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Stories109 · page 5

The New Delhi Flying Club Cigar

March 15, 1951 · Delhi Flying Club hangar, Safdarjung Aerodrome, New Delhi

UAP · Cigar · 17 sources

32Partially documented

The Sioux City Mystery Plane

January 20, 1951 · Sioux City municipal airport (now Sioux Gateway Airport), Sioux City, Iowa

UAP · Other · 18 sources

38Partially documented

Capt. Willis T. Sperry and the American Airlines DC-6 sighting near Mount Vernon, Virginia

May 29, 1950 · About seven miles west of Mount Vernon, Fairfax County, Virginia, after departure from Washington National Airport

UAP · Cigar · 13 sources

23Thinly documented

The McMinnville (Trent) UFO Photographs

May 11, 1950 · Trent farm, southwest of McMinnville, Yamhill County, Oregon

UAP · Disc / saucer · 56 sources · 6 photos

41Partially documented

TWA Flight 117 "red wheel" sighting, Goshen, Indiana

April 27, 1950 · Over Goshen toward South Bend, Indiana

UAP · Disc / saucer · 10 sources

27Thinly documented

Bruno Facchini's encounter at Abbiate Guazzone

April 24, 1950 · Abbiate Guazzone, Tradate, Province of Varese, Lombardy

UAP · Being / humanoid · 19 sources

25Thinly documented

Chicago & Southern Airlines DC-3 porthole disc, Hazen, Arkansas

March 20, 1950 · Near Hazen, Prairie County, Arkansas, about 40 miles east of Little Rock, north of Stuttgart

UAP · Disc / saucer · 19 sources

20Thinly documented

Radar-Visual Sighting Over Dayton and Wright-Patterson AFB (ATIC)

March 8, 1950 · Dayton Municipal Airport, Vandalia, and Wright-Patterson AFB, Ohio

UAP · Sphere · 12 sources

50Partially documented

Kodiak Naval Radar-Visual Encounters: P2V-3 Patrol Plane and USS Tillamook

January 22, 1950 · Naval Air Station Kodiak, Kodiak, Alaska

UAP · Other · 18 sources

51Partially documented

Mount Palomar Observatory Sightings and Cosmic-Ray Counter Anomalies

October 14, 1949 · Palomar Observatory, Palomar Mountain, San Diego County, California

UAP · Formation · 18 sources

36Partially documented

Rogue River Disc Sighting, Gold Beach, Oregon

May 24, 1949 · Rogue River near Elephant Rock, about 2 to 2.5 miles upstream of the mouth, Gold Beach, Curry County, Oregon

UAP · Disc / saucer · 34 sources

37Partially documented

The Camp Hood "Balls of Fire": Lights Over the Killeen Base Atomic Bomb Site

March 1949 · Killeen Base (Site Baker), beside Camp Hood, Bell County, Texas

UAP · Formation · 23 sources

33Partially documented

The "Two Pullman Cars" Object of Cortez Road: Captain Sames of Eglin AFB

January 27, 1949 · Cortez Road between Bradenton and Cortez, Manatee County, Florida

UAP · Cigar · 11 sources

18Thinly documented

The Jackson "Megaphone" Object: Pilot Thomas A. Rush and Blue Book Incident 233 (1949)

January 1, 1949 · In the air east of Jackson, Hinds County, Mississippi, on approach to North Jackson Airpark

UAP · Cigar · 15 sources

30Partially documented

Munich / Fürstenfeldbruck Radar-Visual Sighting

November 23, 1948 · Fürstenfeldbruck Air Base, near Munich, Bavaria

UAP · Orb / light · 17 sources

42Partially documented

The Fukuoka F-61 Black Widow Radar-Visual Intercept

October 15, 1948 · About 50 miles northwest of Fukuoka, off the northwest coast of Kyushu, over the Korea Strait

UAP · Cigar · 16 sources

46Partially documented

The St. Louis and Alton Giant Bird Flap (Thunderbird Sightings), 1948

April 1948 · Alton, Illinois, and greater St. Louis, Missouri, with a separate cluster around Caledonia and Freeport, northern Illinois

