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GEOMETRICAL FORMATION CASES
*(All reports on file at NICAP)*
Date
Location
Witnesses
Number
Type
Other Features
2-28-04
North Pacific
Crew, U.S.S. Supply
3
In-line, echelon
Changed course, climbed
6-23-47
Cedar Rapids, Iowa
Railroad engineer
10
In-line
Fluttered
6-24-47
Mt. Ranier, Wash.
Pilot
9
In-line
Zig-zag, skipping flight
7-4-47
Portland, Ore.
Police, Pilot
2
3
Unspecified
Unspecified
Oscillating motion
Oscillating motion
Summer 1948
Easton, Pa.
Scientist
3
In-line
Last zig-zagging [Section VI]
3-30-50
Selma, Ala.
Radio engineer & others
3
In-line
Middle disc pulled ahead, shot up out of sight
11-27-50
Evansville, Wis.
Pilot
6
Echelon
8-11-51
Portland, Ore.
Pilot
3
V
Flew north in perfect formation
2-20-52
Greenfield, Mass.
Minister
3
V
[Section VII].
3-10-52
Oakland, Calif.
Inspecting engineer
2
Side-by-side
One on steady course, one swaying back and forth. [Section VI]
5-13-52
Greenville, S.C.
Amateur astronomers
"several"
Diamond
Wobbled in flight
7-14-52
Newport News, Va.
Airline pilots
6 + 2
In-line
Flip over, 120 degrees turn. [Section V]
7-16-52
Hampton, Va.
Aeronautical engineer
4
Varied; in-line
2 made tight circling turns [Section VI]
7-17-52
Staten Island, N.Y.
Citizens
5
V
7-24-52
Near Carson Sink, Nev.
2 USAF colonels
3
V
UFOs were delta shaped [Section III]
8-1-52
Albuquerque, N.M.
Scripps-Howard staff writer
About 10
Cluster, V, 2 rows in-line
Shifted formation with precision. [Section VII]
8-5-52
Baltimore, Md.
Amateur Astronomer
2 + 2
Paired
[Section VI]
10-12-52
Palo Alto, Calif.
A/C maintenance man
6
V
Edges of discs glowing. [Section VI]
11-22-52
Bocaranga, Africa
Missionary
4
Rectangle
Sometimes moved singly, returned to formation
2-22-54
York, Pa.
GOC
14
Unspecified
3-10-54
San Francisco, Calif.
Pilot, executive
12
V
3-24-54
Baltimore, Md.
Civil Defense official
14
V; in-line
Changed to in-line as airliner passed, moved toward it. [Section VII]
5-5-54
Minneapolis, Minn.
Astronomy students
Unspecified
V
5-6-54
Heppner, Ore.
Several
Unspecified
V
Oscillating motion
5-15-54
Southampton, England
Amateur astronomer
18
V
"Windows" visible in some through telescope
6-30-54
Near Oslo, Norway
Scientists
2
Echelon
First in tilted position, then levelled off. [Section I]
8-28-54
Oklahoma City, Okla.
Hundreds
15
Triangle, semi-circle
Changed to semicircular and sped up when pursued. [Section III]
9-6-54
Baltimore, Md.
Amateur Astronomer
4
In-line, echelon
One left, 3 changed formation
11-26-54
Manasquan, N.J.
Professor
15-20
V
[Section VII]
4-10-55
Baltimore, Md.
Several
Unspecified
(1) V
(2) T
Two separate sightings
8-25-55
Birmingham, England
Ex-Navy officer
15
In-line
Groups of 3 in-line
11-9-55
Philadelphia, Pa.
Newspaperman, many others
12
V, A
Changed to A in flight [Section VII]
8-56
Boulder City, Nev.
Research technician
5
Staggered V
Spaced one diameter apart. [Section VI]
9-12-56
New Orleans, La.
Watchman
4
Y
Hovered, formed vertically, scattered
11-19-56
Frankfurt, Germany
Engineering student
7
V
[Section X]
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