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127 128 is a blank page SECTION XI THE UFO CHRONOLOGY
August 6, 1860--Norfolk, Va. Two objects, one red and one green, flew overhead together, moving with an undulating motion. 1877- -England. Three meteor-like objects moving together with "remarkable slowness" flew across the sky, visible about three minutes, "moving with the same velocity and grade of regularity. . [as] a flock of wild geese." [Credit: Charles Fort, from Report of the British Association, 1877-152] July 3, 1884--Norwood, N.Y. Saturn-shaped UFO (globe with central ring) flew slowly overhead. [Credit: Charles Fort, from Science Monthly, 2-136J 1896-1897--Mysterious "Airship" reported all across United States.
December 22, 1909--Worcester, Mass. "Mysterious Airship" emitting a bright beam of light appeared moving SE to NW, hovered over city, moved away. Seen again two hours later; hovered, moved away to south and turned east. Observed over Boston and Lynn, Mass. next night. [N.Y. Tribune, 12-23-09; N.Y. Sun, 12-24-09] July 19, 1916--Unidentified luminous object shaped like a dirigible observed over Huntington, W Va. [Credit: Charles Fort, from Scientific American, 115-241] Early 1918--Near Waco, Texas. Reddish cigar-shaped object, with no motor or rigging, passed silently from SW to NE. 1923--Greencastle, Indiana. Revolving red object passed over head from NE to SW. Two witnesses currently are college professors. January 1924--Oklahoma. White oval-shaped object lit up ground, moved out of sight over horizon. August 5, 1926--Himalayan Mountains. Explorer Nicholas Roerich and others in his caravan observed a shiny oval-shaped object move overhead, changing course. [I] November 1928--Milton, N.D. A UFO, round "like an inverted soup plate," sped overhead emitting rays of light which illuminated the ground and startled cattle. January 1, 1931--Cobden, Ont., Canada. UFO sighted in early morning, had bright light on front which lit up tree-tops, flashing lights on rear. Object made sweeping curve, sped up and climbed out of sight. April or May 1932--Durham, N.Y. Aluminum-like disc with periphery of yellowish lights or "portholes" on underside. 1932 or 1933--Oakland, California. About seven brilliant objects in a group flew from 30 degrees elevation in the east to 45 degrees elevation in the west, in an arc. Witness now college graduate, former USAF pilot.
August 29, 1942--Columbus, Miss. Control tower operator at Army Air Base saw two round reddish objects hover over field. [III] Approx. 1943--Washington, D.C. Sighting of UFO formation by Metropolitan policeman. VII] March 1944--Carlsbad, N.M. Air Force pilot saw fast-moving UFO speed out of sight over horizon. [III] Summer 1944--Normandy, France. Los Angeles columnist George Todt, in a party of four Army officers including a Lt. Col., watched a pulsating red fireball sail up to the front lines, hover for 15 minutes, then move away. [IV] July 1944- -Breast, France. Two men of the 175th Infantry Regiment, 29th Infantry Division, saw a large rectangular object with no apparent source of propulsion move steadily over the front lines and out to sea. The UFO at one point passed in front of the moon, briefly obscuring it from view. (IV] August 10, 1944--Sumatra. Sighting of maneuvering UFO which paced 'B-29 during mission. [III] October 1944--Southeast Holland. Field Artillery officer and men saw a brilliant object moving from NW to SW, crossing an arc of about 90 degrees in about 45 minutes. [IV] November 1944--France. 