UFO
Intelligence Summary
Date: Wed, 26 Feb 2014 04:49:31 -0600, updated 22 Feb 2015 From: francis ridge <franridge@nicap.org> Subject: MADAR 1 and the Daylight Sighting Distribution: MADAR, CE, A-Team |
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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 21, 1970, Quincy, Illinois
6:30 p.m. Bright blue/white light and lost
time. 9707
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
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. |