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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.
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Category 11 Case Directory SIGHTINGS FROM AIRCRAFT Preliminary Rating: 5 AVCAT is a special project being conducted by NICAP, with the help and cooperation of the original compiler of AIRCAT, Dr. Richard Haines, and other sources, to create a comprehensive listing of sightings from aircraft with det…
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1160. | 3862 | Nov. 20, 1955. Lake City, Tenn. (36°N, 84°W). 5:20 to 6:00 p.m. (EST). Operations Officer Capt. Edward G. Denkler and 5 men of the USAF 663rd AC&W Sq saw 2 oblong, bright orange, semi-transparent objects fly at terrific speed and erratically, toward and away from each other, in the S …
Preliminary Rating: 0 A | Aythyck Classification of Distant Encounter is usually an instance involving an object more than 500 feet from the witness. A night is a light as a "nocturnal light" (NL) and during the day as a "daylight" (Dl) size. The object or the viewing condition may render the object…
At two o'clock on the morning of November 4, 1957, in Fort Itaipa, located in the vicinity of Santos, São Paulo, according to a Report by Dr. Olavo Fontes, two guards where on watch duty at the top of the highest lookout tower facing the ocean. Suddenly an orange color light appeared and quickly pos…
This is the bare bones of the sighting. As I was conducting my research, I looked to see what others had written about the case. In The A.P.R.O. Bulletin of September 1959, Fountes' tale was published apparently as it appeared in his book Shadow of the Unknown. Later, in 1962, Coral Lorenzen, in her…
The Killian Case * Dotted lines are flight paths of Capt. Peter Killian (top), Capt. A.D. Yates (bottom). * Arrows show lines-of-sight. * Shaded area is hypothetical path of UFO's. 1. 8:20 p.m. First sighting by Capt. Killian…
8037 1 - Dayton, Ohio 8037 2 Hauge, New York 8037 2 Liberal, Kansas 8040 3 Azusa, California 8041 6 Santa Cruz, Bolivia 8042 6 Colorado Springs, Colorado 8044 7 Hayden, Colorado 8047 7 Curacao, Netherlands Antillan 8046 7 Petersburg, Virginia 8048 7 33.53N 163.56E (Pacific) 8048 7 38.01N 173.15W (Pa…
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…
HUMANOID HOOD OR HELMET CAME STRAIGHT DOWN TO SHOULDERS LARGE DARK EYES, LIKE | NO NOSE APPARENT WELDING GOGGLES = DARK AREA AROUND EY e— ee — TIGHT FITTING SUIT SUIT APPEARED SHORT, STOCKY BUILD, TO BE ONE PIECE ANE MUSCULAR Ld Ne COLOR OF SUIT WAS SILVER WHITE / / 3 X / HANDS APPEARED TO —~ Ey ~" …
Category 11 Case Directory SIGHTINGS FROM AIRCRAFT Preliminary Rating: 5 AVCAT is a special project being conducted by NICAP, with the help and cooperation of the original compiler of AIRCAT, Dr. Richard Haines, and other sources, to create a comprehensive listing of sightings from aircraft with det…
July 16, 1964--Houghton Lake, Michigan, U.S.A.--It didn't behave like an aircraft-- and it didn't look like much of anything else. Kenneth Jannereth, 23-year-old pilot-instructor for Northern Air Service, Inc., doesn't want to start the flying object business anew, but he would like to know what fol…
5. The only other possible collaboration was a who lives close by who said she saw a bright light in the sky but merely pulled down her sh (A fine triumple of scientific curiosity) 6. also indicated that when the light was closed to the car it was lower than the top of a telephone pole and seemed to…
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.…
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 …
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…
Blame Air Force Base (Washington). A member of a federal agency, who was driving toward the base, saw a low-flying object, 10 m in diameter, which avoided collision at the last moment. He got out of the car and observed it hovering for one min, then it flew off at high speed. The object was tracked …
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…
1596. | Jan. 12, 1965. Blaine AFB, Wash. Member of a federal agency, who was driving toward the base, saw a low-flying object, 30 ft in diameter, which avoided collision at the last moment. He got out of the car and saw it hovering for 1 min, then fly off at high speed. Object tracked on radar. Same…
found himself on flat on his back. He told authorities that he saw no one . . . no flash . . . no weapon. But something had struck him a stunning blow that left a gas which required attention. When Flynn regained his senses the object was gone. Flynn's character and integrity were vouched for by man…
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…
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…
UFO INVESTIGATOR JIMMY CARTER'S 1973 UFO REPORT During the autumn of 1973 hundreds of people throughout the United States reported UFOs to NICAP. Among those reports were two made by state governors. During the recent presidential campaign, Jimmy Carter was quoted by the National Enquirer as stating…
