July 3, 1947; Harborside, Maine. 2:30 p.m. EDT.
Witness:astronomer John Cole of South Brooksville, Me. Watched 10-15seconds while ten very light objects, with two dark forms totheir left, moved like a swarm of bees to the northwest. A loudroar was heard.

July 4, 1947; over Emmet, Idaho. 8:17 p.m. PDT.
Witnesses:United Air Lines Capt. E.J. Smith, First Officer Ralph Stevens,Stewardess Marty Morrow. Watched for 12-15 minutes while fourobjects with flat bottoms and rough tops moved at varying speeds,with one high and to the right of the others.

July 6, 1947; Fairfield-Suisan Air Base, California. Daytime.
Witnesses: Army Air Forces Capt. and Mrs. James Burniston.Watched for 1 minute while one object having no wings or tailrolled from side-to-side three times and then flew away very fastto the southeast.

July 8, 1947; Muroc Air Base, California. 9:30 a.m. PDT.
Witnesses: 1st Lt. Joseph McHenry, T/Sgt Ruvolo, S/Sgt Nauman,Miss Janette Scotte. Watched for an unstated length of timewhile two disc-shaped or spherical objects--silver and apparentlymetallic--flew a wide circular pattern, and then one of themlater flew a tighter circle.

July 9, 1947; Meridian, Idaho. 12:17 p.m. PDT.
Witness: Idahostatesman aviation editor and former (AAF) B-29 pilot DaveJohnson. Watched for more than 10 seconds from an Idaho AirNational Guard AT-6 while a black disc, which stood out againstthe clouds, made a half-roll and then a stair-step climb.

July 10, 1947; Harmon Field, Newfoundland, Canada. Between 3 and5 p.m. local time.
Witnesses: three ground crewmen, includingMr. Leady, for Pan American Airways. Watched briefly while onetranslucent disc- or wheel-shaped object flew very fast, leavinga dark blue trail and then ascended and cut a path through theclouds.

July 29, 1947; Hamilton Air Base, California. 2:50 p.m. PDT.
Witnesses: Assistant Base Operations Officer Capt. WilliamRhyerd, ex-AAF B-29 pilot Ward Stewart. Watched for unknownlength of time while two round, shiny, white objects withestimated 15-25 foot diameters, flew 3-4 times the apparent speedof a P-80, also in sight. One object flew straight and level;the other weaved from side-to-side like an escort fighter.

Sept 3, 1947; Oswego, Oregon. 12:15 p.m. PDT.
Witness:housewife Mrs. Raymond Dupui. Watched for unknown length of timeas 12-15 round, silver objects flew an unstated pattern.

Oct., 1947; Dodgeville, Wisconsin. 11unnamed civilian man. Watched for 1 hour while an undescribedobject flew counterclockwise circles.

Oct 14, 1947; 11 mi. NNE of Cave Creek, Arizona. Noon MDT.
Witnesses: ex-AAF fighter pilot J.L. Clark, civilian pilotAnderson, third man. Watched 45-60 seconds while one 3-foot"flying wing"-shaped object, which looked black against the whiteclouds and red against the blue sky, flew straight at anestimated 380 mph, at 8-10,000 feet, from NW to SE.

April 5, 1948; Holloman AFB, New Mexico. Afternoon.
Witnesses:Geophysics Lab balloon observers Alsen, Johnson, Chance. Twoirregular, round, white or golden objects. One made three loopsthen rose and disappeared rapidly; the other flew in a fast arcto the west during the 3O^second sighting.

July 29, 1948:Indianapolis, Indiana. 9:88 a.m. witness*:James Toney, Robert Huggins, both employees of a rug cleaningfirm. One shiny aluminum object, shaped something like anairplane's propeller, with 10-12 small cups protruding fromeither blade. Estimated size 6-8' long, 1.5-2' wide. The objectglided across the road a few hundred feet in front of theirvehicle and apparently went down in a wooded area. Sightinglasted a few seconds.

July 31, 1948; Indianapolis, Indiana. 8:25 a.m.
Witnesses: Mr.and Mrs. Vernon Swigert; he was an electrician. Object wasshaped like a cymbal, or domed disc; about 20' across and 6-8'thick, and was white without any shine. It flew straight andlevel from horizon to horizon in about 10 seconds, shimmering inthe sun as if spinning.

July or August, 1948; vicinity of Marion, Virginia. Shortlyafter sunset.
Witness: Max Abbott, flying a Bellanca Cruisairfour-passenger private airplane. A single bright white lightaccelerated and turned up a valley.

Sept 23, 1948; San Pablo, California.12 noon.
Witnesses:Sylvester Bentham and retired U.S. Army Col. Horace Eakins. Twoobjects: one, a buff or grey rectangle with vertical lines; theother a translucent "amoeba" with a dark spot near the center.The arms of the "amoeba" undulated. Both objects traveled veryfast.

Oct 15, 1948; Fusuoka, Japan. 11:05 p.m.
Witnesses: pilotHalter and radar operator Hemphill of a P-61 "Black Widow" nightfighter. Up to six objects tracked on radar, only one seenvisually. Dull or dark object shaped like a dirigible with aflat bottom and clipped tail end. Six seen on radar separatelyPilot attempted to close on visual object, but it dove away fast.

Dec 3, 1948; Fairfield-Suisan AFB, California. 8:15 p.m.
Witness: USAF Sgt., control tower operator. One round, whitelight flew for 25 seconds with varying speed, bouncing motion,and finally a rapid erratic climb.

Jan 4, 1949; Hickam Field, Hawaii. 2 p.m.
Witness: USAF pilotCapt. Paul Storey, on ground. one flat white, elliptical objectwith a matte top circled while oscillating to the right and left,and then sped away.

Jan 27, 1949; Cortez-Bradenton, Florida. 10:20 p.m.
Witnesses:Capt. Sames, acting chief of the Aircraft Branch, Eglin AFB, andMrs. Sames. They watched for 25 minutes while a cigar-shapedobject as long as two Pullman cars and having seven lightedsquare windows and throwing sparks, descended and then climbedwith a bouncing motion at an estimated 400 mph

March 17, 1949; Camp Hood, Texas. 7:52 p.m.
Witnesses: guardsof the 2nd Armored Division. While awaiting the start of aflare firing, they watched, for an hour, while eight large,green, red and white flare-like objects flew in generallystraight lines.

April 3, 1949; Dillon, Montana. 11:55 a.m.
Witnesses:construction company owner Gosta Miller and three other unnamedpersons. One object shaped like two plates attachedface-to-face; matte bottom, bright aluminum top; 20' diameter,4-5' thickness. It rocked or rotated in six cycles, descended,rocked, flew, rocked; all this was very fast.

April 4, 1949; Merced, California. 10:20 p.m.
Witness: WilliamParrott, former Air Force pilot and major. One generally roundobject with a curved bottom and dull coloring. The object gaveoff a clicking sound until overhead. Parrott's dog reacted. 35seconds.

April 24, 1949; Arrey, New Mexico. l0:30 a.m.
Witnesses:General Mills meteorologist and balloon expert C.B. Moore andothers on a balloon launch crew. One white, round ellipsoid,about 2.5 times as long as wide.

April 28, 1949; Tucson, Arizona. 5:45 p.m.
Witnesses: HowardHann, Mr. Hubert, Tex Keahey. One bright, sausage-shaped objectwas observed for 40 minutes while it rolled and flew fast.

May 5, 1949; Ft. Bliss, Texas. 11:40 a.m.
Witnesses: Armyofficers Maj. Day, Maj. Olhausen, Capt. Vaughn. Two oblong whitediscs, flying at an estimated 200-250 mph, made a shallow turnduring the 30-50 second observation.

May 6, 1949; Livermore, California. 9:35 a.m.
Witness: C. G.Green. Two shiny, disc-like objects rotated around each otherand banked. Then one shot upwards with a grey trail and rejoinedthe other. The sighting lasted 5 minutes.

May 9, 1949; Tucson, Arizona. 2:30 p.m.
Witness: M/Sgt. TroyPutnam. Two round, flat silvery objects, estimated to be 25' indiameter, flew 750-1,000 mph in a banked but steady manner.

May 27, 1949; South-central Oregon. 2:25 p.m.
Witness: JosephShell, ferrying SNJ trainer for North American Aviation, from RedBluff, California, to Burns, Oregon. Five to eight oval objects,twice as long as wide, and 1/5 as thick. They flew in trailformation, with an interval equal to 3-4 times their length,except that the second and third were closer together.

July 24, 1949; Mountain Home, Idaho. 12 noon.
Witness: HenryClark, manager of a flying service, flying a Piper Clipper.Seven delta-shaped objects, 35-55' in span, 20-30' long, 2-5'thick; light colored except for a 12' diameter dark circle at therear of each. They flew in a tight formation of twos with onebehind, and made a perfect, but unbanked, turn. During the10 minute sighting, they displayed decreasing smoothoscillations. Clark's engine ran rough during the sighting, andupon landing was found to have all its spark plugs burned out.

