Phénomènes Spatiaux, which is published through 1978. In 1964, Lionel-Max Chassin, now retired from the army, takes over as president.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Wikipedia, “Group d’Étude des Phénomènes Aériens”
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_3586

Event 22692 (44BDCECB)

Date: 1962
Description: French composer Paul Misraki writes Les Extraterrestres using the pseudonym Paul Thomas. He links modern UFO sightings with biblical and mythological tales and claims that angels are aliens, that the Bible and other ancient texts are filled with many UFO flying saucer sightings, and that throughout human history extraterrestrial visitors have intervened in human affairs. Misraki is also one of the first authors to suggest that apparitions may be UFO-related phenomena.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Paul Thomas [Paul Misraki], Les Extraterrestres, Plon, 1962; Jerome Clark, “Vimanas Have Landed: Ancient Astronautics in Ufology,” IUR 22, no. 3 (Fall 1997): 28–29
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_3587

Event 22693 (AE2F431F)

Date: 1962
Description: Ufologist Richard H. Hall claims a “former Project Blue Book chief,” possibly Lt. Col. Robert J. Friend, tells him gun-camera films from jet encounters with UAP are regularly sent to the CIA’s National Photographic Interpretation Center. The source alleges key evidence is being held by NPIC and the existence of the films are not acknowledged.

• https://www.amazon.com/Uninvited-Guests-Documented-Sightings-Encounters/dp/0943358329 (p179)
• (p99-101)

Reference: Anonymous 2023 PDF
Source: Anon2023PDF, ID: Anon2023PDF_101

Event 22694 (919BE7FC)

Date: 1962
Description: USNR test pilot “PJ” states he saw a saucer at WPAFB in 1962 while attached to the 354th TAC Fighter Wing deployed to WPAFB on a hurricane evacuation from Myrtle Beach AFB. He and five men walked through the base looking for a gym and entered the Special Services Hangar and burst through the doors only to see an air police sentry with a sub-machine gun guarding a 12-15 foot by 8 foot object saucer with no rivets, roped off, guarded by eight guards. The guard told them “I don’t think you’re supposed to be here, Sir,” to which they left and believed the US developed flying saucers.

When he returned to Myrtle Beach AFB he was debriefed by his Brig. Gen. and was told he broke security, asked if he saw anything (to which he replied nothing), to which the Brig. Gen. Said “You have the right answer to the question.” PJ had a TS clearance that allowed him to fully research gaining valuable insight otherwise impossible. PJ was puzzled by the lack of security and wasn’t in a test facility, suggesting that it was near the flight line because it had just arrived or was awaiting deployment.

• https://www.earthfiles.com/2005/03/13/part-4-ufo-crashretrievals-status-report-iii-amassing-the-evidence/

Reference: Anonymous 2023 PDF
Source: Anon2023PDF, ID: Anon2023PDF_102

Event 22695 (57305111)

Date: 1/1962?
Time: 12:00?
Location: ALPORTEL, PRT
Description: UFO / mountain top. Hole found. 3 3M tunnels go deep into mountainside!
Type: sighting
Reference: BALLESTER OLMOS, Vicente-Juan: CATALOG of 200 TYPE-1 EVENTS in SPAIN & PORTUGAL; CUFOS 1976. (Index 8)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_6591

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, HOX: Suspicion of hoax, ODD: Atypical/Forteana/paranormal, SCR: Classic saucer/disk/sphere shaped UFO, NLT: Nightlights/points of light, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), DRT: Dirt/soil traces/marks/footprints etc., LND: UFO landing or any part touches ground, TRC: Physical traces, TCH: New technical details/clues

Extra Data: Country: “Portugal”, Credibility: “4”, Duration: “100”, HatchDesc: “ALPORTEL,PRT:UFO/MTN TOP:HOLE FOUND:3 3M TUNNELS GO DEEP INTO MOUNTAINSIDE!”, LatLong: “37.433335 -7.916667”, LatLongDMS: “37:26:00 N 07:55:00 W”, Locale: “Mountains”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Algarve”, Strangeness: “8”

Event 22696 (D782C450)

Date: 1/1962
Location: Groom Lake, Nevada
Description: The Federal Aviation Administration expands the restricted airspace in the vicinity of Groom Lake, Nevada, and the lakebed becomes the center of a 600-square-mile addition to restricted area R-4808N.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Wikipedia, “Area 51”
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_3588

Event 22697 (276D706A)

Date: 1/1962
Description: The IBM 7950 Harvest computer, designed to be used for cryptanalysis, is delivered to the National Security Agency. It includes Tractor, a large automated tape cartridge library. An NSA-conducted evaluation finds that Harvest is more powerful than the best commercially available machine by a factor of 50–200, depending on the task. It remains in use until 1976. One purpose of the machine is to search text for keywords from a watchlist. From a single foreign cipher system, Harvest is able to scan more than 7 million decrypts for any occurrences of some 7,000 key words in under four hours. The computer is also used for codebreaking, and this is enhanced by a system codenamed Rye, which allows remote access to Harvest.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Wikipedia, “IBM 7950 Harvest”; “Timeline of the IBM Stretch/Harvest Era (1956–1961),” computerhistory.org
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_3589

Event 22698 (587E5A91)

Date: 1/8/1962
Time: night
Location: Catamarca, Argentina
Description: A truck driver and two other men observed two powerful lights lost sight of thern, but later saw a craft on the ground 150 m to the side of the road. It took off at high speed when illuminated by the headlights. Farther away, two objects maneuvered above the road leading to La Bajada. As the police were driving to the scene, they saw one of the craft on the ground near Loma Brava.
Type: ufo sighting
Reference: CODOVNI 1962 (Vallee)
Source: ValléeMagonia, ID: Magonia_527

Event 22699 (566DAD53)

Date: 1/9/1962
Time: 03:00
Location: AMADORES, ARG
Description: Cops and 3. 2 night lights pace truck. 2 domed objects / roadside. Zigzag off. / r8#527.
Type: sighting
Reference: FSR CASE HISTORIES. Bimonthly/London. Supplements 2 - 18 (final issue) (Index 12)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_6592

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), LND: UFO landing or any part touches ground, OGA: Non-Covert Government Agencies

Extra Data: Country: “Argentina”, Credibility: “10”, Duration: “20”, Elev: “803”, HatchDesc: “AMADORES,ARG:COPS+3:2 NLTS PACE TRUCK:2 DOMED OBJS/ROADSIDE:ZIGZAG OFF:/r8#527”, LatLong: “-28.283335 -65.650003”, LatLongDMS: “28:17:00 S 65:39:00 W”, Locale: “Pasture”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “CTM”, Strangeness: “7”

Event 22700 (F7D3D15C)

Date: 1/9/1962
Time: 16:30:00.1
Location: 37.0446 -116.0351
Description: Nuclear test: Underground, confirmed. Country: USA Name: “Stoat” Yield: 5.1KT
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_206

Extra Data: LatLong: “37.0446 -116.0351”, LatLongDMS: “37:02:41 N 116:02:06 W”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, NukeCountry: “USA”, NukeDepth: “0.30”, NukeMb: “4.20”, NukeName: “Stoat”, NukeSource: “SPRINGER”, NukeType: “NUCU”, NukeY: “5.1”

Event 22701 (52143D4D)

Date: 1/12/1962
Location: Winnemucca AFB, NV
Description: (McDonald list) (NICAP: 01 - Distant Encounters, BB: BBU)
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_2555

Event 22702 (5E3926D9)

Date: 1/15/1962
Description: (Translated from French) The restricted airspace just above Groom Lake (R-4808) is extended to 22 nautical miles by 20. The basis of this extension is a request from the Air Force Department citing an immediate and urgent need for a secret project. This creates the “Groom Box” as it exists today (27 FR 205). (January 15)
Reference: Federal Register
Reference: rr0 - Beau
Source: rr0, ID: rr0_1939

Event 22703 (385A7A46)

Date: 1/16/1962
Time: 22:00?
Location: RIO DJ, BRAZIL
Description: 3 observer(s). 45cm cylinder/cigar-shape scouts rooms in house. Earthquake same night.
Type: sighting
Reference: FLYING SAUCER REVIEW (FSR), London. Bimonthly. PO Box 162; High Wycombe, Bucks. HP135 DZ, England. (Index 338)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_6593

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CST: Observer(s) in coastal area/just offshore, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, HQO: High-quality observer(s), CIG: Torpedo/cigar/cylinder shaped UFO, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), OBS: Observation/chasing vehicles, HUM: Humans affected: Injury/burns/marks/abduction/death, BLD: Building/man-made structure/roads/power lines

Extra Data: Country: “Brazil”, Credibility: “7”, Duration: “3”, Elev: “11”, HatchDesc: “RIO DJ,BRZL:3 OBS:45cm CGR SCOUTS ROOMS in HOUSE:earthquake same nite”, LatLong: “-22.916668 -43.233335”, LatLongDMS: “22:55:00 S 43:14:00 W”, Locale: “Residential”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, RelAlt: “2”, State/Prov: “RDJ”, Strangeness: “7”

Event 22704 (094B7E84)

Date: 1/18/1962
Time: 18:00:00.1
Location: 37.0473 -116.0344
Description: Nuclear test: Underground, confirmed. Country: USA Name: “Agouti” Yield: 6.4KT
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_207

Extra Data: LatLong: “37.0473 -116.0344”, LatLongDMS: “37:02:50 N 116:02:04 W”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, NukeCountry: “USA”, NukeDepth: “0.26”, NukeMb: “4.50”, NukeName: “Agouti”, NukeSource: “SPRINGER”, NukeType: “NUCU”, NukeY: “6.4”

Event 22705 (B32DC8A3)

Date: 1/22/1962
Location: Kirksville, MO
Description: (McDonald list) FPS-6A Height Finder Tracks UFO (NICAP: 09 - RADAR Cases, Code: R, Rating: 5, BB: BBU)
Reference: NICAP: 620122
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_2556

Event 22706 (1E815BCE)

Date: 1/23/1962 (approximate)
Time: 21:00
Location: MOLINOS DAM, ARG
Description: Many observer(s). 15 5-10M UFO’s land / Dike and float / reservoir 200M away / Arg. Army.
Type: sighting
Reference: FSR CASE HISTORIES. Bimonthly/London. Supplements 2 - 18 (final issue) (Index 12)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_6594

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), LND: UFO landing or any part touches ground

Extra Data: Country: “Argentina”, Credibility: “11”, Duration: “180”, Elev: “500”, HatchDesc: “MOLINOS DAM,ARG:MANY OBS:15 5-10M UFOS LAND/DIKE+FLOAT/RSVR 200M away/ARG.ARMY”, LatLong: “-32.166668 -64.416670”, LatLongDMS: “32:10:00 S 64:25:00 W”, Locale: “Mountains”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “CRD”, Strangeness: “8”

Event 22707 (0C625450)

Date: 1/26/1962
Location: USA
Description: (Translated from French) TEST LAUNCH OF THE LUNA RANGER III PROBE. LAUNCHED AT AN EXCESSIVE SPEED, IT PASSED 36,800 KM FROM THE MOON AND BECAME A PLANET.
Reference: “Conquest of Space” - Thomas de Galiana, ed. Larousse Poche, 1967, p. 236
Reference: Mini catalogue chronologique des observations OVNI, by Godelieve Van Overmeire
Source: Overmeire, ID: Overmeire_2217

Event 22708 (9CD64BAD)

Date: 1/29/1962
Location: NETHERLANDS, in flight, (east of the country)
Description: (Translated from French) A pilot of the Royal Dutch Air Force experienced an encounter on January 29, 1962. Crossing an unknown object to the east of Holland, he commanded it to descend on several radio frequencies. As the UFO gave no response, he prepared to attack. His F 86, Sabre, was armed with 4 20 mm cannons and a rocket. Cannons armed, rocket in launch position, he sped forward at full power. But he did not have time to get close enough to adjust his aim. The UFO, in one stroke, had put itself out of range.
Reference: Donald KEYHOE: “The Strangers from Space” 1973 - Trans. Presses Pocket 1975 - p. 62
Reference: Mini catalogue chronologique des observations OVNI, by Godelieve Van Overmeire
Source: Overmeire, ID: Overmeire_2218

Event 22709 (5D2644AA)

Date: 1/29/1962
Time: ~15:00
Location: EAST HOLLAND
Description: RDAF F86 radios saucer. No response. Can’t catch going quickly east. Ground and air RADAR’s / r47p51.
Type: sighting
Reference: UFO INVESTIGATOR: NICAP: Kensington, MD & Washington, DC [defunct]. University Microfilms, Ann Arbor, MI 48106 (Index 29)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_6595

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

Extra Data: Country: “Belgium, Netherlandsand Luxembourg”, Credibility: “5”, Duration: “3”, HatchDesc: “E.HOLLAND:RDAF F86 RADIOS SCR:NO RESPONSE:CAN’T CATCH >>E:GND+AIR RDRS/r47p51”, LatLong: “53.000003 6.500000”, LatLongDMS: “53:00:00 N 06:30:00 E”, Locale: “Metropolis”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Netherlands”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 22710 (9F832F12)

Date: 1/29/1962
Location: Eastern Holland, Holland
Description: Eastern Holland, G,A,V (NICAP: 09 - RADAR Cases, Rating: 5)
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_2557

Event 22711 (958E3508)

Date: 1/29/1962
Location: eastern Netherlands
Description: A Royal Dutch Air Force pilot flying an F-86 Sabrejet sights a UFO over eastern Netherlands. The jet’s radar also picks up the object and control tower radar (somewhere) is also tracking it. He attempts to give the object an urgent warning by radio, but it goes unheeded. He arms a Sidewinder rocket and tries to close in, but the UFO pulls away swiftly before he can fire.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: “New Sightings by Navy, FAA, and Airline Observers: Dutch Jet Pilot Tries to Down UFO,” UFO Investigator 2, no. 5 (Aug./Sept. 1962): 1–2
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_3590

Event 22712 (87F1903A)

Date: 1/29/1962
Description: A Royal Dutch Air Force F-86 jet interceptor was chased by a UFO over the eastern Netherlands. The event was witnessed by six members of the military and the UFO was detected by ground and airborne radar.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: NICAP UFO Investigator, September 1962, p. 1; Richard Hall, The UFO Evidence, p. 122; Dominique Weinstein, Aircraft UFO Encounters, p. 33
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_574

Event 22713 (DA9FDF27)

Date: 1/30/1962
Time: 18:00:00.1
Location: 37.0468 -116.0395
Description: Nuclear test: Underground, confirmed. Country: USA Name: “Dormouse” 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_208

Extra Data: LatLong: “37.0468 -116.0395”, LatLongDMS: “37:02:48 N 116:02:22 W”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, NukeCountry: “USA”, NukeDepth: “0.36”, NukeName: “Dormouse”, NukeSource: “SPRINGER”, NukeType: “NUCU”, NukeYMax: “20”

Event 22714 (5465B417)

Date: 2/1962
Time: 12:00?
Location: BORJAS BLANCAS, SP
Description: 3 dark discs on edge! Approach trees. Going quickly northwest. Never rotate…
Type: sighting
Reference: BALLESTER OLMOS, Vicente-Juan: CATALOG of 200 TYPE-1 EVENTS in SPAIN & PORTUGAL; CUFOS 1976. (Index 8)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_6596

Attributes: 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, ANI: Animals affected or injuries/marks, LND: UFO landing or any part touches ground

Extra Data: Country: “Spain”, Credibility: “6”, Duration: “35”, HatchDesc: “BORJAS BLANCAS,SP:3 DARK DISCS ON EDGE!:APPROACH TREES:>>NW:NEVER ROTATE…”, LatLong: “41.483335 0.883333”, LatLongDMS: “41:29:00 N 00:53:00 E”, Locale: “Farmlands”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “LRD”, Strangeness: “8”

Event 22715 (B9384039)

Date: 2/1962
Description: Richard M. Bissell Jr. leaves the CIA and is replaced as head of the Directorate of Plans by Richard Helms. February — Maj. William T. Coleman is replaced as Pentagon UFO spokesman by Maj. Carl R. Hart.
Reference: Eberhart
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_3591

Event 22716 (34B633D1)

Date: 2/1962
Description: Vice-Admiral Roscoe Hillenkoetter resigns from NICAP, stating that NICAP has gone as far as it can and should no longer criticize USAF investigations.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Keyhoe, Aliens from Space, Signet ed., 1974, pp. 85–86
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_3592

Event 22717 (8F9E2692)

Date: 2/1962
Description: The Hills begin making numerous trips over several months to try to find their encounter site but are unsuccessful.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Clark III 583
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_3593

Event 22718 (BE854C8F)

Date: 2/1962
Locations: Mosborough; Sheffield; England
Description: Alec Birch, 14, snaps an out-of-focus photo of five domed discs that he and two friends see hovering 500 feet above his backyard in Mosborough, Sheffield, England. Alec and his father show the photo later to the Air Ministry, which pronounces them “temperature inversions” in October. However, in an interview on BBC-2 television on October 6, 1972, Alec confesses that he had superimposed images painted on glass over the backyard scenery, fooling even his father.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: “Schoolboy Snaps Saucer,” Flying Saucer Review 8, no. 5 (Sept./Oct. 1962): 4; Gordon Creighton, “‘No Kidding This Time. My Flying Saucers Photo Is Genuine!’ (–Alec Birch),” Flying Saucer Review 45, no. 2 (Summer 2000): 9–11; Clark III 603
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_3594

Event 22719 (E7C274C9)

Date: 2/2/1962
Time: 08:00:00.2
Location: 49.7775 78.0016
Description: Nuclear test: Underground, confirmed. Country: USSR Yield: .001KT 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_1174

Extra Data: LatLong: “49.7775 78.0016”, LatLongDMS: “49:46:39 N 78:00:06 E”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, NukeCountry: “USSR”, NukeDepth: “0.00”, NukeSource: “BOCHAROV”, NukeType: “NUCS”, NukeY: “.001”, NukeYMax: “20”

Event 22720 (C69FA827)

Date: 2/6/1962
Location: US
Description: The Air Force issued the last “fact sheet” (No. 179-62) of the old style, then dropped that format.
Type: USAF fact sheets
Reference: “The UFO Evidence” (1964) by Richard H. Hall, page 106-108
Reference: “Report on Unidentified Flying Objects” (Dec. 1956) by Capt. Edward J. Ruppelt
Source: Maj2, ID: Maj2_894

Event 22721 (E5FF50BB)

Date: 2/6/1962
Description: USAF issues the last of its UFO fact sheets (no. 179-62). In the future it will issue press releases.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: UFOEv, p. 108
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_3595

Event 22722 (CE5991E0)

Date: 2/7/1962
Description: (Translated from French) Statement from the ATIC: Nothing has been able to prove that any of the 7369 unidentified objects reported since 1947 is an extraterrestrial vehicle. (February 7)
Reference: rr0 - Beau
Source: rr0, ID: rr0_1940

Event 22723 (5C553223)

Date: 2/7/1962
Location: Kennebunkport, ME
Description: The president of an advertising agency saw a bright red hemispherical UFO which hovered, then suddenly sped away. [NICAP UFOE, VII] (NICAP: 01 - Distant Encounters)
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_2558

Event 22724 (4A8E2DFB)

Date: 2/8/1962
Time: 21:00
Location: N38 EAST / CATAMARCA, ARG
Description: 1 / car and 2+cops. UFO takes off. 1 lands / Loma Brava / CODOVNI’62.
Type: sighting
Reference: LUMIERES DANS la NUIT (LDLN), Paris. Bimonthly since 1957. LDLN B.P.3; 77123 Le Vaudoue, FRANCE. (Index 106)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_6597

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, HQO: High-quality observer(s), SCR: Classic saucer/disk/sphere shaped UFO, LND: UFO landing or any part touches ground, OGA: Non-Covert Government Agencies

Extra Data: Country: “Argentina”, Credibility: “8”, Duration: “20”, Elev: “510”, HatchDesc: “N38 E/CATAMARCA,ARG:1/CAR+2+COPS:UFO TAKES OFF:1 LANDS/LOMA BRAVA/CODOVNI’62”, LatLong: “-28.466668 -65.666670”, LatLongDMS: “28:28:00 S 65:40:00 W”, Locale: “Pasture”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “CTM”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 22725 (03E19362)

Date: 2/8/1962
Time: 18:00:00.2
Location: 37.1273 -116.0527
Description: Nuclear test: Underground, confirmed. Country: USA Name: “Stillwater” Yield: 3.07KT
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_209

Extra Data: LatLong: “37.1273 -116.0527”, LatLongDMS: “37:07:38 N 116:03:10 W”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, NukeCountry: “USA”, NukeDepth: “0.18”, NukeName: “Stillwater”, NukeSource: “SPRINGER”, NukeType: “NUCU”, NukeY: “3.07”

Event 22726 (31A6DFCF)

Date: 2/9/1962
Time: 03:30
Location: ASTON CLINTON, BUCKS
Description: Domed saucer 10M / road. Car slows. Portholes. / r8#528+/ r70p3-78.
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 19)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_6598

Attributes: 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: “Great Britain and Ireland”, Credibility: “6”, Duration: “2”, HatchDesc: “ASTON CLINTON,BUCKs:DOMED SCR 10M/ROAD:CAR SLOWS:PORTHOLES:/r8#528+/r70p3-78”, LatLong: “51.800002 -0.722222”, LatLongDMS: “51:48:00 N 00:43:20 W”, Locale: “Pasture”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “England”, Strangeness: “7”

Event 22727 (36D793B4)

Date: 2/9/1962
Location: Ashton Clinton, Beds., UK
Description: Car motor lost power, headlights not affected, as UFO passed ahead of car (NICAP: 03 - EME Cases)
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_2559

Event 22728 (A0CF6E01)

Date: 2/9/1962
Time: 0330
Location: Aston Clinton, Great Britain
Description: Mr. Wildam, of Luton, noticed that his car was gradually losing speed as he approached a bright, oval thing hovering 10 m above the road. The object was surrounded by a glow, and left at high speed very suddenly.
Type: ufo sighting
Reference: FSR 62, 2 (Vallee)
Source: ValléeMagonia, ID: Magonia_528

Event 22729 (3D5E5ACE)

Date: 2/9/1962
Time: 16:30:00.1
Location: 37.0436 -116.0389
Description: Nuclear test: Underground, confirmed. Country: USA Name: “Armadillo” Yield: 7.1KT
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_210

Extra Data: LatLong: “37.0436 -116.0389”, LatLongDMS: “37:02:37 N 116:02:20 W”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, NukeCountry: “USA”, NukeDepth: “0.24”, NukeName: “Armadillo”, NukeSource: “SPRINGER”, NukeType: “NUCU”, NukeY: “7.1”

Event 22730 (BFBC5D85)

Date: 2/9/1962
Description: Mr. R. Wildman was driving along a road in Aston Clinton, England taking a new car to Swansea for delivery, when at 3:30 a.m. he encountered a 40-foot wide oval-shaped domed disc with black marks around the rim, 20-30 feet above the ground. The object seemed metallic, was white in color with portholes, and made no sound. The car’s engine stopped when he was 20 meters away, but the headlights remained on. The incident lasted five minutes.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: Richard Hall, The UFO Evidence (Volume I), p. 75; Jacques Vallee, Passport to Magonia: A Century of Landings, case 538; Geoffrey Falla, BUFORA Vehicle Interference Project, p. 24; Mark Rodeghier, UFO Reports Involving Vehicle Interference, p. 19; Leonard Cramp, Piece for a Jig-Saw, p. 214; Thomas M. Olsen, The Reference for Outstanding UFO Sighting Reports, case 129
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_770

Event 22731 (A2B9B3B7)

Date: 2/10/1962
Locations: Glienicke Bridge; Potsdam; West Berlin, Germany
Description: CIA pilot Francis Gary Powers is exchanged for Soviet spy Rudolf Abel on the Glienicke Bridge that connects Potsdam to West Berlin, Germany.
Reference: Eberhart
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_3596

Event 22732 (25FB2850)

Date: 2/11/1962
Time: 16:00?
Location: CARACAS, VNZ
Description: Astronomer and many / park. 16 UFO’s / different formations east going quickly west. Some / high altitude.
Type: sighting
Reference: HALL, Richard: The UFO EVIDENCE; NICAP,Washington, DC 1964. Reprinted 1997 Barnes & Noble Books ( only $7.98! ) (Index 121)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_6599

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, WAV: Wave/cluster/flap, SCR: Classic saucer/disk/sphere shaped UFO, CIG: Torpedo/cigar/cylinder shaped UFO, FBL: Fireball: Blazing undistinguished form/orb., NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), OBS: Observation/chasing vehicles

Extra Data: Country: “Venezuela”, Credibility: “10”, Duration: “5”, Elev: “910”, HatchDesc: “CARACAS,VNZ:ASTRONOMER+MANY/PARK:16 UFOS/DIFF.FORMns E>>W:SOME/HIGH alt:”, LatLong: “10.516667 -66.933337”, LatLongDMS: “10:31:00 N 66:56:00 W”, Locale: “Metropolis”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “CAR”, Strangeness: “7”

Event 22733 (0FDCC304)

Date: 2/11/1962
Location: Parque del Este, Caracas, Venezuela
Description: UFOs, described as “a body giving off a brilliant light. . . moving at great altitude as if towards the moon.” [NICAP UFO Evidence, X] (NICAP: 01 - Distant Encounters)
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_2560

Event 22734 (57B6BA24)

Date: 2/12/1962
Location: Winnemucca AFB, NV
Description: (McDonald list) Object Tracked By AN/FPS-9 at 74,000’ (NICAP: 09 - RADAR Cases, Code: R, Rating: 5, BB: BBU)
Reference: NICAP: 620212
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_2561

Event 22735 (D34539D0)

Date: 2/15/1962
Time: 18:00:00.1
Location: 37.2263 -116.0593
Description: Nuclear test: Underground, confirmed. Country: USA Name: “Hard Hat” Yield: 5.7KT
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_211

Extra Data: LatLong: “37.2263 -116.0593”, LatLongDMS: “37:13:35 N 116:03:33 W”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, NukeCountry: “USA”, NukeDepth: “0.29”, NukeName: “Hard Hat”, NukeSource: “SPRINGER”, NukeType: “NUCU”, NukeY: “5.7”

Event 22736 (360D46FF)

Date: 2/19/1962
Location: Dauphin Island, AL
Description: Reddish-orange object change shape from round to cigar shape covered with fog (NICAP: 01 - Distant Encounters, BB: BBU)
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_2562

Event 22737 (0C9E7787)

Date: 2/19/1962
Time: 16:30:00.1
Location: 37.0491 -116.0295
Description: Nuclear test: Underground, confirmed. Country: USA Name: “Chinchilla” Yield: 1.9KT
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_212

Extra Data: LatLong: “37.0491 -116.0295”, LatLongDMS: “37:02:57 N 116:01:46 W”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, NukeCountry: “USA”, NukeDepth: “0.15”, NukeMb: “4.20”, NukeName: “Chinchilla”, NukeSource: “SPRINGER”, NukeType: “NUCU”, NukeY: “1.9”

Event 22738 (EB0F53FA)

Date: 2/19/1962
Time: 17:50:00.2
Location: 37.1274 -116.0371
Description: Nuclear test: Underground, confirmed. Country: USA Name: “Codsaw” 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_213

Extra Data: LatLong: “37.1274 -116.0371”, LatLongDMS: “37:07:39 N 116:02:14 W”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, NukeCountry: “USA”, NukeDepth: “0.21”, NukeName: “Codsaw”, NukeSource: “SPRINGER”, NukeType: “NUCU”, NukeYMax: “20”

Event 22739 (E54F5F8B)

Date: 2/19/1962
Description: Three commercial fishermen driving south on the Dauphin Island Toll Bridge Causeway in Alabama saw a reddish-orange object to the south at about 10° elevation at 6:00 p.m. It changed shape from a round spherical object to an ellipsoidal, football shape, and then became covered with a (possibly artificially produced) fog.The object was estimated to be about one-third the apparent diameter of the sun. They stopped the car to call Dauphin Island AFS radar site (693rd Radar Squadron), which by coincidence happened to have two airmen driving north on the causeway in the opposite direction, and who also saw the object to the west. It was therefore possible to triangulate the object’s location at about 30°16’ N, 88° 10’ W, and between 2-5 miles away from the civilian observers; the object’s actual size was computed to be at least 30 feet in length. No radar contact was reported. Venus had set 30 minutes earlier.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: Robert D. Boyd, A Comparative Unit, p. 89; UNICAT, case # 449; Francis Ridge, www.nicap.com\Chronology\1962 UFO Chronology.htm
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_995

Event 22740 (92322FE4)

Date: 2/20/1962
Location: USA
Description: (Translated from French) LAUNCH OF THE FIRST AMERICAN HABITABLE SATELLITE (GLENN) “FRIENDSHIP VII” (1305 KG) RECOVERED THE SAME DAY. ("Astronautics, Pierre Rousseau, Hachette 1965, p. 63) Mercury Capsule. John Glenn sees three flying objects. (Philippe SCHNEYDER: “UFO, first balance” - ed. du Rocher 1983, p. 232) (Jean-Francis CROLARD: “The enigma of the E.T.” - ed. Guy TREDANIEL 1995, p. 34) At the moment of re-entry into the atmosphere, he claims to have seen through the upper window “a ball of fire” following the cabin. (S. DELLO STROLOGO: “What Governments hide from you about UFOs” - De Vecchi 1975- p. 181-182) John Glenn, piloting his Mercury capsule, sees three objects following and passing him at different speeds.
Reference: We would really like the three objects to be objectively described, right? Maybe they are just bolts, belts, panels, part of his own launch???
Reference: J. Allen HYNEK and Jacques VALLEE: “At the limits of reality” - ed. Albin Michel 1978, p 83
Reference: Mini catalogue chronologique des observations OVNI, by Godelieve Van Overmeire
Source: Overmeire, ID: Overmeire_2219

Event 22741 (18375F65)

Date: 2/20/1962
Description: (Translated from French) Glenn’s flight aboard a Mercury capsule. (February 20)
Reference: rr0 - Beau
Source: rr0, ID: rr0_1941

Event 22742 (BEE0B348)

Date: 2/20/1962
Location: MERCURY CAPSULE
Description: John Glenn sees 3 small objects follow and overtake capsule / different speeds.
Type: sighting
Reference: HYNEK & VALLEE: The EDGE of REALITY, A Progress Report, Chicago, Regnery 1975. 301pp 24cm (Index 63)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_6600

Attributes: AIR: Observer(s) on aircraft, MIL: Observer(s) military, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, 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

Extra Data: Country: “Earth Orbit or seen from space stations/capsules”, Credibility: “6”, Duration: “2”, HatchDesc: “MERCURY CAPSULE:JOHN GLENN SEES 3 SMALL OBJs FOLO+OVERTAKE CAPSULE/DIFF.SPEEDS”, LatLong: “90.000004 -0.000000”, LatLongDMS: “90:00:00 N 00:00:00 W”, Locale: “Farmlands”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “USA”, Strangeness: “5”

Event 22743 (5438FEA5)

Date: 2/20/1962
Description: Astronaut John Glenn pilots the Friendship 7 Project Mercury capsule for three orbits and just short of 5 hours flying time, becoming the first American to orbit the earth.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Wikipedia, “Mercury-Atlas 6”
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_3597

Event 22744 (197A3041)

Date: 2/23/1962
Time: 18:00:00.2
Location: 37.1289 -116.0483
Description: Nuclear test: Underground, confirmed. Country: USA Name: “Cimarron” Yield: 11.9KT
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_214

Extra Data: LatLong: “37.1289 -116.0483”, LatLongDMS: “37:07:44 N 116:02:54 W”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, NukeCountry: “USA”, NukeDepth: “0.30”, NukeName: “Cimarron”, NukeSource: “SPRINGER”, NukeType: “NUCU”, NukeY: “11.9”

Event 22745 (987A999B)

Date: 2/24/1962
Time: 16:30:00.1
Location: 37.0483 -116.0319
*

[c0mmando]

Description:* Nuclear test: Underground, confirmed. Country: USA Name: “Platypus” 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_215

Extra Data: LatLong: “37.0483 -116.0319”, LatLongDMS: “37:02:54 N 116:01:55 W”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, NukeCountry: “USA”, NukeDepth: “0.06”, NukeName: “Platypus”, NukeSource: “SPRINGER”, NukeType: “NUCU”, NukeYMax: “20”

Event 22746 (70F7686C)

Date: 2/24/1962
Description: NORAD Requirement 64-73 states that its radar coverage “would provide warning from all directions, not just northern approaches.”
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Clark III 811
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_3598

Event 22747 (8589F7A3)

Date: 2/25/1962
Description: (Translated from French) Sighting in Kotzebue (Alaska). (February 25)
Reference: case Blue Book #7818 unsolved
Reference: rr0 - Beau
Source: rr0, ID: rr0_1942

Event 22748 (807DAF55)

Date: 2/25/1962
Time: 19:20
Location: KOTZEBUE, AK
Description: Project Bluebook Case #7818. 7 observer(s). Blue saucer follows red saucer SSW going NNE. No planes / balloons near.
Type: sighting
Reference: SCIENCE & MECHANICS (eds.) OFFICIAL GUIDE to UFO’S; Ace Books, NY. 1968. (Index 171)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_6601

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

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “9”, Duration: “5”, Elev: “3”, HatchDesc: “KOTZEBUE,AK:BBK#7818:7 OBS:BLU SCR FOLOS RED SCR SSW>NNE:NO PLANES/BALLOONS nr”, LatLong: “66.900003 -162.583341”, LatLongDMS: “66:54:00 N 162:35:00 W”, Locale: “Coastlands”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Alaska”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 22749 (D78CF29B)

Date: 2/25/1962
Location: Kotzebue, AK
Description: Red light, trailed 30 secs later by a blue light (NICAP: 01 - Distant Encounters, BB: 7818)
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_2563

Event 22750 (EDEC4DA7)

Date: 2/25/1962
Time: 7:20 PM
Location: Kotzbue, Alaska
Description: Witnesses: one U.S. Army private, six anonymous civilians. One red light, trailed 30 seconds later by a blue light. Sighting lasted 5 minutes.
Type: ufo sighting
Reference: BlueBook Unknowns PDF
Source: BerlinerBBUnknowns, ID: BerlinerBBU_470

Event 22751 (C32921E5)

Date: 2/25/1962
Description: An Army private and six civilians in Kotzbue, Alaska sighted a red light in the night sky at 7:20 p.m. It was followed 30 seconds later by a blue light. The entire sighting lasted five minutes.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: Don Berliner, Project Bluebook UFO Unknowns
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_1099

Event 22752 (D8E0FC09)

Date: 2/26/1962
Description: (Translated from French) The first A-12 Blackbird (#121) is trucked to Groom for testing. (February 26)
Reference: McIninch
Reference: Rich 1994 mentions January
Reference: rr0 - Beau
Source: rr0, ID: rr0_1943

Event 22753 (48E5DA11)

Date: 2/28/1962
Locations: Groom Lake, Nevada; Burbank, California
Description: The first A-12 test aircraft covertly arrives at Groom Lake, Nevada, from Burbank, California.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Wikipedia, “Area 51”
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_3599

Event 22754 (3AD461C5)

Date: 3/1962
Location: CORDOBA, ARG
Description: 2 astronomy students photograph disk / 2000’ altitude. Leaves crimson trail / sky.
Type: sighting
Reference: FLAMMONDE, Paris: The AGE of FLYING SAUCERS; Hawthorne Books, NY 1971 (Index 160)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_6602

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), PHT: Photos/movies/videos taken, TCH: New technical details/clues

Extra Data: Country: “Argentina”, Credibility: “7”, Duration: “2”, Elev: “384”, HatchDesc: “CORDOBA,ARG:2 ASTRONOMY STUDENTS FOTO DISK/2000’alt:LEAVES CRIMSON TRAIL/SKY”, LatLong: “-31.383335 -64.183336”, LatLongDMS: “31:23:00 S 64:11:00 W”, Locale: “Town & City”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, RelAlt: “600”, State/Prov: “CRD”, Strangeness: “7”

Event 22755 (A64DF7FF)

Date: 3/1962
Time: 17:30
Location: ZIBELLO, ITL
Description: Man / river Po. 5M red-yellow disk / surface. Suddenly quickly going up [to] to clouds!
Type: sighting
Reference: ITACAT, Catalogo Italiano degli Incontri Ravvicinati. Maurizio Verga, 1989 CISU/Torino, Italy. (Index 52)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_6603

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

Extra Data: Country: “Italy”, Credibility: “6”, Duration: “1”, HatchDesc: “ZIBELLO,ITL:MAN/RIVER PO:5M RED-YLW DISK/SURFACE:SUDDENLY ↑↑ TO CLOUDS!”, LatLong: “45.016669 10.133334”, LatLongDMS: “45:01:00 N 10:08:00 E”, Locale: “Farmlands”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “PR”, Strangeness: “7”

Event 22756 (B520D519)

Date: 3/1962
Locations: Soviet Union; US; Russia
Description: Chemical engineer Leon Davidson writes a two-part article in Saucer News explaining how he has become convinced that the CIA, especially under the influence of Allen Dulles, has engineered disinformation about UFOs and even manufactured some seemingly legitimate radar sightings as a tool in the Cold War. Its aim is to cause the Soviet Union to waste time and effort in preparing defenses against fictitious aircraft and weapons that the US might be developing. Furthermore, UFOs can be used to capture headlines, diverting attention from unwelcome news coverage of espionage operations. Davidson writes that Dulles has resorted to using contactees and UFO organizations as a propaganda vehicle. Messages supposedly from spacemen calling for a halt in nuclear testing could influence public opinion in a test ban treaty that, in effect, would benefit the US more than the Russians, since the Soviets were seen as overtaking the American lead in weapons development. Davidson attributes CIA involvement in the claims of George Adamski and Daniel Fry. He also points out that electronic countermeasures (ECM) equipment is capable of creating fake radar returns and goes so far as to say that secret working models of saucers, perhaps piloted by “midgets,” are responsible for some sightings.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Leon Davidson, “An Open Letter to Saucer Researchers,” Saucer News, March 1962, April 1962; Leon Davidson, “ECM + CIA = UFO: Or, How to Cause Radar Sightings,” Flying Saucer Review 6, no. 2 (March/April 1960): 9–12; Gerald K. Haines, “CIA’s Role in the Study of UFOs, 1947–90,” Studies in Intelligence 40, no. 5 (1997): 67–84
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_3600

Event 22757 (2906DD71)

Date: 3/1962
Locations: Georgetown, Massachusetts; Baldpate Sanitarium
Description: Betty and Barney Hill meet with Patrick J. Quirke, a psychiatrist at the Baldpate Sanitarium in Georgetown, Massachusetts, but he is unsympathetic and discourages them from undergoing hypnosis.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Clark III 583
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_3601

Event 22758 (1E3E35F7)

Date: 3/1/1962
Location: USA, Salem, New York.
Description: (Translated from French) 10:35 p.m. Witness: Mrs. L. Doxsey, 66 years old. A golden box approximately 30 cm by 10 cm flew horizontally on the horizon for 3 to 4 minutes.
Reference: 'Project Blue Book - cfr Don Berliner
Reference: Mini catalogue chronologique des observations OVNI, by Godelieve Van Overmeire
Source: Overmeire, ID: Overmeire_2220

Event 22759 (308D8BCA)

Date: 3/1/1962
Description: (Translated from French) Observation in Salem (New York).
Reference: case Blue Book #7823 unsolved
Reference: rr0 - Beau
Source: rr0, ID: rr0_1944

Event 22760 (4F5D6BEE)

Date: 3/1/1962
Description: (Translated from French) Creation of the CNES.
Reference: rr0 - Beau
Source: rr0, ID: rr0_1945

Event 22761 (BBF9E533)

Date: 3/1/1962
Time: 22:40
Location: SALEM, NY
Description: Project Bluebook Case #7823. 1 observer. 30cm x 10cm gold box going straight and level across horizon / 3-4 minute(s). Kite?
Type: sighting
Reference: BERLINER, DON: The BLUEBOOK UNKNOWNS; (FUFOR). (Index 30)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_6604

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, MID: Likely mis-identification, ODD: Atypical/Forteana/paranormal, 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: “4”, Elev: “149”, HatchDesc: “SALEM,NY:BBK#7823:1 OBS:30cm x 10cm GOLD BOX > S/L ACROSS HORIZON/3-4min:KITE?”, LatLong: “43.172224 -73.327781”, LatLongDMS: “43:10:20 N 73:19:40 W”, Locale: “Residential”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “New York”, Strangeness: “5”

Event 22762 (82C06DEF)

Date: 3/1/1962
Location: Salem, NY
Description: Gold-colored box fly straight and level across the horizon (NICAP: 01 - Distant Encounters, BB: 7823)
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_2564

Event 22763 (22E0720A)

Date: 3/1/1962
Time: 10:35 PM
Location: Salem, New York
Description: Witness: Mrs. L. Doxsey, 66. One gold-colored box, 12-14"x3-4", flew straight and level across the horizon for 3-4 minutes.
Type: ufo sighting
Reference: BlueBook Unknowns PDF
Source: BerlinerBBUnknowns, ID: BerlinerBBU_471

Event 22764 (F3A8C46A)

Date: 3/1/1962
Time: 19:10:00.1
Location: 37.0413 -116.0287
Description: Nuclear test: Underground, confirmed. Country: Britain Name: “Pampas” Yield: 9.5KT
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_1768

Extra Data: LatLong: “37.0413 -116.0287”, LatLongDMS: “37:02:29 N 116:01:43 W”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, NukeCountry: “Britain”, NukeDepth: “0.36”, NukeName: “Pampas”, NukeSource: “SPRINGER”, NukeType: “NUCUG”, NukeY: “9.5”

Event 22765 (C1289270)

Date: 3/1/1962
Description: At 10:40 p.m. EDT a single witness in Salem, New York reported a 40 cm x 10 cm flying gold box that slowly crossed the horizon in 3-4 minutes. Mrs. L. Doxsey, 66, saw a gold-colored box, 12-14 inches x 3-4 feet, fly straight and level across the horizon.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: Project Blue Book files counted in official statistics, case # 7823; Richard Hall, The UFO Evidence, p. 103; Larry Hatch, U computer database, case # 6099
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_1201

Event 22766 (71174D9E)

Date: 3/4/1962
Location: GREAT BRITAIN, Sheffield
Description: (Translated from French) Alex Birch, 14 years old, photographed a group of five mysterious objects as they rose into the air. Each of them had the shape of a lens, with a small dome on top. (A. RIBERA/ R. FARRIOLS: “Proofs of the Existence of UFOs” - De Vecchi 1975, p. 41 and photo p. 42) IN REALITY: Alex conspired with two of his friends: they drew their UFOs on a window with greasy chalk, then photographed the landscape through this window. Ten years later they confessed their prank and made sure the affair made a sensation again
Reference: A. SCHNEIDER-H. MALTHANER: “The Secret File of UFOs”, ed. De Vecchi, 1978, p. 271, 272
Reference: see the Bild newspaper of October 7, 1972 and FSR of November 1972
Reference: Mini catalogue chronologique des observations OVNI, by Godelieve Van Overmeire
Source: Overmeire, ID: Overmeire_2221

Event 22767 (ADBC1886)

Date: 3/5/1962
Time: 18:15:00.1
Location: 37.1111 -116.3649
Description: Nuclear test: Underground, confirmed. Country: USA Name: “Danny Boy” Yield: .43KT
Type: atomic
Reference: “columbia.edu: Worldwide Nuclear Explosions”, by Yang, North, Romney, and Richards
Reference: “archive.org: Worldwide Nuclear Explosions”, by Yang, North, Romney, and Richards
Source: NukeExplosions, ID: NukeExplosions_216

Extra Data: LatLong: “37.1111 -116.3649”, LatLongDMS: “37:06:40 N 116:21:54 W”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, NukeCountry: “USA”, NukeDepth: “0.03”, NukeMb: “3.60”, NukeName: “Danny Boy”, NukeSource: “SPRINGER”, NukeType: “NUCU”, NukeY: “.43”

Event 22768 (E003A528)

Date: 3/6/1962
Time: 16:30:00.1
Location: 37.0484 -116.0337
Description: Nuclear test: Underground, confirmed. Country: USA Name: “Ermine” 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_217

Extra Data: LatLong: “37.0484 -116.0337”, LatLongDMS: “37:02:54 N 116:02:01 W”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, NukeCountry: “USA”, NukeDepth: “0.07”, NukeName: “Ermine”, NukeSource: “SPRINGER”, NukeType: “NUCU”, NukeYMax: “20”

Event 22769 (9E46471F)

Date: 3/7/1962
Description: (Translated from French) OSO, 1st satellite dedicated to the Sun. (March 7)
Reference: rr0 - Beau
Source: rr0, ID: rr0_1946

Event 22770 (7B681763)

Date: 3/8/1962
Time: 18:00:00.2
Location: 37.1222 -116.0489
Description: Nuclear test: Underground, confirmed. Country: USA Name: “Brazos” Yield: 8.4KT
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_218

Extra Data: LatLong: “37.1222 -116.0489”, LatLongDMS: “37:07:20 N 116:02:56 W”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, NukeCountry: “USA”, NukeDepth: “0.26”, NukeName: “Brazos”, NukeSource: “SPRINGER”, NukeType: “NUCU”, NukeY: “8.4”

Event 22771 (14EA7E4D)

Date: 3/15/1962
Location: ATLANTIC 67° 20W-22° 00N PROJECT BLUEBOOK CASE #UNKNOWN
Description: Observer(s) = Pan-AM flight. 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 67)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_6605

Attributes: SEA: Observer(s) at sea, 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: “Atlantic Ocean + islands”, Credibility: “8”, Duration: “1”, Elev: “0”, HatchDesc: “ATLANTIC 67°20W-22°00N BBK#UNK:OBS=PAN-AM FLIGHT:NFD AT ALL”, LatLong: “22.000001 -67.333337”, LatLongDMS: “22:00:00 N 67:20:00 W”, Locale: “High Seas”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “NAT”, Strangeness: “4”

Event 22772 (993EE1C7)

Date: 3/15/1962
Time: 16:30:00.1
Location: 37.0440 -116.0310
Description: Nuclear test: Underground, confirmed. Country: USA Name: “Hognose” 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_219

Extra Data: LatLong: “37.0440 -116.0310”, LatLongDMS: “37:02:38 N 116:01:52 W”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, NukeCountry: “USA”, NukeDepth: “0.24”, NukeName: “Hognose”, NukeSource: “SPRINGER”, NukeType: “NUCU”, NukeYMax: “20”

Event 22773 (1584EA4E)

Date: Spring 1962
Alternate date: Summer 1962
Locations: Clinton-Sherman AFB [now the Clinton-Sherman Industrial Airpark]; Burns Flat, Oklahoma
Description: All base personnel on flying status attend a briefing in the theater at the Clinton-Sherman AFB [now the Clinton-Sherman Industrial Airpark] near Burns Flat, Oklahoma. The airmen are shown a short 20–30-minute Air Force film showing, spliced together without interpretation, five or six gun-camera clips apparently documenting attempts by aircraft to intercept UFOs. Afterward, the commander of the 4213d Strategic Wing reads a statement (probably JANAP 146(D)) stipulating fines and jail sentences for anyone publicly reporting a UFO sighting and hands out UFO sighting forms in the event of an incident. One technician recalls there is a section on reporting any electronic signature emitted from the UFO picked up by specific ECM devices.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Nukes 123–125
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_3605

Event 22774 (EAC5F9CF)

Date: 3/25/1962
Locations: The Hills; Exeter Clinic, New Hampshire
Description: The Hills meet with a psychiatrist (Duncan Stephens of the Exeter Clinic, New Hampshire) who rules out simultaneous hallucination. Around this time, Barney develops a series of warts in an almost geometrically perfect circular ring in his groin but does not associate his malaise with the UFO incident.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Clark III 583–584
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_3602

Event 22775 (E399AD96)

Date: 3/25/1962
Location: Saanich Inlet, British Columbia
Description: Evening. Mrs. R. H. Chappell and her sister Janie Kidd watch two triangular objects, one larger than the other, hovering 40–50 feet above the water at Saanich Inlet, British Columbia. They have flashing ruby-red lights. After two minutes, the lights change to orange and they move off silently and gracefully. Mrs. L. Austin Wright sees a stationary flashing yellow light around the same time.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Dan Lloyd, “Are They Really Seeing Things over Canada?” Flying Saucer Review 12, no. 6 (Nov./Dec. 1966): 27
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_3603

Event 22776 (BA86756F)

Date: 3/26/1962
Description: (Translated from French) Observation at the Ramstein Air Base (Germany).
Reference: case Blue Book #7840 unsolved
Reference: rr0 - Beau
Source: rr0, ID: rr0_1947

Event 22777 (5983944C)

Date: 3/26/1962
Description: (Translated from French) Observation in Naperville (Illinois).
Reference: case Blue Book #7841 unsolved
Reference: rr0 - Beau
Source: rr0, ID: rr0_1948

Event 22778 (8C1A423D)

Date: 3/26/1962
Time: 13:40
Location: RAMSTEIN AIR FORCE BASE, GERM
Description: Project Bluebook Case #7840. Thin silver cylinder/cigar-shape buzzes USAF F105. MACH 2.7 / 4000’ altitude.
Type: sighting
Reference: SCIENCE & MECHANICS (eds.) OFFICIAL GUIDE to UFO’S; Ace Books, NY. 1968. (Index 188)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_6606

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, AIR: Observer(s) on aircraft, MIL: Observer(s) military, CIG: Torpedo/cigar/cylinder shaped UFO, PRB: Probe: Possibly remote controlled, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), OBS: Observation/chasing vehicles, VEH: Vehicle affected: Marks/damage/EME effects, MIL: Military investigation, BBK: Project BLUEBOOK

Extra Data: Country: “Germany”, Credibility: “6”, Duration: “1”, HatchDesc: “RAMSTEIN AFB,GERM:BBK#7840:THIN SLVR CGR BUZZES USAF F105:MACH 2.7/4000’alt”, LatLong: “49.450002 7.550000”, LatLongDMS: “49:27:00 N 07:33:00 E”, Locale: “Town & City”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “RHP”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 22779 (633F2CD9)

Date: 3/26/1962
Time: 23:40
Location: NAPERVILLE, IL
Description: Project Bluebook Case #7841. 2 observer(s). 6-8 red orbs / rectangular formation buzz car.
Type: sighting
Reference: SCIENCE & MECHANICS (eds.) OFFICIAL GUIDE to UFO’S; Ace Books, NY. 1968. (Index 154)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_6607

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, DLT: Delta/vee/boomerang/rectangular shaped UFO, NLT: Nightlights/points of light, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), OBS: Observation/chasing vehicles, VEH: Vehicle affected: Marks/damage/EME effects, MIL: Military investigation, BBK: Project BLUEBOOK

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “7”, Duration: “15”, Elev: “213”, HatchDesc: “NAPERVILLE,IL:BBK#7841:2 OBS:6-8 RED ORBS/RECTANGULAR FORMATION BUZZ CAR”, LatLong: “41.783335 -88.144449”, LatLongDMS: “41:47:00 N 88:08:40 W”, Locale: “Pasture”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Illinois”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 22780 (9772B391)

Date: 3/26/1962
Location: Ramstein AFB, West Germany
Description: Missile-Like Object Observed From Aircraft (NICAP: 11 - Aviation Cases, Code: A, Rating: 5, BB: 7840)
Reference: NICAP: 620326
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_2565

Event 22781 (B63AC64E)

Date: 3/26/1962
Location: Naperville, IL
Description: 6-8 red balls, arranged in a rectangular formation become 2 (NICAP: 01 - Distant Encounters, BB: 7841)
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_2566

Event 22782 (50C870CE)

Date: 3/26/1962
Time: 1:35 PM
Location: Ramstein Air Base, West Germany
Description: Witness: USAF Capt. J.M. Lowery, from an unspecified aircraft. One thin, cylindrical object–l/3 snout, 2/3 tail fins–flew at an estimated Mach 2.7 (2,000 m.p.h.) for 5-8 seconds.
Type: ufo sighting
Reference: BlueBook Unknowns PDF
Source: BerlinerBBUnknowns, ID: BerlinerBBU_472

Event 22783 (8C6442DC)

Date: 3/26/1962
Time: 11:40 PM
Location: Naperville, Illinois
Description: Witnesses: Mrs. D. Wheeler, Claudine Milligan. Six or eight red balls, arranged in a rectangular formation, became two objects with lights by the end of the 15 minute sighting.
Type: ufo sighting
Reference: BlueBook Unknowns PDF
Source: BerlinerBBUnknowns, ID: BerlinerBBU_473

Event 22784 (F9788137)

Date: 3/26/1962
Time: 10:45 PM
Location: Westfield, Massachusette
Description: Witnesses: many unidentified young people. One large red ball flew or fell down, then went back up during 3-10 minute sighting. Note: May 26?
Type: ufo sighting
Reference: BlueBook Unknowns PDF
Source: BerlinerBBUnknowns, ID: BerlinerBBU_474

Event 22785 (4EB622A0)

Date: 3/27/1962
End date: 3/30/1962
Description: George Adamski claims to attend a Twelve Counsellors Meeting on Saturn that addresses the threat of nuclear war on Earth. In the report that he publishes in June, Adamski writes that the “present explosions of atomic energy are going in the wrong direction, and if these experiments do not stop, the only results will be a lost civilization… This is even affecting their planets.” Ridiculed by many, some of Adamski’s descriptions in the report about his trip clearly show this was a deeply spiritual experience for him, which may have unbalanced him for some time.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: George Adamski, George Adamski’s Special Report: My Trip to the Twelve Counsellors Meeting That Took Place on Saturn, Mrach 27–30, 1962, Science of Life, 1962; “Final Years,” The Adamski Case, June 11, 2009
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_3604

Event 22786 (23E1F57F)

Date: 3/28/1962
Time: 18:00:00.2
Location: 37.1243 -116.0339
Description: Nuclear test: Underground, confirmed. Country: USA Name: “Hoosic” Yield: 3.4KT
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_220

Extra Data: LatLong: “37.1243 -116.0339”, LatLongDMS: “37:07:27 N 116:02:02 W”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, NukeCountry: “USA”, NukeDepth: “0.19”, NukeName: “Hoosic”, NukeSource: “SPRINGER”, NukeType: “NUCU”, NukeY: “3.4”

Event 22787 (5472CA3F)

Date: 3/29/1962
Time: 11:30
Location: OFF KINLOCH, NZ
Description: 5 observer(s). Silver saucer going [to] over boat / lake. Changes / cross shape! Shoots away.
Type: sighting
Reference: OLSEN, Thomas: REFERENCE for OUTSTANDING UFO SIGHTINGS REPORTS. 1966 UFO Information Retrieval Center, Riderwood, MD 21139. (Index 378)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_6608

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

Extra Data: Country: “New Zealand”, Credibility: “8”, Duration: “5”, HatchDesc: “OFF KINLOCH,NZ:5 OBS:SLVR SCR>OVR BOAT/LAKE:CHANGES/CROSS SHAPE!:SHOOTS AWAY”, LatLong: “-38.666669 175.900008”, LatLongDMS: “38:40:00 S 175:54:00 E”, Locale: “Mountains”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “NI”, Strangeness: “8”

Event 22788 (E3BC3078)

Date: 3/31/1962
Time: ~02:00
Location: GULF / THAILAND
Description: 7° 22’ north-103° 18’ east. Rays / light move and rotate underwater. No further details.
Type: sighting
Reference: SANDERSON, Ivan: INVISIBLE RESIDENTS; World Publishing HB 1970 & Avon Books PB 1973 (Index 99)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_6609

Attributes: SEA: Observer(s) at sea, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, ODD: Atypical/Forteana/paranormal, SUB: Submersible: Rises from or submerges into water, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), RAY: Odd light/searchlight/beam/laser-like, LND: UFO landing or any part touches ground, TCH: New technical details/clues

Extra Data: Country: “Thailand”, Credibility: “6”, Duration: “10”, Elev: “0”, HatchDesc: “GULF/THAILAND:7°22’N-103°18’E:RAYS/LITE MOVE+ROTATE UNDERWATER:NFD”, LatLong: “7.366667 103.300005”, LatLongDMS: “07:22:00 N 103:18:00 E”, Locale: “Offshore”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “SEA”, Strangeness: “7”

Event 22789 (A000D9F5)

Date: 3/31/1962
Time: 18:00:00.1
Location: 37.0469 -116.0369
Description: Nuclear test: Underground, confirmed. Country: USA Name: “Chinchilla II” 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_221

Extra Data: LatLong: “37.0469 -116.0369”, LatLongDMS: “37:02:49 N 116:02:13 W”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, NukeCountry: “USA”, NukeDepth: “0.14”, NukeName: “Chinchilla II”, NukeSource: “SPRINGER”, NukeType: “NUCU”, NukeYMax: “20”

Event 22790 (426F7468)

Date: 4/1962
Location: Wright Patterson AFB
Description: Flight Commander P.J. (initials), attached to TAC Fighter Wing was deployed at Wright-Patterson AFB and mistakenly entered into an air hanger where he thought the gym was located. Upon entering the hanger he was approached by an air police sentry with a sub-machine gun. Behind the sentry was a saucer approx. 12–15 ft. diam. suspended off the ground by two engine test stands. There were no markings or insignia on the saucer. It had no rivet markings. The saucer was roped-off and 8 guards stood at parade rest around it. P.J. and his friend were encouraged to leave the hanger. P.J. returned to Myrtle Beach AFB, SC
Type: witness statement
Reference: Pea Research (A5, B3-C, RECOVERY)
Source: Maj2, ID: Maj2_609

Event 22791 (5343BAF5)

Date: 4/2/1962
Location: Goose Bay, Labrador, CAN
Description: (McDonald list) Ground & Air Radar Tracks Object At 47,000’ (NICAP: 09 - RADAR Cases, Code: R, Rating: 5, BB: BBU)
Reference: NICAP: 620402
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_2568

Event 22792 (5F7FCF7B)

Date: 4/3/1962
Time: 20:50
Location: WURTLAND, KY
Description: Project Bluebook Case #7851. Unidentified. 2 observer(s) / (seen thru) telescope. Small object brightens and dims. Emits smoke. Still.
Type: sighting
Reference: BERLINER, DON: The BLUEBOOK UNKNOWNS; (FUFOR). (Index 30)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_6610

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

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “7”, Duration: “6”, Elev: “168”, HatchDesc: “WURTLAND,KY:BBK#7851:UID:2 OBS/TSCOPE:SML OBJ BRIGHTENS+DIMS:EMITS SMOKE:STILL”, LatLong: “38.533335 -82.783337”, LatLongDMS: “38:32:00 N 82:47:00 W”, Locale: “Residential”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Kentucky”, Strangeness: “4”

Event 22793 (753BBCD3)

Date: 4/3/1962
Description: In Wurtland, Kentucky on the Ohio River at 9:50 p.m. EDT witnesses G.R. Wells and J. Lewis, using a 117x telescope, watched a small stationary object in the sky change in brightness and give off smoke. It remained in the same position for six minutes.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: U.S. Air Force Project Blue Book files counted in official statistics, case #7851; Don Berliner, Project Bluebook UFO Unknowns; Richard Hall, The UFO Evidence (Volume I), p. 106.
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_1814

Event 22794 (C173A0AC)

Date: 4/4/1962
Description: (Translated from French) Sighting in Wurtland (Kentucky). (April 4)
Reference: case Blue Book #7851 unsolved
Reference: rr0 - Beau
Source: rr0, ID: rr0_1950

Event 22795 (0D06C3C9)

Date: 4/4/1962
Location: Wurtland, KY
Description: Telescope spotted a small object changing brightness (NICAP: 01 - Distant Encounters, BB: 7851)
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_2569

Event 22796 (EF98B796)

Date: 4/4/1962
Time: 0150Z
Location: Wurtland, Kentucky
Description: Witnesses: G.R. Wells and J. Lewis, using 117x telescope. One small object changing brightness, gave off smoke but remained stationary like a comet for 6 minutes. Case missing from official files.
Type: ufo sighting
Reference: BlueBook Unknowns PDF
Source: BerlinerBBUnknowns, ID: BerlinerBBU_475

Event 22797 (C5B4BBF6)

Date: 4/5/1962
Location: PACIFIC 173° 15W-44° 45N
Description: Project Bluebook Case #unknown. Military observer(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 67)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_6611

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: “Pacific Ocean and non - Asian islands”, Credibility: “7”, Duration: “1”, Elev: “0”, HatchDesc: “PACIFIC 173°15W-44°45N:BBK#UNK:MIL OBS:NFD AT ALL.”, LatLong: “44.750002 -173.250008”, LatLongDMS: “44:45:00 N 173:15:00 W”, Locale: “High Seas”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “NPC”, Strangeness: “4”

Event 22798 (A2DC0D74)

Date: 4/5/1962
Time: 18:00:00.1
Location: 37.0445 -116.0235
Description: Nuclear test: Underground, confirmed. Country: USA Name: “Dormouse Prime” Yield: 10.6KT
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_222

Extra Data: LatLong: “37.0445 -116.0235”, LatLongDMS: “37:02:40 N 116:01:25 W”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, NukeCountry: “USA”, NukeDepth: “0.26”, NukeMb: “4.30”, NukeName: “Dormouse Prime”, NukeSource: “SPRINGER”, NukeType: “NUCU”, NukeY: “10.6”

Event 22799 (782542AD)

Date: 4/6/1962
Time: 18:00:00.2
Location: 37.1177 -116.0440
Description: Nuclear test: Underground, confirmed. Country: USA Name: “Passaic” 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_223

Extra Data: LatLong: “37.1177 -116.0440”, LatLongDMS: “37:07:04 N 116:02:38 W”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, NukeCountry: “USA”, NukeDepth: “0.23”, NukeName: “Passaic”, NukeSource: “SPRINGER”, NukeType: “NUCU”, NukeYMax: “20”

Event 22800 (30692B68)

Date: 4/7/1962
Time: 00:00
Location: MONTAGUT, SP
Description: Night light zigzags over farmer at 15M altitude. “Cloud-shape”. Goes at high speed.
Type: sighting
Reference: BALLESTER OLMOS, Vicente-Juan: CATALOG of 200 TYPE-1 EVENTS in SPAIN & PORTUGAL; CUFOS 1976. (Index 8)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_6612

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

Extra Data: Country: “Spain”, Credibility: “8”, Duration: “2”, HatchDesc: “MONTAGUT,SP:NLT ZIGZAGS OVR FARMER @15M ALT:“CLOUD-SHAPE”:GOES AT HI SPEED.”, LatLong: “41.516669 1.100000”, LatLongDMS: “41:31:00 N 01:06:00 E”, Locale: “Farmlands”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “LRD”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 22801 (1973705B)

Date: 4/9/1962
Time: 23:00
Location: RIVOLI, ITL
Description: 2 observer(s). 15M metallic saucer going down / meadow. 2 figure(s) exit and reboard. Quickly going up. Grass burns / rain.
Type: sighting
Reference: ITACAT, Catalogo Italiano degli Incontri Ravvicinati. Maurizio Verga, 1989 CISU/Torino, Italy. (Index 52)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_6613

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

Extra Data: Country: “Italy”, Credibility: “7”, Duration: “2”, HatchDesc: “RIVOLI,ITL:2 OBS:15M MTLC SCR ↓/MEADOW:2 FIGs EXIT+REBOARD:↑↑:GRASS BURNS/RAIN”, LatLong: “45.083335 7.516667”, LatLongDMS: “45:05:00 N 07:31:00 E”, Locale: “Forest”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Torino”, Strangeness: “9”

Event 22802 (78DD6DE6)

Date: 4/9/1962
Description: At around 11:00 p.m. a 15-meter wide metallic disc came down and landed in a meadow in Rivoli, Italy. Two beings exited the craft and then reboarded. The UFO rose vertically on takeoff. There were traces of burnt grass at the site.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: Maurizio Verga, ITACAT: Italian UFO Catalogue; David F. Webb and Ted Bloecher, HUMCAT: Catalogue of Humanoid Reports, case A2066
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_1924

Event 22803 (0B644792)

Date: 4/10/1962
Time: ~21:00
Location: SAN CASCIANO, IT
Description: Contactee? 10M saucer lowers cylinder/cylindrical object. 2 small humanoids (or Greys) exit. / FSR’62+/ r8#529.
Type: sighting
Reference: UFO - Rivista di informazione Ufologica; 2 issues/year CISU. Giovanni Settimo ed.; C.P.82, 10100 Torino, ITALY. (Index 8)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_6614

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, CNT: Contactee related, ODD: Atypical/Forteana/paranormal, SCR: Classic saucer/disk/sphere shaped UFO, OID: Humanoid: Small alien or “Grey”, CVS: Conversation/communication, LND: UFO landing or any part touches ground, TCH: New technical details/clues

Extra Data: Country: “Italy”, Credibility: “2”, Duration: “5”, HatchDesc: “SAN CASCIANO,IT:CONTACTEE?:10M SCR LOWERS CYL:2 OIDS EXIT:/FSR’62+/r8#529”, LatLong: “43.650002 11.200001”, LatLongDMS: “43:39:00 N 11:12:00 E”, Locale: “Pasture”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Firenze”, Strangeness: “10”

Event 22804 (6EFE0822)

Date: 4/10/1962
Time: evening
Location: San Casciano, Italy
Description: Mario Zuccula, 27, was walking home when he suddenly felt a current of cold air. He was paralyzed with fear when he saw a white object, 10 m in diameter, metallic in appearance which hovered close to the ground. A metallic cylinder was lowered from the craft, and two little men about 1.30 m tall, came out through a door lighted by a source inside the cylinder. A low voice similar to the sound of an electronic device told him they would return at the end of the fourth moon, one hour before dawn, with a message. The beings had their heads covered with a hood.
Type: ufo sighting
Reference: FSR 62, 4 (Vallee)
Source: ValléeMagonia, ID: Magonia_529

Event 22805 (CBD5F693)

Date: 4/11/1962
Time: 23:00
Location: RESCALDINA, ITL
Description: 4 observer(s). Silent saucer / strong beams going down / 2 cars. Jumps going up and down [to] 3X. / APRO Sep’62.
Type: sighting
Reference: ITACAT, Catalogo Italiano degli Incontri Ravvicinati. Maurizio Verga, 1989 CISU/Torino, Italy. (Index 52)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_6615

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, VEH: Vehicle affected: Marks/damage/EME effects, LND: UFO landing or any part touches ground

Extra Data: Country: “Italy”, Credibility: “8”, Duration: “2”, HatchDesc: “RESCALDINA,ITL:4 OBS:SLNT SCR/STRONG BEAMS ↓/2 CARS:JUMPS ↑+↓ 3X:/APRO Sep’62”, LatLong: “45.616669 8.950000”, LatLongDMS: “45:37:00 N 08:57:00 E”, Locale: “Pasture”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Varese”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 22806 (68B7A0A9)

Date: 4/11/1962
Time: evening
Location: Sarouno, Italy
Description: Between Saronno and Legnano, Benazzi and three other witnesses saw a peculiar craft fly above them and land on the road. It was intensely luminous.
Type: ufo sighting
Reference: APRO Sep., 62 (Vallee)
Source: ValléeMagonia, ID: Magonia_530

Event 22807 (3843F257)

Date: 4/11/1962
Description: A disc-shaped object directed a strong beam of light over two cars on a highway between Saronno and Legnano, Italy on this night. It made no noise while it jumped up and up three times and flew away.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: APRO Bulletin, September-October 1962, p. 1
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_1952

Event 22808 (17573444)

Date: 4/12/1962
Location: PACIFIC 160° 40W-22° 00N
Description: Project Bluebook Case #unknown. Military observer(s). CE2. RADAR traces. 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 67)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_6616

Attributes: SEA: Observer(s) at sea, MIL: Observer(s) military, HQO: High-quality observer(s), NLT: Nightlights/points of light, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), RDR: Radar traces/blips, MIL: Military investigation, BBK: Project BLUEBOOK

Extra Data: Country: “Pacific Ocean and non - Asian islands”, Credibility: “9”, Duration: “1”, Elev: “0”, HatchDesc: “PACIFIC 160°40W-22°00N:BBK#UNK:MIL OBS:CE2:RDR TRACES:NFD AT ALL”, LatLong: “22.000001 -160.666674”, LatLongDMS: “22:00:00 N 160:40:00 W”, Locale: “High Seas”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “NPC”, Strangeness: “5”

Event 22809 (1AF43329)

Date: 4/12/1962
Location: Kunia, HI
Description: (McDonald list) (NICAP: 01 - Distant Encounters, BB: BBU)
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_2570

Event 22810 (CD551BD9)

Date: 4/12/1962
Time: 18:00:00.2
Location: 37.1272 -116.0449
Description: Nuclear test: Underground, confirmed. Country: USA Name: “Hudson” 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_224

Extra Data: LatLong: “37.1272 -116.0449”, LatLongDMS: “37:07:38 N 116:02:42 W”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, NukeCountry: “USA”, NukeDepth: “0.15”, NukeName: “Hudson”, NukeSource: “SPRINGER”, NukeType: “NUCU”, NukeYMax: “20”

Event 22811 (136B774B)

Date: 4/14/1962
Time: 18:00:00.1
Location: 37.2220 -116.1574
Description: Nuclear test: Underground, confirmed. Country: USA Name: “Platte” Yield: 1.85KT
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_225

Extra Data: LatLong: “37.2220 -116.1574”, LatLongDMS: “37:13:19 N 116:09:27 W”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, NukeCountry: “USA”, NukeDepth: “0.19”, NukeName: “Platte”, NukeSource: “SPRINGER”, NukeType: “NUCU”, NukeY: “1.85”

Event 22812 (4C4CC810)

Date: 4/15/1962
Time: 08:00?
Location: WRIGHT-PAT AIR FORCE BASE, OH
Description: 6 Air Force men jog / hangar. 15’ saucer up on jacks. Men ordered silent.
Type: sighting
Reference: GOOD, Timothy: ABOVE TOP SECRET; Sidgewick & Jackson, London 1987 & Quill Books, 1988. 592pp. (Index 402)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_6617

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, MIL: Observer(s) military, HQO: High-quality observer(s), HOX: Suspicion of hoax, SCR: Classic saucer/disk/sphere shaped UFO, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), TRC: Physical traces, TCH: New technical details/clues, MIL: Military investigation, GSA: Covert Security Agency, COV: Indication of coverup

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “5”, Duration: “2”, Elev: “251”, HatchDesc: “WRIGHT-PAT AFB,OH:6 AF MEN JOG/HANGAR:15’SCR UP ON JACKS:MEN ORDERED SILENT.”, LatLong: “39.800002 -84.066671”, LatLongDMS: “39:48:00 N 84:04:00 W”, Locale: “Town & City”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Ohio”, Strangeness: “10”

Event 22813 (E19EE4EF)

Date: 4/18/1962
Locations: Oneida, NY; Kansas; Colorado; Eureka, Utah
Description: Object was first spotted over Oneida, New York and was heading in a westerly direction. Object reported over Kansas, Colorado and Eureka, Utah. The object was reported by over a thousand people. The object appeared to land and then take off again from Eureka, CA. The town of Eureka experienced a blackout when it landed.
Type: ufo sighting
Reference: Pea Research
Source: Maj2, ID: Maj2_610

Event 22814 (1CE24618)

Date: 4/18/1962
Location: Near Las Vegas, NV
Description: Probable crash/retrieval of UFO.
Type: ufo sighting
Reference: UFOs and the National Security State: Chronology of a Cover-up, 1941–1973, by Richard Dolan
Source: Dolan, ID: Dolan_241

Event 22815 (C8EC0AE0)

Date: 4/18/1962
Time: 17:20
Location: EUREKA, UT
Description: UFO lands. Power plant out / 42 min. Goes going west over US6. / r249p128+/ r189p79.
Type: sighting
Reference: EDWARDS, Frank: FLYING SAUCERS-SERIOUS BUSINESS; Lyle Stewart & Bantam Books 1966. (Index 152)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_6618

Attributes: 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, LND: UFO landing or any part touches ground, EME: Electro-Magnetic Effects

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “9”, Duration: “42”, Elev: “0”, HatchDesc: “EUREKA,UT:UFO LANDS:POWER PLANT OUT/42 MIN:GOES >W OVR US6:/r249p128+/r189p79”, LatLong: “39.966669 -112.083339”, LatLongDMS: “39:58:00 N 112:05:00 W”, Locale: “Desert”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Utah”, Strangeness: “7”

Event 22816 (2A3B8EE9)

Date: 4/18/1962
Time: 17:20
Location: NEPHI, UT
Description: Glowing red object flies east-going west chased by interceptors.
Type: sighting
Reference: RANDLE, Kevin D.: The UFO CASEBOOK; Warner Books 1989. 256pp. (Index 46)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_6619

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, AIR: Observer(s) on aircraft, MIL: Observer(s) military, HQO: High-quality observer(s), MID: Likely mis-identification, FBL: Fireball: Blazing undistinguished form/orb., NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), MIL: Military investigation

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “10”, Duration: “2”, Elev: “1565”, HatchDesc: “NEPHI,UT:GLOWING RED OBJ FLIES E->W CHASED BY INTERCEPTORS:”, LatLong: “39.711113 -111.833339”, LatLongDMS: “39:42:40 N 111:50:00 W”, Locale: “Desert”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Utah”, Strangeness: “3”

Event 22817 (4940A73A)

Date: 4/18/1962
Time: 19:30
Location: NELLIS AIR FORCE BASE, NV
Description: Project Bluebook Case #unknown. Blip going quickly northeast. Turns going quickly south. Vanishes / flash. No visual. / r249p128.
Type: sighting
Reference: EDWARDS, Frank: FLYING SAUCERS-SERIOUS BUSINESS; Lyle Stewart & Bantam Books 1966. (Index 151)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_6620

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, MIL: Observer(s) military, MID: Likely mis-identification, NLT: Nightlights/points of light, FBL: Fireball: Blazing undistinguished form/orb., NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), RDR: Radar traces/blips, TCH: New technical details/clues, MIL: Military investigation, BBK: Project BLUEBOOK, CMF: Camouflage/disguise

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “9”, Duration: “2”, Elev: “570”, HatchDesc: “NELLIS AFB,NV:BBK#UNK:BLIP>> NE:TURNS >>S:VANISHES/FLASH:no visual:/r249p128”, LatLong: “36.238891 -115.033339”, LatLongDMS: “36:14:20 N 115:02:00 W”, Locale: “Town & City”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Nevada”, Strangeness: “4”

Event 22818 (EBDA662C)

Date: 4/18/1962
Location: New York to Eureka, Utah, to Nellis AFB, various
Description: High speed brilliant maneuverable object is tracked by radars (NICAP: 09 - RADAR Cases, Code: R, Rating: 5, BB: BBU)
Reference: NICAP: 620418
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_2571

Event 22819 (FE190F51)

Date: 4/18/1962
Locations: Oneida, New York; Kansas; Colorado; Las Vegas, Nevada; Luke AFB near Phoenix, Arizona; Nephi, Utah; Levan, Utah; Silver City, Utah; Robinson [in Ogden, Utah?]; Eureka, Utah; Reno, Nevada; Las Vegas; Nellis AFB; Mesquite, Nevada; Spring Mountain area; Hill AFB, south of Ogden, Utah
Description: Evening. A red, glowing object is first seen at a great height over Oneida, New York, heading west silently. There are reports from Kansas and Colorado. NORAD radar picks up the object; ADC alerts several bases, including Nellis AFB near Las Vegas, Nevada. Fighters are scrambled from Luke AFB near Phoenix, Arizona, and the jets are possibly heard over Nephi, Utah, after the object passes overhead. Capt. Herman Gordon Shields, flying a C-119 two miles west of Levan, Utah, sees it as a slender object. A man in Silver City, Utah, claims that the object is a glowing ball of light about the size of a soccer ball. He says it is white with a yellowish tint and a bright yellow jagged flame coming from the rear: “As the object passed over Robinson [in Ogden, Utah?], it slowed down in [the] air, and after, [a] gasping sound was heard, the object spurted ahead again. After this procedure was repeated three or four times, the object arched over and began descending to earth after which the object turned bluish color and then burned out or went dark. After the object began to slow down it began to wobble or fishtail in its path.” Several people see the object over Eureka, Utah, apparently crashing and interrupting electrical service from a power plant close to the landing site. It is described as a “glowing, orange oval which emitted a low, whirring sound.” It takes off a few minutes later, continuing to the west. The object lights up the streets of Reno, Nevada, and then turns to Las Vegas. It blares brightly like a “tremendous, flaming sword” over Nellis AFB and then disappears from their radar scopes at 10,000 feet. Witnesses say the object is traveling almost horizontally northeast of Las Vegas until a final explosion occurs from the direction of Mesquite, Nevada. Sheriff’s deputy Walter Bun, who leads the search and rescue unit, moves the unit into the Spring Mountain area in jeeps to search for wreckage. They search through the night, and when the sun comes up they continue using aircraft. They do not find anything of importance except some ashes that might easily be the remains of a campfire started by a hunter some weeks earlier. When no one reports a downed or missing aircraft, Bun and the other deputies call off the search. The object seems to have changed direction, because at Reno it passes west to east, in Utah it is seem going southeast to northwest, and at Nephi it travels west. The duration of the sighting, from New York to Nevada, is only 32 minutes, giving a speed of 4,500 mph, below the speed of meteors. On May 8, the Air Force sends Hynek and Lt. Col. Robert Friend to Utah with Douglas M. Crouch, chief of criminal investigation at Hill AFB, south of Ogden, Utah. They determine it is a bolide. Blue Book lists it as two sightings: a multiple radar sighting at Nellis on April 18 with no visual (despite hundreds of observers in Las Vegas), and a bolide over Utah that it claims occurs on April 19. In reality, the Utah and Nevada sightings are only minutes apart (8:15 p.m. Mountain Time). However, there is quite a bit of information from numerous sources concerning this major incident, including Project Blue Book documents, and now possible confirmation by a radar man at ATIC. The case is also not explained in a Blue Book monthly sighting listing for April 1962. It is interesting that every one of these states except Utah has or was in the process of obtaining ICBM bases: New York (Plattsburg AFB); Kansas, (Forbes AFB and McConnell AFB); Utah (Minuteman production at Air Force Plant 77 at Hill AFB); Idaho (Mountain Home AFB); Montana (Malmstrom AFB); New Mexico (Walker AFB); Wyoming (F. E. Warren AFB); Arizona (Davis Monthan AFB); California (Beale AFB).
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: NICAP, “National Defense Alert”; Frank Edwards, Strange World, Ace ed., 1964, pp. 38–41; “Meteor Lands in Utah, Lights Western Skies,” Los Angeles Times, April 19, 1962, p. 15; “Brilliant Fireball Flashes in Skies,” Salt Lake City Deseret News, April 19, 1962, pp. 1, 5; Las Vegas Sun, April 19, 1962; Kevin D. Randle, A History of UFO Crashes, Avon, 1995, pp. 79–94; Clark III 333–335; Sparks, p. 291; Randle, Levelland, 2021, pp. 87–99
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_3606

Event 22820 (D2DCAEA6)

Date: 4/18/1962
Description: According to Lt. Colonel Herbert Rolph, on this evening at 7:20 p.m. NORAD tracked a UFO across the entire continental United States.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: Larry Hatch, U computer database, case 6174
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_2113

Event 22821 (7566667B)

Date: 4/19/1962
Location: PACIFIC 170° 00W-33° 00N
Description: Blue Book. Military observer(s). 1 day before John Glenn’s 1st orbit. 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 67)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_6621

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: “Pacific Ocean and non - Asian islands”, Credibility: “7”, Duration: “1”, Elev: “0”, HatchDesc: “PACIFIC 170°00W-33°00N:BBK:MIL OBS:1 DAY BEFORE JOHN GLENN’S 1st ORBIT:NFD”, LatLong: “33.000002 -170.000008”, LatLongDMS: “33:00:00 N 170:00:00 W”, Locale: “High Seas”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “NPC”, Strangeness: “4”

Event 22822 (2D09B87C)

Date: 4/20/1962
Time: 15:40
Location: SCARBOROUGH, ON
Description: 2 / (seen thru) binoculars. Metallic saucer hovers / tilt. Absolute(ly) still / light winds. Shoots going quickly south.
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 33)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_6622

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

Extra Data: Country: “Canada”, Credibility: “7”, Duration: “7”, Elev: “124”, HatchDesc: “SCARBOROUGH,ON:2/BINOCS:MTLC SCR HVRS/TILT:ABS.STILL/LITE WINDS:SHOOTS >>S”, LatLong: “43.733335 -79.200004”, LatLongDMS: “43:44:00 N 79:12:00 W”, Locale: “Residential”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Ontario”, Strangeness: “7”

Event 22823 (0B7AC569)

Date: 4/21/1962
Time: 18:40:00.2
Location: 37.1190 -116.0315
Description: Nuclear test: Underground, confirmed. Country: USA Name: “Dead” 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_226

Extra Data: LatLong: “37.1190 -116.0315”, LatLongDMS: “37:07:08 N 116:01:53 W”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, NukeCountry: “USA”, NukeDepth: “0.19”, NukeName: “Dead”, NukeSource: “SPRINGER”, NukeType: “NUCU”, NukeYMax: “20”

Event 22824 (A27C982B)

Date: 4/23/1962
Location: USA
Description: (Translated from French) The LUNAR RANGER IV probe followed an aberrant trajectory and was unable to transmit any photographs or the results of the measurements that the onboard devices were to make. As the transmitter stopped being heard when the craft approached the lunar disc, it can be assumed that this probe crashed on the moon. RANGER V, which, having not obeyed the signals sent from the ground, passed by the moon to become a planet. The launch of the lunar probes then marked a time of pause.
Reference: “Conquest of Space” - Thomas de Galiana, ed. Larousse Poche, 1967, p. 236
Reference: Mini catalogue chronologique des observations OVNI, by Godelieve Van Overmeire
Source: Overmeire, ID: Overmeire_2222

Event 22825 (7A6A3FB5)

Date: 4/24/1962
Time: 19:50
Location: SPRINGFIELD, PA
Description: Several separate observer(s). 30’ silent domed saucer with square windows going [to] low over homes. / r242.
Type: sighting
Reference: OLSEN, Thomas: REFERENCE for OUTSTANDING UFO SIGHTINGS REPORTS. 1966 UFO Information Retrieval Center, Riderwood, MD 21139. (Index 378)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_6623

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

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “8”, Duration: “15”, Elev: “75”, HatchDesc: “SPRINGFIELD,PA:SVRL SEP.OBS:30’SLNT DOMED SCR W/SQR WINDOWS>LO OVR HOMES:/r242”, LatLong: “39.933335 -75.322226”, LatLongDMS: “39:56:00 N 75:19:20 W”, Locale: “Residential”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Pennsylvania”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 22826 (A0ACB4D3)

Date: 4/24/1962
End date: 4/25/1962
Location: Philadelphia, PA
Description: Series of UFO sightings over area. Circular UFO with body lights, apparent dome on top, shafts of white light directed downward from base. Center section had rotating row of square “windows.” [NICAP UFO Evidence, XII] (NICAP: 01 - Distant Encounters)
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_2572

Event 22827 (99B6CF42)

Date: 4/24/1962
Locations: Springfield, Delaware County, Pennsylvania; Walsh Park
Description: 7:45 p.m. Alice W. Gasslein and her mother are driving near their home in Springfield, Delaware County, Pennsylvania, when they see a large domed object emitting flashes of green light moving over the roofs of nearby homes. A rotating band around the main body consists of a series of square windows from which come shafts of bright white light. They drive back home to alert her husband, Joseph A. Gasslein, an aviation worker. By that time, the UFO is about a half-mile distant, giving off colored lights. Around 8:10 p.m., the object returns flying toward the Gassleins’ home (south of Walsh Park) only 20 feet above ground level and passes over their backyard before making a sharp left turn and moving away to the east.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: “Out of the Past: A Very Close CE-1,” IUR 10, no. 1 (Jan./Feb. 1985): 9–10, 14; Loren E. Gross, The Fifth Horseman of the Apocalypse: UFOs, a History: January– June 1962, The Author, 2005, pp, 56–57
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_3607

Event 22828 (D364CCB8)

Date: 4/25/1962
Location: 2.0000 -157.0000
Description: Nuclear test: Air, confirmed. Country: USA Name: “Adobe” 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_227

Extra Data: LatLong: “2.0000 -157.0000”, LatLongDMS: “02:00:00 N 157:00:00 W”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, NukeCountry: “USA”, NukeDepth: “0.00”, NukeName: “Adobe”, NukeSource: “NV209”, NukeType: “NACU”, NukeY: “190”

Event 22829 (374F3088)

Date: 4/25/1962
Description: The A-12 is taken on its first (unofficial and unannounced) flight with Lockheed test pilot Louis Schalk at the controls. Intended as only a taxi run, the A-12 unexpectedly takes flight and Schalk lands it 2 miles past the runway.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Wikipedia, “Lockheed A-12”; Jacobsen, Area 51, pp. 177–178
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_3608

Event 22830 (D7FE7762)

Date: Late 4/1962
Alternate date: Early 5/1962
Location: Granby, Connecticut
Description: Three women and a 10-year-old boy are driving home to Granby, Connecticut, when two bright yellow lights appear in the sky ahead. The lights cross the road and disappear behind some shrubbery. Driving nearer and stopping, the witnesses see the lights hovering above a field, one above the other. The objects realign horizontally and move toward the car. The driver starts the car up and speeds away, but the lights are right behind her, only a few feet from the rear window and matching the car’s speed. The yellow lights are only a few feet in diameter and have a reddish patch that rotates. They follow the car for four minutes then turn away.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Swords 299–300
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_3612

Event 22831 (E28086DF)

Date: 4/26/1962
Location: USSR
Description: (Translated from French) IT IS ONLY KNOWN THAT THE USSR LAUNCHED ITS FIRST SPY SATELLITE COSMOS 4 ON APRIL 26, 1962. THEY ARE OF A GOOD SIZE SINCE THEY ARE DIRECTLY DERIVED FROM THE VOSTOK VESSEL.
Reference: “The War of the Satellites” - Volume 3 - Pierre Kohler, Famot Editions 1982, p. 63
Reference: Mini catalogue chronologique des observations OVNI, by Godelieve Van Overmeire
Source: Overmeire, ID: Overmeire_2223

Event 22832 (D17F9849)

Date: 4/26/1962
Location: USA
Description: (Translated from French) The American aircraft SR-71, better known as the “Black Bird”, is of a very intense dark blue color that does not reflect light. It is a strategic reconnaissance and espionage aircraft, manufactured by Lockheed California Co., and is the successor of the famous U-2. It made its first flight on April 26, 1962, and construction for the American Army began in December, under the designation SR71A. Its flight qualities are exceptional, it is capable of reaching an altitude of 24,400 m. and developing a speed of 3,220 km/h
Reference: also NASA website “On the Frontier”
Reference: STENDEK n° 40, June 80
Reference: Mini catalogue chronologique des observations OVNI, by Godelieve Van Overmeire
Source: Overmeire, ID: Overmeire_2224

Event 22833 (9FD7E195)

Date: 4/26/1962
Description: (Translated from French) A Groom Lake, first test flight of the A-12 Blackbird (#121).
Reference: McIninch
Reference: rr0 - Beau
Source: rr0, ID: rr0_1951

Event 22834 (51690527)

Date: 4/26/1962
Description: (Translated from French) Ariel 1, British scientific satellite.
Reference: rr0 - Beau
Source: rr0, ID: rr0_1952

Event 22835 (1F9AA770)

Date: 4/26/1962
Description: Schalk makes another unofficial low-altitude, 40-minute test flight with the A-12. The takeoff is perfect, but after the A-12 gets to about 300 feet it starts shedding all the “pie slice” fillets of titanium on the left side of the aircraft and one fillet on the right. (On later aircraft, those pieces are paired with triangular inserts made of radar- absorbing composite material.) Technicians spend four days finding and reattaching the pieces. Nonetheless, the flight pleases Kelly Johnson.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Wikipedia, “Lockheed A-12”; Jacobsen, Area 51, pp. 178–179
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_3609

Event 22836 (E7F8B138)

Date: 4/27/1962
Location: 2.0000 -157.0000
Description: Nuclear test: Air, confirmed. Country: USA Name: “Aztec” Yield: 410KT
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_228

Extra Data: LatLong: “2.0000 -157.0000”, LatLongDMS: “02:00:00 N 157:00:00 W”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, NukeCountry: “USA”, NukeDepth: “0.00”, NukeName: “Aztec”, NukeSource: “NV209”, NukeType: “NACU”, NukeY: “410”

Event 22837 (EDFA4779)

Date: 4/27/1962
Time: 18:00:00.2
Location: 37.1184 -116.0378
Description: Nuclear test: Underground, confirmed. Country: USA Name: “Black” 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_229

Extra Data: LatLong: “37.1184 -116.0378”, LatLongDMS: “37:07:06 N 116:02:16 W”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, NukeCountry: “USA”, NukeDepth: “0.22”, NukeName: “Black”, NukeSource: “SPRINGER”, NukeType: “NUCU”, NukeYMax: “20”

Event 22838 (9D4BEDD8)

Date: 4/28/1962
Location: Ft. Worth, TX
Description: Egg shaped light crossing the sky brighter than the Echo I satellite (NICAP: 01 - Distant Encounters, BB: BBU)
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_2573

Event 22839 (495AE8D5)

Date: 4/29/1962
Description: Between Mud Lake, Nevada and Edwards AFB in California two disc-shaped craft are filmed passing a USAF X-15 rocket plane being commanded by test pilot Walker during a record flight to 200,000 feet altitude. Note: most civilian sources list this case as occurring on April 30, but the Air Force lists the flight as occurring on this date.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: Frank Edwards, Flying Saucers–Serious Business, p. 121; Richard F. Haines, Project Delta: A Study of Multiple UFO, p. 75; Larry Hatch, U computer database, case 6179
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_2408

Event 22840 (BC7B36B3)

Date: 4/30/1962
Location: ITALY, Sicily
Description: (Translated from French) (cf: Catania, 25.3.52) Eugenio Siragusa felt an irresistible urge to go to Etna. He drove there and on the way he felt as if an unknown force was controlling the vehicle. He arrived at Mount Manfre, which is 1370 meters high. He got out and continued on foot towards an extinct crater. On the way he saw two silver figures, each 1.85 meters tall, they were blond-haired extraterrestrials. One of them spoke to him in Spanish, saying they were Ashtar Sheran and Ithakar (note from vog: it couldn’t be missed…). These two forced him to write messages to the Pope, Kennedy, Kruschev, De Gaulle, the Queen of England, the King of Sweden, and the President of Italy. He did this that same night on his typewriter. He later received a response from De Gaulle. From then until the end of August, two flying saucers were constantly watching his house. The saucers were Alfa 2 and Alfa 8
Reference: Mitarbeiter, “Ufo Geheimnisse”, Berlin, January 1998
Reference: following 4 Sept. 62
Reference: Mini catalogue chronologique des observations OVNI, by Godelieve Van Overmeire
Source: Overmeire, ID: Overmeire_2225

Event 22841 (35C8A73A)

Date: 4/30/1962
Description: (Translated from French) Test pilot Joseph Walker encounters two unidentified disk-shaped objects during a test flight, and films them. (April 30)
Reference: rr0 - Beau
Source: rr0, ID: rr0_1953

Event 22842 (1E3E3E4D)

Date: 4/30/1962
Location: Low Earth Orbit
Description: X-15 pilot photographs five or six UFOs at fifty-mile altitude.
Type: ufo sighting
Reference: UFOs and the National Security State: Chronology of a Cover-up, 1941–1973, by Richard Dolan
Source: Dolan, ID: Dolan_242

Event 22843 (463BB350)

Date: 4/30/1962
Location: MUD LAKE.NV TO EDWARDS AIR FORCE BASE, CA
Description: 2 saucers filmed passing Air Force X15 / record flight / 200K’.
Type: sighting
Reference: EDWARDS, Frank: FLYING SAUCERS-SERIOUS BUSINESS; Lyle Stewart & Bantam Books 1966. (Index 121)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_6624

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, AIR: Observer(s) on aircraft, MIL: Observer(s) military, HQO: High-quality observer(s), SCR: Classic saucer/disk/sphere shaped UFO, CIG: Torpedo/cigar/cylinder shaped UFO, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), PHT: Photos/movies/videos taken, TCH: New technical details/clues, MIL: Military investigation, BBK: Project BLUEBOOK

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “9”, Duration: “10”, Elev: “500”, HatchDesc: “MUD LAKE.NV to EDWARDS AFB,CA:2 SCRS FILMED PASSING AF X15/RECORD FLITE/200K’”, LatLong: “36.366668 -117.466672”, LatLongDMS: “36:22:00 N 117:28:00 W”, Locale: “Town & City”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “California”, Strangeness: “7”

Event 22844 (B2A78398)

Date: 4/30/1962
Time: 22:00?
Location: MT. ETNA, ITL
Description: 2 pseudo-human/entity / diving suits give peace message. 15M saucer on ground nearby. / FSR’63#1.
Type: sighting
Reference: VALLEE, Jacques: PASSPORT TO MAGONIA; H. Regnery, Chicago HC 1969 & Contemporary Books,Chicago 1993. 372pp. (Index 531)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_6625

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, CNT: Contactee related, SCR: Classic saucer/disk/sphere shaped UFO, PSH: Pseudo-human: Clone/organic robot/human-like, CVS: Conversation/communication, LND: UFO landing or any part touches ground, TCH: New technical details/clues

Extra Data: Country: “Italy”, Credibility: “3”, Duration: “2”, HatchDesc: “Mt.ETNA,ITL:2 PSH/DIVING SUITS GIVE PEACE MSG:15M SCR on GND NEARBY:/FSR’63#1”, LatLong: “37.666668 15.000001”, LatLongDMS: “37:40:00 N 15:00:00 E”, Locale: “Mountains”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “CT”, Strangeness: “10”

Event 22845 (5D30EB12)

Date: 4/30/1962
Location: Edwards AFB, CA
Description: X-15 flight, piloted by Joe Walker; Photograph (no visual sighting) of 5 or 6 “disc- shaped or. . .cylindrical” objects. Slides later shown in Seattle conference. NICAP unable to obtain prints. [NICAP UFO Evidence] (NICAP: 08 - Photographic Cases)
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_2574

Event 22846 (EFE5C85A)

Date: 4/30/1962
Time: night
Location: Mount Eba, Italy
Description: Eugenio Siragusa, 43, claimed to have met two men of normal height, clad in diving suits, with belts emitting intermittent yellow-green blue light, who delivered to him a peace message in Italian. The voice had a metallic tone. Also observed was a very dazzling object, 15 m in diameter.
Type: ufo sighting
Reference: FSR 63, 1 (Vallee)
Source: ValléeMagonia, ID: Magonia_531

Event 22847 (659D9E5F)

Date: 4/30/1962
Location: Area 51
Description: Schalk takes the A-12 up to 30,000 feet on its first official flight at Area 51 for 59 minutes. His top speed is 400 mph.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Jacobsen, Area 51, p. 179
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_3610

Event 22848 (4171EEE7)

Date: 4/30/1962
Locations: Edwards AFB, California; Ely, Nevada; Seattle, Washington
Description: Just before 10:00 a.m. During a free-flight test (Flight 52) of the X-15 to a height of 246,700 feet (46.7 miles) by NASA pilot Joseph A. Walker from Edwards AFB, California, to Ely, Nevada, the instruments photograph 5–6 cylindrical objects. No visual confirmation. On May 11, at NASA’s Second National Conference on the Peaceful Uses of Space in Seattle, Washington, Walker mentions the objects photographed (and perhaps shows the slides; it is not mentioned in the proceedings). NICAP is unable to obtain the photos. NASA claims the objects are ice flaking off the aircraft (“fireflies”). They are described by a NASA spokesman as “barbell shaped, bright-orange in color, and passing in groups up to six behind the X-15.” Opinion ranges from “definitely something up there,” to “film spots,” to “sun rays on the lens.” Jacobsen implies it was the A-12 test the same day.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: “AF Criticizes NASA Release of ‘Mystery Object’ Photo,” UFO Investigator 2, no. 5 (Aug./Sept. 1962): 8; UFOEv, p. 139; Los Angeles Herald-Examiner, May 11, 1962; MUFON UFO Journal, November 1989, pp. 6–7; Good Above, p. 366; Proceedings of the Second National Conference on the Peaceful Uses of Space, Seattle, Washington, May 8–10, 1962, NASA Office of Scientific and Technical Information, November 1962; Curtis Peebles, “Fireflies: The X- 15 ‘UFO’ Sighting Controversy,” Magonia 78 (June 2002); Jacobsen, Area 51, p. 205
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_3611

Event 22849 (09680F20)

Date: 4/30/1962
Description: On this night Eugenio Siragusa, age 43, claimed to have met two men of normal height on Mount Mangre on the island of Sicily in Italy. They were clad in diver’s suits, and had belts emitting an intermittent yellowish-green and blue light. They delivered to him a message of peace in Italian. The voice he heard had a metallic tone. A dazzling, 15 meter in diameter saucer-shaped craft was seen on the ground nearby.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: Roberto Pinotti, Flying Saucers, January-February 1966, p. 57; David F. Webb & Ted Bloecher, HUMCAT: Catalogue of Humanoid Reports, case A0526; Jacques Vallee, Passport to Magonia: A Century of Landings, case 531, citing Flying Saucer Review, January 1963
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_2422

Event 22850 (F08634A1)

Date: 5/1962
Description: (Translated from French) Enlargement of the UFO photographed in April-May. See images/1962-05_2.jpg.
Reference: rr0 - Beau
Source: rr0, ID: rr0_1954

Event 22851 (C3390E7E)

Date: 5/1962
Description: (Translated from French) Joseph Walker publicly recounted his encounter of April 30th at a conference.
Reference: rr0 - Beau
Source: rr0, ID: rr0_1955

Event 22852 (3794ADB9)

Date: 5/1962
Time: 04:00
Location: JUJUY, ARG
Description: 4 / car O / O / gas. Saucer lands. Stays one hour. Takes off / high speed. / r242p139 / APRO.
Type: sighting
Reference: VALLEE, Jacques: PASSPORT TO MAGONIA; H. Regnery, Chicago HC 1969 & Contemporary Books,Chicago 1993. 372pp. (Index 532)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_6626

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

Extra Data: Country: “Argentina”, Credibility: “8”, Duration: “60”, Elev: “1201”, HatchDesc: “JUJUY,ARG:4/CAR O/O/GAS:SCR LANDS:STAYS 1hr:TAKES OFF/HI SPEED:/r242p139/APRO”, LatLong: “-24.183334 -65.300003”, LatLongDMS: “24:11:00 S 65:18:00 W”, Locale: “Town & City”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Juhuy”, Strangeness: “7”

Event 22853 (C5B01BF5)

Date: 5/1962
Location: Unknown City, Argentina
Description: At least twelve UFOs sighted in May. Official reports and newspaper chronology given NICAP by Argentine Embassy include four sightings by Argentine Navy pilots, two reported landing cases. (NICAP UFO Evidence, See Section XII; Argentine Chronology.) (NICAP: 11 - Aviation Cases)
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_2575

Event 22854 (46655C61)

Date: 5/1962
Time: 0400
Location: Jujuy, Argentina
Description: Approximate date. Four people whose car had run out of gas, were waiting in a drizzling rain when a bright light, first thought to be from a car, approached them. It turned out to be a lowflying object that landed. It was round with a blinking light, and stayed there about one hour before taking off at high speed
Type: ufo sighting
Reference: APRO Jul., 63 (Vallee)
Source: ValléeMagonia, ID: Magonia_532

Event 22855 (867C2C3F)

Date: 5/1/1962
Location: PACIFIC 137° 30W-28° 23N
Description: Project Bluebook Case #unknown. Military observer(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 67)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_6627

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: “Pacific Ocean and non - Asian islands”, Credibility: “7”, Duration: “1”, Elev: “0”, HatchDesc: “PACIFIC 137°30W-28°23N:BBK#UNK:MIL OBS:NFD AT ALL.”, LatLong: “28.383335 -137.500007”, LatLongDMS: “28:23:00 N 137:30:00 W”, Locale: “High Seas”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “NPC”, Strangeness: “4”

Event 22856 (2DBD0339)

Date: 5/1/1962
Time: 10:00:00.5
Location: 24.0630 5.0418
Description: Nuclear test: Underground. Country: France Name: “beryl” Yield: 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_1842

Extra Data: LatLong: “24.0630 5.0418”, LatLongDMS: “24:03:47 N 05:02:30 E”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, NukeCountry: “France”, NukeDepth: “0.00”, NukeName: “beryl”, NukeSource: “BOLT”, NukeType: “U”, NukeY: “20”

Event 22857 (17AB40F3)

Date: 5/2/1962
Location: 2.0000 -157.0000
Description: Nuclear test: Air, confirmed. Country: USA Name: “Arkansas” Yield: 1090KT
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_230

Extra Data: LatLong: “2.0000 -157.0000”, LatLongDMS: “02:00:00 N 157:00:00 W”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, NukeCountry: “USA”, NukeDepth: “0.00”, NukeName: “Arkansas”, NukeSource: “NV209”, NukeType: “NACU”, NukeY: “1090”

Event 22858 (7E7C26F8)

Date: 5/4/1962
Location: 2.0000 -157.0000
Description: Nuclear test: Air, confirmed. Country: USA Name: “Questa” Yield: 670KT
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_231

Extra Data: LatLong: “2.0000 -157.0000”, LatLongDMS: “02:00:00 N 157:00:00 W”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, NukeCountry: “USA”, NukeDepth: “0.00”, NukeName: “Questa”, NukeSource: “NV209”, NukeType: “NACU”, NukeY: “670”

Event 22859 (10C48AF2)

Date: 5/4/1962
Locations: Groom Lake, Nevada; Comandante Espora Air Naval Base in Bahía Blanca, Argentina
Description: The A-12 achieves supersonic speed of Mach 1.1 at 40,000 feet during a test at Groom Lake, Nevada. May 11 — 7:40 p.m. Argentine Rear Adm. Eladio M. Vázquez and Capt. Aldo Molinari watch a UFO from the US Military Mission at the Comandante Espora Air Naval Base in Bahía Blanca, Argentina.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: UFOEv, p. 170; “In Argentina,” APRO Bulletin, July 1963, p. 4
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_3613

Event 22860 (82D0680E)

Date: 5/6/1962
Location: 4.8333 -149.4167
Description: Nuclear test: Air, confirmed. Country: USA Name: “Frigate Bird”
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_232

Extra Data: LatLong: “4.8333 -149.4167”, LatLongDMS: “04:50:00 N 149:25:00 W”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, NukeCountry: “USA”, NukeDepth: “0.00”, NukeName: “Frigate Bird”, NukeSource: “NV209”, NukeType: “NACU”

Event 22861 (5C0802D4)

Date: 5/7/1962
Time: 19:33:00.1
Location: 37.0466 -116.0250
Description: Nuclear test: Underground, confirmed. Country: USA Name: “Paca” 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_233

Extra Data: LatLong: “37.0466 -116.0250”, LatLongDMS: “37:02:48 N 116:01:30 W”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, NukeCountry: “USA”, NukeDepth: “0.26”, NukeName: “Paca”, NukeSource: “SPRINGER”, NukeType: “NUCU”, NukeYMax: “20”

Event 22862 (B6636789)

Date: 5/8/1962
Location: 2.0000 -157.0000
Description: Nuclear test: Air, confirmed. Country: USA Name: “Yukon” Yield: 100KT
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_234

Extra Data: LatLong: “2.0000 -157.0000”, LatLongDMS: “02:00:00 N 157:00:00 W”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, NukeCountry: “USA”, NukeDepth: “0.00”, NukeName: “Yukon”, NukeSource: “NV209”, NukeType: “NACU”, NukeY: “100”

Event 22863 (586DBC45)

Date: 5/9/1962
Location: 2.0000 -157.0000
Description: Nuclear test: Air, confirmed. Country: USA Name: “Mesilla” Yield: 100KT
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_235

Extra Data: LatLong: “2.0000 -157.0000”, LatLongDMS: “02:00:00 N 157:00:00 W”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, NukeCountry: “USA”, NukeDepth: “0.00”, NukeName: “Mesilla”, NukeSource: “NV209”, NukeType: “NACU”, NukeY: “100”

Event 22864 (7E389811)

Date: 5/9/1962
Description: At 3:30 a.m. several motorists on Highway 35 near Bahia Blanca, Buenos Aires Province, Argentina had a close encounter with three low level UFOs that pursued them for at least eight minutes.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: Uriondo Oscar A. Uriondo, FSR Case Histories, December 1972, p. 9
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_2681

Event 22865 (60747820)

Date: 5/10/1962
Time: 21:00
Location: PIHLAVA, FINL
Description: 1 observer. Thick DC3-size metallic cylinder/cigar-shape. Silent. No wings. Going quickly north through clouds.
Type: sighting
Reference: AWARENESS (Quarterly) CONTACT INTERNATIONAL/UK: listed by year. (Index 76)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_6628

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: “Scandanavian and Finland”, Credibility: “6”, Duration: “1”, HatchDesc: “PIHLAVA,FINL:1 OBS:THICK DC3-SIZE MTLC CGR:SLNT:NO WINGS:>>N THRU CLOUDS”, LatLong: “61.550003 21.633334”, LatLongDMS: “61:33:00 N 21:38:00 E”, Locale: “Residential”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Finland”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 22866 (CEDC916A)

Date: 5/10/1962
Time: 15:00:00.2
Location: 37.1276 -116.0483
Description: Nuclear test: Underground, confirmed. Country: USA Name: “Arikaree” 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_236

Extra Data: LatLong: “37.1276 -116.0483”, LatLongDMS: “37:07:39 N 116:02:54 W”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, NukeCountry: “USA”, NukeDepth: “0.17”, NukeName: “Arikaree”, NukeSource: “AEC”, NukeType: “NUCU”, NukeYMax: “20”

Event 22867 (EBDD7802)

Date: 5/11/1962
Location: 2.0000 -157.0000
Description: Nuclear test: Air, confirmed. Country: USA Name: “Muskegon” Yield: 50KT
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_237

Extra Data: LatLong: “2.0000 -157.0000”, LatLongDMS: “02:00:00 N 157:00:00 W”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, NukeCountry: “USA”, NukeDepth: “0.00”, NukeName: “Muskegon”, NukeSource: “NV209”, NukeType: “NACU”, NukeY: “50”

Event 22868 (03CEA8CD)

Date: 5/11/1962
Time: 20:02:05.9
Location: 31.2450 -124.2117
Description: Nuclear test: Water, confirmed. Country: USA Name: “Swordfish” 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_238

Extra Data: LatLong: “31.2450 -124.2117”, LatLongDMS: “31:14:42 N 124:12:42 W”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, NukeCountry: “USA”, NukeDepth: “0.20”, NukeName: “Swordfish”, NukeSource: “JOHNSON”, NukeType: “NWCU”, NukeYMax: “20”

Event 22869 (FBA2B9D5)

Date: 5/12/1962
Location: West Point Academy
Description: General Douglas McArthur states, “of ultimate conflict between a united human race and the sinister forces of some other planetary galaxy”
Type: speach
Reference: link
Source: Maj2, ID: Maj2_611

Event 22870 (EDF3DEB3)

Date: 5/12/1962
Location: Argentina
Description: Two navy pilots see illuminated object rise, split in two sections. 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_243

Event 22871 (126344F3)

Date: 5/12/1962
Time: 04:10
Location: RN35 NORTHWEST / BAHIA BLANCA, ARG
Description: Several observer(s). Railroad/railway car takes off. Night lights exit. Ground burnt. / r8#533.
Type: sighting
Reference: The APRO BULLETIN: Monthly. Jim & Coral Lorenzen: Tucson,AZ (USA. defunct) By volume and number. (Index 763)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_6629

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, DLT: Delta/vee/boomerang/rectangular shaped UFO, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), DRT: Dirt/soil traces/marks/footprints etc., VEG: Plants affected or sampled/crop circles, ANI: Animals affected or injuries/marks, LND: UFO landing or any part touches ground, TRC: Physical traces, TCH: New technical details/clues, CMF: Camouflage/disguise

Extra Data: Country: “Argentina”, Credibility: “8”, Duration: “3”, Elev: “40”, HatchDesc: “RN35 NW/BAHIA BLANCA,ARG:SVRL OBS:RR CAR TAKES OFF:NLTS EXIT:GND BURNT:/r8#533”, LatLong: “-38.350002 -62.866670”, LatLongDMS: “38:21:00 S 62:52:00 W”, Locale: “Pasture”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Buenos Aires”, Strangeness: “11”

Event 22872 (3B37E081)

Date: 5/12/1962
Time: 0410
Location: Pampa Province, Argentina
Description: V. and G. Tomasini and H. Zenobi saw an object on the ground 100 m away from the road. It looked like a railroad car and was illuminated. As they came close to it, the object took off, crossed the road at low altitude, rose with a flame, and separated into two sections that flew away in different directions. It made a humming noise and was seen on the ground for one min. Within a circle 60 m in radius, grass was burned, insects were carbonized, and the ground was “petrified.” Sample analysis was done by the Puerto Belgrano Naval Base.
Type: ufo sighting
Reference: SBEDV 30; 132; CODOVNI 1962 (Vallee)
Source: ValléeMagonia, ID: Magonia_533

Event 22873 (8E0A3FCE)

Date: 5/12/1962
Location: 2.0000 -157.0000
Description: Nuclear test: Air, confirmed. Country: USA Name: “Encino” Yield: 500KT
Type: atomic
Reference: “columbia.edu: Worldwide Nuclear Explosions”, by Yang, North, Romney, and Richards
Reference: “archive.org: Worldwide Nuclear Explosions”, by Yang, North, Romney, and Richards
Source: NukeExplosions, ID: NukeExplosions_239

Extra Data: LatLong: “2.0000 -157.0000”, LatLongDMS: “02:00:00 N 157:00:00 W”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, NukeCountry: “USA”, NukeDepth: “0.00”, NukeName: “Encino”, NukeSource: “NV209”, NukeType: “NACU”, NukeY: “500”

Event 22874 (3555F26F)

Date: 5/12/1962
Time: 19:00:00.1
Location: 37.0652 -116.0304
Description: Nuclear test: Underground, confirmed. Country: USA Name: “Aardvark” 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_240

Extra Data: LatLong: “37.0652 -116.0304”, LatLongDMS: “37:03:55 N 116:01:49 W”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, NukeCountry: “USA”, NukeDepth: “0.43”, NukeMb: “4.60”, NukeName: “Aardvark”, NukeSource: “SPRINGER”, NukeType: “NUCU”, NukeY: “40”

Event 22875 (DA418811)

Date: 5/12/1962
Locations: Bahia Blanca; Jacinto Aráuz, La Pampa, Argentina; Puerto Belgrano Naval Base; Universidad Nacional del Sur
Description: 4:10 a.m. Three truckers (Valentino Tomassini, Guro Tomassini, and Humberto Zenobi) are driving from Bahia Blanca to Jacinto Aráuz, La Pampa, Argentina, when they see a lantern-like light resting in a nearby field. It brightens and dims alternately. As they slow down, a row of 20–30 lights come on. When they approach to within 210 feet of the object, it rises up and crosses the road at a height of 12 feet. Its lights go out, a reddish flame comes from the bottom, and it makes a soft humming noise. The UFO then divides into two parts that fly off in different directions. Navy Capt. Luis Sanchez Moreno, chief of intelligence at the Puerto Belgrano Naval Base, interviews the witnesses. At the landing site, grass is burned over an area 180 feet in diameter, and there are damp, gray-colored patches. These are taken for analysis to either or both the Puerto Belgrano Naval Base and Universidad Nacional del Sur, both in or near Bahia Blanca. It consists of calcium carbonate and potassium carbonate.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: UFOEv, pp. 170–171; “In Argentina,” APRO Bulletin, July 1963, pp. 2–4; Loren E. Gross, The Fifth Horseman of the Apocalypse: UFOs, a History: January–June 1962, The Author, 2005, pp. 60–61; Oscar A. Uriondo, “Preliminary Catalogue of Type 1 Cases in Argentina,” Flying Saucer Review Case Histories, no. 12 (December 1972): 10
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_3614

Event 22876 (9B4383D6)

Date: 5/12/1962
Description: At 4:10 a.m. V. and G. Tomasini and H. Zenobi, while driving on Route 35 at Kilometer 72 near La Pampa, La Pampa province, Argentina saw a rectangular object shaped like an illuminated railroad boxcar. As they came close to it, the object took off, crossed the road at low altitude, rose with a flame, and separated into two sections that flew away in different directions. It made a humming sound and was seen on the ground for one minute. The grass on the ground was burnt in a 60m radius circle at the landing site, insects were carbonized, and the ground was “petrified.” Sample analysis was done by the Puerto Belgrano Naval Base. At 4:30 p.m. another close encounter occurred northwest of Bahia Blanca, Buenos Aires province, Argentina that involved several witnesses and reportedly had lasting physiological effects.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: La Nacion, May 24, 1962 Oscar A. Uriondo; FSR Case Histories, December 1973, p. 17; NICAP UFO Investigator, September 1962, p. 7; APRO Bulletin, July 1963, p. 2, 4; Jacques Vallee, Passport to Magonia: A Century of Landings, case # 533
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_2757

Event 22877 (D19D84C2)

Date: 5/13/1962
Time: 04:00
Location: LA ARANA, ARG
Description: Several / meeting. Strong light / ground rises and away. More objects do same. Spin.
Type: sighting
Reference: FSR CASE HISTORIES. Bimonthly/London. Supplements 2 - 18 (final issue) (Index 12)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_6630

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, HQO: High-quality observer(s), NWS: News media report, WAV: Wave/cluster/flap, NLT: Nightlights/points of light, FBL: Fireball: Blazing undistinguished form/orb., LND: UFO landing or any part touches ground

Extra Data: Country: “Argentina”, Credibility: “8”, Duration: “2”, Elev: “150”, HatchDesc: “LA ARANA,ARG:SVRL/MEETING:STRONG LITE/GND RISES+AWAY:MORE OBJS DO SAME:SPIN”, LatLong: “-36.733335 -64.833336”, LatLongDMS: “36:44:00 S 64:50:00 W”, Locale: “Pasture”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “LPM”, Strangeness: “4”

Event 22878 (1ED4C973)

Date: 5/13/1962
Time: 04:00
Location: ONCATIVO, ARG
Description: 2 / car. Cylinder/cigar-shape / low altitude. Fog fills woods. “House” lands in field. / r156#12.
Type: sighting
Reference: The APRO BULLETIN: Monthly. Jim & Coral Lorenzen: Tucson,AZ (USA. defunct) By volume and number. (Index 763)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_6631

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, MIL: Observer(s) military, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, HQO: High-quality observer(s), NWS: News media report, ODD: Atypical/Forteana/paranormal, WAV: Wave/cluster/flap, SCR: Classic saucer/disk/sphere shaped UFO, CIG: Torpedo/cigar/cylinder shaped UFO, NLT: Nightlights/points of light, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), LND: UFO landing or any part touches ground, TCH: New technical details/clues, CMF: Camouflage/disguise

Extra Data: Country: “Argentina”, Credibility: “7”, Duration: “120”, Elev: “268”, HatchDesc: “ONCATIVO,ARG:2/CAR:CGR/LO ALT:FOG FILLS WOODS:“HOUSE” LANDS IN FIELD:/r156#12”, LatLong: “-31.933335 -63.666670”, LatLongDMS: “31:56:00 S 63:40:00 W”, Locale: “Pasture”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “CRD”, Strangeness: “10”

Event 22879 (BF56C863)

Date: 5/13/1962
Time: 04:20
Location: MERCEDES, SL, ARG
Description: Air Force man and family / car. Silent 20M luminous mass spins / field. 3M tall.
Type: sighting
Reference: FSR CASE HISTORIES. Bimonthly/London. Supplements 2 - 18 (final issue) (Index 15)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_6632

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: “Argentina”, Credibility: “8”, Duration: “2”, Elev: “513”, HatchDesc: “MERCEDES,SL,ARG:AF MAN+FAMILY/CAR:SLNT 20M LUMn.MASS SPINS/FIELD:3M TALL:”, LatLong: “-33.666668 -65.466670”, LatLongDMS: “33:40:00 S 65:28:00 W”, Locale: “Pasture”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, RelAlt: “2”, State/Prov: “SLS”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 22880 (A2944062)

Date: 5/13/1962
Time: 0400
Location: Uncativo, Argentina
Description: Dozens of witnesses in Uncativo, Cordoba, Carranza, and Los Molinos Dam observed a very luminous, elongated object with a bright trail. Soon thereafter, fog filled a wooded section near Uncativo, and a landed object resembling a small house was observed.
Type: ufo sighting
Reference: 133; CODOVNI 1962 (Vallee)
Source: ValléeMagonia, ID: Magonia_534

Event 22881 (2403D2C5)

Date: 5/13/1962
Locations: Oncativo, Córdoba, Argentina; Rosario
Description: 4:00 a.m. Near Oncativo, Córdoba, Argentina, two women driving from Rosario see a long object flying at moderate altitude and emitting a powerful, multicolored light. They enter a fog and see through the trees a sort of “little house” on the ground, with green, red, and yellow lights set in an arrow-shaped arrangement.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Loren E. Gross, The Fifth Horseman of the Apocalypse: UFOs, a History: January–June 1962, The Author, 2005, p. 62; Oscar A. Uriondo, “Preliminary Catalogue of Type 1 Cases in Argentina,” Flying Saucer Review Case Histories, no. 12 (December 1972): 10
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_3615

Event 22882 (6564A1DD)

Date: 5/13/1962
Description: Two years later it was Argentina’s turn to be inundated with UFO reports. In the early morning hours between 4:00 a.m. and dawn there were 11 sightings including seven close encounters from six provinces in Argentina: Buenos Aires, La Rioja, Neuquen, La Pampa, Cordoba, and Mendoza. In Mercedes, located in Buenos Aires province, Argentina an Air Force man named Giashischa and his family encountered a mist at 4:15 a.m. while driving in their car. In a field they saw a 20-meter wide luminous mass spinning near the ground. It stood approximately 3 meters tall.
Reference: Johnson
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_2803

Event 22883 (DB288AF8)

Date: 5/13/1962
Description: In Rio Cuarto, Cordoba, Argentina a flight of 20 multi-colored UFOs was sighted by many at 4:45 a.m. One object–a fiery ball of light 30 meters in diameter–came down to within 300 meters of a car full of witnesses. From one side of the object four small red orbs flew out, lined up behind the larger ball, then flew away in formation.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: (1) Oscar A. Uriondo, FSR Case Histories, June 1973, p. 10; (2) Gordon W. Creighton, FSR, July 1964, p. 10
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_2804

Event 22884 (FAA3E48F)

Date: 5/14/1962
Location: 2.0000 -157.0000
Description: Nuclear test: Air, confirmed. Country: USA Name: “Swanee” Yield: 97KT
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_241

Extra Data: LatLong: “2.0000 -157.0000”, LatLongDMS: “02:00:00 N 157:00:00 W”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, NukeCountry: “USA”, NukeDepth: “0.00”, NukeName: “Swanee”, NukeSource: “NV209”, NukeType: “NACU”, NukeY: “97”

Event 22885 (F542366F)

Date: 5/15/1962
Description: (Translated from French) Astronaut Gordon Cooper is followed by a UFO above Hawaii. (May 15)
Reference: rr0 - Beau
Source: rr0, ID: rr0_1949

Event 22886 (41E53CC6)

Date: 5/15/1962
Location: BURLINGTON, MASS
Description: Project Bluebook Case #7927. Unidentified. 2 Polaroid shots / daylight disks. No further details. Photograph section.
Type: sighting
Reference: STEIGER, Brad (ed.): PROJECT BLUEBOOK; Ballentine Books 1976. 423pp. (Index 56)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_6633

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

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “9”, Duration: “5”, Elev: “66”, HatchDesc: “BURLINGTON,MASS:BBK#7927:UID:2 POLAROID SHOTS/DAYLITE DISKS:NFD:foto section”, LatLong: “42.516669 -71.200003”, LatLongDMS: “42:31:00 N 71:12:00 W”, Locale: “Town & City”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Massachusetts”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 22887 (423F2215)

Date: 5/18/1962
Time: 19:00
Location: POMPANO BEACH, FL
Description: Brilliant cylinder/cigar-shape with dark topside hovers / 9 minute(s). Shoots away going quickly southwest. No further details.
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_6634

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), OBS: Observation/chasing vehicles, RAY: Odd light/searchlight/beam/laser-like

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “6”, Duration: “10”, Elev: “4”, HatchDesc: “POMPANO BEACH,FL:BRILL.CGR W/DARK TOPSIDE HVRS/9min:SHOOTS AWAY >>SW:NFD”, LatLong: “26.238890 -80.127782”, LatLongDMS: “26:14:20 N 80:07:40 W”, Locale: “Coastlands”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Florida”, Strangeness: “7”

Event 22888 (6698131B)

Date: 5/18/1962
Location: Marksville (and Leesville, Colfax), LA
Description: (McDonald list) (NICAP: 01 - Distant Encounters, BB: BBU)
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_2576

Event 22889 (D41A4DD5)

Date: 5/18/1962
Location: Pompano Beach, FL
Description: Cigar-shaped UFO, brilliantly lighted below, dark on top. Hovered, sped away. [NICAP UFO Evidence, VII] (NICAP: 01 - Distant Encounters)
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_2577

Event 22890 (F95C3683)

Date: 5/19/1962
Location: 2.0000 -157.0000
Description: Nuclear test: Air, confirmed. Country: USA Name: “Chetco” Yield: 73KT
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_242

Extra Data: LatLong: “2.0000 -157.0000”, LatLongDMS: “02:00:00 N 157:00:00 W”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, NukeCountry: “USA”, NukeDepth: “0.00”, NukeName: “Chetco”, NukeSource: “NV209”, NukeType: “NACU”, NukeY: “73”

Event 22891 (9FC448F2)

Date: 5/19/1962
Time: 15:00:00.2
Location: 37.1226 -116.0472
Description: Nuclear test: Underground, confirmed. Country: USA Name: “Eel” Yield: 4.5KT
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_243

Extra Data: LatLong: “37.1226 -116.0472”, LatLongDMS: “37:07:21 N 116:02:50 W”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, NukeCountry: “USA”, NukeDepth: “0.22”, NukeName: “Eel”, NukeSource: “SPRINGER”, NukeType: “NUCU”, NukeY: “4.5”

Event 22892 (AB003499)

Date: 5/20/1962
Time: 20:00
Location: DEFIANCE, OH
Description: Scientist and more/others. Brilliant blue and yellow ball / light maneuvers / all directions. Going southwest. / APRO 5’62.
Type: sighting
Reference: UFO INVESTIGATOR: NICAP: Kensington, MD & Washington, DC [defunct]. University Microfilms, Ann Arbor, MI 48106 (Index 28)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_6635

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

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “9”, Duration: “60”, Elev: “209”, HatchDesc: “DEFIANCE,OH:SCIENTIST++:BRILL.BLU+YLW BALL/LITE MNVRS/ALL DIRs:>SW:/APRO 5’62”, LatLong: “41.266669 -84.366671”, LatLongDMS: “41:16:00 N 84:22:00 W”, Locale: “Town & City”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Ohio”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 22893 (F895424B)

Date: 5/20/1962
Location: Defiance, OH
Description: Scientist, others, watched maneuvering light source, brilliant blue changing to yellow. [NICAP UFO Evidence, VI] (NICAP: 01 - Distant Encounters)
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_2578

Event 22894 (B74A17F6)

Date: 5/21/1962
Description: (Translated from French) Over England, an international Irish flight flying at an altitude of 17000 feet when it encountered a round metal object. (May 21)
Reference: Keyhoe 1967
Reference: rr0 - Beau
Source: rr0, ID: rr0_1956

Event 22895 (64128124)

Date: 5/21/1962
Location: SOUTHWEST / BRISTOL, ENGL
Description: Airline(s)/airliner pilots. Brown colored sphere/orb/globe with antennas going west / 700mph 3K’ under liner. / r75p163.
Type: sighting
Reference: UFO INVESTIGATOR: NICAP: Kensington, MD & Washington, DC [defunct]. University Microfilms, Ann Arbor, MI 48106 (Index 28)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_6636

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

Extra Data: Country: “Great Britain and Ireland”, Credibility: “8”, Duration: “1”, Elev: “70”, HatchDesc: “SW/BRISTOL,ENGL:AL PILOTS:BRN ORB W/ANTENNAS >W/700mph 3K’UNDER LINER:/r75p163”, LatLong: “51.150002 -2.316667”, LatLongDMS: “51:09:00 N 02:19:00 W”, Locale: “Metropolis”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “England”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 22896 (1A105A84)

Date: 5/21/1962
Location: BAHIA BLANCA, ARG
Description: Local photograph gets 2 shots / saucer which vanishes. Local wave / CIA.
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_6637

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CST: Observer(s) in coastal area/just offshore, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, HQO: High-quality observer(s), NWS: News media report, WAV: Wave/cluster/flap, SCR: Classic saucer/disk/sphere shaped UFO, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), PHT: Photos/movies/videos taken, TCH: New technical details/clues, MIL: Military investigation, GSA: Covert Security Agency, CMF: Camouflage/disguise

Extra Data: Country: “Argentina”, Credibility: “9”, Duration: “10”, Elev: “21”, HatchDesc: “BAHIA BLANCA,ARG:LOCAL PHOTOG GETS 2 SHOTS/SCR WHICH VANISHES:LOCAL WAVE/CIA”, LatLong: “-38.716669 -62.283336”, LatLongDMS: “38:43:00 S 62:17:00 W”, Locale: “Coastlands”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Buenos Aires”, Strangeness: “7”

Event 22897 (B6595458)

Date: 5/21/1962
Location: Unknown City, UK
Description: Irish International Airlines pilot watched spherical UFO pass below aircraft. [NICAP UFO Evidence, X] (NICAP: 11 - Aviation Cases)
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_2579

Event 22898 (531A12D9)

Date: 5/21/1962
Location: Bahia Blanca, Argentina
Description: Miguel Thomé, a reporter for La Nueva Provincia, takes several photos of a luminous object above Bahia Blanca, Argentina, one of which is exactly at a point when the object changes course.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: UFOEv, p. 170; ClearIntent, pp. 138–139; “Un avistaje de OVNI en Bahía Blanca aparece en los archivos de la CIA de Estados Unidos,” La Nueva

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Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_3616

Event 22899 (4CD77FA0)

Date: 5/21/1962
Location: southern England
Description: Day. Capt. Gordon Pendleton and First Officer J. P. Murphy are flying an Aer Lingus Vickers Viscount airliner above southern England at 17,000 feet when they see a brown globe-shaped object approaching head-on. It speeds 3,000 feet below the aircraft at about 700 mph. The object has a number of antenna-like projections on its surface.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Irish Times, May 22, 1962; UFOEv, p. 122
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_3617

Event 22900 (B1E86FF3)

Date: 5/22/1962
Time: 19:20
Location: ESPORA NAS, ARG
Description: Luminous saucer paces plane. Lights cockpit. Radio Frequency Interference (RFI) and electro-magnetic effect (EME). 3 reports. / r242p171.
Type: sighting
Reference: UFO INVESTIGATOR: NICAP: Kensington, MD & Washington, DC [defunct]. University Microfilms, Ann Arbor, MI 48106 (Index 30)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_6638

Attributes: AIR: Observer(s) on aircraft, MIL: Observer(s) military, HQO: High-quality observer(s), WAV: Wave/cluster/flap, SCR: Classic saucer/disk/sphere shaped UFO, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), OBS: Observation/chasing vehicles, HUM: Humans affected: Injury/burns/marks/abduction/death, VEH: Vehicle affected: Marks/damage/EME effects, EME: Electro-Magnetic Effects

Extra Data: Country: “Argentina”, Credibility: “8”, Duration: “35”, Elev: “56”, HatchDesc: “ESPORA NAS,ARG:LUMn.SCR PACES PLANE:LITES COCKPIT:RFI+EME:3 REPORTS:/r242p171”, LatLong: “-34.533335 -59.533336”, LatLongDMS: “34:32:00 S 59:32:00 W”, Locale: “Town & City”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Buenos Aires”, Strangeness: “7”

Event 22901 (B3A86116)

Date: 5/22/1962
Time: ~23:00
Location: WINIFREDA, ARG
Description: Saucer lands. 2 giant robot(s)/android(s) exit. 6M / burnt grass. / r8#535+/ r113p152.
Type: sighting
Reference: UFO INVESTIGATOR: NICAP: Kensington, MD & Washington, DC [defunct]. University Microfilms, Ann Arbor, MI 48106 (Index 28)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_6639

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, NWS: News media report, WAV: Wave/cluster/flap, SCR: Classic saucer/disk/sphere shaped UFO, RBT: Possible robot or “Grey”, mechanical motions, GNT: Giant: Large/tall alien, VEG: Plants affected or sampled/crop circles, LND: UFO landing or any part touches ground, TRC: Physical traces, MIL: Military investigation

Extra Data: Country: “Argentina”, Credibility: “7”, Duration: “10”, Elev: “140”, HatchDesc: “WINIFREDA,ARG:SCR LANDS:2 GIANT RBTS EXIT:6M/BURNT GRASS:/r8#535+/r113p152”, LatLong: “-36.250002 -64.233336”, LatLongDMS: “36:15:00 S 64:14:00 W”, Locale: “Pasture”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “LPM”, Strangeness: “9”

Event 22902 (4F332CE1)

Date: 5/22/1962
Location: Winifreda, Argentina
Description: A woman was hospitalized after her observation of a strange object that landed, and of the “ugly” giant beings who emerged from it. Approximate date.
Type: ufo sighting
Reference: 135 (Vallee)
Source: ValléeMagonia, ID: Magonia_535

Event 22903 (C92ED2CB)

Date: 5/22/1962
Locations: Comandante Espora Air Naval Base; Bahia Blanca, Argentina
Description: 7:10–7:45 p.m. A formation of Navy planes, led by flight instructor Lt. Rodolfo César Galdos, near Comandante Espora Air Naval Base in Bahia Blanca, Argentina, observes several UFOs over a 35-minute period. Witnesses at the control tower also see an object. Student pilot Roberto Wilkinson sees a luminous object trailing his plane. It lights up his cockpit and his radio transmission is disrupted as it passes underneath.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: UFOEv, pp. 119, 171; Schopick, p. 129; Loren E. Gross, The Fifth Horseman of the Apocalypse: UFOs, a History: January–June 1962, The Author, 2005, pp. 65–67; Scott Corrales, “Saucers in My Backyard: Argentina’s Trancas Case,” Inexplicata, May 8, 2007
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_3618

Event 22904 (3B7FD40F)

Date: 5/22/1962
Alternate date: 5/24/1962
Locations: Winifreda; Las Pampas; Argentina
Description: A woman is hospitalized after she and her husband see an object land near Winifreda, Las Pampas, Argentina. Two large “robot-like creatures” emerge. Argentine Air Force investigators find a circle of scorched grass.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Lorenzen, Encounters with UFO Occupants, Berkley Medallion, 1976, p. 152
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_3619

Event 22905 (4E813E78)

Date: 5/22/1962
Description: Several luminous discs were seen four times in 35 minutes during an Argentine Navy aircraft flight from Espora Naval Air Base in Buenos Aires province, Argentina. The plane’s radio failed completely during the close encounters.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: Robert Enrique Banchs, Las Evidencias del Fenomeno OVNI, citing Antonio Ribera; Dominique Weinstein, Aircraft UFO Encounters, p. 33
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_3034

Event 22906 (EF60817F)

Date: 5/23/1962
Location: PHILADELPHIA, PA
Description: Numerous observer(s). Domed saucer with portholes / 750M altitude. Cat and mouse / jets / 40 minute(s). Going quickly northwest.
Type: sighting
Reference: The APRO BULLETIN: Monthly. Jim & Coral Lorenzen: Tucson,AZ (USA. defunct) By volume and number. (Index 749)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_6640

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

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “10”, Duration: “40”, Elev: “12”, HatchDesc: “PHILADELPHIA,PA:NMRS OBS:DOMED SCR W/PORTS/750M alt:CAT+MOUSE/JETS/40min:>>NW”, LatLong: “40.000002 -75.166670”, LatLongDMS: “40:00:00 N 75:10:00 W”, Locale: “Residential”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Pennsylvania”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 22907 (60DC7346)

Date: 5/23/1962
Description: In Philadelphia, Pennsylvania a domed disc with portholes flew over the city for an estimated 40 minutes, playing a game of cat and mouse with jets at an estimated altitude of 750 meters. The Air Force explanation lists this case as caused by a reflection.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: Project Blue Book files counted in official statistics, May 1962; APRO Bulletin, May 1962
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_3046

Event 22908 (3FED769F)

Date: 5/24/1962
Location: SPACE
Description: (Translated from French) Scott Carpenter was aboard the Aurora 7 capsule when he spotted several large strange objects and took some pictures of them. (A. RIBERA/ R. FARRIOLS: “Preuves de l’existence des S.V.” - De Vecchi 1975, p. 46 and photo p. 47) (Scott Carpenter): rumor has it that a UFO was seen and photographed. Carpenter took a photo of the balloon with instruments, ejected from the capsule. On the enlargement of the photo taken through a dirty window, the reflection of the sun is misinterpreted as a UFO. (1989 - listing and research by Harvey S. Stewart) Mercury VII: Scott Carpenter reports that he photographed with a portable camera objects similar to fireflies and that he took what he thought was a good shot of a saucer.
Reference: J. Allen HYNEK and Jacques VALLEE: “Aux limites de la réalité” - ed. Albin Michel 1978, p 83
Reference: Mini catalogue chronologique des observations OVNI, by Godelieve Van Overmeire
Source: Overmeire, ID: Overmeire_2226

Event 22909 (51B29FA1)

Date: 5/24/1962
Description: (Translated from French) Carpenter’s orbital flight. (May 24)
Reference: rr0 - Beau
Source: rr0, ID: rr0_1957

Event 22910 (9F858F2E)

Date: 5/24/1962
Location: MERCURY 7 CAPSULE
Description: Scott carpenter sees&photos UFO in orbit. Observer(s) denies later…
Type: sighting
Reference: GOOD, Timothy: ABOVE TOP SECRET; Sidgewick & Jackson, London 1987 & Quill Books, 1988. 592pp. (Index 377)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_6641

Attributes: MIL: Observer(s) military, HQO: High-quality observer(s), MID: Likely mis-identification, CIG: Torpedo/cigar/cylinder shaped UFO, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), PHT: Photos/movies/videos taken, TCH: New technical details/clues, COV: Indication of coverup

Extra Data: Country: “Earth Orbit or seen from space stations/capsules”, Credibility: “5”, Duration: “5”, HatchDesc: “MERCURY 7 CAPSULE:SCOTT CARPENTER SEES&PHOTOS UFO IN ORBIT:obs denies later…”, LatLong: “90.000004 -0.000000”, LatLongDMS: “90:00:00 N 00:00:00 W”, Locale: “Residential”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “USA”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 22911 (3BEFB616)

Date: 5/24/1962
Location: Albuquerque, NM
Description: White Object Seen / Tracked On Radar For Hours (McDonald list) (NICAP: 09 - RADAR Cases, Code: R, Rating: 4, BB: BBU, NC)
Reference: NICAP: 620524
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_2580

Event 22912 (E19181BE)

Date: 5/24/1962
Description: A robot-like being was sighted on a ranch in La Pampa, Argentina on this day by a rancher and his wife. Later an 18 foot in diameter burnt circle was found in the grass.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: Encounters with UFO Occupants, p. 152; George D. Fawcett, Flying Saucers, May 1963, p. 36; Ted R. Phillips, Physical Traces Associated with UFO Sightings, case 153
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_3062

Event 22913 (153C9360)

Date: 5/25/1962
Description: (Translated from French) In Argentina, a UFO photo taken by a journalist from Nueva Provincia is confirmed by the Cordoba Observatory. Other observations will take place until August. (May 25)
Reference: rr0 - Beau
Source: rr0, ID: rr0_1960

Event 22914 (EBCABB1D)

Date: 5/25/1962
Location: 2.0000 -157.0000
Description: Nuclear test: Air, confirmed. Country: USA Name: “Tanana” Yield: 2.6KT
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_244

Extra Data: LatLong: “2.0000 -157.0000”, LatLongDMS: “02:00:00 N 157:00:00 W”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, NukeCountry: “USA”, NukeDepth: “0.00”, NukeName: “Tanana”, NukeSource: “NV209”, NukeType: “NACU”, NukeY: “2.6”

Event 22915 (89E8025E)

Date: 5/25/1962
Time: 15:00:00.2
Location: 37.1248 -116.0520
Description: Nuclear test: Underground, confirmed. Country: USA Name: “White” 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_245

Extra Data: LatLong: “37.1248 -116.0520”, LatLongDMS: “37:07:29 N 116:03:07 W”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, NukeCountry: “USA”, NukeDepth: “0.19”, NukeName: “White”, NukeSource: “SPRINGER”, NukeType: “NUCU”, NukeYMax: “20”

Event 22916 (0AE6C1DD)

Date: 5/25/1962
Location: USAF Pentagon
Description: USAF Pentagon spokesman Maj. Carl R. Hart tells NICAP that Air Force investigations involve hundreds of intelligence officers, as well as “the best scientific brains available in the laboratories of all government agencies,” also scientific investigators in commercial laboratories, wherever needed. He adds that Hynek has consulted with the “world’s leading scientists.” Around the same time, Lt. Col. Spencer Whedon from ATIC informs NICAP that the Air Force spends about $10,000 on each major sighting investigation.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: “AF Admits UFO Probe Still in Full Operation,” UFO Investigator 2, no. 4 (March/July 1962): 2
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_3620

Event 22917 (28A1CDFE)

Date: 5/25/1962
Description: What looked like a flaming airplane making a loud roaring noise plunged into Lake Meridian in Kent, Washington at 10:30 p.m. An explosion was heard.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: Ivan T. Sanderson, Invisible Residents, p 226
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_3085

Event 22918 (0C00827B)

Date: 5/26/1962
Description: (Translated from French) Sighting in Westfield (Massachusetts). (May 26)
Reference: case Blue Book #7930 unsolved
Reference: rr0 - Beau
Source: rr0, ID: rr0_1958

Event 22919 (CC974D5A)

Date: 5/26/1962
Location: WESTFIELD, MA
Description: Red ovoid emits sparks / top and bottom. Yellow-white center. Blue Book unidentified. No further details.
Type: sighting
Reference: HALL, Richard: The UFO EVIDENCE; NICAP,Washington, DC 1964. Reprinted 1997 Barnes & Noble Books ( only $7.98! ) (Index 139)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_6642

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

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “7”, Duration: “2”, Elev: “43”, HatchDesc: “WESTFIELD,MA:RED OVOID EMITS SPARKS/TOP+BOTTOM:YLW-WHT CENTER:BBK UID:NFD”, LatLong: “42.116669 -72.766670”, LatLongDMS: “42:07:00 N 72:46:00 W”, Locale: “Residential”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Massachusetts”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 22920 (D75A8C11)

Date: 5/26/1962
Time: 23:50
Location: BLANDFORD, MA
Description: Project Bluebook Case #7930. 6 USCG and more. Moon-size diamond-sphere/orb/globe descends. Makes south-curve. Slow.
Type: sighting
Reference: SCIENCE & MECHANICS (eds.) OFFICIAL GUIDE to UFO’S; Ace Books, NY. 1968. (Index 148)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_6643

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

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “10”, Duration: “5”, Elev: “443”, HatchDesc: “BLANDFORD,MA:BBK#7930:6 USCG+:MOON-SIZE DIAMOND-ORB DESCENDS:MAKES S-CURVE:SLO”, LatLong: “42.177780 -72.916670”, LatLongDMS: “42:10:40 N 72:55:00 W”, Locale: “Mountains”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Massachusetts”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 22921 (32EE8276)

Date: 5/26/1962
Location: Westfield, MA
Description: Large red ball fly or fall down, then rise back up (NICAP: 01 - Distant Encounters, BB: 7930)
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_2567

Event 22922 (9508E984)

Date: 5/26/1962
Location: Westfield, MA
Description: “Round, slightly oval, bright red object, giving off sparks from top and bottom. Center. . . yellowish or white. . .case is listed as unidentified.” (Air Force Project Blue Book 1962 Summary.) (NICAP: 01 - Distant Encounters, BB: 7930)
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_2581

Event 22923 (BA8480F6)

Date: 5/26/1962
Description: At 11:45 p.m. a group of seven teenagers in Westfield, Massachusetts saw a red diamond-shaped object that gave off sparks like sparklers. The object slowly descended in a gentle S-curve. It landed remotely on a nearby mountain. Shortly after landing it reappeared in the sky, and stayed there until after the observers had left the scene.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: Project Blue Book files counted in official statistics, case # 7930, Lloyd Mallan, The Official Guide to UFOs, p. 20; Jacques Vallee, Anatomy of a Phenomenon, p. 155
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_3098

Event 22924 (6666BBAF)

Date: 5/27/1962
Description: (Translated from French) Observation at Palmer (Alaska). (May 27)
Reference: case Blue Book #7931 unsolved
Reference: rr0 - Beau
Source: rr0, ID: rr0_1959

Event 22925 (0B62FE07)

Date: 5/27/1962
Location: PALMER, AK
Description: Project Bluebook Case #7931. Unidentified. Numerous observer(s). 2 triangular UFO’s dive and climb. No further details. / r78p191.
Type: sighting
Reference: HALL, Richard: The UFO EVIDENCE; NICAP,Washington, DC 1964. Reprinted 1997 Barnes & Noble Books ( only $7.98! ) (Index 139)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_6644

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CST: Observer(s) in coastal area/just offshore, HQO: High-quality observer(s), DLT: Delta/vee/boomerang/rectangular shaped UFO, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), MIL: Military investigation, BBK: Project BLUEBOOK

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “10”, Duration: “5”, Elev: “76”, HatchDesc: “PALMER,AK:BBK#7931:UID:NMRS OBS:2 TRIANGULAR UFOS DIVE+CLIMB:NFD:/r78p191”, LatLong: “61.600003 -149.111118”, LatLongDMS: “61:36:00 N 149:06:40 W”, Locale: “Farmlands”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Alaska”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 22926 (7DD4E378)

Date: 5/27/1962
Location: Palmer, AK
Description: (NARA) (NICAP: 01 - Distant Encounters, BB: 7931)
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_2582

Event 22927 (DDD57068)

Date: 5/27/1962
Location: 2.0000 -157.0000
Description: Nuclear test: Air, confirmed. Country: USA Name: “Nambe” Yield: 43KT
Type: atomic
Reference: “columbia.edu: Worldwide Nuclear Explosions”, by Yang, North, Romney, and Richards
Reference: “archive.org: Worldwide Nuclear Explosions”, by Yang, North, Romney, and Richards
Source: NukeExplosions, ID: NukeExplosions_246

Extra Data: LatLong: “2.0000 -157.0000”, LatLongDMS: “02:00:00 N 157:00:00 W”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, NukeCountry: “USA”, NukeDepth: “0.00”, NukeName: “Nambe”, NukeSource: “NV209”, NukeType: “NACU”, NukeY: “43”

Event 22928 (EA9DFFC1)

Date: 5/27/1962
Description: Numerous witnesses in Palmer, Alaska watched two triangular UFOs dive and climb through the sky.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: Project Blue Book files counted in official statistics, case 7931; Richard H. Hall, UFO Evidence, p. 108
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_3115

Event 22929 (F8E6A182)

Date: 5/30/1962 (approximate)
Time: 21:30
Location: FLEISHMANNS, NY
Description: Group / students. Solid self-luminous silent night light SSW going quickly northwest. Jerky trajectory.
Type: sighting
Reference: STURROCK, Dr. Peter A: REPORT / SURVEY of the AMERICAN ASTRONOMICAL SOCIETY of the UFO PROBLEM; Stanford, CA 1977. (Index 69)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_6645

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: “USA”, Credibility: “9”, Duration: “1”, Elev: “420”, HatchDesc: “FLEISHMANNS,NY:GRP/STUDENTS:SOLID SELF-LUM.SILENT NLT SSW>>NW:JERKY TRAJECTORY”, LatLong: “42.155558 -74.533337”, LatLongDMS: “42:09:20 N 74:32:00 W”, Locale: “Mountains”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “New York”, Strangeness: “5”

Event 22930 (FB7902DA)

Date: 5/31/1962
Time: 21:00
Location: MONTREAL, QB
Description: 9’ barrel shape flies. 2 figure(s) visible inside via 2 portholes.
Type: sighting
Reference: MUSGRAVE, John Brent: UFO OCCUPANTS & CRITTERS; Global Communications, NY 1979. 8x11 66pp. (Index 43)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_6646

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, FIG: Undefined or poorly seen figure/entity, OBS: Observation/chasing vehicles

Extra Data: Country: “Canada”, Credibility: “6”, Duration: “2”, Elev: “67”, HatchDesc: “MONTREAL,QB:9’ BARREL SHAPE FLIES:2 FIGs VISIBLE INSIDE VIA 2 PORTHOLES”, LatLong: “45.516669 -73.566670”, LatLongDMS: “45:31:00 N 73:34:00 W”, Locale: “Metropolis”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Quebec”, Strangeness: “8”

Event 22931 (E3880B55)

Date: 6/1962
Location: USA
Description: (Translated from French) (cf: 1959, X-15) In June 1962, at an altitude of 76 km, the craft (X-15) breached the ceiling of the domain legally attributed to aircraft, and in August 1963, with the record altitude of 108 km, space was for the first time violated by an aircraft.
Reference: “The War of the Satellites” - Volume 3 - Pierre Kohler, ed. Famot 1982, p. 162
Reference: Mini catalogue chronologique des observations OVNI, by Godelieve Van Overmeire
Source: Overmeire, ID: Overmeire_2227

Event 22932 (089CC759)

Date: 6/1962
Location: ITALY, Verona
Description: (Translated from French) Following a UFO sighting, a woman was awoken by an intense cold sensation and saw near the house a bald being. She called other witnesses and all of them saw the apparition “shrink” and disappear on the spot like a television image when the device is turned off.
Reference: Jacques VALLEE: “Other Dimensions” - trans. Robert Laffont 1989 - p. 284
Reference: Mini catalogue chronologique des observations OVNI, by Godelieve Van Overmeire
Source: Overmeire, ID: Overmeire_2228

Event 22933 (C6C8F12F)

Date: 6/1/1962
Time: 17:00:00.1
Location: 37.0456 -116.0345
Description: Nuclear test: Underground, confirmed. Country: USA Name: “Raccoon” 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_247

Extra Data: LatLong: “37.0456 -116.0345”, LatLongDMS: “37:02:44 N 116:02:04 W”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, NukeCountry: “USA”, NukeDepth: “0.16”, NukeName: “Raccoon”, NukeSource: “SPRINGER”, NukeType: “NUCU”, NukeYMax: “20”

Event 22934 (4169790B)

Date: 6/3/1962
Time: 19:30
Location: PACIENCIA, ARG
Description: Several observer(s). Moon-size disk hovers. Changes color(s). Vanishes in plain sight.
Type: sighting
Reference: BANCHS, Rodolfo: LAS EVIDENCIAS de los OVNI; Rudolfo Alonso Editor, Argentina. 1976 (Index 151)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_6647

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

Extra Data: Country: “Argentina”, Credibility: “9”, Duration: “2”, Elev: “170”, HatchDesc: “PACIENCIA,ARG:SVRL OBS:MOONSIZE DISK HVRS:CHANGES CLRS:VANISHES in PLAIN SIGHT”, LatLong: “-36.866668 -60.350003”, LatLongDMS: “36:52:00 S 60:21:00 W”, Locale: “Town & City”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Buenos Aires”, Strangeness: “8”

Event 22935 (81A290F5)

Date: 6/3/1962
Description: A doctor and his wife, Sr. & Sra. Gazua were driving to Parana, Entre Rios province, Argentina and were near the town of Crespo at 1:15 a.m. when they saw a luminous truncated cone, 3-4 meters high, on the ground 100 meters away. Through a doorway in the object they saw a being of normal height, wearing a diver suit with a hood. Inside was seated a second man. They drove on.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: David F. Webb & Ted Bloecher, HUMCAT: Catalogue of Humanoid Reports, case A0529, citing Cordoba newspaper, July 20, 1962
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_3244

Event 22936 (74DA2C0B)

Date: 6/5/1962
Location: California
Description: Contactee Gabriel Green runs for the US Senate in California and claims to have received 171,000 votes in the Democratic primary.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Wikipedia, “1962 United States Senate election in California”; S. D. Tucker, False Economies: The Strangest, Least Successful, and Most Audacious Financial Follies, Plans, and Crazes of All Times, Amberly, 2018, chapter 3, excerpted in “Taxing Credulity,” Fortean Times 367 (June 2018): 52–55
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_3623

Event 22937 (082E061D)

Date: 6/6/1962
Time: 17:00:00.1
Location: 37.0457 -116.0393
Description: Nuclear test: Underground, confirmed. Country: USA Name: “Packrat” 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_248

Extra Data: LatLong: “37.0457 -116.0393”, LatLongDMS: “37:02:45 N 116:02:21 W”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, NukeCountry: “USA”, NukeDepth: “0.26”, NukeName: “Packrat”, NukeSource: “SPRINGER”, NukeType: “NUCU”, NukeYMax: “20”

Event 22938 (E7FF8B14)

Date: 6/6/1962
Location: Caroda, New South Wales
Description: 11:20 a.m. Six silent objects are seen at intervals over Caroda, New South Wales. A trail of shiny, web-like filaments falls and gradually disintegrates as they drift through the air. Witnesses say they are up to 5 feet long.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Keith Basterfield, “Angel Hair: An Australian Perspective,” IUR 27, no. 1 (Spring 2002): 7; Keith Basterfield, “A Catalogue and Analysis of Australasian ‘Angel Hair’ Cases,” March 2001
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_3624

Event 22939 (8FD0B355)

Date: 6/7/1962
Location: Hallett Station, Antarctica
Description: (McDonald list) (NICAP: 01 - Distant Encounters, BB: BBU)
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_2583

Event 22940 (A6E6A43F)

Date: 6/7/1962
Locations: Hallett Station [now closed]; Cape Hallett; East Antarctica
Description: A brilliant white light, approximately 20 times brighter than first magnitude stars, is seen at Hallett Station [now closed], Cape Hallett, East Antarctica, at 250° (true) azimuth, and 30° elevation. Over 5 minutes it remains stationary and is viewed both with binoculars and the naked eye. It appears circular. It is a dazzling gold color and observed between two mountain peaks. The sun at the time is below the horizon. After 5 minutes it moves in a southerly direction and is lost to view behind a peak. Project Blue Book concludes it is Jupiter, even though that planet’s position is only at 5° elevation.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: NICAP, [Blue Book documents]; Sparks, p. 292; Swords 298
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_3625

Event 22941 (5F85DABA)

Date: 6/8/1962
Location: 2.0000 -157.0000
Description: Nuclear test: Air, confirmed. Country: USA Name: “Alma” Yield: 782KT
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_249

Extra Data: LatLong: “2.0000 -157.0000”, LatLongDMS: “02:00:00 N 157:00:00 W”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, NukeCountry: “USA”, NukeDepth: “0.00”, NukeName: “Alma”, NukeSource: “NV209”, NukeType: “NACU”, NukeY: “782”

Event 22942 (AD397390)

Date: 6/9/1962
Location: 2.0000 -157.0000
Description: Nuclear test: Air, confirmed. Country: USA Name: “Truckee” Yield: 210KT
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_250

Extra Data: LatLong: “2.0000 -157.0000”, LatLongDMS: “02:00:00 N 157:00:00 W”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, NukeCountry: “USA”, NukeDepth: “0.00”, NukeName: “Truckee”, NukeSource: “NV209”, NukeType: “NACU”, NukeY: “210”

Event 22943 (171809D2)

Date: 6/10/1962
Location: 2.0000 -157.0000
Description: Nuclear test: Air, confirmed. Country: USA Name: “Yeso” 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_251

Extra Data: LatLong: “2.0000 -157.0000”, LatLongDMS: “02:00:00 N 157:00:00 W”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, NukeCountry: “USA”, NukeDepth: “0.00”, NukeName: “Yeso”, NukeSource: “NV209”, NukeType: “NACU”, NukeY: “3000”

Event 22944 (4C459DFC)

Date: 6/12/1962
Description: (Translated from French) Recovery of 2 bodies following a crash at Holloman base (New Mexico). (June 12)
Reference: rr0 - Beau
Source: rr0, ID: rr0_1961

Event 22945 (9FC0331D)

Date: 6/12/1962
Description: (Translated from French) In Verona (Italy), following a UFO sighting, a woman is awoken by an intense cold sensation and sees a bald being near the house. She calls other witnesses and all of them see the apparition shrink and disappear on the spot like a television image when the device is turned off.
Reference: rr0 - Beau
Source: rr0, ID: rr0_1962

Event 22946 (4B9CBA1D)

Date: 6/12/1962
Location: 2.0000 -157.0000
Description: Nuclear test: Air, confirmed. Country: USA Name: “Harlem” 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_252

Extra Data: LatLong: “2.0000 -157.0000”, LatLongDMS: “02:00:00 N 157:00:00 W”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, NukeCountry: “USA”, NukeDepth: “0.00”, NukeName: “Harlem”, NukeSource: “NV209”, NukeType: “NACU”, NukeY: “1200”

Event 22947 (7B6F1899)

Date: 6/13/1962
Time: 21:00:00.1
Location: 37.2222 -116.1621
Description: Nuclear test: Underground, confirmed. Country: USA Name: “Des Moines” Yield: 2.9KT
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_253

Extra Data: LatLong: “37.2222 -116.1621”, LatLongDMS: “37:13:20 N 116:09:44 W”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, NukeCountry: “USA”, NukeDepth: “0.20”, NukeName: “Des Moines”, NukeSource: “SPRINGER”, NukeType: “NUCU”, NukeY: “2.9”

Event 22948 (FC7E9034)

Date: 6/15/1962
Time: 12:30
Location: SOUTH / STOCKHOLM, SOUTHWEST
Description: 2 old women. 5 saucers maneuver / 5 min then shoot away / 3s. No further details.
Type: sighting
Reference: REHN, K. Gosta: UFO’s HERE and NOW; Translated/Swedish Patricia Crompton: London; Abelard 1974 (Index 122)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_6648

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: “Scandanavian and Finland”, Credibility: “6”, Duration: “5”, HatchDesc: “S/STOCKHOLM,SW:2 OLD WOMEN:5 SCRS MNVR/5 MIN THEN SHOOT AWAY/3s:NFD”, LatLong: “59.166669 18.000001”, LatLongDMS: “59:10:00 N 18:00:00 E”, Locale: “Residential”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Sweden”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 22949 (C88FAAAC)

Date: 6/15/1962
Time: 23:50
Location: PRINCE OF WALES ISLAND, AUSTR
Description: Silver object / hillside. Gone shortly after. No further details. / FSR’62#5.
Type: sighting
Reference: VALLEE, Jacques: PASSPORT TO MAGONIA; H. Regnery, Chicago HC 1969 & Contemporary Books,Chicago 1993. 372pp. (Index 536)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_6649

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), LND: UFO landing or any part touches ground

Extra Data: Country: “Australia”, Credibility: “7”, Duration: “1”, HatchDesc: “PRINCE of WALES Isl,AUSTR:SLVR OBJ/HILLSIDE:GONE SHORTLY AFTER:NFD:/FSR’62#5”, LatLong: “-10.783334 142.250007”, LatLongDMS: “10:47:00 S 142:15:00 E”, Locale: “Islands”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Queensland”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 22950 (C175DBB3)

Date: 6/15/1962
Location: 2.0000 -157.0000
Description: Nuclear test: Air, confirmed. Country: USA Name: “Rinconada” 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_254

Extra Data: LatLong: “2.0000 -157.0000”, LatLongDMS: “02:00:00 N 157:00:00 W”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, NukeCountry: “USA”, NukeDepth: “0.00”, NukeName: “Rinconada”, NukeSource: “NV209”, NukeType: “NACU”, NukeY: “800”

Event 22951 (590BD0C1)

Date: 6/16/1962
Location: Prince of Wales Island, Australia
Description: Four persons from Thursday Island, among them E. Thorpe, were climbing a hill when they observed a silvery object on a nearby hillside, less than 2 km away. It could not be located again when they reached the other side of the hill.
Type: ufo sighting
Reference: FSR 62,5 (Vallee)
Source: ValléeMagonia, ID: Magonia_536

Event 22952 (7A23F0AF)

Date: 6/17/1962
Location: 2.0000 -157.0000
Description: Nuclear test: Air, confirmed. Country: USA Name: “Dulce” Yield: 52KT
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_255

Extra Data: LatLong: “2.0000 -157.0000”, LatLongDMS: “02:00:00 N 157:00:00 W”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, NukeCountry: “USA”, NukeDepth: “0.00”, NukeName: “Dulce”, NukeSource: “NV209”, NukeType: “NACU”, NukeY: “52”

Event 22953 (34F73048)

Date: 6/19/1962
Time: 18:10
Location: HARLEDEN, LONDON
Description: 1 observer. Classic saucer low and slow north going south / 500’ altitude. Wavers. Variable speeds.
Type: sighting
Reference: OLSEN, Thomas: REFERENCE for OUTSTANDING UFO SIGHTINGS REPORTS. 1966 UFO Information Retrieval Center, Riderwood, MD 21139. (Index 380)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_6650

Attributes: 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: “Great Britain and Ireland”, Credibility: “6”, Duration: “2”, HatchDesc: “HARLEDEN,LONDON:1 OBS:CLASSIC SCR LO+SLOW N>S/500’alt:WAVERS:VARIABLE SPEEDS”, LatLong: “51.533336 -0.083333”, LatLongDMS: “51:32:00 N 00:05:00 W”, Locale: “Metropolis”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “England”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 22954 (13AC0C67)

Date: 6/19/1962
Location: 2.0000 -157.0000
Description: Nuclear test: Air, confirmed. Country: USA Name: “Petit” 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_256

Extra Data: LatLong: “2.0000 -157.0000”, LatLongDMS: “02:00:00 N 157:00:00 W”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, NukeCountry: “USA”, NukeDepth: “0.00”, NukeName: “Petit”, NukeSource: “NV209”, NukeType: “NACU”, NukeY: “2.2”

Event 22955 (2DE96554)

