 presents
1954 UFO Chronology
and the
Great Wave of 1954
Created January 29, 2006; updated 19 Jan 2012 This is a 19-page report on an on-going project
involving a number of people. With the help of Rebecca
Wise (Project Blue Book Archive), and Dan Wilson
(digging out the cases from my checklist), the task
becomes much easier. But without Brad Sparks' updated
list, the Comprehensive Catalog of Project Blue Book
Unknowns, the entire project would have been
impossible. And our thanks also go to Jean Waskiewicz
who created the online NICAP DBase (NSID) that helped
make it possible to link from the cases to the reports
themselves.
NICAP Site Coordinator:
This was the year of the Walesville crash, the BOAC case, the Sea Fury incident, and the famous Bermuda radar case, and many others. A significant number of unusual sightings occurred in Europe during what has become known as the "Great Wave of 1954" Much of this wave has already been documented in UFO literature, but what was not known until the release of the CIA files is the fact that the CIA collected many of the sightings through normal intelligence channels, something which they had supposedly fought to block with the Robertson Panel inquiry. (Clear Intent, 132) Examples of reports excerpted from official CIA information sheets are provided below in their chronological sequence. The CIA reports are mostly translated press clippings, newspaper and dates should have been included but were not available. What may not be known is that the Anomalies Foundation: The Year 1954 in Photos (fotocat report #1) lists and documents 101 photographs in its 23-page report for that year alone. And just added to this chrono is The World-Wide Wave of 1954 by Don Johnson. Francis Ridge The 1954 Chronology_______________________________________________________ 1954, Date Unknown; Dayton, Ohio. Air Force Lt. Colonel saw two maneuvering UFOs. [UFOE, III] January 1, 1954; Australia Airline pilot saw huge, apparently metallic, elliptical UFO. [UFOE, V] Jan. 1, 1954; Toms River, Marlton, Woodbury, and Surf City, New Jersey (BBU) 10:35 p.m, 12:05 a.m. (Jan. 2). Navy pilot Lt. JG George G. Morgan of Lakehurst NAS, police chief (or captain?) Richard Clement, police officer Oliver G. Osborne and other officers, and 20+ other witnesses, saw 3-12 round or oval white objects with fuzzy edges slightly smaller than Full Moon angular size hovering in the sky to the S for 1.5 hours as 2 objects circled around one (in 2-4 secs) (seen to the ESE from Woodbury, SW from Surf City at high elevation), then switched places with each other. Some witnesses (such as Mrs. Worthington and son Norton in Woodbury) attempted to drive towards the objects to investigate. Objects suddenly departed to the SW at extremely high speed growing smaller until disappearance in 1-2 secs covering about 60° of sky. Multiple independent witnesses across a baseline of at least 12 miles resulted in triangulation near Beach Haven, NJ, from distances of about 15 to 40 miles. At least 5 witnesses used binoculars including 7x50 Bausch &Lomb. Hynek calculated speed of 90,000 mph, hovering altitude 4 miles, object diameter 1,500 ft. (Mary Castner/CUFOS) Jan. 4, 1954; Quantico, Va. Red revolving or blinking lights, hovering and moving soundlessly at tree-top height reportedly seen for six nights above Marine Corps base. [UFOE, IV] Jan. 4, 1954; Marignane Airfield France
9:00 p.m. Shortly after, a round luminous machine, coming from the South, landed at the Marignane airfield in Bouches-du-Rhone Department. There was only one witness present at the field. The machine disappeared while he was telephoning the control tower. Careful scrutiny of the runway in the morning turned up a few pieces of metallic debris. The witness story was confirmed by that of a Marseilles resident who driving from Aries to Marseilles saw a large, round, reddish fire ball in the sky, but placed the time at 2245 hours. (CIA information sheet. Headline: Unidentified Aircraft at Marignane Airfield France) Jan. 6, 1954;
Cleveland Press Headline
"Brass Curtain Hides Flying Saucers." Reporters
seeking information were banned from Wright-Patterson
AFB, Ohio.Jan. 7, 1954; Arras, France 4:27 a.m. A fiery disk, followed by a luminous trail, was sighted in Arras, Pas-de-Calais department. An observer stated that the disk remained motionless in the sky for an instant, after which it flew away and disappeared over the horizon. (CIA Information Sheet. Headline: Fiery Disk Seen at Arras, France) Jan.9, 1954; Three residents of Luneville, France
6:00 a.m. Three residents of Meurthe-et-Moselle Department claim to have seen a round object flying from North to South. The object flew more slowly than a jet plane and left a luminous yellow trail. It flew noiselessly, although appearing to be at a low altitude. Several students of the College de Luneville also saw the object. (CIA information sheet. Headline: Round Flying Object at Luneville, France) Jan. 10, 1954; 5 mi N of Sonoita (about 25 mi SSE of Tucson), Ariz. (BBU) 5:25-5:40 p.m. (MST). James E. McDonald, two other Univ. of Chicago meteorologists, and another passenger in a car were driving N on Hwy 83 when McDonald spotted a brilliant white stationary object, stellar magnitude was about 5 to 7, in the SW at about 238° azimuth about 1° to 2° above the Santa Rita Mtns. (elev. about 9,400 ft) about 10 miles away, or at a total elevation about 6° to 8° above horizontal. Sun had set below mountains at 243° azimuth, +2° apparent elevation (refraction included), to the right of the UFO. No noticeable parallax with mountains as they drove 8-10 miles further N (with wide swerves W and E by about 1.5 mi), thus distance estimated at >10 miles (size possibly about >15 ft). Lost sight due to mountains as they drove on. (Mary Castner/CUFOS) Jan. 14, 1954; KellyAFB, Texas (BBU) 10:10 a.m. to 12:00 p.m. One to three blips were seen on PPI scope of radar system with speeds from 100 to 6,000 mph over one hour and 50 minute time span. The blips appeared as solid objects. Aircraft scrambled with no contact. Three objects joined together for approximately three minutes then separated with a definite heading and disappeared when local aircraft was in area. The objects returned to area after aircraft departed. (Dan Wilson, Brad Sparks, McDonald list) Jan. 14, 1954; New York City, New York (BBU) 5:30 p.m. USAF crew of B-47 and passengers saw a fiery object hit the aircraft wing without any damage. (Weinstein; BB files??) Jan. 18, 1954; Over Three Constantine Department Towns, Algeria 1:30 p.m. Many persons in Saint Arnaud observed an object leaving a double trail of white smoke, describing an immense circle over the town. Several officers at La Remonte Military base nearby even heard a strange sound made by the