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SECRET

SECRET EXHIBIT #528 REPORT FILED M-5 2-27-50 JONES Serial 9/5 S-09097 dated 2-14-49 Period: Wright Field Dayton Subj: Incident Summaries of Unidentified Flying Objects; Forwarding of (Enclosures thereto) AIRCRAFT - UNIDENTIFIED SECRET P 998 S-15390
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CHECK-LIST - UNIDENTIFIED FLYING OBJECTS

SECRET CHECK-LIST - UNIDENTIFIED FLYING OBJECTS 1. Date 6 July 1947 Incident: 1 2. Time 0930 3. Location Muroc Air Field, Muroc, Calif 4. Name of observer 1st Lt Joseph C. McHenry 5. Occupation of observer Billeting Officer in Charge, Muro…
Joseph C. McHenry
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enroute to his office and before entering heard one of the local aircraft in the traffic pattern. Looking up he observed the aircraft slightly to the left he saw a silver object either spherical or disc-like shape moving about 300 MPH at approximately 8000 Ft heading about 120° d…
Gerald S. Neuman Joseph Ravelo Jeannette Marie Scotto
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SECRET

SECRET Incidents 1a and 1b Cancelled SECRET
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CHECK-LIST - UNIDENTIFIED FLYING OBJECTS

CHECK-LIST - UNIDENTIFIED FLYING OBJECTS Incident # 16 1. Date 8 July 47 2. Time 0905 3. Location Muroc AAFld, Muroc, Calif 34° 54' N 117° 53' W 4. Name of observer S/Sgt Joseph Ruvolo 5. Occupation of observer NCO Charge Billeting Office 6. Address of observer Muroc Air F…
Joseph Ruvolo
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About 0945 Lt McHenry, Billeting Officer in Charge, upon returning from the Post Exchange contacted the witness, Lt Duvol and asked him to look up in the sky. Witness observed two (2) flying objects which appeared like two flying discs or saucer-shaped, silver-colored. Objects fl…
Lt McHenry Lt Duvol
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CHECK-LIST - UNIDENTIFIED FLYING OBJECTS

CHECK-LIST - UNIDENTIFIED FLYING OBJECTS 1. Date 8 July 47 Incident # 14 2. Time 1000 3. Location Muroc Air Fld., Muroc, Calif. 4. Name of observer S/Sgt Gerald M. Nauman 5. Occupation of observer N/S 6. Address of observer Muroc Army Air…
Gerald M. Nauman
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flying discs traveling in a northwest direction at an estimated altitude of 7,000 or 8,000 ft at an 300 to 400 m.p.h. Witness states he was in the Billeting Office when 1st Lt McHenry called him and 2 other witnesses out side. He was then asked what he saw. Sgt Mannan states he…
Lt McHenry Sgt Mannan
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CHECK-LIST - UNIDENTIFIED FLYING OBJECTS

CHECK-LIST - UNIDENTIFIED FLYING OBJECTS 1. Date 8 July 47 Incident # 1. 2. Time 1C:00 3. Location Muroc Army Air Field, Muroc, Calif 4. Name of observer Jeannette Marie Scott 5. Occupation of observer Secretary to 1st Lt J. C. McHenry, Bil…
Jeannette Marie Scott J. C. McHenry
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Joseph Ruvolo and S/Sgt. Ronald R. Henson of the Court of the B.O.Q. 'Ad Bldg. Pointing up in a direction directly above the group he asked them to explain what they saw. Witness states that she saw 2 silver-colored disc-like objects flying toward Mojave, Calif. One following bac…
Joseph Ruvolo Ronald R. Henson
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INCIDENT SUMMARY SHEET

INCIDENT SUMMARY SHEET (To be filled out and retained in files) Incident # 2 1. Date of Observation . 2 July 1947 . . . 2. Time of Observation . Approximately noon 3. Where was Object(s) Sighted Marge Air Force Base, Muroc California. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .…
Richard R. Shoop Col Gilkey
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CHECK-LIST - UNIDENTIFIED FLYING OBJECTS

CHECK-LIST - UNIDENTIFIED FLYING OBJECTS Incident # 2a 1. Date: 2 July 1947 2. Time: Approximately Noon 3. Location Muroc Army Air Field, Muroc, California. 4. Name of observer Col Gilkey to Capt Black 5. Occupation of observer Commanding Officer, Muroc Army Air Field, Cali…
Col Gilkey Capt Black Colonel GILKEY Captain D. D. Black
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CHECK-LIST - UNIDENTIFIED FLYING OBJECTS Incident # 3. 1. Date 7 July 1947 2. Time 1010 3. Location Muroc Army Air Field, Muroc, California. 4. Name of observer Major J. C. Wise. 5. Occupation of observer Test Pilot 6. Address of observer Muroc AAF, Muroc, California. 7.…
Major J. C. Wise
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REMARKS: Statement given by Major J. C. Wise, Test Pilot, Muroc Army Air Field, Muroc, California. On 7 July 1947, at approximately 1040, while running up the XP-84 on the ground I noticed everyone was looking up into the air. Off to the north about 10,000 to 12,000 feet altitu…
J. C. Wise
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CHECK-LIST - UNIDENTIFIED FLYING OBJECTS Incident #4. 1. Date 8 July 1947 2. Time 1150 3. Location Area # 3, Rogers Dry Lake, California. 4. Name of observer Captain John Paul Strapp 5. Occupation of observer Flight Test 6. Address of observer Muroc Army Air Field, Muroc,…
Captain John Paul Strapp
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On the 8 July 1947 at 11:50 the undersigned was sitting in an observation truck located in Area #3, Rogers Dry Lake, was gazing upward toward a formation of two (2) P-82's and an A-26 aircraft fly ing t 20,000 feet, preparing the carr -nt of a seat cushion was present, when I obs…
Mr. Lenz
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CHECK-LIST - UNIDENTIFIED FLYING OBJECTS

CHECK-LIST - UNIDENTIFIED FLYING OBJECTS 1. Date 4 July 1947 Incident # 5 2. Time 1305 3. Location Portland, Oregon 4. Name of observer Kenneth A. McDowell 5. Occupation of observer Patrolman, Portland City Police 6. Address of observer Po…
Kenneth A. McDowell Portland City Police
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Officer McDowell stated that at approximately 1735, 4 July 1947 while he was on duty at Precinct #1 and feeding the pigeons in the parking lot back of it station he noticed that the pigeons became quite excited over something and fluttered in the air. Officer McDowell in looking…
McDowell
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CHECK-LIST - UNIDENTIFIED FLYING OBJECTS

CHECK-LIST - UNIDENTIFIED FLYING OBJECTS 1. Date 4 July 47 Incident # 6 2. Time 1305 3. Location Milwaukee, Oregon 4. Name of observer Sergeant Olmis Cross 5. Occupation of observer Oregon State Police Officer 6. Address of observer District #1, Milwaukee, Oregon 7. Place…
Olmis Cross Oregon State Police
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Group Captain Atkins following such other as he considered all this to be very interesting. He stated that the Commanding Officer had noticed a whitish brown glint to them as the sun reflected from them. Could give no other description nor could he judge the speed or altitude. No…
Group Captain Atkins
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CHECK-LIST - UNIDENTIFIED FLYING OBJECTS

CHECK-LIST - UNIDENTIFIED FLYING OBJECTS 1. Date 4 July 1947 2. Time 1905 Inclosure 1 3. Location Oregon 4. Name of observer Emil E. Patterson 5. Occupation of observer Patrolman - former Air Corps pilot 6. A…
Emil E. Patterson Air Corps
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Witness was getting out of his car when he observed one disc flying in a Southwesterly direction over Portland. Disc was aluminum in color and traveled at terrific speed - faster than any flying object witness had ever seen - It left no vapor trail. Witness estimated disc was app…
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CHECK-LIST - UNIDENTIFIED FLYING OBJECTS

CHECK-LIST - UNIDENTIFIED FLYING OBJECTS Incident # 1. Date: 4 July 47 2. Time: 1305 3. Location: Portland, Oregon 4. Name of observer: K. A. Lissy 5. Occupation of observer: Patrolman - also a private pilot 6. Address of observer: Portland City Police Dept. 7. Place of o…
K. A. Lissy Portland City Police Dept.
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Patrolman W. J. Lissy of the Portland City Police Department possessed a private pilot's license. He perceived three flat round discs which flew at terrific speed in a loose formation the last disc fluttering very rapidly in a side-way arc. They saw no evidence of any supporting…
W. J. Lissy D. W. Ellis Portland City Police Department
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CHECK-LIST - UNIDENTIFIED FLYING OBJECTS

CHECK-LIST - UNIDENTIFIED FLYING OBJECTS 1. Date 4 July 47 2. Time 1305 3. Location Portland, Oregon 4. Name of observer D. W. Ellis 5. Occupation of observer Patrolman 6. Address of observer Portland City Police Dept., Oregon 7. Place of observation Portland, Oregon 8. N…
D. W. Ellis Portland City Police Dept.
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Patrolman D. J. Ellis (also a private pilot) perceived three flat round discs which flew at terrific speed in straight line formation, the last disc fluttering very rapidly in a rocking arc. He saw no evidence of any vibrating powers and there were no vapor or smoke trails. No so…
D. J. Ellis W. A. Lissy
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CHECK-LIST - UNIDENTIFIED FLYING OBJECTS

