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New in the library The PURSUE files The Department of War's UAP release, mirrored in full: the videos, recordings and images, each beside its case file.Scans matching “Sion”781 scans · page 10
THE SO-CALLED TASMANIAN SEA MONSTER During early March 1962 the Australian press, television, and radio published reports of a huge object, presumably an animal, which had been washed up on the west coast of Tasmania in a part of the State which is difficult of access. The object, which subsequently…
The mystery is front-page news for the Hobart Mercury in March 1962 ScanNEARLY AS BIG AS A HOUSE! "SEA MONSTER" FIND IT WAS COVERED WITH FINE HAIR ABOUT 20ft. long, 18ft. wide and about 4½ft. thick, with an estimated weight of between five and 10 tons. MAY BECOME WORLD TOPIC These are the dimensions of the "sea monster" found on the far West Coast, according to the inve…
THE SO-CALLED TASMANIAN SEA MONSTER During early March 1962 the Australian press, television, and radio published reports of a huge object, presumably an animal, which had been washed up on the west coast of Tasmania in a part of the State which is difficult of access. The object, which subsequently…
NEARLY AS BIG AS A HOUSE! "SEA MONSTER" FIND IT WAS COVERED WITH FINE HAIR ABOUT 20ft. long, 18ft. wide and about 41ft. thick, with an estimated weight of between five and 10 tons. MAY BECOME WORLD TOPIC These are the dimensions of the "sea monster" found on the far West Coast, according to the inve…
NEARLY AS BIG AS A HOUSE! "SEA MONSTER" FIND IT WAS COVERED WITH FINE HAIR ABOUT 20ft. long, 18ft. wide and about 4½ft. thick, with an estimated weight of between five and 10 tons. MAY BECOME WORLD TOPIC These are the dimensions of the "sea monster" found on the far West Coast, according to the inve…
THE Great Flying Saucer Hoax was revealed yesterday. . . TEN YEARS after it happened—and by the man who pulled off the spoof. Alex Birch, now a 24-year-old salesman, confessed how he fooled the world with a box-camera photo that brought him fame. At the time of his incredible "scoop" Alex was a 14-y…
Sobre el Aeropuerto Internacional de Cambá Punta fue Avistado un "Plato Volador" la Noche del Martes Al igual que en otras localidades de la República, en las que despertaron el conus guiente comentario, también en Corrientes se tuvo antenche la presencia de un “O. V.N.1. ”, comúnmente coneidos como…
1519. | | June 7, 1962. Hallett Station, Antarctica (at 72°19' S, 170°13' E). 0105Z. US Navy Officer in Charge of Hallett Station [and other personnel?] sighted a brilliant, white light, about 20 times brighter than 1st magnitude star, at 250° True azimuth, 30° [“1?” perhaps teletype error…
TD-E/Lt Col Friend Unidentified Flying Objects Sighted in the Antarctic 3 August 1962 Hq USAF SAFOI-3b (Major Hart) Wash 25 DC 1. On 7 June 1962 at 01052 witnesses at Hallett Station, 72-20 S and 170-00 E observed an object which they described as brighter than a first magnitude star. This object wa…
It is concluded that a fireball and the trail it generated was responsible for the UFO sighted from Detachment Alpha on 22 June 1962. 3. On 7 July 1962 at 1115Z an intense light was observed from Hallett Station. This light was first observed from the roof of a building, and the observer stated that…
Flying-Saucer Makers Write Confession Letter Light Wood, Gas-Filled Balloons, Compact Motor Make Up That Outer-Space Craft The shiny objects in the sky that have had police and residents on guard for flying saucers in Hawthorne and Oradell were shiny objects in the sky, after all, But they were not …
TONIGHT'S TV PREVIEW 8 p.m., Channel 10 Our Next Man in Space (CHOICE VIEWING) — A personal glimpse of our next astronaut at work and at play. Walter M. Schirra Jr. is his name, and Walter Cronkite and a film crew are to Cape. Cronkite for this report. Schirra also discusses his upcoming six-orbit m…
The UFO Evidence by NICAP, 1964 Richard Hall, Ed. Northeast New Jersey Concentration September 15-28, 1962-Northeast New Jersey, across the Hudson River from New York City, was the scene of a definite flurry of sightings of UFOs, with the heaviest concentration in the Oradell-Hawthorne area. Septemb…
So You See, Or Don't You? Flying-saucer aficionados everywhere can derive a gratifying if not especially well connected assurance from the denouement of the Oradell Reservoir vision. Some youngsters spotted unidentified objects last week, and got some more-or-less backing from police. Then the next …