Date: 6/21/1962
Description: (Translated from French) Sighting in Indianapolis (Indiana). (June 21)
Reference: case Blue Book #7957 unsolved
Reference: rr0 - Beau
Source: rr0, ID: rr0_1963

Event 22956 (D9F6B085)

Date: 6/21/1962
Time: 04:00
Location: NEAR INDIANAPOLIS, IN
Description: Project Bluebook Case #7957. 3 / B52 bomber. 3 star-like night lights joined by 2 more.
Type: sighting
Reference: BERLINER, DON: The BLUEBOOK UNKNOWNS; (FUFOR). (Index 30)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_6651

Attributes: AIR: Observer(s) on aircraft, MIL: Observer(s) military, HQO: High-quality observer(s), MID: Likely mis-identification, NLT: Nightlights/points of light, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), MIL: Military investigation, BBK: Project BLUEBOOK

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “8”, Duration: “1”, Elev: “218”, HatchDesc: “nr INDIANAPOLIS,IN:BBK#7957:3/B52 BOMBER:3 STARLIKE NLTS JOINED BY 2 MORE”, LatLong: “39.783335 -86.183337”, LatLongDMS: “39:47:00 N 86:11:00 W”, Locale: “Metropolis”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Indiana”, Strangeness: “4”

Event 22957 (19167D60)

Date: 6/21/1962
Location: Indianapolis, IN
Description: Three Strange Lights Observed By B-52 Crew (NICAP: 11 - Aviation Cases, Code: A, Rating: 5, BB: 7957)
Reference: NICAP: 620621
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_2584

Event 22958 (16924D0B)

Date: 6/21/1962
Time: 4 AM
Location: Indianapolis, Indiana
Description: Witnesses: Lt. Col. H. King and tail gunner M/Sgt. Roberts, aboard a B-52 heavy jet bomber. Three bright, star-like lights: one seen; 10 seconds later, two more were seen. Total sighting took 3 minutes.
Type: ufo sighting
Reference: BlueBook Unknowns PDF
Source: BerlinerBBUnknowns, ID: BerlinerBBU_476

Event 22959 (B7F6E140)

Date: 6/21/1962
Time: 17:00:00.1
Location: 37.0431 -116.0303
Description: Nuclear test: Underground, confirmed. Country: USA Name: “Daman I” 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_257

Extra Data: LatLong: “37.0431 -116.0303”, LatLongDMS: “37:02:35 N 116:01:49 W”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, NukeCountry: “USA”, NukeDepth: “0.26”, NukeName: “Daman I”, NukeSource: “SPRINGER”, NukeType: “NUCU”, NukeYMax: “20”

Event 22960 (A595B0C8)

Date: Summer 1962
Description: Col. Joseph J. Bryan III, special assistant to the Secretary of the Air Force and advisor to NATO, joins the board of NICAP. In 1959 he had contacted Keyhoe and asked to see some of his “really hot cases.” It is later revealed that he was also founder of the CIA’s psychological warfare staff. Bryan never discloses his CIA background to NICAP or Keyhoe. Although Bryan, the father of later UFO author C. D. B. Bryan, makes strong pro-UFO statements, he is later suspected of helping to discredit Keyhoe and undermine NICAP; his son and Richard H. Hall deny it.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: “AF Colonel, Noted Astronomer, Join Board,” UFO Investigator 2, no. 5 (Aug./Sept 1962): 2; “Col. Joseph Bryan,” UFO Investigator 3, no. 8 (May/June 1966): 5; “NI-CIA-AP or NICAP?” Just Cause 1, no. 7 (January 1979): 5–13; “CE4K Author C. D. B. Bryan Dies,” Rigorous Intuition, December 18, 2009
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_3621

Event 22961 (D069C35D)

Date: Summer 1962
Locations: East Peru, Maine; Ardgay, Sutherland, Scotland; RAF Kinloss; Moray Firth; RAF Evanton
Description: Around 9:00 p.m. Harvey Packard and five other men are fishing near East Peru, Maine, when three orange globes show up across the pond and begin dancing about. The globes move toward the witnesses, who get scared and jump in their car and speed away. The globes follow the car, one in the rear and the others on each side. The objects appear to be transparent, 3-foot spheres that easily pace the speeding vehicle. Occasionally they leave their positions and form into a triangle with squarish bridges between them, then split up and continue the car chase. The car radio is filled with static. Finally, they veer off and fly into the woods. (NICAP case file; Swords 300) Summer — Donald MacKenzie, a shepherd, discovers some strange wreckage in a remote moor near Ardgay, Sutherland, Scotland, that he thinks is related to Sputnik. In October, a team from RAF Kinloss [now Kinloss Barracks] on the Moray Firth arrives to investigate. They find a strange box-shaped object, large enough to have carried a person and containing spaces for cameras and a brass panel that explains, in pictures, what the finder should do in the event of discovery to claim a reward. Buried nearby are a number of bottles of colorless fluid. The team is mystified and suspects something Russian but can’t confirm it. The debris now seems likely to have come from a secret spy balloon, one of many launched in 1955–1956 by the US Air Force from RAF Evanton [now closed], to take reconnaissance photos of Russian military and nuclear facilities. Once clear of Soviet territory, the balloons were designed to drop into the Pacific Ocean where its VHF beacon would guide recovery efforts.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: David Clarke, “The Scottish Roswell?” Dr. David Clarke: Folklore and Journalism, July 29, 2012
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_3622

Event 22962 (DBC0210B)

Date: 6/21/1962
Description: At 4:00 a.m. Lt. Col. H. King and his tail gunner M/Sgt. Roberts, aboard a B-52 heavy jet bomber flying over Indianapolis, Indiana sighted three bright, star-like flying nocturnal lights. The first was seen, and then ten seconds later two more were spotted. The total sighting lasted three minutes.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: Project Blue Book files counted in official statistics, case # 7957; Don Berliner, Project Bluebook UFO Unknowns
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_3572

Event 22963 (7B43397B)

Date: 6/21/1962
Description: Many residents of La Plata, Argentina phoned the police and the newspapers on this night to report a red cigar-shaped UFO over the city, flying around in circles at great speed. The object would disappear and reappear, giving off red flashes.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: Gordon Creighton, Flying Saucer Review, July-August 1964, p. 10
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_3573

Event 22964 (176D435E)

Date: 6/22/1962
End date: 6/23/1962
Location: Columbus, GA
Description: From 10:25 p.m. local time, June 22, until 3:00 a.m. local time, June 23, multiple witnesses reported at least seven sightings of flying objects in the Columbus area. (NICAP: 09 - RADAR Cases, Code: R, Rating: 5)
Reference: NICAP: 19620622-19620623
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_2585

Event 22965 (57990BC4)

Date: 6/22/1962
Location: 2.0000 -157.0000
Description: Nuclear test: Air, confirmed. Country: USA Name: “Otowi” Yield: 81.5KT
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_258

Extra Data: LatLong: “2.0000 -157.0000”, LatLongDMS: “02:00:00 N 157:00:00 W”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, NukeCountry: “USA”, NukeDepth: “0.00”, NukeName: “Otowi”, NukeSource: “NV209”, NukeType: “NACU”, NukeY: “81.5”

Event 22966 (906BAF88)

Date: 6/25/1962
Time: 21:00
Location: SOUTHEAST TUCSON, AZ
Description: 3 boys. 3+1 green fireballs exit delta/triangle/box-like craft. 3 board 2nd delta/triangle/box-like craft. Saucer drops cable going down / ground.
Type: sighting
Reference: The APRO BULLETIN: Monthly. Jim & Coral Lorenzen: Tucson,AZ (USA. defunct) By volume and number. (Index 751)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_6652

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, SMP: Sampling of plant/animal/soil/tissue/specimens, VEH: Vehicle affected: Marks/damage/EME effects, LND: UFO landing or any part touches ground, TCH: New technical details/clues

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “7”, Duration: “240”, Elev: “720”, HatchDesc: “SE TUCSON,AZ:3 BOYS:3+1 GRN FBLS EXIT DLT:3 BOARD 2nd DLT:SCR DROPS CABLE↓/GND”, LatLong: “32.200002 -110.883339”, LatLongDMS: “32:12:00 N 110:53:00 W”, Locale: “Desert”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Arizona”, Strangeness: “8”

Event 22967 (2DB6FA07)

Date: 6/25/1962
End date: 6/26/1962
Locations: 7466 East 18th Street, Tucson, Arizona; Pontano Wash
Description: 9:00 p.m.–2:00 a.m. John, 14, and James Westmoreland, 12, are camping out in their backyard at 7466 East 18th Street, Tucson, Arizona, with a friend, Ronald Black, 11. About 9:00 p.m. John notices a bright star in the west that moves occasionally, dips, and hovers. Around 11:45, they notice that the star is brighter and has moved closer, taking the shape of a triangle. At 12:15, the object noiselessly emits three green flares that take on a speedy horizontal flight path. They notice a second, ball-shaped object that races from west to east, flips, and stops at a higher elevation than the first. A “flare-like” light approaches the second and seems to be absorbed by it. The first UFO spits out more green flares, two of which disappear into the second object a few minutes later. The second object shoots out a rocket that disappears in the sky. A third whitish object, larger and disc-shaped, appears above Pontano Wash with a cone-shaped superstructure. Three stiltlike protuberances appear briefly then are drawn back in. The third object also drops something like a rope that extends to the ground for 3–5 minutes. The boys soon get sleepy and retire after a while, telling the mother, Pansy Westmoreland, about it in the morning.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: “Saucers, Rockets Inhabit Night Sky,” Tucson (Ariz.) Daily Citizen, June 26, 1962, p. 17; Coral E. Lorenzen, “Saucers Shoot Rockets over Tucson, Arizona,” APRO Bulletin, July 1962, pp. 1, 3–4; Lorenzen, UFOs over the Americas, Signet, 1968, pp. 114–118
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_3626

Event 22968 (3DB7A3F2)

Date: 6/25/1962
Description: In Kurrajong, New South Wales, Australia a glowing red object of great size and speed was seen as it flew over.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: Michael Hervey, UFOs over the Southern Hemisphere, p. 87
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_3651

Event 22969 (0A8385CD)

Date: 6/26/1962
Time: 03:00
Location: VERONA, ITL
Description: Many observer(s). Saucer maneuvers. Figure appears. Shrinks and vanishes / TV image! / FSR’63#2.
Type: sighting
Reference: VALLEE, Jacques: PASSPORT TO MAGONIA; H. Regnery, Chicago HC 1969 & Contemporary Books,Chicago 1993. 372pp. (Index 537)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_6653

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, OID: Humanoid: Small alien or “Grey”, TCH: New technical details/clues, CMF: Camouflage/disguise

Extra Data: Country: “Italy”, Credibility: “11”, Duration: “60”, HatchDesc: “VERONA,ITL:MANY OBS:SCR MNVRS:FIG.APPEARS:SHRINKS+VANISHES/TV IMAGE!:/FSR’63#2”, LatLong: “45.466669 11.033334”, LatLongDMS: “45:28:00 N 11:02:00 E”, Locale: “Town & City”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “NVT”, Strangeness: “10”

Event 22970 (E1EA74B2)

Date: 6/26/1962
Time: evening
Location: Verona, Italy
Description: For about one hour, 20-year-old Roberto Poregozzo, his mother, Maria, and his 25-year-old sister, Luisa, observed a silvery disk, the apparent diameter of the moon, maneuvering in the sky near Santa Anastasia church. They finally went home. About 0300, one of them was awakened by a feeling of intense cold and perceived a greenish light in the room. In the window a sharply defined human shape, delineating a semi-transparent body, was visible. The apparition had a huge bald head. The witness screamed, awakening the two others, and they saw the apparition shrink and vanish “like a TV image when one turns off the set.”
Type: ufo sighting
Reference: FSR 63, 2 (Vallee)
Source: ValléeMagonia, ID: Magonia_537

Event 22971 (FB8F2F76)

Date: 6/26/1962
Description: Verona, Italy – After observing a flying disc earlier that night, Luisa Peregozzo awoke to an intense cold feeling and saw out her bedroom window a semi-transparent being with an enormous baldhead, surrounded by a green light. It was extending huge hands in her direction. The air in the room remained cold throughout the entire episode.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: Flying Saucers, January 1966, p. 58
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_3670

Event 22972 (D241B59C)

Date: 6/27/1962
Location: 2.0000 -157.0000
Description: Nuclear test: Air, confirmed. Country: USA Name: “Bighorn” Yield: 7650KT
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_259

Extra Data: LatLong: “2.0000 -157.0000”, LatLongDMS: “02:00:00 N 157:00:00 W”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, NukeCountry: “USA”, NukeDepth: “0.00”, NukeName: “Bighorn”, NukeSource: “NV209”, NukeType: “NACU”, NukeY: “7650”

Event 22973 (AFC78887)

Date: 6/27/1962
Time: 18:00:00.1
Location: 37.0416 -116.0353
Description: Nuclear test: Underground, confirmed. Country: USA Name: “Haymaker” Yield: 67KT
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_260

Extra Data: LatLong: “37.0416 -116.0353”, LatLongDMS: “37:02:30 N 116:02:07 W”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, NukeCountry: “USA”, NukeDepth: “0.41”, NukeMb: “4.90”, NukeName: “Haymaker”, NukeSource: “SPRINGER”, NukeType: “NUCU”, NukeY: “67”

Event 22974 (929C5080)

Date: 6/28/1962
Time: 17:00:00.1
Location: 37.0091 -116.2011
Description: Nuclear test: Underground, confirmed. Country: USA Name: “Marshmallow” 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_261

Extra Data: LatLong: “37.0091 -116.2011”, LatLongDMS: “37:00:33 N 116:12:04 W”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, NukeCountry: “USA”, NukeDepth: “0.31”, NukeName: “Marshmallow”, NukeSource: “SPRINGER”, NukeType: “NUCU”, NukeYMax: “20”

Event 22975 (F3CC3A2E)

Date: 6/30/1962
Description: (Translated from French) Observation in Richmond (Virginia). (June 30-July 1)
Reference: case Blue Book #7968 unsolved
Reference: rr0 - Beau
Source: rr0, ID: rr0_1964

Event 22976 (4D0C9BA8)

Date: 6/30/1962
Time: 23:50?
Location: RICHMOND, VA
Description: Project Bluebook Case #7968. Observer(s) = Meadors. Red saucer climbs banks and maneuvers / 10 min. Unidentified.
Type: sighting
Reference: FLAMMONDE, Paris: UFO EXIST!; Ballentine Books, NY 1976. PB 480pp. (Index 438)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_6654

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: “57”, HatchDesc: “RICHMOND,VA:BBK#7968:OBS=MEADORS:RED SCR CLIMBS BANKS+MANEUVERS/10 MIN:UID:”, LatLong: “37.566668 -77.466670”, LatLongDMS: “37:34:00 N 77:28:00 W”, Locale: “Town & City”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Virginia”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 22977 (CB691124)

Date: 6/30/1962
End date: 7/1/1962
Location: Richmond, VA
Description: Saw a red, star-like light for unspecified length of time (NICAP: 01 - Distant Encounters, BB: 7968)
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_2586

Event 22978 (515B8FE1)

Date: 6/30/1962
Time: 9 AM
Location: Richmond, Virginia
Description: Witness: 13 year old Meadors. One red, star-like light seen for an unspecified length of time. No further details in files.
Type: ufo sighting
Reference: BlueBook Unknowns PDF
Source: BerlinerBBUnknowns, ID: BerlinerBBU_477

Event 22979 (D2E2E785)

Date: 6/30/1962
Location: 2.0000 -157.0000
Description: Nuclear test: Air, confirmed. Country: USA Name: “Bluestone” Yield: 1270KT
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_262

Extra Data: LatLong: “2.0000 -157.0000”, LatLongDMS: “02:00:00 N 157:00:00 W”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, NukeCountry: “USA”, NukeDepth: “0.00”, NukeName: “Bluestone”, NukeSource: “NV209”, NukeType: “NACU”, NukeY: “1270”

Event 22980 (977663C6)

Date: 6/30/1962
Time: 21:30:00.2
Location: 37.1174 -116.0474
Description: Nuclear test: Underground, confirmed. Country: USA Name: “Sacramento” 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_263

Extra Data: LatLong: “37.1174 -116.0474”, LatLongDMS: “37:07:03 N 116:02:51 W”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, NukeCountry: “USA”, NukeDepth: “0.15”, NukeName: “Sacramento”, NukeSource: “SPRINGER”, NukeType: “NUCU”, NukeYMax: “20”

Event 22981 (CEDFCC4C)

Date: 6/30/1962
Description: At 9:00 a.m. a 13-year-old reported seeing a red, circular object with some white lights in Richmond, Virginia. He observed it for ten minutes as the object climbed and banked. A Project Blue Book “unknown.”
Reference: Johnson
Reference: Paris Flammonde, UFO Exist!, p. 367
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_3746

Event 22982 (1FC6055E)

Date: 7/1962
Location: ARGENTINA, Camba Punta
Description: (Translated from French) In July 1962, a UFO was spotted approaching Camba Punta in Argentina. The airport director, Luiz Harvey, cleared the runway. A few moments later, a perfectly round aerial vessel arrived at high speed. It stopped, hovering for three minutes. The Argentine Air Force had been alerted, but no pursuit was attempted. Unfortunately, witnesses, in a state of excitement, wanted to get a closer look at the strange machine and started running towards it. The flying disc quickly disappeared. (Donald KEYHOE: “Les Etrangers de l’Espace” - Presses Pocket 1975 - p. 66) The flying object arrived at high speed above the runway and suddenly stopped at an altitude of 1m to 1m 20 from the asphalt. The object was completely round according to the description of Mr. Harvey and a dozen other witnesses, and it was rotating on its vertical axis. During this time, the UFO emitted a blinding light of green, orange and blue. When Harvey and his team approached, the object rose at a dizzying speed.
Reference: The 1962 Ufo-Flap Remembered, Joseph Trainor, Saucer Roundup
Reference: Mini catalogue chronologique des observations OVNI, by Godelieve Van Overmeire
Source: Overmeire, ID: Overmeire_2233

Event 22983 (A2AA0F81)

Date: 7/1962
Time: 13:00?
Location: NEAR HOLLOMAN AIR FORCE BASE, NM
Description: 12 techs and engineers. 50’ silver saucer circles RADAR station/depot/facility. 90’35MM film.
Type: sighting
Reference: MUFON UFO JOURNAL, Seguin, TX USA. Monthly. (Index 231)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_6655

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, BLD: Building/man-made structure/roads/power lines, PHT: Photos/movies/videos taken, RDR: Radar traces/blips

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “10”, Duration: “5”, Elev: “1250”, HatchDesc: “nr HOLLOMAN AFB,NM:12 TECHS+ENGINEERS:50’SLVR SCR CIRCLES RDR STn:90’35MM FILM”, LatLong: “32.816668 -106.050005”, LatLongDMS: “32:49:00 N 106:03:00 W”, Locale: “Mountains”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “New Mexico”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 22984 (7B9F6ADB)

Date: 7/1962
Time: 16:00
Location: MARGNY, FR
Description: Boy / 8. UFO / 3 legs / field. Buzz like high tension power lines power lines. No traces. / r30p248.
Type: sighting
Reference: LUMIERES DANS la NUIT (LDLN), Paris. Bimonthly since 1957. LDLN B.P.3; 77123 Le Vaudoue, FRANCE. (Index 160)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_6656

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

Extra Data: Country: “France”, Credibility: “6”, Duration: “1”, HatchDesc: “MARGNY,FR:BOY/8:UFO/3 LEGS/FIELD:BUZZ like HiV POWER LINES:no traces:/r30p248”, LatLong: “49.616669 5.350000”, LatLongDMS: “49:37:00 N 05:21:00 E”, Locale: “Farmlands”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Ardennes”, Strangeness: “8”

Event 22985 (B78339F9)

Date: 7/1962
Description: APRO refers to NICAP as merely a “lobbying” effort in APRO Bulletin, while APRO is “gradually drawing the endorsements of the scientific community.”
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: “Support NICAP?” APRO Bulletin, July 1962, pp. 1–2; Clark III 50
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_3627

Event 22986 (897A77AB)

Date: 7/6/1962
Time: 17:00:00.1
Location: 37.1770 -116.0454
Description: Nuclear test: Underground, confirmed. Country: USA Name: “Sedan” Yield: 104KT
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_264

Extra Data: LatLong: “37.1770 -116.0454”, LatLongDMS: “37:10:37 N 116:02:43 W”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, NukeCountry: “USA”, NukeDepth: “0.19”, NukeMb: “4.40”, NukeName: “Sedan”, NukeSource: “SPRINGER”, NukeType: “NUCU”, NukeY: “104”

Event 22987 (3959E613)

Date: 7/7/1962
Location: 37.0000 -116.0000
Description: Nuclear test: Air, confirmed. Country: USA Name: “Little Feller II” 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_265

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: “Little Feller II”, NukeSource: “NV209”, NukeType: “NACU”, NukeYMax: “20”

Event 22988 (C12CA079)

Date: 7/7/1962
Location: Russia
Description: Soviet Col. Georgy Mosolov reaches 1,665 mph in a Mikoyan Gurevich Ye-166 (a modified Ye-152) over Russia.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Wikipedia, “Georgi Mosolov”
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_3628

Event 22989 (F1108D1B)

Date: 7/7/1962
Locations: Hallett Station; Cape Hallett; East Antarctica
Description: 11:10 p.m. C. B. Taylor, chief scientist at Hallett Station [now closed], Cape Hallett, East Antarctica, sees an intense light followed by two smaller lights pass over the facility in a few seconds leaving a clearly visible trail. Its passage is registered by an all-sky camera used for the study of auroras. Probable bolide.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: NICAP, [Blue Book documents]; NICAP, “Object Filmed by All Camera (IFO)”
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_3629

Event 22990 (DABE03FE)

Date: 7/9/1962
Time: 23:10
Location: CAPE HALLET, ANTARC
Description: 7 scientists and clear photographs. Grey cloud with 3 lights going quickly northeast / low altitude. Satellite?
Type: sighting
Reference: The APRO BULLETIN: Monthly. Jim & Coral Lorenzen: Tucson,AZ (USA. defunct) By volume and number. (Index 749)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_6657

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CST: Observer(s) in coastal area/just offshore, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, HQO: High-quality observer(s), SCI: Scientist involvement, NLT: Nightlights/points of light, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), TCH: New technical details/clues

Extra Data: Country: “Antarctic below 70 degrees South”, Credibility: “11”, Duration: “4”, HatchDesc: “CAPE HALLET,ANTARC:7 SCIs+CLR FOTOS:GRY CLOUD W/3 LITES >>NE/lo alt:satellite?”, LatLong: “-72.316670 170.266675”, LatLongDMS: “72:19:00 S 170:16:00 E”, Locale: “Coastlands”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “ANZ”, Strangeness: “5”

Event 22991 (B9282952)

Date: 7/9/1962
Location: 17.0000 -169.0000
Description: Nuclear test: Air, confirmed. Country: USA Name: “Starfish Prime” Yield: 1400KT
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_266

Extra Data: LatLong: “17.0000 -169.0000”, LatLongDMS: “17:00:00 N 169:00:00 W”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, NukeCountry: “USA”, NukeDepth: “0.00”, NukeName: “Starfish Prime”, NukeSource: “NV209”, NukeType: “NACU”, NukeY: “1400”

Event 22992 (341326B0)

Date: 7/9/1962
Description: A clear photograph of a gray cloud with three lights was taken at 11:10 p.m. by Dr. Taylor, an atmospheric scientist at the Cape Hallet Station in Antarctica. The cloud and lights moved toward the northeast at a low altitude. Other sightings of UFOs occurred that night at both the Chilean and Argentine Bases on the Palmer Archipelago in Antarctica.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: Coral E. Lorenzen, UFOs: The Whole Story, p. 234; Brad Steiger, Strangers from the Skies, p. 39
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_3953

Event 22993 (289AAB12)

Date: 7/10/1962
Location: USA,
Description: (Translated from French) LAUNCH OF TELSTAR SATELLITE, 77 KG, FIRST RELAY TELEVISION SATELLITE.
Reference: "Astronautics, Pierre Rousseau, Hachette 1965, p. 63
Reference: Mini catalogue chronologique des observations OVNI, by Godelieve Van Overmeire
Source: Overmeire, ID: Overmeire_2229

Event 22994 (F105FE9D)

Date: 7/10/1962
Description: (Translated from French) Telstar, 1st telecommunications satellite. (July 10)
Reference: rr0 - Beau
Source: rr0, ID: rr0_1965

Event 22995 (876662B7)

Date: 7/10/1962
Time: 07:10
Location: NEW IBERIA, LA
Description: Saucer going northeast 450M over NAS runway and hangar. Dome rotates / 90 rpm. / r70p380.
Type: sighting
Reference: HALL, Richard: The UFO EVIDENCE; NICAP,Washington, DC 1964. Reprinted 1997 Barnes & Noble Books ( only $7.98! ) (Index 32)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_6658

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

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “8”, Duration: “3”, Elev: “5”, HatchDesc: “NEW IBERIA,LA:SCR >NE 450M ovr NAS RUNWAY+HANGAR:DOME ROTATES/90rpm:/r70p380”, LatLong: “30.000001 -91.816671”, LatLongDMS: “30:00:00 N 91:49:00 W”, Locale: “Town & City”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, RelAlt: “450”, State/Prov: “Louisiana”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 22996 (14F47ECC)

Date: 7/10/1962
Location: New Iberia, LA
Description: Disc-shaped UFO with rotating dome on top swept low over Naval Auxiliary Air Station, slowed over area of runway and hangar, then climbed out of sight at 20 to 30 degrees angle accelerating rapidly. [NICAP UFO Evidence, IV] (NICAP: 02 - Close Encounters)
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_2587

Event 22997 (9374BB30)

Date: 7/10/1962
Location: 2.0000 -157.0000
Description: Nuclear test: Air, confirmed. Country: USA Name: “Sunset” 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_267

Extra Data: LatLong: “2.0000 -157.0000”, LatLongDMS: “02:00:00 N 157:00:00 W”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, NukeCountry: “USA”, NukeDepth: “0.00”, NukeName: “Sunset”, NukeSource: “NV209”, NukeType: “NACU”, NukeY: “1000”

Event 22998 (2FBB1CC1)

Date: 7/11/1962
Location: 2.0000 -157.0000
Description: Nuclear test: Air, confirmed. Country: USA Name: “Pamlico” Yield: 3880KT
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_268

Extra Data: LatLong: “2.0000 -157.0000”, LatLongDMS: “02:00:00 N 157:00:00 W”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, NukeCountry: “USA”, NukeDepth: “0.00”, NukeName: “Pamlico”, NukeSource: “NV209”, NukeType: “NACU”, NukeY: “3880”

Event 22999 (9597B24F)

Date: 7/11/1962
Time: 16:45:00.1
Location: 37.1224 -116.3330
Description: Nuclear test: Underground, confirmed. Country: USA Name: “Johnnie Boy” 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_269

Extra Data: LatLong: “37.1224 -116.3330”, LatLongDMS: “37:07:21 N 116:19:59 W”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, NukeCountry: “USA”, NukeDepth: “0.00”, NukeName: “Johnnie Boy”, NukeSource: “SPRINGER”, NukeType: “NUCU”, NukeY: “.5”

Event 23000 (2445053C)

Date: 7/13/1962
Time: 16:00:00.2
Location: 37.0551 -116.0334
Description: Nuclear test: Underground, confirmed. Country: USA Name: “Merrimac” Yield: 20KT YieldMax: 200KT
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_270

Extra Data: LatLong: “37.0551 -116.0334”, LatLongDMS: “37:03:18 N 116:02:00 W”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, NukeCountry: “USA”, NukeDepth: “0.41”, NukeMb: “4.40”, NukeName: “Merrimac”, NukeSource: “SPRINGER”, NukeType: “NUCU”, NukeY: “20”, NukeYMax: “200”

Event 23001 (EF2D962A)

Date: 7/14/1962
Location: 37.0000 -116.0000
Description: Nuclear test: Air, confirmed. Country: USA Name: “Small Boy” 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_271

Extra Data: LatLong: “37.0000 -116.0000”, LatLongDMS: “37:00:00 N 116:00:00 W”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, NukeCountry: “USA”, NukeDepth: “0.00”, NukeMb: “3.70”, NukeName: “Small Boy”, NukeSource: “NV209”, NukeType: “NACU”, NukeYMax: “20”

Event 23002 (B96B9525)

Date: 7/17/1962
Description: (Translated from French) Test pilot Robert White claims to have found himself in a formation of UFOs at 96 km altitude. (July 17)
Reference: rr0 - Beau
Source: rr0, ID: rr0_1966

Event 23003 (06938A17)

Date: 7/17/1962
Location: Low Earth Orbit
Description: X-15 pilot, 58 miles high, sees gray object forty feet away.
Type: ufo sighting
Reference: UFOs and the National Security State: Chronology of a Cover-up, 1941–1973, by Richard Dolan
Source: Dolan, ID: Dolan_244

Event 23004 (A4CDD683)

Date: 7/17/1962
Location: MOHAVE DESERT, CA
Description: 2nd X15 / worlds record altitude / 314K’ films 5-8 UFO’s pacing!
Type: sighting
Reference: MUFON UFO JOURNAL, Seguin, TX USA. Monthly. (Index 259)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_6659

Attributes: AIR: Observer(s) on aircraft, MIL: Observer(s) military, HQO: High-quality observer(s), SCR: Classic saucer/disk/sphere shaped UFO, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), PHT: Photos/movies/videos taken, MIL: Military investigation, BBK: Project BLUEBOOK

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “10”, Duration: “3”, Elev: “500”, HatchDesc: “MOHAVE DESERT,CA:2nd X15/WORLDS RECORD ALTITUDE/314K’ FILMS 5-8 UFOS PACING!”, LatLong: “36.833335 -117.666672”, LatLongDMS: “36:50:00 N 117:40:00 W”, Locale: “Metropolis”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “California”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 23005 (9614DC06)

Date: 7/17/1962
Location: Edwards AFB, CA
Description: X-15 flight, Maj. Bob White pilot. Photographs and visual sighting of unidentified object “like a piece of paper,” gray-white. Observed to left of aircraft “going along with the ship” for about 5 seconds, then “darted above and behind the plane.” [NICAP UFO Evidence] (NICAP: 11 - Aviation Cases)
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_2588

Event 23006 (06664E8A)

Date: 7/17/1962
Location: 37.0000 -116.0000
Description: Nuclear test: Air, confirmed. Country: USA Name: “Little Feller I” 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_272

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: “Little Feller I”, NukeSource: “NV209”, NukeType: “NACU”, NukeYMax: “20”

Event 23007 (9977BC1B)

Date: 7/17/1962
Location: Edwards AFB, California
Description: Maj. Robert Michael White is piloting Flight 62 of the X-15 at Edwards AFB, California. He flies it to 314,750 feet (59 miles), qualifying him for USAF astronaut wings. For this, he is featured on the cover of the August 3 issue of Life. At the top of his climb he sees a small grayish object “like a piece of paper” about 30–40 feet away. He exclaims, “There are things out there. There absolutely is!”
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: “Space: Inside the Sky,” Time, July 27, 1962; MUFON UFO Journal, November 1989, pp. 6–7; Good Above, p. 366
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_3630

Event 23008 (3386E873)

Date: 7/17/1962
Description: On this day X-15 pilot and future astronaut White was flying at 58 miles above the Earth from his desert takeoff point in California when he saw and took movie film of a grayish-white UFO. It paced the X-15 for five seconds, and then darted above and behind the plane.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: NICAP UFO Investigator, September 1962, p. 8
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_4125

Event 23009 (DA1BD1B0)

Date: 7/18/1962
Time: 20:00
Location: STANLEY, WI
Description: Woman / (seen thru) binoculars. 2 silent silver dumbell-shaped craft with thick crossbars going quickly southwest. / r70p381.
Type: sighting
Reference: HAINES, Richard Ph.D: PROJECT DELTA; 1994, LDA Press, PO Box 880, Los Altos, CA 94023 USA (Index 52)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_6660

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)

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “6”, Duration: “2”, Elev: “347”, HatchDesc: “STANLEY,WI:WOMAN/BINOCS:2 SLNT SLVR DUMBELLs W/THICK CROSSBARS>>SW:/r70p381”, LatLong: “44.961113 -90.938893”, LatLongDMS: “44:57:40 N 90:56:20 W”, Locale: “Town & City”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Wisconsin”, Strangeness: “8”

Event 23010 (706572B9)

Date: 7/18/1962
Time: ~23:00
Location: CRESPO, ENTRE RIOS, ARG
Description: Physician. 2 huge beings near saucer by roadway. No further details.
Type: sighting
Reference: BOWEN, Charles (ed.) The HUMANOIDS: HB Henry Regnery, Chicago 1969. 256pp. PB 1977 Futura, London (Index 102)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_6661

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, HQO: High-quality observer(s), SCR: Classic saucer/disk/sphere shaped UFO, GNT: Giant: Large/tall alien

Extra Data: Country: “Argentina”, Credibility: “7”, Duration: “5”, Elev: “88”, HatchDesc: “CRESPO,ENTRE RIOS,ARG:PHYSICIAN:2 HUGE BEINGS NR SCR BY ROADWAY:NFD”, LatLong: “-32.033335 -60.294447”, LatLongDMS: “32:02:00 S 60:17:40 W”, Locale: “Pasture”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “ENT”, Strangeness: “8”

Event 23011 (408E4E3C)

Date: 7/18/1962
Description: At 1:00 a.m. Doctor Gauza and his wife were traveling on their way back to Crespo, Entre Rios, Argentina when they noticed a large metallic, cone-shaped object on the ground very close to the road. A very tall human looking figure stood next to an open door in the craft. It was looking around at the terrain. There was also a second figure looking out from a large porthole. The men were described as having long blond hair, and wore white coveralls with visors. When the two beings saw the witnesses, they used hand signals in an apparent attempt to get them to come closer, but the couple panicked and left at high speed. Eight other persons later came forward stating that they had also seen the craft and its occupants.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: Gordon Creighton, The Humanoids: FSR Special Edition No. 1, p. 37; Charles Bowen (editor), The Humanoids, p. 102; Albert S. Rosales, Humanoid Contact Database 1962, case # 989, citing Hector P. Anganuzzi, Historia de los Platos Voladores in La Argentina
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_4166

Event 23012 (1020C142)

Date: 7/18/1962
Description: At 8:00 p.m. Ms. F. Cummins in Stanley, Wisconsin saw two silver dumbbell-shaped flying objects, with thick crossbars, fly off toward the southwest. At nearly the same time a doctor saw two huge humanoid beings near a saucer by the side of the road in Crespo, Argentina (11:00 p.m. local time).
Reference: Johnson
Reference: APRO Bulletin, May-June 1963, p. 4; Charles Bowen, The Humanoids: FSR Special Edition no. 1, p. 37
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_4167

Event 23013 (4EE3A9AB)

Date: 7/19/1962
Location: ARGENTINA, Saucer Viejo
Description: (Translated from French) At 2:00 PM, more than 150 Argentine workers, employed by the Auto Union DKW factory in Saucer Viejo (note from vog: translation of the town’s name: “Old Saucer”… does this place exist in reality? ) a suburb of Santa Fe, northwest of Buenos Aires, saw a cigar-shaped craft quickly crossing the sky in a northeast direction. The UFO flew at 1000 meters altitude and emitted blinding flashes of light. It was silent, had no condensation trail, and quickly ascended before disappearing from sight.
Reference: Ufo Roundup 1.13 - Joseph Trainor
Reference: Mini catalogue chronologique des observations OVNI, by Godelieve Van Overmeire
Source: Overmeire, ID: Overmeire_2230

Event 23014 (7AAD0259)

Date: 7/19/1962
Description: (Translated from French) Sighting in Metuchen (New Jersey). (July 19)
Reference: case Blue Book #8020 unsolved
Reference: rr0 - Beau
Source: rr0, ID: rr0_1967

Event 23015 (E2110E4F)

Date: 7/19/1962
Time: ~13:00
Location: SAUCE VIEJO, ARG
Description: 150 / DKW plant. Cylinder/cigar-shape going quickly northeast / 1000M altitude. Silent. Blinding flashes.
Type: sighting
Reference: TRENCH, Brinsley Le Poer: MYSTERIOUS VISITORS - the UFO Story; Stein & Day, NY 1971-73 (Index 23)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_6662

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, HQO: High-quality observer(s), WAV: Wave/cluster/flap, CIG: Torpedo/cigar/cylinder shaped UFO, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), RAY: Odd light/searchlight/beam/laser-like

Extra Data: Country: “Argentina”, Credibility: “12”, Duration: “8”, Elev: “12”, HatchDesc: “SAUCE VIEJO,ARG:150/DKW PLANT:CGR>>NE/1000M alt:SLNT:BLINDING FLASHES:”, LatLong: “-31.750002 -60.850003”, LatLongDMS: “31:45:00 S 60:51:00 W”, Locale: “Residential”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, RelAlt: “1000”, State/Prov: “STF”, Strangeness: “5”

Event 23016 (0E728E7F)

Date: 7/19/1962
Time: 21:30
Location: METUCHEN, NJ
Description: Project Bluebook Case #8020. 2 observer(s). 4 silent night lights / all directions maneuver. 1 zigzags going quickly north. / r70p381.
Type: sighting
Reference: HAINES, Richard Ph.D: PROJECT DELTA; 1994, LDA Press, PO Box 880, Los Altos, CA 94023 USA (Index 54)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_6663

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

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “7”, Duration: “8”, Elev: “36”, HatchDesc: “METUCHEN,NJ:BBK#8020:2 OBS:4 SLNT NLTs/ALL DIRs MNVR:1 ZIGZAGS >>N:/r70p381”, LatLong: “40.533335 -74.350004”, LatLongDMS: “40:32:00 N 74:21:00 W”, Locale: “Coastlands”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “New Jersey”, Strangeness: “5”

Event 23017 (06749F3A)

Date: 7/19/1962
Location: Metuchen, NJ
Description: 3-5 lights from different parts of the sky dart about the sky (NICAP: 01 - Distant Encounters, BB: 8020)
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_2589

Event 23018 (FFB76A39)

Date: 7/19/1962
Time: 9:30 PM
Location: Bayhead, New Jersey
Description: Witnesses: C.T. Loftus, H. Wilbert. Four or five lights darted about the sky for 7-10 minutes.
Type: ufo sighting
Reference: BlueBook Unknowns PDF
Source: BerlinerBBUnknowns, ID: BerlinerBBU_478

Event 23019 (41238D00)

Date: 7/19/1962
Description: At the same time in Bayhead, New Jersey (9:30 p.m. EDT) C. T. Loftus and H. Wilbert watched four or five lights dart about in the sky silently for 7-10 minutes. One zigzagged off toward the north.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: Project Blue Book files counted in official statistics, case # 8020; Don Berliner, Project Bluebook Unknowns
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_4198

Event 23020 (ADA091E7)

Date: 7/22/1962
Location: USA
Description: (Translated from French) THE FIRST LAUNCH, “MARINER I”, IS A FAILURE
Reference: "Astronautics, Pierre Rousseau, Hachette 1965, p. 59
Reference: following August 27, 1962
Reference: Mini catalogue chronologique des observations OVNI, by Godelieve Van Overmeire
Source: Overmeire, ID: Overmeire_2231

Event 23021 (2BDD33C1)

Date: 7/26/1962
Location: ARGENTINA, Paranà (Entre Rios)
Description: (Translated from French) Ricardo Mieres, 17 years old, a student, was riding his motorcycle near Badaja Grande, 5 km from Paranà, when he encountered a creature of very tall stature with a melon-shaped head, very long almost white hair and “three eyes that stared fixedly without blinking.” In his terror he tried to flee, but his engine mysteriously stalled. The creature advanced and violently tore off his scarf. It then made “a half-turn, like a robot” and moved away, leaving footprints in the sandy ground. The motorcycle worked again and the student rushed to the city to gather a team of motorcyclists and chase the “robot” but they only found footprints and the scarf abandoned on the road. (1962, July 26, 27 or 28)
Reference: Charles BOWEN: “In Search of Humanoids” - J’ai Lu 1974, p. 125
Reference: Mini catalogue chronologique des observations OVNI, by Godelieve Van Overmeire
Source: Overmeire, ID: Overmeire_2232

Event 23022 (02979F9D)

Date: 7/26/1962
Description: At 8:30 p.m. near Darana, Argentina a 17-year-old motorcyclist saw a weird creature on the side of the road. His cycle would not steer correctly; instead, it drove right up to the creature and stopped. The creature was six feet tall, with a head like a melon and three eyes. It grabbed the youth’s scarf, turned around and walked away like a robot, leaving deep tracks in the dirt. The youth saw a white light low in the sky in the direction the creature was walking. He then drove away quickly.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: Mark Rodeghier, UFO Reports Involving Vehicle Interference, case 116, citing Saucer News, December 1962
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_4413

Event 23023 (E7D526F8)

Date: 7/27/1962
Time: 21:00:00.2
Location: 37.1297 -116.0565
Description: Nuclear test: Underground, confirmed. Country: USA Name: “Wichita” 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_273

Extra Data: LatLong: “37.1297 -116.0565”, LatLongDMS: “37:07:47 N 116:03:23 W”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, NukeCountry: “USA”, NukeDepth: “0.15”, NukeMb: “4.30”, NukeName: “Wichita”, NukeSource: “SPRINGER”, NukeType: “NUCU”, NukeYMax: “20”

Event 23024 (444F36EB)

Date: 7/27/1962
Description: One hundred eighty school students and their teachers in Villa Tunuyuan, Mendoza province, Argentina saw three discs pass over their school at 7:45 a.m. heading from the north to the south. The UFOs gave off a bluish light. The teachers said they also emitted blinding silvery flashes.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: Gordon Creighton, Flying Saucer Review, July-August 1964, p. 11, citing Antonio Ribera
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_4432

Event 23025 (DDED53BB)

Date: 7/28/1962
Time: 05:30
Location: SOUTHEAST / AVALON / SOUTH CATALINA I, CA
Description: Strange submersible/USO seen. Very fast and maneuverable. Leaves (something behind) no wake. Silent.
Type: sighting
Reference: LORENZEN, Coral & Jim: UFO’s OVER THE AMERICAS; Signet Books, NY 1968. 243p. (Index 52)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_6664

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, SUB: Submersible: Rises from or submerges into water, PSH: Pseudo-human: Clone/organic robot/human-like, TCH: New technical details/clues

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “7”, Duration: “10”, Elev: “0”, HatchDesc: “SE/AVALON/S.CATALINA I,CA:STRANGE SUB SEEN:VFAST+MNVRable:LVS NO WAKE:SILENT:”, LatLong: “33.283335 -118.266672”, LatLongDMS: “33:17:00 N 118:16:00 W”, Locale: “Offshore”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “California”, Strangeness: “8”

Event 23026 (195C86A9)

Date: 7/28/1962
Time: 12:00?
Location: BAJADA GRANDE, ARG
Description: 3-eyed Melonhead grabs biker. UFO flies / separate observer(s). / r8#539.
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 152)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_6665

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, HQO: High-quality observer(s), SCR: Classic saucer/disk/sphere shaped UFO, MON: Monster: Life form fits no category, ABD: Human or animal abduction, DRT: Dirt/soil traces/marks/footprints etc., BLD: Building/man-made structure/roads/power lines, TRC: Physical traces

Extra Data: Country: “Argentina”, Credibility: “3”, Duration: “5”, Elev: “6”, HatchDesc: “BAJADA GRANDE,ARG:3-EYED MELONHEAD GRABS BIKER:UFO FLIES/sep obs:/r8#539”, LatLong: “-31.716668 -60.566670”, LatLongDMS: “31:43:00 S 60:34:00 W”, Locale: “Farmlands”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “ENT”, Strangeness: “10”

Event 23027 (37C3E747)

Date: 7/28/1962
Location: 6 miles southeast of Avalon, Santa Catalina Island, California
Description: Before dawn. The skipper of a chartered fishing boat 6 miles southeast of Avalon, Santa Catalina Island, California, sees several stationary lights low in the water dead ahead. Through binoculars he sees a squat, lighted structure in which several men are working, apparently the stern of a submarine with no markings and dacks almost awash. He and another crew member see five men, “two in all-white garb, two in dark trousers and white shirts, and one in a sky-blue jumpsuit.” The craft swept in their direction toward the open sea, still on the surface, and the skipper has to turn hard to keep clear. It makes no noise and leaves no wake.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Marvin Miles, “Report Studied on Soviet Sub off Catalina,” Los Angeles Times, October 25, 1962, pp. 1, 10
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_3631

Event 23028 (F29FD267)

Date: 7/28/1962
Description: A strange looking submarine-like object was seen at dawn off the coast of Avalon, California. It made no noise and left no wake as it passed by a boat on the surface, and was described as having a very strange structure. Five occupants were seen on board.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: APRO Bulletin, May 1963, p. 2, citing Los Angeles Times, October 25, 1962
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_4452

Event 23029 (DE96C365)

Date: 7/29/1962
Location: PACIFIC 163° 40E-34° 42N
Description: Project Bluebook Case #unknown. Military observer(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 68)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_6666

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: “Pacific Ocean and non - Asian islands”, Credibility: “7”, Duration: “1”, Elev: “0”, HatchDesc: “PACIFIC 163°40E-34°42N:BBK#UNKN:MIL OBS:NFD AT ALL”, LatLong: “34.700002 163.666674”, LatLongDMS: “34:42:00 N 163:40:00 E”, Locale: “High Seas”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “NPC”, Strangeness: “4”

Event 23030 (BF950EE3)

Date: 7/29/1962
Time: 23:20
Location: OCEAN SPRINGS, MS
Description: Project Bluebook Case #8034. Unidentified. Red rounded diamond. Intricate maneuvers. Change / shape.
Type: sighting
Reference: FLAMMONDE, Paris: UFO EXIST!; Ballentine Books, NY 1976. PB 480pp. (Index 438)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_6667

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

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “8”, Duration: “10”, Elev: “9”, HatchDesc: “OCEAN SPRINGS,MS:BBK#8034:UID:RED ROUNDED DIAMOND:INTRICATE MNVRS:CHANGE/SHAPE”, LatLong: “30.416668 -88.827782”, LatLongDMS: “30:25:00 N 88:49:40 W”, Locale: “Farmlands”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Mississippi”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 23031 (47A3D4FE)

Date: 7/29/1962
Time: 11:20 PM
Location: Ocean Springs, Mississippi
Description: Witnesses: Mr. and Mrs. M.O. Barton. One bright cherry-red, diamond-shaped object flew slow, hovered, made fast 1/2 loops for l0 minutes.
Type: ufo sighting
Reference: BlueBook Unknowns PDF
Source: BerlinerBBUnknowns, ID: BerlinerBBU_479

Event 23032 (51E1134A)

Date: 7/29/1962
Description: Mr. and Mrs. M.O. Barton of Ocean Springs, Mississippi saw a bright cherry-red, diamond-shaped object at 11:20 p.m. that flew slowly, hovered, and then made fast half-loops for ten minutes.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: Don Berliner, Project Bluebook UFO Unknowns
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_4481

Event 23033 (0BF1EEA9)

Date: 7/30/1962
Description: (Translated from French) Observation at Ocean Springs (Mississippi). (July 30)
Reference: case Blue Book #8034 unsolved
Reference: rr0 - Beau
Source: rr0, ID: rr0_1968

Event 23034 (8C27BBEB)

Date: 7/30/1962
Location: PANAMBI, BRZ
Description: Car malfunctions due to EME (electro-magnetic effects). 40M bottle with 2 necks / ground. 2 pseudo-human/entity signal. / r8#538+/ FSR’62#6.
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 19)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_6668

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, ODD: Atypical/Forteana/paranormal, CIG: Torpedo/cigar/cylinder shaped UFO, OID: Humanoid: Small alien or “Grey”, PSH: Pseudo-human: Clone/organic robot/human-like, SIG: Signals/responses to/from/between UFO’s/occupants/observers, VEH: Vehicle affected: Marks/damage/EME effects, LND: UFO landing or any part touches ground, EME: Electro-Magnetic Effects, TCH: New technical details/clues

Extra Data: Country: “Brazil”, Credibility: “6”, Duration: “12”, Elev: “415”, HatchDesc: “PANAMBI,BRZ:CAR EMEs:40M BOTTLE W/2 NECKS/GND:2 PSH SIGNAL:/r8#538+/FSR’62#6”, LatLong: “-28.300001 -53.500003”, LatLongDMS: “28:18:00 S 53:30:00 W”, Locale: “Pasture”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “RGS”, Strangeness: “11”

Event 23035 (C30CA795)

Date: 7/30/1962
Location: Ocean Springs, MS
Description: Bright cherry-red, diamond-shaped object fly slow, hover (NICAP: 01 - Distant Encounters, BB: 8034)
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_2590

Event 23036 (8F296135)

Date: 7/30/1962
Location: Pojucara, Bela Horizonte (near), Brazil
Description: Car motor stopped, then oval UFO seen alongside road (NICAP: 03 - EME Cases)
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_2591

Event 23037 (8C5EF73D)

Date: 7/30/1962
Location: Pasnembi, Brazil
Description: A man driving near Pasnembi stopped when his engine failed and observed a cylindrial object, described as “a bottle with two necks,” about 40 m long, 15 m high, which had landed on the road. Two men (one at either end of the craft), appeared to be changing some luminous signals. This lasted 10 min and the craft took off at high speed. In Alta, a number of people reported a bright object moving at high altitude.
Type: ufo sighting
Reference: 136; FSR 62, 6 (Vallee)
Source: ValléeMagonia, ID: Magonia_538

Event 23038 (9626FA8F)

Date: 7/30/1962
Location: Bajeola Grande, Argentina
Description: Roberto Mievres, 17, was riding his motorcycle when a tall being, with a head like a watermelon and three eyes, appeared as the engine stalled. The apparition snatched the boy’s scarf, but he ran away and came back with a group of people, who found the scarf on the ground, discovered some traces and observed an unknown craft flying away.
Type: ufo sighting
Reference: CODOVNI 1962 (Vallee)
Source: ValléeMagonia, ID: Magonia_539

Event 23039 (78C32CF1)

Date: 7/30/1962
Description: On this day near Cruz Alta, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil on the road to Pasnembi two men, Sr. Lombero and Sr. Garoup, were driving down the road to Pasnembi when their car engine stalled. By the side of the road was a 40 meter long (130 foot) oval-shaped object, “resembling a great bottle with two necks, one at each end.” Two human-looking men stood at each end of the object, exchanging light signals. After ten minutes they got into the object and it took off at great speed.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: David F. Webb & Ted Bloecher, HUMCAT: Catalogue of Humanoid Reports, case A0533, citing Flying Saucer Review, November-December 1962, p. 25; Jacques Vallee, Passport to Magonia: A Century of Landings, case 538; Mark Rodeghier, UFO Reports Involving Vehicle Interference, p. 19
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_4504

Event 23040 (9274DD3F)

Date: 7/31/1962
Time: 23:00
Location: CAMBA PUNTA AIRPORT/APARTMENT, ARG
Description: 8+observer(s). Sphere going east. Stops and hovers / 4 minute(s). Away as truck nears. / r8.
Type: sighting
Reference: VALLEE, Jacques: UFO’S IN SPACE - Anatomy of a Phenomenon; Henry Regnery 1966 & Ballentine PB 1974 294pp. (Index 219)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_6669

Attributes: 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: “Argentina”, Credibility: “9”, Duration: “5”, Elev: “38”, HatchDesc: “CAMBA PUNTA Apt,ARG:8+OBS:SPHERE >E:STOPS+HVRS/4min:AWAY as TRUCK NEARS:/r8”, LatLong: “-27.416668 -58.666669”, LatLongDMS: “27:25:00 S 58:40:00 W”, Locale: “Town & City”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “CRR”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 23041 (826B278B)

Date: 8/1962
Time: 22:00?
Location: LAKE MOVIL, MN
Description: 5M domed saucer / dock. 3 men / windows. Darkens when observers douse lights.
Type: sighting
Reference: The APRO BULLETIN: Monthly. Jim & Coral Lorenzen: Tucson,AZ (USA. defunct) By volume and number. (Index 873)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_6670

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, SCR: Classic saucer/disk/sphere shaped UFO, OID: Humanoid: Small alien or “Grey”, PSH: Pseudo-human: Clone/organic robot/human-like, OBS: Observation/chasing vehicles, HUM: Humans affected: Injury/burns/marks/abduction/death, BLD: Building/man-made structure/roads/power lines, LND: UFO landing or any part touches ground, CMF: Camouflage/disguise

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “7”, Duration: “3”, Elev: “403”, HatchDesc: “Lake MOVIL,MN:5M DOMED SCR/DOCK:3 MEN/WINDOWS:DARKENS when OBSs DOUSE LITES”, LatLong: “47.583336 -94.877782”, LatLongDMS: “47:35:00 N 94:52:40 W”, Locale: “Forest”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Minnesota”, Strangeness: “8”

Event 23042 (CE4953B8)

Date: 8/1962
Location: San José de Métan, Salta, Argentina
Description: 7:00 p.m. Three witnesses are driving south toward San José de Métan, Salta, Argentina, when they see a light against the mountains to the west. It approaches, growing as large as the full moon when it is 300 feet ahead of them. It has a bulge at the top and reddish-pink, green, and white blinking lights. It continues to approach and passes above a Fiat truck in the road ahead of them. The truck stops, and the witnesses stop their car as well, two of them walking into some nearby bushes to observe. The object now seems to be the diameter of a DC-3’s wingspan and is 150 feet in the air. The truck’s lights go out, and the object rocks back and forth, taking off to the north at a great rate of speed. Five minutes later, they drive up to the stopped truck, whose driver is scooping up dirt to cool its overheated engine down.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Lorenzen, UFOs: The Whole Story, Signet, 1969, pp. 157–158
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_3632

Event 23043 (98609F12)

Date: 8/1962
Location: Movil Lake, Minnesota
Description: Night. Marilyn Chenarides, her younger brother Roger, and their mother Mildred Anderson are vacationing in a cabin on Movil Lake, Minnesota. The two women see a glowing red, domed disc with large windows hovering above the boat dock 50 feet away. Silhouetted in the windows are three entities who seem to be looking at them. The women shut off the cabin lights for a better look, and the UFO switches off its own lights. Anderson runs out of the cabin toward the object, which lifts and disappears rapidly.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: “The 1962 Occupants Case,” APRO Bulletin 21, no. 2 (Sept./Oct. 1972): 6
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_3633

Event 23044 (5ADC8F03)

Date: 8/1/1962
Location: FRANCE, Le Brusc (between Marseille and Nice)
Description: (Translated from French) In the night, three fishermen in two boats saw a kind of submarine emerge slowly from the water. Three frogmen came out of the sea and boarded the vessel. One of the fishermen called them through a loudspeaker, but they did not answer, except for one of the three who made a gesture with his arm. When they had boarded the ship, it came out of the water, hovering in place, adorned with red and green lights. A white spotlight came on and was directed towards the fishing boats. Then the lights of the thing went out, the whole craft became luminous orange, began to spin faster and faster until suddenly it shot off in a fraction of a second towards the sky where it disappeared. The fishermen heard no sound other than that of the waves.
Reference: Janet and Colin BORD: “Modern Mysteries of the World” - Guild Publishing London 1989, p. 166
Reference: Mini catalogue chronologique des observations OVNI, by Godelieve Van Overmeire
Source: Overmeire, ID: Overmeire_2234

Event 23045 (09561D56)

Date: 8/1/1962
Time: 23:30
Location: OFF LE BRUSC, FR
Description: 3 / 2 boats. Saucer surfaces. 12 men emerge and reboard. Quickly going up [to] extremely fast. / 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_6671

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CST: Observer(s) in coastal area/just offshore, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, HQO: High-quality observer(s), ODD: Atypical/Forteana/paranormal, SCR: Classic saucer/disk/sphere shaped UFO, CIG: Torpedo/cigar/cylinder shaped UFO, SUB: Submersible: Rises from or submerges into water, PSH: Pseudo-human: Clone/organic robot/human-like, FIG: Undefined or poorly seen figure/entity, SIG: Signals/responses to/from/between UFO’s/occupants/observers, LND: UFO landing or any part touches ground, TCH: New technical details/clues

Extra Data: Country: “France”, Credibility: “7”, Duration: “10”, HatchDesc: “off Le BRUSC,FR:3/2 BOATS:SCR SURFACES:12 MEN EMERGE+REBOARD:↑↑ XFAST:/r156#14”, LatLong: “43.066669 5.766667”, LatLongDMS: “43:04:00 N 05:46:00 E”, Locale: “Offshore”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Var”, Strangeness: “10”

Event 23046 (9447E9A1)

Date: 8/1/1962
Location: 50.4375 77.814167
Description: Nuclear test: Air, confirmed. Country: USSR Yield: 2.4KT
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_1175

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: “2.4”

Event 23047 (27AD6F55)

Date: 8/1/1962
Description: A large metallic oval-shaped object surfaced 300 meters away from three fisherman in two boats off of Le Brusc, France in the Mediterranean Sea. They first believed it was a foreign submarine. About a dozen “frogmen” emerged from the water and climbed aboard. The fishermen called out but the figures ignored them, except the last three, who turned to look at the fishermen. The very last one waved. Then the craft rose out of water, and suspended itself effortlessly above the waves, as red and green lights came on and a white light beam like a searchlight played toward the witnesses. The beam was extinguished, the red and green lights went out, and the object, now glowing an orange color and clearly oval in shape, rose a further 20 meters into the air and began to rotate, its light becoming more intensely red. At last, it moved silently in a graceful arc above the fishermen, and disappeared rapidly into the night sky.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: Lumieres dans la Nuit, January 1971; FSR Case Histories, April 1973, p. 14; David F. Webb & Ted Bloecher, HUMCAT: Catalogue of Humanoid Reports, case # 1962-5 (A0537), citing LDLN Lecture Series III, number 5
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_4563

Event 23048 (8202579A)

Date: 8/2/1962
Time: 20:50
Location: LIBERAL, KS AND MORE
Description: Many / wide area. Fireballs going quickly west. 1 stops and lights airport. / MJ#292+/ APRO 9’62.
Type: sighting
Reference: UFO INVESTIGATOR: NICAP: Kensington, MD & Washington, DC [defunct]. University Microfilms, Ann Arbor, MI 48106 (Index 29)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_6672

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, AIR: Observer(s) on aircraft, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, HQO: High-quality observer(s), PRB: Probe: Possibly remote controlled, FBL: Fireball: Blazing undistinguished form/orb., NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s)

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “10”, Duration: “10”, Elev: “879”, HatchDesc: “LIBERAL,KS+:MANY/wide area:FBLS >>W:1 STOPS+LITES AIRPORT:/MJ#292+/APRO 9’62”, LatLong: “37.044446 -100.922227”, LatLongDMS: “37:02:40 N 100:55:20 W”, Locale: “Town & City”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Kansas”, Strangeness: “5”

Event 23049 (0EF3249D)

Date: 8/2/1962
Location: Liberal, KS
Description: Colored Lights Lit Up Runways (NICAP: 11 - Aviation Cases, Code: A, Rating: 2)
Reference: NICAP: 620802
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_2592

Event 23050 (73F37714)

Date: 8/2/1962
Location: Camba Punat Airport, Argentina
Description: Luis Harvey, airport manager, and his staff thought that an unannounced aircraft was about to land, as they saw a luminous object circling at high speed. It came down to hover about 1 m above the runway for some four min. It was spherical, spinning, and emitted flashes of blue, green and orange. When approached, it took off at very high speed.
Type: ufo sighting
Reference: FSR 64, 4 (Vallee)
Source: ValléeMagonia, ID: Magonia_540

Event 23051 (88A9496B)

Date: 8/2/1962
Locations: Cambá Punta Airport [now Doctor Fernando Piragine Niveyro International Airport]; Corrientes, Argentina
Description: Around 12:00 midnight. Air traffic control operators at Cambá Punta Airport [now Doctor Fernando Piragine Niveyro International Airport], near Corrientes, Argentina, see an unidentified light approaching the airport. They call the airport manager, Luís Harvey, who arrives from home in a hurry and sees the light circling at high speed. Harvey orders a landing strip freed up but the light, apparently a spherical object, comes down, hovering and revolving a few feet above the same spot on the runway for 3–4 minutes, emitting strong blue, green, and orange flashes. Then it climbs and vanishes at staggering speed.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Loren E. Gross, The Fifth Horseman of the Apocalypse: UFOs, a History: July–December 1962, The Author, 2005, pp. 18–19; Patrick Gross, “Camba Punta, Argentina, August 2, 1962”
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_3634

Event 23052 (BA78DAD7)

Date: 8/2/1962
Description: Camba Punat Airport, Corrientes province, Argentina. Sr. Luis Harvey, airport manager, and his staff thought that an unannounced aircraft was about to land around midnight when they saw a luminous object circling overhead at high speed. It came down to hover about one meter above the runway for some four minutes. It was spherical, spinning, and emitted flashes of blue, green and orange. When approached by ground personnel it took off at very high speed.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: La Razon, August 3, 1962; Jacques Vallee, Passport to Magonia: A Century of Landings, case # 540, citing Flying Saucer Review, April 1964, p. 11; Oscar A. Uriondo, FSR Case Histories, June 1973, p. 10
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_4594

Event 23053 (D0897A97)

Date: 8/3/1962
Location: US
Description: A CIA document, which was unwittingly authenticated by the CIA itself during a FOIA appeal by Dr. Donald R. Burleson, author of UFOs and the Murder of Marilyn Monroe, mentions wiretaps of phone conversations between reporter Dorothy Kilgallen and her close friend, Howard Rothberg, and wiretaps of phone conversations between Marilyn Monroe and Attorney General Robert Kennedy. When the Kennedys started distancing themselves from Marilyn, she grew angry and (mentioning it on the telephone, unfortunately) started planning to hold a news conference and “tell all.” According to the hypothesis set forth in Dr. Burleson’s book, Attorney General Robert Kennedy then became so fearful that “tell all” meant telling the big secret-- the government retrieval and coverup of UFO crash debris and bodies (which reporter Kilgallen wrote about several times in her newspaper column). The document was signed by James Jesus Angleton, who at the time was the Chief of Counterintelligence for the CIA.

The UFO connection becomes all the more compelling with the discovery, described in Burleson’s UFOs and the Murder of Marilyn Monroe, of an imprint to the left of the “TOP SECRET” stamp near the top of the document; the imprint, when Burleson enhanced it by computer imaging techniques, turns out to contain the name of Brigadier General George Shulgen, who was formerly the chief UFO investigation-coordinator for the U.S. Air Force. (The imprint also refers to General Schulgen’s Intelligence Collection Memorandum, a document known to have existed.) This imprint or “bleed-in,” however it came to be on a CIA document about Marilyn Monroe, makes a clear connection between her murder and the question of UFO secrecy, as someone, somewhere at some time, evidently thought it logical to archive the documents together. When all the evidence is considered, the case becomes very strong that government peop

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le murdered Marilyn because of what she knew about the UFO coverup.
Type: leaked document
Reference: blackmesapress.com
Reference: archive.ph
Reference: UFOs and the Murder of Marilyn Monroe by Donald R. Burleson
Source: Maj2, ID: Maj2_951

Event 23054 (C552CB3F)

Date: 8/3/1962
Location: 50.4375 77.814167
Description: Nuclear test: Air, confirmed. Country: USSR Yield: 1.6KT
Type: atomic
Reference: “columbia.edu: Worldwide Nuclear Explosions”, by Yang, North, Romney, and Richards
Reference: “archive.org: Worldwide Nuclear Explosions”, by Yang, North, Romney, and Richards
Source: NukeExplosions, ID: NukeExplosions_1176

Extra Data: LatLong: “50.4375 77.814167”, LatLongDMS: “50:26:15 N 77:48:51 E”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, NukeCountry: “USSR”, NukeDepth: “0.00”, NukeSource: “RFAE”, NukeType: “NACS”, NukeY: “1.6”

Event 23055 (D0E78251)

Date: 8/4/1962
Location: 50.4375 77.814167
Description: Nuclear test: Air, confirmed. Country: USSR Yield: 38KT
Type: atomic
Reference: “columbia.edu: Worldwide Nuclear Explosions”, by Yang, North, Romney, and Richards
Reference: “archive.org: Worldwide Nuclear Explosions”, by Yang, North, Romney, and Richards
Source: NukeExplosions, ID: NukeExplosions_1177

Extra Data: LatLong: “50.4375 77.814167”, LatLongDMS: “50:26:15 N 77:48:51 E”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, NukeCountry: “USSR”, NukeDepth: “0.00”, NukeSource: “RFAE”, NukeType: “NACS”, NukeY: “38”

Event 23056 (29222089)

Date: 8/5/1962
Description: (Translated from French) Marilyn Monroe commits suicide by overdose of barbiturates. (Sunday, August 5th, 0:00)
Reference: rr0 - Beau
Source: rr0, ID: rr0_1969

Event 23057 (EF35163A)

Date: 8/5/1962
Time: 09:08:45.8
Location: 74.2000 52.5000
Description: Nuclear test: Air, confirmed. Country: USSR Yield: 21100KT
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_1178

Extra Data: LatLong: “74.2000 52.5000”, LatLongDMS: “74:12:00 N 52:30:00 E”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, NukeCountry: “USSR”, NukeDepth: “0.00”, NukeSource: “PDE”, NukeType: “NACS”, NukeY: “21100”

Event 23058 (1A946F73)

Date: 8/5/1962
Description: On a highway between Las Armas and General Pirana, Argentina in Buenos Aires province at 1:45 a.m., Sr. P. Atilli had his truck’s engine fail in the presence of a glowing orange, cigar-shaped UFO. The object was 25 meters long and 300 meters away, and gave off flashes of violet and green light. It shot off toward the west.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: Uriondo Oscar A. Uriondo, FSR Case Histories, December 1972, p. 10; Mark Rodeghier, UFO Reports Involving Vehicle Interference, p. 19
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_4676

Event 23059 (4B199478)

Date: 8/6/1962
Time: 01:50
Location: SOUTH / LAS ARMAS, ARG
Description: Truck malfunctions due to EME (electro-magnetic effects). Luminous/glowing 25M glowing-cylinder/cigar-shape on road ahead. Going west. / r79p19+/ r27p160.
Type: sighting
Reference: FSR CASE HISTORIES. Bimonthly/London. Supplements 2 - 18 (final issue) (Index 12)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_6673

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

Extra Data: Country: “Argentina”, Credibility: “6”, Duration: “2”, Elev: “20”, HatchDesc: “S/LAS ARMAS,ARG:TRUCK EMES:LUMn 25M GLOW-CGR ON ROAD AHEAD:>W:/r79p19+/r27p160”, LatLong: “-37.200002 -57.750003”, LatLongDMS: “37:12:00 S 57:45:00 W”, Locale: “Pasture”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Buenos Aires”, Strangeness: “7”

Event 23060 (04B2DDBE)

Date: 8/7/1962
Location: CURACAO, DUTCH WEST INDIES
Description: Project Bluebook Case #unknown. Dutch Navy ship observer(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 68)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_6674

Attributes: CST: Observer(s) in coastal area/just offshore, 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: “Caribbean area”, Credibility: “7”, Duration: “1”, Elev: “0”, HatchDesc: “CURACAO,DUTCH W.INDIES:BBK#UNK:DUTCH NAVY SHIP OBS:NFD AT ALL”, LatLong: “12.200001 -68.966670”, LatLongDMS: “12:12:00 N 68:58:00 W”, Locale: “Islands”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “DWI”, Strangeness: “4”

Event 23061 (862B5527)

Date: 8/7/1962 (approximate)
Time: 23:50
Location: ORACLE, AZ
Description: Separate observer(s). Night light going down [to] over Titan missile silo. Jets chase. Night light away and back. Then going up.
Type: sighting
Reference: The APRO BULLETIN: Monthly. Jim & Coral Lorenzen: Tucson,AZ (USA. defunct) By volume and number. (Index 753)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_6675

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, MIL: Observer(s) military, HQO: High-quality observer(s), NLT: Nightlights/points of light, PRB: Probe: Possibly remote controlled, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), OBS: Observation/chasing vehicles, NUC: Nuclear facility related, VEH: Vehicle affected: Marks/damage/EME effects, BLD: Building/man-made structure/roads/power lines

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “7”, Duration: “8”, Elev: “1376”, HatchDesc: “ORACLE,AZ:SEP.OBS:NLT ↓ ovr TITAN MISSILE SILO:JETS CHASE:NLT AWAY+BACK:then ↑”, LatLong: “32.611113 -110.772228”, LatLongDMS: “32:36:40 N 110:46:20 W”, Locale: “Town & City”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Arizona”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 23062 (1D18D6E9)

Date: 8/7/1962
Location: Oracle, AZ
Description: UFO over missile silo (NICAP: 02 - Close Encounters, Code: C, Rating: 5, NC) (NICAP: 10 - Nuclear Connection)
Reference: NICAP: 620807
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_2593

Event 23063 (F8A8D06B)

Date: 8/7/1962
Location: 50.4375 77.814167
Description: Nuclear test: Air, confirmed. Country: USSR Yield: 9.9KT
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_1179

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: “9.9”

Event 23064 (4AE56713)

Date: 8/7/1962
Locations: Oracle, Arizona; Davis-Monthan AFB outside Tucson
Description: Midnight. A contract worker at the not-yet-operational Titan II launch complex of the 570th Strategic Missile Squadron near Oracle, Arizona, sees a brilliant light descending over the site. He is joined by a colleague as the light gets larger. Both men go inside and contact Davis-Monthan AFB outside Tucson, which sends out two jet interceptors. When the aircraft arrive, the light takes off to the north and disappears rapidly. After the jets circle and head back, the light returns, descends toward the silo, and takes off vertically.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Lorenzen, UFOs: The Whole Story, Signet, 1969, pp. 235–236; Nukes 220–221
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_3635

Event 23065 (955583C4)

Date: 8/7/1962
Description: At just before midnight a nocturnal light was sighted over a Titan nuclear missile silo near Oracle, Arizona in Pinal County. Air Force jets were scrambled to chase the object. The light flew away and came back, then rose vertically and was gone.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: APRO Bulletin, September 1962, p. 1; Coral E. Lorenzen, UFOs: The Whole Story, p. 235
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_4761

Event 23066 (DCA77EC2)

Date: 8/10/1962
Location: PATRICK AIR FORCE BASE, FL
Description: Weathermen and several. 4 yellow night lights maneuver / perimeter of missile test base.
Type: sighting
Reference: SIFAKIS, Carl: The OFFICIAL QUIDE to UFO SIGHTINGS; Sterling Publ, NY 1979. (Gee whiz!) (Index 50)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_6676

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CST: Observer(s) in coastal area/just offshore, MIL: Observer(s) military, HQO: High-quality observer(s), NLT: Nightlights/points of light, PRB: Probe: Possibly remote controlled, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), OBS: Observation/chasing vehicles, VEH: Vehicle affected: Marks/damage/EME effects, BLD: Building/man-made structure/roads/power lines

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “9”, Duration: “5”, Elev: “3”, HatchDesc: “PATRICK AFB,FL:WEATHERMEN+SVRL:4 YLW NLTS MNVR/PERIMETER OF MISSILE TEST BASE”, LatLong: “28.216668 -80.616671”, LatLongDMS: “28:13:00 N 80:37:00 W”, Locale: “Town & City”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Florida”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 23067 (CD5E3CB2)

Date: 8/10/1962
Location: 73.7500 54.7500
Description: Nuclear test: Air, confirmed. Country: USSR Yield: 150KT YieldMax: 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_1180

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: “150”, NukeYMax: “1500”

Event 23068 (8F7DC292)

Date: 8/11/1962
Location: USSR, Baikonour
Description: (Translated from French) LAUNCH OF VOSTOK III AND VOSTOK IV, 4730 KG EACH, FIRST FLIGHT GROUP OF TWO SPACECRAFT. RECOVERY ON AUGUST 15, 1962.
Reference: "Astronautics, Pierre Rousseau, Hachette 1965, p. 63
Reference: Mini catalogue chronologique des observations OVNI, by Godelieve Van Overmeire
Source: Overmeire, ID: Overmeire_2235

Event 23069 (C9980F0B)

Date: 8/12/1962
Time: 21:50
Location: AMATEUR ASTRONOMER / NY
Description: Small oval night light / dark portion / moon. Moves with moon. Fades away.
Type: sighting
Reference: The APRO BULLETIN: Monthly. Jim & Coral Lorenzen: Tucson,AZ (USA. defunct) By volume and number. (Index 753)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_6677

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, HQO: High-quality observer(s), ODD: Atypical/Forteana/paranormal, NLT: Nightlights/points of light, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s)

Extra Data: Country: “The Moon”, Credibility: “8”, Duration: “10”, HatchDesc: “AM.ASTRONOMER/NY:SML OVAL NLT/DARK PORTION/MOON:MOVES WITH MOON:FADES AWAY”, LatLong: “90.000004 -0.000000”, LatLongDMS: “90:00:00 N 00:00:00 W”, Locale: “Residential”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “—”, Strangeness: “5”

Event 23070 (FE846852)

Date: 8/12/1962
Time: 23:00?
Location: RN5 / CATRILO, ARG
Description: 5 truckers. Intensely bright object rises / ground. Away / fantastic speed.
Type: sighting
Reference: FSR CASE HISTORIES. Bimonthly/London. Supplements 2 - 18 (final issue) (Index 12)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_6678

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), LND: UFO landing or any part touches ground

Extra Data: Country: “Argentina”, Credibility: “9”, Duration: “1”, Elev: “114”, HatchDesc: “RN5/CATRILO,ARG:5 TRUCKERS:INTENSELY BRITE OBJ RISES/GND:AWAY/FANTASTIC SPEED”, LatLong: “-36.416668 -63.400003”, LatLongDMS: “36:25:00 S 63:24:00 W”, Locale: “Pasture”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “LPM”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 23071 (A0DEBDEE)

Date: 8/15/1962
Location: Denver (near), CO
Description: Large UFO hovering over a high line tower, chased by Air Force helicopters.[This is in the area of the Lowry AFB Titan I ICBM Complex]. (NICAP: 02 - Close Encounters)
Reference: NICAP: 620815
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_2595

Event 23072 (4D671FA4)

Date: 8/17/1962
Description: (Translated from French) At Duas Pontes (Brazil, Rivalino da Silva, a diamond prospector, told his associates he had seen two strange dwarves digging a hole near his house. They ran away when he approached them, and a moment later an object shaped like a hat, with a red glow, took off from behind the bushes. Theft of 17 chickens, 6 pigs and 2 cows by the crew of a presumed extraterrestrial vehicle. (August 17)
Reference: Vallée 1969
Reference: rr0 - Beau
Source: rr0, ID: rr0_1970

Event 23073 (4610CFFC)

Date: 8/17/1962
Time: evening
Location: Duas Pontes, Brazil
Description: Rivalino da Silva, a diamond prospector, told his associates that he had seen two strange dwarfs digging a hole near his house. They ran away as he came near them, and moments later an object took off from behind the bushes. It was shaped like a hat and surrounded with a red glow.
Type: ufo sighting
Reference: APRO Sep.,62 (Vallee)
Source: ValléeMagonia, ID: Magonia_541

Event 23074 (CB1A52F5)

Date: 8/17/1962
End date: 8/19/1962
Locations: Duas Pontes; Diamantina; Minas Gerais; Brazil
Description: Evening. Walking home, diamond prospector Rivalino Mafra da Silva sees two small beings, about three feet tall, digging a hole near Duas Pontes, 17 miles north of Diamantina, Minas Gerais, Brazil. On August 19, Mafra da Silva and his sons are in bed when they are awakened by sounds and see a shadowy figure, apparently floating in the room. In the morning, he and his son Raimundo see two humming balls floating outside. They merge into one larger ball that moves toward Rivalino, enveloping him in yellow smoke. Raimundo says: “Then the yellow smoke dissolved. The balls were gone. The ground below was clean as if the dust had been removed by a big broom.” He tells his story to Lt. Wilson Lisbõa, chief of police at Diamantina, who conducts a search for 10 days. Only a few drops of blood are found.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: “The Brazilian Abduction: Boy’s Story Unshaken,” Flying Saucer Review 8, no. 6 (Nov./Dec. 1962): 10–12; Clark III 418–419; Brazil 123–127; Patrick Gross, URECAT
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_3636

Event 23075 (CD560810)

Date: 8/17/1962
Description: On this evening two little men, three feet tall, were seen digging a hole near Sr. Mafra Da Silva’s house in Duas Pontes, Minas Gerais State, Brazil. When he approached them they ran into the bushes. A few moments later a hat-shaped UFO surrounded by a red glow took off at high speed.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: Coral E. Lorenzen, Flying Saucers: The Startling Evidence of the Invasion from Outer Space, p. 231
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_5112

Event 23076 (AF09FB86)

Date: 8/18/1962
Time: 17:00
Location: BERMUDA
Description: 2 observer(s). 3 dull-white ovoids waver passing over radio station / 20 minute(s).
Type: sighting
Reference: BERLINER, DON: The BLUEBOOK UNKNOWNS; (FUFOR). (Index 30)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_6679

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: “Atlantic Ocean + islands”, Credibility: “7”, Duration: “20”, Elev: “2”, HatchDesc: “BERMUDA:2 OBS:3 DULL-WHT OVOIDS WAVER PASSING OVR RADIO STATION/20min”, LatLong: “32.333335 -64.766670”, LatLongDMS: “32:20:00 N 64:46:00 W”, Locale: “Islands”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Bermuda”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 23077 (683F4B2C)

Date: 8/18/1962
Time: 5 PM
Location: Bermuda
Description: Witnesses: Owner M. Sheppard and chief announcer A. Seymour of radio station. Three dull-white, egg-shaped objects wavered as they moved for 20 minutes.
Type: ufo sighting
Reference: BlueBook Unknowns PDF
Source: BerlinerBBUnknowns, ID: BerlinerBBU_480

Event 23078 (2245FD5C)

Date: 8/18/1962
Location: 50.4375 77.814167
Description: Nuclear test: Air, confirmed. Country: USSR Yield: 7.4KT
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_1181

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: “7.4”

Event 23079 (B38CC47F)

Date: 8/18/1962
Location: 50.4375 77.814167
Description: Nuclear test: Air, confirmed. Country: USSR Yield: 5.8KT
Type: atomic
Reference: “columbia.edu: Worldwide Nuclear Explosions”, by Yang, North, Romney, and Richards
Reference: “archive.org: Worldwide Nuclear Explosions”, by Yang, North, Romney, and Richards
Source: NukeExplosions, ID: NukeExplosions_1182

Extra Data: LatLong: “50.4375 77.814167”, LatLongDMS: “50:26:15 N 77:48:51 E”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, NukeCountry: “USSR”, NukeDepth: “0.00”, NukeSource: “RFAE”, NukeType: “NACS”, NukeY: “5.8”

Event 23080 (F2269EFA)

Date: 8/18/1962
Description: At 5:00 p.m. on the island of Bermuda radio station owner Mr. M. Sheppard, and chief announcer Mr. A. Seymour, sighted three dull-white, egg-shaped objects at 5:00 p.m. The objects wavered as they moved through the sky for 20 minutes.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: Project Blue Book files counted in official statistics, case # 8364; Richard Hall, The UFO Evidence, p. 113; Don Berliner, Project Bluebook UFO Unknowns
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_5123

Event 23081 (4BAF20B4)

Date: 8/19/1962
Description: (Translated from French) Observation in Bermuda.
Reference: case Blue Book #8064 unsolved
Reference: rr0 - Beau
Source: rr0, ID: rr0_1971

Event 23082 (B6663ACF)

Date: 8/19/1962
Description: (Translated from French) Raimundo, the son of Rivalino da Silva, is awoken by footsteps and sees a strange shadow in the room. It is small and of non-human shape. Voices are heard, saying: This one looks like Rivalino and afterwards that they were going to kill him. The family stays alert all night.
Reference: rr0 - Beau
Source: rr0, ID: rr0_1972

Event 23083 (31F8C3B4)

Date: 8/19/1962
Description: (Translated from French) Raimundo da Silva testified to the police that, while he was working in a field, he saw two stationary spherical objects 2 meters above the ground, a few meters from the house. One was black with a protrusion resembling an antenna and a small rudder; the other was black and white. Both emitted a humming sound and a flashing light through an opening. The boy’s father warned him to stay away as Rivalino advanced towards the objects, praying. As he was only 2 meters away, the two spheres merged into one, raising dust from the ground and spreading a yellow mist that enveloped the man. The boy ran after his father, noting that the cloud had a pungent smell. As it dissolved, everything had disappeared. The police investigation, led by Lieutenant Lisboa, revealed no clues. Many people in the area were terrified.
Reference: rr0 - Beau
Source: rr0, ID: rr0_1973

Event 23084 (1490D5BC)

Date: 8/19/1962
Time: 16:00
Location: DIAMANTINA, BRZ
Description: 2 observer(s). Small humanoids (or Greys) bury object. 1 observer zapped / balls with antenna. / r246p114.
Type: sighting
Reference: The APRO BULLETIN: Monthly. Jim & Coral Lorenzen: Tucson,AZ (USA. defunct) By volume and number. (Index 753)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_6680

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, ODD: Atypical/Forteana/paranormal, SCR: Classic saucer/disk/sphere shaped UFO, OID: Humanoid: Small alien or “Grey”, SMP: Sampling of plant/animal/soil/tissue/specimens, ABD: Human or animal abduction, HUM: Humans affected: Injury/burns/marks/abduction/death, LND: UFO landing or any part touches ground, TRC: Physical traces, TCH: New technical details/clues, INJ: Injuries, illness/death, mutilations

Extra Data: Country: “Brazil”, Credibility: “7”, Duration: “32”, Elev: “1190”, HatchDesc: “DIAMANTINA,BRZ:2 OBS:OIDS BURY OBJ:1 OBS ZAPPED/BALLS W/ANTENNA:/r246p114”, LatLong: “-18.250001 -43.583335”, LatLongDMS: “18:15:00 S 43:35:00 W”, Locale: “Farmlands”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Minas Gerais”, Strangeness: “9”

Event 23085 (D65EC7E6)

Date: 8/19/1962
Time: ~18:00
Location: SHEFFIELD, ENGL
Description: 2+2 observer(s). Orange saucer scouts reservoirs. Partly translucent. / r111p213.
Type: sighting
Reference: The APRO BULLETIN: Monthly. Jim & Coral Lorenzen: Tucson,AZ (USA. defunct) By volume and number. (Index 763)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_6681

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

Extra Data: Country: “Great Britain and Ireland”, Credibility: “6”, Duration: “15”, Elev: “100”, HatchDesc: “SHEFFIELD,ENGL:2+2 OBS:ORG.SCR SCOUTS RESERVOIRS:partly translucent:/r111p213”, LatLong: “53.383336 -1.450000”, LatLongDMS: “53:23:00 N 01:27:00 W”, Locale: “Town & City”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “England”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 23086 (6BAADD76)

Date: 8/19/1962
Location: Unknown location in Bermuda, Bermuda
Description: 3 dull-white, egg-shaped objects waver as they moved (NICAP: 01 - Distant Encounters, BB: 8064)
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_2596

Event 23087 (25DFC2FB)

Date: 8/19/1962
Time: night
Location: Duas Pontes, Brazil
Description: Raimundo, the son of Rivalino da Silva (see previous case), was awakened by the sound of steps and saw “a weird shadow” in the room. It was small and not human in shape. Voices were heard saying, “This one looks like Rivalino,” and later that they would kill him. The family stayed on the alert all night.
Type: ufo sighting
Reference: APRO Sep., 62 (Vallee)
Source: ValléeMagonia, ID: Magonia_542

Event 23088 (F2A56E94)

Date: 8/20/1962
Location: BRAZIL, Duas Pontes-Diamantina
Description: (Translated from French) Shortly after dawn a poor diamond prospector, Rivolino Mafra de Silva, was mysteriously abducted or disintegrated by what seemed to be the action of a UFO. It was learned during the investigation that he had fallen a few days earlier on “little men” who seemed to be burying something. In the evening of August 19 two shining spheres the size of a football were observed by a neighbor, flying above the prospector’s hut. During the night, strange non-human forms, about 40 cm high, entered the hut, contemplated the family then in bed and voices were heard outside, saying they were going to kill Rivalino. Shortly after dawn, his 12-year-old son opened the door and found two strange balls on the floor. One was black and the other black and white. Each had a tail and some kind of tip. The father went out to look at the balls which then joined, jumped on him, enveloping him in a cloud of yellow smoke, and he disappeared.
Reference: Charles BOWEN: “In Search of Humanoids” - J’ai Lu, 1974, p. 126
Reference: …
Reference: Mini catalogue chronologique des observations OVNI, by Godelieve Van Overmeire
Source: Overmeire, ID: Overmeire_2236

Event 23089 (E34B7554)

Date: 8/20/1962
Location: Duas Pontes, Brazil
Description: Raimundo da Silva (see previous cases) testified before the police that while working in a field, he saw two spherical objects hovering 2 m above ground, a few meters from the house. One was black with an antenna-like protrusion and a small tail; the other was black and white. Both emitted a humming sound and a flickering fire through an opening. The boy’s father warned him to stay away as Rivalino walked toward the objects, praying. When he was 2 m away, the two spheres merged into one, raising dust from the ground and spreading a yellow mist that enveloped the man. The boy ran after his father, noting that the cloud had “an acrid smell.” As it dissolved, everything had vanished. Police investigation, headed by Lieutenant Lisboa, failed to reveal any clue. Many terrified people left the area.
Type: ufo sighting
Reference: APRO Sep., 62 (Vallee)
Source: ValléeMagonia, ID: Magonia_543

Event 23090 (5AA108A3)

Date: 8/20/1962
Time: 09:02:14.1
Location: 74.3000 51.5000
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_1183

Extra Data: LatLong: “74.3000 51.5000”, LatLongDMS: “74:18:00 N 51:30:00 E”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, NukeCountry: “USSR”, NukeDepth: “0.00”, NukeSource: “PDE”, NukeType: “NACS”, NukeY: “2800”

Event 23091 (DBF216A7)

Date: 8/20/1962
Description: Raimundo Mafra da Silva testified before the police that while working in a field in Duas Pontes, Minas Gerais State, Brazil he saw two spherical objects hovering just two meters above the ground, only a few meters from his house. One was black with an antenna-like protrusion and a small tail, and the other was black and white. Both emitted a humming sound and a flickering flame through an opening. The boy’s father warned him to stay away as his father Rivalino walked toward the objects, praying. When he was two meters away, the two spheres merged into one, raising dust from the ground and spreading a yellow mist that enveloped the man. The boy ran after his father, noting that the cloud had “an acrid smell.” As it dissolved, everything had vanished including his father. The police investigation, headed by Lieutenant Lisboa, failed to reveal any clue. Many terrified neighbors left the area at the time because of this incident.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: APRO Bulletin, September 1962, p. 1; Coral E Lorenzen, Flying Saucers: The Startling Evidence of the Invasion from Outer Space, p. 213; Frank Edwards, Flying Saucers–Serious Business, p. 303; Jacques Vallee, Passport to Magonia: A Century of Landings, case # 543; Jacques Vallee, Confrontations: A Scientist’s Search for Alien Contact, p. 126
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_5175

Event 23092 (99640E98)

Date: 8/21/1962
Location: 50.4375 77.814167
Description: Nuclear test: Air, confirmed. Country: USSR Yield: 20KT YieldMax: 150KT
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_1184

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: “20”, NukeYMax: “150”

Event 23093 (A7D650A0)

Date: 8/22/1962
Description: (Translated from French) Attempted assassination of De Gaulle in Petit-Clamart. (August 22)
Reference: rr0 - Beau
Source: rr0, ID: rr0_1974

Event 23094 (C1E35079)

Date: 8/22/1962
Location: 73.7500 54.7500
Description: Nuclear test: Water, confirmed. Country: USSR 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_1185

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: “NWCS”, NukeY: “6”

Event 23095 (6A7F17C3)

Date: 8/22/1962
Location: 50.4375 77.814167
Description: Nuclear test: Air, confirmed. Country: USSR Yield: 3KT
Type: atomic
Reference: “columbia.edu: Worldwide Nuclear Explosions”, by Yang, North, Romney, and Richards
Reference: “archive.org: Worldwide Nuclear Explosions”, by Yang, North, Romney, and Richards
Source: NukeExplosions, ID: NukeExplosions_1186

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: “3”

Event 23096 (5B0AE5DC)

Date: 8/22/1962
Time: 09:00:00.0
Location: 71.0000 53.5000
Description: Nuclear test: Air, confirmed. Country: USSR Yield: 1600KT
Type: atomic
Reference: “columbia.edu: Worldwide Nuclear Explosions”, by Yang, North, Romney, and Richards
Reference: “archive.org: Worldwide Nuclear Explosions”, by Yang, North, Romney, and Richards
Source: NukeExplosions, ID: NukeExplosions_1187

Extra Data: LatLong: “71.0000 53.5000”, LatLongDMS: “71:00:00 N 53:30:00 E”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, NukeCountry: “USSR”, NukeDepth: “0.00”, NukeSource: “KHRISTOFOROV”, NukeType: “NACS”, NukeY: “1600”

Event 23097 (8A3F48C5)

Date: 8/22/1962
Description: In Kingsford Heights, Indiana at 8:30 p.m. two families watched a hat-shaped domed disc that made a whirring noise. The seven witnesses viewed the UFO for almost an hour.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: Orvil R. Hartle, A Carbon Experiment, p. 167; Francis L. Ridge, Regional Encounters, p. 11
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_5222

Event 23098 (58CE3A0A)

Date: 8/23/1962
Location: 50.4375 77.814167
Description: Nuclear test: Air, confirmed. Country: USSR Yield: 2.5KT
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_1188

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: “2.5”

Event 23099 (CE9FFF6C)

Date: 8/24/1962
Location: BRAZIL, Duas Pontas (near Diamantina)
Description: (Translated from French) Another disappearance without return: that of a farmer. A nine-year-old child was the only witness: his father claimed he had been taken away in front of his eyes in terrifying conditions: “When leaving our house around seven o’clock in the morning,” he told the police, "I discovered two balls of about 40 cm in diameter, placed on the ground in front of the door. I called dad. He came out and approached the balls. At that moment a violent whirlwind of air was triggered which raised a cloud of dust. I no longer saw my father. The whirlwind rose, then calmed down. Dad had disappeared, I have not seen him again.
Reference: Charles GARREAU: “Alert in the sky: the file of abductions” ed. Alain Lefeuvre 1981, p.273
Reference: Mini catalogue chronologique des observations OVNI, by Godelieve Van Overmeire
Source: Overmeire, ID: Overmeire_2238

Event 23100 (FF9B030A)

Date: 8/24/1962
Description: (Translated from French) In an isolated farm in Duas Pantas (Brazil), a 9 year old child exits his house and discovers two balls with a diameter of 40 cm on the ground, facing the door he just crossed. He immediately calls his father who also sees the balls and approaches them closely. At that moment, a violent whirlwind of air is triggered and raises a cloud of dust. The child can no longer distinguish his father in this turmoil, then the whirlwind calms down while rising. His father has disappeared forever. The investigators are unable to find his trace and this event intrigues the authorities so much that the child is immediately put under psychiatric observation: they want to know the reasons why he invented this story. (August 24, 7am)
Reference: rr0 - Beau
Source: rr0, ID: rr0_1975

Event 23101 (35514836)

Date: 8/24/1962
Description: (Translated from French) The satellite Transit 4-B stopped transmitting for 6 months, then started up again on its own.
Reference: rr0 - Beau
Source: rr0, ID: rr0_1976

Event 23102 (482F9191)

Date: 8/24/1962
Time: 15:00:00.2
Location: 37.1186 -116.0395
Description: Nuclear test: Underground, confirmed. Country: USA Name: “York” 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_274

Extra Data: LatLong: “37.1186 -116.0395”, LatLongDMS: “37:07:07 N 116:02:22 W”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, NukeCountry: “USA”, NukeDepth: “0.23”, NukeMb: “4.40”, NukeName: “York”, NukeSource: “SPRINGER”, NukeType: “NUCU”, NukeYMax: “20”

Event 23103 (D18BF40A)

Date: 8/24/1962
Time: 17:00:00.1
Location: 37.0461 -116.0238
Description: Nuclear test: Underground, confirmed. Country: USA Name: “Bobac” 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_275

Extra Data: LatLong: “37.0461 -116.0238”, LatLongDMS: “37:02:46 N 116:01:26 W”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, NukeCountry: “USA”, NukeDepth: “0.21”, NukeMb: “4.20”, NukeName: “Bobac”, NukeSource: “SPRINGER”, NukeType: “NUCU”, NukeYMax: “20”

Event 23104 (5EE7E252)

Date: 8/25/1962
Location: 50.4375 77.814167
Description: Nuclear test: Air, confirmed. Country: USSR Yield: .001KT 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_1189

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: “.001”, NukeYMax: “20”

Event 23105 (23FE27BE)

Date: 8/25/1962
Location: 73.7500 54.7500
Description: Nuclear test: Air, confirmed. Country: USSR Yield: 1500KT YieldMax: 10000KT
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_1190

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”, NukeYMax: “10000”

Event 23106 (20D421F0)

Date: Late 8/1962
Locations: Long Beach, California; Santa Catalina Channel
Description: 2:00 p.m. Ann Druffel and Aileen Cummings are at Long Beach, California, when they see a small rectangular cloud over the Santa Catalina Channel. Its vapor appears to churn and it doubles in size, then elongates to 20–30 times its original size.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Ann Druffel, “Santa Catalina Island Recurring ‘Cloud Cigars,’” in Proceedings of the 1976 CUFOS Conference, Chicago, 1976, pp. 63–64; Ann Druffel, “Santa Catalina Channel Cloud Cigars,” IUR 31, no. 1 (January 2007): 12–13
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_3637

Event 23107 (29EB6391)

Date: Late 8/1962
Location: Salta, Argentina
Description: 7:00 p.m. Three witnesses are driving in a rural area about 87 miles from Salta, Argentina, when two of them (the third sleeps through the event) see a light against the mountains to the west that grows larger and moves about 300 feet above the road ahead of them. It is a domed disc with flashing reddish-pink, green, and white lights around its perimeter. The object illuminates a truck ahead of them. The truck stops, and the two witnesses get out of their car and hide in some bushes to see what happens next. The object appears to be nearly 100 feet wide and 150 feet above the truck. The truck’s lights go out and the object takes off to the north at a high rate of speed, climbing out of sight within seconds. They drive up to the truck, whose drivers are throwing dirt into its smoking engine compartment and are more concerned about an insurance claim than a UFO encounter.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Lorenzen, UFOs over the Americas, Signet, 1968, pp. 12–13
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_3638

Event 23108 (84A72614)

Date: 8/26/1962
Location: Escola de Sargentos das Armas in Três Corações, Minas Gerais, Brazil
Description: 12:05 a.m. Geraldo Bichara, 18, is standing guard at the Escola de Sargentos das Armas in Três Corações, Minas Gerais, Brazil, when an electrical blackout occurs in the city. Suddenly he is paralyzed by a light beam from an unseen object, apparently for a few minutes. In 1980, Bichara undergoes hypnosis and discovers that the incident was an abduction in which he is taken aboard a UFO by beings wearing pumpkin-colored jumpsuits and subjected to a medical examination. He attempts to flee at one point and grabs his rifle lying nearby, but he is still paralyzed. After about 2 hours he is returned to the guardhouse.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Brazil 60–66; “Caso Giraldo Bichara,” Grupo de Amigos que Estudam Mistérios e Ufologia, May 2014
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_3639

Event 23109 (AD0EE287)

Date: 8/26/1962
Location: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Description: 12:30 a.m. Walter T. Jones Jr. watches a triangular formation of 6 white lights and one green light pass silently over Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, for 3–5 minutes.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: “Another ‘Mother’ Ship?” APRO Bulletin, July 1963, p. 3
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_3640

Event 23110 (666BF222)

Date: 8/27/1962
Location: USA
Description: (Translated from French) (cf. July 27, 1962) But the second (launch) of “Mariner II” on August 27 was a complete success. Mariner II was a small spacecraft of 202 kg (gold and silver plate, if you please!). Its apparatus were set to begin operating ten hours before passing near Venus. Shot by its carrier rocket, it was put into orbit too, and then took off towards the planet. In spite of mistakes (…) it followed obediently the assigned trajectory - 291 millions of kilometers! - and after 109 days of travel arrived, on December 14, at less than 35,000 km from the Venusian surface. It was then that the American technicians sent him by radio, at more than 57 millions of km of distance, the order to trigger his apparatus. Mariner II received the order, acknowledged receipt and for 45 minutes pointed all his electronic eyes at the Shepherd’s Star. (“Astronautics”, Pierre Rousseau, Hachette 1965, p. 59) LAUNCH BY A TWO-STAGE ROCKET “ATLAS-AGENA” (…) WITH ALL ITS EQUIPMENT IN WORKING POSITION, IT MEASURED 3.63M IN HEIGHT AND 5M IN SPAN.
Reference: “Conquest of Space” - Thomas de Galiana, ed. Larousse Poche, 1967, p. 292
Reference: Mini catalogue chronologique des observations OVNI, by Godelieve Van Overmeire
Source: Overmeire, ID: Overmeire_2237

Event 23111 (B2CAB6FF)

Date: 8/27/1962
Description: (Translated from French) Launch of Mariner 2 to Venus. In its No. 1, the Soviet magazine Simena publishes an article where one can read, among other things, that the skull of a man 40,000 years old was discovered in Broken Hill (now Kabwe) at a little more than 50 km from Lusaka, the capital of the current Zambia. Strangely, this skull would be pierced with a neat hole, without radial cracks, which would suggest the impact of a bullet. The same type of impact appears on a prehistoric bison skull dating from around 8000 to 10000 BC, which this time is preserved by the Paleontology Museum of Moscow. This fossil would have been found west of the Lena, a river that crosses the Autonomous Republic of Yakutia, famous for the countless mammoth tusks found buried in its frozen soil most of the year. You can see a photograph of this skull in Erich von Däniken’s Gods from Outer Space. The latter, as well as Soviet scientists such as K. Flerov, claim that this hole is indeed from that time because its edges have been re-calcified, proof that the animal would have survived its injury. As the photograph is taken from far enough away to encompass the entire bison skull, it is impossible to detect this re-calcification. But one can indeed see a neat round hole at the forehead level." (August 27)
Reference: rr0 - Beau
Source: rr0, ID: rr0_1977

Event 23112 (97864883)

Date: 8/27/1962
Description: (Translated from French) Launch of the project RedLight.
Reference: rr0 - Beau
Source: rr0, ID: rr0_1978

Event 23113 (294FF794)

Date: 8/27/1962
Location: 50.4375 77.814167
Description: Nuclear test: Air, confirmed. Country: USSR 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_1191

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: “11”

Event 23114 (3E927B29)

Date: 8/27/1962
Time: 09:00:50.9
Location: 74.7000 50.3000
Description: Nuclear test: Air, confirmed. Country: USSR Yield: 4200KT
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_1192

Extra Data: LatLong: “74.7000 50.3000”, LatLongDMS: “74:42:00 N 50:18:00 E”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, NukeCountry: “USSR”, NukeDepth: “0.00”, NukeSource: “PDE”, NukeType: “NACS”, NukeY: “4200”

Event 23115 (F7AE62E8)

Date: 8/28/1962
Location: UPPER WHISTON, ENGL
Description: Several separate observer(s). Blue-glowing saucer hovers. Flat edges and small orbs / rim.
Type: sighting
Reference: The APRO BULLETIN: Monthly. Jim & Coral Lorenzen: Tucson,AZ (USA. defunct) By volume and number. (Index 763)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_6682

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

Extra Data: Country: “Great Britain and Ireland”, Credibility: “8”, Duration: “5”, Elev: “80”, HatchDesc: “UPPER WHISTON,ENGL:SVRL SEP.OBS:BLU-GLO SCR HVRS:FLAT EDGES+SML ORBS/RIM:”, LatLong: “53.400003 -1.333333”, LatLongDMS: “53:24:00 N 01:20:00 W”, Locale: “Residential”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “England”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 23116 (4CAB8264)

Date: 8/28/1962
Location: NEAR DOLORES, ARG
Description: Jose Bellantoni photographs iridescent 75M saucer / local magazine.
Type: sighting
Reference: FLAMMONDE, Paris: The AGE of FLYING SAUCERS; Hawthorne Books, NY 1971 (Index 160)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_6683

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

Extra Data: Country: “Argentina”, Credibility: “6”, Duration: “1”, Elev: “11”, HatchDesc: “nr DOLORES,ARG:JOSE BELLANTONI FOTOS IRIDESCENT 75M SCR/LOCAL MAGAZINE”, LatLong: “-36.333335 -57.700003”, LatLongDMS: “36:20:00 S 57:42:00 W”, Locale: “Town & City”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Buenos Aires”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 23117 (70F83388)

Date: 8/28/1962 (approximate)
Time: 19:00
Location: METAN TO/FROM SALTA, ARG
Description: 3 / car and 2 / truck. 150M saucer 50M over truck. Engine catches fire.
Type: sighting
Reference: LORENZEN, Coral & Jim: UFO’s OVER THE AMERICAS; Signet Books, NY 1968. 243p. (Index 12)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_6684

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, TRC: Physical traces, TCH: New technical details/clues

Extra Data: Country: “Argentina”, Credibility: “8”, Duration: “5”, Elev: “1000”, HatchDesc: “METAN >< SALTA,ARG:3/CAR+2/TRUCK:150M SCR 50M OVR TRUCK:ENGINE CATCHES FIRE”, LatLong: “-25.000001 -65.033336”, LatLongDMS: “25:00:00 S 65:02:00 W”, Locale: “Pasture”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, RelAlt: “50”, State/Prov: “SLT”, Strangeness: “8”

Event 23118 (D538BB49)

Date: 8/28/1962
Description: On this night several people watched a luminous blue disc-shaped object hover over Upper Whiston, South Yorkshire, England. It had flat edges and small orbs around the rim.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: APRO Bulletin, July-August 1963
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_5413

Event 23119 (7852721A)

Date: 8/28/1962
Description: Three people, including a man named Bellantoni in Dolores, Buenos Aires province, Argentina encountered a bright object on the ground at night, 300 meters from National Highway 2. The object was 30 feet long, 15 feet high, and had “human-like figures moving about inside the machine.” Three witnesses in a car and two in a truck encountered a disc-shaped UFO between Metan and Salta, Argentina. The disc was 150 meters in diameter, and flew just 50 meters above the truck. The truck engine caught on fire.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: (1) John Keel, Strange Creatures From Time and Space, p. 153; Paris Flammonde, UFO Exist! p. 160; (2) Larry Hatch, U computer database, case 6239; Jim & Coral Lorenzen, UFOs over the Americas, p. 12
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_5414

Event 23120 (07B6D1C9)

Date: 8/29/1962
Location: PACIFIC 163° 44W-23° 34S
Description: Project Bluebook Case #unknown. Military observer(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 68)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_6685

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: “Pacific Ocean and non - Asian islands”, Credibility: “7”, Duration: “1”, Elev: “0”, HatchDesc: “PACIFIC 163°44W-23°34S:BBK#UNKN:MIL OBS:NFD AT ALL”, LatLong: “-23.566668 -163.733341”, LatLongDMS: “23:34:00 S 163:44:00 W”, Locale: “High Seas”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “NPC”, Strangeness: “4”

Event 23121 (1A61E74D)

Date: 8/29/1962
Locations: La Coloma; Banes
Description: Afternoon. A U-2 spy plane flying over Cuba spots an SA-2 surface-to-air missile site under construction at La Coloma, eight Komar-class guided missile patrol boats, and a cruise missile site at Banes.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Kenneth Michael Absher, Mind-Sets and Missiles, US Army War College, 2009
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_3641

Event 23122 (BF3C1017)

Date: 8/30/1962
Location: Port-au-Prince, Haiti
Description: 7:35–7:55 p.m. While having supper at an outdoor restaurant near Port-au-Prince, Haiti, three men, one of whom works for Techint Engineering Company, watch a UFO that approaches and hovers for 20 minutes. The engineer has a portable theodolite with him, and they set it up and track the object. It is a silvery-gray disc, like two rounded hubcaps together, and is spinning on its axis. It has an antenna on the top and exhaust ports all around its mid-line, and it is surrounded by gaseous emissions that run through all the colors of the spectrum. The object flips to a vertical alignment, showing its base, and then tips over so that its original topside is on the bottom. The object silently accelerates and disappears in 5 seconds. Project Blue Book concludes that the men were watching the planet Venus.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Loren E. Gross, The Fifth Horseman of the Apocalypse: UFOs, a History: July– December 1962, The Author, 2005, p. 33; Swords 298–299
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_3642

Event 23123 (DC8D8A06)

Date: 8/30/1962
Description: At 11:00 p.m. three men walking down a street in Itapirito, Minas Gerais State, Brazil saw a domed disc-shaped object 150 feet away. It was aluminum colored and ten feet in diameter. A little man or robot was next seen walking toward them. He was one meter tall, had a small head and short arms, and looked like the “Michelin” tire man. His upper body was luminous. After the being had walked to with 30 feet it vanished before their eyes. Two of the witnesses ran, one stayed behind; the UFO took off but came back and the third witness suffered from temporay paralysis. He reportedly suffered from headaches for the next month.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: David F. Webb & Ted Bloecher, HUMCAT: Catalogue of Humanoid Reports, case A0541, citing Walter Buhler, SBEDV Bulletin, 1975, issue no. 21
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_5490

Event 23124 (35FCA374)

Date: 8/31/1962
Location: 50.4375 77.814167
Description: Nuclear test: Air, confirmed. Country: USSR Yield: 2.7KT
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_1193

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: “2.7”

Event 23125 (E90F978A)

Date: 9/1962 (approximate)
Time: 17:00
Location: POINTE AUX OIES, FR
Description: Several / N40. Big metallic disk going east low over dunes. Stops. Shoots inland.
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 50)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_6686

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

Extra Data: Country: “France”, Credibility: “8”, Duration: “2”, HatchDesc: “POINTE aux OIES,FR:SVRL/N40:BIG MTLC DISK >E LO OVR DUNES:STOPS:SHOOTS INLAND”, LatLong: “50.783336 1.616667”, LatLongDMS: “50:47:00 N 01:37:00 E”, Locale: “Coastlands”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Pas-de-Calais”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 23126 (6873BF52)

Date: 9/1962
Time: 21:50
Location: ORLAND, CA
Description: Farmer. Silent ovoid hovers / 8M over alfalfa field. Blunt ends. Going up [to] and going southwest. / r8#544.
Type: sighting
Reference: The APRO BULLETIN: Monthly. Jim & Coral Lorenzen: Tucson,AZ (USA. defunct) By volume and number. (Index 763)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_6687

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, SCR: Classic saucer/disk/sphere shaped UFO, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), OBS: Observation/chasing vehicles, DRT: Dirt/soil traces/marks/footprints etc., VEG: Plants affected or sampled/crop circles, LND: UFO landing or any part touches ground

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “6”, Duration: “2”, Elev: “78”, HatchDesc: “ORLAND,CA:FARMER:SLNT OVOID HVRs/8M ovr ALFALFA FIELD:BLUNT ENDS:↑+>SW:/r8#544”, LatLong: “39.750002 -122.200006”, LatLongDMS: “39:45:00 N 122:12:00 W”, Locale: “Farmlands”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “California”, Strangeness: “7”

Event 23127 (F41DA91D)

Date: 9/1962
Time: 2145
Location: Orland, California
Description: A. T. Gray, a dairy rancher, thought some lights in a field were those of a car. When coming nearer, he realized the object was oblong with blunt edges and hovered about 7 m above the ground, making no noise. When Gray was 50 m away, the object came toward him, rose, and took off toward the southwest.
Type: ufo sighting
Reference: APRO Jul., 63 (Vallee)
Source: ValléeMagonia, ID: Magonia_544

Event 23128 (5C6DA3ED)

Date: 9/1962
Locations: California; Washington, D.C.; Jupiter; George Washington University Hospital; Miami
Description: California contactee Gloria Lee takes channeled blueprints for a spaceship to Washington, D.C., to show to government officials. She gets nowhere, but while in town she gets messages from her space contact J.W. saying that the space people are upset with human wars and nuclear weapons. J.W. orders her to go on a fast for peace until he sends a “light elevator” to take her to Jupiter. Her fast lasts from September 23 to November 28. No one pays attention. After about 66 days without eating, Lee’s husband, aircraft engineer William H. Byrd, summons an ambulance to take her to George Washington University Hospital. She dies there on December 3. Lee continues to channel post-mortem information through a medium named Nada-Yolanda (Pauline Sharpe) in the Miami-based Mark-Age MetaCenter.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Clark III 682–683; Tristan, “The Airline Stewardess Who Starved Herself to Death for Aliens,” Bizarre and Grotesque, December 18, 2016
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_3643

Event 23129 (BF2AA798)

Date: 9/1962
Description: Thomas M. Comella, writing under the pseudonym “Peter Kor,” proposes that UFOs originate, not from space (as he apparently thought when he favored the extraterrestrial hypothesis in the December 1955 issue of Fate), but from a reality “so strange that it cannot be confined to our three-dimensional world.”
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Clark III 877; Thomas M. Comella, “Why the Real Saucer Is Interplanetary,” Fate 8, no. 12 (December 1955): 17–23; Peter Kor [Thomas M. Comella], “The Solution to the Flying Saucer Mystery,” Flying Saucers, September 1962, pp. 68–74
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_3644

Event 23130 (77AA50B2)

Date: 9/1/1962
Location: Canada, Kénagami
Description: (Translated from French) A Mr. Leeming published in “Menenco”, a small journal devoted to professional issues, published in April 1966 in Montreal, a story entitled “Encounter with a UFO” (note from vog: this story is very similar to another one that happened in the Scandinavian countries). Summary: during an excursion, the witness was advancing through the bushes when he found himself in a clearing where a UFO of 9 m in diameter, flattened like a top, with portholes, resting at 2m20 from the ground on a telescopic tripod, was stationed. He approached it and went around it and found an opening to enter, which he did. He finally met two extraterrestrials and had a technical conversation with one of them. (…) (1962, September 1 (presumed date))
Reference: Jean FERGUSON: “The Humanoids…” - ed. Leméac, Ottawa, 1977, pp. 55-67
Reference: Mini catalogue chronologique des observations OVNI, by Godelieve Van Overmeire
Source: Overmeire, ID: Overmeire_2239

Event 23131 (ED32B85C)

Date: 9/1/1962
Locations: USSR; Cuba; Guanajay
Description: The USSR publicly announces an agreement to supply arms and military technicians to Cuba. Construction begins on SS-5 IRBM sites in Guanajay. (Wikipedia, “Cuban Missile Crisis”) September 5 — U-2 photos reveal for the first time the presence of MiG-21 jet fighters in Cuba.
Reference: Eberhart
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_3645

Event 23132 (4892C8FA)

Date: 9/1/1962
Description: Mr. R. Leeming, an engineer, stopped by a lake for a picnic while on a business trip around noon. He noticed a metallic UFO with windows hidden behind some trees, sitting on three telescopic legs and shaped like a top. It was 30 feet in diameter. He saw that it had a ladder and an open doorway, so he climbed the ladder and went inside. The interior had a control panel but no occupants, but when he turned around he was surprised to see that two human looking individuals, about 5.7 feet tall, wearing white suits with helmets, had returned. They looked surprised to see him and not sure what to do. He asked them, in French, why if they were obviously spacemen they looked like us. One of them replied, speaking in French, saying that the reason was we had a common ancestor.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: Flying Saucers, June 1976, p. 19; David F. Webb & Ted Bloecher, HUMCAT: Catalogue of Humanoid Reports, case A0547, citing Wido Hoville and UFO Quebec
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_5554

Event 23133 (AC743A29)

Date: 9/2/1962
Location: 73.7500 54.7500
Description: Nuclear test: Air, confirmed. Country: USSR Yield: 80KT
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_1194

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: “80”

Event 23134 (36D01856)

Date: 9/3/1962
Time: 05:20
Location: PACIFIC 163° 03E-34° 35N
Description: Project Bluebook Case #unknown. Observer(s) = US Navy. 1 UFO seen. 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 68)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_6688

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: “Pacific Ocean and non - Asian islands”, Credibility: “7”, Duration: “1”, Elev: “0”, HatchDesc: “PACIFIC 163°03E-34°35N:BBK#UNKN:OBS=US NAVY:1 UFO SEEN:NFD AT ALL”, LatLong: “34.583335 163.050008”, LatLongDMS: “34:35:00 N 163:03:00 E”, Locale: “High Seas”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “NPC”, Strangeness: “4”

Event 23135 (42CE8FBB)

Date: 9/3/1962
Time: 22:30
Location: ANGACO, ARG
Description: Object going up / field. No description. Leaves (something behind) blue luminous/glowing trail / air. 3M burnt trace.
Type: sighting
Reference: FSR CASE HISTORIES. Bimonthly/London. Supplements 2 - 18 (final issue) (Index 12)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_6689

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), 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: “Argentina”, Credibility: “6”, Duration: “1”, Elev: “630”, HatchDesc: “ANGACO,ARG:OBJ ↑/FIELD:no descript:LVS BLUE LUMN TRAIL/AIR:3M BURNT TRACE”, LatLong: “-31.400001 -68.333337”, LatLongDMS: “31:24:00 S 68:20:00 W”, Locale: “Farmlands”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “SJN”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 23136 (7295D7BB)

Date: 9/4/1962
Location: ITALY, Sicily (Catania)
Description: (Translated from French) (cf: April 30, 62) Siragusa returns to Etna. In the street there are two beings, 2.15 meters tall, wearing helmets, they wear a luminous belt and in the sky there is a saucer 25 meters wide, at about thirty meters. A cylinder 3 meters high with a small door makes the connection between the saucer and the earth. The two extraterrestrials present themselves as Woodok and Lynk coming from the planet Metaria of Alpha Centauri. They come to give him a message from Asthar and Ithacar, he must send letters to stop nuclear testing.
Reference: Mitarbeiter, “Ufo Geheimnisse”, Berlin, January 1998
Reference: continued April 64
Reference: Mini catalogue chronologique des observations OVNI, by Godelieve Van Overmeire
Source: Overmeire, ID: Overmeire_2240

Event 23137 (638EC915)

Date: 9/5/1962
Time: night
Location: Mount Manfre, Italy
Description: Second observation by Mr. Siragusa (Case 531), who saw two figures over 2.10 m tall. The light from their belts prevented him from seeing them in detail. A large, spinning object, 25 m wide, top-shaped, hovered nearby. “From the under part, a metallic cylinder over 3 m long reached down almost to touch the road, with a small door, a sort of lift.”
Type: ufo sighting
Reference: FSR 62, 6 (Vallee)
Source: ValléeMagonia, ID: Magonia_545

Event 23138 (3D4764F3)

Date: 9/5/1962
Description: Responding to a telepathic summons, Mr. Siragusa, age 43, went to a spot in Monte Manfre, Italy on the island of Sicily where he met two seven-foot tall men. The wore helmets of a metallic cloth. They gave him the message that humans should desist with H-bomb testing. They left in a UFO shaped like a spinning top, about 80 feet in diameter. The object hovered with a ten-foot wide cylindrical section that connected with the ground.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: Hulvio Brant Aleixo, FSR, November-December 1968, p. 11; Gordon Creighton, FSR, January-February 1970, p. 14; Roberto Pinotti, Flying Saucers magazine, January-February 1966, p. 58
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_5651

Event 23139 (F05EB531)

Date: 9/6/1962
Time: 17:00:00.2
Location: 37.1303 -116.0447
Description: Nuclear test: Underground, confirmed. Country: USA Name: “Raritan” 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_276

Extra Data: LatLong: “37.1303 -116.0447”, LatLongDMS: “37:07:49 N 116:02:41 W”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, NukeCountry: “USA”, NukeDepth: “0.16”, NukeName: “Raritan”, NukeSource: “AEC”, NukeType: “NUCU”, NukeYMax: “20”

Event 23140 (934A90B6)

Date: 9/8/1962
Location: FLORESTA, BRZ
Description: Argentine Navy pilot. Burnished metal lens-saucer maneuvers. / r242p139.
Type: sighting
Reference: UFO INVESTIGATOR: NICAP: Kensington, MD & Washington, DC [defunct]. University Microfilms, Ann Arbor, MI 48106 (Index 30)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_6690

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

Extra Data: Country: “Brazil”, Credibility: “7”, Duration: “5”, Elev: “293”, HatchDesc: “FLORESTA,BRZ:ARGENTINE NAVY PILOT:BURNISHED METAL LENS-SCR MNVRs:/r242p139”, LatLong: “-8.600000 -38.566669”, LatLongDMS: “08:36:00 S 38:34:00 W”, Locale: “Pasture”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Bahia”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 23141 (37864151)

Date: 9/8/1962
Location: Floresta, Argentine
Description: “Burnished metal” lens-shaped UFO sighted by Argentine Navy pilot. [NICAP UFO Evidence, X, XII] (NICAP: 11 - Aviation Cases)
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_2597

Event 23142 (E1E4F63B)

Date: 9/8/1962
Time: 10:17:57.7
Location: 73.7000 53.8000
Description: Nuclear test: Air, confirmed. Country: USSR Yield: 1900KT
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_1195

Extra Data: LatLong: “73.7000 53.8000”, LatLongDMS: “73:42:00 N 53:48:00 E”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, NukeCountry: “USSR”, NukeDepth: “0.00”, NukeSource: “PDE”, NukeType: “NACS”, NukeY: “1900”

Event 23143 (B7444EA4)

Date: 9/8/1962
Description: A lens-shaped UFO with the appearance of burnished metal was sighted by an Argentine Navy pilot in Florista, Bahia State, Argentina.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: NICAP UFO Investigator, November 1962, p. 4
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_5757

Event 23144 (8125BB40)

Date: 9/11/1962
Time: 16:00
Location: NORTH / EGYPT
Description: UK airmen. Strong fireball passes 4 RAF jets / MACH 2. Makes 150° turn going quickly southwest.
Type: sighting
Reference: FLYING SAUCER REVIEW (FSR), London. Bimonthly. PO Box 162; High Wycombe, Bucks. HP135 DZ, England. (Index 313)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_6691

Attributes: AIR: Observer(s) on aircraft, MIL: Observer(s) military, HQO: High-quality observer(s), PRB: Probe: Possibly remote controlled, FBL: Fireball: Blazing undistinguished form/orb., NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), OBS: Observation/chasing vehicles, VEH: Vehicle affected: Marks/damage/EME effects

Extra Data: Country: “Iceland”, Credibility: “8”, Duration: “2”, HatchDesc: “N/EGYPT:UK AIRMEN:STRONG FBL PASSES 4 RAF JETS/MACH 2:MAKES 150°TURN >>SW”, LatLong: “32.500002 27.500001”, LatLongDMS: “32:30:00 N 27:30:00 E”, Locale: “Metropolis”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “EGY”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 23145 (D64E5F80)

Date: 9/13/1962
Time: 2320
Location: Overfield, Great Britain
Description: Myra Jones was driving between Overfield and Norris Hill when she saw a luminous, gray object, larger than a car with a dome on top. It was flying at the altitude of the Phone poles, slowly spinning. Dark spots were visible on the underside. It nearly touched the car, then gave a whistling sound and flew away.
Type: ufo sighting
Reference: 137; FSR 62, 6 (Vallee)
Source: ValléeMagonia, ID: Magonia_546

Event 23146 (BBB268FA)

Date: 9/13/1962
Description: Overfield, England. Myra Jones was driving between Overfield and Norris Hill at 11:20 p.m. when she spotted a luminous, gray object, larger than a car, with a dome on top. It was flying just above the ground at the height of the telephone poles, spinning slowly. There were dark spots visible on the underside of the object. It nearly touched the car, then gave a whistling sound and flew away.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: Jacques Vallee, Passport to Magonia: A Century of Landings, case 546; citing Flying Saucer Review, November-December 1962
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_5913

Event 23147 (4B427A4D)

Date: 9/14/1962
Time: 17:10:00.1
Location: 37.0439 -116.0211
Description: Nuclear test: Underground, confirmed. Country: USA Name: “Hyrax” 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_277

Extra Data: LatLong: “37.0439 -116.0211”, LatLongDMS: “37:02:38 N 116:01:16 W”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, NukeCountry: “USA”, NukeDepth: “0.22”, NukeMb: “4.40”, NukeName: “Hyrax”, NukeSource: “SPRINGER”, NukeType: “NUCU”, NukeYMax: “20”

Event 23148 (8E730A5F)

Date: 9/15/1962
Time: 17:00
Location: ORADELL, NJ
Description: 2 bright saucers maneuver and dive / reservoir. / MJ#233+/ r44p226+/ APRO May’63.
Type: sighting
Reference: UFO INVESTIGATOR: NICAP: Kensington, MD & Washington, DC [defunct]. University Microfilms, Ann Arbor, MI 48106 (Index 30)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_6692

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, HQO: High-quality observer(s), WAV: Wave/cluster/flap, SCR: Classic saucer/disk/sphere shaped UFO, CIG: Torpedo/cigar/cylinder shaped UFO, NLT: Nightlights/points of light, SUB: Submersible: Rises from or submerges into water, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), OBS: Observation/chasing vehicles, SMP: Sampling of plant/animal/soil/tissue/specimens, LND: UFO landing or any part touches ground

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “10”, Duration: “200”, Elev: “27”, HatchDesc: “ORADELL,NJ:2 BRITE SCRS MNVR+DIVE/RESERVOIR:/MJ#233+/r44p226+/APRO May’63”, LatLong: “40.950002 -74.033337”, LatLongDMS: “40:57:00 N 74:02:00 W”, Locale: “Farmlands”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “New Jersey”, Strangeness: “8”

Event 23149 (1E7995AF)

Date: 9/15/1962
Time: 18:00
Location: WEST NYACK, NY
Description: 2 “silver dollars” rotate passing over. / r78p192.
Type: sighting
Reference: HALL, Richard: The UFO EVIDENCE; NICAP,Washington, DC 1964. Reprinted 1997 Barnes & Noble Books ( only $7.98! ) (Index 140)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_6693

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

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “6”, Duration: “2”, Elev: “136”, HatchDesc: “WEST NYACK,NY:2 “SILVER DOLLARS” ROTATE PASSING OVER:/r78p192”, LatLong: “41.083335 -73.983337”, LatLongDMS: “41:05:00 N 73:59:00 W”, Locale: “Residential”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “New York”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 23150 (BE3EAF0D)

Date: 9/15/1962
Location: Oradell, NJ
Description: Bright luminous object surrounded with a glow (NICAP: 01 - Distant Encounters, BB: BBU)
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_2598

Event 23151 (9070650F)

Date: 9/15/1962
Time: 1700
Location: Oradell, New Jersey
Description: Two bright disks were first seen at 1700, then were seen again at 1800, at the state line. Two witnesses saw one round object with a fin on top and another under it at 1950, and reported that it was going down toward the Oradell reservoir. Three young men saw and heard the object as it touched the water. Another witness called police. The luminous object took off a few minutes later. Official investigation described it as bright, surrounded with a glow, the apparent size of a small plane 1 km away. It left toward the south.
Type: ufo sighting
Reference: Atic (Vallee)
Source: ValléeMagonia, ID: Magonia_547

Event 23152 (9FF7EA9F)

Date: 9/15/1962
Time: 08:02:13.9
Location: 74.4000 51.5000
Description: Nuclear test: Air, confirmed. Country: USSR Yield: 3100KT
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_1196

Extra Data: LatLong: “74.4000 51.5000”, LatLongDMS: “74:24:00 N 51:30:00 E”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, NukeCountry: “USSR”, NukeDepth: “0.00”, NukeSource: “PDE”, NukeType: “NACS”, NukeY: “3100”

Event 23153 (FEE8493B)

Date: 9/15/1962
Location: San Cristobal, Cuba
Description: Construction begins on Soviet SS-4 MRBM sites at San Cristobal, Cuba.
Reference: Eberhart
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_3646

Event 23154 (709D2A18)

Date: 9/15/1962
Locations: Oradell, New Jersey; Oradell; Oradell Reservoir
Description: 5:00 p.m. Two bright discs are seen over Oradell, New Jersey. At 6:00 p.m., former Navy flying officer J. J. McVickers sees two discs just across the state line near Oradell. At 7:50 p.m., Victor Cipolla sees a glowing object descend toward Oradell. Two other witnesses see one round object with a fin on top and another under it at darting back and forth near Oradell Reservoir. At 7:55 p.m., three teens see and hear a bright, oval object land in the reservoir with a loud splash. A moment later, it lifts off and climbs silently at high speed.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: “Disc Landing Reported in New Jersey,” UFO Investigator 2, no. 6 (Oct./Nov. 1962): 3–4; UFOEv, p. 140; Loren E. Gross, The Fifth Horseman of the Apocalypse: UFOs, a History: July–December 1962, The Author, 2005, pp. 48, 49; Sparks, p. 292
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_3647

Event 23155 (F46E886C)

Date: 9/15/1962
Description: Two bright discs were first seen at 5:00 p.m., then again at 6:00 p.m., at the state line near Oradell, New Jersey. Two witnesses saw one round object with a fin on top, and another under it at 7:50 p.m., and reported that it was going down toward the Oradell Reservoir. Three young men next saw and heard the object as it touched the water. Another witness called the police. The luminous object took off a few minutes later. The official investigation described it as bright, surrounded with a glow, and the apparent size of a small plane one kilometer away. It left flying toward the south.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: Jacques Vallee, Passport to Magonia: A Century of Landings, case # 547, citing Project Blue Book files
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_5983

Event 23156 (0AE52542)

Date: 9/16/1962
Location: BARCELOS, BRZ
Description: 3 small humanoids (or Greys) / saucer grab man and 17 hens and 6 pigs and 2 cows. None return. / LDLN#130+/ r8.
Type: sighting
Reference: The APRO BULLETIN: Monthly. Jim & Coral Lorenzen: Tucson,AZ (USA. defunct) By volume and number. (Index 757)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_6694

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, ABD: Human or animal abduction, ANI: Animals affected or injuries/marks, HUM: Humans affected: Injury/burns/marks/abduction/death, LND: UFO landing or any part touches ground

Extra Data: Country: “Brazil”, Credibility: “8”, Duration: “25”, Elev: “37”, HatchDesc: “BARCELOS,BRZ:3 OIDS/SCR GRAB MAN+17 HENS+6PIGS+2COWS:NONE RETURN:/LDLN#130+/r8”, LatLong: “-0.966667 -62.950003”, LatLongDMS: “00:58:00 S 62:57:00 W”, Locale: “Rainforest”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Amazonas”, Strangeness: “11”

Event 23157 (BE4E2BC4)

Date: 9/16/1962
Time: 10:59:10.5
Location: 74.2000 51.6000
Description: Nuclear test: Air, confirmed. Country: USSR Yield: 3250KT
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_1197

Extra Data: LatLong: “74.2000 51.6000”, LatLongDMS: “74:12:00 N 51:36:00 E”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, NukeCountry: “USSR”, NukeDepth: “0.00”, NukeSource: “PDE”, NukeType: “NACS”, NukeY: “3250”

Event 23158 (DBEEC551)

Date: 9/16/1962
Description: On this night a rubber plantation worker in Vila Conceicao, near Barcelos, Amazonas, Brazil saw a round glowing object emitting sparks come down into a clearing in the plantation. Three humanoid beings jumped out, attacked another man, who happened to be a soccer referee, abducted him and took him away. They also stole 17 hens, six pigs, and two cows from the plantation. The UFO shot straight up into the sky when it took off. Neither the man nor the animals were ever returned.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: APRO Bulletin, January 1963, p. 3; FSR, September 1970, p. 28; Brad Sparks, Computer Catalog of Abduction Cases (N=150), case 74; Thomas E. Bullard, UFO Abductions: The Measure of a Mystery. Volume 2: Catalogue of Cases, case # 262
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_6010

Event 23159 (C87FC73F)

Date: 9/17/1962
Time: 05:40
Location: PACIFIC 163° 48E-33° 55N
Description: Uscgc Matagorda crew. 1 UFO seen. 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 69)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_6695

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

Extra Data: Country: “Pacific Ocean and non - Asian islands”, Credibility: “10”, Duration: “1”, Elev: “0”, HatchDesc: “PACIFIC 163°48E-33°55N:USCGC MATAGORDA CREW:1 UFO SEEN:NFD AT ALL”, LatLong: “33.916668 163.800008”, LatLongDMS: “33:55:00 N 163:48:00 E”, Locale: “High Seas”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “NPC”, Strangeness: “4”

Event 23160 (009AF42E)

Date: 9/18/1962
Location: POLAND AND MINERVA AND CARROLL CO, OH
Description: 6 cops. Silver cylinder/cigar-shape with red lights / ends. Seen 3 counties.
Type: sighting
Reference: HALL, Richard: The UFO EVIDENCE; NICAP,Washington, DC 1964. Reprinted 1997 Barnes & Noble Books ( only $7.98! ) (Index 62)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_6696

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, HQO: High-quality observer(s), WAV: Wave/cluster/flap, NLT: Nightlights/points of light, FBL: Fireball: Blazing undistinguished form/orb., NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), OGA: Non-Covert Government Agencies

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “9”, Duration: “60”, Elev: “230”, HatchDesc: “POLAND+MINERVA+CARROLL co,OH:6 COPS:SLVR CGR W/RED LITES/ENDS:SEEN 3 COUNTIES”, LatLong: “41.022224 -80.616671”, LatLongDMS: “41:01:20 N 80:37:00 W”, Locale: “Farmlands”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Ohio”, Strangeness: “5”

Event 23161 (93FBBF0F)

Date: 9/18/1962
Time: 04:00
Location: WESTWOOD, NJ
Description: 2 police. Huge cone object with pointed end downward. Seen 7-8 second(s). / r78p192.
Type: sighting
Reference: HALL, Richard: The UFO EVIDENCE; NICAP,Washington, DC 1964. Reprinted 1997 Barnes & Noble Books ( only $7.98! ) (Index 140)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_6697

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, HQO: High-quality observer(s), WAV: Wave/cluster/flap, SCR: Classic saucer/disk/sphere shaped UFO, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), TCH: New technical details/clues, OGA: Non-Covert Government Agencies

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “8”, Duration: “1”, Elev: “23”, HatchDesc: “WESTWOOD,NJ:2 POLICE:HUGE CONE OBJ W/POINTED END DOWNWARD:seen 7-8sec:/r78p192”, LatLong: “40.983335 -74.050004”, LatLongDMS: “40:59:00 N 74:03:00 W”, Locale: “Residential”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “New Jersey”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 23162 (DC90F2D4)

Date: 9/18/1962
Time: 19:50
Location: HAWTHORNE, NJ
Description: Blue Book. Green saucer going down [to] over house. Back over quarry / 20+24 September. Avoids lights.
Type: sighting
Reference: HALL, Richard: The UFO EVIDENCE; NICAP,Washington, DC 1964. Reprinted 1997 Barnes & Noble Books ( only $7.98! ) (Index 12)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_6698

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, SCR: Classic saucer/disk/sphere shaped UFO, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), OBS: Observation/chasing vehicles, DRT: Dirt/soil traces/marks/footprints etc., BLD: Building/man-made structure/roads/power lines, MIL: Military investigation, BBK: Project BLUEBOOK

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “8”, Duration: “5”, Elev: “30”, HatchDesc: “HAWTHORNE,NJ:BBK:GRN SCR↓ OVR HOUSE:BACK OVR QUARRY/20+24 SEPT:AVOIDS LITES”, LatLong: “40.950002 -74.155559”, LatLongDMS: “40:57:00 N 74:09:20 W”, Locale: “Town & City”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “New Jersey”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 23163 (CC3AA94F)

Date: 9/18/1962
Location: Westwood, NJ
Description: 4 a.m… Two policemen reported a 7-8 second observation of a huge object, round at the top and tapering to a cone. 4:45 a.m.; Two Oradell policemen reported a brilliant light in the sky. [NICAP UFO Evidence] (NICAP: 01 - Distant Encounters)
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_2599

Event 23164 (80B6409F)

Date: 9/18/1962
Location: Hawthorne, NJ
Description: 7:55 p.m.; A family in Hawthorne watched a greenish disc descend low over their house. [NICAP UFO Evidence] (NICAP: 02 - Close Encounters)
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_2600

Event 23165 (B99BA489)

Date: 9/18/1962
Location: Northeast, OH
Description: Six policemen sighted UFOs about the same time. One hovering object, two maneuvering. [NICAP UFO Evidence, VII] (NICAP: 01 - Distant Encounters)
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_2601

Event 23166 (09D635F2)

Date: 9/18/1962
Location: Barcelos, Brazil
Description: Three men working in a rubber plantation saw a large, disk-shaped object hover above the river. It emitted sparks, was of silvery color, and very brilliant. It eventually rose straight up at high speed. Disappearance of cattle was noticed in the area during that period and blamed on the same cause.
Type: ufo sighting
Reference: APRO Jan., 63 (Vallee)
Source: ValléeMagonia, ID: Magonia_548

Event 23167 (9635438F)

Date: 9/18/1962
Time: 08:29:02.7
Location: 73.2000 54.7000
Description: Nuclear test: Air, confirmed. Country: USSR Yield: 1350KT
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_1198

Extra Data: LatLong: “73.2000 54.7000”, LatLongDMS: “73:12:00 N 54:42:00 E”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, NukeCountry: “USSR”, NukeDepth: “0.00”, NukeSource: “PDE”, NukeType: “NACS”, NukeY: “1350”

Event 23168 (30666081)

Date: 9/18/1962
Description: Three men working on a rubber plantation in Barcelos, Amazonas State, Brazil saw a large, disk-shaped object hover above the river. It emitted sparks, was a silvery color, and very brilliant. It eventually rose straight up at high speed. Disappearance of cattle was noticed in the area during that period and blamed on the same cause.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: Jacques Vallee, Passport to Magonia: A Century of Landings, case # 548, citing APRO Bulletin, January 1963
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_6067

Event 23169 (FD39C946)

Date: 9/18/1962
Description: Minerva, Ohio. Six policemen in northeastern Ohio sighted UFOs at about the same time at around five a.m. One object was hovering, while two were maneuvering.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: Richard Hall, The UFO Evidence, p. 62
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_6068

Event 23170 (80E9C744)

Date: 9/19/1962
Time: 11:00:56.4
Location: 73.8000 53.8000
Description: Nuclear test: Air, confirmed. Country: USSR Yield: 1500KT YieldMax: 10000KT
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_1199

Extra Data: LatLong: “73.8000 53.8000”, LatLongDMS: “73:48:00 N 53:48:00 E”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, NukeCountry: “USSR”, NukeDepth: “0.00”, NukeSource: “PDE”, NukeType: “NACS”, NukeY: “1500”, NukeYMax: “10000”

Event 23171 (D9C1FF59)

Date: 9/20/1962
Location: Hawthorne, NJ
Description: Early in the morning, a watchman, William Stock, of Hawthorne, reported a saucer- shaped object which hovered and moved from side to side as it shone bright enough to illuminate a huge area. [NICAP UFO Evidence] (NICAP: 01 - Distant Encounters)
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_2602

Event 23172 (631BA98C)

Date: 9/20/1962
Time: 17:10:00.1
Location: 37.0551 -116.0293
Description: Nuclear test: Underground, confirmed. Country: USA Name: “Peba” 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_278

Extra Data: LatLong: “37.0551 -116.0293”, LatLongDMS: “37:03:18 N 116:01:45 W”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, NukeCountry: “USA”, NukeDepth: “0.24”, NukeName: “Peba”, NukeSource: “SPRINGER”, NukeType: “NUCU”, NukeYMax: “20”

Event 23173 (7F52218D)

Date: 9/20/1962
Locations: Los Angeles; Chaparra; Juguani, Cuba
Description: Construction begins on Soviet SAM sites at Los Angeles, Chaparra, and Juguani, Cuba.
Reference: Eberhart
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_3648

Event 23174 (B6D883EA)

Date: 9/21/1962
Description: (Translated from French) Observation at WSW of Biloxi (Mississippi). (September 21)
Reference: case Blue Book #8133 unsolved
Reference: rr0 - Beau
Source: rr0, ID: rr0_1979

Event 23175 (6B2DBA72)

Date: 9/21/1962
Time: 19:30
Location: WSW / BILOXI, MS
Description: Project Bluebook Case #8133. Fishing boat. 2 red and black moon-size objects cross sky / 13 minute(s).
Type: sighting
Reference: BERLINER, DON: The BLUEBOOK UNKNOWNS; (FUFOR). (Index 30)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_6699

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), MIL: Military investigation, BBK: Project BLUEBOOK

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “6”, Duration: “13”, Elev: “2”, HatchDesc: “WSW/BILOXI,MS:BBK#8133:FISHING BOAT:2 RED+BLK MOONSIZE OBJS CROSS SKY/13min”, LatLong: “30.366668 -88.988893”, LatLongDMS: “30:22:00 N 88:59:20 W”, Locale: “Offshore”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Mississippi”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 23176 (75B018EA)

Date: 9/21/1962
Location: Biloxi (WSW of), MS
Description: 2 objects, red and black with orange streaks (NICAP: 01 - Distant Encounters, BB: 8133)
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_2603

Event 23177 (5C31AA3E)

Date: 9/21/1962
Location: Btn Hawthorne & N. Haledon, NJ
Description: At 3:40 a.m., William Stock and four invited policemen spent a half hour watching a round object with two apparently revolving body lights. At 4 a.m., two policemen, between Hawthorne and North Haledon, watched a bright light revolving and moving up and down and from side to side for about 35 minutes. [NICAP UFO Evidence] (NICAP: 01 - Distant Encounters)
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_2604

Event 23178 (911D1DAF)

Date: 9/21/1962
Location: Hawthorne, NJ
Description: That night, 4 young persons in Hawthorne reported seeing a bright star-like object with light beams coming from it. [NICAP UFO Evidence] (NICAP: 01 - Distant Encounters)
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_2605

Event 23179 (B72D0D32)

Date: 9/21/1962
Time: 7:37 PM
Location: WSW of Biloxi, Mississippi, in the Gulf of Mexico
Description: Witness: fishing boat captain S.A. Guthrie. Two objects, red and black with orange streaks, one as big as the Moon, and the other smaller. Arced across the sky for 13 minutes.
Type: ufo sighting
Reference: BlueBook Unknowns PDF
Source: BerlinerBBUnknowns, ID: BerlinerBBU_481

Event 23180 (BBAF0709)

Date: 9/21/1962
Location: 73.7500 54.7500
Description: Nuclear test: Air, confirmed. Country: USSR Yield: 2400KT
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_1200

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: “2400”

Event 23181 (65631664)

Date: 9/21/1962
Description: A fishing boat captain, S. A. Guthrie, and a deck hand sailing west-southwest of Biloxi, Mississippi in the Gulf of Mexico sighted two UFOs at 7:37 p.m. The objects were red and black with orange streaks. One was as big as the Moon and the other somewhat smaller. They arced across the sky for 13 minutes.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: Project Blue Book files counted in official statistics, case 8133; Don Berliner, Project Bluebook UFO Unknowns
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_6181

Event 23182 (65E824E8)

Date: 9/22/1962
Location: 50.4375 77.814167
Description: Nuclear test: Air, confirmed. Country: USSR Yield: .21KT
Type: atomic
Reference: “columbia.edu: Worldwide Nuclear Explosions”, by Yang, North, Romney, and Richards
Reference: “archive.org: Worldwide Nuclear Explosions”, by Yang, North, Romney, and Richards
Source: NukeExplosions, ID: NukeExplosions_1201

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: “.21”

Event 23183 (3925315C)

Date: 9/23/1962
Time: 22:00
Location: OLD MAN OF THE MOUNTAIN, NH
Description: Repeat abduction taken / same pseudo-human/entity. Blue beam transport. “Time altered”.
Type: sighting
Reference: MUFON UFO JOURNAL, Seguin, TX USA. Monthly. (Index 302)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_6700

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, ODD: Atypical/Forteana/paranormal, SCR: Classic saucer/disk/sphere shaped UFO, OID: Humanoid: Small alien or “Grey”, PSH: Pseudo-human: Clone/organic robot/human-like, MST: Missing time or time anomaly, ABD: Human or animal abduction, CVS: Conversation/communication, LND: UFO landing or any part touches ground, TCH: New technical details/clues

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “4”, Duration: “120”, Elev: “1021”, HatchDesc: “OLD MAN OF THE Mtn,NH:REPEAT ABD TAKEN/SAME PSH:BLUE BEAM XPORT:“TIME ALTERED””, LatLong: “44.166669 -71.666670”, LatLongDMS: “44:10:00 N 71:40:00 W”, Locale: “Pasture”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “New Hampshire”, Strangeness: “11”

Event 23184 (A9DB9CC8)

Date: 9/23/1962
Time: 22:00
Location: ST. MAXIMIN, FR
Description: Luminous ball rises fast. Stops. Going east. Stops. Going west. Turns going east again rising.
Type: sighting
Reference: LUMIERES DANS la NUIT (LDLN), Paris. Bimonthly since 1957. LDLN B.P.3; 77123 Le Vaudoue, FRANCE. (Index 119)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_6701

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

Extra Data: Country: “France”, Credibility: “6”, Duration: “3”, HatchDesc: “St.MAXIMIN,FR:LUMn.BALL RISES FAST:STOPS:> E:STOPS:> W:TURNS >E AGAIN RISING”, LatLong: “43.450002 5.866667”, LatLongDMS: “43:27:00 N 05:52:00 E”, Locale: “Town & City”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Var”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 23185 (0ACD39A1)

Date: 9/23/1962
Location: Hawthorne, NJ
Description: In the middle of the day a Hawthorne woman and her son saw an oblong, silvery object, for about 10 seconds. [NICAP UFO Evidence] (NICAP: 01 - Distant Encounters)
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_2606

Event 23186 (5EB462F5)

Date: Fall 1962
Location: Anaheim, California
Description: Arlene Cook is awakened by her young, terrified son, at their home in Anaheim, California. He says something is in his bedroom, so they go to investigate and see a half-dollar-sized light on his bed. The spot stays visible when she puts her hand on the bed or when she removes the covers, but she can find no source for the light. It then just switches off and does not return.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Michael D. Swords, “A Trick of the Light,” IUR 31, no. 2 (June 2007): 8
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_3650

Event 23187 (FF5F6EE3)

Date: Fall 1962
Location: Azusa, California
Description: Patricia Ellingson is seeing “glowing, flame-like lights” in her bedroom in Azusa, California, every evening. She thinks they appear only when she is mentally calm. The lights are the size of a quarter, sometimes switch off abruptly, and other times fade out slowly. At times they do not appear for months, and she feels sad when they are not there.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Michael D. Swords, “A Trick of the Light,” IUR 31, no. 2 (June 2007): 8
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_3651

Event 23188 (9B2F773A)

Date: 9/23/1962
Description: An abduction reportedly occurred near Franconia Notch in the White Mountains of New Hampshire. While driving on Route 3 at ten p.m. the male witness saw a large, lighted domed-oval craft, the same as he had seen in 1959. He parked his truck and walked into a blue beam. Inside the craft he met the same four entities as he had encountered three years before. He was shown controls, and watched others being abducted and medically examined. He was taken to a mother ship and returned in two hours.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: Morton Schafer, MUFON case file investigations, case 930403E
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_6253

Event 23189 (CF6B2DE4)

Date: 9/24/1962
Location: Hawthorne, NJ
Description: Early in the morning, a group consisting of the head of an independent news agency, a photographer and numerous policemen watched, for 10 minutes, an object which changed from red to silver to green and back to red. In the evening, a Hawthorne patrolman watched a light approach, hover for 15 minutes and then move away. [NICAP UFO Evidence] (NICAP: 01 - Distant Encounters)
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_2607

Event 23190 (049C7E5C)

Date: 9/24/1962
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_1202

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 23191 (74CA6268)

Date: 9/25/1962
Location: 50.4375 77.814167
Description: Nuclear test: Air, confirmed. Country: USSR Yield: 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_1203

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: “7”

Event 23192 (8D57D626)

Date: 9/25/1962
Time: 13:02:31.7
Location: 73.7000 55.0000
Description: Nuclear test: Air, confirmed. Country: USSR Yield: 19100KT
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_1204

Extra Data: LatLong: “73.7000 55.0000”, LatLongDMS: “73:42:00 N 55:00:00 E”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, NukeCountry: “USSR”, NukeDepth: “0.00”, NukeSource: “PDE”, NukeType: “NACS”, NukeY: “19100”

Event 23193 (26046398)

Date: 9/26/1962
Time: 21:50
Location: CAPAY, CA
Description: 50’ saucer beams going down / field. Going quickly east. Irrigation water won’t run over affected spot!
Type: sighting
Reference: PHILLIPS, Ted: Study of PHYSICAL TRACES ASSOCIATED with UFO SIGHTINGS; CUFOS 1975. (Index 27)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_6702

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), 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, TRC: Physical traces, TCH: New technical details/clues

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “8”, Duration: “5”, Elev: “57”, HatchDesc: “CAPAY,CA:50’SCR BEAMS↓/FIELD:>>E:IRRIGATION WATER WONT RUN OVR AFFECTED SPOT!”, LatLong: “38.700002 -122.033339”, LatLongDMS: “38:42:00 N 122:02:00 W”, Locale: “Farmlands”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “California”, Strangeness: “9”

Event 23194 (9E591120)

Date: 9/26/1962
Description: On a farm near Capay, Glenn County, California at 9:45 p.m. a man named Gray sighted a silent ovoid object hovering just eight meters above an alfalfa field. It had blunt ends. It ascended to a higher altitude and then flew away toward the southwest.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: APRO Bulletin, July-August 1963, p. 4; Ted Phillips, Physical Traces Associated with UFO Sightings, case 156, citing the Orland Union Register
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_6347

Event 23195 (58FBCD03)

Date: 9/27/1962
Time: 08:03:16.4
Location: 74.3000 52.4000
Description: Nuclear test: Air, confirmed. Country: USSR Yield: 10000KT
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_1205

Extra Data: LatLong: “74.3000 52.4000”, LatLongDMS: “74:18:00 N 52:24:00 E”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, NukeCountry: “USSR”, NukeDepth: “0.00”, NukeSource: “PDE”, NukeType: “NACS”, NukeY: “10000”

Event 23196 (B002FF0F)

Date: 9/28/1962
Location: Hawthorne (7 counties near), NJ
Description: Police from seven counties reported seeing UFOs between 2:30 and 3:30 a.m. Most reported three objects which changed color. [NICAP UFO Evidence] (NICAP: 01 - Distant Encounters)
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_2608

Event 23197 (320532E3)

Date: 9/28/1962
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_1206

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 23198 (18A70DB9)

Date: 9/29/1962
Description: (Translated from French) Launch of the Canadian satellite Alouette. (September 29)
Reference: rr0 - Beau
Source: rr0, ID: rr0_1980

Event 23199 (D84C78F8)

Date: 9/29/1962
Time: 17:00:00.2
Location: 37.1167 -116.0328
Description: Nuclear test: Underground, confirmed. Country: USA Name: “Allegheny” 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_279

Extra Data: LatLong: “37.1167 -116.0328”, LatLongDMS: “37:07:00 N 116:01:58 W”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, NukeCountry: “USA”, NukeDepth: “0.21”, NukeName: “Allegheny”, NukeSource: “SPRINGER”, NukeType: “NUCU”, NukeYMax: “20”

Event 23200 (7FCCD0FC)

Date: 9/29/1962
Locations: Isle of Pines; Bay of Pigs, Cuba
Description: A CIA U-2 mission over the Isle of Pines and Bay of Pigs, Cuba, reveals additional Soviet SA-2 and cruise missile sites.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Jacobsen, Area 51, p. 183; Kenneth Michael Absher, Mind-Sets and Missiles, US Army War College, 2009
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_3649

Event 23201 (30F0519B)

Date: 10/1962
Location: Palermo AFB, NY
Description: UFO Incident During the Cuban Missile Crisis (NICAP: 09 - RADAR Cases, Code: R, Rating: 5, NC)
Reference: NICAP: 621000
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_2609

Event 23202 (9F6C8FAA)

Date: 10/1962
Description: The CIA and USAF instruct Lockheed to study a high-speed, high-altitude drone concept. Kelly Johnson specifies speeds of Mach 3.3–3.5, an operational altitude of 87,000–95,000 feet, and a range of 3,500 miles. It would make a one-way trip, eject its camera payload at the end of the mission for recovery, then self-destruct. It has a double-delta wing similar to the A-12’s wing design. The Q-12 is to be air-launched from the back of an A- 12 and uses key technology from the A-12 project, including titanium construction and radar cross-section reduction design features. Johnson wants to power the Q-12 with a ramjet engine modified to operate at high temperatures for at least 90 minutes at high altitude.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Wikipedia, “Lockheed D-21”
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_3652

Event 23203 (4BFC4FF6)

Date: 10/2/1962
Location: 17.0000 -169.0000
Description: Nuclear test: Air, confirmed. Country: USA Name: “Androscoggin” Yield: 75KT
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_280

Extra Data: LatLong: “17.0000 -169.0000”, LatLongDMS: “17:00:00 N 169:00:00 W”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, NukeCountry: “USA”, NukeDepth: “0.00”, NukeName: “Androscoggin”, NukeSource: “NV209”, NukeType: “NACU”, NukeY: “75”

Event 23204 (BA62F92A)

Date: 10/2/1962
Locations: Moore, Montana; Malmstrom AFB complex
Description: Night. A Boeing security guard at an unidentified Minuteman missile site near Moore, Montana [likely the M-01 launch site that is part of Malmstrom AFB complex], sees a tear-shaped object with a blue top and a red bottom.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: “Flying Objects Reported in Separated Areas,” Helena (Mont.) Independent-Record, October 3, 1962, p. 7
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_3653

Event 23205 (ED7CEC3E)

Date: 10/2/1962
Locations: Larson AFB [now Grant County International Airport]; Moses Lake, Washington
Description: Night. Airmen on security patrol at Larson AFB [now Grant County International Airport] near Moses Lake, Washington, see a white light hovering a few hundred feet in the air near where the ICBM storage bunkers are located. It silently shoots into the air as the guards approach it.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: “Flying Objects Reported in Separated Areas,” Helena (Mont.) Independent-Record, October 3, 1962, p. 7; Nukes 145–147
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_3654

Event 23206 (B9B9746C)

Date: 10/3/1962
Location: Chicago, IL
Description: City of Chicago official watched circular UFO with dome move across lower half of moon. [NICAP UFO Evidence, VII] (NICAP: 01 - Distant Encounters)
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_2610

Event 23207 (C427A34E)

Date: 10/4/1962
Time: 21:20
Location: DES PLAINES, IL
Description: Blue Book. Separate observer(s). Domed saucer crosses moons face. Seems / extreme altitude.
Type: sighting
Reference: HALL, Richard: The UFO EVIDENCE; NICAP,Washington, DC 1964. Reprinted 1997 Barnes & Noble Books ( only $7.98! ) (Index 68)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_6703

Attributes: 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: “195”, HatchDesc: “DES PLAINES,IL:BBK:SEP.OBS:DOMED SCR CROSSES MOONs FACE:seems/extreme altitude”, LatLong: “42.033335 -87.883338”, LatLongDMS: “42:02:00 N 87:53:00 W”, Locale: “Town & City”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Illinois”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 23208 (16149C8F)

Date: 10/5/1962
Time: 17:00:00.2
Location: 37.1394 -116.0503
Description: Nuclear test: Underground, confirmed. Country: USA Name: “Mississippi” 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_281

Extra Data: LatLong: “37.1394 -116.0503”, LatLongDMS: “37:08:22 N 116:03:01 W”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, NukeCountry: “USA”, NukeDepth: “0.49”, NukeMb: “5.06”, NukeName: “Mississippi”, NukeSource: “SPRINGER”, NukeType: “NUCU”, NukeY: “115”

Event 23209 (45190BF5)

Date: 10/6/1962
Location: 17.0000 -169.0000
Description: Nuclear test: Air, confirmed. Country: USA Name: “Bumping” Yield: 11.3KT
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_282

Extra Data: LatLong: “17.0000 -169.0000”, LatLongDMS: “17:00:00 N 169:00:00 W”, **LocationLin

[c0mmando]

k:** “Google Maps”, NukeCountry: “USA”, NukeDepth: “0.00”, NukeName: “Bumping”, NukeSource: “NV209”, NukeType: “NACU”, NukeY: “11.3”

Event 23210 (BFD6F276)

Date: 10/7/1962
Location: 73.7500 54.7500
Description: Nuclear test: Air, confirmed. Country: USSR Yield: 320KT
Type: atomic
Reference: “columbia.edu: Worldwide Nuclear Explosions”, by Yang, North, Romney, and Richards
Reference: “archive.org: Worldwide Nuclear Explosions”, by Yang, North, Romney, and Richards
Source: NukeExplosions, ID: NukeExplosions_1207

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: “320”

Event 23211 (3A901F74)

Date: 10/7/1962
Location: Cuba
Description: New U-2 flights show there are now 19 Soviet SA-2 missile sites in Cuba.
Reference: Eberhart
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_3655

Event 23212 (FED4F189)

Date: 10/9/1962
Location: 50.4375 77.814167
Description: Nuclear test: Air, confirmed. Country: USSR 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_1208

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: “8”

Event 23213 (1B060A9E)

Date: 10/9/1962
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_1209

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 23214 (4DE5BD3C)

Date: 10/10/1962
Time: 20:00
Location: MARCH DEL PLATA, ARG
Description: 3 observer(s). Blue flash / woods. Tractor malfunctions due to EME (electro-magnetic effects). Night light going up [to] and going quickly southeast / sea. / r79p19.
Type: sighting
Reference: FSR CASE HISTORIES. Bimonthly/London. Supplements 2 - 18 (final issue) (Index 12)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_6704

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CST: Observer(s) in coastal area/just offshore, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, NLT: Nightlights/points of light, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), VEH: Vehicle affected: Marks/damage/EME effects, LND: UFO landing or any part touches ground, EME: Electro-Magnetic Effects

Extra Data: Country: “Argentina”, Credibility: “6”, Duration: “2”, Elev: “39”, HatchDesc: “MAR DEL PLATA,ARG:3 OBS:BLUE FLASH/WOODS:TRACTOR EMES:NLT ↑+>>SE/SEA:/r79p19”, LatLong: “-37.983335 -57.550003”, LatLongDMS: “37:59:00 S 57:33:00 W”, Locale: “Farmlands”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, RelAlt: “1”, State/Prov: “Buenos Aires”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 23215 (3A6F3358)

Date: 10/10/1962
Time: 20:00?
Location: JACKSONVILLE, FL
Description: Numerous observer(s). Several 1M glowing-balls maneuvers in and around houses. Much electro-magnetic effect (EME.)
Type: sighting
Reference: The APRO BULLETIN: Monthly. Jim & Coral Lorenzen: Tucson,AZ (USA. defunct) By volume and number. (Index 755)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_6705

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CST: Observer(s) in coastal area/just offshore, 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, HUM: Humans affected: Injury/burns/marks/abduction/death, BLD: Building/man-made structure/roads/power lines

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “10”, Duration: “10”, Elev: “4”, HatchDesc: “JACKSONVILLE,FL:NMRS OBS:SVRL 1M GLOW-BALLS MNVRS IN+AROUND HOUSES:MUCH EME:”, LatLong: “30.333335 -81.650004”, LatLongDMS: “30:20:00 N 81:39:00 W”, Locale: “Residential”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, RelAlt: “3”, State/Prov: “Florida”, Strangeness: “7”

Event 23216 (9613A935)

Date: 10/10/1962
Location: 50.4375 77.814167
Description: Nuclear test: Air, confirmed. Country: USSR Yield: 9.2KT
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_1210

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: “9.2”

Event 23217 (4F945FF4)

Date: 10/10/1962
Description: Several one meter wide balls of light maneuvered around houses in Jacksonville, Florida at around eight o’clock in the evening.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: APRO Bulletin, November 1962, p. 1
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_6711

Event 23218 (B4CCFB30)

Date: 10/10/1962
Description: A blue flash in the woods caused a tractor to stop running in Mar del Plata, Buenos Aires province, Argentina at 8:00 p.m. A nocturnal light lifted off from the ground and headed out to sea, leaving behind ground marks.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: Oscar A. Uriondo, FSR Case Histories, December 1972, p. 10
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_6712

Event 23219 (C255AC70)

Date: 10/12/1962
Time: 15:00:00.2
Location: 37.1228 -116.0508
Description: Nuclear test: Underground, confirmed. Country: USA Name: “Roanoke” 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_283

Extra Data: LatLong: “37.1228 -116.0508”, LatLongDMS: “37:07:22 N 116:03:03 W”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, NukeCountry: “USA”, NukeDepth: “0.18”, NukeName: “Roanoke”, NukeSource: “SPRINGER”, NukeType: “NUCU”, NukeYMax: “20”

Event 23220 (FBB371A3)

Date: 10/12/1962
Time: 17:00:00.1
Location: 37.0488 -116.0326
Description: Nuclear test: Underground, confirmed. Country: USA Name: “Wolverine” 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_284

Extra Data: LatLong: “37.0488 -116.0326”, LatLongDMS: “37:02:56 N 116:01:57 W”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, NukeCountry: “USA”, NukeDepth: “0.07”, NukeName: “Wolverine”, NukeSource: “AEC”, NukeType: “NUCU”, NukeYMax: “20”

Event 23221 (FDA5811A)

Date: 10/12/1962
Location: Forbes AFB [now Topeka Regional Airport], Topeka, Kansas
Description: Dawn. An object like an orange or yellow meteor is observed over Forbes AFB [now Topeka Regional Airport], Topeka, Kansas. Its flight path is curved upward, with an occasional jerky motion; it moves quickly at first but slows down as it reaches the zenith. It is visible for 5 minutes before fading out.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: [Blue Book documents]; Nukes 145
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_3656

Event 23222 (C78E9460)

Date: 10/13/1962
Location: 50.4375 77.814167
Description: Nuclear test: Air, confirmed. Country: USSR Yield: 4.9KT
Type: atomic
Reference: “columbia.edu: Worldwide Nuclear Explosions”, by Yang, North, Romney, and Richards
Reference: “archive.org: Worldwide Nuclear Explosions”, by Yang, North, Romney, and Richards
Source: NukeExplosions, ID: NukeExplosions_1211