CHECK-LIST - UNIDENTIFIED FLYING OBJECTS Incident # 5 1. Date 4 Jul 1947 2. Time 1:00 3. Location Portland, Oregon 4. Name of observer C.J.B. & A. Puchs 5. Occupation of observer Barber Fl-35, 6. Address of observer 2 S.E. Irving St., Portland 7. Place of observation 8.…
C.J.B. A. Puchs
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members of the [ILLEGIBLE] ground crew [ILLEGIBLE] at 4 or 5 [ILLEGIBLE] [ILLEGIBLE] started out when they began the all-out alert. Capt. W. M. French, Harbor Pilot, M.P. M. [ILLEGIBLE] Lt. Cmdr. M. S. Huff, [ILLEGIBLE] the [ILLEGIBLE] and said they expected to be going [ILLEGIBL…
W. M. French M. S. Huff
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From the Oregonian Airmail - 8 July, 1947, Portland, Oregon (Reference Incidents 5, 6, 7, 8 and 88) Whatever they are, there are some disc-like objects flying around in the sky. Or else eight (8) Portland area policemen and deputy sheriffs who sighted the objects Friday, numero…
Walter Lissy Robert Ellis Earl Patterson Earl Glover Kenneth A. McDowell Robert L. Oaks
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AIRPLANES SEEN CHASING FLYING DISCS OF FLYING DISCS, FIVE SAUCER. Circumstantial reports of flying discs in the sky Friday and from the [ILLEGIBLE] a United Airlines plane over Boise, Idaho, and a news airplane near Seattle, in all [ILLEGIBLE] by Portland area police and citizen…
E. J. Smith A. Pacheco Harley E. Little John Bollinger Fred Krieger C. R. Dodson United Airlines Oregon National Guard
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Despite all the reports, at least two persons remained unconvinced of the existence of the discs. As E. Bartlett, Bel-Air Manager, put it, "I think all the M.P.'s were afflicted with Disc-O." But Walter Winchell, of WOR in Burbank Avenue, telephoned the Journal to say he had enc…
E. Bartlett Walter Winchell W. A. Dever Lawrence J. R. Frank W. Dever E. W. Smith CAA
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CHECK-LIST - UNIDENTIFIED FLYING OBJECTS Incident # 40 1. Date 4 Jan 1947 2. Time N/S P. M. 3. Location Martins Win, Ind 4. Name of observer Col C. L. Hill 5. Occupation of observer CAA Pilot 6. Address of observer CAA Office P Lee Cour Russel, Ills. 7. Place of observati…
Col C. L. Hill CAA
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Capt E. J. Smith, UAL Pilot, are due to Sa...tle report; that he had the entire crew of his westbound UAL plane see nine flying saucer over Tacoma, Wash. He claims to have 5 clear films, what do we want? Those present say they called J. E. Hoover, Shawcross, to the crowd. In retu…
E. J. Smith J. E. Hoover Shawcross Buck Rogers UAL
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CHECK-LIST - UNIDENTIFIED FLYING OBJECTS Incident # 13 1. Date 1 July '47 2. Time Evening 3. Location Lake City, Seattle, Wa. 4. Name of observer Fred Bryan 5. Occupation of observer Sail Boa Maker 6. Address of observer Lake C L, Se Wa. Wash. 7. Place of observation Geor…
Fred Bryan
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The results of Rycan's shots, while effort [ILLEGIBLE] [ILLEGIBLE] [ILLEGIBLE] against the York headquarters of the evening sky. He took the lecture [ILLEGIBLE] [ILLEGIBLE] directly overhead. He [ILLEGIBLE] [ILLEGIBLE] [ILLEGIBLE] [ILLEGIBLE] for bout 10 minutes as it seemed to s…
Rycan
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CHECK-LIST - UNIDENTIFIED FLYING OBJECTS

CHECK-LIST - UNIDENTIFIED FLYING OBJECTS 1. Date 4 July 1947 Incident # 12 2. Time 1305 3. Location Vancouver, Washington 4. Name of observer John Sullivan 5. Occupation of observer Sheriff's Deputy 6. Address of observer Vancouver, Washin…
John Sullivan
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In Vancouver, Washington, Sheriff's Deputies, John Sullivan a Clarence McKay and Fred Krives, heard the Portland police radio broadcast and ran out of the Sheriff's office to look at the sky. Over Portland about three to five miles away, Sullivan said, they saw 20 to 30 objects '…
John Sullivan Clarence McKay Fred Krives
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CHECK-LIST - UNIDENTIFIED FLYING OBJECTS

CHECK-LIST - UNIDENTIFIED FLYING OBJECTS 1. Date 4 July 1947 2. Time 1900 3. Location Portland, Oregon 4. Name of observer E. A. Evans 5. Occupation of observer N/S 6. Address of observer 3453 SW Madison Ave. 7. Place of observation Portland, Oregon - ground 8. Number of…
E. A. Evans
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Three discs were observed by S. A. Byers & neighbors. One object appeared very high and two others traveled far away and very fast. One object traveled from west to east, two others traveled north. They resembled metallic discs glinting in the sunlight. They first appeared in the…
S. A. Byers
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CHECK-LIST - UNIDENTIFIED FLYING OBJECTS

CHECK-LIST - UNIDENTIFIED FLYING OBJECTS 1. Date b July 47 Incident #14 2. Time 1630 3. Location Portland, Oregon 4. Name of observer Mrs. Lawrence J. Hayward 5. Occupation of observer N/S 6. Address of observer 6124 N. E.21st Ave., Port…
Mrs. Lawrence J. Hayward
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CHECK-LIST - UNIDENTIFIED FLYING OBJECTS

CHECK-LIST - UNIDENTIFIED FLYING OBJECTS Incident # 15 1. Date 4 July 1947 2. Time 1700 3. Location Portland, Oregon 4. Name of observer Thomas W. Dwyer 5. Occupation of observer N/S 6. Address of observer 1232 N. E. 59th Ave 7. Place of observation Portland, Oregon 8. N…
Thomas W. Dwyer
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CHECK-LIST - UNIDENTIFIED FLYING OBJECTS

CHECK-LIST - UNIDENTIFIED FLYING OBJECTS 1. Date 4 July 1947 2. Time 1100 3. Location Mt Jefferson, Oregon 4. Name of observer C. J. Bogne 5. Occupation of observer N/S 6. Address of observer Tigard, Oregon 7. Place of observation Near Redmond - ground 8. Number of object…
C. J. Bogne
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CHECK-LIST - UNIDENTIFIED FLYING OBJECTS

CHECK-LIST - UNIDENTIFIED FLYING OBJECTS Incident # 1. Date [ILLEGIBLE] 2. Time [ILLEGIBLE] 3. Location Ft. Ord, [ILLEGIBLE] 4. Name of observer [ILLEGIBLE] 5. Occupation of observer [ILLEGIBLE] 6. Address of observer [ILLEGIBLE] Idaho 7. Place of observation [ILLEGIBLE]…
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[ILLEGIBLE] and [ILLEGIBLE] in [ILLEGIBLE] [ILLEGIBLE] [ILLEGIBLE] [ILLEGIBLE] [ILLEGIBLE] [ILLEGIBLE] [ILLEGIBLE] [ILLEGIBLE] [ILLEGIBLE] [ILLEGIBLE] [ILLEGIBLE] [ILLEGIBLE] [ILLEGIBLE] all of his policies and [ILLEGIBLE] plans of [ILLEGIBLE] [ILLEGIBLE] the [ILLEGIBLE] [ILLEGIB…
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CHECK-LIST - UNIDENTIFIED FLYING OBJECTS

CHECK-LIST - UNIDENTIFIED FLYING OBJECTS 1. Date 20 Oct 47 Incident # 19 2. Time 1320 3. Location David Road, Dayton, Ohio 4. Name of observer Ward S. C. Britten 5. Occupation of observer Watchmaker-Dayton N/S 6. Address of observer David…
Ward S. C. Britten
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Witness strolling in his orchard in an easterly direction when his grandson called his attention to "the funny flying dishes in the sky" looking up about 2 strokes looking in a westerly they just in a very direction as from West to East but slightly to the South. The sun was to o…
Mr. Pettit
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CHECK-LIST - UNIDENTIFIED FLYING OBJECTS

CHECK-LIST - UNIDENTIFIED FLYING OBJECTS Incident # 20 1. Date 20 Oct 47 2. Time 1100 3. Location Xenia, Ohio 4. Name of observer Ruth Atkinson 5. Occupation of observer N/S 6. Address of observer R 1, Xenia, Ohio 7. Place of observation Xenia, Ohio 8. Number of objects…
Ruth Atkinson
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CHECK-LIST - UNIDENTIFIED FLYING OBJECTS

CHECK-LIST - UNIDENTIFIED FLYING OBJECTS Incident # 21 1. Date 29 June 47 2. Time 1845 3. Location Des Moines, Iowa 4. Name of observer Dale Sayre 5. Occupation of observer Copyreader using Stories Magazine 6. Address of observer [ILLEGIBLE], Crocker, Mo. 7. Place of obse…
Dale Sayre
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CHECK-LIST - UNIDENTIFIED FLYING OBJECTS Incident # 22 1. Date 21 June 1947 2. Time Shortly before noon 3. Location Spokane, Washington 4. Name of observer Ray J. Carman 5. Occupation of observer Not stated 6. Address of observer 1218 Jefferson Ave., S. Omaha, Nebraska 7.…
Ray J. Carman
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On Saturday June 21st, about 8:00PM is before noon, I was in our yard it have seen a suspended object up at a quarter range. I could see side and a top notched one four one at the any bases, it is about at about 10,000 or 12,000 feet. On the same plane at the plane I might many f…
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CHECK-LIST - UNIDENTIFIED FLYING OBJECTS

CHECK-LIST - UNIDENTIFIED FLYING OBJECTS 1. Date 30 June 1947 [ILLEGIBLE] Incident # 23 2. Time 0415 - [ILLEGIBLE] 3. Location Boise, Idaho 4. Name of observer [ILLEGIBLE] 5. Occupation of observer [ILLEGIBLE] 6. Address of observer 327 East Jackson Street, [ILLEGIBLE] 7.…
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An object was seen in this locality, on 23 June 1947. The same man immediately told P and me (or vice and v) we so traveled, must be the Flamation Golf Course, which is approximately five miles from Boise. On the way I had one to chat casually in the manner ich a man is accustome…
USAF
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CHECK-LIST - UNIDENTIFIED FLYING OBJECTS

