and the National UFO Reporting Center 
present the
2021  PROJECT  MATCH  REPORT

 

Potential Sightings of Interest & MADAR Anomalies




This report deals exclusively with bonified MADAR anomalies and Potential Sightings of Interest, those that we feel are representative of the UAP phenomena.  There were a number of interesting sightings that either had too distant connections or had no obvious correlations-in-time to be used in this report. There were also cases that were not used because certain data couldn't be confirmed. So this is an effort to show accurate results, many times using Multi-Server Verification.  This report will be subject to updating. Appropriate explanetory links are provided at the end of this summary.  The current INVESTIGATION_STATUS database report showing all these cases and others can be accessed at any time. Finally, any terms used in this report you are not familiar with are explained at the end of this report. - Fran Ridge, MADAR Operations Center.


January 10, 2021; Festus, Missouri
9:00 am. Witness and a buddy were taking a walk in the woods near his house. His buddy sighted the silver disc craft first, and using their cell phone zoomed in on the object and started taking 3 pictures. After hovering for about 5 minutes, the craft moved at unbelievable speed, first left, then right, then zoomed up and away as the witness described it “at a speed faster than anything they had ever seen”. Primary witness seems very credible and stable.
Photos can be viewed in case folder under "images".  MADAR site 70 at St. Louis. Missouri and recorded two anomalies, the first being a correlation with the sighting at Festus, Missouri, 30 miles to the NW. The time of the sighting was as being 9:00 am but the MADAR hit was a documented anomaly, UTC-dated as 15:10:47 or 9:11 CST. The data from the compass heading change exceeded the 3-degree plus protocols, so this event appears to be an MSV (multi sensor verification). This potential sighting of interest was investigated by MUFON. This case was given the conclusion of "Unknown UAV", closed, and approved. (CMS 113331, Larry Tyree).  [Rating increased from 20 to 70 in favor of a close encounter II, photographic evidence of a structured object]

January 11, 2021; Newington, Connecticut
8:50 pm. The witness and his wife were leaving their house and spotted a black triangle flying at treetop level. It was about a quarter mile north of their position along the Berlin Turnpike (US Route 5 and 15). He saw it first and alerted her to it. They were able to see it for about 6 to 10 seconds as it descended behind the trees / hill sharply turning north towards Cedar Mountain and were able to clearly see the underside of it. It had three white lights, one on each corner and a much smaller yellow/green strobe light in the center. MADAR site 151 is a test node of a field unit shown as Manchester but actually logbooked at Newington that date. The field numbers are not particularly interesting but the compass showed some variation from 4 minutes prior to the sighting. Node 106, however shows a field spike within the minute of 8:50 pm which was 01:50:18 UT and at the 18 sec mark, suggesting the reading might have been higher at some point during than 60-second period. And the opposite was true with the onboard compass on 106 where variations were absent. Investigated by MUFON, CMS number 113740. MUFON: Lists this case as unexplained, Unknown Aerial Vehicle. MADAR: There was apparently a lack of motion requiring any noteable energy consumption, which could explain why the nodes at Newington (151 and 106) were not actually triggered. There is previous evidence of this from the Millerton, PA when two objects had definitely come into the area which probably created a burst of energy for about 6 seconds, triggered that node, then the two 25' spheres idled down to almost nothing during the 10 minute sighting. The readings in the Newington case are interesting, with the compass variation component falling in line with previous compass cases of which we have over 150+ cases on record. I can't explain the difference in readings where two MADAR dataprobes have the same hardware and software, other than the shield settings. 151 was set at 25 milligaus and 106 was lower at 22. The shield or threshold doesn't affect the compass sensitivity as it does the magnetometer.

