Other Military Sightings
Army
Date & Location	Witnesses	Description
Summer 1944 Normandy, France	George Todt, now Los Angeles columnist, other officers	Pulsating red object approached front lines, hovered, moved away.
October 1944 Holland	Capt. J.B. Douglas, Jr., 489th Field Artillery	Brilliant light source observed moving across sky for 45 minutes.
3-13-50 Clarksburg, Calif.	Maj. Herbert W. Taylor, USAR (Signal Corps)	Droning sound heard; saucer-shaped object descended, hovered, swayed back and forth; later sped away.[1]
3-17-50 Farmington, N.M.	Capt. Clayton J. Boddy, USA (Ret.), Army Engineers; dozens of others	Shiny "saucer-like discs" cavorted around the sky, hovered, moved with sudden bursts of speed.[2]
1-21-57 Army Base, A.P.O., N.Y.	M/Sgt Billy J. Woodruff, others	Two separate sightings; one of a disc which accelerated rapidly. (See above)
5-12-57 Nr. La Sal, Utah	LtCol Samuel E. Craig, USAR	Round blue-green UFO viewed below observers' altitude moving at high speed.[3]
9-17-57 Ft. Devens, Mass.	First Army Intelligence Report	Eight round "unconventional objects" observed, one UFO oscillating up and down. (See above)
11-3-57 White Sands, N.M.	Army Jeep Patrol 3:00 a.m.	Egg-shaped UFO descended slowly, brightened and appeared to land. [Section XII; Nov. 1957 Chronology]
11-3-57 White Sands, N.M.	Separate Army Jeep Patrol, 8:00 p.m.	Hovering UFO took off at 45 degree angle, pulsating. [Section XII; Nov. 1957 Chronology]
Navy & Marine Corps
March 1945	U.S.A.T. Delarof (attack transport)	Dark sphere observed rising out of ocean, circled, flew away.
May 1946 LaGrange, Florida	Lt. (j.g.) Andrew A. Titcomb, Gunnery and Radar Officer	Elliptical UFO banked overhead. [Section I.]
6-29-47 White Sands, N.M.	C.J. Zohn, Naval rocket expert	Silvery disc observed moving northward at estimated 10,000 feet. [4]
Summer 1947 Pittsburgh, Kansas	Cmdr. L.H. Witherspoon	Disc-like UFO flashed over airport.[5]
7-3-49 Longview, Wash.	Cmdr. M.B. Taylor, pilot	Disc maneuvered over air show.
2-22-50 Key West, Fla.	Pilots, ground observers, radat at Naval air station	Two glowing objects streaked over field at height too great for pur- suit. (From USAF intelligence report).[6]
3-16-50 Dallas, Texas	C.P.O. Charley Lewis	Oblong disc approached B-36, followed under it briefly, sped away at 45 degree angle.[7]
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6-24-50 Nr. Daggett, Calif.	Navy transport pilot and crew	Cigar-shaped object maneuvered above desert, also seen by airline pilots.
7-11-50 Nr. Osceola, Ark.	Lt. (j.g.) J.W. Martin, pilot; enlisted pilot R.E. Moore	Domed disc crossed path of Navy planes, confirmed by radar.
Fall 1951 Korea	Fleet radar sighting	UFO circled fleet, paced aircraft, departed at over 1000 mph. [Section VIII; Radar]
1-21-52 Mitchel AFB, N.Y.	Navy TBM pilot	Chased dome-shaped UFO which turned, accelerated, pulled away. [8]
6-52 Tombstone, Ariz.	Lt. Cmdr. John D. Williams pilot	Domed disc, made sharp turns, "unbelievable" speeds.
7-2-52 Nr. Tremonton, Utah	C.P.O. Delbert C. Newhouse, aviation photographer	Group of 12-14 maneuvering discs; 16 mm. Color movies obtained. [Section Viii; photographs]
1953	Squadron of carrier-based attack planes	Rocket-shaped UFO swooped down, hovered over flight; sped away when pursued.
2-9-53 Virginia-No. Car. Border	Lt. Ed Balocco, USMC pilot	Rocket-like object chased in jet for 3-4 minutes; white with red glow at rear.
9-7-53 Vandalia, Ohio	Lt. (j.g.); FG-1D pilot	UFO sped under plane, pulled up, climbed out of sight. (cf., Section V; July 4-5, 1961)
1-4-54 Quantico, VA	Marine details	Story broke this date that red-lighted UFOs had hovered, maneuv- ered over base for past six nights.[9]
3-24-54 Florida	Capt. Don Holland, USMC, pilot	Round UFO descended, hoverer at about 3000 feet; pilot banked to attempt gun camera photos, UFO sped away. (Report verified by Gen. William G. Manly, USMC).
5-14-54 Nr. Dallas, Texas	Maj. Charles Scarborough, USMC	Sixteen UFOs in groups, evaded pursuit by jets.
Winter 1954 Pohang, Korea	John A. Potter, Marine Corps weather observer	Formation of about seven discs, moved with side-to-side oscillation. [Section XII]
1955 Virginia, Near Washington, D. C.	Cmdr.; pilot, missile expert	Disc with illuminated dome on top paced aircraft.
12-11-55 Nr. Jacksonville, Fla	Navy jet pilots, others	Dogfight with round, orange-red UFO; confirmed on radar.
1956 North Atlantic	Cmdr., Senior pilot; other flight crews as passengers	Large disc climbed up to R7V-2, paced it, pulled away.
8-15-57 Woodland Hills, Calif.	Eugene S. Allison, Chief Aviation Pilot (Ret.)	Disc-shaped UFO hovered, rocked back and forth, ascended rapidly.
7-12-59 Nr. Ridgecrest. Calif.	Albert Guerrero, electronics mechanic, U.S. Naval Ordnance Test Station, China Lake	Three round lights, apparently oscillating discs, maneuvered SW of Test Station.[10]
10-20-59 Key West Florida	Two enlisted men (names on file)	Star-like UFO slowed, joined by second at high speed; two objects sped away.[11]
7-10-62 New Iberia, La.	Confidential Report (certified by NICAP Director & Ass't Director)	Discs buzzed Naval Air Station.