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Names
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Description
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Notes
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July
4, 1947
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Portland,
Ore.
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Ptn.
Kenneth A. McDowell
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5
discs, up & down oscillation
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July
7, 1947
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Tacoma,
Wash.
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Ptn.
Evan Davis & Stan
Johnson
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3
spinning objects, sparks emitted, attracted back;
hovered,
changed directions.
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Jan.
7, 1948
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Kentucky
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State
Police
|
Huge
round UFO reported to Godman AFB, Capt.
Mantell
case. [See Section V]
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July
28, 1952
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Shelby
Co., Ind.
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State
Policemen Charles
Longstreet
& Norman
Mellis |
Star-like
UFO “moved up and down, and back and forth,
and
at times it would hover.”
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Aug.
28, 1952
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Atlanta,
Ga.
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Six
officers including Ptn.
M.J.
Spears and A.L.
Elsberry |
UFO
changing color, “every so often it would sprout a
red
flamed trail, then it would move up and down…it
turned a flip a couple of times.” |
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Sept.
22, 1952
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Fairfax
Co., Va.
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Police
Pvt’s. Douglas Dunn,
Julian
Burke, Martin
Eherill, and Sgt. Wall
|
1-4
glowing objects circled and maneuvered over area.
Dunn
saw 3-4 at one time: “Looked like a white ball of
fire coming through the clouds … they would come and go … it was like tag.” Burke: “one would pop out here, another there … Weird … weird indeed.” |
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Sept.
11-13,
1953
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Chiloquin,
Ore.
|
Police
Chief Lew Jones
|
Top-like
UFOs, seen by many citizens over three nights, sighted
once by Chief Jones. Watched through binoculars, appeared top-shaped with
body lights.
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Nov.
2, 1955
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Williston,
Fla
. |
Deputy
Sheriff A.H.
Perkins,
Ptn. C.F. Bell
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Perkins
twice witnessed UFOs seen by over a dozen
area
residents. Bell saw 6 oval-shaped UFOs moving
in spurts, felt stinging heat. |
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Nov.
24-25,
1956
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So.
Dakota
|
Sheriff
Glen Best, State
Policeman
C.D. Erickson
|
Widespread
sightings, rumors of radar contacts by
Ellsworth
AFB pilots; near Rapid City officers chased
a UFO which had steady green light, flashing red light. UFO occasionally beamed a white light upwards. |
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Nov.
2, 1957
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Levelland,
Tex.
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Sheriff
Weir Clem,
Deputy
Pat McCullough
|
Bright
red elliptical UFO, also seen by many others.
[See
Section XII; Nov, 1957 Chronology]
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Nov.
4, 1957
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Elmwood
Park,
Ill.
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Officers
Joseph Lukasek,
Clifford
Schau, and
Daniel DeGiovanni |
Round,
reddish object hovered over cemetery, moved
away
when pursued by police.
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Nov
6, 1957
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nr.
Danville,
Ill.
|
State
Policeman Calvin
Showers,
John Matulis
|
Brilliant
white light, changing to amber and orange,
viewed
20 minutes; cruiser radio failed.
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Nov.
10, 1957
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Hammond,
Ind.
|
Capt.
Dennis Becky,
Officers
Charles Moore,
Clarles Mauder, and Steve Betustak |
Elongated
object with one red, one white, body light;
interference
on police radio. Object eluded pursuing
police
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(Many
other police reports during November 1957)
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April
9, 1958
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Newport
Beach,
Calif.
|
Ptn.
R. Gordon
|
Two
flat objects with rows of six flashing lights on
leading edge of each, low above ocean with light reflect
ing in water; maneuvered, made sharp turns. |
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Aug.
24, 1958
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Westwood,
N.J.
|
Ptn.
Richard Schuiz and
Richard
McCabe
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Glowing
orange circular UFO hovered, moved E
rapidly
disappearing in seconds.
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Oct.
12, 1958
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Aurora,
Ill.
|
Ptn.
William Hornyan and
Jack
Adams
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Several
yellow objects moving in all directions; many
witnesses
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April
3, 1959
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Ocoee,
Fla.
|
John
F. Wilmeth, retired
U.S.
Treasury enforcement
officer, former Coast Guard Lieut. |
Large
greenish-yellow light ascending, reflecting on
lake;
faded, re-appeared descending, hovered . . .
finally ascended out of sight.
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