 
January 17, 2021; Lee's Summitt, Missouri. 1:18 pm CDT. According to the witness the object was about the length of a football field, black, stealthlike with angular features.. Described as similar to tall building on its side, with each level flat on the bottom and coming to a tip near the 'front'. Object was seen about 300 feet above the ground and 1.68 miles away. Witness was driving westbound. By the time witness got to the intersection at Lees Summit Drive and NW Vellie Rd, object had dropped to approximately 100 feet (just above tree line) and was about 1.2 miles. The movement of the UFO was described as a perfect motion, still, no shift in the wind, simply a slow decent and looked like it was going to land. "Maybe it was just trying to hide?....I can't stop thinking about what I've seen. I've never seen anything like it and can only be described as a UFO".  The witness was previously in the Air Force, is now a scientist, has a PhD and works in Toxicology. The craft was described as traveling 1.56 miles in about 2 minutes, or 47 mph. When the witness tried to record a video, it did not work. Twelve miles to the north, MADAR node 45 at Independence, Missouri had an anomaly at 19:39:08 UTC, which converts to 1:39 CST, 21 minutes after the sighting at Lee's Summit began. Field readings were unusually high (69.75 to 105.75 milligaus) and there was multi-sensor verification with the onboard compass from 237.11 to 240.31 within 4 seconds of trigger. Node 45 had another alert 8 minutes later.MUFON CMS 114238, Larry Tyree. The witness said that the time was approximate, so there is wiggle room. The report mentions that node 45 at Independence triggered 21 minutes later. It just so happens that the trajectory taken by the craft goes within 1,650 feet of this MADAR site!! At a rate of 47 mph, if it did not slow down, it would have arrived close to node 45, 13 minutes later (or 1:31). So, I think that is pretty close. Not only the direction is virtually precise from the witness's last sighting, but the speed of travel allows for it to arrive nearly at the time that the Independence node was triggered.

February 21, 2021; Northeast corner of New Mexico west of Clayton
Approx. 1:19 pm CST. Pilots of an American Airlines jet Flight 2292 flying over New Mexico reported (actual transmission on file) they saw something fly directly over them that they could not explain. The strange encounter happened over the northeast corner of New Mexico west of Clayton, New Mexico as the jet was cruising at 36,000 feet traveling SW at 460 mph. The unidentified flying object sighting was documented by the pilots when they radioed the Albuquerque Center. The pilot reported: “Do you have any targets up here?” the pilot asked. “We just had something go right over the top of us – I hate to say this but it looked like a long cylindrical object that almost looked like a cruise missile type of thing – moving really fast right over the top of us.” Nine minutes prior to the encounter a Learjet
 lj60 heading SE passed in front of the airbus 320 AA2292 heading SW. The Lear can be seen in my loop at the top of the radar screen at FL410 (41,000) and AA2292 coming onscreen on the right at FL360 (36,000'), the Lear being 5,000' higher. Lear is traveling SE at 500 mph; the AA2292  heading SW at 387 mph.  AA2292 had plenty of time to see the Lear and never considered this a near miss. Albuquerque knew they were there and had them vertically spaced 5,000' and I was able  show the horizontal separation was about 3 km at closest approach. At 1:19 when the real UAP event took place ARTC did not have anything on radar. AA2292 travelled 54 miles in those 9 minutes. (Fran Ridge)
No MADAR connection found regarding this American Airlines Flight

March 9, 2021; Ball Ground, Georgia
19:44 pm EST. The witness had turned on the outside light to let his service dog out to "do his business" and the motion-activated ring camera came on showing a one minute clip of the dog reluctant to move out in the yard, then looking like it saw something. At the end of the clip light reflects off of the man's glasses twice, then the camera shuts down. Right at that point a very bright light (like an arc welder) from a  r
ectangular probe-like object about 12-15" wide and 6-8" vertically was observed by the witness, for about 20 seconds. Witness felt object had thickness and solidity and that the light “panel” was actually on a solid cylinder-shaped object. Although very bright, it didn’t hurt his eyes to look at it, which he found difficult to describe. The light also had a “moving-ripple-like effect” to it even before it moved, which he attributed to a reflection effect off of the stainless-steel chimney cap (which had a pattern of vent holes across it). When first seen, the object was stationary, but then began to move very slowly to the right (west). This took it briefly behind the chimney. The object was about 60-foot away and about 3 feet left of the chimney at first and about 50 feet up, or 20 feet higher than the roof. The witness' Apple iPhone 11 was unable to lock on the target to take a picture.
This witness just happened to be the Operator of MADAR node129 at Ball Ground, Georgia. At that time the site was not DAS-equipped (alert klaxon) but the node hadn't triggered because it's shield or threshold was set at 25 milligaus and the magnetometer reading didn't get that high. However, the one-minute data lines showed some irregularities. The magnetometer had spiked and compass heading changed 5 degrees while the object was present. Three minutes before the sighting the field readings were 0.38 to 3.38 milligaus, building to the spike at 10.12. The onboard compass had varied from 119.36 to 120.62 degrees, building to 125.69. MUFON's CI Doug Wilson had assigned an FI in his Case Assistance Group to investigate and completed the case in about 3 days. Shortly after that the Chief Investigator for Georgia, visited the witness to clarify some issues with the previous report. A 3-page report was drafted and the case was closed. The witness reporting is former Navy, electronic  intelligence gathering, Naval Security Group, USS Oriskany CVA34. Originally the failure of the MADAR to trigger and the camera unable to capture the UAP was the basis for the original conclusions. Once the data in the spreadsheet was discovered by MADAR Operations, based on all available information and the evidence at hand, the case was considered to be unexplained.

