150
Date
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Location
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Description
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2-13-57
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Burbank, California
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Several oval UFOs observed maneuvering over city at various times on night of February 13/14.Police officer said UFOs would dart across sky, hover briefly, then speed away. Woman reported oval object emitting light beams; "then it went straight up and disappeared."
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10-8-57
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Fiji Islands
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Circular UFO which descended and hovered low over water seen from separate locations by minister, natives; natives reported figure of man on object, blinding light; then UFO shot straight up and disappeared.
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10-23-57
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Kent, England
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White disc dropped through cloud cover on edge, hovered just
under clouds; shot north still on edge, then tilted (showing as a
relatively thin line) and climbed rapidly into clouds.
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11-2-57
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Near Seminole, New Mexico
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Lights seen on road ahead of car; motor stalled and headlights
failed as driver neared object; then lights suddenly rose into sky
and sped away. [Other similar cases in November 1957; see
Chronology this section]
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11-6-57
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Marion, Indiana
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Cigar-shaped UFO with string of bright lights; hovered, then moved away at high speed.
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12-16-57
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Old Saybrook, Connecticut
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Elliptical UFO with four square "ports" hovered just above ground, then began moving, accelerating rapidly to east. Witness reported seeing forms of two robot-like figures through "ports.
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5-5-58
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San Carlos, Uruguay
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Disc-like UFO approached plane, hovered; as pilot tried to close
on object, it darted away east toward the sea. [Section X]
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8-24-58
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Westwood, New Jersey
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Police saw glowing orange circular UFO; first motionless, then
moved east rapidly, disappearing in seconds. [Section VII]
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10-7-58
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Nantucket, Mass.
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From ship's log: Unknown object "remained stationary for a minute or more, then shot up and away to the northeast and disappeared out of sight at a rapid rate of speed." [Section VII]
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10-26-58
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Baltimore, Maryland
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Egg-shaped UFO hovered above bridge; suddenly shot straight up into sky making explosive sound.
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11-5-58
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Conway, New Hampshire
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Bright light like "red beacon" hovered in sky for about 15 minutes; then accelerated and sped away.
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12-20-58
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Dunellen, New Jersey
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Police saw bright red elliptical UFO approach from west, hover;
zoom "straight up like a shot." [Section I]
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1-1-59
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Newport Beach, California
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Round, rotating UFO (or four close together) hovered, then split into four UFOs, two of which rose vertically at extreme speed. Another headed southeast and fourth remained stationary.
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1-8-59
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Near Walworth, Wisconsin
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Round UFO descended slowly; suddenly sped off on a horizontal path at high speed, trailing sparks.[ Section V]
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4-12-59
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Montreal, Canada
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Reddish UFO hovered over air base for several minutes, darted
away to north.[ Section X]
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5-14-59
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Des Moines, Iowa
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UFO hovered, later streaked away.[3]
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6-3-59
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Near Bloomington, Indiana
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Bright torpedo-shaped UFO hovered at angle for 6 to 8 minutes,
dove toward earth disappearing below horizon.
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8-24-59
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Near Emmetsburg, Maryland
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Brilliant white, planet-like UFO hovered over 2 minutes; took off straight up at terrific speed.
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9-7-59
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Wallingford, Kentucky
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Disc-like UFO hovered low over ground; rose abruptly, sped away horizontally.
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9-24-59
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Redmond, Oregon
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Disc, observed by police officer, descended, hovered several
minutes, shifted abruptly to new position; spouted "flames" from underside and rose quickly into scattered clouds. [Section V]
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4-25-60
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Plymouth, New Hampshire
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Bright red, cigar-shaped UFO with vertical bands of light
hovered in eastern sky; suddenly moved south at high speed,
lighting tree branches as it passed. [Section VII]
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7-1-60
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Near Leefe, Wyoming
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Disc approached from south, hovered over slag dump, ascended
and took off to south at "tremendous speed."
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7-2-60
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Near Maiquetia, Venezuela
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Luminous UFO paralleled Venezuelan Airlines Super-Constellation for 20 minutes, suddenly shot away at terrific speed. [Section X]
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9-28-60
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Arlington, Texas
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Star-like UFO, moved slowly relative to stars; suddenly sped
away horizontally. [Section V]
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10-3-60
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Cressy, Australia
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Gray, cigar-shaped UFO with vertical bands (5 to 6 satellite objects associated) hovered just below cloud cover, rose rapidly into clouds. [Section II]
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2-7-61
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Kennebunkport, Maine
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Bright red, dome-shaped UFO hovered for two minutes; suddenly accelerated, disappearing swiftly in east. [Section VII]
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4-9-61
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Kingsville, Texas
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Round, bright red UFO descended rapidly through overcast,
hovered for a few minutes; emitted black "smoke" and sped off
to southeast disappearing in overcast.
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9-13-61
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Crawfordsville, Indiana
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Round, orange UFO approached rapidly, stopped and hovered
for 5 minutes; light internally increased, UFO accelerated and
rapidly sped away.
