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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 “Ian”814 scans · page 11
Tin-can aliens Four miles east of Long Prairie, Minnesota, at 7:40 P.M. on October 23, 1965, a young radio announcer named James Townsend was rounding a curve when suddenly he saw something in the road and slammed on his brakes. It was a rocket-shaped UFO resting on three fins. The car skidded to a …
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
OFFICIAL ORGAN OF THE QUEENSLAND FLYING SAUCER RESEARCH BUREAU Newsletter of the QUEENSLAND U, F, O, RESEARCH BUREAU P, O, Box 111, North Quay, Brisbane, Qld, Australia 4000 EDITURIAL live in lines of change and they are not all good ones. Severely, they are not all good ones. We THE AUSTRALIAN FLYI…
24 - JANUARY 1969 SIGHTINGS 104 Alaska Flip British Columbia Idaho, Oregon Montana, Wyoming Air Via NW of Anschorage Takataku, Liberau, Cape Brownhill, Indian Mountain Pt. Tukun Kakaovel, Va Kimid, Va Koler, Va b Kobe, Va Doyton, Ohio Plum Tree lindale, Va Eau Bonch, Hawaii (Oahu) Alawalda, Va Haupt…
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,"…
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…
Notes on Lynden, Washington, sighting by Pleickinger, Jan. 12, 1965. (Summary of telephone interview with Donald S. Pleickinger, U. S. Border Patrol, Minot, North Dakota, interviewed August 11, 1967.) Primary reason for contacting Flickinger at time was the Donnybrook sighting and others in his area…
DEPARTMENT OF THE AIR FORCE OFFICE OF THE CHIEF OF STAFF UNITED STATES AIR FORCE WASHINGTON, D.C. 20330 1 March 1967 REPLY TO ATTN OF: AFCCS SUBJECT Impersonations of Air Force Officers ADC | AFSC | HQCOMD USAF | SAC AFCS | ATC | CAC | TAC AFLC | AU | MAC | USAFSS Information, not verifiable, has re…
REPLY TO ATTN OF: AFCCS SUBJECT. Impersonations of Air Force Officers. ADC | AFSC | HQCOMD USAF | SAC AFCS | ATC | CAC | TAC AFLC | AU | MAC | USAFSS Information, not verifiable, has reached Hq USAF that persons claiming to represent the Air Force or other Defense establishments have contacted citiz…
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…
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…
PROJECT 10073 RECORD 1. DATE·TIME GROUP 25 September 65 26/002 Rodeo, New Mexico | 2. LOCATION 5002 Rodeo, New Mexico 3. SOURCE Civilian | 10. CONCLUSION UNIDENTIFIED 4. NUMBER OF OBJECTS Two 5. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION 6. Minutes | 11. BRIEF SUMMARY AND ANALYSIS The white objects side by side. Size of…
'UFOs' Stir Populace Of South Central Part Of South Dakota PIRERE (AF) — Strange lights in the sky and a sound "like a car on a gravel road" touched off a wave of interest in flying saucers in central South Dakota Monday night. Law officers wouldn't go so far as to say the objects appeared to be fly…
'SAUCER' REPORTED IN NORTHERN JERSEY WANAQUE, N. J. Oct. 11 (AP)—Residents and policemen said they saw a brilliant unidentified object flying above Wanaque Reservoir last night. They described the object an saucer-shaped, about the size of an automobile and glowing with a white brilliant light. The …
Los Angeles Times As a public service, The Times presents on this page columnists whose opinions reflect those of our diverse readership, not necessarily those of The Times itself. WEDNESDAY MORNING, OCTOBER 12, 1966 UFOs Reported Seen in New Jersey, S. Dakota Objects Like Lighted Merry-Go-Rounds' D…
Inspection of the photos taken at the time of this sighting (Plates 17 and 18) reveals considerably more detail than just a point of light. If the distance from the spacecraft to Proton III is given by the NORAD calculations, then we may infer the physical separation of the several objects in the ph…
Ann Arbor News, February 17, 1983: Dexter man's passing recalls UFO sighting ScanDexter man's passing recalls UFO sighting By WILLIAM B. TREML NEWS STAFF REPORTER FEB1719 The death this week of Frank E. Mannor of Dexter Township recalled for many in Washtenaw County a series of bizarre "Unidentified Flying Object" episodes which occurred 17 years ago and which have never been fu…
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…
Dear Sirs: I wish to report the sighting of several Unidentified Flying Objects. On June 18, my Scoutmaster and six Scouts including myself went back-packing on a mountain near Mount Mitchell, N. C. That night it rained and two boys got wet. My Scoutmaster took them down the mountain to a shelter so…
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 …
June 18-19, 1966 (0000 to 0500), Mount Mitchell, North Carolina. Four Boy Scouts saw three pulsating red lights approach and hover for five hours over the trail, 180 meters from their camp. Lights blinked at different speeds, with the center one turning white every fifth pulsation. At sunrise, the o…
34. Date you completed this questionnaire: 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. There were 3 miles, about 5 feet apart in triangular shape, on the ground. The undergrowth …
The Melbourne Age Apr 12, 1966, p.6 "Saucer" not death cause Police do not believe there is any connection between a fatal accident near Maryborough on Thursday night and a reported flying saucer sighting at the same spot four days earlier. * Page 2—The Sun, Tuesday, April 12, 1966 Did a light lure …