Cryptid · Creature · 14 sources

28Thinly documented

The Illinois and Missouri Giant Bird Wave of 1948

April 1948 · Alton, Belvidere, Caledonia and Freeport, Illinois, and the St. Louis area, Missouri

Cryptid · Creature · 17 sources

33Partially documented

Snake River Canyon Disc: The A.C. Urie Sighting

August 13, 1947 · Auger Falls Trout Farm, Snake River Canyon, near Twin Falls, Idaho

UAP · Disc / saucer · 18 sources

23Thinly documented

The Hamilton Field Escort Discs: Two Milky-White Objects Pace a P-80, 1947

July 29, 1947 · Hamilton Army Airfield, Novato, Marin County, California

UAP · Disc / saucer · 11 sources

26Thinly documented

Names3

Brad Sparks Person · 70 stories
Brad Sparks is a researcher who compiled a catalogue of Project Blue Book unknowns.
Sparks Person · 4 stories
Brad Sparks is a researcher and the compiler of the Comprehensive Catalog of Project Blue Book Unknowns.
AFOSI Organisation · 5 stories
An Air Force investigative arm, it turns up again and again where a story needed checking.

Documents114 · see all

Untitled (to Sparks from Lowe Responding to Letter of 21 October 1974) FOIA release

Central Intelligence Agency· 1974-10-02· 1 pages· 1 page mentions it
- p. 1 Mr. Brad C. Sparks 2650 Haste Street, 806G Berkeley, California 94720 Dear Mr. Sparks: In response to your letter of…
Untitled (to Sparks from Lowe Responding to Letter of 21 October 1974) FOIA release

Central Intelligence Agency· 1974-11-05· 1 pages· 1 page mentions it
- p. 1 Dear Mr. Sparks: In response to your letter of 21 October 1974, a copy of the minutes of the 4…
Sightings of Unidentified Flying Objects FOIA release

Central Intelligence Agency· 1954-03-02· 8 pages· 2 pages mention it
- p. 7 …The ball disappeared in a westerly direction and emitted a long trail of sparks. According to reports from Denmark, the…
- p. 8 disappeared in a westerly direction and emitted a long trail or sparks. According to reports from Denmark, the ball appeared…
Tabulation on Unconventional Flying Object Sighted Near Baku (with Memo Attac FOIA release

Central Intelligence Agency· 1956-01-02· 7 pages· 2 pages mention it
- p. 6 …to 200 feet Small None ----- some flame to rear sparks or flame came out bottom or edge ascended None None…
- p. 7 …100 feet NOT FOUND None ------- some flame to rear sparks or flame cut out bottom as object ascended NONE NONE…
Sightings of Unidentified Flying Objects FOIA release

Central Intelligence Agency· 1954-04-20· 4 pages· 1 page mentions it
- p. 4 …The ball disappeared in a westerly direction and emitted a long trail of sparks. According to reports from Denmark, the…
Commentary List-- Moscow International Korean FOIA release

Central Intelligence Agency· 1991-05-11· 2 pages· 1 page mentions it
- p. 1 …another s korean student set himself afire, sparking large- scale demonstrations on 10 may. (under min) 4. 3. talk by…

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Videos4

On Cam: Mystery Lights Over Tehran Skies Sparks UFO Buzz; Drone, Aircraft Or Aliens?

From The 1976 Tehran UFO Incident (Dogfight over Tehran)

Cadborosaurus footage sparks Discovery Channel 2011 special (video)

From Kelly Nash's Cadborosaurus footage, Nushagak Bay, Alaska

AARO's Mount Etna UAP Case Sparks Dispute Over Plume Transit and Estimated Speeds

From The Mt. Etna Object, Mediterranean Sea, 2018

Wild Panther Sparks Emergency Alert Near Shumen, Bulgaria as Search Intensifies

From The Shumen black panther: a black leopard hunt on the Shumen Plateau