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10-2-61
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Salt Lake City, Utah
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Disc hovered; as plane approached, object rose quickly like
elevator, moved away, hovered again; finally moved up and shot
away to west at "extremely accelerated speed." [Section I]
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10-12-61
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Indianapolis, Indiana
|
Spherical UFO with row of lights like ports, hovered, spiraled
upward, hovered, sped away to south.
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2-9-62
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Bedfordshire, England
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Disc with black markings like "portholes or air vents" hovered
above road, moved slowly ahead of car; glow appeared around
object, it "veered" to right and took off at high speed. [Section VIII]
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151
Date
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Location
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Description
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5-18-02
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Ft. Lauderdale, Florida
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Cigar-shaped UFO hovered, began moving slowly southwest,
changed direction and flashed away to west. [Section VII]
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9-15-62
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Oradell, New Jersey
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Disc-shaped UFO darted back and forth, touched down on
reservoir; moments later took off at high speed.
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9-21-62
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Hawthorne, New Jersey
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Circular UFO (apparently a disc) hovered, began moving when
spotlight shone at it, sped away rapidly.
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Over 60% of the UFOs which maneuvered in this manner, therefore, were the typical circular and oval objects so often described in UFO reports.
A disc can present either a perfectly circular outline or, if viewed from an angle, an oval or roughly elliptical outline. Assuming that a certain percentage of the UFOs reported as round or elliptical/oval actually were discs viewed from an angle, we have from 35% minimum to 66% maximum dise-shaped objects.
At any rate, objects described as disc-shaped or round constitute 55% of the cases.
C. FLIGHT CHARACTERISTICS
(1) Study of Color Changes Related to Motion
A special study was made of cases in which UFOs reportedly changed color during flight. A sample of 82 color change cases was accumulated. In addition, 25 cases of change in luminosity or brightness (some overlapping the color changes) were singled out for examination. Could any pattern be discovered relating these changes to the motion or maneuvers of UFOs?
No attempt was made to discover what relation might exist between type or shape of UFO and color patterns. The large majority of color change cases occurred at night, when the UFOs mostly appeared as light sources only.
(*) The colors observed during acceleration were isolated. (*) Shifts of color toward the red and violet ends of the spectrum were studied in relation to hovering, acceleration, etc. (*) Cases in which white, or dark (absence of color) constituted one predominating color were examined as a class. (*) Luminosity changes were similarly analyzed.
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Red Orange Yellow Green Blue Indigo Violet
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Color Spectrum
Results:
Though it is admittedly a small sample and may not be significant, the 25 cases of luminosity change yielded the most promising pattern. In all except two cases, the luminosity change occurred during acceleration or direction change. (The sequence of events was not clear in one exception. The UFO flared up brilliantly sometime during the observation, as it moved back and forth at low altitude.)
In 18 cases the luminosity increased with acceleration. (In two of these cases, the opposite was also observed: dimming during deceleration.)
In 2 additional cases (for a total of 4) decrease of luminosity was observed. (One occurred as the UFO made a turn; dimming caused window-like lights to become visible on object. One occurred just before hovering luminous sphere accelerated and sped away; lower hemisphere dimmed.)
In 3 cases, pulsating or blinking lights were observed. (One, pursued by an aircraft, sped up and the light became steady. One pulsated from bright to dim twice while hovering. One pulsated more brightly as it began a series of erratic maneuvers.)
Acceleration & Color
A secondary pattern, more difficult to assess because of in exact descriptions in many sightings, is suggested by the data. Careful interrogation of witnesses on this point in future sightings (or appropriate tracking instrumentation) would provide a test of it.
Hypothesis: That the colors of UFOs which undergo change during acceleration shift toward the red end of the spectrum.
From the original sample of 82 cases, it could be determined that in a minimum of 23 cases (28%), the color change occurred during - and seemed to be associated with - acceleration. These cases were broken down into three categories:
(a) Change from one specific color to another (10 cases). In 9 out of 10 cases the color shift was toward red, (7 shifting to red, 2 to amber). The remaining case was a red UFO which gave off a green flash of light while changing direction, but not changing to that color.
(b) Change, specific color to or from white (10 cases). In all 10 cases the color shifted white to or from red/orange (5 each way).
(c) Change, specific color to or from dark (3 cases). In all 3 cases the color shifted dark to or from red/orange (2 from dark to red/orange, 1 from orange to dark).
In 21 of the 23 color change cases related to acceleration, red/ orange was either the first or last color observed in the sequence. In two cases, the color shifted to red, then back toward the violet end of the spectrum, to blue or green.
The only other conclusion of possible significance is that the data (primarily U. S. cases) failed to verify the prediction of Lt. Plantier's theory reported by Aime Michel, that UFOs should give off green luminescence during sharp turns. [4]
Only one confirming instance of this was found.