object which seemed to have come from the north. (A similar observation had been made on January 16, 1954, when the object had come from the west). The meterorological station at Oued Hamimime airport (near Constantine) reported that it had observed a double trail of smoke at 1400 hours but concluded that the smoke came from a plane flying at great altitude. At 1430 hours, inhabitants of Setif saw an object arrive from the east, emitting bluish smoke trails and moving relatively slowly. After circling above the town for several seconds, it suddenly headed back in the direction of Saint Arnaud at great speed. Most of the spectators described it as it being cigar-shape and flying at high altitude. Finally at 1645 hours on the same day, a large, luminous, rectangular-shape object was seen over Ouled Djellal (200 kilometers southwest of Setif) for over 30 minutes following a rectilinear course. The object came from the east and disappeared toward the west. (CIA information sheet. Headlines: Flying Object Reported) Jan. 28, 1954; Blackstone, Virginia (BB) 5:15 p.m. EST. A circular bright light with an apparent bright metallic surface stationary at 30 degrees elevation in the north was observed by Marvin B. Smith, Jr. a former control tower operator in the Air Force, and three CAA employees. A C-47 identified as an USAF Evacuation Plane flew over the CAA station and was notified of the object and the pilot advised that he also saw the object, which he thought was at between 30 and 40 thousand feet in altitude. The object was observed for 31 minutes. (BB files, Dan Wilson) Jan. 29, 1954; Cold Bay, Alaska (BBU) 8:36 p.m. local. USAF crew of C-54 transport saw a red fireball that stopped then passed the plane. (Weinstein; BB files??) Jan. 29, 1954; Rangeley, Maine Two bright lights moved into valley. (Source unknown) Jan. 29, 1954; Santa Ana (near), Calif. Car radio quit and motor missed as UFO passed low over car. Feb. 1, 1954; 35 miles SW of Tuscaloosa, Alabama (BBU) 3:15 [2?] p.m. Crew of USN Office of Naval Research aircraft heading E towards a cosmic-ray balloon at 90,000-100,000 ft and 15-30 miles away saw 6 objects fly over and around the balloon, hover then vertically ascend out of sight. (Hynek-CUFOS Willy Smith files) Feb. 4, 1954; Carswell AFB, Ft. Worth, Texas At 11:00 p.m. local time, an object was detected by the Carswell AFB Ground Control Approach (GCA) radar, an AN/CPN-4 radar, at a distance of 13 to 15 miles to the SW and was heading directly toward the base. Carswell Weather reported in and said they had the object sighted on radar at approx. same time and location. The object remained on a straight course and the GCA operator notified the Control Tower. Control Tower personnel sighted the object as it moved directly over the Control Tower at an estimated speed of 240 - 250 mph. The object was observed for approximately 6 minutes with standard binoculars during entire observation. The object was at an altitude of approximately 4,000 feet confirmed by GCA, according to the Control Tower operator. The object was described as larger than a B-36, having a long fuselage, elliptical wings and stabilizer, gray in color, and no visible means of propulsion or exhaust. Nor did the object leave any trail and no sound was heard. The object passed out of sight to the NW. At 11:29 p.m., two targets were picked up on the Carswell GCA radar at 17 miles SW of Carswell. The targets were flying formation at an estimated 5,000 feet altitude at a speed of 200 mph. These two targets merged into one target and when 12 miles from Carswell they separated again and assumed a southerly heading. At approximately 14 miles from the base the target to the rear suddenly reversed its course, flew for two miles, then reversed course again and gradually overtook the lead target. Both targets departed thy area flying in formation to the SSE. The INVESTIGATION OF UNIDENTIFIED FLYING OBJECTS report states that the reversal of course was for about two miles or 3.3 seconds. (Dan Wilson) Feb. 13, 1954
Jim C. Lucas of Scripps-Howard. Reported that
representatives of major airlines would meet in Los
Angeles with Military Air Transport Service
Intelligence officers to discuss speeding up UFO
reporting procedures. "Airline pilots are asked not to
discuss their sightings publicly or give them to news
Papers," Lucas said.February
15, 1954, Dorothy Kilgallen Column
"Flying saucers are
regarded as of such vital importance that they will be
the subject of a special hush-hush meeting of world
military heads next summer."
10:15-10:36 p.m. (EST). USAF ADC radar operator S/Sgt. K. A. Payne, 728th AC&W Sq, Dobbins AFB, Greenville, South Carolina, using MPS-7 radar tracked high speed unidentified target the size of about 2 normal aircraft to the S at 203° azimuth at roughly 100 miles range (at about 33.5° N, 83.0° W, near Siloam, Ga.) heading E about 100° true at about 360 knots (400 mph) and 20,000 ft altitude as of 10:18 p.m. (when near Crawfordville). At 10:21 at about 33°28' N, 82° 5' W (near Augusta) the target had reached 22,000 ft and turned slightly right to about a 110° heading straight toward the Savannah River AEC plant and accelerating to operator estimated speed of 900 knots (1,000 mph) average speed (or as recalculated from mapped positions about 750 mph, probable peak speed about 1,000 mph at 1 g at 10:21:30), then it violated the prohibited AEC airspace at 10:22 at about 33°24' N, 81°53' W. Pope AFB radar also tracked the target violating AEC airspace and notified Payne at Dobbins AFB. At that point at 10:22:30 (?) object had made a left turn to about a 75° heading, slowing to about 600 mph and continued turning to about 55° heading. At 10:23 at about 33°30' N, 81°39' W (near New Ellenton, S.C.), target made a sharp 75° turn to the N at about 340° heading having accelerated again to about 1,200 mph average speed (probable peak speed about 1,800 mph at 1.5 g's at 10:22:45) heading out of the AEC prohibited zone. Target slowed to about 600 mph again by 10:24 near Aiken when it sharply turned to the E on a heading of about 70° then 50° then 45° while passing to the S of Columbia, then turned N to a heading of about 20° where it faded near Kershaw at 10:36 p.m. (Sparks; Jan Aldrich) Feb. 22 [Mar. 2?], 1954; York, Penna. (BBU) Several pilots of fighters in the air and GOC observers on ground saw 14 discs climb when the fighters approached. Ground radar tracking. (Weinstein; BB files??) Feb. 23, Scripps-Howard
In a follow-up report from the Feb. 13 article,
Scripps-Howard papers said that "the nation's 8500
commercial airline pilots have been seeing a lot of
unusual objects while flying at night, here and
overseas." Plans for a detailed reporting system were
agreed upon so Air Force jets could quickly investigate.
