Names / Person

Francis Ridge

Person 8 stories, 1954 to 1995

A researcher with NICAP, Francis Ridge compiled and catalogued cases for the organisation's files. His name is on the report about July 2, 1954, when an F-94C Starfire from Griffiss Air Force Base crashed into the Walesville intersection and killed four people on the ground. He also catalogued the America West Flight 564 sighting of 1995. In 2007 he turned to the Falkville Metal Man case of 1973. His verdict was blunt. He called it assuredly a hoax, probably not by Police Chief Jeff Greenhaw himself, but a prank aimed at any passerby.

Stories8

Walesville F-94C Crash During an Unknown-Aircraft Intercept
July 2, 1954 · Walesville, Oneida County, New York
United States
UAP · Unknown · 20 sources · 1 photos
43Partially documented

NICAP researcher who compiled the case report

Pro early
Tamaroa Hovering UFO and Power Failure
November 14, 1957 · Tamaroa, Perry County, Illinois
United States
UAP · Unknown · 15 sources
12Thinly documented

NICAP researcher, author of the Blackouts & UFOs compilation

Pro early
The Oracle Titan Missile Silo Sighting
August 7, 1962 · Titan II launch complex 570-1, near Oracle, Arizona
United States
UAP · Orb / light · 14 sources
19Thinly documented

Compiled the NICAP Babylon directory entry, case #5805

Pro early
Winsted and Barkhamsted Encounters: The Roadside Disc and the Station Beings
February 21, 1968 · Between Barkhamsted and Winsted (town of Winchester), Litchfield County, Connecticut
United States
UAP · Disc / saucer · 8 sources
13Thinly documented

NICAP researcher who received the case file

Pro early
The Cabañas Militia Guard Who Fired on a Landed Object (Isidro Puentes Ventura)
June 14, 1968 · Near Cabañas, Pinar del Río Province (now Mariel municipality, Artemisa Province), Cuba
Cuba
UAP · Disc / saucer · 8 sources
24Thinly documented

NICAP, recipient of Wilson's 2006 email

Pro early
Smith Brothers Car-Stall Encounter at Lower Shag Harbour
November 25, 1970 · Old Highway 3 near the Bear Point road, Lower Shag Harbour, Shelburne County, Nova Scotia
Canada
UAP · Formation · 15 sources
26Thinly documented
The Falkville Metal Man: Police Chief Jeff Greenhaw's Polaroids of a Silver Figure
October 17, 1973 · Near Falkville, Morgan County, Alabama
United States
UAP · Being / humanoid · 30 sources · 3 photos
29Thinly documented

NICAP researcher, author of the 2007 FI-4 report calling the case a hoax

America West Airlines Flight 564 (Cactus 564) sighting
May 25, 1995 · Near Bovina, Parmer County, Texas Panhandle (object to the north, toward Tucumcari, New Mexico)
United States
UAP · Cigar · 19 sources
26Thinly documented

NICAP, catalogued the case