THE NOVEMBER 1957 "FLAP"
Chronology
Date	Location	Time	Description
1	Near Coleman, Texas (200 miles southeast of Levelland)	2:00 a.m.	Oblong, reddish object, hovered, maneuvered over area, seen by four members of oil drilling rig.
1	Sandia Mountains, New Mexico	6:20 a.m.	Secretary saw glowing, oblong object which hovered, then rose out of sight.
1	Near Cambellsville, Kentucky	4:30 p.m.	Boy Scout executive: elongated, luminous, white UFO accelerated and sped away.
1	Johannesburg, South Africa	Day	Two UFOs, one a reflective disc; one flew S at high speed, second hovered, then followed first.
2	Amarillo, Texas	8:30 p.m.	UFO reported on road south of city; car engines stalled. (Later, pilot re- ported UFO to control tower.)
2	Near Seminole, New Mexico	About 8:30 p.m.	Motorist reported to sheriff he saw lights on road, car lights and engine failed, object on road suddenly rose and sped away.
2	Clemens, North Carolina	9:12 p.m.	Woman saw elliptical UFO, bright yellow, speed behind cloudbank.
2/3	Levelland, Texas	About 10:50 p.m.	Torpedo shaped object, making loud explosive noise, rose from field and passed low over truck. Truck lights and engine failed. (Pedro Saucedo)
2/3	Pettit, Texas (Near Levelland)	- - -	Two grain combines failed as UFO passed.
2/3	Near Levelland, Texas	About midnight	Large elliptical object on road; car lights and engine failed; UFO rose; when it blinked out, headlights came back on. (Jim Wheeler)
2/3	Near Levelland, Texas	About midnight	Man saw UFO on road, car lights and engine failed. (Jose Alvarez)
2/3	Near Levelland, Texas	12:05 p.m.	Glowing, blue-green object on road, car lights and engine failed. (Newell Wright)
2/3	Near Levelland, Texas	12:15 a.m.	Elliptical UFO on road, car lights and engine failed each time object pulsated to bright phase; UFO rose straight up with explosive sound. (Frank Williams)
2/3	Near Levelland, Texas	12:45 a.m.	Round, glowing, orange UFO landed, changed to blue-green; truck lights and engine failed; UFO took off straight up. (Ronald Martin)
2/3	17 miles north of Levelland, Texas	About 1:00 a.m.	Fire Marshal Ray Jones reported seeing a "streak of Light," car lights dim- med and engine "almost died."
2/3	Near Levelland, Texas	1:15 a.m.	Elliptical UFO on road, truck lights and engine failed; UFO rose with a "thunderclap." (James Long)
2/3	Levelland, Texas	1:30 a.m.	Sheriff Weir Clem and deputy saw oval red light while investigating reports of same.
3	White Sands, New Mexico	3:00 a.m.	Army jeep patrol reported elliptical UFO which descended, hovered.
3	Cincinnati, Ohio	About 6:00 p.m.	Round, white UFO leaving reddish trail, just above tree tops; rose rapidly out of sight.
3	Scotia, Nebraska	About 6:00 p.m.	Boy saw oblong object with apparent antenna, at low altitude as if about to land; object circled (emitting hum) and moved away. (Boy felt numbness.) [Section VIII]
3	Near Calgary, Alberta, Canada	7:00 p.m.	Very large blinking light passed over car; motor coughed and headlights flickered.
3	White Sands, New Mexico	8:00 p.m.	Second Army jeep patrol reported UFO maneuvering above test base.
3	Near Monroe, Louisiana	Night	Bright object hovering near ground reported to police; UFO "suddenly rose straight up and vanished into the sky."
3	Barahona, Dominican Republic	- - -	Numerous people observed disc shaped UFOs from an estimated distance of 100 yards; objects hovered about two minutes, moved away rapidly.
3	Johannesburg, South Africa	- - -	Cylindrical UFO observed hovering for two hours; ascended out of sight.
3/4	Ararangua, Brazil	1:20 a.m.	Airline pilot saw red light describe arc near plane; aircraft electrical equip- ment affected. [Section X]
3/4	Sao Vicente, Brazil	2:00 a.m.	Disc approached, hovered near Itaipu Fort; sentries severely burned. [Section VIII]
3/4	Elmwood, Illinois	About 2:30 a.m.	Police chased elongated reddish UFO; cruiser lights affected.
3/4	New Mexico desert	4:30 a.m.	Salesman saw round ball of red light size of moon, hovering, moving slowly above desert.
4	Near Orogrande, New Mexico	1:10 p.m.	James W. Stokes, high altitude research engineer at White Sands, saw el- liptical UFO sweep across highway twice; car radio and engine failed.