Extra Data: LatLong: “50.4375 77.814167”, LatLongDMS: “50:26:15 N 77:48:51 E”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, NukeCountry: “USSR”, NukeDepth: “0.00”, NukeSource: “RFAE”, NukeType: “NACS”, NukeY: “4.9”

Event 23223 (89064A24)

Date: 10/14/1962
Description: (Translated from French) Cuban Missile Crisis. (October 14-November 22)
Reference: rr0 - Beau
Source: rr0, ID: rr0_1981

Event 23224 (D10C8A09)

Date: 10/14/1962
Location: 50.4375 77.814167
Description: Nuclear test: Air, confirmed. Country: USSR Yield: .001KT 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_1212

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: “.001”, NukeYMax: “20”

Event 23225 (AA3F60A5)

Date: 10/14/1962
Locations: Laughlin AFB, Del Rio, Texas; San Cristóbal, Pinar del Río Province; Artemisa Province; Western Cuba
Description: A U-2 (loaned to the Air Force by the CIA because the CIA U-2s have better surveillance capabilities) piloted by USAF Major Richard S. Heyser out of Laughlin AFB, Del Rio, Texas, takes 928 pictures on a path selected by DIA analysts, capturing images of what turn out to be an SS-4 MRBM construction site at San Cristóbal, Pinar del Río Province [now in Artemisa Province], in western Cuba.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Wikipedia, “Cuban Missile Crisis”; “U-2 Pilot’s Cuba Photos Made History,” Wilmington (N.C.) Star-News, October 9, 2005
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_3657

Event 23226 (16E6EB82)

Date: 10/15/1962
Location: CIA’s National Photographic Interpretation Center
Description: The CIA’s National Photographic Interpretation Center reviews the U-2 photographs and identifies objects that they interpret as medium-range ballistic missiles. The CIA notifies the Department of State. National Security Advisor McGeorge Bundy chooses to wait until the next morning to tell the President. Secretary of Defense Robert McNamara is briefed at midnight.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Wikipedia, “Cuban Missile Crisis”
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_3658

Event 23227 (0D4600C4)

Date: 10/16/1962
Location: ATLANTIC 16° 09W-61° 45N PROJECT BLUEBOOK CASE #UNKNOWN
Description: Military observer(s). Satellite Anna-1B placed / orbit 10 October.
Type: sighting
Reference: UFOCAT CATALOG: Assorted Printouts. Donald A. Johnson Ph.D (CUFOS). P.O. Box 446, Concord, NH 03302-0446 (Index 69)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_6706

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: “7”, Duration: “1”, Elev: “0”, HatchDesc: “ATLANTIC 16°09W-61°45N BBK#UNKN:MIL OBS::Satellite Anna-1B placed/orbit 10OCT”, LatLong: “61.750003 -16.150001”, LatLongDMS: “61:45:00 N 16:09:00 W”, Locale: “High Seas”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “NAT”, Strangeness: “5”

Event 23228 (93E3C5D6)

Date: 10/16/1962
Time: 05:30
Location: WEST / RANGITOTO ISLAND, NZ
Description: Observer(s) photographs city. Film shows yellow disk with black dot over lighthouse.
Type: sighting
Reference: CATHIE, Bruce: HARMONIC 33. A. & A. Reed, Wellington, NZ (Index 110)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_6707

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CST: Observer(s) in coastal area/just offshore, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, SCR: Classic saucer/disk/sphere shaped UFO, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), PHT: Photos/movies/videos taken, CMF: Camouflage/disguise

Extra Data: Country: “New Zealand”, Credibility: “6”, Duration: “1”, HatchDesc: “W/RANGITOTO Isl,NZ:OBS FOTOS CITY:FILM SHOWS YLW DISK W/BLK DOT OVR LITEHOUSE”, LatLong: “-36.811113 174.816675”, LatLongDMS: “36:48:40 S 174:49:00 E”, Locale: “Offshore”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “NI”, Strangeness: “7”

Event 23229 (AB948C33)

Date: 10/16/1962
Locations: Cuba; Berlin
Description: 6:30 p.m. Kennedy gathers a select group of advisors known as the ExComm (Executive Committee of the National Security Council) to discuss a strategic response. McNamara presents him with three basic options: a political option of approaching Castro and Khrushchev; a naval blockade to stop Soviet ships carrying weapons to Cuba; and “military action directed against Cuba, starting with an air attack against the missiles.” The ExComm’s initial discussions focus on a massive US military assault on the nuclear installations and other bases in Cuba, and whether the Soviets would counterattack in Berlin or elsewhere. Kennedy rejects an attack, favoring a quarantine to buy time to negotiate a missile withdrawal.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Wikipedia, “Cuban Missile Crisis”
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_3659

Event 23230 (58035303)

Date: 10/17/1962
Location: Cuba
Description: A U-2 takes the first photo of an IRBM site under construction in Cuba.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: “The Cuban Missile Crisis, 1962: The Photographs,” National Security Archive
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_3660

Event 23231 (1DF0C6E2)

Date: 10/18/1962
Location: PACIFIC 173° 12W-37° 12N
Description: Project Bluebook Case #unknown. Military observer(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 69)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_6708

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: “Pacific Ocean and non - Asian islands”, Credibility: “7”, Duration: “1”, Elev: “0”, HatchDesc: “PACIFIC 173°12W-37°12N:BBK#UNKN:MIL OBS:NFD at all”, LatLong: “37.200002 -173.200008”, LatLongDMS: “37:12:00 N 173:12:00 W”, Locale: “High Seas”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “NPC”, Strangeness: “4”

Event 23232 (392BE340)

Date: 10/18/1962
Location: 17.0000 -169.0000
Description: Nuclear test: Air, confirmed. Country: USA Name: “Chama” Yield: 1590KT
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_285

Extra Data: LatLong: “17.0000 -169.0000”, LatLongDMS: “17:00:00 N 169:00:00 W”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, NukeCountry: “USA”, NukeDepth: “0.00”, NukeName: “Chama”, NukeSource: “NV209”, NukeType: “NACU”, NukeY: “1590”

Event 23233 (716E5FE4)

Date: 10/18/1962
Time: 15:00:00.1
Location: 37.1285 -116.0402
Description: Nuclear test: Underground, confirmed. Country: USA Name: “Tioga” 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_286

Extra Data: LatLong: “37.1285 -116.0402”, LatLongDMS: “37:07:43 N 116:02:25 W”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, NukeCountry: “USA”, NukeDepth: “0.06”, NukeName: “Tioga”, NukeSource: “AEC”, NukeType: “NUCU”, NukeYMax: “20”

Event 23234 (86370BEF)

Date: 10/19/1962
Time: 18:00:00.1
Location: 37.0395 -116.0211
Description: Nuclear test: Underground, confirmed. Country: USA Name: “Bandicoot” Yield: 12.5KT
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_287

Extra Data: LatLong: “37.0395 -116.0211”, LatLongDMS: “37:02:22 N 116:01:16 W”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, NukeCountry: “USA”, NukeDepth: “0.24”, NukeName: “Bandicoot”, NukeSource: “SPRINGER”, NukeType: “NUCU”, NukeY: “12.5”

Event 23235 (4176D1CA)

Date: 10/20/1962
Location: 17.0000 -169.0000
Description: Nuclear test: Air, confirmed. Country: USA Name: “Checkmate” Yield: 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_288

Extra Data: LatLong: “17.0000 -169.0000”, LatLongDMS: “17:00:00 N 169:00:00 W”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, NukeCountry: “USA”, NukeDepth: “0.00”, NukeName: “Checkmate”, NukeSource: “NV209”, NukeType: “NACU”, NukeY: “20”

Event 23236 (D3D004C7)

Date: 10/20/1962
Location: 50.4375 77.814167
Description: Nuclear test: Air, confirmed. Country: USSR Yield: 6.7KT
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_1213

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: “6.7”

Event 23237 (D0D3E7EF)

Date: 10/22/1962
Location: 48.56956 45.90346
Description: Nuclear test: Air, confirmed. Country: USSR Yield: 300KT
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_1214

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: “300”

Event 23238 (9224DD83)

Date: 10/22/1962
Time: 09:06:10.1
Location: 73.4000 54.9000
Description: Nuclear test: Air, confirmed. Country: USSR Yield: 8200KT
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_1215

Extra Data: LatLong: “73.4000 54.9000”, LatLongDMS: “73:24:00 N 54:54:00 E”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, NukeCountry: “USSR”, NukeDepth: “0.00”, NukeSource: “PDE”, NukeType: “NACS”, NukeY: “8200”

Event 23239 (359429D4)

Date: 10/22/1962
Locations: Cuba; US; Soviet Union
Description: 7:00 p.m. President Kennedy addresses the American public for 18 minutes and announces his plan to implement a naval blockade of Cuba. US military alert is set at DEFCON 3, and Castro mobilizes all of Cuba’s military forces. US ambassador to the Soviet Union Foy D. Kohler delivers to a letter from JFK to Khrushchev, saying, “the one thing that has most concerned me has been the possibility that your government would not correctly understand the will and determination of the United States in any given situation, since I have not assumed that you or any other sane man would, in this nuclear age, deliberately plunge the world into war which it is crystal clear no country could win and which could only result in catastrophic consequences to the whole world, including the aggressor.”
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Wikipedia, “Cuban Missile Crisis”; John F. Kennedy, Letter to Chairman Nikita Khrushchev, October 22, 1962
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_3661

Event 23240 (A4C87FD4)

Date: 10/23/1962
Description: (Translated from French) UFO Case Duck Hunter in Farmington (Utah). (October 23)
Reference: case Blue Book #8182 unsolved
Reference: rr0 - Beau
Source: rr0, ID: rr0_1982

Event 23241 (21F04876)

Date: 10/23/1962
Time: 15:00
Location: FARMINGTON, UT
Description: Project Bluebook Case #8182. Duck Hunter. 3’ silver ball trails string. Makes duck calls!
Type: sighting
Reference: BERLINER, DON: The BLUEBOOK UNKNOWNS; (FUFOR). (Index 30)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_6709

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, CMF: Camouflage/disguise

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “6”, Duration: “1”, Elev: “1311”, HatchDesc: “FARMINGTON,UT:BBK#8182:DUCK HUNTER:3’SLVR BALL TRAILS STRING:MAKES DUCK CALLS!”, LatLong: “40.983335 -111.888894”, LatLongDMS: “40:59:00 N 111:53:20 W”, Locale: “Wetlands”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Utah”, Strangeness: “8”

Event 23242 (6C07C6ED)

Date: 10/23/1962
Location: Farmington, UT
Description: Grey and silver ball, trailing what looked like twine (NICAP: 01 - Distant Encounters, BB: 8182)
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_2611

Event 23243 (3AD1E1A8)

Date: 10/23/1962
Time: 3 PM
Location: Farmington, Utah
Description: Witness: R.O. Christensen. One grey and silver ball, trailing what looked like twine with two knots in it, swerved, and climbed away at a 45’ angle, making a sound like a flock of ducks (rushing air). Twenty seconds.
Type: ufo sighting
Reference: BlueBook Unknowns PDF
Source: BerlinerBBUnknowns, ID: BerlinerBBU_482

Event 23244 (B9BAE97F)

Date: 10/23/1962
Locations: Cuba; Caribbean; United Nations Security Council
Description: Khrushchev writes to Kennedy, rebuffing his demand that the Soviets remove the missiles, which the Soviet leader insists “are intended solely for defensive purposes.” Kennedy writes back, bluntly reminding Khrushchev that he started the crisis by secretly sending missiles to Cuba. As US ambassador Adlai Stevenson explains the matter to the United Nations Security Council, US ships already are moving into position in the waters around Cuba. Soviet submarines menacingly move into the Caribbean as well, positioned as if they might try to break a blockade. But Soviet freighters bearing military supplies headed for Cuba stop in their tracks.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Nikita Khrushchev, Letter to President John F. Kennedy, October 23, 1962; John F. Kennedy, Draft letter to Chairman Nikita Khrushchev, October 23, 1962
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_3662

Event 23245 (6E02D104)

Date: 10/24/1962
Location: Horsetooth Reservoir, Colorado
Description: Undocumented claim that a landing took place. No traces.
Type: ufo sighting
Reference: NICAP Oct., 62 (Vallee)
Source: ValléeMagonia, ID: Magonia_549

Event 23246 (C80FAC8E)

Date: 10/24/1962
Description: Khrushchev sends an indignant letter to Kennedy, accusing him of threatening the Soviet Union: “You are no longer appealing to reason, but wish to intimidate us.”
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Nikita Khrushchev, Letter to President John F. Kennedy, October 24, 1962
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_3663

Event 23247 (69323490)

Date: 10/25/1962
Location: NEAR CANTON ISLAND, CENTRAL PACIFIC
Description: Project Bluebook Case #unknown. Airborne observation. 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 69)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_6710

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

Extra Data: Country: “Pacific Ocean and non - Asian islands”, Credibility: “6”, Duration: “1”, Elev: “0”, HatchDesc: “nr CANTON ISL,CENTRAL PACIFIC:BBK#UNKN:AIRBORNE OBSERVATION:NFD AT ALL”, LatLong: “-2.833333 -171.666675”, LatLongDMS: “02:50:00 S 171:40:00 W”, Locale: “Islands”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “EQP”, Strangeness: “4”

Event 23248 (5A154072)

Date: 10/25/1962
Time: 18:40
Location: DELTA, CO
Description: Cops and dispatcher / radio-room. 2 bright umbrella-top saucers change COLORs.
Type: sighting
Reference: HALL, Richard: The UFO EVIDENCE; NICAP,Washington, DC 1964. Reprinted 1997 Barnes & Noble Books ( only $7.98! ) (Index 63)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_6711

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

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “9”, Duration: “25”, Elev: “1510”, HatchDesc: “DELTA,CO:COPS+DISPATCHER/RADIO-ROOM:2 BRITE UMBRELLA-TOP SCRS CHANGE COLORs”, LatLong: “38.744446 -108.066672”, LatLongDMS: “38:44:40 N 108:04:00 W”, Locale: “Town & City”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Colorado”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 23249 (20D4300F)

Date: 10/25/1962
Location: Delta, CO
Description: Police dispatcher saw round glowing object from radio room window. State patrolman and Cedaredge Marshal observed two UFOs “like an inverted umbrella with a number of bright, tail-like appendages.” [NICAP UFO Evidence, VII] (NICAP: 02 - Close Encounters)
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_2612

Event 23250 (C26F0D82)

Date: 10/25/1962
Locations: US; Europe; Cuba
Description: The US raises the readiness level of SAC forces to DEFCON 2. For the only confirmed time in US history, B-52 bombers go on continuous airborne alert, and B-47 medium bombers are dispersed to various military and civilian airfields and made ready to take off, fully equipped, on 15 minutes notice. The Soviet arms freighters turn back toward Europe, but the oil tanker Bucharest approaches the US quarantine zone, directly headed for Cuba. Two American warships, the USS Essex and the USS Gearing, prepare to intercept it, which could have led to war. Instead, Kennedy decides to let the Bucharest through the quarantine because it isn’t carrying any contraband.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Wikipedia, “Cuban Missile Crisis”; McGeorge Bundy, “Record of Action of the Fourth Meeting of the Executive Committee of the National Security Council,” October 25, 1962; Wikipedia, “Cuban Missile Crisis”
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_3664

Event 23251 (094A8E8C)

Date: Late 10/1962
Locations: Loring AFB; Loring Commerce Centre; Limestone, Maine
Description: Day. Two Air Force B-52 Stratofortress bombers are returning to Loring AFB [now the Loring Commerce Centre] near Limestone, Maine, following an Operation Chrome Dome mission. They are on final approach to landing when a huge, metallic-gray, cigar-shaped UFO descends over the flight line and hovers for a few minutes. It stretches halfway across the aircraft ramp area, which would make it half a mile wide. Jet engine mechanic Sgt. Christopher Smith is watching the scenario from the ground and notes that the UFO is silent and has no lights or visible openings. After the second B-52 lands, the UFO silently zooms away toward the east and disappears. All the ground witnesses and the flight crews do not talk about the incident afterward and act as if nothing happened.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Nukes 132–136, 138–139
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_3668

Event 23252 (D6DC087D)

Date: 10/26/1962
Time: 07:20
Location: MASON RESERVOIR, CO
Description: Large black parachute weaves back and forth over mountains and reservoir. / r111p213.
Type: sighting
Reference: The APRO BULLETIN: Monthly. Jim & Coral Lorenzen: Tucson,AZ (USA. defunct) By volume and number. (Index 757)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_6712

Attributes: 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, NUC: Nuclear facility related

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “7”, Duration: “5”, Elev: “1454”, HatchDesc: “MASON RSVR,CO:LRG BLK PARACHUTE WEAVES BACK+FORTH ovr Mtns+Rsvr:/r111p213”, LatLong: “40.533335 -104.561116”, LatLongDMS: “40:32:00 N 104:33:40 W”, Locale: “Mountains”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Colorado”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 23253 (3D0547CD)

Date: 10/26/1962
Location: 17.0000 -169.0000
Description: Nuclear test: Air, confirmed. Country: USA Name: “Bluegill 3 Prime” 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_289

Extra Data: LatLong: “17.0000 -169.0000”, LatLongDMS: “17:00:00 N 169:00:00 W”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, NukeCountry: “USA”, NukeDepth: “0.00”, NukeMb: “200”, NukeName: “Bluegill 3 Prime”, NukeSource: “NV209”, NukeType: “NACU”, NukeY: “1000”

Event 23254 (7747357C)

Date: 10/26/1962
Locations: Castro; Khrushchev; US; Cuban; Turkey
Description: Castro sends a letter to Khrushchev, urging him to launch a nuclear first strike against the US, which the Soviet leader disregards. Instead, Khrushchev sends a letter to Kennedy, in which he offers to work with him to deescalate the conflict and ensure that they do not “doom the world to the catastrophe of thermonuclear war.” The CIA reports that the construction of Cuban missile sites is continuing and accelerating. Robert Kennedy meets secretly with Soviet Ambassador Anatoly Dobrynin and agrees after a phone call to the president that the removal of US missiles from Turkey is negotiable as part of a comprehensive settlement.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Fidel Castro, Letter to Chairman Nikita Khrushchev, October 26, 1962; Nikita Khrushchev, Department of State Telegram Transmitting Letter to President John F. Kennedy, October 26, 1962; Wikipedia, “Cuban Missile Crisis”; Daniel Ellsberg, The Doomsday Machine: Confessions of a Nuclear War Planner, Bloomsbury, 2017, chapter 12–13
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_3665

Event 23255 (B2810308)

Date: 10/26/1962
Location: 11 miles south of Monte Vista, Colorado
Description: 6:15 a.m. Mrs. Alvie Frank sees several flat, glowing objects moving slowly about 11 miles south of Monte Vista, Colorado.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: “Variety of Objects in Colorado,” APRO Bulletin, January 1963, p. 1
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_3666

Event 23256 (2251FBCB)

Date: 10/26/1962
Locations: Fort Collins, Colorado; Horsetooth Reservoir; Masonville
Description: 7:16 a.m. Bessie Rogers of Fort Collins, Colorado, spots a large, black parachute-shaped object weaving back and forth over the mountains somewhere between the south end of Horsetooth Reservoir and Masonville. It flies around for about 10 minutes, disappears, and then returns.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: “Variety of Objects in Colorado,” APRO Bulletin, January 1963, p. 1
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_3667

Event 23257 (51620457)

Date: 10/27/1962
Location: 17.0000 -169.0000
Description: Nuclear test: Air, confirmed. Country: USA Name: “Calamity”
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_290

Extra Data: LatLong: “17.0000 -169.0000”, LatLongDMS: “17:00:00 N 169:00:00 W”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, NukeCountry: “USA”, NukeDepth: “0.00”, NukeMb: “800”, NukeName: “Calamity”, NukeSource: “NV209”, NukeType: “NACU”

Event 23258 (5B217704)

Date: 10/27/1962
Time: 15:00:00.1
Location: 37.1493 -116.0535
Description: Nuclear test: Underground, confirmed. Country: USA Name: “Santee” Yield: 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_291

Extra Data: LatLong: “37.1493 -116.0535”, LatLongDMS: “37:08:57 N 116:03:13 W”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, NukeCountry: “USA”, NukeDepth: “0.32”, NukeName: “Santee”, NukeSource: “SPRINGER”, NukeType: “NUCU”, NukeY: “20”

Event 23259 (F68E9D95)

Date: 10/27/1962
Location: 73.7500 54.7500
Description: Nuclear test: Air, confirmed. Country: USSR Yield: 260KT
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_1216

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: “260”

Event 23260 (CDA3B6E0)

Date: 10/27/1962
Locations: Cuba; Turkey
Description: A U-2 piloted by Maj. Rudolf Anderson is shot down over Cuba. However, Kennedy correctly concludes that Khrushchev has not himself given the order to shoot down Anderson’s plane. The incident prompts both leaders to realize the situation is spiraling dangerously out of control. Khrushchev sends another letter to Kennedy, in which he demands that the United States withdraw missiles from Turkey as part of the deal. JFK responds by offering to promise not to attack Cuba after the Russians withdraw. In the evening, Robert Kennedy tells Soviet ambassador Dobrynin, “You have drawn first blood. The president had decided against advice not to respond militarily to that attack, but he [Dobrynin] should know that if another plane was shot at … we would take out all the SAMs and antiaircraft And that would almost surely be followed by an invasion.” However, he also says that the US already plans to remove its missiles from Turkey but cannot say so publicly. This is the moment when both nations step back from the brink of war.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Wikipedia, “Cuban Missile Crisis”; Nikita Khrushchev, Letter to President John F. Kennedy, October 27, 1962; Anatoly Dobrynin, Cable to the Soviet Foreign Ministry, meeting with Robert Kennedy, October 27, 1962; John F. Kennedy, Letter to Chairman Nikita Khrushchev, October 27, 1962; Daniel Ellsberg, The Doomsday Machine: Confessions of a Nuclear War Planner, Bloomsbury, 2017, chapter 12–13; Christopher Klein, “How the Death of a US Air Force Pilot Prevented a Nuclear War,” History Stores, October 28, 2019
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_3669

Event 23261 (A2300F4B)

Date: 10/28/1962
Location: AUSTRALIA, between Salisbury and Elizabeth
Description: (Translated from French) E.D. Sylvester was driving on the road around 7:30 pm when she and her children saw an object cross the sky in front of them and land in a field next to the road. When they reached the incident, all four of them got out of the car to go see the thing: oval shaped like an egg, 4.50 m long and 1.50 to 2 m high. Near the thing was a small being that looked like a man and was wearing a shiny outfit like a scuba diver. He had a transparent helmet and tubes on his back that connected him to the craft. In his hands was a small box or container and he was taking samples from the ground around him. Mrs. Sylvester told authorities that she was able to observe this being for forty minutes until the small being re-entered his craft which silently took off again.
Reference: Frank EDWARDS: “Les S.V. affaire sérieuse” - trad. Laffont 1967 - p. 163
Reference: Mini catalogue chronologique des observations OVNI, by Godelieve Van Overmeire
Source: Overmeire, ID: Overmeire_2241

Event 23262 (2F2D378B)

Date: 10/28/1962
Time: 19:30
Location: SALISBURY, SOUTH AUSTRALIA
Description: Teacher. Orange glow / ground / distance. Kids see legs and windows and figures.
Type: sighting
Reference: Database/website: BASTERFIELD, KEITH: ENTCAT97.DOC: Catalog of Australian Entity and related reports: October 1997
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_6713

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, FIG: Undefined or poorly seen figure/entity, LND: UFO landing or any part touches ground

Extra Data: Country: “Australia”, Credibility: “7”, Duration: “2”, HatchDesc: “SALISBURY,S.AUSTRL:TEACHER:ORG.GLOW/GND/DISTANCE:KIDS SEE LEGS+WINDOWS+FIGURES”, LatLong: “-34.633335 138.450007”, LatLongDMS: “34:38:00 S 138:27:00 E”, Locale: “Residential”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “South Australia”, Strangeness: “8”

Event 23263 (16E05B3D)

Date: 10/28/1962
Time: 19:30
Location: NORWOOD, SOUTH AUSTR
Description: 4 observer(s). Ovoid lands. Small humanoid (or Grey) puts plants / silver box. / r211p42+/ FSR’63#4.
Type: sighting
Reference: EDWARDS, Frank: FLYING SAUCERS-SERIOUS BUSINESS; Lyle Stewart & Bantam Books 1966. (Index 104)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_6714

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

Extra Data: Country: “Australia”, Credibility: “8”, Duration: “40”, HatchDesc: “NORWOOD,S.AUSTR:4 OBS:OVOID LANDS:OID PUTS PLANTS/SLVR BOX:/r211p42+/FSR’63#4”, LatLong: “-34.766668 139.166673”, LatLongDMS: “34:46:00 S 139:10:00 E”, Locale: “Pasture”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “South Australia”, Strangeness: “9”

Event 23264 (100B648B)

Date: 10/28/1962
Time: 1930
Location: Norwood, Australia
Description: Mrs. E. D. Silvester was driving with her three children when an illuminated oval object landed near the road. She watched it for 40 min, and reported seeing a man wearing a helmet and gas mask in the vicinity of the object.
Type: ufo sighting
Reference: FSR 63, 4 (Vallee)
Source: ValléeMagonia, ID: Magonia_550

Event 23265 (C54A24F6)

Date: 10/28/1962
Location: 50.4375 77.814167
Description: Nuclear test: Air, confirmed. Country: USSR Yield: 7.8KT
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_1217

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: “7.8”

Event 23266 (BF6E078B)

Date: 10/28/1962
Location: 48.56956 45.90346
Description: Nuclear test: Air, confirmed. Country: USSR Yield: 300KT
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_1218

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: “300”

Event 23267 (C54A24F6)

Date: 10/28/1962
Location: 50.4375 77.814167
Description: Nuclear test: Air, confirmed. Country: USSR Yield: 7.8KT
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_1219

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: “7.8”

Event 23268 (0E0B93E3)

Date: 10/28/1962
Locations: Radio Moscow; Cuba; Turkey
Description: In a speech aired on Radio Moscow, Nikita Khrushchev announces the dismantling of Soviet missiles in Cuba and does not insist on his demands concerning the removal of US missiles from Turkey.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Wikipedia, “Cuban Missile Crisis”; Nikita Khrushchev, Letter to President John F. Kennedy, October 28, 1962
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_3670

Event 23269 (82686CCE)

Date: 10/28/1962
Locations: Norwood, South Australia; Adelaide
Description: 7:30 p.m. Mrs. Ellen D. Sylvester is driving with her three children in Norwood, South Australia, east of Adelaide, when they see an orange glow on the ground about 2–3 miles away. It has three legs, round windows, and the boy remarks that he can see people in it. One of the “men” gets out and descends to the ground. He appears to be doing something to one of the landing legs. He seems to have some trouble in making it retract, which finally he overcomes. He is about 6 feet tall, as his head reaches the outer fringe of the craft. He wears a helmet like a gas mask. He returns to the UFO, which begins to move slowly away, then very fast, and disappears in a northerly direction. Total time of observation is 40 minutes.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Keith Basterfield, “‘This Is One of the Most Remarkable Cases of a Flying Saucer…,’ Adelaide, 1962,” Unidentified Aerial Phenomena—Scientific Research, September 22, 2014
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_3671

Event 23270 (7AA32109)

Date: 10/28/1962
Description: Mrs. E. D. Sylvester was driving in Norwood, a suburb of Adelaide, South Australia with her three children at 7:30 p.m. when an ovoid object with windows surrounded by a luminous rim landed near the road on three legs. A six foot tall man emerged from the object and descended some steps to the ground. He was wearing a uniform, helmet and gas mask. She watched him for 40 minutes, and reported he seemed to be working on the landing gear. He then put some plants into a silver colored box and carried them back onboard. The object made a vertical takeoff when it left.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: Jacques Vallee, Passport to Magonia: A Century of Landings, case 550, citing Flying Saucer Review July-August 1963; Frank Edwards, Flying Saucers–Serious Business, p. 104 & 185; Bill Chalker & Keith Basterfield, Australian Catalogue of Close Encounter Type Three Reports, p. 12
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_7225

Event 23271 (44B295C4)

Date: 10/29/1962
Location: USA, Greenland, Thule
Description: (Translated from French) In the midst of the Cuban Missile Crisis, NORAD’s radars detected a swarm of mysterious bodies rushing towards Earth, coming from Siberia. It was in fact the debris of a space probe sent to Mars by the Soviets, which had exploded before leaving its Earth orbit.
Reference: “The War of the Satellites” - Volume 3 - Pierre Kohler, ed. Famot 1982, pp. 121, 122
Reference: Mini catalogue chronologique des observations OVNI, by Godelieve Van Overmeire
Source: Overmeire, ID: Overmeire_2242

Event 23272 (5443090A)

Date: 10/29/1962
Location: 73.7500 54.7500
Description: Nuclear test: Air, confirmed. Country: USSR Yield: 360KT
Type: atomic
Reference: “columbia.edu: Worldwide Nuclear Explosions”, by Yang, North, Romney, and Richards
Reference: “archive.org: Worldwide Nuclear Explosions”, by Yang, North, Romney, and Richards
Source: NukeExplosions, ID: NukeExplosions_1220

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: “360”

Event 23273 (141EEB58)

Date: 10/29/1962
Description: Defense Department Assistant Secretary Arthur Sylvester admits that withholding evidence on UFOs from the public is necessary if the means justifies it. He cites USAF “administrative practices” Air Force Regulation 11-30, where withholding information “in the public interest” is allowed, and AFR 11-7, which states that sometimes information requested by Congress may not be furnished “even in confidence.”
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Keyhoe, Aliens from Space, Signet ed., 1974, p. 86; UFOEv, p. 106
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_3672

Event 23274 (C116CCB5)

Date: 10/29/1962
Location: Fort Collins, Colorado
Description: Vera Rogers sees a round, shiny object flying low over Fort Collins, Colorado. The object, heading south, makes a soft, whirring sound followed by a popping noise.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: “Variety of Objects in Colorado,” APRO Bulletin, January 1963, p. 1
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_3673

Event 23275 (994226A8)

Date: 10/29/1962
Description: DOD Assistant Secretary Arthur Sylvester says withholding UAP evidence is necessary if the means justify it, citing AFR 11-30 where withholding information “in the public interest” is allowed and AFR 11-7 which states information requested by Congress may not be furnished “even in confidence.”

• https://archive.org/details/aliensfromspacer00keyh/page/86/mode/2up
• https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=mdp.39015006091691&view=1up&seq=118&skin=2021

Reference: Anonymous 2023 PDF
Source: Anon2023PDF, ID: Anon2023PDF_103

Event 23276 (062BBF98)

Date: 10/30/1962
Location: 17.0000 -169.0000
Description: Nuclear test: Air, confirmed. Country: USA Name: “Housatonic”
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_292

Extra Data: LatLong: “17.0000 -169.0000”, LatLongDMS: “17:00:00 N 169:00:00 W”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, NukeCountry: “USA”, NukeDepth: “0.00”, NukeMb: “8300”, NukeName: “Housatonic”, NukeSource: “NV209”, NukeType: “NACU”

Event 23277 (AF782663)

Date: 10/30/1962
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_1221

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 23278 (E1D29B0C)

Date: 10/30/1962
Location: 73.7500 54.7500
Description: Nuclear test: Air, confirmed. Country: USSR Yield: 280KT
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_1222

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: “280”

Event 23279 (5DF3BC56)

Date: 10/31/1962
Location: 50.4375 77.814167
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_1223

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: “10”

Event 23280 (56DC9345)

Date: 11/1962
Location: FRANCE, in the Var
Description: (Translated from French) A garage owner was driving in the evening in a pouring rain when he suddenly saw a group of silhouettes 80 m away. He slowed down as they were leaving by jumps and he observed that they were strange and looked like birds. As they leapt towards the car, terrified, he drove through them and then he saw them return to a bright blue object hovering above a field. They entered it as if they had been sucked in, a dull sound was heard before the object flew away.
Reference: Jacques VALLEE: "Chronicles of E.T. Appearances - DENOEL 1972 - coll. J’AI LU, p. 298
Reference: Mini catalogue chronologique des observations OVNI, by Godelieve Van Overmeire
Source: Overmeire, ID: Overmeire_2244

Event 23281 (9A1C623D)

Date: 11/1962
Time: 20:00?
Location: VAR, FR
Description: Bizarre bird-men rush car. Fly going [to] hovering UFO. Sucked in! / r8#551+/ FSR’68#6.
Type: sighting
Reference: FIGEUT, Michel & RUCHON, Jean-Louis: OVNI - Le Premier Dossier…; Alain LeFeuvre, Paris 1979. (Index 249)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_6715

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, OID: Humanoid: Small alien or “Grey”, MON: Monster: Life form fits no category, OBS: Observation/chasing vehicles, TCH: New technical details/clues, CMF: Camouflage/disguise

Extra Data: Country: “France”, Credibility: “4”, Duration: “2”, HatchDesc: “VAR,FR:BIZARRE BIRD-MEN RUSH CAR:FLY>HOVERING UFO:SUCKED IN!:/r8#551+/FSR’68#6”, LatLong: “43.333335 6.250000”, LatLongDMS: “43:20:00 N 06:15:00 E”, Locale: “Mountains”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Var”, Strangeness: “11”

Event 23282 (D221ADC1)

Date: 11/1962
Time: evening
Location: Var, France
Description: A garage owner was driving through a rainstorm when he suddenly saw a group of figures 80 m away. He slowed down as they went away jerkily, and observed that they were bizarre, birdlike creatures. As they rushed toward the car, he drove past them in terror and saw them going back toward a luminous, blue object hovering in a field. They entered it as if “sucked into it,” and a dull sound was heard before the object flew off.
Type: ufo sighting
Reference: FSR 68, 6 (Vallee)
Source: ValléeMagonia, ID: Magonia_551

Event 23283 (9E26523D)

Date: 11/1962
Location: Var department, southeastern France
Description: Evening. A French businessman is driving along a minor road in Var department, southeastern France. It is raining heavily. Rounding a bend, he sees a group of figures in the road 260 feet ahead. He slows down to drive around them and sees that they are actually bizarre animals with the heads of birds and covered in plumage. Terrified, he speeds ahead and stops about 500 feet further ahead. Turing around, he sees the entities heading toward a luminous, dark-blue object hanging in the air over a field on the other side of the road. It resembles two plates upside down. The entities are sucked into the bottom of the object. He hears a “clack,” and the UFO takes off at “prodigious speed.”
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Lyonel Trigano, “Strange Encounter in Var,” Flying Saucer Review 14, no. 6 (Nov./Dec. 1968): 18; Clark III 280
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_3674

Event 23284 (6603806F)

Date: 11/1/1962
Time: 14:00
Location: WOBURN, MASS
Description: Man / roof. 12M ovoid / 600M altitude. 3M tube hangs down and clicks 4X / min.
Type: sighting
Reference: The APRO BULLETIN: Monthly. Jim & Coral Lorenzen: Tucson,AZ (USA. defunct) By volume and number. (Index 757)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_6716

Attributes: 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, SND: UFO sounds heard or recorded

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “6”, Duration: “2”, Elev: “30”, HatchDesc: “WOBURN,MASS:MAN/ROOF:12M OVOID/600M alt:3M TUBE HANGS DOWN+CLICKS 4X/min:”, LatLong: “42.477780 -71.155559”, LatLongDMS: “42:28:40 N 71:09:20 W”, Locale: “Town & City”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, RelAlt: “180”, State/Prov: “Massachusetts”, Strangeness: “7”

Event 23285 (F737F17A)

Date: 11/1/1962
Location: 17.0000 -169.0000
Description: Nuclear test: Air, confirmed. Country: USA Name: “Kingfish” 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_293

Extra Data: LatLong: “17.0000 -169.0000”, LatLongDMS: “17:00:00 N 169:00:00 W”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, NukeCountry: “USA”, NukeDepth: “0.00”, NukeMb: “200”, NukeName: “Kingfish”, NukeSource: “NV209”, NukeType: “NACU”, NukeY: “1000”

Event 23286 (82200F93)

Date: 11/1/1962
Location: 73.7500 54.7500
Description: Nuclear test: Air, confirmed. Country: USSR Yield: 240KT
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_1224

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: “240”

Event 23287 (D1B78857)

Date: 11/1/1962
Location: 48.56956 45.90346
Description: Nuclear test: Air, confirmed. Country: USSR Yield: 300KT
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_1225

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: “300”

Event 23288 (293E7F06)

Date: 11/1/1962
Location: 50.4375 77.814167
Description: Nuclear test: Air, confirmed. Country: USSR Yield: 3KT
Type: atomic
Reference: “columbia.edu: Worldwide Nuclear Explosions”, by Yang, North, Romney, and Richards
Reference: “archive.org: Worldwide Nuclear Explosions”, by Yang, North, Romney, and Richards
Source: NukeExplosions, ID: NukeExplosions_1226

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: “3”

Event 23289 (825719CD)

Date: 11/1/1962
Description: A man on a roof in Woburn, Massachusetts watched an ovoid object flying at an estimated 2000 feet altitude at two o’clock in the afternoon. It had a three meter long tube hanging down, and was making a clicking noise four times a minute.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: APRO Bulletin, January 1963, p. 2
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_7374

Event 23290 (F3C6EF40)

Date: 11/2/1962
Location: USA, near Ririe (Idaho)
Description: (Translated from French) As they were driving around 21:30, two Navajo Indians, Willie Begay and Guy Tossie, were blinded by a powerful white light. Once recovered, they noticed a small UFO floating 2 m above the ground in front of them. The car began to slow down abnormally without Willie being able to do anything about it. The object had a diameter of 1.70m to 2.10m with a dome on top that was overturned as if it had hinges for opening. The two men noticed two small beings in the cockpit, whose appearance scared them. Immediately one of these beings flew away like a bird and descended to Willie’s height. He was 1.10m tall, had a head 70 cm wide, coarse features as if he had undergone a rudimentary plastic surgery, huge ears, round eyes, no nose or lips. One of his hands had two fingers. The two creatures wore very tight-fitting suits to the shape of their body and a kind of empty backpack that extended above their head. (…) The little being jumped through the open window into the vehicle and grabbed the steering wheel with what served him as a hand. The car started moving again but the creature was too small to reach the accelerator: it became obvious that the car was being towed by the UFO. Finally the strange convoy stopped in a wheat field and Guy Tossie took the opportunity to make a run for it. The little being began to speak in a very high and shrill voice (…) in an unknown language. Then the being returned to the UFO which immediately took off with a rumble, emitting a yellow flame from the back.
Reference: Jean FERGUSON: “The Humanoids …” - ed. Leméac, Ottawa, 1977, p.200, 201
Reference: Mini catalogue chronologique des observations OVNI, by Godelieve Van Overmeire
Source: Overmeire, ID: Overmeire_2243

Event 23291 (0688FBB8)

Date: 11/3/1962
Location: 50.4375 77.814167
Description: Nuclear test: Air, confirmed. Country: USSR Yield: 4.7KT
Type: atomic
Reference: “columbia.edu: Worldwide Nuclear Explosions”, by Yang, North, Romney, and Richards
Reference: “archive.org: Worldwide Nuclear Explosions”, by Yang, North, Romney, and Richards
Source: NukeExplosions, ID: NukeExplosions_1227

Extra Data: LatLong: “50.4375 77.814167”, LatLongDMS: “50:26:15 N 77:48:51 E”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, NukeCountry: “USSR”, NukeDepth: “0.00”, NukeSource: “RFAE”, NukeType: “NACS”, NukeY: “4.7”

Event 23292 (A6C54E02)

Date: 11/3/1962
Location: 73.7500 54.7500
Description: Nuclear test: Air, confirmed. Country: USSR Yield: 390KT
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_1228

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: “390”

Event 23293 (C2483772)

Date: 11/3/1962
Location: 73.7500 54.7500
Description: Nuclear test: Air, confirmed. Country: USSR Yield: 45KT
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_1229

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: “45”

Event 23294 (C0286DF1)

Date: 11/4/1962
Location: 17.0000 -169.0000
Description: Nuclear test: Air, confirmed. Country: USA Name: “Tightrope” Yield: 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_294

Extra Data: LatLong: “17.0000 -169.0000”, LatLongDMS: “17:00:00 N 169:00:00 W”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, NukeCountry: “USA”, NukeDepth: “0.00”, NukeName: “Tightrope”, NukeSource: “NV209”, NukeType: “NACU”, NukeY: “20”

Event 23295 (1F3AC129)

Date: 11/4/1962
Location: 50.4375 77.814167
Description: Nuclear test: Air, confirmed. Country: USSR Yield: 8.4KT
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_1230

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: “8.4”

Event 23296 (7C515EF1)

Date: 11/5/1962
Time: 22:00?
Location: TUCUMAN PROV, ARG
Description: Truck nearly hits 40’ saucer / road. 3+observer(s). Lit portholes around. No figure(s).
Type: sighting
Reference: FLAMMONDE, Paris: The AGE of FLYING SAUCERS; Hawthorne Books, NY 1971 (Index 161)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_6717

Attributes: GND: 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, INJ: Injuries, illness/death, mutilations

Extra Data: Country: “Argentina”, Credibility: “8”, Duration: “60”, Elev: “750”, HatchDesc: “TUCUMAN prov,ARG:TRUCK NEARLY HITS 40’ SCR/ROAD:3+OBS:LIT PORTS AROUND:NO FIGS”, LatLong: “-26.500001 -65.500003”, LatLongDMS: “26:30:00 S 65:30:00 W”, Locale: “Pasture”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “TCM”, Strangeness: “8”

Event 23297 (8A04CCE4)

Date: 11/5/1962?
Time: 22:00?
Location: RTE9 NEAR TRANCAS, ARG
Description: Bike malfunctions due to EME (electro-magnetic effects). 2 observer(s) froze. Glowing-ball going quickly [to] overhead. Lands / hills. / r215p14.
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 20)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_6718

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), VEH: Vehicle affected: Marks/damage/EME effects, LND: UFO landing or any part touches ground, EME: Electro-Magnetic Effects

Extra Data: Country: “Argentina”, Credibility: “7”, Duration: “5”, Elev: “750”, HatchDesc: “RTE9 nr TRANCAS,ARG:BIKE EMES:2 OBS FROZE:GLO-BALL>>OVHD:LANDS/HILLS:/r215p14”, LatLong: “-26.333335 -68.300003”, LatLongDMS: “26:20:00 S 68:18:00 W”, Locale: “Farmlands”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “TCM”, Strangeness: “8”

Event 23298 (4C4C37F4)

Date: 11/5/1962
Location: 50.4375 77.814167
Description: Nuclear test: Air, confirmed. Country: USSR Yield: .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_1231

Extra Data: LatLong: “50.4375 77.814167”, LatLongDMS: “50:26:15 N 77:48:51 E”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, NukeCountry: “USSR”, NukeDepth: “0.00”, NukeSource: “RFAE”, NukeType: “NACS”, NukeY: “.4”

Event 23299 (B30EA385)

Date: 11/8/1962
Description: (Translated from French) Dialogues between cosmonaut Belokonev and Earth are intercepted: Attention, attention. Don’t push the tests too far, it could be dangerous… I took the shots… What a wonder! (…) Everything is black, very black. Yes, small particles, tiny, 2 or 3 mm. Has Belokonev entered a dense particle field that would encumber the planet’s suburbs? He must try to take samples as he complains that the commands are not working. I succeeded. I took one. It’s strange, weird, it has no weight… But the drama is approaching. The batteries are damaged. The instruments don’t work anymore. Oxygen! I beg you, comrades… What, I can’t do anything?! Curse! I can’t succeed… It’s impossible. I can’t, I tell you! Understand me, understand me… Atrocious, terrible loneliness! (November 8th and 12th)
Reference: rr0 - Beau
Source: rr0, ID: rr0_1983

Event 23300 (DC9EAA57)

Date: 11/9/1962
Time: 18:00:00.2
Location: 37.1638 -116.0733
Description: Nuclear test: Underground, confirmed. Country: USA Name: “St. Lawrence” Yield: 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_295

Extra Data: LatLong: “37.1638 -116.0733”, LatLongDMS: “37:09:50 N 116:04:24 W”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, NukeCountry: “USA”, NukeDepth: “0.17”, NukeName: “St. Lawrence”, NukeSource: “AEC”, NukeType: “NUCU”, NukeY: “20”

Event 23301 (6768CE22)

Date: 11/9/1962
Description: At 8:30 p.m. a V-shaped, glowing object split up into six similar objects over Pharr, Texas and quickly dispersed.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: Peter Davenport, National UFO Reporting Center, report uploaded April 16, 2005
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_7566

Event 23302 (C6CF1F9E)

Date: 11/10/1962
Location: North Bay, Greenland
Description: Fast Moving Target on Gnd Radar (NICAP: 09 - RADAR Cases, Code: R, Rating: 5)
Reference: NICAP: 621110
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_2613

Event 23303 (9F14FE4C)

Date: 11/11/1962
Location: 50.4375 77.814167
Description: Nuclear test: Air, confirmed. Country: USSR Yield: .1KT
Type: atomic
Reference: “columbia.edu: Worldwide Nuclear Explosions”, by Yang, North, Romney, and Richards
Reference: “archive.org: Worldwide Nuclear Explosions”, by Yang, North, Romney, and Richards
Source: NukeExplosions, ID: NukeExplosions_1232

Extra Data: LatLong: “50.4375 77.814167”, LatLongDMS: “50:26:15 N 77:48:51 E”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, NukeCountry: “USSR”, NukeDepth: “0.00”, NukeSource: “RFAE”, NukeType: “NACS”, NukeY: “.1”

Event 23304 (F7CF8107)

Date: 11/13/1962
Location: 50.4375 77.814167
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_1233

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: “0”, NukeYMax: “.001”

Event 23305 (75EA8E98)

Date: 11/13/1962
Location: Los Angeles, California
Description: Two IBM engineers, C. D. Jackson and Robert E. Hohmann, present a paper at the American Rocket Society annual meeting in Los Angeles, California, noting the alleged extraterrestrial signals detected by Nikola Tesla, Guglielmo Marconi, and David Todd between 1899 and 1924. They speculate that the signal source was 11 light years away, perhaps the Epsilon Eridani system.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: C. D. Jackson and Robert E. Hohmann, “An Historic Report on Life in Space: Tesla, Marconi, Todd,” paper presented at the 17th Annual Meeting of the American Rocket Society, Los Angeles, November 13–18, 1962; Michael D. Swords, “Radio Signals from Space, Alien Probes, and Betty Hill,” IUR 29, no. 4 (July 2005): 10–15
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_3675

Event 23306 (D17A3DA3)

Date: 11/14/1962
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_1234

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 23307 (E3A20D75)

Date: 11/15/1962
Time: 16:30:00.1
Location: 37.0418 -116.0239
Description: Nuclear test: Underground, confirmed. Country: USA Name: “Gundi” Yield: 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_296

Extra Data: LatLong: “37.0418 -116.0239”, LatLongDMS: “37:02:30 N 116:01:26 W”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, NukeCountry: “USA”, NukeDepth: “0.24”, NukeName: “Gundi”, NukeSource: “AEC”, NukeType: “NUCU”, NukeY: “20”

Event 23308 (B3C781D8)

Date: 11/15/1962
Locations: Stanford; Los Angeles, California; Mesopotamia
Description: Stanford astronomer Carl Sagan presents a paper at the American Rocket Society annual meeting in Los Angeles, California, that explores models for the distribution of technical civilizations in the galaxy. Using Frank D. Drake’s equation to suggest that 0.001% of stars in the sky have a planet on them on which an advanced civilization resides, Sagan suggests the nearest such advanced civilization is several hundred light years away from earth. From there, he explores the feasibility of interstellar spaceflight as a means for traversing such distances. The paper ends in consideration of the possibility of extraterrestrial contact with Earth in the past, including the ancient Mesopotamian myth of Oannes (Apkallu), a mythical being who taught mankind wisdom. Berossus describes Oannes as having the body of a fish but underneath the figure of a man.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Carl Sagan, “Direct Contact among Galactic Civilizations by Relativistic Interstellar Spaceflight,” Planetary and Space Science 11 (May 1963): 485–498; Wikipedia, “Adapa”
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_3676

Event 23309 (7B530EF7)

Date: 11/16/1962
Location: MV ACONIS / PACIFIC 160° 49W-11° 59N
Description: Project Bluebook Case #unknown. Military observer(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 69)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_6719

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: “Pacific Ocean and non - Asian islands”, Credibility: “7”, Duration: “1”, Elev: “0”, HatchDesc: “MV ACONIS/PACIFIC 160°49W-11°59N:BBK#UNKN:MIL OBS:NFD AT ALL”, LatLong: “11.983334 -160.816674”, LatLongDMS: “11:59:00 N 160:49:00 W”, Locale: “High Seas”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “NPC”, Strangeness: “4”

Event 23310 (B4F3D709)

Date: 11/17/1962
Description: (Translated from French) Sighting in Tampa (Florida). (November 17)
Reference: case Blue Book #8215 unsolved
Reference: rr0 - Beau
Source: rr0, ID: rr0_1984

Event 23311 (B84F867F)

Date: 11/17/1962
Time: 21:00
Location: DADE CITY, FL
Description: Project Bluebook Case #8215. 2 observer(s). Night lights. 3 fireballs stop / 5 minute(s). Going quickly southeast / wavering going up and down. / r70p3-82.
Type: sighting
Reference: HAINES, Richard Ph.D: PROJECT DELTA; 1994, LDA Press, PO Box 880, Los Altos, CA 94023 USA (Index 48)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_6720

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

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “7”, Duration: “11”, Elev: “32”, HatchDesc: “DADE CITY,FL:BBK#8215:2 OBS:NLTS:3 FBLS STOP/5min:>>SE/WAVERING ↑+↓:/r70p3-82”, LatLong: “28.366668 -82.194448”, LatLongDMS: “28:22:00 N 82:11:40 W”, Locale: “Residential”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Florida”, Strangeness: “5”

Event 23312 (6B565001)

Date: 11/17/1962
Location: Tampa, FL
Description: Bright star-like lights approach, hover and bounce and fade (NICAP: 01 - Distant Encounters, BB: 8215)
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_2614

Event 23313 (D7AAE11F)

Date: 11/17/1962
Time: 9 PM
Location: Tampa, Florida
Description: Witness: F.L. Swindale, college graduate and ex-USMC Capt. Three bright star-like lights approached, hovered and bounced, then faded after 11-15 minutes.
Type: ufo sighting
Reference: BlueBook Unknowns PDF
Source: BerlinerBBUnknowns, ID: BerlinerBBU_483

Event 23314 (BE0F077C)

Date: 11/17/1962
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_1235

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 23315 (51D7D44B)

Date: 11/17/1962
Location: Tampa, Florida
Description: 9:00 p.m. F. L. Swindale, ex-Marine captain, sees three bright, star-like lights approach, hover, and bounce at Tampa, Florida, for about 15 minutes, then fade.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: UFOEv, p. 140; Sparks, p. 293
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_3677

Event 23316 (8F2ABFC8)

Date: 11/17/1962
Description: At nine o’clock in the evening Mr. F. L. Swindale, a college graduate and ex-USMC Captain, saw three bright star-like lights approach, hover and bounce in the sky over Tampa, Florida. After 11-15 minutes they faded away.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: Don Berliner, Project Bluebook UFO Unknowns
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_7721

Event 23317 (6F8CA412)

Date: 11/22/1962
Location: USA
Description: (Translated from French) At the end of the DISCOVERER program, the US Air Force had thus succeeded in twelve recoveries and the series ended with number 38. But, from November 22, 1962, three months before the end of the program, an unnamed satellite launched from the same base by the same rocket (Thor Agena) quietly gained a low altitude orbit around the Earth. A few hours later it released a small capsule, which an airplane recovered in flight over the Pacific. This first satellite was to be followed by many others of the same type. (…) The first generation consists of small satellites that remain welded to the last stage of their carrier rocket, the Agena. For its takeoff it is propelled, of course, by a first stage, which is none other than a Thor missile. About three days later, a small capsule, baptized “E 6”, is ejected to be recovered in flight. The detachment from the orbit takes place over Alaska, the capsule ending its course off the Hawaiian Islands. There, a Hercules C-130 cargo plane is waiting and circling over the planned arrival point. Its role: to catch the container in flight, by the suspension of its parachute, using a curved cable. Originally this aerial fishing number only succeeded once in two. It continues, perfectly perfected, to this day
Reference: “The War of the Satellites” - Volume 3 - Pierre Kohler, ed. Famot 1982, pp. 27-28
Reference: Mini catalogue chronologique des observations OVNI, by Godelieve Van Overmeire
Source: Overmeire, ID: Overmeire_2245

Event 23318 (5E38512B)

Date: 11/22/1962
Location: PACIFIC 174° 30W-20° 21N
Description: Project Bluebook Case #unknown. Military observer(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 69)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_6721

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: “Pacific Ocean and non - Asian islands”, Credibility: “7”, Duration: “1”, Elev: “0”, HatchDesc: “PACIFIC 174°30W-20°21N:BBK#UNKN:MIL OBS:NFD AT ALL”, LatLong: “20.350001 -174.500008”, LatLongDMS: “20:21:00 N 174:30:00 W”, Locale: “High Seas”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “NPC”, Strangeness: “4”

Event 23319 (7B2CD570)

Date: 11/22/1962
Description: Rodolfo Padin was driving with a male companion on a highway near Monte Leon, Santa Cruz State, Argentina at 2:20 a.m. Beside the road at a distance of 70 meters was a metallic oval-shaped object with a central transparent dome, the size of a car, surrounded by mist. Three small entities, short in stature but of human appearance, were seen moving around inside the craft. They wore metallic suits. The object rose very slowly, then made a slow oblique ascent.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: David F. Webb & Ted Bloecher, HUMCAT: Catalogue of Humanoid Reports, case # 0550, citing El Dia, January 2, 1966; UNICAT, case # 547, citing Roberto Banchs, OVNIS y sus Ocupantes, p. 25
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_7796

Event 23320 (E684364E)

Date: 11/23/1962
Location: PACIFIC 131° 58W-16° 08N
Description: Project Bluebook Case #unknown. Military observer(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 69)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_6722

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: “Pacific Ocean and non - Asian islands”, Credibility: “7”, Duration: “1”, Elev: “0”, HatchDesc: “PACIFIC 131°58W-16°08N:BBK#UNKN:MIL OBS:NFD AT ALL”, LatLong: “16.133334 -131.966673”, LatLongDMS: “16:08:00 N 131:58:00 W”, Locale: “High Seas”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “NPC”, Strangeness: “4”

Event 23321 (4A65372F)

Date: 11/23/1962
Location: Portsmouth, New Hampshire
Description: The Hills attend a meeting at the parsonage of their Unitarian church in Portsmouth, New Hampshire, where the invited guest speaker is USAF Capt. Ben H. Swett, who has recently published a book of his poetry. After he reads selections of his poetry, the pastor asks him to discuss his personal interest in hypnosis. After the meeting breaks up, the Hills approach Swett privately and tell him what they can remember of their strange encounter. He is particularly interested in the missing time of the Hills’ account. The Hills ask Swett if he will hypnotize them to recover their memories, but Swett says he is not qualified and cautions them against going to an amateur hypnotist, such as himself.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Clark III 584
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_3678

Event 23322 (900826AA)

Date: 11/24/1962
Location: 50.4375 77.814167
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_1236

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: “0”, NukeYMax: “.001”

Event 23323 (9728DAFC)

Date: 11/26/1962
Time: 01:00
Location: SOUTHEAST / ABRA GRANDE, ARG
Description: 2 / coal truck. Huge robot / railroad/railway tracks. Silent. Flashes. Follows truck!
Type: sighting
Reference: FSR CASE HISTORIES. Bimonthly/London. Supplements 2 - 18 (final issue) (Index 12)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_6723

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, PRB: Probe: Possibly remote controlled, RBT: Possible robot or “Grey”, mechanical motions, OBS: Observation/chasing vehicles, VEH: Vehicle affected: Marks/damage/EME effects, LND: UFO landing or any part touches ground

Extra Data: Country: “Argentina”, Credibility: “7”, Duration: “10”, Elev: “250”, HatchDesc: “SE/ABRA GRANDE,ARG:2/COAL TRUCK:HUGE RBT/RR TRACKS:SLNT:FLASHES:FOLOS TRUCK!”, LatLong: “-27.333335 -64.350003”, LatLongDMS: “27:20:00 S 64:21:00 W”, Locale: “Pasture”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “SDE”, Strangeness: “8”

Event 23324 (70887DE5)

Date: 11/26/1962
Location: 50.4375 77.814167
Description: Nuclear test: Air, confirmed. Country: USSR Yield: .031KT
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_1237

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: “.031”

Event 23325 (BB9A1E30)

Date: 11/26/1962
Description: In 1962 at 1:00 a.m., just southeast of Abra Grande, Argentina in the province of Santiago del Estero, two men driving a tractor-trailer truck loaded with coal watched a lit-up “railway car” near some railroad tracks that run parallel to the road project a brilliant beam of light on the road. When they got closer they made out that it was some type of unknown craft emitting phosphorescent flashes. Making no sound it rose up into the air to a height of some 50 meters, then landed again beside the road. Throughout their entire journey to Clodomira the object kept jumping ahead of them. When the first lights of the city came into sight the object broke off pursuit and climbed into the sky at a terrific speed.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: Oscar Uriondo, FSR Case Histories (Supplement 12), December 1972, p. 10, citing El Liberal, November 28, 1962
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_7935

Event 23326 (11B81BAE)

Date: 11/27/1962
Time: 18:00:00.1
Location: 37.1228 -116.0290
Description: Nuclear test: Underground, confirmed. Country: USA Name: “Anacostia” Yield: 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_297

Extra Data: LatLong: “37.1228 -116.0290”, LatLongDMS: “37:07:22 N 116:01:44 W”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, NukeCountry: “USA”, NukeDepth: “0.23”, NukeName: “Anacostia”, NukeSource: “SPRINGER”, NukeType: “NUCU”, NukeY: “20”

Event 23327 (BF2A7B32)

Date: 11/30/1962
Location: Lethbridge, Alberta
Description: Two teenage boys in Lethbridge, Alberta, see an elliptical object hovering near a school building and decide to throw rocks at it. The object is about 8 feet in diameter and glowing blue. Their stones seem to ricochet off the UFO and forcefully returned, landing on structures behind the teens.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: CUFOS case file
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_3679

Event 23328 (E395F9D3)

Date: 12/1962
Description: Kennedy closes the Cuban Project, the CIA’s Operation Mongoose.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Wikipedia, “Operation Mongoose”
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_3680

Event 23329 (100DE75B)

Date: 12/1/1962
Location: 50.4375 77.814167
Description: Nuclear test: Air, confirmed. Country: USSR Yield: 2.4KT
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_1238

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: “2.4”

Event 23330 (FFC0B0D7)

Date: 12/1/1962
Location: East Point, Georgia
Description: Evening. A husband and wife in East Point, Georgia, are watching the first-quarter Moon through a 6-inch reflector. In the dark area, well away from the terminator, the man sees a bright-red spot light up. It gets so bright that he points it out to his wife. She notices it starting to move across the illuminated portion of the Moon, then continues passing in a straight line across the blue Georgia sky, faster and faster until it is gone.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Michael D. Swords, “Gazing at the Moons,” IUR 32, no. 4 (October 2009): 15
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_3681

Event 23331 (5DF96F9B)

Date: 12/2/1962
Description: A bright, light-bulb shaped object flew in toward the east, then angled off toward the north before it “arched” its way into a lake. It was seen by residents of twelve cities between Akron, Ohio and Syracuse, New York.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: Ivan T. Sanderson, Invisible Residents, p. 226, citing the Conneaut News Herald
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_8123

Event 23332 (B064C9C2)

Date: 12/4/1962
Time: 16:00:00.1
Location: 37.1281 -116.0500
Description: Nuclear test: Underground, confirmed. Country: USA Name: “Taunton” Yield: 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_298

Extra Data: LatLong: “37.1281 -116.0500”, LatLongDMS: “37:07:41 N 116:03:00 W”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, NukeCountry: “USA”, NukeDepth: “0.23”, NukeName: “Taunton”, NukeSource: “AEC”, NukeType: “NUCU”, NukeY: “20”

Event 23333 (FD863A12)

Date: 12/5/1962
Description: A woman named Chapman had a close encounter with a UFO in Irlam, Greater Manchester, England at 6:45 p.m.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: Orbit, April 1962, p. 26
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_8197

Event 23334 (0D87B645)

Date: 12/6/1962
Locations: Area 25; Jackass Flats, Nevada
Description: JFK visits Area 25/Jackass Flats, very close to Area 51, to see the “Nuclear Rocket Development Station” (NRDS, or Nerva).
Type: newspaper article
Reference: newspapers.com
Reference: newspapers.com
Reference: wikipedia.com](Area 25 (Nevada National Security Site) - Wikipedia)
Source: Maj2, ID: Maj2_942

Event 23335 (BC5868C8)

Date: 12/7/1962
Location: PACIFIC 173° 30W-45° 50N
Description: Project Bluebook Case #unknown. Military observer(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 69)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_6724

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

Extra Data: Country: “Pacific Ocean and non - Asian islands”, Credibility: “7”, Duration: “1”, Elev: “0”, HatchDesc: “PACIFIC 173°30W-45°50N:BBK#UNKN:MIL OBS:NFD AT ALL”, LatLong: “45.833336 -173.500008”, LatLongDMS: “45:50:00 N 173:30:00 W”, Locale: “High Seas”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “NPC”, Strangeness: “4”

Event 23336 (0E464F15)

Date: 12/7/1962
Time: 19:00:00.1
Location: 37.0518 -116.0293
Description: Nuclear test: Underground, confirmed. Country: Britain Name: “Tendrac” 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_1769

Extra Data: LatLong: “37.0518 -116.0293”, LatLongDMS: “37:03:06 N 116:01:45 W”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, NukeCountry: “Britain”, NukeDepth: “0.30”, NukeName: “Tendrac”, NukeSource: “SPRINGER”, NukeType: “NUCUG”, NukeYMax: “20”

Event 23337 (9A8DD7FB)

Date: 12/7/1962
Location: Groom Lake, Nevada
Description: A full-scale mockup of the Q-12 drone is ready at Groom Lake, Nevada, and has already undergone preliminary tests to measure its stealth quality. However, the CIA is not enthusiastic about the Q-12, mostly because the agency is overextended at the time with U-2 missions, getting the A-12 up to speed, and covert operations in Southeast Asia. The USAF, however, is interested in the Q-12 as both a reconnaissance platform and a cruise missile and the CIA finally decides to work with the USAF to develop it.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Wikipedia, “Lockheed D- 21”
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_3682

Event 23338 (2719CEB5)

Date: 12/9/1962
Time: 22:00
Location: BOLOGNA, ITL
Description: 5M saucer lands by observer(s). 2 pseudo-human/entity. Gibberish and gestures. / r8#552+/ r39pg52.
Type: sighting
Reference: UFO - Rivista di informazione Ufologica; 2 issues/year CISU. Giovanni Settimo ed.; C.P.82, 10100 Torino, ITALY. (Index 8)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_6725

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, SIG: Signals/responses to/from/between UFO’s/occupants/observers, CVS: Conversation/communication, LND: UFO landing or any part touches ground

Extra Data: Country: “Italy”, Credibility: “6”, Duration: “5”, HatchDesc: “BOLOGNA,ITL:5M SCR LANDS BY OBS:2 PSH:GIBBERISH+GESTURES:/r8#552+/r39pg52”, LatLong: “44.500002 11.300001”, LatLongDMS: “44:30:00 N 11:18:00 E”, Locale: “Town & City”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “EMR”, Strangeness: “9”

Event 23339 (3D285922)

Date: 12/9/1962
Time: 2200
Location: Bologna, Italy
Description: Antonio Candau saw a circular object land in Cadivilla, 9 m away from him. It was about 5.5 m m diameter, and two men emerged from it, approaching within 2 m, and spoke incomprehensible words. They wore yellow coveralls and a wide belt. Noting that the witness was afraid, one of them made a reassuring gesture with his hand, and the craft departed with a strange sound.
Type: ufo sighting
Reference: Settimana Incom. Dec. 30, 62 (Vallee)
Source: ValléeMagonia, ID: Magonia_552

Event 23340 (FC114ED1)

Date: 12/9/1962
Description: A young man named Candau in Bologna, Italy saw a circular object 18 feet in diameter land 30 feet away from him. Two men emerged from the object, speaking an unintelligible language, and gestured to him. They wore yellow coveralls with wide belts. They re-entered craft and it departed making a strange sound.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: Jacques Vallee, Passport to Magoina: A Century of Landings, case 552
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_8283

Event 23341 (E45E2902)

Date: 12/11/1962
Time: 06:30
Location: SOUTHEAST / CHUMBICHA, ARG
Description: 5 / car. 7 brilliant spheres / mountain slope. Going up [to] and away when neared. / r8#553.
Type: sighting
Reference: FSR CASE HISTORIES. Bimonthly/London. Supplements 2 - 18 (final issue) (Index 12)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_6726

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

Extra Data: Country: “Argentina”, Credibility: “8”, Duration: “2”, Elev: “400”, HatchDesc: “SE/CHUMBICHA,ARG:5/CAR:7 BRILL.SPHERES/Mtn SLOPE:↑+AWAY WHEN NEARED:/r8#553”, LatLong: “-28.916668 -66.200003”, LatLongDMS: “28:55:00 S 66:12:00 W”, Locale: “Mountains”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “CTM”, Strangeness: “8”

Event 23342 (F158BADE)

Date: 12/11/1962
Time: dawn
Location: Chumbicha, Argentina
Description: G. L. Colodrero and the director of the Cordoba Historial Museum were driving from Catamarca to Cordoba when, 7 km away from Chumbicha, they saw seven objects on the ground of a mountain slope. They were bright and spherical, rose straight up and flew away with a very bright trail.
Type: ufo sighting
Reference: CODOVNI 1962 (Vallee)
Source: ValléeMagonia, ID: Magonia_553

Event 23343 (F7821FD4)

Date: 12/12/1962 (approximate)
Location: ITALY, Milan
Description: (Translated from French) A police officer, Francesco Piania, saw in the city center two Martians. “I was doing my inspection round when I heard a whistling behind me. At first I thought it was my ears (note from vog: !) but the noise became louder. As I was going towards the park I saw a silver-aluminum disk, shining in the moonlight, landing. When I turned around I was petrified and couldn’t move. I saw a strange entity about 1.85 m tall coming out of the disk. Its space suit was silver and fluorescent emitting a bluish light. It wore a black helmet and made a gesture towards the rotating dome of the disk. Then another person appeared at the entrance. The first man made a sign for me to come closer to him, but at that moment the other entity called him and both of them boarded the disk which took off.” [note from vog: these so-called extraterrestrials didn’t have much special about them, did they, except that their craft might have been a small helicopter?] (1962, December 12 (December 18?))
Reference: CISU, file 6205 - mentioning RR 3 but saying that only two journalists were aware of the uninvestigated case; sources: Corriere della Sera 19.12.62; Il Tempo 22.2.63; LUFORO Bulletin 3,6,5, Flying Saucers January 1966, 59 and others
Reference: APRG
Reference: Mini catalogue chronologique des observations OVNI, by Godelieve Van Overmeire
Source: Overmeire, ID: Overmeire_2246

Event 23344 (70C5E95E)

Date: 12/12/1962
Time: 16:30
Location: AMAGASAKI, JAPAN
Description: 5 students independently draw Saturn-saucer seen. No further details.
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_6727

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), PHT: Photos/movies/videos taken

Extra Data: Country: “Japan”, Credibility: “8”, Duration: “4”, HatchDesc: “AMAGASAKI,JAPAN:5 STUDENTS INDEPENDANTLY DRAW SATURN-SCR SEEN:NFD”, LatLong: “34.716668 135.416673”, LatLongDMS: “34:43:00 N 135:25:00 E”, Locale: “Residential”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Honshu Island”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 23345 (E885313B)

Date: 12/12/1962
Location: Amagasaki City, Japan
Description: Five students saw, and independently sketched, Saturn-shaped UFO. [NICAP UFO Evidence, X] (NICAP: 01 - Distant Encounters)
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_2615

Event 23346 (FA917E05)

Date: 12/12/1962
Time: 17:25:00.1
Location: 37.1687 -116.2061
Description: Nuclear test: Underground, confirmed. Country: USA Name: “Madison” Yield: 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_299

Extra Data: LatLong: “37.1687 -116.2061”, LatLongDMS: “37:10:07 N 116:12:22 W”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, NukeCountry: “USA”, NukeDepth: “0.40”, NukeName: “Madison”, NukeSource: “SPRINGER”, NukeType: “NUCU”, NukeY: “20”

Event 23347 (C347356F)

Date: 12/12/1962
Time: 18:45:00.1
Location: 37.0461 -116.0156
Description: Nuclear test: Underground, confirmed. Country: USA Name: “Numbat” Yield: 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_300

Extra Data: LatLong: “37.0461 -116.0156”, LatLongDMS: “37:02:46 N 116:00:56 W”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, NukeCountry: “USA”, NukeDepth: “0.23”, NukeName: “Numbat”, NukeSource: “SPRINGER”, NukeType: “NUCU”, NukeY: “20”

Event 23348 (2F53AC4C)

Date: 12/12/1962
Location: Amagasaki, Hyogo Prefecture, Japan
Description: 4:30 p.m. Five schoolgirls in Amagasaki, Hyogo Prefecture, Japan, see a brightly glowing UFO. All five students independently sketch a Saturn-shaped object.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: UFOEv, p. 124
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_3683

Event 23349 (2EF6F85A)

Date: 12/14/1962
Time: 18:00:00.2
Location: 37.1242 -116.0400
Description: Nuclear test: Underground, confirmed. Country: USA Name: “Manatee” Yield: 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_301

Extra Data: LatLong: “37.1242 -116.0400”, LatLongDMS: “37:07:27 N 116:02:24 W”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, NukeCountry: “USA”, NukeDepth: “0.06”, NukeName: “Manatee”, NukeSource: “AEC”, NukeType: “NUCU”, NukeY: “20”

Event 23350 (A96103F6)

Date: 12/16/1962
Location: ATLANTIC 07° 15W-61° 38N PROJECT BLUEBOOK CASE #UNKNOWN
Description: Military observer(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 69)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_6728

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: “7”, Duration: “1”, Elev: “0”, HatchDesc: “ATLANTIC 07°15W-61°38N BBK#UNKN:MIL OBS:NFD AT ALL”, LatLong: “61.633336 -7.250000”, LatLongDMS: “61:38:00 N 07:15:00 W”, Locale: “High Seas”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “NAT”, Strangeness: “4”

Event 23351 (AAAD3183)

Date: 12/17/1962
Time: dawn
Location: Milan, Italy
Description: Francesco Rizzi, night watchman, was crossing the factory yard when he heard a whistling sound and observed an object hovering 1 m above ground. It was a silvery disk, about 5 m in diameter, with lighted windows. The noise stopped, a door became visible, and a small being appeared and made a gesture. A second figure was also seen. The craft took off with a puff of white smoke and a whistling sound.
Type: ufo sighting
Reference: 138 (Vallee)
Source: ValléeMagonia, ID: Magonia_554

Event 23352 (4D2E8775)

Date: 12/17/1962
Description: A cylindrical object with two vertical projections was seen from Norfolk Island, New South Wales, Australia travelling from north-northeast to south-southwest.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: Michael Hervey, UFOs Over the Southern Hemisphere, p. 88
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_8464

Event 23353 (F50FA0BF)

Date: 12/17/1962
Description: In Milan, Italy at 2:20 a.m. Mr. Rizzi, a 37-year-old night watchman, heard a whistling sound and saw a silver metallic domed disc hovering just above the ground. The object was four or fiv

[c0mmando]

e meters wide and had a windowed turret on top. A three foot tall little man emerged from a door in the bottom of the craft. It pointed a finger at the witness who felt paralyzed.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: Corrier Milan, December 19, 1962; Jacques Vallee, Passport to Magonia: A Century of Landings, case # 554; Leonard G. Cramp, Piece for a Jig-Saw, p. 124
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_8465

Event 23354 (F771D057)

Date: 12/18/1962
Time: 02:20
Location: MILANO, ITL
Description: Whistle. 5M saucer hovers 1M / ground. Door opens. 2 small humanoids (or Greys). 1 gestures. / Flying Saucer Review (FSR) v32#4.
Type: sighting
Reference: UFO - Rivista di informazione Ufologica; 2 issues/year CISU. Giovanni Settimo ed.; C.P.82, 10100 Torino, ITALY. (Index 8)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_6729

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, NWS: News media report, SCR: Classic saucer/disk/sphere shaped UFO, OID: Humanoid: Small alien or “Grey”, SIG: Signals/responses to/from/between UFO’s/occupants/observers, LND: UFO landing or any part touches ground, SND: UFO sounds heard or recorded

Extra Data: Country: “Italy”, Credibility: “6”, Duration: “2”, Elev: “122”, HatchDesc: “MILANO,ITL:WHISTLE:5M SCR HVRS 1M/GND:DOOR OPENS:2 OIDS:1 GESTURES:/FSR v32#4”, LatLong: “45.450002 9.200000”, LatLongDMS: “45:27:00 N 09:12:00 E”, Locale: “Metropolis”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Lombardy”, Strangeness: “10”

Event 23355 (E38A7869)

Date: 12/18/1962
Location: 73.7500 54.7500
Description: Nuclear test: Air, confirmed. Country: USSR Yield: 110KT
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_1239

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: “110”

Event 23356 (E27D8216)

Date: 12/18/1962
Location: 73.7500 54.7500
Description: Nuclear test: Air, confirmed. Country: USSR Yield: 69KT
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_1240

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: “69”

Event 23357 (936618C2)

Date: 12/18/1962
Locations: Via Santa Valeria; Milan, Italy
Description: 2:20 p.m. Night watchman Francesco Rizzi is reporting for work at a mill on Via Santa Valeria in Milan, Italy. In the center of the mill’s courtyard he hears a swishing sound and turns to see a domed metallic disc 12–15 feet in diameter with portholes hovering 3 feet above the ground. A door opens at the bottom and a small man just over 3 feet tall and wearing a luminous overall emerges. The man motions Rizzi to come nearer, but he is frozen with fear. Another small man comes out of the disc, but they both return, the door closes behind them, and the object takes off in a cloud of white smoke. Rizzi reports the sighting to a colleague, the police, and the press, and soon loses his job.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: 1Pinotti 130–131
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_3684

Event 23358 (6945EAB0)

Date: 12/19/1962
Time: 07:20
Location: LAVENO TO/FROM INTRA, ITL
Description: 3 / boat. 2 classic saucers 20M over Lago Maggiore. Going up [to] and fly off. / r8.
Type: sighting
Reference: ITACAT, Catalogo Italiano degli Incontri Ravvicinati. Maurizio Verga, 1989 CISU/Torino, Italy. (Index 54)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_6730

Attributes: GND: 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: “Italy”, Credibility: “8”, Duration: “10”, HatchDesc: “LAVENO><INTRA,ITL:3/BOAT:2 CLASSIC SCRS 20M ovr LAGO MAGGIORE:↑+FLY OFF:/r8”, LatLong: “45.911113 8.561112”, LatLongDMS: “45:54:40 N 08:33:40 E”, Locale: “Mountains”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Piedmont”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 23359 (D55CA222)

Date: 12/19/1962
Location: Verbania, Italy
Description: Three sailors on a ship observed two gray, helmet-shaped objects hovering 1 km away at 20 m altitude above Lake Major. Diameter: about 15 m. After 5 min one object started moving rapidly, gaining height with an undulating movement. It was soon joined by the second object, and both disappered together at the horizon.
Type: ufo sighting
Reference: 139 (Vallee)
Source: ValléeMagonia, ID: Magonia_555

Event 23360 (232B1FE0)

Date: 12/19/1962
Description: Verbania, Italy. At 7:15 a.m. three men in a boat saw two classic-shaped discoid objects fly over the lake known as Lago Maggiore at only 20 meters altitude. The UFOs rose vertically and flew off.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: Jacques Vallee, Passport to Magonia: A Century of Landings, case 555
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_8508

Event 23361 (DEE790B5)

Date: 12/20/1962
Location: 73.7500 54.7500
Description: Nuclear test: Air, confirmed. Country: USSR Yield: 8.3KT
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_1241

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: “8.3”

Event 23362 (68F6CAE5)

Date: 12/21/1962
Location: SALTO ANGEL, VNZ
Description: Bright teardrop-light going up / jungle floor. 8mm film / DC3. / r78p193.
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_6731

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, PHT: Photos/movies/videos taken

Extra Data: Country: “Venezuela”, Credibility: “7”, Duration: “2”, Elev: “1300”, HatchDesc: “SALTO ANGEL,VNZ:BRITE TEARDROP-LITE ↑/JUNGLE FLOOR:8mm FILM/DC3:/r78p193”, LatLong: “5.933334 -62.500003”, LatLongDMS: “05:56:00 N 62:30:00 W”, Locale: “Rainforest”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “BLV”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 23363 (63443738)

Date: 12/21/1962
Location: Angel Falls, Venezuela
Description: Bright teardrop-shaped light apparently rising from jungle floor filmed from aircraft. [NICAP UFO Evidence, VIII] (NICAP: 08 - Photographic Cases) (NICAP: 11 - Aviation Cases)
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_2616

Event 23364 (741766BA)

Date: 12/21/1962
Time: 0215
Location: Buenos Aires Airport, Argentina
Description: A large, fiery disk was observed on the runway by Horado Alora and Mario Pezzuto, the two control tower operators, and by the crews of two aircraft. It rose to 10 m altitude, hovered, and flew away to the northeast.
Type: ufo sighting
Reference: CODOVNI 1962 (Vallee)
Source: ValléeMagonia, ID: Magonia_556

Event 23365 (2CA9478C)

Date: 12/21/1962
Locations: Angel Falls, Venezuela; Auyán-tepui plateau
Description: Ali R. Diaz is aboard a DC-3 tourist plane on a vacation trip to Angel Falls, Venezuela. He obtains color film of a UFO rising from the base of a mountain. The film shows a yellowish teardrop-shaped object rising across the face of Auyán-tepui plateau. The UFO seems to oscillate from side to side until it is lost in clouds. The falls and mountain provide location points throughout.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: “Angel Falls UFO Film 1962,” UFO History Group You Tube channel, August 30, 2014; UFOEv, p. 96
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_3685

Event 23366 (E3951081)

Date: 12/21/1962
Description: Color motion pictures were taken of a UFO near Angel Falls, Venezuela—the world’s tallest water fall—on a cloudy afternoon at 12:15 p.m.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: NICAP UFO Investigator, February 1963, p. 5
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_8549

Event 23367 (EEBE309E)

Date: 12/22/1962
Description: (Translated from French) At the Ezezia International Airport, near Buenos Aires, a curious round machine appears shortly before sunrise at the end of runway 1-0-2-8, blocking the landing of a Panagra DC-8 jet. After a while it flies away at high speed out of sight. (December 22)
Reference: Keyhoe 1967
Reference: rr0 - Beau
Source: rr0, ID: rr0_1985

Event 23368 (711BB1B7)

Date: 12/22/1962
Description: (Translated from French) The geodetic satellite Anna, nicknamed “FireFly” (“Firefly” because it sparkles in the night) suddenly stops working and resists all attempts to restart it. She will make headlines again 7 months later, resuming her work as if nothing had happened in the meantime.
Reference: rr0 - Beau
Source: rr0, ID: rr0_1986

Event 23369 (C247B3D9)

Date: 12/22/1962
Description: (Translated from French) Release of the book “Les extraterrestres” by Pascal Thomas (pseudonym of composer Paul Misraki) which marks the beginning of the use of the term extraterrestrial to detach from fantastical stories evoking Martians or Venusians.
Reference: rr0 - Beau
Source: rr0, ID: rr0_1987

Event 23370 (9416D3FA)

Date: 12/22/1962
Time: 02:20
Location: EZEIZA AIRPORT/APARTMENT, ARG
Description: Fiery saucer 10M over runway. Planes circle. / MJ#236+/ r156#15+LDLN#336.
Type: sighting
Reference: The APRO BULLETIN: Monthly. Jim & Coral Lorenzen: Tucson,AZ (USA. defunct) By volume and number. (Index 761)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_6732

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, AIR: Observer(s) on aircraft, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, NWS: News media report, SCR: Classic saucer/disk/sphere shaped UFO, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), OBS: Observation/chasing vehicles, VEH: Vehicle affected: Marks/damage/EME effects, LND: UFO landing or any part touches ground, RDR: Radar traces/blips

Extra Data: Country: “Argentina”, Credibility: “7”, Duration: “10”, Elev: “15”, HatchDesc: “EZEIZA Apt,ARG:FIERY SCR 10M ovr RUNWAY:PLANES CCL:/MJ#236+/r156#15+LDLN#336”, LatLong: “-34.866668 -58.516669”, LatLongDMS: “34:52:00 S 58:31:00 W”, Locale: “Town & City”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, RelAlt: “10”, State/Prov: “Buenos Aires”, Strangeness: “8”

Event 23371 (AAF955BF)

Date: 12/22/1962
Location: Buenos Aires, Argentina
Description: At Ezeiza Airport, pilots and control tower operators saw circular UFO rise from end of runway. [NICAP UFO Evidence, X] (NICAP: 02 - Close Encounters)
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_2618

Event 23372 (35CAA0A8)

Date: 12/22/1962
Location: 73.7500 54.7500
Description: Nuclear test: Air, confirmed. Country: USSR Yield: 6.3KT
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_1242

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: “6.3”

Event 23373 (9A439974)

Date: 12/22/1962
Locations: Ezeiza International Airport; Ezeiza Partido; Greater Buenos Aires; Argentina
Description: About 3:00 a.m. At Ezeiza International Airport [now Ministro Pistarini International Airport] at Ezeiza Partido in Greater Buenos Aires, Argentina, tower operators Horacio Alora and Mario Pezzutto are watching an Aereolíneas Argentinas plane that is about to take off. It is also seen by an approaching DC-8 jet operated by Panagra, whose captain asks what the object is at the end of the runway. Alora sees a large, round, glowing object that has evidently descended when he is watching the airliner. The UFO immediately rises about 30 feet, hovers, then accelerates on a northeast course.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: UFOEv, p. 119; Loren E. Gross, The Fifth Horseman of the Apocalypse: UFOs, a History: July–December 1962, The Author, 2005, pp. 75–76
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_3686

Event 23374 (192F4577)

Date: 12/22/1962
Description: At three a.m. a large fiery disc was observed on the runway by two control tower operators and the flight crews of two aircraft at Ezeiza Airport, Buenos Aires, Argentina. The UFO rose to 10 meters altitude, hovered a short while, then flew off toward the northeast.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: Dominique Weinstein, Aircraft UFO Encounters, p. 33
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_8562

Event 23375 (CC523F5B)

Date: 12/23/1962
Location: 73.7500 54.7500
Description: Nuclear test: Air, confirmed. Country: USSR Yield: 8.3KT
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_1243

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: “8.3”

Event 23376 (657FEF18)

Date: 12/23/1962
Location: 73.7500 54.7500
Description: Nuclear test: Air, confirmed. Country: USSR Yield: 2.4KT
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_1244

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: “2.4”

Event 23377 (C2AE3FE5)

Date: 12/23/1962
Location: 50.4375 77.814167
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_1245

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: “0”, NukeYMax: “.001”

Event 23378 (A75A41B4)

Date: 12/23/1962
Location: 73.7500 54.7500
Description: Nuclear test: Air, confirmed. Country: USSR Yield: 430KT
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_1246

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: “430”

Event 23379 (DB76DC77)

Date: 12/24/1962
Location: 50.4375 77.814167
Description: Nuclear test: Air, confirmed. Country: USSR Yield: .007KT
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_1247

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: “.007”

Event 23380 (085E3A89)

Date: 12/24/1962
Location: 50.4375 77.814167
Description: Nuclear test: Air, confirmed. Country: USSR Yield: .028KT
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_1248

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: “.028”

Event 23381 (1F0DE05E)

Date: 12/24/1962
Time: 10:44:21.9
Location: 74.2000 52.3000
Description: Nuclear test: Air, confirmed. Country: USSR Yield: 1100KT
Type: atomic
Reference: “columbia.edu: Worldwide Nuclear Explosions”, by Yang, North, Romney, and Richards
Reference: “archive.org: Worldwide Nuclear Explosions”, by Yang, North, Romney, and Richards
Source: NukeExplosions, ID: NukeExplosions_1249

Extra Data: LatLong: “74.2000 52.3000”, LatLongDMS: “74:12:00 N 52:18:00 E”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, NukeCountry: “USSR”, NukeDepth: “0.00”, NukeSource: “PDE”, NukeType: “NACS”, NukeY: “1100”

Event 23382 (7E6CADE1)

Date: 12/24/1962
Time: 11:11:42.0
Location: 73.6000 57.5000
Description: Nuclear test: Air, confirmed. Country: USSR Yield: 24200KT
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_1250

Extra Data: LatLong: “73.6000 57.5000”, LatLongDMS: “73:36:00 N 57:30:00 E”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, NukeCountry: “USSR”, NukeDepth: “0.00”, NukeSource: “PDE”, NukeType: “NACS”, NukeY: “24200”

Event 23383 (0E779C9A)

Date: 12/25/1962
Location: 73.7500 54.7500
Description: Nuclear test: Air, confirmed. Country: USSR Yield: 8.5KT
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_1251

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: “8.5”

Event 23384 (A265ECB8)

Date: 12/25/1962
Time: 13:35:57.2
Location: 73.4000 56.5000
Description: Nuclear test: Air, confirmed. Country: USSR Yield: 3100KT
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_1252

Extra Data: LatLong: “73.4000 56.5000”, LatLongDMS: “73:24:00 N 56:30:00 E”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, NukeCountry: “USSR”, NukeDepth: “0.00”, NukeSource: “PDE”, NukeType: “NACS”, NukeY: “3100”

Event 23385 (929E1F34)

Date: 12/28/1962
Location: SAND SIDE, CUMBRIA
Description: Pilot and several separate observer(s). 800mph night light lands by quarry. Traces / soil.
Type: sighting
Reference: FARISH, Jucius: UFO NEWSCLIPPING SERVICE: $5/Monthly. Plumerville, AR. (Index 316)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_6733

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CST: Observer(s) in coastal area/just offshore, AIR: Observer(s) on aircraft, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, HQO: High-quality observer(s), NWS: News media report, NLT: Nightlights/points of light, PRB: Probe: Possibly remote controlled, FBL: Fireball: Blazing undistinguished form/orb., NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), LND: UFO landing or any part touches ground

Extra Data: Country: “Great Britain and Ireland”, Credibility: “9”, Duration: “2”, Elev: “20”, HatchDesc: “SAND SIDE,CUMBRIA:PILOT+SVRL SEP.OBS:800mph NLT LANDS BY QUARRY:TRACES/SOIL:”, LatLong: “54.216669 -2.800000”, LatLongDMS: “54:13:00 N 02:48:00 W”, Locale: “Coastlands”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “England”, Strangeness: “4”

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Year: 1963, 562 Event(s), (Back to Top)

Event 23386 (891A9CCB)

Date: 1963
End date: 1964
Location: US
Description: In the past two years, packets of information-- including some details of specific cases–have been substituted for the generalized Air Force “fact sheets.” The unexplained cases for each year are briefly described. (In the new “fact sheets”, the “unknown” category has been rendered meaningless by the inclusion of vague and incomplete cases. Formerly the term “unknown” was applied to the most detailed and inexplicable cases from the best observers. Now the distinction between “unknowns”, and cases which lack detail or apparently have natural explanations, has been blurred.)
Type: USAF fact sheets
Reference: “The UFO Evidence” (1964) by Richard H. Hall, page 106-108
Reference: “Report on Unidentified Flying Objects” (Dec. 1956) by Capt. Edward J. Ruppelt
Source: Maj2, ID: Maj2_895

Event 23387 (EF700E58)

Date: 1963
Location: USA
Description: (Translated from French) Continued experiments nevertheless took place, particularly under the responsibility of the Lewis Center of NASA. Three types of “hypersonic gliders” were then built: the HL-10, the X-24 and the M2-F. All are ancestors of the Space Shuttle. The MF-F1 was the first to fly in 1963, the same year the X-20 project was abandoned. The X-24 pilot was to reach 1610 km/hour at 22,000 meters altitude in 1971 after being dropped from a B-52 bomber.
Reference: “The War of the Satellites” - Volume 3 - Pierre Kohler, ed. Famot 1982, p. 161
Reference: Mini catalogue chronologique des observations OVNI, by Godelieve Van Overmeire
Source: Overmeire, ID: Overmeire_2248

Event 23388 (FBB883C5)

Date: 1963
Location: USA, Fern Kreek, Kentucky
Description: (Translated from French) Four boys, aged 5 to 12, were watching a disc-shaped object land behind a small wood near where they were playing. A humanoid, dressed in a space suit, small, about 1.2 m tall, came out of the wood. The boys threw stones and clods of earth at him to provoke some reaction. The entity then shot at them with a small black rod which caused a slightly painful tingling sensation throughout their bodies. When the boys were questioned separately according to the information in the NICAP files, their description of the entity was identical and also corresponded to that of 200 other witnesses in the Ohio River Valley. The boys’ mother noticed she had received a telepathic message in her head and felt compelled to call the University of Louisville immediately after she had phoned the National Guard to report the children’s encounter. Small footprints and clear signs of the landing were found. The next day, two unidentified people visited the site and erased the footprints. They claimed to have been sent by the University of Louisville, but when enquiries were made there, this seemed not to be true.
Reference: By DON ELKINS with CARLA RUECKERT , CASE NUMBER 1, Investigators: Col. Verne Yahne, Ky. Air National Guard; D.T. Elkins, Independent Investigator
Reference: Mini catalogue chronologique des observations OVNI, by Godelieve Van Overmeire
Source: Overmeire, ID: Overmeire_2272

Event 23389 (ED3DC8CD)

Date: 1963
Locations: Kardashev scale; Hong-Yee Chiu
Description: Russian astrophysicist Nikolai Kardashev examines the radio source CTA-102, the first Soviet effort in the search for extraterrestrial intelligence (SETI). He comes up with the idea that some galactic civilizations could be perhaps millions or billions of years ahead of us, and creates the Kardashev scale to rank such civilizations. Kardashev defines three levels of civilizations, based on energy consumption: Type I (planetary civilization) with “technological level close to the level presently attained on earth”; Type II (stellar civilization), “a civilization capable of harnessing the energy radiated by its own star”; and Type III (galactic civilization), “a civilization in possession of energy on the scale of its own galaxy.” Various extensions of the Kardashev scale have since been proposed, including the use of metrics rather than pure power. The idea that the CTA-102 emission is caused by a civilization is later rejected when it is identified as one of the many varieties of quasar (quasi-stellar radio source), a term coined by Hong-Yee Chiu in May 1964 to describe these objects.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Wikipedia, “Kardashev scale”; Wikipedia, “CTA-102”; Nikolai Kardashev, “Transmission of Information by Extraterrestrial Civilizations,” Soviet Astronomy 8 (1964): 217; Frank Edwards, FS Serious Business, Bantam ed., 1966, pp. 84–85
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_3687

Event 23390 (D758A507)

Date: 1963
Description: Astronomer Donald H. Menzel and science writer Lyle G. Boyd publish The World of Flying Saucers, a skeptical overview of UFO sightings and a contemptuous treatment of UFO groups.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Donald H. Menzel and Lyle G. Boyd, The World of Flying Saucers, Doubleday, 1963
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_3688

Event 23391 (5603A5CD)

Date: 1/1963
Location: CORDOBA TO/FROM TUCUMAN, ARG
Description: DC4 pilot. UFO beams strong light. 1 engine quits. / Flying Saucer Review (FSR) v11#6.
Type: sighting
Reference: FALLA, GEOFFREY: VEHICLE INTERFERENCE PROJECT. BUFORA Ltd. 1979. C.F. Lockwood & A.R. Rice editors. (Index 26)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_6734

Attributes: AIR: Observer(s) on aircraft, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, HQO: High-quality observer(s), SCR: Classic saucer/disk/sphere shaped UFO, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), OBS: Observation/chasing vehicles, RAY: Odd light/searchlight/beam/laser-like, VEH: Vehicle affected: Marks/damage/EME effects, EME: Electro-Magnetic Effects, TCH: New technical details/clues

Extra Data: Country: “Argentina”, Credibility: “7”, Duration: “1”, Elev: “410”, HatchDesc: “CORDOBA><TUCUMAN,ARG:DC4 PILOT:UFO BEAMS STRONG LITE:1 ENGINE QUITS:/FSR v11#6”, LatLong: “-28.000001 -65.000003”, LatLongDMS: “28:00:00 S 65:00:00 W”, Locale: “Metropolis”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “AIR”, Strangeness: “8”

Event 23392 (C2F50F18)

Date: 1/1963
Location: Groom Lake, Nevada
Description: The A-12 fleet at Groom Lake, Nevada, is now operating with J58 engines built by Pratt and Whitney, allowing for speeds up to Mach 3.
Reference: Eberhart
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_3689

Event 23393 (0EE57A12)

Date: 1/1963
Locations: Cañada de Alzogaray; Burruyacú; Tucumán; Argentina
Description: Night. Brothers Rosauro Antonio, Ricardo, and Victor Domingo López discover a burned area of grass in a field just over a mile from their house in Cañada de Alzogaray, near Burruyacú, Tucumán, Argentina. The burn is in the shape of two rings (each a foot wide and 10.8 feet in diameter) where the grass is burned down to its roots to a depth of 3–4 inches. They find a carbonized residue and whitish powder. Some days previously, a neighbor named Juan Gerónimo Pera, his wife, and children, had seen a luminous oval-shaped object that landed in the field.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Oscar A. Uriondo, “Preliminary Catalogue of Type 1 Cases in Argentina,” Flying Saucer Review Case Histories, no. 12 (December 1972): 11
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_3690

Event 23394 (E1EC6972)

Date: 1/1963
Description: USAF Sgt. Dan Sherman is told that in this month, the first “embryo” was produced under Project Preserve Destiny that aimed to develop people with “intcomm” (intuitive communications) abilities to community with non-human intelligence.

• https://www.amazon.com/Above-Black-Preserve-Government-Cover-Up/dp/0966097807

Reference: Anonymous 2023 PDF
Source: Anon2023PDF, ID: Anon2023PDF_104

Event 23395 (E82C66E8)

Date: 1/3/1963
Description: An airplane being flown over the state of Cordoba, Argentina had a close encounter with a UFO. The UFO projected a beam of light at the aircraft, and one of the plane’s four engines quit working.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: UFO Nachrichten (Germany), February 1966, citing a newspaper clipping
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_53

Event 23396 (650B8B5C)

Date: 1/4/1963
Time: 00:30
Location: ROMA, ITL
Description: 5M odd-shape domed saucer / tripod / park. Gust / wind. Going up [to] and vanishes. / r8#557.
Type: sighting
Reference: ITACAT, Catalogo Italiano degli Incontri Ravvicinati. Maurizio Verga, 1989 CISU/Torino, Italy. (Index 54)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_6735

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

Extra Data: Country: “Italy”, Credibility: “7”, Duration: “2”, HatchDesc: “ROMA,ITL:5M ODD-SHAPE DOMED SCR/TRIPOD/PARK:GUST/WIND:↑+VANISHES:/r8#557”, LatLong: “41.883335 12.500001”, LatLongDMS: “41:53:00 N 12:30:00 E”, Locale: “Metropolis”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “ROM”, Strangeness: “7”

Event 23397 (015D9906)

Date: 1/4/1963
Time: 1900
Location: Rome, Italy
Description: A well-known psychiatrist saw an object on the ground in a deserted city park. Shape: a dome upon a cylinder, bearing a series of round apertures and surrounded by a thick, roundish ring, set on a tripod landing gear supporting the base of the cylinder 1 m above the ground. Diameter: 5 m. Suddenly the ring started spinning rapidly, and a gust of air was felt as the craft rose a few m above ground, then disappeared in a split second.
Type: ufo sighting
Reference: 142 (Vallee)
Source: ValléeMagonia, ID: Magonia_557

Event 23398 (763809D7)

Date: 1/4/1963
Description: A domed disc with tripod landing gear landed in a park in Rome, Italy. It was estimated to be five meters in diameter. The man who witnessed the landing said he felt a gust of wind as the UFO took off vertically and vanished into the sky.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: Jacques Vallee, Passport to Magonia, A Century of Landings, case 557, citing Momento Sera January 9, 1963; Robert Pinotto, Flying Saucers, January 1966, p. 60
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_85

Event 23399 (7E12F1C8)

Date: 1/5/1963
Location: Nantucket Point, Long Island, NY
Description: (Hynek UFO Rpt p. 45-46) (NICAP: 01 - Distant Encounters, BB: BBU)
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_2619

Event 23400 (947A0441)

Date: 1/9/1963
Description: On this day in Trail, Oregon a large, bright UFO emitted a cone-shaped tail and humming sound. A dog reacted to the UFO’s presence by howling.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: Gordon I. R. Lore, Jr., Strange Effects from UFOs, p. 68
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_218

Event 23401 (53284711)

Date: 1/11/1963
Time: 23:00
Location: SAN PIETRO VERNOTICO, ITL
Description: 4.5M saucer lands. Observer(s) frozen. 2 figure(s) move / dome. / Flying Saucer Review (FSR) v16#5.
Type: sighting
Reference: ITACAT, Catalogo Italiano degli Incontri Ravvicinati. Maurizio Verga, 1989 CISU/Torino, Italy. (Index 55)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_6736

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, FIG: Undefined or poorly seen figure/entity, RAY: Odd light/searchlight/beam/laser-like, HUM: Humans affected: Injury/burns/marks/abduction/death, LND: UFO landing or any part touches ground

Extra Data: Country: “Italy”, Credibility: “6”, Duration: “3”, HatchDesc: “SAN PIETRO VERNOTICO,ITL:4.5M SCR LANDS:OBS FROZEN:2 FIGs MOVE/DOME:/FSR v16#5”, LatLong: “40.488891 17.988890”, LatLongDMS: “40:29:20 N 17:59:20 E”, Locale: “Islands”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “SRD”, Strangeness: “9”

Event 23402 (96510D28)

Date: 1/11/1963
Time: 2300
Location: San Pietro, Italy
Description: A 43-year-old farmer was awakened by restless animals and went out to calm them. Fifteen min later he saw an object land in a small square in the village, went toward it, was “paralyzed” when 10 m away. Two min later the craft, 4.5 m long, 1.5 m high, with a translucent upper dome showing two dark, moving figures, ascended in the direction of Brindisi, emitted a vertical beam of green light.
Type: ufo sighting
Reference: 143 (Vallee)
Source: ValléeMagonia, ID: Magonia_558

Event 23403 (95843BE7)

Date: 1/11/1963
Locations: San Pietro Vernotico, Italy; Brindisi
Description: At 11:00 p.m., at San Pietro Vernotico, Italy, farmer Antonio de Luca is awakened by restless animals and goes out to calm them. Fifteen minutes later he sees a domed disc some 132 feet long land in the village square. Dark figures are moving inside the transparent dome. He tries to approach but is paralyzed at 30 feet away. It ascends in the direction of Brindisi to the north, emitting a vertical beam of green light.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Vallée, Magonia, p. 290; Loren E. Gross, The Fifth Horseman of the Apocalypse: UFOs, a History: January–June 1963, The Author, 2005, p. 8
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_3691

Event 23404 (AD871CB8)

Date: 1/11/1963
Description: At 11:00 p.m. Antonio De Luca, a 43-year-old farmer in San Pietro Vernotico, Sardegna, Italy was awakened by restless farm animals and went out to calm them. Fifteen minutes later he saw a domed disc-shaped object land in a small square in the village, went towards it, and became paralyzed and unable to move when he got to within 10 meters of it. The translucent upper dome showed two dark figures moving about inside. Two minutes later the craft, 4.5 meters long and 1.5 meters high, ascended in the direction of Brindisi, and emitted a vertical beam of green light.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: FSR, September-October 1970, p. 28; Jacques Vallee, Passport to Magonia: A Century of Landings, p. 290, case 558
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_251

Event 23405 (9BE8EB77)

Date: 1/17/1963
Location: Entre Ríos province, Argentina
Description: A formation of objects passes over Entre Ríos province, Argentina, and discharges angel hair. Vitreous particles are recovered, which consist of an “amalgam of silicon, boron, calcium, and magnesium.”
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Gordon Creighton, “Argentina, 1963–64,” Flying Saucer Review 11, no. 6 (Nov./Dec. 1965): 15; Brian Boldman, “Angel Hair Physical Analyses: A Review,” JUFOS 9 (2006): 104
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_3692

Event 23406 (BFF46913)

Date: 1/24/1963
Location: LEXINGTON, KY
Description: Postal inspector. Large saucer east going west. Plane north going south. Paths cross / 90° angle.
Type: sighting
Reference: FLAMMONDE, Paris: UFO EXIST!; Ballentine Books, NY 1976. PB 480pp. (Index 438)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_6737

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

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “8”, Duration: “12”, Elev: “287”, HatchDesc: “LEXINGTON,KY:POSTAL INSPECTOR:LRG SCR E>W:PLANE N>S:PATHS CROSS/90° ANGLE”, LatLong: “38.033335 -84.483337”, LatLongDMS: “38:02:00 N 84:29:00 W”, Locale: “Metropolis”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Kentucky”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 23407 (C8DB696B)

Date: 1/24/1963
Location: Lexington, KY
Description: Post Office safety engineer saw a round UFO traveling east to west, and a delta- wing aircraft north to south. UFO’s line of flight intersected aircraft path at right angles. [Report via Bluegrass NICAP Affiliate, Lexington, Ky.] (NICAP: 01 - Distant Encounters)
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_2620

Event 23408 (0FA6DDED)

Date: 1/24/1963
Description: On this day a U.S. Post Office safety engineer in Lexington, Kentucky saw a large round UFO traveling east to west, and a delta-wing aircraft traveling from north to south. The line of flight of the disc-shaped UFO intersected the aircraft’s path at a right angle.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: Richard Hall, The UFO Evidence, p. 140; Paris Flammonde, UFO Exist!, p. 367
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_479

Event 23409 (CC7ED042)

Date: 1/28/1963
Time: 17:20
Location: EARL SHILTON, LEICS
Description: 2 observer(s). UFO on ground. 4 windows. Going quickly south toward(s) Rugby. / USAF Tech. Intel. Center. (ATIC.)
Type: sighting
Reference: VALLEE, Jacques: PASSPORT TO MAGONIA; H. Regnery, Chicago HC 1969 & Contemporary Books,Chicago 1993. 372pp. (Index 559)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_6738

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

Extra Data: Country: “Great Britain and Ireland”, Credibility: “6”, Duration: “10”, Elev: “85”, HatchDesc: “EARL SHILTON,LEICs:2 OBS:UFO ON GROUND:4 WINDOWS:>>S TWRD RUGBY:/Atic”, LatLong: “52.577780 -1.288889”, LatLongDMS: “52:34:40 N 01:17:20 W”, Locale: “Farmlands”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “England”, Strangeness: “7”

Event 23410 (40114947)

Date: 1/28/1963
Time: 23:00?
Location: MAMINA, CHILE
Description: 2 saucers follow truck / lonely road / 10 minute(s) and more. Driver = former Air Force man. / USAF Tech. Intel. Center. (ATIC.)
Type: sighting
Reference: VALLEE, Jacques: PASSPORT TO MAGONIA; H. Regnery, Chicago HC 1969 & Contemporary Books,Chicago 1993. 372pp. (Index 560)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_6739

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

Extra Data: Country: “Chile”, Credibility: “7”, Duration: “12”, Elev: “2693”, HatchDesc: “MAMINA,CHILE:2 SCRS FOLO TRUCK/LONELY Rd/10min+:DRIVER=FORMER AF MAN:/Atic”, LatLong: “-20.083334 -69.233337”, LatLongDMS: “20:05:00 S 69:14:00 W”, Locale: “Mountains”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “TRP”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 23411 (1ED76CCA)

Date: 1/28/1963
Location: Shilton, UK
Description: Object on the ground with 4 windows, emitting yellow-orange light (NICAP: 02 - Close Encounters, BB: BBU)
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_2621

Event 23412 (F5721B38)

Date: 1/28/1963
Location: Mamina, Chile
Description: 2 disk-shaped objects followed truck driver (NICAP: 02 - Close Encounters, BB: BBU)
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_2622

Event 23413 (A9B71C1A)

Date: 1/28/1963
Time: 1720
Location: Shilton, Great Britain
Description: Mary Sharp and Mrs. E. L. Sharp saw an object on the ground. It had four windows, emitted a yellow-orange light, and eventually left toward Rugby.
Type: ufo sighting
Reference: Atic (Vallee)
Source: ValléeMagonia, ID: Magonia_559

Event 23414 (2DEAEDE4)

Date: 1/28/1963
Time: night
Location: Mamina, Chile
Description: A former Chilean Air Force officer, who was driving a truck, observed two disk-shaped objects that followed him for over ten min.
Type: ufo sighting
Reference: Atic (Vallee)
Source: ValléeMagonia, ID: Magonia_560

Event 23415 (F02D3AD5)

Date: 1/31/1963
Location: Ganada de Algosaray, Argentina
Description: An object was reported to have landed. The Lopez brothers found traces in the grass and evidence of intense heat. Police investigation. A whitish powder was also found at the site.
Type: ufo sighting
Reference: FSR 66, 1 (Vallee)
Source: ValléeMagonia, ID: Magonia_561

Event 23416 (A15383B9)

Date: 1/31/1963
Description: An object was reported to have landed in Ganada de Algosaray, Argentina. The Lopez brothers found traces in the grass and evidence of intense heat. There was a police investigation, during which a whitish powder was found at the landing site.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: Jacques Vallee, Passport to Magonia: A Century of Landings, case 561, citing Flying Saucer Review, January-February 1966
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_635

Event 23417 (0EAD3700)

Date: 2/1963
Description: (Translated from French) The first five A-12 pilots of the CIA (Collins, Ray, Skliar, Sullivan and Walter) arrive at Groom Lake. (February)
Reference: Peebles 1995
Reference: rr0 - Beau
Source: rr0, ID: rr0_1988

Event 23418 (8AD46096)

Date: 2/2/1963 (approximate)
Time: 12:00?
Location: NNE / ADELAIDE, SOUTH AUSTR
Description: 1+3 kids. Saucer lands near road. Small humanoid (or Grey) / breathing apparatus exits.
Type: sighting
Reference: EDWARDS, Frank: STRANGE WORLD; 1964 & Carol Paperbacks 1992. (Index 24)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_6740

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, TCH: New technical details/clues

Extra Data: Country: “Australia”, Credibility: “7”, Duration: “10”, HatchDesc: “NNE/ADELAIDE,S.AUSTR:1+3 KIDS:SCR LANDS nr ROAD:OID/BREATHING APPARATUS EXITS”, LatLong: “-34.833335 138.633340”, LatLongDMS: “34:50:00 S 138:38:00 E”, Locale: “Pasture”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “SA”, Strangeness: “8”

Event 23419 (D2635B3F)

Date: 2/5/1963
Location: WASHINGTON, DC
Description: Private pilot and newsman. Pulsing yellow night light plays with plane. / r78p193.
Type: sighting
Reference: HALL, Richard: The UFO EVIDENCE; NICAP,Washington, DC 1964. Reprinted 1997 Barnes & Noble Books ( only $7.98! ) (Index 38)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_6741

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, AIR: Observer(s) on aircraft, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, NWS: News media report, MID: Likely mis-identification, NLT: Nightlights/points of light, PRB: Probe: Possibly remote controlled, FBL: Fireball: Blazing undistinguished form/orb., NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), OBS: Observation/chasing vehicles, VEH: Vehicle affected: Marks/damage/EME effects

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “7”, Duration: “2”, Elev: “10”, HatchDesc: “WASHINGTON,DC:PVT PILOT+NEWSMAN:PULSING YLW NLT PLAYS WITH PLANE:/r78p193”, LatLong: “38.916669 -77.050004”, LatLongDMS: “38:55:00 N 77:03:00 W”, Locale: “Metropolis”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “WDC”, Strangeness: “5”

Event 23420 (198F93AC)

Date: 2/5/1963 (approximate)
Location: ASUNCION, PARAGUAY
Description: Several observer(s). UFO flies. Student sees landing / schoolyard. / USAF Tech. Intel. Center. (ATIC.)
Type: sighting
Reference: VALLEE, Jacques: PASSPORT TO MAGONIA; H. Regnery, Chicago HC 1969 & Contemporary Books,Chicago 1993. 372pp. (Index 562)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_6742

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

Extra Data: Country: “Paraguay”, Credibility: “8”, Duration: “10”, Elev: “55”, HatchDesc: “ASUNCION,PARAGUAY:SVRL OBS:UFO FLIES:STUDENT SEES LANDING/SCHOOLYARD:/Atic”, LatLong: “-25.266668 -57.666669”, LatLongDMS: “25:16:00 S 57:40:00 W”, Locale: “Metropolis”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “ASU”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 23421 (7D7085B4)

Date: 2/5/1963
Location: Ascension, Paraguay
Description: An object land on the school grounds (NICAP: 02 - Close Encounters, BB: BBU)
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_2623

Event 23422 (56B1546F)

Date: 2/5/1963
Location: Washington (near), DC
Description: Private pilot, newsman passenger, watched a pulsating yellow-white light maneuver around their plane. [UFOE, V] (NICAP: 11 - Aviation Cases)
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_2624

Event 23423 (AE46D3B1)

Date: 2/5/1963
Location: Charlottesville, VA
Description: UFO Hovers Over Missile Battery (NICAP: 11 - Aviation Cases, Code: A, Rating: 5, NC)
Reference: NICAP: 630205
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_2625

Event 23424 (012C7D90)

Date: 2/5/1963
Location: Ascension, Paraguay
Description: Approximate date. A student, Anastasio Lenven, saw an object land on the school grounds. In a different observation, several residents, including an official of the Ministry of the Interior, saw an object flying at very high speed over Ascension.
Type: ufo sighting
Reference: Atic (Vallee)
Source: ValléeMagonia, ID: Magonia_562

Event 23425 (9EA56FE4)

Date: 2/5/1963
Description: On or about this date a student, Anastasio Lenven, saw an object land on the school grounds in Asuncion, Paraguay. In a separate observation, several residents, including an official of the Ministry of the Interior, saw an object flying at very high speed over the city.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: Jacques Vallee, Passport to Magonia: A Century of Landings, case 562
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_697

Event 23426 (58E206DC)

Date: 2/6/1963
Location: Montibello, VA
Description: Very Bright Light On Horizon Seen By Pilot of C-46 (NICAP: 11 - Aviation Cases, Code: A, Rating: 5)
Reference: NICAP: 630206
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_2626

Event 23427 (F5F9C21F)

Date: 2/6/1963
Description: A 21-year-old painter name Salmaso, walking through the snowy woods outside of Padua, Italy saw a very large, round luminous UFO. Nearby stood a man wearing a garment that appeared to be made of a cellophane-like material. He took four photos before the man climbed aboard the craft and took off.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: James Moseley, Saucer News, June 1963, p. 21; CUFOS files, newspaper clipping dated February 11, 1963; David F. Webb & Ted Bloecher, HUMCAT: Catalogue of Humanoid Reports, case # A0558
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_719

Event 23428 (12ACDBF9)

Date: 2/7/1963
Time: 23:50
Location: CHARLOTTESVILLE, VA
Description: 3 / 2 planes. Saucer over missile site and more/others. 2000kts. / MJ#238+/ r242p43.
Type: sighting
Reference: UFO INVESTIGATOR: NICAP: Kensington, MD & Washington, DC [defunct]. University Microfilms, Ann Arbor, MI 48106 (Index 31)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_6743

Attributes: AIR: Observer(s) on aircraft, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, HQO: High-quality observer(s), SCR: Classic saucer/disk/sphere shaped UFO, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), OBS: Observation/chasing vehicles, NUC: Nuclear facility related, VEH: Vehicle affected: Marks/damage/EME effects, BLD: Building/man-made structure/roads/power lines

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “9”, Duration: “60”, Elev: “181”, HatchDesc: “CHARLOTTESVILLE,VA:3/2 PLANES:SCR ovr MISSILE SITE++:2000kts:/MJ#238+/r242p43”, LatLong: “38.033335 -78.483337”, LatLongDMS: “38:02:00 N 78:29:00 W”, Locale: “Metropolis”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Virginia”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 23429 (FD5C4BAA)

Date: 2/7/1963
Description: At 11:45 p.m. three people in two separate airplanes sighted a disc-shaped object over a missile site near Charlottesville, Virginia. It shot off at a speed in excess of 2000 knots.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: NICAP UFO Investigator, February 1963, p. 3; Dominique Weinstein, Aircraft UFO Encounters, p. 33; Richard Hall, The UFO Evidence, p. 43
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_733

Event 23430 (E3BC18CF)

Date: 2/8/1963
Time: 16:00:00.2
Location: 37.1489 -116.0519
Description: Nuclear test: Underground, confirmed. Country: USA Name: “Casselman” Yield: 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_302

Extra Data: LatLong: “37.1489 -116.0519”, LatLongDMS: “37:08:56 N 116:03:07 W”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, NukeCountry: “USA”, NukeDepth: “0.30”, NukeName: “Casselman”, NukeSource: “SPRINGER”, NukeType: “NUCU”, NukeY: “20”

Event 23431 (A8D5636F)

Date: 2/8/1963
Time: 16:00:01.2
Location: 37.1260 -116.0387
Description: Nuclear test: Underground, confirmed. Country: USA Name: “Hatchie” Yield: 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_303

Extra Data: LatLong: “37.1260 -116.0387”, LatLongDMS: “37:07:34 N 116:02:19 W”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, NukeCountry: “USA”, NukeDepth: “0.06”, NukeName: “Hatchie”, NukeSource: “AEC”, NukeType: “NUCU”, NukeY: “20”

Event 23432 (73A0CEF6)

Date: 2/8/1963
Time: 18:30:00.1
Location: 37.0461 -116.0211
Description: Nuclear test: Underground, confirmed. Country: USA Name: “Acushi” Yield: 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_304

Extra Data: LatLong: “37.0461 -116.0211”, LatLongDMS: “37:02:46 N 116:01:16 W”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, NukeCountry: “USA”, NukeDepth: “0.26”, NukeName: “Acushi”, NukeSource: “SPRINGER”, NukeType: “NUCU”, NukeY: “20”

Event 23433 (25C21C29)

Date: 2/8/1963
Time: 18:30:00.1
Location: 37.0583 -116.0293
Description: Nuclear test: Underground, confirmed. Country: USA Name: “Ferret” Yield: 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_305

Extra Data: LatLong: “37.0583 -116.0293”, LatLongDMS: “37:03:30 N 116:01:45 W”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, NukeCountry: “USA”, NukeDepth: “0.33”, NukeName: “Ferret”, NukeSource: “AEC”, NukeType: “NUCU”, NukeY: “20”

Event 23434 (A01D33EE)

Date: 2/11/1963
Description: The CIA establishes a Domestic Operations Division for its clandestine services, conducted within the US against “foreign targets.”
Reference: Eberhart
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_3693

Event 23435 (16A4B4E3)

Date: 2/15/1963
Time: 07:10
Location: WILLOW GROVE, AUSTR
Description: 8M domed saucer / farm. Spins. Going quickly west. Cows frantic. / MJ#238+/ FSRv20#4.
Type: sighting
Reference: The APRO BULLETIN: Monthly. Jim & Coral Lorenzen: Tucson,AZ (USA. defunct) By volume and number. (Index 765)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_6744

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, NWS: News media report, SCR: Classic saucer/disk/sphere shaped UFO, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), ANI: Animals affected or injuries/marks, HUM: Humans affected: Injury/burns/marks/abduction/death, TCH: New technical details/clues

Extra Data: Country: “Australia”, Credibility: “7”, Duration: “2”, HatchDesc: “WILLOW GROVE,AUSTR:8M DOMED SCR/FARM:SPINS:>>W:COWS FRANTIC:/MJ#238+/FSRv20#4”, LatLong: “-38.088891 146.322229”, LatLongDMS: “38:05:20 S 146:19:20 E”, Locale: “Farmlands”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Victoria”, Strangeness: “7”

Event 23436 (BE05F5B9)

Date: 2/15/1963
Location: Willow Grove, AU
Description: 25 ft blue and battleship-gray metallic object, 9-10 ft high (NICAP: 04 - Animal Reactions, BB: BBU)
Reference: NICAP: 630215
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_2627

Event 23437 (5EBD8E20)

Date: 2/15/1963
Time: 0710
Location: Willow Grove, Australia
Description: A civilian observed an object arriving from the east. It stopped at 15 m altitude over his farmhouse. The object made a swishing sound, and measured about 8 m in diameter, 3 m in height. The underside was spinning in a counterclockwise direction, had a blue color and no light. It took off faster than a jet, after hovering about five sec. The witness suffered from a strong headache all day.
Type: ufo sighting
Reference: Atic (Vallee)
Source: ValléeMagonia, ID: Magonia_563

Event 23438 (8C2BA907)

Date: 2/15/1963
Time: 17:00:00.1
Location: 37.0490 -116.0318
Description: Nuclear test: Underground, confirmed. Country: USA Name: “Chipmunk” Yield: 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_306

Extra Data: LatLong: “37.0490 -116.0318”, LatLongDMS: “37:02:56 N 116:01:54 W”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, NukeCountry: “USA”, NukeDepth: “0.06”, NukeName: “Chipmunk”, NukeSource: “AEC”, NukeType: “NUCU”, NukeY: “20”

Event 23439 (98D75435)

Date: 2/15/1963
Location: Moe, Victoria, Australia
Description: 7:10 a.m. Farmer Charles Brew and his son Trevor are in a shed, milking a herd of cows near Moe, Victoria, Australia. Charles sees an object descend very steeply out of the east from a low cloud, at about a 45° angle. The UFO is about 25 feet in diameter, and about 9–10 feet high. The lower portion, about 3 feet high, is rotating in an anticlockwise direction and is bluish. The upper portion appears to be stationary, battleship-gray in color, with a transparent dome on top. Protruding out of the dome is something resembling a broom handle. A sound, described as swishing or burbling, is heard by both Charles and Trevor.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: NICAP, “Rotating Object and Animal Reaction”; Bill Chalker, “Tully Saucer Nests of 1966, Part Two,” IUR 23, no. 1 (Spring 1998): 15–16; Sparks, p. 293; Swords 388–390
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_3694

Event 23440 (9CF74474)

Date: 2/15/1963
Description: A metallic domed disc with a transparent dome and aerial and a concave bottom hovered 30 meters above the ground at a farm in Moe, Victoria, Australia. It was about eight meters in diameter, and gave off a bluish glow as it emitted a swishing noise. Horses and cattle on the farm panicked and fled. It climbed into the sky at a 45 degree angle going off toward the west and into the clouds.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: Michael Hervey, UFOs Over the Southern Hemisphere, p. 117; Keith Basterfield, UFO Research Australia Newsletter, March 1982, p. 24; James Holledge, Flying Saucers over Australia, p. 86
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_923

Event 23441 (35BAB55F)

Date: 2/18/1963
Time: ~09:00
Location: MAIDEN, NC
Description: Flat metallic objects hover. Then make dogfight maneuvers. Lengthy display. see reference.
Type: sighting
Reference: VALLEE, Jacques: UFO’S IN SPACE - Anatomy of a Phenomenon; Henry Regnery 1966 & Ballentine PB 1974 294pp. (Index 219)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_6745

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

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “8”, Duration: “30”, Elev: “274”, HatchDesc: “MAIDEN,NC:FLAT MTLC OBJS HVR:THEN MAKE DOGFIGHT MNVRS:lengthy display. see ref”, LatLong: “35.566668 -81.216671”, LatLongDMS: “35:34:00 N 81:13:00 W”, Locale: “Farmlands”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “North Carolina”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 23442 (F3949739)

Date: 2/18/1963
Description: On this morning in Maiden, North Carolina flat metallic disc-shaped objects hovered, then engaged in maneuvers for a lengthy display.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: Project Blue Book files counted in official statistics
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_980

Event 23443 (89F311DA)

Date: 2/20/1963
Time: 17:30
Location: LECCE, ITL
Description: 3M domed saucer offloads “particle”. Stops spin. Rises. Going quickly northeast. / Momento Sera.
Type: sighting
Reference: VALLEE, Jacques: PASSPORT TO MAGONIA; H. Regnery, Chicago HC 1969 & Contemporary Books,Chicago 1993. 372pp. (Index 564)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_6746

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CST: Observer(s) in coastal area/just offshore, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, NWS: News media report, SCR: Classic saucer/disk/sphere shaped UFO, NLT: Nightlights/points of light, PRB: Probe: Possibly remote controlled, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), LND: UFO landing or any part touches ground, TCH: New technical details/clues

Extra Data: Country: “Italy”, Credibility: “6”, Duration: “3”, HatchDesc: “LECCE,ITL:3M DOMED SCR OFFLOADS “PARTICLE”:STOPS SPIN:RISES:>>NE:/Momento Sera”, LatLong: “40.366669 18.166668”, LatLongDMS: “40:22:00 N 18:10:00 E”, Locale: “Coastlands”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “APL”, Strangeness: “7”

Event 23444 (072E5474)

Date: 2/20/1963
Time: 1730
Location: Lecce, Italy
Description: A young man saw from a window ,a slowly spinning object, almost stationary, 500 m away. It appeared as a disk having a central upper dome, with a total diameter of 3 m. The object had a brilliant yellow red halo, but its dome was much more brilliant. The witness observed it through binoculars, reported seeing a “particle” leave the object, after which it stopped spinning, gained altitude with a vertical shifting, and left toward the northeast.
Type: ufo sighting
Reference: 144 (Vallee)
Source: ValléeMagonia, ID: Magonia_564

Event 23445 (B61BC7DE)

Date: 2/21/1963
Time: 22:00?
Location: TRENTON, NJ
Description: Teen. Blob / light 200M away. Splits going [to] 2 saucers! Both away silently. No further details.
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_6747

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

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “5”, Duration: “2”, Elev: “17”, HatchDesc: “TRENTON,NJ:TEEN:BLOB/LIGHT 200M away:SPLITS > 2 SCRS!:both away SILENTLY:NFD”, LatLong: “40.200002 -74.733337”, LatLongDMS: “40:12:00 N 74:44:00 W”, Locale: “Town & City”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “New Jersey”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 23446 (1F0AB70F)

Date: 2/21/1963
Time: 0230
Location: Belgrade, Montana
Description: A strange globe of fire hit a car driven by a civilian man. Several people called authorities to report that they had been awakened by a peculiar object.
Type: ufo sighting
Reference: Atic (Vallee)
Source: ValléeMagonia, ID: Magonia_565

Event 23447 (C019AA95)

Date: 2/21/1963
Time: 19:47:00.1
Location: 37.1203 -116.0457
Description: Nuclear test: Underground, confirmed. Country: USA Name: “Kaweah” Yield: 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_307

Extra Data: LatLong: “37.1203 -116.0457”, LatLongDMS: “37:07:13 N 116:02:45 W”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, NukeCountry: “USA”, NukeDepth: “0.23”, NukeName: “Kaweah”, NukeSource: “SPRINGER”, NukeType: “NUCU”, NukeY: “20”

Event 23448 (F04BE87D)

Date: 2/21/1963
Time: 19:47:08.6
Location: 37.1548 -116.0799
Description: Nuclear test: Underground, confirmed. Country: USA Name: “Carmel” Yield: 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_308

Extra Data: LatLong: “37.1548 -116.0799”, LatLongDMS: “37:09:17 N 116:04:48 W”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, NukeCountry: “USA”, NukeDepth: “0.16”, NukeName: “Carmel”, NukeSource: “SPRINGER”, NukeType: “NUCU”, NukeY: “20”

Event 23449 (D7D4CD96)

Date: 2/22/1963
Time: 02:00?
Location: CRYSTAL LAKE, MT
Description: Domed saucer lands / frozen lake. Door opens / 10 min and shuts. / MJ#238.
Type: sighting
Reference: VALLEE, Jacques: PASSPORT TO MAGONIA; H. Regnery, Chicago HC 1969 & Contemporary Books,Chicago 1993. 372pp. (Index 566)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_6748

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

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “6”, Duration: “12”, Elev: “1832”, HatchDesc: “CRYSTAL LAKE,MT:DOMED SCR LANDS/FROZEN LAKE:DOOR OPENS/10MIN+SHUTS:/MJ#238”, LatLong: “46.822224 -109.505561”, LatLongDMS: “46:49:20 N 109:30:20 W”, Locale: “Mountains”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Montana”, Strangeness: “7”

Event 23450 (04CD1278)

Date: 2/22/1963
Time: 02:30
Location: BELGRADE, MT
Description: Odd fireball shakes car. Several waken oddly. Many phones ring. / MJ#238.
Type: sighting
Reference: VALLEE, Jacques: PASSPORT TO MAGONIA; H. Regnery, Chicago HC 1969 & Contemporary Books,Chicago 1993. 372pp. (Index 565)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_6749

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, HQO: High-quality observer(s), WAV: Wave/cluster/flap, FBL: Fireball: Blazing undistinguished form/orb., NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), VEH: Vehicle affected: Marks/damage/EME effects, EME: Electro-Magnetic Effects, TRC: Physical traces

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “9”, Duration: “10”, Elev: “1358”, HatchDesc: “BELGRADE,MT:ODD FBL SHAKES CAR:SVRL WAKEN ODDLY:MANY PHONES RING:/MJ#238”, LatLong: “45.777780 -111.177783”, LatLongDMS: “45:46:40 N 111:10:40 W”, Locale: “Mountains”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Montana”, Strangeness: “5”

Event 23451 (BF87C9F0)

Date: 2/22/1963
Description: A domed disc-shaped object landed on the frozen surface of Crystal Lake in Fergus County, Montana at 2 a.m. A door on the craft opened for 10 minutes, then shut. Half an hour later a fiery ball flew over Belgrade, Montana causing electrical power failures.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: (1) Larry Hatch, U computer database, case 6303, citing MUFON UFO Journal, issue #328; (2) Orbit, January 1963, p. 23
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_1045

Event 23452 (5796B51F)

Date: 2/23/1963
Time: 21:50
Location: HIGHCLIFFE, DORSET
Description: Several small objects emerge / oval plasma-cloud & going quickly south toward(s) France.
Type: sighting
Reference: VALLEE, Jacques: UFO’S IN SPACE - Anatomy of a Phenomenon; Henry Regnery 1966 & Ballentine PB 1974 294pp. (Index 212)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_6750

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CST: Observer(s) in coastal area/just offshore, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, SCR: Classic saucer/disk/sphere shaped UFO, CIG: Torpedo/cigar/cylinder shaped UFO, PRB: Probe: Possibly remote controlled, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), OBS: Observation/chasing vehicles, TCH: New technical details/clues, CMF: Camouflage/disguise

Extra Data: Country: “Great Britain and Ireland”, Credibility: “8”, Duration: “10”, HatchDesc: “HIGHCLIFFE,DORSET:SVRL SML OBJS EMERGE/OVAL PLASMA-CLOUD & >>S TWRD FRANCE.”, LatLong: “50.744447 -1.700000”, LatLongDMS: “50:44:40 N 01:42:00 W”, Locale: “Farmlands”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “England”, Strangeness: “7”

Event 23453 (AD72759C)

Date: 2/23/1963
Locations: Highcliffe, Dorset, England; English Channel
Description: 9:45 p.m. An oval object is seen in the sky above Highcliffe, Dorset, England. Emerald-green in color and surrounded by a glow, it hangs in the sky for 10 minutes before witnesses see two smaller objects emerge from it. These fly away and disappear over the English Channel.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Herbert S. Taylor, “Satellite Objects and Cloud Cigars,” IUR 29, no. 1 (Spring 2004): 10
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_3695

Event 23454 (6782F5D7)

Date: 2/24/1963
Time: 01:00
Location: INVERCARGILL, NZ
Description: Several observer(s). Blue-glowing silver ovoid whines / hums. 1 observer chases / car.
Type: sighting
Reference: The APRO BULLETIN: Monthly. Jim & Coral Lorenzen: Tucson,AZ (USA. defunct) By volume and number. (Index 765)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_6751

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

Extra Data: Country: “New Zealand”, Credibility: “8”, Duration: “2”, HatchDesc: “INVERCARGILL,NZ:SVRL.OBS:BLU-GLOW.SLVR OVOID WHINES/HUMS:1 OBS CHASES/CAR”, LatLong: “-46.383336 168.466675”, LatLongDMS: “46:23:00 S 168:28:00 E”, Locale: “Coastlands”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “SI”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 23455 (61091E96)

Date: 2/24/1963
Description: A luminous bluish-silver colored ovoid UFO was seen over Invercargill, New Zealand at 1:00 a.m., making a whine and humming sounds. One witness attempted to chase the object in a car.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: APRO Bulletin, September-October 1963, p. 6
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_1080

Event 23456 (25444736)

Date: 2/27/1963
Time: 12:00?
Location: MODESTO, CA
Description: 7 observer(s). 100’ crescent with portholes hovers. Drops going [to] 1K’ altitude. Bright beam going down / 15 second(s).
Type: sighting
Reference: VALLEE, Jacques: UFO’S IN SPACE - Anatomy of a Phenomenon; Henry Regnery 1966 & Ballentine PB 1974 294pp. (Index 219)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_6752

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

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “9”, Duration: “5”, Elev: “28”, HatchDesc: “MODESTO,CA:7 OBS:100’CRESCENT W/PORTHOLES HVRS:DROPS>1K’ALT:BRITE BEAM↓/15sec”, LatLong: “37.633335 -121.000006”, LatLongDMS: “37:38:00 N 121:00:00 W”, Locale: “Farmlands”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “California”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 23457 (925C779A)

Date: 2/27/1963
Description: Two bluish-green oval lights were seen oscillating in tandem over Braybrook, Victoria, Australia.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: Michael Hervey, UFOs Over the Southern Hemisphere, p. 117
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_1152

Event 23458 (1EDA8170)

Date: 2/28/1963
Location: Arctic Ocean, At Sea
Description: Object Tracked on Royal Navy RADAR & SONAR (NICAP: 09 - RADAR Cases, Code: R, Rating: 5)
Reference: NICAP: 630228
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_2628

Event 23459 (9BDF26EB)

Date: 3/1963
Description: (Translated from French) Professor Roger Jennison (Department of Electronics at the University of Kent) is flying late at night from New York to Washington. The plane enters a storm and at one point the aircraft is enveloped by a bright and audible electrical discharge. A few seconds later a glowing sphere of about 20 cm in diameter emerges from the cockpit and travels down the aisle of the aircraft to approximately 50 cm from Jennison. The ball moves in a straight trajectory along the length of the aisle at 75 cm above the floor and at a relative speed to the aircraft of about 1.5 m/s. It is blue-white in color and its apparent brightness is estimated to be about 5 to 10 W. No heat is felt when it passes close by and the limb darkening (like that of the Sun) gives it an almost solid appearance, indicating that it is optically opaque. No asymmetry is observed in any dimension so it is impossible to determine whether it is rotating or not. (March)
Reference: Nature, November 1969 < AA&ES Magazine, June 1996
Reference: rr0 - Beau
Source: rr0, ID: rr0_1989

Event 23460 (1D3AB405)

Date: 3/1963
Description: Austrian ufologist Luis Schoenherr offers a paranormal explanation for UFOs, saying that they either emanate from an unobservable fourth dimension or are time machines.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Luis Schoenherr, “UFOs and the Fourth Dimension,” Flying Saucer Review 9, no. 2 (March/April 1963): 10–12; Luis Schoenherr, “UFOs and the Fourth Dimension, Part 2,” Flying Saucer Review 10, no. 1 (Jan./Feb. 1964): 16–20, 23
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_3696

Event 23461 (274D0279)

Date: 3/1/1963
Time: 19:00:00.1
Location: 37.0445 -116.0265
Description: Nuclear test: Underground, confirmed. Country: USA Name: “Jerboa” Yield: 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_309

Extra Data: LatLong: “37.0445 -116.0265”, LatLongDMS: “37:02:40 N 116:01:35 W”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, NukeCountry: “USA”, NukeDepth: “0.30”, NukeName: “Jerboa”, NukeSource: “AEC”, NukeType: “NUCU”, NukeY: “20”

Event 23462 (B745595F)

Date: 3/1/1963
Description: On this day a photo of a flying saucer was taken over the Diet Building, Tokyo, Japan by a Mr. Hagiwara.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: Yusuke J. Matsumura, Flying Saucers magazine, October 1965, p. 67
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_1202

Event 23463 (0D72070E)

Date: 3/3/1963
Description: The Hills are invited by their Unitarian church to discuss their UFO experience. They speak about it for the first time publicly.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Clark III 584
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_3697

Event 23464 (D008B0BA)

Date: 3/6/1963
Location: Louisiana, Arkansas, Texas, various
Description: (McDonald list) Bright Flash & Radar Track in 3 States (NICAP: 09 - RADAR Cases, Code: R, Rating: 5, BB: BBU)
Reference: NICAP: 630306
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_2629

Event 23465 (F5AD64AC)

Date: 3/9/1963
Time: 13:00?
Location: WITWATERSRAND, RSA
Description: Many observer(s). Huge cylinder/cylindrical object west going quickly east by planes. Trails smoke turns up slow.
Type: sighting
Reference: UFO AFRINEWS; Twice annually. Cynthia Hind, editor; PO Box MP 49, Mount Pleasant, Harare, Zimbabwe. (Index 8)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_6753

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: “Republic of South Africa”, Credibility: “10”, Duration: “10”, HatchDesc: “WITWATERSRAND,RSA:MANY OBS:HUGE CYL W>>E by PLANES:TRAILS SMOKE TURNS UP SLOW”, LatLong: “-26.216668 28.033335”, LatLongDMS: “26:13:00 S 28:02:00 E”, Locale: “Residential”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “TRV”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 23466 (B622D08E)

Date: 3/9/1963
Location: Crystal Lake, Montana
Description: Amos Biggs observed a silver, saucer-shaped craft, with an oval dome, which landed on the frozen lake for 10 min. A “door” was opened and then shut, and the craft took off with a buzzing sound.
Type: ufo sighting
Reference: FS Jul., 64 (Vallee)
Source: ValléeMagonia, ID: Magonia_566

Event 23467 (C078E6B9)

Date: 3/9/1963
Description: A silver, disc-shaped craft with an oval dome landed on a frozen lake in Crystal Lake, Montana for 10 minutes. A door in the object opened and then shut. The craft took off with a buzzing sound.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: George Fawcett, Flying Saucers magazine, June 1964, p. 56
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_1392

Event 23468 (AD184CE0)

Date: 3/11/1963
Time: 20:00
Location: WINDWARD, OAHU, HI
Description: Hundreds / land and air. Vibrant bright crescent going west / high altitude. Going down [to] slow to sea. / r44p41.
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_6754

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CST: Observer(s) in coastal area/just offshore, SEA: Observer(s) at sea, AIR: Observer(s) on aircraft, MIL: Observer(s) military, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, HQO: High-quality observer(s), SCR: Classic saucer/disk/sphere shaped UFO, NLT: Nightlights/points of light, SUB: Submersible: Rises from or submerges into water, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), OBS: Observation/chasing vehicles, RAY: Odd light/searchlight/beam/laser-like, LND: UFO landing or any part touches ground

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “12”, Duration: “10”, Elev: “6”, HatchDesc: “WINDWARD,OAHU,HI:100s/LAND+AIR:VBRITE CRESCENT >W/HI ALT:↓ SLOW to SEA:/r44p41”, LatLong: “21.416668 -157.800008”, LatLongDMS: “21:25:00 N 157:48:00 W”, Locale: “Offshore”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Hawaii”, Strangeness: “4”

Event 23469 (8A67357A)

Date: 3/11/1963
Location: Oahu, HI
Description: Brilliant light headed west and leaving a trail observed by many people just after 8:00 p.m. Two National Guard pilots flying jets about 40 miles west of Honolulu reported UFO was “much higher” than their altitude of 40,000 feet and moving “very fast.” (NICAP: 11 - Aviation Cases)
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_2630

Event 23470 (1F6F52A7)

Date: 3/11/1963
Description: At 8:00 p.m. two military witnesses in the Air National Guard, Parish and Joy, were flying over the Pacific Ocean near Oahu Island, Hawaii when they spotted a very bright, crescent-shaped UFO flying at high altitude. The object flew off to the west.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: APRO Bulletin, January-February 1964, p. 5; Dominique Weinstein, Aircraft UFO Encounters, p. 33
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_1423

Event 23471 (45F9D4C3)

Date: 3/12/1963
Time: 05:30
Location: YERUA’, ARG
Description: 2 observer(s) photograph luminous object rising / forest reserve / heavy rain. / r8#567.
Type: sighting
Reference: FSR CASE HISTORIES. Bimonthly/London. Supplements 2 - 18 (final issue) (Index 12)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_6755

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), LND: UFO landing or any part touches ground, PHT: Photos/movies/videos taken

Extra Data: Country: “Argentina”, Credibility: “7”, Duration: “2”, Elev: “46”, HatchDesc: “YERUA’,ARG:2 OBS FOTO LUMn.OBJ RISING/FOREST RESERVE/HEAVY RAIN:/r8#567”, LatLong: “-31.455557 -58.277781”, LatLongDMS: “31:27:20 S 58:16:40 W”, Locale: “Rainforest”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “ENT”, Strangeness: “8”

Event 23472 (92BA92A1)

Date: 3/12/1963
Location: Paine, Chile
Description: Members of the Santiago NICAP Subcommittee observed a pulsating luminous white sphere about 7:50 p.m. The UFO moved from north to south, disappearing in the distance after about a minute. (NICAP: 01 - Distant Encounters)
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_2631

Event 23473 (1E1A052B)

Date: 3/12/1963
Time: 0532
Location: Colonia Yerua, Argentina
Description: After an intense rainfall Pablo Michalowski and Roberto Jorge Martinez observed and photographed a luminous object that rose from a forest preserve about 2 km from Colonia Yerua.
Type: ufo sighting
Reference: CODOVNI 1963 (Vallee)
Source: ValléeMagonia, ID: Magonia_567

Event 23474 (9160D66F)

Date: 3/13/1963
Location: PACIFIC 176° 41W-04° 35N
Description: Project Bluebook Case #unknown. Military observer(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 70)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_6756

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: “Pacific Ocean and non - Asian islands”, Credibility: “7”, Duration: “1”, Elev: “0”, HatchDesc: “PACIFIC 176°41W-04°35N:BBK#UNKN:MIL OBS:NFD AT ALL”, LatLong: “4.583334 -176.683342”, LatLongDMS: “04:35:00 N 176:41:00 W”, Locale: “High Seas”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “EQP”, Strangeness: “5”

Event 23475 (D0BC180E)

Date: 3/13/1963
Time: 22:30
Location: RICHARDS BAY, SOUTH AFR
Description: 3M saucer hits sand. Several lit portholes. Man with helmet. / FSR’63#5.
Type: sighting
Reference: VALLEE, Jacques: PASSPORT TO MAGONIA; H. Regnery, Chicago HC 1969 & Contemporary Books,Chicago 1993. 372pp. (Index 568)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_6757

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, DRT: Dirt/soil traces/marks/footprints etc., LND: UFO landing or any part touches ground, EME: Electro-Magnetic Effects

Extra Data: Country: “Republic of South Africa”, Credibility: “6”, Duration: “8”, Elev: “1”, HatchDesc: “RICHARDS BAY,S AFR:3M SCR HITS SAND:SVRL LIT PORTHOLES:MAN W/HELMET:/FSR’63#5”, LatLong: “-28.855557 32.033335”, LatLongDMS: “28:51:20 S 32:02:00 E”, Locale: “Coastlands”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “NAT”, Strangeness: “10”

Event 23476 (254680AB)

Date: 3/13/1963
Time: 2230
Location: Richards Bay, South Africa
Description: Fred White was fishing when he heard a high-pitched whine coming from the east and saw an object come in his direction and land 15 m away, scattering sand. It was at least 30 m in diameter, and was shaped like two plates glued together. Through several oval portholes he could see light inside. A man with a fair complexion, wearing a metallic helmet, looked at the witness. He wore a sky-blue, one-piece coverall with no visible buttons or fasteners, and gloves made of shiny mesh. Warm air was felt as the craft took off about six min later, and radio interference was noted.
Type: ufo sighting
Reference: FSR 63, 5 (Vallee)
Source: ValléeMagonia, ID: Magonia_568

Event 23477 (8C52E2CD)

Date: 3/13/1963
Description: Fred White was fishing in Richards Bay, South Africa at 10:30 p.m. when he heard a high-pitched whine coming from the east and saw an object come in his direction and land 15 meters away, scattering sand. It was at least 30 meters in diameter, and was shaped like two plates glued together. Through several oval portholes he could see light inside. A man with a fair complexion, wearing a metallic helmet, was looked at him through one of the portholes. He wore a sky-blue, one-piece coverall with no visible buttons or fasteners, and gloves made of shiny mesh. Warm air was felt as the craft took off about six minutes later, and radio interference was noted.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: Jacques Vallee, Passport to Magonia: A Century of Landings, case 568
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_1451

Event 23478 (F77A5198)

Date: 3/15/1963
Location: USS DURANT / PACIFIC 168° 19W-03° 45S
Description: Project Bluebook Case #unknown. Navy ship observer(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 70)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_6758

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: “Pacific Ocean and non - Asian islands”, Credibility: “6”, Duration: “1”, Elev: “0”, HatchDesc: “USS DURANT/PACIFIC 168°19W-03°45S:BBK#UNKN:NAVY SHIP OBS:NFD AT ALL”, LatLong: “-3.750000 -168.316675”, LatLongDMS: “03:45:00 S 168:19:00 W”, Locale: “High Seas”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “EQP”, Strangeness: “4”

Event 23479 (0B38F511)

Date: 3/15/1963
Time: 16:22:53.1
Location: 37.1258 -116.0448
Description: Nuclear test: Underground, confirmed. Country: USA Name: “Toyah” Yield: 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_310

Extra Data: LatLong: “37.1258 -116.0448”, LatLongDMS: “37:07:33 N 116:02:41 W”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, NukeCountry: “USA”, NukeDepth: “0.13”, NukeName: “Toyah”, NukeSource: “AEC”, NukeType: “NUCU”, NukeY: “20”

Event 23480 (170F33C7)

Date: 3/18/1963
Time: 20:30
Location: GREEK SHIP CREW
Description: Bright white moon-size fireball going quickly east / 1 minute(s). Leaves bright-white contrail.
Type: sighting
Reference: The APRO BULLETIN: Monthly. Jim & Coral Lorenzen: Tucson,AZ (USA. defunct) By volume and number. (Index 765)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_6759

Attributes: SEA: Observer(s) at sea, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, HQO: High-quality observer(s), FBL: Fireball: Blazing undistinguished form/orb., NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s)

Extra Data: Country: “Indian Ocean + islands”, Credibility: “8”, Duration: “1”, Elev: “0”, HatchDesc: “GREEK SHIP CREW:BRITE WHT MOONSIZE FBL >>E/1min:LEAVES BRITE-WHT CONTRAIL”, LatLong: “16.816667 63.683336”, LatLongDMS: “16:49:00 N 63:41:00 E”, Locale: “High Seas”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “ARB”, Strangeness: “4”

Event 23481 (491DB145)

Date: 3/18/1963
Location: Cape Canaveral, FL
Description: Minuteman Veers Off Course (NICAP: 01 - Distant Encounters)
Reference: NICAP: 630318
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_2632

Event 23482 (808DB1AF)

Date: 3/18/1963
Time: 10:02:00.4
Location: 24.0413 5.0521
Description: Nuclear test: Underground. Country: France Name: “emeraude” 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_1843

Extra Data: LatLong: “24.0413 5.0521”, LatLongDMS: “24:02:29 N 05:03:08 E”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, NukeCountry: “France”, NukeDepth: “0.00”, NukeMb: “4.86”, NukeName: “emeraude”, NukeSource: “BOLT”, NukeType: “U”, NukeY: “0”, NukeYMax: “20”

Event 23483 (7CD4D7C5)

Date: 3/18/1963
Description: In 1963 a UFO was seen from Cape Canaveral, Florida as a Minuteman missile malfunctioned and veered off course. On that same night, at 8:30 p.m., the crew of a Greek ship, the “Hellenic Laurel”, watched a bright white fireball shoot to the east for one minute. It was described as the apparent size of the Moon, and it left a bright white contrail.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: NICAP Investigator, March-April 1963, p. 4; APRO Bulletin, September-October 1963, p. 6
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_1548

Event 23484 (5F40B4E3)

Date: 3/22/1963
Time: 15:40
Location: RICHARDSON, TX
Description: 1 observer. 2 dull-white ovoids going quickly east fast. 2 more going quickly west. 1 turns going quickly north.
Type: sighting
Reference: The APRO BULLETIN: Monthly. Jim & Coral Lorenzen: Tucson,AZ (USA. defunct) By volume and number. (Index 767)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_6760

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

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “6”, Duration: “2”, Elev: “196”, HatchDesc: “RICHARDSON,TX:1 OBS:2 DULL-WHITE OVOIDS >>E FAST:2 MORE >>W:1 TURNS >>N”, LatLong: “32.950002 -96.727782”, LatLongDMS: “32:57:00 N 96:43:40 W”, Locale: “Residential”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Texas”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 23485 (27F389A0)

Date: 3/29/1963
Time: 15:49:00.1
Location: 37.0417 -116.0184
Description: Nuclear test: Underground, confirmed. Country: USA Name: “Gerbil” Yield: 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_311

Extra Data: LatLong: “37.0417 -116.0184”, LatLongDMS: “37:02:30 N 116:01:06 W”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, NukeCountry: “USA”, NukeDepth: “0.28”, NukeName: “Gerbil”, NukeSource: “SPRINGER”, NukeType: “NUCU”, NukeY: “20”

Event 23486 (671D9A24)

Date: 3/30/1963
Time: 09:59:00.3
Location: 24.0433 5.0570
Description: Nuclear test: Underground. Country: France Name: “amethyste” 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_1844

Extra Data: LatLong: “24.0433 5.0570”, LatLongDMS: “24:02:36 N 05:03:25 E”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, NukeCountry: “France”, NukeDepth: “0.00”, NukeName: “amethyste”, NukeSource: “BOLT”, NukeType: “U”, NukeY: “0”, NukeYMax: “20”

Event 23487 (B9FBED7C)

Date: 4/1963
Description: (Translated from French) Joseph Hynek writes in Yale Scientific Magazine: The average witness is above average, honest and serious. No truly scientific examination of the UFO phenomenon has been undertaken despite the enormous volume of raw data.
Reference: rr0 - Beau
Source: rr0, ID: rr0_1990

Event 23488 (49243399)

Date: 4/1963
Description: (Translated from French) Major Hector Quintanilla succeeds Major Robert J. Friend as head of the Blue Book project.
Reference: rr0 - Beau
Source: rr0, ID: rr0_1991

Event 23489 (D89F85E6)

Date: 4/1963
Location: CLANWILLIAM AND BOSKLOOF, RSA
Description: Big wave going [to] May. Night lights. Figure(s). Animals terrified. / Flying Saucer Review (FSR) v16#5.
Type: sighting
Reference: TRENCH, Brinsley Le Poer: MYSTERIOUS VISITORS - the UFO Story; Stein & Day, NY 1971-73 (Index 81)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_6761

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, HQO: High-quality observer(s), NWS: News media report, ODD: Atypical/Forteana/paranormal, WAV: Wave/cluster/flap, SCR: Classic saucer/disk/sphere shaped UFO, NLT: Nightlights/points of light, FIG: Undefined or poorly seen figure/entity, ANI: Animals affected or injuries/marks, HUM: Humans affected: Injury/burns/marks/abduction/death, TCH: New technical details/clues

Extra Data: Country: “Republic of South Africa”, Credibility: “10”, Duration: “159”, HatchDesc: “CLANWILLIAM+BOSKLOOF,RSA:BIG WAVE>MAY:NLTS:FIGs:ANIMALS TERRIFIED:/FSR v16#5”, LatLong: “-32.166668 18.866668”, LatLongDMS: “32:10:00 S 18:52:00 E”, Locale: “Farmlands”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “CAP”, Strangeness: “8”

Event 23490 (628060AE)

Date: 4/1963 (approximate)
Time: 07:50
Location: US40 EAST / ROOSEVELT, UT
Description: Observer(s) via rifle-scope. Saucer hovers. Face in window on dome. No further details.
Type: sighting
Reference: SALISBURY, Frank: The UTAH UFO DISPLAY – a Biologist Reports; 1974 Devin Adair, New Greenwich,CT. HB 286pp. ISBN 0-815-97000-5 (Index 240)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_6762

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, SCR: Classic saucer/disk/sphere shaped UFO, FIG: Undefined or poorly seen figure/entity

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “6”, Duration: “15”, Elev: “1580”, HatchDesc: “US40 E/ROOSEVELT,UT:OBS via RIFLE-SCOPE:SCR HVRS:FACE in WINDOW on DOME:NFD”, LatLong: “40.300002 -109.950005”, LatLongDMS: “40:18:00 N 109:57:00 W”, Locale: “Pasture”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Utah”, Strangeness: “8”

Event 23491 (A33752ED)

Date: 4/1963
Time: 14:00
Location: HAMAGUIR PRV.GNDS, ALGERIA
Description: Black disk filmed. Hovers / 3000M altitude / 5 minute(s). Away / 62 Gs!
Type: sighting
Reference: BOURRET, Jean-Claude: Le NOUVEAU DEFI des OVNI. Editions France Loisirs, Paris. 1976 ISBN 2-7242-0104-3 395pp. (Index 21)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_6763

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

Extra Data: Country: “Algeria”, Credibility: “11”, Duration: “5”, HatchDesc: “HAMAGUIR Prv.Gnds,ALGERIA:BLK DISK FILMED:HVRS/3000M alt/5min:AWAY/62 Gs!”, LatLong: “30.916668 -3.116667”, LatLongDMS: “30:55:00 N 03:07:00 W”, Locale: “Desert”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Bechar”, Strangeness: “7”

Event 23492 (B3DF95A5)

Date: 4/1963
Time: 20:00
Location: YANGTZE AND HANSHUI RIVER, CH
Description: Several observer(s). Black spot shoots thin rays. Starts and stops. Going south. Going quickly east.
Type: sighting
Reference: DONG, Paul: UFO’s Over MODERN CHINA. 1983 UFO Photo Archives; P. O. Box 17206; Tucson, AZ 85710. (Index 43)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_6764

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

Extra Data: Country: “China”, Credibility: “9”, Duration: “5”, HatchDesc: “YANGTZE+HANSHUI Rvr,CH:SVRL OBS:BLK SPOT SHOOTS THIN RAYS:STARTS+STOPS:> S:>>E”, LatLong: “30.500001 113.000005”, LatLongDMS: “30:30:00 N 113:00:00 E”, Locale: “Residential”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “HUB”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 23493 (20BAA1EB)

Date: 4/1963
Description: An article by J. Allen Hynek appears in the Yale Scientific Magazine.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: J. Allen Hynek, “Flying Saucers I Have Known,” Yale Scientific Magazine 37 (April 1963): 6–9; Loren E. Gross, The Fifth Horseman of the Apocalypse: UFOs, a History: January–June 1963, The Author, 2005, pp. 42–62
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_3698

Event 23494 (11BB5F56)

Date: 4/1/1963
Description: At 3:30 p.m. Mr. A. Mostaccieli in Chileno Valley, California reported seeing cattle panic and run when several small beings got out of a disc-shaped UFO. They caught a calf and took it on board the craft, then collected some plants. He also reported a scorched area 10 meters wide. The local sheriff considered the report a practical joke.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: Petaluma Argus Courier, April 1, 1966; John A. Keel, Operation Trojan Horse, p. 165; John Wallace Spencer, UFO Yearbook, p. 102
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_1782

Event 23495 (FA1A6D67)

Date: 4/3/1963
Time: 21:00
Location: HAWAII TO/FROM LOS ANGELES
Description: Steamship Kungsholm. Odd cloud going quickly west. Breaks / concentric rings and night lights.
Type: sighting
Reference: The APRO BULLETIN: Monthly. Jim & Coral Lorenzen: Tucson,AZ (USA. defunct) By volume and number. (Index 765)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_6765

Attributes: SEA: Observer(s) at sea, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, HQO: High-quality observer(s), SCR: Classic saucer/disk/sphere shaped UFO, NLT: Nightlights/points of light, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), CMF: Camouflage/disguise

Extra Data: Country: “Pacific Ocean and non - Asian islands”, Credibility: “8”, Duration: “7”, Elev: “0”, HatchDesc: “HAWAII>>W:BREAKS/COMCENTRIC RINGS+NLTS”, LatLong: “28.250001 -138.000007”, LatLongDMS: “28:15:00 N 138:00:00 W”, Locale: “High Seas”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “NPC”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 23496 (1F09E821)

Date: 4/5/1963
Time: 17:52:00.1
Location: 37.0373 -116.0239
Description: Nuclear test: Underground, confirmed. Country: USA Name: “Ferret Prime” Yield: 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_312

Extra Data: LatLong: “37.0373 -116.0239”, LatLongDMS: “37:02:14 N 116:01:26 W”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, NukeCountry: “USA”, NukeDepth: “0.24”, NukeName: “Ferret Prime”, NukeSource: “SPRINGER”, NukeType: “NUCU”, NukeY: “20”

Event 23497 (AC88992E)

Date: 4/10/1963
Time: 12:50
Location: EAST / PHOENIXVILLE, PA
Description: United Airlines (UAL) pilot. Silver cylinder with orange nose and silver-orange tail. 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_6766

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

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “7”, Duration: “1”, Elev: “45”, HatchDesc: “E/PHOENIXVILLE,PA:UAL PILOT:SLVR CYLINDER W/ORG.NOSE+SLVR-ORG TAIL:NFD”, LatLong: “40.133335 -75.433337”, LatLongDMS: “40:08:00 N 75:26:00 W”, Locale: “Metropolis”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Pennsylvania”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 23498 (67B21436)

Date: 4/10/1963
Time: 16:01:30.1
Location: 37.0488 -116.0303
Description: Nuclear test: Underground, confirmed. Country: USA Name: “Coypu” Yield: 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_313

Extra Data: LatLong: “37.0488 -116.0303”, LatLongDMS: “37:02:56 N 116:01:49 W”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, NukeCountry: “USA”, NukeDepth: “0.07”, NukeName: “Coypu”, NukeSource: “AEC”, NukeType: “NUCU”, NukeY: “20”

Event 23499 (A327936E)

Date: 4/11/1963
Time: 16:03:00.2
Location: 37.1567 -116.0710
Description: Nuclear test: Underground, confirmed. Country: USA Name: “Cumberland” Yield: 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_314

Extra Data: LatLong: “37.1567 -116.0710”, LatLongDMS: “37:09:24 N 116:04:16 W”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, NukeCountry: “USA”, NukeDepth: “0.23”, NukeName: “Cumberland”, NukeSource: “AEC”, NukeType: “NUCU”, NukeY: “20”

Event 23500 (B6FD8466)

Date: 4/15/1963
Location: USNS COSSATOT
Description: 166° 23W-24° 43N. Military observer(s) / Blue Book. No further details. Fireballs going down / sea in Fiji / 04 April. / APRO.
Type: sighting
Reference: UFOCAT CATALOG: Assorted Printouts. Donald A. Johnson Ph.D (CUFOS). P.O. Box 446, Concord, NH 03302-0446 (Index 70)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_6767

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

Extra Data: Country: “Pacific Ocean and non - Asian islands”, Credibility: “8”, Duration: “1”, Elev: “0”, HatchDesc: “USNS COSSATOT:166°23W-24°43N:MIL OBS/BBK:NFD::FBLS ↓/SEA in FIJI/04APR:/APRO”, LatLong: “24.716668 -166.383341”, LatLongDMS: “24:43:00 N 166:23:00 W”, Locale: “High Seas”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “NPC”, Strangeness: “5”

Event 23501 (06261DFB)

Date: 4/18/1963
Location: USA, Los Lunas (N.M.)
Description: (Translated from French) Paul Villa affair, hoaxer. This mechanic, then aged 49, claimed that the craft in this picture he took on April 18, 1963 contained three beings with whom he conversed. Two months later he photographed a different UFO which, he said, had nine entities from Coma Berenices on board, who visited him for an hour and a half.
Reference: “UFO Files”, ed. Marshall Cavendish, Paris 1998, Special Issue, p. 24
Reference: Mini catalogue chronologique des observations OVNI, by Godelieve Van Overmeire
Source: Overmeire, ID: Overmeire_2250

Event 23502 (8AA1D67B)

Date: 4/21/1963
Location: POLAND, Warsaw
Description: (Translated from French) We lived on the ground floor of an apartment in a dead-end street in Warsaw. I was about to go to bed, around 11 pm on April 21, 1963, and I was standing with my back to the window, whose curtains were closed. My wife was already asleep. Then I heard a woman’s voice saying, “Look! Look!” in a pleasant but urgent tone. I immediately knew I had to look out the window into the street, where a gas bottle was hissing. Suddenly, the room was lit up by a light like that of a full moon, although the curtains were still closed. I rushed to the window and opened the curtains. I then saw a strange, frightening light. It was raining, but the raindrops seemed to be part of this pale, moon-like light. Then came a third, equally impressive vision: a hail of fire began to fall, with hailstones the size of hazelnuts that had nothing of the appearance of pieces of ice, but rather that of drops of steel running off during welding. These hailstones quickly covered the street and made a dull sound as they hit the shutters. I hoped to be able to pick up some of these hailstones as soon as they were cold. But as soon as they hit the ground they only kept their shape for a moment, immediately losing their steel-like color: they became gray and completely disappeared without leaving any trace. I woke up my wife. She was able to observe these strange things with me, which amazed us. As the rain crackled and the hailstones pounded against the shutters, we heard every ten seconds a curious explosion - a dry sound like that of a cork popping - which announced a renewed wave of rain and hail. At greater and more irregular intervals we also heard a kind of whistling and crackling similar to that of tram and trolleybus cables short-circuited by the pole when it has jumped. This lasted about an hour. In the morning we had confirmation from all our neighbors who had observed the phenomenon exactly as we had done ourselves. (Ion HOBANA/Julien WEVERBERGH: “Les OVNI en URSS et dans les pays de l’Est” - trad. Laffont 1976, p. 262-263) Metal balls the size of hazelnuts fell on Warsaw in the night of April 22 to 23. These balls shone with the red color of fire. They covered the streets and electric crackling was heard.
Reference: Internet, http://www.wufoc.com, WUFOC site
Reference: Mini catalogue chronologique des observations OVNI, by Godelieve Van Overmeire
Source: Overmeire, ID: Overmeire_2251