CHECK-LIST - UNIDENTIFIED FLYING OBJECTS 1. Date 18 June 1947 Incident # 24 2. Time 6:15 P.M. evening 3. Location Weiser, Idaho 4. Name of observer Mrs. Herbert Erickson 5. Occupation of observer Not Stated 6. Address of observer R. #2, We…
Mrs. Herbert Erickson
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On the evening of June 12 about 6:15, a neighbor and I returning home from another town, glanced into the sky toward the west, and saw what we thought was smoke from an airplane. She mentioned that she had never seen that before, so we stopped to look and listen, thinking we woul…
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CHECK-LIST - UNIDENTIFIED FLYING OBJECTS

CHECK-LIST - UNIDENTIFIED FLYING OBJECTS 1. Date 4 July 1947 2. Time 11:30 a.m. 3. Location East over east Trenton, New Jersey 4. Name of observer Mrs. Earle Carroll 5. Occupation of observer Not stated 6. Address of observer 42 Pennington Avenue, Trenton, New Jersey 7. Pl…
Mrs. Earle Carroll
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I seem to re.ore having seen a "flying saucer" on July 4, 1947, traveling out over ast Trenton at 11:30 P.M. It may "flyin'" is a and fact, was weird-mons ion no tail or wings. The mount in one height at the then was a two standing on the southbound platform of the .ort Trenton s…
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CHECK-LIST - UNIDENTIFIED FLYING OBJECTS 1. Date 10 July 1947 Incident # 86 2. Time Between 3:00 and 5:00 PM in the afternoon 3. Location Pan American Airways, Harmon Field, Newfoundland 4. Name of observer Robert V. Leidy 5. Occupation of…
Robert V. Leidy Pan American Airways
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Mr. Woodruff saw the object or flying disc first and said he saw the thing travelling through the sky. He did not believe him at first but when he was so concerned about it, I stopped the car and got out. I had my camera so took a picture of it. There was a cloudless left in the…
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CHECK-LIST - UNIDENTIFIED FLYING OBJECTS 1. Date 10 July 1947 Incident 2 2. Time [ILLEGIBLE] 3. Location Logan, N.J., Newfoundland 4. Name of observer John . [ILLEGIBLE], Jr. 5. Occupation of observer [ILLEGIBLE] was [ILLEGIBLE] 6. Address of observer [ILLEGIBLE] [ILLEGIBLE…
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In the Pamela of 10 July 1947 we are rather at odds the in this between here and Alexandria question. You say not this is all us to call say or stop through to a suitable property. Said that "look at the one in the St. L. looked on see a line of black vapor trail. The people that…
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CHECK-LIST - UNIDENTIFIED FLYING OBJECTS 1. Date 10 July 1947 Incident # 27A 2. Time 1700 3. Location Harmon Field, New Foundland 4. Name of observer John W. Woodruff 5. Occupation of observer Chief Mechanic, Pan American Airways 6. Address of observer Pan American Airways…
John W. Woodruff Pan American Airways
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John R. Woodruff saw one of the so called "flying disks" or other object on 10 July, at approximately 1700. We were coming back from a fishing trip, and coming over the hill between here and Stephenville Crossing you can see the clouds formation ahead, I saw the object break out…
John R. Woodruff
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CHECK-LIST - UNIDENTIFIED FLYING OBJECTS 1. Date 24 June 1947 Incident # 28 2. Time Not stated 3. Location Idaho 4. Name of observer Lt Governer Donald S. Whitehead 5. Occupation of observer Lt. Governor 6. Address of observer [I…
Donald S. Whitehead
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Lt Gov Whitehead said that he saw a "comet-like object hanging in the western sky June 21." He stated that the object "didn't move but just seemed to go below the horizon with the rotation of the earth."
Lt Gov Whitehead
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CHECK-LIST - UNIDENTIFIED FLYING OBJECTS Incident #69 1. Date 14 June 1947 2. Time 1200 noon first time later at 1415 approximately 3. Location [REDACTED] Portland, Oregon 4. Name of observer Richard Rankin 5. Occupation of observer Pilot 6. Address of observer 1806 South…
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At approximately 1200 noon on the 14 of June I was lying in the front yard of my home. There was a lad mowing the lawn at the time. I looked into the sky and saw ten articles flying from the South to the North at what I would judge to be 6500 ft. The objects were flying at approx…
Army Navy
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CHECK-LIST - UNIDENTIFIED FLYING OBJECTS 1. Date 7 January 1948 Incident # 39 2. Time 1415 EWT 3. Location Lockbourne Army Air Base, Columbus, Ohio 4. Name of observer Charles E. McGee, Capt. CAP 5. Occupation of observer Asst. Operations O…
Charles E. McGee Boudreaux CAP
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very bright white light southwest of the field. The light did not cast a beam on the ground. The size of a flood light. From the ground the light appeared to move eastward. It was further west and lower than I saw it in the air. I was flying a light plane and I used a lantern lig…
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CHECK-LIST - UNIDENTIFIED FLYING OBJECTS 1. Date 7 Jan 48 Incident # 30a 2. Time 1925 3. Location N/S - presumably near Lockbourne 4. Name of observer Albert R. Pickering 5. Occupation of observer VHF/DF Operator (CAF-7) 6. Address of obse…
Albert R. Pickering
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When first sighted around 1905 Eastern Standard Time, the object appeared to hover in one position for quite some time, moving very little. It disappeared once for about a minute (presumably entering overcast). After emerging below the overcast it circled one place for the durati…
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CHECK-LIST - UNIDENTIFIED FLYING OBJECTS 1. Date 7 January 1948 Incident # 30 2. Time Between 1915 and 1930 EST Later 1935 to 1940 3. Location Lockbourne AAB, Columbus, Ohio 4. Name of observer Mr. Boudreaux 5. Occupation of observer…
Boudreaux
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Saw what he thought was a star but then he noticed the sky was overcast so it couldn't have been a star. It was a glowing object with a cone-shaped streak to the right. It glowed from white to amber. He says he stopped straight to the right. It glowed from white to amber. He says…
Foudreaux McKee
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CHECK-LIST - UNIDENTIFIED FLYING OBJECTS 1. Date 7 January 1948 Incident # 30c 2. Time Around 1340 3. Location Lockbourne AAB, Columbus, Ohio 4. Name of observer Mr. Eisele 5. Occupation of observer DF Operator, Lockbourne Control Tower 6.…
Mr. Eisele
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Object first seen 15° above horizon in the West-Southwest of Lockbourne emitting a ruddy red light which changed to a amber-yellow at intervals not exceeding 1 to 2 seconds. Its size and magnitude were greater than that of any star - a good comparison of the size and magnitude wo…
CAA
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CHECK-LIST - UNIDENTIFIED FLYING OBJECTS Incident # 31 1. Date Mid-December 1946 2. Time Early morning 3. Location Northern Arizona, Route 66 4. Name of observer K. D. Wood 5. Occupation of observer Professor and Head Aeronautical Engineering 6. Address of observer Univers…
K. D. Wood
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CHECK-LIST - UNIDENTIFIED FLYING OBJECTS 1. Date 7 January 1948 Incident # 32 2. Time 1955 3. Location Columbus 4. Name of observer Lt. C. W. Thomas 5. Occupation of observer Pilot 6. Address of observer Flight AF 9944 Dayton to Washington…
Lt. C. W. Thomas
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Lt C.W. Thomas and Lt Sims were making a regular cross country flight and reported to to Columbus Airways who asked them if they saw any unusual object in the sky. This report was relayed to Lockbourne - See Eisele's report - incident 30e.
C.W. Thomas Sims Eisele
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CHECK-LIST - UNIDENTIFIED FLYING OBJECTS Incident # 23 1. Date 7 Jan 48 2. Time Between 1345 and 1350 3. Location Godman Fld, Fort Knox, Ky 4. Name of observer T/Sgt Quinton A. Blackwell 5. Occupation of observer Chf Operator in Control Tower at Godman Fld, Ky. 6. Address…
Quinton A. Blackwell ATC AACS
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At approximately 1320 Sgt Cook from the CG's office notified the observer (T/Sgt Quinton A Blackwell) that according to Ft Knox Military Police & Ky Town State Police, a large circular object about 250 to 300 ft in diameter was over Mansville, Ky. Advised him to check with Army F…
Sgt Cook T/Sgt Quinton A Blackwell 1st Lt Orner Capt Carley Col Hix Ft Knox Military Police Ky Town State Police
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CHECK-LIST - UNIDENTIFIED FLYING OBJECTS 1. Date 2. Time 3. Location 4. Name of observer 5. Occupation of observer 6. Address of observer 7. Place of observation 8. Number of objects 9. Distance of object from observer 10. Time in sight 11. Altitude 12. Speed 13. Dir…
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CHECK-LIST - UNIDENTIFIED FLYING OBJECTS 1. Date 7 Jan 48 Incident # 2. Time Approx 1h 1320 CST 3. Location Godman Fld., Ft Knox, Ky. 4. Name of observer PFC Stanley Oliver 5. Occupation of observer N/S - duty in control tower 6. Address of observer Godman Fld., Ft Knox, K…
Stanley Oliver
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PFC Stanley Oliver was on duty at the Control Tower at Godman Fld when Col Hix's office informed the tower that an unidentified object (supposedly some 250 to 300 ft in diameter) was sighted over Madisville, Ky. This was approx at 1330 CST. Lt PFC Oliver saw the object southwest…
Stanley Oliver Col Hix Capt Carter Lt Kinder M/Sgt Blackwell
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SUBJECT - UNIDENTIFIED FLYING OBJECTS 1. Date 7 Jan 48 Incident # 39a 2. Time 1420 CST 3. Location Control Tower, Godman Fld 4. Name of observer Capt J. F. Duesler, Jr. 5. Occupation of observer Capt, USAF 6. Address of observer Godman Fld…
J. F. Duesler, Jr. Mantell USAF
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At approx 1420 7 Jan 48, Mantler accompanied by Lt Col S. G. Wood went to Godman Control Tower to observe an unidentified aerial object. Shortly after their arrival Col Hix, the Commanding Officer was approached. At about this time Mantler first sighted a bright silver object. Th…
Mantler S. G. Wood Col Hix E. Garrison Wood
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CHECK-LIST - UNIDENTIFIED FLYING OBJECTS 1. Date 7 Jan 48 Incident # 33D 2. Time After 1907 3. Location Godman Fld 4. Name of observer Capt Gary W. Carter 5. Occupation of observer Operations Officer 6. Address of observer Godman Fld., Ky…
Gary W. Carter
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At approx 1407. 7 Jan 48, Capt Carter was called by Lt Orner. AACS Detachment Commander, to come to tower to witness an unidentified aerial object. Object appeared round and white (whiter than the clouds that passed in front of it) and could be seen thru three clouds. After obs…
Capt Carter Lt Orner Col Hix Lt Col Wood Capt Hooper F/Sgt Blackwell AACS
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CHECK-LIST - UNIDENTIFIED FLYING OBJECTS Incident # 1. Date 7 January 1948 2. Time xxxx 1945 3. Location [ILLEGIBLE] CAA, Ky. 4. Name of observer [ILLEGIBLE] [REDACTED] [ILLEGIBLE] 5. Occupation of observer [ILLEGIBLE] 6. Address of observer 7. Place of observation Or [IL…