July 30, 1949; Mt. Hood, Oregon. 9 p.m.
Witnesses: NorthwestAirlines Capt. Thrush, two Portland control tower operators, andone flying instructor. One object with one white light and twored lights, maneuvered and hovered.

Feb 5, 1950; Teaticket, Massachusetts.5:10 p.m.
Witnesses:Marvin Odom, former U.S. Navy fighter pilot, USAF Lt. PhilipFoushee, pilot from Otis AFB, and two others. Two thin,illuminated cylinders, one of which dropped a fireball,maneuvered together and then disappeared high and fast after 5minutes.

Feb 24, 1950; Albuquerque, New Mexico. 1:55 p.m.
Witnesses:Municipal Airport Weather Observers Luther McDonald, HarrisonManson. One white, slightly elongated oval was watched for 1.5minutes through a theodolite while it flew straight and level.

Feb 25, 1950; Los Alamos, New Mexico. 3:55 p.m.
Witnesses:Twelve Atomic Energy Commission security inspectors. Onecylinder with tapered ends, silver and flashing, flew slow andhen fast, fluttered and oscillated, and changed course.observations by individuals varied from 3 seconds to 2 minutes.

March 3, 1950; Selfridge AFB, Michigan.11:05 p.m.
Witness:st Lt Frank Mattson. One intense, dull yellowish lightdescended vertically, then flew straight and level very fast for4 minutes.

March 20, 1950; Stuggart, Arkansas.9:26 p.m.
Witnesses:Chicago & Southern Airlines Capt. Jack Adams, First Officer G. W.Anderson, Jr. One 100' circular disc with 9-12 portholes alongthe lower side emitting a soft purple light, and a light at thetop which flashed 3 times in 9 seconds, flew at not less than1,000 mph It was seen for 25-35 seconds.

March 27, 1980; Motobo, Okinawa. 10:30 a.m.
Witness: USAFradar operator Cpl. Bolfango. Tracked on radar for 2 minuteswhile it was stationary and then moved at 500 mph. Visualobservation not detailed, only mentioned in summary.

March 28, 1950; Santiago, Chile. 3:15 p.m.
Witness: M/Sgt.Patterson, of the office of the U.S. Air Attache. One whiteobject observed for 5-10 seconds through binoculars while it flewhigh and fast, crossing 30^ of sky.

March 29, 1950; Marrowbore Lake, Tennessee. 7 a.m.
Witnesses:real estate salesmen Whiteside and Williams. Six-twelve darkobjects shaped like 300-lb.bombs, estimated 5 feet long. Flew500 mph and descended, making a noise like wind blowingthrough the trees.

April 8, 1950; Kokomo, Indiana. 2 a.m.
Witness: Earl Baker.One grey metallic disc, 50' in diameter, 15' thick; top-shapedwith a "conning tower" at the top and three ports on the rimgiving off a blue light. It hovered for 2 minutes, then flewaway. Baker aroused from sleep by his dog.

April 14, 1950; Ft. Monmouth, New Jersey. 2:30 p.m.
Witness:Army M/Sgt. James. Four rectangular, amber objects, about 3' by4'.changed speed and direction rapidly; the group of objectsrose and fell during the 3-4 minute sighting.

May 7, 1950; Nine miles sough of Ely, Nevada. 6:45 p.m.
Witnesses: Mr. and Mrs. George Smith and their grandson. Onesilvery white object hovered at 100' altitude, moved back andforth for 10 minutes and then flew up and away. Note in casefile: "No investigation."

June 27, 1950; Texarkana, Texas. 7:50 a.m.
Witnesses: Terrelland Yates, employees of Red River Arsenal. One object, bright,shaped like two dishpans face-to-face, flew straight and level,fast for 4-5 seconds.

July 13, 1950; Redstone Arsenal, Alabama. 5 p.m.
Witnesses:two skilled Arsenal employees including Mr. Washburn. oneobject, shaped like a bow tie, and like polished aluminum. Flewstraight and level, then one triangle rotated 1/4 turn in theopposite direction and returned to its original position. Theobject then made a right-angle turn and accelerated away after atleast 30 seconds.

Aug 4, 1950; approx. 100 mi. SE of New York City (39' 35' N.,72' 24.5' W.). 10 a.m. EDT.
Witnesses: Master Nils Lewring,Chief Mate Jacob Koelwyn, Third Mate, of M/V Marcala. One 10'cylindrical object at 50-100' altitude, flying with a churning orrotary motion, accelerated at end of 15 second sighting.

Aug 20, 1950; Nicosia, Cyprus. 1:30 p.m.
Witnesses: USAF MATSliaison officer Lt. William Ghormley, Col. W. V. Brown, Lt.col. L.w. Brauer. One small, round, bright object flew fast,straight and level for 15-20 seconds.

Aug 25, 1950; approx. 250 mi. SW of Bermuda (29' 40' N., 67*28' W.). 8 p.m.
Witness: B-29 radar man S/Sgt. William Shaffer.Radar observation, plus possible blue streak 3 minutes later.B-29 followed unidentified target, then passed it at l/4-miledistance, target followed for 5 minutes, then passed B-29 andsped away. Total time of tracking:20 minutes.

Aug 30, 1950; Sandy Point, Newfoundland, Canada. 1:30 p.m.
Witnesses: three local employees, including Kaeel and Alexander,of the Air Force Base. A dark, barrel-shaped object with a poledown from it into the water, flew at 3-5 mph and 15-20'altitude for 5 minutes.

Sept 3, 1950; Spokane, Washington.2 p.m.
Witnesses: Maj R.J.Gardiner, Mrs. Gardiner and neighbor (former saw three objects,others saw one). Metallic bronze discs, 20-30' long, 2-6' thick.Moved independently and erratically for 5 minutes.

Sept 20, 1950; Kit Carson, Colorado.10:49 a.m. Witnessidentified only as a "reliable source". Two large, round,glowing objects and three smaller, internally lit objects. Twohovered for 1 minute, moved, and three smaller ones came frombehind or within the two larger objects, and all sped upward andaway.

Sept 21, 1950; Provincetown, Massachusetts. 9:52 a.m.
Witness:M.I.T. research associate and Air National Guard Maj. M.H. Ligda.Radar tracking of one object during M.I.T tracking of USAF flightof F-84 or F-86 jet fighters. Object speed was 22 miles/minute(l,200 mph), made turn of 11-12 gs acceleration during 1minute observation.

Oct 15, 1950; Oak Ridge, Tennessee.3:20 p.m. Atomic EnergyCommission Trooper Rymer, J. Moneymaker, Capt. Zarzecki. Twoshiny silver objects shaped like bullet or bladder. They dovewith a smoke trail and one vanished. The other hovered at 5-6,altitude, 50' away, left and returned several times somewhatfurther away.

Oct 15, 1950; Pope AFB, North Carolina.
Witness: Daniel.Listed as "unidentified" in folder index, but no supporting datacould be found.Oct 15, 1950; Pope AFB, North Carolina.
Witness: Woodward.Same as previous observation.

Oct 23, 1950; Bonlee, North Carolina. 12:42 p.m.
Witness:ex-USAF pilot Frank Risher. One aluminum object shaped like adirigible or Convair C-99 cargo plane, with 3 portholes, arrivedfrom southeast, hovered 3-5 seconds and flew away to the south-south-east at end of 40 second sighting.

Nov 5, 1950, Oak Ridge, Tennessee.11:55 a.m.
Witness:Fairchild Aircraft illustrator Don Patrick. One translucentobject, light grey with dark core, shaped like a pear or bean.Flew for 5-10 minutes with rapid, darting movements.

Dec 2, 1950; Nanyika, Kenya. 10:50 a.m. Mr. and Mrs. L. Scott.One pearly, iridescent object with a flattened top, spun whilehovering and made a sound like bees buzzing. Only data in fileswas from East African "Standard" newspaper.

Dec 6, 1950; Ft. Myers, Florida. 5p.m.
Witnesses: formeraircraft purchasing agent Harry Lamp and four boys, usinglO-power binoculars. One 75' object, 3-4' thick, bubble on top,silver with a red rim having two white and two orange jets alongit. The center revolved when the object hovered; then it flewaway very fast.

Dec 11, 1950; l0 mi. NW of Gulcana, Alaska. 10:13 p.m.
Witnesses: crew of Northwest Air Lines flight 802. Two whiteflashes, followed by a dark cloud which rose and split in two.

Jan 8, 1951; South of Ft. Worth, Texas. 10:45 p.m.
Witnesses:Mr. and Mrs. W.J. Boggus, plus unidentified drivers andpassengers in other cars stopped to watch. Two groups of red andgreen lights in triangular formations were stationary and thenmoved.

Jan 12, 1951, Ft. Benning, Georgia.10 p.m.
Witness: U.S.Army 2nd Lt. A.C. Hale. One light with a fan-shaped wakeremained motionless like a star about 20 minutes and then spedaway.

