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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 “End”793 scans · page 11
Space Ship on a Minnesota Highway A 19-year-old radio announcer for station KEYL of Long Prairie, Minnesota, James Townsend, was moving west along Highway 27 about four miles east of Long Prairie on October 23, 1965. The time was approximately 7:15 P.M. and, as the young man rounded a curve at a goo…
On October 23, 1965, on Highway 27, four miles east of Long Prairie, Minnesota, 19-year-old radio announcer James Townsend slammed on his brakes to avoid hitting a rocket-like device resting on three fins or legs. As the car skidded to a stop 20 feet from the object, the vehicle's motor and electric…
dence right there in black and white. I got to the front of my car and stopped, with no further interest in going any further, because three little "creatures" came from around behind and stood in front of the object. I think that they were looking at me. I can not be sure because I did not see any …
Long Prairie (Minnesota). James Townsend, 19, was driving on Highway 27 when his engine, lights, and radio stopped operating. He then observed an object 10 m tall, about 3 m in diameter, shaped somewhat like a rocket, sitting on fins on the road. Three creatures with "tripod legs and matchstick arms…
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 …
BEINGS LIKE BEER CANS TYPE: Close encounter of the third kind PLACE: Long Prairie, Minnesota, USA DATE: 23 October 1965 Most bizarre of all the perceived occupants of UFOs have been the so-called robot figures, and possibly the weirdest of all was reported by Jerry Townsend, a radio station employee…
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 …
The tall rocket in the road looked as if it might be $ \alpha $ push over —but not the tin-can-like creatures who rushed up to defend it. ROBOTS or creatures shaped like tin cans with arms and tripod legs, appearing to be "flesh or tissue, not metal," is the latest development in the incredible UFO …
1643. | | Oct.23,1965.4 miles from Long Prairie,Minn.7:15 p.m. Radio announcer James F.Townsend driving W on State Hwy27 found road blocked by landed silver rocket-shaped object about30-40ft tall,10ft wide,after his car engine,lights and radio died,and he coasted to a stop about20ft away.He got out …
described their movements to be more like creatures than robots. Townsend had no idea how long he and the objects confronted each other, but he said it "seemed like forever." Then he retreated to his car, and the little can-like beings moved back toward their rocket. They disappeared in the brillian…
acted immediately. Although Townsend was reluctant to go, Sheriff Bain and Lubitz convinced him that he should take them to the spot where he had seen the strange craft. After driving out to the spot, all three of the men simultaneously observed a peculiar orange light moving in the northern sky. Lu…
Dear Sirs: Perhaps it would be better if I gave you a detailed description of the U-F-O that I saw and you would be better able to understand it than if I answered this questionnaire. I was driving west when I went around a bend in the road and my car engine stopped running and my headlights went of…
I include this next Blue Book case because it contains several elements that have recurred in many CE-IIIIs. On October 23, 1965, a radio announcer, of good reputation, was driving toward Long Prairie, a community west of Minneapolis. When he was just four miles from town, in rolling hill country, h…
passed across the sky from north-west to southeast. He told his parents about it, but they said nothing until after the Long Prairie encounter had been publicised and they saw its significance. Three youths hunting coons near where Townsend was confronted told the sheriff that they had seen "a light…
now. I used what I hope was common sense. I felt if they could stop my car like they did they could surly do something worse to me and I wanted to live to tell this story so the people of the United States would know that there were things of this nature. I will tell you right now that I think you a…
35. Information which you feel pertinent and which is not adequately covered in the specific points of the questionnaire or a narrative explanation of your sighting. Perhaps it would be better if I gave you a detailed description of the U-F-O that I saw and you would be better able to understand it …