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Info taken from reports of radio conversation between Control at Godman and MG 869 essentially as follows: Col Hix's account. MG 869: "Object traveling at 180 MPH - half my speed" Lt Orner's account. MG 869: "Ship and traveling about 1/2 my speed at 12 o'clock position." Later…
Col Hix Lt Orner T/Sgt Quinton A. Blackwell Capt Gary W. Carter
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CHECK-LIST - UNIDENTIFIED FLYING OBJECTS Incident # 33x 1. Date 7 Jan 46 2. Time 1330 3. Location Madisonville, Ky. 4. Name of observer N/S 5. Occupation of observer N/S 6. Address of observer Madisonville 7. Place of observation Madisonville, Ky 8. Number of objects 1…
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estimated size: 100 ft from top to bottom, 45 ft across and 4 miles high proceeding SW at 10 MPH. NOTE: Kentucky State Police were informed by unknown individual(s) that an unusual aircraft or object was flying thru the air, circular in appearance, with an approximate diam of 25…
James Nelson Seyfert Orner Hessler Kentucky State Police
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CHECK-LIST - UNIDENTIFIED FLYING OBJECTS 1. Date 13 Oct 47 Incident JM 2. Time 5:30 a. m. - shortly before dawn 3. Location 14 miles North of Dauphin, Manitoba, Canada 4. Name of observer Judge Keeney 5. Occupation of observer Judge 6. Address of observer N/S 7. Place of o…
Judge Keeney
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CHECK-LIST - UNIDENTIFIED FLYING OBJECTS 1. Date 13 Oct 47 Incident # 34A 2. Time 5:30 - 5:45 A. M. 3. Location 14 miles north of Dauphia, Manitoba, Canada on highway to Winnipegosis 4. Name of observer C. D. Bates 5. Occupa…
C. D. Bates
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CHECK-LIST - UNIDENTIFIED FLYING OBJECTS 1. Date 13 October 1947 2. Time 0530 3. Location Manitoba 4. Name of observer Dr. W. R. Gladbrecht 5. Occupation of observer Veterinary Surgeon 6. Address of observer 146 Kingston Row, Dauphin, Manitoba 7. Place of observation North…
Dr. W. R. Gladbrecht
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Dr. W. H. Olesbrecht and F. V. Semetalg going north on the highway between Grosse Isle and Barren about 0530 hours 13 Oct when they saw a green coloured object cross the sky. It appeared to be situated ahead of them at about two miles and its altitude at about 1,000 feet. Its sha…
W. H. Olesbrecht F. V. Semetalg
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CHECK-LIST - UNIDENTIFIED FLYING OBJECTS 1. Date 19 October 1947 Incident 340 2. Time 0530 3. Location Passola Lake Canada 4. Name of observer Wilbert Speers 5. Occupation of observer Apprentice undertaker 6. Address of observer 128 Eth…
Wilbert Speers
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Saw the object from a point at Peeands Lake, north of Mathley at about 0930 hours 13 Oct. The weather was clear with little wind and he watched it for about 30-40 seconds. It was more or less round in shape, orange-yellow in color with a flame or tail or flames and sparks at the…
Kile Robert Smith Speers
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CHECK-LIST - UNIDENTIFIED FLYING OBJECTS 1. Date 13 October 1948 Incident # 219 2. Time 5:25 a.m. 3. Location Manitoba, Canada 4. Name of observer Mr. G. W. Chapman. 5. Occupation of observer Not stated 6. Address of observer Not stated 7…
G. W. Chapman
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While parked waiting for another hunter to join us, we noticed what appeared to be a very small ball of fire appear in the sky to the north-west of us. The time was 5:25 a.m. This object travelled from west to east, as did not appear to be of great height. The distance of flight…
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CHECK-LIST - UNIDENTIFIED FLYING OBJECTS Incident # 34 B 1. Date 13 Oct 47 2. Time N/S 3. Location Saskatchewan District 4. Name of observer Alden Fredrickson 5. Occupation of observer N/S Reported by Madame Zora, Saskatchewan 6. Address of observer N/S 7. Place of observ…
Alden Fredrickson Madame Zora
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While out duck hunting on Oct 13, Allen Frederickson saw a reddish coloured object in the eastern sky. It appeared to be travelling toward him and growing larger. It turned a greenish color before breaking up. A trail of light followed it. Others who reported seeing this strange…
Allen Frederickson Don Adams Charlie Irving
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CHECK-LIST - UNIDENTIFIED FLYING OBJECTS 1. Date 13 Oct 47 Incident # 348 2. Time Between 5:00 and 5:30 A. M. 3. Location Kennack District 4. Name of observer M. Farlow, Barry Lipsett & Jim Park. 5. Occupation of observer N/S Reported by "K…
M. Farlow Barry Lipsett Jim Park
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A strange phenomenon was witnessed early Monday morning, Oct 13, blazing its way through the heavens between 5:00 and 5:30 a. m. The ball, as described by M. Perlon was a flaming luminous mass with an orange-tinted wake. The tail left by this object was made up of orange as well…
M. Perlon Barry Lippett Jim Park
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CHECK-LIST - UNIDENTIFIED FLYING OBJECTS 1. Date 12 Nov 47 Incident # 35 2. Time Early 3. Location 40 miles south of Cave Blanco, Oregon, 20 miles offshore. 4. Name of observer Second Officer Claude Lee Millington 5. Occupation of observer…
Claude Lee Millington
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Two flying discs trailing totaling streams of fire were sighted from the bridge of the tanker Ticonderoga, only Wednesday, by Third Officer Glenda Lee Williamson radio-telephoned the United Press. The discs moved at tremendous speed out of the north, swerved and curved in a weste…
Glenda Lee Williamson James S. Lydia United Press
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CHECK-LIST - UNIDENTIFIED FLYING OBJECTS 1. Date Unknown Incident # 36 2. Time After dark 3. Location Boise, Idaho 4. Name of observer Cit Observer 5. Occupation of observer Not stated 6. Address of observer Not stated 7. Place of o…
Mrs. Dave Johansen
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CHECK-LIST - UNIDENTIFIED FLYING OBJECTS 1. Date 17 October 1947 Incident # 97 2. Time 1200 3. Location Phoenix, Arizona 4. Name of observer J. L. Clark 5. Occupation of observer Mine owner (Pilot) 6. Address of observer Route 12, Box 85…
J. L. Clark
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Mr. Clark's attention was first drawn to the object by his partner, Mr. Anderson, who was flying about 200 yards away traveling at an estimated high height of 8/10,000 ft above the ground. The object was in a straight line from Anderson to Clark and was traveling some 350 MPH. It…
Mr. Clark Mr. Anderson U. S. A. F. AAF
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CHECK-LIST - UNIDENTIFIED FLYING OBJECTS 1. Date N/S around June 10 47 Incident : 38 2. Time daytime 3. Location Hungary 4. Name of observer N/S Extracted from Weekly Intel Summary, -RD.…
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CHECK-LIST - UNIDENTIFIED FLYING OBJECTS Incident # 39 1. Date 9 July 47 2. Time Between 11:15 and 11:40 3. Location Grand Falls, Newfoundland 4. Name of observer Eric Kearney 5. Occupation of observer Constable 6. Address of observer Newfoundland Constabulary, Grand Falls…
Eric Kearney Newfoundland Constabulary
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Four "flying saucers" were seen by Constable Kearney's wife just before his arrival home at approx 11:30, on 9th of July. She was standing in a resident of St. John's, Newfoundland, at the time. They also appeared blue. They were flying in an easterly direction, and appeared to b…
Constable Kearney Mr. Jochnon
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CHECK-LIST - UNIDENTIFIED FLYING OBJECTS Incident # 40 1. Date 7 July 1947 2. Time 1600 3. Location Phoenix, Arizona 4. Name of observer William Albert Rhodes 5. Occupation of observer N/S 6. Address of observer 4333 S. 14th St., Phoenix, Arizona 7. Place of observation 3…
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Object appeared elliptical in shape and had a diameter of 20-30 feet. When first seen it was at about 5,000 ft and traveling from 400 to 600 MPH. Its grey color rendered it difficult to perceive at a distance as it blended with the clouds. Although a swishing noise was heard prio…
Mr. Boggs Bevy
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CHECK-LIST - UNIDENTIFIED FLYING OBJECTS 1. Date 11 July 47 2. Time N/S 3. Location Elmendorf Fld., Anchorage, Alaska 4. Name of observer Col Bruce E. Perry & Maj J. E. Maguire 5. Occupation of observer 59th Airways & ACS Group 6. Address of observer Elmendorf Fld (59th Air…
Col Bruce E. Perry Maj J. E. Maguire 59th Airways & ACS Group
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CHECK-LIST - UNIDENTIFIED FLYING OBJECTS Inclosure # 42 1. Date 12 Vly 1947 2. Time 1940 3. Location Elmendorf Fld., Anchorage Alaska 4. Name of observer Maj Edward Graham 5. Occupation of observer USAF 6. Address of observer 95th Airways and Communications Group 7. Place…
Maj Edward Graham USAF
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Major Eberrd Gerhes and some unidentified officers of the Alaskan Command observed a grayish balloon approximately 10 feet in diameter in the vicinity of Elmendorf Fld. flying in a SW direction following the contour of the mountains. The object was described as being as flying at…
Eberrd Gerhes
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CHECK-LIST - UNIDENTIFIED FLYING OBJECTS 1. Date 29 June 1947 2. Time 1845 - 1855 P. M. 3. Location 7 miles out of Clarion Iowa in direction of Macon City, Iowa 4. Name of observer Dale Bays 5. Occupation of observer Had been bus driver 6. Address of observer Box 12, Crocke…
Dale Bays
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About 7 miles out of Clarion, Iowa, observer saw an object shoot across the sky in front of the bus and overtake it. It was followed by four more. the height appeared about 1200 feet. Observed stepped out of the bus which w s facing east and noticed two dots in the sky approachin…
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CHECK-LIST - UNIDENTIFIED FLYING OBJECTS 1. Date 28 June 47 2. Time 3:45 P. M. 3. Location 16 miles NW of Milwaukee 4. Name of observer N/S - brother to Marion Bouscher Who reported incident 5. Occupation of observer "farmer" 6. Address of observer [REDACTED] Brookfield, Wi…
Marion Bouscher
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Witness saw the flying saucers (about seven 6" tea of them) which flew directly over their home. Said they were like "blue blases" and didn't make any noise and were very fast. Witness did not report this info. It was reported by Marion Besacher, a sister. Her address is Menomin…
Marion Besacher
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CHECK-LIST - UNIDENTIFIED FLYING OBJECTS 1. Date 28 June 47 Incident # [ILLEGIBLE] 2. Time afternoon 3. Location Illinois 4. Name of observer N/S - Taken f/'The Latest News' at 8 to 8:15 A. M. w/Charles Sebastian 5. Occupation of observer N…
Charles Sebastian
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CHECK-LIST - UNIDENTIFIED FLYING OBJECTS Incident # M6 1. Date 22 June 47 2. Time 11:30 A. M. 3. Location Greenfield, Mass 4. Name of observer Edward L. De Rose 5. Occupation of observer N/S 6. Address of observer Greenfield, Mass. 7. Place of observation Greenfield, Mass…