Jan 16, 1951; Artesia, New Mexico. Time unknown.
Witnesses:Two members of a balloon project from the General Mills .Aeronautical Research Laboratory, the manger of the ArtesiaAirport, and three pilots. The balloon crew was observing their110' balloon at an altitude of 112,000' when a dull white, roundobject was spotted. It appeared larger than the balloon, butmade no movement. Later, the balloon crew and the others sawtwo objects from the airport; flying side-by-side, they circledthe balloon and flew away to the northeast. The secondobservation lasted about 40 seconds.
Note: there is confusionover the date of this case, with some USAF records showing it as1952; however, 1951 appears to be correct.

Feb 1, 1951; Johnson Air Base, Japan. 5:10 p.m.
Witnesses:pilot and radar operator of F-82 night fighter. One amber lightmade three or four 360* turns to the right, reversed toward theF-82 and then climbed out of sight.

Feb 21, 1951; Durban, South Africa.4:55 a.m.
Witnesses:three men in a truck, several other persons, none named. A darkred, torpedo-shaped object with darker center, flew straight andlevel.

Feb 26, 1951; Ladd AFB, Alaska. 7:10 a.m.
Witness: USAF Sgt.J.B. Sells. One dull grey, metallic object, estimated to be 120'long and 10-12' thick, hovered, puffed smoke and sped away after1-1.5 minutes.
Note: May have been Feb 25.

Mar 10, 1951; Chinnampo, Korea. 9:51 a.m.
Witnesses: crew ofUSAF B-29 bomber, including scanners and tail gunner. A largered-yellow glow burst and became blue-white. No furtherinformation in files.

Mar 13, 1951; McClellan AFB, California. 3:20 p.m.
Witnesses:USAF lst Lt. B.J. Hastie, Mrs. Rafferty. A cylinder with twintails, 200' long and 90' wide, turned north and flew atincredible speed. Two minutes.

Mar 15, 1951; New Delhi, India. 10:20 a.m.
Witnesses: 25members of a flying club, including the chief aerial engineer andhis two assistants. One metallic cigar-shaped object with whiteexhaust which turned black when it accelerated to an estimated1,000 mph and made a large loop. Seven minutes.

June 1, 1951; Niagara Falls, New York. 4:20 a.m.
Witnesses:M/Sgt H.E. Sweeney, 2 enlisted men. One glowing yellow-orange,saucer-shaped object with arc-shaped wings, flew straight up.Seen for 30-40 seconds.

July 24, 1951; Portsmouth, New Hampshire. 7:10
Witnesses:Hanscom AFB Operations Officer Capt. Cobb, Cpl. Fein. One100-200' tubular object, 5 times long as it was wide, with finsat one end, and colored greyish with many black spots. Flew800-1,000 mph at 1-2,000' altitude, leaving a faint swath.20seconds.

Aug 25, 1951; Albuquerque, New Mexico. 9:58 p.m.
Witnesses:Sandia Base Security Guard Hugh Young and wife. A flying wing-shaped craft passed over their heads at an estimated 800-1,000'altitude with no sound. Size estimated at 1.5 times wingspan ofB-36 bomber, or 350'. Dark, chordwise stripes on underside, and6-8 pairs of soft, glowing lights on trailing edge of "wing".Speed estimated at 300-400 mph, object seen for about 30seconds.

Aug 31, ; Matador, Texas. 12:45 p.m.
Witnesses: Mrs. TomTilson, one or two other women, all apparently of excellentreputations. One pear-shaped object with a length of a B-29fuselage (100'), aluminum or silver with a port or some type ofaperture on the side. It moved with smaller end forward,drifting slowly at about 150' altitude, then headed up in acircular fashion and out of sight after a few seconds.

Sept 6, 1951; Claremont, California.7:20 p.m. (not reallyclear).
Witnesses: S/Sgt W.T. Smith, M/Sgt L.L. Duel (?). Sixorange lights in an irregular formation, flew straight and levelinto a coastal fog bank after 3-4 minutes.

Sept 14, 1951; Goose Bay, Labrador, Canada. 9:30 p.m.
Witnesses: T/Sgt W.B. Maupin, Cpl. J.W. Green. Three objectstracked on radar. Two were on a collision course, then oneevaded to the right upon the request, by radio, of one of theradar operators! No aircraft were known to be in the area. Athird unidentified track then joined the first two. More than 15minutes.

Oct 2, 1951; Columbus, Ohio. 6 p.m.
Witness: BattelleMemorial Institute graduate physicist Howard Cross. One brightoval with a clipped tail flew straight and level, fading into thedistance after 1 minute.

Oct 3, 1951; Kadena, Okinawa. 10:27 p.m.
Witnesses: radaroperators Sgt. M.W. Watson and Pvt. Gonzales and one otherSergeant. One large, sausage-shaped blip tracked at an estimated4,800 mph

Oct 9, 1951; Terre Haute, Indiana.1:42 p.m.
Witness: CAAChief Aircraft Communicator Roy Messmore at Hulman MunicipalAirport. One round silver object flew directly overhead,reaching the horizon in 15 seconds.
Note: a very similarincident happened 3 minutes later near Paris, Illinois (15 milesNW) and was also listed as "unidentified" for several years, butwas eventually reclassified.

Oct 11, 1951; Minneapolis, Minnesota. 6:30 a.m.
Witnesses:General Mills balloon researchers, including aeronauticalengineer J.J. Kaliszewski, aerologist C.B. Moore, pilot DickReilly in the air, and Doug Smith on the ground. The flight crewsaw the first object, a brightly glowing one with a darkunderside and a halo around it. The object arrived high andfast, then slowed and made slow climbing circles for about twominutes, and finally sped away to the east. Soon they sawanother one, confirmed by ground observers using a theodolite,which sped across the sky. Total time first object was seen was5 minutes, second was a few seconds.

Nov 18, 1951; Washington, D.C. 3:20 a.m.
Witnesses: Crew ofCapital Airlines DC-4 Flight 610, Andrews AFB Senior air trafficcontroller Tom Selby. One object with several lights, followedthe DC-4 for about 20 minutes and then turned back.

Nov 24, 1951; Mankato, Minnesota. 33:53 p.m.
Witnesses: USAFor ANG pilots W.H. Fairbrother and D.E. Stewart in P-51 Mustangs.One milky white object shaped like Northrop flying wing (broad,slightly swept-back wing with no fuselage or tail). Estimated 8'span. Flew straight and level for 5 seconds.

Dec 7, 1951; Sunbury, Ohio. 4:30 p.m.
Witness: amateurastronomer Carl Loar. One silvery sphere seen through telescope.Two specks sighted at sides, object seemed to explode and wasreplaced by a dark cloud and many specks.30 minutes.

Dec 7, 1951; Oak Ridge, Tennessee.8:15 a.m.
Witness: AtomicEnergy Commission guard J.H. Collins. One 20' square object,white-grey but not shiny flew above ridge to clouds and backagain twice, taking 30-40 seconds each time.

Feb 11, 1952; Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.3 a.m.
Witnesses:Capt. G.P. Arns and Maj. R.J. Gedson flying a Beech AT-lltrainer. One yellow-orange comet-shaped object pulsed flame for1-2 seconds of a 1 minute straight and level flight.

Feb 23, 1952; over North Korea. 11:15 p.m.
Witness:Captain/B-29 navigator. One bluish cylinder, three times long aswide, with a tail and rapid pulsations, came in high and fast,made several turns and leveled out under B-29 which was evadingmild antiaircraft fire.45 second sighting.

March 20, 1952; Centreville, Maryland.10:42 p.m.
Witnesses:WWl/WW2 veteran A.D. Hutchinson and son.One dull orange-yellowsaucer-shaped light flew straight and level very fast for 30seconds.

March 23, 1952; Yakima, Washington.6:56 and 7p.m.
Witnesses: pilot and radar operator of F-94 jet interceptor. Oneither occasion, a red fireball increased in brightness and thenfaded over 45 second span.Stationary both times.
Note:

Project Blue Book Status Report #7 (May 31, 1952) says target wasalso tracked by ground radar at 78 knots (90 mph) at 22,500'and 25,000' altitude.

March 24, 1952; 60 miles west of Pt. Concepcion, California.8:45 a.m.
Witnesses: B-29 navigator and radar operator.Onetarget tracked for 20-30 seconds at estimated 3,000 mph

March 29, 1952; 20 miles north of Misawa AFB, Japan. 11:20 a.m.
Witness: Brigham, pilot of AT-6 trainer. One small, very thin,shiny metallic disc flew alongside the AT-6, then made a pass atan F-84 jet fighter, flipped on edge, fluttered 20' from theF-84's fuselage and flipped in the slipstream...all in 10seconds.