Each airline was to have an "internal security
specialist" for liaison between civilian and military
organizations.)Feb. 26, 1954; Newburyport, Mass (BBU 2913) 2:30 p.m. Architect R. M. Pierce, marine engineer George Avery and another, saw a silver disc, with a white trail, make a loud roar. (Berliner) March 1954; Rouen, France Disc-shaped UFO photographed. (UFOE) March 1, 1954; Montevideo Time not given. Numerous bathers at the beaches near Montevideo observed a "flying saucer," a sort of metallic disk emitting yellowish reflections. It remained stationary for 2 minutes at an altitude of several thousand meters. (CIA information sheet. Headline: "Flying Saucer" Over Montevideo) March 2, 1954; Near Harrisburg [Middletown and York], Penna. (BBU 2923) 10 p.m. Research engineer R. C. Swengel saw 3 objects, each with two lights, fly straight and level at medium speed. Military and civilian witnesses? (Berliner; FUFOR Index) March 5, 1954; Nouasseur AFB, French Morocco (BBU 2926) 7:15, 7:38, 9:55 p.m. Crews of USAF KC-97 aerial tanker planes and a C-54 transport saw 1-2 white or amber objects or lights make passes at the aircraft on collision courses as they practiced GCA landings. At 7:15 p.m., KC-97 pilots Capt. G. E. Brown, 1st Lt.. L. B. Gordon and 1st Lt. J. P. Glover, 301st Air Refueling Sq, 301st Bomb Wing, while flying KC-97 to practice landing on 180° heading at 1,500 ft about 5-8 miles SW of Nouasseur base saw 2 white lights to the right at about the same altitude, with one light slightly lower than the other, appearing to be 2 aircraft in formation on collision course or "making a pass" forcing an evasive turn away by the KC-97. Later [at 8:20? 9:20?], after landing and takeoff they saw the same or similar 2 white lights on the same course from the S at 180° on a collision course and they made an evasive 360° turn. At 7:38 p.m. another KC-97 flown by pilots Capt. Robert R. Zadnick, Lt. Paul R. Fisher and Lt. George A. Kerr, also 301st ARS, 301st BW, on GCA landing at 180° heading at 1,500 ft about 5 miles SW of Nouasseur base saw a light at about the same altitude and to the left of course appearing to be headed W on a cross path or collision course, as it crossed it was seen to be 2 lights as if 2 jets in formation, no aircraft running lights. One light passed over and one under the KC-97. At 9:55 p.m., C-54 from Lagos, Nigeria, based at Kelly AFB, Texas, senior pilot Capt. William M. Pond, copilot Lt. I. W. Gilchrist and navigator Capt. James F. Pullen while flying at 2,000 ft on 170° heading on GCA landing at Nouasseur base saw white or amber light like an aircraft landing light at about the same altitude approaching on a collision course heading W 2-3 miles away, then turned onto a direct head on course, passing within 2 miles, then suddenly disappeared like turning off a light for 10-15 secs, then reappeared hovering, descended to ground then rose, and disappeared behind the C-54 after completing its turn onto final landing approach. No radar or other visual contact made. (Jan Aldrich) March 9, 1954; Cincinnati, Ohio (BBU) 3:57-4:05? a.m. Civilian-military pilot John H. Stewart while driving N saw a pulsating bluish-white luminous halo surrounding a dark ellipsoidal object that may have been larger than a DC-6 (117 ft) slowly moving S at about 2,000-3,000 ft height, then hovered for 7-8 mins over the General Electric plant, the last 4 mins of which Stewart observed after stopping his car. Object accelerated and suddenly changed color to yellow then red, changed course to the E, then disappeared in an almost vertical climb in secs. (Jan Aldrich)
Joint Army Navy Air Publication 146 (C). Communication
Instructions for Reporting Vital Intelligence Sightings
from airborne and waterborne sources. (CUFON typed
version)
March 11-12, 1954, Pittsburgh, Penna. (BBU) 11:30 p.m. Continuing on for approximately 6 hours and 45 minutes, anti-aircraft units in the vicinity of Pittsburg, Pa., picked up unusual returns on their instruments. The returns on radars showed a stationary object at 16,000 to 20,000 feet in altitude. Aircraft dispatched by the AF Reserve from the Greater Pittsburg Airport to investigate the object(s). Fighter aircraft were tracked through the same location as the UFOB. (Dan Wilson, Brad Sparks, McDonald list0 March 12, 1954; Nouasseur AFB, French Morocco (BBU 2937) 9:35 a.m. USAF 1st Lt. Robert Johnson, flying an F-86 jet fighter, chased an object at more than 530 mph for 30 secs, but was unable to catch it. Object appeared to be the size of a fighter plane but had neither tanks nor trails [tail?]. (Berliner) March 24, 1954; Baltimore, Md. Maneuvering formation of UFOs observed by Civil Defense official. [UFOE, VII] March 25, 1954; Ft. Lauderdale, Florida (BBU) 3:20 p.m. USMC pilot Capt. Dan Holland flying one of 3 jets with the 3rd Marine Air Wing on an E heading at Ft. Lauderdale at about 26,000 ft and 400+ mph saw a gleaming white ball shaped object with a gold ring around the lower 1/3, about 2x size of his jet, descend vertically on a collision course, took evasive action, radioed the other jet pilots to look. Object suddenly stopped 3,000-4,000 ft above, he banked toward it and activated gun camera but object then accelerated and disappeared to the E at tremendous speed in about 15 secs. The other 2 pilots flying ahead of him did not see object. (Weinstein; NARCAP; BB files??; UFOE, IV) April 7, 1954; Fentress (3 miles SW of), Virginia (BBU) 3 p.m. USN pilot C. R. Allen flying F-6F for Fleet
Training Center, Norfolk, Virginia, at 3,000 ft heading
W near Fentress saw 2 strange saucer-shaped discs in
close formation at 3,500 ft height about 15 miles away
at about 2 miles NW of Lake Drummond heading NE, seen
below and against cloud base of scattered cumulus clouds
at 3,000-3,500 ft. Allen turned right to follow objects
as they covered about 140° of arc maintaining about
the same distance, disappearing near Cape Henry to the
NE about 20 miles, covering 30 miles total in about
25-30 secs [3,600-4,300 mph]. (Jan Aldrich)
April 7, 1954; At Sea 11:05 p.m. U.S.S. Curtiss carrying nuclear weapons buzzed by UFO. In this incident an unidentified luminous object passed, low and fast, over the ship from bow to stern. The Curtiss was not an aircraft carrier but a airplane tender ship (AV-4) refurbished for carrying components for nuclear weapons for the upcoming tests at Operation Castle, at Eniwetak Atol. April 8, 1954; Chicago, Illinois (BBU 2962) 4:30-5 p.m. Lelah H. Stoker saw a brilliant white round-topped disc, parachute-shaped, with a humanoid suspended beneath it, skim back and forth over the water. Stoker called the Coast Guard, a CG cutter appeared after 10 mins, then the UFO approached shore. Stoker saw a short human-like occupant in a green tight one-piece suit and suspended below the object who got out in undergrowth along the shore then walked around. When CG cutter gave up searching the occupant returned to the object which moved back over the lake then took off at high speed to the E. (Berliner; Davis-Bloecher 1978) April 15, 1954; Saint Mexant
