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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 “Sparks”20 scans
123. 218 Oct, 15, 1948. About 50 miles NW (at 330° from) Fukuoka, Japan (at 34°00' N, 130°00' E). 11:05 p.m. (intermittently to 1:30 a.m.?) USAF pilot 1st Lt. Oliver Hemphill Jr. and radar observer 2nd Lt. Barton Halter flying a P-61 "Black Widow" night fighter made 6 interceptions of the same or di…
349. | 671 | March 20[22?31?],1950.40 miles E of Little Rock,N of Stuttgart,Ark.9:26[9:29?]p.m.Chicago & Southern Airlines Capt.Jack Adams and First Officer G.W. Anderson,Jr.,flying a DC-3 at 2,000 ft heading W from Memphis to Little Rock,saw a 100 ft flat cylinder-section circular disc[or body of o…
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…
567. | | May 1, 1952. Davis-Monthan AFB, Tucson, Ariz. 9:10 a.m. (MST). Base Intelligence Officer Major Rudolph Pestalozzi, M/Sgt. Edmund L. Bouton, Jr., and several others saw 2 shiny round 20-28-foot objects rapidly overtake then pace a B-36 in E-W flight at 20,000 ft at about $50^{\circ}\pm10^{\c…
Saucer Report Sparks Air Force Probe By United Press WASHINGTON — The Air Force said Wednesday a "preliminary report" on the reported sighting of eight "flying saucers" over Norfolk, Va., Monday night has been received at the Air Technical Intelligence Center, Dayton, O. The "saucers" were reported …
1217. 4577 Dec. 31, 1956 [Jan. 1, 1957?]. Guam. 2:10 a.m. USAF 1st Lt. Ted Brunson, flying an F-86D jet interceptor, saw a round, white object fly under the jet, which was unable to turn as sharply as the object. (Sparks; Berliner; Saunders/FUFOR Index) 10 mins 1 radar, EM…
1519. | | June 7, 1962. Hallett Station, Antarctica (at 72°19' S, 170°13' E). 0105Z. US Navy Officer in Charge of Hallett Station [and other personnel?] sighted a brilliant, white light, about 20 times brighter than 1st magnitude star, at 250° True azimuth, 30° [“1?” perhaps teletype error…
1573. | 8924 | July 16, 1964. 15 miles S of Houghton Lake, Mich. 11:15 p.m. Northern Air Service pilot K. Jannereth saw 4 white lights in a stepped-up echelon formation, joined by 2 more, closing in on the airplane, then rapidly slow and fly along with it. (Sparks; Berliner) | 5 mins | 1 | |…
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…
1557. | 8729 | April 3, 1964.1 mile W of Monticello, Wisc.9 p.m.R. Wold, graduate student in anthropology,and wife,Rossing and another,saw4 huge red lights in a rectangular formation,with a white light above,near the ground,tilt and fly away.(Sparks;Vallée Magonia594;Saunders/FUFOR Index) | 3-4 mins…
1570. | 8839 | May 26, 1964. Pleasantview, Penna. 11 p.m. Rev. H. C. Shaw saw a yellow-orange light, shaped like the bottom of a ball, in a field and chased down the road for 2 miles. (Sparks; Berliner) | | 1 | |…
1643. | | Oct.23,1965.4 miles from Long Prairie,Minn.7:15 p.m. Radio announcer James F.Townsend driving W on State Hwy27 found road blocked by landed silver rocket-shaped object about30-40ft tall,10ft wide,after his car engine,lights and radio died,and he coasted to a stop about20ft away.He got out …
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…
1681. | 10663 | June 18, 1966. Burnsville-Mt. Mitchell, North Carolina. 12:30 a.m. 4 Boy Scout campers, including Sterrett, using binoculars saw a red bell-shaped object with 3 flashing red lights hover then land 700 ft away, remaining all night, joined by 6 other objects, then rose at dawn. Broken …
1738. | 11551 | March 24 [26?], 1967. Belt, Montana. 9 p.m. Truck driver Ken Williams saw a dome-shaped object, emitting a bright light, land in a ravine. As he approached, it took off and settled back, hidden from the highway. Numerous other reports came in from this area and at dawn police and a M…
FANTASTIC UFO-MOVIE FROM HALLINGDAL By Odd-Gunnar Røed and Mentz Kaarbø Date: Sunday 13 July 1986 Time: From 0.50 to 3 am Place: Breiset mountain farm, Torpo in the Hallingdal valley Witnesses: Tove, Christer and Torfinn Tonning together with some friends Nature of sighting: Lights seen and filmed a…