4	Stinnet, Wisconsin	4:45 p.m.	Minister, others, saw silvery disc move slowly overhead.
4	Kodiak, Alaska	10:00 p.m.	Policeman saw fiery, red object trailing greenish-yellow vapor pass low over school; interference on cruiser radio.
4	Toronto, Ontario, Canada	- - -	Television interference (audio); viewers were called outside to see UFO.
4	Johannesburg, South Africa	Night	Cylindrical UFO caught in searchlight beams.
November 5 (By time zones) Eastern Standard Time
5	Philadelphia, Pennsylvania	Early morning	Fiery disc in sky; electric power failed.
5	New York, New York	4:30 a.m.	Disc with dome and visible "portholes" hovered, sped away.
5	South Springfield, Ohio	About 4:50 a.m.	Police saw brilliant blue light in sky; two cars had engine trouble.
5	Fort Oglethorpe, Georgia	3:10 p.m.	Round, brilliant orange UFO hovered, revolving; television blacked out.
5	Norfolk, Virginia	4:00 p.m.	White, glaring object (no shape discernable) sped overhead at "a pretty good clip;" observed by electrical power company employees.
5	Haverhill, Massachusetts	4:30 p.m.	GOC spotters watched disc-like UFO bob around in sky. [Section VII]
5	Aiken, Georgia	Night	Bright yellowish cigar-shaped object observed twice, finally disappeared over horizon.
5	Port Arthur, Ontario, Canada	7:30 p.m.	Brilliant, elliptical object observed traveling at high speed, low on horizon.
Central Standard Time
5	Galesburg, Illinois	About 4:30 a.m.	Orange, elliptical object hovered, the moved away slowly to the north.
5	Gulf of Mexico	5:10 a.m.	Coast Guard cutter Sebago began tracking UFO radar; brilliant planet- like UFO seen visually at 5:21 a.m. [Section VIII; Radar]
5	Keesler AFB, Mississippi	About 5:20 a.m.	Airman saw elliptical UFO travel south to north, accelerate rapidly and enter clouds.
5	Wichita Falls, Texas	10:00 a.m.	Oblong UFO observed moving back and forth, in and out of rain clouds.
5	East St. Louis, Illinois	11:45 a.m.	Two silvery, elliptical objects passing overhead at high speed, observed by Southern Railroad employees.
5	Near Kearney, Nebraska	- - -	TWA airline pilot reported seeing high speed, brightly lighted object.
5	Redley, Texas	Dusk	Pulsating, bluish-green object seen low above ground, television affected.
5	Near Wabash, Indiana	6:12 p.m.	UFO with lights in circular pattern made three passes low over barn, emitting humming sound.
5	Dauphin, Manitoba, Canada	6:20 p.m.	UFO variously described as round and silvery, orange and egg shaped, re- ported by about twenty people over wide area.
5	Houston, Texas	6:25 p.m.	Bright, planet like object moved overhead in zigzag, irregular course.
5	Red Bank, Tennessee	6:30 p.m.	Glowing, pulsating object at edge of overcast; finally ascended out of sight.
5	Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada	6:40 p.m.	Shiny, silver UFO hovered, moved from side to side, left toward southwest emitting slight trail, as RCAF aircraft were seen approaching.
5	Near Ringwood, Illinois	Evening	Luminous, round object bobbed up and down, followed care from sometime; one witness reported "swishing" noise from object.
5	Houston, Texas	7:00 p.m.	Round, white object about 1/4 size of moon, passed overhead and over southeast horizon for fifteen seconds, making roaring noise.
5	Near San Antonio, Texas	About 9:30 p.m.	Car lights, engine and radio failed; driver then saw elliptical UFO hovering above field; object ascended rapidly, leveled off and sped away.
5	Kansas City, Missouri	11:15 p.m.	Round, reddish-orange UFO passed from southeast to northwest.
Mountain Standard Time
5	Alamogordo, New Mexico	4:34 p.m.	Civilian radar technician saw orange, cigar shaped object hovering in west.
5	Hobbs, New Mexico	7:30 p.m.	Two separate reports of light which paralleled car, passed directly over car; car lights and engine died.
Pacific Standard Time
5	Near Dixon, California	2:30 a.m.	Trucks reported meteor-like object which descended rapidly, slowed and hovered, pulsating.
5	Near Sacramento, California	3:00 a.m.	Bluish-green, elliptical object moving vertically.
5	Long Beach, California	About 3:50 a.m.	Six shiny, circular objects maneuvering "like planes in a dogfight," reported by AF Major.