Two residents of Correge Department, observed an elongated, cone-shaped object with two red and green lights at the base, flying at a high altitude from the northwest toward the southwest. (CIA information sheet. Headline: Unidentified Object Over Saint Mexant) April 16, 1954; Grand Canyon, Ariz. School superintendent, explorer, watched elongated UFO with "portholes" pass overhead. [UFOE, VII] April 22, 1954; San Nicholas Island, Calif. (BBU) 2 p.m. USN Seaman Apprentice James B. Stephens, Jr., and Seaman Bernard G. Klein, Jr., while driving a Navy vehicle on base saw a 4-6 ft long gray cigar-shaped object with pointed nose traveling just above the ground on a near parallel course that would not cross the road until far ahead. The object suddenly impacted the ground sending up a cloud of dirt or dust and disappeared from sight. They stopped and searched for 20+ mins but found nothing. Further USN investigations and radioactivity surveying found no traces. (Jan Aldrich) April 23, 1954; Pittsfield, Maine (BBU 2974) 9:30 a.m. Mr. and Mrs. Floyd E. and Rose Belle Robinson saw a silver circular saucer shaped object with a dome 1/2 the size of the base that was the source of constantly flashing brilliant light, making a loud sound like a swarm of bees, which hovered at about 70° azimuth without tilting, flew horizontally with a whirlwind effect and cold air that moved stones underneath its path, then it rose vertically at 30° azimuth without tilting until out of sight. (Jan Aldrich) April 24, 1954; Hartland, Maine (BBU 2976) 6:10 p.m. (EST). GOC observer Dean Robinson saw a very large, silver, oblong object with a dome on top and flashing light inside the dome, no sound or exhaust trail, stationary on the horizon for 15 mins then climbed straight up to disappearance. (Jan Aldrich) April 26, 1954; Newburyport, Mass. Round UFO making sharp turn observed by architect. [UFOE, VII] April 26, 1954; Athens, Georgia (BBU 2983) 8:35 p.m. (EDT). Cecil M. Cartey, Howard and Mabel Hopkins and their daughter Betty, saw 15-20 yellow objects in a V shaped or check-mark-shaped formation, fly at tremendous speed from low elevation in the S in smooth motion to high elevation in the N where they disappeared, no sound. (Jan Aldrich) April 28, 1954; Pyrenees
10:00 p.m. A T-shaped object was reported to be hovering
at 4000 feet over TCU Airport,Texas, near Carswell
AFB. The object had varied colors of blue, green, and
white. Object was picked up on radar 4 1/2 miles
from the base. Another object was seen twenty five minutes
later hovering one mile north of TCU Airport. This was
just one day and a few hours before a major SAC exercise
of night simulated radar bombing evaluation missions
against an industrial complex in San Antonio. (Dan Wilson)A group of persons taking a walk near Sare in the region close to the Pyrenees border observed a cigar-shaped object traveling rapidly at an altitude of 2,000 meters in the direction of Spain. (CIA information sheet. Headline: Sight Unidentified Object Over Pyrenees) April 28, 1954; Carswell AFB, Texas
"What Our Air Force Found Out About Flying Saucers": by
Edward J. Ruppelt, former UFO Project Chief.
May 1, 1954; Tokyo, Japan TV pictures distorted as UFO passed over May 6, 1954; Washington, D.C. Ground/visual radar. No other data this date. May 10, 1954; Northern Sweden Week of UFO sightings investigated by military authorities. Scores of residents reported strange glowing objects maneuvering low over forests. (UFOE) May 11, 1954; Washington, D.C. (BBU 2997) 10:45 p.m. 3 USAF air policemen at Washington National Airport saw 2 bright lights on 3 occasions fly straight and level, make 90° degree turns and fade. (Berliner) May 13, 1954; Pacific bet. Hawaii and Calif. (BBU) 1:45 a.m. (AHDT). USAF pilot Capt. D. B. Mautner, 32nd Air Transport Sq, McChord AFB, Wash., and crew of C-124 transport en route from Hickam AFB, Hawaii, to Travis AFB, Calif., saw bright light moving parallel with them moving to the left, object signaled back in response to aircraft blinking lights, departed to NE at very high speed climbing. (Jan Aldrich) May 13, 1954; Norrbotten Province, Sweden
Morning. Three persons in three different areas observed a "brilliant, silver colored sphere with a tail." It was reported from Hammerfest, Norway, that on the same day three bright objects passed over Kautokeino (in northern Norway) at a great speed. They flew in a V-formation and disappeared towards the southwest. A deputy constable who had observed them with binoculars stated that they flew so high that he could not ascertain their shape but that they were not ordinary aircraft. He added that they seemed to be red on one side and white on the other and appeared to be rotating. (CIA information sheet. Headline: Sightings Over Sweden, Northern Norway) May 13, 1954; Washington, D. C. Several large glowing objects maneuvered over National Airport for three hours; observed visually and on radar. [UFOE, VIII] May 14, 1954; 10 miles NNW of Great Yarmouth, England, UK (BBU) 3:40 p.m. 3 USAF F-86 jets flown at 40,000 ft Mach 0.85 (560 mph) by Capt. Kenneth J. Scott, Jr., 2nd Lt. Harry Joseph Ickes and 2nd Lt. David B. Clardy, 91st Fighter Sq, were vectored by GCI radar Type 7 at RAF Bawdsey to unidentified object at 8 miles at 1 o'clock to their course traveling at 240 knots IAS, to the S [N?] at 10° azimuth, sighted visually as about 30 ft silver or gray round object as seen from below, showing thin silhouette while turning, at 50,000-60,000 ft. Fighters unable to close on object which made 180° turn and disappeared at high speed beyond conventional aircraft capability, climbing high above ground radar range. (Jan Aldrich) May 14, 1954; Dallas, Texas (BBU 12:00 p.m. local USMC pilots of 4 fighter planes saw 4 formations of 4 round objects changing color from orange to white. (Weinstein; BB files??; UFOE, IV) May 15, 1954; Vienna, Austria Three discs in formation. [UFOE, X] May 18, 1954; 10-15 (or 6-7) miles SE of Lake Elsinore, Calif. (BBU 2994) 12:48 p.m. RAF Squadron Leader Donald R. Higgin, assigned to USMC All Weather Fighter Sq, El Toro MCAS, Calif., while flying an F3D-2 jet fighter at 15,000-16,000 ft on a heading of 240° magnetic [255° true] at 300 knots IAS and descending, saw a dark blue almost black gun-metal "glint" delta-shaped object, about 22-23 ft long and 20 ft wide, with 3 fins of equal size and shape, at his 11 o'clock position just above the cockpit of his wingman flying another F3D-2 about 250 ft away. Object was on a head on collision course but before Higgin could radio warning it passed under his wingman and between their aircraft, descending at a 25°-30° angle on a heading N of about 30°. (Jan Aldrich) May 18, 1954; Cannon AFB, New Mexico (BBBBU) 7 p.m. 2 witnesses saw a house-size lens-shaped object land near railroad tracks, kicking up a small sand storm in the desert. One witness approached it, then ran away in fear. (Vallée Magonia 129; BB files??) May 22, 1954; LaPorte, Indiana (BBU 3009) 9:15 p.m. Highway engineer R. W. Dring and engineer Geert Tibma saw a bright light make a shallow