HUMCAT case 65-65 ScanJames F. Townsend (19) was driving outside Long Prairie when his engine failed and his headlights went out. 20 ft ahead, in the middle of the road, was a metallic rocket-shaped object illuminated "as bright as the sunlight," 30-40 ft high, and standing an leg-like fins about 10 ft wide. He got out o…
Space 'Things' Stop His Car ★ ★ ★ ★ Looked Like Cans, Youth Says By PAUL PRESBREY Minneapolis Star Staff Writer LONG PRAIRIE, Minn. "I was going to knock one over and try to grab it, but then I got scared." That's why James Townsend, 19, radio announcer for radio station KEYL in Long Prairie, didn't…
WEIRD SIGHTING OF SIX-INCH-TALL CREATURES IN MINNESOTA: At about 7:15 on October 23rd, a 19-year-old radio announcer from Long Prairie, Minnesota, was driving along a country road near his home town when he saw an upright, rocket-shaped object straddling the road. It was 30 to 40 feet high and about…
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…
A PROBING CONVERSATION WITH A UFO CONTACTEE By Harold D. Salkin (The author has had more than 20 years' experience investigating UFO cases. Specializing in reports of UFO landings and contacts, he has gathered a wealth of material on this aspect of the flying saucer enigma. A trained journalist, for…
Pittsburgh Post-Gazette clipping of 21 July 1965 carrying the AP wire story on the Canberra sighting ScanAre They Weather Balloons or . . . Something Else? 'Things' in Sky Alarm Many By JERRY BUCK Associated Press Staff Writer NEW YORK, July 20 -- Some people around the world say they are seeing more in summer skies than buzzing insects and birds on the wing. From Antarctica to England come reports of …
Mum, Come Quick! There's A Flying Saucer! MYSTERY OF THE FLASHING LIGHTS The residents of Leicester Road, Dinnington, are still talking about what they believe to have been a flying saucer seen going over their rooftops last week. Thirty-five-year-old Mrs. Carl Kalus told me the "Workshop Guardian,"…
found himself on flat on his back. He told authorities that he saw no one . . . no flash . . . no weapon. But something had struck him a stunning blow that left a gas which required attention. When Flynn regained his senses the object was gone. Flynn's character and integrity were vouched for by man…
New Sightings - continued In December, though many cases were hidden, NCAAP had reports that sightings were increasing. Examples: Dec. 18. At 1 p.m., Dr. Ashley W. Wickrath, McGillian in the National Institute of Health, observed three objects flying west at high speed. "I can not subject to helmets…
reported that a circular, glowing device with a rounded base, which was mounted on the back of a few minutes before, the Bae's radar had been tracking a thirty-foot die that had robbed the automobile of a federal police officer. The officer, who the officer confirmed in a signed statement, said the …
November 26, 1965 8217 Ely Avenue Box 261 Gibbon, Minnesota 55335 934 Troop Carrier Group International Airport St. Paul, Minnesota. Information Officer Dear Sir: Indeed please Find a negative of a UFO that I took a picture of on October 21, 1955. Also, my report to the authorities. On October 21, 1…
"Soucoupe volante" photographiée à Bahia BAHIA BLANCA (ARGENTINE) (A.F.P.) . — Un habitat de Bahia Blanca (grand port céréalier situe a 900 km. au sud de Buenos Aires) a affirmé avoir aperçu une soucoupe volante d'une teinte rosatre, qui traversait le ciel argentin du Sud au Nord. Aux autorites loca…
Objets mystérieux dans le ciel portugais NEUER (RENEUT), — Des objets mystéritaux ont été apparaît MARIA (Acorus). Les pendules électroniques de laport sont arrêtées à 15 h. 45 (locaux) au moment où passant dans le cel un objet de forme cylindrique rapporte l'ágne L'objet aperçu a-n-desus de Mara-Ma…
As he sped on the object not only continued to come toward him but seemed to go sideways and keep at the relative position about at right angles to them. Dr. sped on, saying that his thoughts were that "they can't go sideways and keep up with us." The lights got so close that they lit up the interio…
At approximately 8:00 P.M., 25 September 1965, two objects first appeared near the base of a small 6000 foot mountain, nine and one-half miles northeast of Rodeo, New Mexico. The objects appeared to be on or near the surface, moving westward on an intersecting course with the observer's north bound …