5	Corona del Mar, California	6:04 p.m.	Bright, circular, orange object, like a "jack-o-lantern," hovered above ocean.
Southern Transvaal, Africa
5	Dunnotar, Transvaal, and vicinity	Night	Hundreds watched an "enormous" hovering cylindrical object; observers said UFO "withdrew" behind clouds when searchlights pinpointed it.
November 6 (by time zones)
Eastern Standard Time
6	United States	Evening and night	Spectacular auroral display observed over wide area. Caused many erron- eous UFO reports by citizens who had been reading about sightings for days.
6	Atlanta, Georgia	5:27 a.m.	Orange, oval shaped object, darted behind cloud, reappeared, moved out of sight behind buildings.
6	Florida West Coast	5:20-5:30 a.m.	Widespread sighting of "ball of fire;" possible meteor.
6	Toronto, Ontario, Canada	7:00 a.m.	Cigar shaped object with fins near front moved from east to west leaving trail; turned north, then south. (Cf., January 20, 2951 pilot sighting, Section V]
6	Toronto, Ontario, Canada	7:15 a.m.	Shiny, cigar shaped object; alternatively hovered, moved slowly.
6	100 miles south of Ottawa, Ontario, Canada	9:00-9:30 p.m.	A group of electronic technicians and ham radio operators saw a huge, brightly lighted sphere projecting beams of light, hovering above hill; two radios failed, except for rapidly modulated strong single tone picked up on one frequency. UFO finally disappeared into clouds.
6	Near Montville, Ohio	11:20 p.m.	Olden J. Moore saw flattened, spherical object with conical projection on top descend toward field; above normal radiation later detected by Civil Defense.
Central Standard Time
6	Near Pell City, Alabama	About 4:30 a.m.	Milkman saw glow in sky, car engine failed; left to obtain aid and saw oblong object hovering low above ground.
6	Houston, Texas	4:30 a.m.	Reddish, elliptical UFO moving at high speed observed as car engine failed.
6	Dante, Tennessee	6:30 a.m.	Reported landing of elliptical object, four human like figures seen.(not veri- fied by NICAP.)
6	Richmond, Indiana	- - -	Reddish, elliptical UFO, changed to green and blue, reported by employees at police truck weighing station; UFO zigzagged S in eastern sky.
6	Dugger, Indiana	Night	Iron worker reported brilliant, round object hovered low overhead, moved up and away to west; witness treated for eye inflammation. [Section VIII]
6	Marion, Indiana	About 7:30 p.m.	Many residents saw cigar shaped object with string of very bright lights hovering; the moved away at high speed.
6	Near Danville, Illinois	Night	State Troopers chased brilliant white UFO for fifteen miles, experienced failure of their short wave radio; during chase, object changed color to amber, then bright orange. [Section VII]
6	Western Springs, Illinois	8:04 p.m.	Brilliant orange light with corona effect moved south, accelerated (emitting short trail), turned east and moved out of sight.
6	Chattanooga, Tennessee	8:05 p.m.	Large, reddish-orange light leaving short trail observed moving south to north.
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Mountain Standard Time
6	Santa Fe, New Mexico	12:01 a.m.	Elliptical UFO passed low over car emitting a hum; car engine, clock, and wrist watch stopped. (Joe Martinez)
6	Western U.S. and Alberta, Canada	6:00-9:00 p.m.	Several observations of irregular lights; probably explainable as aurora.
Pacific Standard Time
6	Anaheim, California	12:10 a.m.	Moving reddish light appearing and disappearing, photographed by Edwin G. Leadford  (See Section VIII). Description resembles aurora.
6	Palm Springs, California	5:06 p.m.	Shiny, circular object leaving trail approached, doubled back over mountains.
November 7 (by time zones)
Eastern Standard Time
7	Thompson, Ohio	6:15 a.m.	Orange UFO shaped like flattened sphere, glowing brilliantly; hovered, moved away.
7	Atlanta, Georgia	9:35 a.m.	Reddish, elliptical object hovered.
7	Washington, D.C.	About 6:30 p.m.	Magazine staff member watched hovering red light suddenly move east at high speed, turn north, stop, then move on out of sight.
7	Near Erie, Pennsylvania	9:45 p.m.	Seven people watched row of brilliant lights with bright green light at rear sweep over the area twice in a few minutes.
Central Standard Time
7	Near Meridian, Mississippi	7:35 a.m.	Large, elliptical object reported on highway by trucker, who said three small beings approached him. (Story not verified by NICAP.)