Edward L. De Rose
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De Bose saw a 'brilliant, oval round-shaped, silvery white object' which moved in a northeasterly direction as fast or possibly faster than a speeding plane at an estimated altitude of 1,000 ft or more. It stayed in view for 5 or ten seconds until obscured by a cloud. The object…
De Bose
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CHECK-LIST - UNIDENTIFIED FLYING OBJECTS 1. Date 6 July 47 2. Time N/S 3. Location Fairfield-Suisun Air Base, Calif. 4. Name of observer Capt James E. Burniston 5. Occupation of observer Capt, USAF 6. Address of observer N/S 7. Place of observation Fairfield Suisun AF Base…
James E. Burniston USAF
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Object traveled in a southeast direction at an estimated height of 10,000 ft or more and at a speed of 300 mph or any aircraft he had ever seen. It was under observation for approx 60 sec. During the entire time it traveled over 3/4 of the visible sky. No definite color or shape…
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CHECK-LIST - UNIDENTIFIED FLYING OBJECTS 1. Date 7 Jan 48 Incident # hg 2. Time between 7:00 and 7:55 P. M. 3. Location Wilmington, Ohio 4. Name of observer: Dale E. Walters, Capt James Rodgers W/Ogt Irvin R. Lowe, Capt T. Hoag, Sgt Harold R. Olvis & M/Sgt 5. Occupation of ob…
Dale E. Walters James Rodgers Irvin R. Lowe T. Hoag Harold R. Olvis Leroy Ziegler
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A sky phenomena which had the appearance of a flaming red cone trailing a gaseous green mist appeared in the southwest skies of Wilmington, Conn., between 7:20 and 7:55 P. M. Jun 7, '48. The sky phenomena hung suspended in the air at intervals and then gained and lost altitude a…
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CHECK-LIST - UNIDENTIFIED FLYING OBJECTS 1. Date 7/3/48 Incident # 42a 2. Time 1925 o'clock 3. Location Clinton County Air Field 4. Name of observer LeRoy Ziegler 5. Occupation of observer I/Lt 6. Address of observer Clinton County AF, Wilmington, Ohio 7. Place of observation Cl…
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Object appeared to be moving up and down and from side to side. At the time the object was covered by a cloud but the light could be seen thru the cloud. It was the same color as a star only very much brighter sometimes changing to a more reddish hue then turning white or yellow.…
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CHECK-LIST - UNIDENTIFIED FLYING OBJECTS 1. Date 7 Jan 48 Incident # 108 2. Time 1900 EWT 3. Location Clinton County Army Air Field, Wilmington, Ohio 4. Name of observer James M. Daines. 5. Occupation of observer Corporal, on duty i…
James M. Daines
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The object when first sighted appeared white then it turned red. Its real shape could not be distinguished until it descended. It then took the form of a crux or upside-down ice cream cone. (See Sketch "A") Sketch "A" When it [REDACTED] it was right side up (Sketch "B") On asc…
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CHECK-LIST - UNIDENTIFIED FLYING-OBJECTS 1. Date 7 Jan 48 Incident # 46e 2. Time 1930 3. Location Clinton County AAF, Wilmington, O. 4. Name of observer S/Sgt John P. Haag 5. Occupation of observer S/Sgt 6. Address of observer Clinton County AAF 7. Place of observation Con…
John P. Haag
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Witness observed very bright light in the sky southwest of Clinton County AF Base which appeared to be the complete wing of an aircraft in fire. When viewed thru field glasses from the Control Tower the object would gain and lose altitude very rapidly although it did not display…
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CHECK-LIST - UNIDENTIFIED FLYING OBJECTS Incld mrt # USA 1. Date 7 Jan 45 2. Time 1920 to 1950 3. Location Clinton County Army Air Fld., Wilmington, O. 4. Name of observer Mr. Ralph L. Stirr 5. Occupation of observer N/S 6. Address of observer Clinton County AAB 7. Place…
Ralph L. Stirr
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Object seemed to be some sort of flare. Witness thought it was some aircraft in trouble. He contacted the tower to take a look at it to determine if it was a flare. It appeared, with the naked eye, to be a very bright light the color of ordinary fire which lost and regained altit…
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CHECK-LIST - UNIDENTIFIED FLYING OBJECTS 1. Date 9 Jan 48 2. Time N/S 3. Location around Danville, Ky. 4. Name of observer Mr & Mrs. Harton 5. Occupation of observer N/S 6. Address of observer N/S - picked up in NAIO news broadcast originating from Danville, Ky. 7. Place o…
Mr & Mrs. Harton
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According to a WBIO News Broadcast at 5:00-5:15, 9 Jan 48, relayed from Danville, Kentucky, a Mr. A Mrs. Markham were driving in their car in or about Danville, Kentucky, when they saw a [ILLEGIBLE] object flying very high which left a long trail of red and green [ILLEGIBLE]. The…
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CHECK-LIST - UNIDENTIFIED FLYING OBJECTS 1. Date 10 Jun 48 (see reverse side of sheet) Incident # 50 2. Time 10 PM EST 3. Location Wildwood, N. J. (39° 0' N & 75° 0' W) 4. Name of observer Mrs. Ethel Evans 5. Occupation of observer authority on knitting 6. Address of ob…
Mrs. Ethel Evans Mrs. Krueger
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CHECK-LIST - UNIDENTIFIED FLYING OBJECTS 1. Date 10 Jan 48 Incident # 50 2. Time 10 PM EST 3. Location Wildwood, N. J. 4. Name of observer Mrs. Kruger 5. Occupation of observer housewife 6. Address of observer 401 Pine Ave., Wildwood, Ne Jersey…
Mrs. Kruger
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Objects were brought to Mrs. Krueger's attention by Mrs. Breen. Mrs Krueger saw 'a most unusual shaped object in the sky.' 'I think it was a flying saucer as I have never seen anything like it before' 'It was a flying saucer, it appeared to be 2 round orange colored discs or ball…
Mrs. Krueger Mrs. Breen
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CHECK-LIST - UNIDENTIFIED FLYING OBJECTS 1. Dat. 3 Sept 47 Incident # 51 2. Time 1215 3. Location Oswego, Oregon 4. Name of observer Mrs. Raymond Dupui 5. Occupation of observer N/S: 6. Address of observer N/S 7. Place of observatio…
Mrs. Raymond Dupui
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CHECK-LIST - UNIDENTIFIED FLYING OBJECTS 1. Date 29 Jul'47 2. Time 1452 3. Location Hamilton Fld., Calif 4. Name of observer Capt William L. Ryherd 5. Occupation of observer Capt, USAF, - Assistant Operations Officer 6. Address of observer Hamilton Fld 7. Place of observat…
William L. Ryherd USAF
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Capt Ryberg saw two unidentified aerial objects at approximately 6,000 to 10,000 ft traveling above a P-80. He thought they were approximately 15 to 25 feet in diameter. In shape they were circular like a ball on the bottom but not completely round. They were flat on top and leve…
Ryberg Stewart
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CHECK-LIST - UNIDENTIFIED FLYING OBJECTS 1. Date 29 Jul. 47 Incident # 56A 2. Time After 1200 3. Location Hamilton Fld., California 4. Name of observer Ward L. Stewart 5. Occupation of observer 1st Lt., Air Res. (Former B-25 Pilot) 6. Address o…
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Stewart's attention called to unidentified flying object by Capt Ryberg Stewart estimates the B-50 at 250 miles on preliminary a roach for landing at Hamilton Fld. Object was estimated to be following B-50 at three or four times its speed. A moment later another object appeared a…
Capt Ryberg Stewart
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CHECK-LIST - UNIDENTIFIED FLYING OBJECTS 1. Date 28 June 47 Incident # 53 2. Time 1515 GCT 3. Location 30 miles northwest of Lake Meade, Nevada 4. Name of observer 1st Lt Erie B. Armstrong 5. Occupation of observer Ferry Division, B…
Erie B. Armstrong
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On 28 June by SKYCHASER in a Pafi bound for Portland, Oregon, by way of Medford, Oregon, at approx 1915 GCT (course of 300°) and ground speed of 285 miles per hour, 10,000 ft. approximately 30 miles SE of Lake Maide, Nevada, Lt Armstrong sighted 5 or 6 white, circular objects at…
Lt Armstrong
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CHECK-LIST - UNIDENTIFIED FLYING OBJECTS 1. Date 16 Jan 47 Incident # 54 2. Time 2230 2230 3. Location 50 miles from Dutch coast to Norfolk, England 4. Name of observer Reported by Air Ministry Great Britain 5. Occupation of observer pilot…
Air Ministry Great Britain
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During normal night-flying practice at 2230 hours on 16th Jan, one of British Mosquitos returning was vectored on to an unidentified A/C at 22,000 ft. A long chase ensued commencing over the North Sea about 50 miles from the Dutch Coast and ending at 2300 hours over Hulk. Two bri…
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CHECK-LIST - UNIDENTIFIED FLYING OBJECTS 1. Date 23 July 47 Incident # 55 2. Time 09h52 (0715 local) 3. Location Harmon Fld., Stephenville, Newfoundland 4. Name of observer Miss Patricia Abbott & Lt Hammaker 5. Occupation of observer government employee and Navigator & Publi…
Patricia Abbott Lt Hammaker
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Witnesses were walking when they observed a peculiar reddish light. They thought at first that the light was a shooting star but it left no streak. It appeared again and they thought it was a plane flying at very high high altitude. Then a series of intermittant flashes were obse…
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CHECK-LIST - UNIDENTIFIED FLYING OBJECTS 1. Date 6 July 47 Incident # 56 2. Time 2045 hours 3. Location Birmingham, Alabama 4. Name of observer Staff Sergeant Ira L. Livingston 5. Occupation of observer S/Sgt. W/250 hours as Pilot and Armorer Gunner 6. Address of observer 1…
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CHECK-LIST - UNIDENTIFIED FLYING OBJECTS 1. Date 20 July 1947 Incident # 57 2. Time 00152 3. Location About one hour from Sidney, Newfoundland 4. Name of observer Mrs Messrs Aitland, Larkin, Douglas and Hamilton 5. Occupation of o…
Aitland Larkin Douglas Hamilton
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Observers did not see the object but only four or five flashes approximately one second apart and equidistant. The flashes appeared silvery to reddish in color and were likened to the glow of a firefly excepting they were larger. At least one witness, however, did not believe the…
Capt Gollner
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CHECK-LIST - UNIDENTIFIED FLYING OBJECTS 1. Date 4 Aug 47 Incident # 58 2. Time evening 3. Location NW of Bethel Alaska 4. Name of observer Capt.Jack Peck and Co-pilot Vince Daly 5. Occupation of observer Pilot and Co-pilot - Al Jones Fl…
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Capt Jack Peck and his Copilot Vince Daly stated that on 4 Aug at sunset they sighted and followed a"flying saucer" northwest of Bethel, Alaska. The object which appeared as large in size as a C-54 at first then a DC-3 black in color appeared silhouetted against a brilliant eveni…
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CHECK-LIST - UNIDENTIFIED FLYING OBJECTS

