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  Archival portrait labelled as photographer Garland D. "Frony" Fronabarger, circa 1967. Not an event photograph; URL reconstructed from a relative path and unverified. Scan

  from The Cape Girardeau Crash Before Roswell (Rev. William Huffman) (1941)
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  Modern artwork inspired by the Deepdale Monster Scan

  Martin Laird ·from The Deepdale Monster ("Scapasaurus"), Holm, Orkney (1941)
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  Deepdale Bay, Holm, today Scan

  Martin Laird ·from The Deepdale Monster ("Scapasaurus"), Holm, Orkney (1941)
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  Scapa Flow seen from Deepdale Scan

  Martin Laird ·from The Deepdale Monster ("Scapasaurus"), Holm, Orkney (1941)
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  "Orkney Monster": J. G. Marwick's sketch of the carcass, published in the Orkney Blast, 1942 Scan

  J. G. Marwick ·from The Deepdale Monster ("Scapasaurus"), Holm, Orkney (1941)
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  A Monster of The Crown, 2021 artwork inspired by the case Scan

  Martin Laird ·from The Deepdale Monster ("Scapasaurus"), Holm, Orkney (1941)
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  Along Gum Creek near Mt. Vernon, IL, where a preacher hunting squirrels encountered a creature he described as a baboon. Scan

  Gothic Horror Stories (presumably Todd Atteberry) ·from The Mount Vernon "Baboon" of Gum Creek (1941)
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  Illustrated London News, 1 November 1941: 2nd Lt. Cox, Sub Lt. Davidson and Lt. Rowlandson rescued from their raft, drawn from Cox's notes and sketches Scan

  Captain Bryan de Grineau, The Illustrated London News ·from The SS Britannia Raft Giant Squid Attack (1941)
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  Still from Arthur C. Clarke's Mysterious World, "Monsters of the Deep" (1980) Scan

  ITV / Archive TV Musings ·from The SS Britannia Raft Giant Squid Attack (1941)
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  Roosevelt memo to Secretary of War Henry Stimson about the incident, 1942 Scan

  US government (copy via RationalWiki) ·from Battle of Los Angeles (1942)
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  Los Angeles Times article, 26 February 1942 Scan

  Los Angeles Times ·from Battle of Los Angeles (1942)
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  Memo from Gen. George C. Marshall to President Roosevelt, 26 February 1942 Scan

  US government (copy via RationalWiki) ·from Battle of Los Angeles (1942)
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  Los Angeles Times page B, 26 February 1942, with the retouched searchlight photograph and shell fragment coverage Scan

  Los Angeles Times, via ProQuest ·from Battle of Los Angeles (1942)
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  Sketch by zoologist Wladimir Tschernezky from Slavomir Rawicz's description Scan

  Wladimir Tschernezky, via Frontiers of Zoology ·from Sławomir Rawicz's Two Yetis in the Himalayas (The Long Walk) (1942)
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  Gulag prisoner, background illustration Scan

  ExplorersWeb ·from Sławomir Rawicz's Two Yetis in the Himalayas (The Long Walk) (1942)
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  Sławomir Rawicz in uniform Scan

  ExplorersWeb ·from Sławomir Rawicz's Two Yetis in the Himalayas (The Long Walk) (1942)
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  Portrait of Sławomir Rawicz Scan

  from Sławomir Rawicz's Two Yetis in the Himalayas (The Long Walk) (1942)
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  Reconstruction of the Gourock sea serpent based on Charles Rankin's sketch Scan

  Dr Karl Shuker ·from The Gourock Sea Serpent: Charles Rankin's 27-Foot Carcass on the Clyde (1942)
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  How a decomposing basking shark becomes a pseudo-plesiosaur Scan

  Markus Bühler ·from The Gourock Sea Serpent: Charles Rankin's 27-Foot Carcass on the Clyde (1942)
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  Gourock at sunset Scan

  from The Gourock Sea Serpent: Charles Rankin's 27-Foot Carcass on the Clyde (1942)
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  Great white shark, for comparison Scan

  from The Gourock Sea Serpent: Charles Rankin's 27-Foot Carcass on the Clyde (1942)
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  Probably an illustration of the Gourock carcass; content and credit unverified Scan

  from The Gourock Sea Serpent: Charles Rankin's 27-Foot Carcass on the Clyde (1942)
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  "A Formation of 150 Roaring UFOs in the Pacific in 1942", file page from the Richard F. Haines papers Scan