Event 23503 (3D0005E3)

Date: 4/21/1963
Location: PACIFIC 173° 00W-42° 20N
Description: Project Bluebook Case #unknown. Military observer(s) = naval air crew. 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 70)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_6768

Attributes: SEA: Observer(s) at sea, AIR: Observer(s) on aircraft, MIL: Observer(s) military, HQO: High-quality observer(s), NLT: Nightlights/points of light, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), MIL: Military investigation, BBK: Project BLUEBOOK

Extra Data: Country: “Pacific Ocean and non - Asian islands”, Credibility: “8”, Duration: “1”, Elev: “0”, HatchDesc: “PACIFIC 173°00W-42°20N:BBK#UNKN:MIL OBS = NAVAL AIR CREW:NFD AT ALL”, LatLong: “42.333335 -173.000008”, LatLongDMS: “42:20:00 N 173:00:00 W”, Locale: “High Seas”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “NPC”, Strangeness: “4”

Event 23504 (6AAF75D3)

Date: 4/24/1963
Time: 16:09:30.1
Location: 37.1206 -116.0363
Description: Nuclear test: Underground, confirmed. Country: USA Name: “Kootanai” Yield: 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_315

Extra Data: LatLong: “37.1206 -116.0363”, LatLongDMS: “37:07:14 N 116:02:11 W”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, NukeCountry: “USA”, NukeDepth: “0.18”, NukeName: “Kootanai”, NukeSource: “AEC”, NukeType: “NUCU”, NukeY: “20”

Event 23505 (8CA1856E)

Date: 4/24/1963
Time: 16:09:30.1
Location: 37.1205 -116.0362
Description: Nuclear test: Underground, confirmed. Country: USA Name: “Paisano” Yield: 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_316

Extra Data: LatLong: “37.1205 -116.0362”, LatLongDMS: “37:07:14 N 116:02:10 W”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, NukeCountry: “USA”, NukeDepth: “0.06”, NukeName: “Paisano”, NukeSource: “AEC”, NukeType: “NUCU”, NukeY: “20”

Event 23506 (23D1629D)

Date: 4/28/1963
Time: 12:00
Location: ALBUQUERQUE, NM
Description: Ovoid bobs around sky near schoolyard. Skin and eye damage. Local wave.
Type: sighting
Reference: FLAMMONDE, Paris: The AGE of FLYING SAUCERS; Hawthorne Books, NY 1971 (Index 171)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_6769

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, SCR: Classic saucer/disk/sphere shaped UFO, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), HUM: Humans affected: Injury/burns/marks/abduction/death, INJ: Injuries, illness/death, mutilations

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “7”, Duration: “2”, Elev: “1488”, HatchDesc: “ALBUQUERQUE,NM:OVOID BOBS AROUND SKY nr SCHOOLYARD:SKIN+EYE DAMAGE:LOCAL WAVE”, LatLong: “35.100002 -106.633338”, LatLongDMS: “35:06:00 N 106:38:00 W”, Locale: “Residential”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “New Mexico”, Strangeness: “7”

Event 23507 (9604EEBC)

Date: 4/30/1963
Locations: Copenhagen; Frederica, Denmark
Description: Adamski arrives in Copenhagen for another scheduled lecture tour of Europe at the invitation of Hans C. Petersen, He attends the Skandinavisk UFO Information Congress in Frederica, Denmark.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: “Final Years,” The Adamski Case, June 11, 2009
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_3699

Event 23508 (F88876C0)

Date: 5/1963
Location: USA
Description: (Translated from French) (cf: October 1961) BUT THE US AIR FORCE TURNED A DEAF EAR. A SECOND ATTEMPT WAS MADE IN MAY 1963, WITH THIS TIME 475 MILLION SPARKS PLACED IN POLAR ORBIT AT 3700 KM ALTITUDE. THE OPENING OF THE CONTAINER WAS TELECOMMANDED ABOVE THE NORTH POLE, AT THE EIGHTH REVOLUTION. THE RADARS COUNTED A TOTAL OF 18 PACKAGES OF NEEDLES, WHICH, AGAIN, DID NOT REALLY SUCCEED IN DISPERSING. FIVE DAYS LATER, A RADIO WAVE REFLECTION EXPERIMENT WAS HOWEVER SUCCESSFUL BETWEEN THE WEST COAST AND THE EAST COAST OF THE UNITED STATES. AND FINALLY, PROGRESSIVELY, THE RING BEGAN ITS DISPERSION. A MONTH AND A HALF LATER IT WAS COMPLETE (…) BUT IN THE FALL THE YIELD DROPPED SHARPLY, BECAUSE THIS ARTIFICIAL MIRROR WAS DISPERSING TOO MUCH BY DEFORMING, A LARGE NUMBER OF NEEDLES UNDERGOING THE EFFECTS OF SOLAR RADIATION. (…) MANY NEEDLES WERE LED TO DIVE INTO THE ATMOSPHERE WHERE THEY BURNED. THUS, IN THE SPRING OF 1966, HALF OF THE NEEDLES HAD FALLEN, THE WESTFORD MIRROR, DISMANTLED AND USELESS FOR A LONG TIME. (May 1963)
Reference: “The War of the Satellites” - Volume 3 - Pierre Kohler, ed. Famot 1982, p. 90, 91
Reference: Mini catalogue chronologique des observations OVNI, by Godelieve Van Overmeire
Source: Overmeire, ID: Overmeire_2252

Event 23509 (4BB53A3B)

Date: 5/1963
Location: ROMANIA, Focsani
Description: (Translated from French) At about 11pm I was outside in the street when a strong light made me turn around. (…) I then saw behind and above me a sphere at 500 or 600 m altitude which, in a few fractions of a second, was above my head, very low, like an airplane dropping medicine boxes in inaccessible areas for rescue. The thing had the apparent diameter of a handball and it emitted a very bright white light with orange spots. The street was illuminated as if it was day by this thing which came from the south and went at full speed (constant) towards the north. When it reached far away (…) it stopped. Its passage, even at the closest, was accompanied by no noise except for a slight whistle when the blinking red-white light became visible. A feeling of cold, I think caused by my fear, seized me at the moment of its passage above me and even afterwards, while the night temperature was very mild. (May, 1963)
Reference: Ion HOBANA/Julien WEVERBERGH: “Les OVNI en URSS et dans les pays de l’Est” - trad. Laffont 1976, p. 300
Reference: Stelian Vasilescu
Reference: Mini catalogue chronologique des observations OVNI, by Godelieve Van Overmeire
Source: Overmeire, ID: Overmeire_2

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Event 23510 (48875DFE)

Date: 5/1963?
Time: 02:00
Location: 100MI NORTH / ADELAIDE, SA
Description: 1 observer. Saucer lands. 7’ figure exits. “Photographs” plants with cake-tin. Missing time?
Type: sighting
Reference: FLYING SAUCER REVIEW (FSR), London. Bimonthly. PO Box 162; High Wycombe, Bucks. HP135 DZ, England. (Index 196)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_6770

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, NWS: News media report, SCR: Classic saucer/disk/sphere shaped UFO, GNT: Giant: Large/tall alien, FIG: Undefined or poorly seen figure/entity, SMP: Sampling of plant/animal/soil/tissue/specimens, VEG: Plants affected or sampled/crop circles, LND: UFO landing or any part touches ground, PHT: Photos/movies/videos taken, TCH: New technical details/clues

Extra Data: Country: “Australia”, Credibility: “6”, Duration: “10”, HatchDesc: “100mi N/ADELAIDE,SA:1 OBS:SCR LANDS:7’FIG EXITS:“FOTOS” PLANTS W/CAKE-TIN:MST?”, LatLong: “-33.200002 138.500007”, LatLongDMS: “33:12:00 S 138:30:00 E”, Locale: “Farmlands”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “South Australia”, Strangeness: “9”

Event 23511 (70389282)

Date: 5/7/1963
Description: (Translated from French) Launch of the Telstar 2 satellite. (May 7)
Reference: rr0 - Beau
Source: rr0, ID: rr0_1992

Event 23512 (97DB2AC1)

Date: 5/7/1963
Description: (Translated from French) The American astronaut Gordon Cooper broke the record for the longest space flight: 34 hours and 20 minutes, aboard Faith-7. During the final orbit, he warned the ground station near Perth that a green object was approaching him from East to West, against the direction of the orbits made by man at that time. The phenomenon was also detected by the Perth detection equipment. NBC broadcasted the report and planned to interview Cooper, who said nothing and referred to the official statement announced by the NASA. But no statement would come from the NASA.
Reference: rr0 - Beau
Source: rr0, ID: rr0_1993

Event 23513 (FC0115B3)

Date: 5/7/1963
Time: ~20:00
Location: KIRKBY, MERSEYSIDE
Description: Power goes out. 6M saucer / antennae outside house. Buzz. / FSR’63#4.
Type: sighting
Reference: VALLEE, Jacques: PASSPORT TO MAGONIA; H. Regnery, Chicago HC 1969 & Contemporary Books,Chicago 1993. 372pp. (Index 569)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_6771

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), 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: “Great Britain and Ireland”, Credibility: “7”, Duration: “2”, Elev: “24”, HatchDesc: “KIRKBY,MERSEYSIDE:POWER GOES OUT:6M SCR/ANTENNAE OUTSIDE HOUSE:BUZZ:/FSR’63#4”, LatLong: “53.483336 -2.900000”, LatLongDMS: “53:29:00 N 02:54:00 W”, Locale: “Residential”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “England”, Strangeness: “8”

Event 23514 (54BE054B)

Date: 5/7/1963
Time: evening
Location: Kirkby, Great Britain
Description: Margaret McCutcheon and her 13-year-old son reported to the police that, after the house lights blacked out while watching television, they saw an object about 6 m in diameter, with two aerials and a red light flashing, emitting a low buzz, near the house. After one minute, it flew away.
Type: ufo sighting
Reference: FSR 63, 4 (Vallee)
Source: ValléeMagonia, ID: Magonia_569

Event 23515 (1F930F76)

Date: 5/7/1963
Description: On this evening in Kirkby, Merseyside, England Margaret McCutcheon and her 13-year-old son reported to the police that, after the lights blacked out in their home while watching television, they saw an object about six meters in diameter near the house. It had two aerials and a red flashing light, and it was emitting a low buzzing sound. After a minute, it flew away.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: Flying Saucer Review, July-August 1963; Jacques Vallee, Passport to Magonia: A Century of Landings, case # 569
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_2615

Event 23516 (8A608281)

Date: 5/8/1963 (approximate)
Time: ~13:00
Location: ATLANTIC PARIS TO/FROM/BETWEEN OTTAWA
Description: Observer(s) = 1 / 50 on NATO DC8. Huge fast cylinder/cigar-shape. Extreme turbulence.
Type: sighting
Reference: FLYING SAUCER REVIEW (FSR), London. Bimonthly. PO Box 162; High Wycombe, Bucks. HP135 DZ, England. (Index 327)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_6772

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

Extra Data: Country: “Atlantic Ocean + islands”, Credibility: “6”, Duration: “1”, Elev: “0”, HatchDesc: “ATLANTIC PARIS<>OTTAWA:OBS=1/50 on NATO DC8:HUGE FAST CGR:EXTREME TURBULENCE:”, LatLong: “52.000002 -30.000001”, LatLongDMS: “52:00:00 N 30:00:00 W”, Locale: “Metropolis”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “NAT”, Strangeness: “8”

Event 23517 (7BFB094C)

Date: 5/9/1963
Description: (Translated from French) Signing of the Status of Forces Agreement between the Australian Government and the US Government, concerning the Status of US Forces in Australia (9 May)
Reference: [ATS 1963 No. 10 UNTS 469 p. 55; TIAS 5349] [Pine Gap Treaty 1966]…
Reference: rr0 - Beau
Source: rr0, ID: rr0_2001

Event 23518 (DC701F1C)

Date: 5/9/1963
Time: 18:19:30.1
Location: 37.0494 -116.0156
Description: Nuclear test: Underground, confirmed. Country: USA Name: “Gundi Prime” 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_317

Extra Data: LatLong: “37.0494 -116.0156”, LatLongDMS: “37:02:58 N 116:00:56 W”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, NukeCountry: “USA”, NukeDepth: “0.27”, NukeName: “Gundi Prime”, NukeSource: “AEC”, NukeType: “NUCU”, NukeYMax: “20”

Event 23519 (5AE76573)

Date: 5/15/1963
Description: (Translated from French) Cooper completes 22 orbits aboard the last capsule Mercury. (May 15)
Reference: rr0 - Beau
Source: rr0, ID: rr0_2002

Event 23520 (2E54CC4C)

Date: 5/15/1963
Location: BERGERAC GOING [TO] BORDEAUX, FR
Description: Car stops to see odd object / road. Follow car to town! / LDLN#71.
Type: sighting
Reference: VALLEE, Jacques: PASSPORT TO MAGONIA; H. Regnery, Chicago HC 1969 & Contemporary Books,Chicago 1993. 372pp. (Index 570)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_6773

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, LND: UFO landing or any part touches ground

Extra Data: Country: “France”, Credibility: “7”, Duration: “10”, HatchDesc: “BERGERAC>BORDEAUX,FR:CAR STOPS TO SEE ODD OBJ/ROAD:FOLO CAR TO TOWN!:/LDLN#71”, LatLong: “45.050002 0.033333”, LatLongDMS: “45:03:00 N 00:02:00 E”, Locale: “Pasture”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Gironde”, Strangeness: “7”

Event 23521 (2B418803)

Date: 5/15/1963
Location: Yvrac-Maille, France
Description: Mr. and Mrs. D., of Carignan, saw an object on the ground to the left of the road as they were driving between Bergerac and Bordeaux, beyond the Yvrac intersection, 2.5 km from Maille. They stopped to observe it, and the object then followed them for part of their trip.
Type: ufo sighting
Reference: LDLN 71 (Vallee)
Source: ValléeMagonia, ID: Magonia_570

Event 23522 (2D4CE32A)

Date: 5/15/1963
Location: 37.0000 -115.0000
Description: Nuclear test: Air, confirmed. Country: USA Name: “Double Tracks” 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_318

Extra Data: LatLong: “37.0000 -115.0000”, LatLongDMS: “37:00:00 N 115:00:00 W”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, NukeCountry: “USA”, NukeDepth: “0.00”, NukeName: “Double Tracks”, NukeSource: “NV209”, NukeType: “NACU”, NukeY: “0”, NukeYMax: “0”

Event 23523 (636C1B65)

Date: 5/15/1963
Locations: Sandia National Laboratories; Tonopah Test Range; Nevada
Description: Sandia National Laboratories conducts the first of four top-secret, dry-surface plutonium-dispersal tests at the Tonopah Test Range in Nevada, as part of Operation Roller Coaster. The other tests are on May 25, May 31, and June 9. The intent is to investigate exposure of animals (dogs, sheep, and burros) to plutonium dispersal in a non- nuclear scenario.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Wikipedia, “Operation Roller Coaster”; Lt. Col. J. L. Dick, et al., “Operation Roller Coaster: Interim Summary Report (II),” Department of Defense, September 1963
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_3700

Event 23524 (714FE57D)

Date: 5/15/1963
Description: Mr. and Mrs. D. of Carignan, France saw an object on the ground to the left side of the road as they were driving between Bergerac and Bordeaux, beyond the Yvrac intersection, 2.5 km from Maille, Gironde department. They stopped to observe it, and the object then followed them for part of their trip. The sighting lasted 10 minutes.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: Jacques Vallee, Passport to Magonia: A Century of Landings, case 570, citing Lumieres dans la Nuit, issue # 71
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_2851

Event 23525 (3AE6EFE4)

Date: 5/16/1963
Location: USA- SPACE
Description: (Translated from French) Gordon Cooper reported the presence of a greenish UFO with a red tail during his fifteenth orbit. He also reported other mysterious observations above South America and Australia. The object he saw above Perth, Australia was seen on the screens of ground tracking radar stations. (J. Allen HYNEK and Jacques VALLEE: “At the Limits of Reality” - ed. Albin Michel 1978, p. 84) (Philippe SCHNEYDER: “UFO, First Balance” ed. du Rocher 1983, p. 232) (Jacques POTTIER: “Flying Saucers” - DE VECCHI - 1974 - p. 42) (Pierre DELVAL: “Contacts of the 4th Type” - De Vecchi 1979, p. 214) (Jean-Francis CROLARD: “The Enigma of the E.T.” - ed. Guy TREDANIEL 1995, p. 34) Astronaut Cooper: Above Hawaii, he heard voices on a special frequency, speaking an unknown language, which, after examination of the tape, turns out to not correspond to any known terrestrial language. Flying over Perth, Australia, saw a large UFO, also observed by ground control station.
Reference: Charles BERLITZ and William L. MOORE: “The Mystery of Rosswell, the Space Wrecked” ed. Franc Empire 1981, p. 18
Reference: Mini catalogue chronologique des observations OVNI, by Godelieve Van Overmeire
Source: Overmeire, ID: Overmeire_2253

Event 23526 (269CC98D)

Date: 5/16/1963
Location: MERCURY 9
Description: G. Cooper and Perth ground RADAR. Green UFO follows module. Odd voices / tape. / r22p9.
Type: sighting
Reference: UFO INVESTIGATOR: NICAP: Kensington, MD & Washington, DC [defunct]. University Microfilms, Ann Arbor, MI 48106 (Index 33)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_6774

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, AIR: Observer(s) on aircraft, MIL: Observer(s) military, HQO: High-quality observer(s), HOX: Suspicion of hoax, SCR: Classic saucer/disk/sphere shaped UFO, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), CVS: Conversation/communication, HUM: Humans affected: Injury/burns/marks/abduction/death, VEH: Vehicle affected: Marks/damage/EME effects, RDR: Radar traces/blips, EME: Electro-Magnetic Effects, TCH: New technical details/clues, SND: UFO sounds heard or recorded

Extra Data: Country: “Earth Orbit or seen from space stations/capsules”, Credibility: “7”, Duration: “5”, HatchDesc: “MERCURY 9:G.COOPER+PERTH GND RDR:GRN UFO FOLOS MODULE:ODD VOICES/TAPE:/r22p9”, LatLong: “-32.000002 115.000005”, LatLongDMS: “32:00:00 S 115:00:00 E”, Locale: “Residential”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Unknown”, Strangeness: “8”

Event 23527 (0B1AF445)

Date: 5/17/1963
Time: 14:55:00.1
Location: 37.0439 -116.0156
Description: Nuclear test: Underground, confirmed. Country: USA Name: “Harkee” 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_319

Extra Data: LatLong: “37.0439 -116.0156”, LatLongDMS: “37:02:38 N 116:00:56 W”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, NukeCountry: “USA”, NukeDepth: “0.24”, NukeName: “Harkee”, NukeSource: “AEC”, NukeType: “NUCU”, NukeYMax: “20”

Event 23528 (1D905E34)

Date: 5/17/1963
Time: 14:55:00.1
Location: 37.0483 -116.0324
Description: Nuclear test: Underground, confirmed. Country: USA Name: “Tejon” 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_320

Extra Data: LatLong: “37.0483 -116.0324”, LatLongDMS: “37:02:54 N 116:01:57 W”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, NukeCountry: “USA”, NukeDepth: “0.07”, NukeName: “Tejon”, NukeSource: “AEC”, NukeType: “NUCU”, NukeYMax: “20”

Event 23529 (2BC603B8)

Date: 5/18/1963
Description: (Translated from French) Sighting in New Plymouth (New Zealand). (May 18)
Reference: case Blue Book #8360 unsolved
Reference: rr0 - Beau
Source: rr0, ID: rr0_1994

Event 23530 (BDD432CD)

Date: 5/18/1963
Time: 07:00
Location: BEACHPORT, SOUTH AUSTRALIA
Description: Radio cuts out as saucer passes over car.
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 20)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_6775

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

Extra Data: Country: “Australia”, Credibility: “7”, Duration: “1”, HatchDesc: "BEACHPORT,S.AUSTRL:RADIO CUTS OUT as SCR PASSES OVER CAR: ", LatLong: “-37.466668 140.033340”, LatLongDMS: “37:28:00 S 140:02:00 E”, Locale: “Coastlands”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “South Australia”, Strangeness: “7”

Event 23531 (B1E04477)

Date: 5/18/1963
Time: 22:30
Location: NEW PLYMOUTH, NZ
Description: Project Bluebook Case #8360. Unidentified. Blurry 60’ disk checks campsite. 270° turn and zips off.
Type: sighting
Reference: SCIENCE & MECHANICS (eds.) OFFICIAL GUIDE to UFO’S; Ace Books, NY. 1968. (Index 147)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_6776

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

Extra Data: Country: “New Zealand”, Credibility: “6”, Duration: “4”, HatchDesc: “NEW PLYMOUTH,NZ:BBK#8360:UID:BLURRY 60’ DISK CHECKS CAMPSITE:270°TURN+ZIPS OFF”, LatLong: “-39.066669 174.216675”, LatLongDMS: “39:04:00 S 174:13:00 E”, Locale: “Coastlands”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “NI”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 23532 (A5DD7F18)

Date: 5/18/1963
Location: New Plymouth, NZ
Description: White, fuzzy, flashing light hover and dart around (NICAP: 01 - Distant Encounters, BB: 8360)
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_2633

Event 23533 (28AF2ECC)

Date: 5/18/1963
Description: A 15-year-old student was out camping at 10:30 p.m. near New Plymouth, New Zealand when he heard a wild animal on a nearby hill wailing. He next saw a crescent or semi-disc shaped UFO flying in the sky, looking like a stingray. It changed color from red to dark blue as it changed speed and direction.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: Project Blue Book files counted in official statistics, case # 8360; Lloyd Mallan, Official Guide to UFOs, p. 20, Richard Hall, The UFO Evidence (Volume I), p. 118
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_2953

Event 23534 (EF94FE6F)

Date: 5/19/1963
Description: A 17-year-old teen named Bushbridge encountered an ovoid object by the side of road as he was driving near Mount Gambier, South Australia. When he got to within six meters of it a bright light dazzled him. The five-meter long object rose vertically, then moved across the road over his car, making a roaring noise.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: Keith Basterfield, UFO Research Australia, March 1982, p. 24; Michael Hervey, UFOs over the Southern Hemisphere, p. 172
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_2976

Event 23535 (52950EE6)

Date: 5/20/1963
Time: 21:30
Location: NEAR GLENCOE, SOUTH AUST
Description: Ovoid crosses road and soars up as car nears. / MJ#241. / r229-82#2.
Type: sighting
Reference: VALLEE, Jacques: PASSPORT TO MAGONIA; H. Regnery, Chicago HC 1969 & Contemporary Books,Chicago 1993. 372pp. (Index 571)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_6777

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CST: Observer(s) in coastal area/just offshore, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, ODD: Atypical/Forteana/paranormal, SCR: Classic saucer/disk/sphere shaped UFO, DLT: Delta/vee/boomerang/rectangular shaped UFO, PRB: Probe: Possibly remote controlled, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), OBS: Observation/chasing vehicles, RAY: Odd light/searchlight/beam/laser-like, VEH: Vehicle affected: Marks/damage/EME effects, LND: UFO landing or any part touches ground, TCH: New technical details/clues, CMF: Camouflage/disguise

Extra Data: Country: “Australia”, Credibility: “6”, Duration: “5”, HatchDesc: “nr GLENCOE,S.AUST:OVOID CROSSES ROAD+SOARS UP AS CAR NEARS:/MJ#241:/r229-82#2”, LatLong: “-37.683335 140.083340”, LatLongDMS: “37:41:00 S 140:05:00 E”, Locale: “Pasture”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “South Australia”, Strangeness: “9”

Event 23536 (7FD6AF18)

Date: 5/20/1963
Time: evening
Location: Glencoe, Australia
Description: A 17-year-old witness, who wishes anonymity for fear of ridicule, saw what he first thought was a bulldozer by the side of the road. He came within 20 m of it, then was blinded by a strong light as his car suddenly stopped. The object crossed the road and flew away. The light was as intense as that of a welder’s torch. The witness’s father testified that his son came home white and visibly terrified.
Type: ufo sighting
Reference: APRO Nov., 63 (Vallee)
Source: ValléeMagonia, ID: Magonia_571

Event 23537 (6CAFA4F5)

Date: 5/20/1963
Description: On this evening a 17-year-old witness named Bushbridge, driving his car between Glencoe and Mount Gambier, South Australia saw what he at first thought was a bulldozer by the side of the road. He came within 20 meters of it, and then was blinded by a strong light as his car suddenly stopped. The object crossed the road and flew away. The light was as intense as a welder’s torch. The witness’s father later testified that his son came home white and visibly terrified.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: APRO Bulletin, November 1963, p. 6; Jacques Vallee, Passport to Magonia: A Century of Landings, case 571; Mark Rodeghier, UFO Reports Involving Vehicle Interference, p. 20
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_3006

Event 23538 (67FABDE3)

Date: 5/21/1963
Location: NEAR MT. GAMBIER, SOUTH AUSTR
Description: Night light / roadside going up [to] and hovers. Follows car. News. No further details. / r78p194.
Type: sighting
Reference: HALL, Richard: The UFO EVIDENCE; NICAP,Washington, DC 1964. Reprinted 1997 Barnes & Noble Books ( only $7.98! ) (Index 140)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_6778

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, LND: UFO landing or any part touches ground

Extra Data: Country: “Australia”, Credibility: “6”, Duration: “3”, HatchDesc: “nr MT GAMBIER,S.AUSTR:NLT/ROADSIDE ↑+HVRS:FOLLOWS CAR:NEWS:NFD:/r78p194”, LatLong: “-37.500002 140.883340”, LatLongDMS: “37:30:00 S 140:53:00 E”, Locale: “Pasture”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “South Australia”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 23539 (82BF76C9)

Date: 5/21/1963
Location: Mt. Gambler (near), AU
Description: Unconfirmed report that a brilliant light followed a car. A youth stated the object was at side of road, rose suddenly as he approached, hovered overhead, then followed car. The Dominion. Adelaide, reported May 22 this was “the second report of such an occurrence in a week.” (NICAP: 02 - Close Encounters)
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_2634

Event 23540 (791FF414)

Date: 5/22/1963
Description: (Translated from French) Sighting at Pequannock (New Jersey). (May 22)
Reference: case Blue Book #8363 unsolved
Reference: rr0 - Beau
Source: rr0, ID: rr0_1995

Event 23541 (0361794C)

Date: 5/22/1963
Time: 22:50
Location: PEQUANNOCK, NJ
Description: Project Bluebook Case #8363. 1 observer. 4 pink wheels spin east going quickly west very fast in succession.
Type: sighting
Reference: BERLINER, DON: The BLUEBOOK UNKNOWNS; (FUFOR). (Index 31)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_6779

Attributes: 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: “55”, HatchDesc: “PEQUANNOCK,NJ:BBK#8363:1 OBS:4 PINK WHEELS SPIN E>>W VFAST IN SUCCESSION”, LatLong: “40.950002 -74.300004”, LatLongDMS: “40:57:00 N 74:18:00 W”, Locale: “Residential”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “New Jersey”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 23542 (53B4FE1B)

Date: 5/22/1963
Location: Pequannock, NJ
Description: 4 pink wheels spin or roll very fast from E to W in succession (NICAP: 01 - Distant Encounters, BB: 8363)
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_2635

Event 23543 (180BD098)

Date: 5/22/1963
Time: 10:45 PM
Location: Pequannock, New Jersey
Description: Witness: Myra Jackson. Four pink wheels spun or rolled very fast from east to west in succession, each taking about 1 second.
Type: ufo sighting
Reference: BlueBook Unknowns PDF
Source: BerlinerBBUnknowns, ID: BerlinerBBU_485

Event 23544 (0FB1ADA0)

Date: 5/22/1963
Time: 15:40:00.1
Location: 37.1111 -116.0391
Description: Nuclear test: Underground, confirmed. Country: USA Name: “Stones” Yield: 20KT YieldMax: 200KT
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_321

Extra Data: LatLong: “37.1111 -116.0391”, LatLongDMS: “37:06:40 N 116:02:21 W”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, NukeCountry: “USA”, NukeDepth: “0.39”, NukeMb: “4.84”, NukeName: “Stones”, NukeSource: “SPRINGER”, NukeType: “NUCU”, NukeY: “20”, NukeYMax: “200”

Event 23545 (A417131B)

Date: 5/22/1963
Description: Four pink wheels spun in the sky while flying from the east to the west very fast in succession. They were witnessed by a civilian named Jackson in Pequannock, New Jersey at 10:50 p.m.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: Project Blue Book files counted in official statistics, case # 8363; Don Berliner, Project Blue Book Unknowns, p. 31
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_3035

Event 23546 (AB458157)

Date: 5/23/1963
Location: USA, Kwajalein Atoll
Description: (Translated from French) A NIKE-ZEUS LAUNCHED FROM KWAJALEIN ATOLL IN THE PACIFIC SUCCESSFULLY INTERCEPTED AN AGENA D ROCKET STAGE IN ORBIT. EVEN MORE POWERFUL MISSILES THEN SUCCEEDED THE NIKE-ZEUS, THE “SPRINT” AND THE “SPARTAN”, WHICH ITSELF BECAME NIKE-X.
Reference: “The War of the Satellites” - Volume 3 - Pierre Kohler, ed. Famot 1982, p. 146
Reference: Mini catalogue chronologique des observations OVNI, by Godelieve Van Overmeire
Source: Overmeire, ID: Overmeire_2254

Event 23547 (45F0228B)

Date: 5/23/1963
Time: 12:00?
Location: SUNNYVALE, CA
Description: Bluish saucer hovers and circles slowly / treetop level. Quickly going up [to] and gone. / r78p194.
Type: sighting
Reference: HALL, Richard: The UFO EVIDENCE; NICAP,Washington, DC 1964. Reprinted 1997 Barnes & Noble Books ( only $7.98! ) (Index 140)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_6780

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

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “6”, Duration: “3”, Elev: “39”, HatchDesc: “SUNNYVALE,CA:BLUISH SCR HOVERS+CIRCLES SLOWLY/TREETOP LEVEL:↑↑+GONE:/r78p194”, LatLong: “37.366668 -122.033339”, LatLongDMS: “37:22:00 N 122:02:00 W”, Locale: “Town & City”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, RelAlt: “20”, State/Prov: “California”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 23548 (81B9D580)

Date: 5/23/1963
Time: 23:00
Location: WARSAW, POL
Description: Voice / nowhere says"look". Glowing hail going down [to] outside. Evaporates. / r84p213.
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_6781

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, TLP: Telepathy, ODD: Atypical/Forteana/paranormal, NFO: No craft seen, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), CVS: Conversation/communication, TCH: New technical details/clues, SND: UFO sounds heard or recorded

Extra Data: Country: “Poland”, Credibility: “6”, Duration: “30”, HatchDesc: “WARSAW,POL:VOICE/NOWHERE SAYS"LOOK”:GLOWING HAIL ↓ OUTSIDE:EVAPORATES:/r84p213", LatLong: “52.233336 21.083334”, LatLongDMS: “52:14:00 N 21:05:00 E”, Locale: “Metropolis”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “WAR”, Strangeness: “8”

Event 23549 (AC337B61)

Date: 5/23/1963
Location: Sunnyvale, CA
Description: Bluish disc observed hovering and circling slowly, apparently at tree-top height; rose vertically and disappeared. [Report via Bay Area NICAP Subcommittee.] (NICAP: 02 - Close Encounters)
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_2636

Event 23550 (0E90531B)

Date: 5/24/1963
Description: (Translated from French) An A-12 (#123) tested from Groom Lake crashes due to pilot icing 14 miles south of Wendover (Utah). The pilot, Collins, survives. (May 24)
Reference: McIninch
Reference: rr0 - Beau
Source: rr0, ID: rr0_1996

Event 23551 (ED6BD90A)

Date: 5/24/1963
Locations: Wendover, Utah; Boston, Massachusetts
Description: An A-12 piloted by Kenneth S. Collins crashes near Wendover, Utah. The CIA thinks it might have been due to pilot error and contracts with a well-known Boston, Massachusetts, psychiatrist with a specialty in hypnosis (unnamed, but possibly Benjamin Simon, of Betty and Barney Hill fame later). After a lengthy investigation it is determined that a tiny, pencil-sized part called a pilot tube, a device that controls the airspeed indicator, froze when the A-12 entered a cloud, causing the aircraft to stall.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Wikipedia, “Lockheed A-12”; Jacobsen, Area 51, pp. 190–197
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_3701

Event 23552 (AB72F4C2)

Date: 5/25/1963
Location: 37.0000 -115.0000
Description: Nuclear test: Air, confirmed. Country: USA Name: “Clean Slate I” 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_322

Extra Data: LatLong: “37.0000 -115.0000”, LatLongDMS: “37:00:00 N 115:00:00 W”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, NukeCountry: “USA”, NukeDepth: “0.00”, NukeName: “Clean Slate I”, NukeSource: “NV209”, NukeType: “NACU”, NukeY: “0”, NukeYMax: “0”

Event 23553 (FE247711)

Date: 5/28/1963
Time: 04:20
Location: ST.-FELIU-D’AVAIL AND SOLER, FR
Description: 2 funnel-saucers emit 2 small fireballs. 1 going north. 1 going south. Huge globe Associated Press (AP.)
Type: sighting
Reference: FIGEUT, Michel & RUCHON, Jean-Louis: OVNI - Le Premier Dossier…; Alain LeFeuvre, Paris 1979. (Index 250)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_6782

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

Extra Data: Country: “France”, Credibility: “9”, Duration: “3”, HatchDesc: “St-FELIU-d’AVAIL+SOLER,FR:2 FUNNEL-SCRS EMIT 2 SML FBLS:1>N:1>S:HUGE GLOBE AP”, LatLong: “42.683335 2.738889”, LatLongDMS: “42:41:00 N 02:44:20 E”, Locale: “Mountains”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Pyrénées-Orientales”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 23554 (9DDAA5ED)

Date: 5/28/1963 (approximate)
Time: 23:00
Location: FOCSANI, ROMANIA
Description: Small silent red and white sphere/orb/globe / 500 altitude lights street like day. South going quickly north.
Type: sighting
Reference: HOBANA Ion & WEVERBERGH,Julien: UFO’S from BEHIND the IRON CURTAIN; Bantam Books,1975. 308pp. (Index 231)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_6783

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

Extra Data: Country: “Romania”, Credibility: “6”, Duration: “1”, HatchDesc: “FOCSANI,ROMANIA:SML SLNT RED+WHT ORB/500 ALT LITES STREET LIKE DAY:S>>N”, LatLong: “45.683336 27.283335”, LatLongDMS: “45:41:00 N 27:17:00 E”, Locale: “Town & City”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “VRN”, Strangeness: “5”

Event 23555 (C2DB95E2)

Date: 5/29/1963
Location: USS LANSING / PACIFIC 169° 00W-30° 50N
Description: Navy crew observer(s). No further details. See Mt. Stromlo. Aus.
Type: sighting
Reference: UFOCAT CATALOG: Assorted Printouts. Donald A. Johnson Ph.D (CUFOS). P.O. Box 446, Concord, NH 03302-0446 (Index 70)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_6784

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

Extra Data: Country: “Pacific Ocean and non - Asian islands”, Credibility: “8”, Duration: “1”, Elev: “0”, HatchDesc: “USS LANSING/PACIFIC 169°00W-30°50N:NAVY CREW OBS:NFD:See Mt.Stromlo.Aus”, LatLong: “30.833335 -169.000008”, LatLongDMS: “30:50:00 N 169:00:00 W”, Locale: “High Seas”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “NPC”, Strangeness: “4”

Event 23556 (8F109E04)

Date: 5/29/1963
Time: 19:00
Location: MT. STROMLO OBSERVER(S), AUSTR
Description: 3 astronomers. Orange circular glowing-object going [to] below overcast. Big news.
Type: sighting
Reference: EDWARDS, Frank: FLYING SAUCERS-SERIOUS BUSINESS; Lyle Stewart & Bantam Books 1966. (Index 24)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_6785

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

Extra Data: Country: “Australia”, Credibility: “10”, Duration: “1”, HatchDesc: “Mt STROMLO OBS,AUSTR:3 ASTRONs:ORG.CIRC.GLO-OBJ > BELOW OVERCAST:big news”, LatLong: “-35.333335 149.016674”, LatLongDMS: “35:20:00 S 149:01:00 E”, Locale: “Mountains”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Australian Capital Territory”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 23557 (48D10280)

Date: 5/29/1963
Time: 15:03:30.2
Location: 37.1281 -116.0425
Description: Nuclear test: Underground, confirmed. Country: USA Name: “Pleasant” 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_323

Extra Data: LatLong: “37.1281 -116.0425”, LatLongDMS: “37:07:41 N 116:02:33 W”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, NukeCountry: “USA”, NukeDepth: “0.21”, NukeName: “Pleasant”, NukeSource: “AEC”, NukeType: “NUCU”, NukeYMax: “20”

Event 23558 (6EC697D5)

Date: 5/31/1963
Location: Atlantic Ocean, At Sea
Description: 1400 MPH Airborne Radar Tracks (NICAP: 09 - RADAR Cases, Code: R, Rating: 5)
Reference: NICAP: 630531
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_2637

Event 23559 (E5281C1E)

Date: 5/31/1963
Location: 37.0000 -115.0000
Description: Nuclear test: Air, confirmed. Country: USA Name: “Clean Slate II” 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_324

Extra Data: LatLong: “37.0000 -115.0000”, LatLongDMS: “37:00:00 N 115:00:00 W”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, NukeCountry: “USA”, NukeDepth: “0.00”, NukeName: “Clean Slate II”, NukeSource: “NV209”, NukeType: “NACU”, NukeY: “0”, NukeYMax: “0”

Event 23560 (0F26F961)

Date: 5/31/1963
Locations: Rome, Italy; Milan
Description: Adamski allegedly has a private audience with Pope John XXIII in Rome, Italy. The pontiff is seriously ill and dies three days later. Adamski claims that he has received a “Golden Medal of Honor” from the pope, but skeptics note that the medal is actually a common tourist souvenir made by a company in Milan, and that Adamski displays it to his friends in a cheap plastic box—which is how it is sold in tourist shops in Rome. Adamski says his meeting is at the request of the extraterrestrials he is in contact with in order to ask for a “final agreement” from the pope because of his decision not to communicate directly with them anymore and to offer John XXIII a liquid substance in order to save him from the gastric enteritis that he suffers from.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Lou Zinsstag and Timothy Good, George Adamski: The Untold Story, Ceti, 1983; Colin Bennett, Looking for Orthon, Paraview, 2001; “Vatican Visit,” The Adamski Case, October 7, 2019; Marc Hallet, A Critical Appraisal of George Adamski: The Man Who Spoke to the Space Brothers, The Author, 2016
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_3702

Event 23561 (6B15A38B)

Date: 6/4/1963
Time: 03:10
Location: LYLE, MN
Description: Multicolor object going down [to] near town. IA and MN cops search / miles. Nothing found. / r8#572.
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_6786

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), LND: UFO landing or any part touches ground, OGA: Non-Covert Government Agencies

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “9”, Duration: “2”, Elev: “365”, HatchDesc: “LYLE,MN:MULTICOLOR OBJ ↓ nr TOWN:IA+MN COPS SEARCH/MILES:nothing found:/r8#572”, LatLong: “43.505558 -92.944449”, LatLongDMS: “43:30:20 N 92:56:40 W”, Locale: “Farmlands”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Minnesota”, Strangeness: “4”

Event 23562 (17C4E175)

Date: 6/4/1963
Location: Lyle, Minnesota
Description: A multicolored object, the size of a light truck, was reported to have landed in the vicinity of Lyle. Police searched an area over 3 km wide on both sides of the Iowa-Minnesota border, with no results.
Type: ufo sighting
Reference: Personal (Vallee)
Source: ValléeMagonia, ID: Magonia_572

Event 23563 (10407F65)

Date: 6/4/1963
Description: In 1963 a multicolored UFO, the size of a light truck, was reported to have landed in the vicinity of Lyle, Minnesota at 3:10 a.m. The multicolored object was seen ascending into the sky from a nearby town. Police searched the area for 3 miles on both sides of the Iowa-Minnesota border but found nothing.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: APRO Bulletin, January-February 1964, p.1; Jacques Vallee, Passport to Magonia: A Century of Landings, case 572
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_3270

Event 23564 (AACBC0C4)

Date: 6/5/1963
Time: 17:00:00.1
Location: 37.1966 -116.2092
Description: Nuclear test: Underground, confirmed. Country: USA Name: “Yuba” Yield: 3.1KT
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_325

Extra Data: LatLong: “37.1966 -116.2092”, LatLongDMS: “37:11:48 N 116:12:33 W”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, NukeCountry: “USA”, NukeDepth: “0.24”, NukeMb: “4.36”, NukeName: “Yuba”, NukeSource: “SPRINGER”, NukeType: “NUCU”, NukeY: “3.1”

Event 23565 (6384B27F)

Date: 6/6/1963
Time: 14:00:00.1
Location: 37.0450 -116.0364
Description: Nuclear test: Underground, confirmed. Country: USA Name: “Hutia” 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_326

Extra Data: LatLong: “37.0450 -116.0364”, LatLongDMS: “37:02:42 N 116:02:11 W”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, NukeCountry: “USA”, NukeDepth: “0.13”, NukeName: “Hutia”, NukeSource: “SPRINGER”, NukeType: “NUCU”, NukeYMax: “20”

Event 23566 (92531F69)

Date: 6/6/1963
Time: 16:58:00.2
Location: 37.1247 -116.0400
Description: Nuclear test: Underground, confirmed. Country: USA Name: “Apshapa” 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_327

Extra Data: LatLong: “37.1247 -116.0400”, LatLongDMS: “37:07:29 N 116:02:24 W”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, NukeCountry: “USA”, NukeDepth: “0.09”, NukeName: “Apshapa”, NukeSource: “AEC”, NukeType: “NUCU”, NukeYMax: “20”

Event 23567 (1EBE2209)

Date: 6/9/1963
Location: 37.0000 -115.0000
Description: Nuclear test: Air, confirmed. Country: USA Name: “Clean Slate III” 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_328

Extra Data: LatLong: “37.0000 -115.0000”, LatLongDMS: “37:00:00 N 115:00:00 W”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, NukeCountry: “USA”, NukeDepth: “0.00”, NukeName: “Clean Slate III”, NukeSource: “NV209”, NukeType: “NACU”, NukeY: “0”, NukeYMax: “0”

Event 23568 (F064DA28)

Date: 6/13/1963
Description: A North Scituate, Massachusetts woman spotted a yellow-white light that looked to be plunging into the ocean, but suddenly reversed direction, doubling back on its original course. A friend with her also saw it. “It suddenly stopped and moved erratically for a few seconds, reversed direction, and went back from east to west,” she reported. She watched the maneuvering light for at least 10-15 minutes. When it stopped moving and hovered in one place for a while she stopped watching it.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: APRO Bulletin, November 1963, pg. 4
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_3457

Event 23569 (79C6BDB4)

Date: 6/14/1963
Description: (Translated from French) Bikovsky flies 5 days aboard Vostok 5. (June 14)
Reference: rr0 - Beau
Source: rr0, ID: rr0_1998

Event 23570 (D97DFEF3)

Date: 6/14/1963
Time: 14:10:00.1
Location: 37.0461 -116.0184
Description: Nuclear test: Underground, confirmed. Country: USA Name: “Mataco” 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_329

Extra Data: LatLong: “37.0461 -116.0184”, LatLongDMS: “37:02:46 N 116:01:06 W”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, NukeCountry: “USA”, NukeDepth: “0.20”, NukeName: “Mataco”, NukeSource: “SPRINGER”, NukeType: “NUCU”, NukeYMax: “20”

Event 23571 (9A432401)

Date: 6/15/1963
Description: (Translated from French) Observation in the Indian Ocean (14’ -17" North, 69’ 57" East). (June 15)
Reference: case Blue Book #8388 unsolved
Reference: rr0 - Beau
Source: rr0, ID: rr0_1999

Event 23572 (80CE7B24)

Date: 6/15/1963
Location: Off Venezuelan coast
Description: Navy crewman sees luminous disk.
Type: ufo sighting
Reference: UFOs and the National Security State: Chronology of a Cover-up, 1941–1973, by Richard Dolan
Source: Dolan, ID: Dolan_245

Event 23573 (1B2AB781)

Date: 6/15/1963
Location: INDIAN OCEAN 69° 57E-14° 17N
Description: Project Bluebook Case #8388. Steamship Thetis. Luminous disk 1.5x satellite speed / 3m.
Type: sighting
Reference: BERLINER, DON: The BLUEBOOK UNKNOWNS; (FUFOR). (Index 31)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_6787

Attributes: SEA: Observer(s) at sea, 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: “Indian Ocean + islands”, Credibility: “6”, Duration: “3”, Elev: “0”, HatchDesc: “INDIAN OCEAN 69°57E-14°17N:BBK#8388:SS THETIS:LUM.DISK 1.5x SATELLITE SPEED/3m”, LatLong: “14.283334 69.950003”, LatLongDMS: “14:17:00 N 69:57:00 E”, Locale: “High Seas”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “ARS”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 23574 (0A51E30C)

Date: 6/15/1963
Location: Venezuela (200 miles N of), At Sea
Description: Luminous disc travel at 1.5 times the angular speed of a satellite (NICAP: 01 - Distant Encounters, BB: 8388)
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_2639

Event 23575 (AF9120BA)

Date: 6/15/1963
Time: 10:39 AM
Location: 200 miles north of Venezuela (14’ 27’ N, 69’ 57’ E)
Description: Witness: 3rd Mate R.C. Chamberlin, of S/S Thetis. One luminous disc travelled at 1.5 times the speed of satellite for 3-4 minutes.
Type: ufo sighting
Reference: BlueBook Unknowns PDF
Source: BerlinerBBUnknowns, ID: BerlinerBBU_486

Event 23576 (ACCA5216)

Date: 6/15/1963
Location: Indian Ocean southwest of India
Description: 8:39 p.m. In the Indian Ocean southwest of India, 3rd Mate R. C. Chamberlin of the SS Thetis sees in the northwest a luminous disc travel at 1.5 times the angular speed of a satellite.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Sparks, p. 294
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_3704

Event 23577 (11274ECB)

Date: 6/16/1963
Location: USA, Albuquerque N.M.
Description: (Translated from French) (cf: 1953, New Mexico) Villa receives the impulse to take his camera and go to a certain place. There he sees a saucer 21 m in diameter. A door suddenly opens and he sees 4 men and 5 women, all between 2 m 10 and 2 m 70 in stature. These people greet Villa and tell him they come from Coma Berenice. They make themselves understood both by telepathy and in English and Spanish. Villa is allowed to take pictures and for him to have nice images, they even do a kind of flight tour. (following April 18, 65) (Mitarbeiter, “Ufo Geheimnisse”, Berlin, January 1998) IN REALITY: Paul Villa fabricated two series of eight color photographs each of circular flying objects with very precise details: one series on June 16, 1963, another on April 18, 1964; he spoke of numerous conversations with the extraterrestrials and promised to soon deliver another series of images. These series appeared in the January 1964 and April 1965 issues of “Ufo-International” and later in the 93 and 113 issues of “Ufo-Nachrichten”
Reference: A. SCHNEIDER-H. MALTHANER: “The Secret Dossier of UFOs”, ed. De Vecchi, 1978, p. 270
Reference: Mini catalogue chronologique des observations OVNI, by Godelieve Van Overmeire
Source: Overmeire, ID: Overmeire_2256

Event 23578 (5138187E)

Date: 6/16/1963
Description: (Translated from French) Valentina Terechkova becomes the first woman in space, aboard Vostok 6. (June 16)
Reference: rr0 - Beau
Source: rr0, ID: rr0_2000

Event 23579 (94A42C8A)

Date: 6/16/1963
Description: (Translated from French) At Peralta (New Mexico), Paul Villa photographs a “saucer” (see above) in motion near a dry river bed. See images/1963-07-16.jpg. (Sunday, June 16th, 3:30 PM)
Reference: rr0 - Beau
Source: rr0, ID: rr0_2003

Event 23580 (4063F61F)

Date: 6/16/1963
Location: Palmerston, North City, NZ
Description: A college student observed two brilliant lights descending in zig-zag fashion. The UFOs hovered stationary for about 5 seconds, then “suddenly shot off at very great speed, at first in level flight across my front, then climbed up into the sky at approximately 45 degrees to disappear.” [Witness interviewed by NICAP Adviser Harold H. Fulton.] (NICAP: 01 - Distant Encounters)
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_2640

Event 23581 (799FE080)

Date: 6/17/1963
Location: USS H.POWELL / PACIFIC 155° 52E-36° 25N
Description: Observer(s) = ships crew. 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 70)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_6788

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

Extra Data: Country: “Pacific Ocean and non - Asian islands”, Credibility: “8”, Duration: “1”, Elev: “0”, HatchDesc: “USS H.POWELL/PACIFIC 155°52E-36°25N:OBS=SHIPS CREW:NFD AT ALL”, LatLong: “36.416668 155.866674”, LatLongDMS: “36:25:00 N 155:52:00 E”, Locale: “High Seas”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “NPC”, Strangeness: “4”

Event 23582 (C194D4F7)

Date: 6/18/1963
Location: COSMONAUT V.BYKOVSKY
Description: Oval UFO paces Russian space capsule for some time.
Type: sighting
Reference: HOBANA Ion & WEVERBERGH,Julien: UFO’S from BEHIND the IRON CURTAIN; Bantam Books,1975. 308pp. (Index 285)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_6789

Attributes: AIR: Observer(s) on aircraft, MIL: Observer(s) military, HQO: High-quality observer(s), SCR: Classic saucer/disk/sphere shaped UFO, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), OBS: Observation/chasing vehicles, VEH: Vehicle affected: Marks/damage/EME effects, TCH: New technical details/clues

Extra Data: Country: “Earth Orbit or seen from space stations/capsules”, Credibility: “6”, Duration: “30”, HatchDesc: “COSMONAUT V.BYKOVSKY:OVAL UFO PACES RUSS SPACE CAPSULE FOR SOME TIME.”, LatLong: “90.000004 -0.000000”, LatLongDMS: “90:00:00 N 00:00:00 W”, Locale: “Residential”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “RUS”, Strangeness: “8”

Event 23583 (5CBE6B80)

Date: 6/18/1963
Time: 22:00
Location: NIAGARA FALLS, NY
Description: Government and RADAR’s and more/others. Flashing object zigzags and hovers. Going quickly / different directions. / r78p194.
Type: sighting
Reference: HALL, Richard: The UFO EVIDENCE; NICAP,Washington, DC 1964. Reprinted 1997 Barnes & Noble Books ( only $7.98! ) (Index 140)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_6790

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, HQO: High-quality observer(s), SCI: Scientist involvement, NLT: Nightlights/points of light, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), OBS: Observation/chasing vehicles, RDR: Radar traces/blips

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “9”, Duration: “130”, Elev: “177”, HatchDesc: “NIAGARA FALLS,NY:GOV+RDRs++:FLASHING OBJ ZIGZAGS+HVRS:>>/DIFF.DIRs:/r78p194”, LatLong: “43.088891 -79.044448”, LatLongDMS: “43:05:20 N 79:02:40 W”, Locale: “Town & City”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “New York”, Strangeness: “5”

Event 23584 (03992A51)

Date: 6/18/1963
Location: Niagara Falls, NY
Description: An unidentified object flashing various colors moved around erratically for over two hours. Witnesses in separate locations described the maneuvers similarly. About 10:00 p.m., the UFO moved from west to east, reversed direction and headed back west. Later, it headed southeast rising higher in the sky. Local astronomers and airport officials could not account for the object. [Report from NICAP member.] (NICAP: 01 - Distant Encounters)
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_2641

Event 23585 (1DE4DD8A)

Date: 6/19/1963
Location: PACIFIC 172° 00W-42° 20N
Description: Project Bluebook Case #unknown. Observer(s) = US naval air. 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 70)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_6791

Attributes: SEA: Observer(s) at sea, AIR: Observer(s) on aircraft, MIL: Observer(s) military, HQO: High-quality observer(s), NLT: Nightlights/points of light, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), MIL: Military investigation, BBK: Project BLUEBOOK

Extra Data: Country: “Pacific Ocean and non - Asian islands”, Credibility: “8”, Duration: “1”, Elev: “0”, HatchDesc: “PACIFIC 172°00W-42°20N:BBK#UNKN:OBS=US NAVAL AIR:NFD AT ALL”, LatLong: “42.333335 -172.000008”, LatLongDMS: “42:20:00 N 172:00:00 W”, Locale: “High Seas”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “NPC”, Strangeness: “4”

Event 23586 (9194E580)

Date: 6/19/1963
Location: BURLINGTON, MASS
Description: White night light going down. Turns silver. Circles. Going [to] over horizon. No further details. / r78p194.
Type: sighting
Reference: HALL, Richard: The UFO EVIDENCE; NICAP,Washington, DC 1964. Reprinted 1997 Barnes & Noble Books ( only $7.98! ) (Index 140)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_6792

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

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “6”, Duration: “3”, Elev: “66”, HatchDesc: “BURLINGTON,MASS:WHT NLT ↓:TURNS SLVR:CIRCLES:> OVR HORIZON:NFD:/r78p194”, LatLong: “42.500002 -71.200003”, LatLongDMS: “42:30:00 N 71:12:00 W”, Locale: “Town & City”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Massachusetts”, Strangeness: “5”

Event 23587 (3EE4F49B)

Date: 6/19/1963
Location: Burlington, MA
Description: An unidentified white light was observed descending, changing color; finally appeared silvery. The UFO then circled the area, disappearing behind objects on the visible horizon. [Report via Walter N. Webb, Boston NICAP Adviser.] (NICAP: 01 - Distant Encounters)
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_2642

Event 23588 (0F64C820)

Date: 6/20/1963
Location: USCGC MATAGORDA / PACIFIC
Description: 168° 36E-33° 12N. Blue Book Case #. Observer(s) = USCG cutter crew. 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 70)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_6793

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

Extra Data: Country: “Pacific Ocean and non - Asian islands”, Credibility: “8”, Duration: “1”, Elev: “0”, HatchDesc: “USCGC MATAGORDA/PACIFIC:168°36E-33°12N:BBK#:OBS=USCG CUTTER CREW:NFD AT ALL”, LatLong: “33.200002 168.600008”, LatLongDMS: “33:12:00 N 168:36:00 E”, Locale: “High Seas”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “NPC”, Strangeness: “4”

Event 23589 (B1AFF038)

Date: Summer 1963
Description: (Translated from French) Sighting in Middletown (New York). (Summer)
Reference: case Blue Book #8371 unsolved
Reference: rr0 - Beau
Source: rr0, ID: rr0_1997

Event 23590 (2A8E3AE0)

Date: 6/21/1963
Location: CHICAGO, IL
Description: Grey sphere/orb/globe. Row of lights / side. ‘Sizzles’. Low altitude. Sharp turns going quickly north. / r78p195.
Type: sighting
Reference: HALL, Richard: The UFO EVIDENCE; NICAP,Washington, DC 1964. Reprinted 1997 Barnes & Noble Books ( only $7.98! ) (Index 140)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_6794

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

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “6”, Duration: “3”, Elev: “190”, HatchDesc: “CHICAGO,IL:GRY ORB:ROW of LITES/SIDE:‘SIZZLES’:lo alt:SHARP TURNS >>N:/r78p195”, LatLong: “41.850002 -87.683338”, LatLongDMS: “41:51:00 N 87:41:00 W”, Locale: “Metropolis”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, RelAlt: “99”, State/Prov: “Illinois”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 23591 (8FC3AAE6)

Date: Summer 1963
Location: Middletown, NY
Description: 8-10 lights move at random, then in an oval formation (NICAP: 01 - Distant Encounters, BB: 8371)
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_2638

Event 23592 (0644AF8B)

Date: 6/21/1963
Location: Chicago, IL
Description: A student saw a gray, apparently spherical UFO with a central row of yellow lig3hts. Apparently at low altitude, the object made a “sizzling sound” as it moved east, turned sharply and disappeared to the north. [Witness filed NICAP report form.] (NICAP: 02 - Close Encounters)
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_2643

Event 23593 (69FB1E71)

Date: Summer 1963
Time: 9:30 or 10 PM
Location: Middletown, New York
Description: Witness: Grace Dutcher. Eight-ten lights moved at random, then in an oval formation, then singly, during the 1 minute sighting.
Type: ufo sighting
Reference: BlueBook Unknowns PDF
Source: BerlinerBBUnknowns, ID: BerlinerBBU_487

Event 23594 (5F40854A)

Date: Summer 1963
Location: Cleveland, Ohio
Description: Allen H. Greenfield and Rick Hilberg start publishing Saucer Album in Cleveland, Ohio. It becomes UFO Magazine in mid-1964 and continues through the summer of 1970. After a few years’ hiatus, it returns as UFO Magazine News Bulletin in early 1974 and continues at least until February 1979.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Saucer Album 1, no. 1 (Summer 1963)
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_3703

Event 23595 (CE734269)

Date: 6/25/1963
Time: 23:00:00.2
Location: 37.1314 -116.0681
Description: Nuclear test: Underground, confirmed. Country: USA Name: “Kennebec” 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_330

Extra Data: LatLong: “37.1314 -116.0681”, LatLongDMS: “37:07:53 N 116:04:05 W”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, NukeCountry: “USA”, NukeDepth: “0.23”, NukeName: “Kennebec”, NukeSource: “SPRINGER”, NukeType: “NUCU”, NukeYMax: “20”

Event 23596 (55860CBC)

Date: 6/26/1963
Location: PINECREST, CA
Description: Many observer(s). 3 green night lights going west meet 4th going east. Stop and continue. No further details. / r78p195.
Type: sighting
Reference: HALL, Richard: The UFO EVIDENCE; NICAP,Washington, DC 1964. Reprinted 1997 Barnes & Noble Books ( only $7.98! ) (Index 140)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_6795

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), TCH: New technical details/clues

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “11”, Duration: “5”, Elev: “1731”, HatchDesc: “PINECREST,CA:MANY OBS:3 GRN NLTS>W MEET 4th > E:STOP+CONTINUE:NFD:/r78p195”, LatLong: “38.177780 -119.994450”, LatLongDMS: “38:10:40 N 119:59:40 W”, Locale: “Desert”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “California”, Strangeness: “5”

Event 23597 (8DAB186F)

Date: 6/26/1963
Location: PACIFIC 176° 25W-31° 45N
Description: Project Bluebook Case #unknown. Observer(s) = US naval air crew. 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 70)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_6796

Attributes: SEA: Observer(s) at sea, AIR: Observer(s) on aircraft, MIL: Observer(s) military, HQO: High-quality observer(s), NLT: Nightlights/points of light, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), MIL: Military investigation, BBK: Project BLUEBOOK

Extra Data: Country: “Pacific Ocean and non - Asian islands”, Credibility: “8”, Duration: “1”, Elev: “0”, HatchDesc: “PACIFIC 176°25W-31°45N:BBK#UNKN:OBS= US NAVAL AIR CREW:NFD AT ALL”, LatLong: “31.750002 -176.416675”, LatLongDMS: “31:45:00 N 176:25:00 W”, Locale: “High Seas”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “NPC”, Strangeness: “4”

Event 23598 (95714DC8)

Date: 6/26/1963
Time: 01:00
Location: EAST WEYMOUTH, MASS
Description: 4 hear loud humming. 30’ saucer / 100’ altitude over power lines. / R. Fowler / r83p3.
Type: sighting
Reference: The APRO BULLETIN: Monthly. Jim & Coral Lorenzen: Tucson,AZ (USA. defunct) By volume and number. (Index 765)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_6797

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), SMP: Sampling of plant/animal/soil/tissue/specimens, SND: UFO sounds heard or recorded

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “8”, Duration: “3”, Elev: “15”, HatchDesc: “E.WEYMOUTH,MASS:4 HEAR LOUD HUM:30’SCR/100’alt OVR POWER LINES:/R.FOWLER/r83p3”, LatLong: “42.216669 -70.850003”, LatLongDMS: “42:13:00 N 70:51:00 W”, Locale: “Coastlands”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, RelAlt: “30”, State/Prov: “Massachusetts”, Strangeness: “7”

Event 23599 (5507CBF8)

Date: 6/26/1963
Time: 01:00
Location: ROCKLAND, MASS
Description: Roar. Saucer zigzags going northwest to horizon. Night lights / 90° turns / time-lapse news-photograph.
Type: sighting
Reference: The APRO BULLETIN: Monthly. Jim & Coral Lorenzen: Tucson,AZ (USA. defunct) By volume and number. (Index 767)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_6798

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

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “7”, Duration: “2”, Elev: “43”, HatchDesc: “ROCKLAND,MASS:ROAR:SCR ZIGZAGS >NW to HRZN::NLTS/90°TURNS/TIME-LAPSE NEWS-FOTO”, LatLong: “42.133335 -70.916670”, LatLongDMS: “42:08:00 N 70:55:00 W”, Locale: “Coastlands”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Massachusetts”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 23600 (052AA96C)

Date: 6/26/1963
Location: Rockland, MA
Description: About 1:00 a.m., witnesses attracted by a loud roar observed a Saturn-shaped UFO. The object hovered, then moved away horizontally. The shape was observed in silhouette, partly illuminated by a white light on top and orange light on bottom. [Witnesses interviewed by NICAP member Raymond Fowler.] (NICAP: 02 - Close Encounters)
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_2644

Event 23601 (4DB01521)

Date: 6/26/1963
Location: Pine Crest, CA
Description: Four glowing greenish objects with halos were observed by a technician, many others. Three objects moving westerly were approached by a similar object from the west. The fourth object stopped and hovered as the three approached, split formation, and continued west. Then the fourth object continued east. [Report via Bay Area NICAP Subcommittee.] (NICAP: 01 - Distant Encounters)
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_2645

Event 23602 (C7999E45)

Date: 6/26/1963
Location: 344 Commercial Street, Weymouth, Massachusetts
Description: Around 1:00 a.m. Enrico A. Gilberti Jr. and his wife Janet are awakened at their home on 344 Commercial Street, Weymouth, Massachusetts, by a loud roar. They look out the window and see a Saturn-shaped object moving slowly above the treetops 100 feet off the ground and 300 feet away. Gilberti describes it as “two hamburger buns one on top of another with a sandwiched piece of meat protruding around.” It is about 30–40 feet across and has two brilliant lights. The UFO follows some power lines across a field and disappears to the northeast. “The roar was deafening.” Neighbors hear the noise but do not see anything.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Loren E. Gross, The Fifth Horseman of the Apocalypse: UFOs, a History: January–June 1963, The Author, 2005, pp. 84–85
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_3705

Event 23603 (809FFAA4)

Date: 6/26/1963
Location: Pinecrest, California
Description: Four glowing greenish objects with halos are seen by a technician and many others at Pinecrest, California. Three objects moving westerly are approached by a similar object from the west. The fourth object stops and hovers as the three approach, split formation, and continue west. Then the fourth object continues east.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: UFOEv, p. 140
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_3706

Event 23604 (A9BDEE08)

Date: 6/26/1963
Description: Two UFO reports occurred at close to the same time in Massachusetts on this night. At one o’clock in the morning in East Weymouth (Norfolk County) a married couple saw a thirty-foot diameter object shaped like two bowls rim-to-rim hovering over some power lines, approximately 300 feet away from them. The UFO made a buzzing or humming sound as they watched it hover there for three minutes. At about the same time three people in Rockland, Massachusetts in nearby Plymouth County saw and photographed a disc-shaped object zigzagging away toward the northwest, or in the direction of Norfolk County. The time-lapsed photo shows a light making ninety-degree turns, and was published in the local newspaper.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: Walter N. Webb investigation files & Raymond E. Fowler, UFOs Interplanetary Visitors, p. 329; APRO Bulletin, November 1963, p. 4
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_3671

Event 23605 (5FEB51DB)

Date: 6/28/1963
Location: AUSTRALIA, in New South Wales and Muloona
Description: (Translated from French) A metal sphere 41 cm in diameter, weighing 8.2kg is discovered. A few days later, in Muloona, another sphere is found, only 15 cm in diameter and with a small opening. (FIying Saucer ReviewZ 10(1):5 and 9t4):23 - Keith Basterfield). (1963, 28 June)
Reference: Too bad the information stops there…
Reference: Mini catalogue chronologique des observations OVNI, by Godelieve Van Overmeire
Source: Overmeire, ID: Overmeire_2257

Event 23606 (3C62D264)

Date: 6/28/1963
Time: 21:30
Location: SANDY CREEK, SOUTH AUSTR
Description: Saucer / concave top / roadside. Tilts and flies. / r229’82#2+/ FSR’64#1.
Type: sighting
Reference: VALLEE, Jacques: PASSPORT TO MAGONIA; H. Regnery, Chicago HC 1969 & Contemporary Books,Chicago 1993. 372pp. (Index 573)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_6799

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

Extra Data: Country: “Australia”, Credibility: “6”, Duration: “3”, HatchDesc: “SANDY CREEK,S.AUSTR:SCR/CONCAVE TOP/ROADSIDE:TILTS+FLIES:/r229’82#2+/FSR’64#1”, LatLong: “-34.633335 138.816673”, LatLongDMS: “34:38:00 S 138:49:00 E”, Locale: “Pasture”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “South Australia”, Strangeness: “7”

Event 23607 (27A20BCD)

Date: 6/28/1963
Time: 2130
Location: Sandy Creek, Australia
Description: A fiery red object, 8 m wide 4 m high, with a concave top and flat bottom, was seen on the road by a Willaston resident who stopped his car 4 m away. The object rose, tipped to one side and flew away at fantastic speed.
Type: ufo sighting
Reference: 141; FSR 64, 1 (Vallee)
Source: ValléeMagonia, ID: Magonia_573

Event 23608 (2C709EC7)

Date: 6/28/1963
Location: Lyndoch-Gawler Road near Sandy Creek, South Australia
Description: 9:30 p.m. A man is driving along the Lyndoch-Gawler Road near Sandy Creek, South Australia, when he comes across a blood-red, glowing object, 25 feet across and 12 feet high, in the road ahead. He is within 12 feet of it when he hits the brakes. The object turns a lighter reddish-yellow and rises up into the air several hundred feet. It turns on its side and speeds away. This and other UFO incidents cause Sen. Jim Cavanagh to ask the federal government to make its UFO dossier public, but Minister for Air David Fairbairn refuses, saying that the vast majority of reports are explainable.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Loren E. Gross, The Fifth Horseman of the Apocalypse: UFOs, a History: January–June 1963, The Author, 2005, pp. 86–87
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_3707

Event 23609 (7BD2BD72)

Date: 6/28/1963
Description: Driving around a corner in the road at 9:30 p.m. a man came to within three meters of red disc-shaped object blocking the road in Sandy Creek near Adelaide, South Australia. The disc was eight meters in diameter and had a concave top. It ascended vertically to 100 meters, tipped to one side, and shot away leaving behind a vapor trail. It also changed to a reddish yellow color as it gathered speed.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: Sylvia Sutton, Flying Saucer Review, March-April 1964, p. 29; James Holledge, Flying Saucers over Australia, p. 88; Jacques Vallee, Passport to Magonia: A Century of Landings, case 573
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_3712

Event 23610 (DBDC96DC)

Date: 7/1963
Time: ~15:00
Location: LANZHOU, GANSU, CH
Description: 1 observer. Red fireball lands / yard. Spins and shoots going up. Leaves (something behind) red trail. MJ#191.
Type: sighting
Reference: DONG, Paul: UFO’s Over MODERN CHINA. 1983 UFO Photo Archives; P. O. Box 17206; Tucson, AZ 85710. (Index 43)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_6800

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

Extra Data: Country: “China”, Credibility: “6”, Duration: “5”, HatchDesc: “LANZHOU,GANSU,CH:1 OBS:RED FBL LANDS/YARD:SPINS+SHOOTS ↑:LVS RED TRAIL:MJ#191”, LatLong: “36.050002 103.666672”, LatLongDMS: “36:03:00 N 103:40:00 E”, Locale: “Residential”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “GNS”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 23611 (94A5DC15)

Date: 7/1963
Time: 21:00
Location: BUCHAREST, ROMANIA
Description: Amateur astronomer. Lens-UFO going quickly southeast / jet-plane speed. Suddenly shoots going up.
Type: sighting
Reference: HOBANA Ion & WEVERBERGH,Julien: UFO’S from BEHIND the IRON CURTAIN; Bantam Books,1975. 308pp. (Index 232)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_6801

Attributes: 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: “Romania”, Credibility: “7”, Duration: “1”, HatchDesc: “BUCHAREST,ROMANIA:AM.ASTRONOMER:LENS-UFO>>SE/JET-PLANE SPEED:SUDDENLY SHOOTS ↑”, LatLong: “44.416669 26.100001”, LatLongDMS: “44:25:00 N 26:06:00 E”, Locale: “Metropolis”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Bucharest”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 23612 (9975927C)

Date: 7/1963
Location: Boston, MA
Description: An advertising plane caused several erroneous UFO reports. (Aircraft identified by NICAP Adviser, Walter N. Webb.) (NICAP: 01 - Distant Encounters)
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_2646

Event 23613 (20AA58EF)

Date: 7/1963
Locations: US; Latin America; Fort Benning, Georgia; Guantanamo Bay, Cuba; Abu Ghraib, Iraq
Description: The CIA has synthesized many of the findings from its psychological research into what became known as the “KUBARK Counterintelligence Interrogation” handbook, which cites the MKUltra studies and other secret research programs as the scientific basis for their interrogation methods. Donald Ewen Cameron regularly travels around the US teaching military personnel about his techniques (hooding of prisoners for sensory deprivation, prolonged isolation, humiliation, etc.), and how they can be used in interrogations. Latin American paramilitary groups working for the CIA and US military personnel receive training in these psychological techniques at places such as the School of the Americas in Fort Benning, Georgia. (In the 21st century, many of these torture techniques are used at US military and CIA prisons such as Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, and Abu Ghraib, Iraq.) In the aftermath of the 1975 congressional hearings, major news media mainly focus on sensational stories related to LSD, mind-control, and brainwashing, and rarely use the word “torture.” This suggests that the CIA researchers are, as one author put it, “a bunch of bumbling sci-fi buffoons” rather than a rational group of men who have run torture laboratories and medical experiments in major US universities; they have arranged for torture, rape, and psychological abuse of adults and young children, driving many of them permanently insane.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Central Intelligence Agency, “KUBARK Counterintelligence Interrogation,” July 1963; Wikipedia, “Unethical human experimentation in the United States”
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_3708

Event 23614 (DC799668)

Date: 7/1/1963
Description: (Translated from French) Sighting in Glen Ellyn (Illinois). (July 1st)
Reference: case Blue Book #8434 unsolved
Reference: rr0 - Beau
Source: rr0, ID: rr0_2004

Event 23615 (577842B8)

Date: 7/1/1963
Time: 20:00
Location: GLEN ELLYN, IL
Description: Project Bluebook Case #8434. 1 observer / theodolite. Small night light flashes and maneuvers / sky / 90 min.
Type: sighting
Reference: BERLINER, DON: The BLUEBOOK UNKNOWNS; (FUFOR). (Index 31)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_6802

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

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “6”, Duration: “90”, Elev: “238”, HatchDesc: “GLEN ELLYN,IL:BBK#8434:1 OBS/THEODOLITE:SML NLT FLASHES+MNVRS/SKY/90min.”, LatLong: “41.877780 -88.066671”, LatLongDMS: “41:52:40 N 88:04:00 W”, Locale: “Residential”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Illinois”, Strangeness: “5”

Event 23616 (00DF5AE5)

Date: 7/1/1963
Location: Glen Ellyn, IL
Description: Theodolite saw a light, the size of a match head at arm’s length (NICAP: 01 - Distant Encounters, BB: 8434)
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_2647

Event 23617 (44A6019A)

Date: 7/1/1963
Time: 8 PM
Location: Glen Ellyn, Illinois
Description: Witness: R.B. Stiles, ll, using a theodolite. One light, the size of a match head at arm’s length, flashed and moved around the sky for 1.5 hours.
Type: ufo sighting
Reference: BlueBook Unknowns PDF
Source: BerlinerBBUnknowns, ID: BerlinerBBU_488

Event 23618 (5AB0E43C)

Date: 7/2/1963
Location: Tuscon, AZ
Description: Large blimp like object reported. [In this area is the Davis Monthan AFB Titan II Missile Site, home of the 390th Strategic Missile Wing consisting of 18 Launch Facilities around the Tucson area]. (NICAP: 01 - Distant Encounters)
Reference: NICAP: 630702
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_2648

Event 23619 (79DA5147)

Date: 7/2/1963
Locations: Raleigh, North Carolina; Ga.
Description: Nineteen-year-old NICAP member John P. Speights of Raleigh, North Carolina, writes a letter questioning the Air Force’s treatment of UFOs to Rep. Carl Vinson (D-Ga.), chairman of the House Armed Services Committee. Vinson forwards it to USAF along with his own request for information on Blue Book. The Air Force treats the request gingerly because of the implication of a congressional hearing and prepares a reply to Vinson on July 18, but there is no evidence that it is sent. USAF Maj. Maston M. Jacks does reply to Speights on August 5.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Loren E. Gross, The Fifth Horseman of the Apocalypse: UFOs, a History: July–December 1963, The Author, 2005, pp. 19–20; US Air Force, Foreign Technology Division, “Congressional Correspondence on the U.S. Air Force UFO Program, Congressman Carl Vinson”
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_3709

Event 23620 (C3AC5CD5)

Date: 7/7/1963
Time: 18:40
Location: BANTAM, CT
Description: Entire family. 8 metallic disks going southwest low and slow over hills. Estimated 750M altitude. News.
Type: sighting
Reference: The APRO BULLETIN: Monthly. Jim & Coral Lorenzen: Tucson,AZ (USA. defunct) By volume and number. (Index 767)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_6803

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

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “8”, Duration: “2”, Elev: “299”, HatchDesc: “BANTAM,CT:ENTIRE FAMILY:8 MTLC DISKS >SW LOW+SLOW ovr HILLS:estm.750M alt:NEWS”, LatLong: “41.716669 -73.250003”, LatLongDMS: “41:43:00 N 73:15:00 W”, Locale: “Residential”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, RelAlt: “750”, State/Prov: “Connecticut”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 23621 (850B5233)

Date: 7/7/1963
Time: 21:20
Location: HEYBELI ISLAND, TURK
Description: 12 Saturn saucers hide / small clouds going west. Stop and hover. Portholes. / LDLN#115.
Type: sighting
Reference: FLYING SAUCER REVIEW (FSR), London. Bimonthly. PO Box 162; High Wycombe, Bucks. HP135 DZ, England. (Index 219)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_6804

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, CMF: Camouflage/disguise

Extra Data: Country: “Turkey”, Credibility: “7”, Duration: “60”, HatchDesc: “HEYBELI Isl,TURK:12 SATURN SCRS HIDE/SML CLOUDS>W:STOP+HVR:PORTHOLES:/LDLN#115”, LatLong: “40.883335 29.061112”, LatLongDMS: “40:53:00 N 29:03:40 E”, Locale: “Offshore”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “IST”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 23622 (F20CB229)

Date: 7/10/1963
Description: (Translated from French) Police Officer Anthony Penny sees an orange-colored object streak across the sky and disappear from Manor Farm (Charlton, Wiltshire). See July 16. (July 10)
Reference: Vallee 1969
Reference: rr0 - Beau
Source: rr0, ID: rr0_2005

Event 23623 (EE98360A)

Date: 7/14/1963
Time: 08:00?
Location: PARKSTONE, DORSET
Description: 200’ torpedo-ship 300’ overhead. Whistles. Going quickly west / tremendous speed.
Type: sighting
Reference: FLAMMONDE, Paris: The AGE of FLYING SAUCERS; Hawthorne Books, NY 1971 (Index 165)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_6805

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

Extra Data: Country: “Great Britain and Ireland”, Credibility: “6”, Duration: “2”, HatchDesc: “PARKSTONE,DORSET:200’ TORPEDO-SHIP 300’OVHD:WHISTLES:>>W/TREMENDOUS SPEED”, LatLong: “50.733336 -1.916667”, LatLongDMS: “50:44:00 N 01:55:00 W”, Locale: “Metropolis”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “England”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 23624 (098E7509)

Date: 7/14/1963
Description: A 200-foot-long torpedo-shaped craft flew over Parkstone, Dorset, England at 300 feet. It made a whistling sound and shot off to the west at a tremendous speed. The sighting lasted three minutes.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: Orbit, 1963, Volume 4, p. 17; Ray Palmer, Flying Saucers magazine, August 1964, p. 9
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_4050

Event 23625 (E742057F)

Date: 7/15/1963 (approximate)
Time: 01:10
Location: D3 NORTHEAST / RIANS, FR
Description: 3 / car. Silent ball / light follows car going southeast. Circles. Goes back northwest. UFO / news.
Type: sighting
Reference: LUMIERES DANS la NUIT (LDLN), Paris. Bimonthly since 1957. LDLN B.P.3; 77123 Le Vaudoue, FRANCE. (Index 137)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_6806

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, VEH: Vehicle affected: Marks/damage/EME effects

Extra Data: Country: “France”, Credibility: “8”, Duration: “10”, HatchDesc: “D3 NE/RIANS,FR:3/CAR:SLNT BALL/LITE FOLOS CAR >SE:CCLs:GOES BACK NW:UFO/NEWS”, LatLong: “43.633335 5.794445”, LatLongDMS: “43:38:00 N 05:47:40 E”, Locale: “Pasture”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Var”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 23626 (B2C0A450)

Date: 7/15/1963
Location: Charlton, Great Britain
Description: A farmer discovered strange crater 2.5 m wide and 2.5 m deep. Vegetation around it was burned and there were four holes in the ground around the crater itself.
Type: ufo sighting
Reference: FSR 63, 5; Magonia (Vallee)
Source: ValléeMagonia, ID: Magonia_574

Event 23627 (D07502EE)

Date: 7/16/1963
Description: (Translated from French) The satellite Telstar 2, launched on May 7th, ceases to transmit.
Reference: rr0 - Beau
Source: rr0, ID: rr0_2006

Event 23628 (040CF343)

Date: 7/16/1963
Description: (Translated from French) At Manor Farm (Charlton, Wiltshire), Reg Alexander, a farmhand, discovered in the potato field and on a barley field of farmer Roy Blanchard marks forming a crater-shaped depression with a diameter of 8 feet and about 4 inches deep. At the center of this depression is a deep hole 3 feet and 5 inches in diameter, according to various assessments. Radiating from the central hole are 4 slots 4 feet long and 1 foot wide. Leonard Joliffe, a dairyman from the farm, reported hearing an explosion one morning around 6am.
Reference: FSR Sept-Oct 1963
Reference: Vallée 1969
Reference: rr0 - Beau
Source: rr0, ID: rr0_2007

Event 23629 (6E8D7689)

Date: 7/16/1963
Time: ~06:00
Location: CHARLTON, WILTS
Description: 8’ x8’CRATER / potato field. Dirt gone. 4 holes. Crops burnt. / FSR’63#5.
Type: sighting
Reference: VALLEE, Jacques: DIMENSIONS, A Casebook of Alien Contact Ballentine, NY 1989. PB (Index 55)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_6807

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, MIL: Observer(s) military, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, MID: Likely mis-identification, NFO: No craft seen, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), SMP: Sampling of plant/animal/soil/tissue/specimens, DRT: Dirt/soil traces/marks/footprints etc., VEG: Plants affected or sampled/crop circles, LND: UFO landing or any part touches ground, TRC: Physical traces, MIL: Military investigation

Extra Data: Country: “Great Britain and Ireland”, Credibility: “10”, Duration: “5”, Elev: “76”, HatchDesc: “CHARLTON,WILTS:8’x8’CRATER/POTATO FLD:DIRT GONE:4 HOLES:CROPS BURNT:/FSR’63#5”, LatLong: “51.600002 -2.050000”, LatLongDMS: “51:36:00 N 02:03:00 W”, Locale: “Farmlands”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “England”, Strangeness: “5”

Event 23630 (23BEFC9A)

Date: 7/16/1963
Time: 07:50
Location: ONTARIO, CA
Description: 1 / car. Large (20M?) plain silent metallic disk going east near airport / 300M altitude. / news.
Type: sighting
Reference: The APRO BULLETIN: Monthly. Jim & Coral Lorenzen: Tucson,AZ (USA. defunct) By volume and number. (Index 773)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_6808

Attributes: 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: “290”, HatchDesc: “ONTARIO,CA:1/CAR:LRG (20M?) PLAIN SLNT MTLC DISK >E nr AIRPORT/300M alt:/news”, LatLong: “34.066668 -117.650006”, LatLongDMS: “34:04:00 N 117:39:00 W”, Locale: “Pasture”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “California”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 23631 (46F20AEC)

Date: 7/16/1963
Location: Charlton, Wiltshire, England
Description: Farmer Roy Blanchard of Charlton, Wiltshire, England, discovers a strange crater on the ground overlapping his potato and barley fields. It is about 8 feet wide and 4 inches deep. A hole in the center is 3 feet deep and less than a foot in diameter. All vegetation inside the circle is burned, leaving only bare earth, and there are four slots in the ground around it, each about 4 feet long and a foot wide. A small piece of metal is found. Astronomer Patrick Moore states that a “shrimp-sized meteorite” has caused the crater. But a military investigation shows no burn or scratch marks or any trace of an explosion.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Loren E. Gross, The Fifth Horseman of the Apocalypse: UFOs, a History: July–December 1963, The Author, 2005, pp. 12–16; UFOFiles2, p. 116; Nick Redfern, “The Curious Caper of the Charlton Crater, Part 1,” Mysterious Universe, September 28, 2015; Nick Redfern, “The Curious Caper of the Charlton Crater, Part 2,” Mysterious Universe, September 28, 2015; Matthew Richardson, “The Charlton Crater”
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_3710

Event 23632 (406C0A5F)

Date: 7/16/1963
Description: At 7:45 a.m. a large featureless metallic disc flew to the east near the airport in Ontario, California at 300 meters altitude. It made no sound and was estimated to be over 50 feet in diameter.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: APRO Bulletin, May-June 1964
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_4094

Event 23633 (24B89E96)

Date: 7/17/1963
Location: US
Description: A passenger of a Convair-880 related to UFO investigator, James Moseley, that the 4 engine jet airliner she had been flying in was pursued by an UFO. The jet, traveling at 600 mph, made a sharp turn to avoid the UFO, now rapidly closing in on the plane. Just as they were about to collide, the UFO swerved away at fantastic speed and disappeared in the night sky. When the (unnamed) woman confronted the pilot about the incident, he said, “I wouldn’t dare risk telling the airline of the incident. If I could tell you of some of the experiences my buddies have had, you’d never fly again!”
Type: ufo sighting
Reference: Pea Research
Source: Maj2, ID: Maj2_612

Event 23634 (BF3CD566)

Date: 7/18/1963
Description: (Translated from French) Near Sunnyvale (California), 4 USAF jets attempted to intercept an airborne disc-shaped craft. According to the report signed by a qualified ground observer and archived by NICAP, the strange craft was much too fast for the jets. It climbed in a short turn and was out of sight in about 3 s. (July 18)
Reference: Keyhoe 1967
Reference: rr0 - Beau
Source: rr0, ID: rr0_2008

Event 23635 (EA511344)

Date: 7/18/1963
Location: SUNNYVALE, CA
Description: Tech-writer and pilots. Saucer hovers. Flies going up [to] as jet nears. 8mm movies.
Type: sighting
Reference: FLAMMONDE, Paris: UFO EXIST!; Ballentine Books, NY 1976. PB 480pp. (Index 438)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_6809

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, TCH: New technical details/clues

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “10”, Duration: “15”, Elev: “35”, HatchDesc: “SUNNYVALE,CA:TECH-WRITER+PILOTS:SCR HVRS:FLIES ↑ AS JET NEARS:8mm MOVIES:”, LatLong: “37.383335 -122.083339”, LatLongDMS: “37:23:00 N 122:05:00 W”, Locale: “Residential”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “California”, Strangeness: “8”

Event 23636 (53714C82)

Date: 7/18/1963
Time: ~15:00
Location: FERN CREEK, KY
Description: 2 boys. Small disk exits cylinder/cigar-shape and lands. Small humanoid (or Grey) with breathing gear zaps observer(s).
Type: sighting
Reference: RIDGE, Francis: REGIONAL ENCOUNTERS in the FC Files. 170pp. UFO FILTER CENTER, Mt. Vernon, IN 1994 (Index 5)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_6810

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, SCR: Classic saucer/disk/sphere shaped UFO, CIG: Torpedo/cigar/cylinder shaped UFO, OID: Humanoid: Small alien or “Grey”, CVS: Conversation/communication, LND: UFO landing or any part touches ground, INJ: Injuries, illness/death, mutilations

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “5”, Duration: “2”, Elev: “305”, HatchDesc: “FERN CREEK,KY:2 BOYS:SML DISK EXITS CGR+LANDS:OID W/BREATHING GEAR ZAPS OBS”, LatLong: “38.161113 -85.588893”, LatLongDMS: “38:09:40 N 85:35:20 W”, Locale: “Mountains”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Kentucky”, Strangeness: “9”

Event 23637 (00A7BCB9)

Date: 7/18/1963
Location: Sunnyvale, CA
Description: A technical writer for United Technology Center saw a disc-shaped UFO hovering in the sky. He exposed 8 mm color film of the object using a 36 mm tele-photo lens. (A few frames of the film were submitted to NICAP, but the image is too small to show detail.) [Report via Bay Area NICAP Subcommittee.] (NICAP: 08 - Photographic Cases)
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_2649

Event 23638 (523D5F72)

Date: 7/18/1963
Description: At two o’clock in the afternoon, four boys in Fern Creek, Kentucky saw a cigar-shaped object that became a disc, then vanished behind some trees. A small being, 3.5 to 4 feet tall, wearing a tight-fitting white suit, goggles and a helmet emerged from the trees. The boys threw dirt clods at the entity, and the dwarf fired back using what looked like a black tube, burning two of them. There were landing imprints and footprints at the site.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: David F. Webb, Skylook, August 1975, p. 9, citing Terry William as field investigator
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_4168

Event 23639 (3521F35A)

Date: 7/20/1963
Description: (Translated from French) At Groom Lake, an A-12 successfully reached Mach 3 during a test flight. (July 20)
Reference: Peebles 1995
Reference: rr0 - Beau
Source: rr0, ID: rr0_2009

Event 23640 (5B53AECC)

Date: 7/20/1963
Location: WEST / BURNLEY, LANCS
Description: 1 observer. Huge top-saucer hovers and shimmers and rotates. Then shoots going quickly south and stops.
Type: sighting
Reference: DEVEREUX, Paul: EARTH LIGHTS REVELATION. 1989 Blanford/UK & 1991 Biddles Ltd, Guilford, Engl. PB (Index 100)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_6811

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

Extra Data: Country: “Great Britain and Ireland”, Credibility: “6”, Duration: “2”, Elev: “145”, HatchDesc: “W/BURNLEY,LANCs:1 OBS:HUGE TOP-SCR HVRS+SHIMMERS+ROTATES:THEN SHOOTS>>S+STOPS”, LatLong: “53.800003 -2.333333”, LatLongDMS: “53:48:00 N 02:20:00 W”, Locale: “Pasture”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “England”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 23641 (383BC080)

Date: 7/20/1963
Location: PACIFIC 174° 09W-35° 20N
Description: Project Bluebook Case #unknown. Military observer(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 71)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_6812

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: “Pacific Ocean and non - Asian islands”, Credibility: “7”, Duration: “1”, Elev: “0”, HatchDesc: “PACIFIC 174°09W-35°20N:BBK#UNKN:MIL OBS:NFD AT ALL”, LatLong: “35.333335 -174.150008”, LatLongDMS: “35:20:00 N 174:09:00 W”, Locale: “High Seas”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “NPC”, Strangeness: “4”

Event 23642 (737F376D)

Date: 7/20/1963
Time: 19:50
Location: SPRINGFIELD, IL
Description: Shiny silver UFO goes left and right and going up and down / 60 min. At dusk rises very high and flies going [to] horizon.
Type: sighting
Reference: HALL, Richard: The UFO EVIDENCE; NICAP,Washington, DC 1964. Reprinted 1997 Barnes & Noble Books ( only $7.98! ) (Index 141)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_6813

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: “USA”, Credibility: “8”, Duration: “60”, Elev: “183”, HatchDesc: “SPRINGFIELD,IL:SHINY SLVR UFO GOES <+>+↑+↓/60 MIN:AT DUSK RISES VHI+FLIES>HRZN”, LatLong: “39.800002 -89.650004”, LatLongDMS: “39:48:00 N 89:39:00 W”, Locale: “Town & City”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Illinois”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 23643 (5E75C974)

Date: 7/20/1963
Location: Springfield, IL
Description: About 7:50 p.m., a shiny silver object was observed hovering at high altitude. The UFO moved up and down, back and forth, but remained in the same area of the sky. About dusk, the object (now resembling a bright star) began moving across the sky, picking up speed, and disappeared in the distance. [Witness filed NICAP report form.] (NICAP: 01 - Distant Encounters)
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_2650

Event 23644 (BA5B33B3)

Date: 7/20/1963
Description: An A-1 piloted by Louis Schalk briefly achieves a speed of Mach 3 for the first time.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Jacobsen, Area 51, p. 201
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_3711

Event 23645 (1A4A5039)

Date: 7/20/1963
Description: A huge top-shaped object hovered, shimmered and rotated in the sky west of Burnley, England for two minutes. It shot off toward the south, but stopped again.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: Paul Devereax, Earth Lights Revelation, p. 100
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_4234

Event 23646 (9B74B93E)

Date: 7/22/1963
Time: 20:30
Location: PARR, LANCS
Description: 3 observer(s). Saucer / 3 legs and periscope beneath. Going up / odd cloud. / FSRv10#3+/ r70p3-84.
Type: sighting
Reference: TIME-LIFE: The UFO PHENOMENON; Time-Life Books, Alexandria, VA. ( undated coffee-table hardcover.) (Index 111)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_6814

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

Extra Data: Country: “Great Britain and Ireland”, Credibility: “8”, Duration: “2”, Elev: “24”, HatchDesc: “PARR,LANCs:3 OBS:SCR/3 LEGS+PERISCOPE BENEATH:↑/ODD CLOUD:/FSRv10#3+/r70p3-84”, LatLong: “53.450003 -2.705556”, LatLongDMS: “53:27:00 N 02:42:20 W”, Locale: “Residential”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “England”, Strangeness: “8”

Event 23647 (915DBE1D)

Date: 7/22/1963
Time: 2030
Location: Parr, Great Britain
Description: William Holland, 12, and two other persons saw a hovering, silvery object with a flashing red light on top, at 20 m altitude. It had three “legs” and a periscope underneath that pointed at the witnesses. The object went up into a cloud of unusual color, which flew against the wind.
Type: ufo sighting
Reference: FSR 64, 3 (Vallee)
Source: ValléeMagonia, ID: Magonia_575

Event 23648 (32916287)

Date: 7/22/1963
Description: A 38-year-old man named Gray sighted a 300-foot long flying craft with lighted windows while driving between Northfield and Yatala, South Australia at 6:35 p.m. The UFO was seen below the clouds for five minutes.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: Waveney Girvan, Flying Saucer Review, March-April 1964, p. 24
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_4298

Event 23649 (3E652201)

Date: 7/22/1963
Description: At 8:30 p.m. three people watched a low flying bell-shaped object pass into a cloud in Parr, Merseyside, England. It failed to reappear.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: Thomas M. Olsen, The Reference for Outstanding UFO Sighting Reports, case 141, citing Flying Saucer Review, May-June 1964, p. 24; Jacques Vallee, Passport to Magonia: A Century of Landings, case 575
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_4299

Event 23650 (6B209594)

Date: 7/23/1963
Location: USA, between Setus Pass and Toppenish and Portland (Oregon)
Description: (Translated from French) At 1:00am three people were driving when a 4m tall humanoid with grey hair crossed the road. A couple from Portland were fishing in the Lewis river and saw on the other side a 4m tall humanoid. He was wearing a Ku-Klux-Klan style hood or had an abundant head of hair.
Reference: Jacques BERGIER: “Les E.T. dans l’Histoire” - J’AI LU - 1970 - p. 164
Reference: Mini catalogue chronologique des observations OVNI, by Godelieve Van Overmeire
Source: Overmeire, ID: Overmeire_2258

Event 23651 (DABC7567)

Date: 7/23/1963
Description: (Translated from French) The Daily Express of London reported the observation of Officer Anthony Penny two weeks earlier.
Reference: Vallée 1969
Reference: rr0 - Beau
Source: rr0, ID: rr0_2010

Event 23652 (734FB340)

Date: 7/23/1963
Description: (Translated from French) Observation (below) in Colorado.
Reference: rr0 - Beau
Source: rr0, ID: rr0_2011

Event 23653 (2E6F9CD0)

Date: 7/24/1963
Location: LEEDS, WEST YORKS
Description: 2 boys. Domed saucer descends from overcast. Speeds away. No further details.
Type: sighting
Reference: FLAMMONDE, Paris: The AGE of FLYING SAUCERS; Hawthorne Books, NY 1971 (Index 165)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_6815

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

Extra Data: Country: “Great Britain and Ireland”, Credibility: “6”, Duration: “1”, Elev: “63”, HatchDesc: “LEEDS,W.YORKS:2 BOYS:DOMED SCR DESCENDS fm OVERCAST:SPEEDS AWAY:NFD”, LatLong: “53.800003 -1.550000”, LatLongDMS: “53:48:00 N 01:33:00 W”, Locale: “Residential”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “England”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 23654 (26668120)

Date: 7/24/1963
Description: On this morning two ten year old boys with the last names Lee and Duffy were buzzed by a domed, disc-shaped object that descended from an overcast sky while they were playing outdoors in Leeds, West Yorkshire, England at 8:30 a.m.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: Orbit, Tyneside, England, Volume 2 (1963), p. 23); Paris Flammonde, UFO Exist! p. 165; Larry Hatch, U computer database, case 6371, citing Paris Flammonde
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_4352

Event 23655 (39E59BFD)

Date: 7/25/1963
Location: BLOXWICH, BIRMINGHAM
Description: UFO with great beacon seen here and entire area. Many calls.
Type: sighting
Reference: FLAMMONDE, Paris: The AGE of FLYING SAUCERS; Hawthorne Books, NY 1971 (Index 165)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_6816

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, HQO: High-quality observer(s), WAV: Wave/cluster/flap, SCR: Classic saucer/disk/sphere shaped UFO, DLT: Delta/vee/boomerang/rectangular shaped UFO, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), OBS: Observation/chasing vehicles, RAY: Odd light/searchlight/beam/laser-like

Extra Data: Country: “Great Britain and Ireland”, Credibility: “11”, Duration: “60”, Elev: “154”, HatchDesc: “BLOXWICH,BIRMINGHAM:UFO W/GREAT BEACON SEEN HERE+ENTIRE AREA:MANY CALLS”, LatLong: “52.616669 -2.000000”, LatLongDMS: “52:37:00 N 02:00:00 W”, Locale: “Metropolis”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “England”, Strangeness: “5”

Event 23656 (BCCCBB54)

Date: 7/26/1963
Time: 00:10
Location: MARYHILL, WA
Description: 2 separate truckers. 40’ domed saucer paces truck / 20 minute(s) up hill. Tilts and away.
Type: sighting
Reference: MUFON UFO JOURNAL, Seguin, TX USA. Monthly. (Index 243)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_6817

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

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “7”, Duration: “20”, Elev: “55”, HatchDesc: “MARYHILL,WA:2 SEP.TRUCKERS:40’DOMED SCR PACES TRUCK/20min UP HILL:TILTS+AWAY”, LatLong: “45.700002 -120.800006”, LatLongDMS: “45:42:00 N 120:48:00 W”, Locale: “Pasture”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Washington”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 23657 (AB13A548)

Date: 8/1963 (approximate)
Time: 22:00
Location: HEMMINGFORD, QB
Description: 6+several observer(s). Sizzle! Domed saucer going north / 200’ altitude. 12+square portholes / blue-light.
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 35)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_6818

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: “Canada”, Credibility: “9”, Duration: “1”, Elev: “77”, HatchDesc: “HEMMINGFORD,QB:6+SVRL OBS:SIZZLE!:DOMED SCR >N/200’alt:12+SQR PORTS/BLU-LITE”, LatLong: “45.066669 -73.600004”, LatLongDMS: “45:04:00 N 73:36:00 W”, Locale: “Residential”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, RelAlt: “60”, State/Prov: “Quebec”, Strangeness: “7”

Event 23658 (AD042A0A)

Date: 8/1963
Time: 23:30
Location: BUCHAREST, ROM
Description: 2 amateur astronomers. 2 bright saucers play / sky. 1 going north. Vanish. / r84p223+/ r193#24.
Type: sighting
Reference: UFO INVESTIGATOR: NICAP: Kensington, MD & Washington, DC [defunct]. University Microfilms, Ann Arbor, MI 48106 (Index 60)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_6819

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

Extra Data: Country: “Romania”, Credibility: “7”, Duration: “1”, HatchDesc: “BUCHAREST,ROM:2 AM.ASTRONS:2 BRITE SCRS PLAY/SKY:1 >N:VANISH:/r84p223+/r193#24”, LatLong: “44.433335 26.116668”, LatLongDMS: “44:26:00 N 26:07:00 E”, Locale: “Metropolis”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Bucharest”, Strangeness: “7”

Event 23659 (52E9B970)

Date: 8/1/1963
Location: GARSTON, HERTFORDS
Description: RAF pilot and flight instrument and tower Air Traffic Controllers. Triangular object hovers. No further details.
Type: sighting
Reference: GOOD, Timothy: ABOVE TOP SECRET; Sidgewick & Jackson, London 1987 & Quill Books, 1988. 592pp. (Index 192)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_6820

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, AIR: Observer(s) on aircraft, MIL: Observer(s) military, HQO: High-quality observer(s), DLT: Delta/vee/boomerang/rectangular shaped UFO, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), OBS: Observation/chasing vehicles

Extra Data: Country: “Great Britain and Ireland”, Credibility: “8”, Duration: “3”, HatchDesc: “GARSTON,HERTFORDs:RAF PILOT+FLT INSTR+TOWER ATCS:TRIANGULAR OBJ HOVERS:NFD”, LatLong: “51.683336 -0.383333”, LatLongDMS: “51:41:00 N 00:23:00 W”, Locale: “Town & City”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “England”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 23660 (664098E9)

Date: 8/1/1963
Location: BECKENHAM, LONDON
Description: “French balloon” seen and chased by RAF and USAF. Seen by many others.
Type: sighting
Reference: GOOD, Timothy: ABOVE TOP SECRET; Sidgewick & Jackson, London 1987 & Quill Books, 1988. 592pp. (Index 149)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_6821

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

Extra Data: Country: “Great Britain and Ireland”, Credibility: “9”, Duration: “12”, HatchDesc: “BECKENHAM,LONDON:“FRENCH BALLOON” SEEN+CHASED BY RAF+USAF:SEEN by MANY OTHERS”, LatLong: “51.400002 -0.033333”, LatLongDMS: “51:24:00 N 00:02:00 W”, Locale: “Residential”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “England”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 23661 (2FA51F57)

Date: 8/1/1963
Time: 20:30
Location: SOUTHWEST CALGARY, ALTA
Description: Red-orange tube exits cloud going quickly southwest extremely fast. Slows and darkens. Going [to] vertical and going down.
Type: sighting
Reference: The APRO BULLETIN: Monthly. Jim & Coral Lorenzen: Tucson,AZ (USA. defunct) By volume and number. (Index 765)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_6822

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: “Canada”, Credibility: “7”, Duration: “2”, Elev: “1070”, HatchDesc: “SW CALGARY,ALTA:RED-ORG TUBE EXITS CLOUD >>SW XFAST:SLOWS+DARKENS:>VERTICAL+↓”, LatLong: “51.016669 -114.100005”, LatLongDMS: “51:01:00 N 114:06:00 W”, Locale: “Residential”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Alta”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 23662 (77612391)

Date: 8/1/1963
Location: Garston, Herts, UK
Description: A former RAF pilot, and flying instructor, observed a triangular UFO which hovered for a -long period of time, then climbed out of sight. An air traffic controller four miles away also observed the UFO. [FLIGHT International, 15 August 1963.] (NICAP: 01 - Distant Encounters)
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_2651

Event 23663 (0893A873)

Date: 8/1/1963
Locations: Garston, Hertfordshire, England; Bcckenham, London; RAF Bentwaters [now Bentwaters Parks], Woodbridge, Suffolk; Bushey, Hertfordshire
Description: Evening. A former RAF pilot and flight instructor sees a triangular UFO that lingers for a long time over Garston, Hertfordshire, England, then climbs out of sight. Thousands of other people in the London area, including an air traffic controller four miles away and future UFO researcher Timothy Good in Bcckenham, London, also see the object, which has a tetrahedral shape and glassy appearance when seen through binoculars. A USAF F-100 Super Sabre from RAF Bentwaters [now Bentwaters Parks] in Woodbridge, Suffolk, and another plane from the De Havilland Aircraft Company are sent up to investigate but cannot get anywhere near the UFO, which is at an estimated 90,000 feet. An amateur astronomer in Bushey, Hertfordshire, takes a clear photo. The official explanation is a balloon.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: UFOEv, p. 141; Good Above, p. 149
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_3712

Event 23664 (F4D66676)

Date: 8/4/1963
Time: 23:30
Location: WAYNE, IL
Description: 7 observer(s). Fireball paces car / 6mi. Car and radio and phone electro-magnetic effect (EME). / MJ#244 / r148p290 / r79p20.
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_6823

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, HQO: High-quality observer(s), WAV: Wave/cluster/flap, NLT: Nightlights/points of light, PRB: Probe: Possibly remote controlled, FBL: Fireball: Blazing undistinguished form/orb., NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), OBS: Observation/chasing vehicles, HUM: Humans affected: Injury/burns/marks/abduction/death, VEH: Vehicle affected: Marks/damage/EME effects, EME: Electro-Magnetic Effects, MIL: Military investigation, BBK: Project BLUEBOOK

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “9”, Duration: “50”, Elev: “230”, HatchDesc: “WAYNE,IL:7 OBS:FBL PACES CAR/6mi:CAR+RADIO+PHONE EME:/MJ#244/r148p290/r79p20”, LatLong: “41.950002 -88.244449”, LatLongDMS: “41:57:00 N 88:14:40 W”, Locale: “Farmlands”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Illinois”, Strangeness: “7”

Event 23665 (2477BC7D)

Date: 8/4/1963
Location: Wayne City, IL
Description: The Wayne City Car Chase (EM & NUCAT) (NICAP: 03 - EME Cases, Code: E, Rating: 5, BB: BBU, NC)
Reference: NICAP: [630804](http://www.nicap.org/630804wayne

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Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_2652

Event 23666 (D7A45434)

Date: 8/4/1963
Locations: Mount Vernon, Illinois; Wayne City; State Highway 15
Description: 11:30 p.m. Ronnie Austin and Phyllis Bruce are driving east on State Highway 15 past the Mount Vernon, Illinois, airport when they notice a bright white round object about 20° above the southwest horizon. It seems to be keeping pace with them for several miles. Suddenly it moves about 600 feet in front of them and to the left. When Austin drops Phyllis off at home in Wayne City, it is hanging in the southeast. They continue watching it about 15 minutes, then Austin leaves for home. As he turns east on a gravel road, it shoots ahead of him, taking on an orange hue. At one point it comes within 100 feet of his car, swerves upward, and passes above him as the car radio makes a whining noise and the car engine almost fails. The object then moves behind him from west to east. When he arrives home, it is hovering about 900 feet to the southeast. Ronnie is so shaken, he is given a sedative. His parents, Mr. and Mrs. Orville Austin, and brother and sister also see the light, which finally becomes indistinguishable with a star by 1:10 a.m.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: NICAP, “The Wayne City Car Chase (EM RA Traces)”; Jeffrey Liss, “The Light That Followed a Car,” Fate 16, no. 11 (November 1963): 26–35; Schopick, pp. 81–88
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_3713

Event 23667 (E87D72DB)

Date: 8/4/1963
Description: Ronnie Austin and Phyllis Bruce, age 18, were driving to Phyllis Bruce’s home in Wayne City, Illiniois when they had a close encounter with a humming, yellowish orange ball of light on Highway 15 at 11:30 p.m. It paced the car to the woman’s house, crossing and recrossing the highway, and then hovered over a nearby barn when they parked the car.While the UFO was hovering it changed its color to a dull orange. They continued to watched the object from her house with her family members for nearly an hour. When Ronnie left the object buzzed his car repeatedly. He felt a cooling effect and heard a loud whining sound on the car radio as the UFO made passes at the car. His engine also missed and the speedometer was effected.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: Wayne County (IL) Press, August 5, 1963; APRO Bulletin, January 1964, p. 3; Robert Gribble, MUFON UFO Journal, August 1988, p. 15; Mark Rodeghier, UFO Reports Involving Vehicle Interference, p. 20; Francis L. Ridge, MUFON field investigation case files, case # 900825
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_4645

Event 23668 (49C6E8E6)

Date: 8/5/1963
Description: Partial Test Ban Treaty (PTBT). At this point, 499 nuclear tests were conducted
Type: historical event
Reference: link
Source: Maj2, ID: Maj2_613

Event 23669 (E481AA50)

Date: 8/5/1963
Description: (Translated from French) In Fairfield, Illinois, an entire family is trapped for several hours in their farm by a dazzling object patrolling at very low altitude. (August 5)
Reference: rr0 - Beau
Source: rr0, ID: rr0_2012

Event 23670 (724EEC49)

Date: 8/5/1963
Description: (Translated from French) The satellite Anna which had malfunctioned the previous year is starting up again on its own.
Reference: rr0 - Beau
Source: rr0, ID: rr0_2013

Event 23671 (5B3662C9)

Date: 8/5/1963
Description: (Translated from French) The satellite Telstar 2, which had malfunctioned the previous year, began transmitting again.
Reference: rr0 - Beau
Source: rr0, ID: rr0_2014

Event 23672 (A6270467)

Date: 8/5/1963
Time: 04:30
Location: ZITACUARO, MEXICO
Description: Many observer(s). Fireballs maneuver and pass over town. Finally go away fast. No further details.
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_6824

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

Extra Data: Country: “Mexico”, Credibility: “12”, Duration: “5”, Elev: “2216”, HatchDesc: “ZITACUARO,MEXICO:MANY OBS:FBLS MNVR+PASS OVR TOWN:FINALLY GO AWAY FAST:NFD”, LatLong: “19.416668 -100.366671”, LatLongDMS: “19:25:00 N 100:22:00 W”, Locale: “Town & City”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “MCH”, Strangeness: “5”

Event 23673 (D32797A5)

Date: 8/5/1963
Location: Moscow, Russia
Description: The Partial Nuclear Test Ban Treaty is signed by the USSR, UK, and US governments in Moscow, Russia, before being opened for signature by other countries. The treaty formally goes into effect on October 10. The treaty prohibits all above-ground tests of nuclear weapons.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Wikipedia, “Partial Nuclear Test Ban Treaty”
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_3714

Event 23674 (08C7DC4E)

Date: 8/5/1963
Description: Shortly after midnight in Wayne County, Illinois a car with several teenagers was followed for 10 miles between Wayne City and Mount Vernon by white light. The UFO made a humming sound as it followed them. The car radio went crazy and the engine stalled as the object passed over, and the witnesses felt a sensation of cold when the UFO passed within 100 feet. Multiple independent witnesses.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: Richard F. Haines, CE-5: Close Encounters of the Fifth Kind, p. 179; Flying Saucer Review, November-December 1963, p. 24; Geoffrey Falla, BUFORA Vehicle Interference Project Report, p. 26
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_4677

Event 23675 (96EC7D2C)

Date: 8/6/1963
Location: SANFORD, FL
Description: Night light changes colors. Moves going up [to] going down [to] and all directions. Pulses. Flare / green light.
Type: sighting
Reference: HALL, Richard: The UFO EVIDENCE; NICAP,Washington, DC 1964. Reprinted 1997 Barnes & Noble Books ( only $7.98! ) (Index 141)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_6825

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

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “10”, Duration: “10”, Elev: “11”, HatchDesc: “SANFORD,FL:NLT CHANGES COLORS:MOVES ↑↓+ALL DIRECTIONS:PULSES:FLARE/GRN LITE”, LatLong: “28.800001 -81.283337”, LatLongDMS: “28:48:00 N 81:17:00 W”, Locale: “Wetlands”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Florida”, Strangeness: “5”

Event 23676 (A3F965D6)

Date: 8/6/1963
Time: 10:00
Location: CARACAS, VNZL
Description: Many observer(s). Huge brilliant disk going down [to] by TV station. Hovers and maneuvers. Away extremely fast.
Type: sighting
Reference: The APRO BULLETIN: Monthly. Jim & Coral Lorenzen: Tucson,AZ (USA. defunct) By volume and number. (Index 771)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_6826

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

Extra Data: Country: “Venezuela”, Credibility: “11”, Duration: “3”, Elev: “910”, HatchDesc: “CARACAS,VNZL:MANY OBS:HUGE BRILL.DISK ↓ by TV STATION:HVRS+MNVRS:AWAY XFAST”, LatLong: “10.450000 -66.950003”, LatLongDMS: “10:27:00 N 66:57:00 W”, Locale: “Metropolis”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “CRC”, Strangeness: “7”

Event 23677 (D3AF766B)

Date: 8/6/1963
Location: Sanford, Fl
Description: Orville Hartle, Chairman of the LaPorte, Indiana NICAP Subcommittee, on a brief visit to Florida, observed a UFO. He obtained a full report with signatures of 13 additional witnesses. (NICAP: 01 - Distant Encounters)
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_2653

Event 23678 (7DA1A52A)

Date: 8/6/1963
Description: In Caracas, Venezuela a huge brilliant disc hovered and maneuvered by a TV station and tower at 10:00 a.m.; it then shot away extremely fast.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: APRO Bulletin, March-April 1964, p. 3
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_4724

Event 23679 (0CDF0A9B)

Date: 8/6/1963
Description: On this evening in Sanford, Florida UFO investigator Orville Hartle saw a UFO with 13 other witnesses. The object appeared in the northeastern sky first as a red, then a white moving light. The UFO engaged in gyrations, pulsated, moved up-and-down, back-and-forth, and once emitted a flare of green-white light. The sighting lasted several minutes.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: Richard H. Hall, The UFO Evidence, Volume I, p. 141; George D. Fawcett, Flying Saucers magazine, September-October 1970, pp. 6-7
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_4725

Event 23680 (89BEA1BF)

Date: 8/7/1963
Description: (Translated from French) First flight of a YF-12A (#1001) at Groom Lake, an interceptor capable of reaching Mach 3, based on the design of the A-12. (August 7)
Reference: Peebles 1995
Reference: rr0 - Beau
Source: rr0, ID: rr0_2015

Event 23681 (AEF2F90E)

Date: 8/7/1963
Description: (Translated from French) Photo taken by a pilot of the Avena lines flying between Barcelona and the Maiquetia International Airport (Venezuela). The photo has been described as a hoax where the non-coherent shadows (according to the shadow of the wing engine of the plane and that on the ground of the plane to the right, that of the UFO should be much further to the right) and the UFO a button
Reference: [Fortean Picture Library]
Reference: rr0 - Beau
Source: rr0, ID: rr0_2016

Event 23682 (AFEB95EE)

Date: 8/7/1963
Description: (Translated from French) Photo taken by a pilot of the Avena lines flying between Barcelona and the Malquetia International Airport (Venezuela). Note the wing engine of the plane on the right and the shadows on the ground of the plane and the UFO. See images/1963_kettelkamp.jpg.
Reference: rr0 - Beau
Source: rr0, ID: rr0_2017

Event 23683 (BC833DB5)

Date: 8/7/1963
Time: 23:00?
Location: CENTRALIA, ILL
Description: Luminous UFO flies slow over railroad/railway tracks to and fro. Heads to woods. / MJ#244.
Type: sighting
Reference: VALLEE, Jacques: PASSPORT TO MAGONIA; H. Regnery, Chicago HC 1969 & Contemporary Books,Chicago 1993. 372pp. (Index 576)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_6827

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

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “10”, Duration: “8”, Elev: “152”, HatchDesc: “CENTRALIA,ILL:LUM UFO FLIES SLOW OVR RR TRACKS TO+FRO:HEADS to WOODS:/MJ#244”, LatLong: “38.522224 -89.133338”, LatLongDMS: “38:31:20 N 89:08:00 W”, Locale: “Pasture”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Illinois”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 23684 (DFFDCAE9)

Date: 8/7/1963
Location: Fairfield (4 miles E of ), IL
Description: Dogs Sense UFO, Object Approaches Witnesses (NICAP: 04 - Animal Reactions, Code: An, Rating: 5, BB: BBU)
Reference: NICAP: 630807
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_2654

Event 23685 (D5DA7838)

Date: 8/7/1963
Time: night
Location: Centralia, Illinois
Description: Five persons observed a luminous source flying slowly over the railroad tracks. Direction of travel: west, then north. It appeared ready to land in a wooded area. Its luminosity was variable.
Type: ufo sighting
Reference: Atic (Vallee)
Source: ValléeMagonia, ID: Magonia_576

Event 23686 (BC09AC13)

Date: 8/7/1963
Locations: Edwards AFB; California
Description: The first flight of the USAF version of the A-12, the Lockheed YF-12 interceptor, takes place at Edwards AFB in California.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Wikipedia, “Lockheed YF-12”
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_3715

Event 23687 (AED833C4)

Date: 8/8/1963
Time: 22:10
Location: MT. VERNON, IL
Description: Fireball paces and circles car / 30 min. Electro-magnetic effect (EME). Lost / sky. / r23p26+/ Flying Saucer Review (FSR) v9#6p24.
Type: sighting
Reference: VALLEE, Jacques: PASSPORT TO MAGONIA; H. Regnery, Chicago HC 1969 & Contemporary Books,Chicago 1993. 372pp. (Index 577)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_6828

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, HQO: High-quality observer(s), MID: Likely mis-identification, PRB: Probe: Possibly remote controlled, FBL: Fireball: Blazing undistinguished form/orb., NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), OBS: Observation/chasing vehicles, VEH: Vehicle affected: Marks/damage/EME effects, EME: Electro-Magnetic Effects

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “8”, Duration: “100”, Elev: “155”, HatchDesc: “MT VERNON,IL:FBL PACES+CIRCLES CAR/30 MIN:EME:LOST/SKY:/r23p26+/FSR v9#6p24”, LatLong: “38.316668 -88.905560”, LatLongDMS: “38:19:00 N 88:54:20 W”, Locale: “Farmlands”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Illinois”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 23688 (2329FF76)

Date: 8/8/1963
Time: 2210
Location: Mount Vernon, Illinois
Description: An oval, luminous object coming from the north dived toward Centralia Road, followed a car, flying around it. Then it went away toward the west, disappeared like a bulb turned off, and was seen again in the west flying very fast. It was observed by numerous people. Total duration: 15 min.
Type: ufo sighting
Reference: Atic (Vallee)
Source: ValléeMagonia, ID: Magonia_577

Event 23689 (F11645F5)

Date: 8/9/1963
Location: Mount Vernon, IL
Description: Big As A Washtub (NICAP: 02 - Close Encounters, Code: C, Rating: 5)
Reference: NICAP: 630809
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_2655

Event 23690 (C5AAB710)

Date: 8/9/1963
Description: Harry Bishop, the former major of Mount Vernon, Illinois, watched a large, bright red oval-shaped light making a “whirring sound” follow a car along Centralia road. When the car stopped, the UFO stopped; it hovered for awhile, then moved away at right angles to its original course. There were a number of other witnesses. Duration: 10 minutes.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: Jeffrey G. Liss, Fate magazine, November 1963, p. 26; APRO Bulletin, January 1964, p. 4; Richard Hall, The UFO Evidence, p. 141; Francis Ridge, Regional Encounters, p. 13
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_4792

Event 23691 (609914B2)

Date: 8/10/1963
Locations: Glasgow Air Force Base; Glasgow, Montana
Description: 9:32 p.m. Several airmen of the 91st Bombardment Wing at Glasgow Air Force Base [now closed] near Glasgow, Montana, are walking in the parking lot when a bright light appears above them, bathing everyone in an orange glow. It is coming from a disc-shaped object with a dome that has some odd characters carved in it. The object moves up, then to the right, then down and left. It makes a square, then an X within the square, stopping at all points before moving again. The underside of the object is a large panel of blue light. They watch it for 3 minutes then it disappears.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: “Out of the Past,” CUFOS Associate Newsletter 6, no. 2 (April/May 1985): 3
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_3716

Event 23692 (1C241435)

Date: 8/11/1963
Time: 00:10
Location: WEST / KLEINREIFLING, AUSTRIA
Description: Several observer(s). 50 small glowing-orbs in and out / caves. Enter large ovoid.
Type: sighting
Reference: FLYING SAUCER REVIEW (FSR), London. Bimonthly. PO Box 162; High Wycombe, Bucks. HP135 DZ, England. (Index 246)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_6829

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, HQO: High-quality observer(s), WAV: Wave/cluster/flap, SCR: Classic saucer/disk/sphere shaped UFO, CIG: Torpedo/cigar/cylinder shaped UFO, PRB: Probe: Possibly remote controlled, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), OBS: Observation/chasing vehicles, DRT: Dirt/soil traces/marks/footprints etc., LND: UFO landing or any part touches ground, TCH: New technical details/clues

Extra Data: Country: “Austria”, Credibility: “8”, Duration: “250”, HatchDesc: “W/KLEINREIFLING,AUSTRIA:SVRL OBS:50 SML GLO-ORBS IN+OUT/CAVES:ENTER LRG OVOID”, LatLong: “47.800002 14.600001”, LatLongDMS: “47:48:00 N 14:36:00 E”, Locale: “Mountains”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Upper Austria”, Strangeness: “8”

Event 23693 (1D163E50)

Date: 8/11/1963
Location: Warrenville, IL
Description: Boersma saw a light move around the sky (NICAP: 01 - Distant Encounters, BB: 8506)
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_2656

Event 23694 (A7E94347)

Date: 8/11/1963
Time: 10 PM
Location: Warrenville, Illinois
Description: Witness: R.M. Boersma. One light moved around the sky for 20 seconds.
Type: ufo sighting
Reference: BlueBook Unknowns PDF
Source: BerlinerBBUnknowns, ID: BerlinerBBU_489

Event 23695 (1CD586D9)

Date: 8/11/1963
Description: Beginning at shortly after midnight, three witnesses in Saileralm, Austria watched 50 small glowing orbs fly in and out of caves in a mountain over the next four hours. The glowing balls of light then flew up into a large ovoid UFO.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: Gordon Creighton, FSR, April 1975, p. 27
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_4867

Event 23696 (92690F2B)

Date: 8/11/1963
Description: In Warrenville, Illinois at ten o’clock in the evening R. M. Boersma saw a white light move around the sky for 20 seconds.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: Project Blue Book files counted in official statistics, case 8506; Richard Hall, The UFO Evidence (Volume I), p. 122; Don Berliner, Project Bluebook UFO Unknowns
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_4868

Event 23697 (1A4E04F9)

Date: 8/12/1963
Time: 20:30
Location: BIRCHILLS, ENGL AND AREA
Description: Numerous separate observer(s). Night lights exit and return to luminous pear shaped object.
Type: sighting
Reference: VALLEE, Jacques: UFO’S IN SPACE - Anatomy of a Phenomenon; Henry Regnery 1966 & Ballentine PB 1974 294pp. (Index 219)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_6830

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, HQO: High-quality observer(s), SCR: Classic saucer/disk/sphere shaped UFO, NLT: Nightlights/points of light, PRB: Probe: Possibly remote controlled, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), OBS: Observation/chasing vehicles, LND: UFO landing or any part touches ground, PHT: Photos/movies/videos taken, TCH: New technical details/clues

Extra Data: Country: “Great Britain and Ireland”, Credibility: “10”, Duration: “10”, Elev: “160”, HatchDesc: “BIRCHILLS,ENGL+area:NMRS SEP.OBS:NLTS EXIT+RETURN TO LUMN.PEAR SHAPED OBJ”, LatLong: “52.633336 -1.966667”, LatLongDMS: “52:38:00 N 01:58:00 W”, Locale: “Town & City”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “England”, Strangeness: “7”

Event 23698 (30D5249D)

Date: 8/12/1963
Time: 23:45:00.1
Location: 37.0417 -116.0156
Description: Nuclear test: Underground, confirmed. Country: USA Name: “Pekan” 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_331

Extra Data: LatLong: “37.0417 -116.0156”, LatLongDMS: “37:02:30 N 116:00:56 W”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, NukeCountry: “USA”, NukeDepth: “0.30”, NukeName: “Pekan”, NukeSource: “SPRINGER”, NukeType: “NUCU”, NukeYMax: “20”

Event 23699 (A6D91174)

Date: 8/12/1963
Description: Nocturnal lights exited and returned to a luminous pear-shaped UFO hovering over the Birchills Power Station in Staffordshire, England at 8:30 p.m. The sighting lasted ten minutes and included numerous witnesses.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: Jacques Vallee, Anatomy of a Phenomenon, p. 160; Larry Hatch, U computer database, case # 6386, citing Jacques Vallee
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_4940

Event 23700 (E330D489)

Date: 8/13/1963
Description: (Translated from French) Sighting in Saint Calen (Switzerland). (August 13-14)
Reference: case Blue Book #8514 unsolved
Reference: rr0 - Beau
Source: rr0, ID: rr0_2018

Event 23701 (99742407)

Date: 8/13/1963
Description: (Translated from French) At the Aquire Cerda base, observation of 9 witnesses.
Reference: rr0 - Beau
Source: rr0, ID: rr0_2019

Event 23702 (9C4699AD)

Date: 8/13/1963
Description: (Translated from French) In Oklahoma City, sighting of various witnesses including 2 police patrols.
Reference: rr0 - Beau
Source: rr0, ID: rr0_2020

Event 23703 (5265C51B)

Date: 8/13/1963
Description: (Translated from French) In South Dakota, sighting of a carousel of lights by 10,000 witnesses.
Reference: rr0 - Beau
Source: rr0, ID: rr0_2021

Event 23704 (5C3725ED)

Date: 8/13/1963
Description: (Translated from French) In Cuernavaca, the city lights go out and an UFO is seen by many witnesses.
Reference: rr0 - Beau
Source: rr0, ID: rr0_2022

Event 23705 (03C648E6)

Date: 8/13/1963
Description: (Translated from French) Above Cuba, a U-2 is approached by a UFO before crashing in Bolivia.
Reference: rr0 - Beau
Source: rr0, ID: rr0_2023

Event 23706 (82D5B0CD)

Date: 8/13/1963
Time: 13:00?
Location: ELLSWORTH, ME
Description: Saucer on ground near pond. Body lights. Beams lights going up / each end at intervals.
Type: sighting
Reference: HALL, Richard: The UFO EVIDENCE; NICAP,Washington, DC 1964. Reprinted 1997 Barnes & Noble Books ( only $7.98! ) (Index 141)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_6831

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), RAY: Odd light/searchlight/beam/laser-like, SIG: Signals/responses to/from/between UFO’s/occupants/observers, LND: UFO landing or any part touches ground

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “9”, Duration: “70”, Elev: “34”, HatchDesc: “ELLSWORTH,ME:SCR ON GND nr POND:BODY LITES:BEAMS LITES ↑/EACH END AT INTERVALS”, LatLong: “44.544447 -68.422225”, LatLongDMS: “44:32:40 N 68:25:20 W”, Locale: “Forest”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Maine”, Strangeness: “8”

Event 23707 (D39AF621)

Date: 8/13/1963
Time: 20:00
Location: ST. GALLEN, SWITZERLAND
Description: 1 observer. Fireball darkens / 4 minute(s). Brightens and “explodes”. Back / 14 August.
Type: sighting
Reference: BERLINER, DON: The BLUEBOOK UNKNOWNS; (FUFOR). (Index 31)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_6832

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

Extra Data: Country: “Switzerland”, Credibility: “6”, Duration: “5”, HatchDesc: “St GALLEN,SWITZERLAND:1 OBS:FBL DARKENS/4min:BRIGHTENS+“EXPLODES”:BACK/14AUG”, LatLong: “47.416669 9.383334”, LatLongDMS: “47:25:00 N 09:23:00 E”, Locale: “Town & City”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “STG”, Strangeness: “4”

Event 23708 (50B1CDF7)

Date: 8/13/1963
Time: 23:30
Location: HONOLULU, HI
Description: Chemist. Round red object crosses sky. Southwest going quickly northwest. 2 sharp turns. / r78p196.
Type: sighting
Reference: HALL, Richard: The UFO EVIDENCE; NICAP,Washington, DC 1964. Reprinted 1997 Barnes & Noble Books ( only $7.98! ) (Index 141)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_6833

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

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “8”, Duration: “2”, Elev: “6”, HatchDesc: “HONOLULU,HI:CHEMIST:RND RED OBJ CROSSES SKY:SW>>NW:2 SHARP TURNS:/r78p196”, LatLong: “21.366668 -157.883341”, LatLongDMS: “21:22:00 N 157:53:00 W”, Locale: “Islands”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Hawaii”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 23709 (7D434349)

Date: 8/13/1963
End date: 8/14/1963
Location: St. Calen, Switzerland
Description: Saw a fireball become a dark object after 4 mins (NICAP: 01 - Distant Encounters, BB: 8514)
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_2657

Event 23710 (C124F8CE)

Date: 8/13/1963
Location: Ellsworth (near), ME
Description: A family and their housekeeper observed an elliptical object, apparently on the ground adjoining Molasses Pond, for more than an hour. Body lights were visible along its length, and rays of light shone upward from each end of the object occasionally. [Witnesses interviewed by Walter N. Webb, NICAP Adviser.] (NICAP: 02 - Close Encounters)
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_2658

Event 23711 (C9A9B940)

Date: 8/13/1963
Location: Honolulu, HI
Description: While vacationing in Hawaii, a chemist observed a UFO and reported it to NICAP. Dr. Richard Turse, Princeton, N.J., about 11:30 p.m., saw a round reddish object pass overhead from southwest to northeast. The UFO “traveled across the sky at great speed making two sharp turns at the same speed.” (NICAP: 01 - Distant Encounters)
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_2659

Event 23712 (D7B80043)

Date: 8/13/1963
Location: Ellsworth, Maine
Description: An elliptical object with lights on its entire length and occasional flashes at both ends was seen at ground level for over one hour by an entire family.
Type: ufo sighting
Reference: Evidence 141 (Vallee)
Source: ValléeMagonia, ID: Magonia_578

Event 23713 (EB6A5FC3)

Date: 8/13/1963
Time: 8:04 PM
Location: St. Gallen, Switzerland
Description: Witness: A.F. Schelling. One fireball became a dark object after 4 minutes, and then a bigger glow, a minute later, and finally exploded. Note: same witness had another, undescribed, sighting on Aug. 14
Type: ufo sighting
Reference: BlueBook Unknowns PDF
Source: BerlinerBBUnknowns, ID: BerlinerBBU_490

Event 23714 (F2732144)

Date: 8/13/1963
Description: In St. Gallen, Switzerland at 8:04 p.m. A. F. Schelling watched a fireball become a dark object after four minutes of flight, and then a bigger glow a minute later, and finally explode. The same witness had another sighting (not described in the Project Blue Book file) on the next day…
Reference: Johnson
Reference: Don Berliner, Project Bluebook UFO Unknowns
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_4967

Event 23715 (6E7FF077)

Date: 8/13/1963
Description: At 9:30 p.m. a family and their housekeeper saw an elliptical object on the ground near Molasses Pond, Ellsworth, Maine for almost an hour. The craft had body lights along its length, and there were rays that shone upward from each end occasionally.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: Walter Webb case files, case # 38;Richard Hall, The UFO Evidence, p. 141
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_4968

Event 23716 (5C3841FC)

Date: 8/13/1963
Description: A chemist in Honolulu, Hawaii at 11:30 p.m. saw a round red object pass overhead from the southwest to the northeast. The UFO “traveled across the sky at great speed making two sharp turns at the same speed.”
Reference: Johnson
Reference: Richard Hall, The UFO Evidence, p. 141
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_4969

Event 23717 (F3F7DF8B)

Date: 8/15/1963 (approximate)
Time: 22:00?
Location: HANCHUAN, HUBEI, CHINA
Description: Small object beams terrific light / homes and people. Going east. Turns going quickly north.
Type: sighting
Reference: DONG, Paul: UFO’s Over MODERN CHINA. 1983 UFO Photo Archives; P. O. Box 17206; Tucson, AZ 85710. (Index 44)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_6834

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, RAY: Odd light/searchlight/beam/laser-like, DRT: Dirt/soil traces/marks/footprints etc., VEG: Plants affected or sampled/crop circles, HUM: Humans affected: Injury/burns/marks/abduction/death, BLD: Building/man-made structure/roads/power lines

Extra Data: Country: “China”, Credibility: “11”, Duration: “5”, HatchDesc: “HANCHUAN,HUBEI,CHINA:SML OBJ BEAMS TERRIFIC LITE/HOMES+PEOPLE:> E:TURNS>>N”, LatLong: “30.650001 113.800005”, LatLongDMS: “30:39:00 N 113:48:00 E”, Locale: “Farmlands”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “HUB”, Strangeness: “7”

Event 23718 (BB2CF2AF)

Date: 8/15/1963
Time: 13:00:00.2
Location: 37.1541 -116.0766
Description: Nuclear test: Underground, confirmed. Country: USA Name: “Satsop” 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_332

Extra Data: LatLong: “37.1541 -116.0766”, LatLongDMS: “37:09:15 N 116:04:36 W”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, NukeCountry: “USA”, NukeDepth: “0.23”, NukeName: “Satsop”, NukeSource: “SPRINGER”, NukeType: “NUCU”, NukeYMax: “20”

Event 23719 (6E79457B)

Date: 8/16/1963
Location: PACIFIC 175° 19W-31° 45N
Description: Project Bluebook Case #unknown. Military observer(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 71)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_6835

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: “Pacific Ocean and non - Asian islands”, Credibility: “7”, Duration: “1”, Elev: “0”, HatchDesc: “PACIFIC 175°19W-31°45N:BBK#UNKN:MIL OBS:NFD AT ALL”, LatLong: “31.750002 -175.316675”, LatLongDMS: “31:45:00 N 175:19:00 W”, Locale: “High Seas”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “NPC”, Strangeness: “4”

Event 23720 (4E56BAB6)

Date: 8/18/1963
Time: 12:30
Location: FORT KENT, ME
Description: 2 boys agree. Saucer passes overhead north going south. Intermittent humming heard. / r78p197.
Type: sighting
Reference: HALL, Richard: The UFO EVIDENCE; NICAP,Washington, DC 1964. Reprinted 1997 Barnes & Noble Books ( only $7.98! ) (Index 141)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_6836

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

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “6”, Duration: “2”, Elev: “162”, HatchDesc: “FORT KENT,ME:2 BOYS AGREE:SCR PASSES OVRHD N>S:INTERMITTENT HUM HEARD:/r78p197”, LatLong: “47.261113 -68.588892”, LatLongDMS: “47:15:40 N 68:35:20 W”, Locale: “Forest”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Maine”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 23721 (3E5227DF)

Date: 8/18/1963
Time: 15:30
Location: SEEKONK, MA
Description: J. Trainor age 13. Shiny silver saucer hovers / several min. Going quickly southeast to horizon / 2 second(s).
Type: sighting
Reference: UFO ROUNDUP weekly email of UFO news: Joseph Trainor. http://www.digiserve.com/ufoinfo/roundup/ … (Index 189)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_6837

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: “3”, Elev: “15”, HatchDesc: “SEEKONK,MA:J.TRAINOR age 13:SHINY SLVR SCR HVRS/SVRL MIN:>>SE to HRZN/2 sec”, LatLong: “41.805558 -71.338892”, LatLongDMS: “41:48:20 N 71:20:20 W”, Locale: “Residential”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Massachusetts”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 23722 (628B36D6)

Date: 8/18/1963
Location: Ft. Kent, ME
Description: A silvery disc-shaped UFO was seen by two young boys, whose parents agreed they must have seen something unusual. The disc passed from north to south, emitting a hum intermittently. (NICAP: 01 - Distant Encounters)
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_2662

Event 23723 (0021CD26)

Date: 8/18/1963
Description: A silvery disc-shaped UFO was seen by two young boys in Fort Kent, Aroostook County, Maine at 12:30 p.m. The boys’ parents agreed that they must have seen something unusual. The disc passed from north to south, emitting a hum intermittently.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: St. John Valley Times, August 29, 1963; Richard Hall, The UFO Evidence, p. 141; APRO Bulletin, March-April 1964, p. 6
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_5124

Event 23724 (943F2CF1)

Date: 8/20/1963
Location: ITALY, near Rome
Description: (Translated from French) “Luciano sent me information about a landing that took place on August 20, 1963, at 9:32 PM, which he investigated with a team from the secret service under the auspices of the Italian government. The witness was the president’s trusted chauffeur, driving his official car. The site was the president’s hunting reserve, not far from Rome. An object shaped like a disk, resembling an upside-down saucer with a turret on top, hovered at low altitude above the car” (…) (August 20, 1963)
Reference: Jacques Vallée: “Forbidden Science - Journal 1957 - 1969” - O.P. Editions 1997, p. 136
Reference: Mini catalogue chronologique des observations OVNI, by Godelieve Van Overmeire
Source: Overmeire, ID: Overmeire_2259

Event 23725 (A0CAF030)

Date: 8/20/1963
Time: 21:30
Location: ROMA, ITALY
Description: Project Bluebook Case #unknown. Classic saucer flies over Mr. Fattorini’s car. No further details. / USAF Tech. Intel. Center. (ATIC.)
Type: sighting
Reference: VALLEE, Jacques: PASSPORT TO MAGONIA; H. Regnery, Chicago HC 1969 & Contemporary Books,Chicago 1993. 372pp. (Index 579)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_6838

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, SCR: Classic saucer/disk/sphere shaped UFO, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), OBS: Observation/chasing vehicles, VEH: Vehicle affected: Marks/damage/EME effects, MIL: Military investigation, BBK: Project BLUEBOOK

Extra Data: Country: “Italy”, Credibility: “6”, Duration: “2”, HatchDesc: “ROMA,ITALY:BBK#UNKN:CLASSIC SCR FLIES OVR Mr FATTORINI’s CAR:NFD:/ATIC”, LatLong: “41.916669 12.466667”, LatLongDMS: “41:55:00 N 12:28:00 E”, Locale: “Metropolis”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “ROM”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 23726 (60B0E560)

Date: 8/20/1963
Time: 23:10
Location: VASSOURAS, BRAZIL
Description: Teen. Cylinder/cigar-shape with red portholes going [to] over 2 tall buildings. No further details.
Type: sighting
Reference: GRANCHI, Irene: UFO’s and ABDUCTIONS in BRAZIL: Horus House Press, Madison, WI: 1992 (English translation 1994) ISBN 1-881852-09-1 (Index 33)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_6839

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: “Brazil”, Credibility: “6”, Duration: “1”, Elev: “611”, HatchDesc: “VASSOURAS,BRZL:TEEN:CGR W/RED PORTHOLES > OVR 2 TALL BUILDINGS:NFD”, LatLong: “-22.416668 -43.650002”, LatLongDMS: “22:25:00 S 43:39:00 W”, Locale: “Residential”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “RDJ”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 23727 (176FEE43)

Date: 8/20/1963
Time: 2132
Location: Rome, Italy
Description: In a wooded area near Rome, a man in a car observed an object resembling a plate turned upside down, with a central turret, flying low over his vehicle.
Type: ufo sighting
Reference: Atic (Vallee)
Source: ValléeMagonia, ID: Magonia_579

Event 23728 (A7D0A7A5)

Date: 8/20/1963
Locations: Rome, Italy; Castel Porziano Presidential Estate
Description: 9:30 p.m. Italian President Antonio Segni’s personal driver encounters a UFO near the entrance of the Castel Porziano Presidential Estate in Rome, Italy. When he sees a metallic domed disc with portholes moving in front of him in the driveway ahead, the driver stops the Fiat 2300 immediately. The UFO, about 65 feet diameter, passes a few feet above the car, making a hissing noise and causing the body to vibrate and the instruments to go crazy, then reverses course and passes over the car again with the same effect. It then tilts 90° and darts away to the west. It leaves behind a smell of heated metal.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: 1Pinotti 148–151; “Quando gli UFO arrivarona anche in Italia,” Oggi Notizie, November 26, 2011
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_3717

Event 23729 (FAD88F3A)

Date: 8/20/1963
Description: In a wooded area near Rome, Italy a man in a car observed at 9:32 p.m. an object resembling a plate turned upside down, with a central turret, flying low over his vehicle.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: Jacques Vallee, Passport to Magonia: A Century of Landings, case # 579, citing Project Blue Book
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_5176

Event 23730 (FC335F54)

Date: 8/21/1963 (approximate)
Time: 18:30
Location: SKJERVOY, NORWAY
Description: 1 / boat. 30M saucer going [to] over sunken ship. Retrieves object? Windows. Green beam.
Type: sighting
Reference: FLYING SAUCER REVIEW (FSR), London. Bimonthly. PO Box 162; High Wycombe, Bucks. HP135 DZ, England. (Index 196)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_6840

Attributes: CST: Observer(s) in coastal area/just offshore, SEA: Observer(s) at sea, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, SCR: Classic saucer/disk/sphere shaped UFO, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), OBS: Observation/chasing vehicles, RAY: Odd light/searchlight/beam/laser-like, SMP: Sampling of plant/animal/soil/tissue/specimens, HUM: Humans affected: Injury/burns/marks/abduction/death, VEH: Vehicle affected: Marks/damage/EME effects, TCH: New technical details/clues

Extra Data: Country: “Scandanavian and Finland”, Credibility: “6”, Duration: “10”, Elev: “0”, HatchDesc: “SKJERVOY,NORWAY:1/BOAT:30M SCR>OVR SUNKEN SHIP:RETRIEVES OBJ?:WINDOWS:GRN BEAM”, LatLong: “70.066670 20.950001”, LatLongDMS: “70:04:00 N 20:57:00 E”, Locale: “Offshore”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Norway”, Strangeness: “7”

Event 23731 (DE1F53D4)

Date: 8/22/1963
Description: Test pilot Joseph A. Walker reaches an altitude of 353,200 feet (66.9 miles) in an X-15 rocket plane.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Wikipedia, “Joseph A. Walker”
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_3718

Event 23732 (8D1F5998)

Date: 8/23/1963
Time: 13:20:00.1
Location: 37.1250 -116.0354
Description: Nuclear test: Underground, confirmed, salvo. Country: USA Name: “Kohocton” YieldMax: 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_333

Extra Data: LatLong: “37.1250 -116.0354”, LatLongDMS: “37:07:30 N 116:02:07 W”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, NukeCountry: “USA”, NukeDepth: “0.25”, NukeName: “Kohocton”, NukeSource: “SPRINGER”, NukeType: “NUCU_SALVO”, NukeYMax: “40”

Event 23733 (D1335C0E)

Date: 8/24/1963
Time: 21:40
Location: KLEIN-REIFLING, AUSTRIA
Description: Night light zigzags. Compass spins wildly. Motorcycle malfunctions due to EME (electro-magnetic effects). / Flying Saucer Review (FSR) v20#6p27.
Type: sighting
Reference: FALLA, GEOFFREY: VEHICLE INTERFERENCE PROJECT. BUFORA Ltd. 1979. C.F. Lockwood & A.R. Rice editors. (Index 26)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_6841

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, HQO: High-quality observer(s), WAV: Wave/cluster/flap, NLT: Nightlights/points of light, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), OBS: Observation/chasing vehicles, HUM: Humans affected: Injury/burns/marks/abduction/death, VEH: Vehicle affected: Marks/damage/EME effects, PHT: Photos/movies/videos taken, EME: Electro-Magnetic Effects

Extra Data: Country: “Austria”, Credibility: “9”, Duration: “120”, HatchDesc: “KLEIN-REIFLING,AUSTRIA:NLT ZIGZAGS:COMPASS SPINS WILDLY:MC EMES:/FSR v20#6p27”, LatLong: “47.833336 14.633334”, LatLongDMS: “47:50:00 N 14:38:00 E”, Locale: “Mountains”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Upper Austria”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 23734 (13710AF1)

Date: 8/25/1963
Location: PACIFIC 174° 00E-31° 57N
Description: Project Bluebook Case #unknown. Military observer(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 71)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_6842

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: “Pacific Ocean and non - Asian islands”, Credibility: “7”, Duration: “1”, Elev: “0”, HatchDesc: “PACIFIC 174°00E-31°57N:BBK#UNKN:MIL OBS:NFD AT ALL”, LatLong: “31.950002 174.416675”, LatLongDMS: “31:57:00 N 174:25:00 E”, Locale: “High Seas”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “NPC”, Strangeness: “4”

Event 23735 (273F1DE5)

Date: 8/28/1963
Location: BRAZIL, Sagrada Familia
Description: (Translated from French) Three young boys in the garden around 7:50 pm, were drawing water from the well. Suddenly a sphere came hovering above the trees. They were even able to see 5 or 6 rows of people inside the sphere. An opening appeared in the bottom of the sphere and two beams of light were projected onto the ground, a thin being, 10 feet tall, descended sliding down the beams. Once on the ground he walked with a stiff back, bent legs and open arms, swaying from side to side. Then he sat on a rock. The giant wore a transparent helmet, he had an eye in the middle of his forehead, and he wore boots with triangular tips. His shining garment inflated as soon as he was on the ground, the trousers tightly fixed to the boots, on the chest a square packet that emitted light jets. Inside the sphere, still suspended, occupants were manipulating buttons and levers. When the giant made a gesture to grab one of the boys, one of the three picked up a stone, but was unable to throw it when the man looked at him. The giant stood up, but this time he walked with his arms tightly along his body and used the beams as an elevator and went back up into the craft.
Reference: Jacques VALLEE: “Chronicles of E.T. Appearances” - DENOEL 1972 - coll. J’AI LU, p. 167, 168
Reference: Mini catalogue chronologique des observations OVNI, by Godelieve Van Overmeire
Source: Overmeire, ID: Overmeire_2260

Event 23736 (43E0E15C)

Date: 8/28/1963
Time: 19:20
Location: BELO HORIZONTE, BRZ
Description: Transparent sphere/orb/globe hovers. Many inside. 2M and Cyclops walks / garden. / r8#580.
Type: sighting
Reference: SPENCER, John: The UFO ENCYCLOPEDIA; BUFORA/Acon Books, NY. 1991. 340pp. (Index 106)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_6843

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, HOX: Suspicion of hoax, SCR: Classic saucer/disk/sphere shaped UFO, OID: Humanoid: Small alien or “Grey”, PSH: Pseudo-human: Clone/organic robot/human-like, MON: Monster: Life form fits no category, GNT: Giant: Large/tall alien, RAY: Odd light/searchlight/beam/laser-like, HUM: Humans affected: Injury/burns/marks/abduction/death, TCH: New technical details/clues, CMF: Camouflage/disguise

Extra Data: Country: “Brazil”, Credibility: “3”, Duration: “20”, Elev: “876”, HatchDesc: “BELO HORIZONTE,BRZ:XPRNT ORB HVRS:MANY INSIDE:2M+ CYCLOPS WALKS/GARDEN:/r8#580”, LatLong: “-19.900001 -43.933335”, LatLongDMS: “19:54:00 S 43:56:00 W”, Locale: “Pasture”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Minas Gerais”, Strangeness: “12”

Event 23737 (D2B77FA4)

Date: 8/28/1963
Time: 1915
Location: Sagrada Famila, Brazil
Description: Two brothers, F. and R. Eustagio, 11 and 9, saw a luminous sphere at treetop level. Through an opening they observed “several rows of people inside” and a thin, 3 m tall being, whho glided down to the ground along two vertical beams of light. He walked with a strange, swinging motion, then sat down. He wore a transparent helmet, had one eye in the middle of his forehead, wore high boots that left a triangular imprint, and carried a box emitting flashes. He made a threatening gesture and flew up to the sphere, which left. The chlldren somehow became convinced that the being was “good” and would return.
Type: ufo sighting
Reference: Humanoids 37; Magonia (Vallee)
Source: ValléeMagonia, ID: Magonia_580

Event 23738 (E36B13BA)

Date: 8/28/1963
Location: Washington
Description: After the March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom, J. Edgar Hoover singles out Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. as a major target for COINTELPRO. Soon after, the FBI is systematically bugging King’s home and his hotel rooms, as they are now aware that King is growing in stature daily as the leader among leaders of the Civil Rights Movement.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Wikipedia, “COINTELPRO”
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_3719

Event 23739 (29B1852C)

Date: 8/28/1963
Locations: Sagrada Familia, Belo Horizonte, Brazil; Gualbertos’s backyard
Description: 7:00 p.m. José Marcos Gomes Vidal, 7, and his friends Fernando, 12, and Ronaldo Gualberto, 7, are in the Gualbertos’s backyard in Sagrada Familia, Belo Horizonte, Brazil, to wash a coffee strainer in a cistern. Suddenly, Fernando notices a glow coming from the top of an avocado tree. When he looks up, he sees a UFO hovering above the tree’s branches. The craft, which is spherical and has a pair of antennas on top, is completely transparent. It holds four human-like passengers sitting inside, one of whom sits in front of a machine that appears to be a control panel. The passengers are about 6 feet tall and dressed in spacesuits. They all have only one eye like a cyclops. Three of them are thin and bald, while the other looks like an overweight woman with blonde hair. The UFO shoots out two rays of yellow light. One of the cyclops appears between the lights, slowly floating down onto the ground. Once his boots touched the earth, the creature begins to walk toward José, who is completely unaware of what is happening since he is still collecting water. Fernando panics and tackles José, who falls to the ground, and Fernando gets back up and faces the cyclops. Now all three boys are aware of the visitor. The cyclops moves his head and makes hand signals. It speaks a few sounds in a strange language. The creature then turns around and stares back at the UFO. Fernando, spotting a brick on the ground, picks it up and aims it at the cyclops, who turns around and shoots Fernando’s hand with a yellow light from a triangular crest on his chest. Fernando drops the brick, and all three of the boys become calm and frozen. For a few more minutes, the cyclops speaks to them, then it points one of his fingers at the moon and begins to walk back toward the UFO. José asks if he will ever come back. The cyclops shakes his head affirmatively, plucks a plant from the ground, and then waves his hand at the UFO, which shoots out two rays of yellow light again. The cyclops slowly floats back up into the vehicle, and the UFO takes off eastward and disappears out of their sight.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Brazil 66–72; Tristan, “The Alien Cyclops of Sagrada Familia,” Bizarre and Grotesque, March 24, 2016
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_3720

Event 23740 (B39D00E4)

Date: 8/28/1963
Description: Two KC-135s mysteriously vanished 800 miles northeast of Miami in the Atlantic Ocean.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: Ivan Sanderson, Invisible Residents, p. 126, citing Vicent Gaddis, Invisible Horizons, p. 173
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_5415

Event 23741 (989F2467)

Date: 8/28/1963
Description: A transparent illuminated sphere ten feet in diameter descended into a garden of the Gualberto family in Familia Sagrada, Minas Gerais State, Brazil at 7:15 p.m. There were four seated figures inside, who wore divers suits with transparent fishbowl helmets. One entity, a Cyclops being over eight-feet tall with a single eye, floated down to the ground on two vertical beams of light. He walked with a strange, swinging motion, then sat down. He wore high boots that left a triangular imprint, and carried a box emitting flashes. It spoke in an unintelligible language, and made a threatening gesture at the two boys, aged 9 and 11, and then flew up to the sphere, which left. The chlldren somehow became convinced that the being was “good” and would return. The encounter lasted ten minutes, with ground traces from the footprints left behind.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: Gordon Creighton, The Humanoids: FSR Special Edition No. 1, p. 37; Gordon Creighton, UFO Percipients: FSR Special Edition No. 3, p. 28; Jacques Vallee, Passport to Magonia: A Century of Landings, case # 580; John Wallace Spencer, UFO Encyclopedia, p. 106
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_5416

Event 23742 (06C4E9A0)

Date: 9/1963
Time: 22:50
Location: LUCON, FR
Description: 2 teens. 20M saucer-cylinder/cigar-shape hovers. 4M luminous dome / top. Winks out or going quickly east extremely fast.
Type: sighting
Reference: LUMIERES DANS la NUIT (LDLN), Paris. Bimonthly since 1957. LDLN B.P.3; 77123 Le Vaudoue, FRANCE. (Index 176)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_6844

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

Extra Data: Country: “France”, Credibility: “7”, Duration: “2”, HatchDesc: “LUCON,FR:2 TEENS:20M SCR-CGR HVRS:4M LUMn.DOME/TOP:WINKS OUT or >>E XFAST”, LatLong: “46.450002 -1.200000”, LatLongDMS: “46:27:00 N 01:12:00 W”, Locale: “Residential”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Vendée”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 23743 (8B39A236)

Date: 9/1963
Description: Lt. Col. Robert J. Friend leaves Project Blue Book and is replaced by Maj. Hector Quintanilla.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Hynek UFO Report, pp. 25–27; Sparks, p. 14
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_3721

Event 23744 (8BD5E874)

Date: 9/7/1963
Locations: Unitarian Church in Portsmouth, New Hampshire; Boston, Massachusetts
Description: Capt. Swett gives a formal lecture on hypnosis to a meeting at the Unitarian Church in Portsmouth, New Hampshire. After the lecture, the Hills tell him that Barney was going to a psychiatrist, Duncan Stephens, whom he likes and trusts. Swett suggests that Barney ask Stephens about the use of hypnosis in his case. At his next therapy session, Barney mentions his UFO encounter to Stephens, who recommends Dr. Benjamin Simon, a well- known psychiatrist in Boston, Massachusetts, with much experience in hypnosis.
Reference: Eberhart
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_3722

Event 23745 (30CD8742)

Date: 9/9/1963
Location: PACIFIC 155° 27W-22° 00N
Description: Project Bluebook Case #unknown. Observer(s) = Hawaiian airline(s)/airliner flight. 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 71)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_6845

Attributes: SEA: Observer(s) at sea, 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: “Pacific Ocean and non - Asian islands”, Credibility: “7”, Duration: “1”, Elev: “0”, HatchDesc: “PACIFIC 155°27W-22°00N:BBK#UNKN:OBS=HAWAIIAN AL FLIGHT:NFD AT ALL”, LatLong: “22.000001 -155.450007”, LatLongDMS: “22:00:00 N 155:27:00 W”, Locale: “Metropolis”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “NPC”, Strangeness: “4”

Event 23746 (10077DD3)

Date: 9/9/1963
Time: ~05:00
Location: MANCHESTER, GA
Description: Cops and TV crew. 2 night lights. 1 fades. 1 stays / place while stars move / 50 minute(s).
Type: sighting
Reference: HYNEK & VALLEE: The EDGE of REALITY, A Progress Report, Chicago, Regnery 1975. 301pp 24cm (Index 20)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_6846

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), TCH: New technical details/clues, OGA: Non-Covert Government Agencies, CMF: Camouflage/disguise

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “10”, Duration: “50”, Elev: “269”, HatchDesc: “MANCHESTER,GA:COPS+TV CREW:2 NLTS:1 FADES:1 STAYS/PLACE WHILE STARS MOVE/50min”, LatLong: “32.866668 -84.633337”, LatLongDMS: “32:52:00 N 84:38:00 W”, Locale: “Town & City”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Georgia”, Strangeness: “4”

Event 23747 (B35895B5)

Date: 9/10/1963
Time: 22:00?
Location: NORLAND / HALIFAX, WEST YORKS, ENGL
Description: Flat metallic ellipse hover stationary. No further details.
Type: sighting
Reference: VALLEE, Jacques: UFO’S IN SPACE - Anatomy of a Phenomenon; Henry Regnery 1966 & Ballentine PB 1974 294pp. (Index 103)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_6847

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: “5”, Elev: “165”, HatchDesc: “NORLAND/HALIFAX,W.YORKS,ENGL:FLAT MTLC ELLIPSE HVR STATIONARY:NFD”, LatLong: “53.716669 -1.866667”, LatLongDMS: “53:43:00 N 01:52:00 W”, Locale: “Farmlands”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “England”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 23748 (A055C08E)

Date: 9/12/1963
Time: 18:00
Location: VANDALIA, OH
Description: 1 observer = Mrs. Roush. 2 vibrant bright golden cigars. 1 hovers. 1 west going quickly north. No further details.
Type: sighting
Reference: BERLINER, DON: The BLUEBOOK UNKNOWNS; (FUFOR). (Index 31)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_6848

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

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “6”, Duration: “10”, Elev: “296”, HatchDesc: “VANDALIA,OH:1 OBS=Mrs ROUSH:2 VBRITE GOLDEN CGRS:1 HVRS:1 W>>N:NFD”, LatLong: “39.866669 -84.200004”, LatLongDMS: “39:52:00 N 84:12:00 W”, Locale: “Farmlands”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Ohio”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 23749 (16031B3E)

Date: 9/12/1963
Locations: Texas Tower 2; 110 miles east of Cape Cod, Massachusetts
Description: Patrick Loreno and 18 other men aboard Texas Tower 2, a USAF radar station 110 miles east of Cape Cod, Massachusetts, spot an object 3 miles from their location. They report the sighting to the Coast Guard and request an investigation, but the object sinks before a boat can get there. The object has a controlled light and smoke or steam appears on its surface. The mn watch it for 20 minutes. There is no record of a ship or a submarine in the area.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Lorenzen, UFOs over the Americas, Signet, 1968, p. 53
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_3723

Event 23750 (F5F36386)

Date: 9/13/1963
Time: 13:53:00.2
Location: 37.1634 -116.0806
Description: Nuclear test: Underground, confirmed. Country: USA Name: “Ahtanum” 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_334

Extra Data: LatLong: “37.1634 -116.0806”, LatLongDMS: “37:09:48 N 116:04:50 W”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, NukeCountry: “USA”, NukeDepth: “0.23”, NukeName: “Ahtanum”, NukeSource: “SPRINGER”, NukeType: “NUCU”, NukeYMax: “20”

Event 23751 (916691EF)

Date: 9/13/1963
Time: 17:00:00.1
Location: 37.0604 -116.0217
Description: Nuclear test: Underground, confirmed. Country: USA Name: “Bilby” Yield: 249KT
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_335

Extra Data: LatLong: “37.0604 -116.0217”, LatLongDMS: “37:03:37 N 116:01:18 W”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, NukeCountry: “USA”, NukeDepth: “0.71”, NukeMb: “5.80”, NukeName: “Bilby”, NukeSource: “SPRINGER”, NukeType: “NUCU”, NukeY: “249”

Event 23752 (25159B84)

Date: 9/14/1963
Description: (Translated from French) Sighting in Susanville (California). (September 14)
Reference: case Blue Book #8548 unsolved
Reference: rr0 - Beau
Source: rr0, ID: rr0_2024

Event 23753 (E1FAFF83)

Date: 9/14/1963
Time: 15:20
Location: SUSANVILLE, CA
Description: Project Bluebook Case #8548. 2 observer(s). Sphere/orb/globe / crazy path merges / passing cylinder/cigar-shape going southwest. / r70p3-84.
Type: sighting
Reference: HAINES, Richard Ph.D: PROJECT DELTA; 1994, LDA Press, PO Box 880, Los Altos, CA 94023 USA (Index 118)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_6849

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

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “7”, Duration: “10”, Elev: “1297”, HatchDesc: “SUSANVILLE,CA:BBK#8548:2 OBS:ORB/CRAZY PATH MERGES/PASSING CGR>SW:/r70p3-84”, LatLong: “40.422224 -120.655561”, LatLongDMS: “40:25:20 N 120:39:20 W”, Locale: “Mountains”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “California”, Strangeness: “7”

Event 23754 (8D9AD5EE)

Date: 9/14/1963
Location: Susanville, CA
Description: Round object intercept a long object &attach to it or disappear (NICAP: 01 - Distant Encounters, BB: 8548)
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_2660

Event 23755 (D82911FF)

Date: 9/14/1963
Time: 3:15 PM
Location: Susanville, California
Description: Witness: E.A. Grant, veteran of 37 years training forest fire lookouts for the U.S. Forest Service. One round object intercepted a long object and either attached itself to the latter or disappeared. Sighting lasted l0 minutes.
Type: ufo sighting
Reference: BlueBook Unknowns PDF
Source: BerlinerBBUnknowns, ID: BerlinerBBU_491

Event 23756 (1E20DE81)

Date: 9/14/1963
Location: Susanville, California
Description: 3:15 p.m. US Forest Service instructor Edward A. Grant and his son see a round object over Susanville, California, that at first seems to be a balloon, but is moving erratically. The movements are very fast and the direction changes very definite. They watch it pass overhead for several minutes. Suddenly, a long cylindrical object with fins along its sides appears from the north and passes overhead toward the south. The round object moves very rapidly to intercept the long object, ejecting a yellowish-brown trail, and merges with it.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Herbert S. Taylor, “Satellite Objects: A Further Look,” IUR 29, no. 2 (Summer 2004): 4; Sparks, p. 295
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_3724

Event 23757 (B91F23CF)

Date: 9/14/1963
Description: At 3:15 p.m. in Susanville, California E. A. Grant, a fire lookout with 37 years of experience at forest fire lookouts for the U.S. Forest Service, sighted a round flying object intercept a longer object and either attached itself to the latter or disappear. The sighting lasted ten minutes.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: Don Berliner, Project Bluebook UFO Unknowns
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_5951

Event 23758 (69584E7A)

Date: 9/15/1963
Description: (Translated from French) Sighting in Vandalia (Ohio). (September 15)
Reference: case Blue Book #8549 unsolved
Reference: rr0 - Beau
Source: rr0, ID: rr0_2025

Event 23759 (9C1F50EB)

