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p. 1 …He said the most common explanation is that they result from two natural phenomena swamp gas and ball lighting.
"Several… p. 1 …He said the most common explanation is that they result from two natural phenomena swamp gas and ball lighting.
"Several… p. 2 ARMS Email System
detachable vehicle roaming across the Martian desert were blatant
fiction, provoked by incidences involving swamp gas. But… p. 1 …vehicle roaming across the Martian desert were blatant fiction, provoked
by incidences involving swamp gas. But the general public has… p. 2 …vehicle roaming across the Martian desert were
> blatant fiction, provoked by incidences involving swamp gas. But the
> general public has… p. 4 …Ford is not sati~fied with the Air Force explanation of the recent
sightings in Michigan and describes the "swamp … p. 7 …tigate the
the Air F~e explanation t he recent
sightings in Michigan and describes tb.e "swamp gas • version… p. 9 …In the firm belief that the American public deserves a better explanation
than that thus far given by the Air… 2 more pages mention it p. 4 …Ford is not sati~fied with the Air Force explanation of the recent
sightings in Michigan and describes the "swamp … p. 7 …tigate the
the Air F~e explanation t he recent
sightings in Michigan and describes tb.e "swamp gas • version… p. 9 …In the firm belief that the American public deserves a better explanation
than that thus far given by the Air… 2 more pages mention it p. 5 …The locale in both cases was a swamp . In both cases, the
location of the glow was pinpointed—in Dexter… p. 6 …These
could
be
ignited
by
the spontaneous burning of
PH,.
The
association
of
the
sightings
with
swamps
in
this
particular… p. 83 …However,
the
swamp
had
been covered
by
ice.
Now,
in
a
swamp
rotting vegetation
produces
these
marsh
gases.
When
a… 8 more pages mention it p. 11 …Two persons who slogged through the 300-acre swamp today and looked for
traces of the craft found nothing but… p. 26 …The ground between his house and the swamp Is hummocky, rolling, but
the night was clear and moonlit and the … p. 33 …However, the swamp had
been covered-by ice.
Now, in a swamp rotting vegetation produces these marsh gases.
When a… 6 more pages mention it p. 1 …water, swamps , and hard ground. And its proportional fuel expenditure is considerably less than that of an airplane. The vehicle… p. 7 …vehicle roaming across the Martian desert were blatant
fiction, provoked by incidences involving swamp gas. But the
general public has… p. 8 ARMS Email System Page 2 of 2
of recent events, preferring to speculate on the "other-worldly"
nature of the … p. 9 …vehicle roaming across the Martian desert were blatant fiction, provoked
by incidences involving swamp gas. But the general public has… p. 9 …He arrived in the United States at New York, May 2, 1951, via the "S.S. General Stewart" as a… p. 10 …Approximately 3 hours later in the same swamp area, but away from the road where the work crew was cutting… p. 1 …In the past such sightings have been attributed by the Air Force to swamp gas, planets, aircraft, earth satellites, weather… p. 2 …DORM 46 OM=
swamp TO OMPAL TIM TOMO ammo Rama= AS WAR Cznant
AEG 46a DITICR1BED Br (=PAL, rac gus… p. 2 …town of Crestone, population 50, to oppose the plan, and nothing
ever came of it. .
But the area has become… p. 5 320B8A11.FIN Page 2 of 3
town of Crestone, population 50, to oppose the plan, and nothing
ever came of… p. 13 …Van Horn said the swamp gas
explanation was an attempt
~o ::explain it away arbUl'.ar~
PEOPLE in North Queens… p. 29 …a swamp for
hours. Witnesses said they
w at ch e d from the second
floor of the Hillsdale College… p. 30 …information. The others have
been attributed to . planes,
b a 11 o o n s, astronomical
causes, missiles, swamp gas… 3 more pages mention it p. 13 …Van Horn said the swamp gas
explanation was an attempt
~o ::explain it away arbUl'.ar~
PEOPLE in North Queens… p. 29 …a swamp for
hours. Witnesses said they
w at ch e d from the second
floor of the Hillsdale College… p. 30 …information. The others have
been attributed to . planes,
b a 11 o o n s, astronomical
causes, missiles, swamp gas… 3 more pages mention it p. 3 …The swamp gas theory is nonsense. And it still stands as the explanation. This is the explanation that came directly… p. 10 …Officials state that a meteorite was probably the cause of it all, but the times involved indicate that the object… p. 15 …396
"Definitely swamp gas~" 397
" •• , Attributable to swamp gas and other
like phenomena creating illusions which
to the untrained seem… p. 336 …Flyi11g saucers swamp the Vietcong. Argosy, v. 356,
Jan. 1968: 30-31. 66, 68-69.
Role of air-cushion vehicles… p. 415 as and otheribut\ble to swamp g "
" ••• Attr . d seem ...
t tha untramewhich 0
, Magazine.-- TRUE' The Man s
398… 1 more page mentions it p. 28 …the product of college student pranks or
swamp gas or an impression created by the rising crescent moon and the … p. 29 …In the firm belief that the American public deserves a better explanation
than that thus far given by the Air… p. 20 …Finished by 1965? By Christmas of 1965 more than 200,000 American soldiers were fighting
in the swamps , rice-paddN… p. 32 …than the Air Force did in telling the people
of Michigan they have been seeing swamp gas.
