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Date & Location
Reported Shape or Appearance
Witnesses
Action
(b) 10-11-52
Newport News, Va.
Disc
Woman
Hovered in one spot 20 minutes. As jet interceptors neared, UFO tilted up and shot away.
(a) & (b) 12-29-52
Northern Japan
Circular
Pilots
Paralleled USAF F-84; when jet tried to close in, UFO sped away disappearing in seconds [Section III]
(a) 1953
Anaco, Venezuela
Round gray
Pilot
Approached airliner, paced it for 40 minutes, ascended out of sight. [Section X]
(b) 1-28-53 near
Albany, Georgia
Circular
Pilot
USAF F-86 pursued UFO; it sped up (confirmed by radar) and disappeared. [Section III]
(a) & (b) 2-16-53 near
Anchorage, Alaska
Bright red light source
Transport crew
Approached USAF C-47, stopped and hovered 5 minutes; when plane gave chase, UFO accelerated and quickly vanished. [Officially reported to AF UFO Project; see Section III]
(b) 2-17-53
Elmendorf AFB,
Alaska
Red light source
Air Base ground observers
Observed near end of runway climbing; jet gave chase; UFO accelerated "noticeably" and climbed vertically away. [Officially reported to AF UFO Project; see Section III]
(a) & (b) 8-12-53
Rapid City, S.D.
Light source
Pilots, GOC
USAF F-84 chased UFO, turned back and UFO followed. Second jet gave chase, turned back, UFO continued on course seen by Ground Observer Corps post. [Section I]
(b) 3-24-54
Florida Missile range
Round
Pilot
Descended and hovered at 3,000 feet. Marine Corps jet banked toward UFO, it accelerated and sped away. [Section IV]
(a) & (b) 6-23-54
Ohio
Round white light
Pilot
Followed Air National Guard F-51 from Columbus to Vandalia; "took off" when pilot gave chase. [Section V]
(a) & (b) 6-30-54
near Goose Bay,
Labrador
Large dark object with smaller satellites
Airliner crew
Paralleled BOAC airliner for 80 miles; disappeared when F-86 interceptor neared to investigate [Section X]
(b) 9-7-54
Origny, France
Luminous disc
Motorists
Disc maneuvered up and down, hovering; as it hovered, motorists turned headlights on it. UFO took off at high speed and dwindled into distant speck.
(a) 10-3-54 near
Waben, France
Light source
Motorists, others
UFO followed car at estimated distance of 100 yards, slowed when car did; finally accelerated and sped away, observed by independent witnesses.
(b) 11-26-54
Millville, N.J.
Disc, with 4 body lights forming rectangle
Several
Circled town; when search-light hit it, UFO sped away (large V-formation of round UFOs sighted 70 miles to NE same night).
(a) & (b) 2-2-55
near Merida,
Venezuela
Round, "ports" above & below central ring
Pilots
Approached airliner; when plane turned toward it, UFO dove, leveled off, sped away. Radio transmitter failed as pilot tried to report sighting. [Section X]
(a) 5-25-55
London, England
Round, luminous
Man
Sped toward B-47 from SW, hovered above it about 5 seconds; glided away to SE, reversed direction and hovered 8 seconds, suddenly shot away to SW.
(a) & (b) 11-14-55
San Bernardino, Calif.
Globe of white light
Pilot
Approached small plane; pilot blinked landing lights, UFO blinked twice in seeming response. UFO came closer, pilot blinked lights three times; UFO blinked three times, "suddenly backed up in mid-air." [Section V]
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