Date: 9/15/1963
Location: Vandalia, OH
Description: 2 very bright gold objects one staying stationary, the other moving (NICAP: 01 - Distant Encounters, BB: 8549)
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_2661

Event 23760 (1F919C8A)

Date: 9/15/1963
Time: 66 PM
Location: Vandalia, Ohio
Description: Witness: Mrs. F.E. Roush. Two very bright gold objects–one shaped like a banana and the other like an ear of corn–one remained stationary, the other moved from west to north during 10 minutes,
Type: ufo sighting
Reference: BlueBook Unknowns PDF
Source: BerlinerBBUnknowns, ID: BerlinerBBU_492

Event 23761 (42C19D5E)

Date: 9/15/1963
Description: At six o’clock in the evening Mrs. F. E. Roush of Vandalia, Ohio reported seeing two very bright gold objects in the sky, one shaped like a banana and the other like an ear of corn. One UFO remained stationary while the other moved from west to north. The sighting lasted 10 minutes.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: Don Berliner, Project Bluebook UFO Unknowns
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_5984

Event 23762 (3E41856E)

Date: 9/19/1963
Time: 20:00
Location: SASKATOON, SSK
Description: Saucer drops box / ground. Kids look. Find partly transparent 10’ man! / r8#581.
Type: sighting
Reference: MUSGRAVE, John Brent: UFO OCCUPANTS & CRITTERS; Global Communications, NY 1979. 8x11 66pp. (Index 44)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_6850

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, GNT: Giant: Large/tall alien, SIG: Signals/responses to/from/between UFO’s/occupants/observers, HUM: Humans affected: Injury/burns/marks/abduction/death, LND: UFO landing or any part touches ground, TCH: New technical details/clues, COV: Indication of coverup, CMF: Camouflage/disguise

Extra Data: Country: “Canada”, Credibility: “5”, Duration: “10”, Elev: “450”, HatchDesc: “SASKATOON,SSK:SCR DROPS BOX/GND:KIDS LOOK:FIND PARTLY XPARENT 10’MAN!:/r8#581”, LatLong: “52.116669 -106.633338”, LatLongDMS: “52:07:00 N 106:38:00 W”, Locale: “Farmlands”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Sasketchewan”, Strangeness: “13”

Event 23763 (765B8741)

Date: 9/19/1963
Time: 2000
Location: Saskatoon, Canada
Description: Four children saw a bright oval object hover in a field and drop something. Approaching the site, they were confronted with a 3 m tall man, dressed in “a white monklike suit,” who held out his hands and made unintelligible sounds. The children fled in panic, and one girl was admitted to the hospital in shock.
Type: ufo sighting
Reference: Personal (Vallee)
Source: ValléeMagonia, ID: Magonia_581

Event 23764 (8EA78B4C)

Date: 9/19/1963
Description: Adm. Roscoe Hillenkoetter writes to astronomer Donald H. Menzel, saying that his book The World of Flying Saucers has “effectively put to rest all surmises about flying saucers being from ‘outer space.’”
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Christopher D. Allan, “Admiral Hillenkoetter: From Believer to Skeptic,” IUR 20, no. 2 (Mar./Apr. 1995): 17
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_3725

Event 23765 (454BDFD5)

Date: 9/19/1963
Locations: Wonthaggi; South Dudley, Victoria, Australia; Bass Strait; Inverlock
Description: 6:50 p.m. More than 140 residents of Wonthaggi and South Dudley, Victoria, Australia, observe a mystery object like an orange beach ball maneuver in the sky for 25 minutes. At first it hovers, then it begins moving slowly and silently, putting on sudden and intermittent bursts of speed, before disappearing in an easterly direction into the Bass Strait. During the 25 minutes that the object is visible, TV sets malfunction in South Dudley, Wonthaggi, and lnverlock. TV sets variously display white screens, gray screens, double images, or snow and lines. Still other sets go completely blank. After the UFO leaves at 7:15, all TV sets resume normal operation.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: “UAO’s Upset TV Reception,” APRO Bulletin, May 1964, pp. 1, 6; Schopick, pp. 109–111
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_3726

Event 23766 (4C0842F3)

Date: 9/19/1963
Location: Saskatoon, Saskatchewan
Description: 8:00 p.m. Four children in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, see a bright, oval object hover in a field and drop something. Approaching the site, they are confronted by a man about 10 feet tall dressed in a white “monk-like” suit who holds out his hands and makes unintelligible sounds. The children flee, and one girl is admitted to the hospital in shock.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Vallée, Magonia, p. 294; Mark Cashman, “Behavioral Classification System for UFO Occupants,” IUR 24, no. 1 (Spring 1999): 18
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_3727

Event 23767 (A8A3A6DE)

Date: 9/19/1963
Description: Four children in Saskatoon, Saskachewan, Canada saw a bright oval object hover in a field and drop something. Approaching the site, they were confronted by a three meter tall man dressed in a white monk’s suit, who held out his hands and made unintelligible sounds. The giant entity was semi-transparent and had no visible face. The children fled in panic. One girl was admitted to the hospital in shock.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: Jacques Vallee, Passport to Magonia: A Century of Landings, case 581; John A. Keel, Operation Trojan Horse, p. 145; John Brent Musgrave, UFO Occupants and Critters, p. 44
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_6084

Event 23768 (558A5149)

Date: 9/20/1963
Time: 11:30
Location: FANO, ITL
Description: Metallic cone saucer near ground. Tube extends. Scrapes ground / fast maneuvers. Whistles.
Type: sighting
Reference: ITACAT, Catalogo Italiano degli Incontri Ravvicinati. Maurizio Verga, 1989 CISU/Torino, Italy. (Index 55)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_6851

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

Extra Data: Country: “Italy”, Credibility: “5”, Duration: “2”, HatchDesc: “FANO,ITL:MTLC CONE SCR nr GND:TUBE EXTENDS:SCRAPES GND/FAST MNVRS:WHISTLES”, LatLong: “43.833335 13.016667”, LatLongDMS: “43:50:00 N 13:01:00 E”, Locale: “Farmlands”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Ancona”, Strangeness: “7”

Event 23769 (CC7953E9)

Date: 9/20/1963
Time: 18:50
Location: HUNTSVILLE, ARK
Description: Rancher. Ovoid going west in S. sky. Dims. Fades / distance. Balloon? / r242p141.
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_6852

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: “15”, Elev: “439”, HatchDesc: “HUNTSVILLE,ARK:RANCHER:OVOID >W IN S.SKY:DIMS:FADES/DISTANCE:balloon?/r242p141”, LatLong: “36.100002 -93.750004”, LatLongDMS: “36:06:00 N 93:45:00 W”, Locale: “Pasture”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Arkansas”, Strangeness: “4”

Event 23770 (985630BF)

Date: 9/20/1963
Location: Huntsville, AR
Description: A rancher reported watching an egg-shaped UFO moving eastward about 10 degrees above the southern horizon. Through binoculars, a dark spot was visible near the top of the object. As it proceeded west, the UFO dimmed, turning orange, and faded from view after 10-15 minutes. [Witness reported sighting to NICAP.] (NICAP: 01 - Distant Encounters)
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_2663

Event 23771 (ACBB7DA5)

Date: 9/20/1963
Location: Wonthaggi, Victoria, AU
Description: TV difficulty, viewer called outside to see UFO. Object hovered, darted at h.s. TV I/F noted in area of 3 towns (NICAP: 03 - EME Cases)
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_2664

Event 23772 (706C9321)

Date: 9/20/1963
Description: A metallic cone was seen near the ground on a farm in Fano, Marche, Italy at 11:30 a.m. A tube extended from the object and scraped the ground with fast movements. The object made a whistling sound.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: Larry Hatch, U computer database, case 6407, citing Maurizio Verga, ITACAT, p. 55
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_6125

Event 23773 (DE42873D)

Date: 9/26/1963
Time: ~04:10
Location: SUNNYVALE, CA
Description: Cops and many. Grey disk going west. 1 pulse / 3 second(s). Jumps 4° between pulses. / r70p3-86.
Type: sighting
Reference: HALL, Richard: The UFO EVIDENCE; NICAP,Washington, DC 1964. Reprinted 1997 Barnes & Noble Books ( only $7.98! ) (Index 63)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_6853

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, OGA: Non-Covert Government Agencies

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “10”, Duration: “2”, Elev: “39”, HatchDesc: “SUNNYVALE,CA:COPS+MANY:GRY DISK>W:1 PULSE/3sec:JUMPS 4° BTWN PULSES:/r70p3-86”, LatLong: “37.366668 -122.066672”, LatLongDMS: “37:22:00 N 122:04:00 W”, Locale: “Town & City”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “California”, Strangeness: “7”

Event 23774 (67DE864B)

Date: 9/26/1963
Time: 04:20
Location: MONTE VISTA, CA
Description: 2 / cement works. Sunnyvale saucer pulses going west over coast mountains. / r242p63.
Type: sighting
Reference: OLSEN, Thomas: REFERENCE for OUTSTANDING UFO SIGHTINGS REPORTS. 1966 UFO Information Retrieval Center, Riderwood, MD 21139. (Index 386)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_6854

Attributes: 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: “120”, HatchDesc: “MONTE VISTA,CA:2/CEMENT WORKS:SUNNYVALE SCR PULSES >W OVR COAST Mtns:/r242p63”, LatLong: “37.316668 -122.111117”, LatLongDMS: “37:19:00 N 122:06:40 W”, Locale: “Mountains”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “California”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 23775 (0239707F)

Date: 9/26/1963
Location: Sunnyvale, CA
Description: Police officer, many others, observed a gray disc with central bright spot, moving on a westerly course at high speed. [UFOE, VII] (NICAP: 01 - Distant Encounters)
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_2665

Event 23776 (DC55D310)

Date: 9/26/1963
Description: At 4:20 a.m. a police officer and eight others in Sunnyvale, California observed a gray disc-shaped object with a central bright spot, moving on a westerly course at high speed.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: Richard Hall, The UFO Evidence, p. 63; Thomas M. Olsen, Reference for Outstanding UFO Reports, case # 144
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_6348

Event 23777 (BA049148)

Date: 9/27/1963
Location: 37.0000 -116.0000
Description: Nuclear test: Underground, confirmed. Country: USA Name: “Narraguagus” 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_336

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: “Narraguagus”, NukeSource: “NV209”, NukeType: “NUCU”, NukeYMax: “20”

Event 23778 (CEE757A8)

Date: 9/27/1963
Location: 37.0000 -116.0000
Description: Nuclear test: Underground, confirmed. Country: USA Name: “Carp” 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_337

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: “Carp”, NukeSource: “NV209”, NukeType: “NUCU”, NukeYMax: “20”

Event 23779 (35C2CBC4)

Date: 9/27/1963
Description: Blue Book releases a statement on the Hill case, claiming insufficient information, although they strongly suspect the UFO is the planet Jupiter.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Clark III 581
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_3728

Event 23780 (2938F956)

Date: 10/1963 (approximate)
Location: KUANGTUNG TO/FROM WUHAN, CH
Description: Airliner chased / 3 luminous saucers / 15 min. Big coverup. / r208p44.
Type: sighting
Reference: GOOD, Timothy: ABOVE TOP SECRET; Sidgewick & Jackson, London 1987 & Quill Books, 1988. 592pp. (Index 208)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_6855

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, AIR: Observer(s) on aircraft, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, HQO: High-quality observer(s), SCR: Classic saucer/disk/sphere shaped UFO, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), OBS: Observation/chasing vehicles, VEH: Vehicle affected: Marks/damage/EME effects, RDR: Radar traces/blips, TCH: New technical details/clues, COV: Indication of coverup

Extra Data: Country: “China”, Credibility: “8”, Duration: “15”, HatchDesc: "KUANGTUNG><WUHAN,CH:AIRLINER CHASED/3 LUM SCRS/15 MIN:BIG COVERUP:/r208p44 ", LatLong: “30.500001 114.250005”, LatLongDMS: “30:30:00 N 114:15:00 E”, Locale: “Metropolis”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “HUB”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 23781 (70D6303A)

Date: 10/1963 (approximate)
Time: 03:00
Location: EAST / SUNBURST, MT
Description: 4 inspect men. 3 saucers going west. Stop. Maneuver. Beams going down. Whine. Exit / series. See dwg.
Type: sighting
Reference: FLICKENGER, Don: NORTH DAKOTA UFO files. Well Documented NICAP files for the 1960s: Xeroxed by Tom Tulien (Index 2)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_6856

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, HQO: High-quality observer(s), SCR: Classic saucer/disk/sphere shaped UFO, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), OBS: Observation/chasing vehicles, RAY: Odd light/searchlight/beam/laser-like, DRT: Dirt/soil traces/marks/footprints etc., PHT: Photos/movies/videos taken, SND: UFO sounds heard or recorded

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “8”, Duration: “120”, Elev: “1020”, HatchDesc: “E/SUNBURST,MT:4 INS MEN:3 SCRS >W:STOP:MNVR:BEAMS↓:WHINE:EXIT/SERIES:see dwg”, LatLong: “48.883336 -111.866672”, LatLongDMS: “48:53:00 N 111:52:00 W”, Locale: “Mountains”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, RelAlt: “1980”, State/Prov: “Montana”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 23782 (09DA8A7A)

Date: 10/1963
Time: 09:00
Location: WHIDBEY ISLAND, WA
Description: UFO. 3 figure(s) inside. Tilts. Sinks partly / soil. Grows! Up and away. / r8.
Type: sighting
Reference: VALLEE, Jacques: DIMENSIONS, A Casebook of Alien Contact Ballentine, NY 1989. PB (Index 232)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_6857

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CST: Observer(s) in coastal area/just offshore, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, ODD: Atypical/Forteana/paranormal, SCR: Classic saucer/disk/sphere shaped UFO, OID: Humanoid: Small alien or “Grey”, DRT: Dirt/soil traces/marks/footprints etc., LND: UFO landing or any part touches ground, TCH: New technical details/clues

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “7”, Duration: “2”, Elev: “79”, HatchDesc: “WHIDBEY ISL,WA:UFO:3 FIGs INSIDE:TILTS:SINKS PARTLY/SOIL:GROWS!:UP+AWAY:/r8”, LatLong: “48.133336 -122.583339”, LatLongDMS: “48:08:00 N 122:35:00 W”, Locale: “Offshore”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Washington”, Strangeness: “10”

Event 23783 (B4E5AB5E)

Date: 10/1963
Time: 18:00
Location: JINGGANGSHAN, JIANGXI, CH
Description: 1 observer. 5M saucer going quickly [to] overhead. Drops going down / 100M altitude. Shoots going up [to] and away. / r120.
Type: sighting
Reference: DONG, Paul: UFO’s Over MODERN CHINA. 1983 UFO Photo Archives; P. O. Box 17206; Tucson, AZ 85710. (Index 45)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_6858

Attributes: 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: “China”, Credibility: “6”, Duration: “1”, HatchDesc: “JINGGANGSHAN,JIANGXI,CH:1 OBS:5M SCR >>OVHD:DROPS↓/100M alt:SHOOTS↑+AWAY:/r120”, LatLong: “26.533335 114.183339”, LatLongDMS: “26:32:00 N 114:11:00 E”, Locale: “Residential”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Jianxi”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 23784 (5F07C9D8)

Date: 10/1963
Time: ~21:00
Location: SOUTHEAST / MILLERSPORT, OH
Description: 5 observer(s). Domed silver saucer 300’ away / 20’ altitude. Figure(s) move / windows.
Type: sighting
Reference: MUFON UFO JOURNAL, Seguin, TX USA. Monthly. (Index 173)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_6859

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

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “8”, Duration: “2”, Elev: “275”, HatchDesc: "SE/MILLERSPORT,OH:5 OBS:DOMED SLVR SCR 300’AWAY/20’alt:FIGs MOVE/WINDOWS ", LatLong: “39.883335 -82.516671”, LatLongDMS: “39:53:00 N 82:31:00 W”, Locale: “Residential”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Ohio”, Strangeness: “8”

Event 23785 (83417FFD)

Date: 10/1963
Time: 0900
Location: Whidbey Island, Washington
Description: A middle-aged woman, who had seen a strange craft hovering near her house the previous Jul., observed a gray-colored object, 3.5 m long, hovering less than 2 m above ground. Through the transparent front part she could see three figures. Suddenly one of the occupants was standing on the grass. He was clothed in “asbestostextured coveralls” and neither the face, nor the hands, nor the feet was visible. When she asked, “What do you want?” the answer, in English, was: “One of our party knows you; we will return.” The object then decreased in size, tilted, partially sank into the ground, grew to its previous size, and departed to the east, producing steam, a flash, and a noise.
Type: ufo sighting
Reference: FSR 64, 6 (Vallee)
Source: ValléeMagonia, ID: Magonia_582

Event 23786 (17388E5E)

Date: 10/1963
Description: Maj. Hector Quintanilla is appointed director of Project Blue Book. He is assisted by Sgt. David Moody, who is particularly hostile to UFOs and tends to label every report as “possible” this or that.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Sparks, p. 14; Clark III 922–923
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_3729

Event 23787 (4ED1B8CF)

Date: 10/1963
Locations: Guangdong; Wuhan, China
Description: A Lisunov Li-2 airliner on the Guangdong to Wuhan, China, air route is chased by three luminous UFOs for 115 minutes. The pilots provide a minute-by-minute report by radio to the Chinese Civil Aeronautics Administration. After landing, the crew is debriefed by air traffic control, and the passengers are told not to discuss the incident with anyone.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Wendelle Stevens and Paul Dong, UFOs over Modern China, UFO Photo Archives, 1983, pp. 44–45
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_3730

Event 23788 (3E538CC6)

Date: 10/1963
Location: Millersport, Ohio
Description: 9:30 p.m. Five members of a family in Millersport, Ohio, see what seems to be an airplane on fire, but the house-sized object approaches and hovers about 300 feet away. They see a dark disc with a dome and antenna on top and three ball-shaped protrusions on the bottom. Around the rim are evenly spaced openings that emit fiery beams. In the dome, several large windows are visible in which a figure can be seen, at least by the mother. The dome rotates as the object hovers, and it makes a low humming noise. It finally rises slowly and makes a small circle in the air before speeding away.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Michael Swords, “Close Encounters of the First Kind: Do We Really Care? Part Two,” The Big Study, February 15, 2012
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_3731

Event 23789 (B41D610C)

Date: 10/1/1963?
Time: 14:30
Location: NEAR ADELAIDE, SOUTH AUSTR
Description: 2 boys and 20. Saucer lands / field. 7’ figure / diving suit exits. 2nd figure.
Type: sighting
Reference: FLYING SAUCER REVIEW (FSR), London. Bimonthly. PO Box 162; High Wycombe, Bucks. HP135 DZ, England. (Index 196)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_6860

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, GNT: Giant: Large/tall alien, FIG: Undefined or poorly seen figure/entity, LND: UFO landing or any part touches ground, TCH: New technical details/clues

Extra Data: Country: “Australia”, Credibility: “10”, Duration: “5”, HatchDesc: “nr ADELAIDE,S.AUSTR:2 BOYS+20:SCR LANDS/FIELD:7’FIG/DIVING SUIT EXITS:2nd FIG.”, LatLong: “-34.966668 138.616673”, LatLongDMS: “34:58:00 S 138:37:00 E”, Locale: “Residential”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “South Australia”, Strangeness: “9”

Event 23790 (9255D8BD)

Date: 10/2/1963
Location: HYDE, CHESHIRE
Description: 2 cars stall. TV Radio Frequency Interference (RFI). Military jets chase fake white cloud across sky!
Type: sighting
Reference: ALDRICH, Jan J.: Private research papers. A huge mass of hard-won information. (Index 0)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_6861

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, MIL: Observer(s) military, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, HQO: High-quality observer(s), SCR: Classic saucer/disk/sphere shaped UFO, CIG: Torpedo/cigar/cylinder shaped UFO, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), VEH: Vehicle affected: Marks/damage/EME effects, EME: Electro-Magnetic Effects, MIL: Military investigation, CMF: Camouflage/disguise

Extra Data: Country: “Great Britain and Ireland”, Credibility: “7”, Duration: “2”, Elev: “144”, HatchDesc: “HYDE,CHESHIRE:2 CARS STALL:TV RFI:MIL.JETS CHASE FAKE WHT CLOUD ACRS SKY!”, LatLong: “53.450003 -2.083333”, LatLongDMS: “53:27:00 N 02:05:00 W”, Locale: “Town & City”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “England”, Strangeness: “7”

Event 23791 (834316FA)

Date: 10/2/1963
Location: Mediterranean, Off the coast of Sardinia, At sea
Description: USS Roosevelt Encounter / Radar Track of UFO (NICAP: 09 - RADAR Cases, Code: R, Rating: 5)
Reference: NICAP: 631002
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_2666

Event 23792 (B1A51EC2)

Date: 10/2/1963
Description: At 6:45 p.m. a black oval object was seen to come out of, and then re-enter a lone cloud in the sky over Audenshaw, Greater Manchester, England.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: Orbit, 1963, case # 324; J. Bernard Delair, Awareness, October 1977, p. 12
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_6495

Event 23793 (7820D3F7)

Date: 10/3/1963
Location: IN SPACE
Description: (Translated from French) Mercury VIII: Walter Schirra distinguished large luminous masses above the Indian Ocean during his flight. (Philippe SCHNEYDER: “Ovni premier bilan” - éd. du Rocher 1983, p. 233) and (J. Allen HYNEK and Jacques VALLEE: “At the Limits of Reality” - éd. Albin Michel 1978, p84) (Wally Schirra) Rumors say he saw a UFO and used the code word “Santa Claus” to designate it. IN REALITY he reported having observed clouds of nocturnal storms. It is easy to take things out of context to make them coincide with the UFO hypothesis at all costs.
Reference: 1989 - listing and research by Harvey S. Stewart
Reference: Mini catalogue chronologique des observations OVNI, by Godelieve Van Overmeire
Source: Overmeire, ID: Overmeire_2261

Event 23794 (7371D7C3)

Date: 10/3/1963
Location: MERCURY 8
Description: Wally Shirra. Large luminous masses over Indian ocean. Lightning clouds?
Type: sighting
Reference: HYNEK & VALLEE: The EDGE of REALITY, A Progress Report, Chicago, Regnery 1975. 301pp 24cm (Index 64)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_6862

Attributes: AIR: Observer(s) on aircraft, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, HQO: High-quality observer(s), CIG: Torpedo/cigar/cylinder shaped UFO, FBL: Fireball: Blazing undistinguished form/orb., NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), TCH: New technical details/clues

Extra Data: Country: “Earth Orbit or seen from space stations/capsules”, Credibility: “6”, Duration: “2”, HatchDesc: “MERCURY 8:WALLY SHIRRA:LRG LUMn. MASSES OVR INDIAN OCEAN:Lightning clouds?”, LatLong: “90.000004 -0.000000”, LatLongDMS: “90:00:00 N 00:00:00 W”, Locale: “Residential”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “USA”, Strangeness: “4”

Event 23795 (20C65D75)

Date: 10/4/1963
Description: (Translated from French) Sighting in Bedford (Ohio). (4 October)
Reference: case Blue Book #8581 unsolved
Reference: rr0 - Beau
Source: rr0, ID: rr0_2026

Event 23796 (D23B177A)

Date: 10/4/1963
Description: (Translated from French) At Whidbey Island (Washington), a middle-aged woman sees a strange craft with 3 silhouettes inside. It bows, partially sinks into the ground, grows and departs in a flash.
Reference: rr0 - Beau
Source: rr0, ID: rr0_2027

Event 23797 (E612AB74)

Date: 10/4/1963
Time: 01:00
Location: EAST HARTLAND, CT
Description: Silver triangle. Row / black dots / front. 2000mph. Flaming tail. / r242p141.
Type: sighting
Reference: UFO INVESTIGATOR: NICAP: Kensington, MD & Washington, DC [defunct]. University Microfilms, Ann Arbor, MI 48106 (Index 34)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_6863

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

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “7”, Duration: “2”, Elev: “366”, HatchDesc: “E.HARTLAND,CT:SLVR TRIANGLE:ROW/BLK DOTS/FRONT:2000mph:FLAMING TAIL:/r242p141”, LatLong: “42.000002 -72.905559”, LatLongDMS: “42:00:00 N 72:54:20 W”, Locale: “Farmlands”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Connecticut”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 23798 (57810192)

Date: 10/4/1963
Time: 15:30
Location: BEDFORD, OH
Description: 1 observer. Intense Oblong cylinder/cigar-shape with blue glow. Hovers flashes and flickers / 15 second(s).
Type: sighting
Reference: BERLINER, DON: The BLUEBOOK UNKNOWNS; (FUFOR). (Index 31)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_6864

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

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “6”, Duration: “1”, Elev: “293”, HatchDesc: “BEDFORD,OH:1 OBS:INTENSE OBLONG CGR W/BLU GLOW:HVRS FLASHES+FLICKERS/15sec”, LatLong: “41.400002 -81.533337”, LatLongDMS: “41:24:00 N 81:32:00 W”, Locale: “Farmlands”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Ohio”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 23799 (1B013F7D)

Date: 10/4/1963
Location: East Hartland, CT
Description: State Representative L. B. Martin, about 1:00 p.m., saw a silvery triangular object with a row of black dots across the leading edge. The UFO passed overhead, emitting a flame-like tail, at an estimated speed of 2000 mph. [Report obtained by NICAP-CONN Affiliate.] (NICAP: 02 - Close Encounters)
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_2667

Event 23800 (D2EA62BA)

Date: 10/4/1963
Location: Bedford, OH
Description: Intense oblong light with tapered ends (NICAP: 01 - Distant Encounters, BB: 8581)
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_2669

Event 23801 (C5AEF2A6)

Date: 10/4/1963
Time: 3:32 PM
Location: Bedford, Ohio
Description: Witness: R.E. Carpenter, 15. One intense oblong light with tapered ends and surrounded by an aqua haze, flashed and flickered while stationary for 15 seconds.
Type: ufo sighting
Reference: BlueBook Unknowns PDF
Source: BerlinerBBUnknowns, ID: BerlinerBBU_493

Event 23802 (512A3BBF)

Date: 10/4/1963
Locations: Connecticut; Hartland, Connecticut
Description: 1:00 p.m. Connecticut State Representative Luther B. Martin sees a delta-shaped, silvery object leaving a flare-like trail at Hartland, Connecticut. A row of black markings is visible along the blunt forward edge as the object passes from south to north. He estimates its speed at 2,000 mph.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: “UFO Sightings Centered in Western U.S.,” UFO Investigator 2, no. 10 (Dec. 1963/Jan. 1964): 3
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_3732

Event 23803 (A839BDBF)

Date: 10/6/1963
Location: Philadelphia, PA
Description: Freidman. (Mary Castner/CUFOS) (NICAP: 01 - Distant Encounters, BB: BBU)
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_2670

Event 23804 (1085DADA)

Date: 10/7/1963
Location: Lanham, MD
Description: Freidman. (Mary Castner/CUFOS) (NICAP: 01 - Distant Encounters, BB: BBU)
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_2671

Event 23805 (10AB8AD9)

Date: 10/11/1963
Time: 14:00:00.1
Location: 37.0373 -116.0212
Description: Nuclear test: Underground, confirmed. Country: USA Name: “Grunion” 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_338

Extra Data: LatLong: “37.0373 -116.0212”, LatLongDMS: “37:02:14 N 116:01:16 W”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, NukeCountry: “USA”, NukeDepth: “0.26”, NukeName: “Grunion”, NukeSource: “SPRINGER”, NukeType: “NUCU”, NukeYMax: “20”

Event 23806 (310FCEE9)

Date: 10/11/1963
Time: 14:00:00.2
Location: 37.1187 -116.0339
Description: Nuclear test: Underground, confirmed. Country: USA Name: “Tornillo” 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_339

Extra Data: LatLong: “37.1187 -116.0339”, LatLongDMS: “37:07:07 N 116:02:02 W”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, NukeCountry: “USA”, NukeDepth: “0.15”, NukeName: “Tornillo”, NukeSource: “SPRINGER”, NukeType: “NUCU”, NukeYMax: “20”

Event 23807 (31034A98)

Date: 10/12/1963 (approximate)
Location: ARGENTINA, between Monte Maize and Isla Verde
Description: (Translated from French) At dawn, in a driving rain, Eugenio Douglas was driving his coal truck. Suddenly he saw a bright point on the road, a single blinding light was approaching. He stopped and pulled off to the side. He got out of the truck: the light had disappeared. Through the rain he saw a round object about 35 feet high, an opening appeared and three men wearing what looked like antenna helmets appeared. They were at least 12 feet tall. Douglas was scared, and when the men saw him a red beam was pointed at him and burned him. Grabbing his revolver he shot at the entities and ran towards Monte Maize. The red light followed him to the village where it interfered with the street lighting, changing it to violet and green. He knocked on a door where a family gathered in a wake heard him: at that moment the candlelight turned violet then green and there was a strange smell. (Jacques VALLEE: “Chronicles of E.T. Appearances” - DENOEL 1972 - J’AI LU collection, p. 165, 166) On the night of October 17-18, Ernesto Douglas (note from vog: different date and first name, slightly different story too) was driving in a violent storm when he was suddenly blinded by a bright light that enveloped his truck from all sides and moved along the same route as him. He suddenly felt a burning sensation on his face. He braked, but his truck skidded and then left the road to get stuck on the side. At that moment he got out and found himself in the presence of three strange beings that seemed to be robots, near which was a vehicle of oval shape equipped with portholes and emitting a bright light. Panicked, Ernesto Douglas took his revolver and fired four bullets at the creatures. They took refuge in their spacecraft which started moving. Several times it flew over the driver and his truck and each time Douglas felt violent burns all over his body. Exhausted, his clothes in tatters, he presented himself at the police station in Monte Maize. (Guy TARADE: “S.V. and civilizations from beyond space” - J’AI LU 1969, p. 183, 184) • MONTE MAIZ (ARGENTINA) on 10/12/63 E. DOUGLAS and M. MANOCCHIO: eye burns for DOUGLAS: indescribable sensations and loss of memory for several hours for MANOCCHIO (1963, October 12 (19?))
Reference: source: GEPA 2-6 and PS 6. page 50
Reference: ???
Reference: Mini catalogue chronologique des observations OVNI, by Godelieve Van Overmeire
Source: Overmeire, ID: Overmeire_2262

Event 23808 (2CA798CE)

Date: 10/12/1963
Description: (Translated from French) Meeting with Engenio Douglas (Argentina). (October 12)
Reference: rr0 - Beau
Source: rr0, ID: rr0_2028

Event 23809 (D7EFEC37)

Date: 10/12/1963
Time: 03:30
Location: NEAR MONTE MAIZ, ARG
Description: Saucer blocks road. Giant robot(s)/android(s) exit. Truck wiring ruined. / r215p24.
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_6865

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, SCR: Classic saucer/disk/sphere shaped UFO, RBT: Possible robot or “Grey”, mechanical motions, GNT: Giant: Large/tall alien, RAY: Odd light/searchlight/beam/laser-like, VEH: Vehicle affected: Marks/damage/EME effects, LND: UFO landing or any part touches ground, TRC: Physical traces, INJ: Injuries, illness/death, mutilations, MIL: Military investigation, BBK: Project BLUEBOOK

Extra Data: Country: “Argentina”, Credibility: “6”, Duration: “8”, Elev: “107”, HatchDesc: “nr MONTE MAIZ,ARG:SCR BLOCKS ROAD:GIANT RBTS EXIT:TRUCK WIRING RUINED:/r215p24”, LatLong: “-33.200002 -62.600003”, LatLongDMS: “33:12:00 S 62:36:00 W”, Locale: “Pasture”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “CRD”, Strangeness: “10”

Event 23810 (58C73A38)

Date: 10/12/1963
Time: 0330
Location: Monte Maiz, Argentina
Description: E. Douglas, while driving a truck through,a violent rainstorm, had to stop when he encountered a large, blinding object, 35 m high, from which three giants, 3 m tall, wearing luminous clothes and strange helmets, emerged. Douglas fired at them, as a red beam burned him. He ran away and found shelter in Monte Maiz. He suffered burns similar to ultraviolet exposure. Footprints of large dimension were found at the site.
Type: ufo sighting
Reference: CODOVNI 1963; Austr; FSR 8; Magonia (Vallee)
Source: ValléeMagonia, ID: Magonia_583

Event 23811 (0856F3A2)

Date: 10/12/1963
Locations: Monte Maíz; Isla Verde, Córdoba, Argentina
Description: 3:30 a.m. Driving in a blinding rainstorm on the road between Monte Maíz and Isla Verde, Córdoba, Argentina, Eugenio Douglas feels heat and a prickly sensation all over his body. He sees a brilliant light in front of him. Temporarily blinded, he loses control of his truck and ends up in the ditch. Shaken but not injured, he gets out of the vehicle and looks up at the road, which he finds is blocked by an oval-shaped object at least 30 feet high. A door opens on the side and three huge “robots in human form” emerge. They wear helmets with short antennas and are 12–15 feet tall. Douglas takes a few shots at them with his revolver and runs away. The robots return to the UFO, which chases him down the road and eventually flies away. The next day, police find large footprints near the abandoned truck.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Gordon Creighton, “Argentina, 1963–64,” Flying Saucer Review 11, no. 6 (Nov./Dec. 1965): 16–17; Clark III 280; Loren E. Gross, The Fifth Horseman of the Apocalypse: UFOs, a History: July–December 1963, The Author, 2005, pp. 64–65; Roberto Banchs, “Monte Maíz, Cordoba: La Vision Fantasmagorica de E. Douglas (11 Oct 1963),” Visión OVNI, November 10, 2008
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_3733

Event 23812 (509C4057)

Date: 10/12/1963
Description: At 3:30 a.m. Sr. E. Douglas, while driving a truck through a violent rainstorm, had to stop when he encountered a large, blinding object, 35 meters high, from which three giants, three meters tall emerged. They wore luminous clothes and strange helmets. Douglas took out a gun and fired at them, as a red beam burned him. He ran away and found shelter in Monte Maiz, Argentina. He suffered burns similar to strong ultraviolet exposure. Very large footprints were found at the site. “A truck driver was travelling along a lonely road at night during a violent storm when he was suddenly blinded by a vivid white light which enveloped his vehicle. Simultaneously, he felt a burn on his face. He then braked but the vehicle skidded, left the road and became bogged down in the mud. The driver found himself in the presence of three strange beings with the gait of robots. Nearby he saw an oval-shaped object with portholes emitting a harsh light. Picking up his revolver, he fired four shots at the beings, who fled to the object. It then took off and flew around the truck several times, each time causing the driver to feel burns all over his body. Examination by a doctor revealed that the burns were ‘curious lesions’ of undetermined cause.”
Reference: Johnson
Reference: Jacques Vallee, Passport to Magonia: A Century of Landings, case 583; Gregory Falla, BUFORA Vehicle Interference Catalog
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_6801

Event 23813 (A5DD33F0)

Date: Late 1963
Description: Launch Officer Jerome C. Nelson states while at Walker AFB, NM, he was on duty at Atlas Site 9 under the 579th Strategic Missile Squadron. He states in an affidavit he saw a fully illuminated round UAP hovering silently over the site shining a spotlight onto it. After five minutes it left. Following the event, Nelson states a report was made to AFOSI, but he only learned about this decades later from technician Bob Caplan. Nelson does not understand why neither he nor his missile commander were told about OSI’s presence at the base.

• https://www.ufohastings.com/storage/files/image/2010-10-11/nelson_01.jpg

Reference: Anonymous 2023 PDF
Source: Anon2023PDF, ID: Anon2023PDF_105

Event 23814 (5F96F458)

Date: 10/16/1963
Location: USA
Description: (Translated from French) The first photographic reconnaissance satellites of the “Vela” type were launched in pairs, placed in orbit so that each was on one side of the Earth at 180° apart. Six pairs of Vela were thus launched in 7 years, all placed at very high altitude between 98000 and 119000 km.
Reference: “The War of the Satellites” - Volume 3 - Pierre Kohler, ed. Famot 1982, p. 77
Reference: Mini catalogue chronologique des observations OVNI, by Godelieve Van Overmeire
Source: Overmeire, ID: Overmeire_2263

Event 23815 (2B9A0508)

Date: 10/16/1963
Time: 17:00:00.1
Location: 37.1982 -116.2295
Description: Nuclear test: Underground, confirmed. Country: USA Name: “Clearwater” Yield: 20KT YieldMax: 200KT
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_340

Extra Data: LatLong: “37.1982 -116.2295”, LatLongDMS: “37:11:54 N 116:13:46 W”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, NukeCountry: “USA”, NukeDepth: “0.55”, NukeMb: “5.30”, NukeName: “Clearwater”, NukeSource: “SPRINGER”, NukeType: “NUCU”, NukeY: “20”, NukeYMax: “200”

Event 23816 (D9E69AFC)

Date: 10/17/1963
Location: 37.0000 -116.0000
Description: Nuclear test: Underground, confirmed. Country: USA Name: “Mullet” 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_341

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: “Mullet”, NukeSource: “NV209”, NukeType: “NUCU”, NukeYMax: “20”

Event 23817 (EC3B2E4B)

Date: 10/18/1963
Locations: Area 25; Area 51; Jackass Flats, Nevada
Description: One of the first leaks of the phrase “Area 51” in a newspaper article, in a Reno Gazette-Journal article titled “Test Site Strike”: “Work at the adjacent Nuclear Rocket Development Station (NRDS) was not affected, and men reported to duty at “Area 51” of the site, where a super-secret project is under way.”
Type: newspaper article
Reference: newspapers.com
Source: Maj2, ID: Maj2_944

Event 23818 (1F0562C2)

Date: 10/20/1963
Time: 13:00:00.1
Location: 24.0355 5.0386
Description: Nuclear test: Underground. Country: France Name: “rubis” Yield: 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_1845

Extra Data: LatLong: “24.0355 5.0386”, LatLongDMS: “24:02:08 N 05:02:19 E”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, NukeCountry: “France”, NukeDepth: “0.00”, NukeMb: “5.60”, NukeName: “rubis”, NukeSource: “BOLT”, NukeType: “U”, NukeY: “20”

Event 23819 (B995852D)

Date: 10/21/1963
Location: ARGENTINA, Trancas (Tucuman)
Description: (Translated from French) In the night of the 21st to the 22nd, several UFOs stopped near the railway of Trancas. From there they emitted non-dispersive red beams of light (like those produced by our current lasers) of very high intensity. The workers of an agricultural company who had gone out had to run and take refuge in their dwellings, pursued by these heat beams. Inside the houses the temperature began to rise. A witness, Kairus de Moreno, gave a coherent description of these beams to Captain of Frigate Omar R. Pagani of the Naval Information Service of the Argentine Military. Following his investigation, the latter declared that this light passed through the walls of the houses and entered the rooms without windows, illuminating them as if it were broad daylight. (1963, October 21-22)
Reference: Henry DURRANT: “The UFO File” - Laffont 1973 - p. 131-132
Reference: Mini catalogue chronologique des observations OVNI, by Godelieve Van Overmeire
Source: Overmeire, ID: Overmeire_2264

Event 23820 (2A5391FE)

Date: 10/21/1963
Description: (Translated from French) Observation of Yolié Moreno, in Trancas (Argentina). (October 21, 8 PM)
Reference: rr0 - Beau
Source: rr0, ID: rr0_2029

Event 23821 (D835B85C)

Date: 10/21/1963
Time: 21:30
Location: TRANCAS, ARG
Description: 6 saucers and cylinder/cigar-shape and figure(s) all over/all about farmhouse and railroad/railway line. / FSRv12#1+v17#3+/ LDLN#66 / r8.
Type: sighting
Reference: The APRO BULLETIN: Monthly. Jim & Coral Lorenzen: Tucson,AZ (USA. defunct) By volume and number. (Index 767)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_6866

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, SCR: Classic saucer/disk/sphere shaped UFO, CIG: Torpedo/cigar/cylinder shaped UFO, OID: Humanoid: Small alien or “Grey”, FIG: Undefined or poorly seen figure/entity, OBS: Observation/chasing vehicles, RAY: Odd light/searchlight/beam/laser-like, DRT: Dirt/soil traces/marks/footprints etc., ANI: Animals affected or injuries/marks, HUM: Humans affected: Injury/burns/marks/abduction/death, BLD: Building/man-made structure/roads/power lines, EME: Electro-Magnetic Effects, TRC: Physical traces, TCH: New technical details/clues

Extra Data: Country: “Argentina”, Credibility: “10”, Duration: “40”, Elev: “750”, HatchDesc: “TRANCAS,ARG:6 SCRS+CGR+FIGs ALLO FARMHOUSE+RR LINE:/FSRv12#1+v17#3+/LDLN#66/r8”, LatLong: “-26.216668 -65.288892”, LatLongDMS: “26:13:00 S 65:17:20 W”, Locale: “Pasture”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “TCM”, Strangeness: “9”

Event 23822 (0EF26B41)

Date: 10/21/1963
Location: Trancas, Arg
Description: Disc, EM, occupants, numerous traces (NICAP: 06 - Trace Cases)
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_2668

Event 23823 (17D36A3E)

Date: 10/21/1963
Location: Tranca, Tucumán Province, Argentina
Description: A family was held under siege by 2 disks giving off light beams which heated up their house. Activity was taking place at the railroad tracks about ½ a mile away, where a lighted object could be seen. At the conclusion of the incident, in the area where the closest disks had hovered, there remained a misty, smoke like deposit for several minutes.
Type: ufo sighting
Reference: Trace Cases
Source: Trace, ID: Trace_5

Event 23824 (E3BA8A56)

Date: 10/21/1963
Time: 2130
Location: Trancas, Argentina
Description: Six strange objects were observed for 40 min causing a local panic. One was hovering at ground level above some railroad tracks, while another, showing a dome and portholes, was nea a house. When witneses flashed a light, the house was flooded with a strong beam. Temperature rose and a sulphurous odor was noted. Figures were seen in the vicinity of the first disks. All six objects had a white and a red light beam, measured 8 m in diameter, and left a cloud of white smoke.
Type: ufo sighting
Reference: 145; LDLN 66 (Vallee)
Source: ValléeMagonia, ID: Magonia_584

Event 23825 (5E8EFF63)

Date: 10/21/1963
Location: Trancas, Tucumán, Argentina
Description: 9:30 p.m. Yolié del Valle Moreno and her family at Trancas, Tucumán, Argentina, observe six strange objects for 40 minutes in the back courtyard of their house. One UFO hovers at ground level above some railroad tracks, while another with a dome and portholes is near another house. They can see some 40 humanlike figures (silhouettes) moving around within two bright lights linked by a prolongation or tube. When witnesses flash a light at the object, the house is flooded with a strong beam. The temperature rises inside the house and the inhabitants smell a strong sulfurous odor. All six objects are about 24 feet in diameter, have a white and a red beam of light, and leave a cloud of white smoke that does not disperse for 4 hours. Beneath the space where one of the objects has been rocking back and forth, the witnesses find innumerable white balls one-quarter-inch in diameter piled into a cone 3 feet high and within a circle 28–30 feet in diameter. They consist primarily of calcium carbonate.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Gordon Creighton, “Argentina 1963–64, Part II,” Flying Saucer Review 12, no. 1 (Jan./Feb. 1966): 23–24; Oscar A. Galindez, “Trancas, after Seven Years,” Flying Saucer Review 17, no. 3 (May/June 1971): 14–20, 32; Loren E. Gross, The Fifth Horseman of the Apocalypse: UFOs, a History: July–December 1963, The Author, 2005, pp. 66–74; Carlos Iurchuk, “Los Asombrosos Fenomenos de Trancas por el Dr. Oscar Galindez,” Visión OVNI, January 1, 2009
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_3734

Event 23826 (9E37AC0F)

Date: 10/21/1963
Description: At 9:30 p.m. six strange objects were observed for the next 40 minutes, causing a local panic in Trancas, Argentina. One UFO hovered at ground level above some railroad tracks, while another, showing a dome and portholes, was near a house. When witnesses flashed a light at the object the house was

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flooded with a strong beam. The temperature rose inside the house and they could smell a strong sulphurous odor. Figures were seen in the vicinity of the first disc. All six objects were about eight meters in diameter, had a white and a red light beam, and left a cloud of white smoke.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: Jacques Vallee, Passport to Magonia: A Century of Landings, case 584
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_7012

Event 23827 (97708597)

Date: 10/22/1963
Time: 05:30
Location: IPSWITCH, SUFFOLK
Description: 2-part UFO = large and small. Comes from northeast. Hovers and spirals. Going quickly SE.
Type: sighting
Reference: VALLEE, Jacques: UFO’S IN SPACE - Anatomy of a Phenomenon; Henry Regnery 1966 & Ballentine PB 1974 294pp. (Index 219)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_6867

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, TCH: New technical details/clues

Extra Data: Country: “Great Britain and Ireland”, Credibility: “8”, Duration: “10”, HatchDesc: “IPSWITCH,SUFFOLK:2-PART UFO=LRG+SMALL:COMES FROM NE:HOVERS+SPIRALS:>>SE.”, LatLong: “52.050002 1.133333”, LatLongDMS: “52:03:00 N 01:08:00 E”, Locale: “Town & City”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “England”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 23828 (0E414104)

Date: 10/23/1963
Description: (Translated from French) Sighting in Meridian (Ohio). (October 23)
Reference: case Blue Book #8603 unsolved
Reference: rr0 - Beau
Source: rr0, ID: rr0_2030

Event 23829 (A937126C)

Date: 10/23/1963
Time: 20:40
Location: MERIDIAN, ID
Description: Project Bluebook Case #8603. Several observer(s). Classic silver saucer with loud pulsating sound. / r28p438.
Type: sighting
Reference: UFO INVESTIGATOR: NICAP: Kensington, MD & Washington, DC [defunct]. University Microfilms, Ann Arbor, MI 48106 (Index 34)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_6868

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

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “9”, Duration: “6”, Elev: “792”, HatchDesc: “MERIDIAN,ID:BBK#8603:SVRL OBS:CLASSIC SLVR SCR W/LOUD PULSATING SOUND:/r28p438”, LatLong: “43.611113 -116.388894”, LatLongDMS: “43:36:40 N 116:23:20 W”, Locale: “Residential”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Idaho”, Strangeness: “7”

Event 23830 (D2FBC5CD)

Date: 10/23/1963
Time: 23:00
Location: SOUTHWEST / SOUTH RIVER, NJ
Description: 3 figure(s) / tight grey suits zip across SR18. Legs “flutter”. Very fast.
Type: sighting
Reference: CLARK, Jerome: High Strangeness: UFO’s from 1960 through 1979. The UFO ENCYCLOPEDIA Volume 3. 1996 Omnigraphics Inc Detroit, MI ISBN 1-55888-742-3 (Index 100)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_6869

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, NFO: No craft seen, OID: Humanoid: Small alien or “Grey”, FIG: Undefined or poorly seen figure/entity, OBS: Observation/chasing vehicles, RAY: Odd light/searchlight/beam/laser-like, LND: UFO landing or any part touches ground

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “6”, Duration: “1”, Elev: “24”, HatchDesc: “SW/SOUTH RIVER,NJ:3 FIGs/TIGHT GRY SUITS ZIP ACRS SR18:LEGS “FLUTTER”:VFAST”, LatLong: “40.400002 -74.416670”, LatLongDMS: “40:24:00 N 74:25:00 W”, Locale: “Pasture”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “New Jersey”, Strangeness: “8”

Event 23831 (617F2A7F)

Date: 10/23/1963
Location: Meridian, ID
Description: Object shaped like a circle from below and a football from the side (NICAP: 01 - Distant Encounters, BB: 8603)
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_2672

Event 23832 (8507DF4A)

Date: 10/23/1963
Time: 8:35 PM
Location: Meridian, Idaho
Description: Witnesses: several unnamed students, including Gordon. One object shaped like a circle from below and like a football from the side, hovered low over the observers, making a deep, pulsating, loud, extremely irritating sound, for 6 minutes.
Type: ufo sighting
Reference: BlueBook Unknowns PDF
Source: BerlinerBBUnknowns, ID: BerlinerBBU_494

Event 23833 (F46DE866)

Date: 10/23/1963
Locations: South River, New Jersey; State Route 18
Description: 11:00 p.m. Driving south of South River, New Jersey, on State Route 18, a man glimpses something like a flashlight off to his left, and three figures, 3–4 feet tall, cross the road in front of him. They are dressed in “tight- fitting silver-gray one-piece suits” that “seem to glow once they hit the headlights.” Their heads are found, but the witness can see no other features. They begin quickly “fluttering” across the road, faster than the “fastest sprinter.”
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Center for UFO Studies, [case documents]; Clark III 278
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_3735

Event 23834 (F6FB3475)

Date: 10/24/1963
Description: (Translated from French) Sighting in Cupar Fife (Scotland). (October 24)
Reference: case Blue Book #8604 unsolved
Reference: rr0 - Beau
Source: rr0, ID: rr0_2031

Event 23835 (049C58BF)

Date: 10/24/1963
Location: CUPAR, FIFE, SCOT
Description: 2 kids. Night light very high goes north going south. Circles star. Well detailed and unidentified / Project Bluebook Case #8604.
Type: sighting
Reference: SCIENCE & MECHANICS (eds.) OFFICIAL GUIDE to UFO’S; Ace Books, NY. 1968. (Index 167)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_6870

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

Extra Data: Country: “Great Britain and Ireland”, Credibility: “6”, Duration: “2”, Elev: “48”, HatchDesc: “CUPAR,FIFE,SCOT:2 KIDS:NLT VHI GOES N>S:CCLs STAR:WELL DETAILED+UID/BBK#8604”, LatLong: “56.316669 -3.016667”, LatLongDMS: “56:19:00 N 03:01:00 W”, Locale: “Coastlands”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Scotland”, Strangeness: “5”

Event 23836 (7A82FA9C)

Date: 10/24/1963
Location: Cupar Fife, Scotland
Description: Light move for an unspecified length of time (NICAP: 01 - Distant Encounters, BB: 8604)
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_2673

Event 23837 (37A3F0A7)

Date: 10/24/1963
Time: No time given
Location: Cupar Fife, Scotland
Description: Witnesses: A. McLean (12) and G. McLean (8). One light moved for an unspecified length of time. No further details in files. Note: Project Blue Book chief Maj. H. Quintanilla told the youngsters, in a letter, that this was “one of the most complete” of the unexplained cases for the year.
Type: ufo sighting
Reference: BlueBook Unknowns PDF
Source: BerlinerBBUnknowns, ID: BerlinerBBU_495

Event 23838 (DBA8B8B3)

Date: 10/24/1963
Description: Cupar, Fife, Scotland. No time given. Brothers A. McLean, age 12, and G. McLean, age 8 saw a moving light in the sky for an unspecified length of time. No further details are found in the Air Force files, but Project Blue Book chief Major Hector Quintanilla wrote a letter to the youngsters that this was “one of the most complete” of the unexplained cases for the year!
Reference: Johnson
Reference: Project Blue book files counted in official statistics, case # 8604; Richard Hall, The UFO Evidence, p. 129; Don Berliner, Project Bluebook UFO Unknowns; Lloyd Mallan, Official Guide to UFOs, p. 28
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_7077

Event 23839 (89C8722F)

Date: 10/25/1963
Location: USA, Mitchell
Description: (Translated from French) A military pilot flying between St. Louis and Mitchel Air Force Base witnessed a strange phenomenon. At 6:45 PM, he noticed “an object with well-defined outlines accompanied by a smaller one”. Without hesitation, he headed towards the craft. At that moment “the smaller one shrank, the bigger one shrank and both moved away”. The pilot resumed his route towards the Michell base when he noticed that the two objects had merged into a single, very “compact” mass. Finally, the witness reported, the large craft broke apart into about ten bright points that faded away on their own.
Reference: Yves NAUD: “Les E.T. et les OVNI dans l’histoire”. - Famot 1977, tome 4, p. 224
Reference: Mini catalogue chronologique des observations OVNI, by Godelieve Van Overmeire
Source: Overmeire, ID: Overmeire_2265

Event 23840 (064C7118)

Date: 10/25/1963
Location: PACIFIC 151° 10W-21° 49N
Description: Northwest airlines crew. UFO near Hawaii. Project Bluebook Case #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 1)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_6871

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

Extra Data: Country: “Pacific Ocean and non - Asian islands”, Credibility: “9”, Duration: “1”, Elev: “0”, HatchDesc: “PACIFIC 151°10W-21°49N:NORTHWEST AIRLINES CREW: UFO nr HAWAII:BBK#UNK:NFD”, LatLong: “21.816668 -151.166674”, LatLongDMS: “21:49:00 N 151:10:00 W”, Locale: “Metropolis”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “HWI”, Strangeness: “4”

Event 23841 (9DA54610)

Date: 10/26/1963
Time: 17:00:00.1
Location: 39.2002 -118.3803
Description: Nuclear test: Underground, confirmed. Country: USA Name: “Shoal” 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_342

Extra Data: LatLong: “39.2002 -118.3803”, LatLongDMS: “39:12:01 N 118:22:49 W”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, NukeCountry: “USA”, NukeDepth: “0.37”, NukeMb: “4.90”, NukeName: “Shoal”, NukeSource: “SPRINGER”, NukeType: “NUCU”, NukeY: “12”

Event 23842 (549E4808)

Date: 10/29/1963
Time: 16:50
Location: LOWELL OBSERVER(S), AZ
Description: Astronomers. Ruby red spots / crater Aristarchus. Also 27 November / APRO 1’64.
Type: sighting
Reference: UFO INVESTIGATOR: NICAP: Kensington, MD & Washington, DC [defunct]. University Microfilms, Ann Arbor, MI 48106 (Index 34)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_6872

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, HQO: High-quality observer(s), SCI: Scientist involvement, ODD: Atypical/Forteana/paranormal, FBL: Fireball: Blazing undistinguished form/orb., NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s)

Extra Data: Country: “The Moon”, Credibility: “9”, Duration: “20”, HatchDesc: “LOWELL OBS.,AZ:ASTRONOMERS:RUBY RED SPOTS/CRATER ARISTARCHUS:+27NOV/APRO 1’64”, LatLong: “90.000004 -0.000000”, LatLongDMS: “90:00:00 N 00:00:00 W”, Locale: “Residential”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “ARS”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 23843 (44E118A1)

Date: 10/31/1963
Time: 04:20
Location: DALYSTON, AUST
Description: 3M glowing-object turns and follows truck. Night lights / separate observer(s). / r242p141+/ FSR’64#3.
Type: sighting
Reference: UFO INVESTIGATOR: NICAP: Kensington, MD & Washington, DC [defunct]. University Microfilms, Ann Arbor, MI 48106 (Index 34)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_6873

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

Extra Data: Country: “Australia”, Credibility: “8”, Duration: “3”, HatchDesc: “DALYSTON,AUST:3M GLOW-OBJ TURNS+FOLOS TRUCK:NLTS/sep.obs:/r242p141+/FSR’64#3”, LatLong: “-38.711113 145.638896”, LatLongDMS: “38:42:40 S 145:38:20 E”, Locale: “Pasture”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Victoria”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 23844 (7C0B5307)

Date: 10/31/1963
Time: 14:00
Location: NEAR IGUAPE, BRZ
Description: Silver 8M saucer hits tree. Going [to] into river. Stirs mud. No trace. / r111p217.
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_6874

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, SUB: Submersible: Rises from or submerges into water, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), OBS: Observation/chasing vehicles, SMP: Sampling of plant/animal/soil/tissue/specimens, DRT: Dirt/soil traces/marks/footprints etc., VEG: Plants affected or sampled/crop circles, LND: UFO landing or any part touches ground, TRC: Physical traces, TCH: New technical details/clues, MIL: Military investigation

Extra Data: Country: “Brazil”, Credibility: “9”, Duration: “12”, Elev: “1”, HatchDesc: “nr IGUAPE,BRZ:SLVR 8M SCR HITS TREE:> into RIVER:STIRS MUD:NO TRACE:/r111p217”, LatLong: “-24.683335 -47.550002”, LatLongDMS: “24:41:00 S 47:33:00 W”, Locale: “Coastlands”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “São Paulo”, Strangeness: “7”

Event 23845 (06F07FCA)

Date: 10/31/1963
Location: Daylston, Victoria, AU
Description: A deliveryman on his rounds at 4:15 a.m., was frightened by a UFO which approached his van, turned and followed his course just ahead. The object seemed to be 8-12 feet long, glowing orange and red. It then darted to the side of the road, continuing to pace the van for a while, finally zooming ahead over a hill and apparently descending. It was not seen again. Other witnesses reported seeing a maneuvering light at the time of the sighting. (NICAP: 02 - Close Encounters)
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_2674

Event 23846 (BF305C56)

Date: 10/31/1963
Time: 0415
Location: Daylston, Australia
Description: Jim Davidson saw an object about 3 m long, bearing orange and red lights, which came close to his light truck, flew ahead of him, then departed and appeared to land behind a hill. Two witnesses independently reported a maneuvering light.
Type: ufo sighting
Reference: Austr. FSR May., 64 (Vallee)
Source: ValléeMagonia, ID: Magonia_585

Event 23847 (01B7CDFA)

Date: 10/31/1963
Time: 1400
Location: Peropava River, Brazil
Description: A farmer, Issuo Oikiti, and two other witnesses saw a luminous object, resembling a huge, aluminum ball, which hit the river, changed direction while spinning, crossed to the other side and plunged into the water, which appeared to boil.
Type: ufo sighting
Reference: Vuillequez (Vallee)
Source: ValléeMagonia, ID: Magonia_586

Event 23848 (AC6DE040)

Date: 10/31/1963
Locations: Iguape, São Paulo, Brazil; Rio Peropava
Description: Eight-year-old Rute de Souza hears a strange roar and watches a silvery object coming towards her house near Iguape, São Paulo, Brazil. It soars above her, hits a palm tree, gyrates a bit in the air, then falls into the Rio Peropava near the opposite shore. She runs to get her mother and uncle, who also hear the sound. They see the river boiling up in the spot, followed by an eruption of muddy water and mud. Fishermen, including Tetsuo Ioshigawa, also view the event. The UFO is estimated to be 25 feet in diameter. Divers, both equipped and unequipped, fail to find any wreckage in the river, which is only 12 feet deep.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: “Disc Submerged in Brazilian River,” APRO Bulletin, January 1964, pp. 1–2; Harry E. Rieseberg, “A Submerged UFO?” Exploring the Unknown 6, no. 2 (December 1965): 64–67; Brazil 517
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_3736

Event 23849 (927510DB)

Date: 10/31/1963
Description: At 4:15 a.m. Jim Davidson saw an object about three meters long in Daylston, Victoria, Australia with orange and red lights. It approached his pickup truck, flew ahead of him, then flew off and seemed to land behind a hill. Two other witnesses independently reported a maneuvering light.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: Sylvia Sutton, Flying Saucer Review, March-April 1964, p. 29; NICAP UFO Investigator, January 1964, p. 3; Jacques Vallee, Passport to Magonia: A Century of Landings, case 585
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_7334

Event 23850 (AAE43546)

Date: 10/31/1963
Description: At two p.m. a farmer, Sr. Issuo Oikiti, another adult, and a child saw a luminous object resembling a huge aluminium ball near the Peropava River in Iguape, Sao Paulo state, Brazil. It “writhed and struggled” in the air, hit a palm tree, changed direction while spinning, crossed to the other side of the river, and plunged into the water. The water seemed to boil after the object fell into the water.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: APRO Bulletin, January-February 1964, pp. 1-2; Jim & Coral E. Lorenzen, UFOs over the Americas, p. 53; Ivan T. Sanderson, Invisible Residents, p. 74; Otto Binder, What We Really Know About Flying Saucers, p. 149; Jacques Vallee, Passport to Magonia: A Century of Landings, case 586
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_7335

Event 23851 (B1CBD13E)

Date: 11/1963
Location: ANDORRA, Terragone
Description: (Translated from French) The manager of the Mirador Hotel, Mr. Sesplugues, accompanied by his wife, was driving on the road from Camarruga to Torredembarra when suddenly, they saw a dark figure crossing the road 150 m in front of them. The being in question had the size of a man, but it did not seem to have a head.
Reference: Jean FERGUSON: “All about Flying Saucers”, ed. Leméac, Ottawa, 1972, p. 214
Reference: Mini catalogue chronologique des observations OVNI, by Godelieve Van Overmeire
Source: Overmeire, ID: Overmeire_2269

Event 23852 (DEA7A156)

Date: 11/1963 (approximate)
Time: 01:00
Location: OFF SARDINIA
Description: United States Navy (USN) RADAR man. Strong blip hours / 80k’. Drops 15k’ / 20 seconds. Going [to] over USS FDR.
Type: sighting
Reference: FLYING SAUCER REVIEW (FSR), London. Bimonthly. PO Box 162; High Wycombe, Bucks. HP135 DZ, England. (Index 554)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_6875

Attributes: SEA: Observer(s) at sea, MIL: Observer(s) military, HQO: High-quality observer(s), NLT: Nightlights/points of light, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), OBS: Observation/chasing vehicles, VEH: Vehicle affected: Marks/damage/EME effects, RDR: Radar traces/blips, MIL: Military investigation, OGA: Non-Covert Government Agencies

Extra Data: Country: “Greece and Island nations”, Credibility: “6”, Duration: “15”, Elev: “0”, HatchDesc: “off SARDINIA:USN RDR MAN:STRONG BLIP HRS/80k’:DROPS 15k’/20secs:>OVR USS FDR”, LatLong: “39.000002 10.000000”, LatLongDMS: “39:00:00 N 10:00:00 E”, Locale: “Offshore”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “SRD”, Strangeness: “5”

Event 23853 (7AEAE4CA)

Date: 11/1963 (approximate)
Time: 12:00?
Location: COMARRUGA, SP
Description: 2 / car. Small black being crosses road 150M ahead. No UFO seen.
Type: sighting
Reference: BALLESTER OLMOS, Vicente-Juan: CATALOG of 200 TYPE-1 EVENTS in SPAIN & PORTUGAL; CUFOS 1976. (Index 8)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_6876

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CST: Observer(s) in coastal area/just offshore, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, NFO: No craft seen, OID: Humanoid: Small alien or “Grey”, MON: Monster: Life form fits no category

Extra Data: Country: “Spain”, Credibility: “7”, Duration: “1”, HatchDesc: “COMARRUGA,SP:2/CAR:SML BLACK BEING CROSSES ROAD 150M AHEAD:NO UFO SEEN”, LatLong: “41.183335 1.433333”, LatLongDMS: “41:11:00 N 01:26:00 E”, Locale: “Pasture”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “TRG”, Strangeness: “7”

Event 23854 (C7A1579E)

Date: 11/1963
Location: Andover, New Jersey
Description: 5:00 p.m. A man and his daughter are driving just north of Andover, New Jersey, when they see three strange lights in the sky. They are perfect ovals possibly a quarter mile high. The lights take off at a great speed in “perfect unison” toward the north.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Center for UFO Studies, [case documents]
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_3737

Event 23855 (3E5CDFFE)

Date: 11/1/1963
Locations: Republic of China; Shangrao, Jiangxi; China; Mainland China; Cultural Revolution; Hanyang Arsenal, Wuhan
Description: A member of the CIA-trained 35th Black Cat Squadron, Republic of China pilot Yeh Changti is flying an American U-2 reconnaissance aircraft to spy on China’s nuclear program when he is shot down by an SA-2 missile over Shangrao, Jiangxi, and held in mainland China until 1982. Yeh is incarcerated for four years and undergoes numerous interrogations. Although some claim he was tortured, Yeh later says he was treated humanely. After the outbreak of the Cultural Revolution, he is released and sent to work on a farm, before being transferred to work at Hanyang Arsenal in Wuhan.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Wikipedia, “Yeh Changti”; Jacobsen, Area 51, pp. 216–218
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_3738

Event 23856 (6E49F595)

Date: 11/3/1963
Location: USS FALGOUT / PACIFIC 174W-40N
Description: Project Bluebook Case #unknown. Navy ship observer(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 71)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_6877

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: “Pacific Ocean and non - Asian islands”, Credibility: “7”, Duration: “1”, Elev: “0”, HatchDesc: “USS FALGOUT/PACIFIC 174W-40N:BBK#UNKN:NAVY SHIP OBS:NFD AT ALL”, LatLong: “40.000002 -174.000008”, LatLongDMS: “40:00:00 N 174:00:00 W”, Locale: “High Seas”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “NPC”, Strangeness: “5”

Event 23857 (0B56F1A0)

Date: 11/3/1963
Time: 01:30
Location: CORONA, NY
Description: Aircraft mechanic. Star maneuvers over airport. 45° and 90° turns. Speeds away.
Type: sighting
Reference: HALL, Richard: The UFO EVIDENCE; NICAP,Washington, DC 1964. Reprinted 1997 Barnes & Noble Books ( only $7.98! ) (Index 141)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_6878

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), OBS: Observation/chasing vehicles

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “7”, Duration: “2”, Elev: “15”, HatchDesc: “CORONA,NY:AIRCRAFT MECHANIC:STAR MNVRS OVR AIRPORT:45°+90°TURNS:SPEEDS AWAY”, LatLong: “40.666669 -73.933337”, LatLongDMS: “40:40:00 N 73:56:00 W”, Locale: “Town & City”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “New York”, Strangeness: “5”

Event 23858 (D097BA83)

Date: 11/3/1963
Location: Corona, NY
Description: A Pan American Airways mechanic, about 1:30 a.m., noticed a star-like object maneuvering across the northern sky. The light moved rapidly, slowed and seemed to “shudder,” then changed course by about 45 degrees. Finally it made a 90- degree turn, accelerated, turned again and disappeared from view. [Report obtained by New York NICAP Subcommittee.] (NICAP: 01 - Distant Encounters)
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_2675

Event 23859 (06945052)

Date: 11/3/1963
Locations: Quincy Center, Massachusetts; Pease AFB
Description: The Hills give a presentation at the Two State UFO Study Group in Quincy Center, Massachusetts. One of the attendees tape-records the session. Another speaker at the session is Capt. Ben Swett of Pease AFB, himself a practicing hypnotist, who tells them he thinks hypnotic regression is a good idea.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Clark III 584
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_3739

Event 23860 (2780E82D)

Date: 11/7/1963
Location: San Francisco, CA
Description: Fireball observed, shock wave felt, over Bay area. Unidentified signal picked up by local radio station (NICAP: 03 - EME Cases)
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_2676

Event 23861 (CC6F07C0)

Date: 11/11/1963
Location: USS FALGOUT PACIFIC 173W-40N
Description: Project Bluebook Case #unknown. Same Navy ship again. 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 71)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_6879

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: “Pacific Ocean and non - Asian islands”, Credibility: “7”, Duration: “1”, Elev: “0”, HatchDesc: “USS FALGOUT PACIFIC 173W-40N:BBK#UNKN:SAME NAVY SHIP AGAIN:NFD AT ALL”, LatLong: “40.000002 -173.000008”, LatLongDMS: “40:00:00 N 173:00:00 W”, Locale: “High Seas”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “NPC”, Strangeness: “5”

Event 23862 (FF143832)

Date: 11/11/1963
Time: 00:30
Location: LAWRENCE, KS
Description: Astronomer. Silent 25’ saucer / dim lights / edge. East going quickly south / 10 second(s). 135mph. 300’ altitude.
Type: sighting
Reference: STURROCK, Dr. Peter A: REPORT / SURVEY of the AMERICAN ASTRONOMICAL SOCIETY of the UFO PROBLEM; Stanford, CA 1977. (Index 102)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_6880

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

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “7”, Duration: “1”, Elev: “254”, HatchDesc: “LAWRENCE,KS:ASTRONOMER:SILENT 25’SCR/DIM LITES/EDGE:E>>S/10sec:135mph:300’alt”, LatLong: “38.972224 -95.233338”, LatLongDMS: “38:58:20 N 95:14:00 W”, Locale: “Town & City”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Kansas”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 23863 (E26D2C72)

Date: 11/12/1963
Location: Off Argentine coast
Description: UFO follows Argentine naval vessel; electronic interference. 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_246

Event 23864 (3BAF1C95)

Date: 11/12/1963
Location: PORT HURON, MI
Description: Cops chase large low object. Big segmented window. Whines. Going northwest. / r28p438.
Type: sighting
Reference: UFO INVESTIGATOR: NICAP: Kensington, MD & Washington, DC [defunct]. University Microfilms, Ann Arbor, MI 48106 (Index 34)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_6881

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, HQO: High-quality observer(s), SCR: Classic saucer/disk/sphere shaped UFO, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), RAY: Odd light/searchlight/beam/laser-like, SIG: Signals/responses to/from/between UFO’s/occupants/observers, HUM: Humans affected: Injury/burns/marks/abduction/death, VEH: Vehicle affected: Marks/damage/EME effects, TCH: New technical details/clues, OGA: Non-Covert Government Agencies, SND: UFO sounds heard or recorded

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “9”, Duration: “8”, Elev: “180”, HatchDesc: “PORT HURON,MI:COPS CHASE LRG LO OBJ:BIG SEGMENTED WINDOW:WHINES:>NW:/r28p438”, LatLong: “42.983335 -82.466671”, LatLongDMS: “42:59:00 N 82:28:00 W”, Locale: “Town & City”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Michigan”, Strangeness: “7”

Event 23865 (2E1ADE7E)

Date: 11/12/1963
Time: 22:00?
Location: SS MEDANOS / OFF ARGENTINA
Description: Compasses turn toward(s) huge round object. OK after. / r215p49.
Type: sighting
Reference: UFO INVESTIGATOR: NICAP: Kensington, MD & Washington, DC [defunct]. University Microfilms, Ann Arbor, MI 48106 (Index 40)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_6882

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, MIL: Observer(s) military, HQO: High-quality observer(s), SCR: Classic saucer/disk/sphere shaped UFO, CIG: Torpedo/cigar/cylinder shaped UFO, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), VEH: Vehicle affected: Marks/damage/EME effects, EME: Electro-Magnetic Effects

Extra Data: Country: “Argentina”, Credibility: “10”, Duration: “1”, Elev: “0”, HatchDesc: “SS MEDANOS/off ARGENTINA:COMPASSES TURN twrd HUGE RND OBJ:OK AFTER:/r215p49”, LatLong: “-40.000002 -61.000003”, LatLongDMS: “40:00:00 S 61:00:00 W”, Locale: “High Seas”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “SEA”, Strangeness: “7”

Event 23866 (64A590FB)

Date: 11/12/1963
Location: Unknown City, Argentina
Description: An official Argentine Navy UFO report. Combined visual and E-M incident involved the Navy transport A.R.A. “Punta Medanos.” A large airship (never identified) was sighted from the stern of the vessel. The huge UFO was round- shaped, and it was moving at great speed (NICAP: 01 - Distant Encounters) (NICAP: 03 - EME Cases)
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_2677

Event 23867 (EDE41E0D)

Date: 11/12/1963
Location: Port Huron, MI
Description: Deputy Sheriffs chased a low-flying UFO which first appeared as a white flashing light. At times the object seemed to have a “big divided window” on it. When the UFO hovered, the deputies approached and flashed their squad car light. Then a flashing red light became visible on the UFO. The object finally moved away to the northwest making a motor-like sound. Other residents reported a flashing light and “high-pitched” or “whining” noises at the same time. (NICAP: 01 - Distant Encounters)
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_2679

Event 23868 (482BE7F2)

Date: 11/12/1963
Location: Atlantic Ocean
Description: The crew of the Argentine Naval auxiliary transport, ARA Punta Médanos, sees a large UFO off its stern [in the Atlantic Ocean?]. It is moving at high speed; when it appears, the needles of the ship’s magnetic compass suddenly and simultaneously swing off course, pointing towards the UFO, which is about 6,000 feet away. The compasses return to normal after the object leaves.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: “Argentine Navy Discloses Important E-M Case,” UFO Investigator 3, no. 4 (Aug./Sept. 1965): 6; Schopick, pp. 3–4
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_3740

Event 23869 (09A29A31)

Date: 11/12/1963
Description: On this night off the Argentine Coast of the South Atlantic, a UFO followed the Argentine Navy ship “Punta Medanos.” Electronic interference was reported at the time.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: NICAP UFO Investigator, September 1965, p. 6; Frank Edwards, Flying Saucers–Serious Business, p. 120
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_7609

Event 23870 (46DFB4B4)

Date: 11/14/1963
Time: 04:50
Location: CARSON CITY, NV
Description: Huge blue saucer hovers / NWW sky. Radio Frequency Interference (RFI). Beam lights hilltop. / r242p141.
Type: sighting
Reference: UFO INVESTIGATOR: NICAP: Kensington, MD & Washington, DC [defunct]. University Microfilms, Ann Arbor, MI 48106 (Index 34)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_6883

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, HQO: High-quality observer(s), SCR: Classic saucer/disk/sphere shaped UFO, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), OBS: Observation/chasing vehicles, RAY: Odd light/searchlight/beam/laser-like, DRT: Dirt/soil traces/marks/footprints etc., VEG: Plants affected or sampled/crop circles, BLD: Building/man-made structure/roads/power lines, EME: Electro-Magnetic Effects, TCH: New technical details/clues

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “9”, Duration: “5”, Elev: “1419”, HatchDesc: “CARSON CITY,NV:HUGE BLU SCR HVRS/NWW SKY:RFI:BEAM LITES HILLTOP:/r242p141”, LatLong: “39.150002 -119.750006”, LatLongDMS: “39:09:00 N 119:45:00 W”, Locale: “Desert”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Nevada”, Strangeness: “8”

Event 23871 (5B86A9FD)

Date: 11/14/1963
Location: Carson City, NV
Description: Disc with bluish-green glow hovered emitting beam which illuminated hilltop; house radio failed, came back on when UFO left (NICAP: 03 - EME Cases)
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_2680

Event 23872 (D1FD7DC6)

Date: 11/14/1963
Time: 16:00:00.1
Location: 37.0395 -116.0184
Description: Nuclear test: Underground, confirmed. Country: USA Name: “Anchovy” 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_343

Extra Data: LatLong: “37.0395 -116.0184”, LatLongDMS: “37:02:22 N 116:01:06 W”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, NukeCountry: “USA”, NukeDepth: “0.26”, NukeName: “Anchovy”, NukeSource: “SPRINGER”, NukeType: “NUCU”, NukeYMax: “20”

Event 23873 (194BD50C)

Date: 11/15/1963
Location: Bloomingdale, New Jersey
Description: Peter Valko and Jim Keosian ran toward a strange object that appeared about to land, but it “vanished.”
Type: ufo sighting
Reference: Binder (Vallee)
Source: ValléeMagonia, ID: Magonia_587

Event 23874 (B205DF1F)

Date: 11/15/1963
Time: 15:00:00.2
Location: 37.1323 -116.0469
Description: Nuclear test: Underground, confirmed. Country: USA Name: “Mustang” 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_344

Extra Data: LatLong: “37.1323 -116.0469”, LatLongDMS: “37:07:56 N 116:02:49 W”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, NukeCountry: “USA”, NukeDepth: “0.17”, NukeName: “Mustang”, NukeSource: “SPRINGER”, NukeType: “NUCU”, NukeYMax: “20”

Event 23875 (A8071262)

Date: 11/15/1963
Description: Peter Valko and Jim Keosian ran toward a strange object that appeared about to land in Bloomingdale, New Jersey, but it “vanished.”
Reference: Johnson
Reference: Jacques Vallee, Passport to Magonia: A Century of Landings, case 587
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_7688

Event 23876 (1FA454B5)

Date: 11/16/1963
Location: GREAT BRITAIN, Hythe (Kent)
Description: (Translated from French) Four young people were walking along Sandling Park in the evening. The light, yellow-orange, came out of the sky at an angle of 60°. As it approached the ground it seemed to hover more slowly. Suddenly a gold-colored light appeared in the nearby field after the first object had disappeared behind the trees, floating 100 yards away from them at 10 feet from the ground. It seemed to follow their movements and as if it was observing them. It was oval, 15 to 20 feet wide with a bright and hard center. It disappeared behind the trees and a few seconds later a dark silhouette descended heavily. It was all black, the size of a man, but without a head. It seemed to have wings on either side of the body, like a bat. The young people did not wait to find out the rest…
Reference: Jacques VALLEE: “Chronicles of E.T. Appearances” - DENOEL 1972 - coll. J’AI LU p. 121, 122
Reference: Mini catalogue chronologique des observations OVNI, by Godelieve Van Overmeire
Source: Overmeire, ID: Overmeire_2266

Event 23877 (A99D553F)

Date: 11/16/1963
Description: (Translated from French) Meeting of John Flaxton and his friends. (November 16 (October?))
Reference: rr0 - Beau
Source: rr0, ID: rr0_2032

Event 23878 (9186B979)

Date: 11/16/1963
Time: ~20:00
Location: SANDLING PARK, KENT
Description: 4 teens. Night light going down / trees. Headless mansize bat. / FSR’64#2+/ r8#588.
Type: sighting
Reference: SPENCER, John & EVANS, Hillary (ed): PHENOMENON - 40 YEARS of F.S.; BUFORA/Avon Books, NY 1988 (Index 112)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_6884

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CST: Observer(s) in coastal area/just offshore, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, MID: Likely mis-identification, ODD: Atypical/Forteana/paranormal, NLT: Nightlights/points of light, MON: Monster: Life form fits no category, CMF: Camouflage/disguise

Extra Data: Country: “Great Britain and Ireland”, Credibility: “4”, Duration: “8”, HatchDesc: “SANDLING PARK,KENT:4 TEENS:NLT ↓/TREES:HEADLESS MANSIZE BAT:/FSR’64#2+/r8#588”, LatLong: “51.066669 1.083333”, LatLongDMS: “51:04:00 N 01:05:00 E”, Locale: “Coastlands”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “England”, Strangeness: “12”

Event 23879 (843E2210)

Date: 11/16/1963
Time: evening
Location: Saltwood, Great Britain
Description: Four teenagers, among them painter John Flaxton, while walking on a country road, saw a moving star turn into a reddish glow coming toward them, then disappearing behind some trees. Shortly thereafter, a bright, golden light was seen 80 m away, floating 3 m above ground, and a dark figure the size of a man, with wings like a bat, came toward them. They fled in terror.
Type: ufo sighting
Reference: FSR 64, 2; Magonia (Vallee)
Source: ValléeMagonia, ID: Magonia_588

Event 23880 (63588F49)

Date: 11/16/1963
Location: Sandling Park near Saltwood, Kent, England
Description: Evening. Four teenagers—John Flaxton, Mervyn Hutchinson, Jenny Holloway, and another youth—are in Sandling Park near Saltwood, Kent, England, when they see a moving reddish-yellow “star” above the woods. It comes down at an angle of 60°, then vanishes. Moments later, they see a bright, golden light in a field about 240 feet away, floating 10 feet above the ground, and seemingly 15–20 feet across. It seems to move along with the teens for a short while. It disappears behind trees, then a dark figure shambles out of the woods. It is all black, about the size of a human but without a head and has bat wings. The teenagers run away. Other witnesses come forward to report strange lights and giant footprints in the woods.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Charles A. Strickland, “Sightings at Saltwood, near Hythe, Kent,” LUFORO Bulletin 4, no. 5 (Nov./Dec./Jan. 1963–1964): 2–3; “The Saltwood Mystery: Strange Happenings in Kent,” Flying Saucer Review 10, no. 2(Mar./Apr. 1964): 11–12; A. Cecil Harper, “A Saltwood Sighting,” BUFORA Journal and Bulletin 1, no. 1 (Summer 1964): 12; Nick Redfern, “An Update on a Sinister Winged Monster,” Mysterious Universe, June 14, 2018; Theo Paijmans, “The Headless Horrors of Sandling Road,” Fortean Times 374 (Christmas 2018): 30–31; Clark III 779
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_3741

Event 23881 (D7E3BA2B)

Date: 11/16/1963
Description: On this evening in Saltwood, England four teenagers, among them painter John Flaxton and another named Hutchinson, saw a moving star turn into a reddish-yellow glow that came toward them while they were walking on a country road. It next disappeared behind some trees. Shortly thereafter they saw a bright, golden light some 15-20 feet wide that was seen 80 meters away, floating three meters above the ground, and a dark man-sized figure with wings like a bat and no head came toward them. They fled in terror. There was flattened bracken, and two-foot long footprints.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: Jacques Vallee, Passport to Magonia: A Century of Landings, case 588; David F. Webb & Ted Bloecher, HUMCAT: Catalogue of Humanoid Reports, case A0576, citing Waveney Girvan, Flying Saucer Review, March-April 1964, p. 11
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_7716

Event 23882 (916C1D04)

Date: 11/17/1963
Location: Evanston, Illinois
Description: Jacques Vallée meets J. Allen Hynek for the first time at his residence in Evanston, Illinois. He begins actively assisting Hynek in his UFO work and helping him analyze Project Blue Book data.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Clark III 1213
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_3742

Event 23883 (1492CBEB)

Date: 11/19/1963
Location: JAPAN, Ryugozaki (Northeast of Tokyo)
Description: (Translated from French) Shortly after 8 o’clock in the morning, Mr. Kinoshita, director of the Fuji-Bank in Kashika, in a car with Mr. Saito, vice-director of the branch and a client, had just crossed a place called Kanamazhi and saw a car 150 m behind them, traveling in the same direction. It was a black car of a model known as Toyopet New Crown and it had a Tokyo license plate. On the back seat, on the left, an elderly man seemed to be reading the newspaper. Suddenly, a puff of something gaseous, like white smoke or steam, seemed to envelop this black car and when the cloud disappeared, a few seconds later, the vehicle had vanished. (November 19, 1963)
Reference: R. Jack Perrin: “The Mystery of UFOs” - J’ai Lu/Pygmalion 1976, p. 150, 151
Reference: Mini catalogue chronologique des observations OVNI, by Godelieve Van Overmeire
Source: Overmeire, ID: Overmeire_2267

Event 23884 (9B78C367)

Date: 11/19/1963
Location: CANADA, Saskatoon (Saskatchewan)
Description: (Translated from French) Four children saw an oval UFO flying which dropped something. They approached and saw an entity about 3 m tall, wearing a simian-like white suit. This creature made grunting noises and stretched out its arms. The children did not stick around.
Reference: Janet and Colin BORD: “Modern Mysteries of the World” - Guild Publishing London 1989, p. 320
Reference: Mini catalogue chronologique des observations OVNI, by Godelieve Van Overmeire
Source: Overmeire, ID: Overmeire_2268

Event 23885 (3DA80849)

Date: 11/19/1963
Time: 08:10
Location: KANAMACHI, JPN
Description: 3 / car. Black car ahead / Tokyo plates suddenly all smoke. Vanishes!
Type: sighting
Reference: FLYING SAUCER REVIEW (FSR), London. Bimonthly. PO Box 162; High Wycombe, Bucks. HP135 DZ, England. (Index 398)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_6885

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, HQO: High-quality observer(s), NWS: News media report, ODD: Atypical/Forteana/paranormal, NFO: No craft seen, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), ABD: Human or animal abduction, TCH: New technical details/clues, CMF: Camouflage/disguise

Extra Data: Country: “Japan”, Credibility: “8”, Duration: “1”, HatchDesc: “KANAMACHI,JPN:3/CAR:BLK CAR AHEAD/TOKYO PLATES SUDDENLY ALL SMOKE:VANISHES!”, LatLong: “35.766668 139.866673”, LatLongDMS: “35:46:00 N 139:52:00 E”, Locale: “Pasture”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Honshu Island”, Strangeness: “11”

Event 23886 (0543636F)

Date: 11/20/1963
Time: ~18:00
Location: NORTH SEA NEAR ABERDEEN, SCOT
Description: Flashing red light, 20’ over sea. Sinks without trace.
Type: sighting
Reference: SANDERSON, Ivan: INVISIBLE RESIDENTS; World Publishing HB 1970 & Avon Books PB 1973 (Index 41)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_6886

Attributes: CST: Observer(s) in coastal area/just offshore, SEA: Observer(s) at sea, NLT: Nightlights/points of light, SUB: Submersible: Rises from or submerges into water, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), LND: UFO landing or any part touches ground, TCH: New technical details/clues

Extra Data: Country: “Great Britain and Ireland”, Credibility: “9”, Duration: “5”, Elev: “0”, HatchDesc: “NORTH SEA nr ABERDEEN,SCOT:FLASHING RED LITE,20’OVR SEA:SINKS W/O TRACE”, LatLong: “57.166669 -1.750000”, LatLongDMS: “57:10:00 N 01:45:00 W”, Locale: “Offshore”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Scotland”, Strangeness: “5”

Event 23887 (4E697219)

Date: 11/20/1963
Time: ~21:00
Location: EAST / NECHE, ND
Description: Bright orange saucer buzzes 2 girls / car. Shoots going quickly southeast. No further details. / r78p198+/ r242p141.
Type: sighting
Reference: UFO INVESTIGATOR: NICAP: Kensington, MD & Washington, DC [defunct]. University Microfilms, Ann Arbor, MI 48106 (Index 34)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_6887

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

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “7”, Duration: “2”, Elev: “250”, HatchDesc: “E/NECHE,ND:BRITE ORG SCR BUZZES 2 GIRLS/CAR:SHOOTS>>SE:NFD:/r78p198+/r242p141”, LatLong: “48.977780 -97.550005”, LatLongDMS: “48:58:40 N 97:33:00 W”, Locale: “Pasture”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “North Dakota”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 23888 (2D2D564F)

Date: 11/20/1963
Location: Neche, ND
Description: Two high school girls reported that a bright orange, oval-shaped object circled their car at night while they were en route home. They were on highway 55 east of town when they first saw the UFO. It appeared to be surrounded by a light haze. The glowing object sped across in front of the car and circled around the side before disappearing to the southeast. (NICAP: 02 - Close Encounters)
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_2681

Event 23889 (01E45B27)

Date: 11/20/1963
Locations: Aberdeen; Blyth, Northumberland, England; North Sea
Description: 6:00 p.m. Capt. J. Murray and three members of the crew of the Aberdeen collier Thrift see a flashing red light as they are traveling south in the North Sea from Aberdeen to Blyth, Northumberland, England. It passes within a mile of their port side, 15–30 feet above sea level and suddenly disappears 3 miles astern, presumably into the water. The collier, which puts about and makes for the object’s vanishing point, has 2 radar contacts on its screens, but they disappear as the ship approaches. They search for 3 hours but find no wreckage.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: “Mystery at Sea,” Flying Saucer Review 10, no. 2 (Mar./Apr. 1964): 22
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_3743

Event 23890 (126E1EA2)

Date: 11/21/1963
Location: North Sea
Description: Radar/visual of flashing red light passing near Scottish vessel. 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_247

Event 23891 (A0AFA37D)

Date: 11/21/1963
Time: 17:50
Location: MONTLUCON, FR
Description: College student. Rectangular cylinder/cylindrical object going quickly NNE over town. Up and down in sine wave.
Type: sighting
Reference: LUMIERES DANS la NUIT (LDLN), Paris. Bimonthly since 1957. LDLN B.P.3; 77123 Le Vaudoue, FRANCE. (Index 134)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_6888

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

Extra Data: Country: “France”, Credibility: “6”, Duration: “1”, HatchDesc: “MONTLUCON,FR:COLLEGE STUDENT:RECT.CYL >>NNE OVR TOWN:UP+DOWN IN SINE WAVE.”, LatLong: “46.411113 2.594445”, LatLongDMS: “46:24:40 N 02:35:40 E”, Locale: “Town & City”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Allier”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 23892 (3380F2A3)

Date: 11/21/1963
Time: ~23:00
Location: SANDLING ESTATE, KENT
Description: Glowing-ovoid over football field. 3 60cm footprint and crushed vegetation.
Type: sighting
Reference: BOWEN, Charles (ed.) The HUMANOIDS: HB Henry Regnery, Chicago 1969. 256pp. PB 1977 Futura, London (Index 20)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_6889

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CST: Observer(s) in coastal area/just offshore, HQO: High-quality observer(s), HOX: Suspicion of hoax, ODD: Atypical/Forteana/paranormal, SCR: Classic saucer/disk/sphere shaped UFO, GNT: Giant: Large/tall alien, LND: UFO landing or any part touches ground, TRC: Physical traces, TCH: New technical details/clues

Extra Data: Country: “Great Britain and Ireland”, Credibility: “4”, Duration: “1”, HatchDesc: “SANDLING ESTATE,KENT:GLOW-OVOID ovr FOOTBALL FIELD:3 60cm FPRINT+CRUSHED VEG.”, LatLong: “51.083336 1.066667”, LatLongDMS: “51:05:00 N 01:04:00 E”, Locale: “Forest”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “England”, Strangeness: “8”

Event 23893 (D6872EAE)

Date: 11/22/1963
Description: President John F. Kennedy Assassinated at Dealey Plaza in Dallas, TX.
Type: historical event
Reference: Wikipedia
Source: Maj2, ID: Maj2_614

Event 23894 (2ABFCD8B)

Date: 11/22/1963
End date: 1/20/1969
Description: President Lyndon B. Johnson in office
Type: historical event
Reference: Wikipedia
Source: Maj2, ID: Maj2_615

Event 23895 (537999B2)

Date: 11/22/1963
Description: (Translated from French) Assassination of John Kennedy in Dallas (Texas). Vice President Lyndon Johnson succeeds him. (November 22)
Reference: rr0 - Beau
Source: rr0, ID: rr0_2033

Event 23896 (84F4034E)

Date: 11/22/1963
Time: 17:30:00.1
Location: 37.1193 -116.0452
Description: Nuclear test: Underground, confirmed. Country: USA Name: “Greys” Yield: 20KT YieldMax: 200KT
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_345

Extra Data: LatLong: “37.1193 -116.0452”, LatLongDMS: “37:07:09 N 116:02:43 W”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, NukeCountry: “USA”, NukeDepth: “0.30”, NukeName: “Greys”, NukeSource: “SPRINGER”, NukeType: “NUCU”, NukeY: “20”, NukeYMax: “200”

Event 23897 (6D7BDA1B)

Date: 11/22/1963
Location: Dallas, Texas
Description: President John F. Kennedy is assassinated in Dallas, Texas, by Lee Harvey Oswald.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Wikipedia, “Assassination of John F. Kennedy”; Wikipedia, “John F. Kennedy assassination conspiracies”
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_3744

Event 23898 (BC62C0AE)

Date: 11/27/1963
Description: (Translated from French) 1st flight of an Atlas-Centaur rocket. (November 27)
Reference: rr0 - Beau
Source: rr0, ID: rr0_2034

Event 23899 (505322D9)

Date: 11/28/1963
Description: Two men witnessed a UFO landing in Alta Gracia, Cordoba Province, Argentina at 10:00 p.m.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: Gordon Creighton, Flying Saucer Review, January-February 1966, p. 25
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_7985

Event 23900 (8DA66904)

Date: 12/1963
Location: England
Description: Two RAF airmen see domed-shaped object appear to land. 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_248

Event 23901 (1EE938B1)

Date: 12/1963
Location: Japan, exact location unknown
Description: A Japanese man reported the landing of an object, from which emerged a being who spoke to him in a language he could not understand, climbed aboard again, and flew away.
Type: ufo sighting
Reference: LDLN67 (Vallee)
Source: ValléeMagonia, ID: Magonia_589

Event 23902 (CC7BA281)

Date: 12/2/1963
Time: 09:30
Location: GRAND RAPIDS, MI
Description: 1 / car. Pancake saucer tilts. Gleams / sunlight. Going quickly southeast. / r242+/ APRO 5’64.
Type: sighting
Reference: UFO INVESTIGATOR: NICAP: Kensington, MD & Washington, DC [defunct]. University Microfilms, Ann Arbor, MI 48106 (Index 34)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_6890

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

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “6”, Duration: “2”, Elev: “183”, HatchDesc: “GRAND RAPIDS,MI:1/CAR:PANCAKE SCR TILTS:GLEAMS/SUNLITE:>>SE:/r242+/APRO 5’64”, LatLong: “42.950002 -85.650004”, LatLongDMS: “42:57:00 N 85:39:00 W”, Locale: “Town & City”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Michigan”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 23903 (7BB7954D)

Date: 12/2/1963
Location: Grand Rapids, MI
Description: A motorist stopped at a traffic light about 9:30 a.m., noticed a strange object “glittering in the sun.” Then the object tipped on edge (revealing a disc shape) and quickly sped away to the southeast. The shape was “like a pancake.” (NICAP: 01 - Distant Encounters)
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_2682

Event 23904 (A92F4BE0)

Date: 12/4/1963
Time: 16:38:30.1
Location: 37.0396 -116.0294
Description: Nuclear test: Underground, confirmed, salvo. Country: USA Name: “Barracuda” YieldMax: 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_346

Extra Data: LatLong: “37.0396 -116.0294”, LatLongDMS: “37:02:23 N 116:01:46 W”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, NukeCountry: “USA”, NukeDepth: “0.26”, NukeName: “Barracuda”, NukeSource: “SPRINGER”, NukeType: “NUCU_SALVO”, NukeYMax: “40”

Event 23905 (A504F8A7)

Date: 12/5/1963
Location: NEAR CARRASCO, URG
Description: Hundreds / resort and airport. Metallic saucer hovers and “balances gently”. / r78p199.
Type: sighting
Reference: HALL, Richard: The UFO EVIDENCE; NICAP,Washington, DC 1964. Reprinted 1997 Barnes & Noble Books ( only $7.98! ) (Index 141)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_6891

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, HUM: Humans affected: Injury/burns/marks/abduction/death

Extra Data: Country: “Uruguay”, Credibility: “12”, Duration: “5”, Elev: “35”, HatchDesc: “nr CARRASCO,URG:100s/RESORT+AIRPORT:MTLC SCR HVRS+“BALANCES GENTLY”:/r78p199”, LatLong: “-34.883335 -55.833336”, LatLongDMS: “34:53:00 S 55:50:00 W”, Locale: “Coastlands”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “MNT”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 23906 (CC7DD356)

Date: 12/5/1963
Location: Carrasco (near), Uruguay
Description: An oval UFO, metallic-looking like aluminum, was observed hovering in the clear morning sky by hundreds at a resort. One description said the object “balanced gently in the air.” (NICAP: 01 - Distant Encounters)
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_2683

Event 23907 (BD504D24)

Date: 12/5/1963
Description: Several hundred witnesses at a seaside resort in Carrasco, Montevideo, Uruguay saw an oval UFO, described as metallic-aluminum in appearance, hovering in the clear morning sky. The object “balanced gently in the air.”
Reference: Johnson
Reference: Richard H. Hall, The UFO Evidence, Volume 1, p. 141
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_8198

Event 23908 (3D098497)

Date: 12/6/1963
End date: 12/7/1963
Location: APO 253, France
Description: (McDonald list) (NICAP: 01 - Distant Encounters, BB: BBU)
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_2684

Event 23909 (1FD5578C)

Date: 12/9/1963
Location: ATLANTIC 17° 40W-41° 20N PROJECT BLUEBOOK CASE #UNKNOWN
Description: Military observer(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 71)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_6892

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: “1”, Elev: “0”, HatchDesc: “ATLANTIC 17°40W-41°20N BBK#UNKN:MIL OBS:NFD AT ALL”, LatLong: “40.333335 -17.666668”, LatLongDMS: “40:20:00 N 17:40:00 W”, Locale: “High Seas”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “NAT”, Strangeness: “5”

Event 23910 (54DDEB8D)

Date: 12/10/1963
Location: GREAT BRITAIN, Cosford
Description: (Translated from French) At around 11:30 PM, a UFO topped with a dome landed on the base, illuminating the entire area with a green light. It was at least seen by two student pilots (Note from vog: on this entire base, there are only two student pilots to see it? Ah!) (…)
Reference: Jenny Randle, on the Internet in May 1997
Reference: Mini catalogue chronologique des observations OVNI, by Godelieve Van Overmeire
Source: Overmeire, ID: Overmeire_2270

Event 23911 (F485BF2E)

Date: 12/10/1963
Time: 23:30
Location: RAF COSFORD, ENGL
Description: Airmen / ground. Dome lands behind hangar. Searches / green beam. / FSRv10#2.
Type: sighting
Reference: GOOD, Timothy: ABOVE TOP SECRET; Sidgewick & Jackson, London 1987 & Quill Books, 1988. 592pp. (Index 56)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_6893

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

Extra Data: Country: “Great Britain and Ireland”, Credibility: “9”, Duration: “2”, Elev: “92”, HatchDesc: “RAF COSFORD,ENGL:AIRMEN/GND:DOME LANDS BHND HANGAR:SEARCHES/GRN BEAM:/FSRv10#2”, LatLong: “52.650003 -2.300000”, LatLongDMS: “52:39:00 N 02:18:00 W”, Locale: “Town & City”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “England”, Strangeness: “7”

Event 23912 (24800B80)

Date: 12/10/1963
Location: White Plains, NY
Description: Freidman. (Mary Castner/CUFOS) (NICAP: 01 - Distant Encounters, BB: BBU)
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_2685

Event 23913 (521FDA8A)

Date: 12/10/1963
Time: 2330
Location: Cosford, Great Britain
Description: At the RAF camp, two airmen observed a dome-shaped object that landed behind a hangar. It gave out a bright glow, and the witnesses fled when an opening became visible.
Type: ufo sighting
Reference: FSR 64, 2 (Vallee)
Source: ValléeMagonia, ID: Magonia_590

Event 23914 (B0F00B64)

Date: 12/10/1963
Locations: RAF Cosford; Shropshire, England
Description: 11:30 p.m. A large, bright, dome-shaped UFO lands at RAF Cosford in Shropshire, England, seen by two student cadets returning late from leave. It bathes the area in intense green light from a height of 10 feet, then disappears behind a hangar. Scorch marks are later found where the object had been.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: “A Landing at Cosford? More Confusion at the Air Ministry,” Flying Saucer Review 10, no. 2 (Mar./Apr. 1964): 17, iv; “The Cosford UFO: The Mystery Deepens,” Flying Saucer Review 10, no. 3 (May/June 1964): 31–32; “The Lesson of Cosford,” Flying Saucer Review 10. No. 4 (July/Aug. 1964): 1–2; Loren E. Gross, The Fifth Horseman of the Apocalypse: UFOs, a History: July–December 1963, The Author, 2005, pp. 85–86; Good Above, pp. 56–58; Nick Redfern, “UFO Landing or Much Ado about Nothing?” Mysterious Universe, October 20, 2016
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_3746

Event 23915 (277483BE)

Date: 12/10/1963
Description: At 11:30 p.m. two airmen on the ground at RAF Cosford, England watched a dome-shaped object land behind a hangar, then search the ground and area with a green light beam.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: Timothy Good, Above Top Secret, p. 25, citing Flying Saucer Review, volume 10, number 2
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_8299

Event 23916 (989E09DF)

Date: 12/11/1963
Description: (Translated from French) Sighting in McMinville (Oregon) (December 11)
Reference: case Blue Book #8647 unsolved
Reference: rr0 - Beau
Source: rr0, ID: rr0_2035

Event 23917 (62118C9D)

Date: 12/11/1963
Time: 07:00
Location: MCMINNVILLE, OR
Description: Astronomer / college Dean Dolan. Night light hovers flashes and slows down.
Type: sighting
Reference: BERLINER, DON: The BLUEBOOK UNKNOWNS; (FUFOR). (Index 31)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_6894

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), MIL: Military investigation, BBK: Project BLUEBOOK

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “9”, Duration: “1”, Elev: “49”, HatchDesc: “McMINNVILLE,OR:ASTRONOMER/COLLEGE DEAN DOLAN:NLT HVRS FLASHES+SLOWS DOWN”, LatLong: “45.211113 -123.183339”, LatLongDMS: “45:12:40 N 123:11:00 W”, Locale: “Town & City”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Oregon”, Strangeness: “4”

Event 23918 (67ED4226)

Date: 12/11/1963
Location: McMinnville, OR
Description: Professor saw a bright star-like light hover, slow, dim and flash (NICAP: 01 - Distant Encounters, BB: 8647)
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_2686

Event 23919 (A000EDEC)

Date: 12/11/1963
Time: 7 AM
Location: McMinnville, Oregon
Description: Witness: W.W. Dolan, professor of mathematics and astronomy, and dean of the faculty of Linfield College. One bright, star-like light hovered, slowed, dimmed and flashed in 1 minute.
Type: ufo sighting
Reference: BlueBook Unknowns PDF
Source: BerlinerBBUnknowns, ID: BerlinerBBU_496

Event 23920 (BA48A743)

Date: 12/11/1963
Description: At 7:00 a.m. in McMinnville, Oregon Dr. W. W. Dolan, a professor of mathematics and astronomy, and dean of the faculty of Linnfield College watched a bright, star-like light slow, hover, dim and flash for one minute.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: Don Berliner, Project Bluebook UFO Unknowns
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_8340

Event 23921 (FDA3BA30)

Date: 12/12/1963
Time: 16:02:00.2
Location: 37.1310 -116.0439
Description: Nuclear test: Underground, confirmed. Country: USA Name: “Eagle” Yield: 5.3KT
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_347

Extra Data: LatLong: “37.1310 -116.0439”, LatLongDMS: “37:07:52 N 116:02:38 W”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, NukeCountry: “USA”, NukeDepth: “0.16”, NukeName: “Eagle”, NukeSource: “SPRINGER”, NukeType: “NUCU”, NukeY: “5.3”

Event 23922 (3D0D45DF)

Date: 12/14/1963
Time: 01:00
Location: NORTHWEST / PARYS, RSA
Description: Large area lit. 15M saucer dives / car. Hovers 2 minute(s) / 15M. / FSRv10#3+/ r70p3-86.
Type: sighting
Reference: VALLEE, Jacques: PASSPORT TO MAGONIA; H. Regnery, Chicago HC 1969 & Contemporary Books,Chicago 1993. 372pp. (Index 591)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_6895

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

Extra Data: Country: “Republic of South Africa”, Credibility: “7”, Duration: “5”, HatchDesc: “NW/PARYS,RSA:LRG AREA LIT:15M SCR DIVES/CAR:HVRS 2min/15M:/FSRv10#3+/r70p3-86”, LatLong: “-26.844446 27.444446”, LatLongDMS: “26:50:40 S 27:26:40 E”, Locale: “Farmlands”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Orange Free State”, Strangeness: “7”

Event 23923 (F8C28267)

Date: 12/14/1963
Time: 0100
Location: Vereeniging, South Africa
Description: Messrs. Muller and Immelman suddenly found the countryside illuminated and saw an object, 15 m in diameter, with intense orange and blue lights, emitting sparks, flying toward their car. They stopped and jumped out as it dived five or six times, at one point hovering for two min 15 m above them, making a humming sound, before flying away.
Type: ufo sighting
Reference: 146; FSR 64, 3 (Vallee)
Source: ValléeMagonia, ID: Magonia_591

Event 23924 (51A7310B)

Date: 12/14/1963
Location: Boston, Massachusetts
Description: The Hills have an initial meeting with Benjamin Simon, a well-known hypnotist in Boston, Massachusetts, recommended to them by Dr. Stephens. It is clear to Simon that the Hills believe they have seen a UFO, but which may have been an experimental aircraft. This has set in motion an anxiety-provoking psychological experience whose sources it might be possible to uncover through hypnosis.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Clark III 584
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_3747

Event 23925 (A9AE2771)

Date: 12/14/1963
Description: Two men driving at 1:00 a.m. in France, Messrs. Muller and Immelman, found the countryside suddenly illuminated all about them and saw an object 15 meters in diameter flying toward their car. The UFO had intensely bright orange and blue lights and emitted sparks as it approached. They stopped the car and jumped out as it dove as them five or six times, at one point hovering for two minutes just 15 meters above them, making a humming sound. It then flew away.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: Jacques Vallee, Passport to Magonia: A Century of Landings, p. 296; Flying Saucer Review, May 1964, p. 27
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_8391

Event 23926 (6E529A4E)

Date: 12/16/1963
Location: ARGENTINA, Sauce Viejo
Description: (Translated from French) Railway worker Cesar Tullio Gallardo, in a sleeping car, noticed his radio had stopped working and his carbide lamp went out. In the darkness he saw strange lights outside the car. A man, dressed up to his waist in a sparkling suit, entered the compartment, tore the part of the newspaper the railway worker was reading and took it, and poured the oil from a can into a bottle, which he took away. Two other witnesses saw “a luminous man” walking on the track.
Reference: Henry DURRANT: “First Investigations on ET Humanoids” - Laffont 1977 - p. 102
Reference: Mini catalogue chronologique des observations OVNI, by Godelieve Van Overmeire
Source: Overmeire, ID: Overmeire_2271

Event 23927 (22CD92A2)

Date: 12/16/1963
Description: (Translated from French) Observation in the Pacific (40’ -00" North 175’ 54" West). (December 16)
Reference: case Blue Book #8654 unsolved
Reference: rr0 - Beau
Source: rr0, ID: rr0_2036

Event 23928 (8BF86BE8)

Date: 12/16/1963
Description: (Translated from French) Publication of the translated narrative of the discs discovered in 1938. What does this narrative tell? That a spaceship had landed in the region of Bayan-Khara Uula 12000 years ago and had never been able to leave due to lack of fuel. The local tribes would not have accepted the extraterrestrials and would have ended up massacring them almost entirely. The surviving extraterrestrials would however have left traces of their passage and 2 tribes, the Hams and the Dropas (fragile beings, reaching about 1.30 m in height and who, to this day, have resisted any attempt at ethnic classification) would be descended from a mixture between the space castaways and the natives of the time.
Reference: rr0 - Beau
Source: rr0, ID: rr0_2037

Event 23929 (C7B38AA5)

Date: 12/16/1963
Time: 17:10
Location: PACIFIC NORTH / MIDWAY
Description: Project Bluebook Case #8654. Observer(s) / military plane. White night light blinks 2-3x / second(s) crossing sky.
Type: sighting
Reference: BERLINER, DON: The BLUEBOOK UNKNOWNS; (FUFOR). (Index 31)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_6896

Attributes: SEA: Observer(s) at sea, AIR: Observer(s) on aircraft, MIL: Observer(s) military, NLT: Nightlights/points of light, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), SIG: Signals/responses to/from/between UFO’s/occupants/observers, MIL: Military investigation, BBK: Project BLUEBOOK

Extra Data: Country: “Pacific Ocean and non - Asian islands”, Credibility: “7”, Duration: “1”, Elev: “0”, HatchDesc: “PACIFIC N/MIDWAY:BBK#8654:OBS/MIL PLANE:WHT NLT BLINKS 2-3x/sec CROSSING SKY”, LatLong: “40.000002 -175.900008”, LatLongDMS: “40:00:00 N 175:54:00 W”, Locale: “Metropolis”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “NPC”, Strangeness: “4”

Event 23930 (871BF0A2)

Date: 12/16/1963
Time: ~21:00
Location: SAUCE VIEJO, ARG
Description: Railroad/railway man / siding. Radio and carbide lamp out. Small humanoid (or Grey) takes oil sample!
Type: sighting
Reference: LORENZEN, Coral & Jim: ENCOUNTERS with UFO OCCUPANTS; APRO/Berkley Medallion Books 1976. 424pp (Index 154)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_6897

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, ODD: Atypical/Forteana/paranormal, NFO: No craft seen, OID: Humanoid: Small alien or “Grey”, SMP: Sampling of plant/animal/soil/tissue/specimens, HUM: Humans affected: Injury/burns/marks/abduction/death, EME: Electro-Magnetic Effects, TCH: New technical details/clues

Extra Data: Country: “Argentina”, Credibility: “6”, Duration: “9”, Elev: “12”, HatchDesc: “SAUCE VIEJO,ARG:RR MAN/SIDING:RADIO+CARBIDE LAMP OUT:OID TAKES OIL SAMPLE!”, LatLong: “-31.766668 -60.850003”, LatLongDMS: “31:46:00 S 60:51:00 W”, Locale: “Pasture”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “STF”, Strangeness: “11”

Event 23931 (29E5D2C0)

Date: 12/16/1963
Location: Midway Island (800 miles N of), At Sea
Description: White light blink 2-3 times per second moving very fast (NICAP: 01 - Distant Encounters, BB: 8654)
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_2687

Event 23932 (510912B9)

Date: 12/16/1963
Time: 5:05 PM
Location: 800 miles north of Midway Island (40’ N, 175’ 54’ W)
Description: Witness: unspecified persons aboard a military aircraft. One white light blinked 2-3 times per second as it moved very fast across the sky for 15 seconds.
Type: ufo sighting
Reference: BlueBook Unknowns PDF
Source: BerlinerBBUnknowns, ID: BerlinerBBU_497

Event 23933 (0EC9ABBF)

Date: 12/17/1963
Description: On or about this night in 1963 in Sauce Viejo, Argentina a railroad worker, Mr. C. Tulio Gallardo, saw lights appear outside his railroad coach at the same time that his radio and carbide lamp died. A luminous entity entered the coach, tore up the newspaper the witness had used to shield his eyes, grabbed an oilcan, and then left. Other passengers on an incoming train saw the entity leaving.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: Flying Saucer Review, January-February 1966, p. 25, citing La Gaceta, December 17, 1963
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_8466

Event 23934 (69028293)

Date: 12/20/1963
Location: 37.0000 -116.0000
Description: Nuclear test: Underground, confirmed. Country: USA Name: “Tuna” 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_348

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: “Tuna”, NukeSource: “NV209”, NukeType: “NUCU”, NukeYMax: “20”

Event 23935 (8A1A430E)

Date: Winter 1963
Location: CHINA, Daxinganling (North)
Description: (Translated from French) My father was returning from work in the mountains. We had started to have dinner at 8 o’clock in the evening. After dinner, my younger brother and I wanted to go and play with our neighbors. Having opened the door, we saw a strange object flying in our direction. It was an unusual and bright thing with a diameter of more than one meter. It was surrounded by an orange, non-luminous band. The thing, which was two stories high, flew without making any noise and had a particularly bright point. It was heading at a uniform speed towards the southeast. Having noticed this phenomenon, I screamed in terror and immediately called my parents who ran and looked with us. This huge, luminous thing disappeared behind the mountain. (1963, Winter)
Reference: SHI BO: “China and the Extraterrestrials”. Ed. Mercure de France, 1983, p. 92
Reference: Mini catalogue chronologique des observations OVNI, by Godelieve Van Overmeire
Source: Overmeire, ID: Overmeire_2249

Event 23936 (DAC7676B)

Date: 12/21/1963
Location: Pacific Ocean, At Sea
Description: MATS A/C Radar Tracks Object Making Passes (NICAP: 09 - RADAR Cases, Code: R, Rating: 5)
Reference: NICAP: 631221
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_2688

Event 23937 (56A3524A)

Date: Winter 1963
Locations: Walker AFB; Roswell, New Mexico; Atlas missile silo designated Site 9; Sunset, New Mexico
Description: A series of at least three incidents at Walker AFB [now closed] at Roswell, New Mexico, involve unidentified aerial craft maneuvering silently above an Atlas missile silo designated Site 9, northeast of Sunset, New Mexico. Three former missile personnel at the base—Jerry C. Nelson, Bob Caplan, and Gene Lamb—relay their experiences to Florida Today reporter Billy Cox in June 2001.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Nukes 147–152
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_3745

Event 23938 (4D82DDA2)

Date: 12/24/1963
Time: 19:50
Location: ROWARTH, DERBYSHIRE
Description: Farmer. Car battery dies. UFO / type unknown passes. Cows ill. / news.
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 21)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_6898

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, NWS: News media report, NLT: Nightlights/points of light, ANI: Animals affected or injuries/marks, EME: Electro-Magnetic Effects

Extra Data: Country: “Great Britain and Ireland”, Credibility: “6”, Duration: “1”, Elev: “336”, HatchDesc: “ROWARTH,DERBYs:FARMER:CAR BATTERY DIES:UFO/type unk PASSES:COWS ILL:/news”, LatLong: “53.416669 -1.900000”, LatLongDMS: “53:25:00 N 01:54:00 W”, Locale: “Farmlands”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “England”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 23939 (B1C315D8)

Date: 12/24/1963
Description: At 7:25 p.m. in Rowarth, Cheshire, England a farmer named Chandler had his car battery die while a UFO flew by. His cows also became ill.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: Orbit, April 23, 1963; Mark Rodeghier, UFO Reports Involving Vehicle Interference, p. 21
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_8587

Event 23940 (5E3EE7C3)

Date: 12/25/1963
Time: 22:00?
Location: LIBREVILLE, GABON
Description: UFO lands. Terrifying small humanoid (or Grey) unintelligible. Footprints. / LDLN#70.
Type: sighting
Reference: VALLEE, Jacques: PASSPORT TO MAGONIA; H. Regnery, Chicago HC 1969 & Contemporary Books,Chicago 1993. 372pp. (Index 592)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_6899

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CST: Observer(s) in coastal area/just offshore, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, SCR: Classic saucer/disk/sphere shaped UFO, OID: Humanoid: Small alien or “Grey”, PSH: Pseudo-human: Clone/organic robot/human-like, MON: Monster: Life form fits no category, CVS: Conversation/communication, DRT: Dirt/soil traces/marks/footprints etc., LND: UFO landing or any part touches ground, TRC: Physical traces

Extra Data: Country: “Congo states”, Credibility: “5”, Duration: “5”, HatchDesc: “LIBREVILLE,GABON:UFO LANDS:TERRIFYING OID UNINTELLIGIBLE:FOOTPRINTS:/LDLN#70”, LatLong: “0.383333 9.450000”, LatLongDMS: “00:23:00 N 09:27:00 E”, Locale: “Coastlands”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “GAB”, Strangeness: “9”

Event 23941 (563312A1)

Date: 12/25/1963
Time: night
Location: Libreville, Gabon
Description: A fisherman witnessed the landing of a craft, from which a terrifying creature emerged. It was humanoid in shape, spoke sounds he could not understand, left footprints on the sand, and went back to the machine and flew off.
Type: ufo sighting
Reference: 147;LDLN 70 (Vallee)
Source: ValléeMagonia, ID: Magonia_592

Event 23942 (6AF11914)

Date: 12/25/1963
Description: A fisherman in Libreville, Gabon witnessed the landing of a unusual craft on this night, from which a terrifying creature emerged. It was humanoid in shape, spoke sounds he could not understand, left footprints in the sand, and then went back to the machine and flew off.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: Jacques Vallee, Passport to Magonia: A Century of Landings, p. 296
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_8599

Event 23943 (4AAD83E8)

Date: 12/27/1963
Time: 16:00
Location: EPPING, ESSEX
Description: 8’ saucer lands / field. Circular depression with tripod. / Flying Saucer Review (FSR) v10#2+/ r70p3-88.
Type: sighting
Reference: VALLEE, Jacques: UFO’S IN SPACE - Anatomy of a Phenomenon; Henry Regnery 1966 & Ballentine PB 1974 294pp. (Index 103)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_6900

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, VEG: Plants affected or sampled/crop circles, LND: UFO landing or any part touches ground, TRC: Physical traces

Extra Data: Country: “Great Britain and Ireland”, Credibility: “8”, Duration: “5”, HatchDesc: “EPPING,ESSEX:8’SCR LANDS/FIELD:CIRC.DEPRESSION W/TRIPOD:/FSR v10#2+/r70p3-88”, LatLong: “51.683336 0.100000”, LatLongDMS: “51:41:00 N 00:06:00 E”, Locale: “Farmlands”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “England”, Strangeness: “7”

Event 23944 (BB9AAC90)

Date: 12/27/1963
Time: 1600
Location: Epping, Great Britain
Description: A shiny white object was seen on the ground at Bank’s Stables. It was about 3.5 m long, 1 m high, and had something like a windshield more brilliant than the rest of the craft. It took off, flew horizontally for 30 m, and was hidden from view. Grass was flattened over a circular area, and four traces were found.
Type: ufo sighting
Reference: BUFORA 1 (Vallee)
Source: ValléeMagonia, ID: Magonia_593

Event 23945 (19908C4B)

Date: 12/27/1963
Location: Bank’s Stables in Epping, Essex, England
Description: At Bank’s Stables in Epping, Essex, England, trainee riding instructor Pauline Abbott sees a shiny white UFO on the ground. It is about 8 feet long, 3 feet high at the center, and has what looks like a window on one side that is brighter than the rest of the object. It takes off, flies horizontally for 100 feet, and disappears. Grass is found flattened over a circular area. Marks “like three large fingerprints pushed together into mud” are found, forming a square with 8-foot sides within an 11-foot circular depression that contains a 3-foot central circle.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: G. G. Doel, “The Epping Sightings,” BUFORA Journal and Bulletin 1, no. 1 (Summer 1964): 5–6; J. Cleary-Baker, “Evaluation by BUFORA Evaluating Officer,” BUFORA Journal and Bulletin 1, no. 1 (Summer 1964): 6–7
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_3748

Event 23946 (BC79D20B)

Date: 12/27/1963
Description: A shiny white object was seen on the ground at Bank’s Stables, Epping, England at four o’clock in the afternoon. It was about 3.5 meters long, a meter in height, and had something like a windshield more brilliant than the rest of the craft. When it took off it flew horizontally for 30 meters and was hidden from view. Grass was flattened over a circular area, and four ground marks were found suggesting imprints from landing gear.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: Jacques Vallee, Passport to Magonia: A Century of Landings, case 593
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_8622

Event 23947 (E22EED39)

Date: 12/28/1963
Time: 22:20
Location: NGONGOTAHA, NZ
Description: Moon-size red double-ring / light going west slow. Pulses / regular intervals.
Type: sighting
Reference: The APRO BULLETIN: Monthly. Jim & Coral Lorenzen: Tucson,AZ (USA. defunct) By volume and number. (Index 771)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_6901

Attributes: 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: “New Zealand”, Credibility: “6”, Duration: “5”, HatchDesc: “NGONGOTAHA,NZ:MOONSIZE RED DOUBLE-RING/LITE >W SLOW:PULSES/REGULAR INTERVALS”, LatLong: “-38.083335 176.205564”, LatLongDMS: “38:05:00 S 176:12:20 E”, Locale: “Pasture”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “NI”, Strangeness: “5”

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Year: 1964, 662 Event(s), (Back to Top)

Event 23948 (52CB97B0)

Date: 1964
Location: USA, Casitas Reservoir-Ventura (California)
Description: (Translated from French) Frank S. Kinley, a former USAF pilot, was with his brother-in-law visiting the new Casitas Reservoir lake one beautiful morning. They were on the shore of the lake and… “I heard a loud splashing sound and saw this object come out of the lake. I couldn’t believe my eyes. I had an infrared-sensitive camera around my neck, but I completely forgot to use it. The object came out of the water and stayed hovering at an altitude of 17 to 20 meters” The witness took out the binoculars to get a better look at the object and saw inside, like an entity looking at him fixedly… "so I remembered my camera… When I held it up to my eyes the object started to move, and I just managed to capture it in the corner of the frame. In a few seconds the craft was far away, beyond the mountains. It rose up, changing color: black when it came out of the water it became a bright yellow-orange. That’s all I could see.
Reference: Janet and Colin BORD: “Modern Mysteries of the World” - Guild Publishing London 1989, p. 176, 177 with photo
Reference: Mini catalogue chronologique des observations OVNI, by Godelieve Van Overmeire
Source: Overmeire, ID: Overmeire_2301

Event 23949 (1F345408)

Date: 1964
Location: AUSTRALIA, Tea Tree Gully
Description: (Translated from French) Suddenly, in the classroom, a 6 year old schoolboy saw an egg-shaped object descend and land. The object stayed on the ground for two hours, teachers and students saw it, but no one dared to go out.
Reference: UFORA92071 - Brian Richards/UFORUM - Keith Basterfield
Reference: Mini catalogue chronologique des observations OVNI, by Godelieve Van Overmeire
Source: Overmeire, ID: Overmeire_2302

Event 23950 (46D5B30A)

Date: 1964
Location: INDIA, between Bombay and Madras
Description: (Translated from French) Ludwig Pallmann, of German birth but naturalized British, was travelling around the world to find new customers and suppliers for his firm. On the train, between Bombay and Madras, a man with a lot of charisma, and whose last phalanges of the fingers were protected by capsules (sensitive finger tips, like those of the Ummites?) came to keep him company and talk. This is how Pallmann learned that the stranger came from the city of Cotosi on the Planet Itibi Ra and that his name was Satu Ra. Upon arriving in Benares, Satu Ra introduced his sister Xiti to Pallmann. She was a slender, truly beautiful woman with extraordinary eyes.
Reference: Mitarbeiter, “Ufo Geheimnisse”, Berlin, January 1998
Reference: continued in January 67
Reference: Mini catalogue chronologique des observations OVNI, by Godelieve Van Overmeire
Source: Overmeire, ID: Overmeire_2303

Event 23951 (88BE9109)

Date: 1964 (approximate)
Location: USA, Point Isabel (Ohio)
Description: (Translated from French) The incident had taken place on a road, about a mile and a half from a farm belonging to her mother. She had an appointment with Lew Lister. They were sitting in the car and talking, all lights off; it was about 11 pm. Suddenly they saw a silhouette crossing the field. "It didn’t seem to see us until we turned on the headlights. Then it headed towards us. It wasn’t walking, it seemed to be advancing in big leaps towards our car. (…) the thing passes through three rows of barbed wire. As it approached, I started to scream. Then it backed up and dove forward as if it was going to go through our windshield. It tried to grab Lew, I’m not sure if it touched him or not. (…) she and Lew desperately tried to raise the windows. (…) I remember that feeling of being hypnotized by the bright eyes of the “thing”. (…) The “thing” crouched down, its hands became paws, and it started to walk on all fours. Everything happened in slow motion. Then it disappeared, it evaporated. " It was about two meters tall, with wide shoulders, a rather slim waist. Standing, its body appeared in the light of the headlights, covered with a kind of yellowish down. The head was horrible, pointed at the top, narrow at the chin, wrinkled forehead, large pig ears and a kind of groin. Its eyes shone orange and its teeth were like fangs. (1964, unspecified date)
Reference: Leonard STRINGFIELD: “General UFO Alert”, ed. France - Empire, 1978, pp. 95 to 97
Reference: Mini catalogue chronologique des observations OVNI, by Godelieve Van Overmeire
Source: Overmeire, ID: Overmeire_2304

Event 23952 (5244ACFB)

Date: 1964
Description: MKSEARCH is the name given to the continuation of the MKUltra program. The MKSEARCH program is divided into two projects dubbed MKOFTEN / CHICKWIT. Funding for MKSEARCH commences in 1965 and ends in 1971. The project is a joint project between the US Army Chemical Corps and the CIA Office of Research and Development to find new offensive-use agents with a focus on incapacitating agents. The purpose of the project is to develop, test, and evaluate capabilities in the covert use of biological, chemical, and radioactive material systems and techniques for producing predictable human behavioral and/or physiological changes in support of highly sensitive operational requirements.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Wikipedia, “Project MKUltra”
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_3749

Event 23953 (9397D4DE)

Date: 1964
Location: northwest of Austin, Texas
Description: Ray Stanford founds Project Starlight International to document the existence of UFOs. He establishes a Laboratory for Instrumented Research on a 400-acre site northwest of Austin, Texas, that includes two buildings. Equipment eventually includes radar, a laser system, magnetometers, a gravimeter, microcomputer, microphones, video equipment, and still cameras. In the event of UFO activity, the Operation ARGUS (Automated Ring-up on Geolocated UFO Sightings) computer kicks in and automatically telephones all volunteers within the computed visibility radius of the UFO. Volunteers attempt to locate and photograph the UFO visually. On June 8, 1977, the FCC licenses its Raytheon Model 1700 radar system with the call sign K12XBJ.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Margaret Sachs, The UFO Encyclopedia, Putnam, 1980, pp. 259–260; Ray Stanford, “A Technological Approach to UFOs: A Status Report on Project Starlight International, June 30, 1977,” IUR 2, no. 8 (August 1977): 5–7
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_3750

Event 23954 (8390AB63)

Date: 1964
Locations: British; Crete
Description: British writer W. Raymond Drake writes Gods or Spacemen?, the first of a series of books espousing his view that the world’s folklore, mythology, and religion are replete with references to space beings who came to Earth in several waves: the Uranids hundreds of thousands of years ago; the Saturnians centuries later; and the Jupiterians who landed near Crete.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: W. Raymond Drake, Gods or Spacemen? Amherst, 1964; Wikipedia, “W. Raymond Drake”; Clark III 108; Jerome Clark, “Vimanas Have Landed: Ancient Astronautics in Ufology,” IUR 22, no. 3 (Fall 1997): 27–28
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_3751

Event 23955 (2716CC53)

Date: 1/1964
Location: Isle of Wight
Description: Lionel Beer begins publishing Spacelink, a newsletter of the Isle of Wight UFO Investigation Society. It folds in April 1971.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Spacelink 1, no. 1 (Jan./Feb. 1964)
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_3752

Event 23956 (B93FE25F)

Date: 1/1/1964
Location: SHANGHAI, CH
Description: Many observer(s). Huge cylinder/cigar-shape going southwest slow. MIGs can’t catch it. “US missile” / r208p45.
Type: sighting
Reference: GOOD, Timothy: ABOVE TOP SECRET; Sidgewick & Jackson, London 1987 & Quill Books, 1988. 592pp. (Index 208)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_6902

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CST: Observer(s) in coastal area/just offshore, AIR: Observer(s) on aircraft, MIL: Observer(s) military, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, HQO: High-quality observer(s), CIG: Torpedo/cigar/cylinder shaped UFO, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), MIL: Military investigation, COV: Indication of coverup

Extra Data: Country: “China”, Credibility: “11”, Duration: “10”, HatchDesc: “SHANGHAI,CH:MANY OBS:HUGE CGR >SW SLOW:MIGs CANT CATCH IT:“US MISSILE”/r208p45”, LatLong: “31.233335 121.450006”, LatLongDMS: “31:14:00 N 121:27:00 E”, Locale: “Metropolis”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “SHG”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 23957 (3488C3F4)

Date: 1/1/1964
Location: Shanghai, China
Description: Many witnesses in Shanghai, China, see a huge cigar-shaped UFO flying toward the southwest. MiG fighters are scrambled in pursuit but fail to intercept it. The official explanation is that it is a US missile.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Wendelle Stevens and Paul Dong, UFOs over Modern China, UFO Photo Archives, 1983, p. 45
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_3753

Event 23958 (521CD69D)

Date: 1/1/1964
Description: On this day in 1964 many residents of Shanghai, China saw a large cigar-shaped object flying over the city. Chinese Air Force MIG jet fighter aircraft were scrambled to intercept the unknown object, but were unable to catch up with it. The populace were told by officials that what they had seen was a U.S. missile.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: John W. Spencer, World Atlas of UFOs, p. 131
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_6

Event 23959 (B5142700)

Date: 1/2/1964 (approximate)
Time: 13:00?
Location: GARAVAN, FR
Description: Flat 15M disk 10cm thick. Rests / pedestal. Splits! Voices. Quickly going up. See reference!
Type: sighting
Reference: LUMIERES DANS la NUIT (LDLN), Paris. Bimonthly since 1957. LDLN B.P.3; 77123 Le Vaudoue, FRANCE. (Index 202)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_6903

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CST: Observer(s) in coastal area/just offshore, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, ODD: Atypical/Forteana/paranormal, SCR: Classic saucer/disk/sphere shaped UFO, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), LND: UFO landing or any part touches ground, TCH: New technical details/clues, SND: UFO sounds heard or recorded

Extra Data: Country: “France”, Credibility: “6”, Duration: “8”, HatchDesc: “GARAVAN,FR:FLAT 15M DISK 10cm THICK:RESTS/PEDESTAL:SPLITS!:VOICES:↑↑:see ref!”, LatLong: “43.783335 7.500000”, LatLongDMS: “43:47:00 N 07:30:00 E”, Locale: “Coastlands”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Alpes Maritimes”, Strangeness: “8”

Event 23960 (C1686D42)

Date: 1/4/1964
Description: Barney Hill has his first hypnosis session with Benjamin Simon. The sessions will continue until June 6. The Hills undergo sessions separately, and for the most part are instructed not to remember their experiences afterwards. Barney’s sessions are particularly intense. However, by the end of the sessions, although they disagree with Simon on the nature of the experience, both the Hills and Simon agree that the therapy is successful. The stress and anxiety are gone. Simon submits a statement to the Hills’ insurance company, which initially declines to pay, until Simon explains that he was treating them for what will later be called PTSD.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Clark III 584–585
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_3754

Event 23961 (7315573A)

Date: 1/7/1964
Time: 18:00
Location: BORGOMANERO, ITL
Description: 3 observer(s). Strange 1M object nearly grazes hilltops / 12 second(s). Also separate observer(s).
Type: sighting
Reference: ITACAT, Catalogo Italiano degli Incontri Ravvicinati. Maurizio Verga, 1989 CISU/Torino, Italy. (Index 56)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_6904

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), LND: UFO landing or any part touches ground

Extra Data: Country: “Italy”, Credibility: “8”, Duration: “1”, HatchDesc: “BORGOMANERO,ITL:3 OBS:STRANGE 1M OBJ NEARLY GRAZES HILLTOPS/12 sec:+SEP.OBS”, LatLong: “45.700002 8.466667”, LatLongDMS: “45:42:00 N 08:28:00 E”, Locale: “Residential”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “NO”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 23962 (34A502EF)

Date: 1/9/1964
Time: 22:30
Location: OFF NICASTRO, ITL
Description: Several observer(s). Green saucers maneuver offshore. Going down / surface as boat nears. Dive.
Type: sighting
Reference: ITACAT, Catalogo Italiano degli Incontri Ravvicinati. Maurizio Verga, 1989 CISU/Torino, Italy. (Index 56)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_6905

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CST: Observer(s) in coastal area/just offshore, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, HQO: High-quality observer(s), NWS: News media report, SCR: Classic saucer/disk/sphere shaped UFO, SUB: Submersible: Rises from or submerges into water, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), LND: UFO landing or any part touches ground, CMF: Camouflage/disguise

Extra Data: Country: “Italy”, Credibility: “8”, Duration: “10”, Elev: “0”, HatchDesc: “off NICASTRO,ITL:SVRL OBS:GRN SCRS MNVR OFFSHORE:↓/SURFACE as boat nears:DIVE”, LatLong: “38.916669 16.116667”, LatLongDMS: “38:55:00 N 16:07:00 E”, Locale: “Offshore”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “RC”, Strangeness: “7”

Event 23963 (ACFEB44F)

Date: 1/9/1964
Description: At 10:30 p.m. several green saucer-shaped UFOs maneuvered offshore over the surface of the sea near Nicastro, Calabria, Italy for ten minutes. As fishermen approached in a boat dove under the sea.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: Larry Hatch, case # 6460, citing ITACAT, case # 56
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_219

Event 23964 (5AFB4383)

Date: 1/16/1964
Time: 16:00:00.2
Location: 37.1423 -116.0491
Description: Nuclear test: Underground, confirmed. Country: USA Name: “Fore” Yield: 20KT YieldMax: 200KT
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_349

Extra Data: LatLong: “37.1423 -116.0491”, LatLongDMS: “37:08:32 N 116:02:57 W”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, NukeCountry: “USA”, NukeDepth: “0.49”, NukeMb: “5.20”, NukeName: “Fore”, NukeSource: “SPRINGER”, NukeType: “NUCU”, NukeY: “20”, NukeYMax: “200”

Event 23965 (40F343EC)

Date: 1/23/1964
Time: 17:40
Location: LYNCHBURG, VA
Description: 2 dark silent saucers going down / woods. 3 small humanoids (or Greys) exit and speak gibberish. Observer(s) frozen.
Type: sighting
Reference: LORENZEN, Coral & Jim: ENCOUNTERS with UFO OCCUPANTS; APRO/Berkley Medallion Books 1976. 424pp (Index 184)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_6906

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

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “6”, Duration: “30”, Elev: “249”, HatchDesc: “LYNCHBURG,VA:2 DRK SLNT SCRS ↓/WOODS:3 OIDS EXIT+SPEAK GIBBERISH:OBS FROZEN”, LatLong: “37.383335 -79.133337”, LatLongDMS: “37:23:00 N 79:08:00 W”, Locale: “Forest”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Virginia”, Strangeness: “8”

Event 23966 (1689CCF4)

Date: 1/23/1964
Time: 21:00
Location: NORTHEAST PT / GROOT EYLANDT, AU
Description: Compass off. Underwater night lights buzz ship. 1 turns. / r249p487.
Type: sighting
Reference: SANDERSON, Ivan: INVISIBLE RESIDENTS; World Publishing HB 1970 & Avon Books PB 1973 (Index 112)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_6907

Attributes: CST: Observer(s) in coastal area/just offshore, SEA: Observer(s) at sea, 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), OBS: Observation/chasing vehicles, 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: “Australia”, Credibility: “8”, Duration: “240”, Elev: “0”, HatchDesc: “NE Pt/GROOT EYLANDT,AU:COMPASS OFF:UNDERWATER NLTS BUZZ SHIP:1 TURNS:/r249p487”, LatLong: “-13.833334 137.500007”, LatLongDMS: “13:50:00 S 137:30:00 E”, Locale: “Offshore”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Northern Territory”, Strangeness: “7”

Event 23967 (A08B2E87)

Date: 1/23/1964
Time: 16:00:00.2
Location: 37.1264 -116.0363
Description: Nuclear test: Underground, confirmed. Country: USA Name: “Oconto” Yield: 10.5KT
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_350

Extra Data: LatLong: “37.1264 -116.0363”, LatLongDMS: “37:07:35 N 116:02:11 W”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, NukeCountry: “USA”, NukeDepth: “0.26”, NukeMb: “4.20”, NukeName: “Oconto”, NukeSource: “SPRINGER”, NukeType: “NUCU”, NukeY: “10.5”

Event 23968 (09F47C9D)

Date: 1/23/1964
Locations: Gulf of Carpentaria; Cape Grey; Groote Eylandt; Northern Territory, Australia
Description: The landing craft Loellen M. is in the Gulf of Carpentaria between Cape Grey and Groote Eylandt, Northern Territory, Australia, when a crew member notices the compass is malfunctioning (“haywire”) and the vessel is off course, He notices an odd phosphorescence in the water on the starboard side about 6 feet away from the ship. It is a ghostly, pulsating white light that is rotating in a clockwise direction. It seems to be “miles across.” As the light wheel moves to the ship’s port side, another rotating light approaches the ship’s starboard side. This undoubtedly involves some unusual bioluminescence, but it is significant that it is the first “unknown” in the RAAF’s UFO files.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Swords 390
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_3755

Event 23969 (25C04590)

Date: 1/23/1964
Description: An underwater submarine object (USO) was seen at around 9:00 p.m. at the Northeast point at Groote Eylandt in the Northern Territory, Australia. Large lights in the water made a compass go haywire. A shadow in the center of the lights rotated clockwise, causing the lights to pulsate.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: Ivan Sanderson, Invisible Residents, p. 112; Michael Hervey, UFOs Over the Southern Hemisphere, p. 204
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_439

Event 23970 (33A38C7D)

Date: 1/25/1964
Locations: London; UK
Description: The London UFO Research Organisation merges with the British UFO Association (a consolidation of several UFO groups in the UK) to form the British UFO Research Association. It begins publishing a new magazine, BUFORA Journal, in the summer.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: “Editorial: The Problems Facing Us,” BUFORA Journal and Bulletin 1, no. 1 (Summer 1964): 2
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_3756

Event 23971 (CC84BE8C)

Date: 1/26/1964
Location: Moultrie, GA
Description: 7:30 p.m. Dull red sphere rose up from behind trees, crossed highway at low altitude, turned, appeared to follow car, then fell back and seemed to head toward ground. Driver was physics student at Georgia Institute of Technology. (NICAP report form.) (NICAP: 02 - Close Encounters)
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_2689

Event 23972 (BC3E9C1A)

Date: 1/29/1964
Description: (Translated from French) Saturn 1 places 17 t in orbit. (January 29)
Reference: rr0 - Beau
Source: rr0, ID: rr0_2038

Event 23973 (94BD4961)

Date: 1/30/1964
Location: 37.0000 -116.0000
Description: Nuclear test: Underground, confirmed. Country: USA Name: “Club” 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_351

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: “Club”, NukeSource: “NV209”, NukeType: “NUCU”, NukeYMax: “20”

Event 23974 (DDC0E0B2)

Date: 2/1964
Location: KAI TAK AIRPORT, HONG KONG
Description: Low-altitude UFO’s mimic planes landing. 1+/ week for months!
Type: sighting
Reference: DONG, Paul: UFO’s Over MODERN CHINA. 1983 UFO Photo Archives; P. O. Box 17206; Tucson, AZ 85710. (Index 276)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_6908

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, 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: “China”, Credibility: “10”, Duration: “53”, HatchDesc: “KAI TAK AIRPORT,HONG KONG:LO-ALT UFOS MIMIC PLANES LANDING:1+/WEEK FOR MONTHS!”, LatLong: “22.350001 114.283339”, LatLongDMS: “22:21:00 N 114:17:00 E”, Locale: “Metropolis”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “HKG”, Strangeness: “8”

Event 23975 (319D0220)

Date: 2/1964
Time: 17:30
Location: PETAWAWA, ON
Description: 2 military observer(s) ice-fishing. 30’ round object hovers / 30+min over Ottawa River.
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 37)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_6909

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

Extra Data: Country: “Canada”, Credibility: “6”, Duration: “30”, Elev: “137”, HatchDesc: “PETAWAWA,ON:2 MIL.OBS ICE-FISHING:30’ROUND OBJ HVRS/30+min OVR OTTAWA RIVER:”, LatLong: “45.916669 -77.333337”, LatLongDMS: “45:55:00 N 77:20:00 W”, Locale: “Town & City”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Ontario”, Strangeness: “7”

Event 23976 (7DDF5A52)

Date: 2/3/1964
Location: AUSTRALIA, Gum Creek, South Australia
Description: (Translated from French) At 2 o’clock in the morning, Mrs. Player woke up in her bed, sat up and saw the whole room illuminated. Suddenly, an entity of about 160 cm appeared, wearing a blue-green overall, a brown balaclava on his head, and an open brown jacket. His black gloves reached up to his elbows and were held in place by a cord going from the balaclava over his left shoulder. He had a red face and a big nose. He was holding a black box which made a clicking sound when he pointed it at her. She fell back into a lying position and fell asleep. (February 3, 1964)
Reference: Keith Basterfield, John Burford, Peter Horne, Garry Little, Paul Johnson and Tony Rundle
Reference: Mini catalogue chronologique des observations OVNI, by Godelieve Van Overmeire
Source: Overmeire, ID: Overmeire_2273

Event 23977 (ADBD2715)

Date: 2/3/1964
Time: 02:00
Location: GUM CREEK, SOUTH AUST
Description: Figure appears like magic. Touches black box and observer(s) asleep! / r25p126.
Type: sighting
Reference: Database/website: BASTERFIELD, KEITH: ENTCAT97.DOC: Catalog of Australian Entity and related reports: October 1997
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_6910

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, MID: Likely mis-identification, ODD: Atypical/Forteana/paranormal, NFO: No craft seen, FIG: Undefined or poorly seen figure/entity, RAY: Odd light/searchlight/beam/laser-like, TCH: New technical details/clues, CMF: Camouflage/disguise

Extra Data: Country: “Australia”, Credibility: “4”, Duration: “2”, HatchDesc: “GUM CREEK,S.AUST:FIG APPEARS like magic:TOUCHES BLK BOX+OBS ASLEEP!:/r25p126”, LatLong: “-26.200001 130.977784”, LatLongDMS: “26:12:00 S 130:58:40 E”, Locale: “Desert”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “South Australia”, Strangeness: “11”

Event 23978 (825A8936)

Date: 2/3/1964
Location: Gum Creek, Kangaroo Island, South Australia
Description: 2:00 a.m. Doris Player wakes up to see her bedroom illuminated near Gum Creek, Kangaroo Island, South Australia. Suddenly a 5-foot 3-inch being wearing blue-green coveralls, a brown balaclava, and an open brown jacket appears. He wears elbow-length, black gloves with a cord going from his helmet to his left shoulder. He has a red face and a big nose and holds a black box that buzzes and clicks as he points it. The witness goes back to sleep.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Mark Cashman, “Behavioral Classification System for UFO Occupants,” IUR 24, no. 1 (Spring 1999): 19– 20; Thomas Brisson, “UBO’s (Unidentified Box-like Objects), Part 2,” Vomanomalous, July 15, 2014; “Documentary on UFO’s, Adelaide, Australia, Part 1,” MaS7eRjEd3ye YouTube channel, February 5, 2009, at 6:05
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_3757

Event 23979 (2573D695)

Date: 2/3/1964
Description: At 2:00 a.m. a woman in Gum Creek, South Australia awoke to a bright light in her room. She saw a man approximately five feet four inches tall with a red face and a big nose in her room. He held a black box that buzzed when he pointed it at her. He also wore a helmet, green coveralls, and a brown jacket. She sank back into her bed and fell asleep. She later became a UFO contactee.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: Bill Chalker & Keith Basterfield, Australian Catalogue of Close Encounter Type Three Reports, p. 13; David F. Webb & Ted Bloecher, HUMCAT: Catalogue of Humanoid Reports, case A0581, citing Keith Basterfield; David F. Webb, Proceedings of the CUFOS Conference: 1976, p. 267
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_677

Event 23980 (230F19BE)

Date: 2/10/1964
Description: “The Bellero Shield” episode of Outer Limits airs on ABC-TV. It features an alien with wraparound eyes. UFO skeptic Martin S. Kottmeyer alleges that this episode influenced Barney Hill’s hypnotic recounting of events, although Betty Hill says they had never watched it.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Clark III 589; Internet Movie Database, “The Bellero Shield”; Martin Kottmeyer, “Entirely Unpredisposed: The Cultural Background of UFO Reports,” Magonia 35 (January 1990)
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_3758

Event 23981 (50D894E1)

Date: 2/12/1964
Location: 37.0000 -116.0000
Description: Nuclear test: Underground, confirmed. Country: USA Name: “Solendon” 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_352

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: “Solendon”, NukeSource: "NV

[c0mmando]

209", NukeType: “NUCU”, NukeYMax: “20”

Event 23982 (A7CD30F5)

Date: 2/13/1964
Location: 37.0000 -116.0000
Description: Nuclear test: Underground, confirmed. Country: USA Name: “Bunker” 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_353

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: “Bunker”, NukeSource: “NV209”, NukeType: “NUCU”, NukeYMax: “20”

Event 23983 (D2D6A1EA)

Date: 2/14/1964
Time: 11:00:00.3
Location: 24.0536 5.0523
Description: Nuclear test: Underground. Country: France Name: “opale” 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_1846

Extra Data: LatLong: “24.0536 5.0523”, LatLongDMS: “24:03:13 N 05:03:08 E”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, NukeCountry: “France”, NukeDepth: “0.00”, NukeMb: “4.52”, NukeName: “opale”, NukeSource: “BOLT”, NukeType: “U”, NukeY: “0”, NukeYMax: “20”

Event 23984 (00E4D227)

Date: 2/18/1964
Location: 37.0000 -116.0000
Description: Nuclear test: Underground, confirmed. Country: USA Name: “Mackerel” 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_354

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: “Mackerel”, NukeSource: “NV209”, NukeType: “NUCU”, NukeYMax: “20”

Event 23985 (FE9DFACF)

Date: 2/18/1964
Location: 37.0000 -116.0000
Description: Nuclear test: Underground, confirmed. Country: USA Name: “Bonefish” 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_355

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: “Bonefish”, NukeSource: “NV209”, NukeType: “NUCU”, NukeYMax: “20”

Event 23986 (96956A88)

Date: 2/19/1964
Time: 01:00
Location: RABAUL, PAPUA-NG
Description: 2 / home. Globe / light in bedroom. 2 extra doors to Veranda! No further details.
Type: sighting
Reference: The APRO BULLETIN: Monthly. Jim & Coral Lorenzen: Tucson,AZ (USA. defunct) By volume and number. (Index 771)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_6911

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CST: Observer(s) in coastal area/just offshore, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, ODD: Atypical/Forteana/paranormal, PRB: Probe: Possibly remote controlled, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), OBS: Observation/chasing vehicles, HUM: Humans affected: Injury/burns/marks/abduction/death, BLD: Building/man-made structure/roads/power lines, TCH: New technical details/clues, CMF: Camouflage/disguise

Extra Data: Country: “Pacific Ocean and non - Asian islands”, Credibility: “7”, Duration: “2”, Elev: “2”, HatchDesc: “RABAUL,PAPUA-NG:2/HOME:GLOBE/LITE in BEDROOM:2 EXTRA DOORS to VERANDA!:NFD”, LatLong: “-4.200000 152.183341”, LatLongDMS: “04:12:00 S 152:11:00 E”, Locale: “Residential”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, RelAlt: “2”, State/Prov: “PNG”, Strangeness: “9”

Event 23987 (CED2701B)

Date: 2/19/1964
Description: On this evening in Gum Creek, South Australia Mrs. Player saw a yellow glowing domed disc-shaped object approach, and then hover making a “tick-a-tick” sound. Inside the transparent dome of the craft a man could be seen standing at “wooden railing”.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: Bill Chalker, The Oz Files, p. 14; David F. Webb & Ted Bloecher, HUMCAT: Catalogue of Humanoid Reports, case # A0582
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_996

Event 23988 (C3B64465)

Date: 2/20/1964
Time: 15:30:00.1
Location: 37.1509 -116.0401
Description: Nuclear test: Underground, confirmed. Country: USA Name: “Klickitat” Yield: 20KT YieldMax: 200KT
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_356

Extra Data: LatLong: “37.1509 -116.0401”, LatLongDMS: “37:09:03 N 116:02:24 W”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, NukeCountry: “USA”, NukeDepth: “0.49”, NukeMb: “5.10”, NukeName: “Klickitat”, NukeSource: “SPRINGER”, NukeType: “NUCU”, NukeY: “20”, NukeYMax: “200”

Event 23989 (E8AA6F22)

Date: 2/25/1964
Time: 22:00?
Location: SALADILLO, ARG
Description: 1 / car. 2 highly luminous objects hover / one hour. 1 lands / field. 1 shoots going quickly north. No further details.
Type: sighting
Reference: FSR CASE HISTORIES. Bimonthly/London. Supplements 2 - 18 (final issue) (Index 12)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_6912

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, NLT: Nightlights/points of light, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), LND: UFO landing or any part touches ground

Extra Data: Country: “Argentina”, Credibility: “6”, Duration: “60”, Elev: “40”, HatchDesc: “SALADILLO,ARG:1/CAR:2 HIGHLY LUMn.OBJs HVR/1hr:1 LANDS/FIELD:1 SHOOTS >>N:NFD”, LatLong: “-35.633335 -59.800003”, LatLongDMS: “35:38:00 S 59:48:00 W”, Locale: “Pasture”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Buenos Aires”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 23990 (8E207373)

Date: 2/25/1964
Location: Liberty, NY
Description: 8:30 p.m. Two pulsating white lights with reddish tinge paced an aircraft, twice turning and approaching it on apparent collision course. The pilot twice took evasive action. A third light joined the first two and they moved away after 5-10 minutes. (NICAP report form.) (NICAP: 11 - Aviation Cases)
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_2690

Event 23991 (C1F70F84)

Date: 2/28/1964
Location: PACIFIC 170° 00W-50° 40N
Description: Project Bluebook Case #unknown. Military observer(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 72)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_6913

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: “Pacific Ocean and non - Asian islands”, Credibility: “7”, Duration: “1”, Elev: “0”, HatchDesc: “PACIFIC 170°00W-50°40N:BBK#UNKN:MIL OBS:NFD AT ALL”, LatLong: “50.666669 -170.000008”, LatLongDMS: “50:40:00 N 170:00:00 W”, Locale: “High Seas”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “ALU”, Strangeness: “4”

Event 23992 (282E93F1)

Date: 2/29/1964
Time: 14:00
Location: PLYMPTON, SOUTH AUSTRALIA
Description: 2 boys. Large saucer going down [to] and going up / paddock. Tall figure exits and walks around…
Type: sighting
Reference: Database/website: BASTERFIELD, KEITH: ENTCAT97.DOC: Catalog of Australian Entity and related reports: October 1997
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_6914

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CST: Observer(s) in coastal area/just offshore, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, SCR: Classic saucer/disk/sphere shaped UFO, PSH: Pseudo-human: Clone/organic robot/human-like, FIG: Undefined or poorly seen figure/entity, LND: UFO landing or any part touches ground

Extra Data: Country: “Australia”, Credibility: “6”, Duration: “10”, HatchDesc: “PLYMPTON,S.AUSTRL:2 BOYS:LRG SCR ↓+↑/PADDOCK:TALL FIG EXITS+WALKS AROUND…”, LatLong: “-34.950002 138.550007”, LatLongDMS: “34:57:00 S 138:33:00 E”, Locale: “Residential”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “South Australia”, Strangeness: “8”

Event 23993 (93201F45)

Date: 2/29/1964
Locations: Nevada; California
Description: President Lyndon B. Johnson holds a press conference to announce that the US has repeatedly broken the Soviet’s world record for air speed by a secret aircraft called the A-11—a fictitious name for the Air Force’s YF- 12, a twin-seat version of the Lockheed A-12 built as an interceptor. He says the A-11 can fly more than 2,000 mph at an altitude of 70,000 feet. The YF-12A is announced in part to continue hiding the A-12, its still-secret ancestor; any sightings of CIA/Air Force A-12s based at Area 51 in Nevada can be attributed to the well- publicized Air Force YF-12As based at Edwards Air Force Base in California.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Jacobsen, Area 51, pp. 232–233
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_3759

Event 23994 (8E612C8B)

Date: 2/29/1964
Description: Two 10-year-old boys named Mathlin and Jensen saw a glowing disc with landing gear land in a nearby paddock in Plympton, South Australia at two o’clock in the afternoon. The craft had windows and a dome. A door on the craft opened and a seven foot tall occupant with copper skin emerged and walked around. The humanoid wore a tight fitting bluish-black tunic, a purple cape, and a leather-like helmet. He also wore a box in the front attached to his belt. A second occupant was seen through the windows inside the craft.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: Bill Chalker & Keith Basterfield, Australian Catalogue of Close Encounter Type Three Reports, p. 15; Michael Hervey, UFOs Over the Southern Hemisphere, p. 190; UFO Research Australia, case files, case SA64002; David F. Webb & Ted Bloecher, HUMCAT: Catalogue of Humanoid Reports, case A0583, citing FSR, July-August 1970, p. 32
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_1188

Event 23995 (9C445B49)

Date: 3/1964
Time: 23:00
Location: PETROPAVLOVSK, KAZAKH
Description: 4 observer(s). 2 saucers maneuver. Beam hits men going [to] psyco-effects. / LDLN#204.
Type: sighting
Reference: VALLEE, Jacques: UFO CHRONICLES of the SOVIET UNION; Ballentine Books HB 1992. 212pp. (Index 186)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_6915

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, HQO: High-quality observer(s), TLP: Telepathy, 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, MIL: Military investigation

Extra Data: Country: “Kazakh Republic”, Credibility: “8”, Duration: “2”, HatchDesc: “PETROPAVLOVSK,KAZAKH:4 OBS:2 SCRS MNVR:BEAM HITS MEN>PSYCO-EFFECTS:/LDLN#204”, LatLong: “54.883336 69.216670”, LatLongDMS: “54:53:00 N 69:13:00 E”, Locale: “Metropolis”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “SVK”, Strangeness: “9”

Event 23996 (D0C853BD)

Date: 3/1964
Locations: Cleveland, Ohio; Atlanta, Georgia
Description: Allen H. Greenfield, Rick Hilberg, and Dale Rettig begin publishing the American UFO Committee Review in preparation for their first Congress of Scientific Ufologists meeting in Cleveland, Ohio. Greenfield publishes the journal in Atlanta, Georgia, for seven issues, until fall 1966.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: American UFO Committee Review 1, no. 1 (March 1964)
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_3760

Event 23997 (ADA3C00D)

Date: 3/2/1964
Description: An elongated, silver object was seen hovering in the sky for two minutes over Grassmere, South Australia.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: Flying Saucers, January-February 1966, p. 53
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_1244

Event 23998 (46153978)

Date: 3/7/1964
Description: Betty Hill has her first hypnosis session with Benjamin Simon. Betty’s account closely matches her dreams from 2 years earlier, and her account is consistent with Barney’s. Many abduction elements come to light: telepathic commands, semen extraction, a rectal probe, skin scrapings, a pregnancy test with a needle, the Star Map. The aliens are 5 feet tall with gray skin, oddly shaped heads, and broad foreheads. Simon discounts the possibility of an alien abduction and prefers to think that Betty’s dream influenced Barney’s memories. The Hills do not agree.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Wikipedia, “Barney and Betty Hill”
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_3761

Event 23999 (5D11A098)

Date: 3/8/1964
Location: VOSHOD 2
Description: Russian cosmonauts report unidentified object as they re-enter earth atmosphere.
Type: sighting
Reference: HYNEK & VALLEE: The EDGE of REALITY, A Progress Report, Chicago, Regnery 1975. 301pp 24cm (Index 64)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_6916

Attributes: MIL: Observer(s) military, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, HQO: High-quality observer(s), MID: Likely mis-identification, SCR: Classic saucer/disk/sphere shaped UFO, CIG: Torpedo/cigar/cylinder shaped UFO, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), TCH: New technical details/clues

Extra Data: Country: “Earth Orbit or seen from space stations/capsules”, Credibility: “7”, Duration: “1”, HatchDesc: “VOSHOD 2:RUSS COSMONAUTS REPORT UID OBJECT AS THEY RE-ENTER EARTH ATMOSPHERE”, LatLong: “90.000004 -0.000000”, LatLongDMS: “90:00:00 N 00:00:00 W”, Locale: “Residential”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “RUS”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 24000 (EF3B29B0)

Date: 3/12/1964
Location: 37.0000 -116.0000
Description: Nuclear test: Underground, confirmed. Country: USA Name: “Handicap” 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_357

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: “Handicap”, NukeSource: “NV209”, NukeType: “NUCU”, NukeYMax: “20”

Event 24001 (AE89581E)

Date: 3/13/1964
Time: 16:02:00.1
Location: 37.0505 -116.0115
Description: Nuclear test: Underground, confirmed. Country: USA Name: “Pike” 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_358

Extra Data: LatLong: “37.0505 -116.0115”, LatLongDMS: “37:03:02 N 116:00:41 W”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, NukeCountry: “USA”, NukeDepth: “0.11”, NukeName: “Pike”, NukeSource: “SPRINGER”, NukeType: “NUCU”, NukeYMax: “20”

Event 24002 (0D427380)

Date: 3/13/1964
Description: At 6:17 p.m. a UFO paced a vehicle being driven by a man named Grazier along Salt Creek, Tilley, South Australia. The object was estimated to be 200 feet long, silver in color, and made a whining noise as it chased the car.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: Keith Basterfield, UFO Research South Australia, case SA64005; Ray Palmer, Flying Saucers, January-February 1966, p. 53; Michael Hervey, UFOs Over the Southern Hemisphere, p. 190
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_1452

Event 24003 (F74D900E)

Date: 3/14/1964
Location: PACIFIC 171° 40W-43° 01N
Description: Project Bluebook Case #unknown. Military observer(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 72)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_6917

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: “Pacific Ocean and non - Asian islands”, Credibility: “7”, Duration: “1”, Elev: “0”, HatchDesc: “PACIFIC 171°40W-43°01N:BBK#UNK:MIL OBS:NFD AT ALL”, LatLong: “43.016669 -171.666675”, LatLongDMS: “43:01:00 N 171:40:00 W”, Locale: “High Seas”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “NPC”, Strangeness: “5”

Event 24004 (E3D6817C)

Date: 3/15/1964
Time: 08:00:00.4
Location: 49.8160 78.0752
Description: Nuclear test: Underground, confirmed. Country: USSR Yield: 20KT YieldMax: 150KT
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_1253

Extra Data: LatLong: “49.8160 78.0752”, LatLongDMS: “49:48:58 N 78:04:31 E”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, NukeCountry: “USSR”, NukeDepth: “0.00”, NukeMb: “5.60”, NukeSource: “BOCHAROV”, NukeType: “NUCS”, NukeY: “20”, NukeYMax: “150”

Event 24005 (17CAF20F)

Date: 4/1964
Location: ITALY, Catania (Sicily)
Description: (Translated from French) (cf: 4 Sept. 62) Siragusa is able to take a ride in a saucer for the first time. He meets other humans, including the Italian mechanic Luciano Galli from Bologna, who had been contacted by Venusians since 1957. Siragusa had at least 19 close encounters with extraterrestrials between 1962 and 1978, and almost every time he was forced to write messages to heads of state. (April 1964)
Reference: Mitarbeiter, “Ufo Geheimnisse”, Berlin, January 1998
Reference: Mini catalogue chronologique des observations OVNI, by Godelieve Van Overmeire
Source: Overmeire, ID: Overmeire_2274

Event 24006 (07FD5C2F)

Date: 4/1964
Location: USA - MADAGASCAR
Description: (Translated from French) The first case dates back to April 1964, when the satellite “TRANSIT 5” fell back into the Indian Ocean, very close to Madagascar; it simply could not be placed in orbit, its carrier rocket having communicated an insufficient speed to it. The radioactive fuel which was on board to power a radio-isotopic generator, burned in the atmosphere. It was plutonium 238. (“The War of the Satellites” - Volume 3 - Pierre Kohler, ed. Famot 1982, p. 116) This military navigation satellite was loaded with one kilo of plutonium. The radio-isotopic thermo-electric generator (RTG) burned in the atmosphere, according to what is said, releasing its radioactive material. (April 1964)
Reference: The Associated Press
Reference: Mini catalogue chronologique des observations OVNI, by Godelieve Van Overmeire
Source: Overmeire, ID: Overmeire_2275

Event 24007 (222235A5)

Date: 4/1964
Location: NEAR MISSOULA, MT
Description: Saucer visits ranch several times. Beams follow 2. Tot abduction repeatedly.
Type: sighting
Reference: MUFON UFO JOURNAL, Seguin, TX USA. Monthly. (Index 252)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_6918

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, HQO: High-quality observer(s), SCR: Classic saucer/disk/sphere shaped UFO, OID: Humanoid: Small alien or “Grey”, RAY: Odd light/searchlight/beam/laser-like, CVS: Conversation/communication, NUC: Nuclear facility related, LND: UFO landing or any part touches ground

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “7”, Duration: “16”, Elev: “975”, HatchDesc: “nr MISSOULA,MT:SCR VISITS RANCH SVRL TIMES:BEAMS FOLO 2:TOT ABD REPEATEDLY”, LatLong: “46.866669 -114.000005”, LatLongDMS: “46:52:00 N 114:00:00 W”, Locale: “Pasture”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Montana”, Strangeness: “10”

