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p. 1 …To date, they have received some 1570 letters relating to reported sightings . Of this number, they have been able to… p. 2 …Apparently, an eye and interest are also directed toward the US, for reactions to sightings an reported in the PHAVUA… p. 2 …In 1909 and 1913 phantom
airships - dark cigar-shaped flying objects carrying searchlights - were sighted at night
moving over many… p. 4 …This
team reviewed what was known about the subject and investigated a number of
sightings reported to it by RAF… p. 11 11
sightings 2001 at DEFE 24/2020/1, sightings reported in 2002-3 at DEFE 24/2035/1,
sightings 2006… 11 more pages mention it p. 2 …In 1909 and 1913 phantom
airships - dark cigar-shaped flying objects carrying searchlights - were sighted at night
moving over many… p. 4 …This
team reviewed what was known about the subject and investigated a number of
sightings reported to it by RAF… p. 11 …Four files opened in August 2011 include UFO
sightings 2001 at DEFE 24/2020/1, sightings reported in 2002-3… 11 more pages mention it p. 1 …Comments on 00-B-90229, Sighting of Unconventional Aircraft
1. The distance and lighting conditions under which the source sighted … p. 2 …Comments on 00-B-90229, Sighting of Unconventional Aircraft
1. The distance and lighting conditions under which the source sighted … p. 1 …MEDIA REPORT MULTITUDE OF UFO SIGHTINGS
Leading Soviet newspapers and journals have recently begun publishing an increasing number of articles… p. 2 …SOTSIALISTICHESKAYA INDUSTRIYA of 25 July 1989 reported that a UFO sighting had been claimed by engineer Yuriy Ponomarenko and a… p. 5 …discussion was the multitude of claims of recent UFO sightings in the USSR. According to SOVETSKAYA KULTURA, more questions about… 2 more pages mention it p. 1 …MEDIA REPORT MULTITUDE OF UFO SIGHTINGS
Leading Soviet newspapers and journals have recently begun publishing an increasing number of articles… p. 2 …SOTSIALISTICHESKAYA INDUSTRIYA of 25 July 1989 reported that a UFO sighting had been claimed by engineer Yuriy Ponomarenko and a… p. 5 …discussion was the multitude of claims of recent UFO sightings in the USSR. According to SOVETSKAYA KULTURA, more questions about… 2 more pages mention it p. 2 …In 1909 and 1913 phantom
airships - dark cigar-shaped flying objects carrying searchlights - were sighted at night
moving over many… p. 4 …This
team reviewed what was known about the subject and investigated a number of
sightings reported to it by RAF… p. 11 …Four files opened in August 2011 include UFO
sightings 2001 at DEFE 24/2020/1, sightings reported in 2002-3… 11 more pages mention it p. 122 …Evaluation of All Sightings by Sighting Reliability Groups, All Years 130
Table A26. Evaluation of All Sightings by Sighting Reliability… p. 123 …Evaluation of Unit Sightings by Sighting Reliability Groups, 1948. 132
Table A35. Evaluation of Unit Sightings by Sighting Reliability Groups… p. 124 …Evaluation of All Sightings for 1952 by Sighting Reliability Groups, Civilian Observers 139
Table A60. Reported Colors of Objects Sighted … 94 more pages mention it p. 2 …In 1909 and 1913 phantom
airships - dark cigar-shaped flying objects carrying searchlights - were sighted at night
moving over many… p. 4 …This
team reviewed what was known about the subject and investigated a number of
sightings reported to it by RAF… p. 10 …Details of some well-documented UFO sightings investigated by the Air Ministry and
Ministry of Defence can be found by… 9 more pages mention it p. 1 …Arnold's report was followed by a flood of additional sightings , including reports from military and civilian pilots and air… p. 2 rule out the possibility of extraterrestrial phenomena. $ ^{6} $
Amid mounting UFO sightings , the Air Force continued to collect and evaluate… p. 7 …Concern over the danger of a Soviet attack on the United States continued to grow, and UFO sightings added to… 11 more pages mention it p. 3 …TIME AND DATE OF SIGHTING :
(1) FIRST OBSERVED 08:30 ZULU HOURS, 2 AUG 1965; LAST
OBSERVED 04:00Z, 2… p. 4 …WEATER AND WINDS
PAGE 4 RUNTABA2022 UNCLAS
(1) OBSERVER'S ACCOUNT OF CONDITIONS - CLEAR WEATHER AT TIME OF SIGHTING .
