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23 Jan 2023, updated 17 Oct 2024 By Fran Ridge & Brad Sparks In the late 60's Dr. Edward
Condon and staff (University of Colorado) was
conducting their two-year, $300,000 study for the Air
Force on UFOs and personally received two NORAD
briefings. All of the information they were provided
was lies. 1) We don't track UFOs because they
don't exist. 2) We can't track UFOs at all, only missiles & satellites
on missile/sat radars. Then a year later the
university's Robert Low got a classified briefing from
AF's top reconnaissance scientist proving these were
lies, and not denying that NORAD had tracked UFOs
"coming in from outer space." Low told Condon,
but we have no idea what they did with that. But
NORAD was never mentioned even once in the Condon
Report. Declassified
NORAD Histories prove these are lies.
More recently, in late 2019, Christoper Mellon, brought up electronic detection in his TTSA paper and mentioned NORAD, which can be read at: http://www.nicap.org/match/ The historical record is full of reports of UFOs with vertical ascents and descents. Based on what we know about space travel, this certainly isn't a surprise. But with what we have learned from "Operation Foal Eagle", this may explain the burst of electromagnetic energy that signals the arrival and departure of unknown objects and why and how MADAR picks them up. We wish to thank Brad Sparks for the following comprehending list and synopses of Project Blue Book Unknowns illustrating UFO departures and arrivals. July 7, 1947. Elkhorn, Wisc. 11:45
a.m. (CST). Pilot instructor and student took off
from Elkhorn Airport in aircraft and immediately, at 800
ft height, sighted saucer-shaped object [in the distance
to the WNW] descending vertically on edge through the
alto-cumulus clouds at 6,000 ft over Koshkonong, Wisc.,
stop at 4,000 ft, assume horizontal orientation and fly
horizontally for 15 secs, covering 25 miles [23 miles]
at 6,000 mph [5,500 mph], [headed straight towards them
on a course of about 120°] then stop again [apparently
overhead] and disappear. BB (Sign) case file
missing but found in FBI (and AAF?) files.
(Sparks; Loren Gross July 7-10, 1947,
Hist.Supp.; BB files; FBI files) 15+
secs 2
witnesses
Gorman case Oct 1, 1948: UFO rose
vertically until it disappeared.
Feb. 17, 1949. SE of Grants (at 35° 7’
±2’ N, 107°47’ ±2’ W), Sandia Base, and near Albuquerque
(at 35° 5’ N, 106° 35’ W), New Mexico. 5:57-6:06
p.m. Green Oil Co. truck driver Herman Wilcox, at
Chief’s Rancho stop on Hwy 66 SE of Grants, NM, saw oval
luminous white light with faint trail of white smoke in
the SW at about 225° azimuth moving S in vertical climb
then leveled off, then a gradual ascent, disappearing
suddenly after several secs, no clouds in the sky to
obscure it. Univ. of NM Prof. of Civil Engineering
Marvin May, an associate of Dr. Lincoln LaPaz in
meteorite tracking, saw a brilliant white object in the
W at 6° elevation at 5:57 p.m. for >6 mins
total. Object was first round [1/3 Full Moon in
size at this point apparently] then shifted to ellipse
as it approached then appeared to be elongated like a
bent pipe with corners, 1 Full Moon in length and 1/10
in width. Object made slight climbing turn to the
N, shifted to peach color [yellow-orange?] as it made
rapid sharp turning climb to the S at the end,
disappearing in cloudless sky by diminishing in size and
brightness. 100 Sandia Base guards including
Officer of the Guard saw a yellow-orange cigar or
yellow-red cigar-shaped object for 7 minutes from 5:59
to 6:06 p.m. (Sparks; BB Maxwell Microfilm
Roll 5, pp. 546-557, NARA Microfilm Roll 88, p. 401,
Roll 91, p. 412; FOIA; Saunders/FUFOR Index) 9
mins 100+
witnesses 1
Full Moon UNM
Civil Engr Prof / meteorite tracker (LaPaz assoc.)
Feb. 24, 1950. Los Alamos, New
Mexico. 1:15-2:00 p.m. At various locations
around Los Alamos, AESS security personnel, including
Philip C. Mackey AESS Inspector and another AESS
inspector, and 2 Los Alamos Lab chemical operators,
sighted shiny metallic or bright white, silver white,
saucer or sphere hovering to the NW at azimuth 310°
elevation about 30°, estimated distance possibly 20,000
to 30,000 ft, size estimated at about 100 ft if at
20,000-30,000 ft range, then moving erratically,
flashing bright sunlight at times, heading E or NE, then
suddenly climbing vertically at possibly supersonic
speed straight up out of sight at about 70°
elevation. One witness reported object dispersed
nearby clouds as it passed, and emitted an intermittent
vapor trail, no trail reported by others; no
sound noted by anyone. (Sparks; BB Microfilm
Roll 91, pp. 365-9) 2
to 45 mins 4+
witnesses 1/3
to 1/2 Full Moon
March 3, 1950. Selfridge AFB, Mich.
11:05 p.m. USAF 1st Lt. Frank Mattson saw an
intense, dull yellowish light descend vertically, then
fly straight and level at high speed.