HUNDREDS WATCH STONES FLY Brooklyn Attacks Nearly 200 people stood in Ohiro Road, Brooklyn, last night and watched as stones rained on Ohiro Lodge guest house for the third night in succession. The attack last night began about 6.30 p.m. and increased in intensity till about 9 o'clock, when it cease…
FOR INTELLIGENCE, ALL ADDRESSES. THE FOLLOWING INFO IS SUBMITTED IAW AFR 2-2, PARA 14. A. (1) UNKNOWN. (2) UNKNOWN. (3) WHITE LIGHTS. (4) SIX. (5) STEPPED UP ECHELON TO LEFT. (6) NONE. (7) UNKNOWN. (8) NONE. (9) FOUR AT FIRST - LATER JOINED BY TWO WHICH ALL FADED OUT AFTER FIVE MINUTES. P. (1) BRIGH…
Call to K, NW, Grand Rapids, Michigan; home phone: office: Northern Air Service, area code Dr J Allen Reynek spoke with him on 13 May 65 regarding his observation of 17 Jul 64. was coming back from straits, South of Kulton Lake, heading 220 deg, flying at altitude of 4500 ft. Out of my eye to the le…
1. DATE·TIME GROUP 26 July 64 17/0415Z | 2. LOCATION 15 Mi S Houghton Lake, Michigan 3. SOURCE Commercial Airlines Pilot | 10. CONCLUSION UNIDENTIFIED 4. NUMBER OF OBJECTS Six 5. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION 5 Minutes | 11. BRIEF SUMMARY AND ANALYSIS Six white lights in formation of stepped up echelon to l…
APRIL 3, 1964 MONTICELLO, WISCONSIN | (USAF FILES) | 4 W. | UNID 00 A GRADUATE STUDENT IN ANTHROPOLOGY AT THE UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN (NAME AND01 ADDRESS ON FILE), ACCOMPANIED BY HIS WIFE, MOTHER-IN-LAW, AND SISTER-IN-LAW. 02 AGE 12, WAS LEAVING MONTICELLO HEADING WESTWARD ON COUNTY HIGHWAY C FOR TH…
Memo from Lt. Col. Warren J. Lane, 30th Air Division, recording the telephone report of 7 April 1964 ScanCHCCR CHODC CHCVC 30 Air Div (30-CIO) 1. At approximately 1515 hours, 7 April 1964, I took a telephone report from a male individual who identified himself as Mr. Argyle, Wisconsin. He further declared himself a Major, US Marine Corps, Retired. Mr. sounded entirely sober, rational and calm. He state…
PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD 1. DATE 3 Apr XX 64 | 2. LOCATION Monticello, Wisconsin | 12. CONCLUSIONS □ Was Balloon □ Probably Balloon □ Possibly Balloon □ Was Aircraft □ Probably Aircraft □ Possibly Aircraft □ Was Astronomical □ Probably Astronomical □ Possibly Astronomical □ Other UNIDENTIFIED □ Ins…
3 APRIL 1964 Observers were leaving Monticello and heading westward on County C Road toward the town of Argyle when at about 2100, they noticed two red blinkers in about the ll o'clock position from the observers location. Their first reaction was that an accident had occurred and that there were po…
Every now and then, a monster shows up somewhere in the country. I was well acquainted with one of these fellows, called the Caddo Critter, and he sent the following letter through me to a younger monster in East Texas who called himself the Milam County Monster. De Milam: You may not remember me, b…
Djakarta, 5th May 1967 P.O. Box JAPAN. Dear Mr. In response to your letter about Unidentified Flying Objects I wish to state, that up to now the Indonesian Air Force has no official opinion regarding said subject. It does not imply however, that we disregard the intrusion of our skies by illegal air…
He said it was very close to the car, so close that he had to look at a sharp angle upward through the windshield to see it, he had started up the car again and at this time object apparently took off at a high fantastic rate of speed. In any case he lost sight of it. Phase Three: He took off West i…
1. DATE-- TIME GROUP 26 May 1964 27/0400Z | 2. LOCATION Pleasantville, Pennsylvania 3. SOURCE Civilian | 10. CONCLUSION UNIDENTIFIED Case not resolved as conventional object or phenomena. Carried as UNIDENTIFIED. 4. NUMBER OF OBJECTS One 5. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION Varied | 11. BRIEF SUMMARY AND ANALYS…
Scranton Decides to Run Ulbricht. K Sign Treaty Friedrich Paul Schmidt, Nunc of Separate France The New York Times New York, N.Y. 10017 www.nytimes.com The Washington Post Washington, D.C. 20001 www.washingtonpost.com The Los Angeles Times Los Angeles, CA 90021 www.losangelestimes.com Acts to Block …
'Monster' Reports Scare Off Migrants Continued from Page One was not nearly so heavy as the bumper-to-bumper jam the previous night. Sheriff's deputies returned to routine traffic patrols today and said they hoped they would be able to give some attention to a backlog of minor complaints and paperwo…