(2… p. 8 …THE OBJECT DISAPPEARED
OUT OF SIGHT STRAIGHT UP. PRELIMINARY ANALYSIS OF POSSIBLE
CAUSE OF SIGHTINGS AT THIS TIME IS WEATHER… 1 more page mentions it p. 5 204 ~. (Continued)
(3) Object sighted . Give brief description of the sighting
which should contain the following items as
appropriate:
(a… p. 6 VNCLA.3SIFIED
•'
(Aircraft) EMERGENCY - CIRVIS REPORT ~ AIR FORCE TWO FIVE NINE
THREE SIGHTED FORMATION OF SIX JET BOMBERS - CONFIG- ~~
URATION… p. 8 …The
reports, therefore, shall be transmitted as soon as possible after
the sighting . Ground procedures have been established to handle… 5 more pages mention it p. 1 …TDCS-3/446,215
SUBJECT UNIDENTIFIED FLYING OBJECT SIGHTED AT PESHHAIR
DATE DISTR. 20 JULY 1950
PRECEDENCE ROUTINE
REFERENCES
IN… p. 2 …TDCS.-3/444,215
SUBJECT UNIDENTIFIED FLYING OBJECT SIGHTED AT BEHSHARR
DATE DISTR. 20 JULY 19X0
PRECEDENCE ROUTINE
INFO. 17… p. 1 …The following is a statistical listing or reported UFO sightings
during the Air Force investigation:
TOTAL UFO SIGHTINGS , 1947 - 1969… p. 2 …to or dis-
covered by the Air Force that sightings categorized as "unidentified"
represent technological developments or principles beyond the… p. 2 …This on the sighting area he gave me a detailed
2012 person of the sightings and related information. I interviewed… p. 5 …Both
officers agreed that their sighted observations and names could be used by
the police in connection with the report… p. 6 …Pear returning Officers Bertrand and Hunt to headquarters, both the Major and Lieutenant returned to the sighting area and questioned… 4 more pages mention it p. 4 …THE PATTERN of sightings is definable. Sightings have been most intense throughout the states bordering the Atlantic and Pacific coast… p. 7 Although reported domestic incidents are widely scattered throughout the U.S., frequency of sighting and number of observers per sighting … p. 14 …The DC-3 was flying at 170 mph, but the disk flew out of sight in four minutes.
j. On… 7 more pages mention it p. 1 …THE AIRPORT CONTROL TOWER RADAR OPERATOR VERIFIED THE SAME SIGHTING . THEY WERE OVER "THE RESTRICTED AREAS OF WASHINGTON, INCLUDING THE… p. 2 …THE AIR FORCE DUG DEEP IN AN EFFORT TO SQUIRM OUT OF THIS SIGHTING . AT 4'OCLOCK ON JULY 29… p. 3 …BRILLIANT WHITE DISK SIGHTED -- Nice, Nice-Matin, 12 Dec 53
Recently, Madet, a civil servant of Montlucon, Allier Department, sighted … p. 5 ROUND FLYING OBJECT SIGHTED AT LUNEVILLE -- Nice, Nice-Matin, 10 Jan 54
Three residents of Luneville, Meurthe-et-Moselle Department… p. 6 …The sighting of a meteor at the same time as the sighting in Jutland was reported from Halsingborg, Sweden, from… 5 more pages mention it p. 1 …Initial sighting 2 objects 10 miles apart and " picked up 39 mills of Plutus . Ulyssal air Station . travelling towards base… p. 2 …Initial sighting 2 objects 10 miles apart and " picked up 39 mills 58 of Plutus . Royal air Station . Traveling towards… p. 1 …The first such sightings were reported from Sweden, and it was thought that the objects, the nature of which was… p. 2 There have been day time sightings which are tentatively considered to possibly resemble the exhaust of some type of Jct… p. 1 …The following is a statistical listing of reported UFO sightings during the Air Force
investigation:
LF'O SIGHTINGS I947 - 1969… p. 2 …or d1s-
cov~red by the Air Force that sightings categorized •s ~unidentified"
represent technological developments or principles beyond the… p. 1 …00-8-321/15354-66
SUBJECT Sighting of Unusual Phenomenon on horizon Near Iranian/USSR Border DATE DISTR 28 SEP… p. 2 SUBJECT Sighting of Unusual Phenomenon on horizon Near Iranian/USSR Border
DATE DISTR 28 SEP
DATE C:
INFO 27 Jun… p. 18 …description of the objects sighted as "circular, bluish-white" in color would be expected in cases of specular reflections of… p. 30 …The consensus of the Panel was, based upon the history of the subject, that the number of sightings could be… p. 52 …Series Showing Selected Actual Balloon Flight Paths and Relation Reported Sightings .
