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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 “King”470 scans · page 7
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 …
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 …
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…
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…
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 …
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…
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 …
UFO Sighting Eugene P. Bastard Jr., was cruising on the morning of the 3rd of September at 0100 on Hole. 106 by-pass near Exeter N.H. I noticed an automobile marked on the side of the road and stopped to investigate. I found a woman in the car who turned to investigate. She was standing behind her a…
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…
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 …
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…
'Flying Saucer Sighted Again BUENOS AIRES (UPI) — An unidentified flying object was spotted Saturday over the Rio Plata, the 28-mile wide river that divides Argentina and Uruguay. Six persons walking on a deserted beach near Colonia, Uruguay, spotted the object. The spotting of the object from Urugu…
'Flying Saucer Sighted Again BUENOS AIRES (UPI) — An unidentified flying object was spotted Saturday over the Rio Plata, the 28-mile wide river that divides Argentina and Uruguay. Six persons walking on a deserted beach near Colonia, Uruguay, spotted the object. The spotting of the object from Urugu…
Portugal Clocks Stop; Was It Flying Saucers? LISBON, Portugal (AP) - Strange objects moving through space were reported sighted in two widely separated areas. The Azores Weather Bureau claimed that interference from one stopped its electromagnetic clocks. Descriptions of the objects were strikingly …
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…
They had been coming north on U.S. 80 from Douglas and had just gotten past the small town of Nodeo and quite near a settlement known as Apache. They had just passed a tiny side road which leads to a settlement known as Animas and which is accordinly known as Animas Road, when they saw at about thei…
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…
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…
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…
Contact was made with the witness or. Observer reported seeing an object with blinking red lights come up the trail. The trail was about 15 feet in width. The object hovered above the trail and moved from side to side and was there for about 20 minutes before settling to the ground. It was about 3 o…
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 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…
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…
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 …
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 …
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 …
Seen Near Tully Tully 'nests' no hoax, say farmers TULLY cane farmer Mr Albert Pennisi sits in the middle of one of the 'saucer nests' mysteriously formed at Horseshoe Lagoon on his property in the 1960s. By PAUL WHITTAKER in Tully TULLY'S mysterious saucer nests could not possibly be man-made despi…
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 …
PAGE THREE RAYX 038 UNCLAS (M) VHD (B) STRICTLY CONTROLLED OPERATIONAL PROCEDURES HAVE BEEN DRAWN UP BY DEPARTMENT OF CIVIL AVIATION AND D C A AIR TRAFFIC CONTROLLERS ARE KEPT INFORMED OF THE PROGRESS OF THE BALLOON AND PAYLOAD BY THE PROJECT STAFF INCLUDING THE PILOT OF THE TRACKING AIRCRAFT. THE B…
CONFIDENTIAL ```markdown ``` ```markdown ``` - 1000 p. a. en 15 de Sept. BANK OF THE PHILIPPINES Bank of the Philippines is a public corporation of the Philippines, headquartered in Manila, Philippines. It is a member of the Association of Philippine Banks and the Banking Association of the Philippi…
Saucer Continued from page 1 he was bringing a fully-loaded car carrier from Laurel into Great Falls. "It was a blinding light. It was like looking into a searchlight. first time I saw it, the closer it got to the ground, the brighter the light got," Williams said. "I flagged down a car coming from …
Belt UFO Authenticity Stirs Lively Argument Although unidentified flying object sightings appear to be tapering off the controversy over a Belt area sighting on Good Friday night boils on with residents taking opposite views. Some, like Belt Postmaster Robert Williamson, think the UFO is a yard ligh…
that he notify me of any significant findings. While talking to the sheriff, he contacted one of his mobile units. The man reporting said that they were at the scene and that there was no activity at the time. Requested the sheriff to forward any subsequent developments. I called the Sheriff of Casc…
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…
Project How Now (Service Star), the testing of Mark 5 reentry vehicles by higher headquarters for effectiveness. Malmstrom sent the last vehicle in the program for the base during the quarter. This ended the program at Malmstrom. (U) A walk-thru inspection of the HF Hardened Antennas at Malmstrom wa…
DIVISION | DATE | RCMP FILE REFERENCES REF DOSSIERS GRC. H | 7 OCT 67 | SUB DIVISION. SOUS DIVISION HALIFAX | 67-400-23-X DETACHMENT DÉTACHEMENT LUNENBURG | 1. On this date a request was received from the Halifax Sub-Division Section N.C.O., via XJD 84, to contact Capt. Leo Howard MERSEY, of the M/V…
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…
predominantly in the form of crushed and discoloured pasture grass The most striking feature of the circular marks, other than the close circularity, was that they were quite distinct from the car and truck tyre marks made during the week since discovery. The marks were, in general, very uniform in …