Event 24008 (5AA72294)

Date: 4/1/1964
Location: UK
Description: The UK Air Ministry, Admiralty, and War Office are consolidated into a new Ministry of Defence. The Air Ministry becomes the Air Force Department, within which is a secretariat called S4 (Air) that deals with, among other things, UFO reports from the public. Another office, Defense Secretariat 8, is created under the authority of the Secretary of State and also has authority over UFO reporting.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Wikipedia, “Ministry of Defence (United Kingdom)”; Good Above, pp. 58–59
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_3762

Event 24009 (E1A8415C)

Date: 4/3/1964
Description: (Translated from French) In Monticello (Wisconsin), a young anthropologist and his family observe from their car lights of several colors, apparently fixed on a huge rigid structure. They approach, slow down, tilt like a pivoting object, stop at the same time as the vehicle, then accelerate and quickly disappear into the sky. (April 3)
Reference: case Blue Book #8729 unsolved
Reference: rr0 - Beau
Source: rr0, ID: rr0_2039

Event 24010 (581F24D8)

Date: 4/3/1964
Time: 21:00
Location: MONTICELLO, WI
Description: Project Bluebook Case #8729. Scientist and 3 / car. 4 huge red night lights in formation / tilts. / r8#594.
Type: sighting
Reference: WILKINS, Harold T.: FLYING SAUCERS ON THE ATTACK; Ace Books, NY PB 1967. (Index 315)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_6919

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), MIL: Military investigation, BBK: Project BLUEBOOK

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “9”, Duration: “4”, Elev: “183”, HatchDesc: “MONTICELLO,WI:BBK#8729:SCIENTIST+3/CAR:4 HUGE RED NLTS/FORMn/TILTS:/r8#594”, LatLong: “42.761113 -89.727782”, LatLongDMS: “42:45:40 N 89:43:40 W”, Locale: “Pasture”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Wisconsin”, Strangeness: “4”

Event 24011 (C8A2EE08)

Date: 4/3/1964
Location: Monticello, WI
Description: 4 huge red lights in a rectangular formation (NICAP: 01 - Distant Encounters, BB: 8729)
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_2691

Event 24012 (CD7BF71A)

Date: 4/3/1964
Time: 2100
Location: Monticello, Wisconsin
Description: Four people in a car observed a rigid configuration of intense red and white lights, apparently attached to a large object that came to ground level, hovered, and flew off very fast as they were driving about 2 km west of Monticello.
Type: ufo sighting
Reference: Atic; Challenge 31 (Vallee)
Source: ValléeMagonia, ID: Magonia_594

Event 24013 (7674073B)

Date: 4/3/1964
Time: 9 PM
Location: Monticello, Wisconsin
Description: Witnesses: Mr. and Mrs. R. Wold (he was a graduate student in anthropology). Four huge red lights in a rectangular formation, with a white light above, were near the ground, tilted and flew away after 3-4 minutes.
Type: ufo sighting
Reference: BlueBook Unknowns PDF
Source: BerlinerBBUnknowns, ID: BerlinerBBU_498

Event 24014 (6C8CB4EA)

Date: 4/3/1964
Location: Monticello, Wisconsin
Description: 9:00 p.m. R. Wold, a graduate student in anthropology, and two others see four huge red lights in a rectangular formation, with a white light above, near the ground about one mile west of Monticello, Wisconsin. It tilts and flies away.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Sparks, p. 296
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_3763

Event 24015 (27C67EC9)

Date: 4/3/1964
Description: At 9:00 p.m. Mr. R. Wold, a graduate student in anthropology, his wife, and two others in their car saw four huge red lights in a rectangular formation near the ground in Monticello, Wisconsin. There was an intense white light above the four red lights, apparently attached to a large object that came to very near ground level, hovered, tilted, and flew off very fast as they were driving about two kilometers west of Monticello. The sighting lasted from three to four minutes.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: Don Berliner, Project Bluebook UFO Unknowns; Don Berliner, Australasian Ufologist, April 1999, p. 51; Jacques Vallee, Passport to Magonia: A Century of Landings, case 594; Thomas M. Olsen, The Reference for Outstanding UFO Reports, case 88; UNICAT database, case 384, citing Thomas Olsen and others
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_1815

Event 24016 (6F536081)

Date: 4/7/1964
Time: 13:00?
Location: POCINHOS, PARAIBA, BRAZIL
Description: UFO lands. 3 small humanoids (or Greys) with backpacks exit and take rocks and plants etc.
Type: sighting
Reference: PRATT, Bob: UFO DANGER ZONE - Terror and Death in Brazil. Horus House Press, Madison, WI 1996 (Index 264)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_6920

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: “Brazil”, Credibility: “6”, Duration: “5”, Elev: “657”, HatchDesc: “POCINHOS,PARAIBA,BRZL:UFO LANDS:3 OIDS W/BACKPACKS EXIT+TAKE ROCKS+PLANTS etc.”, LatLong: “-7.066667 -36.050002”, LatLongDMS: “07:04:00 S 36:03:00 W”, Locale: “Residential”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “PBA”, Strangeness: “8”

Event 24017 (3991B689)

Date: 4/7/1964
Description: Three humanoids exited a landed UFO at one o’clock in the afternoon in Pocinhos, Brazil. They collected rock and plant specimens.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: Bob Pratt, UFO Danger Zone: Terror and Death in Brazil–Where Next? p. 264
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_1880

Event 24018 (91809343)

Date: 4/8/1964
Location: IN SPACE
Description: (Translated from French) The GEMINI capsule (unmanned) was joined by four UFOs which deployed in formation around it (2 above, 1 beside, 1 below) and did not leave it during the entire orbit. (Jacques POTTIER: “Les Soucoupes volantes” - DE VECCHI - 1974 - p. 42 (Jean-Francis CROLARD: “L’énigme des E.T.” - éd. Guy TREDANIEL 1995, p. 34, 35). This position was maintained during the entire orbit, after which the objects moved away and disappeared into space at great speed. (April 8, 1964)
Reference: 1989 - listing and research by Harvey S. Stewart
Reference: Mini catalogue chronologique des observations OVNI, by Godelieve Van Overmeire
Source: Overmeire, ID: Overmeire_2276

Event 24019 (4FEA5D6C)

Date: 4/8/1964
Description: (Translated from French) As the first space capsule Gemini was put into orbit around the globe, 4 objects of unknown origin rushed towards it and positioned 2 above, 1 below and 1 behind, and followed it for an entire orbit. (April 8, 11am)
Reference: Charles Garreau, facts reported by 2 scientists who witnessed the test
Reference: rr0 - Beau
Source: rr0, ID: rr0_2040

Event 24020 (5D9B15F9)

Date: 4/8/1964
Location: GROUND STATIONS
Description: 4 UFO’s surround Gemini capsule. Follow around earth / 1 orbit! / r246p85.
Type: sighting
Reference: UFO INVESTIGATOR: NICAP: Kensington, MD & Washington, DC [defunct]. University Microfilms, Ann Arbor, MI 48106 (Index 41)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_6921

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CST: Observer(s) in coastal area/just offshore, SEA: Observer(s) at sea, AIR: Observer(s) on aircraft, MIL: Observer(s) military, HQO: High-quality observer(s), SCI: Scientist involvement, NLT: Nightlights/points of light, PRB: Probe: Possibly remote controlled, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), OBS: Observation/chasing vehicles, VEH: Vehicle affected: Marks/damage/EME effects, RDR: Radar traces/blips

Extra Data: Country: “Earth Orbit or seen from space stations/capsules”, Credibility: “6”, Duration: “244”, Elev: “0”, HatchDesc: “GND Stns:4 UFOS SURROUND GEMINI CAPSULE:FOLO AROUND EARTH/1 ORBIT!:/r246p85”, LatLong: “90.000004 -0.000000”, LatLongDMS: “90:00:00 N 00:00:00 W”, Locale: “Residential”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “GMN”, Strangeness: “8”

Event 24021 (4593A3A0)

Date: 4/9/1964
Location: PACIFIC 171° 00E-35° 50N
Description: Project Bluebook Case #unknown. Cape Kennedy RADAR’s object pursuing missile?
Type: sighting
Reference: GOOD, Timothy: ABOVE TOP SECRET; Sidgewick & Jackson, London 1987 & Quill Books, 1988. 592pp. (Index 367)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_6922

Attributes: SEA: Observer(s) at sea, 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: “Pacific Ocean and non - Asian islands”, Credibility: “6”, Duration: “1”, Elev: “0”, HatchDesc: “PACIFIC 171°00E-35°50N:BBK#UNK:CAPE KENNEDY RDRS OBJ PURSUING MISSILE?”, LatLong: “35.833335 171.000008”, LatLongDMS: “35:50:00 N 171:00:00 E”, Locale: “High Seas”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “NPC”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 24022 (761A5721)

Date: 4/9/1964
Time: 08:10
Location: ARDMORE, OK
Description: Blue Book. Observer(s) = Rollins. Huge cylinder/cigar-shape with portholes / 10 second(s). Vanishes / thin air. No further details.
Type: sighting
Reference: VALLEE, Jacques: CHALLENGE to SCIENCE, The UFO ENIGMA; Henry Regnery 1966 & Ballentine Books, NY 1974. PB (Index 42)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_6923

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, MIL: Military investigation, BBK: Project BLUEBOOK, CMF: Camouflage/disguise

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “6”, Duration: “1”, Elev: “257”, HatchDesc: “ARDMORE,OK:BBK:OBS=ROLLINS:HUGE CGR W/PORTHOLES/10sec:VANISHES/THIN AIR:NFD”, LatLong: “34.172224 -97.144449”, LatLongDMS: “34:10:20 N 97:08:40 W”, Locale: “Oil & Coal”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Oklahoma”, Strangeness: “8”

Event 24023 (8474038B)

Date: 4/10/1964
Location: Merced, CA
Description: 6-12 UFOs / F-106’s Scrambled (NICAP: 09 - RADAR Cases, Code: R, Rating: 5) (NICAP: 11 - Aviation Cases)
Reference: NICAP: 640410
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_2692

Event 24024 (5DB00E4D)

Date: 4/11/1964
Description: (Translated from French) Sighting in Homer (New York). (April 11)
Reference: case Blue Book #8739 unsolved
Reference: rr0 - Beau
Source: rr0, ID: rr0_2041

Event 24025 (19F729EE)

Date: 4/11/1964
Time: 18:30
Location: NORTHWEST / HOMER, NY
Description: Project Bluebook Case #8739. Cop and MD and 2. Bright vertical cylinder/cigar-shape hovers. Offloads saucers and away. / r70p3-89.
Type: sighting
Reference: VALLEE, Jacques: UFO’S IN SPACE - Anatomy of a Phenomenon; Henry Regnery 1966 & Ballentine PB 1974 294pp. (Index 213)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_6924

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, TCH: New technical details/clues, MIL: Military investigation, BBK: Project BLUEBOOK, OGA: Non-Covert Government Agencies

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “9”, Duration: “45”, Elev: “340”, HatchDesc: “NW/HOMER,NY:BBK#8739:COP+MD+2:BRITE VERT.CGR HVRS:OFFLOADS SCRS+AWAY:/r70p3-89”, LatLong: “42.750002 -76.261115”, LatLongDMS: “42:45:00 N 76:15:40 W”, Locale: “Mountains”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “New York”, Strangeness: “7”

Event 24026 (1B08FAAC)

Date: 4/11/1964
Location: Homer, NY
Description: 2 cloud-like objects darken, one shot away and returned (NICAP: 01 - Distant Encounters, BB: 8739)
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_2694

Event 24027 (04541069)

Date: 4/11/1964
Time: 6:30 PM
Location: Homer, New York
Description: Witnesses: physiotherapist W.B. Ochsner and wife. Two cloud-like objects darkened; one shot away and returned during the 30-45 minute sighting.
Type: ufo sighting
Reference: BlueBook Unknowns PDF
Source: BerlinerBBUnknowns, ID: BerlinerBBU_499

Event 24028 (02A8E9FA)

Date: 4/11/1964
Locations: Homer, New York; 10 miles northwest of Homer, New York
Description: 6:30 p.m. Physiotherapist William B. Ochsner and his wife and two children are having a picnic on a hill about 10 miles northwest of Homer, New York. They see an unusually wide vapor trail in the sky stretching from northeast to southwest. At the far end of the white trail is a smoky, spiral portion about one mile long. The vapor trail drifts off. After 10 minutes, Ochsner notices that the spiral portion is still visible, having moved a bit to the west. With binoculars, he sees wisps of smoke streaming out of it. It changes from a horizontal to a vertical position with greater smoke activity. It stops and hangs there for 2–3 minutes before sinking into the clouds. After another 3 minutes, they see a horizontal pencil-shaped object moving from left to right on the horizon. A flash of white light erupts from its end and shoots forward a short distance then stops. It becomes thick in the middle, a cloud of smoke emanates from it, and it shoots backward rapidly. Again it hovers and changes to a saucer shape. It then divides into two parts, one above the other. The top object slowly recedes into the distance, while the bottom objects heads downward at a 45° angle, divides in two again, with the top part fading away and the bottom part assuming a vertical pencil shape, which fades away. The whole display takes 45 minutes.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: J. Allen Hynek, The UFO Experience, Ballantine ed., 1974, pp. 60–61; Herbert S. Taylor, “Satellite Objects and Cloud Cigars,” IUR 29, no. 1 (Spring 2004): 7–9; Sparks, p. 297
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_3764

Event 24029 (FD6FA537)

Date: 4/11/1964
Description: In Homer, New York at 6:30 p.m. physiotherapist W.B. Ochsner and his wife observed two cloud-like objects darken in the sky. One shot away and returned during some 30-45 minutes later.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: J. Allen Hynek case files; Don Berliner, Project Bluebook UFO Unknowns
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_1953

Event 24030 (A6FC292A)

Date: 4/13/1964
Location: WALTHAMSTOW, LONDON
Description: Several observer(s). 9’ silver cylinder/cigar-shape crashes going [to] canal. Scars cement siding.
Type: sighting
Reference: SANDERSON, Ivan: INVISIBLE RESIDENTS; World Publishing HB 1970 & Avon Books PB 1973 (Index 226)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_6925

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, HQO: High-quality observer(s), NWS: News media report, CIG: Torpedo/cigar/cylinder shaped UFO, SUB: Submersible: Rises from or submerges into water, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), LND: UFO landing or any part touches ground

Extra Data: Country: “Great Britain and Ireland”, Credibility: “9”, Duration: “1”, HatchDesc: “WALTHAMSTOW,LONDON:SVRL OBS:9’SLVR CGR CRASHES>CANAL:SCARS CEMENT SIDING”, LatLong: “51.566669 -0.016667”, LatLongDMS: “51:34:00 N 00:01:00 W”, Locale: “Town & City”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “England”, Strangeness: “8”

Event 24031 (2727FF17)

Date: 4/14/1964
Time: 09:40
Location: NEAR MAGALIA, CA
Description: Truck malfunctions due to EME (electro-magnetic effects). Mans hair stand / end. Domed saucer / hose sucks water / canal.
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 21)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_6926

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), SMP: Sampling of plant/animal/soil/tissue/specimens, SIG: Signals/responses to/from/between UFO’s/occupants/observers, CVS: Conversation/communication, 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: “USA”, Credibility: “6”, Duration: “10”, Elev: “732”, HatchDesc: “nr MAGALIA,CA:TRUCK EMEs:MANS HAIR STAND/END:DOMED SCR/HOSE SUCKS WATER/CANAL”, LatLong: “39.811113 -121.577784”, LatLongDMS: “39:48:40 N 121:34:40 W”, Locale: “Pasture”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “California”, Strangeness: “8”

Event 24032 (FAE624D5)

Date: 4/14/1964
Time: 14:40:00.1
Location: 37.1289 -116.0298
Description: Nuclear test: Underground, confirmed. Country: USA Name: “Hook” 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_359

Extra Data: LatLong: “37.1289 -116.0298”, LatLongDMS: “37:07:44 N 116:01:47 W”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, NukeCountry: “USA”, NukeDepth: “0.20”, NukeName: “Hook”, NukeSource: “SPRINGER”, NukeType: “NUCU”, NukeYMax: “20”

Event 24033 (7BB93BF8)

Date: 4/15/1964
Alternate date: 4/24/1964
Location: Holloman AFB
Description: USAF Intelligence officer meets with 2 Aliens at prearranged location in the desert of New Mexico near Holloman AFB. Project SIGMA operates at AFB, New Mexico.
Type: alien meeting
Reference: Pea Research (B1-A)
Source: Maj2, ID: Maj2_618

Event 24034 (C5C89C08)

Date: 4/15/1964
Time: 14:30:00.1
Location: 37.0439 -116.0184
Description: Nuclear test: Underground, confirmed. Country: USA Name: “Sturgeon” 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_360

Extra Data: LatLong: “37.0439 -116.0184”, LatLongDMS: “37:02:38 N 116:01:06 W”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, NukeCountry: “USA”, NukeDepth: “0.15”, NukeName: “Sturgeon”, NukeSource: “SPRINGER”, NukeType: “NUCU”, NukeYMax: “20”

Event 24035 (76E1E467)

Date: 4/17/1964
Location: Fallon AFS, NV
Description: (McDonald list) Two Stacked Blips on AFS Radar (NICAP: 09 - RADAR Cases, Code: R, Rating: 3, BB: BBU)
Reference: NICAP: 640417
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_2695

Event 24036 (0C2DD800)

Date: 4/17/1964
Location: 37.0000 -116.0000
Description: Nuclear test: Underground, confirmed. Country: USA Name: “Bogey” 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_361

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: “Bogey”, NukeSource: “NV209”, NukeType: “NUCU”, NukeYMax: “20”

Event 24037 (5FC4CA79)

Date: 4/17/1964
Description: At 7:22 a.m. local time, Airman Edward Lowe, a radar operator at the Fallon Air Force Station, Nevada picked up on his ground radar unit two blips flying in stacked formation making rapid changes in altitude. They were first detected at 122 degrees, 60,000 feet, and at a range of 145 miles. Their motion was up and down. The length of the observation was 1 hour and 21 minutes, at which point the blips disappeared to the southeast. The official Air Force explanation was a mirage.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: Dan Wilson, www.nicap.org; Project Blue Book files counted in official statistics; J. Allen Hynek case files
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_2080

Event 24038 (77EEF029)

Date: 4/20/1964
Time: ~04:00
Location: MCMURDO NAS, ANT
Description: 6 / USCG C130. 9 UFO’s. Radio and RADAR electro-magnetic effect (EME). Engines stop. C130 keeps flying.
Type: sighting
Reference: The APRO BULLETIN: Monthly. Jim & Coral Lorenzen: Tucson,AZ (USA. defunct) By volume and number. (Index 351)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_6927

Attributes: CST: Observer(s) in coastal area/just offshore, AIR: Observer(s) on aircraft, MIL: Observer(s) military, HQO: High-quality observer(s), ODD: Atypical/Forteana/paranormal, SCR: Classic saucer/disk/sphere shaped UFO, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), MST: Missing time or time anomaly, VEH: Vehicle affected: Marks/damage/EME effects, PHT: Photos/movies/videos taken, RDR: Radar traces/blips, EME: Electro-Magnetic Effects, TCH: New technical details/clues, COV: Indication of coverup, CMF: Camouflage/disguise

Extra Data: Country: “Antarctic below 70 degrees South”, Credibility: “9”, Duration: “70”, HatchDesc: “McMURDO NAS,ANT:6/USCG C130:9 UFOS:RDO+RDR EME:ENGINES STOP:C130 KEEPS FLYING”, LatLong: “-77.066670 166.283341”, LatLongDMS: “77:04:00 S 166:17:00 E”, Locale: “Metropolis”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “MCM”, Strangeness: “12”

Event 24039 (052BA768)

Date: 4/20/1964
Location: McMurdo Station, Antarctica
Description: Early morning, During Operation Deep Freeze VII, six members of a US Coast Guard aircraft sight a V-formation of 9 glowing-white objects speeding at an estimated 35,000 feet altitude. They are flying a in a C-130 turbo-prop transport from McMurdo Station, Antarctica, with supplies. The right-side observer first sees the objects approaching at about 460 mph from above and to their right side. When they come abreast of the airplane, they slow to its speed. After a short time, they fly above the airplane and take up position above and to its left side. The pilot attempts to radio the ground but the radio is dead, and their radar also stops working. When the pilot tries to switch to auxiliary power, it too is not functioning. At one point the airplane’s engines stop (the oil begins to congeal in the cold air). Instead of losing altitude, it maintains “a steady altitude and course.” The airplane allegedly continues flying in complete silence, then it enters a “strange haze” (like a white-out) with the air filled with static electricity. There is electrical arcing from one observer’s body to metal inside the fuselage. The haze vanishes after about 20 minutes. The power suddenly returns, and the crew can restart the engines in sequence. The airplane has covered a distance of 305 miles during the 45–50 minutes at indicated airspeed of 184–218 knots.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: NICAP, “C-130 Crew Encounters UFO / EME to Radio and Radar”
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_3765

Event 24040 (E89EAD48)

Date: 4/20/1964
Description: Flying over Ross Island near McMurdo Sound Naval Air Station in Antarctica in the early morning hours, six members of the crew of a U.S. Coast Guard C-130 spotted nine bright white flying objects in a “V” formation. The UFOs came from above and paced along the left side of their transport plane. The aircraft entered a strange haze at 12,000 m altitude, and it experienced a total failure of the radar, radio, and engine. However, during this temporary engine failure the plane did not loose altitude. The entire encounter lasted about 45 minutes.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: APRO Bulletin, March 1981, p. 1; Richard F. Haines, Project Delta, p. 141
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_2155

Event 24041 (BC99756F)

Date: 4/22/1964
Time: 21:00
Location: EAST / LORDSBURG, NM
Description: 3 / car. Entire desert lit. 4M saucer buzzes car. Whines. Going quickly north. / r8#595.
Type: sighting
Reference: The APRO BULLETIN: Monthly. Jim & Coral Lorenzen: Tucson,AZ (USA. defunct) By volume and number. (Index 773)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_6928

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, VEH: Vehicle affected: Marks/damage/EME effects, SND: UFO sounds heard or recorded

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “7”, Duration: “3”, Elev: “1300”, HatchDesc: “E/LORDSBURG,NM:3/CAR:ENTIRE DESERT LIT:4M SCR BUZZES CAR:WHINES:>>N:/r8#595”, LatLong: “32.350002 -108.366672”, LatLongDMS: “32:21:00 N 108:22:00 W”, Locale: “Desert”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “New Mexico”, Strangeness: “7”

Event 24042 (0E97D5FF)

Date: 4/22/1964
Time: 2100
Location: Lordsbury, New Mexico
Description: Marie Morrow and two other persons were driving west, about 2O km east of Lordsbury when the entire area was illuminated by a bluish light “as bright as day,” and a round object flew about 3 m above the car, making a whining sound, then went north.
Type: ufo sighting
Reference: APRO May., 64 (Vallee)
Source: ValléeMagonia, ID: Magonia_595

Event 24043 (9A5579A3)

Date: 4/22/1964
Location: Lordsburg, New Mexico
Description: 9:00 p.m. Marie Morrow, Ruth Ovelette, and Morrow’s son are driving west about 10–15 miles east of Lordsburg, New Mexico, when a brilliantly luminous object sweeps about 10 feet above their car from behind, illuminating the interior and emitting a whirring, whining sound. The UFO then rises but maintains its course along the highway before veering toward the north and vanishes.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: “Huge Light Buzzed Car in New Mexico,” APRO Bulletin, May 1964, p. 10; Clark III 1091–1092
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_3766

Event 24044 (75844896)

Date: 4/22/1964
Description: Marie Morrow and two other people were driving west on a highway at 9:00 o’clock in the evening. When they were 20 kilometers east of Lordsburg, New Mexico the entire area became illuminated as bright as day by a bluish light. Then a disc-shaped object buzzed their car, coming to within three meters of their roof. It made a whining sound, then flew north.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: APRO Bulletin, May 1964, p. 10; Jacques Vallee, Passport to Magonia: A Century of Landings, p. 297
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_2214

Event 24045 (9A5C47E5)

Date: 4/23/1964
Description: A nine-foot in diameter lens-shaped UFO with a dome hovered six feet above the ground in Rivesville, West Virginia at 7:30 a.m. making a humming sound. It extended a three-foot wide cylinder to ground, and a black figure, three to four feet tall, with painted ears and a tail emerged, collecting grass and dirt samples. The creature got back in the craft and it took off vertically. The witness was a woman named Ms. Frederick.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: Ted Phillips, Physical Traces Associated with UFO Sightings, case 681; David F. Webb & Ted Bloecher, HUMCAT: Catalogue of Humanoid Reports, case A0585, citing Gray Barker; Gray Barker, Saga UFO Report, December 1976, p. 33; Jacques Vallee, Passport to Magonia: A Century of Landings, case 644 (Vallee mistakenly listed the date as 1965)
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_2253

Event 24046 (DF20939F)

Date: 4/24/1964
Location: USA, Newark Valley (New York)
Description: (Translated from French) Gary Thelbert Wilcox was farming with his wife. At 10 o’clock this Friday he was spreading manure with his spreader on the fields to the east of the farm. The weather was clear with sunshine. While he was working he looked up to the top of the hill and noticed a shiny object up there: at first glance he thought it was a refrigerator. He realized it was not one. He directed the tractor with the spreader up the hill, and at 100 m from the object he thought it might be a tank that had fallen from an airplane. He stopped and walked the remaining 100 m. This thing was above the ground, the size of a bit more than a large car, of an oblong shape somewhat like an egg. It was absolutely smooth and aluminum-colored. He touched it: the metal seemed harder to him than aluminum. He does not know if the craft was hovering or resting on feet. It measured about 6 m long by 1.20 m high, and from 4.50 m to 5 m wide. Two small men came out from under this object - tank. He does not know where they came from. Each of them was carrying a tray made of the same material as the craft. There were tufts of grass on the trays. The small men stopped less than a meter from the witness. Then it seemed to him - because their voices did not sound like those of human beings - that one of them said to him: “Do not be afraid, we have already spoken to people”. The witness understood perfectly but does not know if they were speaking in English. They were quite wide for such small people. They had arms and legs but the witness does not know anything about their hands or feet. They seemed to have some kind of clothing that covered the place where normally there should have been a head. When they raised their arms he saw a bulge where we have an elbow. The color of the complete and totally flexible suit was aluminum white, without seams or pockets. They said: “We come from what you call the planet Mars”. They then asked him what he was doing. He explained that he was spreading manure and he had to explain it in more detail. The beings asked if they could have fertilizer. They also said that they could only come to Earth every two years. The conversation quickly moved from one subject to another. They added that they were monitoring people on Earth. (…) They went back under the ship, bent down a bit. Then there was a sound like the slowing down of a car and the object took off slowly and disappeared after traveling about 45 meters. (…) Around 4:30 pm he returned to the hill with a load of manure and he left a bag of fertilizer where he had seen them. The next morning the bag was gone.
Reference: Henry DURRANT: “First Investigations on ET Humanoids” - Laffont 1977 - pp. 93 to 98
Reference: Mini catalogue chronologique des observations OVNI, by Godelieve Van Overmeire
Source: Overmeire, ID: Overmeire_2277

Event 24047 (BDF3C5A9)

Date: 4/24/1964
Location: USA, Socorro (New Mexico)
Description: (Translated from French) RR3. In the afternoon of this day Lonnie Zamora, a former police sergeant already in the service, was patrolling the streets of Socorro in a car as part of a routine operation. Suddenly he saw a shining object descending towards the lower part of the city, a little outside. He later added that he then heard an enormous rumble. When he approached the edge of the ravine, he saw a strange egg-shaped object, 3 to 5 m long, resting on short metal feet. Apparently ignoring the witness’s presence, two small human-looking creatures wearing what seemed to be white or silver overalls were apparently examining or repairing a piece under the craft. As Zamora returned to his car, he looked back… At that precise moment the object projected a dazzling blue flame onto the sand where it was resting, then it rose with a deafening noise. Four deep imprints were found in the ravine where the object had landed, which Zamora identified as those of the craft’s feet. The surrounding bushes were charred and still smoking where the flames projected from the base of the object had reached them. (Henry DURRANT: “The UFO File” - Laffont 1973 - pp. 29-30) (Science et Vie, special edition 1997: 50 years of UFO, Atlas of Unsolved Cases, pp. 60 to 63) In April 1964, the same day Hynek was at Wright Field, Lonnie Zamora saw an egg-shaped object, now famous, which landed on four feet in the desert of New Mexico. It bore an insignia that strangely resembled the logo of Astropower, a Douglas subsidiary, founded in 1960, under the presidency of propulsion expert Y.C. Lee. I found a full page of four-color advertising for Astropower in the “Proceedings of the Radio Engineers”, special issue on computers, dated January 1961. In this advertisement Astropower “offers its services for the research and development of advanced space propulsion systems to subcontractors and government agencies”. ITS PROGRAM INCLUDES HIGH-ENERGY PROPULSION SYSTEMS OF NUCLEAR, CHEMICAL AND ELECTRIC TYPE; SOLID STATE ELEMENTS AND ENERGY CONVERSION EQUIPMENT. Mr. Lee would be happy to receive requests from “scientists with advanced degrees in plasma physics, nuclear physics and thermodynamics”.
Reference: Jacques Vallée: “Forbidden Science - Journal 1957 - 1969” O.P. Editions 1997, p. 276
Reference: Mini catalogue chronologique des observations OVNI, by Godelieve Van Overmeire
Source: Overmeire, ID: Overmeire_2278

Event 24048 (5EEB37E4)

Date: 4/24/1964
Description: (Translated from French) At Newark Valley (New York), meeting with Gary Wilcox. (10am)
Reference: rr0 - Beau
Source: rr0, ID: rr0_2042

Event 24049 (3FF66B21)

Date: 4/24/1964
Description: (Translated from French) At Soccorro (New Mexico), meeting of Lonnie Zamora. (17 h 45)
Reference: case Blue Book #8766 unsolved
Reference: rr0 - Beau
Source: rr0, ID: rr0_2043

Event 24050 (36286650)

Date: 4/24/1964
Time: 10:10
Location: TIOGA, NY
Description: Farm. Saucer going down. Small humanoids (or Greys) take soil and fertilizer. / r211p38 / r249p346+/ r4p58+/ r41p474.
Type: sighting
Reference: UFO INVESTIGATOR: NICAP: Kensington, MD & Washington, DC [defunct]. University Microfilms, Ann Arbor, MI 48106 (Index 35)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_6929

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, CNT: Contactee related, SCR: Classic saucer/disk/sphere shaped UFO, OID: Humanoid: Small alien or “Grey”, OBS: Observation/chasing vehicles, SMP: Sampling of plant/animal/soil/tissue/specimens, CVS: Conversation/communication, DRT: Dirt/soil traces/marks/footprints etc., VEG: Plants affected or sampled/crop circles, LND: UFO landing or any part touches ground, RDA: Radiation/high energy fields detected, TRC: Physical traces, TCH: New technical details/clues, SND: UFO sounds heard or recorded

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “4”, Duration: “120”, Elev: “247”, HatchDesc: “TIOGA,NY:FARM:SCR↓:OIDS TAKE SOIL+FERTILIZER:/r211p38/r249p346+/r4p58+/r41p474”, LatLong: “42.066669 -76.350004”, LatLongDMS: “42:04:00 N 76:21:00 W”, Locale: “Farmlands”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “New York”, Strangeness: “11”

Event 24051 (8D719F16)

Date: 4/24/1964
Time: 17:50
Location: SOCORRO, NM
Description: Cop. 4’ small humanoids (or Greys) by ovoid. Doors slam. Going quickly SSW. Physical traces. / r55p224+/ APRO 5’64+/ r67.
Type: sighting
Reference: UFO INVESTIGATOR: NICAP: Kensington, MD & Washington, DC [defunct]. University Microfilms, Ann Arbor, MI 48106 (Index 35)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_6930

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, HQO: High-quality observer(s), SCI: Scientist involvement, NWS: News media report, SCR: Classic saucer/disk/sphere shaped UFO, OID: Humanoid: Small alien or “Grey”, OBS: Observation/chasing vehicles, SMP: Sampling of plant/animal/soil/tissue/specimens, DRT: Dirt/soil traces/marks/footprints etc., VEG: Plants affected or sampled/crop circles, LND: UFO landing or any part touches ground, RDA: Radiation/high energy fields detected, TRC: Physical traces, TCH: New technical details/clues, MIL: Military investigation, BBK: Project BLUEBOOK, GSA: Covert Security Agency, OGA: Non-Covert Government Agencies, SND: UFO sounds heard or recorded, COV: Indication of coverup

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “8”, Duration: “10”, Elev: “1415”, HatchDesc: “SOCORRO,NM:COP:4’OIDS by OVOID:DOORS SLAM:>>SSW:TRCS:/r55p224+/APRO 5’64+/r67”, LatLong: “34.044446 -106.894450”, LatLongDMS: “34:02:40 N 106:53:40 W”, Locale: “Town & City”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “New Mexico”, Strangeness: “9”

Event 24052 (B3108126)

Date: 4/24/1964
Time: ~21:00
Location: EDGEWOOD, NM
Description: Truck malfunctions due to EME (electro-magnetic effects). .22 slugs Ping off saucer / 30M altitude. Saucer going north. / r79p21+/ MJ#252.
Type: sighting
Reference: The APRO BULLETIN: Monthly. Jim & Coral Lorenzen: Tucson,AZ (USA. defunct) By volume and number. (Index 775)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_6931

Attributes: 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, VEH: Vehicle affected: Marks/damage/EME effects, EME: Electro-Magnetic Effects, TCH: New technical details/clues, SND: UFO sounds heard or recorded

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “6”, Duration: “15”, Elev: “2025”, HatchDesc: “EDGEWOOD,NM:TRUCK EMES:.22 SLUGS PING OFF SCR/30M alt:SCR>N:/r79p21+/MJ#252”, LatLong: “35.061113 -106.188894”, LatLongDMS: “35:03:40 N 106:11:20 W”, Locale: “Farmlands”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, RelAlt: “30”, State/Prov: “New Mexico”, Strangeness: “7”

Event 24053 (330A21CC)

Date: 4/24/1964 (approximate)
Time: 23:30
Location: DORION, ONT
Description: 5 / woods. Large white beam searches very close. Saucer silent / low clouds. Going quickly northeast and up.
Type: sighting
Reference: Book: RULLAN, Tony: Retrieved lost BBK file: Dorion, ONT 1964 Paper copy on file.
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_6932

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CST: Observer(s) in coastal area/just offshore, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, HQO: High-quality observer(s), NLT: Nightlights/points of light, PRB: Probe: Possibly remote controlled, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), 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, BLD: Building/man-made structure/roads/power lines, MIL: Military investigation, BBK: Project BLUEBOOK, CMF: Camouflage/disguise

Extra Data: Country: “Canada”, Credibility: “9”, Duration: “15”, Elev: “211”, HatchDesc: “DORION,ONT:5/WOODS:LRG WHT BEAM SEARCHES VCLOSE:SRC SLNT/LOW CLOUDS:>>NE+UP”, LatLong: “48.766669 -88.500004”, LatLongDMS: “48:46:00 N 88:30:00 W”, Locale: “Forest”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Ontario”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 24054 (FA7E106B)

Date: 4/24/1964
Location: Socorro, NM
Description: Lonnie Zamora case (NICAP: 07 - Entity Cases, BB: 8766, NC)
Reference: NICAP: 640424
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_2696

Event 24055 (2D189AB0)

Date: 4/24/1964
Location: Newark Valley, NY
Description: Farmer found shiny elliptical object in field, confronted by two small humanoids who spoke with him (UFOE Section XII). (NICAP: 07 - Entity Cases)
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_2697

Event 24056 (BE54D6A4)

Date: 4/24/1964
Time: 1000
Location: Tioga City, New York
Description: Dairy farmer Gary T. Wilcox saw a shiny, egg-shaped object, about 8 m long and 6 m wide, in his field. He spoke in English to two dwarfs, 1.2 m tall, wearing seamless clothing and hoods, and carrying trays.
Type: ufo sighting
Reference: Humanoids 59; Magonia (Vallee)
Source: ValléeMagonia, ID: Magonia_596

Event 24057 (64F604B7)

Date: 4/24/1964
Time: 1745
Location: Socorro, New Mexico
Description: Policeman Lonnie Zamora observed the landing of a white craft, resting on four legs, in a depression 4 km outside Socorro. Near it were standing two figures, below average height, dressed in white. Within 30 m of the object, he saw a red insignia on its aluminumlike surface. It rose to 4 m with a strong roar, became silent, hovered and flew away. Traces.
Type: ufo sighting
Reference: Atic; Challenge 34; Humanoids 47; Magonia (Vallee)
Source: ValléeMagonia, ID: Magonia_597

Event 24058 (5F7E256F)

Date: 4/24/1964
Time: 5:45 PM
Location: Socorro, New Mexico
Description: Witness: Socorro policeman Lonnie Zamora. Watched object with flame underneath descend toward the desert. Two small humanoids observed near vertical oval on ground. Later watched object take off with a roar, go silent and fly away. Burning and charred brush found at landing sight.
Type: ufo sighting
Reference: BlueBook Unknowns PDF
Source: BerlinerBBUnknowns, ID: BerlinerBBU_500

Event 24059 (48BEF8E2)

Date: 4/24/1964
Location: Socorro, NM
Description: Whitish elliptical object with legs seen on ground by police officer, left imprints and scorched foliage when it took off
Type: sighting
Reference: The UFO Evidence by Richard H. Hall
Source: HallUFOEvidence2, ID: HallUFOE2_9

Event 24060 (C27CCACF)

Date: 4/24/1964
Location: Newark Valley, NY
Description: Farmer found shiny elliptical object in field, confronted by two small humanoids who spoke with him
Type: sighting
Reference: The UFO Evidence by Richard H. Hall
Source: HallUFOEvidence2, ID: HallUFOE2_10

Event 24061 (7C60D579)

Date: 4/24/1964
Time: 20:10:00.2
Location: 37.1496 -116.0554
Description: Nuclear test: Underground, confirmed. Country: USA Name: “Turf” Yield: 20KT YieldMax: 200KT
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_362

Extra Data: LatLong: “37.1496 -116.0554”, LatLongDMS: “37:08:59 N 116:03:19 W”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, NukeCountry: “USA”, NukeDepth: “0.51”, NukeMb: “5.20”, NukeName: “Turf”, NukeSource: “SPRINGER”, NukeType: “NUCU”, NukeY: “20”, NukeYMax: “200”

Event 24062 (A053E34C)

Date: 4/24/1964
Locations: Newark Valley, New York; Mars
Description: 10:00 a.m. Dairy farmer Gary Wilcox of Newark Valley, New York, is driving a tractor on his property when he sees a shiny object on the inside edge of a nearby patch of woods. He gets off the tractor and approaches the object, which is egg-shaped, 20 feet long, 16 feet wide, and four feet high. It is hovering two feet above the ground and making a sound like a car idling. He touches it and feels a hard metal. Two figures suddenly appear from under the object. They are 4 feet tall and 2 feet wide, dressed in seamless silvery garments. Each carries a tray filled with alfalfa, roots, soil, leaves, and brush. Wilcox hears a voice say, “Do not be alarmed. We have talked to people before.” They ask him what he is doing, and Wilcox says he is spreading manure. One humanoid asks if he can have some and converses some more about space exploration. They claim they are from Mars. After a while, the UFO takes off in a horizontal direction. Wilcox notices some small depressions where the figures were standing, as well as a thin, red, jellylike substance.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Olga M. Hotchkiss, “New York UFO and Its ‘Little People,’” Fate 17, no. 9 (September 1964): 38–42; Berthold E. Schwarz, “Gary Wilcox and the Ufonauts,” in Charles Bowen, ed., UFO Percipients, special issue no. 3 of FSR, September 1969, pp. 20–27; Clark III 795–799; Marcus Lowth, “The Gary Wilcox Occupant Encounter: The Fertilizer Case,” UFO Insight, December 27, 2018; Story, pp. 246–249
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_3767

Event 24063 (6A6B4E4B)

Date: 4/24/1964
Locations: Socorro, New Mexico; Box Canyon or Six Mile Canyon Mountain; White Sands Missile Range; Kirtland AFB; Goddard Space Flight Center
Description: Around 5:50 p.m. Socorro, New Mexico, police officer Lonnie Zamora, while chasing a speeder, hears a continuous roaring sound and sees a brilliant blue “cone of flame” in the sky to the south-southwest. The bottom of the flame is out of sight behind a hill. Thinking there has been an explosion, he tries to pursue it, turning off to the right on a rough gravel road, but loses sight of it while trying to get the car up a steep hill. By the time he reaches the top, the sound stops and the flame is no longer visible. He then notices a metallic object in a ravine about 450 feet away. At first, he thinks it is an overturned car, but then he sees “two figures in what resembled white coveralls, pretty close to the object on the northwest side, as if inspecting it.” One seems to turn in a startled way as if he hears Zamora’s car approaching. The figures are small, and the object is oval-shaped and positioned so its long axis is horizontal. Zamora loses sight of object as he drives through a dip in the road. He radios headquarters that he is investigating a possible car accident. He stops a second time and gets out, hearing 2–3 loud thumping noises like a door shutting hard. He walks three steps to the front of the car to possibly 50 feet away from the object when he hears a very load roar increasing in volume and sees a smokeless blue-orange flame coming from beneath. He notes a red insignia or lettering on the side of the object. Zamora thinks it is going to explode and runs away, putting the car between him and the object and dropping to the ground. He feels some slight heat from the flame. The roaring noise stops, and Zamora looks up to see the UFO flying away to the southwest at a level height, just clearing an 8-foot dynamite shack. He runs back to the patrol car and radios headquarters, just as the object climbs slowly and goes past Box Canyon or Six Mile Canyon Mountain (about 6 miles away). The entire incident takes place in less than 2 minutes. Police Sgt. M. S. Chavez arrives, and they find burning brush (including a badly damaged creosote bush) where the UFO has been, as well as four asymmetrically placed, trapezoidal imprints 12–16 inches long, 6–8 inches wide, and 4–6 inches deep. An FBI agent, D. Arthur Byrnes Jr., who has heard about it on the police radio, speaks with Zamora in the evening. He notifies army intelligence at White Sands Missile Range, who sends Capt. Richard T. Holder. Military police arrive and collect samples, working by flashlight. The next morning, Holder gets a call from a colonel at the war room of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, asking for a report. T/Sgt. David Moody from ATIC and Maj. William Conner from Kirtland AFB check the area for radioactivity on April 26. Hynek arrives on April 28 and interviews Zamora and Chavez. Richard H. Hall and Ray Stanford arrive for NICAP and obtain some metal traces on a rock in the landing area; they take the sample to NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center, where metallurgist Henry E. Frankel agrees to analyze the material. His tentative analysis suggests a zinc-iron alloy, perhaps from a zinc pail. In 1966, Blue Book chief Maj. Hector Quintanilla writes in a classified article in Studies in Intelligence that “This is the best-documented case on record, and still we have been unable, in spite of a thorough investigation, to find the vehicle or other stimulus that scared Zamora to the point of panic.” Some investigators think the case might involve a test of a Lunar Surveyor module from White Sands.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Wikipedia, “Lonnie Zamora incident”; NICAP, “Lonnie Zamora / Socorro Landing Case”; Sparks, p. 297; “UAO Landing in New Mexico,” APRO Bulletin, May 1964, pp. 1, 3–10; “Physical Evidence: Landing Reports,” UFO Investigator 2, no. 11 (July/Aug. 1964): 4–5; Coral Lorenzen, “UFO Lands in New Mexico,” Fate 17, no. 8 (August 1964): 27–38; Hector Quintanilla Jr., “The Investigation of UFOs,” Studies in Intelligence 10, no. 4 (February 1966): 95–110; Clark III 1083–1093; J. Allen Hynek, The UFO Experience, Ballantine ed., 1974, pp. 165–166; Hynek UFO Report, pp. 223–229; Good Above, pp. 343–345, 371–373; Story, pp. 341–344; Lorenzen, Encounters with UFO Occupants, Berkley Medallion, 1976, pp. 8–11; Ray Stanford, Socorro ‘Saucer’ in a Pentagon Pantry, Blueapple, 1976; “The Socorro, New Mexico, Landing: Additional Witnesses?” IUR 3, no. 9 (September 1978): 15; ClearIntent, pp. 139–141; Kenneth Eugene Firestone and Ronald L. Firestone, “Socorro, New Mexico: Revisited,” Ground Saucer Watch, 1981; Kim Hansen, “UFO Casebook,” UFOs 1947–1987, Fortean Tomes, 1987, pp. 62–66; Don Berliner, with Marie Galbreath and Antonio Huneeus, UFO Briefing Document: The Best Available Evidence, Dell, 2000, pp. 78–80; David E. Thomas, “A Different Angle on the Socorro UFO of 1964,” New Mexicans for Science and Reason, 2001; Paul Harden, “The 1964 Socorro UFO Incident,” El Defensor Chieftain, August 2, 2008; Kevin D. Randle, “Socorro UFO Landing Analysis,” A Different Perspective, November 22, 2009; Kevin D. Randle, “The Socorro Symbol: Resolved?” A Different Perspective, October 15, 2016; Kevin D. Randle, “No Socorro Solution by Chief of Project Blue Book,” A Different Perspective, November 7, 2017; Kevin D. Randle, “Zamora vs. People,” A Different Perspective, November 9, 2017; Kevin D. Randle, Encounter in the Desert: The Case for Alien Contact at Socorro, New Page, 2017; Justice Fodor, “Ray Stanford and His NASA-Goddard UFO-Metal Cover-Up Claim,” Alien Expanse, February 14, 2019; Center for UFO Studies, [correspondence]; Center for UFO Studies, [case files: Files 1 and 4R, Files 2, Files 3, MiscR, Zamora]; Center for UFO Studies, [Clippings1, Clippings2]
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_3768

Event 24064 (F92EDFB4)

Date: 4/24/1964
Description: Dairy farmer Gary T. Wilcox saw a shiny, egg-shaped object, about eight meters long and six meters wide, in his pasture in Tioga City, New York at around ten o’clock in the morning. He spoke in English to two short male occupants, 1.2 meters tall, wearing seamless clothing and hoods, and carrying trays.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: Jacques Vallee, Passport to Magonia: A Century of Landings, p. 195
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_2274

Event 24065 (D57BAF9E)

Date: 4/24/1964
Description: Police officer Lonnie Zamora was parked watching for speeders on the main highway south of Socorro, New Mexico at 5:45 in the afternoon when he saw an whitish metallic ovoid object land in the desert behind a rise. He drove his police cruiser over the rise and saw an ovoid object with four legs resting in a gully. Two four-foot tall beings in white spacesuits stood next to the landed UFO. They turned in his direction and then went inside the UFO. A loud roar was heard during a vertical takeoff as the object emitted a flame from the bottom. The foliage in the area was scorched black, and there were four holes in the ground surrounding the burned area. The case was personally investigated by Dr. J. Allen Hynek for Project Blue Book. Everyone, except UFO debunker Phillip Klass who visited Socorro four years later, regards the testimony of Mr. Zamora as highly credible. A married couple saw the object north of the city at 5:30 p.m. before it landed, and seven other witnesses saw it flying south of Socorro shortly before 6:00 p.m.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: Project Blue Book, case 8766; Thomas M. Olsen, Reference for Outstanding UFO Sighting Reports, pp. 92-97; Ray Stanford, Socorro Saucer in a Pentagon Pantry, Austin, Texas: Blueapple Books, 1976
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_2275

Event 24066 (84583918)

Date: 4/25/1964
Description: (Translated from French) An Intelligence Officer from the USAF meets two extraterrestrials at an agreed upon rendezvous point in the desert of New Mexico. The contact lasts approximately 3 hours, during which the USAF officer is able to exchange basic information with the two extraterrestrials. (April 25)
Reference: rr0 - Beau
Source: rr0, ID: rr0_2044

Event 24067 (F027DAB9)

Date: 4/25/1964
Locations: US Hwy 70; Mescalero; Tularosa, New Mexico; Round Mountain
Description: Morning. J. D. Hatch is driving on US Hwy 70 between Mescalero and Tularosa, New Mexico, when a bright oval object descends and seemingly lands on the other side of Round Mountain east of Tularosa.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Clark III 1092
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_3769

Event 24068 (C40C3047)

Date: 4/25/1964
Locations: US Hwy 84; Abiquiu; Espanola, New Mexico
Description: Evening. Two motorists driving on US Hwy 84 between Abiquiu and Espanola, New Mexico, see a strange object that is definitely not an airplane fly straight toward their car before shooting away. All they can see is a blue-flamed exhaust.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Clark III 1092
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_3770

Event 24069 (5061F516)

Date: 4/25/1964?
Locations: Golden, New Mexico; 9 miles away from Golden, New Mexico
Description: Night. Two Spanish-speaking people 9 miles away from Golden, New Mexico, watch a light come down from the sky and leave three “smelted” circles some 2 feet in diameter and separated from each other by 20 feet. They mention this story to James Scartacinni, 15, and his grandfather visit the site the next day and find the circles, which they estimate must have been subjected to a temperature of 2,300° F. They return to town and call the state police, who notify the military. Almost immediately, men in uniform cordon off the area, dig up the burned areas to a depth of one foot, and carry the material away.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: “Hunting Old and New UFOs in New Mexico,” IUR 7, no. 2 (March 1982):12
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_3771

Event 24070 (E8A8ECD1)

Date: 4/26/1964
Location: USA, Holloman (N.M.)
Description: (Translated from French) Three occupants of small size but of almost human appearance, were reportedly taken inside the base and received in a specially arranged hangar, building 930. In 1973, Robert Emmeneger and Allan Sandler were said to have received an invitation from the director of the AF OSI (Air Force Office of Special Investigations) to study the possibility of making a documentary about this first contact. It seems that at that time President Nixon, or at least his administration, had seriously considered revealing part of the truth to the public. (April 26, 1964)
Reference: Jean-Gabriel GRESLE: OVNI, a pilot speaks, ed. Guy Trédaniel, 1993, p 135, 136
Reference: Mini catalogue chronologique des observations OVNI, by Godelieve Van Overmeire
Source: Overmeire, ID: Overmeire_2279

Event 24071 (8C56A864)

Date: 4/26/1964
Time: 00:30
Location: NORTH / LA MADERA, NM
Description: Silent 8M vertical ovoid / ground. Blue flames. Traces. / r111p222+/ MJ#252.
Type: sighting
Reference: The APRO BULLETIN: Monthly. Jim & Coral Lorenzen: Tucson,AZ (USA. defunct) By volume and number. (Index 775)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_6933

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, CIG: Torpedo/cigar/cylinder shaped UFO, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), DRT: Dirt/soil traces/marks/footprints etc., LND: UFO landing or any part touches ground, TRC: Physical traces, MIL: Military investigation, BBK: Project BLUEBOOK

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “7”, Duration: “3”, Elev: “2110”, HatchDesc: “N/LA MADERA,NM:SLNT 8M VERTCL.OVOID/GND:BLU FLAMES:TRACES:/r111p222+/MJ#252”, LatLong: “36.383335 -106.044450”, LatLongDMS: “36:23:00 N 106:02:40 W”, Locale: “Desert”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “New Mexico”, Strangeness: “7”

Event 24072 (B5392824)

Date: 4/26/1964
Location: Las Vegas, NV
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_2698

Event 24073 (ACD926A4)

Date: 4/26/1964
Time: 1230
Location: La Madera, New Mexico
Description: Orlando Gallegos observed a bright, metallic, egg-shaped object about 70 m away, on the ground, north of La Madera. Blue flames appeared to circle the base of the machine, which was silent and about the length of a Phone pole. Scorch marks and four imprints were found, according to Police Capt. Martin Vigil.
Type: ufo sighting
Reference: Personal (Vallee)
Source: ValléeMagonia, ID: Magonia_598

Event 24074 (820503E3)

Date: 4/26/1964
Locations: La Madera, New Mexico; Rio Vallecitos creek bed
Description: Around 1:00 a.m. Orlando Gallegos steps outside his father’s ranch at La Madera, New Mexico, to chase away some horses in the yard. He sees a peculiar structure in the Rio Vallecitos creek bed some 900 feet away. It looks like a butane tank “as long as a telephone pole” about 14 feet in diameter, metallic, and shooting blue flames out of holes in the sides. As he watches over the next minute, the flames subside. It is still there when he goes inside, where no one else believes him. It is gone the next morning, but state police (including Capt. Martin E. Vigil, David Kingsbury, and Albert Vega) investigate and find the ground still smoldering and scorched with four depressions, one of them 8 by 12 inches in size. The charred area is in the shape of two overlapping circles and about 20 feet across. Hynek is refused authorization to go visit the site.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: “Mystery Object Report Is Told,” Albuquerque Tribune, August 27, 1966, p. 1; Lorenzen, FSHoax, pp. 222–223; Donald E. Keyhoe and Gordon I. R. Lore Jr., Strange Effects from UFOs, NICAP, 1969, pp. 54–55; “Hunting Old and New UFOs in New Mexico,” IUR 7, no. 2 (March 1982):12–13; Clark III 1092; Sparks, p. 298
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_3772

Event 24075 (E57D699C)

Date: 4/26/1964
Description: An interesting photograph was taken this day in Burgh le Marsh, Cumbria, England. A Mr. Templeton took a photograph of a little girl holding a nosegay of flowers in the early afternoon. Not seen at the time was what appears to be the image of a man standing behind her, dressed in a white spacesuit.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: Flying Saucer Review, November-December 1964, p. 11; Gordon Creighton, FSR, September-October 1970, p. 29
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_2334

Event 24076 (F39506A3)

Date: 4/26/1964
Description: At 12:30 p.m. Orlando Gallegos observed a bright, metallic, egg-shaped object about 70 meters away, on the ground, north of La Madera, New Mexico. Blue flames appeared to circle the base of the machine, which was silent and about the length of a telephone pole. Scorch marks and four imprints were found, according to Police Capt. Martin Vigil. Also on the same day, a thirty-foot wide silver, inverted bathtup-shaped UFO was sighted near Truth of Consequences, New Mexico by a Mr. Mitropolis. It was seen a quarter of a mile to the east, flew up over a mountain, then down out of sight near the Caballo Reservoir.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: (1) Jacques Vallee, Passport to Magonia: A Century of Landings, case 598; NICAP UFO Investigator, August 1964, p. 5; (2) Flying Saucers, June 1965, p. 10
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_2335

Event 24077 (8AD93261)

Date: 4/27/1964
Description: A 12-year-old boy and seven friends saw a UFO hovering above their school grounds in El Paso, Texas on this afternoon. “It seemed to be floating in the air, and was covered with something like a sheet. It was 6 foot 5 inches tall and sort of egg-shaped.”
Reference: Johnson
Reference: Ray Palmer, Flying Saucers, June 1965, p. 10, citing the El Paso Herald-Post, April 28, 1964
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_2368

Event 24078 (3DBE7F62)

Date: 4/28/1964
Time: 08:00?
Location: ANTHONY, NM
Description: Cops and many. Red glowing-sphere/orb/globe hovers low. Going quickly west. Car malfunctions due to EME (electro-magnetic effects) / Albuquerque. / MJ#25+/ r8#599.
Type: sighting
Reference: UFO INVESTIGATOR: NICAP: Kensington, MD & Washington, DC [defunct]. University Microfilms, Ann Arbor, MI 48106 (Index 35)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_6934

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, HQO: High-quality observer(s), SCR: Classic saucer/disk/sphere shaped UFO, PRB: Probe: Possibly remote controlled, FBL: Fireball: Blazing undistinguished form/orb., NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), OBS: Observation/chasing vehicles, VEH: Vehicle affected: Marks/damage/EME effects, EME: Electro-Magnetic Effects, OGA: Non-Covert Government Agencies

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “10”, Duration: “1”, Elev: “1159”, HatchDesc: “ANTHONY,NM:COPS+MANY:RED GLO-ORB HVRS LO:>>W::CAR EMES/ALBUQQ:/MJ#25+/r8#599”, LatLong: “32.033335 -106.605561”, LatLongDMS: “32:02:00 N 106:36:20 W”, Locale: “Desert”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “New Mexico”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 24079 (A06FF30F)

Date: 4/28/1964
Location: Minot AFB, ND
Description: (McDonald list) Radar Tracks Object “Orbiting” 5-Mile Circle (NICAP: 09 - RADAR Cases, Code: R, Rating: 5, BB: BBU)
Reference: NICAP: 640428
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_2700

Event 24080 (6E439D02)

Date: 4/28/1964
Time: morning
Location: Anthony, New Mexico
Description: Numerous witnesses, among them policeman Paul Arteche, saw a reddish, round object hover at low level, then take off very rapidly toward the west.
Type: ufo sighting
Reference: NICAP Jul., 64 (Vallee)
Source: ValléeMagonia, ID: Magonia_599

Event 24081 (34ADD8BE)

Date: 4/28/1964
Locations: Anthony, New Mexico; El Paso, Texas; Port of Entry
Description: Early evening. A round, whitish object hovers then darts away over Anthony, New Mexico. State policeman Raúl Arteche sees it moving west over the Port of Entry near El Paso, Texas. He says it looks like the object Lonnie Zamora saw.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: “Other Recent Sightings,” UFO Investigator 2, no. 11 (July/Aug. 1964): 7
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_3773

Event 24082 (46847687)

Date: 4/28/1964
Location: Edgewood, New Mexico
Description: Early morning. Don Adams is driving in Edgewood, New Mexico, when his car stalls. He sees a glowing, greenish object 100 feet overhead and fires six rounds from a .32 pistol at it with no effect. He can hear the bullets bouncing off. It silently moves away to the north.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: “Other Recent Sightings,” UFO Investigator 2, no. 11 (July/Aug. 1964): 7; “Green Object at Edgewood,” APRO Bulletin, September 1964, p. 3
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_3774

Event 24083 (82F342AE)

Date: 4/28/1964
Description: Sometime after midnight Mr. Adams was driving on highway 66 near Moriarty, New Mexico when a 25-30 foot wide UFO, luminous light green in color, came down and hovered 100 feet above his pickup truck. The truck stalled when it passed underneath the UFO. Mr. D. Adams then fired a .22 calibre pistol at it and heard a metallic ping as if the bullet bounced off the object. As the UFO moved away he fired six more shots with apparently no effect. His dogs barked incessantly during the close encounter.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: Los Angeles Herald Examiner, April 28, 1964; Flying Saucers, June 1965, p. 10
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_2391

Event 24084 (CFE7DDEB)

Date: 4/28/1964
Description: That night on Interstate highway 10 south of Las Cruces, New Mexico a luminous UFO flew over a car being driven by Mr. P. Arteche. It flew with a jerky motion and frequently changed direction. A private pilot made a report of a similar object at the same time.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: Flying Saucers, June 1965, p. 12
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_2392

Event 24085 (66BC7720)

Date: 4/29/1964
Time: 21:30
Location: CANYON FERRY, MT
Description: Several observer(s). Glowing ovoid lands. Traces / dirt. / r111p223+/ APRO 7’64.
Type: sighting
Reference: UFO INVESTIGATOR: NICAP: Kensington, MD & Washington, DC [defunct]. University Microfilms, Ann Arbor, MI 48106 (Index 35)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_6935

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

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “7”, Duration: “10”, Elev: “1180”, HatchDesc: “CANYON FERRY,MT:SVRL OBS:GLOWING OVOID LANDS:TRACES/DIRT:/r111p223+/APRO 7’64”, LatLong: “46.666669 -111.733339”, LatLongDMS: “46:40:00 N 111:44:00 W”, Locale: “Mountains”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Montana”, Strangeness: “7”

Event 24086 (F9A0B7B8)

Date: 4/29/1964
Time: 20:47:00.1
Location: 37.0396 -116.0266
Description: Nuclear test: Underground, confirmed. Country: USA Name: “Pipefish” 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_363

Extra Data: LatLong: “37.0396 -116.0266”, LatLongDMS: “37:02:23 N 116:01:36 W”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, NukeCountry: “USA”, NukeDepth: “0.26”, NukeMb: “4.10”, NukeName: “Pipefish”, NukeSource: “SPRINGER”, NukeType: “NUCU”, NukeYMax: “20”

Event 24087 (717A6E84)

Date: 4/29/1964
Description: Several adults saw an elongated glowing object fly over Canyon Ferry, Montana, and two children saw a lighted craft land and take off. Four rectangular indentations were found at the landing site.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: NICAP UFO Investigator, August 1964, p. 5; George D. Fawcett, Flying Saucers, October 1966, p. 30
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_2409

Event 24088 (9997EEC2)

Date: 4/30/1964
Description: (Translated from French) In San Antonio, a B-57 encounters an egg-shaped UFO. (April 30)
Reference: rr0 - Beau
Source: rr0, ID: rr0_2045

Event 24089 (0CEBF963)

Date: 4/30/1964
Location: Holloman AFB, NM
Description: Possible landing of UFO at the base, unconfirmed.
Type: ufo sighting
Reference: UFOs and the National Security State: Chronology of a Cover-up, 1941–1973, by Richard Dolan
Source: Dolan, ID: Dolan_249

Event 24090 (D7EED08A)

Date: 4/30/1964
Location: STALLION TEST SITE, NM
Description: B57 radios white ovoid landed. Photo reconnaissance called. / r214p117.
Type: sighting
Reference: The APRO BULLETIN: Monthly. Jim & Coral Lorenzen: Tucson,AZ (USA. defunct) By volume and number. (Index 775)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_6936

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, AIR: Observer(s) on aircraft, MIL: Observer(s) military, HQO: High-quality observer(s), SCR: Classic saucer/disk/sphere shaped UFO, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), OBS: Observation/chasing vehicles, NUC: Nuclear facility related, LND: UFO landing or any part touches ground, PHT: Photos/movies/videos taken, MIL: Military investigation, GSA: Covert Security Agency, OGA: Non-Covert Government Agencies, COV: Indication of coverup

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “7”, Duration: “5”, Elev: “1200”, HatchDesc: “STALLION TEST SITE,NM:B57 RADIOS WHT OVOID LANDED:PHOTO RECON CALLED:/r214p117”, LatLong: “33.816668 -106.644450”, LatLongDMS: “33:49:00 N 106:38:40 W”, Locale: “Desert”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “New Mexico”, Strangeness: “7”

Event 24091 (E093C035)

Date: 4/30/1964
Location: US91 17KM SOUTHWEST / BAKER, CA
Description: 3 observer(s). Brown colored saucer hovers and lands. Large dent / sand. / FSR’64#5+/ r8#600.
Type: sighting
Reference: VALLEE, Jacques: UFO’S IN SPACE - Anatomy of a Phenomenon; Henry Regnery 1966 & Ballentine PB 1974 294pp. (Index 104)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_6937

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

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “8”, Duration: “5”, Elev: “270”, HatchDesc: “US91 17km SW/BAKER,CA:3 OBS:BRN SCR HVRS+LANDS:LRG DENT/SAND:/FSR’64#5+/r8#600”, LatLong: “35.283335 -116.216672”, LatLongDMS: “35:17:00 N 116:13:00 W”, Locale: “Desert”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “California”, Strangeness: “8”

Event 24092 (F1B3E8A4)

Date: 4/30/1964
Time: 10:20
Location: EL PASO, TX
Description: 3 observer(s). Dinner-plate saucer hovers / 10M. Wobbles. Going up. Spins away like a frisbee.
Type: sighting
Reference: UFO INVESTIGATOR: NICAP: Kensington, MD & Washington, DC [defunct]. University Microfilms, Ann Arbor, MI 48106 (Index 35)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_6938

Attributes: 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: “1109”, HatchDesc: “EL PASO,TX:3 OBS:DINNER-PLATE SCR HVRS/10M:WOBBLES:↑:SPINS AWAY like a frisbee”, LatLong: “31.766668 -106.483338”, LatLongDMS: “31:46:00 N 106:29:00 W”, Locale: “Residential”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, RelAlt: “10”, State/Prov: “Texas”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 24093 (BAF08B18)

Date: 4/30/1964
Location: Canyon Ferry Reservoir, MT
Description: Egg-shaped object size of an automobile land about 150 [125?] ft away (NICAP: 01 - Distant Encounters, BB: BBU)
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_2701

Event 24094 (E3ED3CD7)

Date: 4/30/1964
Location: Stallion Test Site, NM
Description: B-57 radios white object landed, phto recon (NICAP: 01 - Distant Encounters, NC)
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_2702

Event 24095 (D7136F28)

Date: 4/30/1964
Location: Baker, California
Description: Gloria Biggs, her husband, and her mother observed a brown, dome-shaped object on a hilltop about 17 km west of Baker on U.S. Highway 91. They lost sight of it a moment, could not see it again, and found only a depression in the ground.
Type: ufo sighting
Reference: FSR 64, 5; Anatomy 75 (Vallee)
Source: ValléeMagonia, ID: Magonia_600

Event 24096 (E3C25B64)

Date: 4/30/1964
Time: 2230
Location: Canyon Ferry, Montana
Description: Several anonymous adults observed an elongated, glowing object. Two children saw a lighted craft land and take off, leaving four rectangular indentations.
Type: ufo sighting
Reference: APRO Jul., 64 (Vallee)
Source: ValléeMagonia, ID: Magonia_601

Event 24097 (19CC9633)

Date: 4/30/1964
Location: Canyon Ferry, MT
Description: Glowing oval object landed, indentations and scorch marks found at site
Type: sighting
Reference: The UFO Evidence by Richard H. Hall
Source: HallUFOEvidence2, ID: HallUFOE2_11

Event 24098 (431AF137)

Date: 4/30/1964
Locations: Holloman AFB, Alamogordo, New Mexico; Alamogordo
Description: A B-57 pilot at Holloman AFB, Alamogordo, New Mexico, radios to the control tower that he is watching an egg-shaped, white UFO with markings that match the Socorro object. He continues to watch it as it lands at the base. Coral and Jim Lorenzen insist they heard the story from a reliable source. In addition, a ham radio operator claims to have heard the exchange between the pilot and control tower. Holloman AFB denies the incident occurred. Shortly afterward, an airman walks into a clothing store in Alamogordo and spins an incredible story of a UFO parked in a hangar under heavy guard at Holloman. A couple days later, he returns to the store and denies everything.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Coral Lorenzen, “UAO Landing at Air Force Base,” APRO Bulletin, July 1964, pp. 1, 3–4; Coral Lorenzen, “UFO Lands at Air Force Base,” Fate 17, no. 10 (October 1964): 45–52; Clark III 332
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_3775

Event 24099 (8C363383)

Date: 4/30/1964
Location: Canyon Ferry, Montana
Description: 10:30 p.m. Several children living in Canyon Ferry, Montana, see a lighted, egg-shaped object the size of an automobile land about 150 feet away, then take off. The witnesses are Linda Davis, 11, and children of the Harold Rust family. It leaves four 8 x 10 inch rectangular indentations in the ground, 4–8 inches deep, about 13 feet apart, and a burned area.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: “Kids Called Hoaxers by U.S.A.F,” APRO Bulletin, July 1964, pp. 1, 5; Lorenzen, FSHoax, pp. 223–224; Sparks, p. 298
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_3776

Event 24100 (9228137D)

Date: 4/30/1964
Description: Gloria Biggs, her husband, and her mother observed a brown, dome-shaped object on a hilltop about 17 kilometers west of Baker, California on U. S. Highway 91. They lost sight of it for a moment, could not see it again, and found only a depression in the ground at the supposed landing site.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: Jacques Vallee, Passport to Magonia: A Century of Landings, Case 600
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_2423

Event 24101 (9AEBD4CD)

Date: 4/30/1964
Description: An Air Force RB-57 bomber flying over the Stallion Missile Test Site in New Mexico radioed that they saw a white ovoid object land. Photo reconnaisance was ordered.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: Coral E. Lorenzen, Flying Saucers: The Startling Evidence of the Invasion from Outer Space, p. 224
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_2424

Event 24102 (A04CF2C6)

Date: 4/30/1964
Description: At 10:30 p.m. several adults saw an elongated glowing object in Canyon Ferry, Utah. Two children saw the lighted craft land, then take off. Four rectangular indentations were found at the landing site.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: Jim & Coral Lorenzen, UFOs over the Americas, p. 104
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_2425

Event 24103 (33298061)

Date: 4/30/1964
Description: An unnamed airman allegedly walks into a clothing store in Alamogordo, NM and states a UFO is in a hanger under guard at Holloman AFB. That same day, a B-57 pilot at Holloman AFB radios the control tower and states he sees an egg shaped UAP with an insignia on the side on the ground; a ham radio operator claims to have heard the exchange. Holloman denies the sighting. Two days later, the airman returns to the clothing store and denies his claims.

• https://files.afu.se/Downloads/Magazines/United%20States/APRO%20Bulletin/APRO%20Bulletin%20-%201964%2007%2000%20-%20July.pdf
• http://www.nicap.org/docs/640515whitesands_docs.pdf

Reference: Anonymous 2023 PDF
Source: Anon2023PDF, ID: Anon2023PDF_106

Event 24104 (C27C6D54)

Date: 5/1964
Location: AUSTRALIA, Woomera
Description: (Translated from French) During the launch of a rocket, the countdown was stopped, as two “spacemen” appeared on the video surveillance monitors at one point of the rocket’s trajectory. (1964, May (a Sunday))
Reference: BBC 2 broadcast of 11.4.1996, Jenny Randles.
Reference: Mini catalogue chronologique des observations OVNI, by Godelieve Van Overmeire
Source: Overmeire, ID: Overmeire_2281

Event 24105 (ECF7AA16)

Date: 5/1964
Location: GREAT BRITAIN, Carlisle, Cumberland
Description: (Translated from French) Jim Templeton took a photograph of his daughter who had just put on a new dress. Strangely, he noticed that no birds were flying in the sky on this beautiful day and it was strangely quiet. When the photo of the child was developed, a “spaceman” appeared on the picture. Nobody had observed it visually. The air force asked for the negatives, because this “spaceman” was exactly the same as the two seen on the Woomera video cameras on the same day. (BBC 2 broadcast on 11.4.1995 hosted by Jenny Randles, FSR) IN REALITY: Photo published on 12 June in the “Cumberland News” and on 13 June 1964 by the “Daily Mirror” and the “Daily Express”. The enlargement which covers the entire page 23 of the magazine “NOUS” clearly shows the separation lines of the collage at the horizon to the right of the child’s head, as well as above the lock of hair. (1964, May (a Sunday))
Reference: A. SCHNEIDER-H. MALTHANER: “The Secret File of UFOs”, ed. De Vecchi, 1978, pp. 271 to 273
Reference: Mini catalogue chronologique des observations OVNI, by Godelieve Van Overmeire
Source: Overmeire, ID: Overmeire_2282

Event 24106 (1CFC08B6)

Date: 5/1964
Location: ARGENTINA, Colonie Castelli (El Chaco)
Description: (Translated from French) Alberto Kalbermatter was driving home with a truckload of tree trunks, through a forested area, when the road was suddenly blocked by a huge human-like figure about 3 meters tall with abundant black hair. He almost ran over the creature which emitted a very powerful guttural cry. Terrified, Kalbermatter pressed the accelerator and fled. (…) A few nights before he had seen a large luminous object that seemed to be stuck in the branches of the trees. (May 1964)
Reference: Charles BOWEN: “In Search of Humanoids” - J’ai Lu 1974, p. 131
Reference: Mini catalogue chronologique des observations OVNI, by Godelieve Van Overmeire
Source: Overmeire, ID: Overmeire_2283

Event 24107 (A63B49A5)

Date: 5/1964
Locations: Capitol Hill; Mass.
Description: NICAP publishes its special 184-page report, The UFO Evidence, but due to a printing delay, copies are not actually available until late June. Copies are sent to the media and to every member of Congress on July 1. Edited by Richard H. Hall, it consists of a summary of hundreds of unexplained reports studied by NICAP investigators through 1963. Sightings are systematically broken down by witness category and special types of evidence. Individual chapters are devoted to sightings by military personnel, pilots and aviation experts, and scientists and engineers. Another chapter is devoted to evidence of intelligent control and another to physical evidence or interactions, such as electromagnetic effects, radar tracking, photographs, sound, physiological effects. Another section examines observed patterns, such as descriptions of shape, color, maneuvers, flight behavior, and concentrations of sightings. House Majority Leader John W. McCormack (D-Mass.) requests two copies, one for his Capitol Hill office and another for his state home office.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Richard H. Hall, ed., The UFO Evidence, NICAP, 1964; Wikipedia, “National Investigations Committee on Aerial Phenomena”; Richard Hall, “NICAP and Lessons from the Past,” IUR 17, no. 3 (May/June 1992): 17, 24
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_3777

Event 24108 (288FBC8F)

Date: 5/2/1964
Time: ~14:00
Location: MANCOS AND SUMMIT RIDGE, CO
Description: 2 fast cylinders with fins / 60M altitude. Cylinders tumble near Farmington, NM.
Type: sighting
Reference: The APRO BULLETIN: Monthly. Jim & Coral Lorenzen: Tucson,AZ (USA. defunct) By volume and number. (Index 785)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_6939

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: “9”, Duration: “60”, Elev: “2143”, HatchDesc: “MANCOS+SUMMIT RIDGE,CO:2 FAST CYLs W/FINS/60M alt:CYLS TUMBLE nr FARMINGTON,NM”, LatLong: “37.344446 -108.283338”, LatLongDMS: “37:20:40 N 108:17:00 W”, Locale: “Desert”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Colorado”, Strangeness: “5”

Event 24109 (E8114F50)

Date: 5/3/1964
Description: (Translated from French) Near Canberra (Australia), various people on the ground see a large, bright white object flying northeast in the dark sky. The object appears to waver as if losing power or partially losing control. Distant observers then see a smaller object, visible with a faint red light, hovering nearby. The large white object moves towards the small one and appears to collide with it. Then the large object turns, stops wavering, and moves out of sight. According to the report of the astonished observers, the incident could be either an attack of the large object on the small one or a refueling or recharging operation. The observers’ report will be examined by Dr. Paul Siple, scientific attaché of the US Embassy in Canberra, and two engineers from NASA. They will conclude, first of all, that the observers indeed saw what they described. They will also conclude that the mysterious objects were not known or made on Earth devices. The embassy transmitted all this to Washington, D.C., in Airgram A-894, a copy of which is archived by NICAP. (May 3rd, just before sunrise)
Reference: Keyhoe 1967
Reference: rr0 - Beau
Source: rr0, ID: rr0_2046

Event 24110 (5CEC7CC8)

Date: 5/3/1964
Time: 05:50
Location: NEAR CANBERRA, AUS
Description: 3 campers. 2 night lights collide and bounce. 1 going quickly NNE. 1 hovers. Report(s) to CIA and NSA.
Type: sighting
Reference: The APRO BULLETIN: Monthly. Jim & Coral Lorenzen: Tucson,AZ (USA. defunct) By volume and number. (Index 783)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_6940

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

Extra Data: Country: “Australia”, Credibility: “8”, Duration: “10”, HatchDesc: “nr CANBERRA,AUS:3 CAMPERS:2 NLTS COLLIDE+BOUNCE:1 >>NNE:1 HVRS:Rpts to CIA+NSA”, LatLong: “-35.333335 149.166674”, LatLongDMS: “35:20:00 S 149:10:00 E”, Locale: “Mountains”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Australian Capital Territory”, Strangeness: “5”

Event 24111 (079CF12E)

Date: 5/5/1964
Time: 08:30
Location: COMSTOCK, MN
Description: Farmer. Ovoid rises / field and going up [to] into cloud. Cavity and imprints / ground. / r8#602.
Type: sighting
Reference: UFO INVESTIGATOR: NICAP: Kensington, MD & Washington, DC [defunct]. University Microfilms, Ann Arbor, MI 48106 (Index 35)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_6941

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

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “6”, Duration: “1”, Elev: “281”, HatchDesc: “COMSTOCK,MN:FARMER:OVOID RISES/FIELD+↑ INTO CLOUD:CAVITY+IMPRINTS/GND:/r8#602”, LatLong: “46.661113 -96.750005”, LatLongDMS: “46:39:40 N 96:45:00 W”, Locale: “Farmlands”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Minnesota”, Strangeness: “7”

Event 24112 (B901D004)

Date: 5/5/1964
Location: Comstock, MN
Description: Object landed in field, physical traces (UFOE Section VII). (NICAP: 06 - Trace Cases)
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_2703

Event 24113 (CA29F45D)

Date: 5/5/1964
Time: 0830
Location: Comstock, Minnesota
Description: A farmer, Alfred Ernst, saw an object rise from a field and fly rapidly into the cloud bank. It was described as oval, and it left a depression and imprints in the ground.
Type: ufo sighting
Reference: FS Jun., 65 (Vallee)
Source: ValléeMagonia, ID: Magonia_602

Event 24114 (837AC7E1)

Date: 5/5/1964
Location: Comstock, MN
Description: Object landed in field, physical traces
Type: sighting
Reference: The UFO Evidence by Richard H. Hall
Source: HallUFOEvidence2, ID: HallUFOE2_12

Event 24115 (0E4F2963)

Date: 5/5/1964
Location: Comstock, Minnesota
Description: 8:30 a.m. Alfred Ernst, a farmer near Comstock, Minnesota, sees a luminous UFO like a child’s top from about 1,500 feet away. It rises straight up and disappears into the overcast sky after a few seconds. Ernst and his brother find a crater-like depression, about 3 feet in diameter and 6 inches deep at the center, at the spot where the object was sitting. A series of smaller holes form an X around the larger depression. The earth seems burned on the perimeter of the hole and a whitish substance is found.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: “Physical Evidence: Landing Reports,” UFO Investigator 2, no. 11 (July/Aug. 1964): 5; Donald E. Keyhoe and Gordon I. R. Lore Jr., Strange Effects from UFOs, NICAP, 1969, pp. 56–58
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_3778

Event 24116 (1B55699F)

Date: 5/5/1964
Description: At 8:30 in the morning a farmer, Alfred Ernst, saw an object rise from a field in Comstock, Minnesota and fly rapidly into a cloud bank. It was described as oval in shape, and it left a depression and four rectangular imprints in the ground.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: Jacques Vallee, Passport to Magonia: A Century of Landings, case 601
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_2539

Event 24117 (AFA5A519)

Date: 5/7/1964
Location: 37.0000 -116.0000
Description: Nuclear test: Underground, confirmed. Country: USA Name: “Driver” 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_364

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: “Driver”, NukeSource: “NV209”, NukeType: “NUCU”, NukeYMax: “20”

Event 24118 (4513B131)

Date: 5/8/1964
Time: 10:20
Location: EAST / TIJERAS, NM
Description: 1 observer. Silent plain silver ovoid spins over Manzano Mountains. Going quickly east and away.
Type: sighting
Reference: The APRO BULLETIN: Monthly. Jim & Coral Lorenzen: Tucson,AZ (USA. defunct) By volume and number. (Index 785)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_6942

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

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “6”, Duration: “2”, Elev: “1925”, HatchDesc: “E/TIJERAS,NM:1 OBS:SLNT PLAIN SLVR OVOID SPINS OVR MANZANO Mtns:>>E+AWAY”, LatLong: “35.083335 -106.333338”, LatLongDMS: “35:05:00 N 106:20:00 W”, Locale: “Residential”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “New Mexico”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 24119 (4636C0FD)

Date: 5/8/1964
Description: On this night a 23-year-old truck driver named Kalbermatter, while driving in Colonia Castelli in Chaco province, Argentina saw a creature more than nine feet tall on road in front of his truck. before him. The creature had long black hair, and gave a powerful and terrifying cry. He nearly ran the creature down. A few days previous to this humanoid encounter a large luminous object had been spotted at the same spot.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: Dr. P. M. H. Edwards, FSR, March 1970, p. 23; David F. Webb & Ted Bloecher, HUMCAT: Catalogue of Humanoid Reports, case A0589, citing Beyond Condon: FSR Special Edition No. 2, p. 25
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_2652

Event 24120 (649AEC7B)

Date: 5/9/1964
Description: (Translated from French) Observation in Asheville (North Carolina).
Reference: cas [Blue Book](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/h

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Reference: rr0 - Beau
Source: rr0, ID: rr0_2047

Event 24121 (04684ABF)

Date: 5/9/1964
Description: (Translated from French) Observation in Chicago (Illinois).
Reference: case Blue Book #8788 unsolved
Reference: rr0 - Beau
Source: rr0, ID: rr0_2048

Event 24122 (1D871E62)

Date: 5/9/1964
Description: (Translated from French) James Templeton inadvertently photographed a humanoid in a suit behind his daughter. He is questioned by 2 men in black.
Reference: rr0 - Beau
Source: rr0, ID: rr0_2049

Event 24123 (7AFF44B2)

Date: 5/9/1964
Time: 11:00
Location: MOGADORE, OH
Description: 3 kids. 3M silver domed saucer lands / field near reservoir. / R. Palmer.
Type: sighting
Reference: VALLEE, Jacques: PASSPORT TO MAGONIA; H. Regnery, Chicago HC 1969 & Contemporary Books,Chicago 1993. 372pp. (Index 603)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_6943

Attributes: 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: “351”, HatchDesc: “MOGADORE,OH:3 KIDS:3M SLVR DOMED SCR LANDS/FIELD nr RESERVOIR:/R.Palmer”, LatLong: “41.055558 -81.377782”, LatLongDMS: “41:03:20 N 81:22:40 W”, Locale: “Farmlands”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Ohio”, Strangeness: “7”

Event 24124 (0726034B)

Date: 5/9/1964
Time: 22:20
Location: CHICAGO, IL
Description: Project Bluebook Case #8788. 1 observer. 3 green crescents / tight formation east going quickly west. Size and color oscillates.
Type: sighting
Reference: BERLINER, DON: The BLUEBOOK UNKNOWNS; (FUFOR). (Index 32)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_6944

Attributes: 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: “180”, HatchDesc: “CHICAGO,IL:BBK#8788:1 OBS:3 GRN CRESCENTS/TIGHT FORMATION E>>W:SIZE+CLR OSCs”, LatLong: “41.866669 -87.683338”, LatLongDMS: “41:52:00 N 87:41:00 W”, Locale: “Metropolis”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Illinois”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 24125 (A8CFF1BA)

Date: 5/9/1964
Location: Asheville, NC
Description: (NARA) (NICAP: 01 - Distant Encounters, BB: 8787)
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_2704

Event 24126 (7E1FA223)

Date: 5/9/1964
Location: Chicago, IL
Description: 3 light green crescent-shaped objects (NICAP: 01 - Distant Encounters, BB: 8788)
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_2705

Event 24127 (93C08C63)

Date: 5/9/1964
Time: 1100
Location: Mogadore, Ohio
Description: Three children, John Owens, Cheryl Glunt, and Bernie Montello, saw a silvery, dome-shaped object arrive from the south and land in a field 150 m away. Estimated diameter: 3 m.
Type: ufo sighting
Reference: FS Jun., 65 (Vallee)
Source: ValléeMagonia, ID: Magonia_603

Event 24128 (9FEC94BC)

Date: 5/9/1964
Time: 10:20 PM
Location: Chicago, Illinois
Description: Witness: J.R. Betz, U.S. District Court reporter. Three light green crescent-shaped objects, about half the apparent size of the Moon, flew very fast in tight formation from east to west, oscillating in size and color for 3 seconds.
Type: ufo sighting
Reference: BlueBook Unknowns PDF
Source: BerlinerBBUnknowns, ID: BerlinerBBU_501

Event 24129 (6659A6D6)

Date: 5/9/1964
Description: At eleven o’clock in the morning three children, John Owens, Cheryl Glunt, and Bernie Montello, saw a silvery dome-shaped object arrive from the south and land in a field next to a reservoir, 150 meters away in the farming town of Mogadore, Ohio. The object’s estimated diameter was 3 meters.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: Jacques Vallee, Passport to Magonia: A Century of Landings, case # 603; Ray Palmer, Flying Saucers, June 1965, p. 17
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_2682

Event 24130 (005BCCC9)

Date: 5/9/1964
Description: At 10:20 p.m. Mr. J. R. Betz, a U.S. District Court reporter, sighted three light green crescent-shaped objects, half the apparent size of the moon, as they flew quickly in tight formation over Chicago, Illiniois from east to west. They were oscillating in size and color. A Project Blue Book “unknown.”
Reference: Johnson
Reference: Project Blue Book files counted in official statistics, case 8788; Don Berliner, Australasian UFOlogist, April 1999, p. 51; Jay Rath, The I-Files: True Reports of Unexplained Phenomena in Illinois, p. 89
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_2683

Event 24131 (A88DB9EE)

Date: 5/10/1964
Time: 21:30
Location: NEAR LA RIOJA, ARG
Description: 3 / van. Lights and engine electro-magnetic effect (EME). Saucer going up / trees. Slow. / r215p14+/ r41p396+/ r79.
Type: sighting
Reference: FSR CASE HISTORIES. Bimonthly/London. Supplements 2 - 18 (final issue) (Index 12)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_6945

Attributes: 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, LND: UFO landing or any part touches ground, EME: Electro-Magnetic Effects, TRC: Physical traces, SND: UFO sounds heard or recorded

Extra Data: Country: “Argentina”, Credibility: “8”, Duration: “2”, Elev: “498”, HatchDesc: “nr LA RIOJA,ARG:3/VAN:LITES+ENGINE EME:SCR ↑/TREES:SLOW:/r215p14+/r41p396+/r79”, LatLong: “-29.666668 -66.833337”, LatLongDMS: “29:40:00 S 66:50:00 W”, Locale: “Pasture”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, RelAlt: “2”, State/Prov: “LRJ”, Strangeness: “7”

Event 24132 (B2AFF8B9)

Date: 5/10/1964
Location: La Rioja, Arg
Description: Light beam, landed craft, humming noise, physical traces. (E,L) See Section VI. Van (NICAP: 03 - EME Cases)
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_2706

Event 24133 (F4A9A443)

Date: 5/10/1964
Location: La Rioja, Argentina
Description: Domed disc rose from woods, electromagnetic (E-M) effects on van, 10-meter (30-foot) burnt circle found next day
Type: sighting
Reference: The UFO Evidence by Richard H. Hall
Source: HallUFOEvidence2, ID: HallUFOE2_13

Event 24134 (92CE395C)

Date: 5/13/1964
Time: 22:20
Location: RIO VISTA, CA
Description: 2 saucers glow. 1 lands / field. Also several report(s) / cigars. / r74p14+/ r8#604.
Type: sighting
Reference: UFO INVESTIGATOR: NICAP: Kensington, MD & Washington, DC [defunct]. University Microfilms, Ann Arbor, MI 48106 (Index 35)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_6946

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, WAV: Wave/cluster/flap, SCR: Classic saucer/disk/sphere shaped UFO, CIG: Torpedo/cigar/cylinder shaped UFO, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), DRT: Dirt/soil traces/marks/footprints etc., LND: UFO landing or any part touches ground, TRC: Physical traces, MIL: Military investigation, BBK: Project BLUEBOOK

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “8”, Duration: “60”, Elev: “7”, HatchDesc: “RIO VISTA,CA:2 SCRS GLOW:1 LANDS/FIELD:+SVRL Rpts/CGRS:/r74p14+/r8#604”, LatLong: “38.155557 -121.688895”, LatLongDMS: “38:09:20 N 121:41:20 W”, Locale: “Farmlands”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “California”, Strangeness: “8”

Event 24135 (B3121A3B)

Date: 5/13/1964
Location: Rio Vista, California
Description: A woman saw two objects, one of which landed in a field. It was round and luminous.
Type: ufo sighting
Reference: NICAP Jul., 64 (Vallee)
Source: ValléeMagonia, ID: Magonia_604

Event 24136 (C4211C5B)

Date: 5/13/1964
Location: Rio Vista, California
Description: 10:15 p.m. Mrs. M. Walter McKarley and her children see a large round object that appears in their headlights after they pull into a driveway at Rio Vista, California. It seems to be resting on the ground about a quarter of a mile away. Higher in the sky is a small star-like object (probably Venus). As they drive away, the large object seems to pace their car for a short time. It then moves swiftly to the left and disappears behind a water tank.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: “Physical Evidence: Landing Reports,” UFO Investigator 2, no. 11 (July/Aug. 1964): 6
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_3779

Event 24137 (17121F28)

Date: 5/13/1964
Description: At 10:15 p.m. a woman in Rio Vista, Solano County, California saw two disc-shaped objects glowing in the sky. One of them landed in a field. It was round and luminous. Also, there were other reports of cigar-shaped objects in the area.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: NICAP UFO Investigator, July-August 1964, p. 6; Jacques Vallee, Passport to Magonia: A Century of Landings, case # 604; Frank Edwards, Flying Saucers–Serious Business, p. 32
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_2805

Event 24138 (FF836A8C)

Date: 5/14/1964
Location: TURKEY, near Koyulhisar
Description: (Translated from French) Mr. and Mrs. Ahmed Bey were driving along a secluded stretch of road. Suddenly Mrs. Bey pointed out to her husband through the windshield, a disk that had just appeared in the sky, spinning. The two spouses were surprised by the size of the object (…) as big as a house. (…) It hovered over the road in front of the car, hesitating and jerking. They suddenly saw it descend and it hit the ground in a burst of flames. At the moment the object fell, a huge hairy creature emerged from it and bounced on the ground a little further away. It got up staggering and leapt onto the road. Then, with fantastic strides, it headed towards the Bey’s car, who, horrified, desperately tried to hide under the dashboard. Mr. Bey stopped his vehicle. Taking a knife out of his pocket, he opened the door and stood in front of the monstrous saucer. The giant was soon upon him. Mr. Bey struck him, but it had no effect. Then the creature grabbed the man, clawed him, lifted him off the ground and let him fall, and finally trampled him. Mrs. Bey, in the utmost horror, managed to escape and ran like a madwoman. For some unknown reason, the being did not follow her. Exhausted, she reached the police. (…) They found the battered body of Mr. Ahmed Bey lying across the railway track. He had been beaten to death (…)
Reference: Jean FERGUSON: “Les Humanoïdes…” - ed. Leméac, Ottawa 1977, p.171, 172
Reference: Mini catalogue chronologique des observations OVNI, by Godelieve Van Overmeire
Source: Overmeire, ID: Overmeire_2280

Event 24139 (1C2B29BD)

Date: 5/14/1964
Location: NEAR SALTA, ARG
Description: 4 / car. 10M plate-saucer hovers / 8M over roadside. Quickly going up [to] on approach. Gone / seconds.
Type: sighting
Reference: FSR CASE HISTORIES. Bimonthly/London. Supplements 2 - 18 (final issue) (Index 15)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_6947

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: “Argentina”, Credibility: “8”, Duration: “1”, Elev: “1185”, HatchDesc: “nr SALTA,ARG:4/CAR:10M PLATE-SCR HVRS/8M ovr ROADSIDE:↑↑ on APPROACH:GONE/SECs”, LatLong: “-24.783335 -65.433336”, LatLongDMS: “24:47:00 S 65:26:00 W”, Locale: “Pasture”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, RelAlt: “8”, State/Prov: “SLT”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 24140 (2B4019C3)

Date: 5/14/1964
Time: 14:40:00.2
Location: 37.1173 -116.0389
Description: Nuclear test: Underground, confirmed. Country: USA Name: “Backswing” 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_365

Extra Data: LatLong: “37.1173 -116.0389”, LatLongDMS: “37:07:02 N 116:02:20 W”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, NukeCountry: “USA”, NukeDepth: “0.16”, NukeName: “Backswing”, NukeSource: “SPRINGER”, NukeType: “NUCU”, NukeYMax: “20”

Event 24141 (D484A585)

Date: 5/15/1964
Time: 11:30
Location: NORTH / STALLION SITE, NM
Description: 2 saucers RADAR / visible. Perfect flight maneuvers. Send proper IFF signals.
Type: sighting
Reference: LORENZEN, Coral: FLYING SAUCERS, the Starting Evidence; Signet Books, NY 1962 & 1966. 278pp. Originally “The Great F. S. Hoax”. (Index 226)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_6948

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, MIL: Observer(s) military, HQO: High-quality observer(s), SCR: Classic saucer/disk/sphere shaped UFO, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), SIG: Signals/responses to/from/between UFO’s/occupants/observers, NUC: Nuclear facility related, RDR: Radar traces/blips, TCH: New technical details/clues, MIL: Military investigation, CMF: Camouflage/disguise

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “7”, Duration: “25”, Elev: “1280”, HatchDesc: “N/STALLION SITE,NM:2 SCRS RDR/VISL:PERFECT FLITE MNVRS:SEND PROPER IFF SIGNALS”, LatLong: “33.916668 -106.650005”, LatLongDMS: “33:55:00 N 106:39:00 W”, Locale: “Desert”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “New Mexico”, Strangeness: “9”

Event 24142 (17DF2521)

Date: 5/15/1964
Time: 22:30
Location: LEWISTOWN, MT
Description: Teacher and 4. Saucer bobs going up and down [to] over roadway ahead / 4 min. Then going quickly west. / r3p45.
Type: sighting
Reference: UFO INVESTIGATOR: NICAP: Kensington, MD & Washington, DC [defunct]. University Microfilms, Ann Arbor, MI 48106 (Index 35)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_6949

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

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “9”, Duration: “4”, Elev: “1208”, HatchDesc: “LEWISTOWN,MT:TEACHER+4:SCR BOBS ↑+↓ OVR ROADWAY AHEAD/4 min.:THEN >>W:/r3p45”, LatLong: “47.061113 -109.427783”, LatLongDMS: “47:03:40 N 109:25:40 W”, Locale: “Pasture”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Montana”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 24143 (DC96DA57)

Date: 5/15/1964
Location: White Sands, NM
Description: Two scrambles, radar/vis, UFOs sent proper IFF (NICAP: 09 - RADAR Cases, Code: R, Rating: 3, NC)
Reference: NICAP: 640515
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_2707

Event 24144 (25A57427)

Date: 5/15/1964
Time: 16:15:00.1
Location: 37.0417 -116.0122
Description: Nuclear test: Underground, confirmed. Country: USA Name: “Minnow” 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_366

Extra Data: LatLong: “37.0417 -116.0122”, LatLongDMS: “37:02:30 N 116:00:44 W”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, NukeCountry: “USA”, NukeDepth: “0.24”, NukeName: “Minnow”, NukeSource: “SPRINGER”, NukeType: “NUCU”, NukeYMax: “20”

Event 24145 (38A29AE0)

Date: 5/15/1964
Locations: Stallion Site; Holloman–White Sands complex; San Antonio, New Mexico
Description: Between 11:30 a.m. and 12:15 p.m. Two targets are simultaneously tracked on surveillance and FPS-16 radars at Stallion Site, the most northerly range of the Army-controlled Holloman–White Sands complex a few miles east of San Antonio, New Mexico. The targets are north of the radar site, performing “perfect, precise flight maneuvers” in tandem, involving separations and rejoins and “up-and-down ‘pogo’ maneuvers.” One radar operator obtains a visual sighting of two brown-colored, football-shaped objects that are flying at very low altitude and are lost from view behind buildings at the site. The two targets are displayed as skin paints. However, IFF transponder codes are also received on two different frequencies alternately.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: NICAP, “UFO Auto-Tracked, Sends Phony IFF”
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_3780

Event 24146 (5DF23D36)

Date: 5/15/1964
Description: At noon two school children in Wheatfield, Indiana saw two small humanoids on the top floor of a church. At 2:30 p.m. a 10-year-old girl saw a little man, three feet tall, reclining under a shrub pine tree. He had white hair, a small goatee, long arms, a reddish-blue complexion, and wore greenish clothing. He looked injured and appeared to be bleeding. He had more fingers on his hands than a normal human.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: David F. Webb & Ted Bloecher, HUMCAT: Catalogue of Humanoid Reports, cases A0591 & A0592, citing Orvil R. Hartle
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_2852

Event 24147 (655C804C)

Date: 5/15/1964
Description: Two UFOs were tracked on radar from the Stallion Missile Site on the White Sands Missile Range in New Mexico beginning at 11:30 p.m.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: Coral E. Lorenzen, Fate, October 1964, p. 45; Coral E. Lorenzen, Flying Saucers: The Startling Evidence of the Invasion from Outer Space, p. 225
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_2853

Event 24148 (70F5E8F4)

Date: 5/15/1964
Description: A circular UFO with very bright headlights flew in “an extremely wavy motion–like a float bobbing on the water” north of Lewistown, Montana at 10:28 p.m. It was witnessed by five people from two families.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: NICAP UFO Investigator, August 1964, p. 7; Jacques Vallee, Challenge to Science: The UFO Enigma, p. 36
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_2854

Event 24149 (2DC3CF32)

Date: 5/16/1964
Time: 06:00:59.8
Location: 49.8077 78.1020
Description: Nuclear test: Underground, confirmed. Country: USSR Yield: 20KT YieldMax: 150KT
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_1254

Extra Data: LatLong: “49.8077 78.1020”, LatLongDMS: “49:48:28 N 78:06:07 E”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, NukeCountry: “USSR”, NukeDepth: “0.00”, NukeMb: “5.60”, NukeSource: “BOCHAROV”, NukeType: “NUCS”, NukeY: “20”, NukeYMax: “150”

Event 24150 (7E8C4301)

Date: 5/17/1964
Location: Lawrence (near), OH
Description: Close encounter II, no details. (UFOI-2,7) (NICAP: 07 - Entity Cases)
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_2708

Event 24151 (7CA3264C)

Date: 5/17/1964
Location: Tipton, IN
Description: 10:15 p.m. Citizens and police officers called to the scene, witnessed a UFO. The reddish object appeared round while hovering, then darted across the sky and appeared flattened while in motion. (UFOI-II,7) (NICAP: 02 - Close Encounters)
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_2709

Event 24152 (7E00975F)

Date: 5/17/1964
Time: 2100
Location: Massillon, Ohio
Description: A fiery object, maneuvering at low altitude, was seen from Wooster and Smithville at 2110. then from Lawrence and Burbank between 2125 and 2130. It flew erratically with a whirring sound and changes of color, apparently interfering with police radio. lt went down toward the northwest, seemingly ready to land. Abnormal radioactivity allegedly was found at the site.
Type: ufo sighting
Reference: Akron UFO Res. Soc. (Vallee)
Source: ValléeMagonia, ID: Magonia_605

Event 24153 (E9C3637C)

Date: 5/17/1964
Description: At 9:00 p.m. a fiery object, maneuvering at low altitude, was seen from Massillon, Ohio. It was sighted from Wooster and Smithville, Ohio at 9:10 p.m., then from Lawrence and Burbank at 9:25 and 9:30 p.m. It flew erratically with a whirring sound and changes of color, apparently interfering with police radio. It went down toward the northwest, appearing ready to land. Abnormal radioactivity was allegedly found at the landing site.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: Jacques Vallee, Passport to Magonia, A Century of Landings, case # 605, citing Akron UFO Research Society
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_2925

Event 24154 (7687C31E)

Date: 5/18/1964
Description: (Translated from French) Sighting at Mount Vernon (Virginia). (May 18)
Reference: case Blue Book #8811 unsolved
Reference: rr0 - Beau
Source: rr0, ID: rr0_2050

Event 24155 (B8715DC7)

Date: 5/18/1964
Time: 07:30
Location: HUBBARD, OR
Description: 4’ square box / 4 legs lands / field. Beeps. Traces / soil. / MJ#253+/ r8+/ r83p120.
Type: sighting
Reference: UFO INVESTIGATOR: NICAP: Kensington, MD & Washington, DC [defunct]. University Microfilms, Ann Arbor, MI 48106 (Index 35)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_6950

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), SMP: Sampling of plant/animal/soil/tissue/specimens, DRT: Dirt/soil traces/marks/footprints etc., VEG: Plants affected or sampled/crop circles, LND: UFO landing or any part touches ground, TRC: Physical traces, TCH: New technical details/clues, MIL: Military investigation, BBK: Project BLUEBOOK, SND: UFO sounds heard or recorded

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “6”, Duration: “3”, Elev: “55”, HatchDesc: “HUBBARD,OR:4’SQR BOX/4 LEGS LANDS/FLD:BEEPS:TRACES/SOIL:/MJ#253+/r8+/r83p120”, LatLong: “45.183335 -122.805561”, LatLongDMS: “45:11:00 N 122:48:20 W”, Locale: “Farmlands”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Oregon”, Strangeness: “8”

Event 24156 (248AC331)

Date: 5/18/1964
Time: 17:20
Location: MT. VERNON, VA
Description: Project Bluebook Case #8811. Civil engineer. White ovoid splits twice. Moves around moon.
Type: sighting
Reference: BERLINER, DON: The BLUEBOOK UNKNOWNS; (FUFOR). (Index 32)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_6951

Attributes: 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: “17”, Elev: “35”, HatchDesc: “Mt VERNON,VA:BBK#8811:CVL ENGINEER:WHT OVOID SPLITS TWICE:MOVES AROUND MOON”, LatLong: “38.716669 -77.116670”, LatLongDMS: “38:43:00 N 77:07:00 W”, Locale: “Residential”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Virginia”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 24157 (6761066D)

Date: 5/18/1964
Time: 22:20
Location: LAWRENCE, MA
Description: Pilot and more/others. Vibrant bright night light going SSE. 360° turn. Going quickly [to] 1600kph. No sonic boom. / r83p11.
Type: sighting
Reference: UFO INVESTIGATOR: NICAP: Kensington, MD & Washington, DC [defunct]. University Microfilms, Ann Arbor, MI 48106 (Index 44)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_6952

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

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “9”, Duration: “8”, Elev: “15”, HatchDesc: “LAWRENCE,MA:PILOT++:VBRITE NLT >SSE:360°TURN:>>1600kph:no sonic boom:/r83p11”, LatLong: “42.716669 -71.150003”, LatLongDMS: “42:43:00 N 71:09:00 W”, Locale: “Town & City”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Massachusetts”, Strangeness: “3”

Event 24158 (A4A81315)

Date: 5/18/1964
Location: Mount Vernon, VA
Description: Glowing white oval split twice after moving (NICAP: 01 - Distant Encounters, BB: 8811)
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_2710

Event 24159 (B872CFF6)

Date: 5/18/1964
Location: Hubbard, Oregon
Description: A bright, silvery object, 3 m long, 1.5 m high, with a cone-shaped front part, resting on four legs, was seen in a wheat field by 10-year-old Mike Bizon. It made a beeping noise, rose first to the altitude of the Phone poles, then took off vertically. Wheat was found flattened in all directions.
Type: ufo sighting
Reference: NICAP Jul., 64 (Vallee)
Source: ValléeMagonia, ID: Magonia_606

Event 24160 (F6F7C1C6)

Date: 5/18/1964
Time: 5:15 PM
Location: Mt. Vernon, Virginia
Description: Witness: civil engineer F. Meyers. One small, glowing white oval split twice after moving from the right of the Moon around to the left. Sighting lasted 17 minutes.
Type: ufo sighting
Reference: BlueBook Unknowns PDF
Source: BerlinerBBUnknowns, ID: BerlinerBBU_502

Event 24161 (01E004F3)

Date: 5/18/1964
Description: At 7:30 a.m. a ten-year-old boy in Hubbard, Oregon saw a silver colored, square object 1.2 meters high resting on four shiny legs in a wheat field. With a soft beeping noise, it rose slowly to a height of a telephone pole, then “shot up like a rocket.” Ground marks were found at the site: three imprints forming a 90 cm equilateral triangle, with the wheat flattened from the center about 1.2 meters in diameter. There was also the odor of gas fumes. At 5:15 p.m. in Mount Vernon, Virginia a man named Meyers watched a small glowing white oval split apart twice after moving from the right side of the Moon to the left. At 10:15 p.m. an Army pilot at the Lawrence, Massachusetts airport sighted a yellowish white light in the sky traveling through the sky. It made a 360 degree turn, then sped off at an estimated 1,000 mph without making a sonic boom.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: (1) Fred Merritt, A Preliminary Classification of Some Reports of Unidentified Flying Objects Based on Shape and Dimensions of Imprint Patterns, Proceedings of the 1976 CUFOS Conference, p. 187; (2) Project Blue Book files counted in official statistics, case # 8811; Don Berliner, Australasian Ufologist, April 1999, p. 51; (3) Raymond E. Fowler, UFOs: Interplanetary Visitors, p. 329
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_2954

Event 24162 (8705FECF)

Date: 5/19/1964
Location: Hubbard, OR
Description: Cow fearful as square object landed (NICAP: 04 - Animal Reactions)
Reference: NICAP: 640519
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_2711

Event 24163 (84B0A89E)

Date: 5/19/1964
Location: Hubbard, OR
Description: Rectangular object with legs left flattened wheat and three indentations on the edge of a circle
Type: sighting
Reference: The UFO Evidence by Richard H. Hall
Source: HallUFOEvidence2, ID: HallUFOE2_14

Event 24164 (5D675A93)

Date: 5/19/1964
Location: Hubbard, Oregon
Description: 7:00 a.m. Mike Bizon, 10, sees a square or spindle-shaped, bright-silver UFO on the ground in Hubbard, Oregon, while he is leading a cow out to pasture. The cow, normally eager to be let out, acts very reluctant and nervous. The object is resting on four legs in an adjacent wheat field. It rises slowly off the ground to the height of a telephone pole, then zooms straight up emitting a soft beeping sound. Bizon smells an odor like gas fumes. Three imprints in the shape of an equilateral triangle are found in an area of flattened wheat about 4 feet wide.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Donald E. Keyhoe and Gordon I. R. Lore Jr., Strange Effects from UFOs, NICAP, 1969, pp. 53–54
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_3781

Event 24165 (9EA2DD9E)

Date: 5/21/1964
Locations: Altus AFB, Oklahoma; Ranchland, Texas
Description: 4:30 a.m. At Altus AFB, Oklahoma, Missile Site 7, southeast of Ranchland, Texas, a large bright light is seen directly over the facility below 10,000 feet. The light is bright enough to light up the silo cap. Its apparent size is as large as a basketball held at arm’s length. The object is first noticed hovering over the south fence of Site 7 for 8–10 minutes.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: NICAP, “Light Hovers over Missile Silo”; Nukes 159–160
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_3782

Event 24166 (B7E30932)

Date: 5/22/1964
Location: White Sands, NM
Description: Radar tracking of UFO.
Type: ufo sighting
Reference: UFOs and the National Security State: Chronology of a Cover-up, 1941–1973, by Richard Dolan
Source: Dolan, ID: Dolan_250

Event 24167 (468C3CDB)

Date: 5/22/1964
Location: WHITE SANDS, NM
Description: Auto RADAR tracks UFO on tape. See 15 May… UFO sends phony IFF!
Type: sighting
Reference: LORENZEN, Coral & Jim: ENCOUNTERS with UFO OCCUPANTS; APRO/Berkley Medallion Books 1976. 424pp (Index 244)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_6953

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), SIG: Signals/responses to/from/between UFO’s/occupants/observers, NUC: Nuclear facility related, RDR: Radar traces/blips, TCH: New technical details/clues, CMF: Camouflage/disguise

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “9”, Duration: “1”, Elev: “1250”, HatchDesc: “WHITE SANDS,NM:AUTO RDR TRACKS UFO ON TAPE::see 15MAY…UFO SENDS PHONY IFF!”, LatLong: “33.033335 -106.516672”, LatLongDMS: “33:02:00 N 106:31:00 W”, Locale: “Desert”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “New Mexico”, Strangeness: “7”

Event 24168 (515EFBBD)

Date: 5/22/1964
Description: (1) High School cafeteria employees watched the landing and take-off of a round UFO from the school grounds in Hopkinsville, Kentucky at nine o’clock in the morning. The object emitted four beams of light. The grass had been flattened at the landing site. (2) On that same day a UFO was tracked by radar at the White Sands Stallion Missile Range in New Mexico.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: (1) George D. Fawcett, Flying Saucers, June 1965, p. 27 and October 1966, p. 30, citing NICAP; Coral E. Lorenzen, Fate magazine, October 1964, p. 45; Coral E. Lorenzen, Flying Saucer Occupants, p. 150
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_3036

Event 24169 (F25F4873)

Date: 5/23/1964
Time: 13:00?
Location: BURGH MARSH, UK
Description: Photograph / girl shows man / spacesuit. Unseen when photographed. / Flying Saucer Review (FSR) v10#6.
Type: sighting
Reference: LUMIERES DANS la NUIT (LDLN), Paris. Bimonthly since 1957. LDLN B.P.3; 77123 Le Vaudoue, FRANCE. (Index 134)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_6954

Attributes: CST: Observer(s) in coastal area/just offshore, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, NWS: News media report, ODD: Atypical/Forteana/paranormal, NFO: No craft seen, PSH: Pseudo-human: Clone/organic robot/human-like, FIG: Undefined or poorly seen figure/entity, ANI: Animals affected or injuries/marks, PHT: Photos/movies/videos taken, TCH: New technical details/clues, COV: Indication of coverup, CMF: Camouflage/disguise

Extra Data: Country: “Great Britain and Ireland”, Credibility: “7”, Duration: “1”, Elev: “20”, HatchDesc: “BURGH MARSH,UK:FOTO/GIRL SHOWS MAN/SPACESUIT:UNSEEN WHEN FOTOd:/FSR v10#6”, LatLong: “54.916669 -3.050000”, LatLongDMS: “54:55:00 N 03:03:00 W”, Locale: “Wetlands”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “England”, Strangeness: “8”

Event 24170 (DFA33EEC)

Date: 5/24/1964
Time: 21:00
Location: MILLINOCKET, ME
Description: 75cm fireball circles car. Car won’t start until it flies off. / USAF Tech. Intel. Center. (ATIC.)
Type: sighting
Reference: VALLEE, Jacques: PASSPORT TO MAGONIA; H. Regnery, Chicago HC 1969 & Contemporary Books,Chicago 1993. 372pp. (Index 607)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_6955

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, PRB: Probe: Possibly remote controlled, FBL: Fireball: Blazing undistinguished form/orb., NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), OBS: Observation/chasing vehicles, VEH: Vehicle affected: Marks/damage/EME effects, EME: Electro-Magnetic Effects

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “7”, Duration: “5”, Elev: “109”, HatchDesc: “MILLINOCKET,ME:75cm FBL CIRCLES CAR:CAR WONT START UNTIL IT FLIES OFF:/Atic”, LatLong: “45.666669 -68.716670”, LatLongDMS: “45:40:00 N 68:43:00 W”, Locale: “Forest”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Maine”, Strangeness: “7”

Event 24171 (C20F4A9F)

Date: 5/24/1964
Location: Millinocket, ME
Description: Sphere Near Side of Road / Car Wouldn’t Start (NICAP: 03 - EME Cases, Code: E, Rating: 5, BB: BBU)
Reference: NICAP: 640524
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_2712

Event 24172 (63ABC3CB)

Date: 5/24/1964
Location: White Sands, NM
Description: AFB Twice Tracked UFO (NICAP: 09 - RADAR Cases, Code: R, Rating: 5)
Reference: NICAP: 640524
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_2713

Event 24173 (1D5CC069)

Date: 5/24/1964
Time: 2100
Location: Millinocket, Maine
Description: A man driving on Millinocket Lake Road saw a fiery, spherical object to the side. He stopped and left his car with a friend to observe it better. When they became afraid and walked back to the car, the sphere followed them; the engine could not be started as long as the sphere remained within 2 or 3 m of the car. It flew away after five min. It was described as a ball of fire without structure, about 75 cm in diameter.
Type: ufo sighting
Reference: Atic (Vallee)
Source: ValléeMagonia, ID: Magonia_607

Event 24174 (38B0A57C)

Date: 5/24/1964
Location: Burgh by Sands, Cumbria, England
Description: James P. Templeton, using a Pentacon camera with Kodacolor X stock, takes a photo of his 5-year-old daughter Elizabeth when his family is picnicking on the marshes at Burgh by Sands, Cumbria, England. When the film is developed, a man, encased in a white spacesuit and helmet, is clearly visible behind Elizabeth’s head. Templeton and his family claim they had seen no one when the photo was taken. He tells the Carlisle police, who are puzzled. Kodak is intrigued enough to conduct an inquiry. They rule out a double exposure. However, one possibility is that the image is an overexposed view of the back of Templeton’s wife. After the photo receives some local publicity, Templeton gets a call from someone describing himself as an investigator. Templeton agrees to meet with him and an associate and visit the marsh. Two men dressed in dark business suits show up and drive him to the site. They refuse to give Templeton their names, referring to themselves only as “9” and “11.” They are mostly interested in finding out if any nearby animals had been agitated. Then they insist that the figure was just a passerby, get angry, and drive away, leaving Templeton stranded and having to walk home 5 miles away.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Gordon W. Creighton, “The Mysterious Templeton Photograph,” Flying Saucer Review 10, no. 6 (Nov./Dec. 1964): 11– 12; Jenny Randles, “The Riddle of the Templeton Photograph,” IUR 20, no. 4 (July/Aug. 1995): 12–15; “The Templeton photograph” [in color], Flying Saucer Review 46, no. 2 (Summer 2001): inside cover; Jenny Randles, “Casebook: The Solway Spaceman,” Fortean Times 196 (May 2005): 29; Andy Roberts and David Clarke, “Farewell to the Solway Spaceman?” Fortean Times 286 (April 2012): 28–29; Jenny Randles, “Moderations, Part One: Lost and Found Files,” Fortean Times 292 (September 2012): 29; Clark III 1126–1127; Patrick Gross, “The Solway Firth Photograph, 1964”
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_3783

Event 24175 (1B3800B4)

Date: 5/24/1964
Description: Two witnesses in Millinocket, Maine saw a fiery orange object which followed their car at 9:00 p.m. When this object, which was now seen to be spherical, approached to within 2-3 meters, the engine died and could not be restarted. The sphere was a fuzzy “ball of fire,” only 75 centimeters in diameter. After five minutes, it flew away and the car could be started.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: Jacques Vallee, Passport to Magonia: A Century of Landings, case 607; Mark Rodeghier, UFO Reports Involving Vehicle Interference, p. 22
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_3063

Event 24176 (9D8A99E3)

Date: 5/26/1964
Description: (Translated from French) Observation in Cambridge (Massachusetts).
Reference: case Blue Book #8836 unsolved
Reference: rr0 - Beau
Source: rr0, ID: rr0_2051

Event 24177 (9BEC70FA)

Date: 5/26/1964
Description: (Translated from French) Observation in Pleasantview (Pennsylvania)
Reference: case Blue Book #8839 unsolved
Reference: rr0 - Beau
Source: rr0, ID: rr0_2052

Event 24178 (ED100B4D)

Date: 5/26/1964
Description: (Translated from French) 4 satellites go offline and then come back online on their own. It’s as if they were taken apart and put back together again, says a NASA expert.
Reference: rr0 - Beau
Source: rr0, ID: rr0_2053

Event 24179 (F650518F)

Date: 5/26/1964
Location: PALMERTON, PA
Description: Several observer(s). Small disk orbits large domed object. Both merge and going quickly east. / r201p112.
Type: sighting
Reference: UFO INVESTIGATOR: NICAP: Kensington, MD & Washington, DC [defunct]. University Microfilms, Ann Arbor, MI 48106 (Index 35)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_6956

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

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “9”, Duration: “3”, Elev: “122”, HatchDesc: “PALMERTON,PA:SVRL OBS:SML DISK ORBITS LRG DOMED OBJ:BOTH MERGE+>>E:/r201p112”, LatLong: “40.800002 -75.611115”, LatLongDMS: “40:48:00 N 75:36:40 W”, Locale: “Residential”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Pennsylvania”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 24180 (25101850)

Date: 5/26/1964
Time: 15:40
Location: CAMBRIDGE, MA
Description: Project Bluebook Case #8836. Pilot / satellite tracker. 20’ white saucer going [to] 200mph / 1000’ altitude. / r70p3-96.
Type: sighting
Reference: BERLINER, DON: The BLUEBOOK UNKNOWNS; (FUFOR). (Index 32)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_6957

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

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “7”, Duration: “1”, Elev: “9”, HatchDesc: “CAMBRIDGE,MA:BBK#8836:PILOT/SAT.TRACKER:20’WHT SCR >200mph/1000’alt:/r70p3-96”, LatLong: “42.350002 -71.100003”, LatLongDMS: “42:21:00 N 71:06:00 W”, Locale: “Town & City”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, RelAlt: “300”, State/Prov: “Massachusetts”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 24181 (F4E0828F)

Date: 5/26/1964
Time: ~23:00
Location: PLEASANTVIEW, PA
Description: Project Bluebook Case #8839. Saucer in field chased down road by observer(s) / 2 miles. No further details.
Type: sighting
Reference: BERLINER, DON: The BLUEBOOK UNKNOWNS; (FUFOR). (Index 32)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_6958

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

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “6”, Duration: “5”, Elev: “274”, HatchDesc: “PLEASANTVIEW,PA:BBK#8839:SCR IN FIELD CHASED DOWN ROAD BY OBS/2mi:NFD”, LatLong: “40.683335 -80.350004”, LatLongDMS: “40:41:00 N 80:21:00 W”, Locale: “Farmlands”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Pennsylvania”, Strangeness: “7”

Event 24182 (8AC92AE1)

Date: 5/26/1964
Location: Cambridge, MA
Description: Thin, white ellipsoid (3.5x length/width ratio) fly straight and level (NICAP: 01 - Distant Encounters, BB: 8836)
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_2714

Event 24183 (7B364C9F)

Date: 5/26/1964
Location: Pleasantview, PA
Description: Yellow-orange light, shaped like the bottom of a ball (NICAP: 01 - Distant Encounters, BB: 8839)
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_2715

Event 24184 (C7AFB0B7)

Date: 5/26/1964
Time: 7:43 PM
Location: Cambridge, Massachusetts
Description: Witness: P. Wankowicz, RAF pilot and ex-Smithsonian satellite tracker. One thin, white ellipsoid (3.5 times as long as wide) flew straight and level for 3-4 seconds.
Type: ufo sighting
Reference: BlueBook Unknowns PDF
Source: BerlinerBBUnknowns, ID: BerlinerBBU_503

Event 24185 (15F3722F)

Date: 5/26/1964
Time: 11 PM
Location: Pleasantview, Pennsylvania
Description: Witness: Rev. H.C. Shaw. One yellow-orange light, shaped like the bottom of a ball, was spotted in a field and chased down the road for 2 miles.
Type: ufo sighting
Reference: BlueBook Unknowns PDF
Source: BerlinerBBUnknowns, ID: BerlinerBBU_504

Event 24186 (345BBA03)

Date: 5/26/1964
Locations: Cambridge, Massachusetts; Sears Roebuck store
Description: 7:43 p.m. Paul Wańkowicz, RAF pilot and ex-Smithsonian satellite tracker, sees a thin, white ellipsoid, estimated at 15–20 feet in length at 1,000 feet altitude, at Cambridge, Massachusetts. It flies straight and level from nearly overhead to the east-northeast, where it disappears behind the roof of a Sears Roebuck store as viewed from his car in the parking lot to the south. He briefly loses sight of it as it passes behind cumulus cloud cover. No noise or trail. The tops of cumulus clouds are at least 3,500 feet altitude, thus the UFO’s speed is at least 700 mph and length 50– 70 feet.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: NICAP, [Blue Book documents]; Sparks, p. 299
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_3784

Event 24187 (DB72C1D0)

Date: 5/26/1964
Location: Palmerton, Pennsylvania
Description: 10:00 p.m. Mr. and Mrs. Terry Balliet, their family, and two neighbors see two UFOs in the northwest sky near Palmerton, Pennsylvania. One is a large, stationary, dome-like object emitting hazy whitish light from the underside. A smaller disc-like object is intermittently visible maneuvering around the larger one. It finally merges with the large object, which moves away to the east. The large object is seen twice more in the evening, moving back and forth from east to west.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: “Other Recent Sightings,” UFO Investigator 2, no. 11 (July/Aug. 1964): 7
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_3785

Event 24188 (ACF01907)

Date: 5/26/1964
Location: Pleasant View, Pennsylvania
Description: 11:00 p.m. Rev. H. C. Shaw sees a yellow-orange light shaped like the bottom of a ball in a field at Pleasant View, Pennsylvania, and chases it down the road for two miles.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Sparks, p. 299
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_3786

Event 24189 (8FA1832B)

Date: 5/26/1964
Description: At 3:43 p.m. on a cloudy afternoon, a thin, white ellipsoid or cigar-shaped object that was estimated to be three and a half times longer than it was high flew on a straight and level flight path over Cambridge, Massachusetts. Mr. Wankowicz, a civilian witness, reported the sighting to the U.S. Air Force.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: Project Blue Book files counted in official statistics, case # 8836; Thomas M. Olsen, The Reference to Outstanding UFO Reports, p. 152; Don Berliner, Australasian Ufologist, April 1999, p. 51
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_3099

Event 24190 (ABD7B744)

Date: 5/26/1964
Description: In Palmerton, Pennsylvania a small disc orbited around a large domed object at ten o’clock in the evening. The two merge into one and fly off quickly to the east.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: NICAP UFO Investigator, August 1964, p. 7
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_3100

Event 24191 (86CEC5DD)

Date: 5/26/1964
Description: At 11:00 p.m. a yellow-orange light shaped like the bottom of a ball (hemispherical) was spotted in a field and chased for two miles down a road in Pleasantview, Pennsylvania.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: Project Blue Book files counted in official statistics, case # 8839; Don Berliner, Australasian Ufologist, April 1999, p. 51
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_3101

Event 24192 (35AFFC7F)

Date: 5/29/1964
Location: White Sands, NM
Description: Radar/visual of two “football-shaped” UFOs.
Type: ufo sighting
Reference: UFOs and the National Security State: Chronology of a Cover-up, 1941–1973, by Richard Dolan
Source: Dolan, ID: Dolan_251

Event 24193 (845B0BEE)

Date: 5/30/1964
Location: FLUSHING MEADOWS, NY
Description: World fair. Project Bluebook Case #9411. Good photo / donut shape or saucer on edge.
Type: sighting
Reference: STEIGER, Brad (ed.): PROJECT BLUEBOOK; Ballentine Books 1976. 423pp. (Index 367)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_6959

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CST: Observer(s) in coastal area/just offshore, SCR: Classic saucer/disk/sphere shaped UFO, PRB: Probe: Possibly remote controlled, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), PHT: Photos/movies/videos taken, TCH: New technical details/clues, MIL: Military investigation, BBK: Project BLUEBOOK

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “8”, Duration: “5”, Elev: “16”, HatchDesc: “FLUSHING MEADOWS,NY:WORLD FAIR:BBK#9411:GOOD PHOTO/DONUT SHAPE OR SCR ON EDGE”, LatLong: “40.666669 -73.966670”, LatLongDMS: “40:40:00 N 73:58:00 W”, Locale: “Town & City”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “New York”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 24194 (8D25AC99)

Date: 6/1964
Locations: Santa Barbara, California; north of Santa Barbara, California
Description: 2:00 a.m. A young couple is driving home from a dance at a small place north of Santa Barbara, California, when a circular, glowing object silently appears above their car. They stop to watch. It is about 100 feet high and 40 feet in diameter and seemingly emits some heat. It hovers for 2 minutes then speeds off ahead of them, lighting up the valley as it goes and apparently traveling about 1,800–2,400 mph.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: “Correspondence,” CUFOS Associate Newsletter 3, no. 4 (Aug./Sept. 1982): 3
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_3788

Event 24195 (30A1BAD2)

Date: 6/1964
Locations: Green Lake, British Columbia; Vancouver
Description: 6:30 p.m. Bert Gammie, his mother, and his daughter Lynn are driving along the northern shore of Green Lake, British Columbia, when they see a light above a mountain across the lake to the south. Soon they notice it is moving and is now almost directly overhead. He stops the car and gets out for a closer look. The object is circular, dull metallic, and has a series of vents in the tail trailing white, blue, red, and orange exhaust. They watch it for 3 minutes moving slowly to the north at about 50 mph and making a whistling noise. It makes a sharp right-angle turn, proceeds west, and disappears from sight. Gammie reports the sighting to the RCAF in Vancouver, and a senior air force officer visits him later and shows him a bulky portfolio of glossy UFO photos, many of them showing detailed features. Gammie tells him that the UFO he had seen did not exactly resemble any of the photos, and the officer tells him that the RCAF would not admit to interviewing him if the case receives any publicity.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: “‘That Awful Looking Shooting Star,’” Canadian UFO Report 3, no. 5 (1975): 14
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_3789

Event 24196 (59FE2813)

Date: 6/1964
Location: Anvers, Belgium
Description: BUFOI magazine (Belgian UFO Information) is launched by a George Adamski group in Anvers, Belgium, and edited by May and Patrick Morlet. It runs until 1979.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: BUFOI Magazine, no. 1 (June 1964)
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_3790

Event 24197 (A495088F)

Date: 6/2/1964
Time: 16:00
Location: HOBBS, NM
Description: Fiery saucer swoops down. Child badly burnt. Soot / no pain. / r111p226+/ r8.
Type: sighting
Reference: The APRO BULLETIN: Monthly. Jim & Coral Lorenzen: Tucson,AZ (USA. defunct) By volume and number. (Index 779)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_6960

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, SCR: Classic saucer/disk/sphere shaped UFO, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), HUM: Humans affected: Injury/burns/marks/abduction/death, TRC: Physical traces, INJ: Injuries, illness/death, mutilations, MIL: Military investigation, COV: Indication of coverup

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “7”, Duration: “2”, Elev: “1104”, HatchDesc: “HOBBS,NM:FIERY SCR SWOOPS DOWN:CHILD BADLY BURNT:SOOT/NO PAIN:/r111p226+/r8”, LatLong: “32.700002 -103.133338”, LatLongDMS: “32:42:00 N 103:08:00 W”, Locale: “Town & City”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “New Mexico”, Strangeness: “8”

Event 24198 (298644A2)

Date: 6/2/1964
Time: 17:30
Location: LEAM LANE, GATESHEAD, T&W
Description: 80cm small humanoids (or Greys) with lights search haystack! Saucer seen soon after.
Type: sighting
Reference: CLARK, Jerome & COLEMAN, Joren: THE UNIDENTIFIED; Warner PBs, NY 1975 (Index 24)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_6961

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CST: Observer(s) in coastal area/just offshore, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, SCR: Classic saucer/disk/sphere shaped UFO, OID: Humanoid: Small alien or “Grey”, OBS: Observation/chasing vehicles, SMP: Sampling of plant/animal/soil/tissue/specimens, VEG: Plants affected or sampled/crop circles, LND: UFO landing or any part touches ground

Extra Data: Country: “Great Britain and Ireland”, Credibility: “6”, Duration: “10”, Elev: “61”, HatchDesc: “LEAM LANE,GATESHEAD,T&W:80cm OIDS W/LITES SEARCH HAYSTACK!:SCR SEEN SOON AFTER”, LatLong: “54.950003 -1.616667”, LatLongDMS: “54:57:00 N 01:37:00 W”, Locale: “Farmlands”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “England”, Strangeness: “8”

Event 24199 (870C588D)

Date: 6/2/1964
Time: 22:30
Location: SUNNYVALE, CA
Description: Dark saucer with vibrant bright rectangular plate hovers over new homes. Going quickly southeast. / r70#398.
Type: sighting
Reference: UFO INVESTIGATOR: NICAP: Kensington, MD & Washington, DC [defunct]. University Microfilms, Ann Arbor, MI 48106 (Index 35)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_6962

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, SCR: Classic saucer/disk/sphere shaped UFO, CIG: Torpedo/cigar/cylinder shaped UFO, OBS: Observation/chasing vehicles, RAY: Odd light/searchlight/beam/laser-like, BLD: Building/man-made structure/roads/power lines, TCH: New technical details/clues

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “7”, Duration: “10”, Elev: “40”, HatchDesc: “SUNNYVALE,CA:DRK SCR W/VBRITE RECT.PLATE HVRS ovr NEW HOMES:>>SE:/r70#398”, LatLong: “37.383335 -122.066672”, LatLongDMS: “37:23:00 N 122:04:00 W”, Locale: “Residential”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “California”, Strangeness: “8”

Event 24200 (BC149943)

Date: 6/2/1964
Time: 1600
Location: Hobbs, New Mexico
Description: A “black object with flames” is blamed for burns suffered by an 8-year-old child, who said he saw the object coming from the sky. His grandmother, Mrs. Frank Smith, who was standing nearby, heard a sound similar to that of a bullet, but saw nothing. The child suffered second-degree burns on his face, and lost part of his hair.
Type: ufo sighting
Reference: Saucer News Mar., 65 (Vallee)
Source: ValléeMagonia, ID: Magonia_608

Event 24201 (4B033A82)

Date: 6/2/1964
Time: 1730
Location: Leam Lane, England
Description: David Wilson, 14, was going to get some straw for his rabbits when he stopped with other children to observe half-a-dozen dwarfs, about 80 cm tall, dressed in bright green, and having hands lighted “like electric bulbs,” who seemed to be searching for something. Another child later reported that she had seen a silvery disk-shaped object, the size of a car, take off from the same location.
Type: ufo sighting
Reference: FS Dec.,64 (Vallee)
Source: ValléeMagonia, ID: Magonia_609

Event 24202 (25097E84)

Date: 6/2/1964
Location: Hobbs, New Mexico
Description: 4:00 p.m. Charles Keith Davis is outside his grandmother’s home in Hobbs, New Mexico, when a small, tan, top-shaped object with a soot-like trail appears and hovers above the boy’s head, enveloping him in a cloud. He starts crying and screaming, and the object shoots straight up and disappears. His hair is singed and his face and ears are swollen and burned, although he does not feel any pain. They take him to the hospital, where doctors notice the soot embedded in his flesh. The burns respond well to treatment and he stays 5 nights in the hospital.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Lorenzen, UFOs: The Whole Story, Signet, 1969, pp. 191–192
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_3791

Event 24203 (CB1BD881)

Date: 6/2/1964
Description: At 5:30 p.m. in Gateshead, England a teenager and nine children saw six dwarfs on Leam Lane. They were about 31 inches tall, were dressed in bright green clothes, and had luminous hands. They seemed to be searching for something. Later, another child reported seeing a silver disc the size of an automobile take off from the area.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: Ray Palmer, Flying Saucers, December 1964, p. 12; Jacques Vallee, Passport to Magonia: A Century of Landings, case 609; Jerome Clark & Loren Coleman, The Unidentified: Notes Toward Solving the UFO Mystery, p. 24
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_3226

Event 24204 (2AA3EB89)

Date: 6/2/1964
Description: A fiery disc swooped down low over Hobbs, New Mexico at around 4 p.m., leaving behind some sooty trace remnants and burning a child. Surprisingly, the child reported that the burns did not cause any pain despite the fact that his eyes had swollen shut and he had black sooty deposits on his face, neck, and shirt.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: Coral E. Lorenzen, Flying Saucers: The Startling Evidence of the Invasion from Outer Space, p. 226; Jacques Vallee, Passport to Magonia: A Century of Landings, case 608; Coral & Jim Lorenzen, UFOs: The Whole Story, p. 191
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_3227

Event 24205 (75708A6C)

Date: 6/2/1964
Description: At 10:30 p.m. a dark disc-shaped object with a very bright rectangular plate hovered over some new housing construction in Sunnyvale, California. It flew off rapidly toward the southeast.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: NICAP UFO Investigator, August 1964, p. 8; Thomas M. Olsen, Reference for Outstanding UFO Reports, case 153
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_3228

Event 24206 (36EAA3F5)

Date: 6/3/1964
Time: 20:50
Location: COPPERMINE, AZ
Description: 3 observer(s). Ovoid going south / 15 minute(s). Red misty glow. Going northwest. 2nd ovoid / separate observer(s).
Type: sighting
Reference: LORENZEN, Coral: FLYING SAUCERS, the Starting Evidence; Signet Books, NY 1962 & 1966. 278pp. Originally “The Great F. S. Hoax”. (Index 236)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_6963

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: “15”, Elev: “1945”, HatchDesc: “COPPERMINE,AZ:3 OBS:OVOID > S/15min:RED MISTY GLOW:>NW:2nd OVOID/SEP.OBS”, LatLong: “36.633335 -111.416672”, LatLongDMS: “36:38:00 N 111:25:00 W”, Locale: “Desert”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, RelAlt: “200”, State/Prov: “Arizona”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 24207 (6562A718)

Date: 6/3/1964
Time: 22:00
Location: NEAR NEW RIVER, AZ
Description: Blue-glow blimp hovers. Going up [to] and going SSW when hit / car headlights. / r111p236.
Type: sighting
Reference: The APRO BULLETIN: Monthly. Jim & Coral Lorenzen: Tucson,AZ (USA. defunct) By volume and number. (Index 787)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_6964

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: “15”, Elev: “615”, HatchDesc: “nr NEW RIVER,AZ:BLUE-GLOW BLIMP HVRS:↑+>SSW when HIT/CAR HEADLITES:/r111p236”, LatLong: “33.816668 -112.083339”, LatLongDMS: “33:49:00 N 112:05:00 W”, Locale: “Pasture”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, RelAlt: “10”, State/Prov: “Arizona”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 24208 (4B35612D)

Date: 6/3/1964
Description: At 8:45 p.m. three people at the Coppermine trading post, south-southwest of Page, Arizona saw an ovoid object fly in the southern sky for 15 minutes. It had a red misty glow. A second ovoid flew off to the northwest. There were a total of 10 separate observers. At 10:00 a luminous blue blimp-shaped object hovered low over New River, Arizona. It ascended and flew off to the south-southwest when it was illuminated by car headlights.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: (1) Coral E. Lorenzen, Flying Saucers: The Startling Evidence of the Invasion from Outer Space, p. 236, Flying Saucers magazine, June 1965, p. 29; (2) APRO Bulletin, July-August 1965
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_3245

Event 24209 (735AFDC6)

Date: 6/5/1964
Location: ARGENTINA, Pajas Blanca (Cordoba)
Description: (Translated from French) At 4 in the morning, a doctor from Buenos Aires and his wife were driving about 30 km from the international airport when the engine stalled. They were confronted with a huge and extraordinary machine blocking the road. Its very powerful lights went out, leaving only a violet light coming from the object, and they stayed there, sitting, perplexed, for about 20 minutes. Suddenly a figure approached their car and asked in Spanish: “What’s going on, my friend?” The doctor replied that the engine had stalled. The man suggested trying to start it again. He did, and the engine started, as did the headlights, so that they could now see the machine in front of them. The stranger then said: “Don’t be afraid. I am a terrestrial (!). I have a mission to accomplish on Earth. My name is R… D… Warn humanity, in your own way!”. He moved away to join two beings dressed in gray who had just appeared. All three entered the machine, which rose quickly and disappeared, leaving a violet trail behind it. (June 5, 1964)
Reference: Charles BOWEN: “In Search of Humanoids” - J’ai Lu 1974, pp. 131, 132
Reference: Mini catalogue chronologique des observations OVNI, by Godelieve Van Overmeire
Source: Overmeire, ID: Overmeire_2284

Event 24210 (A88A3CB0)

Date: 6/5/1964
Time: 02:00
Location: TEXARKANA, TX
Description: 3 Air Force cadets and 1. UFO spins. Brightens. Suddenly shoots away. No further details.
Type: sighting
Reference: VALLEE, Jacques: CHALLENGE to SCIENCE, The UFO ENIGMA; Henry Regnery 1966 & Ballentine Books, NY 1974. PB (Index 46)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_6965

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

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “9”, Duration: “5”, Elev: “97”, HatchDesc: “TEXARKANA,TX:3 AF CADETS+1:UFO SPINS:BRIGHTENS:SUDDENLY SHOOTS AWAY:NFD”, LatLong: “33.416668 -94.066671”, LatLongDMS: “33:25:00 N 94:04:00 W”, Locale: “Pasture”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Texas”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 24211 (D6013EAC)

Date: 6/5/1964
Time: 03:00
Location: CLEVELAND, OH
Description: 2 / car. 10’ glowing-ball going down [to] slow / 45° to 2M altitude. 10 small night lights follow. Blue beams.
Type: sighting
Reference: The APRO BULLETIN: Monthly. Jim & Coral Lorenzen: Tucson,AZ (USA. defunct) By volume and number. (Index 779)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_6966

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

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “7”, Duration: “3”, Elev: “207”, HatchDesc: “CLEVELAND,OH:2/CAR:10’GLO-BALL ↓ SLOW/45° to 2M ALT:10 SML NLTS FOLO:BLU BEAMS”, LatLong: “41.500002 -81.700004”, LatLongDMS: “41:30:00 N 81:42:00 W”, Locale: “Residential”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, RelAlt: “2”, State/Prov: “Ohio”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 24212 (1D2ECE36)

Date: 6/5/1964
Time: 19:00
Location: PAJAS BLANCAS, ARG
Description: Car malfunctions due to EME (electro-magnetic effects). Saucer / road. Psh"dont fear… i’m terrestrial". / r8+/ r67.
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 22)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_6967

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, SCR: Classic saucer/disk/sphere shaped UFO, PSH: Pseudo-human: Clone/organic robot/human-like, MIB: Men in Black, CVS: Conversation/communication, VEH: Vehicle affected: Marks/damage/EME effects, LND: UFO landing or any part touches ground, EME: Electro-Magnetic Effects, TCH: New technical details/clues

Extra Data: Country: “Argentina”, Credibility: “6”, Duration: “12”, Elev: “586”, HatchDesc: “PAJAS BLANCAS,ARG:CAR EMES:SCR/ROAD:PSH"DONT FEAR…I’M TERRESTRIAL”:/r8+/r67", LatLong: “-31.233335 -64.283336”, LatLongDMS: “31:14:00 S 64:17:00 W”, Locale: “Pasture”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “CRD”, Strangeness: “11”

Event 24213 (FEA43A4C)

Date: 6/5/1964
Location: Pajasblancas, Argentina
Description: A 42-year-old doctor and his wife were 30 km away from the airport when an intensely bright object appeared on the road ahead. They drove very close to it and saw three men dressed in gray, one of whom told him in Spanish that “they had a mission on Earth.”
Type: ufo sighting
Reference: Humanoids 39 (Vallee)
Source: ValléeMagonia, ID: Magonia_610

Event 24214 (9B442193)

Date: 6/5/1964
Description: While driving near the Pajas Blancas airport in Cordoba province, Argentina a doctor and his wife had the engine of their car fail at four o’clock in the morning. They then found a huge object on the road ahead of them. Its bright light went out, leaving only a violet colored light. After 20 minutes of no activity, a man approached the car and suggested that they try the car again. The engine started up. After telling the couple not to be afraid and that he was on a mission, the humanoid joined two others and all three entered the object. It then rose rapidly into the sky, leaving a violet-colored trail.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: Mark Rodeghier, UFO Reports Involving Vehicle Interference, citing Charles Bowen, The Humanoids; Jacques Vallee, Passport to Magonia: A Century of Landings, case 610
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_3295

Event 24215 (EEF2B933)

Date: 6/5/1964
Description: At about the same time, 3:00 a.m. E.D.T. on the morning of June 5th, 1964 a 10-foot diameter glowing ball was seen ascending slowly in the sky from a low altitude in Cleveland, Ohio. The ball of light ascended at a 45-degree angle, and was followed by 10 small lights. It also emitted blue light beams.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: APRO Bulletin, November 1964
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_3296

Event 24216 (7DD1EF9D)

Date: 6/6/1964
Time: 21:30
Location: CHOROMORO, ARG
Description: 3 / van. Large rectangular object going [to] over road. Blows smoke. Complex shape.
Type: sighting
Reference: FSR CASE HISTORIES. Bimonthly/London. Supplements 2 - 18 (final issue) (Index 17)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_6968

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, HQO: High-quality observer(s), SCI: Scientist involvement, DLT: Delta/vee/boomerang/rectangular shaped UFO, PRB: Probe: Possibly remote controlled, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), CMF: Camouflage/disguise

Extra Data: Country: “Argentina”, Credibility: “8”, Duration: “1”, Elev: “816”, HatchDesc: “CHOROMORO,ARG:3/VAN:LRG RECTANGULAR OBJ >OVR ROAD:BLOWS SMOKE:COMPLEX SHAPE”, LatLong: “-26.400001 -65.316670”, LatLongDMS: “26:24:00 S 65:19:00 W”, Locale: “Pasture”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “TCM”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 24217 (03D74884)

Date: 6/6/1964
Location: 49.7747 77.9881
Description: Nuclear test: Underground, confirmed. Country: USSR Yield: .001KT 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_1255

Extra Data: LatLong: “49.7747 77.9881”, LatLongDMS: “49:46:29 N 77:59:17 E”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, NukeCountry: “USSR”, NukeDepth: “0.00”, NukeSource: “KRR”, NukeType: “NUCS”, NukeY: “.001”, NukeYMax: “20”

Event 24218 (F82FA65C)

Date: 6/6/1964
Description: A reddish orange rectangular object with a lower appendage was seen low over a road in Rio Choromoro, Argentina at 9:30 p.m. It had black stripes and two vanes rotating in a clockwise direction. It was also surrounded by smoke or vapor. It absorbed a smaller object a few meters above the road.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: FSR Case Histories, December 1973, p. 18
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_3321

Event 24219 (B5ADF955)

Date: 6/8/1964
Time: 21:30
Location: WEST / LAWRENCEVILLE, IL
Description: 15’ silent domed saucer with portholes. Maneuvers / farm buildings. / r70p3-98 / r8#611.
Type: sighting
Reference: UFO INVESTIGATOR: NICAP: Kensington, MD & Washington, DC [defunct]. University Microfilms, Ann Arbor, MI 48106 (Index 35)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_6969

Attributes: 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, LND: UFO landing or any part touches ground

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “6”, Duration: “10”, Elev: “145”, HatchDesc: “W/LAWRENCEVILLE,IL:15’SLNT DOMED SCR W/PORTS:MNVRS/FARM BLDGs:/r70p3-98/r8#611”, LatLong: “38.727780 -87.716671”, LatLongDMS: “38:43:40 N 87:43:00 W”, Locale: “Farmlands”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Illinois”, Strangeness: “8”

Event 24220 (CA220FC6)

Date: 6/8/1964
Time: 2230
Location: Lawrenceville, Illinois
Description: Helen Reed observed a spinning object 5 m above ground,less than 20 m away, coming and going with right-angle turns. It had a dome from which colored light emanated (blue turning to red) and bands of yellow light. The object was lost to sight behind trees in the north.
Type: ufo sighting
Reference: NICAP Jul., 64 (Vallee)
Source: ValléeMagonia, ID: Magonia_611

Event 24221 (4CBFF47F)

Date: 6/8/1964
Description: In 1964 Mrs. Helen Reed of Lawrenceville, Illinois observed a 15-foot-wide, domed, spinning object around 10:30 p.m. It was moving five meters above the ground and less than 20 meters away. It made sharp, 90 degree turns, and had colored lights emanating from the dome (blue turning to red), and bands of yellow light. The object went out of sight behind some trees to the north.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: NICAP UFO Investigator, August 1964, p. 8; Gordon I. R. Lore, Jr., UFOs: A New Look, p. 14; Jacques Vallee, Passport to Magonia: A Century of Landings, p. 300 (case 611)
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_3369

Event 24222 (560CF20D)

Date: 6/8/1964
Description: Also on the same night five witnesses, including Sheriff L. C. Brinkerhoff of the Big Horn County, Wyoming sheriff’s department had a close encounter with a blue-green UFO that hovered over the badlands near Burlington, Wyoming. It reacted to the sheriff’s spotlight by beaming a ray of light into the patrol car.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: NICAP UFO Investigator, August 1964, p. 6; George D. Fawcett, Flying Saucers, October 1966, p. 30; Richard H. Hall, The UFO Evidence, Volume II. A Thirty Year Report, p. 170
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_3370

Event 24223 (366EA51A)

Date: 6/10/1964
Time: 21:10
Location: NORTH / WILTON, ND
Description: Luminous round object paces private pilot 15km back. Going quickly [to] under plane going north. Horizontal rays.
Type: sighting
Reference: FLICKENGER, Don: NORTH DAKOTA UFO files. Well Documented NICAP files for the 1960s: Xeroxed by Tom Tulien (Index 3)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_6970

Attributes: AIR: Observer(s) on aircraft, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, CNT: Contactee related, SCR: Classic saucer/disk/sphere shaped UFO, NLT: Nightlights/points of light, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), OBS: Observation/chasing vehicles, RAY: Odd light/searchlight/beam/laser-like, NUC: Nuclear facility related, VEH: Vehicle affected: Marks/damage/EME effects

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “7”, Duration: “25”, Elev: “660”, HatchDesc: “N/WILTON,ND:LUMn.RND OBJ PACES Pvt.PILOT 15km back:>> UNDER PLANE >N:HZTL RAYS”, LatLong: “47.183336 -100.916671”, LatLongDMS: “47:11:00 N 100:55:00 W”, Locale: “Metropolis”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, RelAlt: “920”, State/Prov: “North Dakota”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 24224 (44F5C6C9)

Date: 6/11/1964
Time: 16:45:00.2
Location: 37.1486 -116.0760
Description: Nuclear test: Underground, confirmed. Country: USA Name: “Ace” 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_367

Extra Data: LatLong: “37.1486 -116.0760”, LatLongDMS: “37:08:55 N 116:04:34 W”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, NukeCountry: “USA”, NukeDepth: “0.26”, NukeName: “Ace”, NukeSource: “SPRINGER”, NukeType: “NUCU”, NukeYMax: “20”

Event 24225 (DC72B13D)

Date: 6/12/1964
Time: 17:50
Location: NEAR HALLAM, AUSTRALIA
Description: 5 / 2 cars. Domed saucer near main power station/depot/facility. Going quickly northwest toward(s) Melbourne.
Type: sighting
Reference: The APRO BULLETIN: Monthly. Jim & Coral Lorenzen: Tucson,AZ (USA. defunct) By volume and number. (Index 785)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_6971

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

Extra Data: Country: “Australia”, Credibility: “8”, Duration: “1”, HatchDesc: “nr HALLAM,AUSTRL:5/2 CARS:DOMED SCR nr MAIN POWER Stn:>>NW twrd MELBOURNE”, LatLong: “-38.000002 145.250007”, LatLongDMS: “38:00:00 S 145:15:00 E”, Locale: “Pasture”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Victoria”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 24226 (8D6C3450)

Date: 6/12/1964
Time: 22:00
Location: ELMORE, OH
Description: Project Bluebook Case #unknown. 2 cops include/including chief. Night lights / 110min. Vanish when spot-light hit.
Type: sighting
Reference: VALLEE, Jacques: CHALLENGE to SCIENCE, The UFO ENIGMA; Henry Regnery 1966 & Ballentine Books, NY 1974. PB (Index 46)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_6972

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, NLT: Nightlights/points of light, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), OBS: Observation/chasing vehicles, TCH: New technical details/clues, MIL: Military investigation, BBK: Project BLUEBOOK, OGA: Non-Covert Government Agencies, CMF: Camouflage/disguise

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “10”, Duration: “110”, Elev: “187”, HatchDesc: “ELMORE,OH:BBK#UNK:2 COPS INCL CHIEF:NLTS/110min:VANISH WHEN SPOT-LITE HIT.”, LatLong: “41.477780 -83.294448”, LatLongDMS: “41:28:40 N 83:17:40 W”, Locale: “Metropolis”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Ohio”, Strangeness: “5”

Event 24227 (4EB2373B)

Date: 6/12/1964
Time: 22:20
Location: TOLEDO, OH
Description: 2 cops include/including chief. 27M object blinks different colors. 3 showings. No further details.
Type: sighting
Reference: WILKINS, Harold T.: FLYING SAUCERS ON THE ATTACK; Ace Books, NY PB 1967. (Index 316)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_6973

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

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “8”, Duration: “70”, Elev: “185”, HatchDesc: “TOLEDO,OH:2 COPS incl CHIEF:27M OBJ BLINKS DIFF.COLORS:3 SHOWINGS:NFD”, LatLong: “41.666669 -83.550004”, LatLongDMS: “41:40:00 N 83:33:00 W”, Locale: “Metropolis”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Ohio”, Strangeness: “4”

Event 24228 (832602DD)

Date: 6/12/1964
Location: 37.0000 -116.0000
Description: Nuclear test: Underground, confirmed. Country: USA Name: “Bitterling” 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_368

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: “Bitterling”, NukeSource: “NV209”, NukeType: “NUCU”, NukeYMax: “20”

Event 24229 (2E5F27DD)

Date: 6/12/1964
Description: A domed disc-shaped UFO hovered near the main power station in Hallam, Victoria, Australia at 5:55 p.m. It then flew away to the northwest toward Melbourne.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: Michael Hervey, UFOs over the Southern Hemisphere, p. 100
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_3439

Event 24230 (DDFB6CF0)

Date: 6/12/1964
Description: Police Chief Richard Crawford of Elmore, Ohio spotted a bright, motionless blinking object emitting multi-colored lights near the intersection of Route 51 and Nissen Road at 10:15 p.m. Some kind of halo surrounded it. After about 20 minutes a spotlight was aimed at the object, and it went away. It was again seen at the local school half an hour before midnight, at an altitude of about 1000 feet, flying at a good speed to the northwest, toward the town of Genoa. It made the sound of a bullet flying by one’s ear. Crawford radioed another policeman and asked him to meet him at a certain point. The other officer arrived there first, and witnessed the object giving off bursts of light once per second. It took off again when Crawford arrived, changed course at high speed, and was lost to sight in a few seconds.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: Jacques Vallee, Challenge to Science: The UFO Enigma, pg. 37
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_3440

Event 24231 (3B2BFF61)

Date: 6/13/1964
Description: (Translated from French) Observation in Toledo (Ohio). (June 13)
Reference: case Blue Book #8870 unsolved
Reference: rr0 - Beau
Source: rr0, ID: rr0_2055

Event 24232 (EC969A11)

Date: 6/13/1964
Time: 21:30
Location: PEMBERVILLE, OH
Description: Red object darkens / landing in wheatfield. Goes slow. / r3p46+/ r8.
Type: sighting
Reference: UFO INVESTIGATOR: NICAP: Kensington, MD & Washington, DC [defunct]. University Microfilms, Ann Arbor, MI 48106 (Index 35)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_6974

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

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “7”, Duration: “5”, Elev: “198”, HatchDesc: “PEMBERVILLE,OH:RED OBJ DARKENS/LANDING in WHEATFIELD:GOES SLOW:/r3p46+/r8”, LatLong: “41.411113 -83.461115”, LatLongDMS: “41:24:40 N 83:27:40 W”, Locale: “Farmlands”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Ohio”, Strangeness: “8”

Event 24233 (3390E609)

Date: 6/13/1964
Location: Toledo, OH
Description: 3 glowing white spheres, glowing red on their sides (NICAP: 01 - Distant Encounters, BB: 8870)
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_2717

Event 24234 (20FD1807)

Date: 6/13/1964
Time: 2100
Location: Penberville, Ohio
Description: Karen Fahle saw a bright object coming to the ground about 200 m away. While approaching its lights blinked and turned to dark red. Five min later it went away slowly.
Type: ufo sighting
Reference: AMUFO Sep., 64 (Vallee)
Source: ValléeMagonia, ID: Magonia_612

Event 24235 (BC2C5546)

Date: 6/13/1964
Time: 9:15 PM
Location: Toledo, Ohio
Description: Witness: B.L. English, announcer for radio station WTOD. Three glowing white spheres, glowing red on their sides, moved slow, hovered and then moved in circles very fast, all the while making a low, rumbling sound.
Type: ufo sighting
Reference: BlueBook Unknowns PDF
Source: BerlinerBBUnknowns, ID: BerlinerBBU_505

Event 24236 (209CD2F3)

Date: 6/13/1964
Description: At 9:00 p.m. Karen Fahle of Penberville, Ohio saw a bright object coming to the ground about 200 meters away. While approaching, its lights blinked and turned to dark red. Five minutes later it flew away slowly. At 9:15 pm. B. L. English, a radio announcer at WTOD Radio in Toledo, Ohio saw three glowing white spheres, glowing red on their sides, move slowly through the sky, hover, and then move in fast circles. They made a low, rumbling sound as they flew.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: (1) Jacques Vallee, Passport to Magonia: A Century of Landings, case 612; (2) Project Blue Book files counted in official statistics, case # 8870
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_3458

Event 24237 (F74C0D00)

Date: 6/14/1964
Time: 21:00
Location: DALE, IN
Description: TV and electric out. 30cm sphere/orb/globe going down / backyard! Shocks felt near. / r8+/ MJ#254+/ r83p14.
Type: sighting
Reference: UFO INVESTIGATOR: NICAP: Kensington, MD & Washington, DC [defunct]. University Microfilms, Ann Arbor, MI 48106 (Index 35)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_6975

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, NLT: Nightlights/points of light, PRB: Probe: Possibly remote controlled, FBL: Fireball: Blazing undistinguished form/orb., NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), DRT: Dirt/soil traces/marks/footprints etc., HUM: Humans affected: Injury/burns/marks/abduction/death, BLD: Building/man-made structure/roads/power lines, LND: UFO landing or any part touches ground, EME: Electro-Magnetic Effects, TRC: Physical traces, ODR: Odors associated with UFO’s

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “6”, Duration: “1”, Elev: “143”, HatchDesc: “DALE,IN:TV+ELEC.OUT:30cm ORB ↓/BACKYARD!:SHOCKS FELT NEAR:/r8+/MJ#254+/r83p14”, LatLong: “38.166668 -86.983337”, LatLongDMS: “38:10:00 N 86:59:00 W”, Locale: “Farmlands”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Indiana”, Strangeness: “8”

Event 24238 (26C8C43D)

Date: 6/14/1964
Time: 2100
Location: Dale, Indiana
Description: Charles Englebrecht went outside when his TV set and all house lights suddenly failed and saw a glowing blue-white object, about 30 nn in diameter, land about 18 m away in the field. He felt a mild electric shock when he tried to approach it and was unable to move forward.
Type: ufo sighting
Reference: NICAP Jul., 64 (Vallee)
Source: ValléeMagonia, ID: Magonia_613

Event 24239 (6E397743)

Date: 6/14/1964
Location: Dale, Indiana
Description: 8:35 p.m. Charles Englebrecht, 18, is watching TV at home in Dale, Indiana, when the house lights and TV suddenly go out. He notices that a small, bright orange-colored, basketball-sized object has landed in his back yard. As he goes out the side door and tries to approach it, he feels a tingling sensation and has difficulty moving. After a few seconds the sphere takes off and goes over the nearby barn. Several items in the backyard have been moved (lawn mower, chicken feeder). He smells sulfur or burning rubber and find three imprints in a triangle with the dimensions of 2 feet by 4.5 feet by 4.5 feet.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: NICAP, “The Dale Landing Case”
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_3792

Event 24240 (93DC0367)

Date: 6/14/1964
Description: Charles Englebrecht, age 18, went outside at 9:30 p.m. in Dale, Indiana when his TV and all house lights suddenly failed. He saw a glowing blue-white object, about 30-cm in diameter, land about 18 meters away in a field. He felt a mild electric shock when he tried to approach it and was unable to move forward toward the object.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: Jacques Vallee, Passport to Magonia: A Century of Landings, p. 300 (case 613)
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_3474

Event 24241 (2E79EA67)

Date: 6/14/1964
Description: That same evening at 9:30 p.m. three prominent citizens of Salta, Argentina–a lawyer, an engineer, and a businessman–were driving along highway 9 when a rectangular shaped UFO, reddish-orange in color, dove down several times in front of them. The first time the UFO caused such tremendous condensation on all their windows that they had to stop and wipe the windows. When the thing reappeared they saw that it was about 16 feet high, 20 feet wide, and had what appeared to be two big blades revolving clockwise as it flew along silently above the road. Some distance ahead there was a stationary rectangular dark red light about 50 cm square. To their amazement they saw the larger object scoop up this light and vanish at high speed.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: Gordon Creighton, “Argentina 1963/64–Part IV”, FSR, May 1966, p. 25
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_3475

Event 24242 (5B68B2E3)

Date: 6/15/1964
Location: CHILE, Arica
Description: (Translated from French) A miner, Rafael Aguirre Donoso, observed the landing of a strange craft from which two men with fair skin emerged, speaking a language that seemed to be a mix of English and Spanish. Donoso gave them some water from the radiator of his car and they left.
Reference: M. FIGUET/ J.L. RUCHON: “Ovni, Premier dossier complet…” - éd. Alain Lefeuvre 1979, p. 101
Reference: Mini catalogue chronologique des observations OVNI, by Godelieve Van Overmeire
Source: Overmeire, ID: Overmeire_2285

Event 24243 (B16F8C33)

Date: 6/15/1964
Time: 17:30
Location: NEAR ARICA, CHL
Description: Saucer lands. Pseudo-human/entity ask for water / mixed Engl&Spanish! / FSR’65#2+/ r8#613.
Type: sighting
Reference: BOWEN, Charles (ed.) The HUMANOIDS: HB Henry Regnery, Chicago 1969. 256pp. PB 1977 Futura, London (Index 108)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_6976

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, MIB: Men in Black, SMP: Sampling of plant/animal/soil/tissue/specimens, CVS: Conversation/communication, LND: UFO landing or any part touches ground, TCH: New technical details/clues

Extra Data: Country: “Chile”, Credibility: “7”, Duration: “11”, Elev: “16”, HatchDesc: “nr ARICA,CHL:SCR LANDS:PSH ASK FOR WATER/MIXED ENGL&SPANISH!:/FSR’65#2+/r8#613”, LatLong: “-18.600001 -70.200003”, LatLongDMS: “18:36:00 S 70:12:00 W”, Locale: “Desert”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “ARI”, Strangeness: “9”

Event 24244 (C207D4EB)

Date: 6/15/1964
Time: 23:10
Location: LYNN, MA
Description: Roar! Domed saucer 4M over courtyard. Electricity felt 6M away. / r83p13.
Type: sighting
Reference: UFO INVESTIGATOR: NICAP: Kensington, MD & Washington, DC [defunct]. University Microfilms, Ann Arbor, MI 48106 (Index 35)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_6977

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

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “6”, Duration: “1”, Elev: “8”, HatchDesc: “LYNN,MA:ROAR!:DOMED SCR 4M ovr COURTYARD:ELECTRICITY FELT 6M AWAY:/r83p13”, LatLong: “42.450002 -70.950003”, LatLongDMS: “42:27:00 N 70:57:00 W”, Locale: “Town & City”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, RelAlt: “4”, State/Prov: “Massachusetts”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 24245 (E5A4624E)

