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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 “West”309 scans · page 4
UFO Sightings in Hawthorne Confirmed By Area Residents; Drop Bergen Theory By PHILIP J. DEL VECCHIO News Science Writer Reports confirming the sightings by Hawthorne police and residents of that borough of an Unidentified Flying Object are being investigated, indicating that perhaps the mysterious U…
The UFO Evidence by NICAP, 1964 Richard Hall, Ed. Northeast New Jersey Concentration September 15-28, 1962-Northeast New Jersey, across the Hudson River from New York City, was the scene of a definite flurry of sightings of UFOs, with the heaviest concentration in the Oradell-Hawthorne area. Septemb…
UFO Visited Wayne County 34 Years Ago THOUGHTS From the mind of JACK VERTREES Got a phone call the other day from a young lady of 100 years, Nellie Austin over Wayne City way. She was a delight and pleased that she got 139 birthday cards on her Sept. 29 birthday when she hit the century mark. Not ma…
APRIL 3, 1964 MONTICELLO, WISCONSIN | (USAF FILES) | 4 W. | UNID 00 A GRADUATE STUDENT IN ANTHROPOLOGY AT THE UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN (NAME AND01 ADDRESS ON FILE), ACCOMPANIED BY HIS WIFE, MOTHER-IN-LAW, AND SISTER-IN-LAW. 02 AGE 12, WAS LEAVING MONTICELLO HEADING WESTWARD ON COUNTY HIGHWAY C FOR TH…
Memo from Lt. Col. Warren J. Lane, 30th Air Division, recording the telephone report of 7 April 1964 ScanCHCCR CHODC CHCVC 30 Air Div (30-CIO) 1. At approximately 1515 hours, 7 April 1964, I took a telephone report from a male individual who identified himself as Mr. Argyle, Wisconsin. He further declared himself a Major, US Marine Corps, Retired. Mr. sounded entirely sober, rational and calm. He state…
3 APRIL 1964 Observers were leaving Monticello and heading westward on County C Road toward the town of Argyle when at about 2100, they noticed two red blinkers in about the ll o'clock position from the observers location. Their first reaction was that an accident had occurred and that there were po…
He said it was very close to the car, so close that he had to look at a sharp angle upward through the windshield to see it, he had started up the car again and at this time object apparently took off at a high fantastic rate of speed. In any case he lost sight of it. Phase Three: He took off West i…
1. DATE-- TIME GROUP 26 May 1964 27/0400Z | 2. LOCATION Pleasantville, Pennsylvania 3. SOURCE Civilian | 10. CONCLUSION UNIDENTIFIED Case not resolved as conventional object or phenomena. Carried as UNIDENTIFIED. 4. NUMBER OF OBJECTS One 5. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION Varied | 11. BRIEF SUMMARY AND ANALYS…
Report on telephone conversation with First United Presbyterian Church, Street, Pleasant view, Pennsylvania, phone , regarding his observation of 26 May 64, phone call was made on 10 May 65. GENERAL COMMENTS: 1. Object of phone call was to determine if possible, through the conversation, of general …
Scranton Decides to Run Ulbricht. K Sign Treaty Friedrich Paul Schmidt, Nunc of Separate France The New York Times New York, N.Y. 10017 www.nytimes.com The Washington Post Washington, D.C. 20001 www.washingtonpost.com The Los Angeles Times Los Angeles, CA 90021 www.losangelestimes.com Acts to Block …
which will be one of the factors of peace in Europe," Ulbricht said. BOOST FOR ULBRICHT Western diplomats said the main effect of the treaty would to boost the prestige of Ulrich at home, an dthat it did amount to a peace treaty between the Soviet Union and st Germany, nor did it affect explosive is…
--- icht. gn ity Issue of ate Peace V. June II—The onion and East Ger- dian a friendship day but avoided p a major crisis West by stopping a World War II city. Acts to Block Stampede Spy Hops Over La MARY. Khrushchev said the old he an important n to "the fearful of the German que- sion of the past.…
Frankenstein Snarl of Traffic Loosed by 'Monster' Hunt SISTER LAKES, Mich., June 11. There is a feeling here that the "Monster of Sister Lakes" may have been scared off last night by the horde of people who came out to hunt it. The "monster"—two men said it is nine feet tall, weighs about 500 pounds…
UPI Dispatches June 12.—The and East Gerl a friendship but avoided a major crisis by stopping World War II mushchev said the be an important "the peaceful the German ques- ment of the pact cautious terms. W. BERLIN Human Communist Ulbricht, followleader on the lin meeting, said wides that East the S…
IKE'S VIEWS ON GOP EVENTS Frankenstein Snarl of Traffic Loosed by 'Monster' Hunt SISTER, LAKES, Mich., June 11: — There is a feeling here that the "Minister of Sister Lakes" may have been seen all night by the herds of people who came out to attack. The "monster" two men said is in a nice tail, weig…