7	Lake Charles, Louisiana	7:45 a.m.	Car engine failed; silvery disc seen hovering low overhead then sped away.
Mountain Standard Time
7	Near Orogrande, New Mexico	9:30 p.m.	Family reported observing cylindrical UFO; car's speedometer apparently affected as object passed overhead.
Pacific Standard Time
7	Palm Springs, California	5:40-6:25 a.m.	Two people watched first a cigar shaped object; then a sphere, maneuver over area.
8	Au Sable Forks, New York	2:55 p.m.	Silvery, reflective object, alternating from round to oval (like a disc oscil- lating from side to side) pacing a bomber; observed from ground.
8	Orguell, France	About 6:30 p.m.	Disc shaped UFO with dome, hovered, rotated, moved away and disappeared with sudden burst of speed.
9	Lafayette, Louisiana	9:15 a.m.	Eastern Airlines pilot, crew, watched round, silvery object hovering just below cloud layer; object vanished suddenly after three minutes.
9	Sacramento, California	3:45 p.m.	Three disc shaped objects observed bobbing up and down, circling, in eastern sky.
9	Near White Oaks, New Mexico	7:30 p.m.	Car lights failed as bright light approached; object then changed course and sped away.
9	Entre Rios Province, Argentina	10:55 a.m.	Four luminous objects emitting brilliant trails moved rapidly overhead north to south, crossing 40 degrees and disappearing in 10-12 minutes.
10	Madison, Ohio	About 1:25 a.m.	Mrs. Leita Kuhn watched brilliant UFO hovering low overhead; rash, eye damage, other physiological effects reported to NICAP. [Section VIII]
10	Hammond, Indiana	7:00 p.m.	Police chased elongated object; loud beeping sound interfered with cruiser radios, television blackout reported. [Section VII]
11	Strum, Wisconsin	8:20 a.m.	Silver, tube shaped object, no trail, moved slowly overhead toward northwest.
11	Near Los Angeles, California	Day	Elliptical, silvery UFO observed moving low above desert, from airliner approaching Los Angeles. [Section VII]
11	San Fernando Valley, California	4:20 p.m.	Three elliptical, silvery objects climbing at high speed observed by aero- nautical engineers. [Section VI]
11	Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania	5:00 p.m.	Moonwatch observers saw two round, shiny objects leaving fire-like trails, moving easterly.
12	Fitchburg, Massechuitts	12:35 a.m.	Many people watched two bright lights approach fro opposite directions, hover together, bobbing up and down.
12	Rumney, New Hampshire	10:20 p.m.	Car engine failed, lights went out; man saw red light moving away.
12 or 13	Hazelton, Pennsylvania	- - -	Television disrupted as UFO seen.
14	Sacramento, California	About 5:00 p.m.	Brilliant, oval UFO moved across eastern sky and into heavy cloudbank, seen by employees of Signal Depot.
14	Tamuroa, Illinois	- - -	Very bright, circular object hovering, making sputtering or explosive sounds; gave off three flashes, electric power failed in area.
14	Austin, Texas	8:00 p.m.	Bright, round object, moved up and down, from side to side.
14	San Bernadino Mts., California	Night	"Globe of white light" observed by pilot; blinked in seeming response to his signals. [Section V]
15	Smith County, Tennessee	6:45-9:30 p.m.	State Police, sheriff, others repeatedly saw flashing, revolving red lights which hovered, moved around slowly. [Section VII]
15	Wheaton, Maryland	8:00 p.m.	Two prominent, self luminous objects in echelon passed for northeast to southwest at high speed.
15	Cachoeira, Brazil	2:00 p.m.	Car engines failed, UFO hovering low above ground.
16	Lemmon, South Dakota	Night	UFO followed train into railroad yard, hovered, then sped away, railroad phones and automatic block system failed.
20	Near McMinnville, Tennessee	About 10:00 p.m.	Flashing red light passed low over sheriff's car; calling in other police, sheriff gave chase; unable to catch UFO.
21	Compton, New Hampshire	6:05 p.m.	Brilliant, oblong object moved rapidly overhead to east, stopped and hovered, pulsating; later sped west.
22	Canutillo, Texas	About 4:00 p.m.	Hovering, silvery UFO sped up, moved back and forth, climbed out of sight. [Section VII]
23	Tiro, Ohio	6:30 p.m.	Disc like object paced car, swung back and forth, up and down.
25	Mogi Mirim, Brazil	About 10:00 p.m.	City lights failed as three circular UFOs passed overhead.
26	Baton Rouge, Louisiana	11:15 a.m.	Three flat, silvery objects in V formation, moving slowly west in the northern sky.
30	Murphysboro, Illinois	Afternoon	Three white, oval objects in V formation moving rapidly west.