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Date
Location
Description
7-10-47
Southern New Mexico
Astronomer saw elliptical UFO hovering and wobbling, reported a "remarkably sudden ascent"; estimated 600 to 900 mph. [Section II.]
8-47
Media, Pa.
Hovered, flipped over showing it was disc; second later shot from mid-sky over the horizon in 3 to 4 seconds. [Section V.]
12-8-47
Las Vegas, Nevada
Pilots at night saw reddish light moving at moderate speed; flashed bright green and "shot up at tremendous speed."
7-4-48
Nr Longmont, Colo.
Round, silvery object, revolving; hovered for several seconds, soared upward at terrific speed.
3-10-50
Orangeburg, S.C.
Publisher and others saw bright disc hover over city for 15 minutes, speed away leaving trail.
3-8-50
Dayton, Ohio
Round UFO hovered at high altitude; pursued by interceptors, streaked vertically upward. [Section VIII.]
3-26-50
Nr Washington, D.C.
Private pilot saw metallic disc below his plane, dove at it; UFO zoomed up into broken clouds. [Section V.]
3-26-50
Reno, Nevada
CAA tower operator saw brilliant UFO hover, move slowly, shoot upward into clouds. [Section V.]
4-9-50
Shelby, N.C.
Round aluminum-like UFO moving horizontally for two minutes, shot straight up.
5-29-50
Nr Washington, D.C.
After circling airliner and hovering, elliptical UFO sped east at "fantastic speed." [Section V.]
6-30-50
Nr Kingman, Kans.
Rotating saucer-shaped UFO hovered; took off with terrific acceleration as minister (former USAF pilot) started to drive his car under it.
1-20-51
Nr Sioux City, Iowa
Rocket-like object flew alongside DC-3, suddenly shot up out of sight [Section V.]
2-19-51
Mt. Kilimanjaro, Africa
Cigar-shaped UFO with vertical bands, hovering, sighted by airline pilot and crew; after 15 to 20 minutes suddenly shot straight up. [Section X.]
8-51
Nr Murray, Ky.
Silver, roughly triangle-shaped object hovered, then shot straight up.
10-9-51
Nr Paris, Ill.
Disc-like UFO hovering, as pilot turned toward it, UFO began to pick up speed, shot off toward NE. [Section V.]
Early 1952
Cleveland, Ohio
Red light hovered; took off at high speed when chased by plane. [Section V.]
1-21-52
Mitchel AFB, N.Y.
Disc circling and climbing slowly; pilot gave chase, UFO accelerated rapidly and pulled away out to sea. [Section IV.]
1-29-52
Wonsan, Korea
Revolving disc paralleled B-29 for five minutes, pulled ahead, shot away at sharp angle. [Section X.]
2-20-52
Greenfield, Mass.
Minister watched three round silvery UFOs hover, suddenly speed away disappearing in seconds. [Section VII.]
Date
Location
Description
3-29-52
Nr Misawa, Japan
USAF pilot saw small disc maneuver close to plane, pass in front, shoot out of sight in near vertical climb. [Section I.]
6-1-52
Los Angeles, Calif.
Radar tracking of target at 11,000 feet, which suddenly tripled speed and climbed rapidly about 35,000 feet per minute. Other maneuvers followed. [Section VIII.]
6-13-52
Le Bourget, France
Pilot, control tower operator, saw bright orange-red object speed away after hovering for about an hour. [Section X.]
7-1-52
Fort Monmouth, N.J.
Radar-visual sighting of two shiny objects which approached slowly from NE, hovered for about 5 minutes, then sped off with a terrific burst of speed to the SW. [Section VIII.]
7-5-52
Nr Richlands, Washington
Airline pilots saw "perfectly round disc" hover, accelerate and speed away. [Section V.]
7-13-52
Washington, D.C.
Airline pilot report from CAA study: "The object came to within two miles of the aircraft and hovered at the same altitude. Pilot switched on all lights, ball of light took off, going up and away." [Section XII; July 1952 Chronology.]
7-18-52
Patrick AFB, Fla.
After 4 UFOs circled area and flew away, two approached base, hovered; circled, accelerated at terrific speed and flashed away to West. [Section XII; July 1952 Chronology.]
7-22-52
New Smyrna Beach, Fla.
Metallic disc hovered about 10 seconds, shot away in abrupt fast climb. [Section XII; July 1952 Chronology.]
7-23-52
Culver City, Calif.
Elliptical UFO hovered (2 smaller objects emerged, rejoined) and climbed straight up at tremendous speed. [Section II.]
7-26-52
California
USAF F-94C chased UFO, got radar lock-on, saw large orange light; each time jet tried to close, UFO would suddenly pull away at terrific speed, then slow down again until jet began to gain. [Section VIII; Radar.]
8-1-52
Bellefontaine, Ohio
USAF jet pilots climbed toward hovering UFO which accelerated and disappeared at high speed. [Section VIII; Radar.]
8-5-52
Haneda AFB, Japan
Dark circular object with bright lights hovered near control tower; suddenly accelerated and sped away dividing into three units. [Section VIII; Radar.]
8-6/7-52
Kerkrade, Holland
Disc hovered, accelerated rapidly and climbed away at high speed. Another disc hovered, zigzagged, sped away. [Section X.]
8-29-52
Villacoublay, France
In two separate instances, observers at a meteorological station, using a theodolite, observed circular UFOs which first hovered, then streaked away. [Section X.]
9-20-52
Topcliffe, England
Disc which had followed Meteor jet to field hovered rotating; then accelerated and vanished to SE. [Section XII; "Operation Mainbrace" Chronology]
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