(2) Oscillation
a. Wobble on Axis
A regular feature of UFOs, observed periodically since the first U.S reports, is the tendency of the objects to wobble much as a spinning top does when it begins to slow down. The sample of 35 cases in this chart is not the result of an exhaustive search; no doubt, there are many more. However, it was impractical to search the thousands of UFO reports on record for this one feature without use of an expensive punchcard system. In the listed eases, the following points stand out:
* The UFOs which show this feature, with few exceptions, are disc-shaped.
* The wobble does not necessarily occur only during hovering or slow flight.
* With few exceptions, the observations of this feature occurred during relatively close-range sightings in daylight.
Date
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Location
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Description
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6-23-47
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Cedar Rapids, Iowa
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10 shiny discs "fluttering along in a string."
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7-6-47
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Fairfield-Suisan AFB, California
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USAF pilot saw UFO "oscillating on lateral axis."
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7-8-47
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Rogers Dry Lake, California
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Round, metallic UFO; "rotation or slow oscillation" while moving slowly. [Section II]
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7-10-47
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Southern New Mexico
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Elliptical UFO sighted by astronomer "wobbled" while moving. [Section II]
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7-12-47
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Utah Lake, Utah
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Group of discs fluttered and stabilized alternatively.
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Summer 1948
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Erie, Pennsylvania
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Disc wobbled while flying straight course; (accelerated and climbed away). [Section VI]
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7-26-49
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Mitchell, Nebraska
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Saucer-shaped UFO whirling, "occasionally tipping."
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4-9-50
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Shelby, North Carolina
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Round, aluminum-like UFO wobbled along on course for 3 minutes, then shot straight up.
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152
Date
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Location
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Description
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10-51
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Anderson, Indiana
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Large group of discs individually tilted back and forth in unison.
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3-29-52
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Misawa, Japan
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USAF pilot observed small disc near plane which fluttered, "rocked back and forth in 40-degree banks" while moving slowly. [Section I]
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4-5-52
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Hensley AFB, Texas
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Circular, metallic object moving at high speed, "wobbled" in flight.
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4-17-52
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Cassopolis, Michigan
|
Oval-shaped UFO moving at high speed with "wobbling motion."
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5-13-52
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Greenville, South Carolina
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Several oval-shaped UFOs in diamond formation "wobbled in flight." [5]
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8-1-52
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Sharonville, Ohio
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Brilliant, milk-white disc flying slowly, with "tendency to wobble."
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8-14-52
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Coral Gables, Florida
|
Bright white luminous object with orange ring, hovered; wobbled back and forth every few seconds.
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9-9-52
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Portland, Oregon
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Two oval or disc-shaped UFOs hovering; one wobbled.
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9-20-52
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Topcliffe, England
|
Silver disc rotated and wobbled. [Operation Mainbrace
Chronology, this section]
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9-9-54
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Nelson, New England
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Three discs hovered, wobbled, rose at high speed.
[Section VIII; Photographs]
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3-2-55
|
Tucson, Arizona
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Elongated UFO passed overhead with "loping or rocking motion."
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3-28-55
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Joseph City, Arizona
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Large group of UFOs maneuvering like jets in a dogfight, split up, began moving with "strange fluttering motion."
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7-26-55
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Washington, D.C.
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Round UFO approached airport, hovered, and oscillated before speeding away.
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3-20-56
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Washington, D.C.
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Three discs, silvery-white; tilted in "wobbling" motion, moved up and down.
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7-56
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Washington, D.C.
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Three discs, one with "a pronounced wobble," leaving visible trails and flying "in definite formation."
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7-14-56
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Arlington, Virginia
|
Amateur astronomers watched object larger than stars or planets for four minutes; object had "wobbling motion."
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8-20-56
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Citrus Heights, California
|
Large group of Saturn-shaped UFOs in rough semi-circle formation, individually wobbling.
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12-18-56
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Barberton, Ohio
|
UFOs arced across sky from east to west; when it slowed and hovered "it wobbled and had erratic movement."
|
7-57
|
Azusa, California
|
Disc-shaped UFO with row of amber lights on rim descended with wobbling motion.
|
8-15-57
|
Woodland Hills, California
|
Disc hovered 6 minutes, rocked from side to side and rose straight up out of sight. [Section IV]
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11-29-57
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Sarasota, Florida
|
Round orange object "wobbled" and hovered for about 2 minutes, moved away.
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5-5-58
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San Carlos, Uruguay
|
Brilliant, top-shaped UFO approached, stopped; "rocked twice" before speeding away. [Section X]
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11-8-59
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Biloxi, Mississippi
|
Disc-like UFO; edges "flipped or fluttered" as it flew steady course {later, spiraled, turned sharply.)
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2-16-60
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Laguna Beach, California
|
Oval UFO "wobbled...on an axis through its center and at right angles to its course" as it slowed down approaching a second UFO. [Section VII]
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5-19-61
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Long Beach, California
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Shiny UFOs maneuvered erratically, with “odd, fluttering motion”
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