Case Directory Category 2, Close Encounters Preliminary Rating: 5 A Hynek Classification of Close Encounter is usually an incident involving an object less than 500 feet from the witness. The size of the object, viewing conditions, or stereoscopic vision (depth perception) may render the object in g…
An interesting example of an unexpected sighting of another spacecraft was made by the Gemini II astronauts. Quoting from the transcript (GT-11, tape 133, page 1) We had a wingman flying wing on us going into sunset here, off to my left. A large object that was tumbling at about 1 rps and we flew --…
27:52:21 CC Gemini XI, this is Houston at Tananarive, standing by. 27:52:26 C Houston, Gemini XI. Do you hear - how do we read? 27:52:29 CC Read you loud and clear. 27:52:31 C Okay. We had wing ... here off to my left - large object tumbling at about one revolution per second. We flew - we had him i…
Ann Arbor News, March 28, 1966: Sightings Of UFOs Continue ScanSightings Of UFOs Continue Washtenaw County's "flying saucers"—which the U. S. Air Force writes off as swamp gas or stars—were back in force over the weekend. Sheriff's deputies and city police reported they processed 11 reports of unidentified flying objects over the area Saturday night, yesterday …
Local Deputy's 'Saucer' Pictures These pictures of flying objects were made about 15 miles southeast of Ann Arbor by Sheriff's Deputy David York. The picture at left was made at 5:30 a.m. The picture at right was from the same location 45 minutes later. 'Saucer' Pictures Intrigue Nation Washtenaw Co…
27. In the following sketch, imagine that you are at the point shown. Place an "A" on the curved line to show how high the object was above the horizon (skyline) when you first saw it. Place a "B" on the same curved line to show how high the object was above the horizon (skyline) when you last saw i…
1. PAGE TIME GROUP 18 June 66 14:05:30Z | 2. LOCATION Jurnsville, North Carolina 3. SOURCE Civilian | 10. CONCLUSION Unidentified 4. NUMBER OF OBJECTS Seven 5. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION 5 hours | 11. BRIEF SUMMARY AND ANALYSIS Four Boy Scouts were camping in the mountains and they noticed a bell shaped …
Un jeune Breton affirme : "J'AI VU UNE SOUCOUPE VOLANTE" BREST — Un laune menusilier de Bolaezac, pastit bourg siluie au sud-st de Morlalk, à la limite du Finistère et at des Côtes-d'Armor, à la mer des evolutions d'une soucoupe volante dans la nuit de samedi à dimanche, celle-ci étant venue se pose…
North Dakota Air National Guard UFO Report, page 4 ScanNo aircraft, experimental or operational, is known at this station which would account for such impressions that were left in the field or, assuming the observer's story to be valid, would account for the flight path or appearance. The possibility exists that the impressions could have been made by …
Huron Daily Plainsman, 18 September 1966, page 6 ScanBoy, 11, Sees 'Flying Saucer' Land; Finds 3 Mysterious Holes In Field GWINNER, N. D. (AP) Gwinner farmer Emanuel Rolenberger wonders what made those three mysterious holes in his field. So do a lot of other people. Rotenberger's 11-year-old son, Randy, says he saw a "flying saucer or something" land…
Saucers' Believed By Physicist Here To Be His Balloons A New York physicist said yesterday he believed he was responsible for many of the unidentified flying objects that in the last few years over the United States and Canada. The physicist, Dr. Serge A. Korff, director of the cosmic universe, told…
The Pentagon, Department of U. P. O. U. S. Air Force Arlington, Va. Dear Sirs; I have hesitated, to write to you offices for several months; However, I have decided that I must do so, because the information, that I have may be of some value to your research. Although, the information is several mon…
DEPARTMENT OF EXTERNAL AFFAIRS. INWARD TELETYPE MESSAGE. VV MX662 UU PP DE RAYX 038 08/0136Z ZNR UUUUU P 0801302 INVOLVED FORTAL FM HOMEWOOD SUPDER MELBOURNE COMMONWEALTH PROPERTY INVOLVED TO TOWNSEND TREASURY CANBERRA MACHINE TOWNS, ETC., OF TOTAL INFO HOMER EXTERNAL AFFAIRS CANBERRA PROJECT HIBAL …
LYING SAUCER MYSTERY: DISTRICT NEWSPAPER — EVERY TUESDAY and THURSDAY 12,500 copies of each issue circulate extensively through Dandenong, Noble Park, Waverley, Berwick, Oakleigh, Clayton, Cranbourne, Knox and Sherbrooke. 1. Dandenong. Ph. Dandenong 2 0251, 2 0365. Price 4 cents SCHOOL SILENT What w…