April 4, 1952; Duncanville, Texas. 7:30 p.m.
Witnesses: tworadar operators of the 147th AC&W Squadron. One object wastracked for one minute by radar at an estimated 2,160 mph

April 5, 1952; Phoenix, Arizona. l0:40 a.m.
Witnesses: Mr. andMrs. L.G. Ryan, R.L. Stokes, D. Schook. One large, dull greycircular object, followed by two more, flew straight and level athigh speed.

April 5, 1952; Miami, Florida. 9:15 p.m.
Witnesses: L.E.VanDercar and 9 year old son. Four dark circular objects withmostly fuzzy edges, crossed face of Moon; each was half theapparent diameter of Moon. 2:59 p.m.
Witness: H.L. Russell.

April 6, 1952; Temple, Texas. 2:59 p.50-75 grey-white discs changed position within formationcontinually, tilted in unison every 12-15 seconds during 3.8minute sighting.

April 12, 1952; North Bay, Ontario, Canada. 9:30 p.m.
Witnesses: Royal Canadian Air Force Warrant Officer E.H.Rossell, Flight Sgt. R. McRae. One round amber object flew fast,stopped, reversed direction, climbed away at 30' angle during a 2minute observation.

April 14, 1952; LaCrosse, Wisconsin.12:35 p.m.
Witness:unidentified CAL airline pilot. Several light colored objectsflew in V-formation. No further details in files.

April 14, 1952; Memphis, Tennessee. 6:34 p.m.
Witnesses: U.S.Navy pilots Lt. jg. Blacky, Lt. jg.O'Neil. One inverted bowl,3' long and 1' high, with vertical slots, flew fast, straight andlevel, 100 yards from observers' aircraft for 45-60 seconds.

April 15, 1952; Santa Cruz, California.7:40 p.m.
Witness: Mr.Hayes, brother of Master Sergeant. Two faint objects observedflying fast along the horizon for 6-8 seconds, using 20x spottingtelescope.

April 17, 1952; Longmeadow, Massachusetts.8:30 p.m.
Witnesses:S.B. Brooks, chemical engineer J.A. Eaton. One round, deeporange object flew fast and erratic, occasionally emitting ashaft of light to the rear during a 40 minute sighting.

April 17, 1952; Yuma, Arizona. 3:05 p.m.
Witnesses: group ofArmy weather observation students, including several graduateengineers.One flat-white, circular object flew with anirregular trajectory and a brief trail, for about 7 seconds.

April 18, 1952; Yuma, Arizona. Time unknown.
Witnesses: twoArmy weather observation students. One flat-white circularobject flew for 5-10 seconds in a very erratic manner.

April 18, 1952; Bethesda, Maryland. l1:30 a.m.
Witnesses: R.Poerstal and three other men. Seven to nine circular,orange-yellow lights in a 40^ V-formation flew overhead silentlyfor 4-8 seconds, from south to north.

April 18, 1952; Corner Brook, Newfoundland, Canada. l0:l0 p.m.
Witness: reporter Chic Shave. One round, yellow-gold objectflew south and returned during 1.5 minute sighting.

April 18, 1952; 50 miles northwest of Kyushu, Japan (129* 51' E.,34' 19' N.).
Witness: one radar operator.Tracked unidentifiedtarget for 1 minute at 2,700 mph

April 18, 1952; Corner Brook, Newfoundland, Canada. 4 a.m.
Witness: janitor C. Hamilton. One yellow-gold object made asharp turn and left a short, dark trail during l minute sighting.

April 22, 1952; Naha AFB, Okinawa. 99 p.m.
Witnesses: crew ofB-29 bomber, on ground. One elliptical object, followed by twoand then another two, each with a white light that blinked every1-2 seconds as they performed erratic maneuvers for 10 minutes.

April 24, 1952; Bellevue Hill, Vermont. 5 a.m.
Witnesses: crewof USAF C-124 transport plane. Three circular, bluish objects inloose "fingertip" formation twice flew parallel to airplaneduring 3-4 minute period.

April 24, 1952; Milton, Massachusetts.2:30 p.m.
Witnesses:three Cambridge Research Center electronics engineers, one namedBuruish. Two flat, red squares flew wobbly in level flight,climbed, leveled out during 1.5 minute observation.

April 24, 1952; Clovis, New Mexico. 8:10 p.m.
Witness: USAF light Surgeon Maj. E.L. Ellis. Many orange-amber lights,sometimes separate, sometimes fused, behaved erratically.Speedvaried from motionless to very fast during 5 minute sighting.

April 27, 1952; Roseville, Michigan.4:15 p.m.
Witnesses: H.A.Freytag and three male relatives, including a minister.Onesilver oval rolled, descended and stopped.Two silver cigar-shaped objects appeared, one departing to the east and one to thewest.A third silver cigar-shaped object flew by at high speed.Sightings lasted 45 minutes.

April 27, 1952; Yuma, Arizona. 8:30 p.m.
Witnesses: M/Sgt. andMrs. G.S. Porter (he was off-duty control tower operator).Bright red or flame-colored discs, appearing as large as fighterplanes.Seven sightings of one disc, one of two in formationduring 2 hours.All seen below 11,000' overcast.

April 29, 1952; Marshall, Texas. 3:30 p.m.
Witness: privatepilot R.R. Weidman. One round, white object which flew straight,with a side-to-side oscillation for 1.5 minutes.

April 29, 1952; Goodland, Kansas. 100 p.m.
Witness: B-29bombardier Lt. R.H. Bauer. One white fan-shaped light pulsed 3-4times per second for 2 seconds.

May 1, 1952; Moses Lake, Washington.5:32 a.m.
Witnesses: TwoAtomic Energy Commission employees, Eggan and Shipley. Onesilver object without wings flew straight and level for 1.5minutes.

May 1, 1952; George AFB, California.10:50 a.m.
Witnesses:three men on the arms range, plus one Lt. Colonel 4 miles away.Five flat-white discs about the diameter of a C-47's wingspan(95') flew fast, made a 90^ turn in a formation of three in frontand two behind, and darted around, for 15-30 seconds.

May 5, 1952; Tenafly, New Jersey. 10:45 p.m.
Witness: Mrs.M.M. Judson. Six or seven translucent, cream-yellow objects.Onemoved in an ellipse, while the others moved in and out.

May 7, 1952; Keesler AFB, Mississippi.12:15 p.m.
Witnesses:Capt. Morris, a Master Sergeant, a Staff Sergeant, and an AirmanFirst Class. Ten times, an aluminum or silver cylindrical objectwas seen to dart in and out of the clouds during a 5-10 minuteperiod.

May 9, 1952; George AFB, California.5:20 p.m.
Witness: A/lcG.C. Grindeland. One dull white, arrowhead-shaped object flewstraight and level for 10 seconds.

May 10, 1952; Ellenton, South Carolina. 10:45 p.m.
Witnesses:4 duPont employees at the Savannah River nuclear plant. Up tofour yellow, disc-shaped objects were seen on five occasionsbetween 10:45 and shortly after 11:15.

May 14, 1952; Mayaquez, Puerto Rico. 7 p.m.
Witnesses:Attorney and ex-USAF pilot Mr. Stipes, Sr. Garcia-Mendez. Twoshining orange spheres: one was stationary, while the otherdarted away and back for 30 minutes.

May 20, 1952; Houston, Texas. l0:l0 p.m.
Witnesses: USAFpilots Capt. J. Spurgin and Capt. BB. Stephan. One bright orwhite oval object moved from side-to-side while making a gradualturn for 90 seconds.

May 25, 1952; Walnut Lake, Michigan.9:15 p.m.
Witnesses:seven persons, including John Hoffman, his family and friends.One large white circular object having dark sections on its rim,flew straight and level for 30 minutes, appearing red when behinda cloud.

May 28, 1952; Saigon, French Indo China. 10:30 a.m.
Witnesses:many in crowd watching a ceremony.One white-silver disc-shapedobject flew straight and fast for 2 minutes.

May 28, 1952; Albuquerque, New Mexico. 1:45-2:40 p.m.
Witnesses: two city fire department employees.Two circularobjects--one shiny silver and the other orange or light brown--were seen three times performing fast maneuvers.

May 29, 1952; San Antonio, Texas.7 p.m.
Witness: USAF pilotMaj. D.W. Feuerstein, on ground. One bright tubular objecttilted from horizontal to vertical for 8 minutes, then slowlyreturned to horizontal, again tilted vertical, accelerated,appeared to lengthen and turned red.The entire sighting lasted14 minutes.

June 1, 1952; Rapid City, South Dakota. 6 p.m.
Witnesses:A/lc Beatty and two civilians. At least five long silver objectsflew in a neat box formation with a leader for 15-20 seconds.

June 1, 1952; Walla , Washington.1 p.m.
Witness:ex-military pilot Reserve Maj. W.C. Vollendorf. One oval objectwith a "definite airfoil" performed a fast climb for 7 seconds.

June 1, 1952; Soap Lake, Washington.3+ p.m.
Witness: RayLottman. Three glimmering objects flew straight and level for 10minutes.