CHECK-LIST - UNIDENTIFIED FLYING OBJECTS 1. Date 12 Sept 47 2. Time 45 minutes after sunset 3. Location Midway Island to Oahu - beyond Neckar Island 4. Name of observer Capt Stanley S. Griffin & 2d Officer Edward B. Folhamus 5. Occupation of observer Pilot and 2d officer, PA…
Stanley S. Griffin Edward B. Folhamus PAA
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CHECK-LIST - UNIDENTIFIED FLYING OBJECTS 1. Date 10 July 47 Ineliart 60 2. Time 1000 3. Location Cordroy, Newfoundland 47° 52' N 59° 21' W 4. Name of observer John P. Legge 5. Occupation of observer Store owner - formerly fo…
John P. Legge
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Mr Lacze asserts in his signed statement that he was certain the object was not a shooting star (asserted he had seen shooting stars before but never had seen anything to compare with it) nor was it a plane. He states it was too "lit up" and traveling at too great a speed. It was…
Lacze Wm Evans Albert Samse
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CHECK-LIST - UNIDENTIFIED FLYING OBJECTS 1. Date 10 July 47 2. Time 1000 3. Location Gander, Newfoundland - 47° 52' N 59° 21' W 4. Name of observer Mr. Dunn 5. Occupation of observer N/S 6. Address of observer Gander, Newfoundland 7. Place of observation Gander, Newfoundla…
Mr. Dunn
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Witness stated that if the object were a shooting star it was larger than any he had ever seen and much brighter than anything he had ever observed in the sky. It appeared round with a yellowish tail,which was not as bright as the circle. The circle itself appeared to be sort of…
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CHECK-LIST - UNIDENTIFIED FLYING OBJECTS 1. Date 10 July 47 2. Time 1000 3. Location Cordroy, Newfoundland - Lye 52' N 59° 21' W 4. Name of observer Albert Somes 5. Occupation of observer M/S - child of 12 6. Address of observer Cordroy, Newfoundland 7. Place of observatio…
Albert Somes Mrs Somes
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Albert Samms is a twelve-year old boy. He was alone when he saw the object. He thought it was flying at the height of a plane at high altitude but that it looked much larger. He said it was not as bright as it was at first. It was not carrying lights ("planes do have a light or t…
Albert Samms Mrs. Samms Laggo Brans
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CHECK-LIST - UNIDENTIFIED FLYING OBJECTS Incident # 11 1. Date 6 Sept 47 2. Time 2:30 P. M. 3. Location Logan, Utah 4. Name of observer Mr and Mrs. Richard Anderson 5. Occupation of observer N/S 6. Address of observer Logan, Utah 7. Place of observation Logan, Utah 40° 45…
Richard Anderson
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Mr. & Mrs. Anderson stated that they in company with a Mr. & Mrs. Guylee Caldwell saw several objects flying in group formation at about 2,000 or 3,000 ft in the air. The objects resembled pigeons but seemed to be white and illuminated. They were certain they weren't birds as the…
Anderson Guylee Caldwell
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CHECK-LIST - UNIDENTIFIED FLYING OBJECTS 1. Date 8 Sept 47 Incident: 61a 2. Time Approx 10:30 P. M. 3. location Logan, Utah 4. Name of observer Mr & Mrs. Norman Hill 5. Occupation of observer N/S 6. Address of observer N/a Logan, Uta…
Norman Hill
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At first the objects were thought to be birds, but because of their speed they proved to change in formation. Thought the objects traveled much faster than birds.
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CHECK-LIST - UNIDENTIFIED FLYING OBJECTS 1. Date 8 Sept 47 Incident # to 2. Time Between 10:30 and 11:00 P. M. 3. Location Logan, Utah 4. Name of observer Mr & Mrs Fred Tannell et al 5. Occupation of observer N/S 6. Address of obs…
Fred Tannell
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Mr & Mrs Fred Thamell advised that they and 5 other people observed five groups each containing 35 to 60 small objects of yellowish-white color circling the city at a high rate of speed. They were several thousand feet in the air and it was impossible to ascertain the size due to…
Fred Thamell
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CHECK-LIST - UNIDENTIFIED FLYING OBJECTS 1. Date 12:05 P. M. Incident # 65 2. Time 09 July 47 3. Location 1/4 mile NW of Canyon while proceeding NW along road leading from Canyon Ferry to York - some 25 miles NE of Helena 4. Name of observer R. J. Peden et al b. Occupation o…
R. J. Peden
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Observers saw bright disc hovering and fluttering in the air. It descended and rose then a vertical distance of 50 to 100 ft for some 5 seconds and while at the top of an ascent it suddenly swooped to the SS at tremendous speed, traveled some 200 ft thn disappeared into the clear…
Steve Herrmann Karl Herrmann
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CHECK-LIST - UNIDENTIFIED FLYING OBJECTS 1. Date 19 Aug 47 2. Time 9:30 P. M. 3. Location Twin Falls, Idaho 4. Name of observer Mr H. H. Hedstrom, wife and a neighbor (Mrs Smultz) Detective Richard A. Frazier of the Twin Falls Police Dept et al 5. Occupation of observer Exec…
H. H. Hedstrom Mrs Smultz Richard A. Frazier Twin Falls Police Dept Twin Falls Housing Authority
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Mrs Hedstrom was the first to notice an object traveling at a terrific speed in a northeasterly direction. While discussing this with her husband and a neighbor all three saw similar objects proceed rapidly in the same direction in the form of a triangle. As they were discussing…
Mrs Hedstrom Mr. Hedstrom Detective Frazier
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COMPLAINT - UNIDENTIFIED FLYING OBJECTS 1. Date: Sept of 1948 Inc 13 urt 4 65 2. Time: N/S 3. Location: 2 or 3 miles south of Rehoboth Beach, Delaware 4. Name of observer: Horace P. Menyon 5. Occupation of observer: N/S however…
Horace P. Menyon
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Mr Menyon advised that he noticed a projectile approximately 15 inches in diameter cross his course at right angles moving in a west-to-east direction and traveling at an altitude of 1,000 ft. It was traveling at a very high rate of speed - from 1,000 to 1,200 MPH. Several jets o…
Mr Menyon
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CHECK-LIST - UNIDENTIFIED FLYING OBJECTS 1. Date 10 Aug 47 Incident # 66 2. Time 9 o'clock - well after dark 3. Location Near Silver Springs, Ohio 4. Name of observer Lt Colonel J. L. Walker Jr., GSC 5. Occupation of observer Scientific Branch, Research Group 6. Address of…
J. L. Walker Jr. MARD WRSS
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About 9 o'clock, well after dark, Lt Col J. L. Walker, Jr. OSC, of the Scientific Branch, Research Group, saw a low flying object appear over the top of a barn to his left traveling in an absolutely straight line in an easterly direction, moving from north 70° to south. The objec…
J. L. Walker, Jr.
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CHECK-LIST - UNIDENTIFIED FLYING OBJECTS 1. Date 14 Aug 47 Incident # 67 2. Time 1600 hours 3. Location 5 miles southwest of Placerville, Calif. 4. Name of observer Mr Ray A. Switzer and wife 5. Occupation of observer Switzer is an Insuranc…
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Observer first noticed a white smoke trail and while searching for its source he saw an object 4 to 6 ft in length x 10 to 12 inches wide and of a metal color which gave off a very bright yellowish like highly polished aluminum. It was first observed at 1090 position to the auto…
Switzer
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CHECK-LIST - UNIDENTIFIED FLYING OBJECTS 1. Date: 24 June 47 2. Time: afternoon 3. Location: Cascade Mts. (Portland, Oregon 4. Name of observer: Fred J. Johnson. 5. Occupation of observer: Prospector 6. Address of observer: Globe Hotel, 1 & E. N. 4. 1st Ave, Portland, 7. P…
Fred J. Johnson
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While prospecting in the Cascade Mts some 5,000 ft above sea level he noticed a reflection. Upon looking up he saw a disc proceeding in a southeasterly direction. Upon sighting it he placed his telescope to his eye and observed it for some 45 to 60 seconds. At the time the disc w…
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CHECK-LIST - UNIDENTIFIED FLYING OBJECTS 1. Date 6 Aug 47 Incident # 63 2. Time 2230-2245 3. Location Philadelphia, Pa. 4. Name of observer Eleanor Madole 5. Occupation of observer Employed by Geo A. Greenwald Mfg Co. 6. Address of observe…
Eleanor Madole Geo A. Greenwald
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Between 10:30 and 10:45 P. M. 6 Aug 47, Miss Beadle was seated on the steps of her home which fronts the lake. She was facing north and observed a large white object travelling at a very fast rate of speed to the south. There was a burning sound, not too loud but plainly audible…
Miss Beadle
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CHECK-LIST - UNIDENTIFIED FLYING OBJECTS 1. Date 6 Aug 47 Incident # 70 2. Time Around 2045 3. Location Philadelphia, Pa 4. Name of observer John Snyder 5. Occupation of observer Insurance agent (former B-24 pilot) 6. Address of observer 1440 Vaukin St., Philadelphia, Pa.…
John Snyder
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John Snyder, a former pilot of B-24 in the Army Air Corps advised that he was sitting on the steps of hishome around 10:45 P. M. the night of Aug 6, 1947 and that his neighbors, the Kelly family, were sitting on their steps. All parties were facing east. Snyder noticed an object…
John Snyder Kelly Army Air Corps
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CHECK-LIST - UNIDENTIFIED FLYING OBJECTS 1. Date 8 or 9 Oct 1947 Incident # 71 2. Time N/S 3. Location Las Vegas, Nevada 4. Name of observer Thomas L. Moore 5. Occupation of observer N/S - Capt, USAAF - Ex pilot 6. Address of obs…
Thomas L. Moore USAAF
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On Oct 5th or 7th, 1947 while witne.s was driving on the NW outskirts of Las Vegas, Nevada, he observed what appeared to be a sky-writing pilot's trail. He stopped his car to observe it and noticed two things which troubled him. (1) There was no visible smoke or trail here been a…
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CHECK-LIST - UNIDENTIFIED FLYING OBJECTS 1. Date 17 Sept 1947 2. Time N/S 3. Location Alaska (Ft Richardson (?)) 4. Name of observer N/S 5. Occupation of observer Army Officer 6. Address of observer N/S 7. Place of observation Near Ft Richardson, Alaska 8. Number of objec…
Army
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Two army officers reported to Office, Director of Intelligence, Hq. Alaskan Dept., Ft Richardson, Alaska, say ng that they had witnessed an objectpassing thru the air at tremendous speed. Object appeared to be a sphere and did not give the impression of being saucer-like or compa…
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CHECK-LIST - UNIDENTIFIED FLYING OBJECTS 1. Date 4 Aug 47 Inrld nt # 73 2. Time 1400 3. Location Boston, Mass 4. Name of observer Alphens E. Powell, Capt of PA Airways, Inc. Walter I. White, Navigator 5. Occupation of observer Crew of P.A Amer Constitution 6. Address of obs…
Alphens E. Powell Walter I. White PA Airways
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At 1600 P. M., 4 Aug 47, midway between Everett, Mass. and the Bedford Radio Beacon, pilot and navigator sighted an unidentified aerial object. The following conditions existed: Visibility: good Cloud coverage: 6-8/10ths; tops: 10,000 ft Wind at 8,000 ft: 270/35 K.H. Aircraft: 8…
Mr White Mr Powell A. C. Powell
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CHECK-LIST - UNIDENTIFIED FLYING OBJECTS 1. Date 13 Aug 47 Incident 75 2. Time 1300 3. Location Snake River Canyon (near Twin Falls) Idaho 4. Name of observer A. C. Urie and two sons, Kenneth & Billy 5. Occupation of observer farmer 6. Add…
A. C. Urie Kenneth Billy
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Urie had sent his sons to the river for some logs from his boat. As they were overdue he went to look for them, when he noticed some 300 feet away some 75 feet in the air a round object silhouetted against the steep walls of the canyon on the far side. (The canyon is about 400 ft…
Urie Keith Urie Billy
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CHECK-LIST - UNIDENTIFIED FLYING OBJECTS 1. Date 13 Aug 47 Incident # 76 2. Time N/S 3. Location Salmon Dam [ILLEGIBLE] N.M. 4. Name of observer County Commissioner Hawkins W. S. Brown 5. Occupation of observer County Commissioner N/S 6. Address of observer N/S 7. Place of…
Hawkins W. S. Brown
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Agent could not locate Commissioner L. A. Hawkins but J. H. Brown, who accompanied Hawkins at the time stated that he and Hawkins could hear a roar. They looked up and saw 2 objects flying at great height which might have been between 4,000 and 6,000 ft. He could give no estimate…
L. A. Hawkins J. H. Brown Urie
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CHECK-LIST - UNIDENTIFIED FLYING OBJECTS 1. Date 3 July 1947 Incident # 77 2. Time 1930 Z 3. Location South Brooksville, Me. 4. Name of observer Mr. John F. Cole 5. Occupation of observer astronomer 6. Address of observer S ut…
John F. Cole
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An unusually loud roar attracted the observer and upon looking up he saw a group of very light-colored objects at an altitude of about 50° punched rather closely with no regular formation. The group could have covered 1-1/2° angular diameter in the sky. There might have been 10 i…
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CHECK-LIST - UNIDENTIFIED FLYING OBJECTS 1. Date 30 June 1947 Incident 78 2. Time 0910 MST 3. Location Near Williams Field over Grand Canyon, Arizona 4. Name of observer Lt William G. McGinty, USN 5. Occupation of observer P-80…
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On 30 June 1947 at about 0910 MST, William G. McGinty, P-80 pilot was flying at 25,000 feet over Bryce Canyon, Arizona, heading south towards Williams Field, Arizona, when he saw 2 round objects going at inconceivable speeds straight down. One of the unidentifiable objects follow…
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CHECK-LIST - UNIDENTIFIED FLYING OBJECTS 1. Date - April 1947 Incident 79 2. Time 1100 E Pibal Observation 3. Location N/S - presumably Richmond, Va. 4. Name of observer Mr. Minorewski 5. Occupation of observer Weather reporters 6.…
Mr. Minorewski
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Mr. Winzewski observed a strange metallic disk on three occasions thru the theodolite while making his pibal observations during a six-month's period. Mr Winzewski last observed the disk in April 1950 at 11:00 A.M. local time when the balloon w s at 15,000 Ft. He followed it for…
Winzewski Beron
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CHECK-LIST - UNIDENTIFIED FLYING OBJECTS 1. Date 7 July 1947 Incident # 80 2. Time 2:30-2:00 3. Location Arlington, Va. 4. Name of observer James A. Cobb 5. Occupation of observer Lt Col., AO 6. Address of observer N/S 7. Place of observation Arlington, Va. - 2807 N. Glebe…
James A. Cobb
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Observed from a bedroom window as a blob of light crossing at very high speed estimated by observer at approx 1350.17h. In color, the object had the appearance of a reflected white light, a cool bright white light with no red in it, like the moon on a clear night.
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CHECK-LIST - UNIDENTIFIED FLYING OBJECTS 1. Date 7 July 1947 Incident No 81 2. Time 0900 hours 3. Location Sienna Village #2 4. Name of observer Mr. Eniel S Ito 5. Occupation of observer Air Communications Sectiont, Hawan, Sie…
Mr. Eniel S Ito
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Mr Saito's attention was attracted by a flashing object in the sky. He stated that this object had the appearance of a large balloon with a silver disc (not unlike a camera lens) suspended below it. Although he could not distinguish a cable connecting the two objects he assumed t…
Saito
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CHECK-LIST - UNIDENTIFIED FLYING OBJECTS 1. Date Between 17 & 21 May 1947 Incld mt 82 2. Time Just after dusk - (2030 & 2100) 3. Location Oklahoma City, Okla. 4. Name of observer Byron B. Savage 5. Occupation of observer Field engineer for Radio Corp. of Amer. Holder of a pr…
Byron B. Savage
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Savage stated that he realized that the object was not a conventional aircraft when it was at a 45° angle from him. It appeared elliptical and as it moved closer it seemed perfectly round and flat. It had an appearance of being spherical and had a ratio of diameter to the thickne…
Savage
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CHECK-LIST - UNIDENTIFIED FLYING OBJECTS 1. Date 9 July 1947 Incident # 2. Time About 12:17 3. Location Between Boise & Meridian 4. Name of observer David N. Johnson 5. Occupation of observer N/S 6. Address of observer Boise, Idaho 7. Place of observation Air 8. Number of…
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Observer flying a National Guard AT-6 was on an easterly heading pointing toward Gowen Field and had flown that course for a minute when there appeared in the left hand portion of his field of vision a round black object. Due to its erratic movement he first thought it a weather…
National Guard
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CHECK-LIST - UNIDENTIFIED FLYING OBJECTS 1. Date: 7 July 1947 Incident # 84 2. Time between 1300 and 1400 hours EST 3. Location 1 mile east of Lakeland, Fla 4. Name of observer Mr. Hiram William Griffin 5. Occupation of observer…
Hiram William Griffin U. S. Navy
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While walking on U. S. Highway #22 7 July 47, at approximately 1 mile east of Lakeland, Fla., between 1300 and 1400 hours observer's attention was attracted skyward by a swishing noise which seemed to sing with a shrill whine. He saw 5 shiny objects going upward from 5,000 ft to…
Griffin
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Incident 85 Void See Incident #29
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CHECK-LIST - UNIDENTIFIED FLYING OBJECTS 1. Date 6 July 1947 Incident 86 2. Time N/S 3. Location Hollywood, Calif 4. Name of observer M. Lenore Corey 5. Occupation of observer N/S 6. Address of observer 3 2635 Magnolia Ave., Los Angeles, Calif 7. Place of observation from…
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Observer was mostly concerned with the accompanying ray phenomena rather than with the "saucers" themselves. Perceived what appeared to be milky white rays in the sunlight which seemed to cross and recross each other like searchlights at night. It did not appear as reflected lig…
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CHECK-LIST - UNIDENTIFIED FLYING OBJECTS 1. Date: N/S - Incident # 87 2. Time evening 3. Location Germany 4. Name of observer Robert J. Broke 5. Occupation of observer N/S 6. Address of observer 4-9 N. Washington Ave., Oshkosh, Wis. 7. Place of observation Germany - 20 mil…
Robert J. Broke
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Observer after reading reports about disc-shaped aircraft recalled a nearly forgotten incident which occurred some 20 miles NW of Habberbishopsheim, Germany after the last war. Object first sighted some 8 to 10 miles to observers' front - at approx 5,000 ft high. It rapidly appr…
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CHECK-LIST - UNIDENTIFIED FLYING OBJECTS 1. Date 3 Aug 1947 Incident # 88 2. Time late afternoon 3. Location Hackensack, N. J. 4. Name of observer Charles Casella, Jr. 227 Euclid Ave, Hackensack Pvt. Trank, U. S. A…
Charles Casella, Jr. Pvt. Trank U. S. Army
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Charles O'sella, Jr. and William Bruen, US Army, Ft. Dix, N. J. sighted a flying disc in late afternoon 3 August 47. Claimed it was 200 yds in air, revolving slowly but moving rapidly and was neither a kite nor a balloon.
Charles O'sella, Jr. William Bruen US Army
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CHECK-LIST - UNIDENTIFIED FLYING OBJECTS 1. Date 6 July 1947 Incident # 83 2. Time 1145 P. M. 3. Location 100 miles west of Kansas City, Missouri 4. Name of observer Maj Archie S. Browning 5. Occupation of observer MAJ, Air Corps, Pilot of…
Archie S. Browning Air Corps
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CE 6 July 1947 while fl ing from Ogden, Utah, to Kansas City, Mo, at 10,000 ft in a B-25 pilot sighted a very bright object low and to his left, approximately 10 miles away. It was 1:15 P. M. and the position was approximately 1.0 miles west of Kansas City. His first reaction was…
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CHECK-LIST - UNIDENTIFIED FLYING OBJECTS 1. Date 29 June 1947 Incident # 90 2. Time 1:00 and 1:30 P. M. 3. Location Highway 17 between Las Cruces, N. M. & White Sands V-2 firing grounds 4. Name of observer Mr. R. R. Keuke, Mr. Zohn, Mr. G. C. Burkhout, & Mrs. Braey Robhood.…
R. R. Keuke Zohn G. C. Burkhout Braey Robhood
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Mrs. Rauke who was driving the car noticed the object first. He called it to the attention of the other occupants. Mr. John thereupon opened the window nearest him and observed the object moving at an unknown rate of velocity at an unknown altitude (which he estimated at 10,000 f…
Rauke John Zohn
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CHECK-LIST - UNIDENTIFIED FLYING OBJECTS 1. Date 28 June 1947 Incident # 01 2. Time 2120 Central Time 3. Location Maxwell Fld., Montgomery, Ala. Comr Wilson B. Kayko, O-19211, Hq AAC 4. Name of observer Capt John E. Cantrell,O-5…
Wilson B. Kayko John E. Cantrell Theodore Dewey AAC
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At approximately 2120 Central time, a light, with a brilliance slightly greater than a star appeared from the West traveling in an easterly direction at a high rate of speed. It first appeared slightly above the horizon of a clear moon-light night. There was no audible sound. It…
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CHECK-LIST - UNIDENTIFIED FLYING OBJECTS 1. Date 19 May 1947 2. Time 1215-1315 3. Location Pikes Peak Railway, Manitou Springs, Colorado 4. Name of observer Mr. D. A. Ramsey, Mr. I. J. Smith, & Mr. L. C. Jamison 5. Occupation of observer employee of Pr Pikes Peak Railway 6.…
D. A. Ramsey I. J. Smith L. C. Jamison
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During their lunch period (1215-1315) 15 May 1947 a member of a train crew called attention to a silver object they were approaching from the Northwest. It appeared to be traveling at great speed. The object appeared extremely small and therefore the altitude could not be estimat…
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CHECK-LIST - UNIDENTIFIED FLYING OBJECTS 1. Date 11 Jun 48 Incident #33 2. Time 1630 3. Location Hartford, Conn. 4. Name of observer Kenneth M. Dalton James J. Fergus 5. Occupation of observer Captains, USAF (ANG) 6. Ad…
Kenneth M. Dalton James J. Fergus USAF ANG ATC
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Object appeared to be a disc which had a bluish center and red on its edges and was travelling at a high velocity. It had a tail and did it leave any sort of a trail in the sky. The velocity of its flight was such that it was impossible to determine the size that it was sighted n…
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CHECK-LIST - UNIDENTIFIED FLYING OBJECTS Incident # 94 1. Date 30 Dec 47 2. Time 1925 PST 3. Location 42° 9.3' N and 111° 22.2' W 4. Name of observer Lt Col W.V. Jones Maj A. A. Andres 5. Occupation of observer USAF pilots 6. Address of observer Hq. Western Pacific Wing of…
W.V. Jones A. A. Andres USAF
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No. F.