PROJECT 10073 RECORD 1. TIME·TIME GROUP 23 October 65 24/0115 | 2. LOCATION Z Lone-Prairie, Minnesota(1) 3. SOURCE Civilian | 10. CONCLUSION Astro(VENUS) Venus 16.53m W, 240 deg azimuth and setting at time of observation 4. NUMBER OF OBJECTS One w/three creatures 5. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION 5 minutes |…
Exeter ... (Continued from page 7) and merged with it. Fuller did not relate what happened to the cigar-shaped object. This sighting is important, however, in view of the relationship of the small disc to the cigar, and the phenomena of the "silver pipe." See article on the "Great Blackout." "Little…
UFO's to show him that he was not alone in seeing unusual things. An aerial research group (believed to be NICAP) contacted Townsend to arrange an investigation. The same edition of the newspaper carrying the Hollywood letter printed another next to it accusing the air force of covering up on UFO's.…
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…
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…
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 …
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…
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 …
MT. AIRY, MARYLAND 8 MARCH 1965 At approximately 1940 EST an observer and his son came out of a barn and noticed six red lights estimated to be about 1200 feet from the observer moving at a speed of about twenty miles per hour, toward the NE. The lights appeared as three pair of lights, actually lik…
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…
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…
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…
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…
DEARBORN OBSERVATORY NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY EVANSTON, ILLINOIS 60201 January 19, 1906 Major Hector Quintanilla USAF Chief, Aerial Phenomena Branch Wright-Patterson Air Force Base Dayton, Ohio 45433 Dear Major: This is the second part of my report on my trip to New Mexico. On the day after I visited…
'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…
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…
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…
20. Do you think you can estimate the speed of the object? (Circle One) Yes No IF you answered YES, then what speed would you estimate? 21. Do you think you can estimate how far away from you the object was? (Circle One) Yes No. 22. Where were you located when you saw the object? (Circle One): a. In…
STRANGE OBJECT IN SKY OVER WEST CORK While returning from night class at Castetownhere Vocational School about 10 o'clock on Wednesday night, Mr. Jerome McCarthy, Clash, Eyeries, saw a dazzling object in the sky about a half-mile and a half-mile, it was about three feet long and a groaning sound was…
North Dakota Air National Guard UFO Report, page 2 Scanc. (1) Ground-visual. (2) Optical-aid -- Telescope mounted on rifle. (3) N/A. d. (1) 1313152 September 1966. (2) Day. e. Ten (10) miles west, two (2) miles north of Gwinner, North Dakota. f. (1) Randy Rotenberger, ll, Gwinner, North Dakota. Reliability considered excellent for age of observer. (2) N…
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…
Suffolk Reports More UFO's HAUPAUGE, L. I. Oct. 23—Buffalo County Police report investigating brightly colored unidentified flying objects over the Buffalo County Air Force Base at Westhampton Beach, where a spokesman said the base had been attacked many similar calls recently. He said many similar …
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 …
Silver Bridge collapse memorial signage, 2010. ScanSILVER BRIDGE COLLAPSE Constructed in 1928, connected Point Pleasant and Kanauga, OH. Name credited to aluminum colored paint used. First eye-bar suspension bridge of its type in US. Rush hour collapse on 15 December 1967, resulted in 31 vehicles falling into river, killing 46 and injuring 9. Failed…
UNIDENTIFIED FLYING OBJECTS (UFO) INFORMATION SHEET 1. Answers to the following questions will be obtained from persons calling in regard to the observance of an unidentified flying object (UFO). If person refuses to give answers to 3a, do not complete report. 2. Complete Information Sheet in duplic…
INVESTIGATION: I contacted Mr. Kenneth R. Gulley of Nederland, Texas, by telephone (RA2-0728) this date to discuss the UFO which he allegedly saw at 0545 hours, 6 Feb 66. The following is a description of the events as they happened and as described by Mr. Gulley to the best of his recollection. On …