(Sparks; Berliner) 4
mins 1
witness
Aug. 30, 1950. S of Sandy Point/Indian
Head, Newfoundland, Canada. 1:30-1:50 p.m.
(ADT). 3 civilian Harmon AFB Water Transportation
Section employees, John Kaeel, Fred Messervery and John
Smith, located [in a boat] about 2 miles S of Indian
Head (48°29’ N, 58°30’ W) saw a black or dark round
object the size [shape?] of a barrel resembling a “large
balloon” located about 3 miles SW of Indian Head (at
48°27’ N, 58°33’ W) about 1-1.5 [?] miles offshore
[apparently about 2 miles to the W of the
observers]. The object was hovering just above the
water and after a few mins began to slowly ascend to
about 15-20 ft above water, then descended again to just
above water, in about a 40-60-sec cycle each time which
occurred 3 times. On the last cycle the object
remained near the surface about 3-4 mins when it
ascended vertically until disappearance at 1:50
p.m. [See similar sighting at 2 p.m. near
Kippens.] Helicopter search at 4:20 p.m.
negative. [No unidentified ground radar returns
were reported yet false explanation of “WX Returns”
(weather returns) inserted into BB file listings.]
(Sparks; Jan Aldrich) 20
mins 3
witnesses 1/10
– 1/4 ?? Full Moon
Dec. 7, 1951. Oak Ridge, Tenn. (at
35°56’ N, 84°25’ W). 8:15 a.m. AESS guard J.
H. Collins in Tower #14 W of K-25 Gaseous Diffusion
Plant, ORNL, [at about 700-800 ft ASL] saw a 20 ft
square object, white-grey but not shiny, like a piece of
canvas with no markings, to the NNW about 300 ft above
ridge anout 1 mile away [Blackoak Ridge, height about
1,000-1,100 ft ASL], fly vertically into the clouds at
about 6,000 ft ASL and back again 300 ft above ridge,
taking 30-40 seconds each time traveling at constant
speed like that of conventional aircraft [roughly 100
mph at about 4,600 ft in 30-40 secs]. On second
rise object climbed at 45° angle to the left and into
the clouds then emerged out of the clouds diving
straight down to 300 ft above ridge. Object
circled slowly as it rose a third time at a 20° angle
into the clouds again finally disappearing. Always
kept broadside to witness. No sound or
smoke. Report mistakenly treated as ground
intrusion, thus GCI radar not alerted until 10:02 a.m.,
and F-47 fighters dispatched found nothing.
(Sparks; BB Maxwell Microfilm Roll 9, pp.
640-4; Berliner; Saunders/FUFOR Index) 2
mins 1
witness
March 20, 1952. Centerville (Queen
Anne’s County), Maryland. 10:42 p.m. CIA
clandestine employee [OPC?] who was WW1/WW2 Army veteran
and pilot with extensive flight experience, A. D.
Hutchinson, and son (Hutchinson Jr.), saw a dull
orange-yellow saucer-shaped light, lighting looking like
that of old-fashion light-bulb and about 2-3x size of
aircraft wing light [or about 4-6 ft?], fly straight and
level very fast from SW to SE about half way between
horizon and zenith [or roughly 30° to 45° elevation],
possibly about 5 miles away [better estimate about 1
mile], then made 2 sudden vertical jumps on order of 2°
upwards each jump, jumps being like a “basketball
bounce,” before disappearing behind trees. No
sound. (Sparks; BB Maxwell Roll 9, pp. 1097
to 1100; Berliner; Randle) 30
secs 2
witnesses 1/3
?? Full moon
March 29, 1952. 20 miles N of Misawa
AFB, Japan (40°42’ N, 141°23’ E). 11:20 a.m.
Lt. David C. Brigham, pilot of AT-6 trainer flying at
150-160 mph at 6,000 ft, saw a small, very thin, shiny
metallic 8-inch diameter disc with no vapor trail or
exhaust fly alongside the AT-6, then make a pass at an
F-84 jet fighter, flip on edge, flutter 20 ft from the
F-84's fuselage for 2-3 secs and flip in the
slipstream,, then cross in front, pulling up in a steep
almost vertical climb to disappearance.
(Sparks; Aldrich/Project 1947;
Berliner; Saunders/FUFOR Index) 10
secs 1?
witness
April 13, 1952. Moriarty AFS, New Mexico
(35° 1'50" N, 105°49' 0" W, 6,700 ft ASL).
4:45 p.m. (MST). 4 USAF airmen of the 768th
AC&W Sq ADC radar station, Staff Sgt. John R.
O’Neal, A/1c David C. Miller, A/2c Earl O. Cormier,
Airman Basic Charles E. Baker, saw silver disc-shaped
(or egg-shaped) object to the E estimated altitude
40,000+ ft traveling very erratically at high speed,
disappeared making a turn to the N due to its flatness
in profile, then reappeared further N, then disappeared
again in vertical dive, reappeared further S, and
finally disappeared heading S. No trail, exhaust
or sound. [Possible CPS-5D radar tracking denied
but uncertain?] (Sparks; BB Maxwell
Microfilm Roll 9, pp. 1368-1405; McDonald
files; Jan Aldrich; BB Rpt 6;
Saunders/FUFOR Index) 3-5
mins 4? Full
Moons
May 12, 1952. Roswell, New Mexico (at
33.3975° N, 104.5262° W). 8:45 p.m. (MST).