while enroute from Great Falls, Montana, to Fairfield-Suisan Air Base, August 4, 1947, a possible number of [ILLEGIBLE] was made by the C-47 crew. The crew stated that the object was a flat aluminum or a metallic as large as, and of a configuration similar to a C-54 plane and whi…
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UNCLASSIFIED - INFORMATION 1. Date: 30 Aug [ILLEGIBLE] 2. Time: 16 S P.M. 3. Location: Stockdale, Calif (Lat 36° 01' N., Long 119° 41' W.) 4. Name of observer: N/S (Not given) 5. Occupation of observer: [ILLEGIBLE] 6. Address of observer: Sacramento Air Force Base, Calif. […
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A report received at Fairfield-Suisan tower from McClellan, Arizona over at Sacramento stated a mr out of a reported three submarine like named or flying saucer flying near Roswell, New Mexico. The object was sighted at the P.O. time trailing several colors of flame with red and…
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CHECK-LIST - UNIDENTIFIED FLYING OBJECTS 1. Date 30 Dec 1947 Incident #96 2. Time 1925 PST 3. Location 30 miles west of Lovelock, Nevada 4. Name of observer N/S (motorist on U. S. Highway #40) 5. Occupation of Observer N/S 6. Address of Observer N/S 7. Place of Observation…
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Incident 96

