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Stories3

The Brentford Griffin (1984-1985)

1984 · Brentford, west London

United Kingdom

Cryptid · Creature · 19 sources

13Thinly documented

The Gorbals Vampire hunt, Southern Necropolis, Glasgow

September 23, 1954 · Southern Necropolis, Gorbals, Glasgow, Scotland

United Kingdom

Paranormal · Being / humanoid · 39 sources

34Partially documented

The Gourock Sea Serpent: Charles Rankin's 27-Foot Carcass on the Clyde

June 1942 · Shore near McInroy's Point, Ashton, Gourock, Inverclyde, Scotland

United Kingdom

Cryptid · Creature · 16 sources

29Thinly documented

Names2

Michael Newton Person · 5 stories
A cryptozoology author whose books turn up again and again in the sea serpent files.
Collins Person · 3 stories
Andrew Collins investigated two of the stranger English cases in the archive.

Documents12 · see all

65 HS1-834228961 62-HQ-83894 Serial 130 Official release

Federal Bureau of Investigation· 126 pages· 5 pages mention it
- p. 41 # Pilot Recalls Seeing Discs ## Dick Rankin Tells Of Odd Aircraft More reports of "flying flapjacks" turned up Wednesday, one from…
- p. 84 …This headquarters is unable to locate Richard Rankin, however, as soon as he is located, statement and MOIC will be…
FBI file: UFO, UFO Part 01 FOIA release

Federal Bureau of Investigation· 69 pages· 1 page mentions it
- p. 15 # Pilot Recalls Seeing Dises ## Dick Rankin Tells Of Odd Aircraft More reports of "flying flap jacks" turned up Wednesday, one…
Defense Intelligence Reference Document Detection And High Resolution Tracking Of Vehicles At Hypersonic Report

Defense Intelligence Agency· 46 pages· 2 pages mention it
- p. 12 UNCLASSIFIED/ /P81il 8ffllil.t.k WE&i a••uc are described by the Rankine-Hugoniot thermodynamic properties. equations, which yield…
- p. 14 …Ratios of Mach Number, Temperature, and Pressure Across a Normal Shock In hypersonic flow, the Rankine-Hugoniot equations, which are…
AAWSAP DIRD, Detection and High-Resolution Tracking of Vehicles at Hypersonic Velocities, November 2010 Official release

U.S. Department of War· 2010-11-20· 46 pages· 2 pages mention it
- p. 12 …U&i QD:I! X are described by the Rankine-Hugoniot equations, which yield the ratio of certa in thermodynamic…
- p. 14 …Ratios of Mach Number, Temperature, and Pressure Across a Normal Shock In hyperson ic flow, the Rankine-Hugoniot equations, which…
box7 Incident Summaries 1-100 Official release

U.S. Department of War· 209 pages· 1 page mentions it
- p. 54 …Name of observer Richard Rankin 5. Occupation of observer Pilot 9. Distance of object from observer Not stated 6. Address…
U.S. Air Force Analysis of Flying Objects in the United States, 1-100 Report

U.S. Department of War· 253 pages· 1 page mentions it
- p. 68 …Sum of observer Richard Rankin 5. Occupation of observer Pilot 6. Address of observer 1808 South "U" St., Bakersfield, California…

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Videos3

Video1942

Arthur C. Clarke's Mysterious World

From The Gourock Sea Serpent: Charles Rankin's 27-Foot Carcass on the Clyde

Video1950

Top 20 UFO Sightings

From The McMinnville (Trent) UFO Photographs

Video1993

Judiel Nieva's 'miracles' are Ang Pinaka's Top Urban Legend

From The Miracle of Agoo: Apparition Hill and the dancing sun