  American Heritage Center, University of Wyoming / Richard F. Haines papers ·from The Tulagi Formation: Sgt. Stephen J. Brickner's 150 Silver Objects (1942)

  A FORMATION OF 150 ROARING UFOS IN THE PACIFIC IN 1942 The following letter was sent to the editor of Fantastic Universe, who forwarded it to CSI. We reprint it verbatim. "I want to thank you for clarifying a mystery that's been plaguing me for the past 15 years. Heretofore, I have always understood…

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  The Steele Memorial Library card catalogue used to build its timeline of local UFO sightings Scan

  Steele Memorial Library ·from Welles Bridge Falling Object Sighting, 1942 (1942)
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  The summit of Ben Macdui in mist, where Tewnion's encounter took place Scan

  Richard Webb, geograph.org.uk 50972, 7 September 2005 ·from Alexander Tewnion Fires Three Shots at the Big Grey Man of Ben Macdui (1943)
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  Uncaptioned general Caddy illustration; not the 1943 event Scan

  from The Owens and Russell Sea Serpent: Sea Lions in the Strait of Georgia (1943)
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  Uncaptioned general Caddy illustration; not the 1943 event Scan

  from The Owens and Russell Sea Serpent: Sea Lions in the Strait of Georgia (1943)
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  FWS banner image, apparently J.J. Kuhn holding a fledgling ivory-bill. Not from 1944. Scan

  US Fish and Wildlife Service ·from Don Eckelberry's Ivory-billed Woodpecker, Singer Tract, Louisiana (1944) (1944)
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  Eckelberry painting of the last-known ivory-bill flying over the cut-over Singer Tract, April 1944. Scan

  Don Eckelberry ·from Don Eckelberry's Ivory-billed Woodpecker, Singer Tract, Louisiana (1944) (1944)
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  WGCU header image of an ivory-billed woodpecker. Origin and date not stated. Scan

  from Don Eckelberry's Ivory-billed Woodpecker, Singer Tract, Louisiana (1944) (1944)
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  Male ivory-billed woodpecker leaving the nest as the female returns. Singer Tract, Louisiana, April 1935. Scan

  Arthur A. Allen, courtesy of Wikimedia ·from Don Eckelberry's Ivory-billed Woodpecker, Singer Tract, Louisiana (1944) (1944)
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  Don Richard Eckelberry, Ivory-billed Woodpecker Study, undated, pencil and colored pencil on paper. Scan

  Courtesy of the Leigh Yawkey Woodson Art Museum ·from Don Eckelberry's Ivory-billed Woodpecker, Singer Tract, Louisiana (1944) (1944)
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  Finschhafen harbour Scan

  livepterosaur.com (Jonathan Whitcomb) ·from Duane Hodgkinson's "Pterodactyl" Sighting near Finschhafen, New Guinea (1944) (1944)
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  Duane Neil Hodgkinson as a young man Scan

  livepterosaur.com (Jonathan Whitcomb) ·from Duane Hodgkinson's "Pterodactyl" Sighting near Finschhafen, New Guinea (1944) (1944)
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  News photo of Capt. Fred B. Ringwald, St. Louis Post-Dispatch, 2 January 1945. Scan

  St. Louis Post-Dispatch ·from Foo Fighters of World War II (1944)
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  415th Night Fighter Squadron mission report, 14/15 March 1945, noting '3 red lights'. Scan

  National Archives via Project 1947 ·from Foo Fighters of World War II (1944)

  MISSION REPORT UNIT REPORTING: 415TH NIGHT FIGHTER SQUADRON REPORT : 1. 1845/2030 - INTRUDER. Visibility too poor for observation. Patrolled 7th Army Front from R-1108 to HAGENAU - artillery flashes seen. Before leaving, new floo fire (3 red lights) 3 miles away at 3,000 feet stationary. Vicinity of…