Walker AFB USAF Tech Sgt Raymond Bare was in a car in
downtown Roswell when he saw a blue-green light, first
star-like then apparently round, at an estimated
altitude of 20,000 to 30,000 feet and estimated distance
of 40-50 miles over some [low] mountains E of Ruidosa at
about 270° due W of Sgt Bare. The object traveled
three times over approximately the same S-N, E-W
“swaying” triangular course at a speed that seemed
faster than a jet. Object ascended vertically to
about 40,000 to 50,000 ft then back again to
20,000-30,000 ft [elevation angles ~10° to ~5°] at a
descent angle of about 25° from horizontal.
Contrary to BB’s explanation of “PROB VENUS,” Venus was
on the other side of the Earth. (Sparks; Fran
Ridge/NICAP; BB files) 25
mins 1
witness
May 22, 1952. Falls Church [or
Alexandria], Virginia, (at 38°52' N, 77°10' W).
Bet. 1 and 2 a.m. Top CIA official and several
dinner guests, including a retired general, noticed
noiseless red light approach from W at about 5,000 ft
then suddenly climb almost vertically in the SE, stop,
level out for a few secs, go into near vertical dive,
level off, disappear to the E. (Sparks;
Ruppelt pp. 135-6; BB Status Rpt 7; Jan
Aldrich). 6+
witnesses
June 28, 1952. Kirtland AFB,
Albuquerque, New Mexico. 1:20 p.m. 2
observers with CARCO air service saw 2 silvery disc-like
objects high in the sky moving slowly to the S,
noiseless, suddenly climbed nearly vertically at high
speed, one going SSE the other almost due E.
(Sparks; Hynek UFO Exp ch. 6, case DD-7) 30
secs 2
witnesses
July 19, 1952. Centerville, Va. 12
midnight. Part-time farmer Constatine
(Constantine?) and hired hand Davis saw 2 cigar-shaped
objects, one hovering the other moving to the E then
come back, both ascending vertically until
disappearing. Both objects transparent
(translucent?), lit from within, and emitted an exhaust
from one end. Object shapes possibly more like
elongated footballs. (Sparks; Battelle
Unknown No. 4; BB Index Maxwell Microfilm Roll 2,
p. 293) 3-4
mins 2
witnesses
Aug. 3, 1952. Truth or Consequences, New
Mexico. 10:20 p.m. Civilian engineer
Anderson saw 3 light-green cylindrical objects hovering
at 45° elevation in inverted-V formation, switching to
echelon when one object moved, with a rolling motion
along its long axis. Disappeared by rapidly rising
vertically. (Sparks; BB Status Report 8, Dec
1952, p. 33; Saunders/FUFOR Index) 9
mins 1
witness 4
Full Moons
Aug. 6-7 [7?], 1952. Port Lyautey [Mina
Hassam Tani?], French Morocco (34°20’ N, 6°34’ W).
7:51 p.m. Control tower personnel and 3 USN
officer pilots [one named Dobos?] while flying R5-D saw
a brilliant white disc-shaped luminous object with red
blinking light, leaving a smoke trail, traveling
straight and level at high speed then shot up vertically
to 15,000 ft at high speed, then hovered, descended.
When aircraft tried to climb towards object it started
moving at high speed and chase was abandoned.
(Sparks; Hynek-CUFOS re-eval; Jan
Aldrich; Saunders/FUFOR Index) 4+
witnesses
Aug. 25, 1952. Frontenac-Pittsburg,
Kansas. 5:35 a.m. (CST). Radio station
musician William Squyres saw 70-75 ft inverted
platter-shaped dull aluminum color object to right side
of road about 40° elevation and 750 ft away with head
and shoulders of a "man" inside visible in a window,
midsection had many windows in which regular motion of
some kind could be seen. He stopped the car and
got out to look from 300 ft away, object had "rocking
motion" and deep throbbing sound, series of 6-7-inch
rapidly rotating "propellers," then after 1/2 min rose
vertically at high speed from 10 ft height, with the
sound like a mass of quail suddenly aflight, and
disappeared in a gap of broken clouds but not behind
clouds. Later found 60 ft circle of grass matted
down in the field. (Sparks; Hynek UFO Rpt
pp. 200-3; Battelle Unknown No. 12; Vallée
Magonia 98; Randle) 1/2
min. + 1
witness 25
Full Moons
Aug. 25, 1952. Holloman AFB, New
Mexico. 3:40 p.m. Civilian supervisor Fred
Lee and foreman L. A. Aquilar saw a round silver object
fly S, turn and fly N, make a 360° turn, fly away
vertically. (Sparks; Berliner) 3-5
mins 2
witnesses
Dec. 29, 1952. About 35 miles W of
Amarillo near Vega, Texas (at 35°15' N, 102°25' W) and
ESE of Tucumcari, New Mexico. 9:05 p.m.
