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INQUISITIVENESS AND REACTION CASES
Date & Location
Reported Shape or Appearance
Witnesses
Action
(b) 7-23-48 near Montgomery, Ala.
Cigar
Pilots
Came head-on toward airliner, veered to side, shot straight up into clouds. [Section V]
(a) 10-1-48 Fargo, N.D.
Disc
Pilot, control tower operators
"Dogfight" with National Guard plane, intricate maneuvers, head-on passes, finally shot up out of sight. [Section V]
(b) 11-18-48 near Washington, D. C.
Oval
Pilot, ground crew
Led USAF pilot through "astounding maneuvers." When pilot flashed landing lights on UFO, it streaked away. [Section III]
(b) 3-26-50 near Washington, D. C.
Disc
Private pilot
Pilot spotted UFO below him, dove toward it, object shot up into overcast. [Section V]
(a) & (b) 4-27-50 Goshen, Ind.
Red disc
Pilot, passengers
Overtook airliner, paced it alongside, fled when plane turned toward it. [Section V]
(a) 5-29-50 near Washington, D. C.
Ellipse, bright body light
Pilots
Approached airliner head-on, circled it completely stopping once on each side, suddenly sped away. [Section V]
(a) 1-16-51 Artesia, N.M.
2 discs
Balloon tracking crew
Two discs approached rapidly from horizon, tipped on edge and circled balloon, then sped away. [Section I]
(a) 1-20-51 Sioux City, Iowa
Cigar with body lights
Pilots, passengers
Circled, came head-on toward airliner which was investigating, abruptly reversed direction and paced plane for few seconds, finally shot straight up. [Section V]
(b) 9-11-51 near Sandy Hook, N.J.
Disc
Pilots
First seen descending by USAF pilots in T-33; when pursued levelled off, accelerated, outsped jet and curved away. [Section III]
(b) 10-9-51 near Paris, Ill.
Oblate spheroid
Pilot
Pilot saw UFO hovering motionless, turned directly toward it, object shot away. [Section V]
(a) 1-29-52 Wonsan, Korea
Disc
Bomber crew
Paralleled USAF bomber for 5 minutes, pulled ahead, shot away at angle. [Section III]
(a) 3-29-52 near Misawa, Japan
Disc
T-6 Pilot
Made pass at USAF F-84, slowed and paced it, passed in front, climbed away vertically. [Section I]
(a) 6-18-52 California
Not specified
Bomber crew
Paced USAF B-25 for 30 minutes [Officially reported to AF UFO Project; see Section III]
(a) & (b) 7-13-52 Nr. Washington, D.C.
Ball of light
Pilot
Approached airliner and hovered. When pilot switched on all lights, UFO "took off, going up and away." [Section XII; July 1952 Chronology]
(b) 8-1-52 Dayton, Ohio
Round
Pilots
Jets climbed up to investigate hovering UFO, it streaked away at high speed. [Section III]
(a) 8-28-52 LeRoy, N.Y.
Disc
Family
Observed from ground making tight vertical circles around airliner. [3]
(a) 9-19-52 Topcliffe, England
Disc
Airbase ground observers
Followed meteor jet to base, descended, hovered rotating, suddenly sped away. [Section X]
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