UFO Intelligence Summary


  
Date: Wed, 26 Feb 2014 04:49:31 -0600, updated 22 Feb 2015
From: francis ridge <franridge@nicap.org>
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ubject: MADAR 1 and the Daylight Sighting
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istribution: MADAR, CE, A-Team
               
Fran Ridge                        
       
Our NICAP group had been discussing the UFO detection system for ten years and had actually built some prototypes. But now it was time to get serious. We desperately needed an "early warning system" and a way to get better data, instrumented if possible. With the help of a local scientist, Lewis G. Blevins, who was one of our technical advisers we completed construction on a magnet variometer to try and detect a disturbance in the local magnetic field and, possibly, ...... a UFO.

August 30, 1970; Vincennes, Indiana
The first interesting case I investigated that year happened in late August, and it involved a man and his wife and seven-year-old daughter. It occurred east of Vincennes, Indiana in a subdivision area. On August 30th, at 11:00 AM, the primary witness (who we will refer to as "Mr. W", a good friend and neighbor of my brother Steven), was in the process of packing for a trip. He was interrupted by his daughter who claimed she saw a strange object in the sky. Mr. "W" and his wife went outside and saw the object, as well. He re-entered the house to get his 7x50 binoculars, and when he emerged, the object was now much closer. He described it as a metallic, disc-shaped craft, and "like a garbage can lid with a piece of watermelon on top", hovering over Wheatland Road. The estimated size was 30' in diameter. The witnesses also stated emphatically that someone else MUST have seen it, also. "They had to, it was so low." At the end of the 90 second period of observation the object finally dived and arced out of sight behind a tree line. Estimated range: 1-4 miles. (Fran Ridge/NICAP)


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Nine days after the daylight disc sighting (with only two dozen detections to its name in as many years of operation) the crude UFO detector  picked up something on September 8th. This was a Mode Level 1 device, meaning a compass with no data recorders, etc. Only an alarm.




What we DO know is that MADAR events are extremely rare with two dozen such anomalistic E-M events in about as many years. When MADAR 05 occurred there was no observational evidence filed to indicate any DIRECT correlation. But close encounters are also rare, very rare in Posey County in fact. In the summer of 1974 one of the best close encounters (mentioned above) that ever occurred in the MADAR area happened a little more than three miles away, and MADAR didn't pick it up. The significance here, however, is in the location on the graph of three rare anomalistic events during an apparent UFO dry season, but the new FDB graph (2015) showing three Close Encounters and a Daylight Disc in the region.




The FTB graph above was created from the dBase for the following 1970 regional sightings:

February 23, 1970;
2:30 a.m. Man and his wife were were returning home when they saw a bright disc descend into a cornfield. 36923

4:10 p.m. 10 minutes. Saucer shaped object above cornfield. (NUFORC)

May 16, 1970; Linn Creek, Missouri
12:00 p.m. Triangle, light brown, glossy black stripe, silent, floating in mid air, 150 yards length, four to six stories thick, seven hours time and memory missing. 36977

June 22, 1970; Glasgow, Kentucky
12:00 a.m. Large round disc with lights flashing in a circular motion on the bottom. 10781

August. 30, 1970; Vincennes, Indiana (cited above)
11:30 a.m. Girl (7), saw a metallic disc in the ENE hovering over Wheatland Road and reported it to her parents. Her father went outside and saw the object, too. He re-entered the house to get his 7x50 binoculars, and when he emerged, the object was closer. It was described as about a quarter of a mile away, "a garbage can lid with a piece of watermelon on top" (more like a squared-off "coning tower") and about 30' in diameter. Witness said that somebody else should have seen it, it was so low. Observed for a minute and a half by the man and his wife and daughter. Object left in a swooping dive to the NNE.
September 8, 1970; Vincennes, Indiana - MADAR Event #1
Notably unusual was the event-time. It was 4:45 in the afternoon. But, there were no visual sightings reported for that particular day. In 1970 there was no UFO "grapevine", nor was there any rapport with the media and law enforcement as we later had. And there was no published UFO "hotline".

September 21, 1970, Quincy, Illinois
6:30 p.m. Bright blue/white light and lost time. 9707
September 22, 1970; Vincennes, Indiana - MADAR Event #2
12:30 PM. Both had been daylight events, but with no reported visual sightings. The chance of a coincidence was mighty slim, but we couldn't prove anything.

October 1, 1970; Aurora, Missouri
12:00 a.m. Friend was driving saw light in field, It came over road and hovered over the couple for a distance then shot off. 44982
October 2, 1970; Vincennes, Indiana - MADAR Event #3
The third time the unit was triggered was October 2nd, at 9:55 PM. Again, there were no reports filed. What's interesting here is that the detection events and the documented daylight disc sighting in August were all daylight events, except for the October disturbance. Later experience with the system proved that this was normal for UFOs and E-M disturbances. But there was more to be learned. 1 
Cow's behavior supports IFO theory. (Woodward)

November 10, 1970; Pekin, Illinois
3:30 a.m. Large white, solid light dimmed out to be replaced by 4 or5 pulsating red lights. 33551

November 15, 1970; Newark, Ohio
8:00 p.m. Large rectangular craft hovering over high school. 11092


This intelligence summary is subject to update.