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Dan Wilson

Person 12 stories, 1949 to 1968

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A researcher behind the scenes. Dan Wilson compiled the Project Blue Book documents that NICAP hosts, and his work underpins several cases in this archive. His files cover Fürstenfeldbruck Air Base in 1948, logged by Project Sign as Incident 222. They cover Braniff Flight 42 over Charleston in 1966, where a brilliant light turned a full 180 degrees. For the Fairpoint / Golf One Minuteman launch-site sighting of 1966, the case survives almost entirely through NICAP's summary of the 14 page Blue Book file. Dan Wilson extracted it.

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The Jackson "Megaphone" Object: Pilot Thomas A. Rush and Blue Book Incident 233 (1949)

January 1, 1949 · In the air east of Jackson, Hinds County, Mississippi, on approach to North Jackson Airpark

UAP · Cigar · 15 sources

30Partially documented

Compiled the NICAP index of the Blue Book documents

Davis-Monthan AFB: Two Discs Pace a B-36 (The Case of the Missing Report)

May 1, 1952 · Davis-Monthan AFB, Tucson, Pima County, Arizona

UAP · Disc / saucer · 19 sources

32Partially documented

Indexed the Blue Book file documents for NICAP

The F-94 Interceptor Encounter near Hanford (Odessa Case)

December 10, 1952 · Odessa, Washington (popularly placed near the Hanford plant)

UAP · Sphere · 20 sources

49Partially documented

NICAP researcher who reviewed the Blue Book documents

Houghton Lake Pilot Paced by Six Lights

July 16, 1964 · About 15 miles south of Houghton Lake, Roscommon County, Michigan (in flight at 4,500 ft)

UAP · Formation · 8 sources

21Thinly documented

Filed the NICAP AVCAT document report in 2011

Two silent white lights pace Dr. George Walton's car near Rodeo, New Mexico

September 25, 1965 · US Highway 80 near Rodeo, Hidalgo County, New Mexico

UAP · Orb / light · 9 sources

25Thinly documented

NICAP researcher who traced the Blue Book documents

Charleston Radar-Visual Case: Braniff Flight 42 and the Light at 33,000 Feet (Hynek RV-2)

May 4, 1966 · Jet airway over the Charleston area, West Virginia (Charleston sector of Indianapolis ARTC)

UAP · Unknown · 13 sources

45Partially documented

Compiled the Project Blue Book case file hosted by NICAP

The Fairpoint / Golf One Minuteman Launch-Site Sighting

July 6, 1966 · Fairpoint and the Golf One (G-01) launch control facility, Meade County, South Dakota

UAP · Formation · 13 sources

35Partially documented

Researcher credited by NICAP with extracting the Blue Book file

The Cook County and Finland AFS Sighting, Grand Marais, Minnesota

September 5, 1966 · Near Grand Marais, Cook County, and Finland Air Force Station, Lake County, Minnesota

UAP · Egg · 11 sources

45Partially documented

Compiled the Blue Book file published by NICAP

Winsted and Barkhamsted Encounters: The Roadside Disc and the Station Beings

February 21, 1968 · Between Barkhamsted and Winsted (town of Winchester), Litchfield County, Connecticut

UAP · Disc / saucer · 8 sources

13Thinly documented

Researcher who sent the case to NICAP in 2006

Amarillo Plate-Like Object: Truck Stop Manager, Air Force Nurse and Gate Sentry (1968)

March 6, 1968 · U.S. Highway 287 at Pullman Road and the South Gate of Amarillo Air Force Base, east Amarillo, Potter County, Texas

UAP · Disc / saucer · 10 sources

28Thinly documented

NICAP researcher who compiled the Blue Book document list and the 'Nuclear Connection' report

Eielson AFB Tower and RAPCON Radar Orange Object

July 11, 1968 · Eielson Air Force Base, near Fairbanks, Alaska

UAP · Orb / light · 13 sources

48Partially documented

NICAP compiler of the case documents and chronology

Nakhon Phanom Radar Contacts

November 28, 1968 · Near Nakhon Phanom Royal Thai Air Force Base (NKP), on the Mekong across from Laos

UAP · Unknown · 13 sources

39Partially documented

Researcher who indexed the Blue Book pages and wrote the NICAP chronology entry