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Official reports, hearing transcripts, case files and releases: the paper behind the cases. 2,872 documents, 2,610 mirrored with their text, 53,529 pages indexed, so a search reads inside them and lands on the page.
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 “Bo”1,776 scans · page 11
1. Case 35. Fukuoka, Japan, October 15, 1948. A very early radar-UFO case, still held as an official Unidentified, involved an attempted interception of the unknown object by an F-61 flying near Fukuoka, Japan, at about 11:00 p.m. local time on 10/15/48. The official file on this incident is lengthy…
UNCLASSIFIED Chief of Staff United States Air Force Washington, 25, D. C. ATTN: APOEI Collections Branch 1. On the 3 October 1945, the following representatives of this Command interrogated witnesses involved in the North Dakota incident of 1 October 1945 which occurred from 2100 to 2127 hours Centr…
MEMORANDUM SUBJECT: Incident #172, Fargo, N. Dakota, dated 1 Oct '48 TO: Mr. Money 1. Per your request for telecon condensation: a. Command Representatives interrogated witnesses involved in Incident #172 on the 3 Oct '18. b. Newspaper reports were confirmed as being substantially correct. c. Summar…
Subject: Project "SIGH" AIR INSPECTOR When the object began evasive tactics the F-51 pilot utilized maximum authorized power. (Engine seal for military power was not broken.) However, the object out-turned, out-speeded and out-climbed the F-51 in every instance. Contact was lost twenty-seven minutes…
Office Memorandum · UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT TO : DIRECTOR, FBI January 31, 1949 DATE: FROM S.C, S.N. ANTONIO SUBJECT: PROTECTION OF VITAL INSTALLICTIONS DURE.U FILE # 65-50300 CONDITIAL Ludersfeld 2010 8/31/77 at recent Weekly Intelligence Conferences of G-2, ONI, OSI, and FD-I., in the Fourth Army…
ANCHORAGE (AP) -- Reports of a giant winged creature seen in Southwest Alaska in recent weeks have biologists and residents puzzled. Vilagers in Togak and Manokotak say the huge bird has a wingspan of about 14-feet -- the size of a small plane -- and is much bigger than anything they have seen befor…
Fort Knox UFO incident still stirs interest CAPT. THOMAS MANTELL (LEFT) died in a plane crash while following an unidentified flying object that appeared over Fort Knox in 1948. Courtesy photo Compiled by LARRY BARNES TURKET EDITOR Tomorrow is the 57th anniversary of one of the most unusual events e…
Two other members of the Kentucky National Guard, also asked to make a flying investigation of reported "flying discs" in the area near Fort Knox, returned to their Louisville base. Two Hopkinsville pilots, James Garret and William Crenshaw, said they chased a flying object which they believed to be…
of the planes later called reported no success." reported no success. Captain Mantell, an air hero during the Allied invasion of Normandy, was the third pilot. His mother, Mrs. Thomas F. Mantell Sr., said in Louisville she was informed that her son flew too high in his pursuit of the object and lost…
FLIER DIES CHASING A 'FLYING SAUCER' Plane Explodes Over Kentucky as That and Near States Report Strange Object LOUISVILLE, Ky., Jan. 8 (AP) Several areas of Kentucky and adjoining states were excited today over reports of a "flying saucer" which led to the death of one National Guard flier and frui…
CAPTAIN THOMAS F. MANTELL, JR. Born in Franklin, Ky., 30 June 1922. Graduated Male High School. Louisville. Joined Army Air Corps. 16 June 1942. Graduated Flight School, 30 June 1943. During WW II. Mantell assigned to 440th Troop Carrier Group. 96th Troop Carrier Squadron. 9th Air Force. Awarded Dis…
http://www.bluebookarchive.org/page.aspx?PageCode=NARA-PBB1-15 JANUARY - FEBRUARY - MARCH 1948 SIGHTINGS LOCATION January OBSERVER 1948 | Antarctic NOT IN FOLDER | NOT IN FOLDER (Photos) (Photos) 1948 | Warren, Minnesota (NO CARD) | PHYSICAL-G Other (HOAX) 110 | Abilene, Texas | | Insufficient Data …
