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“Sperry”

Stories3

The Trancas Incident: The Moreno Family and Object F

October 21, 1963 · Finca Santa Teresa, near Villa de Trancas, Trancas Department, Tucumán Province

Argentina

UAP · Disc / saucer · 24 sources

31Partially 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

United States

UAP · Cigar · 13 sources

23Thinly documented

The Chaffin will case: a dead father's apparition reveals a hidden will

June 1925 · Near Mocksville, Davie County, North Carolina

United States

Paranormal · Being / humanoid · 16 sources

19Thinly documented

Names3

Brad Sparks Person · 70 stories
Brad Sparks is a researcher who compiled a catalogue of Project Blue Book unknowns.
Mount Vernon Place · 5 stories
Three different places share this name in the archive.
Washington National Airport Place · 3 stories
Washington National Airport sits at the heart of the capital's most famous radar mystery.

Documents11 · see all

UFOsandUAPs ADA034236 FOIA release

Office of the Secretary of Defense· 25 pages· 2 pages mention it
- p. 14 …The Behavior of Animals, Plume, 1974. 8. R.W. Sperry, 11 The Grer,; ··':,·ebral Commissure," Scientific American, January 1964, pp…
- p. 15 …Roger Sperry, "Problems Outstanding in the Evolution of Brain Function," James Arthur Lecture, American Museum of Natural History, New York…
CIA-UAP-019, Australian Dept of Defense Scientific and Intel Aspects of the UFO Problem Official release

Central Intelligence Agency· 1971· 19 pages· 1 page mentions it
- p. 11 …Moidca., Clarke. Electronics of :Palm Springs, California, a.nil. Sperry Gyroscope Division of Great Neck, Long Island, N.Y. 17…
James E. McDonald statement, Symposium on UFOs, House Committee on Science and Astronautics Document

Princeton (kirkmcd archive)· 1968-07-29· 55 pages· 1 page mentions it
- p. 12 …Still another similar sighting is the AAL case cited below (Sperry case). Again, over Truk Is., in the Pacific, a…
UFOs and Related Subjects (Lynn Catoe, 1969) Document

Government Attic· 419 pages· 3 pages mention it
- p. 48 …29, 1950, by American Airlines pilot Capt. William T. Sperry near Washington, D.C. Pastorino, Luiz P. The flying discs…
- p. 193 …1950, by American Airlines pi.lot Capt. William T. Sperry near Washington, D. C. Perego, Alberto. L'aviazione di altri…
The Army Air Forces in World War II, Vol. 1 (archived PDF) Document

Air Force Historical Studies Office· 863 pages· 7 pages mention it
- p. 668 …of supply, the Air Corps let contracts with the Sperry Gyroscope Company in 1933 for other improved models, the C…
- p. 671 …been inadequate, especially in reference to use of the Sperry sight; and that maintenance had been slow and ineffi~ient…
The Roswell Report: Fact vs. Fiction in the New Mexico Desert Report

USAF / The Black Vault· 1995· 882 pages· 1 page mentions it
- p. 256 …no reference to Project MOGUL" Ms Betsy xxxxxxxxxx d) Sperry Hagley Museum Ms Gail Dietrzyk, Curator, (304) 658-2400 ext…

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Videos1

Video1950

Unidentified Flying Objects: The True Story of Flying Saucers (1956)

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