to Shooting Frequency of Reports of Sightings , 1948 - 1952… 23 more pages mention it p. 32 TWX's and Letters pertaining to evaluation of Sighting 2500th ABW Investigation
Statement to American Airlines dtd 24 Feb 59… p. 61 …The New York Herald Tribune article of 1 March 1959 concerning this sighting was factual and this office considered it… p. 71 …As a warning to all airline pilots that they too would be officially ridiculed if they publicly reported UFO sightings … 51 more pages mention it p. 1 …THIS IS UNEVALUATED INFORMATION
As indicated
SIGHTINGS OF UNIDENTIFIED FLYING OBJECTS 19 JANUARY-15 MAY 1954
WESTERN EUROPE
## France
UNIDENTIFIED… p. 2 DATE
PUBLISHED 19 Jan-15 May 1954
LANGUAGE
Various
THIS IS UNEVALUATED INFORMATION
SIGHTINGS OF UNIDENTIFIED FLYING OBJECTS 19 JANUARY… p. 5 ## Union of South Africa
SIGHTING OVER WORCESTER -- Cape Town, Die Burger, 17 Apr 54
At 2000 hours on 16 April… 1 more page mentions it p. 2 …Date of nighting
Time of sighting
23 July 1949
Place of sighting
0340 hours
30 to 50 miles southwest of… p. 4 …Total Captained during the course of the interview that he has never sighted any unidentified flying object at any time… p. 8 …Report of DO #6 indicated that the interview of Captain Eastern Airlines Pilot, Atlanta, Georgia, described that his sighting the… 4 more pages mention it p. 1 …RESEARCHERS AT A THREE-DAY SYMPOSIUM ON UFOS, WHICH CLOSED HERE TODAY, SAID THAT SOME OF THE SIGHTINGS CANNOT BE… p. 40 …No opinion.
## RELATIVE TO RADAR SIGHTINGS
1. Re radars now operating on ground: No radar sightings .
2. If airborne, when… p. 103 # ESSENTIAL ELEMENTS OF INFORMATION
(Re Sightings of Unidentified Aerial Objects)
PROJECT "SIGN"
1. Date of Sighting :
## 3 December 1948
2… p. 104 …Approximately $ 2 0^{\circ} $ when first sighted , then it climbed out of sight .
c. Altitude:
Altitude was 500 to 1000… 63 more pages mention it p. 2 …MADE A SEARCH OF MY FILES AND FOUND AN AA INDIA RPT RE SIGHTING OF CIGAR-LIKE OBJECT WITHOUT SURFACES… p. 4 …At the top of the loop it was out of sight but came into sight again in its dive. Upon… p. 5 …At the top of the loop it was out of sight but came into sight again in its dive. Upon… 1 more page mentions it p. 1 …a red flare was sighted high in the eastern sky. This Flare was a spot of reddish light with short… p. 1 …As it stands now, important, well-witnessed sightings are being made every month, and there is no longer a lengthy… p. 1 …The first such sightings were reported from Sweden, and it was thought that the objects, the nature of which was… p. 3 There have been day time sightings which are tentatively considered to possibly resemble the exhaust of some type of jet… p. 2 …This object, the apparent size of a pinhead, remained in sight for approximately 1 hour.
4. Two pilots of a… p. 9 …9 miles
No thunderstorms were located in the area of the sightings .
Several aircraft were in the Bentwaters area at… p. 19 …attached herewith is ALIR-1-96, England (Inclosure #1), containing perti- nent information on the Mukunheath-Dentwaters sighting which was… 7 more pages mention it p. 2 …Origin 10
Trenzont, Utah, Sighting 11
Potential Related Fragments 15
Geographic Locations of Unexplained Sightings 16
Instrumentation to Obtain Data… p. 26 great influence on mass thinking if widespread sightings should occur.
The apparent irresponsibility and the possible use of such groups… p. 29 …Seventy-five case histories of sightings 1951 - 1952 (polarized by ATIC as those best documented):
2. ATIC Status and Progress… 14 more pages mention it p. 1 …Strong, who signed the secrecy order, said the UFOs must be debunked because widespread reports of their sightings "were clogging… p. 3 …Similar UFOs have been sighted also over ATS (2609N/11950C and TARVAN.
d. On the basis of the investigation, the… p. 1 …The Panel pointed out that because of the lowity of some sightings (e.g. 2-3 occurrences) and the infrequency… p. 8 …The objects in the Great Dells sighting are strongly interpreted of being nebulous or almost known to have been in… p. 12 …Lynch to say that, if a program of
sighting would be an object of planned astronomical program, it would
would… 9 more pages mention it p. 1 …apparently tracked by radar, but later analysis attributed the sighting to multifunctioning radar circuitry. Evaluation of these and other reported… p. 3 …This confirms conversation 19 January 1965, at which time various semples and reports on UFO sightings procured from NICAP were… p. 4 …The most recent UFO sighting of considerable interest to NICAP was the series of pick-ups of UFO's on… p. 31 …Since there was little detail in this sighting
I did not bother to probe for details.