CAPTAIN THOMAS F. MANTELL, JR. Born in Franklin, Ky., 30 June 1922. Graduated Male High School, Louisville. Joined Army Air Corps, 16 June 1942. Graduated Flight School, 30 June 1943 During WW II. Mantell assigned to 440th Troop Carrier Group, 96th Troop Carrier Squadron, 9th Air Force. Awarded Dist…
"Monster Bird" Reported In Flying Saucer Area By United Press BELVIDERE, Ill., April 9. — A farmer and a truck driver reported today that they had seen a bird "bigger than an airplane." They believed it might be a visitor from another planet. The giant bird was reported by Robert Price and Veryl Bab…
The Gigantic Bird Mystery That Thing in the Sky—Is It Really a Bird, or Is It a Plane or a Witch? AROVE IS A STYLIZED DRAWING OF THE "BIRD" SEED BY MR. AND MRS. CLYDE SMITH, AND BY MR. AND MRS. CLYDE SMITH. BLOW IS AN APPROXIMATION OF WHAT DR. KRISTINE DOLLAE SAWL. E. M. COLEMAN OF ALTON THOUGHT A S…
'Enormous' Bird Is Sighted Again, Flapping Over City ALTON, 111., April 24 (UP)-An "enormous" bird, first reported seabird seen flying over the outskirts of Alton shortly before noon today. E. M. Coleman, a former salesman, and his 15-year-old son James, said the bird was flying at about 500 feet an…
GESELL SOLVES BIRD MYSTERY OR DOES HE? A solution to the "bird as big as an airplane" mystery was offered today by Bill Gesell. "It was an airplane towing a glider," Gesell said. "I saw it myself." Gesell operates a farm two miles north of Belvidere on state route 76. He said he was working in a fie…
Did Monster Fly Over This Way? CARROLLTON-A bird with a 30 footwingspread, that used only the tips of its wings in flight, was seen Wednesday along the Missouri River in southern Carroll county by Harold Brotherton and his two uncles. The monstrous bird, believed to be the one spied in the St. Louis…
FLYING WHAT-IS-IT IS SEEN CHASING PLANE OVER CITY Police Also Get Look at It One Says It Appeared Like a Witch. New accounts of the huge bird seen over St. Louis and Alton heightened the mystery of the flying what-is-it today. Mrs. Kristine Dolezal, 2055 Russell boulevard, heard an airplane flying l…
Companion To Flying Saucer, "Monster Bird" BY PAUL DIX ST. LOUIS, April 10.—(UF) A retired Air Force colonel and a 12-year-old boy tonight locked up the report by two Beloved, BL, residents of spotting a "monster bird." It was either the same mysterious bird of gigantic size they saw or one just lik…
After 21 Years Col. Siegmund Has Served Olin, Retired on July 1 EAST ALTON, July 2—Col. Walter F. Siegmund, former general sales manager, Olin Industries, Inc. retired from the company July 1, after 21 years of service. Col. Siegmund joined Western Cartridge Co., in November, 1931, as a special repr…
St. Louis Post-Dispatch, 10 April 1948: Mysterious Huge Bird Reported Seen Over Glendale and Alton ScanMysterious Huge Bird Reported Seen Over Glendale and Alton A mysterious bird *et* gigantic size, similar to the one reported yesterday near Caledonia, Ill., was observed flying over Alton last Sunday by a former Army colonel, and over Glendale three months ago by James Traares, 12-year-old son of Mr…
Flying Monster In Missouri May Be Bird, Plane or Witch ST. LOUIS, Mo., April 29.—(UP)—Charles Hertenstein, ace trouble shooter for Mayor Aloys P. Kaufmann, planned his strategy today for capturing the night-flying "what's-it" that has terrified residents recently. Kaufmann assigned Hertenstein the t…
Freeport Journal-Standard, 7 April 1948: Boone County Farmer Reports Seeing Bird As Big As Airplane ScanBoone County Farmer Reports Seeing Bird As Big As Airplane Caledonia, Ill., April 7.—A Boone county farmer saw "a bird as big as an airplane" yesterday. The farmer, Robert Price, said he saw it. He couldn't have been mistaken. "I knew it was a bird," Price said. "The wings flapped, the neck was outs…
1949 1 - 30 NOVEMBER SIGHTINGS DATE LOCATION 589 2 Unity, New Hampshire 590 16 Oxford, Mississippi (NO CARDS) 571 17 Augusta, Georgia (NO CARDS) 572 18 Raceland, Louisiana 573 18 Biloxi, Mississippi OBSEVER EVALUATION 594 21 Chattanooga, Tennessee (NO CARDS) 595 21 Akita, Lahaina, Japan (NO CARDS) 5…