(CST). USAF Capt. William T. Bowley and Capt.
Herbert T. Lange, both of Perrin AFB, Texas, piloting a
B-26 on a training flight headed W at 257° at 6,000 ft
altitude and 250 knots (300 mph) saw a extremely large
and intense bright round bluish-white light with
frequent green tints, no trail or exhaust or aerodynamic
features, about 3x the size of a C-54 (or about 350 ft)
at a distance of possibly 40 miles at their 11 o'clock
position paralleling their course at about the same
altitude 6,000 ft heading forward but closing with the
B-26. After 5 mins object suddenly climbed
vertically 7,000 ft in 5 secs [1,400 ft/sec average, or
peak velocity about 2,000 mph at about 17 g's] to
disappear in thin broken overcast clouds at 13,000 ft
and causing the clouds to glow as if lit by
searchlight. Bowley radioed the CAA controller in
Tucumcari, N.Mex. Shortly after, the object
reappeared under the clouds, the CAA controller was told
to look for it but couldn't see it [probably because he
was told to look in the wrong direction, to the SW, or
it was obscured by clouds], after 2 mins it climbed to
the W and disappeared. (Sparks; Jan Aldrich) 7-10
mins 2
witnesses 1/6
Full moon
Jan. 10, 1953. 8 miles NW of Sonoma,
Calif. 3:45 or 4 p.m. [4:45 p.m. PST?] Retired AF
Col. Robert McNab, and Mr. Hunter of the Federal
Security Agency saw a flat object to the NW at 45°
elevation traveling about 2,400 mph make three 360°
right turns in 2-3 secs each in about 1/8 radius
required for jets [i.e., about 1/4 mile radius and 300
g's], two abrupt 90° turns to the right and left, each
turn 5 secs apart, almost stop, accelerate to original
high speed, almost stop again, speed up again and
finally fly out of sight vertically. Sound similar
to F-86 at high altitude. (Sparks; Hynek UFO
Rpt pp. 115-6) 60-75
secs 2
witnesses 1/2
Full Moon
Feb. 17, 1953. Elmendorf AFB,
Alaska. 6:55 p.m. (AHST). Ground observers
and fighter interception. Nocturnal light with
rapid vertical takeoff. (Sparks;
Berliner; Saunders/FUFOR Index) 5+
mins 6
witnesses
Aug. 20, 1953. Near Castle AFB,
Calif. 9:05 p.m. [GMT?] Crew of TB-29
bomber/trainer plane saw a greyish oval object make 4
passes at the airplane (3 times at 10-20 miles
distance), then dive vertically as if two objects
[?]. (Berliner; Saunders/FUFOR Index) 2+
witnesses
Oct. 15, 1953. Minneapolis, Minn.
10:10 a.m. (CST). General Mills Aeronautical Lab
research engineers James A. Winker, Fletcher L.
Bartholomew (MIT meteorologist-engineer and former AF
pilot), and Richard J. Reilly (private pilot with degree
in aeronautical engineering and supersonic
aerodynamics). During tracking of Project GRAB BAG
79-foot long tear-drop shaped Skyhook balloon at
73,000-74,000 ft [about 40 miles away if at about
20°-25° elevation], a 40-50 ft object was spotted,
appearing to be over Ft. Snelling 12 to 14 miles SE of
observers, at about 130°-140° azimuth, 23°-25°
elevation, about 5° below balloon, leaving vapor or
smoke trail. Object traveling S in horizontal
flight 10° in 9 secs at about 40,000 (to 50,000) ft
altitude, roughly 900 to 1,100 mph, passed below the sun
[at 31° to 32° elevation, 148° to 149° azimuth].
Object left white vapor trail that immediately
dissipated so as to keep constant 5° to 8° length during
travel of emitting object. Went into “dangerous”
vertical dive at about 175°-180° (or 160°-170°) azimuth
for about 10-15 secs dropping about 10° to about 15°-20°
(or 18°-20°) elevation, object leveled out in a curve
3°-5° azimuth back to the left and vapor trail ceased to
be emitted, then object glowed or flashed in the sun 2-3
times for 1 sec each as if metallic and reflective, seen
as a gray mass in the theodolite. Disappeared
suddenly with flash of light. Angular size about
same as GRAB BAG balloon [that was about 40 miles away,
thus about 1.3 arcmins]. (Sparks; Hynek UFO Rpt
pp. 113-4; Hynek UFO Exp ch. 6, case DD-9;
Saunders/FUFOR Index; Project BB Microfilm Roll
19, pp. 1225-1264) 40-55
secs 3
witnesses 1/20
Full Moon (0.5° ? equiv. in theodolite) aeronautical
research engineers; theodolite instrument
Dec. 16, 1953. Ground site 3 miles WNW
of Agoura, Calif., (at 34° 9.75’ N, 118° 47’ W)
and aircraft SW of Long Beach, Calif. 4:58-5:05
p.m. (PST). Lockheed Skunk Works chief Clarence L.