Date: 6/15/1964
Location: Aria, Chile
Description: A miner, R. A. Donoso, observed a strange machine land. From it emerged two fairskinned men who asked for water in a language which appeared to be a mixture of English and Spanish. Donoso took some water from his car radiator for them and they left. Their craft was about 3 m long and 1 m wide.
Type: ufo sighting
Reference: FSR 65; 2 (Vallee)
Source: ValléeMagonia, ID: Magonia_614

Event 24246 (EE0342D5)

Date: 6/15/1964
Time: 13:40:00.4
Location: 24.0666 5.0345
Description: Nuclear test: Underground. Country: France Name: “topaze” 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_1847

Extra Data: LatLong: “24.0666 5.0345”, LatLongDMS: “24:04:00 N 05:02:04 E”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, NukeCountry: “France”, NukeDepth: “0.00”, NukeName: “topaze”, NukeSource: “BOLT”, NukeType: “U”, NukeY: “0”, NukeYMax: “20”

Event 24247 (806C754D)

Date: 6/15/1964
Description: A miner, R. A. Donoso, driving a car 20 kilometers from Arica, Chile saw a strange machine land. It was 10 feet long and 3.5 feet wide. Two fair-skinned men emerged from the craft. They spoke in a mixture of Spanish and English, and asked for water. Donoso took some water from his car radiator for them and they left. The UFO left by ascending vertically into the sky.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: Gordon Creighton, The Humanoids: FSR Special Edition No. 1, p. 39; Jacques Vallee, Passport to Magonia: A Century of Landings, case 614
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_3497

Event 24248 (6A8D9C9E)

Date: 6/15/1964
Description: At 11:10 p.m. a 25 foot in diameter domed disc with a red light on the bottom hovered 20 feet away and at only 20 feet above the ground of a 20-year-old man name Angelos in Lynn, Massachusetts. It gave off a vapor and made a whining noise. The man was temporarily paralyzed during the encounter, which lasted over a minute.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: NICAP UFO Investigator, August 1964, p. 8; Gordon I. R. Lore, Jr., UFOs: A New Look, p. 14; Raymond E. Fowler, UFOs: Interplanetary Visitors, p. 329
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_3498

Event 24249 (9C83532D)

Date: 6/18/1964
Location: 37.0000 -116.0000
Description: Nuclear test: Underground, confirmed. Country: USA Name: “Duffer” 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_369

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: “Duffer”, NukeSource: “NV209”, NukeType: “NUCU”, NukeYMax: “20”

Event 24250 (9BFE4C48)

Date: Summer 1964
Location: Point Isabel, OH
Description: Late evening. A couple saw a creature over 6’ tall with gold, glowing eyes and wide shoulders. Body hair not obvious; had pointed chin and large ears. Just vanished from short distance. (Stringfield; Skylook-93,9) (NICAP: 07 - Entity Cases)
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_2716

Event 24251 (B2BD4C87)

Date: Summer 1964
Locations: Westford, Massachusetts; Boston area
Description: 10:00 p.m. A meteorologist at Westford, Massachusetts, sees a bright lightning flash 5 miles to the south. At the same time, his car headlights and the headlights of an approaching car go out, as well as his radio. No thunderclap is heard. He notes that the sky is clear and there are no thunderstorms in the entire Boston area.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: “Astronomers and UFO’s: A Survey, Part 2, Sightings,” IUR 2, no. 4 (April 1977): 4
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_3787

Event 24252 (5566852D)

Date: 6/23/1964
Location: Palm Springs, CA
Description: Author of “Behind the Flying Saucers” and journalist Frank Scully dies in Palm Springs, CA. In 1988 his large archive of 1950’s-early 60’s material (personal notes, private correspondences, newspaper clippings, etc.) is contributed by his wife Alice to the American Heritage Center (University of Wyoming) in Laramie, WY.
Type: death
Reference: link
Source: Maj2, ID: Maj2_619

Event 24253 (1DFD4264)

Date: 6/23/1964 (approximate)
Time: 01:10
Location: SR60 WITH VERO BEACH, FL
Description: 15+disks pace car / miles. Hide / other cars. / APRO 11’64+/ r111.
Type: sighting
Reference: UFO INVESTIGATOR: NICAP: Kensington, MD & Washington, DC [defunct]. University Microfilms, Ann Arbor, MI 48106 (Index 35)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_6978

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, SCR: Classic saucer/disk/sphere shaped UFO, NLT: Nightlights/points of light, PRB: Probe: Possibly remote controlled, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), OBS: Observation/chasing vehicles, HUM: Humans affected: Injury/burns/marks/abduction/death, VEH: Vehicle affected: Marks/damage/EME effects, CMF: Camouflage/disguise

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “8”, Duration: “30”, Elev: “20”, HatchDesc: “SR60 W/VERO BEACH,FL:15+DISKS PACE CAR/MILES:HIDE/OTHER CARS:/APRO 11’64+/r111”, LatLong: “27.655557 -80.750004”, LatLongDMS: “27:39:20 N 80:45:00 W”, Locale: “Pasture”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Florida”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 24254 (26CA7EAC)

Date: 6/23/1964
Description: Fifteen or more flying discs paced a car on Highway 60 in Vero Beach, Florida. The object tipped back and forth as they did so. They first formed a V-formation, then reformed into a circular formation, then split the formation and flew on either side of a grove of trees.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: NICAP UFO Investigator, August 1964, p. 1
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_3618

Event 24255 (C419DF32)

Date: 6/24/1964
Time: 23:20
Location: NEAR KALISPELL, MT
Description: TV Radio Frequency Interference (RFI). 3 cigars going southwest outside. Low / horizon. Lights / ends and portholes? / r171.
Type: sighting
Reference: UFO INVESTIGATOR: NICAP: Kensington, MD & Washington, DC [defunct]. University Microfilms, Ann Arbor, MI 48106 (Index 35)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_6979

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

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “7”, Duration: “2”, Elev: “900”, HatchDesc: “nr KALISPELL,MT:TV RFI:3 CGRS >SW OUTSIDE:LOW/HRZN:LITES/ENDS+PORTS?:/r171”, LatLong: “48.194447 -114.311117”, LatLongDMS: “48:11:40 N 114:18:40 W”, Locale: “Mountains”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Montana”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 24256 (C1BEFF38)

Date: 6/24/1964
Description: Fifteen or more disc-shaped objects paced a truck driver and his wife in Vero Beach, Florida in the predawn hours. The discs flew along, tipping back and forth. They formed a V formation, then a circular formation; finally the objects split the formation and passed on either side of a group of trees.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: NICAP UFO Investigator, August 1964, p. 1
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_3638

Event 24257 (32CDF4DB)

Date: 6/25/1964
Location: USA, Ely (Nevada)
Description: (Translated from French) George W. Rogers of Spring Valley was driving with his brother Bert towards Ely when they saw a strange craft in front of them on the road. At first it was on the side at 1.20 m from the ground. They had only seen the top and their first thought was that it was a jeep that had swerved. Then it had risen and come above the road where it had landed for a short moment on a kind of 60 cm pedestal. The two men were then a few meters away from the object. It looked like a pyramid roof, but the tip was on the side of the thin pedestal. It was slightly curved and was spinning quickly. George Rogers had jumped out of the car and run to touch the object. At the moment he had approached, the thing had emitted a loud rumble and had jumped about 3 m high to come back down on the road 15 m further. George had approached 3 or 4 times, it had been the same thing. “It suddenly came to me that I was stirring around something I knew nothing about. Bert was shouting at me to stay away from this object. I eventually thought he was right and I went back to the driver’s seat.” A moment later the object had risen slowly and had flown away at full speed towards the east. The two men said that the thing looked like an upside-down roof, the sides were shiny as if they had been made of plastic and had a red mark or emblem that he had not seen well because the craft kept spinning.
Reference: Frank EDWARDS: “Les S.V. affaire sérieuse”. - trad. Laffont 1967 - p. 111-112
Reference: Mini catalogue chronologique des observations OVNI, by Godelieve Van Overmeire
Source: Overmeire, ID: Overmeire_2286

Event 24258 (E6F17878)

Date: 6/25/1964
Location: NEAR SPRING VALLEY, NV
Description: Top-object / roadside. Lands / 2’ pedestal. Spins and hops and flies off!
Type: sighting
Reference: EDWARDS, Frank: FLYING SAUCERS-SERIOUS BUSINESS; Lyle Stewart & Bantam Books 1966. (Index 69)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_6980

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

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “7”, Duration: “5”, Elev: “2000”, HatchDesc: “nr SPRING VALLEY,NV:TOP-OBJ/ROADSIDE:LANDS/2’ PEDESTAL:SPINS+HOPS+FLIES OFF!”, LatLong: “39.344446 -114.416672”, LatLongDMS: “39:20:40 N 114:25:00 W”, Locale: “Pasture”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Nevada”, Strangeness: “8”

Event 24259 (27FD4A36)

Date: Late 6/1964
Location: Rome, IN
Description: Mysterious Markings in Field Baffle Perry County Farm Family. A five foot circular burned circle, with three intensely burned circles arranged in a triangular shape as though made by table legs were discovered in the alfalfa field. (NICAP: 06 - Trace Cases)
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_2722

Event 24260 (F0CDCEBD)

Date: 6/25/1964
Time: 13:30:00.1
Location: 37.1111 -116.0288
Description: Nuclear test: Underground, confirmed. Country: USA Name: “Fade” 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_370

Extra Data: LatLong: “37.1111 -116.0288”, LatLongDMS: “37:06:40 N 116:01:44 W”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, NukeCountry: “USA”, NukeDepth: “0.21”, NukeName: “Fade”, NukeSource: “SPRINGER”, NukeType: “NUCU”, NukeYMax: “20”

Event 24261 (DB3B4597)

Date: 6/25/1964
Description: In Spring Valley, Nevada a spinning top-shaped UFO w pyramidal sides and a two-foot long pedestal was seen resting on the ground. It was about the size of a Jeep and was a “shiny plastic” color. It rose ten feet off the ground, then landed again. Took off and flew in a horizontal direction. A UFO very similar in appearance was sighted in South Carolina on June 30, 1964.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: newspaper clipping, July 1, 1964; Project Blue Book files counted in official statistics
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_3652

Event 24262 (FB29683C)

Date: 6/27/1964
Location: Cleveland, Ohio
Description: Teenage UFO buffs Allen H. Greenfield, Rick Hilberg, and Dale Rettig hold the first Congress of Scientific Ufologists in Cleveland, Ohio. It becomes an annual meeting and changes its name to the National UFO Conference, which runs until 2005.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Wikipedia, “National UFO Conference”; “Ufologists to Meet,” Lexington (Ky.) Herald, June 22, 1964, p. 20; Story, p. 91; David Halperin, “Cleveland 2015: ‘Congress of Scientific Ufologists’ 50th Reunion,” davidhalperin.net, June 25, 2015; National UFO Conference, “Congress of Scientific UFOlogists”
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_3793

Event 24263 (A9322631)

Date: 6/29/1964
Time: 23:50
Location: NEAR LAVONIA, GA
Description: Car buzzed / saucer. Hiss! Radiation/radioactivity and electro-magnetic effect (EME) and oily residue. / MJ#254+/ r249p286.
Type: sighting
Reference: UFO INVESTIGATOR: NICAP: Kensington, MD & Washington, DC [defunct]. University Microfilms, Ann Arbor, MI 48106 (Index 35)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_6981

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, RDA: Radiation/high energy fields detected, EME: Electro-Magnetic Effects, TRC: Physical traces, TCH: New technical details/clues, INJ: Injuries, illness/death, mutilations, MIL: Military investigation, BBK: Project BLUEBOOK, SND: UFO sounds heard or recorded, ODR: Odors associated with UFO’s

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “9”, Duration: “10”, Elev: “260”, HatchDesc: “nr LAVONIA,GA:CAR BUZZED/SCR:HISS!:RDA+EME+OILY RESIDUE:/MJ#254+/r249p286”, LatLong: “34.433335 -83.100004”, LatLongDMS: “34:26:00 N 83:06:00 W”, Locale: “Pasture”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, RelAlt: “2”, State/Prov: “Georgia”, Strangeness: “5”

Event 24264 (33375857)

Date: 6/29/1964
Location: Lavonia (near), GA
Description: Vehicle encounter, top-shaped UFO and strange effects (NICAP: 03 - EME Cases) (NICAP: 05 - Medical Incidents)
Reference: NICAP: 640629
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_2718

Event 24265 (54C190A5)

Date: 6/29/1964
Location: Lavonia (near), GA
Description: Vehicle encounter, top-shaped UFO, strange effects (NICAP: 06 - Trace Cases)
Reference: NICAP: 640629
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_2720

Event 24266 (C789C7F3)

Date: 6/29/1964
Location: Lavonia (near), GA
Description: Vehicle encounter, top-shaped UFO (NICAP: 10 - Nuclear Connection)
Reference: NICAP: 640629
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_2721

Event 24267 (C8B29F79)

Date: 6/29/1964
Location: Lavonia, GA
Description: Brilliantly lit top-shaped object made head-on passes at car, paced ahead of it, hovering and darting motions
Type: sighting
Reference: The UFO Evidence by Richard H. Hall
Source: HallUFOEvidence2, ID: HallUFOE2_15

Event 24268 (53C00F48)

Date: 6/29/1964
Description: Lavonia, Georgia - Driving near the Georgia-South Carolina border late in the evening, Beauford Parham experienced a close encounter with a huge, amber colored, spinning top-shaped UFO. It made a hissing sound “like a million snakes”. The witness felt a burning sensation in his body while the UFO hovered just in front of car for more than a minute as he travelled along at 65 mph. The UFO went up over the car, leaving a strong odor like “embalming fluid” and a gaseous vapor covered his car. The UFO came straight at his car again and the engine of his car began to miss. He stopped the car, and the object “spun like crazy” and then took off, disappearing in a split second. Parham’s hands continued to burn even after he washed them. An oily substance on the car persisted after several washings, and the car’s hood was warped with bubbled up paint.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: Richard Hall, Uninvited Guests, pg. 248
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_3728

Event 24269 (C5FB989F)

Date: 6/30/1964
Time: 01:00
Location: WELLFORD, SC
Description: Saucer with antennas follows car / miles. Leaves when headlights off. / MJ#254.
Type: sighting
Reference: EDWARDS, Frank: FLYING SAUCERS-SERIOUS BUSINESS; Lyle Stewart & Bantam Books 1966. (Index 69)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_6982

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, RDA: Radiation/high energy fields detected, EME: Electro-Magnetic Effects, TRC: Physical traces, TCH: New technical details/clues, MIL: Military investigation, BBK: Project BLUEBOOK

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “7”, Duration: “50”, Elev: “262”, HatchDesc: “WELLFORD,SC:SCR W/ANTENNAS FOLOS CAR/MILES:LEAVES WHEN HEADLITES OFF:/MJ#254”, LatLong: “34.950002 -82.088893”, LatLongDMS: “34:57:00 N 82:05:20 W”, Locale: “Farmlands”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “South Carolina”, Strangeness: “7”

Event 24270 (B2AB51BA)

Date: 6/30/1964
Time: 13:33:00.1
Location: 37.1744 -116.0564
Description: Nuclear test: Underground, confirmed. Country: USA Name: “Dub” 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_371

Extra Data: LatLong: “37.1744 -116.0564”, LatLongDMS: “37:10:28 N 116:03:23 W”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, NukeCountry: “USA”, NukeDepth: “0.26”, NukeName: “Dub”, NukeSource: “SPRINGER”, NukeType: “NUCU”, NukeYMax: “20”

Event 24271 (618E2FC8)

Date: 6/30/1964
Locations: Lavonia, Georgia; Anderson Regional Airport in South Carolina
Description: 1:00 a.m. Beauford E. Parham is driving near Lavonia, Georgia, on his way back from a business trip when he notices a brilliant light in the sky. It is moving towards his car at a 45° angle. In an instant it appears right in front of his headlights, no more than 5 feet away and a foot above the ground. Shaped like a giant top, it emits a “hissing sound like a million snakes.” The amber-colored UFO has a sharp, steeple-like cone rising from its top midsection. It moves above his car leaving a strong odor of embalming fluid and a gaseous vapor that leaves an oily substance over his car, even after repeated washings. After several passes over his car, it starts spinning and takes off vertically. Parham now notices his arms are beginning to burn. He immediately reports his sighting to the mayor of Lavonia, then personnel at the Anderson Regional Airport in South Carolina, where he meets local FAA officials who check his car for radiation. They get readings from the oily stains, as well as both his arms from the shoulder down.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: “Man Claims Car Buzzed by an Unknown Object,” Greenwood (S.C.) Index-Journal, July 3, 1964, p. 5; NICAP, “Lavonia / Tallulah Case (Radiation)”; Schopick, pp. 71–72; Donald E. Keyhoe and Gordon I. R. Lore Jr., Strange Effects from UFOs, NICAP, 1969, pp. 5–7; Clark III 678–680
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_3794

Event 24272 (4CF80CEF)

Date: 6/30/1964
Description: In Wellford, South Carolina a disc-shaped object with an antenna followed a car for many miles beginning at one o’clock in the morning. It departed when the car’s driver turned the car headlights off. The duration of the close encounter was 50 minutes.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: Frank Edwards, Flying Saucers–Serious Business, p. 69
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_3747

Event 24273 (F6189237)

Date: 7/1964
Location: USA
Description: (Translated from French) Two prototypes of such an ionic engine were tested in July 1964, in the United States. The characteristic of these devices is to provide only an extremely weak thrust, of the order of half a gram, but to be able to sustain it, without refueling, for years. Since the acceleration is constant, the speed could reach 200,000, 300,000 km/h… which does not exclude the invention of propulsion based on phenomena still under study in laboratories. (July 1964)
Reference: "Astronautics, Pierre Rousseau, Hachette 1965, p. 61
Reference: Mini catalogue chronologique des observations OVNI, by Godelieve Van Overmeire
Source: Overmeire, ID: Overmeire_2287

Event 24274 (DC805FF1)

Date: 7/1964?
Time: ~07:00
Location: TUEJAR, SP
Description: 3 observer(s). Car-size object hovers and glows. Going quickly north very fast shooting green sparks.
Type: sighting
Reference: BALLESTER OLMOS, Vicente-Juan: CATALOG of 200 TYPE-1 EVENTS in SPAIN & PORTUGAL; CUFOS 1976. (Index 8)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_6983

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

Extra Data: Country: “Spain”, Credibility: “9”, Duration: “5”, HatchDesc: “TUEJAR,SP:3 OBS:CAR-SIZE OBJ HVRS+GLOWS:>>N VFAST SHOOTING GREEN SPARKS.”, LatLong: “39.750002 -1.100000”, LatLongDMS: “39:45:00 N 01:06:00 W”, Locale: “Pasture”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Valencian”, Strangeness: “8”

Event 24275 (C3EF5BBC)

Date: 7/1964
Time: 11:30
Location: LAS ROZAS NORTHWEST MADRID, SP
Description: 6M conic saucer rests on hill. Traces = crushed soil and vegetation.
Type: sighting
Reference: BALLESTER OLMOS, Vicente-Juan: CATALOG of 200 TYPE-1 EVENTS in SPAIN & PORTUGAL; CUFOS 1976. (Index 9)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_6984

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, HQO: High-quality observer(s), SCR: Classic saucer/disk/sphere shaped UFO, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), DRT: Dirt/soil traces/marks/footprints etc., VEG: Plants affected or sampled/crop circles, LND: UFO landing or any part touches ground, TRC: Physical traces

Extra Data: Country: “Spain”, Credibility: “10”, Duration: “2”, HatchDesc: “LAS ROZAS NW MADRID,SP:6M CONIC SCR RESTS ON HILL:TRACES=CRUSHED SOIL+VEGETATI”, LatLong: “40.516669 -3.783334”, LatLongDMS: “40:31:00 N 03:47:00 W”, Locale: “Farmlands”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “MAD”, Strangeness: “8”

Event 24276 (C09B59FF)

Date: 7/1964
Time: 11:30
Location: NEAR ZVIZHAVANE, RHOD
Description: 2 / van. 65’ saucer 4’ over dirt road. Blows odd red dust / sticks / van.
Type: sighting
Reference: FLYING SAUCER REVIEW (FSR), London. Bimonthly. PO Box 162; High Wycombe, Bucks. HP135 DZ, England. (Index 254)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_6985

Attributes: 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, TRC: Physical traces, TCH: New technical details/clues, CMF: Camouflage/disguise

Extra Data: Country: “Zimbabwe & Zambia”, Credibility: “7”, Duration: “1”, HatchDesc: “nr ZVIZHAVANE,RHOD:2/VAN:65’SCR 4’OVR DIRT ROAD:BLOWS ODD RED DUST/STICKS/VAN”, LatLong: “-20.366668 30.033335”, LatLongDMS: “20:22:00 S 30:02:00 E”, Locale: “Pasture”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “MSH”, Strangeness: “7”

Event 24277 (45698E14)

Date: 7/1964
Location:
Description: NICAP report, The UFO Evidence, released to Congress and news media.
Type: sighting
Reference: The UFO Evidence by Richard H. Hall
Source: HallUFOEvidence2, ID: HallUFOE2_16

Event 24278 (39D1214C)

Date: 7/2/1964
Location: PACIFIC 175° 50W-36° 50N
Description: Project Bluebook Case #unknown. Military observer(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 73)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_6986

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: “Pacific Ocean and non - Asian islands”, Credibility: “7”, Duration: “1”, Elev: “0”, HatchDesc: “PACIFIC 175°50W-36°50N:BBK#UNKN:MIL OBS:NFD AT ALL”, LatLong: “36.833335 -175.833342”, LatLongDMS: “36:50:00 N 175:50:00 W”, Locale: “High Seas”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “NPC”, Strangeness: “5”

Event 24279 (D6C861F6)

Date: 7/3/1964 (approximate)
Time: 23:20
Location: IONIAN SEA EAST / SICILY
Description: Romanian

[c0mmando]

Navy. Night light maneuvers frantically inside white halo. West going quickly east.
Type: sighting
Reference: HOBANA Ion & WEVERBERGH,Julien: UFO’S from BEHIND the IRON CURTAIN; Bantam Books,1975. 308pp. (Index 177)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_6987

Attributes: SEA: Observer(s) at sea, MIL: Observer(s) military, HQO: High-quality observer(s), NLT: Nightlights/points of light, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), TCH: New technical details/clues

Extra Data: Country: “Greece and Island nations”, Credibility: “10”, Duration: “5”, Elev: “0”, HatchDesc: “IONIAN SEA E/SICILY:ROMANIAN NAVY:NLT MNVRS FRANTICALLY INSIDE WHT HALO:W>>E”, LatLong: “37.000002 19.000001”, LatLongDMS: “37:00:00 N 19:00:00 E”, Locale: “High Seas”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “ION”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 24280 (75238195)

Date: 7/5/1964
Description: (Translated from French) Launch of the first Apollo AS-203 orbital mission. (July 5)
Reference: rr0 - Beau
Source: rr0, ID: rr0_2054

Event 24281 (A40619F5)

Date: 7/5/1964
Location: PACIFIC 178° 05E-20° 05N
Description: Project Bluebook Case #unknown. Military observer(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 73)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_6988

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: “Pacific Ocean and non - Asian islands”, Credibility: “6”, Duration: “1”, Elev: “0”, HatchDesc: “PACIFIC 178°05E-20°05N:BBK#UNKN:MIL OBS:NFD AT ALL”, LatLong: “20.083334 178.083342”, LatLongDMS: “20:05:00 N 178:05:00 E”, Locale: “High Seas”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “NPC”, Strangeness: “5”

Event 24282 (239D3575)

Date: 7/6/1964
Time: 13:00?
Location: SOUTH / COOLIDGE, AZ
Description: Engineer and 1 / US87. Cloud disk going east / 200kph? 90° turn going north. Fades away…
Type: sighting
Reference: The APRO BULLETIN: Monthly. Jim & Coral Lorenzen: Tucson,AZ (USA. defunct) By volume and number. (Index 785)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_6989

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

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “7”, Duration: “1”, Elev: “434”, HatchDesc: “S/COOLIDGE,AZ:ENGINEER+1/US87:CLOUD DISK >E/200kph?:90° TURN >N:FADES AWAY…”, LatLong: “32.966668 -111.516672”, LatLongDMS: “32:58:00 N 111:31:00 W”, Locale: “Pasture”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Arizona”, Strangeness: “7”

Event 24283 (2568D82A)

Date: 7/7/1964
Time: 21:00
Location: TALLULAH FALLS, GA
Description: 9 observer(s). Red saucer over homes. Chemical smell. Lights area / green. Back / 2230h.
Type: sighting
Reference: VALLEE, Jacques: CHALLENGE to SCIENCE, The UFO ENIGMA; Henry Regnery 1966 & Ballentine Books, NY 1974. PB (Index 48)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_6990

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, HQO: High-quality observer(s), SCR: Classic saucer/disk/sphere shaped UFO, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), OBS: Observation/chasing vehicles, BLD: Building/man-made structure/roads/power lines, EME: Electro-Magnetic Effects, TCH: New technical details/clues, ODR: Odors associated with UFO’s

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “9”, Duration: “12”, Elev: “463”, HatchDesc: “TALLULAH FALLS,GA:9 OBS:RED SCR OVR HOMES:CHEM SMELL:LITES AREA/GRN:BACK/2230h”, LatLong: “34.905557 -83.394448”, LatLongDMS: “34:54:20 N 83:23:40 W”, Locale: “Farmlands”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Georgia”, Strangeness: “7”

Event 24284 (94BE83F3)

Date: 7/7/1964
Time: 2100
Location: Tallulah Falls, Georgia
Description: Nine persons from three different houses, including J. Ivester, described an object like “a flying top.” TV interference was associated with the object’s presence. It flew silently at tree height and hovered over the vard of Mrs. Russell Mickinan’s house. The lower part was bright red, with three lights on the upper part. As it left, a green light illuminated the countryside. A powerful odor similar to “embalming fluid” was noticeable when police arrived. The next day, witnesses felt a burning sensation on their faces and arms.
Type: ufo sighting
Reference: Challenge 39 (Vallee)
Source: ValléeMagonia, ID: Magonia_615

Event 24285 (E46B0941)

Date: 7/7/1964
Location: Turnerville, Georgia
Description: Around 9:00 p.m. Three members of the Henry Ivester family in Turnerville, Georgia, are watching TV when sudden interference prevents them from further viewing. They go out on the front porch and see an object moving silently above the trees 300 feet away. It stops to hover a few feet above a neighbor’s garden across the highway. Its bottom side is fully visible; on the dark upper side are three lights: red, clear, red. The red lights are blinking. As the object ascends, the lights go out. A brilliant green light then shines from the bottom, illuminating the trees. A foul odor “like embalming fluid or brake fluid” hangs in the air after the object leaves.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: “Unearthly Objects Hovering in Sky?” Atlanta (Ga.) Constitution, July 17, 1964, p. 23; Schopick, pp. 72–73; Clark III 679; “An Interesting UFO Story from Georgia,” The Paranormal Effect, October 3, 2010
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_3795

Event 24286 (C3E8CAB7)

Date: 7/8/1964 (approximate)
Time: 10:30
Location: SENTOUS, FR
Description: 3 Mx1.5M saucer hovers low / roadside. Quickly going up. 2 small humanoids (or Greys) / Khaki walk by hedge. / r30p251.
Type: sighting
Reference: FLYING SAUCER REVIEW (FSR), London. Bimonthly. PO Box 162; High Wycombe, Bucks. HP135 DZ, England. (Index 186)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_6991

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, CMF: Camouflage/disguise

Extra Data: Country: “France”, Credibility: “6”, Duration: “2”, HatchDesc: “SENTOUS,FR:3Mx1.5M SCR HVRS LO/ROADSIDE:↑↑:2 OIDS/KHAKI WALK BY HEDGE:/r30p251”, LatLong: “43.266669 0.377778”, LatLongDMS: “43:16:00 N 00:22:40 E”, Locale: “Pasture”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Hautes-Pyrénées”, Strangeness: “8”

Event 24287 (CE43549D)

Date: 7/8/1964
Description: At 10:30 a.m. a man named Senac saw a three meter wide by 1.5 meter tall disc-shaped object hovering low over the roadside of the D-21 highway in Maraunats, Pyrenees-Atlantique department, France. Two short humanoids dressed in khaki were also seen walking by a hedge.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: Fernand LaGarde, FSR, November-December 1969, p. 17; Alain Gamard, UFO Register, Volume 7, p. 44; UFO Nachtrichten, March 1970, citing Lumieres dans la Nuit
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_3926

Event 24288 (A210F9C9)

Date: 7/9/1964
Description: (Translated from French) An A-12 (#133) crashes during its final approach to Groom Lake. The pilot, Park, ejects at an altitude of 500 feet and survives. (July 9)
Reference: McIninch
Reference: rr0 - Beau
Source: rr0, ID: rr0_2056

Event 24289 (76049656)

Date: 7/10/1964
Time: 13:00
Location: BERGEGGI, ITL
Description: 1 observer. Sphere grazes sea surface. Silver and dark sides. Rotates. Quickly going up [to] and going quickly west.
Type: sighting
Reference: ITACAT, Catalogo Italiano degli Incontri Ravvicinati. Maurizio Verga, 1989 CISU/Torino, Italy. (Index 56)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_6992

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: “Italy”, Credibility: “6”, Duration: “3”, HatchDesc: “BERGEGGI,ITL:1 OBS:SPHERE GRAZES SEA SURFACE:SLVR+DARK SIDES:ROTATES:↑↑+>>W”, LatLong: “44.233335 8.466667”, LatLongDMS: “44:14:00 N 08:28:00 E”, Locale: “Offshore”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “SV”, Strangeness: “7”

Event 24290 (860DEF84)

Date: 7/10/1964
Location: Cape Guardeau, MO
Description: (McDonald list) Air/Grn Visual & Radar Confirmation (NICAP: 09 - RADAR Cases, Code: R, Rating: 5, BB: BBU)
Reference: NICAP: 640710
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_2723

Event 24291 (D7A51E6C)

Date: 7/12/1964
Location: NEAR BOLOGOYE, RUSSIA
Description: Dr. Zaitsev and more/others. Huge domed saucer paces airliner. Going quickly [to] away. / LDLN#204.
Type: sighting
Reference: HOBANA Ion & WEVERBERGH,Julien: UFO’S from BEHIND the IRON CURTAIN; Bantam Books,1975. 308pp. (Index 286)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_6993

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, AIR: Observer(s) on aircraft, 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: “Russia”, Credibility: “10”, Duration: “1”, HatchDesc: “nr BOLOGOYE,RUSS:Dr.ZAITSEV++:HUGE DOMED SCR PACES AIRLINER:>> away:/LDLN#204”, LatLong: “58.000003 34.000002”, LatLongDMS: “58:00:00 N 34:00:00 E”, Locale: “Metropolis”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “KAL”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 24292 (EC40F2C0)

Date: 7/12/1964
Location: Bologoye, Tver Oblast, Russia
Description: Assistant Professor Vyacheslav Zaitsev is aboard a Tupolev Tu-104 airliner above Bologoye, Tver Oblast, Russia, when he sees a huge disc with a domed cabin suddenly appear below the aircraft, fly a parallel course for a while, then swerve abruptly and speed away.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Felix Ziegel, “Unidentified Flying Objects,” Soviet Life, no. 137 (February 1968): 28; “Russian Scientist Confirms Important Cases,” UFO Investigator 4, no. 5 (March 1968): 6; Good Above, p. 220
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_3796

Event 24293 (7DBF6368)

Date: 7/12/1964
Description: At 5:25 p.m. a huge domed disc-shaped object paced an airliner flying from Leningrad to Moscow while over the city of Bologoye, Russia. It then shot away. One of the witnesses was a Russian scientist named Zaytsev.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: Ion Hobana and Julien Weverbergh, UFOs from Behind the Iron Curtain, pp. 284-286; NICAP UFO Investigator, March 1968, p. 6; J. Allen Hynek & Jacques Vallee, The Edge of Reality: A Progress Report on Unidentified Flying Objects, p. 292
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_4002

Event 24294 (864C8DB8)

Date: 7/14/1964
Time: 23:00
Location: GAINESVILLE, GA
Description: Many separate observer(s) / area. Misty orange-glowing saucer with red and green and white lights…
Type: sighting
Reference: HITT, Michael D: GEORGIA’S AERIAL PHENOMENON 1947-1987 Self published 1999. ref. Jan Aldrich. (Index 38)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_6994

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

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “10”, Duration: “20”, Elev: “381”, HatchDesc: “GAINESVILLE,GA:MANY SEP.OBS/AREA:MISTY ORG-GLO SCR W/RED+GRN+WHT LITES…”, LatLong: “34.333335 -83.833337”, LatLongDMS: “34:20:00 N 83:50:00 W”, Locale: “Residential”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Georgia”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 24295 (3A34ACED)

Date: 7/14/1964
Time: 23:10
Location: RED HILL, GA
Description: 2 / car. Bright red ovoid maneuvers within 100M. Responds / lights. Oily traces.
Type: sighting
Reference: HITT, Michael D: GEORGIA’S AERIAL PHENOMENON 1947-1987 Self published 1999. ref. Jan Aldrich. (Index 38)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_6995

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, SCR: Classic saucer/disk/sphere shaped UFO, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), OBS: Observation/chasing vehicles, DRT: Dirt/soil traces/marks/footprints etc., VEH: Vehicle affected: Marks/damage/EME effects, LND: UFO landing or any part touches ground, TRC: Physical traces

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “7”, Duration: “3”, Elev: “262”, HatchDesc: “RED HILL,GA:2/CAR:BRITE RED OVOID MNVRS within 100M:RESPONDS/LITES:oily traces”, LatLong: “34.433335 -83.261115”, LatLongDMS: “34:26:00 N 83:15:40 W”, Locale: “Pasture”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, RelAlt: “100”, State/Prov: “Georgia”, Strangeness: “7”

Event 24296 (3A1EE138)

Date: 7/14/1964
Time: evening
Location: Tallulah Falls, Georgia
Description: Miss P. Upton came running home nearly hysterical. While riding bicycles, she and a friend saw a low-flying object that terrified them. A strong unpleasant smell also was reported.
Type: ufo sighting
Reference: Fate Nov., 64 (Vallee)
Source: ValléeMagonia, ID: Magonia_616

Event 24297 (A01D0357)

Date: 7/14/1964
Location: Gainesville, Georgia
Description: After 11:00 p.m. Atlanta Constitution reporter Tom Winfield sees a top-shaped, misty-orange object circling above the southeast section of Gainesville, Georgia, at about 500 feet. It stops and hovers a few moments then shoots up out of sight. He takes a photo, but nothing registers on the film.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: “Unearthly Objects Hovering in Sky?” Atlanta (Ga.) Constitution, July 17, 1964, p. 23
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_3797

Event 24298 (49D956DA)

Date: 7/14/1964
Description: A close encounter occurred on this evening in Tallulah Falls, Georgia. Miss P. Upton came running home nearly hysterical. While riding bicycles, she and a friend saw a low-flying object that terrified them. A strong unpleasant smell also was reported.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: Fate magazine, November 1964, p. 66; Jacques Vallee, Passport to Magonia: A Century of Landings, case # 616
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_4051

Event 24299 (608FC466)

Date: 7/15/1964
Location: UK House of Commons
Description: MP Arthur Henderson in the UK House of Commons asks the former Secretary of State for Air Hugh Fraser about cooperation between the RAF and USAF in UFO investigations. Fraser says he is aware of the US Project Blue Book, and that 10% of the cases are insufficient evidence.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Good Above, p. 60
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_3798

Event 24300 (4D8958B0)

Date: 7/16/1964
Location: USA, Conklin (New York)
Description: (Translated from French) Edmund Travis, 9 years old, his 7 year old brother Randy, Floyd Moore, 10 years old, and two other boys saw a dwarf, dressed in black and wearing a helmet with a glass part in front of his face. He asked for some water in a strange voice that seemed to come from a pipe. Then he walked towards a shiny craft while the children ran back home. (July 16, 1964)
Reference: M. FIGUET/ J.L. RUCHON: “Ovni, Premier dossier complet…” - éd. Alain Lefeuvre 1979, p. 101
Reference: Mini catalogue chronologique des observations OVNI, by Godelieve Van Overmeire
Source: Overmeire, ID: Overmeire_2288

Event 24301 (693B4753)

Date: 7/16/1964
Description: (Translated from French) Sighting 15 miles South of Houghton Lake (Michigan). (July 16)
Reference: case Blue Book #8924 unsolved
Reference: rr0 - Beau
Source: rr0, ID: rr0_2057

Event 24302 (C2267651)

Date: 7/16/1964
Time: 12:30
Location: CONKLIN, NY
Description: 5 kids. Small humanoid (or Grey) / black suit and helmet. Wants water. Tinny speech. Traces. / MJ#255.
Type: sighting
Reference: LORENZEN, Coral & Jim: ENCOUNTERS with UFO OCCUPANTS; APRO/Berkley Medallion Books 1976. 424pp (Index 183)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_6996

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, SIG: Signals/responses to/from/between UFO’s/occupants/observers, CVS: Conversation/communication, DRT: Dirt/soil traces/marks/footprints etc., LND: UFO landing or any part touches ground, TRC: Physical traces, TCH: New technical details/clues

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “6”, Duration: “12”, Elev: “264”, HatchDesc: “CONKLIN,NY:5 KIDS:OID/BLK SUIT+HELMET:WANTS WATER:TINNY SPEECH:TRACES:/MJ#255”, LatLong: “42.050002 -75.883337”, LatLongDMS: “42:03:00 N 75:53:00 W”, Locale: “Town & City”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “New York”, Strangeness: “9”

Event 24303 (6E1958AB)

Date: 7/16/1964
Time: 23:20
Location: 15 MI SOUTH / HOUGHTON LK, MI
Description: Project Bluebook Case #8924. 4+2 night lights buzz and pace airliner. Vanish. / r70p3-100.
Type: sighting
Reference: HAINES, Richard Ph.D: PROJECT DELTA; 1994, LDA Press, PO Box 880, Los Altos, CA 94023 USA (Index 143)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_6997

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, AIR: Observer(s) on aircraft, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, HQO: High-quality observer(s), NLT: Nightlights/points of light, PRB: Probe: Possibly remote controlled, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), MIL: Military investigation, BBK: Project BLUEBOOK, CMF: Camouflage/disguise

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “9”, Duration: “6”, Elev: “360”, HatchDesc: “15 mi S/HOUGHTON Lk,MI:BBK#8924:4+2 NLTS BUZZ+PACE AIRLINER:VANISH:/r70p3-100”, LatLong: “44.105558 -84.822226”, LatLongDMS: “44:06:20 N 84:49:20 W”, Locale: “Metropolis”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Michigan”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 24304 (0A75076C)

Date: 7/16/1964
Location: Houghton Lake (15 miles south of), MI
Description: Maneuvering Echelon Formation Closes On Airplane (NICAP: 11 - Aviation Cases, Code: A, Rating: 5, BB: 8924)
Reference: NICAP: 640716
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_2724

Event 24305 (F72D70DD)

Date: 7/16/1964
Location: Conklin, NY
Description: Humanoid with dark suit and helmet, climbed on top of craft. Physical traces found at site (UFOE Section XII). (NICAP: 06 - Trace Cases) (NICAP: 07 - Entity Cases)
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_2725

Event 24306 (B4F88399)

Date: 7/16/1964
Time: 1500
Location: Conklin, New York
Description: Edmund Travis, 9, Randy Travis, 7 Floyd Moore, 10, and two other boys, saw a dwarf dressed in a black suit and a helmet, with a glass section in front of his face, which looked human. He appeared to request some water in a strange tone, which sounded “as if it came from a pipe.” He then walked to a shiny machine partially hidden in the brush, as the boys ran home.
Type: ufo sighting
Reference: Humanoids 59 (Vallee)
Source: ValléeMagonia, ID: Magonia_617

Event 24307 (B550A835)

Date: 7/16/1964
Time: 11:15 PM
Location: 15 miles south of Houghton Lake, Michigan
Description: Witness: Northern Air Service pilot K. Jannereth. Four white lights in a stepped-up echelon formation, were joined by two more. They closed in on the airplane, then rapidly slowed nd flew along with it for a total of 5 minutes.
Type: ufo sighting
Reference: BlueBook Unknowns PDF
Source: BerlinerBBUnknowns, ID: BerlinerBBU_506

Event 24308 (38A33C61)

Date: 7/16/1964
Location: Conklin, NY
Description: Humanoid with dark suit and helmet, climbed on top of craft. Physical traces found at site
Type: sighting
Reference: The UFO Evidence by Richard H. Hall
Source: HallUFOEvidence2, ID: HallUFOE2_17

Event 24309 (86EDE943)

Date: 7/16/1964
Location: Houghton Lake, MI
Description: Pilot observed formation of four white lights joined by two others, paced aircraft for five minutes
Type: sighting
Reference: The UFO Evidence by Richard H. Hall
Source: HallUFOEvidence2, ID: HallUFOE2_18

Event 24310 (DA117B98)

Date: 7/16/1964
Time: 13:15:00.2
Location: 37.1822 -116.0454
Description: Nuclear test: Underground, confirmed. Country: USA Name: “Bye” Yield: 20KT YieldMax: 200KT
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_372

Extra Data: LatLong: “37.1822 -116.0454”, LatLongDMS: “37:10:56 N 116:02:43 W”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, NukeCountry: “USA”, NukeDepth: “0.39”, NukeName: “Bye”, NukeSource: “SPRINGER”, NukeType: “NUCU”, NukeY: “20”, NukeYMax: “200”

Event 24311 (30DBFC0F)

Date: 7/16/1964
Location: Conklin, New York
Description: Shortly after noon. Five boys (Edmund Travis, Randy Travis, Floyd Moore, Billy Dunlap, and Gary Dunlap) are playing around an apple tree at Conklin, New York, when they notice a shiny, dome-shaped object in a field along the roadside. Looking for the source of a whistling sound, the boys spot a 3-foot-tall humanoid figure crouching in a tree about 150 feet away. It is dressed in a shiny black uniform, short-sleeved shirt, and black helmet. The whistling appears to emanate from his stomach. The boys throw stones and apples at it, but the figure is too far away. After about 15 minutes, the figure, moving stiffly, falls backwards out of the tree and floats slowly into the bushes. They can see it crawling through the weeds back to the UFO. A round, flattened area is found in the field where the grass is crushed and bushes are broken. In the middle is dried, yellow moss that apparently has been subjected to great heat. Three depressions are where the UFO legs apparently were.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Clark III 296–297; Patrick Gross, URECAT, July 10, 2007
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_3799

Event 24312 (8CBA2892)

Date: 7/16/1964
Description: A dome shaped object, as shiny as chromium, was seen in a field alongside a road by five boys at 12:30 p.m. in Conklin, Broome County, New York. A three-foot tall humanoid was seen in a tree. He was dressed in a black uniform with a black helmet, and wore two antenna wires and a visor. The being floated stiffly in a backwards motion out of the tree. The craft departed making a whistling sound. Three ground marks were found at the landing site.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: Binghamton Press, July 17, 1964; Walter N. Webb, case investigation file; NICAP UFO Investigator, August 1964, p. 6; Coral & Jim Lorenzen, Encounters with UFO Occupants, p. 183
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_4095

Event 24313 (110B95B8)

Date: 7/16/1964
Description: At 11:15 p.m. four white lights in an echelon formation were joined by two more such craft. They closed in on an aircraft being flown by a Mr. Jannereth as he was flying 15 miles south of Houghton Lake, Michigan. They slowed rapidly, then paced his airplane for five minutes.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: Thomas M. Olsen, Reference for Outstanding UFO Reports, case 155; Richard H. Hall, The UFO Evidence, Volume II: A Thirty-Year Report, p. 117; Don Berliner, Australasian UFOlogist, April 1999, p. 51, citing Project Blue Book case # 8924; Richard F. Haines, Project Delta: Report on Multiple UFO, p. 143, citing Thomas M. Olsen
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_4096

Event 24314 (E477EE04)

Date: 7/17/1964
Time: 17:18:30.0
Location: 37.0176 -116.0296
Description: Nuclear test: Underground, confirmed. Country: Britain Name: “Cormorant” 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_1770

Extra Data: LatLong: “37.0176 -116.0296”, LatLongDMS: “37:01:03 N 116:01:47 W”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, NukeCountry: “Britain”, NukeDepth: “0.27”, NukeName: “Cormorant”, NukeSource: “SPRINGER”, NukeType: “NUCUG”, NukeYMax: “20”

Event 24315 (7D5367A1)

Date: 7/19/1964
Time: 06:00:00.6
Location: 49.8091 78.0929
Description: Nuclear test: Underground, confirmed. Country: USSR Yield: 20KT YieldMax: 150KT
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_1256

Extra Data: LatLong: “49.8091 78.0929”, LatLongDMS: “49:48:33 N 78:05:34 E”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, NukeCountry: “USSR”, NukeDepth: “0.00”, NukeMb: “5.50”, NukeSource: “BOCHAROV”, NukeType: “NUCS”, NukeY: “20”, NukeYMax: “150”

Event 24316 (301B2879)

Date: 7/20/1964
Description: (Translated from French) Sighting in Clinton, Iowa–Littleton (Illinois). (July 20)
Reference: case Blue Book #8942 unsolved
Reference: rr0 - Beau
Source: rr0, ID: rr0_2058

Event 24317 (8BDCFAF9)

Date: 7/20/1964
Time: 04:50
Location: WEST / LITTLETON, IL
Description: Project Bluebook Case #8942. 1 / car. 20m saucer rises / trees. Beams cone / light going down. / r24 v2#12.
Type: sighting
Reference: VALLEE, Jacques: CHALLENGE to SCIENCE, The UFO ENIGMA; Henry Regnery 1966 & Ballentine Books, NY 1974. PB (Index 49)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_6998

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, SCR: Classic saucer/disk/sphere shaped UFO, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), RAY: Odd light/searchlight/beam/laser-like, LND: UFO landing or any part touches ground, TRC: Physical traces, MIL: Military investigation, BBK: Project BLUEBOOK

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “6”, Duration: “1”, Elev: “208”, HatchDesc: “W/LITTLETON,IL:BBK#8942:1/CAR:20m SCR RISES/TREES:BEAMS CONE/LITE↓:/r24 v2#12”, LatLong: “40.233335 -90.666671”, LatLongDMS: “40:14:00 N 90:40:00 W”, Locale: “Farmlands”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, RelAlt: “1”, State/Prov: “Illinois”, Strangeness: “8”

Event 24318 (101507E9)

Date: 7/20/1964
Time: 05:00
Location: WEST / CLINTON, IA
Description: USAF man / car stops and watches / 1 minute(s). Large cone going NNW. Absolute(ly) silent. Vibrant bright.
Type: sighting
Reference: OLSEN, Thomas: REFERENCE for OUTSTANDING UFO SIGHTINGS REPORTS. 1966 UFO Information Retrieval Center, Riderwood, MD 21139. (Index 101)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_6999

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

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “6”, Duration: “1”, Elev: “214”, HatchDesc: “W/CLINTON,IA:USAF MAN/CAR STOPS+WATCHES/1min:LRG CONE>NNW:ABS.SLNT:VBRITE:”, LatLong: “41.850002 -90.300004”, LatLongDMS: “41:51:00 N 90:18:00 W”, Locale: “Pasture”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Iowa”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 24319 (955D388A)

Date: 7/20/1964
Time: 12:00?
Location: MADRAS, OR
Description: Cops and many. Umbrellas / incredible speeds. Silent clam-saucers in formation. / r3p49.
Type: sighting
Reference: UFO INVESTIGATOR: NICAP: Kensington, MD & Washington, DC [defunct]. University Microfilms, Ann Arbor, MI 48106 (Index 36)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_7000

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, OGA: Non-Covert Government Agencies

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “9”, Duration: “44”, Elev: “695”, HatchDesc: “MADRAS,OR:COPS+MANY:UMBRELLAS/INCREDIBLE SPEEDS:SLNT CLAM-SCRS/FORMn:/r3p49”, LatLong: “44.633335 -121.116672”, LatLongDMS: “44:38:00 N 121:07:00 W”, Locale: “Farmlands”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Oregon”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 24320 (22660E91)

Date: 7/20/1964
Location: Clinton, IA
Description: 60 ft diameter round topped, flat-bottomed object (NICAP: 01 - Distant Encounters, BB: 8942) (NICAP: 01 - Distant Encounters)
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_2727

Event 24321 (1BD994A0)

Date: 7/20/1964
Time: 4:45 AM
Location: Littleton, Illinois
Description: Witness: J.J. Winkle. One 60’ diameter round-topped, flat-bottomed object with a long acetylene-colored flame shooting downward, flew straight and level, made a half loop, then rose up. Sighting lasted l minute.
Type: ufo sighting
Reference: BlueBook Unknowns PDF
Source: BerlinerBBUnknowns, ID: BerlinerBBU_507

Event 24322 (393B5C28)

Date: 7/20/1964
Description: Mr. J.J. Winkle in Littleton, Illinois reported to the Air Force that at 4:45 a.m. he observed a 60-foot diameter flying object with a round top and flat bottom. It had a long acetylene-colored flame shooting downward from underneath the object. It flew straight and level, made a half loop, then rose up in the sky. The duration of the sighting was about one minute.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: Project Blue Book files counted in official statistics, case 8942; Don Berliner, Project Bluebook Unknowns
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_4235

Event 24323 (D2C54D7B)

Date: 7/23/1964
Location: LONGREACH, QLD, AUS
Description: Reverend Alcorn. 10 delta/triangle/box-like crafts circle at 50K’ altitude / 3 minute(s). No further details.
Type: sighting
Reference: WILSON, Clifford: The ALIEN AGENDA; 1974 & Signet PB 1988. (religious interpretation.) (Index 7)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_7001

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: “Australia”, Credibility: “9”, Duration: “3”, HatchDesc: "LONGREACH,QLD,AUS:REVEREND ALCORN:10 DLTs CCL @50K’alt/3min:NFD ", LatLong: “-23.533334 144.283340”, LatLongDMS: “23:32:00 S 144:17:00 E”, Locale: “Pasture”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Queensland”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 24324 (E0EA1896)

Date: 7/23/1964
Location: 37.0000 -116.0000
Description: Nuclear test: Underground, confirmed. Country: USA Name: “Links” 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_373

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: “Links”, NukeSource: “NV209”, NukeType: “NUCU”, NukeYMax: “20”

Event 24325 (7D61AABD)

Date: 7/24/1964
Time: 21:00
Location: BINGHAMTON, NY
Description: 3 firemen and many. Fast bright object going quickly northwest / spurts. 3-day wave / cigars etc.
Type: sighting
Reference: UFO INVESTIGATOR: NICAP: Kensington, MD & Washington, DC [defunct]. University Microfilms, Ann Arbor, MI 48106 (Index 36)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_7002

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

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “10”, Duration: “160”, Elev: “260”, HatchDesc: “BINGHAMTON,NY:3 FIREMEN+MANY:FAST BRITE OBJ >>NW/SPURTS:3-day WAVE/CGRS etc.”, LatLong: “42.100002 -75.933337”, LatLongDMS: “42:06:00 N 75:56:00 W”, Locale: “Town & City”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “New York”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 24326 (EB01C131)

Date: 7/24/1964
Location: Langley AFB, VA
Description: (McDonald list) Brilliant Objects Tracked on GCA Radar (NICAP: 09 - RADAR Cases, Code: R, Rating: 5, BB: BBU)
Reference: NICAP: 640724
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_2729

Event 24327 (4980A399)

Date: 7/24/1964
Location: 37.0000 -116.0000
Description: Nuclear test: Underground, confirmed. Country: USA Name: “Trogon” 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_374

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: “Trogon”, NukeSource: “NV209”, NukeType: “NUCU”, NukeYMax: “20”

Event 24328 (C749AB8B)

Date: 7/24/1964
Description: Mr. Malone and two other men saw a UFO maneuvering in the sky over Binghamton, New York at 9:00 o’clock in the evening.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: NICAP UFO Investigator, September 1964, p. 6
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_4353

Event 24329 (8841E28B)

Date: Late 7/1964
Locations: Beeler Road; Shawnee High School; Lima, Ohio; Breese Road
Description: 4:30 p.m. Richard H. VanPelt and his teenage son are driving on Beeler Road south of Shawnee High School in Lima, Ohio, when they see a Saturn-shaped metallic object hovering above Breese Road 600 feet away. It is about 1,200–1,500 feet in the air and has a revolving ring around its center. It suddenly starts to move to the southwest, then tips on end and with tremendous speed goes straight up and out of sight.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Richard H. VanPelt, “Letter,” CUFOS Associate Newsletter 5, no. 3 (June/July 1984): 2
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_3800

Event 24330 (BC44432A)

Date: 7/27/1964
Description: (Translated from French) Observation in Norwich (New York).
Reference: case Blue Book #8969 unsolved
Reference: rr0 - Beau
Source: rr0, ID: rr0_2059

Event 24331 (3B13258A)

Date: 7/27/1964
Description: (Translated from French) Observation in Denver (Colorado).
Reference: case Blue Book #8973 unsolved
Reference: rr0 - Beau
Source: rr0, ID: rr0_2060

Event 24332 (74CAAD26)

Date: 7/27/1964
Location: NORWICH, ENGL
Description: Engineer. Aluminum sphere with luminous/glowing ring hovers / 4-5 minutes. Blue Book investigation/investigators. No further details.
Type: sighting
Reference: HALL, Richard: The UFO Evidence II: HB: Scarecrow Press Lanham, MD. http://www.scarecrowpress.com ISBN 0-8108-3881-8 (Index 150)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_7003

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), MIL: Military investigation, BBK: Project BLUEBOOK

Extra Data: Country: “Great Britain and Ireland”, Credibility: “7”, Duration: “5”, HatchDesc: “NORWICH,ENGL:ENGINEER:ALUM.SPHERE W/LUMn RING HVRS/4-5 mins:BBK INV:NFD”, LatLong: “52.633336 1.316667”, LatLongDMS: “52:38:00 N 01:19:00 E”, Locale: “Town & City”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “England”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 24333 (FA7B4DA6)

Date: 7/27/1964
Time: 19:30
Location: SHERBURNE, NY
Description: Engineer. Aluminum sphere/orb/globe / 15M altitude. Rim glows. 3 beams / light. / r41+/ r8#618.
Type: sighting
Reference: UFO INVESTIGATOR: NICAP: Kensington, MD & Washington, DC [defunct]. University Microfilms, Ann Arbor, MI 48106 (Index 36)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_7004

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

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “6”, Duration: “5”, Elev: “322”, HatchDesc: “SHERBURNE,NY:ENGINEER:ALUM ORB/15M ALT:RIM GLOWS:3 BEAMS/LITE:/r41+/r8#618”, LatLong: “42.677780 -75.500004”, LatLongDMS: “42:40:40 N 75:30:00 W”, Locale: “Town & City”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, RelAlt: “15”, State/Prov: “New York”, Strangeness: “8”

Event 24334 (757C8240)

Date: 7/27/1964
Time: 20:20
Location: DENVER, CO
Description: Project Bluebook Case #8973. Observer(s) = Borsa. White car-size fireball climbs slow then speeds up.
Type: sighting
Reference: BERLINER, DON: The BLUEBOOK UNKNOWNS; (FUFOR). (Index 32)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_7005

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

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “6”, Duration: “3”, Elev: “1578”, HatchDesc: “DENVER,CO:BBK#8973:OBS=BORSA:WHT CAR-SIZE FBL CLIMBS SLOW THEN SPEEDS UP”, LatLong: “39.716669 -105.000005”, LatLongDMS: “39:43:00 N 105:00:00 W”, Locale: “Metropolis”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Colorado”, Strangeness: “4”

Event 24335 (CCA8B483)

Date: 7/27/1964 (approximate)
Time: 22:00?
Location: FLEMINGTON, NJ
Description: White ovoid buzzes car. Lands / field. Nears observer(s) who runs. / r8 #620.
Type: sighting
Reference: UFO INVESTIGATOR: NICAP: Kensington, MD & Washington, DC [defunct]. University Microfilms, Ann Arbor, MI 48106 (Index 36)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_7006

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, NWS: News media report, SCR: Classic saucer/disk/sphere shaped UFO, CIG: Torpedo/cigar/cylinder shaped UFO, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), OBS: Observation/chasing vehicles, 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: “USA”, Credibility: “6”, Duration: “5”, Elev: “55”, HatchDesc: “FLEMINGTON,NJ:WHT OVOID BUZZES CAR:LANDS/FIELD:NEARS OBS WHO RUNS:/r8 #620”, LatLong: “40.511113 -74.861115”, LatLongDMS: “40:30:40 N 74:51:40 W”, Locale: “Town & City”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “New Jersey”, Strangeness: “7”

Event 24336 (45907355)

Date: 7/27/1964
Time: 22:00
Location: ULAN BATOR, MONGOLIA
Description: Extra moon rises / northwest. Grows and going up [to] fast. 90 degree turn. Going quickly north then down.
Type: sighting
Reference: VALLEE, Jacques: UFO CHRONICLES of the SOVIET UNION; Ballentine Books HB 1992. 212pp. (Index 186)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_7007

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: “Mongolia”, Credibility: “9”, Duration: “15”, HatchDesc: “ULAN BATOR,MONGOLIA:EXTRA MOON RISES/NW:GROWS+↑ FAST:90dgr TURN:>>N THEN DOWN”, LatLong: “47.933336 107.000005”, LatLongDMS: “47:56:00 N 107:00:00 E”, Locale: “Town & City”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “ULA”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 24337 (3419ABCF)

Date: 7/27/1964
Location: Norwich, NY
Description: Aluminum sphere with a flourescent luminous ring (NICAP: 01 - Distant Encounters, BB: 8969)
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_2730

Event 24338 (54AF1765)

Date: 7/27/1964
Location: Denver, CO
Description: White ball of fire, the size of a car, climb slowly, then speed up (NICAP: 01 - Distant Encounters, BB: 8973)
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_2731

Event 24339 (3AD9BB84)

Date: 7/27/1964
Time: 2100
Location: Sherburne, New York
Description: An engineer stopped his car when he saw an aluminum-looking object, stationary, about 15 m above ground. The edge of the craft seemed fluorescent, and three beams of very bright light were emitted before it flew off at high speed. Total duration: 6 min.
Type: ufo sighting
Reference: Atic (Vallee)
Source: ValléeMagonia, ID: Magonia_618

Event 24340 (A8345555)

Date: 7/27/1964
Time: 7:30 PM
Location: Norwich, New York
Description: Witness: Duabert, engineering supervisor. One aluminum sphere with a luminous ring, remained stationary for 4-5 minutes.
Type: ufo sighting
Reference: BlueBook Unknowns PDF
Source: BerlinerBBUnknowns, ID: BerlinerBBU_508

Event 24341 (E0D3137D)

Date: 7/27/1964
Time: 8:20 PM
Location: Denver, Colorado
Description: Witness: A. Borsa. One white ball of fire, the size of a car, climbed slowly, then speeded up. Sighting lasted 2-3 minutes.
Type: ufo sighting
Reference: BlueBook Unknowns PDF
Source: BerlinerBBUnknowns, ID: BerlinerBBU_509

Event 24342 (6ABE2DFD)

Date: 7/27/1964
Location: Norwich, NY
Description: Aluminum-colored sphere with luminous ring hovered for four to five minutes. Air Force unidentified case
Type: sighting
Reference: The UFO Evidence by Richard H. Hall
Source: HallUFOEvidence2, ID: HallUFOE2_19

Event 24343 (DB15AE9A)

Date: 7/27/1964
Description: At 8:50 p.m. an engineer named Daubert saw an aluminum colored sphere with a luminous glowing ring that hovered for 4-5 minutes at 15 meters altitude over a farm in Sherburne, New York. A Project Blue Book unexplained case.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: Project Blue Book files counted in official statistics, case #8969; Thomas M. Olsen, The Reference for Outstanding UFO Sighting Reports, case 158; Richard Hall, The UFO Evidence, Volume 2: A Thirty Year Report, pp. 2 & 150
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_4433

Event 24344 (54E29330)

Date: 7/27/1964
Description: At 8:20 p.m. a witness named Borsa in Denver, Colorado sighted a white fireball, estimated to be the size of a car, that climbed slowly in the sky then sped up. The sighting lasted 2-3 minutes.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: Project Blue Book files counted in official statistics, case #8973; Don Berliner, Australasian Ufologist, April 1999, p. 51
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_4434

Event 24345 (0BC96904)

Date: 7/28/1964
Description: (Translated from French) First high-resolution photos of the lunar surface taken by Ranger 7. (July 28)
Reference: rr0 - Beau
Source: rr0, ID: rr0_2061

Event 24346 (FD8B989F)

Date: 7/28/1964
Description: (Translated from French) A warship of the US Navy is ordered to search for a yacht that has stopped giving news: radio and tracking stations can no longer communicate with it. Approaching the presumed location of the yacht, the sailors see in the sky a large, bright, oval-shaped disk rising quickly and disappearing. A little later, they discover the yacht drifting. There is no one on board and no lifeboat is missing.
Reference: rr0 - Beau
Source: rr0, ID: rr0_2062

Event 24347 (0448CA4A)

Date: 7/28/1964
Time: 21:10
Location: ATL.NR ARGENTINA
Description: Fireball circles 2 ships. Odd voices. Big search. / r215p43+/ r193#18.
Type: sighting
Reference: MUFON UFO JOURNAL, Seguin, TX USA. Monthly. (Index 130)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_7008

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, HQO: High-quality observer(s), TLP: Telepathy, ODD: Atypical/Forteana/paranormal, NLT: Nightlights/points of light, FBL: Fireball: Blazing undistinguished form/orb., NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), SND: UFO sounds heard or recorded

Extra Data: Country: “Argentina”, Credibility: “10”, Duration: “10”, Elev: “0”, HatchDesc: “ATL.nr ARGENTINA:FBL CCLS 2 SHIPS:ODD VOICES:BIG SEARCH.:/r215p43+/r193#18”, LatLong: “-45.933336 -64.000003”, LatLongDMS: “45:56:00 S 64:00:00 W”, Locale: “High Seas”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “SEA”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 24348 (3DEBC7D2)

Date: 7/28/1964
Time: 22:00
Location: GAINESVILLE, GA
Description: Many observer(s). Top-saucer going north over town. Away and back 2X. Slow spin. Colored lights.
Type: sighting
Reference: HITT, Michael D: GEORGIA’S AERIAL PHENOMENON 1947-1987 Self published 1999. ref. Jan Aldrich. (Index 39)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_7009

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

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “11”, Duration: “60”, Elev: “381”, HatchDesc: “GAINESVILLE,GA:MANY OBS:TOP-SCR >N OVR TOWN:AWAY+BACK 2X:SLOW SPIN:CLRD LITES”, LatLong: “34.316668 -83.822226”, LatLongDMS: “34:19:00 N 83:49:20 W”, Locale: “Town & City”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Georgia”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 24349 (9D3852C1)

Date: 7/28/1964
Time: 22:30
Location: LAKE CHELAN, WA
Description: Green lights / ground and air trade signals. 10M saucer lands / 40 minute(s). Flies. / USAF Tech. Intel. Center. (ATIC.)
Type: sighting
Reference: VALLEE, Jacques: PASSPORT TO MAGONIA; H. Regnery, Chicago HC 1969 & Contemporary Books,Chicago 1993. 372pp. (Index 619)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_7010

Attributes: 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, LND: UFO landing or any part touches ground, TCH: New technical details/clues, MIL: Military investigation, BBK: Project BLUEBOOK, OGA: Non-Covert Government Agencies

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “7”, Duration: “45”, Elev: “323”, HatchDesc: “LAKE CHELAN,WA:GRN LITES/GND+AIR TRADE SIGNALS:10M SCR LANDS/40min:FLIES:/Atic”, LatLong: “48.350002 -120.700006”, LatLongDMS: “48:21:00 N 120:42:00 W”, Locale: “Forest”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Washington”, Strangeness: “7”

Event 24350 (0BA4E0D5)

Date: 7/28/1964
Location: Lake Chelan, WA
Description: Round Object Descends To Ground (NICAP: 02 - Close Encounters, Code: C, Rating: 5, BB: BBU)
Reference: NICAP: 640728
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_2732

Event 24351 (21D2B464)

Date: 7/28/1964
Time: 2230
Location: Lake Chelan, Washington
Description: A former Navy pilot and another man, both regarded as trustworthy, were at work in a field when they saw an intense light, cone-shaped, emitted from the ground. A similar light was observed in the sky when the one on ground was turned off, then the reverse took place. A round, aluminum-looking object, about 10 m in diameter, with one red and one white light, then appeared and descended to ground level with a strong whistling sound similar to a small jet. Piercing and high-pitched voices similar to those of children playing were heard. After 40 min the craft took off. Before it did so, a jet aircraft flying at low altitude circled its position. On Jul. 31 and August 1, the densely wooded area was explored from a helicopter and on foot by Sheriff Nickell and a U.S. Air Force officer, but nothing was found.
Type: ufo sighting
Reference: Atic (Vallee)
Source: ValléeMagonia, ID: Magonia_619

Event 24352 (3AE7E32F)

Date: 7/28/1964
Description: At 10:30 p.m. a former Navy pilot named Lafferty and another man, both regarded as trustworthy, were at work in a field near Lake Chelan, Washington when they saw an intense light, cone-shaped, emitted from the ground. A similar light was observed in the sky when the one on the ground was turned off, then the reverse took place: the cone-shaped light in the sky emitted a burst which was responded to by one from the ground. A round, aluminium-looking object, about 10 meters in diameter, with one red and one white light, then appeared and descended to ground level with a strong whistling sound similar to a small jet.

High-pitched piercing voices, similar to those of children screaming while playing, were heard. After 40 minutes the craft took off. Before it did so, a jet aircraft flying at low altitude circled its position. On July 31st and August 1st, the densely wooded area where the light was seen was explored from a helicopter and on foot by Sheriff Nickell and a U. S. Air Force officer, but nothing was found.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: Jacques Vallee, Passport to Magonia: A Century of Landings, case 619, citing U.S. Air Force ATIC
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_4453

Event 24353 (AFA3B672)

Date: 7/29/1964
Location:
Description: Delta Aquarid meteor shower (mean date).
Type: sighting
Reference: The UFO Evidence by Richard H. Hall
Source: HallUFOEvidence2, ID: HallUFOE2_20

Event 24354 (708A297E)

Date: 7/30/1964
Location: Flemington, New Jersey
Description: A whitish, elliptical object followed a car, then landed in a field. The driver got out to observe it, but when the object started in his direction he became afraid and drove off.
Type: ufo sighting
Reference: NICAP Sep., 64 (Vallee)
Source: ValléeMagonia, ID: Magonia_620

Event 24355 (658B3F4F)

Date: 7/31/1964
Location: USA, Cape Kennedy
Description: (Translated from French) But the most beautiful achievement of the kind was that which the Americans accomplished on July 31, 1964. Their “Ranger VII” (note from vog (so there were Ranger I to VI tried before him, isn’t it?) fell on the Moon at the planned location and, before crashing, took and transmitted by television more than 4000 photographs, showing the lunar surface at altitudes down to 400 meters.
Reference: "Astronautics, Pierre Rousseau, Hachette 1965, p. 54
Reference: Mini catalogue chronologique des observations OVNI, by Godelieve Van Overmeire
Source: Overmeire, ID: Overmeire_2289

Event 24356 (DA08A6F1)

Date: 8/1964
Location: USSR
Description: (Translated from French) From the beginning, the USSR opted for the multiple launch formula, each rocket placing a cluster of (tactical) satellites in orbit around the Earth. There were initially three (with Cosmos 38 to 40) in August 1964 and twice afterwards
Reference: “The War of the Satellites” - Volume 3 - Pierre Kohler, ed. Famot 1982, p. 93
Reference: see July 1965
Reference: Mini catalogue chronologique des observations OVNI, by Godelieve Van Overmeire
Source: Overmeire, ID: Overmeire_2290

Event 24357 (93C736D3)

Date: 8/1964
Description: (Translated from French) Creation of Intelsat.
Reference: rr0 - Beau
Source: rr0, ID: rr0_2063

Event 24358 (620B9D3B)

Date: 8/1964
Location: MACHENG CO, HUBEI, CH
Description: Silent yellow ovoid with 4 colored rings south going north / 1 mile. Vanishes in sight!
Type: sighting
Reference: DONG, Paul: UFO’s Over MODERN CHINA. 1983 UFO Photo Archives; P. O. Box 17206; Tucson, AZ 85710. (Index 46)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_7011

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

Extra Data: Country: “China”, Credibility: “6”, Duration: “1”, HatchDesc: “MACHENG co,HUBEI,CH:SLNT YLW OVOID W/4 CLRD RINGS S>N/1mi:VANISHES IN SIGHT!”, LatLong: “31.250001 115.016672”, LatLongDMS: “31:15:00 N 115:01:00 E”, Locale: “Farmlands”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “HUB”, Strangeness: “7”

Event 24359 (A72500EA)

Date: 8/1964
Time: 13:30
Location: STE.MAXIME, FR
Description: Many / beach. Clouds part. Large grey cylinder/cigar-shape hovers / strong winds. Sharp edges.
Type: sighting
Reference: LUMIERES DANS la NUIT (LDLN), Paris. Bimonthly since 1957. LDLN B.P.3; 77123 Le Vaudoue, FRANCE. (Index 207)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_7012

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), CMF: Camouflage/disguise

Extra Data: Country: “France”, Credibility: “12”, Duration: “5”, HatchDesc: “Ste.MAXIME,FR:MANY/BEACH:CLOUDS PART:LRG GRY CGR HVRS/STRONG WINDS:SHARP EDGES”, LatLong: “43.300002 6.633334”, LatLongDMS: “43:18:00 N 06:38:00 E”, Locale: “Coastlands”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Var”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 24360 (C6B745B4)

Date: 8/1964
Time: ~15:00
Location: PORTOGRUARO, ITL
Description: Boy / 10. Transparent domed object / 12M altitude. Figure and instruments inside. Telepathy?
Type: sighting
Reference: ITACAT, Catalogo Italiano degli Incontri Ravvicinati. Maurizio Verga, 1989 CISU/Torino, Italy. (Index 56)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_7013

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CST: Observer(s) in coastal area/just offshore, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, TLP: Telepathy, SCR: Classic saucer/disk/sphere shaped UFO, FIG: Undefined or poorly seen figure/entity, OBS: Observation/chasing vehicles, HUM: Humans affected: Injury/burns/marks/abduction/death

Extra Data: Country: “Italy”, Credibility: “5”, Duration: “1”, HatchDesc: “PORTOGRUARO,ITL:BOY/10:XPRNT DOMED OBJ/12M alt:FIG+INSTUMENTS INSIDE:TLP?”, LatLong: “45.777780 12.838890”, LatLongDMS: “45:46:40 N 12:50:20 E”, Locale: “Residential”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “VE”, Strangeness: “9”

Event 24361 (56D04F88)

Date: 8/1964
Time: 21:00
Location: SIENA, ITL
Description: 2 boys. 1M saucer skims roofs / 80kph. Flashing light / dark dome. Light zigzags.
Type: sighting
Reference: ITACAT, Catalogo Italiano degli Incontri Ravvicinati. Maurizio Verga, 1989 CISU/Torino, Italy. (Index 57)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_7014

Attributes: 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, SIG: Signals/responses to/from/between UFO’s/occupants/observers, BLD: Building/man-made structure/roads/power lines

Extra Data: Country: “Italy”, Credibility: “6”, Duration: “1”, HatchDesc: “SIENA,ITL:2 BOYS:1M SCR SKIMS ROOFS/80kph:FLASHING LITE/DARK DOME:LITE ZIGZAGS”, LatLong: “43.333335 11.366667”, LatLongDMS: “43:20:00 N 11:22:00 E”, Locale: “Residential”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “TSC”, Strangeness: “7”

Event 24362 (F79F70A1)

Date: 8/1964 (approximate)
Time: 22:00
Location: WESTFIELD, MA
Description: Weatherman and 7 / car. Flash / horizon. 2 cars electro-magnetic effect (EME) / 1-2 second(s). No UFO seen.
Type: sighting
Reference: STURROCK, Dr. Peter A: REPORT / SURVEY of the AMERICAN ASTRONOMICAL SOCIETY of the UFO PROBLEM; Stanford, CA 1977. (Index 122)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_7015

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, HQO: High-quality observer(s), SCI: Scientist involvement, FBL: Fireball: Blazing undistinguished form/orb., NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), VEH: Vehicle affected: Marks/damage/EME effects, EME: Electro-Magnetic Effects

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “9”, Duration: “1”, Elev: “43”, HatchDesc: “WESTFIELD,MA:WEATHERMAN+7/CAR:FLASH/HORIZON:2 CARS EME/1-2sec:NO UFO SEEN”, LatLong: “42.127780 -72.766670”, LatLongDMS: “42:07:40 N 72:46:00 W”, Locale: “Pasture”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Massachusetts”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 24363 (FDF159DD)

Date: 8/1964
Time: 22:00
Location: MAZARA / VALLO, ITL
Description: Boy / 10. Round white object going / 20M altitude 50M away. Beams going down. Stops over tree.
Type: sighting
Reference: ITACAT, Catalogo Italiano degli Incontri Ravvicinati. Maurizio Verga, 1989 CISU/Torino, Italy. (Index 57)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_7016

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, VEG: Plants affected or sampled/crop circles

Extra Data: Country: “Italy”, Credibility: “5”, Duration: “1”, HatchDesc: “MAZARA/VALLO,ITL:BOY/10:RND WHT OBJ >/20M alt 50M away:BEAMS ↓:STOPS OVR TREE”, LatLong: “37.650002 12.583334”, LatLongDMS: “37:39:00 N 12:35:00 E”, Locale: “Residential”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “TP”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 24364 (0F4A07AB)

Date: 8/1964
Locations: Kallavesi lake, Finland; Åbo Akademi University in Turku; University of Turku
Description: 7:00 p.m. Raimo Blomqvist is visiting with his parents at their summer cottage at Kallavesi lake, Finland, when he suddenly notices a strange, colorful ball of light coming from the sky. The light approaches and turns out to be an oval glowing object. While it is hovering above the shallow water of an island he sees something fall from the object and hears a sound resembling hot metal touching cold water. The object shoots straight upward. Blomqvist recovers a 2–2.5-inch piece of stone. In 1975, Blomqvist contacts UFO investigators and gives them the stone. The fragment is x-ray analyzed at Åbo Akademi University in Turku, which states that it appears to be volcanic. Analysts at the University of Turku look at it with a mass spectrometer and conclude it is mostly iron, not a piece of ore, not volcanic, not a meteorite, and not machined, although it has been subjected to a temperature of around 650° C.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: “Fragment Fell from UFO,” APRO Bulletin 26, no. 6 (December 1977): 1, 3; “Foreign Forum,” IUR 3, no. 3 (Mar. 1978): 2
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_3801

Event 24365 (ABB6D3FC)

Date: 8/1964
Location: Francis E. Warren AFB, Cheyenne, Wyoming
Description: Midnight. Air Policeman Arthur McEnaney and other guards see a round UFO hovering above a four-silo Atlas complex near Francis E. Warren AFB, Cheyenne, Wyoming.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Nukes 159
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_3802

Event 24366 (100981BC)

Date: 8/2/1964
Location: Vietnam
Description: Gulf of Tonkin incident in Vietnam
Type: war
Reference: Wikipedia
Source: Maj2, ID: Maj2_616

Event 24367 (D79D1532)

Date: 8/6/1964
Time: 20:50
Location: SADDLE MOUNTAINS, WA
Description: Several separate observer(s) / US26. 300 grey orbs going quickly [to] mountains. 1 lands close. Vanishes!
Type: sighting
Reference: MUFON UFO JOURNAL, Seguin, TX USA. Monthly. (Index 256)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_7017

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, HQO: High-quality observer(s), ODD: Atypical/Forteana/paranormal, WAV: Wave/cluster/flap, SCR: Classic saucer/disk/sphere shaped UFO, PRB: Probe: Possibly remote controlled, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), VEG: Plants affected or sampled/crop circles, LND: UFO landing or any part touches ground, TCH: New technical details/clues

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “9”, Duration: “1”, Elev: “148”, HatchDesc: “SADDLE MTNs,WA:SVRL SEP.OBS/US26:300 GRY ORBS>>MTNs:1 LANDS CLOSE:VANISHES!”, LatLong: “46.800002 -119.750006”, LatLongDMS: “46:48:00 N 119:45:00 W”, Locale: “Mountains”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Washington”, Strangeness: “8”

Event 24368 (EFD97852)

Date: 8/7/1964
Location: Vietnam
Description: Gulf of Tonkin Resolution is passed, airstrikes against Vietnam begin
Type: war
Reference: Wikipedia
Source: Maj2, ID: Maj2_617

Event 24369 (9A53E8AF)

Date: 8/9/1964
Time: 00:30
Location: PAINTED ROCK PARK, MT
Description: Campers. Brilliant 8M object over mountains. Beams going up / 45° light trees and road.
Type: sighting
Reference: The APRO BULLETIN: Monthly. Jim & Coral Lorenzen: Tucson,AZ (USA. defunct) By volume and number. (Index 779)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_7018

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, 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: “8”, Duration: “2”, Elev: “1500”, HatchDesc: “PAINTED ROCK PARK,MT:CAMPERS:BRILL.8M OBJ OVR Mtns:BEAMS↑/45° LITE TREES+ROAD”, LatLong: “45.766669 -114.316672”, LatLongDMS: “45:46:00 N 114:19:00 W”, Locale: “Mountains”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Montana”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 24370 (06F33AFD)

Date: 8/9/1964
Location: Cerro Viejo, Sonora, Mexico
Description: 9:00 p.m. Baltazar Flores, Franciso Perez, Ruben Lozaya, and Elpidio Salas are camping near the Cerro Viejo, Sonora, Mexico, where they plan to explore for minerals. Suddenly a “dark, cloud-like object” approaches at high speed. As it passes by, the trees shake and they hear an explosion. They return the next day and less than 2 miles from their campsite they find a compact, gelatinous mass of green-turquoise color about 8 inches long. When they poke it with a stick, the stick becomes covered with a sticky substance like chewing gun. They report the incident to the authorities, but no one is interested. One of the witnesses returns 3 days later and finds most of the mass gone, with some residue on the rocks and grass.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: “Strange Gelatinous Fall in Mexico,” APRO Bulletin, November 1964, p. 1; Clark III 1102
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_3803

Event 24371 (236C5746)

Date: 8/10/1964
Description: (Translated from French) Sighting at Wake Island. (August 10)
Reference: case Blue Book #9031 unsolved
Reference: rr0 - Beau
Source: rr0, ID: rr0_2064

Event 24372 (0C456C11)

Date: 8/10/1964
Time: 05:20
Location: WAKE ISLAND, PAC
Description: Project Bluebook Case #9031. Night light circles airport. Blinks. Maneuvers. Going quickly northwest. Military and civil observer(s). / r3p35.
Type: sighting
Reference: HALL, Richard: The UFO Evidence II: HB: Scarecrow Press Lanham, MD. http://www.scarecrowpress.com ISBN 0-8108-3881-8 (Index 53)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_7019

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), OBS: Observation/chasing vehicles, SIG: Signals/responses to/from/between UFO’s/occupants/observers, MIL: Military investigation, BBK: Project BLUEBOOK

Extra Data: Country: “Pacific Ocean and non - Asian islands”, Credibility: “10”, Duration: “2”, Elev: “3”, HatchDesc: “WAKE Isl,PAC:BBK#9031:NLT CCLs AIRPORT:BLINKS:MNVRS:>>NW:MIL+CIV OBS:/r3p35”, LatLong: “19.283334 166.633341”, LatLongDMS: “19:17:00 N 166:38:00 E”, Locale: “Islands”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “WAK”, Strangeness: “5”

Event 24373 (E447713D)

Date: 8/10/1964
Location: Wake Island (on the airstrip), Wake Island
Description: Saw a reddish, blinking light approach the runway (NICAP: 01 - Distant Encounters, BB: 9031)
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_2733

Event 24374 (55F625B1)

Date: 8/10/1964
Time: 5:16 AM
Location: Wake Island
Description: Witnesses: aircraft commander Capt. B.C. Jones and navigator lst Lt. H.J. Cavender, in parked USAF C-124 transport plane. One reddish, blinking light approached the runway, stopped and made several reverses during 2 minutes.
Type: ufo sighting
Reference: BlueBook Unknowns PDF
Source: BerlinerBBUnknowns, ID: BerlinerBBU_510

Event 24375 (091AF39A)

Date: 8/10/1964
Location: Wake Island
Description: Blinking red light approached air base runway, hovered, reversed direction. Air Force unidentified case
Type: sighting
Reference: The UFO Evidence by Richard H. Hall
Source: HallUFOEvidence2, ID: HallUFOE2_21

Event 24376 (035DED28)

Date: 8/10/1964
Description: On Wake Island in the Pacific Ocean west of Hawaii, an aircraft commander and his navigator (Lt. Cavender and Capt. Jones) were sitting in a parked C-124 transport plane at 5:15 a.m. when they sighted a red, blinking light approach the airfield runway. The light stopped and made several reverses over the next two minutes. Project Blue Book lists this case as an “unknown.”
Reference: Johnson
Reference: Project Blue Book files counted in official statistics, case # 9031; Don Berliner, Australasian Ufologist, April 1999, p. 52; Richard Hall, The UFO Evidence, Volume II: A Thirty-Year Report, p. 2; Don Berliner, Project Bluebook UFO Unknowns
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_4819

Event 24377 (4728E732)

Date: 8/11/1964
Location: USA, Hamilton (Montana)
Description: (Translated from French) Reports of a hairy creature in the Girds area were reported. This was after the wave of mysterious object sightings during the previous three weeks in Bitter Roots. The description of the UFO was made by the couple Ron Ballew and Helen Ballew of Darby, matching the previous descriptions of an object emitting intense light. It was from lumberjack Lou Smalley that we have the report of his encounter with the hairy creature. Smalley was in a truck, on his way to load logs. When he came out of a hollow on the road, he saw the creature on a rock above the path. “I saw it clearly for several seconds,” he comments, “it was not human.” The creature was about 1.5 meters tall, had a hairy or furry appearance, and was not wearing any clothes. It was standing like a man, but it was not human. Smalley has often hunted bears or cougars, and claims that the creature does not look like anything normal.
Reference: APRG on the Internet in May 1997
Reference: Mini catalogue chronologique des observations OVNI, by Godelieve Van Overmeire
Source: Overmeire, ID: Overmeire_2291

Event 24378 (9204300A)

Date: 8/11/1964
Time: 17:30
Location: DEFIANCE, OH
Description: 2 boys. Domed saucer spins over water tank / car plant. Hiss. Quickly going up. / r109p103.
Type: sighting
Reference: The APRO BULLETIN: Monthly. Jim & Coral Lorenzen: Tucson,AZ (USA. defunct) By volume and number. (Index 779)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_7020

Attributes: 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, SND: UFO sounds heard or recorded

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “7”, Duration: “1”, Elev: “209”, HatchDesc: “DEFIANCE,OH:2 BOYS:DOMED SCR SPINS OVR WATER TANK/CAR PLANT:HISS:↑↑:/r109p103”, LatLong: “41.283335 -84.350004”, LatLongDMS: “41:17:00 N 84:21:00 W”, Locale: “Town & City”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Ohio”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 24379 (B3A36AB0)

Date: 8/11/1964
Location:
Description: Perseid meteor shower (mean date).
Type: sighting
Reference: The UFO Evidence by Richard H. Hall
Source: HallUFOEvidence2, ID: HallUFOE2_22

Event 24380 (2D229AE2)

Date: 8/11/1964
Locations: State Highway 281; Defiance, Ohio
Description: 5:30 p.m. John Dodson, 15, and Frankie Jimenez, 14, are walking near the railroad tracks south of State Highway 281 east of Defiance, Ohio, not too far from the General Motors foundry. They see a slowly rotating whitish disc apparently hovering above a GM water tank. The object has a lighted flange-like base, a dome on top, and is making a whirring or hissing noise. It begins to move horizontally at a moderate speed, then shoots up vertically and disappears.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: “Maney Reports Boys’ Sighting,” APRO Bulletin, November 1964, p. 5
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_3804

Event 24381 (66AD27CB)

Date: 8/11/1964
Description: A domed disc-shaped UFO was seen spinning over a water tank at a car-manufacturing factory in Defiance, Ohio at 5:30 p.m. It made a hissing sound.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: NICAP UFO Investigator, October 1965, p. 5; Coral & Jim Lorenzen, UFOs over the Americas, p. 103
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_4869

Event 24382 (28CA5752)

Date: 8/12/1964
Time: 2200
Location: Brekkens Corner, Montana
Description: Witnesses got out of their car to watch an object resembling a “burning haystack,” oval or crescent-shaped, which rose from the ground, crossed the sky, and was lost to sight in the south.
Type: ufo sighting
Reference: Personal (Vallee)
Source: ValléeMagonia, ID: Magonia_621

Event 24383 (498CA516)

Date: 8/14/1964
Time: 23:00?
Location: ARLEE, MT
Description: 2 woodsmen. 4 glowing 150M orbs circle woods to 0330hrs. Silent vibration.
Type: sighting
Reference: MUFON UFO JOURNAL, Seguin, TX USA. Monthly. (Index 256)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_7021

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

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “7”, Duration: “14”, Elev: “944”, HatchDesc: “ARLEE,MT:2 WOODSMEN:4 GLOWING 150M ORBS CCL WOODS TO 0330hrs:SILENT VIBRATION”, LatLong: “47.161113 -114.083339”, LatLongDMS: “47:09:40 N 114:05:00 W”, Locale: “Forest”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Montana”, Strangeness: “7”

Event 24384 (F98E5120)

Date: Mid 8/1964
Location: CHINA, Menjing (Miquanxing)
Description: (Translated from French) One night a bright fireball of red-orange color was observed, shaped like a circular saw. It flew slowly in the low sky and finally landed on a wooded hill. Militiamen immediately rushed into the forest to see what it was. They stealthily approached, the circular saw-shaped ball was sparkling, resting on the ground of a clearing. As its luminosity was very intense, the witnesses did not dare to look at it directly. In the center of the bright ball, there seemed to be a dark area, less bright. When the militiamen arrived close to the clearing, the object suddenly flew vertically and disappeared in a blink of an eye. (1964, mid-August)
Reference: SHI BO: “China and the Extraterrestrials”. ed. Mercure de France, 1983, p.97
Reference: Mini catalogue chronologique des observations OVNI, by Godelieve Van Overmeire
Source: Overmeire, ID: Overmeire_2292

Event 24385 (4E229E30)

Date: 8/15/1964
Description: (Translated from French) Sighting in New York (New York). (August 15)
Reference: case Blue Book #9048 unsolved
Reference: rr0 - Beau
Source: rr0, ID: rr0_2065

Event 24386 (BFEB6671)

Date: 8/15/1964
Time: 00:20
Location: NEW FREEPORT, PA
Description: 2 observer(s). Slow red domed disk / low altitude curves going [to] WSW overhead. Climbs / angle.
Type: sighting
Reference: UFO INVESTIGATOR: NICAP: Kensington, MD & Washington, DC [defunct]. University Microfilms, Ann Arbor, MI 48106 (Index 36)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_7022

Attributes: 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: “8”, Elev: “326”, HatchDesc: “NEW FREEPORT,PA:2 OBS:SLOW RED DOMED DISK/LO ALT CURVES >WSW OVHD:CLIMBS/ANGLE”, LatLong: “39.761113 -80.427782”, LatLongDMS: “39:45:40 N 80:25:40 W”, Locale: “Residential”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Pennsylvania”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 24387 (566268D3)

Date: 8/15/1964
Time: 01:20
Location: NEW YORK, NY
Description: 1 observer. 10’ x5’ bullet-object with wavy lines. 6 pipes / rear. Whoosh sound.
Type: sighting
Reference: BERLINER, DON: The BLUEBOOK UNKNOWNS; (FUFOR). (Index 32)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_7023

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), ANI: Animals affected or injuries/marks, TCH: New technical details/clues, MIL: Military investigation, BBK: Project BLUEBOOK, SND: UFO sounds heard or recorded

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “6”, Duration: “1”, Elev: “15”, HatchDesc: “NEW YORK,NY:1 OBS:10’x5’ BULLET-OBJ W/WAVY LINES:6 PIPES/REAR:WHOOSH SOUND”, LatLong: “40.783335 -73.933337”, LatLongDMS: “40:47:00 N 73:56:00 W”, Locale: “Metropolis”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “New York”, Strangeness: “8”

Event 24388 (669CCFBC)

Date: 8/15/1964
Time: 08:20
Location: YOSEMITE, CA
Description: Project Bluebook Case #9049. Campers. Whoosh! 3 silver orbs play tag east going west / 6K’ altitude. / r70p102.
Type: sighting
Reference: HAINES, Richard Ph.D: PROJECT DELTA; 1994, LDA Press, PO Box 880, Los Altos, CA 94023 USA (Index 47)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_7024

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

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “7”, Duration: “1”, Elev: “1720”, HatchDesc: “YOSEMITE,CA:BBK#9049:CAMPERS:WHOOSH!:3 SLVR ORBS PLAY TAG E>W/6K’alt:/r70p102”, LatLong: “37.850002 -119.566672”, LatLongDMS: “37:51:00 N 119:34:00 W”, Locale: “Forest”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “California”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 24389 (B35B3B37)

Date: 8/15/1964
Location: New York City, NY
Description: 10 ft x 5 ft bullet-shaped object with wavy lines on the front part (NICAP: 01 - Distant Encounters, BB: 9048)
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_2734

Event 24390 (C87B4763)

Date: 8/15/1964
Location: Yosemite Park, CA
Description: 3 bright silver, round objects, in a stack formation (NICAP: 01 - Distant Encounters, BB: 9049)
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_2735

Event 24391 (38F2381A)

Date: 8/15/1964
Time: 1:20 AM
Location: New York, New York
Description: Witness: S.F. D’Alessandro. One 10’x5’ bullet-shaped object with wavy lines on the rounded front part and six pipes along the straight rear portion, made a “whishhh” sound. Witness’ dog growled during sighting.
Type: ufo sighting
Reference: BlueBook Unknowns PDF
Source: BerlinerBBUnknowns, ID: BerlinerBBU_511

Event 24392 (29900B22)

Date: 8/15/1964
Time: 8:15 AM
Location: Yosemite National Park, California
Description: Witnesses: E.J. Haug, of the San Francisco Orchestra and the San Francisco Conservatory of Music; and C.R. Bubb, a high school mathematics teacher. Three bright silver, round objects, in a stack formation, flew very fast, changing positions within the formation. The sound of rushing air was heard during the 3-4 second sighting.
Type: ufo sighting
Reference: BlueBook Unknowns PDF
Source: BerlinerBBUnknowns, ID: BerlinerBBU_512

Event 24393 (9832CE4B)

Date: 8/15/1964
Description: At 1:20 a.m. in New York City, New York Mr. S. F. D’Alessandro watched a 10’ x 5’ bullet-shaped object with wavy lines on the rounded front part and six pipes along the straight rear portion fly through the sky, making a “whishhh” sound. The witness’s dog growled during the sighting.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: Don Berliner, Project Bluebook UFO Unknowns
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_5033

Event 24394 (22E7C3A4)

Date: 8/15/1964
Description: At 8:15 a.m. E. J. Haug of the San Francisco Orchestra and the San Francisco Conservatory of Music, and C. R. Bubb, a high school mathematics teacher, sighted three UFOs while vacationing at Yosemite National Park, California. The three bright silver, round objects flew in a stack formation at a high speed, changing positions within the formation. The sound of rushing air was heard during the 3-4 seconds that the sighting lasted.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: Don Berliner, Project Bluebook UFO Unknowns
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_5034

Event 24395 (E6F4FD7E)

Date: 8/18/1964
Description: (Translated from French) Observation to the East of Dover (Atlantic). (August 18)
Reference: case Blue Book #9053 unsolved
Reference: rr0 - Beau
Source: rr0, ID: rr0_2066

Event 24396 (7340EF99)

Date: 8/18/1964
Time: 00:40
Location: 200M EAST / DOVER, DE
Description: 4 fishermen. Luminous object going quickly [to] under military C124. Makes 90° turn. / r185.
Type: sighting
Reference: VALLEE, Jacques: CHALLENGE to SCIENCE, The UFO ENIGMA; Henry Regnery 1966 & Ballentine Books, NY 1974. PB (Index 36)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_7025

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

Extra Data: Country: “Atlantic Ocean + islands”, Credibility: “9”, Duration: “2”, Elev: “0”, HatchDesc: “200M E/DOVER,DE:4 FISHERMEN:LUM OBJ >> UNDER MIL C124:MAKES 90°TURN:/r185”, LatLong: “39.000002 -72.000003”, LatLongDMS: “39:00:00 N 72:00:00 W”, Locale: “High Seas”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “NAT”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 24397 (C9C16228)

Date: 8/18/1964
Location: Dover (Atlantic, 200 miles E of), DE
Description: Object On Collision Course With C-124 (NICAP: 11 - Aviation Cases, Code: A, Rating: 5, BB: 9053)
Reference: NICAP: 640818
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_2736

Event 24398 (16230A73)

Date: 8/18/1964
Time: 12:35 AM
Location: Atlantic Ocean, 200 miles east of Dover, Delaware
Description: Witnesses: Maj. D.W. Thompson and First Pilot lst Lt. J.F. Jonke, on a USAF C-124 transport plane. One round, blurred, reddish-white object was on a collision course with the C-124 from ahead and below. The airplane evaded the object. Sighting las ted 2 minutes.
Type: ufo sighting
Reference: BlueBook Unknowns PDF
Source: BerlinerBBUnknowns, ID: BerlinerBBU_513

Event 24399 (C9269A7E)

Date: 8/18/1964
Time: 06:00:00.0
Location: 49.8206 78.0819
Description: Nuclear test: Underground, confirmed. Country: USSR Yield: .001KT 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_1257

Extra Data: LatLong: “49.8206 78.0819”, LatLongDMS: “49:49:14 N 78:04:55 E”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, NukeCountry: “USSR”, NukeDepth: “0.00”, NukeSource: “KRR”, NukeType: “NUCS”, NukeY: “.001”, NukeYMax: “20”

Event 24400 (A9ECE0AA)

Date: 8/18/1964
Locations: Dover AFB in Delaware; North Atlantic
Description: 12:35 a.m. USAF Major D. W. Thompson and First Pilot 1st Lt. J. F. Jonke are flying a C-124 transport with the 31st Air Transport Squadron, 1607th Air Transport Wing, 200 miles east of Dover AFB in Delaware at 9,000 feet over the North Atlantic. A blurred reddish-white glare appears ahead and 500 feet below them on a collision course. Thompson takes evasive action, and the light makes a right turn and disappears. Air traffic control shows nothing on their radar in that location.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: NICAP, “Object on Collision Course with C-124”; J. Allen Hynek, The UFO Experience, Ballantine ed., 1974, pp. 50–51; Sparks, p. 300
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_3805

Event 24401 (9E2EC8E7)

Date: 8/18/1964
Description: Major D.W. Thompson and First Pilot Lt. J. F. Jonke were flying a U.S. Air Force C-124 transport plane 200 miles over the Atlantic Ocean off the coast of Dover, Delaware. At 12:35 a.m. they sighted a round, blurry, reddish-white object that appeared to be on a collision course with their C-124 from ahead and below. The airplane evaded the object. The sighting lasted two minutes.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: Dominique Weinstein, Aircraft UFO Encounters, p. 33; Don Berliner, Project Bluebook UFO Unknowns; Don Berliner, Australasian Ufologist, April 1999, p. 52
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_5125

Event 24402 (D85859DA)

Date: 8/19/1964
Description: (Translated from French) Syncom 3, first telecommunications satellite in geostationary orbit. (August 19)
Reference: rr0 - Beau
Source: rr0, ID: rr0_2067

Event 24403 (EA283B46)

Date: 8/19/1964
Description: (Translated from French) In England, reorganization of the Ministry of Defense: the Secretariat 6 which dealt with UFOs becomes the Central Staff Defense Secretariat 8 which is attached to the State Secretariat. The service responsible for public relations no longer receives any information on the subject.
Reference: rr0 - Beau
Source: rr0, ID: rr0_2068

Event 24404 (9D129B65)

Date: 8/19/1964
Description: (Translated from French) Creation of the BUFORA.
Reference: rr0 - Beau
Source: rr0, ID: rr0_2069

Event 24405 (94647CE5)

Date: 8/19/1964
Description: (Translated from French) A gigantic alarm network is installed in France. It is installed on the roofs of French gendarmeries. Composed of 2300 antenna-shaped devices, it allows to permanently detect any presence of radioactive bodies in the atmosphere. Some emphasize the uselessness of such a network in case of atomic conflict.
Reference: rr0 - Beau
Source: rr0, ID: rr0_2070

Event 24406 (A43BD5D4)

Date: 8/19/1964
Description: (Translated from French) The NICAP publishes The UFO Evidence.
Reference: rr0 - Beau
Source: rr0, ID: rr0_2071

Event 24407 (43BA3494)

Date: 8/19/1964
Description: (Translated from French) Death of Doctor Rolf Alexander.
Reference: rr0 - Beau
Source: rr0, ID: rr0_2072

Event 24408 (D2357284)

Date: 8/19/1964
Description: (Translated from French) Jacques Vallée publishes Anatomy of a Phenomenon.
Reference: rr0 - Beau
Source: rr0, ID: rr0_2073

Event 24409 (453A382C)

Date: 8/19/1964
Time: 16:00:00.1
Location: 37.1590 -116.0831
Description: Nuclear test: Underground, confirmed. Country: USA Name: “Alva” Yield: 4.4KT
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_375

Extra Data: LatLong: “37.1590 -116.0831”, LatLongDMS: “37:09:32 N 116:04:59 W”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, NukeCountry: “USA”, NukeDepth: “0.17”, NukeName: “Alva”, NukeSource: “SPRINGER”, NukeType: “NUCU”, NukeY: “4.4”

Event 24410 (5C531BF7)

Date: 8/20/1964
Location: OYSTERVILLE, WA
Description: “Plane crashes” at sea. None missing. No traces found. No further details.
Type: sighting
Reference: SANDERSON, Ivan: INVISIBLE RESIDENTS; World Publishing HB 1970 & Avon Books PB 1973 (Index 42)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_7026

Attributes: CST: Observer(s) in coastal area/just offshore, SEA: Observer(s) at sea, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, MID: Likely mis-identification, ODD: Atypical/Forteana/paranormal, FBL: Fireball: Blazing undistinguished form/orb., SUB: Submersible: Rises from or submerges into water, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), LND: UFO landing or any part touches ground, CMF: Camouflage/disguise

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “8”, Duration: “2”, Elev: “0”, HatchDesc: “OYSTERVILLE,WA:“PLANE CRASHES” at SEA:NONE MISSING:NO TRACES FOUND:NFD”, LatLong: “46.500002 -123.966673”, LatLongDMS: “46:30:00 N 123:58:00 W”, Locale: “Coastlands”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Washington”, Strangeness: “5”

Event 24411 (D4AF1E72)

Date: 8/21/1964
Time: 02:00
Location: MOSES LAKE, WA
Description: Ringing noise. Dogs and horses act up. Concentric rings / field. / Flying Saucer Review (FSR) v16#6.
Type: sighting
Reference: UFO INVESTIGATOR: NICAP: Kensington, MD & Washington, DC [defunct]. University Microfilms, Ann Arbor, MI 48106 (Index 36)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_7027

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, ODD: Atypical/Forteana/paranormal, NFO: No craft seen, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), DRT: Dirt/soil traces/marks/footprints etc., VEG: Plants affected or sampled/crop circles, ANI: Animals affected or injuries/marks, LND: UFO landing or any part touches ground, TRC: Physical traces, TCH: New technical details/clues, SND: UFO sounds heard or recorded

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “7”, Duration: “2”, Elev: “323”, HatchDesc: “MOSES LAKE,WA:RINGING NOISE:DOGS+HORSES ACT UP:CONCENTRIC RINGS/FLD:/FSR v16#6”, LatLong: “47.150002 -119.283339”, LatLongDMS: “47:09:00 N 119:17:00 W”, Locale: “Farmlands”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Washington”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 24412 (8ECBD30E)

Date: 8/22/1964
Time: 19:00
Location: LAKE KALLAVESI, FINL
Description: Bent saucer drops hot fragment = Fe and O and Mn and Zr and Mn and Si and V and Ti / MJ#122.
Type: sighting
Reference: The APRO BULLETIN: Monthly. Jim & Coral Lorenzen: Tucson,AZ (USA. defunct) By volume and number. (Index 936)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_7028

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, SCI: Scientist involvement, NWS: News media report, SCR: Classic saucer/disk/sphere shaped UFO, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), DRT: Dirt/soil traces/marks/footprints etc., TRC: Physical traces, TCH: New technical details/clues

Extra Data: Country: “Scandanavian and Finland”, Credibility: “10”, Duration: “1”, HatchDesc: “LAKE KALLAVESI,FINL:BENT SCR DROPS HOT FRAGMENT=Fe+O+Mn+Zr+Mn+Si+V+Ti/MJ#122”, LatLong: “62.750003 27.750001”, LatLongDMS: “62:45:00 N 27:45:00 E”, Locale: “Mountains”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Finland”, Strangeness: “7”

Event 24413 (91334393)

Date: 8/22/1964
Time: 21:40
Location: BALTIMORE, MD
Description: 2 separate observer(s). Silent triangle going southwest slow. Lights / corners. Small red light / bottom/underside.
Type: sighting
Reference: UFO INVESTIGATOR: NICAP: Kensington, MD & Washington, DC [defunct]. University Microfilms, Ann Arbor, MI 48106 (Index 36)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_7029

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, HQO: High-quality observer(s), DLT: Delta/vee/boomerang/rectangular shaped UFO, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s)

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “7”, Duration: “8”, Elev: “30”, HatchDesc: “BALTIMORE,MD:2 SEP.OBS:SLNT TRIANGLE >SW SLOW:LITES/CORNERS:SML RED LITE/BTM”, LatLong: “38.816669 -76.900004”, LatLongDMS: “38:49:00 N 76:54:00 W”, Locale: “Metropolis”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Maryland”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 24414 (9714D702)

Date: 8/22/1964
Time: 22:17:00.1
Location: 37.0653 -116.0154
Description: Nuclear test: Underground, confirmed. Country: USA Name: “Canvasback” 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_376

Extra Data: LatLong: “37.0653 -116.0154”, LatLongDMS: “37:03:55 N 116:00:55 W”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, NukeCountry: “USA”, NukeDepth: “0.45”, NukeName: “Canvasback”, NukeSource: “SPRINGER”, NukeType: “NUCU”, NukeYMax: “20”

Event 24415 (40E41E91)

Date: 8/22/1964
Location: Baltimore, Maryland
Description: 9:35 p.m. Robert D. Briele, an engineer for WFBR-AM radio, and a friend watch a lighted triangular object pass directly overhead in Baltimore, Maryland. Through binoculars he can see a steady white light at each corner. A small green light is also on one corner and a red light in the center. The object moves slowly and silently from northeast to southwest, disappearing in 10 minutes.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: “UFO Sighting Wave Persists,” UFO Investigator 2, no. 12 (Sept./Oct. 1964): 5
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_3806

Event 24416 (D5225246)

Date: 8/24/1964
Time: 00:00
Location: PALERMO, ITL
Description: UFO going [to] over open air cinema. Many watches magnetized. / Flying Saucer Review (FSR) v11#3p30.
Type: sighting
Reference: ALDRICH, Jan J.: Private research papers. A huge mass of hard-won information. (Index 0)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_7030

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), EME: Electro-Magnetic Effects

Extra Data: Country: “Italy”, Credibility: “9”, Duration: “1”, HatchDesc: “PALERMO,ITL:UFO > OVR OPEN AIR CINEMA:MANY WATCHES MAGNETIZED:/FSR v11#3p30”, LatLong: “38.133335 13.383334”, LatLongDMS: “38:08:00 N 13:23:00 E”, Locale: “Town & City”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “PA”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 24417 (3B088032)

Date: 8/25/1964
Time: 21:30
Location: LITTLETON, MA
Description: 3+1 observer(s). Domed silver ovoid hovers near ground / power substation. Light roar.
Type: sighting
Reference: FOWLER, Raymond E.: UFO’S, INTERPLANETARY VISITORS; Prentice Hall & Bantam Books, NY 1979. 346pp. (Index 15)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_7031

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

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “9”, Duration: “1”, Elev: “70”, HatchDesc: “LITTLETON,MA:3+1 OBS:DOMED SLVR OVOID HVRS nr GND/POWER SUBSTATION:LITE ROAR”, LatLong: “42.533335 -71.516670”, LatLongDMS: “42:32:00 N 71:31:00 W”, Locale: “Residential”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Massachusetts”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 24418 (0C44981A)

Date: 8/25/1964
Time: 22:30
Location: LYNN, MA
Description: Whine! 20’ domed saucer below tree level 90M away / observers. / r24v2#12+/ r8#622.
Type: sighting
Reference: FOWLER, Raymond E.: UFO’S, INTERPLANETARY VISITORS; Prentice Hall & Bantam Books, NY 1979. 346pp. (Index 17)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_7032

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, LND: UFO landing or any part touches ground, SND: UFO sounds heard or recorded

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “6”, Duration: “10”, Elev: “8”, HatchDesc: “LYNN,MA:WHINE!:20’DOMED SCR BELOW TREE LVL 90M away/OBSs:/r24v2#12+/r8#622”, LatLong: “42.461113 -70.938892”, LatLongDMS: “42:27:40 N 70:56:20 W”, Locale: “Town & City”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, RelAlt: “8”, State/Prov: “Massachusetts”, Strangeness: “7”

Event 24419 (88B3C74F)

Date: 8/25/1964
Time: 2230
Location: Lynn, Massachusetts
Description: Richard Pratt, 17, heard a whistling noise and saw a silvery, oval object surrounded with a soft white glow, supporting a dome, which went down to ground level. A similar object had been observed one hour earlier at Littleton, about 50 km west, by four boys. It was described as silvery gray, with three blinking red lights and a white light.
Type: ufo sighting
Reference: NICAP Sep., 64 (Vallee)
Source: ValléeMagonia, ID: Magonia_622

Event 24420 (9A8F7816)

Date: 8/25/1964
Description: A silvery gray object with a dome on top, blinking red lights, a solid white light, and lights on the rim was sighted at close range by four boys in Littleton, Massachusetts at 9:30 p.m. It hovered with a fluttering motion near the ground, then finally shot off at high speed. The witnesses were able to approach to within 500 feet of the craft before it left.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: Raymond E. Fowler, case investigation file, report dated August 29, 1964
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_5317

Event 24421 (199AB03B)

Date: 8/25/1964
Description: An hour later in Lynn, Massachusetts another witness, 17-year-old Richard Pratt, heard a whistling sound and sighted a second domed disc. It was described as a silvery oval twenty feet in diameter, with a soft white glow and a lighted rim. It descended to below the treetops, only 300 feet away from the witness.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: Raymond E. Fowler, case investigation file, report dated August 31, 1964; NICAP UFO Investigator, September 1964; Jacques Vallee, Passport to Magonia: A Century of Landings, case 622).622 Aug. 25, 1964 Lynn (Massachusetts
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_5318

Event 24422 (7FF51EE7)

Date: 8/26/1964
Time: 21:20
Location: MELROSE, MASS
Description: 2 observer(s). Red pulsating ellipsoid seen / 35x telescope. Silent. Going south.
Type: sighting
Reference: FOWLER, Raymond E.: UFO’S, INTERPLANETARY VISITORS; Prentice Hall & Bantam Books, NY 1979. 346pp. (Index 19)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_7033

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: “18”, HatchDesc: “MELROSE,MASS:2 OBS:RED PULSATING ELLIPSOID SEEN/35x TELESCOPE:SLNT:>S”, LatLong: “42.455558 -71.066670”, LatLongDMS: “42:27:20 N 71:04:00 W”, Locale: “Town & City”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Massachusetts”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 24423 (DEBCBDEA)

Date: 8/26/1964
Description: At 9:20 p.m. a red ellipsoid pulsated as it flew over Melrose, Massachusetts. It had an orange-red halo, as seen through a telescope. It made no sound.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: Raymond E. Fowler, UFOs: Interplanetary Visitors, p. 330
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_5361

Event 24424 (875DC956)

Date: 8/27/1964
Time: 05:30
Location: CLEVELAND, OH
Description: Watchman. Cylinder/cigar-shape with lit windows crosses moon. Speeds up. Glows. Contrail.
Type: sighting
Reference: UFO INVESTIGATOR: NICAP: Kensington, MD & Washington, DC [defunct]. University Microfilms, Ann Arbor, MI 48106 (Index 36)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_7034

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

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “6”, Duration: “1”, Elev: “208”, HatchDesc: “CLEVELAND,OH:WATCHMAN:CGR W/LIT WINDOWS CROSSES MOON:SPEEDS UP:GLOWS:contrail”, LatLong: “41.466669 -81.716671”, LatLongDMS: “41:28:00 N 81:43:00 W”, Locale: “Metropolis”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Ohio”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 24425 (AD4D01E8)

Date: 8/27/1964
Location: 37.0000 -116.0000
Description: Nuclear test: Underground, confirmed. Country: USA Name: “Player” 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_377

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: “Player”, NukeSource: “NV209”, NukeType: “NUCU”, NukeYMax: “20”

Event 24426 (DF0EBEA6)

Date: 8/28/1964
Time: 22:10
Location: LITTLETON, MASS
Description: 3M fireball / sphere/orb/globe crosses road near town. Hugs hilly terrain.
Type: sighting
Reference: FOWLER, Raymond E.: UFO’S, INTERPLANETARY VISITORS; Prentice Hall & Bantam Books, NY 1979. 346pp. (Index 20)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_7035

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, PRB: Probe: Possibly remote controlled, FBL: Fireball: Blazing undistinguished form/orb., NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s)

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “6”, Duration: “1”, Elev: “70”, HatchDesc: “LITTLETON,MASS:3M FBL/ORB CROSSES ROAD nr TOWN:HUGS HILLY TERRAIN”, LatLong: “42.550002 -71.500003”, LatLongDMS: “42:33:00 N 71:30:00 W”, Locale: “Pasture”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Massachusetts”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 24427 (A127AFD1)

Date: 8/28/1964
Time: 17:06:00.0
Location: 37.0670 -116.0223
Description: Nuclear test: Underground, confirmed. Country: USA Name: “Haddock” 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_378

Extra Data: LatLong: “37.0670 -116.0223”, LatLongDMS: “37:04:01 N 116:01:20 W”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, NukeCountry: “USA”, NukeDepth: “0.36”, NukeName: “Haddock”, NukeSource: “SPRINGER”, NukeType: “NUCU”, NukeYMax: “20”

Event 24428 (FD9F5535)

Date: 8/28/1964
Description: At 10:05 p.m. a ten-foot in diameter yellow ball of light crossed highway in front of a car being driven by Mr. P. Ellis in Littleton, Massachusetts.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: Raymond E. Fowler, UFOs: Interplanetary Visitors, p. 330; Raymond Fowler case investigation dated September 11, 1964
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_5417

Event 24429 (0C62F988)

Date: 8/29/1964
Time: 01:30
Location: USNS ELTANIN PHOTOGRAPHS DEEP SEABED
Description: FINDs erect 1M sponge with crossbars with small globes.
Type: sighting
Reference: CATHIE, Bruce: HARMONIC 33. A. & A. Reed, Wellington, NZ (Index 32)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_7036

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, HQO: High-quality observer(s), ODD: Atypical/Forteana/paranormal, NFO: No craft seen, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), PHT: Photos/movies/videos taken, TRC: Physical traces, TCH: New technical details/clues

Extra Data: Country: “Antarctic below 70 degrees South”, Credibility: “9”, Duration: “1”, Elev: “0”, HatchDesc: “USNS ELTANIN FOTOS DEEP SEABED:FINDs ERECT 1M SPONGE W/CROSSBARS W/SML GLOBES”, LatLong: “-59.116669 -105.050005”, LatLongDMS: “59:07:00 S 105:03:00 W”, Locale: “High Seas”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, RelAlt: “-4116”, State/Prov: “SEA”, Strangeness: “1”

Event 24430 (5B2E59AA)

Date: 8/29/1964
Time: 11:50
Location: I10 NEAR MESQUITE, NM
Description: Large saucer going quickly south in front / mountains. 4cm / arms length. Banks going up / 45°.
Type: sighting
Reference: The APRO BULLETIN: Monthly. Jim & Coral Lorenzen: Tucson,AZ (USA. defunct) By volume and number. (Index 779)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_7037

Attributes: 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: “1170”, HatchDesc: “I10 nr MESQUITE,NM:LRG SCR >>S IN FRONT/Mtns:4cm/ARMS LENGTH:BANKS ↑/45°”, LatLong: “32.116668 -106.666672”, LatLongDMS: “32:07:00 N 106:40:00 W”, Locale: “Pasture”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “New Mexico”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 24431 (5C1DF363)

Date: 8/30/1964 (approximate)
Time: ~22:00
Location: TIPTON TO/FROM BENNETT, IA
Description: 24M cylinder/cigar-shape hovers / 150M. Engine sputters and radio dead. / r79 p22.
Type: sighting
Reference: UFO INVESTIGATOR: NICAP: Kensington, MD & Washington, DC [defunct]. University Microfilms, Ann Arbor, MI 48106 (Index 36)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_7038

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: “7”, Duration: “5”, Elev: “256”, HatchDesc: “TIPTON><BENNETT,IA:24M CGR HVRS/150M:ENGINE SPUTTERS+RADIO DEAD:/r79 p22”, LatLong: “41.738891 -90.972227”, LatLongDMS: “41:44:20 N 90:58:20 W”, Locale: “Pasture”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Iowa”, Strangeness: “7”

Event 24432 (73818354)

Date: 8/30/1964
Locations: Tipton; Bennett, Iowa
Description: Night. Clifford Runyon and Connie Thies are driving from Tipton to Bennett, Iowa, when they see a cigar- shaped object with two bright lights hovering 500 feet up in the eastern sky. The UFO climbs as they drive toward it, and their radio goes out and the car engine sputters.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: “UFO Sighting Wave Persists,” UFO Investigator 2, no. 12 (Sept./Oct. 1964): 5
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_3807

Event 24433 (C55B5BD5)

Date: 8/30/1964
Description: At around 10 p.m. a man and a woman driving between Tipton and Bennett, Iowa sighted an eighty-foot long cigar-shaped object that hovered at 500 feet altitude. When it climbed, their car radio went blank, and the car’s engine lost power.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: NICAP UFO Investigator, p. 22; Mark Rodeghier, UFO Reports Involving Vehicle Interference, p. 22
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_5491

Event 24434 (3DCE762D)

Date: 9/1964
Time: 21:00
Location: TIMISOARA, ROMANIA
Description: 2 photographers. Moonlike disk hovers / low. 4X moon-size. No photographs!
Type: sighting
Reference: LUMIERES DANS la NUIT (LDLN), Paris. Bimonthly since 1957. LDLN B.P.3; 77123 Le Vaudoue, FRANCE. (Index 96)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_7039

Attributes: 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: “Romania”, Credibility: “6”, Duration: “1”, HatchDesc: “TIMISOARA,ROMANIA:2 FOTOGRAPHERS:MOONLIKE DISK HVRS/LO:4X MOONSIZE:no fotos!”, LatLong: “45.761113 21.227779”, LatLongDMS: “45:45:40 N 21:13:40 E”, Locale: “Town & City”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “TMS”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 24435 (4DC77CB3)

Date: 9/1964
Description: Maj. Florence J. Mansmann states he studied Top Secret film at Vandenberg AFB, CA of a UAP shoot-down of a dummy nuclear warhead as it traveled to Kwajalein Atoll over the Pacific Ocean on this date. Mannsman states the CIA confiscated the film. The event is corroborated by Lt. Robert M. Jacobs, who was in charge of filming the test flight. Both men state the UAP was a domed, disc shaped craft that pivoted on its vertical axis before emitting four beams of light onto the warhead. The UAP then left camera frame, and the warhead tumbled and fell into the ocean short of its target.

• https://www.ufohastings.com/index.php/articles/ufos-are-stalking-and-intercepting-dummy-nuclear-warheads-during-test-flights
• https://www.ufohastings.com/articles/deep-denial-or-disinformation#letters (Mannsmann’s and Jacobs’s personal letters of the event)

Reference: Anonymous 2023 PDF
Source: Anon2023PDF, ID: Anon2023PDF_107

Event 24436 (46316567)

Date: 9/3/1964 (approximate)
Time: ~12:00
Location: PACIFIC WELL OFF CALIFORNIA
Description: Saucer circles Atlas missile / telescopic video. Fails. / MJ#249.
Type: sighting
Reference: GOOD, Timothy: ABOVE TOP SECRET; Sidgewick & Jackson, London 1987 & Quill Books, 1988. 592pp. (Index 292)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_7040

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CST: Observer(s) in coastal area/just offshore, SEA: Observer(s) at sea, MIL: Observer(s) military, HQO: High-quality observer(s), SCR: Classic saucer/disk/sphere shaped UFO, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), RAY: Odd light/searchlight/beam/laser-like, VEH: Vehicle affected: Marks/damage/EME effects, PHT: Photos/movies/videos taken, RDR: Radar traces/blips, TCH: New technical details/clues, MIL: Military investigation, GSA: Covert Security Agency, COV: Indication of coverup

Extra Data: Country: “Pacific Ocean and non - Asian islands”, Credibility: “10”, Duration: “15”, Elev: “0”, HatchDesc: “PACIFIC well off CALIF:SCR CCLs ATLAS MISSILE/TELESCOPIC VIDEO:FAILS:/MJ#249”, LatLong: “30.000001 -128.000006”, LatLongDMS: “30:00:00 N 128:00:00 W”, Locale: “High Seas”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “NPC”, Strangeness: “8”

Event 24437 (D9174E30)

Date: 9/4/1964 (approximate)
Location: USA, near Cisco Grave (Northern California)
Description: (Translated from French) The witness was hunting when he became separated from his companions and lost his way. Night was falling; he lit some fires to attract attention to the place where he was. He saw a light in the sky and thought it was a helicopter sent to look for him. But the thing stopped and began to hover silently around. The witness climbed a tree to get a better view. The light circled the tree and he saw a flash and a dark thing fall to the ground. Then he saw a silhouette walking heavily in the woods below him, and another coming from a different direction. The two silhouettes approached the tree. They were a little over 5 feet tall, wearing a silver outfit that covered their heads. A third creature appeared, which acted more like a machine than a man or an animal. It was darker than the others and its eyes were red-orange. It had no mouth but a kind of slit that opened like the door of an oven. These entities seemed to be looking for all kinds of ways to make the witness fall from the tree, who in turn threw pieces of paper and clothes at them, to which they reacted with fear. The robotic entity dropped its lower jaw, and from the rectangular cavity where it put its hand, it emitted a puff of smoke towards the witness! This smoke spread like fog and would have made the witness unconscious for some time. (September 4 (or 5?) 1964)
Reference: Jacques VALLEE: “Chronicles of E.T. Appearances” - DENOEL 1972 - coll. J’AI LU, p. 124, 125
Reference: Mini catalogue chronologique des observations OVNI, by Godelieve Van Overmeire
Source: Overmeire, ID: Overmeire_2293

Event 24438 (4DF9A52D)

Date: 9/4/1964
Description: (Translated from French) p.127. (September 4)
Reference: rr0 - Beau
Source: rr0, ID: rr0_2074

Event 24439 (327481F0)

Date: 9/4/1964
Time: 06:00?
Location: GLASSBORO, NJ
Description: Red night light lands / woods and goes. Burnt crater found. No radiation/radioactivity. Phony hoaxer!
Type: sighting
Reference: RANDLE, Kevin D.: The UFO CASEBOOK; Warner Books 1989. 256pp. (Index 118)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_7041

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, HOX: Suspicion of hoax, NLT: Nightlights/points of light, PRB: Probe: Possibly remote controlled, 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, LND: UFO landing or any part touches ground, TRC: Physical traces, TCH: New technical details/clues, COV: Indication of coverup

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “6”, Duration: “5”, Elev: “44”, HatchDesc: “GLASSBORO,NJ:RED NLT LANDS/WOODS+GOES:BURNT CRATER FOUND:NO RDA:PHONY HOAXER!”, LatLong: “39.700002 -75.100004”, LatLongDMS: “39:42:00 N 75:06:00 W”, Locale: “Town & City”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “New Jersey”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 24440 (E657E19A)

Date: 9/4/1964
Time: 22:00
Location: CISCO GROVE, CA
Description: Saucer. Small humanoids (or Greys) and robot(s)/android(s) chase government Scientist going up [to] tree. Gas. Missing time. Abduction? / r111p74.
Type: sighting
Reference: The APRO BULLETIN: Monthly. Jim & Coral Lorenzen: Tucson,AZ (USA. defunct) By volume and number. (Index 799)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_7042

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, SCI: Scientist involvement, SCR: Classic saucer/disk/sphere shaped UFO, OID: Humanoid: Small alien or “Grey”, RBT: Possible robot or “Grey”, mechanical motions, MST: Missing time or time anomaly, ABD: Human or animal abduction, LND: UFO landing or any part touches ground, TCH: New technical details/clues, MIL: Military investigation, BBK: Project BLUEBOOK, ODR: Odors associated with UFO’s

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “9”, Duration: “224”, Elev: “1716”, HatchDesc: “CISCO GROVE,CA:SCR:OIDS+RBTs CHASE GOVt SCIENTIST ↑TREE:GAS:MST:ABD?:/r111p74”, LatLong: “39.305557 -120.538895”, LatLongDMS: “39:18:20 N 120:32:20 W”, Locale: “Forest”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “California”, Strangeness: “11”

Event 24441 (29FB0CAF)

Date: 9/4/1964
Location: Cisco Grove (near), CA
Description: Humanoids and “robots”, physiological effects (NICAP: 05 - Medical Incidents, BB: BBU)
Reference: NICAP: [64090

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Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_2737

Event 24442 (18292322)

Date: 9/4/1964
Location: Cisco Grove (near), CA
Description: Hunter in tree saw 3 flying silvery lighted objects 1/4 mile away (NICAP: 07 - Entity Cases, BB: BBU)
Reference: NICAP: 640904
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_2738

Event 24443 (81AFE5FC)

Date: 9/4/1964
Location: Cisco Grove, CA
Description: A bow-and-arrow hunter separated from his companions was treed by humanoid and robot-like beings after a UFO was observed descending
Type: sighting
Reference: The UFO Evidence by Richard H. Hall
Source: HallUFOEvidence2, ID: HallUFOE2_23

Event 24444 (D2C661B6)

Date: 9/4/1964
Time: 18:15:00.1
Location: 37.0176 -116.0227
Description: Nuclear test: Underground, confirmed. Country: USA Name: “Guanay” 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_379

Extra Data: LatLong: “37.0176 -116.0227”, LatLongDMS: “37:01:03 N 116:01:22 W”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, NukeCountry: “USA”, NukeDepth: “0.26”, NukeName: “Guanay”, NukeSource: “SPRINGER”, NukeType: “NUCU”, NukeYMax: “20”

Event 24445 (873E7352)

Date: 9/4/1964
Locations: Chile; US
Description: Declassified documents show that from 1962 through 1964, the CIA has spent a total of $2.6 million to finance the campaign of Eduardo Frei Montalva for the presidency of Chile and spent $3 million in anti–Salvador Allende propaganda “to scare voters away from Allende’s FRAP coalition.” Richard Helms coordinates the action. The CIA considers its role in the victory of Frei a great success. They argue that “the financial and organizational assistance given to Frei, the effort to keep [Julio] Durán in the race, the propaganda campaign to denigrate Allende—were ‘indispensable ingredients of Frei’s success,’” and they think that his chances of winning and the good progress of his campaign would have been doubtful without the covert support of the US. Thus, in 1964 Allende loses once more as the FRAP candidate for president.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Wikipedia, “Salvador Allende”
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_3808

Event 24446 (40AA6BE9)

Date: 9/4/1964
Description: Shortly before 8:00 p.m. two teenagers in Glassboro, New Jersey were approached by two tall blond men, who had long hair and were barefoot. They asked the boys if they were interested in seeing a UFO. They walked to an apple orchard where they saw a red light land in the woods, and then take off. A burnt crater was found by the NICAP investigator, with tripod indentations. The US Air Force was called and performed a perfunctory, sloppy investigation of the case, but NICAP did a more thorough job. In addition to the burnt area and ground marks, some white powdery balls were found that were cold to the touch. After touching them the witnesses’ hands retained numbness for 24 hours.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: NICAP UFO Investigator, October 1964, p. 1; Jean Bastide, MUFON UFO Journal, July 1977, p. 11, citing NICAP field investigator Campbell
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_5627

Event 24447 (8AFED2D6)

Date: 9/4/1964
Description: That same evening two men had gone bow hunting in the forest near Cisco Grove, California. One of the men, Mr. D. Shrum, age 28, became lost and climbed a tree. It was then, at around 10:00 p.m., that he noticed a domed object with a blinking light on top descend and land. Two short humanoid beings, wearing silvery white coveralls, and a robot-looking creature got out and approached his location. They attempted to climb the tree after him in an apparent effort to capture him, but were unsuccessful. The robot released a vapor that drifted up to him and made him groggy, but before he lost consciousness he was able to tie himself to the tree trunk with his belt. He shot arrows at the robot, but the arrows just bounced off and caused no damage. The beings remained in the area, as far as he could tell, for most of the night. He stayed in the tree for eleven hours.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: Coral E. & Jim Lorenzen, Flying Saucer Occupants, p. 137; Richard Hall, Uninvited Guests, p. 248; Gordon I. R. Lore, Jr., Strange Effects from UFOs, p. 21; J. Allen Hynek, The Hynek UFO Report, p. 210; Richard F. Haines, CE-5: Close Encounters of the Fifth Kind, p. 221; UNICAT, case 297
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_5628

Event 24448 (50CE79B2)

Date: 9/5/1964
Location: ARGENTINA, Cofico (Salta)
Description: (Translated from French) Chafredo Dagota saw a flying saucer land at 9pm. It seemed to be held up by some kind of pillar and emitted a blinding light. Near it he saw the vague silhouettes of two beings.
Reference: Charles BOWEN: “In Search of Humanoids” - J’ai Lu 1974, p. 132
Reference: Mini catalogue chronologique des observations OVNI, by Godelieve Van Overmeire
Source: Overmeire, ID: Overmeire_2294

Event 24449 (9104E966)

Date: 9/5/1964
Time: 21:00
Location: COFICO, ARG
Description: Saucer lands. Rests on pillar. 3 silhouettes outside. / FSR’66#3+/ r8#623.
Type: sighting
Reference: BOWEN, Charles (ed.) The HUMANOIDS: HB Henry Regnery, Chicago 1969. 256pp. PB 1977 Futura, London (Index 108)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_7043

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, SCR: Classic saucer/disk/sphere shaped UFO, FIG: Undefined or poorly seen figure/entity, LND: UFO landing or any part touches ground, TCH: New technical details/clues

Extra Data: Country: “Argentina”, Credibility: “7”, Duration: “3”, Elev: “1150”, HatchDesc: “COFICO,ARG:SCR LANDS:RESTS ON PILLAR:3 SILHOUETTES OUTSIDE:/FSR’66#3+/r8#623”, LatLong: “-24.750001 -65.266670”, LatLongDMS: “24:45:00 S 65:16:00 W”, Locale: “Farmlands”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “SLT”, Strangeness: “8”

Event 24450 (01817704)

Date: 9/5/1964
Time: 2100
Location: Cofico, Argentina
Description: Chafredo Dagota observed a circular object that came to the ground briefly. It stood on a sort of pillar and emitted a blinding light. He caught sight of two figures moving near it.
Type: ufo sighting
Reference: FSR 66, 3 (Vallee)
Source: ValléeMagonia, ID: Magonia_623

Event 24451 (5E5782F4)

Date: 9/5/1964
Time: 2200
Location: Cisco Grove, California
Description: A hunter, who had lost his way in the mountains, observed approaching lights that seemed to land. From a vantage point in a tree, he saw a dome-shaped object at ground level, about 500 m away. Several creatures, one of them a robotlike figure with “eyes” about 10 cm in diameter, came near, apparently trying to dislodge the witness from his tree. The creatures appeared to fear the light from flaming objects thrown at them. The witness fell asleep after an exhausting series of attempts to keep the creatures away. At dawn there was nothing to be seen.
Type: ufo sighting
Reference: Atic; Magonia (Vallee)
Source: ValléeMagonia, ID: Magonia_624

Event 24452 (9F7C2529)

Date: 9/5/1964
Locations: Placer County, California; Loch Leven Lakes; Cisco Grove
Description: 10:00 p.m. Donald Schrum and his friends are bow-and-arrow hunting in an isolated area of Placer County, California, near the Loch Leven Lakes in the vicinity of Cisco Grove. Schrum becomes separated from his companions. At sunset he decides to sleep in a tree for the night. Later he sees a white light zigzagging at low altitude and, thinking it is a helicopter, jumps out of the tree and lights fires to attract its attention. The light turns toward him and stops about 50–60 yards away. The object’s strange appearance frightens Schrum, so he climbs back up in the tree. After a while two humanoid beings and a robot-like creature approach the tree. From then on, Schrum is in a state of siege as the beings try to dislodge him from the tree. At one point a white vapor emanates from the robot’s mouth and Schrum blacks out, but wakes up again, nauseous, and begins lighting matches and throwing them down to frighten the beings away; they back away. Finally, he shoots an arrow at the robot; when it hits, there is an arc flash and the robot is knocked backwards. This is repeated two more times, and the humanoids scatter each time. A second robot appears and a vapor renders Schrum unconscious. When he awakes, he discovers that the two humanoids are climbing up the tree toward him, so he shakes the tree and throws things down at them to ward them off. The same actions are repeated all night. Near dawn, more beings approach and “large volumes of smoke” drift up and he blacks out. He awakes hanging from his belt, and the creatures are gone. Later, when reunited with his companions, Schrum finds that one of the other hunters, who also have gotten lost and separated from their camp, saw the UFO.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: NICAP, “Cisco Grove / Alien Encounter”; Donald E. Keyhoe and Gordon I. R. Lore Jr., Strange Effects from UFOs, NICAP, 1969, pp. 17–23; Hynek UFO Report, pp. 210–212; Sparks, p. 301; Clark III 236–240; Ted Bloecher and Paul Cerny, “The Cisco Grove Bow and Arrow Case of 1964,” IUR 20, no. 5 (Winter 1995): 16–22, 32
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_3809

Event 24453 (653CC2E5)

Date: 9/5/1964
Description: On a farm in Cofico, near Salta, Argentina a saucer-shaped object touched down briefly at 9:00 p.m. It stood on a kind of cylindrical pillar, giving out a blinding light. Near it the witness, Mr. Dagota, got a blured glimpse of two figures moving about.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: David F. Webb & Ted Bloecher, HUMCAT: Catalogue of Humanoid Reports, case A0607, citing Flying Saucer Review, May-June 1966, p. 26; Jacques Vallee, Passport to Magonia: A Century of Landings, case # 623
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_5652

Event 24454 (E045420D)

Date: 9/6/1964
Location: CHILE, near Arica
Description: (Translated from French) A miner worker saw a UFO land. Two entities emerged from it. They asked him for water in a language mixed with Spanish and English. The witness gave it to them and they left immediately.
Reference: Janet and Colin BORD: “Modern Mysteries of the World” - Guild Publishing London 1989, p. 321
Reference: Mini catalogue chronologique des observations OVNI, by Godelieve Van Overmeire
Source: Overmeire, ID: Overmeire_2295

Event 24455 (D1C08C02)

Date: 9/6/1964
Time: 23:50
Location: MEDFORD, MASS
Description: 2 observer(s). 25’ blue glow bounces over Mystic Lake. Red lights rotate / edge.
Type: sighting
Reference: FOWLER, Raymond E.: UFO’S, INTERPLANETARY VISITORS; Prentice Hall & Bantam Books, NY 1979. 346pp. (Index 20)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_7044

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, SCR: Classic saucer/disk/sphere shaped UFO, DLT: Delta/vee/boomerang/rectangular shaped UFO, FBL: Fireball: Blazing undistinguished form/orb., NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s)

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “7”, Duration: “2”, Elev: “4”, HatchDesc: “MEDFORD,MASS:2 OBS:25’ BLUE GLOW BOUNCES OVR MYSTIC LAKE:RED LITES ROTATE/EDGE”, LatLong: “42.416669 -71.105559”, LatLongDMS: “42:25:00 N 71:06:20 W”, Locale: “Residential”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Massachusetts”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 24456 (DAF02186)

Date: 9/6/1964
Description: A saucer-shaped UFO touched down briefly in Cofico, Argentina around nine o’clock in the evening. It stood on a single pedestal that looked like a pillar, and gave off a blinding light. Nearby the UFO the witness, Mr. C. Dagota, got a blurred glimpse of two figures moving about.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: Oscar A. Uriondo, p. 27
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_5680

Event 24457 (A56EAB3B)

Date: 9/6/1964
Description: On that same evening in Medford, Massachusetts at 11:45 p.m. EDT, a 25’ wide royal blue glowing UFO bounced up-and-down as it moved across the sky horizontally. It had a red light revolving around its perimeter.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: Raymond E. Fowler, UFOs: Interplanetary Visitors, p. 330
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_5681

Event 24458 (2C650E2F)

Date: 9/7/1964
Description: A silver colored, egg-shaped object with two rows of windows was sighted at night over Daytona Beach, Florida. It was estimated to be over 200 feet long. Inside 12 “large people” could be seen moving about. The witness was familiar with blimps and aircraft.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: Ted Bloecher investigation files, case investigation dated February 11, 1965
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_5718

Event 24459 (D0B0B885)

Date: 9/10/1964
Description: (Translated from French) Observation at Cedar Grove (New Jersey). (September 10)
Reference: case Blue Book #9104 unsolved
Reference: rr0 - Beau
Source: rr0, ID: rr0_2075

Event 24460 (F555ED20)

Date: 9/10/1964
Location: Cedar Grove, NJ
Description: 4 white lights, 3-4 [degrees?] apart, to the N, going W (NICAP: 01 - Distant Encounters, BB: 9104)
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_2739

Event 24461 (41435E6A)

Date: 9/10/1964
Time: 7:09 PM
Location: Cedar Grove, New Jersey
Description: Witness: chemist P.H. DePaolo. Four white lights, 3-4 apart, were seen to the north, going west for 45 seconds.
Type: ufo sighting
Reference: BlueBook Unknowns PDF
Source: BerlinerBBUnknowns, ID: BerlinerBBU_514

Event 24462 (D099F336)

Date: 9/10/1964
Description: Chemist P. H. De Paolo in Cedar Grove, New Jersey sighted four white lights at 7:09 p.m. They were seen in the northern sky, heading west for 45 seconds.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: Don Berliner, Project Bluebook UFO Unknowns
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_5824

Event 24463 (198B389D)

Date: 9/11/1964
Time: 05:00
Location: ULYSSES, KS
Description: 1 / car buzzed / fast 3’ domed saucer. Whoosh sound only. / r211p27.
Type: sighting
Reference: VALLEE, Jacques: PASSPORT TO MAGONIA; H. Regnery, Chicago HC 1969 & Contemporary Books,Chicago 1993. 372pp. (Index 625)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_7045

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

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “6”, Duration: “1”, Elev: “935”, HatchDesc: “ULYSSES,KS:1/CAR BUZZED/FAST 3’DOMED SCR:WHOOSH SOUND ONLY:/r211p27”, LatLong: “37.583335 -101.355560”, LatLongDMS: “37:35:00 N 101:21:20 W”, Locale: “Pasture”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Kansas”, Strangeness: “7”

Event 24464 (B6EAA1C5)

Date: 9/11/1964
Time: 0600
Location: Ulysses, Oklahoma
Description: Karen Campbell was scared by an oval, dull copper object that flew low over her car. It measured about 1.2 m in height, had a dome on top, made a “rushing” noise, and seemed to “float” over the car.
Type: ufo sighting
Reference: 148 (Vallee)
Source: ValléeMagonia, ID: Magonia_625

Event 24465 (7C4FA7C6)

Date: 9/11/1964
Location: 37.0000 -116.0000
Description: Nuclear test: Underground, confirmed. Country: USA Name: “Spoon” 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_380

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: “Spoon”, NukeSource: “NV209”, NukeType: “NUCU”, NukeYMax: “20”

Event 24466 (6DA54995)

Date: 9/12/1964
Time: 20:30
Location: NORTH / DODGE CITY, KS
Description: Aero-writer / private plane. Circular mass tumbles and maneuvers. Meteor??
Type: sighting
Reference: The APRO BULLETIN: Monthly. Jim & Coral Lorenzen: Tucson,AZ (USA. defunct) By volume and number. (Index 779)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_7046

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

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “7”, Duration: “1”, Elev: “770”, HatchDesc: “N/DODGE CITY,KS:AERO-WRITER/Pvt.PLANE:CIRC.MASS TUMBLES+MNVRS:meteor??”, LatLong: “37.783335 -100.016671”, LatLongDMS: “37:47:00 N 100:01:00 W”, Locale: “Metropolis”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Kansas”, Strangeness: “5”

Event 24467 (045CC715)

Date: 9/14/1964
Locations: San Miguel Observatory; Buenos Aires, Argentina
Description: 10:55 p.m. Astronomers Luis Ferro and Renato Matteassi at the San Miguel Observatory, Buenos Aires, Argentina, watch an object with the apparent size twice that of the Moon passing across the constellation Lyra. The central portion is white and green, while the rear looks like half-rings of blue. Its speed is estimated as three times the speed of sound. They watch it for 3 minutes moving toward Jupiter.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Gordon Creighton, “Argentina 1963/1964: Part IV,” Flying Saucer Review 12, no. 3 (May/June 1966): 28
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_3810

Event 24468 (DED35B51)

Date: 9/15/1964
Location: HOUMA, LA
Description: Cops and more/others. Noisy object going [to] over house / treetop level. Flashes red and green. / fate 1 / 65.
Type: sighting
Reference: VALLEE, Jacques: PASSPORT TO MAGONIA; H. Regnery, Chicago HC 1969 & Contemporary Books,Chicago 1993. 372pp. (Index 626)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_7047

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CST: Observer(s) in coastal area/just offshore, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, MID: Likely mis-identification, NLT: Nightlights/points of light, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), BBK: Project BLUEBOOK, OGA: Non-Covert Government Agencies, SND: UFO sounds heard or recorded

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “8”, Duration: “1”, Elev: “4”, HatchDesc: “HOUMA,LA:COPS++:NOISY OBJ> OVR HOUSE/TREETOP LVL:FLASHES RED+GRN:/FATE 1/65”, LatLong: “29.583335 -90.733338”, LatLongDMS: “29:35:00 N 90:44:00 W”, Locale: “Town & City”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, RelAlt: “15”, State/Prov: “Louisiana”, Strangeness: “5”

Event 24469 (F55C3545)

Date: 9/15/1964
Location: Big Sur, CA
Description: The Big Sur Filming / UFO Disables Dummy Warhead ? (NICAP: 08 - Photographic Cases, Code: I, Rating: 5, NC)
Reference: NICAP: 640915
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_2740

Event 24470 (1D01695A)

Date: 9/15/1964
Location: Core Lane, Louisiana
Description: James Warren was awakened by a noise, and saw an object bearing blinking red and green lights fly over his house at treetop level. He called the police, who also reported seeing the object.
Type: ufo sighting
Reference: Fate Jan., 65 (Vallee)
Source: ValléeMagonia, ID: Magonia_626

Event 24471 (BDE151C3)

Date: 9/15/1964
Locations: Vandenberg Space Force Base; Lompoc, California; Big Sur, California
Description: 8:27 a.m. USAF Lt. Robert Jacobs is officer-in-charge of photo-optical instrumentation for the 1369th Photographic Squadron at Vandenberg AFB [now Vandenberg Space Force Base] near Lompoc, California. His crew films an SM-65F Atlas missile launch where a UFO allegedly causes the ICBM’s warhead to malfunction over Big Sur, California. At the time of the filming, apparently no one knows anything about a UFO sighting. But the next morning, Jacobs is ordered to report to the office of Maj. Florenz J. Mansmann, First Strategic Aerospace Division, his commanding officer, where he is shown the film and told to forget it ever happened. Kingston George, the project engineer for the experiments and who probably never saw the film, “identified” the object as “nothing to do with UFOs” in an article in the Skeptical Enquirer. Before Mansmann’s death, and 40 years after the actual event, the major confirms the UFO incident in writing. The controversy centers on the opinions of some researchers who suggest that the telescope imaging system is not adequate enough to produce the results described by Jacobs and Mannsman. However, several other researchers have shown that, with the viewing conditions at the height of the equipment used, and the imaging systems operating at that shoot, the incident could have occurred as described.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: NICAP, “The Big Sur Filming / UFO Disables Dummy Warhead?”; Robert Jacobs, “How a UFO Destroyed an American Rocket,” Flying Saucer Review 29, no. 1 (October 1983): 23–24; Kingston A. George, “The Big Sur ‘UFO’: An Identified Flying Object,” Skeptical Inquirer 17 (Winter 1993): 180–187; Robert Hastings, “A Shot across the Bow: Another Look at the Big Sur Incident,” IUR 31, no. 1 (January 2007): 3–11, 20–24; Mark Rodeghier, “Image Resolution of the Optical System at Big Sur,” IUR 31, no. 1 (January 2007): 20; Robert Hastings, “Answers on Big Sur,” IUR 31, no. 4 (Mar. 2008): 18; Robert L. Hastings, “UFOs Are Stalking and Intercepting Dummy Nuclear Warheads during Test Flights,” UFOs & Nukes, August 23, 2011; Nukes 187–217
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_3811

Event 24472 (EEE223D9)

Date: 9/16/1964
Locations: Little Hulton; Greater Manchester; England
Description: 6:55 p.m. Several teenagers at Little Hulton, Greater Manchester, England, watch a noiseless, pearly white triangular object traveling with its base forward toward the north.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: “Manchester Disbeliever’s Testimony,” Flying Saucer Review 10, no. 6 (Nov./Dec. 1964): 25
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_3812

Event 24473 (058C9AE0)

Date: 9/18/1964
Time: 08:00:00.4
Location: 73.6670 54.5330
Description: Nuclear test: Underground, confirmed. Country: USSR Yield: .001KT 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_1258

Extra Data: LatLong: “73.6670 54.5330”, LatLongDMS: “73:40:01 N 54:31:59 E”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, NukeCountry: “USSR”, NukeDepth: “0.00”, NukeMb: “4.19”, NukeSource: “AWE-JED”, NukeType: “NUCS”, NukeY: “.001”, NukeYMax: “20”

Event 24474 (CD08EA58)

Date: 9/18/1964
End date: 9/24/1964
Locations: Surabaya; Malang; Bangkalan; Java, Indonesia; Malaysia
Description: Numerous high-speed UFOs are reported and tracked on radar in an area between Surabaya, Malang, and Bangkalan, Java, Indonesia. Antiaircraft batteries and Air Force pilots reportedly open fire on them, even though officials suspect they could be British aircraft from the HMS Victorious protecting Malaysia.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Good Above, p. 429; Rahadian Rundjan, “Mencari UFO di Langit Indonesia,” Historia, June 19, 2017
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_3813

Event 24475 (C75E1D62)

Date: 9/20/1964
Time: 22:00?
Location: OFF C.RIVADAVIA, ARG
Description: 1 / car. 4 UFO’s curve going down [to] to sea. Rise again and fly away. / MJ#130.
Type: sighting
Reference: PHENOMENES SPATIAUX: Group GEPA, Gen. M. Lionel Chassin Paris. Quarterly 1964?-1977. Merged into Grp. GEPAN (Index 18)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_7048

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CST: Observer(s) in coastal area/just offshore, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, NWS: News media report, SCR: Classic saucer/disk/sphere shaped UFO, NLT: Nightlights/points of light, FBL: Fireball: Blazing undistinguished form/orb., SUB: Submersible: Rises from or submerges into water, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s)

Extra Data: Country: “Argentina”, Credibility: “6”, Duration: “30”, Elev: “0”, HatchDesc: “off C.RIVADAVIA,ARG:1/CAR:4 UFOs CURVE ↓ TO SEA:RISE AGAIN+FLY AWAY:/MJ#130”, LatLong: “-45.833336 -67.333337”, LatLongDMS: “45:50:00 S 67:20:00 W”, Locale: “Coastlands”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “CHB”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 24476 (9439FF95)

Date: 9/20/1964
Description: At 10:00 p.m. four lens-shaped objects were observed from Comodoro Rivadavia, Chubut province, Argentina flying in a curved trajectory out to sea. They gained altitude, but then suddenly dipped and plunged into the sea.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: GEPA Phenomenes Spatiaux, December 1968; Wendelle Stevens, Saga UFO Report, March 1977, p. 37
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_6126

Event 24477 (ECCA7597)

Date: 9/21/1964
Location: USA,
Description: (Translated from French) The North American XB-70A Valkyrie, with 6 engines, was an experimental bomber designed for speeds of Mach 3 and higher. It was the largest of the experimental aircraft, with a length of 58 meters, a wingspan of 32 meters, and a height of 10 meters. It had two large vertical tail fins and a horizontal canard mounted on the fuselage, triangular wings whose tips could be lowered to increase lateral stability at supersonic speeds. It was constructed of titanium and stainless steel honeycomb and could withstand temperatures of 332°C for its Mach 3 high altitude flights. There were only two prototypes which the Department of Defense used for its Mach 3 research programs as part of the SST program. They were packed with measuring instruments that could measure 36 different data points transmitted directly to the ground. 900 other types of measurements were recorded in digital pulse code modulation at a rate of 20,000 data points per second. (September 21, 1964)
Reference: continued: 8.6.66
Reference: NASA website 1997 “On the Frontier”
Reference: Mini catalogue chronologique des observations OVNI, by Godelieve Van Overmeire
Source: Overmeire, ID: Overmeire_2296

Event 24478 (60C1F579)

Date: 9/24/1964
Time: 21:30
Location: RIO DELL, CA
Description: Many separate observer(s) and (seen thru) telescope. Silent luminous cylinder/cigar-shape circles town 3x / 15km altitude. / r211p112.
Type: sighting
Reference: The APRO BULLETIN: Monthly. Jim & Coral Lorenzen: Tucson,AZ (USA. defunct) By volume and number. (Index 787)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_7049

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: “10”, Duration: “30”, Elev: “12”, HatchDesc: “RIO DELL,CA:MANY SEP.OBS+TSCOPE:SLNT.LUMN.CGR CCLs TOWN 3x/15km alt:/r211p112”, LatLong: “40.500002 -124.105561”, LatLongDMS: “40:30:00 N 124:06:20 W”, Locale: “Forest”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “California”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 24479 (2CF81BF0)

Date: 9/25/1964
Location: 37.0000 -116.0000
Description: Nuclear test: Underground, confirmed. Country: Britain Name: “Courser” 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_1771

Extra Data: LatLong: “37.0000 -116.0000”, LatLongDMS: “37:00:00 N 116:00:00 W”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, NukeCountry: “Britain”, NukeDepth: “0.00”, NukeName: “Courser”, NukeSource: “NV209”, NukeType: “NUCUG”, NukeY: “0”, NukeYMax: “0”

Event 24480 (4F5A2558)

Date: 9/30/1964
Location: 50.4375 77.814167
Description: Nuclear test: Underground, confirmed. Country: USSR Yield: .001KT 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_1259

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: “NUCS”, NukeY: “.001”, NukeYMax: “20”

Event 24481 (FBC5ED28)

Date: 10/1964
Location: Korea
Description: Air Force and Army radar stations tracked an UFO as it hovered over and flew along the demilitarized zone between North and South Korea. The UFO was visible for over an hour.
Type: ufo sighting
Reference: Pea Research
Source: Maj2, ID: Maj2_620

Event 24482 (F6ABC16D)

Date: 10/1964
Locations: Wallops Flight Facility; Wallops Island, Virginia
Description: An engineer and three technicians at the Wallops Flight Facility on Wallops Island, Virginia, see a triangular- shaped object speed in from the north, make a 90° turn, and disappear in under a minute. They all agree that it moved faster than a jet.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Harold H. Deneault Jr., “UFOs Return to Washington,” Fate 18, no. 7 (July 1965): 48– 49
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_3815

Event 24483 (55995E28)

Date: 10/1/1964
Time: 12:50
Location: DANVERS, MASS
Description: 1 observer. Dark 24’ saucer passes over factory. 2000’ altitude / 300mph Est. / MJ#205.
Type: sighting
Reference: FOWLER, Raymond E.: UFO’S, INTERPLANETARY VISITORS; Prentice Hall & Bantam Books, NY 1979. 346pp. (Index 21)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_7050

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

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “6”, Duration: “1”, Elev: “15”, HatchDesc: “DANVERS,MASS:1 OBS:DARK 24’SCR PASSES OVR FACTORY:2000’ ALT/300mph EST:/MJ#205”, LatLong: “42.566669 -70.933337”, LatLongDMS: “42:34:00 N 70:56:00 W”, Locale: “Town & City”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, RelAlt: “600”, State/Prov: “Massachusetts”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 24484 (70298E58)

Date: 10/1/1964
Description: At 12:50 p.m. a 24-foot diameter dark disc-shaped object passed over an industrial plant in Danvers, Massachusetts. It flew under a cloud at 2,500 altitude, at an estimated speed of 300 mph.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: Raymond E. Fowler, UFOs: Interplanetary Visitors, pp. 21, 330
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_6470

Event 24485 (6B2BD1B4)

Date: 10/2/1964
Time: 20:03:00.0
Location: 37.0779 -116.0085
Description: Nuclear test: Underground, confirmed. Country: USA Name: “Auk” 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_381

Extra Data: LatLong: “37.0779 -116.0085”, LatLongDMS: “37:04:40 N 116:00:31 W”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, NukeCountry: “USA”, NukeDepth: “0.45”, NukeMb: “4.89”, NukeName: “Auk”, NukeSource: “SPRINGER”, NukeType: “NUCU”, NukeYMax: “20”

Event 24486 (CC6419B4)

Date: 10/4/1964
Time: 23:00
Location: OFF OXELOSUND, SWD
Description: 3 / boat. Green-yellow sphere/orb/globe-saucer zigzags. Ovoid near Kvarsebo / 0300h 5 October.
Type: sighting
Reference: AFU NEWSLETTER (English). Anders Liljegren (ed). Archives for UFO Research; PO Box 11027; S-600 11 Norrkoping, SWEDEN (Index 25)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_7051

Attributes: CST: Observer(s) in coastal area/just offshore, SEA: Observer(s) at sea, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, HQO: High-quality observer(s), SCR: Classic saucer/disk/sphere shaped UFO, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s)

Extra Data: Country: “Scandanavian and Finland”, Credibility: “8”, Duration: “240”, Elev: “0”, HatchDesc: “off OXELOSUND,SWD:3/BOAT:GRN-YLW ORB-SCR ZIGZAGS:OVOID nr KVARSEBO/0300h 5OCT”, LatLong: “58.611114 17.083334”, LatLongDMS: “58:36:40 N 17:05:00 E”, Locale: “Offshore”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Sweden”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 24487 (708FC76A)

Date: 10/6/1964
Time: 00:30
Location: HAVERHILL, MASS
Description: 2 observer(s) 150’ away. 30’ silver domed saucer hovers 30’ / trees. Glows / bottom.
Type: sighting
Reference: FOWLER, Raymond E.: UFO’S, INTERPLANETARY VISITORS; Prentice Hall & Bantam Books, NY 1979. 346pp. (Index 22)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_7052

Attributes: 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: “8”, HatchDesc: “HAVERHILL,MASS:2 OBS 150’ AWAY:30’ SLVR DOMED SCR HVRS 30’/TREES:GLOWS/BOTTOM”, LatLong: “42.766669 -71.083337”, LatLongDMS: “42:46:00 N 71:05:00 W”, Locale: “Residential”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, RelAlt: “12”, State/Prov: “Massachusetts”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 24488 (6D8609AC)

Date: 10/6/1964
Description: At 12:30 a.m. a thirty-foot in diameter silver domed disc hovered 30 feet over nearby trees in a cemetery in Haverhill, Massachusetts only 150 feet from the two male witnesses. It had a glowing bottom.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: Raymond E. Fowler case files, report dated October 8, 1964; Raymond E. Fowler, UFOs: Interplanetary Visitors, pp. 23 & 330
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_6601

Event 24489 (020D416E)

Date: 10/7/1964
Time: 15:30
Location: WALTHAM, MASS
Description: 1 observer. Silent wingless cylinder/cylindrical object-cylinder/cigar-shape follows C119 cargo plane. No further details.
Type: sighting
Reference: FOWLER, Raymond E.: UFO’S, INTERPLANETARY VISITORS; Prentice Hall & Bantam Books, NY 1979. 346pp. (Index 23)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_7053

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CST: Observer(s) in coastal area/just offshore, AIR: Observer(s) on aircraft, MIL: Observer(s) military, CIG: Torpedo/cigar/cylinder shaped UFO, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), OBS: Observation/chasing vehicles, VEH: Vehicle affected: Marks/damage/EME effects

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “6”, Duration: “1”, Elev: “15”, HatchDesc: “WALTHAM,MASS:1 OBS:SLNT WINGLESS CYL-CGR FOLLOWS C119 CARGO PLANE:NFD”, LatLong: “42.383335 -71.233337”, LatLongDMS: “42:23:00 N 71:14:00 W”, Locale: “Metropolis”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Massachusetts”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 24490 (7F356ACF)

Date: 10/7/1964
Location: Dulwich, London, England
Description: 11:10 p.m. R. Shannon and his wife see a blood-red triangle in the sky above Dulwich, London, England. They watch it for 10 minutes before it begins revolving swiftly, almost to a blur, then explodes silently and disappears.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: R. Shannon, “Dulwich De-Materialisation?” Flying Saucer Review 11, no. 1 (Jan./Feb. 1965): 28
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_3816

Event 24491 (397F8797)

Date: 10/7/1964
Description: At 3:30 p.m. a grayish black wingless object w two stubby fins in the rear portion followed a C-119 “flying boxcar” transport plane over Waltham, Massachusetts.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: Raymond E. Fowler, UFOs: Interplanetary Visitors, p. 24
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_6630

Event 24492 (D0C7860C)

Date: 10/9/1964
Time: 20:20
Location: SOUTHEAST / BOWIE, AZ
Description: 2 / car. Brilliant disk / light over Chiricahua Mountains. Shoots fan / light going up.
Type: sighting
Reference: The APRO BULLETIN: Monthly. Jim & Coral Lorenzen: Tucson,AZ (USA. defunct) By volume and number. (Index 787)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_7054

Attributes: 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: “2200”, HatchDesc: “SE/BOWIE,AZ:2/CAR:BRILL.DISK/LITE OVR CHIRICAHUA Mtns:SHOOTS FAN/LITE ↑:”, LatLong: “32.177779 -109.416672”, LatLongDMS: “32:10:40 N 109:25:00 W”, Locale: “Desert”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Arizona”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 24493 (9E2D121F)

Date: 10/9/1964
Time: 14:00:00.1
Location: 37.1513 -116.0770
Description: Nuclear test: Underground, confirmed. Country: USA Name: “Par” Yield: 38KT
Type: atomic
Reference: “columbia.edu: Worldwide Nuclear Explosions”, by Yang, North, Romney, and Richards
Reference: “archive.org: Worldwide Nuclear Explosions”, by Yang, North, Romney, and Richards
Source: NukeExplosions, ID: NukeExplosions_382

Extra Data: LatLong: “37.1513 -116.0770”, LatLongDMS: “37:09:05 N 116:04:37 W”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, NukeCountry: “USA”, NukeDepth: “0.41”, NukeMb: “4.80”, NukeName: “Par”, NukeSource: “SPRINGER”, NukeType: “NUCU”, NukeY: “38”

Event 24494 (3BEB7D73)

Date: 10/11/1964
Time: 16:00
Location: BROCKTON, MA
Description: 3 observer(s). 50’ saucer chases 2 jets. Fantastic maneuvers. Quickly going up. / r83p25+/ r41p155.
Type: sighting
Reference: UFO INVESTIGATOR: NICAP: Kensington, MD & Washington, DC [defunct]. University Microfilms, Ann Arbor, MI 48106 (Index 44)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_7055

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

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “8”, Duration: “10”, Elev: “34”, HatchDesc: “BROCKTON,MA:3 OBS:50’SCR CHASES 2 JETS:FANTASTIC MNVRS:↑↑:/r83p25+/r41p155”, LatLong: “42.083335 -71.016670”, LatLongDMS: “42:05:00 N 71:01:00 W”, Locale: “Metropolis”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Massachusetts”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 24495 (29178D0A)

Date: 10/11/1964
Location: Brockton, MA
Description: Engineer, others, observed dome-shaped object following jet fighters. UFO shot straight up and out of sight (UFOE Section IV). (NICAP: 11 - Aviation Cases)
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_2741

Event 24496 (C64354BD)

Date: 10/11/1964
Location: Brockton, MA
Description: Engineer, others, observed dome-shaped object following jet fighters. UFO shot straight up and out of sight
Type: sighting
Reference: The UFO Evidence by Richard H. Hall
Source: HallUFOEvidence2, ID: HallUFOE2_24

Event 24497 (FC4ADA24)

Date: 10/11/1964
Description: D. Hanson, an engineer, and two others observed a domed disc-shaped object being followed by jet fighters in Brockton, Massachusetts at four o’clock in the afternoon. The UFO shot straight up and was gone from sight.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: Ray Folwer, UFOs: Interplanetary Visitors, p. 331
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_6762

Event 24498 (2DE31E0A)

Date: 10/12/1964
Location: USSR, Baikonour
Description: (Translated from French) LAUNCH OF VOSKHOD, recovered the next day October 13, WEIGHT 8000 KG, FIRST SPACECRAFT WITH 3 PASSENGERS. ("Astronautics, Pierre Rousseau, Hachette 1965, p. 63) THREE RUSSIANS ARE SATELLITES, INCLUDING, remarkably, TWO ARE “CRAWLING” SCIENTISTS BRIEFLY TRAINED FOR THIS FLIGHT AND WHO DID NOT EVEN WEAR SPACE SUIT. (“Conquest of Space” - Thomas de Galiana, ed. Larousse Pocket, 1967, p. 9) The cosmonauts of Voskhod 1 said they saw an unidentified cylindrical object, like the one seen by the American astronaut McDivitt. (Ion HOBANA / Julien WEVERBERGH: “UFOs in the USSR and Eastern Bloc Countries” - trad. Laffont 1976 - p. 280) A formation of disk-shaped objects is observed. (Philippe SCHNEYDER: “UFO, first balance” - ed. du Rocher 1983, p. 233) Voshkod 1: three Russian cosmonauts report that they were surrounded by a formation of disk-shaped objects moving at high speed.
Reference: J. Allen HYNEK and Jacques VALLEE: “At the Limits of Reality” - ed. Albin Michel 1978, p 84
Reference: Mini catalogue chronologique des observations OVNI, by Godelieve Van Overmeire
Source: Overmeire, ID: Overmeire_2297

Event 24499 (1B6D7ED7)

Date: 10/12/1964
Description: (Translated from French) 1st crewed flight aboard Voskhod 1 (Komarov, Yegorov and Feoktistov). (October 12)
Reference: rr0 - Beau
Source: rr0, ID: rr0_2076

Event 24500 (19806A78)

Date: 10/12/1964
Time: ~09:40
Location: VOSHKOD I ORDERED DOWN EARLY
Description: Rumor = saucers batter craft / magnetic fields. (Disinfo?)
Type: sighting
Reference: HOBANA Ion & WEVERBERGH,Julien: UFO’S from BEHIND the IRON CURTAIN; Bantam Books,1975. 308pp. (Index 42)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_7056

Attributes: AIR: Observer(s) on aircraft, MIL: Observer(s) military, HQO: High-quality observer(s), SCI: Scientist involvement, HOX: Suspicion of hoax, 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

Extra Data: Country: “Earth Orbit or seen from space stations/capsules”, Credibility: “4”, Duration: “3”, HatchDesc: “VOSHKOD I ORDERED DOWN EARLY:RUMOR=SCRS BATTER CRAFT/MAGN.FIELDS:(DISINFO?)”, LatLong: “90.000004 -0.000000”, LatLongDMS: “90:00:00 N 00:00:00 W”, Locale: “Residential”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “SOV”, Strangeness: “9”

Event 24501 (705359C4)

Date: 10/14/1964
Description: (Translated from French) Brejnev replaces Khrushchev. (October 14)
Reference: rr0 - Beau
Source: rr0, ID: rr0_2077

Event 24502 (7B07CCCC)

Date: Late 1964
Locations: Hagerman, New Mexico; Walker AFB; Roswell, New Mexico
Description: Deputy Missile Combat Crew Commander 1Lt. Philip E. Moore is on duty in Site 7 (east of Hagerman, New Mexico), one of the 579th Strategic Missile Squadron’s underground Atlas missile launch facilities at Walker AFB [now closed] in Roswell, New Mexico. He gets a call from an adjacent missile silo around 10–15 miles away, saying that a UFO is hovering and maneuvering over their site. Maj. Dan Gilbert sends three enlisted crew members—T/Sgt. Jack Nevins, Airman1C Bob Garner, and Airman 1C Mike Rundag—above ground to see what is going on. They see a silent light that moves very quickly (instant stop and instant go) back and forth between Site 6 and Site 8. Gilbert goes up and sees the same activity.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Nukes 152–157
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_3814

Event 24503 (668A7866)

Date: Late 1964
Description: USAF Lt. Col. Philip E. Moore states that while at Walker AFB, NM, he was on duty in one of the 579th Strategic Missile Squadron’s underground Atlas ICBM launch control capsules. Moore was at 579 Site 7 when he and his commander Maj. Dan Gilbert got a call from 579 Site 6 or Site 8, south-southeast of Roswell, NM, that a UAP was hovering over their location. It would hover, rapidly leave, and then return. The hovering was reported by crew as “instantaneous” movement from Site 6 to Site 8 and back, repeatedly.