415th Night Fighter Squadron pilot saw formation of round objects. [III] December 1944--Austria. B-17 pilot and crew, on a lone wolf mission, were followed by an amber-colored disc. [III] January 1945--Germany. Another 415th Night Fighter Squadron pilot was followed by three red and white lighted objects over Germany. [III] January 2, 1945--The New York Times carried an A? dispatch from France about several recent "foo-fighter" sightings. Lt. Donald Meiers said he had twice been followed by UFOs. [III] March 1945--Aleutian Islands. Fourteen men on the U.S.A.T. Delarof (an attack transport) saw a dark spherical object which rose out of the water, circled the ship and flew away. An official report on the incident was sent to Washington. [IV] May 1946--LaGrange, Florida. A Navy gunnery and radar officer observed a dark elliptical object which moved slowly over head, disappearing in a cloud bank. {I) July-August 1946--Swedish "Ghost rocket" sightings. [X] August 1, 1946--Florida. Observation of cigar-shaped UFO by Air Corps transport pilot. [III] 1947 [See Section XIII, June-July 1947 "Flap," for additional details] June 23, 1947--Cedar Rapids, Iowa. Railroad engineer saw 10 shiny disc-shaped objects, very high, fluttering along in a string toward NW. [XII] June 24, 1947--Mt. Ranier, Wash. Kenneth Arnold sighting. [V] Term "Flying saucer" coined. June 28, 1947--Nr. Lake Mead, Nevada. USAF F-51 pilot reported a formation of 5-6 circular objects. [III] June 28, 1947--Maxwell AFB, Ala. Zigzagging light seen by pilots, intelligence officers. [III] June 29, 1947--White Sands, N.M. Naval rocket expert, at test grounds observed a silvery disc. [IV] July 4, 1947--Portland, Oregon. Police and many others saw many UFOs in formations and singly beginning about 1:05 p.m. [II, XII] July 4, 1947--Nr. Boise, Idaho. United Airlines pilot and crew, enroute to Portland, Ore., saw 9 disc-like UFOs. [V] July 4, 1947--Seattle, Wash, Coast Guard yeoman took first known photograph of UFO, a circular object which moved across the wind. Photo shows round dot of light. [VII, XII] July 4, 1947--Redmond, Oregon. Car full of people saw four disc-shaped UFOs streak past Mt, Jefferson. [XII] July 6, 1947--Fairfield-Suisun AFB, Calif., Pilot reported "oscillating'' UFO which shot across sky. [III] 129 July 6, 1947--S. Central Wyoming. Aviation engineer saw oval UFO. [VI] July 8, 1947--Series of sightings over Muroc AFB and Rogers Dry Lake, secret test base, California:
Two spherical or disc-like UFOs joined by a third object. [XII]. Crew of technicians saw white-aluminum UFO with distinct oval outline descending, moving against wind. [II] Afternoon: Thin "metallic" UFO climbed, dove, oscillated over field, also seen by test pilot in vicinity. [XII]. F-51 pilot watched a flat object "of light-reflecting nature" pass above his plane. No known aircraft were in area. [XII]. July 9, 1947--Nr. Boise, Idaho. Newspaper aviation editor saw flat circular UFO maneuver in front of clouds. [VII] July 10, 1947--S. New Mexico. A "top astronomer" of the U.S. observed a bright white elliptical UFO. [II, VI] Capt. Edward J Ruppelt. head of Air Force UFO investigation from 1951-53; "By the end of July (1947) The UFO security' lid was down tight. The few members of the press who did inquire about what the Air Force was doing got the same treatment that you would get today if you inquired about the number of thermonuclear weapons stock-piled in the U.S. atomic arsenal. . . (At ATIC there was) confusion almost to the point of panic." (Report on Unidentified Flying Objects, p.39) Summer 1947--Pittsburg, Kansas. Navy Commander observed a disc-shaped UFO. [IV] August, 1947--Media, Pa. Air Force pilot watched a disc hover, speed away. [V]
December 8, 1947--Las Vegas, Nevada. Moving reddish UFO emitted flash of light, shot upwards out of sight. [XII] 1948 January 7, 1948--Fort Knox, Ky., Mantell case. Air National Guard pilot killed in crash of F-51 during UFO pursuit. Also sighting at Lockburne AFB, Ohio, later same afternoon, UFO maneuvering erratically up and down. [V] January 22, 1948-Project Sign (or "Saucer') established by Air Force. UFO reports sent to Air Materiel Command, Ohio, for investigation. April 5, 1948- - White Sands, NM Scientists watched disc-shaped UFO, one-fifth the size of the full moon, streak across sky in series of violent maneuvers. (No details reported). May 28, 1948--Air Farce transport reported being buzzed by 3 UFOs. [III] July 1948--Pasco, Wash. Private pilot saw disc diving and climbing away at high speed. [V] July 4, 1948--Nr. Longmont, Colorado. Revolving