“Kelly” Johnson and wife near Agoura and top Lockheed
crew aboard WV-2 aircraft near Long Beach about 30 miles
away, independently of each other, saw black flying-wing
or ellipse or crescent-shaped object about 170-230 ft
wide at about 15,000 ±2,000 ft altitude to the W
hovering about 30-60 miles away (255° ±1° True to
Johnson; 285°-290° True to WV-2 crew, or 270°-275°
magnetic) against the bright sky of the immediate
post-sunset background. At 5:04 p.m. after 4 mins
to the Johnsons (6 mins to WV-2 crew) object suddenly
took off in a shallow climb accelerating [at about 130
g's to approximately earth escape velocity (25,000 mph)]
to the W over the Pacific, disappearing in ~10-13 secs
(to WV-2 crew) or 90 secs (to Johnson using 8x
binoculars) [after reaching 90+ miles altitude].
Projected target radiant at ascent angle of about 5° at
about azimuth 270° is at 17 hrs Right Ascension +2°
Declination. (Sparks) 7
mins 7+
witnesses 1/10
Full Moon (2/3 Full Moon or 0.3° equiv. in binocs) world's
leading aircraft designer, Cal Tech trained Lockheed
chief aerodynamicist, chief test pilots;
binoculars
Feb. 1, 1954. 35 miles SW of Tuscaloosa,
Alabama [E of Palestine, Texas?]. 2 or 3:15 p.m.
(CST). Electronics engineer Verne Baumgartner of
Winzen Research and pilot Glenn Hovland, crew of USN
Office of Naval Research (ONR) aircraft at 6,000 or
12,000 ft heading E at 80 [?] or 120 mph towards a
Skyhook cosmic-ray balloon at 90,000-100,000 ft and
15-30 [20?] miles away from the balloon saw 2 then 4
objects for a total of 6 very bright or deep white or
gray circular objects about 20 ft in size [had to be at
least 100 ft for shape to be visible to naked eye if 15
miles away] in evenly spaced V-formation (or trail
formation?) at about 80,000 or 85,000 ft about 15 miles
away at about 45° (or 60°) above horizontal fly over [in
between aircraft and balloon] to the left or N of the
balloon and around the balloon [??], hover [?] under the
balloon in level flight headed ENE then vertically
ascend at right angles to level flight out of sight at
about 70° elevation in several seconds, estimated speed
1,000 mph. Movie film taken by Bolex camera with
6-inch telephoto lens. Observed through
binoculars. Balloon camera took one photo which
captured some of the UFOs, which reportedly were
translucent (terrain could be seen through them).
(Sparks; Hynek-CUFOS-Willy Smith files; BB
files; Austin, Minn., Daily Herald, July 22,
1954; Joel Carpenter) 1-1/2
to 5 mins 2
witnesses
March 9, 1954. Cincinnati, Ohio.
3:57-4:05? a.m. Civilian-military pilot John H.
Stewart while driving N saw a pulsating bluish-white
luminous halo surrounding a dark ellipsoidal object that
may have been larger than a DC-6 (117 ft) slowly moving
S at about 2,000-3,000 ft height, then hovered for 7-8
mins over the General Electric plant, the last 4 mins of
which Stewart observed after stopping his car.
Object accelerated and suddenly changed color to yellow
then red, changed course to the E, then disappeared in
an almost vertical climb in secs. (Sparks;
Jan Aldrich) 7-8+
mins ? 1
witness 4
Full Moons
April 23, 1954. Pittsfield, Maine (at
44°53' N, 69°35'W). 9:30 a.m. Mr. and Mrs.
Floyd E. and Rose Belle Robinson saw a silver circular
saucer-shaped object with a dome 1/2 the size of the
base that was the source of constantly flashing
brilliant light, making a loud sound like a swarm of
bees, which hovered at about 70° azimuth without
tilting, flew horizontally with a whirlwind effect and
cold air that moved stones underneath its path, then it
rose vertically at 30° azimuth without tilting until out
of sight. (Sparks; Jan Aldrich) 4
mins 2
witnesses 6
Full Moons
Feb. 3 (or 7), 1955. Knights Landing,
Calif. 4:30 p.m. (PST). Electronic
technician and civilian pilot George M. Allender sighted
from the ground a large 350 to 500 ft size delta-wing or
flying wing type aircraft in the NW headed towards him
at about 2,500 to 4,000 ft altitude and about 2,500 ft
ground distance. No exhaust, no smoke, no
markings, no visble means of propulsion. Object
climbed vertically about 34,000 ft in 20 secs to 38,000
ft, then accelerated ahead of a flight of about 7 jets
(possibly F-86’s) flying SE from his NW at about 600
mph, then object dove about 37,000 ft in 12 secs to
about 1,000 ft altitude. Object could almost hover
motionless and reach speeds of 2,000 mph. (Sparks) 4-5
mins 1
witness [10
?] Full Moons
Oct. 4, 1955. SW of Baku (near Atjaty /
Alyat, at 40.0° N, 49.3° E), USSR. 7:10 p.m.
US Sen. Richard B. Russell, US Army Col. E. U. Hathaway,
CIA Clandestine Service Foreign Intelligence (FI) Staff
officer Reuben Efron (under cover as a “translator” or
“interpreter”), and an accompanying Calif. businessman
named Robert R. Gros, VP of Public Relations of PG&E
(Pacific Gas & Electric), sighted to the S two
separate nearly vertical ascents of a lighted domed-disc
saucer-shaped object, possibly size of jet fighter [50
ft] about 1 minute apart, while traveling by train (Sen.