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There were carloads of teen-agers, serious faced men, families, five men who showed up bearing ABOVE SUSPICION-BY EONS In Prehistoric Times They Had Monsters Like This erate and in his home he held several court sessions, including passing of sentences. RETURNS TO HOSPITAL After his condition took a…
Hunt for 'Monster' Snarled by Traffic Continued from Page One A deputy in Kraus' office said: "There were so many people out there that our boys didn't get to do any looking around." And Mrs. John Utrup, the woman who said she was frightened by the "monster" snapped as she shooed strangers out of he…
IKE'S VIEWS ON GOP EVENTS Frankenstein Snarl of Traffic Loosed by 'Monster' Hunt SISTER, LAKES, Mich., June 11: — There is a feeling here that the "Minister of Sister Lakes" may have been seen all night by the herds of people who came out to attack. The "monster" two men said is in a nice tail, weig…
ABOVE SUSPICION-BY EONS In Prehistoric Times They Had Monsters Like This "passes" signed by a police chief 35 miles away, a man wearing a Marine Corps camouflage suit, five civil defense units—no one was sure where from—and many, many more. Sticking mainly to their cars, they drove in and out of far…
CLASS: Robotic TYPE: Metallic VARIANT: 2, aka "Tin Cans" DISTINGUISHING CHARACTERISTIC: fins DESCRIPTIVE INCIDENT DATE: October 23, 1965 LOCATION: Long Prairie, Minnesota WITNESS: Jerry Townsend At about 7:40 P.M., the witness, a rookie radio announcer, was about four miles out of Long Prairie when …
PROJECT 10073 RECORD 1. TIME·TIME GROUP 23 October 65 24/0115 | 2. LOCATION Z Lone-Prairie, Minnesota(1) 3. SOURCE Civilian | 10. CONCLUSION Astro(VENUS) Venus 16.53m W, 240 deg azimuth and setting at time of observation 4. NUMBER OF OBJECTS One w/three creatures 5. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION 5 minutes |…
Road when it appeared and I ran home and then called my chum, Tom Springs. I grabbed a .22 rifle and Tom took a .22 pistol. It was then about 260 feet off the ground and moving toward the mesa of the city. The brilliance changed to a kind of smoggy red, and we were scared. Both of us fired several s…
Townsend refused any more interviews. "I'm sorry I ever reported the incident," he said. But more than a few people took what Townsend had said seriously. UFO investigators from all over the country tried to contact him. WCCO television of Minneapolis gave him the opportunity to explain the story hi…
1965 James Townsend, 19, a Long Prairie, Minnesota radio announcer, believes he nearly ran down a spaceship and three "creatures" about 7:15 p.m. on the 23rd. He was driving on a blacktop road about four miles east of town. As he came around a curve he saw an upright, rocket-like object straddling t…
The Greatest Flap Yet?—Part III by Jerome Clark IN the first two parts of this account of the UFO events which flooded North America during the late summer months of 1965, I surveyed the scene to the end of August. Before we examine the incidents of September and October, I would like to remind read…
UFO OCCUPANTS IN THE UNITED STATES you very much—why did you stay away too long.' Other markings were not decoded. It has been hypothesized that if the landing and 'contact' are real, it was a deliberate attempt to mislead humans, the paper and its message being a hoax by the 'spaceman'. Townsend's …
presented in a straightforward manner by several news media. Many Minnesotans were in no hurry to discount the story without examining it. UFO sightings were numerous in that state all fall, especially during August. The Minneapolis Star reported on the night of August 2, 1965, "nearly every one of …
back towards the car." The, things "scurried" into the light under the rocket. The light built up and a humming noise developed that hurt Mr. Townsend's ear drums. The ship resembled a glowing flashlight as it took off, lighting up the area "as bright as day." When it was airborne the light in the b…
1. DATE · TIME GROUP | 2. LOCATION 9 December 65 09/2115Z | Indiana, Ohio Penna, Michigan, Canada 3. SOURCE Civilians (MULTIPLE) | 10. CONCLUSION Astro (NETEOR) 4. NUMBER OF OBJECTS One 5. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION Seconds | 11. BRIEF SUMMARY AND ANALYSIS SEE CASE FILE 6. TYPE OF OBSERVATION Ground-Visu…
Au Chili DEUX "SOUCOUPES VOLANTES" APERÇUES PAR DES CENTAINES DE PERSONNES SANTIAGO DU CHILI (AFP), - Deux ont été aperqu par des centaines de person- nes en deux points éloignés du Chili. A Valparaiso, jouraux et stations de radio ont ete assallis de coups de téléphone emanent de dizaines de temtom…