silver circular object soared upward at ''terrific speed." [XII] Summer 1948--Erie, Pa. Engineer saw elliptical UFO which flew horizontally, then ascended rapidly. [VI] Summer 1948--Easton, Pa. Physicist watched 3 luminescent greenish discs cross sky. [VI] Summer 1948--Labrador. UFO tracked on radar at 9,000 m.p.h. [VIII] July 23, 1948--Nr. Montgomery, Ala. Chiles-Whitted, Eastern Airlines sighting of rocket-like UFO with exhaust, square ports along side. [V} August 1948--Air Technical Intelligence Center Top Secret Estimate of the Situation, "concluding UFOs were interplanetary space ships, sent to Air Force Chief of Staff. (IX) October 1, 1948--Fargo, N.D. Air National Guard F-51 pilot had "dogfight" with a small flat, circular UFO. [V] October 15, 1948--Japan. Crew of F-61 night-fighter tracked on radar and saw silhouette of UFO shaped "like a rifle bullet" which repeatedly accelerated out of reach of the fighter. [VIII] November 1, 1948--Goose Bay, Labrador. UFO tracked by radar at 600 mph [VIII] November 6, 1948--Japan. Two UFOs, like planes in "dogfight" tracked on radar. [VIII] November 18, 1948--Nr. Washington, D.C. Air Force pilot flying out of Andrews AFB, chased oval-shaped UFO for 10 minutes. [III] November 23, 1948--Fursten-Feldbruck, Germany. Bright red UFO tracked by ground and air radar, seen visually by U.S. AF pilot. [VIII] December 3, 1948--Fairfield-Suisun AFB, Calif. Ball of light ascending, seen by pilot. [III] 1949 January 1, l949--Jackson, Miss., Cigar-shaped UFO crossed path of private plane, accelerated rapidly and sped away. [V] April 24, 1949--White Sands, N.M. General Mills balloon personnel tracked elliptical UFO with theodolite. [II
June 10, 1949--White Sands, N.M. Two round white UFOs maneuvered around a missile in flight. (Confirmed by Capt. R. B. McLaughlin, USN) [II] July 3, 1949--Longview, Wash. Navy Commander, others, watched disc pass above air show. [IV] August 1949--N.M. Astronomer Clyde Tombaugh, discoverer of the planet Pluto, observed elliptical pattern of 6-8 rectangles cross the sky. [VI] Fall 1949--At a key atomic base, a high AF officer was involved in the radar tracking of 5 apparently metallic UFOs which flew S over the base at tremendous speed and great height. [II] October 23, 1949--Nr. Baja, Calif. Air Force pilot saw four discs in formation. [III] December 27, 1949--Air Force issued Project "Grudge" Report (Technical Report No. 102-AC-49/15-100) explaining away all UFO reports to date as delusions, hysteria, hoaxes, and crackpot reports. Announcement that project had disbanded. (IX). 1950 January 1950- - True magazine article 'Flying Saucers Are Real," by Maj. Donald E. Keyhoe, suggested UFOs are of extraterrestrial origin. February 2, 1950- -Davis-Monthan AFB, Arizona. Bomber pilot chased UFO which left smoke trail. {III] February 22, 1950--Key West, Fla. Navy pilots, others, saw glowing UFO, confirmed by radar. [IV]
March 8, 1950--Dayton, Ohio. A round UFO seen by the crew of a TWA airliner, was tracked on radar, and chased by two F-51s. [VIII] March 10, 1950--Orangeburg, S.C. Disc hovered over city, sped away. [XII] March 13, 1950--Clarksburg, Calif. Saucer-shaped object descended, hovered with swaying motion, moved away. [IV] March 13, 1950--Mexico City, Mexico. Airport observers saw 4 UFOs, one through theodolite. [V, Xl March 16, l950--Dallas, Texas. Navy Chief Petty Officer at Naval Air Station saw a flat oval UFO pass under a B-36 bomber. [IV] March 17, 195O--Farmington, N. Mex. Retired Army Captain, others, saw dozens of discs gyrating in sky. [IV] March 18, 1950--Nr. Bradford, Ill. Private pilot watched illuminated oval pass his plane. [V] 130 March 20, l950--Nr. Little Rock, Ark. Chicago & Southern Airlines pilots watched a circular UFO with "portholes" arc above their plane. [II] March 26, 1950--Reno, Nevada. CAA control tower operator saw maneuvering light source. [V] March 26, 1950--Nr. Washington, D.C. Former Air Force aircraft inspector dove his plane at disc which zoomed up into overcast. [V] April 9, 1950--Shelby, NC. Round UFO in