Russell was the only witness to the 1st ascent and
alerted the others who saw the 2nd). Efron saw
object that appeared like 2 bright white “eyes” that
remained fixed to each other, which ascended at an angle
that seemed to come towards the train and cross over but
Efron did not see it continue on the other (North) side
of train. (Sparks; Joel Carpenter;
FOIA docs from CIA, FBI; Haines CIA UFO
history; etc.) ?
+ 6-7 secs 4
witnesses 1?
Full Moon
Oct. 7, 1956. Castle AFB area,
Calif. 10:45 p.m. (PST). 2-3 USAF F-86D
pilots, Lt Jerry Owen Robinett, Lt Alvin A. Akins, and
possibly Lt. Donata Correa, Intelligence Officer, [on
ground?] from 456th FIS, Castle AFB, were scrambled or
redirected already in air about 11:10 p.m. to intercept
a UFO reported by ground witnesses [Thomas Salazar and
police officers in Merced, and another in Merced].
Football-shaped or dome-shaped UFO estimated at 100-120
ft diameter and 50-60 ft high, dipped up and down
vertically into an overcast cloud bank layer at 11,000
to 21,000 ft, playing “cat and mouse” with F-86 pilots
stationed above and below cloud layer to catch the
object. Akins got brief airborne radar contacts
that immediately terminated as if the UFO was monitoring
the radar beam (by ELINT). (Sparks; Jan
Aldrich; Loren Gross Sept-Oct 1956, Nov-Dec 1956
Supp.; McDonald papers; BB files) 3-4
secs + 45-60 Secs + ? 5+
witnesses
March 6, 1957. Great Meadows-Hope, New
Jersey. 2 p.m. Mrs. Martin’s attention drawn
by barking dogs looking up at white derby-hat-shaped
object 50+ ft wide hovering low over a field about 450
ft away with a gentle rocking motion and streamers
underneath like tinsel. Object suddenly took off
almost vertically to the NE without sound disappearing
into cloud bank. (Sparks; Hynek UFO Rpt pp.
151-4; Saunders/FUFOR Index) 1+
min 1
witness 12
Full Moons
Nov. 3, 1957. 9 miles E of Levelland, 1
mile W of Smyer, Texas. 12:05 a.m. Texas
Tech college student Newell H. Wright was driving W when
the ammeter on his car dashboard started fluctuating
widely, car motor gradually went out then headlights and
radio died. He got out to check and saw a white or
aluminum-colored oval-shaped object flat on the bottom
like a loaf of bread, with a greenish tint, about 75-125
ft long. After a few mins object suddenly rise up
from the road ahead and ascend almost vertically at
great speed, slightly to the N, disappearing in
secs. Afterward car was able to be
restarted. (Hynek UFO Exp ch. 9; Tony
Rullán; Vallée Magonia 419) 4
mins 1
witness EM
effects
Nov. 4, 1957. 3 miles SE of El Paso
Airport, Texas. 7:30 p.m. Border Patrol
inspector Burton saw egg-shaped object with bluish glow
approaching from the SW at 30° elevation with whirring
sound like artillery shell after car stalled and
headlights dimmed and blacked out. Object passed
over car at 100 ft height headed W, changing altitude at
irregular intervals, rose vertically at Franklin
Mtns. (Sparks; Hynek UFO Rpt p. 181;
Saunders/FUFOR Index) 1
witness EM
effects
Nov. 14, 1957. 23 miles NE of Hill City
[airport], Kansas (at 39°37' N, 99°32' W). 5:34
p.m. (CST). USAF pilot Major William B. Taft and
co-pilot 1st Lt. Joshua M. Hinson, flying B-47E bomber
based at SAC 339th Bomb Squadron (Medium), Dyess AFB,
Abilene, Texas, at 36,000 ft true heading 183° at 410
knots TAS true air speed (=true course ~173° and true
ground speed ~412 knots with 270° ~70 knot wind).
Sighted oval metallic silver gray object shaped like a
football but with rounder ends, and with a brighter
Saturn-like horizontal ring not extending beyond the
edges of the oval. Object was first seen about 25°
above the aircraft nose [~20° above aircraft horizontal]
and about 70° to the right (~253° true azimuth or nearly
W) at about “2 o’clock high,” stationary for about 4
minutes [8 mins?] 5,000 to 10,000 higher altitude
(41,000 to 46,000 ft), then followed another B-47 headed
in the opposite direction at same flight altitude
(36,000 ft) north-bound true heading 360°, about 20 NM
to the W, remaining stationary above the other B-47 for
about 1 minute as UFO and other B-47 fell behind to
about “4 o’clock high” at 120° relative bearing (~303°
true azimuth or about WNW) about 25° above nose level
[about same relative 20° local aircraft horizontal
level] then rose vertically “very rapidly” accelerating
until disappearing, brighter while in motion.