June 2, 1952; Bayview, Washington.5:02 p.m.
Witness: LarryMcWade. One purple object seen for unknown length of time.Nofurther information in files.

June 2, 1952; Fulda, West Germany.Time unknown.
Witness: lstLt. John Hendry, photo-navigator on an RB-26C reconnaissancebomber.One porcelain-white object flew very fast for an unknownlength of time.

June 5, 1952; Lubbock, Texas. 11 p.m.
Witnesses: Dan Benson,Mr. Bacon. A total of eight yellow circular objects, like largestars, were seen during 45 minutes.The first two were in atrail formation, the others were seen singly.

June 5, 1952; Albuquerque, New Mexico. 6:45 p.m.
Witness:S/Sgt T.H. Shorey. One shiny round object flew 5-6 times as fastas an F-86 jet fighter for 6 seconds.

June 5, 1952; Offutt AFB, Omaha, Nebraska. 11 p.m.
Witnesses:2nd Lt. W.R. Soper, a Strategic Air Command top secret controlofficer and former OSI agent; and two other persons.One brightred object remained stationary for 4.5 minutes before speedingaway with a short tail.

June 6, 1952; Kimpo AFB, Korea. Case missing from officialfiles.

June 7, 1952; Albuquerque, New Mexico. 11:18 a.m.
Witnesses:crew of B-25 bomber #8840 at 11,500'.One rectangular aluminumobject, about 6'x4', flew 250-300' below the B-25.

June 8, 1952; Albuquerque, New Mexico. 10:50 a.m.
Witnesses:Mr. and Mrs. J.D. Markland. Four shiny objects flew straight andlevel in a diamond formation.

June 9, 1952; Minneapolis, Minnesota.Case missing from officialfiles.

June 12, 1952; Ft. Smith, Arkansas.7:30 p.m.
Witnesses: U.S.Army Major and Lt. Colonel, using binoculars.One orange ballwith a tail flew with a low angular velocity.

June 12, 1952; Marakesch, Morocco.11:26 a.m.
Witness: T/Sgt.H.D. Adams, operating an SCR-584 radar set.One unidentifiedblip tracked at 650 kts.(750 mph) at greater than 60,000'altitude.

June 13, 1952; Middletown, Pennsylvania.8:45 p.m.
Witness:R.S. Thomas, Olmstead AFB employee and former control toweroperator.One round, orange object travelled south, stopped for1 second, turned east, stopped 1 second, and went down.

June 15, 1952; Louisville, Kentucky.11:50 p.m.
Witness:Edward Duke, ex-U.S. Navy radar technician.One large, cigar-shaped object with a blunt front, lit sides and a red stern,maneuvered in a leisurely fashion for 15 minutes.

June 16, 1952; Walker AFB, New Mexico. 8:30 p.m.
Witness: USAFmaintenance specialist S/Sgt. Sparks. Five or six greyish discs,in a half-moon formation, flew at 500-600 mph for l minute.

June 17, 1952; McChord AFB, Washington. Between 7:30 and 10:20p.m.
Witnesses: many and varied.From one to five largesilver-yellow objects flew erratically, stopped and started forabout 15 minutes.

June 17, 1952; Cape Cod, Massachusetts.1:28 a.m.
Witness:pilot of USAF F-94 jet interceptor.A light like a bright starcrossed the nose of the airplane while being observed for 15seconds.No further information in the files.

June 18, 1952; Columbus, Wisconsin.9 a.m.
Witness: R.A.Finger. One crescent-shaped object hovered for several secondsand then sped away.

June 18, 1952; Walnut Lake, Michigan. 10 p.m.
Witnesses:Marron Hoffman and four relatives, using 4x binoculars.Oneorange light was observed zigzagging and then hovering for anunspecified length of time.

June 19, 1952; Goose Bay, Labrador, Canada. 2:37 a.m.
Witness:2nd Lt. A'Gostino and unidentified radar operator.One red lightturned white while wobbling.Radar tracked a stationary targetduring the 1 minute sighting.

June 19, 1952; Yuma, Arizona. 2 p.m.
Witness: USAF pilot JohnLane. One round, white object flew straight and level for 10seconds.

June 20, 1952; Central Korea. 3:03 p.m.
Witnesses: four MarineCorps Captains and pilots of F4U-4B Corsair fighter planes. One10-20' white or silver oval object made a left-hand orbit atterrific speed for 60 seconds.

June 21, 1952; Kelly AFB, Texas. 12:30 p.m.
Witness: T/Sgt.Howard Davis, flight engineer of B-29 bomber at 8,000' altitude.One flat object with a sharply pointed front and rounded rear;white with a dark blue center and red rim, trailed sparks as itdove past the B-29 at a distance of 500', in l second.

June 22, 1952; Pyungthek, Korea. 10:45 p.m.
Witnesses: TwoMarine Corps Sergeants. One 4 ft.diameter object dove at arunway shooting red flames, hovered briefly over a hill, turned180 , flashed twice and was gone.

June 23, 1952; Spokane, Washington.4:05 p.m.
Witness: Airportweather observer Rex Thompson. One round disc with a metallicshine flashed, and fluttered like a flipped coin for 5-7 minutes.

June 23, 1952; McChord AFB, Washington. 9 p.m.
Witness: 2ndLt. K. Thompson. One very large light flew straight and levelfor 10 minutes.No further information.

June 23, 1952; Kirksville, Missouri.Case missing from officialfiles.

June 23, 1952; Oak Ridge, Tennessee.3:30 a.m.
Witness:secretary Martha Milligan. One bullet-shaped object withburnt-orange exhaust flew straight and level for 30-60 seconds.

June 23, 1952; Owensboro, Kentucky.10:00 a.m.
Witness:National Guard Lt. Col. O. L. Depp. Two objects looking like"giant soap bubbles", reflecting yellow and lavender colors, flewin trail for 5 seconds.

June 23, 1952; Location unknown, but information came via JapanHq. "CV 4359". 6:08 a.m.
Witness: USAF pilot of the l8thFighter-Bomber Group. One black coin-shaped object, 15-20' indiameter, made an irregular descent.

June 25, 1952; Chicago, Illinois. 8:30 p.m.
Witnesses: Mrs.Norbury, Mr. Matheis. One bright yellow-white, egg-shaped objectwhich sometimes had a red tail, made seven circles in 1 1/2hours.

June 25, 1982; Japan-Korea area.Case missing from officialfiles.

June 26, 1952; Terre Haute, Indiana. 2:45 a.m.
Witness: USAF2nd Lt. C. W. Povelites. Undescribed object flew at 600 mphand then stopped.No further information in files.

June 26, 1952; Pottstown, Pennsylvania.11:50 p.m.
Witness:assistant manager of airport.Three sightings of flashinglights: two lights separated by 2 miles, with the leaderflashing steadily and the other irregularly; two similarlyflashing lights, but with l mile separation; finally a singlelight.Speed estimated at 150-250 mph. Total of 1/2 hour.

June 27, 1952; Topeka, Kansas. 6:50 p.m.
Witnesses: USAF pilot2nd Lt. K. P. Kelly and wife. One pulsating red object whichchanged shape from a circular to a vertical oval as it pulsed.Was stationary for about 5 minutes, then went out.

June 28, 1952; Lake Kishkanoug, Wisconsin. 6 p.m.
Witness: G.Metcalfe. One silver-white sphere became an ellipse as it turnedand climbed away very fast.10 seconds.

June 28, 1952; Nagoya, Japan. 4:10 p.m.
Witness: Capt. T. W.Barger, USAF electronics countermeasures officer.One dark blueelliptical-shaped object with a pulsing border flew straight andlevel at 700-800 mph.

June 29, 1952; O'Hare Airport, Chicago, Illinois. 5:45 p.m.
Witnesses: three USAF air policemen.One bright silver, flatoval object surrounded by a blue haze, hovered, then moved veryfast to the right and to the left, and up and down for 45minutes.

July 3, 1952; Selfridge AFB, Michigan.4:15 a.m. Witnesses notidentified.Two big lights, estimated at 20' diameter, flewstraight and level at tremendous speed.

July 3, 1952; Chicago, Illinois. 11:50 p.m.
Witness: Mrs. J.D. Arbuckle. Two bright pastel green discs flew straight andlevel very fast for 6 seconds.

July 5, 1952; Norman, Oklahoma. 7:58 p.m.
Witness: OklahomaState Patrolman Hamilton in State Patrol airplane. Three darkdiscs hovered and then flew away, silhouetted against a darkcloud.15 seconds.

July 6-12, 1952; Elizabeth, New Jersey. 11:00 p.m.
Witness:Charles Muhr. Four pictures taken of some indistinct light whichwas admittedly not seen visually, but which appeared on thenegatives.

July 9, 1952; Colorado Springs, Colorado. 12:45 p.m.
Witness:USAF pilot Maj. C. K. Griffin. One object shaped like an airfoilless its trailing edge, luminous white, moved slowly anderratically for 12 minutes.