North Dakota Air National Guard UFO Report (Gwinner, North Dakota), page 1, 25 September 1966 ScanASSISTANT ADJUTANT GENERAL FOR AIR NORTH DAKOTA AIR NATIONAL GUARD Box 5536 State University Station Fargo, North Dakota 58103 REPLY TO ATTN OF: ND-AAG .25 September 1966 SUBJECT: Report of UFO Sighting 538- 2203 TO: AFSC (FTD) 1. A report of UFO sighting is submitted in compliance with AFR 200-2, p…
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…
North Dakota Air National Guard UFO Report, page 3 Scanin the field. He suggested that someone be sent out to observe the tracks and possibly explain them. At 2130Z, Brig Gen Homer G. Goebel, Lt Col Thomas E. Marking, Capt Edward A. Skroch and MSgt Everett E. Brust arrived at the scene of the reported sighting. At the point where the observer said the o…
Project Blue Book case card, Gwinner, North Dakota, 13 September 1966 Scan1. DATE - TIME GROUP | 2. LOCATION 13 Sept. 66 1315Z | Gwinner, North Dakota one witness 8. SOURCE Civilian | 10. CONCLUSION Unidentified 4. NUMBER OF OBJECTS one 5. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION 5 minutes | 11. BRIEF SUMMARY AND ANALYSIS Observer noted elliptical shaped object with a glass bubble protrudin…
Sighting Of UFO Reported PATCHOGUE, N.Y. (UPI) PATCHOGUE, N.Y. (UPI) Three policemen and a newspaper photographer early today reported sighting an unidentified flying object shaped like a giant hot dog hovering over this eastern Long Island town. blinking lights. It hovered without moving for about …
Over Lake SCORES OF persons early yesterday saw a brilliant unidentified object in the sky over Lake Michigan, north- east of Chicago. Policemen in northwest and north shore suburbs saw it between 4 and 4:30 a.m. and they got calls from others who saw it. Calls were received at local radio stations …
PROJECT 10073 RECORD 1. DATE - TIME GROUP 6 February 66 06/11/62 | 2. LOCATION Nederland, Texas 3. SOURCE Civilian | 10. CONCLUSION UNIDENTIFIED 4. NUMBER OF OBJECTS One 5. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION 5 - 10 Minutes 6. TYPE OF OBSERVATION Ground-Visual | 11. BRIEF SUMMARY AND ANALYSIS SEE CASE FILE 7. COU…
Sighting Of UFO Reported PATCHOGUE, N.Y. (UPI) PATCHOGUE, N.Y. (UPI) Three policemen and a newspaper photographer early today reported sighting an unidentified flying object shaped like a giant hot dog hovering over this eastern Long Island town. blinking lights. It hovered without moving for about …
The above story was written by a boy from the Westall High School which is situated in the Melbourne metropolitan area. The sighting occurred on April 6th, and as the result of an advertisement placed in a Melbourne daily newspaper, and our own investigations, we pieced together a jigsaw puzzle rese…
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…
SAUCER MYSTERY: SCHOOL SILENT What was it? CLAYTON. After more than a week of investigation, mystery still surrounds the reported sighting last Wednesday of a flying saucer near the Westall High School, Clayton. Investigations of the report have been hampered by the reluctance of school authorities …
1. DATE TIME GROUP | 2. LOCATION 3. SOURCE Civilian | 10. CONCLUSION UNIDENTIFIED 4. NUMBER OF OBJECTS One 5. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION Several minutes | 11. BRIEF SUMMARY AND ANALYSIS Observer was driving along a highway when he noticed a some shaped object, causing an intense bright light, land in a r…
of former or retired Air Force personnel—who were actually on the scene at the time—continue to dispute the official USAF assertion of no UFO involvement in the Echo Flight shutdowns. Moreover, engineering reports released to Klotz through FOIA confirm that Boeing missile system specialists, brought…
DEPARTMENT OF THE AIR FORCE HEADQUARTERS 341ST COMBAT SUPPORT GROUP (SAC) MALMSTROM AIR FORCE BASE, MONTANA, 59402 REPLY TO ATTN OF: BO SUBJECT: UFO Observations, Malmstrom AFB Area 70: Colonel James C. Manatt (TDET/UFO) Hq Foreign Technology Division (AFSC) Wright-Patterson AFB, Ohio 45433 1. Refer…
Underground Minuteman Launch Control Center. Force officers, UFOs apparently disrupted the functioning of all 10 Minuteman I missiles at the Echo Flight Launch Control Center on March 16, and essentially repeated the feat a short time later, at Oscar Flight LCC, where at least six to eight missiles …
South Western District Boyup Brook Station 1st November, 1967 Report of: Lenard JOHNSON, Constable 2514 Relative to: Reported sighting of unidentified flying object Kulikup (Kojonun-Mayanup Road) at approximately 9.20 p.m. on Monday, 30th October, 1967 by Alexander Roy SPARCO, 37 years, of 1270 Alba…
The Flying Thing leaves two constables baffled Left: A painting of The Thing. Right: the two constables who chased it at 90 m.p.h. FROM JULIAN MOUNTER BRISTOL: Oct. 24 The North Devon "Thing" revealed itself to two police constables in the bitterly cold and dark two night hours of this morning. It "…
As measured by the Camrose Canadian, the mark varies from five to seven inches wide, and the smallest circular mark is 31 ft. 9 ins. in diameter. Three of the rings are essentially circular - very closely so I would say - while the largest mark is slightly elliptical, varying from 34 ft. 5 ins. to 3…
UFO REPORT GAMWIDE, ALBERTA On August 8, 1967, a Br. K. Patrieg, of Camrose, Alberta, reported the finding of a number of circular impressions in a pasture in the vicinity of the town of Camrose, Alberta. An investigation was conducted by an officer from Canadian Forces Base, Edmonton, in the compan…