level flight, suddenly climbed away. [XII] April 24, 1950--Balearic Islands. Photograph of alleged UFO. [VIII] April 27, 1950--White Sands, N. Mex. UFO spotted by ground observers just after a test missile had fallen back to earth, photographed by Askania-Cinetheodolite. [VIII] April 27, 1950--Goshen, Ind. TWA airliner paced by disc- like reddish UFO. [V] May 11, 1950--McMinnville, Oregon. Shiny silver disc hovered, two photographs taken. [VIII] May 20, 1950--Flagstaff, Ariz. Astronomer/meteorologist observed a "powered" disc-like object from the grounds of Lowell Observatory. [I] May 29, 1950--Nr. Washington, D.C. American Airlines pilots saw dark elliptical UFO circle airliner. [V] May 29, 1950--White Sands, N. Mex. UFO spotted by two theodolite stations just before firing of a missile. Object tracked and photographed by both stations. [VIII] June 12, 1950--California. Geologist saw disc-shaped object loop around plane. [VI] June 21, 1950--Hamilton AFB, Calif. UFO buzzed control tower several times. [III] June 24, 1950--California desert. Cigar-shaped UFO paced United Airlines plane for 20 minutes. [V] Navy pilot reported cigar-shaped UFO. [IV] June 30, 1950--Nr. Kingman, Kansas. Rotating disc hovered, sped away when car approached [XII] July 1950--Flying magazine article, "Flying Saucers -- Fact or Fiction?" summarized recent UFO sightings by pilots. July 1950--Cincinnati, Ohio. CAA flight engineer observed a "wingless, fuselage-shaped" UFO. [V] July 11, 1950--Osceola, Ark. Two Navy aircraft watched domed disc pass in front, confirmed by radar. [IV] August 15, 1950--Great Falls, Mont. Nick Mariana took motion pictures of 2 UFOs (The "Montana film," later shown in the documentary movie "UFO"). [VIII] October 3, 1950--Pomona, Calif. Disc-shaped UFO reported by scientist. [VI] October 5, 1950--San Fernando, Calif. California Central Airlines plane buzzed by wing-like UFO. [V] November 27, 1950--Huron, S.D. CAA personnel saw hovering maneuvering UFO. [V] November 27, 1950--Evansville, Wisc. Flying instructor reported six elliptical objects in loose echelon formation. [V] December 1950--Nr. Cheyenne, Wyo. USAF officer saw aluminum-like oval UFO. [III] December 27, 1950--Bradford, Ill. Trans-World Airways pilot watched light source perform violent and erratic maneuvers. [V] 1951 January 16, 1951--Nr. Artesia, N. Mex. General Mills personnel tracking a Skyhook balloon saw two disc-shaped objects approach rapidly, tip on edge, circle the balloon, and speed off over the NW horizon. [I] January 20, 1951--Nr. Sioux City, Iowa. A dark cigar-shaped UFO with white and red body lights buzzed a Mid-Continent Airlines plane. [V] February 14, 1951--Alamogordo, N. Mex. Two Air Force pilots, while watching a large balloon, saw a flat, round white object hovering at high altitude. [III] February 19, 1951--Kenya, Africa. A large cigar-shaped UFO hovering over Mt. Kilimanjaro was observed and photographed from an aircraft. [X]
May 22, 1951- -Nr. Dodge City, Kansas. American Airlines pilot observed maneuvering star-like object. [V] June 1, 1951--Dayton, Ohio. Wright-Patterson AFB official watched disc make sharp turn. [III] July 14, 1951- -Nr. White Sands, N. Mex. A UFO which sped near a B-29 was tracked on radar, observed visually and photographed. [VIII] July 23, 1951--March Field, Calif. Radar-visual sighting of silvery object circling high above aircraft. [VIII] Summer 1951--Augusta, Ga. Air Force pilot flying F-51 "attacked repeatedly" by flying disc. [III] August 1951--Central, N. Mex. Mining engineer sighted two discs with "portholes." [VI] August 3, 1951--Nr. Pinckney, Mich. NICAP Adviser saw a glowing, yellowish UFO which moved on an undulating course. [VI] August 11, 1951--Portland, Ore. Former Air Force fighter pilot observed formation of three discs. [V] August 25, 1951--Lubbock, Texas. Formations of luminous objects passed overhead several consecutive nights; V-formation photographed. [VIII] August 26, 1951--Washington State. Air Force radar station tracked UFO at 900 m.p.h. on two different radar sets. [VIII]