July 9, 1952; Kutztown, Pennsylvania.6:30 p.m.
Witness:farmer John Mittl. One aluminum, oval-shaped object changeddirection and attitude, finally tipping on end and departingafter 20 seconds.Case file includes three vague photographs.

July 9, 1952; Rapid City AFB, South Dakota. 3:35 p.m.
Witnesses: S/Sgt. D.P. Foster and three other persons.Threetimes, a single white, disc-shaped object sped by, straight andlevel, in 5 seconds.

July 12, 1952; Annapolis, Maryland.3:30 p.m.
Witness:insurance company president William Washburn. Four large,elliptical-shaped objects were seen to fly very fast, stop, turn90* and fly away in 7-8 seconds. .

July 12, 1952; Kirksville, Missouri.9 p.m.
Witnesses: manyradar controllers who were military officers.Several big blipstracked on radar at 1,500 kts.(1,700 mph).There was novisual sighting.

July 14, 1952; Norfolk, Virginia. 8:12 p.m.
Witnesses: PanAmerican Airways First Officer William Nash, Second OfficerWilliam Fortenberry. Eight large, round, glowing red objectsmaneuvered below their airliner, in formation.

July 15, 1952; West Palm Beach, Florida. 10:10 p.m.
Witnesses:J. Antoneff and two other persons.One discus-shaped object,greyish, except when hovering, when it appeared muddy.Hoveredover Palm Beach International Airport, then followed an SA-l6twin-engined amphibian and flew away after 40-60 seconds.

July 16, 1952; Beverly, Massachusetts.9:35 a.m.
Witness: U.S.Coast Guard photographer Shell Alpert. Four roughly ellipticalblobs of light in formation photographed through window of photolab.

July 17, 1952; White Plains, New York. 3:10 p.m.
Witness: Mrs.Florence Daley. Two round objects, bluish-white with brighterrims, flew in formation, making a sound like bombers, onlysofter.
Note: Later, the witness stated she heard many femininevoices coming from the objects.

July 17, 1952; Lockbourne, Ohio. 11 a.m.
Witness: Air NationalGuard employees. One light like a big star was seen for 3 hours,but disappeared when an aircraft approached.Also seen thenight of

July 20, 22 and 23.

July 18, 1952; Lockbourne, Ohio. 9:10 p.m.
Witnesses: T/Sgt.Mahone, A/3c Jennings. One amber-colored, elliptical-shapedobject with a small flame at the rear, periodically increased inbrightness.It moved very fast for l 1/2 minutes, giving off aresonant beat sound.

July 18, 1952; Miami, Florida. 11 a.m.
Witnesses: E. R. Raymerand daughter.One opaque, silvery bubble flew very fast at aright-angle to the wind direction for 10 seconds.

July 18, 1952; Patrick AFB, Florida.9:45 p.m.
Witnesses:three USAF officers and four enlisted men.Over an hour period,a series of hovering and maneuvering red-orange lights wereobserved moving in a variety of directions.

July 19, 1952; Williston, North Dakota. 2:55 a.m.
Witness: oneexperienced civilian pilot.One elliptical-shaped object with alight fringe, travelled down fast, made a 360* and then a 180*turn in 5 minutes.

July 19, 1952; Elkins Park, Pennsylvania.11:35 p.m.
Witnesses:USAF pilot Capt. C.J. powley and wife.Two star-like lightsmaneuvered, hovered and sped for 5-7 minutes.

July 20, 1952; Lavalette, New Jersey. 12:20 a.m.
Witness:Seton Hall Univ. chemistry professor Dr. A.B. Spooner. Two largeorange-yellow lights with some dull red coloring flew in trail,turned and circled for 5-6 minutes.

July 21, 1952; Weisbaden, West Germany. 6:30 p.m.
Witnesses:USAF pilot Capt. E.E. Dougher, WAF Lt. J.J. Stong, situated milesapart.Four bright yellowish lights were seen by Dougher toseparate, with two climbing and two flying away level in theopposite direction.Stong watched two reddish lights fly inopposite directions.Sightings lasted about 10-15 minutes.

July 21, 1952; San Marcos AFB, Texas. 10:40 p.m.
Witnesses:one Lieutenant, two Staff Sergeants, three airmen.One bluecircle with a blue trail was seen to hover and then accelerate tonear-sonic speed (700+ mph) after 1 minute.

July 21, 1952; Converse, Texas. 4:30 p.m.
Witness: wife ofUSAF Capt. J. B. Neal. One elongated, fuselage-shaped objectflew straight and level, made a right-angle turn and went out ofsight at more than 300 mph, all in 3-5 seconds.

July 21, 1952; Rockville, Indiana.8:10 p.m.
Witnesses: onemilitary officer, two enlisted men.One aluminum, delta-shapedobject with a vertical fin, flew straight and level, and thenhovered during a 3 minute sighting.

July 22, 1952; Holyoke, Massachusetts.After midnight.
Witness:Mrs. A. Burgess. One round, yellow, flashing light wentdownward.No further information in files.

July 22, 1952; Los Alamos, New Mexico. 10:50 a.m.
Witnesses:control tower operator Don Weins, and two pilots for Carco.Eight large, round, bright aluminum objects flew straight andlevel, then darted around erratically during 25 minutes.

July 22, 1952; Uvalde, Texas. 2:46 p.m.
Witness: Don Epperly,Trans Texas Airlines station manager and weather observer.Onelarge, round, silver object flew at more than 1,000 mph for 45seconds, while gyrating.

July 22, 1952; between Boston and Provincetown, Massachusetts.10:47 p.m.
Witnesses: pilot and radar operator of USAF F-94 jetinterceptor.One round blue light passed F-94, spinning.

July 22, 1952; Trenton, New Jersey.10:50 p.m. t.o 12:45 a.m. ,

July 23.
Witnesses: crews of several USAF F-94 jet interceptorsfrom Dover AFB, Del. Thirteen visual sightings and one radartracking of blue-white lights during two hours.

July 23, 1952; Pottstown, Pennsylvania.8:40 a.m.
Witnesses:the two-man crews of three USAF F-94 jet interceptors. One largesilver object, shaped like a long pear with two or three squaresbeneath it, flew at 150-180 kts.(170-210 mph), while asmaller object, delta-shaped or swept back, flew around it at1,000-1,500 kts.(1,150-1,700 mph).Seen by crews for 1-4minutes.

July 23, 1952; Altoona, Pennsylvania.12:50 p.m.
Witnesses:two-man crews of two USAF F-94 jet interceptors at 35-46,000'altitude.Three cylindrical objects in a vertical stackformation flew at an altitude of 50-80,000'.Seen for 20minutes.

July 23, 1952; South Bend, Indiana.11:35 p.m.
Witness: USAFpilot Capt. H. W. Kloth. Two bright blue-white objects flewtogether, then the rear one veered off after about 9 minutes.

July 24, 1952; Carson Sink, Nevada. 3:40 p.m.
Witnesses: twoUSAF Lt. Colonels McGinn and Barton in a B-25 bomber. Threesilver, delta-shaped objects, each with a ridge along the top,crossed in front of and above the B-25 at high speed, in 3-4seconds.

July 26, 1952; Washington, D.C. 8 p.m. until after midnight.
Witnesses: radar operators at several airports, airline pilots.Many unidentified blips tracked by radar all over Washingtonarea, at varying speeds.Pilots spotted unidentified lights.

July 26, 1952; Kansas City, Missouri. 12:15 a.m.
Witnesses:USAF Capt. H. A. Stone, men in control towers at Fairfax Fieldand Municipal Airport. One greenish light with red-orangeflashes was seen for 1 hour as it descended in the northwest from40* elevation to 10* elevation.

July 26, 1952; Andrews AFB, Maryland. This was a continuation ofthe extensive sightings and radar tracking reports reportedthroughout the Washington, D.C. area, all night long.

July 26, 1952; Kirtland AFB, New Mexico. 12:05 a.m.
Witness:Airman lst Class J.M. Donaldson. Eight to ten orange balls in atriangular or V-formation flew very fast for 3-4 seconds.

July 26, 1952; Williams, California.Case missing from officialfiles.

July 27, 1952; Selfridge AFB, Michigan. 10:05 a.m.
Witnesses:three B-29 bomber crewmen on ground.Many round, white objectsflew straight and level, very fast.Two at 10:05, one at 10:10,one at 10:15, one at 10:20.Each was seen for about 30 seconds.

July 27, 1952; Wichita Falls, Texas. 8:30 p.m.
Witnesses: Mr.and Mrs. Adrian Ellis. Two disc-shaped objects, illuminated by aphosphorus light, flew at an estimated l,000 mph for 15seconds.

July 28, 1952; Heidelberg, West Germany. 10:20 p.m.
Witnesses:Sgt. B.C. Grassmoen, WAC Pfc. A.P. Turner. One saucer-shapedobject having an appearance of light metal and giving off shaftsof white light, flew slow, made a 90^ turn and climbed away fastafter 4-5 minutes.

