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Stories34 · page 2

Condon Case 37: Georgia Police Chase a Red Light, October 1967

October 20, 1967 · Milledgeville, Baldwin County, Georgia (probable; 11 communities in the report)

UAP · Other · 15 sources

31Partially documented

The Blue-Green Objects of Southwest Missouri and Southeast Kansas (Joplin Police UFO Wave)

January 13, 1967 · Joplin, Missouri, and surrounding towns (Pittsburg and Parsons, Kansas; Neosho, Monett, Carthage and Springfield, Missouri)

UAP · Sphere · 13 sources

29Thinly documented

The Beverly High School Encounter, Massachusetts (1966)

April 22, 1966 · Athletic field behind Beverly High School, Beverly, Essex County, Massachusetts

UAP · Disc / saucer · 23 sources

33Partially documented

Wanaque Reservoir Sightings

January 11, 1966 · Wanaque Reservoir, Raymond Dam, Wanaque, Passaic County, New Jersey

UAP · Egg · 32 sources

30Partially documented

Tinker AFB and Wichita Radar Sightings, 1965

August 1, 1965 · Tinker AFB, Midwest City (Oklahoma City), Oklahoma, with reports across Oklahoma and at Wichita, Kansas

UAP · Formation · 17 sources

51Partially documented

The Wayne City "Washtub" Light Pursuit: Ronnie Austin and Phyllis Bruce

August 4, 1963 · Illinois Route 15 to Wayne City and rural Keenes, Wayne County, Illinois

UAP · Orb / light · 17 sources

23Thinly documented

The Hallett Station Antarctic Lights

July 7, 1962 · Hallett Station, Cape Hallett, Victoria Land, Ross Dependency, Antarctica

UAP · Formation · 8 sources

25Thinly documented

Betty and Barney Hill Abduction

September 19, 1961 · US Route 3 near Indian Head, Lincoln, New Hampshire

UAP · Being / humanoid · 61 sources

43Partially documented

The Father Gill Sightings at Boianai

June 26, 1959 · Boianai Anglican Mission, Goodenough Bay, Territory of Papua (now Milne Bay Province)

Papua New Guinea

UAP · Being / humanoid · 24 sources

32Partially documented

The Dover Strait Radar Object and the Javelin Scramble

April 29, 1957 · St Margaret's Bay, Kent, and the English Channel (tracks over Somerset and out past Land's End)

UAP · Unknown · 9 sources

40Partially documented

The Gawler "pure white saucer" and the RAAF jet

c. 1954 · Gawler, South Australia

UAP · Disc / saucer · 12 sources

14Thinly documented

Haneda AFB radar-visual sighting and F-94 intercept

August 5, 1952 · Haneda Air Force Base, Tokyo (now Tokyo International Airport), Japan

UAP · Disc / saucer · 24 sources

61Well documented

The Gorman Dogfight

October 1, 1948 · Hector Airport, Fargo, North Dakota

UAP · Orb / light · 58 sources

47Partially documented

The Kangaroo Ground Revolving Lights

August 7, 1909 · Kangaroo Ground, near Eltham, Victoria, looking toward the Dandenong Range

UAP · Other · 14 sources

14Thinly documented

Names7

Jupiter Term · 5 stories
Jupiter, the planet, comes up again and again in this archive as the official explanation.
Philip J. Klass Person · 32 stories
A sceptic.
James Oberg Person · 27 stories
A space analyst and sceptic, James Oberg turns up in the debate after several famous cases.
Robert Sheaffer Person · 19 stories
A sceptic of the UFO field, and a Skeptical Inquirer columnist.
National Research Council Organisation · 13 stories
Canada's National Research Council served as the country's clearing house for sightings.
ATIC Organisation · 7 stories
ATIC was where Air Force UFO reports ended up being analysed.
mothership Term · 4 stories
In the field, a mothership is a large craft that seems to carry or command smaller ones.

Documents96 · see all

Untitled (to J, Allen Hynek from H. Marshall Chadwell Thanking Him for Letter of 23 December Confirming the Astronomical Calculations Transmitted Earlier by Telephone) FOIA release

Central Intelligence Agency· 1952-12-29· 2 pages· 1 page mentions it
- p. 2 …At the mean time of observation, calculations made at the observatory here show that Jupiter had, at Presque Isle, an…
Report of Unidentified Flying Object FOIA release

Central Intelligence Agency· 2005-07-13· 3 pages· 1 page mentions it
- p. 1 …described to the writer saw a flare with a similar flight path the night of the ill-rated Jupiter Launch.
Klass and Haines inquiries and FAA responses Document

FAA via National Archives / The Black Vault· 41 pages· 10 pages mention it
- p. 13 …the rliht of Jupiter, but was nQt . ~ • of Jupiter, and may explain the pilot 's Paul Steucke, a spokesman for…
- p. 41 …Kenju Terauchi, claimed to have seen the UFO, Jupiter was extreme- ly bright and was visible precisely where the pilot…
Unidentified Flying Objects FOIA release

Central Intelligence Agency· 2001-03-12· 4 pages· 1 page mentions it
- p. 4 …motion of the planet Jupiter leave little doubt that the observed object was actually Jupiter. ## 3. Reported Sightings of a…
Unidentified Flying Objects FOIA release

Central Intelligence Agency· 2001-03-12· 4 pages· 1 page mentions it
- p. 4 …motion of the planet Jupiter leave little doubt that the observed object was actually Jupiter. ## 3. Reported Sightings of a…
Official Diary (Acting Dd/I) FOIA release

Central Intelligence Agency· 1952-12-16· 1 pages· 1 page mentions it
- p. 1 …now been shown to be (b)(3)sighting of Jupiter. (b)(6) 8. Attended O/CI briefing by upon the…

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