September 6, 2021; Indianapolis, Indiana
MADAR site 21 at Indianapolis recorded an anomaly at 6:26 AM.  Op put out an APB using facebook requesting anyone seeing anything unusual that morning to contact him. Op received a response from an observer who had spotted an unknown object at 6:25 am. Witness was a retired Marion County and State Capitol Police officer, and at the time of the sighting, an Uber driver. Report as follows. Beach Grove/Indianapolis, retired police officer, Jeff Hall, was sitting at the corner of Thompson Road and Emerson Avenue in the old Kmart parking lot. Witness was in his car facing West when he looked up and saw a black cigar-shaped craft with 7 round white lights on the trailing edge of the object, which was silent. He estimated the craft at 1800-2000 feet high, height similar to low flying helicopters. From witness's vantage point inside his vehicle, he estimated the object to be around 1/2 mile away. When looking at it with his arm outstretched, eye to thumbtip of around 25-30 inches, he noted it was 45 degree angle up and about the size of 3-4 of his thumbnails which is approximately 3-3-1/2 inches. This indicates a large craft estimated to be about 300 feet wide which would make the 7 lights on trailing edge about 15 feet across. Object moved from NE to SW and disappeared out of sight as he drove off to pick up a customer. He stated he had seen this exact same craft in August 2021 about 8-10 miles West of this location near his home. Site 21 at Indianapolis, Indiana, at 10:25:29 UTC (6:25 am local) had a field reading of 32.25 milligaus, 2.25 over the threshold. Alert anomaly lasted 28 seconds.. Twenty-two seconds into the alert the compass heading exceeded the multi-sensor verification (3 degree) range by going from 90.64 to 101.36 degrees. Operator Terry Tolle was instructed to have the witness fill out a MADAR UFOI questionnaire ASAP, and this was completed and filed with MOC. Drawing by witness was attached. There being no reason to conclude that this was  a coincidence, there is no other conclusion we can come to other than an unidentified  craft of some sort, and described by a reliable witness, was observed and reported less than a half mile away from a MADAR site which had readings that were not only anomalous, but triggered the MADAR at the same time. Estimated duration was 30 seconds and the MADAR data during alert actually confirmed 28 seconds. Witness stated that there was no other air traffic at the time of the sighting. MOC Director Fran Ridge ran a Flight Radar 24 loop for the period and location and no traffic showed up on the radar, indicating the object was not conventional and was not being painted.

September 8, 2021; Goshen, Kentucky
6:47 am. EDT. MADAR Node 182 operator reported observing a trianglular UFO. Described as three white lights in a triangle formation with a single center red flashing light.  Object about one mile from facility tracked from NE to SW at approximately 5000-7000 feet.  Object made some maneuvers but mainly stayed on a straight and level track. FR24 was checked and showed no paintings. MADAR site 182 did not trigger. Checking 182's spreadsheet there were no increases or potential anomalies in the magnetometer field readings at the time, which is why 182 did not go into alert status. What WAS interesting was the compass heading had  gone way beyond the normal variations, and far in excess of the MSV (Multi Sensor Verification) 3-degree protocol. Since the device did not go on alert status, it was tracking at one minute intervals instead of one second data lines. But at 10:47:18 UTC (6:47 am) the compass heading was 64.17 degrees. The next minute it had gone to 358 degrees, which means the variation was 66 degrees (360-358+64). That is if the compass needle would have swung counter-clockwise. If it had swung clockwise the variation would have been 294 degrees (358-64)! The next minute the heading changed back to 30.93. A high evaluation would have been given if the device had gone into any level of alert plus the MSV of 3 degrees or more. This much was established. 1) The ops Flight Radar 24 showed no flights at all! This object was not an airliner or normal aircraft. The op did the right thing by checking his radar during the event. 2) The compass heading change was certainly anomalous. Although MADAR was not triggered there is a high probability that a UAP, in the form of a black triangle was operating in the area.



END OF REPORT

Terms and acronyms used in this report:
nuforc = National UFO Reporting Center at Seattle, Washington
CCO = Case Certification Officer. Used when MUFON is not available.
MADAR dataprobe = official term for MADAR unit.
Operation Foal Eagle