An employee in the supersonic laboratory of an aeronautical laboratory and some other employees of this lab, were by a river, 2-1/2 miles from its mouth, when they saw an object. The time was about 1700 hours on May 24, 1949. The object was reflecting sunlight when observed by naked eye. However, he…
Flying Saucer Seen Here The flying saucers were back in the skies over Alexandria last night, and two persons who saw them said today they couldn't be anything but just that — flying saucers. Mrs Edward Wolf, 412 1-2 Madison, and her sister, Mrs. V. Dardeau, of Ville Platte, said they were sitting o…
Office Memorandum · UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT TO : DIRECTOR, FBI DATE: July 21,1949 FROM : SAC, NEW ORLEANS 4. URJECT: FLYING DISCS AND SAUCERS MISCELLANEOUS INFORMATION CONCERNING For the Bureau's information, several citizens in the community of Alexandria, Louisiana daily paper has carried numerou…
TO HEAD YMBC IN 1950—New officers of the Young Men's Business Club, elected last night to serve the 175-member organization for the next year, are, standing, left to right: Andy Lochen, director Joe Nabours, director; Frank McLean, treasurer; Sue Butler, director, and Leonard Richey, third vice pres…
4 More Say They Saw 'Saucer' Here Another flying saucer made its appearance here last night, according to four persons who now are eligible to attend the "i-saw-a-flying saucer" convention here next December. Mrs. Andrew Rino, 1619 Warshauer street, reported to the Town Talk today that she, her husb…
Office Memorandum • UNITED-STATES GOVERNMENT TO : Director, FBI DATE: July 26, 1949 FROM : SAC, San Antonio SUBJECT: FLYING DISKS INTERNAL SECURITY - Rcc: New Orleans On July 15, 1949, the Office of the Assistant Chief of Staff, G-2, Fourth Army at the Appalachian Appalachian Valley (Texas) News on …
Flying Saucer Conclave Here Is Called Off The convention of flying saucer witnesses is off, for the time being at least. Officials of the Young Men's Business Club said today the convention is being postponed because of a lack of out-of-state reservations. They said only eight persons from outside L…
Flying Disc Parade Grows Two strange new twists in the flying saucer parade developed today. A man said he saw one of the objects after seeing its reflection on the sidewalk and a 14-year-old girl said she saw one in broad daylight. C. S. Dupree, 1504 Fourth street, said he saw one of the mysterious…
LaBorde is the head man in the editorial department — the managing editor. He has been in this post since 1951, also having served as City Hall reporter and telegraph editor after coming to The Talk Town in 1945. His professional honors include the American Legion journalism award in 1955, the Farm …
Fr. William Bowdern, SJ, the lead exorcist Scan
St. Stephen's Evangelical Lutheran Church 1611 BRENTWOOD ROAD, N. E. (One block north of Rhode Island Ave. West of 17th St.) Washington, D. C. Reply to: Rev. Luther Miles Schulze, S. T. M., Pastor 1647 Varnum Place N. E. Washington 17, D. C. Phone: DUpont 7591 Sundays Worship Service - - - 11 A. M. …
Nave of St. Francis Xavier College Church Scan
Statue detail, St. Francis Xavier College Church Scan
Fr. Raymond Bishop, SJ, 1933 yearbook portrait Scan
Reverend Duther M. Schulze 1611 Brentwood Road N.E. Washington, D.C. Dear Mr. Schulze: I am writing you briefly just to support what Mrs. Rhine wrote you. I am deeply interested in this case and want to help in any way I can. I think Dr. Winfred Overholzer at St. Elizabeth might take an interest in …
W związku z wypadkami,których widownią stało się nasze miasto zebrani na masówce robotnicy i pracownicy fabryki /ursqdu/ ... Obs. qww Spicierel w. Mleczo, raker postanawiają: 1. Zdajemy sobie sprawę z tego, że tkumnie przyjeżdżajacy z róznych stron naszego wojewódzTw i z pogszczególnych części Polsk…
Stojka dnia 23/VII.1949 r. Pierwszych słowach mego listu musze Wam podac do wiadomosci co i jak sie przedstawia sprawa zniw na stojce to juz u nas wykoszo no zyto ukosiłismy dwanascie kupek na tym pierwszym kawałku a tam na gnoju 38 kupek a na amelinie to idziemy dopiero kosic to nie wiem co ukosimy…