climb. (Berliner) May 24, 1954; Richmond, IN (BBU) 12:25 EST. While flying on a photographic mapping mission in a B-17, Major Leo Brubaker USAF, observed and photographed an object below the plane for 45 seconds. The aircraft was flying at an altitude of 18,500 feet at 220 knots. The speed of the object was estimated at 440 knots. The object traveled a distance of six miles over the ground at a speed twice that of the aircraft. The photos were taken with a F11 mapping camera.. [UFOE, III, Blue Book files, McDonald, Swords, Wilson] May 30, 1954; Bambridge, N. Y. Silvery elliptical UFO with four "portholes" accelerated and shot away. [UFOE, XII] May 31, 1954; Concord, New Hampshire (BBU 3020) 10:15 a.m. Mrs. L. K. Stevens saw a very white, elongated object fly extremely fast then blink out. (Berliner) June 1, 1954; Near Boston, Mass. (BBU) 9:30-9:40 a.m. TWA pilot Capt. Charles J. Kratovil, copilot W. R. Davis, and flight engineer Harold Raney, on a ParisNew York TWA Constellation heading SW, spotted "a large, white-colored disc-like object" overhead, occasionally lost behind overlying clouds. Flying into WSW headwinds at 300 mph, they concluded it could not be a balloon, and radioed Boston airport control tower, which said jets were scrambled and then saw the object at about 10,000 ft higher than their 10,000 ft altitude, but could not close with it. (McDonald list; UFOE, V) June 1, 1954; From 400 miles S to Minneapolis, Minn. (BBU 3029) 9 p.m. Crew of USAF B-47 jet bomber at 34,000 ft altitude saw object with running lights fly at 24,000-44,000 ft altitude. (Berliner) June 7, 1954; West Germany (BBU) 2 Germans saw 2 glowing discs descend vertically then rise rapidly. (Jan Aldrich) June 8 [9?], 1954; Texarkana, Texas (BBU 3037) 1 a.m. or 2:30 a.m. (file not clear). L. T. Prewitt, employee of Red River Arsenal, saw a golden yellow light fly over his house, making a "shhh" or buzzing sound. (Berliner) June
10,
1954. Estacado [or Llano?], Texas (BBU 3042)
9:09 p.m. Two USAF pilots, in flight, saw a white light descend at 45° from great altitude, pass under his aircraft, make two 360° turns and blink out. (Berliner) June 11, 1954; Nr. Baltimore, Md. Huge glowing object seen by GOC observers; alternately hovered, moved rapidly. [UFOE, VII] June 12, 1954; Hyattsville, Maryland (BB) 11:30 p.m. EST, a large bluish-green oval or round shaped object was observed circling and hovering in the sky for at least 45 minutes by W. L Tatspaugk. Two F-86D fighters were scrambled. This may mean that an object was observed on radar. Hyattsville is approximately 2 miles NE of Washington DC. [Docs do not confirm radar, but see newsclipping] (Dan Wilson, BB files). June 18, 1954; French Equatorial Africa
7:35 p.m. Monsignor Verhille, Apostolic Vicar of
Fort Rousset, reported in the Brazzaville newspaper
LaSemaine de L'akf that he and others had sighted an
unidentified flying object over Laketi in the Likuala
Mossaka region of the middle Congo. A luminous globe,
it came from the north towards the Laketi Mission. It
suddenly stopped, rose and dropped, stopped again,
gyrated, and seemed to shake. A noise like that on an
airplane engine, heard until that moment, also
stopped. Seen through binoculars, the object had a
dark mass in the center with light rays of unequal
length coming out of it alternately. It went through
its rising, falling, and stabilizing movements for 15
minutes, then shot back over the northern horizon.
(CIA information sheet. Headline: Unidentified Flying
Object Over French Equatorial Africa)
June 21, 1954; Delray Beach, Florida (BBU) 9:30 p.m. (EDT). Anne Nekel Brown and John Thomas Brown saw bright round disc-shaped object with dome-like structure on top seen when tilted toward the witnesses after hovering stationary to the S at 45° elevation. Object was spinning and then started moving very slowly E over the ocean with an erratic wobbly motion, straightened out then disappeared at high speed to the E at 8° elevation. (Jan Aldrich) June 21, 1954; Ridgeway, Ontario, Canada Car motor quit as UFO crossed highway ahead of car. June 23, 1954. 10 miles SE of Columbus, Ohio (BBU) 9:00 p.m. EST. Pilot Capt. Harry Roe, Jr., flying Ohio Air National Guard F-51 fighter at 240 mph from Dayton to Columbus saw round white object with no exhaust trailing the fighter in the same position a little above and behind him at close range, detected on airborne radar [?]. Roe maneuvered to try to lose the object or collide with it but it remained in relatively the same position to the aircraft until it departed to the SE. Ground controller radar tracked object [?]. (Sparks; Project 1947; NARCAP) June 23, 1954; Between Dayton and Columbus, Ohio (BBU) 10:00 p.m. local. A pilot of a C-47, serial
number 263, complained of something following him.
Major Frank J. Gshwandtner and 2nd Lt. Robert P.
Lommori, flying in the Columbus area in an RB-47E
aircraft observed a white object the size of a
baseball at 25,000 feet. The object was extremely
fast. The object made a gradual turn and began a
slight climb. It then flew out of sight. The length
of the observation was 30 seconds. A radio
transmission from WPAFB put the crew on alert.
June 25, 1954; Indian Lake, Ohio (BBU) 5:05 p.m. EDST. John Mark ,an experienced private pilot flying a Navion light plane at 6,200 feet altitude, observed one silver or aluminum round object with a flat bottom, raised front edge, inverted cone on top, and a diameter of about 40 feet, at 12,000 to 15,000 feet. The object flew horizontally at approximately 2000 mph, hovered, made a high-G pull up and then a steep climb into an overcast. Radar at Dayton, Ohio airport, tracked a very fast target (1980 mph) at same location. The observation lasted approximately 3-5 minutes. (Don Berliner) June 26, 1954; Cincinnati - Dayton - Columbus, Ohio (BB) 7:30 a.m. EST. Six reports received of a round silvery object, all but one were received from Cincinnati ARTC. At around 7:30 a.m., a metallic blob was seen high in the sky near Columbus. According to a newspaper article a crew of an airliner was alerted to investigate and the crew circled under the object while the passengers took a look at the strange object. Zanesville Radio advised at 5:55 a.m. sighting round silvery object on azimuth of 80 degrees. At 1035Z (5:35 a.m. EST) a Air Force charter flight, No. 46 AF 23-24 to Wilmington, Delaware, flying at 3,000 feet observed an object in the Zanesville, Ohio area. The object was at approximately 18,000 to 20,000 feet. (Dan Wilson, BB files). June 29/30, 1954; E. of Seven Isles, Quebec to Goose Bay, Labrador (BBU) 8:05-8:27 p.m. (AST). Capt. James Howard, FO Boyd, navigator George Allen and passengers of BOAC airliner at 19,000 ft heading NE to Goose Bay, Labrador, saw a large opaque or black object with six smaller satellite objects on a horizontal line, constantly shifting in shape like a mirage, but first seen at roughly 20°-45° depression angle below horizon. Object azimuth about 5° left or S of sun low on horizon, or at about 300° to 305° true as sighting progressed. Disappeared when F-94 interceptor