[B-47E final position about 38°42' to 35' N, 99°25' to
24' W at 5:42 to 5:43 p.m. CST.] Dyess AFB ground
observers suggested Venus was bright in the sky.
However the sun had not set yet at the B-47E’s altitude
(upper limb ~1° to ~0.1° above earth’s apparent horizon
in about 248° to 249° (about WSW) corrected for
refraction and aircraft altitude / geometric depression
angle, gradually setting) and Venus’ position was at
206° to 208° azimuth, elevation 19° to local aircraft
horizontal, in the SSW not W/WNW about 47° to 95°
away. If UFO was about 1-2 miles higher, thus 3-6
miles distant, and angular size roughly pea at arm’s
length (about 1 Full Moon), then actual size ~100-200
ft. (Sparks; BB files) 8-9
mins 2
witnesses ~1
Full Moon
Oct. 7, 1958. Alexandria, Virginia (at
38°47.9’N, 77° 2.6’ W). 6:02 p.m. (EDT).
John R. Townsend, Special Assistant for Research &
Engineering to the Asst. Secretary of Defense, saw a
large stationary sharply outlined Saturn-shaped
“silvery” or “aluminum clad” oblate spherical object
(with “gossamer” surface appearance) with a rim or
girdle around its equator in clear sky due S azimuth
about 180° at about 20° elevation for about 10 secs,
which started rapidly rising at an estimated speed of
1,000 mph and disappeared due to extreme distance at
about 30° to 35° elevation still due S after 40 secs,
with the impression it was heading away from him to the
S growing smaller until unable to be seen [apparently
increased distance to at least 400 miles to drop below
minimum visual resolution, at about 36,000 mph average
velocity at 80 g's acceleration to an altitude of about
200 miles, terminal velocity about 72,000 mph].
Witness estimated UFO angular size as 3° and actual size
600 ft at distance of 3 nautical miles, using the
passing and turning Capital [not “Capitol”] Airlines
Flight 407 at 2 miles distance during the sighting as
aerial distance reference point. Townsend was
familar with standard takeoff pattern of flights from
Washington National Airport and said that the airliner
he saw during the sighting headed S on a track about 1
mile to his left (along the Potomac River) and then
turned right across his field of view of the UFO.
Pilot of Capital Flight 407 took off in a DC-4 at 5:59
p.m. (EDT) from Washington National heading S, climbed
to 2,000 ft and as he was turning right to a W heading
out of the traffic pattern [at about 6:02 p.m.] he saw
an “unidentified aircraft” with “nose light” at about
3,000 ft heading N, seen in the direction of or over
Beacon Field 3 miles to the W (at about azimuth 265° so
object was in the glare of the setting sun at
approximately elevation 7° azimuth 258° and may have
been reflecting the sunlight so as to appear to have a
“nose light”). Thus sighting lines crossed with
Townsend at right angles, establishing distance and
location of object by triangulation as 2 miles S of
Townsend at about 3,000 ft altitude and 1 mile W of the
airliner, or at 38°46’N, 77° 3’W, and thus actual size
as about 500 ft and angular elevation to Townsend about
17° in close agreement with Townsend’s 600 ft size
estimate and 20° elevation measurement (done by
protractor after the sighting) and in exact agreement
with pilot estimate of 3,000 ft altitude of object
[though distance is difficult to estimate and UFO was
closer to the Capital flight than Beacon Field].
No sound. Townsend reenacted the timing by walking
the half block down the N-S running Lee Street (which
runs toward 190° True azimuth). BB proposed
nonsense theory of sun reflection on cloud or ice
crystals as sun set “behind the horizon” – in fact sun
set 40 mins later at 6:42 p.m. EDT. Projected
target radiant of UFO at ascent angle of about 30° at
about azimuth 180° is at 17 hrs Right Ascension -20°
Declination in constellation Ophiuchus.
(Sparks; Jan Aldrich; BB files; Loren
Gross Oct. 1958 pp. 22-24, 26) 50
secs 2+
witnesses 6
Full Moons highest
DoD R&D official; air-ground triangulation
Oct. 26, 1958. Loch Raven Dam,
Maryland. 10:30 p.m. (EST). Phillip Small
and Alvin Cohen saw a large, flat egg-shaped object,
flying low about 100-150 ft above the bridge, which
affected their car's electrical system and caused a
burning sensation, rose vertically and disappeared in
5-10 secs. (Hynek UFO Exp ch. 9, case CEII-4;
NICAP; BB Microfilm Roll ) 1-2
mins 2
witnesses EM
effects
Nov. 19, 1958. Montauk AFB, New
York. 9:30 a.m. (EST). A/2c James A. Frey,
scope operator, plus Weapons Director (not named), 773rd
Radar Observation Network Squadron (SAGE), NORAD-ADC
FPS-6 height-finder radar, detected target at 255°
azimuth (approx. WSW), height 55,000 ft ascending
[nearly] vertically at 3,000-3,500 ft/min with some [N?]
component horizontally, to 77,000 ft [in about 7
mins]. Target then descended almost vertically at
4,000 ft/min [in about another 7 mins] with slight
deviation ESE to azimuth 256° disappearance. Range
not stated, must have been 30+ miles since FPS-6 max
elevation coverage is +32°, and max range usually given
as 200 n.mi. Went against wind coming from
270° 60 knots at 50,000 ft. Second (similar?)
target about 1 hour later. Ascent rate much faster
than typical weather balloons, usually standardized to
1,000 ft/min. (Sparks; BB files;
McDonald list) (14
mins) + ? 2+
? witnesses NORAD
radar
Sept. 13, 1959. Gills Rock, Wisc.