The UFO I… p. 6 …STRM stream VOLC volcano
SWMP swamp WELL well
Latitude and longitude.--Coordinates, in the third and fourth columns, are for… p. 2 …early 1966, followed by the widely-publicized March, 1966, Michigan
sightings (I, too, felt, the "swamp gas" explanation was quite… p. 20 …This case came just a few days after the famous
"swamp gas" UFO incidents in southern Michigan, which made headline… p. 26 …Discussion:
"Swamp gas" explanations were then still featured in press discussions of UFOs, and Jackson volunteered the
comment that there… p. 18 …They must be unleashed to prevent a costly and possibly never-ending land war in the steaming jungles and swamps … p. 23 …It was also determined that following the UPI press release the Road Department was swamped with telephone calls from all… p. 12 …NEW ZEALAND—The clippings and stories from New Zealand are swamping our office and are so numerous that we must… p. 89 …Approximately 3 hours later in the same swamp area, but away from the road where the work crew was cutting… p. 20 …be
labeled
a
flying
saucer
"believer"—my
swamp
gas
record in the
Michigan
UFO
melee should
suffice
to
quash
any… p. 63 …Discussicm.—"Swamp gas" explanations were then still featured in press dis-
cussions of UFOs, and Jackson volunteered the comment that… p. 104 …down,
and
one
turned
to
the
other
and
said,
"Do
you
suppose
it is
swamp
gas
?"Laughter.
Dr.
HYNEK.
That… 3 more pages mention it p. 12 …swamped by the advanced products of other nations.
When we look back on history, it wasn't our capacity for… p. 1 …For more than an hour thereafter, the place was bedlam. The switchboard operators were swamped with calls. Report p. 28 …for a number of miles along the east side of some dry lakes (Swamp , Flagstaff, Campbell and Stone Corral Lakes… p. 28 …for a number of miles along the east side of some dry lakes (Swamp , Flagstaff, Campbell and Stone Corral Lakes… p. 54 …swamp for hours. Witnesses said they watched from the second floor of the Hillsdale College girls dormitory as the object… p. 55 …The others have been attributed to planes, balloons, astronomical causes, missiles, swamp gas, meteors, fireworks and, in some cases, to… p. 72 …This was not the cause," he said. "Besides there have been any swamp gas lights around here since before the … 2 more pages mention it p. 9 …For more than an hour thereafter, the place was bedlam. The switchboard operators were swamped with calls. Reporters, office boys… p. 23 …INTERMITTENT STREAMS '-!70'ffi
SU NAI SWAMP
be obtained from . the Director; U.S. Coast and Geodetic Survey. - .I / APP… p. 23 …the last couple of times the President has had bilateral news
conferences in order to keep it from being swamped … p. 87 …the UFO crowd, strange cults,
religious zealots and enterprising T-shirt vendors will crash onto
Puerto Rican shores, swamping the … p. 222 …The object was followed fo1., the
full time of the sighting by ~
~· ill and..-e in a Po.~.1.c… p. 264 …Nearby Objects
Q!j~
4 ~~q,..-~
Telephone or high-voltage lines;·dam, lake
or reservoir; swamp or marsh; river; high… p. 332 …Telephone or high-voltage lines;-dam, lake
or reser-voir; swamp or marsh; river; high /.·
' building, tall chimney, steeples,spir… 2 more pages mention it p. 36 …He estimated the height at roughly 1000 feet and said it made several sweeps over the swamp before being joined… p. 37 …Michigan's swamp country, he was fully conversant with the trickeries of foxfire and the will-o-the -wisp manifestations… p. 39 …It also was revealed that in addition to the two swamp sightings, there had been several other important sightings in… 1 more page mentions it p. 186 72
O'Keefe - I think this is swamp and it's very shallow.
Gill - You never would see it then… p. 88 …in:Swedish, swamps ;ili a menial laborer, helfeiring
.,Settns.a)
possible deportation from Sweden becaus1 'plrgaTtivity with the SD, had… p. 140 …her work in the archives
but she declined it and went to work in the swamp with her former forest… p. 117 …Santiago 3929 June 5, 1968 In Chile and Venezuela the US Embassies were swamped with messages of sympathy for the … p. 39 …T h e Chief Signal
Officer, no aviator, was swamped by the rapid increase of responsi-
bilities more properly in… p. 392 …the B-17’s were lost completely either in crashes or over the
Atlantic, another landed in a swamp a… p. 110 …fin chit Welcome visitors front the
East and are often Swamped with
them—
Ever since the anti-Government
riots on… p. 244 …The offices of the Otago Daily Times and Dunedin Star" were swamped with phone and personal callers. People saw the … p. 254 …Jarrold Director of the Australian Flying Saucer Bureau, has like wise been swamped with thousands of reports from press reported… p. 271 …In two natures police, airport and newspaper switchboards were swamped with frightened calls. The news quickly spread. For a while… p. 64 …for a number of miles along the east side of posse lakes (Swamp , Flagstaff, Cumpbell and Stone Corral Lakes) he… p. 115 …NEW ZEALAND- The d ippings and stor
ies from New Zealand are swamping our
offite and .ire so nume rous… p. 115 …NEW ZEALAND- The d ippings and stor
ies from New Zealand are swamping our
offite and .ire so nume rous… p. 66 …OFFICERS
Police switchboards normally and logically are the first to be swamped with calls during concentrations of sightings, since there… p. 89 …It occurred at a time when the Air Force was swamped with UFO reports - good ones. See Section XII, 1952… p. 111 # Approved For Release 2001/04/02
in 1951 when the situation was reviewed partly due to public protests.
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