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  Baltimore Sun, 2 January 1945, AP story from a US night fighter base in France. Scan

  Baltimore Sun / Associated Press, via Patrick Gross ·from Foo Fighters of World War II (1944)

  Great Balls Of Fire! Nazis Throw Them At Our Planes A U.S. Night Fighter Base, France, Jan. 1 (P)—The Nazls have thrown something new into the night skies over Germany—the weird mysterious "foo-fighter," balls of fire which race alongside the wings of American Beaufighters flying intruder missions o…

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  Captioned as two foo fighters following a Japanese aircraft. Traced to a 1963 contactee newsletter; very likely not genuine event material. Scan

  Unknown ·from Foo Fighters of World War II (1944)
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  Uncredited header image from The Debrief, probably the same picture as a Commons file. Provenance unverified. Scan

  The Debrief (uncredited) ·from Foo Fighters of World War II (1944)
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  Captioned 'Possible foo fighters during WWII in Europe'. Provenance unverified; may be the disputed 'Japanese aircraft' photo. Scan

  Attributed to US Air Force, 1944 ·from Foo Fighters of World War II (1944)
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  4th Fighter/Bomber Group report of '100 yellow, semi-transparent balloons'. Scan

  National Archives via Project 1947 ·from Foo Fighters of World War II (1944)

  ISSION REPORT FORM A-2 SECTION TIME: 1000 1400 FINAL x DATE: 3/10/2017 DIST C.G. A-5 CONT X11 TAG X 1. GROUP OR WING: ___ GROUP (ER) ___ 2. TOTAL NO. MISSIONS: ___ 5 ___ TOTAL NO. SORTIES: ___ 35. ___ 3. TYPE OF MISSIONS: ARMED RECCES. 14. ROUTE OR AREA. AS DIRECTED. 5. FLAK: 6. CLAIMS: | TYPE | DES…

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  Captioned 'Foo Fighter during WWII over Germany'. Provenance unverified. Scan

  Attributed to US Air Force, 1944 ·from Foo Fighters of World War II (1944)
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  A 30th Bomb Group B-24 over Truk in 1944. Background image, not the sighting. Scan

  Project 1947 ·from Foo Fighters of World War II (1944)
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  Maj. Paul A. Duich's handwritten 1975 note on his July 1945 B-29 sighting over Sasebo. Scan

  Paul A. Duich via Project 1947 ·from Foo Fighters of World War II (1944)
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  Captioned as a 415th Night Fighter Squadron foo fighter sighting. Uploaded from The Debrief; 1944 provenance unverified. Scan

  Attributed to US Air Force, 1944 ·from Foo Fighters of World War II (1944)
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  Later Air Force summary card for the Truk case (UFOB #00003). Scan

  US Air Force via Project 1947 ·from Foo Fighters of World War II (1944)

  PROJECT 10073 RECORD 1. DATE·TIME GROUP | 2. LOCATION 2. May 5th 45 | Fala Island, Truk Atoll 3. SOURCE | 10. CONCLUSION Military | Possibly A/C (enemy) 4. NUMBER OF OBJECTS | Two | 5. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION | 11. BRIEF SUMMARY AND ANALYSIS Over 1 hour | Two A/B objects at same alt as observer's…

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  Adelaide in isolation Scan

  from The Ghiaie di Bonate apparitions: Adelaide Roncalli's visions of the "Queen of the Family" and the whirling sun over Bergamo (1944)
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  Adelaide as an adult Scan

  from The Ghiaie di Bonate apparitions: Adelaide Roncalli's visions of the "Queen of the Family" and the whirling sun over Bergamo (1944)
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  Don Luigi Cortesi Scan

  from The Ghiaie di Bonate apparitions: Adelaide Roncalli's visions of the "Queen of the Family" and the whirling sun over Bergamo (1944)
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  Statue of the Lady as seen by Adelaide (later artwork) Scan

  from The Ghiaie di Bonate apparitions: Adelaide Roncalli's visions of the "Queen of the Family" and the whirling sun over Bergamo (1944)