1:05 a.m. R. H. Daubner saw a round yellow light,
with 8 blue lights within it, and 5 larger red lights,
fly very fast vertically while making a pulsating jet
noise. (Sparks; Berliner) 10
mins 1?
witness
Dec. 21, 1964. 4 mi E of Staunton,
Viginia. 5 p.m. Mr. Horace Burns while
driving ESE on Hwy 250 saw to the N a huge
beehive-shaped object 80-90 ft high x 125 ft diameter
cross the road, then his car engine suddenly
stopped. Object hovered at ground level in a
field, then took off vertically for several hundred feet
then to the NE. Burns stopped car and got out
before object flew off. Prof. Ernest G. Gehman of
Eastern Mennonite College obtained with Nuclear Chicago
Portable Survey Meter Model 2612 (with P-15 Probe)
Geiger counter reading of 17-18 milliR/hr on Dec.
30. Using Nuclear Chicago Beta-Gamma Survey Meter
Model 2586, BB investigators on Jan. 12, 1965, found 1.5
milliR/hr (=1,500 microR/hr) on Burns’ left rear car
door but wrongly claimed it was normal background level
(in fact is likely 30x-40x background but actual
background level should have been determined).
Possible 11x-12x drop in radiation level in 13 days
possibly indicates radionuclide with ≈ 3-4 day
half-life. Reportedly several homes in landing
area had lights dimmed and radios and TV’s cease
functioning for several mins at time of event.
(Sparks; BB files; Vallée Magonia 628) 1-2
mins 1+
witnesses radioactivity,
EM?
April 17, 1966. Portage County, Ohio,
bet. Atwater and Randolph, Ohio, to Pittsburgh,
Penna. 5-6:10 a.m. (EST). E of Akron Deputy
Sheriff Dale F. Spaur and associate Wilbur Neff saw a
30-45 ft metallic object approach over the treetops from
the woods, bathing the witnesses and the whole area in
light while making a transformer-like hum, then headed E
and they gave chase in the patrol car at speeds up to
105 mph for 85 miles. Officer Wayne Huston about
35 miles to the ESE saw the object he described as ice
cream cone-shaped, point downwards, approach from the W
and pass overhead at about 800-900 ft height with Spaur
and Neff in pursuit to the SE and he joined them near
Unity, Ohio, with the object about 1/2 to 3/4 mile ahead
of them, reaching the Penna. state line at 5:35.
They lost sight of object at Brady Run Park regained it
in Bridgeport, Penna. At about this time officers
Lonnie Johnson and Ray Esterly in Salem, Ohio, saw 3 jet
fighters [two F-102’s] attempting to intercept a bright
object at about 10,000-20,000 ft about 25° elevation to
the E for about 2 mins. In Conway, Penna., at 6
a.m. they met with officer Frank Panzarella who had been
watching the object for 10 mins to the E or SE which he
described as 25-35 ft half-football-shaped object at
about 1,000 ft height (or 1,500-2,000 ft according to
the others), when it stopped in the NE towards Harmony,
Penna, then rose. They watched as the object climbed to
about 3,500 ft to the left of and level with the quarter
moon in the ESE (which was at about azimuth 116°
elevation 14° aand 11% illuminated at 6:00 a.m.) and
Venus (at 122° azimuth 22° elevation) and it passed near
a 707 airliner taking off from Pittsburgh Airport and
disappeared shooting up vertically at about 6:10.
(Sparks; Hynek UFO Exp ch. 8; NICAP) 1
hr 10 mins many
witnesses 4
? Full Moons
July 25, 1966. Between Greenville and
Vanceboro, North Carolina. 1-2 a.m. College
student James Clark saw a pulsating object change color
from orange to red to blue to green and back to orange,
which followed his car through the woods at high speed
up to 100 mph, then stopped and hovered over the car
from 300 ft away about 50 ft high, wobbling on its axis,
approached to 100 ft, then shot out of sight vertically
in <5 secs. (Sparks; Berliner; cf.
Vallée Magonia 782) 1
hr 1 witness
Nov. 23, 1968. Newton, Georgia (31.3° N,
84.36° W). 8:05 p.m. Witness Mr. Jones, an
accountant, saw collimated beam 5-6 ft wide come down
from a point about 200 ft ahead and 75 ft off the ground
illuminating trees after car radio faded to
static. Beam retracted slowly like a ladder to a
fuzzy scintillating main light, oval-shaped
yellowish-white about 100 [or 120-150?] ft wide, which
then changed to brighter reddish-orange, rose vertically
disappearing in less than 15 secs. Car restarted
spontaneously. (Sparks; Berliner; cf.
Hynek UFO Rpt pp. 189-191) 3-4
mins 1
witness 40
Full Moons EM
effects
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