approached. (Sparks) June 30, 1954; Mobile and Brookley AFB, Alabama (BBU) 6:50 p.m. 4 civilians and a number of military personnel saw a brilliant silver or white object with short stubby wings approach from the S, circle over Mobile, then depart to the NE. Radar contact at 6:30 p.m. with stationary 8-mile object at 55 miles at 60° azimuth is evidently unrelated anomalous propagation. (Hynek-CUFOS Willy Smith files; UFOE, VIII) June 30, 1954; Nr. Oslo, Norway Two silvery disks observed and photographed from eclipse expedition planes. [UFOE, VIII] July 2, 1954; Walesville, New York Jet interceptor(s?) investigated unknown object near Griffiss AFB (Rome), fire in cockpit caused pilots to eject. Jet crashed at Walesville killing several people. July 3, 1954; Near Bermuda (BBU) 1:45-1:55 a.m. A B-36 flying over the Atlantic near Bermuda reported receiving peculiar radar returns on an APS-23 radar set. The returns consisted of a clear and well defined circular formation containing 7 and at times 8 objects. The returns were first observed by Capt. Charles C. Spahn, R.O. Spahn had 11 years Air Force service and 3,400 hours flying hours and 1,500 hours as a radar observer. Spahn did not think these returns were ships on the surface. He had tracked a couple of ships just hours before the returns showed up. Spahn says that the shape of the individual returns are not common to ships. (Berliner, Sparks, Wilson) July 3, 1954; Albuquerque, N.M. Nine green spheres sighted visually, tracked on radar. [UFOE, VIII] July 5, 1954; West Berlin, Germany (BBU) (Jan Aldrich) July 8, 1954; Lancashire, England British astronomer saw a silvery object with 15-20 smaller satellite objects. [NICAP, II] July 9, 1954; Lowry AFB, Colo. Six to seven objects appeared to be triangular in shape. Pending evaluation. July 11, 1954; Hunterdon County, New Jersey (BBU) USAF crews of 4 bombers saw a disc-shaped object pace their planes. (Weinstein; BB files??; Incorrectly listed in UFOE, III, as Pennsylvania) July 14, 1954; St. Louis, Missouri (BBU) 7:50 a.m. (CDT). McDonnell Aircraft Propulsion Lab employees sighted 1.5-foot sheet-like object maneuvering in company parking lot from distances varying from 4 to 200 feet, first descending from the E at 30 ft altitude stopped on the ground, rose to 4 ft height, made right-angle turn to N, traveled 75 ft and climbed above 8-ft fence to disappear in the overcast sky, under light almost calm wind conditions. One observer followed at 5-ft distance. (Hynek UFO Rpt pp. 150-1) July 18, 1954; Normandy, Missouri (BBU 3116) 8:40 p.m. A. T. Chamblin saw a greenish-white disc. (Berliner) July 19, 1954; French Equatorial Africa (BBU) (Jan Aldrich) July 25, 1954; Middle Sister Island, U.S.-Canadian border W Lake Erie (BBU) 7:12 p.m. Attorney L. B. Tussing saw a black cylinder, 12:1 length/width ratio, moving fast along the surface of the lake. (Berliner) July 25, 1954, Southern Rhodesia J. H. Flanagan (a policeman) and some friends recently observed six unidentified objects in the sky over Enkeldoorn, South of Salisbury. The objects, which were almost immobile, were visible for about 20 minutes, but disappeared when night fell. (CIA information sheet. Headline: Unidentified Objects Over Southern Rhodesia) July 27, 1954; Pepperrell AFB, Newfoundland, Canada (BBU) At 0658 GMT to 0702 GMT two unidentified
objects were observed from an aircraft at 81 degrees
35 minutes North, 29 degrees West, tracked on radar on
a course 210 degrees at 350 knots. The altitude of the
objects was estimated at very low. The two objects
were 2-3 miles apart. According to the map coordinates
given in the report this sighting took place over
Northeastern Greenland. (McDonald list)
July 27, 1954; Pepperrell AFB, Newfoundland, Canada (BBU) (McDonald list) July 28, 1954; Brentwood, Calif. "Sparking green light" appeared to land in orchard, TV reception interrupted. July 28, 1954; North Atlantic Dutch ship observed disc with apparent portholes. [UFOE, XII] July 29, 1954; Korea (BBU) (McDonald list) July 29, 1954; About 3 miles SSE of Carysfort Reef Lighthouse, Key Largo, Florida (BBU) 3:40 a.m. Key West Naval Base USN Chief Quartermaster Milbert James Brown and Helmsman Seaman Sydney J. Martin aboard USS YTB-543 sailing S on 205° true course at 6.5 knots saw a huge, bright pale blue or whitish-blue egg or blimp-shaped 300-500 ft object with 4 pointed cones of light, major/minor axis about 3:1 oriented horizontally, angular size 3x sun, traveling at tremendous speed estimated at about 7,200 mph (better estimate about 5,000 mph) in level horizontal flight from the W through S then E then NE, at 10° 12° above the horizon passing in front of mostly cumulus clouds covering 30% up to 15° elevation. Brown first saw the object at about 243° azimuth 10° elevation about 4 miles away moving to the left heading E viewed across the bow of the ship to the SSW at which point he began stopwatch timing (6.3 secs at disappearance, azimuths measured immediately after sighting by reference to 5 ships and a landmark used as sighting fix points). Object passed through point of closest approach at about 160° azimuth 12° elevation 1-1/2 miles away, moving to the left through a gradual-arc flight path of about 8 miles radius of curvature (about 40 g's centripetal acceleration), passed through E along a now straightened path headed to the NE, reaching maximum N position at 70° azimuth about 8 miles away when it curved slightly back as if veering off sharply to the right to head E, disappearing at about 68° azimuth 10° elevation 9 miles away behind a cloud bank. No sound or trail. (Sparks; Jan Aldrich) July 30, 1954; About 15 miles SE of Los Angeles, Calif. (BBU 3140) 11:15 a.m. (PDT). Hughes Aircraft test pilots Englert and Peterson, flying a B-25 bomber on a maintenance test hop heading ESE airspeed 170 mph [true airspeed about 200 mph] at 7,000 ft, saw a metallic, pencil-shaped object in horizontal orientation hover at above 30,000 ft for an unstated length of time while they climbed to 11,000 ft and made 30° turns to try to get a better view of object [over 4+ mins at max climb rate of about 1,000 ft/min]. Peterson, also a National Guard F-86 jet pilot, attempted to scramble jet intercept from Van Nuys National Guard Ops but could not establish radio contact (EM??). USN aircraft from the S seemed to pass under object without noticing it. (Jan Aldrich) Aug. or Sept., 1954; New York State Round UFO tracked on radar, plotted across state by Ground Observer Corps. [UFOE, VII] Aug. 2, 1954; Westlake, Ohio (BBU 3149) 5:17 p.m. Ex-AAF B-17 gunner (19 missions) N. E. Schroeder saw a thin, bright ellipse, like polished metal, hover for 5-8 secs, drop down 3,000 ft in 3 secs, hover again then fade out. (Berliner) Aug. 4, 1954; The Hague, Netherlands
Bt. 11:00 and 12:00 p.m. Ten firemen and their
chief observed the two flying saucers. The objects
were seen in the clear night air at a high altitude.
They moved at incredible speed, at times remaining
motionless for as long as 30 seconds. They were
described as being flat ovals with whitish-gray light.