July 28, 1952; McGuire AFB, New Jersey. 6 a.m.
Witness: GroundControl Approach radar operator M/Sgt. W.F. Dees, and persons inthe base control tower.Radar tracked a large cluster of verydistinct blips.Visual observation was of oblong objects havingneither wings nor tail, which made a very fast turn and at onetime were in echelon formation.Entire episode lasted 55minutes.

July 28, 1952; McChord AFB, Washington. 2:15 a.m.
Witnesses:T/Sgt. Walstead, S/Sgt. Calkins of the 635th AC&W Squadron. Onedull, glowing, blue-green ball,.the size of a dime at arms'length, flew very fast, straight and level.

July 29, 1952; Osceola, Wisconsin.1:30 a.m.
Witnesses: radaroperators on ground, pilot of F-5l Mustang in flight. Severalclusters of up to 10 small radar targets and one large target.Small targets moved from southwest to east at 50-60 kts.(60-70mph), following each other.The large one moved at 600 kts.(700 mph).One hour total time.Pilot confirmed one target.

July 29, 1952; Langley AFB, Virginia. 2:30 p.m.
Witness: USAFCapt D.G. Moore, of military air traffic control system.Oneundescribed object flew at an estimated 2,600 mph, below5,000' altitude, toward the air base for about 2 minutes.

July 29, 1952; Langley AFB, Virginia. 2:50 p.m.
Witnesses: Mr.Moore, Gilfillan electronics representative W. Yhope. One radartarget tracked moving away, stopped for 2 minutes, again movedvery, very fast.Four minutes.

July 29, 1952; Merced, California.3:44 or 4:35 p.m.
Witnesses:Herbert Mitchell and one employee.One dark, discus-shapedobject, trailed by a silvery light 2 lengths behind, tipped onits side, dove, hesitated and then circled very fast during the 2minute sighting.

July 29, 1952; Wichita, Kansas. 12:35 p.m.
Witnesses: USAFshop employees Douglas and Hess at Municipal Airport. One brightwhite circular object with a flat bottom flew very fast, and thenhovered 10-15 seconds over the Cessna Aircraft Co. plant, duringthe 5 minute sighting.

July 29, 1952; Ennis, Montana. 12:30 p.m.
Witnesses: USAFpersons, alerted that UFOs were coming from the direction ofSeattle, Wash. Two to five flat disc-shaped objects: onehovered 3-4 minutes, while the others circled it.Sightinglength of 30 minutes not explained further.

July 30, 1952; Albuquerque, New Mexico. 11:02 p.m.
Witness:USAF lst Lt. George Funk. One orange light remained stationaryfor 10 minutes.No further details in files.

July 30, 1952; San Antonio, Texas. 10 a.m.
Witnesses: E.E. Nyeand one other person.One round, white object flew slow and thensped away after 20-30 minutes.

Aug 1, 1952; Lancaster, California.1:14 a.m.
Witnesses:sheriff's deputies and other persons, one named Mallette. Twobrilliant red lights hovered and maneuvered for 5 minutes.

Aug 2, 1952; Lake Charles, Louisiana. 3 a.m.
Witnesses: USAFlst Lt. W.A. Theil, one enlisted man.One red ball with a blueflame tail flew straight and level for 3-4 seconds.

Aug 4, 1952; Phoenix, Arizona. 2:20 a.m.
Witness: USAFA/3c W.F. Vain. One yellow ball which lengthened and narrowed toplate shape, flew straight and level for 5 minutes.

Aug 4, 1952; Mt. Vernon, New York. 11:37 a.m.
Witnesses: onewoman, two children.One object, shaped like a lifesaver ordonut, emitted black smoke from its top and made a 15' arc in 1.5minutes.Observed for 2 hours.

Aug 5. 1952; Haneda AFB, Japan. 11:30 p.m.
Witnesses: USAFF-94 jet interceptor pilots lst Lt. W.R. Holder and lst Lt. a.m.Jones, and Haneda control tower operators.Airborne radartracked a target for 90 seconds.Control tower operators watched50-60 minutes while a dark shape with a light flew as fast as 330kts.(380 mph), hovered, flew curves and performed a varietyof maneuvers.

Aug 6, 1952; Tokyo, Japan. This is a continuation of the HanedaAFB sightings.

Aug 6, 1952; Port Austin, Michigan.Case missing from officialfiles.

Aug 7. 1952; San Antonio, Texas.9:08 a.m.
Witness: Mrs.Susan Pfuhl. Four glowing white discs: one made a 180* turn,one flew straight and level, one veered off, and one circledduring the 70 minute sighting.

Aug 9, 1952; Lake Charles, Louisiana. 10:50 a.m.
Witness:USAF A/3c J.P. Raley. One disc-shaped object flew very fast andthen hovered for 2 seconds during a 5-6 minute sighting.

Aug 13, 1952; Tokyo, Japan. 9:45 p.m.
Witness: USAF MarineCorps pilot Maj. D. McGough. One orange light flew a left orbitat 8,000' and 230 mph, spiraled down to no more than 1,500',remained stationary for 2-3 minutes and went out.An attemptedinterception was unsuccessful.

Aug 18, 1952; Fairfield, California.12:50 a.m.
Witnesses:three policemen.One object changed color like a diamond, andchanged directions during the 30 minute sighting.

Aug 19, 1952; Red Bluff, California.2:38 p.m.
Witness:Ground Observer Corps observer Albert Lathrop. Two objects,shaped like fat bullets, flew straight and level, very fast for25 seconds.

Aug 20, 1952; Neffesville, Pennsylvania. 3:10 a.m.
Witnesses:Bill Ford and two others. An undescribed object flew at 500'altitude for several minutes.No further data in files.

Aug 21, 1952; Dallas, Texas. 11:54 p.m.
Witness: Jack Rossen,ex-artillery observer.Three blue-white lights hovered thendescended; 1.5 minutes later, one of them descended more.

Aug 23, 1952; Akron, Ohio. 4:10 a.m.
Witnesses: USAF 2nd Lt.H.K. Funseth, a ground radar observer, and two U.S. Navy men.One pulsing amber light was seen to fly straight and level for 7minutes.

Aug 24, 1952; Hermanas, Mexico. 10:15 a.m.
Witness: GeorgiaAir National Guard F-84G jet fighter pilot Col. G.W. Johnson.Two 6' silver balls in abreast formation, one turned greyrapidly, the other slowly.One changed to long grey shape duringa turn.Sighting lasted about 10 minutes.

Aug 24, 1952; Tucson, Arizona. 5:40 p.m.
Witnesses: Mr. andMrs. George White. One large round, metallic, white light with avague lower surface, flew slowly, then fast With a dancing,wavering motion, for about 1 minute.

Aug 24, 1952; Levelland, Texas. 9:30 p.m. , 10:30 p.m.
Witnesses: Mr. and Mrs. Elmer Sharp. One object, shaped like aspinning top, changing color from red to yellow to blue, and witha fiery tail, hovered for 20 minutes, whistling, then flew away.It, or another like it, returned an hour later.

Aug 25, 1952; Pittsburg, Kansas. 5:35 a.m.
Witness: radiostation musician William Squyres. One dull aluminum object,shaped like two meat platters, face to face, estimated at 75'long, 45' wide, and 15' thick.Through a window in the frontsection shone a blue light; the head and shoulders of a man couldbe seen.The mid section had numerous windows through whichcould be seen some kind of regular movement.A series of smallpropellers were spaced close together along the outer edge of theobject, revolving at high speed.The object was hovering about10' above the ground, 100 yards off the road, with a slightrocking motion.It then ascended vertically with a sound like alarge covey of quail starting to fly at the same time.Vegetation showed signs of having been disturbed under theobject.

Aug 25, 1952; Holloman AFB, New Mexico. 3:40 p.m.
Witnesses:civilian supervisor Fred Lee, foreman L.A. Aquilar. One roundsilver object flew south, turned and flew north, made a 360 turnand flew away vertically after 3-5 minutes.

Aug 26, 1952; Lathrop Wells, Nevada. 12:10 a.m.
Witness: USAFCapt. D.A. Woods. One large, round, very bright object with aV-shaped contrail having a dark cone in the center, flew veryfast, hovered, made an instantaneous 90 turn, followed by agentle climb and finally sudden acceleration.

Aug 28, 1952; Chickasaw and Brookley AFB, Alabama. 9:30 p.m.
Witnesses: USAF control tower operators, officer from USAFOffice of Special Investigations, and others.Six objects,varying from fiery red to sparkling diamond appearance, hovered,flew erratically up and down for 1 hour and l5minutes.

Aug 29, 1952; Colorado Springs, Colorado. 8:35 p.m.
Witness:pilot C.A. Magruder. Three objects, 50' in diameter, 10' high,aluminum with red-yellow exhaust, flew in trail at estimated1,500 mph for 4-5 seconds.