SIGHTING ACCOUNT NO. 5… p. 54 6042
The UFO sighted by Norman Muscarello was identical to the UFO sighted
later by Muscarello Bertrand, and Hunt. Norman… p. 66 …The time of reported sightings , the
azimuth and elevation of the reported sightings supports this conclusion. In
addition, on August… 60 more pages mention it p. 4 …PAUL STEUCKE
FM REI .E:A$f$ DOCUl£HIS ON
REPORTED UFO SIGHTING LAST NOYEMBER
The Federal Aviation Administration today… p. 5 …The FAA has no
opinions or conclusions regarding the sighting .
(2) On January 11, 1987, at approximately 7:30 am… p. 6 …The Air Force was unable to confirm
the sighting . This sighting was not investigated by the FAA and there is… 4 more pages mention it p. 1 …knew of some sightings in the northern part of the USSR, but said that reports of such sightings are not… p. 2 …knew of some sightings in the northern part of the USSR, but said that reports of such sightings are not… p. 3 …Another astronomer mentioned that in the northern part of Kazakhstan there had been repeated sightings of ball lightning. had sent… p. 1 …THIS IS UNEVALUATED INFORMATION
# SIGHTINGS OF UNIDENTIFIED FLYING OBJECTS
## PAKISTAN
FLYING SANCERS OVER PESHAWAR -- Paris. Le Figaro, 23 Dec 53… p. 2 …This is the first reported sighting of a so-called flying saucer over Dahomey.
## FRANCE
## CELESTIAL DISK CHANGES FORM -- Bordeaux… p. 3 ROUND FLYING OBJECT SIGHTED AT LUNEVILLE -- Nice, Nice-Matin, 10 Jan 54
Three residents of Luneville, Meurthe-et-Moselle Department… 1 more page mentions it p. 2 …i· I t1 ~. ; 1
We have received your inquiry about the Japan Air Lines sighting of
unidentified air traffic on… p. 8 Page 2
JAL UNIDENTIFIED TRAFFIC SIGHTING Order List continued
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JAL UNIDENTIFIED TRAFFIC SIGHTING Order List contjnued
Q free 22. Alert Report from Director of FAA Alaskan Region… 5 more pages mention it p. 9 …3, 1965, sighting , and having checked indirectly on other aspects, I would
describe Reference 12 as one of the significant… p. 10 …Rainier sighting by private pilot Kenneth Arnold, a United Air Lines
DC-3 crew sighted two separate formations of wingless… p. 27 …At one early stage of the sighting , one of the discs
moved rapidly over the three women, hovering above one… 46 more pages mention it p. 3 …It involves several sightings of lights in the forest, outside the perimeter fence
of RAF Woodbridge, Suffolk, by United States… p. 4 …UFO sightings in London, 1993-94
Dozens of sightings of a brightly illuminated oval object were reported over London,
caused… p. 5 …Scotland UFO sightings
DEFE 24/1959-1961 (a number of Scottish sightings are included in these files) –
Bonnybridge, near Stirling… p. 3 …of Extraterrestial Origin
Tremonton, Utah, Sighting
Potential Related Dangers
Geographic Locations of Unexplained
Sightings
Instrumentation to Obtain Data
Radar Problem… p. 10 …Among the case histories of significant sightings discussed in detail
"ivere the follmving:
Bellefontaine, Ohio (1 August 1952); Tremonton, Utah… p. 14 …Terrestial explanations of the sightings were suggested in some
cases and in others the time of sighting was so short… 13 more pages mention it p. 32 0239 - JL1628 told ZAN they no longer had the traffic in sight .
0242 - The ROCC advised it looked as though… p. 37 NASA worker tracks
UFO reports by pilots
By HAL BERNTON
Daily News business reporter
The mysterious flashing
lights sighted by… p. 38 …17
sighting and he said, 'no, no,
See Back Page, SIGHTING anuary 12, 1987
SIGHTING : Lights in sky
J Continued… 17 more pages mention it p. 1 …ATIC personnel no longer conduct field investigations of UFOB sightings (these are requested from USAF intelligence officers primarily Air Defense… p. 2 …ATIC personnel no longer conduct field investigations of UFOB sightings (these are requested from USAF intelligence officers primarily Air Defense… p. 3 …Project STORK (SECRET) has been preparing, at ATIC request, a comprehensive statistical report on UFGB sightings during the period 1947… 1 more page mentions it p. 1 …Reported Sighting of Unconventional Aircraft
1. The objects reportedly sighted by are described to be similar to Project "Y" which… p. 2 …necessary to have additional information and details of the sighting . The Law Force has made arrangements for technically competent persons… p. 1 …Recent Sightings of Unexplained Objects
In the past several weeks a number of radar and visual sightings of unidentified aerial… p. 2 …incidents have been discussed by AD/SI with DDCI. Sightings of unexplained objects at great altitudes and travelling at high… p. 4 …Since 1947, approximately 2000 official reports of sightings have been received and, of these, about 20% are as yet unexplained…