All of the observers agreed that the objects could not
have been aircraft or balloons. (CIA information
sheet. Headlines: Flying Saucers Over The Hague,
Netherlands)
Aug. 6, 1954; San Antonio, Texas (BBU 3155) 6 p.m. Mechanical engineer L. H. Hormer saw an intensely white elliptical light change to yellow, orange, pink, 4-5 times while flying straight and level. (Berliner) Aug. 7, 1954; West Germany (BBU) (Jan Aldrich) Aug.11, 1954; Yoron Jima, near Okinawa (BBU 3162) 8:55 p.m. P. L. Percharde, electrical engineer and assistant manager of Moeller Shipwrecker Co., of Okinawa, saw a line of blue lights underneath a blue circle with a black center fly over ship and climb, illuminating and agitating the clouds. (Berliner) Aug. 11, 1954; Maxwell AFB, Alabama (BBU) 7:54 p.m. Pilots flying 2 helicopters and 2 ground controllers saw a saucer- shaped object with slight red glow. (Weinstein; FUFOR Index) This is the famous Air
Force Regulation 200-2. This version, dated 12
August 1954, is after the 4602 Air Intelligence
Service Squadron (4602d AISS) was brought in to assist
the USAF Air Technical Intelligence Center with
preliminary and field UFO investigations.
Aug. 15, 1954; San Marcos, Texas (BBU 3166) 10:20 p.m. USAF Maj. W. J. Davis and Capt. R. D. Sauers, flying a C-47 transport plane, saw a dark blue oblong object pace the C-47, veer away, then cross in front of it. (Berliner) Aug. 22 [23?], 1954; N France [W Germany?] (BBU) (Jan Aldrich) Aug. 24, 1954; Egilstadir [Lagarfiot or Lagarfljot River?], Iceland (BBU 3180) 8:30 p.m. An unnamed farmer saw a flat cylinder, 2-2.5 ft long, 4-5 ft in diameter, make a loud whizzing sound, fly straight and level, fast, then slow, then fall into sandbar. (Berliner) Aug. 26, 1954; Danville, Virginia (BBU 3182) 6:15 a.m. Rev. W. L. Shelton saw 2 domed ellipses, 20 ft long, 8 ft thick, 10 ft at ends, glowing silver or orange, hover, then climb side-by-side while getting brighter. (Berliner) Aug. 27, 1954; Dorchester, Mass. (BBU 3185) 1 p.m. E. A. Srazdes saw 7 large, white, teardrop-shaped objects turn blue fly in line formation and increase speed. (Berliner) Aug. 28, 1954; Tinker AFB, Okla (BBU) 8:30 p.m. Several USAF pilots flying fighters saw a triangular formation of 15 objects, tracked by ground radar. (Weinstein; UFOE, VIII) Aug. 29, 1954; Prince Christian, Greenland (BBU 3189) 11:05 a.m. 1st Officer H. G. Gardner and engineer J. V. D. Whitisy [and another witness Namely?] flying on Royal Dutch Airlines DC-4 (PH-DBZ), saw 3-4 dark, lens-shaped objects veer N and change position in formation. (Berliner; FUFOR Index) Aug. 30, 1954; Port Alegre, Brazil House lights failed as UFO passed. Aug. 31, 1954; Nowra, Australia Radar/Sighting from a/c. O'Farrell Case/Sea Fury Incident (Bill Chalker, Mike Swords, M) Sept., 1954; UK city not noted. Ground radar. 124 page USAF Historical
Studies No. 126. Warning: In pdf format and 124 pages
long, this report was declassified on 13 Dec 1973.
Sept. 4, 1954; Butler, Missouri (BBU 3196) 3 a.m. [CST?] CAA communications specialist J. Faltemeier saw 20-30 lights, as if on a string, fly straight and level. (Berliner) Sept. 5, 1954; Butler, Missouri (BBU 3198) 12:23 a.m. [CST?] CAA communications specialist J. Faltemeier saw a silver or white object with a slightly swept-back leading edge and a following exhaust, fly straight and level, then veer SW to S. (Berliner) Sept. 7, 1954; Origny, France 12:30 a.m. Robert Chovel and his wife and
father-in-law were driving home from the theater in
Hirson, Aisne Department when they saw a luminous,
red-orange "disk" flying above the railroad tracks.
The "disk" stopped suddenly across the road, 300-400
meters from the ground. It seemed to have on its upper
side a small luminous tail, forming an integral part
of the object. When the travelers reached the bridge
at Buire, they saw what they believed to be a "flying
saucer" increasing its altitude. As soon as the car
lights beamed on it, the object started flying at
great speed towards LaHerie 3-4 kilometers away and
disappeared. (CIA information sheet. Headline: Flying
Disk Sighted In Aisne Department; UFOE, II)
Sept. 9, 1954; Nelson, N.Z. Hovering disc photographed. [UFOE, VIII] Sept. 14, 1954; Helsinki
Night. Several people reported having seen a
circular flying object. The object, flying at an
altitude of 800 meters, gave off an intense light and
left a trail of reddish smoke about three times its
diameter. It was visible for about 7 seconds. (CIA
information sheet. Headline: Flying Saucers Over
Helsinki)
Sept.15, 1954; Bihar, India Gray disc hovered, emitted smoke and climbed away at high speed. [UFOE, X] Sept.16, 1954; Nr. Roanoke, Va. Shiny, round object buzzed radio tower; transmitter failed to operate properly. [UFOE, VIII] Sept.17, 1954; Rome, Italy Thousands of citizens, Italian Air Force radar watched disc-like object which departed upwards. [UFOE, VIII] Sept. 18, 1954. Kimpo Air Base, Japan (BBU 3213) 5:55 a.m. 2 control tower operators, a weather forecaster and a weather observer, saw a round object, like polished aluminum, fly straight and level. (Berliner) Sept. 18, 1954; Near Denver, Colo., Santa Fe, Las Cruces, New Mexico, to Enid, Okla. (BBU) 8:40 p.m. Green fireball seen by thousands of witnesses heading SE, noiseless, angular size of full moon. (Ruppelt p. 47) Sept.19, 1954; Danane, French West Africa Officials watched oval UFO with dome and "searchlights". [UFOE, X] Sept. 21, 1954; Barstow, Calif. (BBU 3222) 1 a.m. (PST) 2 local policemen, 4 USMC police, and a highway patrolman saw a red-orange ball giving off sparks, and a smaller light, making a zigzag descent then hover. (Berliner) Sept. 20, 1954; Cuyahoga Falls, Ohio Dark saucer-shaped UFO arced overhead, leveled off and moved into distance. [UFOE, XII] Sept. 21, 1954; Santa Maria Airport, Azores (BBU 3224) 9:45 p.m. Airport guard saw a 10 ft x 5 ft light metallic blue, pecan-shaped object with a clear glass or plastic nose and door, poles or aerials on the nose, humming or whining as it hovered, then land vertically 50 ft away. A blond man, 5 ft 10 in tall appeared, spoke in a strange language, patted the guard on the shoulder, got in the object, hooked up his harness, pushed a button, took off with the object's nose