September 10, 1951- -Nr. Sandy Hook, N.J. Two AF pilots in a T-33 jet trainer chased a "perfectly round and flat" silvery UFO traveling at an estimated 900 mph [III] September 23, 1951--Nr. March AFB, Calif. F-86 jets circled below an unidentified object, unable to reach its altitude. [III] Fall 1951--Korea. UFO circled fleet, tracked on 14 ships' radars, departing at over 1000 mph. [VIII] October 9, 1951--Terre Haute, Indiana; Nr. Paris, Illinois. A fast-moving UFO shaped like a flattened sphere was sighted two minutes apart by a C.A.A. employee and a private pilot. Project Blue Book plotted the sighting and concluded both had been the same object which was an "unknown." [V] October 10-11, 1951--Nr. Minneapolis, Minn. Two sightings of UFOs by General Mills, Inc., supervisor of balloon manufacture, and other balloon personnel, from an aircraft. [VI! November 7, 1951--Lake Superior. Steamship Captain and crew watched elongated orange object with six glowing "portholes" speed towards Ontario. [XII]
1952--London, Ont., Canada. Astronomer observed elliptical UFO with 2 bright body lights. [VI] January 20, 1952--Fairchild AFB, Wash. Two master sergeants (intelligence specialists), reported a large, bluish-white spherical object with a long blue tail which flew below a solid overcast. [III] January 21, 1952--Mitchel AFB, N.Y. Navy TBM pilot chased a dome-shaped, white circular object which accelerated and pulled away [IV]. January 22, 1952--North Alaska Radar outpost. Ground radar and three F-94 interceptors' radar tracked a distinct target. [VIII] January 29, 1952--Wonsan, Korea. B-29 paced by a bright disc-shaped orange object. (Similar sighting by another B-29 crew same night 80 miles away over Sunchon.) [III, X] February 20, 1952- -Greenfield, Mass. Congregational Minister saw three very bright silver objects, apparently spherical, traveling in a perfect V. [VII)
March 10, 1952--Oakland, Calif. Inspector of Engineering Metals watched two dark, wing (or hemisphere) shaped objects pass overhead, one swaying back and forth like pendulum. [VI] March 29, 1952--Nr. Misawa, Japan. Small shiny disc made pass at an F-84, observed by second Air Force pilot. [I] March 29, 1952--Butler, Missouri. Chairman of Industrial Commission of Missouri saw cylinder-shaped, silver UFO, [VII] April 7, 1952- - Life article. "Have We Visitors From Space?" (Cleared by Air Force Commanding General.) strongly suggested UFOs are interplanetary. April 8, 1952--Nr. Big Pines, Calif. Disc-like UFO observed by TV network engineer. [VI] April 17, 1952--Nellis AFB, Nevada. Large group of circular UFOs. [III] April 23, 1952--Watertown, Mass. Engineer saw high-speed maneuvering UFO. [VI] May 7, 1952- -Barra da Tijuca, Brazil. Photographs of alleged UFO. [VIII] May 8, 1952--Atlantic Ocean off Jacksonville, Fla. Pan- American Airways pilot and copilot saw light, 10 times the size of a landing light, come head-on, streak past left wing. [V] May 8, 1952- -Project Blue Book Chief and two Colonels briefed Air Force Secretary Finletter on UFOs for one hour. (Report on Unidentified Flying Objects, Ruppelt, p.185.) May 13, 1952--National City, Calif. Convair design engineers, ex-Navy pilot, and amateur astronomer observed luminescent white circular object descend rapidly, circle area. [I] June, 1952--Tombstone, Ariz. Navy pilot watched a disc hover, speed away. [IV]
June 1, 1952--Los Angeles, Calif. Crew of Hughes Aircraft Co., radar test section tracked unidentified target at 11,000 ft.; UFO suddenly tripled its speed. [VIII] June 9, 1952--Time article by Dr. Donald H. Menzel, "Those Flying Saucers," "Light reflections "given as explanation. June 13, 1952--Le Bourget; France (airport). Control tower operators and pilot watched brilliant light source cross sky SW of field after hovering for about an hour. [X] June 18, 1952--California. UFO paced B-25 for 30 minutes. [II, III] June 19, 1952--Goose Bay, Labrador. Radar-visual sighting of reddish object. [VIII] Download 3.34 Mb. Share with your friends:
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