Though Moore states he was never told not to talk about it, in 2005, he stated: “I personally believe that there is something to the UFO-ICBM connection. I know the Air Force covers up when it feels the official need. UFOs over ICBM sites could be one of those official needs.”

• https://www.ufohastings.com/index.php/articles/three-former-u-s-air-force-icbm-launch-officers-speak-out-about-ufos

Reference: Anonymous 2023 PDF
Source: Anon2023PDF, ID: Anon2023PDF_109

Event 24504 (22809D48)

Date: 10/16/1964
Location: CHINA
Description: (Translated from French) American photographic reconnaissance satellites of the VELA type detect the explosion of the first Chinese bomb.
Reference: “The War of the Satellites” - Volume 3 - Pierre Kohler, ed. Famot 1982, p. 77
Reference: Mini catalogue chronologique des observations OVNI, by Godelieve Van Overmeire
Source: Overmeire, ID: Overmeire_2298

Event 24505 (79636C42)

Date: 10/16/1964
Time: 15:59:30.0
Location: 37.0395 -116.0157
Description: Nuclear test: Underground, confirmed, salvo. Country: USA Name: “Barbel” YieldMax: 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_383

Extra Data: LatLong: “37.0395 -116.0157”, LatLongDMS: “37:02:22 N 116:00:57 W”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, NukeCountry: “USA”, NukeDepth: “0.26”, NukeName: “Barbel”, NukeSource: “SPRINGER”, NukeType: “NUCU_SALVO”, NukeYMax: “40”

Event 24506 (A9144654)

Date: 10/16/1964
Time: 07:00:00.0
Location: 41.5000 88.5000
Description: Nuclear test: Air, presumed. Country: China 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_1792

Extra Data: LatLong: “41.5000 88.5000”, LatLongDMS: “41:30:00 N 88:30:00 E”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, NukeCountry: “China”, NukeDepth: “0.00”, NukeSource: “BOLT”, NukeType: “NAPC”, NukeY: “0”, NukeYMax: “20”

Event 24507 (44FDE46C)

Date: 10/18/1964
Time: 19:00
Location: SOUTHEAST / FALL RIVER MILLS, CA
Description: Large saucer hovers / Coble mountain. 2 small saucers maneuver / one hour. Rejoin. Going quickly southwest.
Type: sighting
Reference: MUFON UFO JOURNAL, Seguin, TX USA. Monthly. (Index 282)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_7057

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

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “7”, Duration: “180”, Elev: “1562”, HatchDesc: “SE/FALL RIVER MILLS,CA:LRG SCR HVRS/COBLE Mtn:2 SML SCRS MNVR/1hr:REJOIN:>>SW”, LatLong: “40.938891 -121.277784”, LatLongDMS: “40:56:20 N 121:16:40 W”, Locale: “Mountains”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “California”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 24508 (887B109F)

Date: 10/22/1964
Time: 16:00:00.0
Location: 31.1421 -89.5699
Description: Nuclear test: Underground, confirmed. Country: USA Name: “Salmon” Yield: 5.3KT
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_384

Extra Data: LatLong: “31.1421 -89.5699”, LatLongDMS: “31:08:32 N 89:34:12 W”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, NukeCountry: “USA”, NukeDepth: “0.83”, NukeMb: “4.60”, NukeName: “Salmon”, NukeSource: “SPRINGER”, NukeType: “NUCU”, NukeY: “5.3”

Event 24509 (B810B6BB)

Date: 10/22/1964
Description: Flying Saucer Review editor Waveney Girvan dies, and Charles Bowen takes control and oversees the magazine until 1982, its most influential period.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Charles Bowen, “Our Friend Waveney Girvan,” Flying Saucer Review 10, no. 6 (Nov./Dec. 1964): 5; Clark III 498
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_3817

Event 24510 (27F6CE06)

Date: 10/23/1964
Location: 37.0000 -116.0000
Description: Nuclear test: Underground, confirmed. Country: USA Name: “Garden” 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_385

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: “Garden”, NukeSource: “NV209”, NukeType: “NUCU”, NukeYMax: “20”

Event 24511 (0FCDAC69)

Date: 10/24/1964
Location: ATLANTIC 27° 40W-66° 00N
Description: Blue Book. Military-sea observer(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 75)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_7058

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

Extra Data: Country: “Atlantic Ocean + islands”, Credibility: “6”, Duration: “1”, Elev: “0”, HatchDesc: “ATLANTIC 27°40W-66°00N:BBK:MIL-SEA OBS:NFD AT ALL”, LatLong: “66.000003 -27.666668”, LatLongDMS: “66:00:00 N 27:40:00 W”, Locale: “High Seas”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “NAT”, Strangeness: “5”

Event 24512 (13E0B01F)

Date: 10/25/1964
Location: Caribbean, At Sea
Description: US Navy radar tracking (NICAP: 09 - RADAR Cases, Rating: 5, BB: BBU)
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_2742

Event 24513 (5C021A02)

Date: 10/25/1964
Time: 07:59:58.1
Location: 73.3870 54.9850
Description: Nuclear test: Underground, confirmed. Country: USSR Yield: .001KT 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_1260

Extra Data: LatLong: “73.3870 54.9850”, LatLongDMS: “73:23:13 N 54:59:06 E”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, NukeCountry: “USSR”, NukeDepth: “0.00”, NukeMb: “5.10”, NukeSource: “RICHARDS”, NukeType: “NUCS”, NukeY: “.001”, NukeYMax: “20”

Event 24514 (8BDA1418)

Date: 10/29/1964?
Location: ARLINGTON, MASS
Description: 1 observer. 30m cylinder/cigar-shape / 15 degree tilt. Descends / low clouds going [to] treetop level. Quickly going up.
Type: sighting
Reference: FOWLER, Raymond E.: UFO’S, INTERPLANETARY VISITORS; Prentice Hall & Bantam Books, NY 1979. 346pp. (Index 27)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_7059

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

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “6”, Duration: “2”, Elev: “14”, HatchDesc: “ARLINGTON,MASS:1 OBS:30m CGR/15dgr TILT:DESCENDS/LOW CLOUDS>TREETOP LEVEL:↑↑”, LatLong: “42.416669 -71.155559”, LatLongDMS: “42:25:00 N 71:09:20 W”, Locale: “Residential”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Massachusetts”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 24515 (EB29281B)

Date: 10/29/1964
Location: Brimfield, Massachusetts
Description: 12:00 midnight–3:00 a.m. Irene Page watches a sparkling ball of light that maneuvers around her yard, illuminating her property in Brimfield, Massachusetts. When she first sees it, the TV set fades, and lights in the room blink on and off several times.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: “Flashing UFO Seen Three Hours,” APRO Bulletin, July/Aug. 1965, p. 7
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_3818

Event 24516 (E48AD4ED)

Date: 10/29/1964
Description: At 6:10 p.m. a 100-foot-long yellow glowing cigar, tilted 15 degrees upward, descended out of some low heavy clouds in Arlington, Massachusetts. It had a dark area at one end, and two vertical black stripes in its midsection.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: Raymond E. Fowler, case investigation files, report dated December 24, 1964; Raymond Fowler, UFOs: Interplanetary Visitors, p. 331
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_7271

Event 24517 (EC91D768)

Date: 10/30/1964
Location: SOUTH CHARLESTON, OH
Description: Project Bluebook Case #unknown. Observer(s) = Lookabaugh. Still photos / UFO. 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 75)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_7060

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

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “7”, Duration: “1”, Elev: “342”, HatchDesc: “SOUTH CHARLESTON,OH:BBK#UNK:OBS=LOOKABAUGH:STILL PHOTOS/UFO:NFD”, LatLong: “39.827780 -83.633337”, LatLongDMS: “39:49:40 N 83:38:00 W”, Locale: “Town & City”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Ohio”, Strangeness: “4”

Event 24518 (9AD6703F)

Date: 10/30/1964
Time: 10:00?
Location: BRIDGWATER, SOMERSET
Description: 4 observer(s). Large red glowing saucer / low altitude stampedes 50 cattle.
Type: sighting
Reference: FLYING SAUCER REVIEW (FSR), London. Bimonthly. PO Box 162; High Wycombe, Bucks. HP135 DZ, England. (Index 133)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_7061

Attributes: GND: 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), ANI: Animals affected or injuries/marks, EME: Electro-Magnetic Effects

Extra Data: Country: “Great Britain and Ireland”, Credibility: “8”, Duration: “1”, Elev: “5”, HatchDesc: “BRIDGWATER,SOMERSET:4 OBS:LRG RED GLOWING SCR/LO ALT STAMPEDES 50 CATTLE”, LatLong: “51.116669 -2.983333”, LatLongDMS: “51:07:00 N 02:59:00 W”, Locale: “Pasture”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “England”, Strangeness: “7”

Event 24519 (1F32EB9F)

Date: 10/30/1964
Location: Somerset, UK
Description: 50 cows reacted to low object (NICAP: 04 - Animal Reactions)
Reference: NICAP: 641030
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_2743

Event 24520 (97CA1A15)

Date: 10/31/1964
Time: 17:04:58.6
Location: 37.1072 -116.0323
Description: Nuclear test: Underground, confirmed. Country: USA Name: “Forest” 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_386

Extra Data: LatLong: “37.1072 -116.0323”, LatLongDMS: “37:06:26 N 116:01:56 W”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, NukeCountry: “USA”, NukeDepth: “0.39”, NukeName: “Forest”, NukeSource: “SPRINGER”, NukeType: “NUCU”, NukeYMax: “20”

Event 24521 (62CA08FB)

Date: 11/1964
Time: 00:20
Location: HARVEYS LAKE, PA
Description: 2 meteors. 1 stops! Goes up and down river and hillsides / 4 hours. 2 observer(s).
Type: sighting
Reference: HOLZER, Hans: THE UFO-NAUTS; Fawcett Gold Medal Books, Greenwich, CT 1976. (Index 53)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_7062

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, SCR: Classic saucer/disk/sphere shaped UFO, NLT: Nightlights/points of light, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), OBS: Observation/chasing vehicles, DRT: Dirt/soil traces/marks/footprints etc., VEG: Plants affected or sampled/crop circles, ANI: Animals affected or injuries/marks, BLD: Building/man-made structure/roads/power lines, TCH: New technical details/clues

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “7”, Duration: “240”, Elev: “405”, HatchDesc: “HARVEYS LAKE,PA:2 METEORS:1 STOPS!:GOES UP+DN RIVER+HILLSIDES/4 HRS:2 OBS”, LatLong: “41.383335 -76.050004”, LatLongDMS: “41:23:00 N 76:03:00 W”, Locale: “Mountains”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Pennsylvania”, Strangeness: “7”

Event 24522 (F9B9E8E1)

Date: 11/1964
Time: 2300
Location: Saint-Alexis de Montcalm, Canada
Description: Mr. Lehel observed a lighted object at hilltop level, about 700 m away. At the site, a wide circle of crushed vegetation was found, three branches were broken, and a pole was calcined.
Type: ufo sighting
Reference: LDLN 76 (Vallee)
Source: ValléeMagonia, ID: Magonia_627

Event 24523 (016A114E)

Date: 11/2/1964
Location: REDWOOD CITY, CA
Description: Project Bluebook Case #unknown. Observer(s) = Meacham. Still photos. 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 75)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_7063

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

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “7”, Duration: “1”, Elev: “10”, HatchDesc: “REDWOOD CITY,CA:BBK#UNK:OBS=MEACHAM:STILL PHOTOS:UFO TYPE UNK:NFD”, LatLong: “37.483335 -122.233339”, LatLongDMS: “37:29:00 N 122:14:00 W”, Locale: “Residential”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “California”, Strangeness: “4”

Event 24524 (DDF0F807)

Date: 11/3/1964
Time: 20:20
Location: BUTANO ST. PARK, CA
Description: Several observer(s). Night light plays / woods. Responds / light signals. / MJ#259.
Type: sighting
Reference: The APRO BULLETIN: Monthly. Jim & Coral Lorenzen: Tucson,AZ (USA. defunct) By volume and number. (Index 779)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_7064

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CST: Observer(s) in coastal area/just offshore, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, HQO: High-quality observer(s), NLT: Nightlights/points of light, PRB: Probe: Possibly remote controlled, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), SIG: Signals/responses to/from/between UFO’s/occupants/observers, ANI: Animals affected or injuries/marks

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “8”, Duration: “10”, Elev: “100”, HatchDesc: “BUTANO St.PARK,CA:SVRL OBS:NLT PLAYS/WOODS:RESPONDS/LITE SIGNALS:/MJ#259”, LatLong: “37.200002 -122.350006”, LatLongDMS: “37:12:00 N 122:21:00 W”, Locale: “Forest”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “California”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 24525 (354C540D)

Date: 11/3/1964
Locations: Butano Creek Girl Scout Camp; Pescadero, California
Description: 8:15 p.m. A barking dog alerts the caretaker of the Butano Creek Girl Scout Camp near Pescadero, California. He goes outside and sees a bright light maneuvering erratically in the northeast. He flashes an SOS signal at it with a flashlight, and the light silently moves toward him. He flashes more SOS signals and it moves even closer, hovering above some trees a half mile away and moving back and forth. It lights up the sky like a full moon. The caretaker and another employee run into a cabin to get their wives. The four watch for a while longer, then flash another SOS. The light approaches again, then retreats, dims, and takes off.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Lorenzen, UFOs: The Whole Story, Signet, 1969, p. 242
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_3819

Event 24526 (93445DD2)

Date: 11/5/1964
Time: 15:00:00.1
Location: 37.1744 -116.0670
Description: Nuclear test: Underground, confirmed. Country: USA Name: “Handcar” 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_387

Extra Data: LatLong: “37.1744 -116.0670”, LatLongDMS: “37:10:28 N 116:04:01 W”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, NukeCountry: “USA”, NukeDepth: “0.40”, NukeMb: “4.80”, NukeName: “Handcar”, NukeSource: “SPRINGER”, NukeType: “NUCU”, NukeY: “12”

Event 24527 (57C23D49)

Date: 11/5/1964
Location: Socorro, New Mexico
Description: J. Allen Hynek writes to a citizen interested in the Socorro, New Mexico, case and affirms his opinion that Lonnie Zamora’s story was “told by a man who obviously was frightened badly by what he did see.” He says he cannot dismiss it as a hoax or hallucination.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Bill Murphy, “The Swamp Gas Aftermath: Some Notes from the Gerald Ford Files,” IUR 33, no. 2 (July 2010): 12–13
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_3820

Event 24528 (08199DDC)

Date: 11/6/1964
Time: 20:00
Location: EL PASO, TX
Description: 4-day wave / night lights and disks going quickly [to] all directions. Electric power fluctuates. Formations.
Type: sighting
Reference: The APRO BULLETIN: Monthly. Jim & Coral Lorenzen: Tucson,AZ (USA. defunct) By volume and number. (Index 781)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_7065

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, HQO: High-quality observer(s), SCR: Classic saucer/disk/sphere shaped UFO, DLT: Delta/vee/boomerang/rectangular shaped UFO, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), BLD: Building/man-made structure/roads/power lines, EME: Electro-Magnetic Effects

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “9”, Duration: “184”, Elev: “1109”, HatchDesc: “EL PASO,TX:4-DAY WAVE/NLTS+DISKS >> ALL DIRs:ELEC.POWER FLUCTUATES:FORMATIONS”, LatLong: “31.783335 -106.483338”, LatLongDMS: “31:47:00 N 106:29:00 W”, Locale: “Town & City”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Texas”, Strangeness: “7”

Event 24529 (96441982)

Date: 11/8/1964
Description: (Translated from French) In Montreal, the NICAP records landing traces after Mr. Label observed an object hovering above his property. (November 8)
Reference: rr0 - Beau
Source: rr0, ID: rr0_2078

Event 24530 (0A01C750)

Date: 11/8/1964
Location: OPORTO, PORTUGAL
Description: Green fireball / sky splits / 2 pieces. 1 hovers. Other flies away / 15 minute(s).
Type: sighting
Reference: LOURENCO, Victor: The PORTUCAT CATALOG; (BBS Download). (Index 80)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_7066

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), OBS: Observation/chasing vehicles

Extra Data: Country: “Portugal”, Credibility: “7”, Duration: “15”, HatchDesc: “OPORTO,PORTUGAL:GRN FBL/SKY SPLITS/2 PIECES:1 HVRS:OTHER FLIES AWAY/15min”, LatLong: “41.183335 -8.600000”, LatLongDMS: “41:11:00 N 08:36:00 W”, Locale: “Town & City”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Douro”, Strangeness: “5”

Event 24531 (40FCF35C)

Date: 11/8/1964
Time: 23:00
Location: ST. ALEXIS / MONTCALM, QB
Description: Glowing-object / trees. Crushed and broken branches. / r180p32+/ LDLN#76.
Type: sighting
Reference: UFO INVESTIGATOR: NICAP: Kensington, MD & Washington, DC [defunct]. University Microfilms, Ann Arbor, MI 48106 (Index 39)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_7067

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, NLT: Nightlights/points of light, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), DRT: Dirt/soil traces/marks/footprints etc., VEG: Plants affected or sampled/crop circles, LND: UFO landing or any part touches ground, TRC: Physical traces

Extra Data: Country: “Canada”, Credibility: “6”, Duration: “2”, Elev: “60”, HatchDesc: “ST ALEXIS/MONTCALM,QB:GLOW-OBJ/TREES:CRUSHED+BROKEN BRANCHES:/r180p32+/LDLN#76”, LatLong: “45.933336 -73.594448”, LatLongDMS: “45:56:00 N 73:35:40 W”, Locale: “Forest”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, RelAlt: “5”, State/Prov: “Quebec”, Strangeness: “7”

Event 24532 (05D9E9E6)

Date: 11/9/1964
Locations: Kailoa Station, Gisborne, New Zealand; Southern Horizon
Description: 8:00 p.m. Trevor Foss responds to his son’s call to watch a light in the northern sky over Kailoa Station, Gisborne, New Zealand. Through night binoculars he sees a ball of light traveling south toward him. It takes 5 minutes to reach the southern horizon and has rotating light beams that project downward and to the rear, as well as 6 jet-like blue flames.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: “Farmer Observes Sphere,” APRO Bulletin, January 1965, p. 8
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_3821

Event 24533 (B1DA13CF)

Date: 11/10/1964
Description: (Translated from French) Recovery of 9 bodies following a crash at Fort Riley (Kansas). (November 10)
Reference: rr0 - Beau
Source: rr0, ID: rr0_2079

Event 24534 (5CF37B3A)

Date: 11/10/1964
Description: (Translated from French) Re-election of President Johnson
Reference: rr0 - Beau
Source: rr0, ID: rr0_2080

Event 24535 (C8573183)

Date: 11/14/1964
Description: (Translated from French) Sighting in Menomonee Falls (Wisconsin). (November 14)
Reference: case Blue Book #9170 unsolved
Reference: rr0 - Beau
Source: rr0, ID: rr0_2081

Event 24536 (C59FFBCE)

Date: 11/14/1964
Location: MOON
Description: Astronomer Bartlett. Distinct blue band / light at foot of peak / edge / crater.
Type: sighting
Reference: PINDEVIC, Thierry: Le NOEUD GORDIEN ou la FANTASTIQUE HISTOIRE des OVNI. Editions France-Empire, Paris 1979. (Index 54)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_7068

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, HQO: High-quality observer(s), SCI: Scientist involvement, ODD: Atypical/Forteana/paranormal, NFO: No craft seen, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), RAY: Odd light/searchlight/beam/laser-like, LND: UFO landing or any part touches ground, TCH: New technical details/clues

Extra Data: Country: “The Moon”, Credibility: “7”, Duration: “1”, HatchDesc: “MOON:ASTRONOMER BARTLETT:DISTINCT BLUE BAND/LITE at FOOT OF PEAK/EDGE/CRATER”, LatLong: “90.000004 -0.000000”, LatLongDMS: “90:00:00 N 00:00:00 W”, Locale: “Residential”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “CRT”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 24537 (8FDD4ECB)

Date: 11/14/1964
Time: 20:40
Location: ADHARA OBSERVER(S), ARG
Description: Astronomers. Night light going east and going west after echo-2 satellite. Going down / horizon. / APRO 1’65.
Type: sighting
Reference: PHENOMENES SPATIAUX: Group GEPA, Gen. M. Lionel Chassin Paris. Quarterly 1964?-1977. Merged into Grp. GEPAN (Index 22)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_7069

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, HQO: High-quality observer(s), SCI: Scientist involvement, NLT: Nightlights/points of light, OBS: Observation/chasing vehicles, VEH: Vehicle affected: Marks/damage/EME effects

Extra Data: Country: “Argentina”, Credibility: “8”, Duration: “3”, Elev: “60”, HatchDesc: “ADHARA OBS,ARG:ASTRONOMERS:NLT >E+>W after ECHO-2 SATELLITE:↓/HRZN:/APRO 1’65”, LatLong: “-34.550002 -58.716669”, LatLongDMS: “34:33:00 S 58:43:00 W”, Locale: “Mountains”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Buenos Aires”, Strangeness: “5”

Event 24538 (9D82A6E3)

Date: 11/14/1964
Location: Menomonee Falls, WI
Description: 3 dim, reddish lights fly through 160° arc (NICAP: 01 - Distant Encounters, BB: 9170)
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_2744

Event 24539 (A03F754E)

Date: 11/14/1964
Time: 9:40 PM
Location: Menominee Falls, Wisconsin
Description: Witnesses: Dr. G.R. Wagner, MD; and two girls. Three dim, reddish lights flew through a 160^ arc in 5-6 seconds.
Type: ufo sighting
Reference: BlueBook Unknowns PDF
Source: BerlinerBBUnknowns, ID: BerlinerBBU_515

Event 24540 (02D5B9BF)

Date: 11/14/1964
Locations: San Miguel Observatory; Buenos Aires, Argentina
Description: Midnight. Astronomers at the San Miguel Observatory, Buenos Aires, Argentina, see an elongated, flat, reddish-orange object crossing the sky from east to west and then back again at a speed 4.5 times that of a satellite.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: “Mystery Object over Argentina,” APRO Bulletin, January 1965, p. 2; Gordon Creighton, “Argentina 1963/1964: Part IV,” Flying Saucer Review 12, no. 3 (May/June 1966): 28
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_3822

Event 24541 (BD1B147E)

Date: 11/14/1964
Description: In 1964, at the Adhara Observatory in San Miguel, Buenos Aires Province, Argentina, astronomers watched a nocturnal light move to the east, then back to the west to follow the Echo-II satellite.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: Flying Saucer Review, September 1966, p. 31
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_7667

Event 24542 (F12FC80B)

Date: 11/14/1964
Description: Menominee Falls, Wisconsin - At 9:40 p.m. Dr. G.R. Wagner, M.D. and two girls sighted three dim, reddish lights that flew through a 160 degree arc in the sky in 5-6 seconds.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: Don Berliner, Project Bluebook UFO Unknowns
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_7668

Event 24543 (4AADF703)

Date: 11/16/1964
Time: 06:20
Location: WEST / LOLO, MT
Description: 1 observer. Shimmering circle / light going [to] over valley. Sharp turn going quickly north. Light / top.
Type: sighting
Reference: The APRO BULLETIN: Monthly. Jim & Coral Lorenzen: Tucson,AZ (USA. defunct) By volume and number. (Index 783)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_7070

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

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “6”, Duration: “2”, Elev: “975”, HatchDesc: “W/LOLO,MT:1 OBS:SHIMMERING CIRCLE/LITE > OVR VALLEY:SHARP TURN >>N:LITE/TOP”, LatLong: “46.755558 -114.127783”, LatLongDMS: “46:45:20 N 114:07:40 W”, Locale: “Town & City”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Montana”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 24544 (2A0089DA)

Date: 11/16/1964
Location: Caribbean, At Sea
Description: Navy radar tracking of unidentified object (NICAP: 09 - RADAR Cases, Rating: 5, BB: BBU)
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_2745

Event 24545 (3849DD00)

Date: 11/16/1964
Time: 06:00:00.2
Location: 49.8087 78.1334
Description: Nuclear test: Underground, confirmed. Country: USSR Yield: 20KT YieldMax: 150KT
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_1261

Extra Data: LatLong: “49.8087 78.1334”, LatLongDMS: “49:48:31 N 78:08:00 E”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, NukeCountry: “USSR”, NukeDepth: “0.00”, NukeMb: “6.00”, NukeSource: “BOCHAROV”, NukeType: “NUCS”, NukeY: “20”, NukeYMax: “150”

Event 24546 (92BCEEBF)

Date: 11/17/1964
Location: Caribbean, At Sea
Description: Navy radar tracking of unidentified object (NICAP: 09 - RADAR Cases, Rating: 5, BB: BBU)
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_2746

Event 24547 (80094151)

Date: 11/18/1964
Location: Caribbean, At Sea
Description: Navy radar tracking of unidentified object (NICAP: 09 - RADAR Cases, Rating: 5, BB: BBU)
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_2747

Event 24548 (4BBC1E6C)

Date: 11/18/1964
End date: 11/19/1964
Location: S Puerto Rico, Puerto Rico
Description: Radar tracking of low altitude low speed object (NICAP: 09 - RADAR Cases, Rating: 5, BB: BBU)
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_2748

Event 24549 (47C6095D)

Date: 11/19/1964
Description: (Translated from French) Observation in the Pacific (34’ 55" North, 164’ 05" East). (November 19)
Reference: case Blue Book #9183 unsolved
Reference: rr0 - Beau
Source: rr0, ID: rr0_2082

Event 24550 (62DB738A)

Date: 11/19/1964
Location: PACIFIC 164° 05E-34° 55N
Description: Project Bluebook Case #9183. Unidentified military observer(s). Bright white flashing night light crosses sky.
Type: sighting
Reference: BERLINER, DON: The BLUEBOOK UNKNOWNS; (FUFOR). (Index 33)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_7071

Attributes: SEA: Observer(s) at sea, MIL: Observer(s) military, NLT: Nightlights/points of light, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), SIG: Signals/responses to/from/between UFO’s/occupants/observers, MIL: Military investigation, BBK: Project BLUEBOOK

Extra Data: Country: “Pacific Ocean and non - Asian islands”, Credibility: “7”, Duration: “1”, Elev: “0”, HatchDesc: “PACIFIC 164°05E-34°55N:BBK#9183:UID MIL OBS:BRITE WHT FLASHING NLT CROSSES SKY”, LatLong: “34.916668 164.083341”, LatLongDMS: “34:55:00 N 164:05:00 E”, Locale: “High Seas”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “NPC”, Strangeness: “3”

Event 24551 (25CF4C44)

Date: 11/19/1964
Location: Tokyo (Pacific, 1400 miles E of), At Sea
Description: Bright white flashing light traveling from horizon to horizon (NICAP: 01 - Distant Encounters, BB: 9183)
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_2749

Event 24552 (C7048A8C)

Date: 11/19/1964
Location: 220 miles NW of Puerto Rico, At Sea
Description: U.S.S. Gyatt Tracks Bogey (NICAP: 09 - RADAR Cases, Code: R, Rating: 5)
Reference: NICAP: 641119
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_2750

Event 24553 (6DA01688)

Date: 11/19/1964
Time: Unknown time
Location: 1,400 miles east of Tokyo, Japan (34’ 55’ N, 164’ 05’ E)
Description: Witnesses: unidentified military persons. One bright white flashing light was travelling from horizon to horizon in 20 seconds.
Type: ufo sighting
Reference: BlueBook Unknowns PDF
Source: BerlinerBBUnknowns, ID: BerlinerBBU_516

Event 24554 (E7AFDD43)

Date: 11/19/1964
Locations: Atlantic Ocean; Puerto Rico; Roosevelt Roads Naval Station; José Aponte de la Torre Airport; Ceiba, Puerto Rico
Description: 9:00 p.m. The USS Gyatt destroyer is stationed in the Atlantic Ocean about 220 miles northwest of Puerto Rico when its radar detects a bogey approaching the island from the northeast at speeds exceeding Mach 1. The ship relays a message to Roosevelt Roads Naval Station [now José Aponte de la Torre Airport] in Ceiba, Puerto Rico, which then contacts Lt. Cmdr. K. H. Woodsbury, pilot of an F-8C aircraft of Utility Squadron Eight that is already flying in the neighborhood at an altitude of 30,000 feet. The aircraft reports a stranger closing in very fast. The pilot describes the object as delta-shaped and about the size of a fighter. Its color is black or gray and it has no contrail or lights except for a light source emitting from the tail during periods of acceleration. The pilot pursues the object but cannot intercept. The target accelerates out of sight in a wide starboard turn climbing through 50,000 feet at about an 18°–20° angle in excess of Mach 1. Woodsbury says: “Its speed, acceleration, ceiling and ability to decelerate exceed any aircraft I have ever seen or heard of. There is no reasonable explanation for this target.” During the encounter the SPS-49 radar is jammed for a short period of time. Other radar encounters take place in the Caribbean November 16–18 and 24.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: NICAP, “U.S.S. Gyatt Tackles Bogey”; Sparks, p. 302
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_3823

Event 24555 (6E107A5D)

Date: 11/19/1964
Description: Approximately 1,400 miles east of Tokyo, Japan over the Pacific Ocean (34.92 N, 164.08 E) several military personnel sighted a bright white, unidentified flashing light. The light traveled from horizon to horizon in 20 seconds.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: Don Berliner, Project Bluebook UFO Unknowns
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_7737

Event 24556 (735D8458)

Date: 11/21/1964
Description: The FBI sends Martin Luther King Jr. a “suicide package” note that contains audio recordings of his sexual indiscretions and a letter telling him, “There is only one way out for you.” The FBI’s COINTELPRO program is also targeting Malcolm X.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Wikipedia, “COINTELPRO”
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_3824

Event 24557 (EAAA4517)

Date: 11/22/1964
Locations: Georgetown, South Carolina; Myrtle AFB [now Myrtle Beach International Airport]
Description: 10:45 p.m. Private pilot George Henry Lissauer is driving near Georgetown, South Carolina, when he sees two large, silvery, oval-shaped UFOs, each accompanied by 6–8 smaller objects. The formations are moving slowly at about 3,000 feet altitude. After 2–3 minutes, the smaller objects go into the larger objects and disappear. Lissauer goes directly to Myrtle AFB [now Myrtle Beach International Airport] and reports them.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: “Increased Landings Hint New UFO Phase,” UFO Investigator 3, no. 3 (June/July 1965): 2; Herbert S. Taylor, “Satellite Objects: A Further Look,” IUR 29, no. 2 (Summer 2004): 3
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_3825

Event 24558 (EFB4A135)

Date: 11/24/1964
Location: Caribbean, At Sea
Description: Navy radar tracking of unidentified object (NICAP: 09 - RADAR Cases, Rating: 5, BB: BBU)
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_2751

Event 24559 (E9940CEE)

Date: 11/25/1964
Time: 00:40
Location: NEW BERLIN, NY
Description: 2 saucers going down. 10+men work on 1st. Large boxes and cables. Subassembly. / r193#046.
Type: sighting
Reference: FLYING SAUCER REVIEW (FSR), London. Bimonthly. PO Box 162; High Wycombe, Bucks. HP135 DZ, England. (Index 255)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_7072

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, PSH: Pseudo-human: Clone/organic robot/human-like, DRT: Dirt/soil traces/marks/footprints etc., VEH: Vehicle affected: Marks/damage/EME effects, LND: UFO landing or any part touches ground, TRC: Physical traces, TCH: New technical details/clues

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “8”, Duration: “250”, Elev: “333”, HatchDesc: “NEW BERLIN,NY:2 SCRS↓:10+MEN WORK ON 1st:LRG BOXES+CABLES:SUBASS’Y:/r193#046”, LatLong: “42.650002 -75.333337”, LatLongDMS: “42:39:00 N 75:20:00 W”, Locale: “Forest”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “New York”, Strangeness: “12”

Event 24560 (E22828F8)

Date: 11/25/1964
Location: New Berlin, NY
Description: Dog fearful as bright light hovered (NICAP: 04 - Animal Reactions)
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_2752

Event 24561 (44E53C81)

Date: 11/25/1964
Location: New Berlin, NY
Description: Two objects landed on hilltop, large group of humanoid beings engaged in apparent repair operation for four hours
Type: sighting
Reference: The UFO Evidence by Richard H. Hall
Source: HallUFOEvidence2, ID: HallUFOE2_25

Event 24562 (8F1E8207)

Date: 11/25/1964
Location: New Berlin, New York
Description: 12:45 a.m. A 29-year-old woman sees two lighted objects land on a hilltop near New Berlin, New York. Through binoculars she can see some 9–11 humanoid beings apparently engaged in repair work on a round object with landing struts for four hours. Some of them are holding boxes filled with unusual gadgets. The next day, she and her husband and father-in-law find two equilateral triangular imprints on the site, as well as a cable with some thin aluminum strips and insulation. Around 4:55 a.m., one UFO shoots straight up and abruptly disappears, while the other rises straight up a minute later and follows the other one.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Berthold E. Schwarz, “New Berlin UFO Landing and Repair by Crew,” Flying Saucer Review 21, no. 3–4 (November 1975): 22–28
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_3826

Event 24563 (71E85F23)

Date: 11/25/1964
Description: On this date in 1964, a famous UFO humanoid case lasting several hours was thoroughly documented by UFO investigator Ted Bloecher. Two women in New Berlin, New York watched the entire operation for four hours, beginning shortly after midnight. A luminous, disc-shaped object landed on a hill at a distance of 3,800 feet away from their house. Their dog became frightened. Ten to twelve 7’-8’ tall men exited the craft and appeared to engage in repair activity, working underneath the disc. They appear to be unsuccessful in their repair activities at first, until a second disc landed, presumably to lend assistance. The UFO occupants wore dark close-fitting suits. Ground marks left at the site formed equilateral imprint triangles, 4.6 meters and 6.1 meters on a side. The UFOs made a humming or droning noise when they took off.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: Schwarz Berthold E. Schwarz, UFO Dynamics: Book I, p. 163; Ted Bloecher, Skylook, July 1975, p. 3, Ted Bloecher, FSR, October 1974, p. 21; UNICAT, case # 699; APRO Bulletin, April 1975, p. 3
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_7905

Event 24564 (8C1B5D20)

Date: 11/26/1964
Location: Adams, Wisconsin
Description: 11:00 p.m. A family of five in Adams, Wisconsin, is returning home from Thanksgiving dinner when an extremely bright light appears over their car, completely shutting off its headlights and radio. The father jumps out of the car and looks straight up into the light, shading his eyes with his hands, but he is persuaded to come back. Suddenly the light disappears and the electrical systems return. No one talks about the incident for 16 years, when the father says the light was “motionless like a floodlight of gigantic proportion.”
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: “Recently Reported,” CUFOS Associate Newsletter 2, no. 10 (October 1981): 5; “Out of the Not-Too-Distant Past.” IUR/Frontiers of Science 3, no. 6 (Jan./Feb. 1982): 13–14
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_3827

Event 24565 (E56B7F3D)

Date: 11/26/1964
Description: The witness, an eight-year-old child at the time, reported that he and his family experienced the total electrical failure of their family car in Adams, Wisconsin on this night when they had a close encounter experience with a single bright, stationary light. At the same time, “trees looked like they were transparent.”
Reference: Johnson
Reference: J. Allen Hynek, UNICAT database, case # 38, citing Frontiers of Science, January 1982, p. 13; Ray Rath, The W-Files: True Reports of Wisconsin’s Unexplained Phenomena, p. 61
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_7936

Event 24566 (3929E148)

Date: 11/28/1964
Description: (Translated from French) Launch of Mariner 4 towards Mars. (November 28)
Reference: rr0 - Beau
Source: rr0, ID: rr0_2083

Event 24567 (BCF67546)

Date: 11/28/1964
Location: PACIFIC 164° 10E-33° 55N
Description: Uscgc Matagorda cutter crew. 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 75)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_7073

Attributes: CST: Observer(s) in coastal area/just offshore, 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: “Pacific Ocean and non - Asian islands”, Credibility: “6”, Duration: “1”, Elev: “0”, HatchDesc: “PACIFIC 164°10E-33°55N:USCGC MATAGORDA CUTTER CREW:NFD at all”, LatLong: “33.916668 164.166674”, LatLongDMS: “33:55:00 N 164:10:00 E”, Locale: “High Seas”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “NPC”, Strangeness: “4”

Event 24568 (064F10B7)

Date: 11/28/1964
Location: PACIFIC 162° WEST-13° NORTH PROJECT BLUEBOOK CASE #UNKNOWN
Description: Military observer(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 75)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_7074

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

Extra Data: Country: “Pacific Ocean and non - Asian islands”, Credibility: “6”, Duration: “1”, Elev: “0”, HatchDesc: “PACIFIC 162°W-13°N BBK#UNK:MIL OBS:NFD AT ALL.”, LatLong: “13.000001 -162.000008”, LatLongDMS: “13:00:00 N 162:00:00 W”, Locale: “High Seas”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “EQP”, Strangeness: “4”

Event 24569 (953392B9)

Date: 11/28/1964
Time: 10:30:00.0
Location: 24.0418 5.0416
Description: Nuclear test: Underground. Country: France Name: “turquoise” 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_1848

Extra Data: LatLong: “24.0418 5.0416”, LatLongDMS: “24:02:30 N 05:02:30 E”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, NukeCountry: “France”, NukeDepth: “0.00”, NukeName: “turquoise”, NukeSource: “BOLT”, NukeType: “U”, NukeY: “0”, NukeYMax: “20”

Event 24570 (DF9A088B)

Date: 11/29/1964
Location: PACIFIC 163° 48E-34° 20N
Description: USCG Matagorda. USCG cutter crew. No further details [in] at all. Project Bluebook Case #unknown.
Type: sighting
Reference: UFOCAT CATALOG: Assorted Printouts. Donald A. Johnson Ph.D (CUFOS). P.O. Box 446, Concord, NH 03302-0446 (Index 75)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_7075

Attributes: CST: Observer(s) in coastal area/just offshore, 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: “Pacific Ocean and non - Asian islands”, Credibility: “7”, Duration: “1”, Elev: “0”, HatchDesc: “PACIFIC 163°48E-34°20N:USCG MATAGORDA:USCG CUTTER CREW:NFD at all:BBK#UNK”, LatLong: “34.333335 163.800008”, LatLongDMS: “34:20:00 N 163:48:00 E”, Locale: “High Seas”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “NPC”, Strangeness: “4”

Event 24571 (0767B16E)

Date: 11/30/1964
Location: TERRYVILLE, CT
Description: 1 / car. Extremely bright object lands / woods. Burnt area and landing marks. / r180p32.
Type: sighting
Reference: UFO INVESTIGATOR: NICAP: Kensington, MD & Washington, DC [defunct]. University Microfilms, Ann Arbor, MI 48106 (Index 39)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_7076

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, MIL: Observer(s) military, SCR: Classic saucer/disk/sphere shaped UFO, CIG: Torpedo/cigar/cylinder shaped UFO, DLT: Delta/vee/boomerang/rectangular shaped UFO, NLT: Nightlights/points of light, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), OBS: Observation/chasing vehicles, DRT: Dirt/soil traces/marks/footprints etc., VEG: Plants affected or sampled/crop circles, VEH: Vehicle affected: Marks/damage/EME effects, LND: UFO landing or any part touches ground, TRC: Physical traces

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “6”, Duration: “3”, Elev: “186”, HatchDesc: “TERRYVILLE,CT:1/CAR:XBRITE OBJ LANDS/WOODS:BURNT AREA+LANDING MARKS:/r180p32”, LatLong: “41.666669 -73.033337”, LatLongDMS: “41:40:00 N 73:02:00 W”, Locale: “Forest”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Connecticut”, Strangeness: “7”

Event 24572 (29985B5D)

Date: 11/30/1964
Location: OXFORD, ENG
Description: 6+observer(s). 1 ovoid / purple halo. 2 more join. All vanish. TV Radio Frequency Interference (RFI). / BFJ v1#3.
Type: sighting
Reference: ALDRICH, Jan J.: Private research papers. A huge mass of hard-won information. (Index 0)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_7077

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

Extra Data: Country: “Great Britain and Ireland”, Credibility: “8”, Duration: “2”, HatchDesc: “OXFORD,ENG:6+OBS:1 OVOID/PURPLE HALO:2 MORE JOIN:ALL VANISH:TV RFI:/BFJ v1#3”, LatLong: “51.716669 -1.250000”, LatLongDMS: “51:43:00 N 01:15:00 W”, Locale: “Residential”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “England”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 24573 (0DB39143)

Date: 11/30/1964
Location: PACIFIC 164° 14E-33° 58N
Description: USCG Matagorda cutter crew. No further details [in] at all. Project Bluebook Case #unknown.
Type: sighting
Reference: UFOCAT CATALOG: Assorted Printouts. Donald A. Johnson Ph.D (CUFOS). P.O. Box 446, Concord, NH 03302-0446 (Index 75)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_7078

Attributes: CST: Observer(s) in coastal area/just offshore, 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: “Pacific Ocean and non - Asian islands”, Credibility: “7”, Duration: “1”, Elev: “0”, HatchDesc: “PACIFIC 164°14E-33°58N:USCG MATAGORDA CUTTER CREW:NFD at all:BBK#UNK”, LatLong: “33.966668 164.233341”, LatLongDMS: “33:58:00 N 164:14:00 E”, Locale: “High Seas”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “NPC”, Strangeness: “5”

Event 24574 (4B831827)

Date: 11/30/1964
Time: 18:00
Location: SHAMAKHINSKY OBSERVER(S), AZERBJ
Description: 2 astronomers. Ring with point star / center. Goes west going north 1° / min.
Type: sighting
Reference: VALLEE, Jacques: UFO CHRONICLES of the SOVIET UNION; Ballentine Books HB 1992. 212pp. (Index 186)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_7079

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

Extra Data: Country: “Azerbaijan”, Credibility: “10”, Duration: “1”, HatchDesc: “SHAMAKHINSKY OBS,AZERBJ:2 ASTRONOMERS:RING W/POINT STAR/CTR:GOES W>N 1°/min”, LatLong: “40.500002 48.500002”, LatLongDMS: “40:30:00 N 48:30:00 E”, Locale: “Mountains”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “OBS”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 24575 (5C21A577)

Date: 11/30/1964
Description: A male witness driving in a car in Terryville, Connecticut saw an extremely bright object land in the nearby woods at 11 p.m. Burnt area, landing marks, and radioactivity found at the site.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: NICAP UFO Investigator, July 1965, p. 2; John G. Fuller, Incident at Exeter, p. 36
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_8070

Event 24576 (A1FD4A1A)

Date: 12/1964
End date: 1/1965
Location: Washington DC
Description: sighting concentration around Washington, DC, which led to CIA contact with NICAP to obtain information.
Type: sighting
Reference: The UFO Evidence by Richard H. Hall
Source: HallUFOEvidence2, ID: HallUFOE2_27

Event 24577 (653F1CD7)

Date: 12/4/1964
Location: Baker, OR
Description: (McDonald list) Object Observed & Tracked on Radar For Two Hours (NICAP: 09 - RADAR Cases, Code: R, Rating: 5, BB: BBU)
Reference: NICAP: 641204
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_2753

Event 24578 (2D336CE9)

Date: 12/5/1964
Time: 21:15:00.0
Location: 37.1343 -116.0697
Description: Nuclear test: Underground, confirmed, salvo. Country: USA Name: “Drill (Target-Upper)” Yield: 2.4KT YieldMax: 19KT
Type: atomic
Reference: “columbia.edu: Worldwide Nuclear Explosions”, by Yang, North, Romney, and Richards
Reference: “archive.org: Worldwide Nuclear Explosions”, by Yang, North, Romney, and Richards
Source: NukeExplosions, ID: NukeExplosions_388

Extra Data: LatLong: “37.1343 -116.0697”, LatLongDMS: “37:08:03 N 116:04:11 W”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, NukeCountry: “USA”, NukeDepth: “0.22”, NukeName: “Drill (Target-Upper)”, NukeSource: “AEC”, NukeType: “NUCU_SALVO”, NukeY: “2.4”, NukeYMax: “19”

Event 24579 (C252CC9D)

Date: 12/5/1964
Time: 21:15:00.1
Location: 37.1144 -116.0534
Description: Nuclear test: Underground, confirmed. Country: USA Name: “Crepe” Yield: 20KT YieldMax: 200KT
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_389

Extra Data: LatLong: “37.1144 -116.0534”, LatLongDMS: “37:06:52 N 116:03:12 W”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, NukeCountry: “USA”, NukeDepth: “0.40”, NukeMb: “4.80”, NukeName: “Crepe”, NukeSource: “SPRINGER”, NukeType: “NUCU”, NukeY: “20”, NukeYMax: “200”

Event 24580 (306DB684)

Date: 12/10/1964
Location: Fort Riley, KA
Description: Recovery of Saucer by A.K. (initials).
Type: crash retrieval
Reference: Pea Research
Source: Maj2, ID: Maj2_621
See also: 11/65

Event 24581 (A6E7003A)

Date: 12/10/1964
Location: USA, Fort Riley Air Force Base (Kansas)
Description: (Translated from French) At around 2 in the morning, a flying saucer landed on the military base of Fort Riley, likely due to a motor failure. It was metallic grey, perfectly circular, with a diameter of around 20 meters and a height of 4 meters. It was surrounded at mid-height by a black band from which square nozzles protruded about 30 centimeters and were likely part of its propulsion system. It was not lit and did not emit any smell. As one of the witnesses would later say, it seemed absolutely dead, and nobody knew if there was a crew inside. After a few hours, specialized teams from the Air Force arrived at the scene with large tractors pulling a huge platform on which they loaded the saucer. They immediately took it away, without even trying to find out what was inside, and nobody ever saw it again. (December 10, 1964)
Reference: Maurice CHATELAIN: “Les messagers du Cosmos” - Laffont 1980, p. 27, 28
Reference: Mini catalogue chronologique des observations OVNI, by Godelieve Van Overmeire
Source: Overmeire, ID: Overmeire_2299

Event 24582 (80E614FE)

Date: 12/10/1964
Description: “AK,” a PFC on guard duty at the Motor Pool at Fort Riley, KS claims on this date he and other guards were ordered to hike a half mile across an open field while a searchlight beam from an overhead Huey was focused ahead on a “large round object” resting on the ground; the air was warm near the craft, it had impacted the soil and stood at a tilt, was perfectly round and shaped like a hamburger bun; in the middle of the craft at its equator was a black band made up of squares, and a fin-like device protruded from one end.

AK states there were no smells, vibrations or power coming from it and he was not aware of any life inside the craft; he went back to his barracks later that night and was not aware of any bodies recovered.

• Retrievals of the Third Kind presented at MUFON 1978, Leon Stringfield, p30

Reference: Anonymous 2023 PDF
Source: Anon2023PDF, ID: Anon2023PDF_108

Event 24583 (27BEDEB9)

Date: 12/16/1964
Location: 37.0000 -116.0000
Description: Nuclear test: Underground, confirmed, salvo. Country: USA Name: “Cassowary” YieldMax: 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_390

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: “Cassowary”, NukeSource: “NV209”, NukeType: “NUCU_SALVO”, NukeYMax: “40”

Event 24584 (9D1E7493)

Date: 12/16/1964
Time: 20:00:00.0
Location: 37.0348 -116.0123
Description: Nuclear test: Underground, confirmed. Country: USA Name: “Parrot” 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_391

Extra Data: LatLong: “37.0348 -116.0123”, LatLongDMS: “37:02:05 N 116:00:44 W”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, NukeCountry: “USA”, NukeDepth: “0.18”, NukeName: “Parrot”, NukeSource: “SPRINGER”, NukeType: “NUCU”, NukeY: “1.3”

Event 24585 (45E8C2E2)

Date: 12/16/1964
Time: 20:10:00.1
Location: 37.1778 -116.0670
Description: Nuclear test: Underground, confirmed. Country: USA Name: “Mudpack” Yield: 2.7KT
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_392

Extra Data: LatLong: “37.1778 -116.0670”, LatLongDMS: “37:10:40 N 116:04:01 W”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, NukeCountry: “USA”, NukeDepth: “0.15”, NukeName: “Mudpack”, NukeSource: “SPRINGER”, NukeType: “NUCU”, NukeY: “2.7”

Event 24586 (11496798)

Date: 12/18/1964
Time: 19:35:00.1
Location: 37.0825 -116.3425
Description: Nuclear test: Underground, confirmed. Country: USA Name: “Sulky” Yield: .092KT
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_393

Extra Data: LatLong: “37.0825 -116.3425”, LatLongDMS: “37:04:57 N 116:20:33 W”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, NukeCountry: “USA”, NukeDepth: “0.03”, NukeName: “Sulky”, NukeSource: “SPRINGER”, NukeType: “NUCU”, NukeY: “.092”

Event 24587 (BC2F9891)

Date: 12/19/1964
Location: Patuxent Naval Air Station
Description: Memo to Chief, Contact Division: NICAP case #(censured): Subject: UFOs over Patuxent Naval Air Station between 1500 and 1530 hours. Two UFOs approached Air Base at 3800 mph. Another UFO approached at 6000 mph. Radar operator, Chief Pinkerton had visual on Radar. US Coast Guard had “visual” on the UFOs. Official statement to press: the (single) blip was caused by faulty radar equipment!
Type: ufo sighting
Reference: Pea Research
Source: Maj2, ID: Maj2_622
See also: 1/25/65

Event 24588 (C806549D)

Date: 12/19/1964
Description: (Translated from French) Radar observation at the Patuxent Naval Air Station (California). (December 19)
Reference: Chauvin 1973
Reference: rr0 - Beau
Source: rr0, ID: rr0_2084

Event 24589 (AA64468D)

Date: 12/19/1964
Time: 15:30
Location: PATUXENT NAS, MD
Description: 3 separate civil and military RADAR’s and visible. 2 large objects / 6000 kts. 160° turn. / r239p9.
Type: sighting
Reference: UFO INVESTIGATOR: NICAP: Kensington, MD & Washington, DC [defunct]. University Microfilms, Ann Arbor, MI 48106 (Index 37)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_7080

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

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “10”, Duration: “30”, Elev: “12”, HatchDesc: "PATUXENT NAS,MD:3 SEP.CIV+MIL RDRS+VISL:2 LRG OBJs/6000 kts:160°TURN:/r239p9 ", LatLong: “38.288891 -76.400004”, LatLongDMS: “38:17:20 N 76:24:00 W”, Locale: “Town & City”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Maryland”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 24590 (F55FA062)

Date: 12/19/1964
Location: Patuxent River NAS, MD
Description: Radar tracked 2 large target 10 miles apart heading directly toward the radar (NICAP: 09 - RADAR Cases, Code: R, Rating: 5, BB: BBU)
Reference: NICAP: 641219
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_2754

Event 24591 (BFEFE447)

Date: 12/19/1964
Location: Naval Air Station Patuxent River in Maryland
Description: 3:50 p.m. Naval Air Station Patuxent River in Maryland tracks two large targets on radar moving at 6,900 mph.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Harold H. Deneault Jr., “UFOs Return to Washington,” Fate 18, no. 7 (July 1965): 46–47; Keyhoe, Aliens from Space, Signet ed., 1974, p. 87; Sparks, p. 303
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_3828

Event 24592 (D0A8EF49)

Date: 12/21/1964
Location: USA, between Staunton and Waynesboro.
Description: (Translated from French) Horace Burns, an armorer from Grottoes (Virginia) on Highway 250, jumped when he saw a huge cone-shaped object fly past his eyes and descend on the other side of the road in front of him. At one point, the object filled more than his windshield. Without engine failure or anything else, Burns felt forced to stop. The craft landed calmly in a meadow 100 m from the road. Burns counted six concentric circles that decreased in diameter as they approached the top, crowned with a dome. The whole thing emitted a bluish glow. He estimated the width to be 40 m and the height to be 25 m. There were no openings or connections visible during the minute and a half that the craft stayed on the ground. It took off at a right angle, immediately gaining great speed. Professor Ernest Gehman of Eastern Memmonite College was curious enough to examine the landing site: he discovered a concentration of radiation of 60,000 radiations per minute. (December 21, 1964)
Reference: Brad STEIGER: “UFO, the Blue Book Project” - trad. Belfond 1979, p. 103, 104
Reference: Mini catalogue chronologique des observations OVNI, by Godelieve Van Overmeire
Source: Overmeire, ID: Overmeire_2300

Event 24593 (C82FFBD5)

Date: 12/21/1964
Description: (Translated from French) Horace Burns drives between Staunton and Waynesboro on US 250 (Washington DC). His car stalls when an immense cone-shaped UFO begins to hover above the road before landing in a nearby field. The UFO is topped with a dome and emits a blue light. After a few minutes, it takes off and disappears from Burns’ view. Tests conducted by Professor Ernest Gehman and engineers from the Bridge Company reveal a high level of radiation at the spot where the UFO landed. The USAF investigation, conducted after 3 weeks of rain, snow and unwelcome visits to the field by curious onlookers, reveals no similar traces, and concludes that the appearance was a mirage. But, less than a month later, two motorists driving in the opposite direction along US 60, near Williamsburg (Virginia), report having observed an identical UFO. (December 21)
Reference: rr0 - Beau
Source: rr0, ID: rr0_2085

Event 24594 (33CDC13B)

Date: 12/21/1964
Time: 17:00
Location: EAST / STAUNTON, VA
Description: Separate observer(s). Metallic cone lands and car malfunctions due to EME (electro-magnetic effects). Going northeast. Physical traces / radiation/radioactivity. / r79p23+/ r249p202.
Type: sighting
Reference: HALL, Richard: The UFO Evidence II: HB: Scarecrow Press Lanham, MD. http://www.scarecrowpress.com ISBN 0-8108-3881-8 (Index 36)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_7081

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, LND: UFO landing or any part touches ground, RDA: Radiation/high energy fields detected, EME: Electro-Magnetic Effects, TRC: Physical traces, SND: UFO sounds heard or recorded

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “9”, Duration: “10”, Elev: “425”, HatchDesc: “E/STAUNTON,VA:SEP.OBS:MTLC CONE LANDS+CAR EMEs:>NE:TRCS/RDA:/r79p23+/r249p202”, LatLong: “38.450002 -78.866670”, LatLongDMS: “38:27:00 N 78:52:00 W”, Locale: “Pasture”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Virginia”, Strangeness: “7”

Event 24595 (AE74D5A9)

Date: 12/21/1964
Location: Staunton, VA
Description: Cone-shaped object crossed road, landed, sound heard. Radioactivity detected. (E) See Section I. Car (NICAP: 03 - EME Cases)
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_2755

Event 24596 (48A8454F)

Date: 12/21/1964
Location: Harrisonburg, VA
Description: Car Engine Fails After Object Lands (NICAP: 03 - EME Cases, Code: E, Rating: 5, BB: BBU)
Reference: NICAP: 641221
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_2756

Event 24597 (B5C91870)

Date: 12/21/1964
Time: 1700
Location: Harrisonburg, Viginia
Description: Mr. Burns saw a huge object cross the road, hover at ground level in a field for less than one min, then take off vertically. There were other witnesses in the area.
Type: ufo sighting
Reference: Atic (Vallee)
Source: ValléeMagonia, ID: Magonia_628

Event 24598 (B25ABA2C)

Date: 12/21/1964
Location: Staunton, VA
Description: Cone-shaped object crossed highway, car engine failed, object landed. Radioactive area found at landing site
Type: sighting
Reference: The UFO Evidence by Richard H. Hall
Source: HallUFOEvidence2, ID: HallUFOE2_26

Event 24599 (35CA902C)

Date: 12/21/1964
Location: Staunton, Virginia
Description: 4:50 p.m. Kenneth Norton Jr., 14, is looking out his bedroom window in Staunton, Virginia, when he sees a “fast-moving object without wings or tail structure.” He describes it as cigar-shaped and about 125 feet in diameter, in view for 5 seconds.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Richmond (Va.) Times-Dispatch, January 15, 1965; “‘Saucer’ Reports Are Flying,” Staunton (Va.) Daily News Leader, January 15, 1965, p. 2; Clark III 493
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_3829

Event 24600 (E8BB4FB0)

Date: 12/21/1964
Locations: US Highway 250; Fishersville, Virginia
Description: 5:00 p.m. Driving east on US Highway 250, Horace Burns is approaching Fishersville, Virginia, when an enormous object appears from the north and descends slowly in a gradual slant. Just before it crosses the highway 200 feet in front of him, the UFO narrowly misses power lines. It is so huge that when it passes nearly in front of him, it fills his entire windshield. The UFO comes down gently and lands in a field to Burns’s right. Meanwhile, Burns’s car engine has shut off. The object appears to be at least 125 feet in diameter and 80–90 feet high. After 60–90 seconds, it rises up several hundred feet, makes a sound like rushing air, and shoots off to the northeast, vanishing from sight. A high level of radioactivity is detected at the site December 30 by investigators German professor [Ernest G. Gehman](John Quincy Adams (1767-1848) - Find a Grave Memorial

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5655467/ernest-g-gehman) and engineer Harry M. Cook. They obtain a Geiger counter reading of 16–18 milliR/hr. Two Blue Book investigators—T/Sgt. David N. Moody and S/Sgt. Harold T. Jones—visit the site with Gehman on January 12 and take further readings (1.5 milliR/hr on Burns’s left rear car door). They dispute Gehman’s earlier results, but a possible 11x–12x drop in radiation level in 13 days possibly indicates a radionuclide with a 3–4 day half-life.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: “‘Saucer’ Reports Are Flying,” Staunton (Va.) Daily News Leader, January 15, 1965, pp. 1–2; NICAP, “Car Engine Fails after Object Lands”; “Opposition Flap 1965,” Flying Saucer Review 11, no. 3 (May/June 1965): 3–4; Clark III 491–494, 950; Sparks, p. 303
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_3830

Event 24601 (A984C691)

Date: 12/21/1964
Description: A gunsmith had a close encounter with a beehive-shaped UFO in rural Fisherville, Virginia. At five o’clock in the afternoon Mr. Burns was driving east on highway Route 250 east of Staunton when a 125-foot wide, beehive-shaped UFO slowly crossed the roadway ahead of him, causing his car to stall. As the metallic looking UFO descended it narrowly missed hitting some power lines. There was a bluish glow from the bottom. As it left, it rose to about 200 feet in altitude, tilted slightly, then disappeared quickly into the northeast. The car could then be restarted. Geiger counter tests showed abnormally high radioactivity in the area.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: Donald B. Hanlon, Flying Saucer Review, March-April 1966, p. 14; Gordon I. R. Lore and Harold H. Dennault, Jr., Mysteries of the Skies: UFOs in Perspective, p. 171; Mark Rodeghier, UFO Reports Involving Vehicle Interference, case 136; Richard Hall, The UFO Evidence (Volume II): A Thirty Year Report, p. 3
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_8550

Event 24602 (E398EA6F)

Date: 12/22/1964
Location: Area 51 in Nevada
Description: A D-21 drone (renamed from Q-12 in its transition to Project Tagboard) mounted on an M-21 begins captive flight-testing at Area 51 in Nevada.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Wikipedia, “Lockheed D-21”
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_3831

Event 24603 (1FFB0272)

Date: 12/22/1964
Location: Palmdale, California
Description: The first flight of an SR-71 Blackbird takes place at Air Force Plant 42 in Palmdale, California, piloted by Robert J. Gilliland. The SR-71 reaches a top speed of Mach 3.4 (~2,588 mph) during flight testing.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Wikipedia, “Lockheed SR-71 Blackbird”
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_3832

Event 24604 (6169B311)

Date: Late 12/1964
Description: (Translated from French) 3 UFOs are tracked by a local radar (Washington DC): they move at a speed that seems to be 7700 km/h. The USAF declares that these abnormal spots were not caused by UFOs but by faulty equipment. (Late December)
Reference: rr0 - Beau
Source: rr0, ID: rr0_2086

Event 24605 (49CD66A8)

Date: 12/28/1964
Time: 19:20
Location: CECIL NAS, FL
Description: Pilot. 4 red night lights merge over station/depot/facility. Turn over space capsule section.
Type: sighting
Reference: UFO INVESTIGATOR: NICAP: Kensington, MD & Washington, DC [defunct]. University Microfilms, Ann Arbor, MI 48106 (Index 37)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_7082

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, MIL: Observer(s) military, HQO: High-quality observer(s), NLT: Nightlights/points of light, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), OBS: Observation/chasing vehicles, VEH: Vehicle affected: Marks/damage/EME effects

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “6”, Duration: “2”, Elev: “5”, HatchDesc: “CECIL NAS,FL:PILOT:4 RED NLTS MERGE OVR Stn:turn ovr space capsule section”, LatLong: “30.133335 -81.750004”, LatLongDMS: “30:08:00 N 81:45:00 W”, Locale: “Town & City”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Florida”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 24606 (D61E116A)

Date: 12/28/1964
Time: 20:00?
Location: SANTA CRUZ MOUNTAINS, CA
Description: 6 observer(s) / park. 60M disk hovers. Going down [to] to 450M altitude. Tilts upward and away.
Type: sighting
Reference: UFO INVESTIGATOR: NICAP: Kensington, MD & Washington, DC [defunct]. University Microfilms, Ann Arbor, MI 48106 (Index 37)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_7083

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

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “8”, Duration: “2”, Elev: “600”, HatchDesc: “SANTA CRUZ Mtns,CA:6 OBS/PARK:60M DISK HVRS:↓ to 450M alt:TILTS UPWARD+away”, LatLong: “37.083335 -122.000006”, LatLongDMS: “37:05:00 N 122:00:00 W”, Locale: “Mountains”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, RelAlt: “450”, State/Prov: “California”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 24607 (4D4DBC0F)

Date: 12/28/1964
Time: 21:00
Location: AUCKLAND, NZ
Description: Saucer 17M / ground. 2 rows / intense lights. Green light / dome. Door opens. / r8#629.
Type: sighting
Reference: CATHIE, Bruce: HARMONIC 33. A. & A. Reed, Wellington, NZ (Index 105)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_7084

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, TCH: New technical details/clues

Extra Data: Country: “New Zealand”, Credibility: “7”, Duration: “4”, HatchDesc: “AUCKLAND,NZ:SCR 17M/GND:2 ROWS/INTENSE LITES:GRN LITE/DOME:DOOR OPENS:/r8#629”, LatLong: “-36.883335 174.750008”, LatLongDMS: “36:53:00 S 174:45:00 E”, Locale: “Metropolis”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “NI”, Strangeness: “8”

Event 24608 (FA1370CE)

Date: 12/28/1964
Location: Auckland, New Zealand
Description: Two young girls, R. Bender and J. Quinn, observed an object flying 17 m above the ground. It was shaped like two plates glued together, with two rows of intense lights, and a turret with a green light on top. When an opening became visible, the witnesses thought the thing was about to land, and they fled.
Type: ufo sighting
Reference: Spaceview (Vallee)
Source: ValléeMagonia, ID: Magonia_629

Event 24609 (FC24564E)

Date: 12/28/1964
Description: A 17 meter in diameter domed disc was spotted on the ground in Auckland, New Zealand at about 9:00 p.m. It had two rows of intense lights on the body of the craft, and a green light on the dome. The two female witnesses, Ms. Bender and Ms. Quinn, saw a door in the object open before they left. The sighting duration was four minutes.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: Jacques Vallee, Passport to Magonia: A Century of Landings, case 629, citing Spaceview; Bruce Cathie, Harmonic 33, p.105
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_8630

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Event 24610 (2AA41E68)

Date: 1965
Location: Fairborn, Ohio
Description: While visiting the Air Force Museum in Fairborn, Ohio, R.M. (initials), a government employee of 23 yrs., went through a double- door marked “Off Limits” and suddenly came face to face with an Alien in a self contained space suite. Description: About 4.5 ft. tall with a translucent dome over its’ large head; wasn’t human; large eyes under a heavy brow; no noticeable nose; a slit for a mouth; bluish skin. When the creature walked it didn’t bend its’ knees. R.M. later found out from a retired Air Force Colonel from Wight-Patterson AFB, that 2 live Aliens were held in captivity in an artificial environment. The Colonel also said that a 2-man sized craft crashed near Whitewater Lake, Indiana, as a result of an electrical disturbance in the atmosphere. (The Alien would have to lock his knees in a high-gravity environment to avoid falling down.)
Type: alien sighting
Reference: Pea Research (A5, B3-C, WHITEWATER RECOVERY)
Source: Maj2, ID: Maj2_623

Event 24611 (D965CBF8)

Date: 1965
Location: Unnamed AFB
Description: Radar/visual of object; hovers over base; extreme acceleration.
Type: ufo sighting
Reference: UFOs and the National Security State: Chronology of a Cover-up, 1941–1973, by Richard Dolan
Source: Dolan, ID: Dolan_264

Event 24612 (F03FF64A)

Date: 1965
Location: Portsmouth Naval Base, NH
Description: Object hovers over base before extremely fast departure.
Type: ufo sighting
Reference: UFOs and the National Security State: Chronology of a Cover-up, 1941–1973, by Richard Dolan
Source: Dolan, ID: Dolan_265

Event 24613 (B3EC6F3F)

Date: 1965?
Locations: Groom Lake, Nevada; Area 51
Description: A-12 pilot Ken Collins continues to test A-12s at Groom Lake, Nevada. One night (in 1964 or 1965 maybe), he is awakened by base commander Col. Hugh “Slip” Slater and asked to take an A-12 up to find a Russian reconnaissance balloon that is floating in American airspace in a westerly direction with the prevailing winds. Collins is tasked with finding the balloon visually and using radar. In the air, he realizes it is a wild goose chase because, flying at 2,200 mph, even if he sees the balloon briefly it would be behind him in a second. He identifies an object on radar 350 miles away. He circles it as closely as he can, which is a circle with a radius of 400 miles. He never makes visual contact and returns to Area 51. Jacobsen says that this Soviet violation of US airspace has “never been declassified.”
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Jacobsen, Area 51, pp. 195–196
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_3833

Event 24614 (15C3510C)

Date: 1965
Description: USAF Gen. Curtis LeMay writes in his autobiography that some UFOs are not explained very easily: “There is no question about it. These were things which we could not tie in with any natural phenomena known to our investigators.” He expresses his dislike of NICAP’s position that USAF is trying to muzzle the media. “There were some cases we could not explain,” he writes. “Never could.”
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Curtis E. LeMay, Mission with LeMay, Doubleday, 1965, pp. 541–543
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_3834

Event 24615 (85D4ADFD)

Date: 1965
Description: Less than 20% of the public believes in UFOs, according to polls and private Air Force and NICAP estimates. This soon rises to 33% by July.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Keyhoe, Aliens from Space, Signet ed., 1974, p. 94
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_3835

Event 24616 (B88318C7)

Date: 1965
Location: Liverpool, England
Description: John Harney begins publication of the Merseyside UFO Research Group Bulletin in Liverpool, England.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Merseyside UFO Research Group Bulletin, no. 2 (June 1965)
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_3836

Event 24617 (77DA6324)

Date: 1965
Location: Lestrem, Pas-de-Calais, France
Description: Jean-Pierre D’Hondt founds Groupement Nordiste d’Études des OVNI in Lestrem, Pas-de-Calais, France. It publishes Recherches Ufologiques from 1977 to 1983.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Recherches Ufologiques, no. 1 (1977)
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_3837

Event 24618 (A0245CDC)

Date: 1965
Location: Bruges, Belgium
Description: Jacques Bonabot, Jean-Gérard Dohmen, and Roger Lorthioir found Groupement pour l’Étude des Sciences d’Avant-Garde in Bruges, Belgium. It publishes Bulletin du GESAG.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Margaret Sachs, The UFO Encyclopedia, Putnam, 1980, p. 135
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_3838

Event 24619 (48DB127E)

Date: 1965
Location: Uithuizermeeden, Netherlands
Description: G. J. Kok and S. Sluis found the Werkgroep Nederlands Onderzoek Bureau voor UFOs (later UFO-Workgroep Nederland) in Uithuizermeeden, Netherlands. It publishes Tijdschrift voor Ufologie.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Margaret Sachs, The UFO Encyclopedia, Putnam, 1980, p. 215
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_3839

Event 24620 (4F2BCCF8)

Date: 1965
Location: Kobe, Japan
Description: Tomezo Hirata founds the Japan UFO Research Association in Kobe, Japan. It publishes JUFORA from 1967 to 1991.
Reference: Eberhart
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_3840

Event 24621 (2DF30CA2)

Date: 1965
Location: Waiheke Island, New Zealand
Description: Ross Liverton reports a ring of bare earth, 8 feet wide, in the ground on Waiheke Island, New Zealand, where a UFO is seen. It remains visible for 4 years. The site contains some unidentified whitish material that resolves into fibers during a soil immersion test. Vallée says the material is “vegetal in nature.”
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Vallée, Invisible College, pp. 36–37; Ted Phillips, “Landing Report from Delphos,” Flying Saucer Review Case Histories, no. 9 (February 1972): 10
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_3841

Event 24622 (92BE4E98)

Date: 1965
Location: Buenos Aires province, Argentina
Description: A couple is driving on a country road in Buenos Aires province, Argentina, when their car engine begins to fail, so they pull over in front of a tree. They notice an object behind the tree that emits a luminous ray toward them that bends at three places, vertically and horizontally, to avoid the tree. The woman’s cheek feels as if something is probing her.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Jean Bastide, La Mémoire des OVNI, Mercure de France, 1978; “Beam of Light with Three Corners,” CUFOS Associate Newsletter 4, no. 6 (Dec, 1983/Jan. 1984): 4
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_3842

Event 24623 (53E01955)

Date: 1965
Locations: central Australia; Texas
Description: A short color film of a “huge, windowed, hovering craft” with three smaller objects attached to it “as a kind of tail” is taken by a converted RAAF aircraft during a photo-mapping flight over central Australia. A door on the large object opens—two vertical panels and two horizontally aligned panels slide apart—and the three smaller objects fly inside. A US Air Force sergeant with a top-secret clearance is shown this clip at a CIA screening in Texas in 1967. He says the filmed image of the UFO is extraordinarily clear, filling the entire screen.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Budd Hopkins, Missing Time, R. Marek, 1981, p. 253
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_3843

Event 24624 (D917FB27)

Date: 1965
Location: Chilean base in Antarctic
Description: At a Chilean base in Antarctica, 17 individuals observed a “lens-shaped” aerial object. The base’s commander described it as a solid object moving at incredible speeds, executing maneuvers, emitting a greenish light, and causing electromagnetic interference at a nearby Argentine base. The object hovered for approximately 20 minutes before speeding away, and it was observed through high-powered binoculars. Concurrently, the Argentinian government reported that their Antarctic naval garrison spotted a large, lens-shaped flying object, which displayed various colors and moved in diverse directions, pausing for about 15 minutes. (Chapter 8, Refs 322, 323)
Type: UFO sighting
Reference: It Didn’t Start with Roswell, by Philip L. Rife, 2001
Source: Rife, ID: Rife_313

Event 24625 (2B7B9E22)

Date: 1965
Location: Antarctic
Description: In that decade, a team of international scientists in Antarctica reported multiple UFO sightings and experienced unexplained phenomena originating from under the ice. They heard mysterious rumbling, humming noises, and sounds resembling heavy machinery in operation, despite no known activities by any nation that could explain these sounds. (Chapter 8, Ref 324)
Type: UFO sighting
Reference: It Didn’t Start with Roswell, by Philip L. Rife, 2001
Source: Rife, ID: Rife_314

Event 24626 (7B35DB65)

Date: Early 1965
Description: (Translated from French) At Groom Lake, the OXCART construction project is completed and the base population reaches 1835 people. (Early 1965)
Reference: McIninch
Reference: rr0 - Beau
Source: rr0, ID: rr0_2087

Event 24627 (FEEC7E0B)

Date: 1/1965
Location: ARGENTINA, Torrent (Corrientes)
Description: (Translated from French) In the evening, passersby suddenly found themselves in the presence of small beings and were filled with fear. They ran towards their homes and locked themselves in. But then, according to what the witnesses said, a light entered through the wooden walls, illuminating the entire interior. Carlos Souriou, who had barricaded himself with several people including his younger brother, said that the latter had almost gone mad with fear, had nervous breakdowns and that the other witnesses surrounded him with boxes and whatever they could find to prevent him from seeing the light.
Reference: Henry DURRANT: “The UFO File” - Laffont 1973 - p. 132
Reference: Mini catalogue chronologique des observations OVNI, by Godelieve Van Overmeire
Source: Overmeire, ID: Overmeire_2308

Event 24628 (F79E34AA)

Date: 1/1965
Description: (Translated from French) Keyhoe writes in True Magazine: Censorship of UFO sightings by the USAF.
Reference: rr0 - Beau
Source: rr0, ID: rr0_2088

Event 24629 (992F701C)

Date: 1/1/1965
Location: Norfolk, VA
Description: Large Light Leading 7-8 Smaller Lights (NICAP: 01 - Distant Encounters, Code: D, Rating: 5)
Reference: NICAP: 650101
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_2757

Event 24630 (9D348D42)

Date: Early 1/1965
Location: USA, Lynchburg (Virginia)
Description: (Translated from French) A witness reported having seen the landing of two silent and unlit UFOs, descending into a wooded area near Lynchburg. One had a diameter of 24 m, the other 6 m. Three creatures of 75 cm in height disembarked, approaching up to 10 m from the petrified witness. They were of humanoid type and had strange eyes, “which looked straight through me” said the witness. They emitted unintelligible sounds then pivoted and returned to the object from which they had come out. A door opened, they entered and the opening seemed to seal itself in such a way that there was no trace left. The encounter is presumed to have lasted about 30 minutes and to have started at 5:40 pm. (1965, beginning of January)
Reference: Charles BOWEN: “In Search of Humanoids” - J’ai Lu 1974, p. 200, 201
Reference: Mini catalogue chronologique des observations OVNI, by Godelieve Van Overmeire
Source: Overmeire, ID: Overmeire_2305

Event 24631 (AE308149)

Date: 1/3/1965
Time: ~18:00
Location: WASHINGTON NATIONAL AIRPORT/APARTMENT, VA
Description: Airliner / near collision / black delta/triangle/box-like craft. Going quickly [to] extremely fast. / r47+/ MJ#261.
Type: sighting
Reference: UFO INVESTIGATOR: NICAP: Kensington, MD & Washington, DC [defunct]. University Microfilms, Ann Arbor, MI 48106 (Index 38)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_7085

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

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “10”, Duration: “1”, Elev: “5”, HatchDesc: “WASHINGTON NATl APT,VA:AIRLINER/NR COLLISION/BLK DLT:>>XFAST:/r47+/MJ#261”, LatLong: “38.816669 -77.050004”, LatLongDMS: “38:49:00 N 77:03:00 W”, Locale: “Metropolis”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Virginia”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 24632 (D09A4AE2)

Date: 1/3/1965
Location:
Description: Quadrantid meteor shower (mean date).
Type: sighting
Reference: The UFO Evidence by Richard H. Hall
Source: HallUFOEvidence2, ID: HallUFOE2_28

Event 24633 (C89480AF)

Date: 1/4/1965
Description: At 5:15 p.m. a procession of three bright, orange to red elliptical objects passed before observers in Bethel, Vermont at high speed and low altitude in rapid succession.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: Raymond E. Fowler, case investigation, report dated January 18, 1965
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_86

Event 24634 (FF71D2E7)

Date: 1/5/1965
Location: Wallops Island, VA
Description: Large disc hovers over NASA station; radar tracks at 6,000 mph.
Type: ufo sighting
Reference: UFOs and the National Security State: Chronology of a Cover-up, 1941–1973, by Richard Dolan
Source: Dolan, ID: Dolan_252

Event 24635 (A78308D5)

Date: 1/5/1965
Location: Naval Air Test Center, MD
Description: Two UFOs on radar; one makes a sharp turn at 4,800 mph.
Type: ufo sighting
Reference: UFOs and the National Security State: Chronology of a Cover-up, 1941–1973, by Richard Dolan
Source: Dolan, ID: Dolan_253

Event 24636 (8DB66713)

Date: 1/5/1965
Time: 18:00
Location: WALLOPS IS, VA
Description: Blue Book. RADAR-visual (observation). Yellow fireball-saucer 10 minute(s) after rocket test. 6K mph. / r41p150.
Type: sighting
Reference: UFO INVESTIGATOR: NICAP: Kensington, MD & Washington, DC [defunct]. University Microfilms, Ann Arbor, MI 48106 (Index 37)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_7086

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, MIL: Observer(s) military, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, HQO: High-quality observer(s), SCR: Classic saucer/disk/sphere shaped UFO, FBL: Fireball: Blazing undistinguished form/orb., NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), OBS: Observation/chasing vehicles, VEH: Vehicle affected: Marks/damage/EME effects, RDR: Radar traces/blips, TCH: New technical details/clues, MIL: Military investigation, BBK: Project BLUEBOOK

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “10”, Duration: “1”, Elev: “3”, HatchDesc: “WALLOPS IS,VA:BBK:RDR-VIS:YLW FBL-SCR 10min AFTER ROCKET TEST:6K mph:/r41p150”, LatLong: “37.866668 -75.433337”, LatLongDMS: “37:52:00 N 75:26:00 W”, Locale: “Town & City”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Virginia”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 24637 (5B4DC0FD)

Date: 1/5/1965
Location: Wallops Island, VA
Description: Bright Yellow Light Flies Overhead (NICAP: 02 - Close Encounters, Code: D, Rating: 1)
Reference: NICAP: 650105
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_2758

Event 24638 (424ED1BA)

Date: 1/5/1965
Location: Lynchburg, VA
Description: Light Stops & Starts (NICAP: 01 - Distant Encounters, Code: D, Rating: 5)
Reference: NICAP: 650105
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_2759

Event 24639 (BD2FDB1B)

Date: 1/5/1965
Location: Wallops Island, VA
Description: Aerospace engineer watched round glowing object move rapidly from horizon to nearly overhead
Type: sighting
Reference: The UFO Evidence by Richard H. Hall
Source: HallUFOEvidence2, ID: HallUFOE2_29

Event 24640 (D0AA6B7E)

Date: 1/5/1965
Location: Wallops Island, Virginia
Description: 5:56 p.m. NASA engineer Dempsey Bruton, head of the Wallops Flight Facility on Wallops Island, Virginia, observes a round, bright-yellow light rising from the horizon. The apparent size of the object is that of a nickel held at arm’s length. As the object reaches an overhead position, it disappears. The length of observation is approximately 8–9 seconds. The witness claims that his wife and brother-in-law also see the object.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: NICAP, “Bright Yellow Light Flies Ahead”
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_3844

Event 24641 (CDADE082)

Date: 1/5/1965
Description: At 5:56 p.m. an aerospace engineer named Bruton on Wallops Island, Virginia watched a round glowing object that moved rapidly from horizon to nearly overhead at the NASA station in seconds. Radar tracked it at 6,000 mph.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: NICAP UFO Investigator, April 1965, p. 1; George D. Fawcett, Flying Saucers, August 1965, p. 56; Donald B. Hanlon, Flying Saucer Review, March-April 1966, p. 14; Richard H. Hall, The UFO Evidence, Volume II: A Thirty-Year Report, pp. 150, 317; Richard M. Dolan, UFO’s and the National Security State: Chronology of a Cover-up 1941-1973, p. 412
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_115

Event 24642 (2C50A34B)

Date: 1/8/1965
Location: Georgetown, SC
Description: Two Lighted Objects Make U-Turn & TVI (NICAP: 01 - Distant Encounters, Code: D, Rating: 5, BB: BB) (NICAP: 03 - EME Cases)
Reference: NICAP: 650108
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_2760

Event 24643 (CDB27698)

Date: 1/10/1965
Location: South Boston, VA
Description: Hissing Object With Sparks (NICAP: 01 - Distant Encounters, Code: D, Rating: 2)
Reference: NICAP: 650110
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_2762

Event 24644 (EA0AF740)

Date: 1/10/1965
Location: Silver Springs, MD
Description: White Light In Level Flight (NICAP: 01 - Distant Encounters, Code: D, Rating: 2)
Reference: NICAP: 650110
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_2763

Event 24645 (7D0C909E)

Date: 1/11/1965
Description: (Translated from French) 6 engineers from the Army Signal Corps in the munitions building near the center of Washington see 6 UFOs in the shape of zigzagging discs heading towards the Capitol, pursued by 2 delta-winged interceptor jets. The UFOs quickly outdistance the jets and disappear from view. Reporters from the print media try to find out more about the incident from the Department of Defense, but officials, both civilian and military, tell them that the chase never happened. (January 11)
Reference: rr0 - Beau
Source: rr0, ID: rr0_2089

Event 24646 (B37FB799)

Date: 1/11/1965
Location: Washington, DC
Description: Army Radar/visual of twelve to fifteen oval UFOs; jets outdistanced.
Type: ufo sighting
Reference: UFOs and the National Security State: Chronology of a Cover-up, 1941–1973, by Richard Dolan
Source: Dolan, ID: Dolan_254

Event 24647 (F7901AE6)

Date: 1/11/1965
Location: WEST / SEASIDE, OREGON
Description: Triangular object going northwest. Suddenly plunges to sea off Tillamook head.
Type: sighting
Reference: SANDERSON, Ivan: INVISIBLE RESIDENTS; World Publishing HB 1970 & Avon Books PB 1973 (Index 42)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_7087

Attributes: CST: Observer(s) in coastal area/just offshore, SEA: Observer(s) at sea, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, DLT: Delta/vee/boomerang/rectangular shaped UFO, SUB: Submersible: Rises from or submerges into water, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), LND: UFO landing or any part touches ground

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “8”, Duration: “15”, Elev: “0”, HatchDesc: “W/SEASIDE,ORE:TRIANGLULAR OBJ >NW:SUDDENLY PLUNGES to SEA OFF TILLAMOOK HEAD.”, LatLong: “45.966669 -124.166673”, LatLongDMS: “45:58:00 N 124:10:00 W”, Locale: “Coastlands”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Oregon”, Strangeness: “7”

Event 24648 (2BA41902)

Date: 1/11/1965
Time: 16:10
Location: WASHINGTON, DC
Description: 11 military observer(s). 12+saucers zigzag and elude 2 jets. Government denies. / r183p116.
Type: sighting
Reference: HALL, Richard: The UFO Evidence II: HB: Scarecrow Press Lanham, MD. http://www.scarecrowpress.com ISBN 0-8108-3881-8 (Index 150)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_7088

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, PHT: Photos/movies/videos taken, RDR: Radar traces/blips, TCH: New technical details/clues, MIL: Military investigation, COV: Indication of coverup

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “10”, Duration: “5”, Elev: “9”, HatchDesc: “WASHINGTON,DC:11 MIL.OBS:12+SCRS ZIGZAG+ELUDE 2 JETS:GOVT DENIES:/r183p116”, LatLong: “38.866669 -77.016670”, LatLongDMS: “38:52:00 N 77:01:00 W”, Locale: “Metropolis”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “WDC”, Strangeness: “8”

Event 24649 (C02EEFAF)

Date: 1/11/1965
Location: Washington, DC
Description: Over A Dozen Ovals Chased By AF Jets (NICAP: 01 - Distant Encounters, Code: D, Rating: 5)
Reference: NICAP: 650111
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_2764

Event 24650 (39E68122)

Date: 1/11/1965
Location: Washington, DC
Description: Army Signal Corps communications system specialists observed 12-15 white ovals maneuvering erratically, with jets seen in pursuit
Type: sighting
Reference: The UFO Evidence by Richard H. Hall
Source: HallUFOEvidence2, ID: HallUFOE2_30

Event 24651 (D5E67DE6)

Date: 1/11/1965
Location: Tillamook Head, Oregon
Description: Mrs. Paul Zimmerman Gearhart and her two sons see a triangular UFO that flies slowly out of the southeast and then “suddenly plunged into the sea some miles offshore” at Tillamook Head, Oregon. It leaves behind two trails of fire.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Sanderson, InvRes, p. 50
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_3845

Event 24652 (DCD9A903)

Date: 1/11/1965
Locations: Munitions Building at Nineteenth Street and Constitution Avenue, N.W., Washington, D.C.; US Capitol Building; Andrews AFB in Maryland
Description: 4:20 p.m. At least 12 persons, including six Army Signal Corps communications system specialists, at the Munitions Building at Nineteenth Street and Constitution Avenue, N.W., Washington, D.C., observe 12–15 white oval objects maneuvering erratically at 12,000–15,000 feet altitude above the US Capitol Building. Two delta- wing jets, apparently from Andrews AFB in Maryland, are seen in pursuit, but the objects easily outmaneuver them. Among the witnesses are Paul M. Dickey Jr., Edward Shad, Sam Webb, Jack McBride, and Sam Marrone. The objects are also tracked on radar. The Defense Department denies the incident, but the witnesses publicly maintain their story. The Pentagon forces a TV crew about to interview the witnesses to shut down that evening.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: NICAP, “Over a Dozen Ovals Chased by AF Jets”; Harold H. Deneault Jr., “UFOs Return to Washington,” Fate 18, no. 7 (July 1965): 47–48; Frank Edwards, FS Serious Business, Bantam ed., 1966, pp. 67–68
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_3846

Event 24653 (116D5151)

Date: 1/11/1965
Description: At 4:10 p.m. several witnesses in Washington, D. C. reported seeing 12-15 white oval-shaped objects that moved in and up-and-down oscillating path as they flew along. The sighting lasted three minutes. Jet interceptors wereobserved in pursuit.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: Donald B. Hanlon, Flying Saucer Review, March-April 1966, p. 14; Frank Edwards, Flying Saucers–Serious Business, p. 128; Gordon I. R. Lore, Jr. & Harold H. Dennault, Jr., Mysteries of the Skies: UFOs in Perspective, p. 171; Richard H. Hall, The UFO Evidence, Volume II: A Thirty-Year Report, p. 76
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_252

Event 24654 (30A01764)

Date: 1/11/1965
Description: The Seaside (Oregon) Signal on January 12, 1965 noted that Mrs. Paul Zimmerman Gearhart and her two sons saw a triangular UFO which came slowly out of the southeast and then “suddenly plunged into the sea some miles offshore” at Tillamook Head, Oregon. It left two trails of fire behind.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: Ivan T. Sanderson, Invisible Residents, p. 42
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_253

Event 24655 (2D2F5E5B)

Date: 1/12/1965
Location: Near Blaine AFB, WA
Description: Radar tracks thirty-foot object that buzzes car of government official.
Type: ufo sighting
Reference: UFOs and the National Security State: Chronology of a Cover-up, 1941–1973, by Richard Dolan
Source: Dolan, ID: Dolan_255

Event 24656 (62C7C4CB)

Date: 1/12/1965
Time: 00:10
Location: BLAINE AIR FORCE BASE, WA
Description: 10M saucer buzzes car and lands. Goes when observer(s) radios. / r11p173+/ r47p13.
Type: sighting
Reference: UFO INVESTIGATOR: NICAP: Kensington, MD & Washington, DC [defunct]. University Microfilms, Ann Arbor, MI 48106 (Index 37)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_7089

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, LND: UFO landing or any part touches ground, RDR: Radar traces/blips, MIL: Military investigation

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “10”, Duration: “9”, Elev: “10”, HatchDesc: “BLAINE AFB,WA:10M SCR BUZZES CAR+LANDS:GOES WHEN OBS RADIOS:/r11p173+/r47p13”, LatLong: “48.933336 -122.700006”, LatLongDMS: “48:56:00 N 122:42:00 W”, Locale: “Town & City”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Washington”, Strangeness: “7”

Event 24657 (59DF26A1)

Date: 1/12/1965
Time: 20:20
Location: CUSTER, WA
Description: 4 observer(s). Huge saucer lands / several min. Melted snow. Burnt dirt. Tracks to woods.
Type: sighting
Reference: MUFON UFO JOURNAL, Seguin, TX USA. Monthly. (Index 261)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_7090

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, FIG: Undefined or poorly seen figure/entity, DRT: Dirt/soil traces/marks/footprints etc., LND: UFO landing or any part touches ground, TRC: Physical traces

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “8”, Duration: “10”, Elev: “14”, HatchDesc: “CUSTER,WA:4 OBS:HUGE SCR LANDS/SVRL min:MELTED SNOW:BURNT DIRT:TRACKS TO WOODS”, LatLong: “48.916669 -122.633339”, LatLongDMS: “48:55:00 N 122:38:00 W”, Locale: “Mountains”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Washington”, Strangeness: “8”

Event 24658 (FB0B3606)

Date: 1/12/1965
Location: Blaine AFB, WA
Description: Driver Avoids Collision With 30’ Object (NICAP: 02 - Close Encounters, Code: C, Rating: 5, BB: BBU)
Reference: NICAP: 650112
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_2765

Event 24659 (C9056A4E)

Date: 1/12/1965
Time: night
Location: Blaine Air Force Base, Washington
Description: A member of a federal agency, who was driving toward the base, saw a low-flying object, 10 m in diameter, which avoided collision at the last moment. He got out of the car and observed it hovering for one min, then it flew off. at high speed. The object was tracked on radar. The same night, a round, glowing object with a dome on top landed on a nearby farm, melting snow in a 10 m diameter urcle.
Type: ufo sighting
Reference: NICAP Mar., 65 (Vallee)
Source: ValléeMagonia, ID: Magonia_630

Event 24660 (0427BA9E)

Date: 1/12/1965
Location: Lynden, WA
Description: Border Patrol officer saw bright disc illuminating ground, swoop down, hover near car, accelerate up into clouds with rushing air sound
Type: sighting
Reference: The UFO Evidence by Richard H. Hall
Source: HallUFOEvidence2, ID: HallUFOE2_31

Event 24661 (A20492EE)

Date: 1/12/1965
Locations: Lynden, Washington; Blaine Air Force Station
Description: 1:00 a.m. Department of Justice Inspector Robert E. Kerringer [or is it Donald E. Flickinger, an agent of the US Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, and Firearms?] is driving near Lynden, Washington, when he sees a low-flying object, 30 feet in diameter, that avoids collision with his car at the last moment. He gets out and sees it hovering for one minute, then it flies off at high speed with a sound of rushing air. He learns that nearby Blaine Air Force Station [now closed] is tracking the UFO.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: NICAP, “Driver Avoids Collision with 30ʹ Object”; Sparks, p. 303; “New Sightings Put AF on Spot,” UFO Investigator 3, no. 1 (March/April 1965): 4; Frank Edwards, FS Serious Business, Bantam ed., 1966, pp. 54–55
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_3847

Event 24662 (A6FD4F68)

Date: 1/12/1965
Locations: Area 25 of the Nevada Test Site; Los Angeles, California
Description: 10:58 a.m. The Kiwi Transient Nuclear Test is conducted at Area 25 of the Nevada Test Site as part of Project NERVA. The nuclear rocket engine code-named Kiwi is allowed to overheat until it bursts, sending fuel hurtling skyward. Deadly radioactive fuel chunks as large as 148 pounds shoot up into the sky and last as far away as a quarter mile. A radioactive cloud rises up to 2,600 feet, then drifts out over Los Angeles, California, and out to sea. The AEC calls it a “safety test,” but the USSR says it violates the test ban.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Jacobsen, Area 51, pp. 309– 310; Wikipedia, “NERVA”
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_3848

Event 24663 (8CFFC7BA)

Date: 1/12/1965
Locations: Wallops Flight Facility; Wallops Island, Virginia
Description: 6:30 p.m. A NASA public relations employee named Milliner and her husband are walking toward their house when they see a bright yellow object moving swiftly over the Wallops Flight Facility at Wallops Island, Virginia. They watch it for 2 minutes.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Harold H. Deneault Jr., “UFOs Return to Washington,” Fate 18, no. 7 (July 1965): 48
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_3849

Event 24664 (CA496705)

Date: 1/12/1965
Location: Custer, Washington
Description: 8:20 p.m. A Mrs. Jubert in Custer, Washington, sees through her window what seems to be the landing lights of an airplane apparently coming into her yard. She herds her three teenage girls outside in the opposite direction. The four lights merge into one intense white light, which moves in a straight line toward the house, lifts several hundred feet and clears a clump of evergreens, then dips down on the far side and touches the ground. A border patrol officer also sees the object after he is alerted by radio. He is buzzed by the UFO, which is low enough that he stops his car, gets out, and watches it move out of sight. Where the object lands in 16 inches of snow, they find a large circular imprint about 10–12 feet in diameter. The ground beneath the melted snow ring shows evidence of having been scorched. Oval-shaped tracks 8 inches long and 8 inches apart, in a single file, are found leading from the landing site to the evergreens, where they disappear. One month later, the circular area still shows traces.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: “New Sightings Put AF on Spot,” UFO Investigator 3, no. 1 (March/April 1965): 4; J. Allen Hynek, The UFO Experience, Ballantine ed., 1974, pp. 152–153; Ted Phillips, Physical Traces Associated with UFO Sightings, CUFOS, 1975, p. 34
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_3850

Event 24665 (9C98D355)

Date: 1/12/1965
Description: At one o’clock in the morning Mr. Don Flickinger, a U.S. Border Patrol officer, had his patrol car buzzed by a bright round flying object in Lynden, Washington not far from the Canadian border. The UFO hovered, then acelerated away with the sound of rushing air. The object had been tracked on radar. That same night, a round, glowing 30 foot wide object with a dome on top landed on a nearby farm in Custer, Washington melting the snow in a 12 foot diameter circle. The object illuminated the yard, trees, and the side of the farmhouse. The circle was melted in snow 16 inches deep, and the ground beneath was also scorched.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: NICAP UFO Investigator, April-May 1965, p. 4; Richard Hall, The UFO Evidence, Volume II: A Thirty Year Report, p. 170; Jacques Vallee, Passport to Magonia: A Century of Landings, case # 630; Frank Edwards, Flying Saucers–Serious Business, p. 94; J. Allen Hynek, The UFO Experience, p. 132; UNICAT, case # 396
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_276

Event 24666 (84E2BC76)

Date: 1/14/1965
Location: OVER LAKE ELSINORE, CA
Description: Night lights. Bright / 5 minute(s) and dim / 3 minute(s). Repeats / 1 hour. Going quickly east and away.
Type: sighting
Reference: SANDERSON, Ivan: INVISIBLE RESIDENTS; World Publishing HB 1970 & Avon Books PB 1973 (Index 228)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_7091

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, HQO: High-quality observer(s), NLT: Nightlights/points of light, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), OBS: Observation/chasing vehicles, LND: UFO landing or any part touches ground, TCH: New technical details/clues

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “10”, Duration: “3”, Elev: “378”, HatchDesc: “ovr LAKE ELSINORE,CA:NLTS:BRIGHT/5min+DIM/3min:REPEATS/1 HOUR:>>E.+AWAY”, LatLong: “33.661113 -117.350006”, LatLongDMS: “33:39:40 N 117:21:00 W”, Locale: “Mountains”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “California”, Strangeness: “4”

Event 24667 (ECAB7CF1)

Date: 1/14/1965
Time: 00:00
Location: NORFOLK, VA
Description: Observer(s) = J. Myers. Silver circular object rises / ground. Flies away. No further details. / fate Jly’65.
Type: sighting
Reference: VALLEE, Jacques: PASSPORT TO MAGONIA; H. Regnery, Chicago HC 1969 & Contemporary Books,Chicago 1993. 372pp. (Index 631)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_7092

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: “USA”, Credibility: “6”, Duration: “3”, Elev: “4”, HatchDesc: “NORFOLK,VA:OBS=J.MYERS:SLVR CIRC.OBJ RISES/GND:FLIES AWAY:NFD:/FATE Jly’65”, LatLong: “36.816668 -76.250004”, LatLongDMS: “36:49:00 N 76:15:00 W”, Locale: “Metropolis”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Virginia”, Strangeness: “7”

Event 24668 (C334A346)

Date: 1/14/1965
Time: 05:30
Location: RIVERSIDE, CA
Description: Newsboy. 30M football hovers / 135M altitude. 180° turn going quickly southwest very fast. Whines.
Type: sighting
Reference: The APRO BULLETIN: Monthly. Jim & Coral Lorenzen: Tucson,AZ (USA. defunct) By volume and number. (Index 783)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_7093

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

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “6”, Duration: “5”, Elev: “259”, HatchDesc: “RIVERSIDE,CA:NEWSBOY:30M FOOTBALL HVRS/135M alt:180°TURN >>SW VFAST:WHINES”, LatLong: “33.933335 -117.366672”, LatLongDMS: “33:56:00 N 117:22:00 W”, Locale: “Town & City”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, RelAlt: “135”, State/Prov: “California”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 24669 (B50FB3B1)

Date: 1/14/1965
Time: 20:50
Location: TASMAN SEA WITH AUCKLAND, NZ
Description: Quantas airline(s)/airliner RADAR and ground RADAR. 7 objects / V formation / 45k’ altitude. / r229’82.
Type: sighting
Reference: UFO INVESTIGATOR: NICAP: Kensington, MD & Washington, DC [defunct]. University Microfilms, Ann Arbor, MI 48106 (Index 37)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_7094

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

Extra Data: Country: “Pacific Ocean and non - Asian islands”, Credibility: “9”, Duration: “1”, Elev: “0”, HatchDesc: “TASMAN SEA W/AUCKLAND,NZ:QUANTAS AL RDR+GND RDR:7 OBJs/VFORM/45k’alt:/r229’82”, LatLong: “-35.500002 169.000008”, LatLongDMS: “35:30:00 S 169:00:00 E”, Locale: “Metropolis”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “TSM”, Strangeness: “5”

Event 24670 (F12F2ECC)

Date: 1/14/1965
Location: Thaxton, VA
Description: Cigar Larger Than B-52 (NICAP: 01 - Distant Encounters, Code: D, Rating: 5)
Reference: NICAP: 650114
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_2766

Event 24671 (F31134D1)

Date: 1/14/1965
Time: 2400
Location: Norfolk, Virginia
Description: James Myers saw an object rise from the ground, appearing as a bright, circular silvery craft.
Type: ufo sighting
Reference: Fate Jul., 65 (Vallee)
Source: ValléeMagonia, ID: Magonia_631

Event 24672 (244EDD39)

Date: 1/14/1965
Time: 16:00:00.1
Location: 37.1190 -116.0248
Description: Nuclear test: Underground, confirmed. Country: USA Name: “Wool” 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_394

Extra Data: LatLong: “37.1190 -116.0248”, LatLongDMS: “37:07:08 N 116:01:29 W”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, NukeCountry: “USA”, NukeDepth: “0.22”, NukeName: “Wool”, NukeSource: “SPRINGER”, NukeType: “NUCU”, NukeYMax: “20”

Event 24673 (C91CD0C2)

Date: 1/14/1965
Locations: Old Dominion college; Norfolk, Virginia
Description: Around 12:00 midnight. Old Dominion college student James Myers sees a diamond-shaped object rise from the ground to 1,500–2,000 feet near Norfolk, Virginia. He loses sight of it behind a church and when it reappears it looks round, bright, and silvery.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Harold H. Deneault Jr., “UFOs Return to Washington,” Fate 18, no. 7 (July 1965): 49
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_3851

Event 24674 (E35944E8)

Date: 1/14/1965
Description: At 8:50 p.m. seven UFOs paced a Quantas Airlines Electra flying between Auckland, New Zealand and Sydney, Australia. The sighting was confirmed by multiple radar units tracking the object.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: NICAP UFO Investigator, April-May 1954, p. 4; George D. Fawcett, Flying Saucers, August 1965, p. 57
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_311

Event 24675 (CED62218)

Date: 1/14/1965
Description: A newspaper boy in Riverside, California at 5:30 a.m. saw a 30 meter long football shaped UFO making a whining noise. It hovered at 135 meters altitude before it made a 180 degree turn and shot off to the southwest very fast.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: Fate, July 1965; Jacques Vallee, Passport to Magonia: A Century of Landings, p. 304; APRO Bulletin, March-April 1965
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_312

Event 24676 (CB1C50C3)

Date: 1/14/1965
Description: At midnight James Myers saw an object rise from the ground in Norfolk, Virginia. It appeared as a bright, circular silvery craft.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: Donald B. Hanlon, Flying Saucer Review, March-April 1966, p. 14; Jacques Vallee, Passport to Magonia: A Century of Landings, case 631, citing Fate, July 1965
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_313

Event 24677 (0E2D9B15)

Date: 1/14/1965
Description: Many people witnessed brilliant nocturnal lights hovering and maneuvering over Lake Elsinore, California. They moved erratically in patterns; they also would brighten for five minutes and then dim for three minutes in a repeated cycle until after an hour they rose and disappeared to the east.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: Lake Elsinore Valley Sun, January 21, 1965;

Ivan T. Sanderson, Invisible Residents, p. 228
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_314

Event 24678 (6E1AC0F3)

Date: 1/14/1965
Description: At 10:00 p.m. that same night a newspaper reporter was driving between Enfield and Wilmot, New Hampshire when his car completely faiIed–lights, radio, and engine. He got out to investigate and heard a hum like an electrical whine, then saw a bright light 2,000-5,000 feet high. It was hovering, then moved away quickly on a straight trajectory. The lights and radio then came back on and the engine also started by itself. The whole sighting lasted only 15-20 seconds.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: Manchester Union Leader, January 16, 1965; Mark Rodeghier, UFO Reports Involving Vehicle Interference, case 137
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_315

Event 24679 (A2BC699D)

Date: 1/15/1965
Location: Kazakhstan
Description: Soviet subsurface nuclear explosion “Chagan”, crater had a diameter of 408m, 100m deep
Type: atomic
Reference: link
Source: Maj2, ID: Maj2_624
Atomic type: subsurface
Atomic KT: 140

Event 24680 (FD0CA5BE)

Date: 1/15/1965
Time: 22:00
Location: NEAR WILMOT, NH
Description: Car malfunctions due to EME (electro-magnetic effects). Lights out. Observer(s) hears whine. Night light going quickly [to] over. / r3p52+/ r141+/ r41.
Type: sighting
Reference: The APRO BULLETIN: Monthly. Jim & Coral Lorenzen: Tucson,AZ (USA. defunct) By volume and number. (Index 783)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_7095

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), VEH: Vehicle affected: Marks/damage/EME effects, EME: Electro-Magnetic Effects, SND: UFO sounds heard or recorded

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “6”, Duration: “1”, Elev: “220”, HatchDesc: “nr WILMOT,NH:CAR EMES:LITES OUT:OBS HEARS WHINE:NLT >> OVR:/r3p52+/r141+/r41”, LatLong: “43.650002 -72.183337”, LatLongDMS: “43:39:00 N 72:11:00 W”, Locale: “Pasture”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “New Hampshire”, Strangeness: “5”

Event 24681 (EF0CAE5F)

Date: 1/15/1965
Location: Wilmot, NH
Description: E-M Effects on Car and Radio (NICAP: 03 - EME Cases, Code: E, Rating: 5)
Reference: NICAP: 650115
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_2767

Event 24682 (E948DEC1)

Date: 1/15/1965
Time: 06:00:00.8
Location: 49.9350 79.0094
Description: Nuclear test: Underground, confirmed. Country: USSR Name: “PNE:Chagan 1004” Yield: 140KT
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_1262

Extra Data: LatLong: “49.9350 79.0094”, LatLongDMS: “49:56:06 N 79:00:34 E”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, NukeCountry: “USSR”, NukeDepth: “0.00”, NukeMb: “6.30”, NukeName: “PNE:Chagan 1004”, NukeSource: “BOCHAROV”, NukeType: “NUCS”, NukeY: “140”

Event 24683 (55265032)

Date: 1/15/1965
Location: Manchester, New Hampshire
Description: 9:45 p.m. Mathew Rybczyk is watching TV at his home in Manchester, New Hampshire, when the set goes blank. Going outside to see if the antenna is damaged, he sees a flashing light moving across the tree line to the east and making a humming noise. When the light disappears, the TV set comes on again.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Manchester (N.H.) Sunday News, January 17, 1965; Schopick, p. 148
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_3852

Event 24684 (C123BE86)

Date: 1/15/1965
Locations: Wilmot; Enfield, New Hampshire; State Highway 4A
Description: 10:00 p.m. Charles Knee Jr., a former newsman, is driving on State Highway 4A between Wilmot and Enfield, New Hampshire, when the radio suddenly stops, the lights on the car go out, and the engine quits. He loses control of the car and pulls to the side of the road and then hears a loud humming sound like a high- frequency electrical whine. He opens the car door, steps out, and sees a bright light below the cloud cover at around 2,000–5,000 feet altitude. It seems to hover for a moment and then takes off to the south. As the light leaves and the whine dies away, the headlights and radio come on and the motor starts by itself. The whole thing lasts about 15–20 seconds.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Manchester (N.H.) Sunday News, January 16, 1965; Schopick, pp. 148–150
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_3853

Event 24685 (DE218F42)

Date: 1/15/1965
Description: At 10:00 p.m. five miles northwest of Wilmot, New Hampshire Mr. Knee saw a glowing light that made a humming sound. His car radio, lights and engine died while the luminous object hovered nearby; the electrical power returned when the UFO sped away.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: Walter N. Webb case investigation files, case # 51
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_331

Event 24686 (98C91E5D)

Date: 1/17/1965
Time: 04:20
Location: EAST / AUCKLAND, NZ
Description: 1 observer. 40’ circle / lights / 50’ altitude tilts. Rotates / wheel. Structure = invisible.
Type: sighting
Reference: CATHIE, Bruce: HARMONIC 33. A. & A. Reed, Wellington, NZ (Index 105)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_7096

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CST: Observer(s) in coastal area/just offshore, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, SCR: Classic saucer/disk/sphere shaped UFO, NLT: Nightlights/points of light, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), CMF: Camouflage/disguise

Extra Data: Country: “New Zealand”, Credibility: “6”, Duration: “1”, HatchDesc: “E/AUCKLAND,NZ:1 OBS:40’CCL/LITES/50’alt TILTS:ROTATES/WHEEL:STRUCT.=INVISIBLE”, LatLong: “-36.916668 174.800008”, LatLongDMS: “36:55:00 S 174:48:00 E”, Locale: “Residential”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “NI”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 24687 (B4BBE680)

Date: 1/18/1965
Location: Buchanan, VA
Description: Object With Rings Observed (NICAP: 01 - Distant Encounters, Code: D, Rating: 5)
Reference: NICAP: 650118
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_2768

Event 24688 (3B4C0DAB)

Date: 1/19/1965
Description: (Translated from French) (EST) : Launch of Gemini 2. (9 h 04)
Reference: rr0 - Beau
Source: rr0, ID: rr0_2090

Event 24689 (41B5C48A)

Date: 1/19/1965
Description: (Translated from French) Industrial draftsman William Blackburn was cutting wood near the snow-covered field belonging to the Augusta club when he saw a pyramid - or cone-shaped object - descending from the sky towards the south. This UFO then remained stationary at an estimated altitude of 900 m. Blackburn estimated its diameter to be greater than 60 m. As he watched, a smaller UFO, about 18 m in diameter, landed 15 m away from him. Its surface was polished like a mirror. At the top was a bell that gave Blackburn a rather strange impression when he observed it. An opening appeared on the side of the UFO, as if someone had taken a piece of pie out of it, and 3 humanoid figures emerged floating: their feet never touched the ground. They approached within 11 m of Blackburn and emitted various unintelligible sounds. They were about 1 m tall but, apart from this detail, they looked like ordinary humans. Blackburn, petrified, did not answer them and the beings returned floating to their craft. Then the two UFOs quickly left. There were no traces in the snow. Shortly after Blackburn’s story was published in the local newspaper, the Waynesboro News-Virginian, a car with federal license plates appeared in town: the inhabitants said it was visible as the nose on the face. Blackburn was apparently severely warned by government agents (belonging to an agency he did not want to cite) not to say anything more about his experience. (18:15)
Reference: rr0 - Beau
Source: rr0, ID: rr0_2091

Event 24690 (2815FC2A)

Date: 1/19/1965
Time: 18:20
Location: BRANDS FLAT, VA
Description: Cars electro-magnetic effect (EME). 2 saucers. 1 lands. 3 1M small humanoids (or Greys) garble. / r25p57+/ r41p267.
Type: sighting
Reference: CLARK, Jerome: High Strangeness: UFO’s from 1960 through 1979. The UFO ENCYCLOPEDIA Volume 3. 1996 Omnigraphics Inc Detroit, MI ISBN 1-55888-742-3 (Index 49)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_7097

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, SCR: Classic saucer/disk/sphere shaped UFO, OID: Humanoid: Small alien or “Grey”, RAY: Odd light/searchlight/beam/laser-like, CVS: Conversation/communication, 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, TCH: New technical details/clues, MIL: Military investigation, GSA: Covert Security Agency

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “8”, Duration: “20”, Elev: “575”, HatchDesc: “BRANDS FLAT,VA:CARS EME:2 SCRS:1 LANDS:3 1M OIDS GARBLE:/r25p57+/r41p267”, LatLong: “38.333335 -79.200004”, LatLongDMS: “38:20:00 N 79:12:00 W”, Locale: “Farmlands”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Virginia”, Strangeness: “10”

Event 24691 (E5257E7E)

Date: 1/19/1965
Location: Brand’s Flats, VA
Description: Two Humanoids Approach Witness (NICAP: 07 - Entity Cases, Code: En, Rating: 5)
Reference: NICAP: 650119
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_2769

Event 24692 (F229E087)

Date: 1/19/1965
Time: 1815
Location: Brands Flat, Virginia
Description: A workman cutting wood on the Augusta archery range saw two saucer-shaped objects, 30 m and 6 m in diameter, hovering in the sky. The smaller one landed, a door opened, and three pilots emerged. They looked human, but had a reddish-orange skin and staring eyes. One of them had “a long finger on his left hand.” Their clothes were the same color as the craft, whose open door showed a strange light inside. The object was so highly polished that “I would bet on a clear day you could not see it at five thousand feet.” The occupants spoke sounds that were not understood and reentered the object. The door outline could not be seen when it was closed.
Type: ufo sighting
Reference: Personal (Vallee)
Source: ValléeMagonia, ID: Magonia_632

Event 24693 (5AC2B878)

Date: 1/19/1965
Location: Brand’s Flats, VA
Description: Humanoid beings emerged from landed object at archery range, approached witness, who froze, apparently paralyzed
Type: sighting
Reference: The UFO Evidence by Richard H. Hall
Source: HallUFOEvidence2, ID: HallUFOE2_32

Event 24694 (8031E6E7)

Date: 1/19/1965
Description: NICAP Acting Director Richard H. Hall meets with a CIA agent and passes on some UFO case information and other materials to OSI for preparation of a paper on UFOs. Hall is given a direct phone number for the agent’s office. He uses the phone line only once to “report some high-quality UFO sightings to the CIA.” He is also given a CIA security clearance without his consent or knowledge. A January 25 CIA memo confirming the meeting shows an inordinate amount of interest in NICAP, given the CIA’s mandate for acquiring foreign intelligence.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: ClearIntent, pp. 231–234; Richard H. Hall, Uninvited Guests, Aurora, 1988, pp. 11, 354–358; Good Above, pp. 349–350
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_3854

Event 24695 (2E357A41)

Date: 1/19/1965
Description: Hall also meets for 90 minutes with retired Navy Capt. John Lawrence Counihan who is on the staff of Sen. Thomas J. Dodd (D-Conn.). Counihan says that the Committee on Astronautics and Space Science would be considered “nutty” if it took up hearings, but it might be willing to consider an informal briefing by NICAP.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Swords 306
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_3855

Event 24696 (8B57DE8F)

Date: 1/19/1965
Locations: Staunton, Virginia; Brands Flats
Description: 6:15 p.m. William Blackburn, a draftsman at a General Electric plant, is chopping wood at an archery range east of Staunton, Virginia, in an area known locally as Brands Flats. He sees two saucer-like shapes in the sky at 2,000–4,000 feet altitude. The larger one seems to be about 80 feet across. The smaller one, 20 feet across, descends quickly and silently and lands 45–55 feet away from Blackburn. A door opens, making a slight noise and revealing an interior light. Three figures, each 3 feet tall and wearing tight-fitting metallic-looking suits, emerge. They have reddish-orange skin and piercing eyes. One has an extra-long finger on its left hand. They speak in an unintelligible language, then return to the UFO. The door closes so perfectly that an outline cannot be seen, and the object takes off. The entire episode lasts only 5 minutes. Blackburn sees no traces in the snow, but thinks the object and humanoids are hovering.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: NICAP, “Two Humanoids Approach Witness”; Clark III 196
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_3856

Event 24697 (42B0DFD5)

Date: 1/20/1965
Location: Long Beach, MS
Description: Occupants Observed In Glass-Like Object (NICAP: 07 - Entity Cases, Code: En, Rating: 5)
Reference: NICAP: 650120
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_2770

Event 24698 (2A218DFF)

Date: 1/21/1965
Location: Richmond, VA
Description: Light Hovers Over Radio Tower (NICAP: 01 - Distant Encounters, Code: D, Rating: 5)
Reference: NICAP: 650121
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_2771

Event 24699 (B182A401)

Date: 1/22/1965
Location: Baltimore, MD
Description: Egg-Shaped Object Goes Up Then Dives (NICAP: 01 - Distant Encounters, Code: D, Rating: 5)
Reference: NICAP: 650122
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_2772

Event 24700 (922820A1)

Date: 1/23/1965
Description: (Translated from French) In Williamsburg, Virginia, Mr. T. F. Mains observed an object shaped like a mushroom or light bulb, 75 to 80 feet high, 25 feet in diameter at the top and 10 feet at the base. It was a metallic gray with a reddish-orange tint in front and blue on the other side. The object emitted a sound like that of a vacuum cleaner. The witness’s car electrical system was affected when the object moved at an altitude of 4 feet. The observation lasted 25 s. (January 23, 8:40 AM)
Reference: case Blue Book #9242 unsolved
Reference: rr0 - Beau
Source: rr0, ID: rr0_2092

Event 24701 (F1E2CF79)

Date: 1/23/1965
Time: 08:40
Location: US60 NEAR TOANO, VA
Description: Cars electro-magnetic effect (EME). 8M saucer on 25M column. Going quickly west against wind. / r210p59+/ r41.
Type: sighting
Reference: HYNEK, Dr. J. Allen: THE HYNEK UFO REPORT; Dell Publ., NY 1977. 298pp. (Index 177)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_7098

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, EME: Electro-Magnetic Effects, TCH: New technical details/clues, MIL: Military investigation, BBK: Project BLUEBOOK, COV: Indication of coverup

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “8”, Duration: “10”, Elev: “32”, HatchDesc: “US60 nr TOANO,VA:CARS EME:8M SCR ON 25M COLUMN:>>W AGAINST WIND:/r210p59+/r41”, LatLong: “37.383335 -76.800004”, LatLongDMS: “37:23:00 N 76:48:00 W”, Locale: “Farmlands”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Virginia”, Strangeness: “8”

Event 24702 (B321399B)

Date: 1/23/1965
Location: Williamsburg, VA
Description: UFO Hovering Over Field Stalls Cars (NICAP: 03 - EME Cases, Code: E, Rating: 5, BB: 9242)
Reference: NICAP: 650123
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_2773

Event 24703 (385611FC)

Date: 1/23/1965
Time: 0840
Location: Williamsburg, Virginia
Description: A 31-year-old man driving a '64 Cadillac was at the intersection of U.S. Highway 60 and State Route 14 when the engine failed, and he had to stop by the side of the road. He then observed an object about 1.2 m above ground. It was shaped like a mushroom or an electric bulb, 25 m high, 8 m in diameter made noise similar to a vacuum cleaner had a metallic gray coIor, a red-orange light on one side, and a blue one on the other. It took off against the wind toward the west, at high speed.
Type: ufo sighting
Reference: Atic (Vallee)
Source: ValléeMagonia, ID: Magonia_633

Event 24704 (C90DCF7C)

Date: 1/23/1965
Time: 8:40 AM
Location: Williamsburg, Virginia
Description: Witness: Mr. T.F. Mains. One mushroom or lightbulb-shaped object, 75-80’ high, 25’ diameter on top and l0’ bottom diameter; metallic grey with a red-orange glow on the near side and a blue glow on the far side. The object made a sound like a vacuum cleaner. The witness’ car electrical system was affected as the object moved away at an altitude of 4’. The sighting lasted 25 seconds.
Type: ufo sighting
Reference: BlueBook Unknowns PDF
Source: BerlinerBBUnknowns, ID: BerlinerBBU_517

Event 24705 (EC150D73)

Date: 1/23/1965
Location: Williamsburg, VA
Description: Metallic-appearing, mushroom-shaped object, red-orange glow, at low level. Sound like vacuum cleaner heard, E-M effects on car
Type: sighting
Reference: The UFO Evidence by Richard H. Hall
Source: HallUFOEvidence2, ID: HallUFOE2_33

Event 24706 (9D731805)

Date: 1/23/1965
Locations: US Hwy 60; State Route 614; Lightfoot, Virginia
Description: 8:40 a.m. Two separate cars driving in different direction stall out near the intersection of US Hwy 60 and State Route 614 in Lightfoot, Virginia. One of the drivers, Thomas F. Mains, sees a lightbulb- or mushroom- shaped object 75–80 feet tall and 10–25 feet wide, hovering over nearby field about 4 feet off the ground. It is metallic gray, with red-orange and blue lights and is making a vacuum cleaner noise. It suddenly accelerates horizontally to the west against the wind and disappears.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: NICAP, “UFO Hovering over Field Stalls Cars”; Sparks, p. 304
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_3857

Event 24707 (DD47218C)

Date: 1/23/1965
Description: Williamsburg, Virginia - At 8:40 a.m. cars stalled near the intersection of US Highway 60 and State Route 614. A 31-year-old businessman named Mains, whose car had stalled, observed a mushroom-shaped object hovering over a nearby field about four feet off the ground, 500 feet away. It was metallic gray and about 75-80 feet tall. There was a red-orange glow coming from the near side, and a bluish glow from the far side. Soon the object rose slightly and then accelerated horizontally speeding off towards the west, making a noise like a vacuum cleaner. The sighting duration was 25 seconds.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: J. Allen Hynek, The Hynek UFO Report, pp. 177-178; Mark Rodeghier, UFO Reports Involving Vehicle Interference, case 138, citing Project Bluebook; Richard H. Hall, The UFO Evidence, Volume II: A Thirty-Year Report, pp. 249 & 314; UNICAT, case # 283
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_440

Event 24708 (83F30E45)

Date: 1/25/1965
Description: Memo to Chief, Contact Division: NICAP Case #(censured).
Type: memo
Reference: Pea Research
Source: Maj2, ID: Maj2_625
See also: 12/19/64

Event 24709 (C0E591B1)

Date: 1/25/1965
Time: 19:40
Location: MARION, VA
Description: Cop and several. Object rises / hill. Sparks. Trees uprooted and burnt. / r201p60 / Fate.
Type: sighting
Reference: VALLEE, Jacques: PASSPORT TO MAGONIA; H. Regnery, Chicago HC 1969 & Contemporary Books,Chicago 1993. 372pp. (Index 634)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_7099

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, 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, LND: UFO landing or any part touches ground, TRC: Physical traces, OGA: Non-Covert Government Agencies

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “8”, Duration: “5”, Elev: “664”, HatchDesc: "MARION,VA:COP+SVRL:OBJ RISES/HILL:SPARKS:TREES UPROOTED+BURNT:/r201p60/Fate ", LatLong: “36.833335 -81.516671”, LatLongDMS: “36:50:00 N 81:31:00 W”, Locale: “Forest”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Virginia”, Strangeness: “7”

Event 24710 (E40965EA)

Date: 1/25/1965
Time: 20:00
Location: FREDERICKSBURG, VA
Description: Many observer(s). Pie-tin object bobs going up [to] & going down [to] over center / Rappahannock River.
Type: sighting
Reference: SANDERSON, Ivan: INVISIBLE RESIDENTS; World Publishing HB 1970 & Avon Books PB 1973 (Index 228)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_7100

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

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “11”, Duration: “10”, Elev: “17”, HatchDesc: “FREDERICKSBURG,VA:MANY OBS:PIE-TIN OBJ BOBS↑&↓ OVR CENTER/RAPPAHANNOCK RIVER”, LatLong: “38.300002 -77.450004”, LatLongDMS: “38:18:00 N 77:27:00 W”, Locale: “Town & City”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Virginia”, Strangeness: “7”

Event 24711 (E2FE98CD)

Date: 1/25/1965
Location: Bedford, VA
Description: Square Object Size of Football Field (NICAP: 01 - Distant Encounters, Code: D, Rating: 5)
Reference: NICAP: 650125
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_2774

Event 24712 (EF8F024E)

Date: 1/25/1965
Time: night
Location: Marion, Virginia
Description: Woody Darnell, policeman, his family, and several neighbors saw a stationary object on the ground. It took off with a shower of sparks. Several trees were found uprooted or calcined at the site.
Type: ufo sighting
Reference: Fate Jul., 65 (Vallee)
Source: ValléeMagonia, ID: Magonia_634

Event 24713 (3EB049F3)

Date: 1/25/1965
Location: Marion, Virginia
Description: Night. Policeman Woody Darnall, his family, and several neighbors see a glowing object hovering on a mountainside near Marion, Virginia. It seems to explode and take off in a shower of sparks. A group of Marion residents and state forest officials climb to the area and find several treetops bent over and one green tree on fire where the UFO was seen.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Harold H. Deneault Jr., “UFOs Return to Washington,” Fate 18, no. 7 (July 1965): 52
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_3858

Event 24714 (4F96351E)

Date: 1/25/1965
Locations: Fredericksburg, Virginia; Rappahannock Valley
Description: Night. Nine persons near Fredericksburg, Virginia, see a UFO that resembles a “Christmas sparkler.” One witness says it looks like a spinning top spitting sparks out of the bottom as it moves up the Rappahannock Valley at treetop level.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Harold H. Deneault Jr., “UFOs Return to Washington,” Fate 18, no. 7 (July 1965): 52
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_3859

Event 24715 (EC472726)

Date: 1/26/1965
Location: Marion, Virginia
Description: Evening. Rev. H. Preston Robinson and others in Marion, Virginia, watch an object hovering 600 feet above the city. The object makes a steady buzzing sound and has several lights on its round bottom. Spinning clockwise, it shoots out of sight at fantastic speed. It emits a ball of fire as it disappears.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Harold H. Deneault Jr., “UFOs Return to Washington,” Fate 18, no. 7 (July 1965): 52
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_3860

Event 24716 (56C0C941)

Date: 1/26/1965
Locations: US Highway 250; Brands Flats, Virginia
Description: Evening. Steven Houffer, 16, and six friends are driving on US Highway 250 near Brands Flats, Virginia, when they see a small man walking toward the road from a field. He sits down and peers intently at passing cars. Houffer stops the car and he and his friends get out. When they approach, the being runs up a hill. Two other entities appear and run in the same direction. They are all about 3.5 feet tall, wear silvery one-piece garments, and leave no footprints. Police officers conduct a search with local photographer Charles Weaver, but find nothing. Some time later, Houffer and Weaver see a “glowing aluminum barn,” which they go down to investigate. Weaver is walking around inside when something hits him on the head. The two turn to run after Weaver snaps a photo. In the light of the flashbulb, they see a little man standing by the barn. The photo is allegedly confiscated by government agents. A local man, Donald Cash, 6 feet tall, confesses to dressing up in overalls to pose as an alien, although his story does not completely match the details of the account.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: “UFO Posses Hit,” Staunton (Va.) Daily News Leader, January 28, 1965, pp. 1–2; Jerome Clark, “Two New Contact Claims,” Flying Saucer Review 11, no. 3 (May/June 1965): 20–21; “Fed Up with Play: Green Man Confesses,” Staunton (Va.) Daily News Leader, January 31, 1965, p. 1
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_3861

Event 24717 (51407498)

Date: 1/26/1965
Description: A group of teenagers, including Steve Miller, age 16, were driving on Route 250 near Brands Flats, Virginia at 7:30 p.m. when they saw a little man about 3 ½ feet tall sitting by the road watching the cars go by. He was wearing a silvery looking one-piece outfit. They got out of the car and pursued the little man. Two more little men joined the first and ran with him, and they easily outran the teens leaving no footprints in the muddy ground. The group then contacted the Staunton police, and within an hour a group of police were on the scene, as well as a young news photographer, Charles Weaver. Weaver, and another man named Huffer approached a barn, which the photographer entered first. Huffer heard his companion call out to him, and when Huffer entered the barn he found Weaver on the ground. Weaver claimed something struck him and knocked him down. The pair left the barn quickly, but as they fled they thought they saw a little man standing in front of the building. Weaver paused long enough to take a photo before joining up with the other investigators. The disposition of the photograph has never been determined.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: David F. Webb & Ted Bloecher, HUMCAT: Catalogue of Humanoid Reports, case # 1965-09 (A0619), citing a newspaper clipping, January 27, 1965
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_519

Event 24718 (1F2A1F7D)

Date: 1/27/1965
Location: HAMPTON, VA
Description: 2 NASA engineers and more/others. Object zigzags and lands. Rapid vertical ascent. / r74p54.
Type: sighting
Reference: HALL, Richard: The UFO Evidence II: HB: Scarecrow Press Lanham, MD. http://www.scarecrowpress.com ISBN 0-8108-3881-8 (Index 156)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_7101

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CST: Observer(s) in coastal area/just offshore, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, HQO: High-quality observer(s), DLT: Delta/vee/boomerang/rectangular shaped UFO, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), LND: UFO landing or any part touches ground

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “10”, Duration: “1”, Elev: “3”, HatchDesc: “HAMPTON,VA:2 NASA ENGINEERS++:OBJ ZIGZAGS+LANDS:RAPID VERTCL ASCENT:/r74p54”, LatLong: “37.016668 -76.366670”, LatLongDMS: “37:01:00 N 76:22:00 W”, Locale: “Farmlands”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Virginia”, Strangeness: “7”

Event 24719 (5CD14BE5)

Date: 1/27/1965
Location: AltaVista, VA
Description: Bright Light In Erratic Pattern (NICAP: 01 - Distant Encounters, Code: D, Rating: 2)
Reference: NICAP: 650127
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_2775

Event 24720 (C1820D0D)

Date: 1/27/1965
Location: Hampton, VA
Description: NASA engineer saw V-shaped object with red-orange lights zigzagging at low level. Object touched down briefly, took off, and rapidly climbed out of sight (UFOE II, Section IV). (NICAP: 02 - Close Encounters)
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_2776

Event 24721 (80C5B4CB)

Date: 1/27/1965
Location: Plum Tree Island, VA
Description: Zig-Zagging Object Lands / Takes Off (NICAP: 01 - Distant Encounters, Code: D, Rating: 5)
Reference: NICAP: 650127
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_2777

Event 24722 (C6DFFD74)

Date: 1/27/1965
Location: Hampton, VA
Description: NASA engineer saw V-shaped object with red-orange lights zigzagging at low level. Object touched down briefly, took off, rapidly climbed out of sight
Type: sighting
Reference: The UFO Evidence by Richard H. Hall
Source: HallUFOEvidence2, ID: HallUFOE2_34

Event 24723 (7DA8CB11)

Date: 1/27/1965
Locations: Plum Tree Island Wildlife Refuge; Poquoson, Virginia; Hampton, Virginia
Description: 6:00 p.m. NASA research engineer A. G. Crimmins Jr. observes an object at Plum Tree Island Wildlife Refuge, near Poquoson, Virginia, that is approximately 75 feet across and 10–15 feet in height. The object has 3– 7 lights colored red and orange and appears to rotate. It moves approximately a quarter mile west of its original position on a zigzag course and then appears to land on the ocean shore. It remains still for about 5 minutes, then takes off to the north and turns right to depart to the east at a high rate of speed. Crimmins watches it through 20x binoculars. The same object is apparently seen by retired USAF Maj. John R. Nayadley, another NASA research engineer, who observes a V-shaped object with blinking red-orange lights over Hampton, Virginia.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: NICAP, “Zig-Zagging Object Lands / Takes Off”; “New Sightings Put AF on Spot,” UFO Investigator 3, no. 1 (March/April 1965): 4; UFOEv II 156
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_3862

Event 24724 (BD1CD43C)

Date: 1/27/1965
Description: 11:15 p.m. Donald Keyhoe and NICAP board member Joseph Bryan III appear on the Les Crane Show and are questioned skeptically by Crane.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Donald E. Keyhoe, “The Crane Show Fiasco,” UFO Investigator 3, no. 1 (March/April 1965): 6
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_3863

Event 24725 (64040E77)

Date: 1/28/1965
Location: USA, Staunton, Virginia
Description: (Translated from French) A young man went to the police to say that he and his friends had encountered three little space men and that one of his friends had taken a photo to prove it. The boy, Steven, said that they were seven in a car driving to Brand Flats when they saw someone coming out of a field towards the road, seeming to examine the cars that passed by. Remembering stories of flying saucers in the area, he stopped the car. They got out and tried to catch the entity that ran away up the hill. It was on the hill that two other entities appeared. They ran much faster than the boys. They were about 1.2 meters tall and were covered in a one-piece silver-colored tight suit. In the field there were no footprints of the strangers. The police sent 10 men, including a photographer, to investigate. After an hour, having found no evidence, the police left, but the young man stayed on the spot with the photographer. That’s how they found a small shiny aluminum shed where they entered. At that moment they had the impression that the shed was lifted and they quickly left, but Wilson managed to photograph it as it rose. In the light of the flash, Wilson saw one of the little men standing next to the shed. [Note from Vog: All these stories from the cited source seem abracadabrant to me… because here, the young man initially claims that one of his friends has already taken a photo, while in the story, it is the photographer sent by the police who takes one…]
Reference: APRG, on the Internet in May 1997
Reference: Mini catalogue chronologique des observations OVNI, by Godelieve Van Overmeire
Source: Overmeire, ID: Overmeire_2306

Event 24726 (82C3695A)

Date: 1/28/1965
Description: (Translated from French) The NASA explains the 4 disc-shaped objects observed escorting the launch of Gemini 10 months prior: The objects, observed and detected around GT-1 put into orbit by a Titan II launcher on April 8 1964, are pieces of the structure during the launcher-capsule separation. (January 28)
Reference: rr0 - Beau
Source: rr0, ID: rr0_2093

Event 24727 (5FB43898)

Date: 1/28/1965
Location: Various Locations, AK
Description: (McDonald list) Tear Drop Shaped Object Tracked on Radar (NICAP: 09 - RADAR Cases, Code: R, Rating: 5, BB: BBU)
Reference: NICAP: 650128
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_2778

Event 24728 (9DC95F63)

Date: 1/29/1965
Location: MONTEREY, CA
Description: Mayor and family. Vibrant bright object does acrobatics. Rises and drops. Submerges?
Type: sighting
Reference: SANDERSON, Ivan: INVISIBLE RESIDENTS; World Publishing HB 1970 & Avon Books PB 1973 (Index 42)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_7102

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

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “10”, Duration: “15”, Elev: “12”, HatchDesc: “MONTEREY,CA:MAYOR+FAMILY:VBRITE OBJ DOES ACROBATICS:RISES+DROPS:SUBMERGES?”, LatLong: “36.600002 -121.883339”, LatLongDMS: “36:36:00 N 121:53:00 W”, Locale: “Coastlands”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “California”, Strangeness: “8”

Event 24729 (69B6E2B2)

Date: 1/29/1965
Location: 37.0000 -116.0000
Description: Nuclear test: Underground, confirmed. Country: USA Name: “Tern” 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_395

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: “Tern”, NukeSource: “NV209”, NukeType: “NUCU”, NukeYMax: “20”

Event 24730 (AF8AA9A3)

Date: 1/29/1965
Location: Monterey, California
Description: In Monterey, California, Mayor George Clemens and his family see a bright light performing acrobatics in the northern sky. It hovers, then shoots straight up about 500 feet, fades, drops down, and hovers again. Then it drops toward the water and disappears. The Coast Guard finds nothing.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Sanderson, InvRes, p. 50
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_3864

Event 24731 (19C8C651)

Date: 1/30/1965
Location: USA, Watsonville, California
Description: (Translated from French) Sid Roderick, 45, had an encounter with a nine-person space crew and took a ride in a flying saucer. It was perched on the side of the hill less than 10 minutes from Roderick’s home. It was about 2 o’clock in the morning when the event occurred, during one of his usual night walks. He heard a faint buzzing and saw the ship. After landing, a voice coming from the object assured Roderick of the friendly intentions of the visitors. Then, a character called Ziena emerged through a door at ground level. Roderick was invited inside, which was at least two stories high. There were 14 rooms, and the crew, of perfectly human appearance, wore an elegant blue-white outfit. Inside the ship the light was also bluish-white. The character Ziena spoke English. Among themselves, the other members communicated through facial expressions and gestures. Roderick received a message of peace with a religious aspect…
Reference: APRG, on the Internet in May 1997
Reference: Mini catalogue chronologique des observations OVNI, by Godelieve Van Overmeire
Source: Overmeire, ID: Overmeire_2307

Event 24732 (55CE7E0B)

Date: 1/30/1965
Time: ~02:00
Location: MANRESA BEACH, CA
Description: 70’ saucer. Observer(s) taken / ride. Long talk with 8 pseudo-human/entity! / r211p44+/ r249p364.
Type: sighting
Reference: GOOD, Timothy: ABOVE TOP SECRET; Sidgewick & Jackson, London 1987 & Quill Books, 1988. 592pp. (Index 293)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_7103

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CST: Observer(s) in coastal area/just offshore, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, HOX: Suspicion of hoax, CNT: Contactee related, SCR: Classic saucer/disk/sphere shaped UFO, PSH: Pseudo-human: Clone/organic robot/human-like, OBS: Observation/chasing vehicles, CVS: Conversation/communication, HUM: Humans affected: Injury/burns/marks/abduction/death, LND: UFO landing or any part touches ground, MIL: Military investigation

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “4”, Duration: “15”, Elev: “3”, HatchDesc: “MANRESA BEACH,CA:70’SCR:OBS TAKEN/RIDE:LONG TALK W/8 PSH!:/r211p44+/r249p364”, LatLong: “36.905557 -121.833339”, LatLongDMS: “36:54:20 N 121:50:00 W”, Locale: “Coastlands”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “California”, Strangeness: “13”

Event 24733 (41DCC524)

Date: 1/30/1965
Location: Newport News, VA
Description: Triangular Object With No Sound (NICAP: 01 - Distant Encounters, Code: D, Rating: 5)
Reference: NICAP: 650130
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_2779

Event 24734 (00240472)

Date: 1/30/1965
Locations: Manresa Beach; Watsonville, California; Hamilton AFB
Description: 2:00 a.m. TV repairman Sid Padrick is walking along Manresa Beach near his home in Watsonville, California. He hears a jet-like noise and sees a huge UFO moving slowly towards him. He hears a voice saying, “We are not hostile,” and inviting him aboard. He enters the craft and sees a human in a flying suit who calls himself “Xeno” and gives Padrick a tour of the ship and other crew members that culminates in a deeply spiritual experience. Padrick reports his experience to Hamilton AFB [now closed] on February 4 and receives a 3-hour visit from Maj. Damon B. Reeder on February 8, and perhaps other officers after that.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Jerome Clark, “Two New Contact Claims,” Flying Saucer Review 11, no. 3 (May/June 1965): 20–21; Clark III 869–871; Good Above, pp. 293–298; Good Need, pp. 247–251; Lorenzen, Encounters with UFO Occupants, Berkley Medallion, 1976; “Contactee Loses Court Case,” UFO Investigator, April 1971, p. 1; Patrick Gross, URECAT, August 19, 2008; Marcus Lowth, “Sidney Padrick’s California Beach Encounter with ‘Xeno,’” UFO Insight, October 12, 2017; Curt Collins, “1965: UFO Contact in California,” The Saucers That Time Forgot, December 30, 2021
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_3865

Event 24735 (BD21A2F0)

Date: 1/30/1965
Description: Sid Padrick, age 52, was walking on the beach in Manresa Beach, Santa Cruz County, California just before 2.00 a.m. when he heard a sound and saw a large dark disc-shaped object that approached from the Pacific Ocean. He started to run from it, but heard a voice frpm it saying, “Do not be frightened, we are not hostile.” It descended to within two feet of the beach. Mr. Padrick was invited by the voice to come onboard, which he did. The UFO, which bore no lights, was shaped like a 50 foot sphere with top and bottom cut off, and surrounded by a horizontal flange. The witness entered through a brilliantly lit antechamber, and was met by a young man dressed in a tight fitting, bluish white two piece uniform, continuous with the boots. The UFO occupant identified himself as “Zeeno” and said that he came from a planet invisible to us, as it is always behind one of the planets we can see. He further explained that their society had no sickness, vice or crime. Padrick saw on a TV screen another such vessel, identified as their “navigating craft.” He was taken for a ride to a spot in the mountains and brought back to the beach after two hours.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: Major Damon B. Reeder, U.S. Air Force for Project Blue Book; David F. Webb & Ted Bloecher, HUMCAT: Catalogue of Humanoid Reports, case # 1965-10 (A0620), citing Paul Cerny; John Keel, Operation Trojan Horse, p. 228; George D. Fawcett, Flying Saucers, August 1965, p. 58 & October 1966, p. 30
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_601

Event 24736 (DE86782B)

Date: 1/30/1965
Description: A triangular UFO was spotted about 8:30 p.m. by Chad Rayfeld, a 17-year-old high school senior, and several friends in Newport News, Virginia. They estimated it was three times bigger than an automobile, very bright, and moving fast across the James River in the direction of Richmond. At the base of the triangle was an orange light with a white light at the leading apex. The triangle made no noise, and was visible for about 20 minutes.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: Newport News (VA) Daily Press, January 31, 1965; Project Blue Book files; J. Allen Hynek personal case files
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_602

Event 24737 (3BCD9508)

Date: 1/31/1965
Time: 18:20
Location: RENTON TO/FROM KENT, WA
Description: Several / car. 2 saucers hover / high-tension lines. Seem connected. / r111p248.
Type: sighting
Reference: The APRO BULLETIN: Monthly. Jim & Coral Lorenzen: Tucson,AZ (USA. defunct) By volume and number. (Index 785)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_7104

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

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “9”, Duration: “3”, Elev: “10”, HatchDesc: “RENTON><KENT,WA:SVRL/CAR:2 SCRS HVR/HI-TENSION LINES:SEEM CONNECTED:/r111p248”, LatLong: “47.416669 -122.233339”, LatLongDMS: “47:25:00 N 122:14:00 W”, Locale: “Pasture”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, RelAlt: “30”, State/Prov: “Washington”, Strangeness: “7”

Event 24738 (659D9552)

Date: 1/31/1965
Description: At 6:15 p.m. three men sighted two discs hovering over some high-tension power lines between Kent and Renton, Washington. The UFOs appeared to be connected to each other.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: Coral E. Lorenzen, Flying Saucers: The Startling Evidence of the Invasion from Outer Space, p. 248; J. Allen Hynek, The UFO Experience, p. 248; APRO Bulletin, May-June 1965
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_636

Event 24739 (02D7046B)

Date: 1/31/1965
Description: On the same night a group of people in Torrent, Argentina in the province of Corrientes saw a craft land and five tall, “Cyclops” beings (i.e. creatures with only one eye in the middle of their foreheads) emerge. The creatures entered a house and reportedly attempted to abduct a local man, but were driven off.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: Phenomenes Spatiaux, June 1965, David F. Webb & Ted Bloecher, HUMCAT: Catalogue of Humanoid Reports, case A0621; Thomas E. Bullard, UFO Abductions: The Measure of a Mystery, case 263
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_637

Event 24740 (2737FF98)

Date: 2/1965
Location: USA
Description: (Translated from French) The americans launched a large quantity of small devices, the “LES 1” of February 1965 (to test the vulnerability of satellites to space aggression).
Reference: “The War of Satellites” - Volume 3 - Pierre Kohler, ed. Famot 1982, p. 93
Reference: Mini catalogue chronologique des observations OVNI, by Godelieve Van Overmeire
Source: Overmeire, ID: Overmeire_2309

Event 24741 (09D08DF5)

Date: 2/1965
Location: Mourenx, Pyrénées-Atlantiques, France
Description: George Langelaan, ex-secret service officer and author of the short story “The Fly,” gives a lecture at Mourenx, Pyrénées-Atlantiques, France, and declares that the Russian and US secret services have collaborated on the UFO problem and concluded that the objects are extraterrestrial.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Good Above, p. 133
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_3866

Event 24742 (391228A5)

Date: 2/1/1965
Location: Tallahassee, FL
Description: Saucer With Domed Top / Humming Sound / 32-40 Witnesses (NICAP: 02 - Close Encounters, Code: C, Rating: 5, BB: BB)
Reference: NICAP: 650201
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_2780

Event 24743 (80DF1887)

Date: Early 2/1965
Location: ARGENTINA, Torrent (Corrientes)
Description: (Translated from French) First week. One night a resident asked his neighbors to come out and observe five luminous objects flying over the area. Then, a transparent craft landed and from it emerged five “Martians” about 2 meters tall, each with a single eye in the center of their forehead. On their heads were instruments emitting flashes of different colors. They entered a farm and tried to seize a man, but retreated in the face of the determined attitude of the villagers and fled. On February 6th they returned and were seen by many people. Once again they tried to seize a man and failed. He escaped and raised the alarm. The villagers came out in force and fired shots at the “Martians” but apparently to no effect. (1965, Early February)
Reference: Charles BOWEN: “In Search of Humanoids” - J’ai Lu 974, p. 133
Reference: Mini catalogue chronologique des observations OVNI, by Godelieve Van Overmeire
Source: Overmeire, ID: Overmeire_2310

Event 24744 (F605C30B)

Date: 2/2/1965
Location: PACIFIC 174° 15-35° 45N
Description: Airborne military observer(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 76)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_7105

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

Extra Data: Country: “Pacific Ocean and non - Asian islands”, Credibility: “7”, Duration: “1”, Elev: “0”, HatchDesc: “PACIFIC 174°15-35°45N:AIRBORNE MIL OBS:NFD at all”, LatLong: “35.750002 -174.250008”, LatLongDMS: “35:45:00 N 174:15:00 W”, Locale: “Metropolis”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “NPC”, Strangeness: “5”

Event 24745 (5121F9F5)

Date: 2/2/1965
Location: VA, DC, MD, various
Description: Airborne & Ground Sightings, Radar Track (NICAP: 09 - RADAR Cases, Code: R, Rating: 5)
Reference: NICAP: 650202
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_2781

Event 24746 (5BE87AF6)

Date: 2/3/1965
Time: 20:50
Location: SOUTHEAST / BRIGHTON, NZ
Description: Several separate observer(s). 7M saucer rises / beach. Grass flattened. / Flying Saucer Review (FSR) v16#6+/ r8.
Type: sighting
Reference: HALL, Richard: The UFO Evidence II: HB: Scarecrow Press Lanham, MD. http://www.scarecrowpress.com ISBN 0-8108-3881-8 (Index 262)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_7106

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), DRT: Dirt/soil traces/marks/footprints etc., VEG: Plants affected or sampled/crop circles, ANI: Animals affected or injuries/marks, LND: UFO landing or any part touches ground, TRC: Physical traces

Extra Data: Country: “New Zealand”, Credibility: “6”, Duration: “5”, HatchDesc: “SE/BRIGHTON,NZ:SVRL SEP.OBS:7M SCR RISES/BEACH:GRASS FLATTENED:/FSR v16#6+/r8”, LatLong: “-46.066669 170.400008”, LatLongDMS: “46:04:00 S 170:24:00 E”, Locale: “Coastlands”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “SI”, Strangeness: “7”

Event 24747 (41FCA715)

Date: 2/3/1965
Time: 2045
Location: South Brighton, New Zealand
Description: A man saw a light on the beach near Penguin Street and got out of his car to observe it. He then heard a modulated whistling sound and saw an object, 7 m wide, rise from the beach to an altitude of about 20 m. He came back to the site with other persons, and a dog that became restless at a spot where grass was found flattened. Another witness, driving near Humphrey Ave., saw the object as it rose over South Brighton.
Type: ufo sighting
Reference: 149 (Vallee)
Source: ValléeMagonia, ID: Magonia_635

Event 24748 (4E0A15A5)

Date: 2/3/1965
Locations: Penguin Street; South New Brighton; New Zealand
Description: 8:45 p.m. A man sees a light on the beach near Penguin Street, South New Brighton, New Zealand, and gets out of his car to observe it. He hears a modulated whistling sound and sees an object, 22 feet wide, rise from the beach to an altitude of 60 feet. He returns with other witnesses and a dog that gets restless at a spot where grass is flattened. Another witness sees the UFO as it is rising above the suburb.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Vallée, Magonia, p. 305
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_3867

Event 24749 (1E0507ED)

Date: 2/3/1965
Description: At 10:45 p.m. several people witnessed a large, seven-meter diameter disc-shaped UFO ascend from the beach in South Brighton, New Zealand. It emitted a whistling noise as it rose up, and dogs in the area behaved in a highly agitated manner. Flattened dune grass was discovered at the landing site.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: Gordon I. R. Lore, Jr., Strange Effects from UFOs, p. 69; Jacque Vallee, Passport to Magonia: A Century of Landings, case 635, citing the Press Evening Post, February 4, 1965; Richard H. Hall, The UFO Evidence, Volume 2: A Thirty Year Report, p. 262
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_678

Event 24750 (7D7FB702)

Date: 2/4/1965 (approximate)
Location: TORRENT AND SANTO TOME, ARG
Description: Several report(s) / different dates. 2M 1-eye monster(s) / saucer try abductions. / r8#636.
Type: sighting
Reference: BOWEN, Charles (ed.) The HUMANOIDS: HB Henry Regnery, Chicago 1969. 256pp. PB 1977 Futura, London (Index 109)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_7107

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, MON: Monster: Life form fits no category, ABD: Human or animal abduction, HUM: Humans affected: Injury/burns/marks/abduction/death, LND: UFO landing or any part touches ground

Extra Data: Country: “Argentina”, Credibility: “5”, Duration: “112”, Elev: “56”, HatchDesc: “TORRENT+SANTO TOME,ARG:SVRL RPTs/diff dates:2M 1-EYE MONS/SCR TRY ABDs:/r8#636”, LatLong: “-28.833335 -56.477780”, LatLongDMS: “28:50:00 S 56:28:40 W”, Locale: “Farmlands”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “CRD”, Strangeness: “10”

Event 24751 (2064ABB4)

Date: 2/4/1965
Location: Torrent, Argentina
Description: Several persons observed five luminous objects in flight. A transparent craft landed, and five creatures, about 2 m high, with one eye on the forehead and flashing helmets, emerged and tried to abduct a villager. Approximate date.
Type: ufo sighting
Reference: Humanoids 39 (Vallee)
Source: ValléeMagonia, ID: Magonia_636

Event 24752 (D2719CA9)

Date: 2/4/1965
Time: 15:30:00.1
Location: 37.1308 -116.0616
Description: Nuclear test: Underground, confirmed. Country: USA Name: “Cashmere” 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_396

Extra Data: LatLong: “37.1308 -116.0616”, LatLongDMS: “37:07:51 N 116:03:42 W”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, NukeCountry: “USA”, NukeDepth: “0.23”, NukeName: “Cashmere”, NukeSource: “SPRINGER”, NukeType: “NUCU”, NukeYMax: “20”

Event 24753 (B631C29A)

Date: 2/4/1965
Time: 06:00:00.0
Location: 49.7731 77.9914
Description: Nuclear test: Underground, confirmed. Country: USSR Yield: .001KT 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_1263

Extra Data: LatLong: “49.7731 77.9914”, LatLongDMS: “49:46:23 N 77:59:29 E”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, NukeCountry: “USSR”, NukeDepth: “0.00”, NukeSource: “KRR”, NukeType: “NUCS”, NukeY: “.001”, NukeYMax: “20”

Event 24754 (7774125D)

Date: 2/4/1965
Description: On or about this date several people in Torrent, Corrientes province, Argentina observed five luminous objects in flight at night. A transparent craft landed, and five creatures about two meters high, with one eye in the forehead and flashing helmets, emerged and tried to abduct one of the villagers.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: Jacques Vallee, Passport to Magonia: A Century of Landings, case # 636; citing Charles Bowen, FSR Special Issue # 1: The Humanoids, p. 39
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_689

Event 24755 (734704DD)

Date: 2/11/1965
Location: Pacific Ocean
Description: Personal Interview report by Capt. D.M. (initials): Aerial encounter of three UFOs with radar and visual sightings. Air Force flight F-169 en route from Anchorage, AL, to Japan. Capt. R.W. (initials) and Capt. W.(initial) observed 3 UFOs on radar 5 miles off the wing. The UFOs paced the Flying Tiger freighter aircraft for 30 minutes then climbed away at a steep angle at about 1200 knots ground speed. Estimated size (thumb and finger method) approx. 200 to 1000 ft. diam., glowing red and oval shaped. The pilot remarked, “we often see UFOs on the Alaskan run!”
Type: ufo sighting
Reference: Pea Research
Source: Maj2, ID: Maj2_626

Event 24756 (1B142E1A)

Date: 2/11/1965
Location: North Pacific Ocean
Description: F-169 paced by three huge objects; radar/visual; extreme speed.
Type: ufo sighting
Reference: UFOs and the National Security State: Chronology of a Cover-up, 1941–1973, by Richard Dolan
Source: Dolan, ID: Dolan_256

Event 24757 (8F0D5B6D)

Date: 2/11/1965
Location: EAST / HOKKAIDO, JP
Description: Air Force man / flying tiger airline(s)/airliner. 3 1000’ saucers / RADAR’s. / r47p155+/ r41p57.
Type: sighting
Reference: UFO INVESTIGATOR: NICAP: Kensington, MD & Washington, DC [defunct]. University Microfilms, Ann Arbor, MI 48106 (Index 38)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_7108

Attributes: SEA: Observer(s) at sea, AIR: Observer(s) on aircraft, MIL: Observer(s) military, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, HQO: High-quality observer(s), SCR: Classic saucer/disk/sphere shaped UFO, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), RDR: Radar traces/blips, TCH: New technical details/clues

Extra Data: Country: “Pacific Ocean and non - Asian islands”, Credibility: “10”, Duration: “10”, Elev: “0”, HatchDesc: “E/HOKKAIDO,JP:AF MAN/FLYING TIGER AL:3 1000’ SCRS/RDRS:/r47p155+/r41p57”, LatLong: “42.500002 165.000008”, LatLongDMS: “42:30:00 N 165:00:00 E”, Locale: “Islands”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “ALU”, Strangeness: “8”

Event 24758 (C5C9BE55)

Date: 2/11/1965
Time: 19:40
Location: BOULDER, CO
Description: 1 / college. 6 white footballs going north in formation. Odd wings… no tails. 2 / odd maneuvers.
Type: sighting
Reference: The APRO BULLETIN: Monthly. Jim & Coral Lorenzen: Tucson,AZ (USA. defunct) By volume and number. (Index 787)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_7109

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), CMF: Camouflage/disguise

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “6”, Duration: “1”, Elev: “1629”, HatchDesc: “BOULDER,CO:1/COLLEGE:6 WHT FOOTBALLS >N/FORMn:ODD WINGS…NO TAILS:2/ODD MNVRS”, LatLong: “40.033335 -105.283338”, LatLongDMS: “40:02:00 N 105:17:00 W”, Locale: “Town & City”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Colorado”, Strangeness: “5”

Event 24759 (7A790013)

Date: 2/11/1965
Location: Bt. Anchorage, Alaska & Tachikawa Air Base, Japan
Description: Radar/Visual Over Pacific Ocean (NICAP: 09 - RADAR Cases, Code: R, Rating: 5)
Reference: NICAP: 650211
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_2782

Event 24760 (CECAE4E3)

Date: 2/11/1965
Location: Pacific Ocean, At Sea
Description: 3 ovals pace Flying Tiger crew (radar) (NICAP: 11 - Aviation Cases)
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_2783

Event 24761 (09D6F4A3)

Date: 2/11/1965
Location: Pacific Ocean
Description: Flying Tiger aircrew observed three red oval objects, tracked on airborne radar. Paced aircraft for 30 minutes, departed upward at high speed
Type: sighting
Reference: The UFO Evidence by Richard H. Hall
Source: HallUFOEvidence2, ID: HallUFOE2_35

Event 24762 (8E302B99)

Date: 2/11/1965
Alternate date: 2/15/1965
Locations: Anchorage, Alaska; Tachikawa Airfield, Tokyo, Japan
Description: Night. A Flying Tiger Line cargo aircraft (Flight F-169) en route from Anchorage, Alaska, to Tachikawa Airfield, Tokyo, Japan, encounters three gigantic, glowing, red UFOs, at least 200 feet in diameter, about 4 hours out of Anchorage. The aircraft radar also picks them up about 5 miles off the wing. They pace the plane for 30 minutes, then speed away at 1,380 mph.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: NICAP, “Radar/Visual over Pacific Ocean”; Richard H. Hall, Uninvited Guests, Aurora, 1988, pp. 249–250; Keyhoe, Aliens from Space, Signet ed., 1974, pp. 128–129
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_3868

Event 24763 (E3F7955F)

Date: 2/11/1965
Locations: The Pentagon; Richmond, Virginia
Description: The Pentagon sends Blue Book chief Maj. Hector Quintanilla to Richmond, Virginia, on a debunking tour. Stressing delusions and hoaxes, he tells reporters that not a single UFO report is genuine. His press conference display includes false UFO photos and fake debris. “I am a facts man,” Quintanilla says. “I cannot explain why people want to see UFOs.”
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: “AF Misleads Senator,” UFO Investigator 3, no. 2 (May/June 1965): 4
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_3869

Event 24764 (EE1F4E93)

Date: 2/11/1965
Description: On this day three very large red oval objects were visible out of the cabin window of a Flying Tiger Airlines cargo plane flying over the North Pacific between Anchorage, Alaska and Tachikawa AFB, Japan. The UFOs paced the aircraft for 30 minutes. They were estimated to be from 200 feet to 1000 feet in diameter, at a distance of five miles. They were tracked on airborne radar making a high speed vertical ascent at extreme speed.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: NICAP UFO Investigator, May 1965, p. 1; Gordon I. R. Lore, Jr., UFOs: A New Look, p. 6; Richard Hall, The UFO Evidence, Volume II: A Thirty-Year Report, pp. 3, 76, 117, 242, & 249; Richard Dolan, UFO’s and the National Security State: Chronology of a Cover-up 1941-1973, p. 412
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_822

Event 24765 (096E1352)

Date: 2/12/1965
Time: 15:10:29.5
Location: 37.1645 -116.0766
Description: Nuclear test: Underground, confirmed. Country: USA Name: “Alpaca” Yield: .33KT
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_397

Extra Data: LatLong: “37.1645 -116.0766”, LatLongDMS: “37:09:52 N 116:04:36 W”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, **