Aug 29, 1952; west of Thule, Greenland (77' N., 75* 15' W.)10:50 a.m.
Witnesses: two U.S. Navy pilots flying a P4Y-2patrol plane.Three white disc-shaped or spherical objectshovered, then flew very fast in a triangular formation, in 2-3minutes.

Sept l, 1952; Marietta, Georgia.10:50 p.m.
Witness: ex-AAFB-25 gunner. Two large white disc-shaped objects with greenvapor trails flew in trail formation, merged, flew away veryfast.

Sept 1, 1952; Marietta, Georgia.10:30 p.m.
Witness: oneunidentified person using binoculars.Two large objects shapedlike spinning tops and displaying red, blue and green colors,flew side by side, leaving a sparkling trail for 30 minutes.

Sept 1, 1952; Atlanta, Georgia. 9:43 p.m.
Witnesses: Mrs.William Davis and nine other persons.One light, similar to theevening star, moved up and down for a long period of time.

Sept l, 1952; Marietta, Georgia.10:30 p.m.
Witnesses: Mr.Bowman (ex-artillery officer) and 24 others.A red, white, andblue-green object which spun and shot off sparks for 15 minutes.

Sept 1, 1952; Yaak, Montana. 4:45 a.m.
Witnesses: Visualsighting by two USAF enlisted men, radar tracking seen by threemen using AN/FPS-3 radar set. Two small, varicolored lightsbecame black silhouettes at dawn; flew erratically.One hour.

Sept 2, 1952; Chicago, Illinois.3 a.m.
Witness: radartracker Turason (ground controlled approach) at Midway Airport.40 targets flew in miscellaneous directions, up to 175 mphTwo seemed to fly in formation with DC-6 airliner. Total of8 hours.

Sept 3, 1952; Tucson, Arizona. 99 a.m.
Witnesses: civilianpilots McCraven and Thomas. One shiny, dark ellipse made threebroad, curving sweeps in 1.5 minutes.

Sept 6, 1952; Lake Charles AFB, Louisiana. l:3O'a.m.
Witnesses: T/Sgt. J.E. Wilson and two enlisted men.One brightstar-like light moved about the sky for 2 hours.

Sept 6, 1952; Tucson, Arizona. 4:55 p.m.
Witnesses: ex-Congresswoman Mrs. Isabella King and Bill McClain. One orangeteardrop-shaped object whirled on its vertical axis, descendedvery fast, stopped, retraced its path upwards, while whirling inthe opposite direction.1.5 minutes.

Sept 7, 1952; San Antonio, Texas. 10:30 p.m.
Witnesses:chemist J.W. Gibson and others. One orange object or light (thecolor of 2,000' F.) exploded into view.Seen for from 3-20seconds by various observers.

Sept 9, 1952; Rabat, French Morocco. 9 p.m.
Witness: E.J.colisimo, a civilian illustrator with USAF Intelligence. Onedisc with lights along part of its circumference, flew twice asfast as a T-33 jet trainer, in a slightly curved path for 5seconds.

Sept 12, 1952; Allen, Maryland. 9:30 p.m.
Witnesses: Mr. andMrs. David Kolb, of the Ground Observer Corps, using binoculars.One white light with a red trim and streamers flew northeast for35 minutes.

Sept 13, 1952; Allentown, Pennsylvania.7:40 p.m.
Witness:private pilot W.A. Hobler, flying a Beech Bonanza. One object,shaped like a fat football, flaming orange-red color, descendedand then pulled up in front of the witness' airplane.Seen for 2seconds.

Sept 14, 1952; Santa Barbara, California. 8:40 p.m.
Witness:USAF C-54 transport pilot Tarbutton.One blue-white lighttravelled straight and level, then went up.Seen for 30 seconds.

Sept 14, 1952; North Atlantic, between Ireland and Iceland.
Witnesses: military persons from several countries aboard shipsin the NATO "Operation Mainbrace" exercise.Among the sightings:one blue-green triangle was observed flying 1,500 mph; threeobjects in a triangular formation gave off white light exhaust at1,500 mph

Sept 14, 1952; White Lake, South Dakota. 7 p.m.
Witness:Ground Observer Corps observer L.W. Barnes, using binoculars.One red, cigar-shaped object, with three puffs behind it, flewwest, then south, and then was gone.Seen 30-40 minutes.

Sept 14, 1952; Ciudad Jaurez, Mexico. 11:30 p.m. to 1:20 a.m. ,

Sept 15.
Witnesses: consulting engineer R. J. Portis and threeothers.Six groups of 12-15 luminous spheres or discs, whichflew in formations varying from arcs to inverted-Y's, very fast.

Sept 14, 1952; Olmstead AFB, Pennsylvania. Time not known.
Witness: pilot of Flying Tiger Airlines airplane N67977. Oneblue light flew very fast on a collision course with theairliner.
Note: the summary card attached to the file showedcompletely different information.

Sept 16, 1952; Portland, Maine. 6:22 p.m.
Witnesses: crew ofU.S. Navy P2V Neptune patrol plane, visually and via radar.Agroup of five lights was seen at the same time a long, thin blipwas being tracked on radar.
Note: consideration was given tothis being USAF KC-97 airplanes involved in a refuelingoperation.The sighting involved 20 minutes.

Sept 16, 1952; Warner-Robbins AFB, Georgia. 7:30 p.m.
Witnesses: three USAF officers, two civilians.Two white lightsflew abreast, at 100 mph, for 15 minutes.

Sept 17, 1952; Tucson, Arizona. 11:40 a.m.
Witnesses: Mr. andMrs. Ted Hollingsworth. Two groups of three large, flat, shinyobjects flew in tight formations: the first group slow, thesecond faster.Seen for 2 minutes.

Sept 23, 1952; Gander Lake, Newfoundland, Canada. No timeshown.
Witnesses: Pepperell AFB operations officer and sevenother campers.One bright white light, which reflected on thelake, flew straight and level at 100 mph for 10 minutes.

Sept 24, 1952; Charleston, West Virginia. 3:30 p.m.
Witnesses:crew of USAF B-29 bomber. A lot of bright, metallic particles orflashes, up to 3' in length, streamed past the B-29 for 15minutes.

Sept 26, 1952; 400 miles NNW of Azores Islands. 11:16 p.m.
Witnesses: pilot, copilot, engineer and aircraft commander ofUSAF C-124 transport plane. Two distinct green lights were seento the right and slightly above the C-124, and at one time seemedto turn toward it.The lights alternated leading each otherduring more than 1 hour of observation.

Sept 27, 1952; Inyokern, California.10 p.m.
Witnesses: twocouples, using a 5x telescope.One large, round object, whichwent through the color spectrum every 2 seconds, was seen to flystraight and level for 15 minutes.

Sept 29, 1952; Rochester, England.3:55 p.m. Witnessesunknown, but report came via the Rochester Police Dept. Two flatobjects hovered for 3 minutes, and then sped away.

Sept 29, 1952; Southern Pines, North Carolina. 8:15 p.m.
Witnesses: U.S. Army Res. lst Lt. C.H. Stevens and two others.One green ellipse with a long tail orbited for 15 minutes.

Sept 29, 1952; Aurora, Colorado.3:15 p.m.
Witness: USAFT/Sgt. B.R. Hughes. Five or six circular objects, bright whitebut not shiny, circled in trail formation for 5-6 minutes.

Oct 1, 1952; Shaw AFB, South Carolina. 6:57 p.m.
Witness:USAF lst Lt. T.J. Pointek, pilot of RF-8O reconnaissance jet. Onebright white light flew straight, then vertical, then hovered,and then made an abrupt turn during a 23 minute attemptedintercept.

Oct 1, 1952; Pascagoula, Mississippi.7:40 p.m.
Witnesses:Mr. and Mrs. C.C. McLean and one other person.One round,milky-white object, shaped like a powder puff, hovered for 5-10minutes then flew away very fast in an arc.A loud blast washeard at the start of the 22 minute sighting.

Oct 7, 1952; Alamagordo, New Mexico. 8:30 p.m.
Witness: USAFLt. Bagnell. One pale blue oval, with its long axis vertical,flew straight and level for 4-5 seconds, covering 30 in thattime.

Oct 10, 1952; Otis AFB, Massachusetts.6:30 p.m.
Witnesses:USAF S/Sgt., two other enlisted men.One blinking white lightmoved like a pendulum for 20 minutes, and then shot straight up.

Oct 17, 1952; Taos, New Mexico.9:15 p.m.
Witnesses: FourUSAF officers One round, bright blue light moved from north tonortheast at an elevation of 45* for 2-3 seconds and then burnedout.

Oct 17, 1952; Killeen, Texas. 10:15 p.m.
Witnesses: MinistersGreenwalt and Kluck. Ten lights, or a rectangle of lights, movedmore or less straight and level for 5 seconds.

Oct 17, 1952; Tierra Amarilla, New Mexico. 11 p.m.
Witness:one military person (no detail).One white

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