The Fairfield Control Tower obtained a report at approximately 2300 EST 30 Dec 47 from Hamilton Fld Flight Control, that a motorist on U. S. Highway #40, 30 miles west of Lovelock, Nevada, (approximately 39° 53' N, 118° 53' W) had seen an object explode in the air at a height of…
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CHECK-LIST UNIDENTIFIED FLYING OBJECTS Incident #97 1. Date 30 Dec 47 2. Time 1925 PST 3. Location Between Medford, Oregon & Mt Shasta, Calif 4. Name of observer N/S (United Airline Flight #191) 5. Occupation…
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Incident #97

Incident #97 The Fairfield Control Tower obtained a report from Oakland Airport Flight Control (CAA) at approximately 2315 PST, 30 Dec 1947 that United AirLines Flight 19 proceeding on airways between Medford, Oregon, and Mt Shasta, observed a flash at 1925 PST just north of the…
CAA
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CHECK LIST - UNIDENTIFIED FLYING OBJECTS 1. Date 2 Nov 1947 Incident: #98 2. Time Just before break of day 3. Location Anderson Road, Houston, Texas 4. Name of observer Mr & Mrs Elmer L. Brimberry 5. Occupation of observer Employe of Immigration Svc, Dept of Justice 6. Addr…
Elmer L. Brimberry Immigration Svc Dept of Justice
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Incident: #98

Incident: #98 Incident occurred just before break of day. Object appeared to Mrs Brimberry as a large round ball of fire about 26 to 30 inches in diameter with a "tail" of approximately 20 feet in length. This "tail" seemed to diminish as it approached the ground. It appeared to…
Mrs Brimberry Mr Brimberry
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[REDACTED]-LIST - UNIDENTIFIED FLYING OBJECTS

[REDACTED]-LIST - UNIDENTIFIED FLYING OBJECTS Incident: #99 1. Date 3 Jan 1948 2. Time N/S 3. Location Helsinki, Finland 4. Name of observer Artile taken from Helsinki Press, 10th Jan 48 Finland (USMILATTACHE ARLEGATION Helsinki, Findlan 5. Occupation of observer N/S 6. Ad…
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CHECK-LIST - UNIDENTIFIED FLYING OBJECTS

CHECK-LIST - UNIDENTIFIED FLYING OBJECTS 1. Date 5 Jan 1948 Incident: 100 2. Time [REDACTED] 3. Location Helsinki Finland (Military Attache was official source of information) 4. Name of observer N/S 5. Occupation of observer N/S 6. Address of observer N/S 7. Place of obse…

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