pointed up, then leveled off and climbed vertically. (Berliner) Sept. 22, 1954; 3 miles E of Marshfield, Missouri (BBU 3226) 9 [11?] a.m. Private pilot Jack N. Williams and Ernest J. Ash saw a thin, translucent, tan asymmetrical boomerang-shaped object about 6-7 ft wide revolving as it hovered to the SW about 600 ft height and 600 ft distance, ascended to 1500 ft in 20 secs, descended, then tumbled down behind some trees after emitting white puff of smoke or vapor. Marks were found in the ground "pulverized." (Berliner) Sept. 23, 1954; Gatlinburg, Tenn. (BBU 3227) 9:45 a.m. (EST) Dave Owenby [and Trainer?] saw 2 bright silver, wheel-shaped objects fly N to S in trail. (Berliner; FUFOR Index) Sept. 26, 1954; Altoona, Penna. (BB) 9:04 p.m. (EST) Capt. Picune and crew of United Airlines DC-6 Flight 606 at 19,000 ft and ground speed 382 mph saw a fire-colored object, flat on bottom rounded on top, approaching, flying parallel for about 1 min, then pulling forward at tremendous speed, disappearing in the E. (Dan Wilson, NARCAP; FUFOR Index) Fall 1954; Korea Marine Corps weather observer saw 7 discs oscillating in formation. [UFOE, XII] Oct. 1954; Cherry Valley, N. Y. Engineer sighted maneuvering disc. [UFOE, I] There are actually two
peak dates for the Wave of 1954: October 3 and October
14. The first is a Sunday, the second date is a
Thursday. Both have 84 cases recorded in UFOCAT
version 2009. - Don Johnson, UFOCAT
Oct. 3, 1954; Nr. Waben, France UFO paced car. [UFOE, II] Oct. 4, 1954; North Weald, Essex, England Saturn-shaped disc buzzed RAF Meteor jet. [UFOE, X] Oct. 5, 1954; Houston, Texas (BBU) At 12:45 a.m. CST, lights the size of a pea changed from orange to bluish-green, were seen below observer's aircraft. Objects maintained no set flight pattern. Objects would suddenly disappear and then reappear in different numbers and different formations. Two objects were picked up on air radar set. The length of observation was 45 minutes. The time given on the Project Record Card is confusing and given as 05/0645Z (Night) [Smith?] (McDonald list, Mary Castnor/CUFOS), Oct. 7 (or 9), 1954; Isles-sur-Suippes, France UFO shaped like "giant artillery shell" with "portholes"; landing or near-landing case. [UFOE, XII] Oct. 9, 1954; Cuisy (Seine-Et-Marne), France Car motor and headlights failed as cigar-shaped UFO passed above. Oct. 11, 1954; Brosses-Thillot, Saone-Et-Loire (near), France Motorcycle stalled, round lighted UFO observed about 50 yards ahead. Oct. 13, 1954; Nouasseur, French Morocco (BBU 3260) 10:05 a.m. Weather observer following a balloon in his theodolite saw a round, flat, silver object fly straight and level. (Berliner) Oct. 4, 1954; Essex, UK RAF jet nearly collides with disc (Salandin Case) Oct. 15, 16, 17, 1954; Kingfisher, Okla. (BBU 3269) 8:45 p.m. 50 objects with illuminated bottoms were seen flying in a V-formation, high speed, on successive nights. Only data is on summary card. (Berliner) Oct. 16, 1954; Banlolet, Seine-Infeneure, France Four UFOs at low altitude ahead of car. One descended toward road; driver felt shock, numbness, car motor, headlights failed. Oct. 18, 1954; Coheix, Puy-De-Dorne, France Driver of light truck felt half paralyzed, motor began missing; dark elongated object seen in nearby field. Oct. 20, 1954; Schirmeck, France Motorist felt paralyzed, motor stalled, heat felt; UFOs on road. Oct. 21, 1954; La Rochelle (near), France Motorist and child felt shock and heat, motor and headlights failed; then luminous UFO became visible ahead of car. Oct. 22, 1954; Marysville, Ohio School principal, teacher, 60 students saw silver cigar-shaped UFO with "portholes" hover over school, then speed away; "angel's hair" fell. [UFOE, VIII] Oct. 23, 1954 - New
Yorker
Magazine. "Letter
From Parts" column detailed recent French sightings.
Oct. 23, 1954; Tinker AFB, Oklahoma (BBU) 9:23 p.m. (CST) Objects on FPS-10 (PPI scope). Upon initial pickup speed was in excess of 3200 nautical mph, but changed to 250 nautical mph. The target appeared in size, shape and brillance equal to a normal IFF. (Dan Wilson, McDonald list) Oct. 23, 1954; Cincinnati, Ohio Radio made harsh shrieking noise, volume increased; then reddish disc seen circling overhead. Oct. 24, 1954 -
American Weekly
Prof. Herman Oberth's article, "Flying Saucers Come
From A Distant World."Octo. 24, 1954; Porto Alegre, Brazil Formation of silver, circular objects sped over Air Force base. [UFOE, X] Oct. 25, 1954; Belgrade, Yugoslavia High speed objects some egg-shaped seen by hundreds. [UFOE, X] Oct. 27, 1954; Linzeux (near), France Headlights and motor failed, passengers felt "electric shock"; UFO passed ahead of car. Oct. 28, 1954; Miho Air Base, Japan (BBU 3281) 5:32 p.m. USAF pilots Lt. Col. O. C. Cook and Lt. J. W. Brown, on ground using 7x50 binoculars, saw a brilliant white, round-oval object climb in front of clouds, brighten, turn 90° to the N. (Berliner) Oct. 28, 1954; Rome, Italy Mrs. Clare Booth Luce, American Ambassador, others sighted luminous, round UFO. [UFOE, X] Oct. 29, 1954; SE of Taiwan (BBU) 6 p.m. USAF crew of C-47D transport plane saw a long narrow bright blue object emitting deep orange sparks from front and rear. (Project 1947) Oct. 29, 1954; Terciera Islands, Azores (BBU 3287) 9 p.m. 4 Portuguese nationals saw a grey object, shaped like a stovepipe with a center bulge and short wings (10 ft long, 3 ft in diameter, 3 ft wings) having concave wingtips, make a gargling sound when hovering, then disappear in the glare of airplane landing lights. (Berliner) Nov. 5, 1954; Lookout Point, N.Z. Orange elliptical object with blue "portholes" observed. [UFOE, XII] Nov. 12, 1954; Louisville, Ky. Spherical object moved quickly south, hovered for long period. [UFOE, VIII] Nov. 14, 1954; Forli, Italy Conventional and diesel tractors driving side by side, conventional stalled, diesel did not, as luminous UFO flew overhead. Nov. 15, 1954; Augusta, Maine (BBU 3326) 4 p.m. N. Gallant, manager of radio station WFAV, saw 10 gold, circular objects fly in vertical V-formation, straight and level. (Berliner) Nov. 19 [16?], 1954; 130 miles ESE of New Orleans, Louisiana (BBU) 9:04 p.m. Crew of National Airlines Flight 918 at 17,500 ft en route from New Orleans to Tampa, Flor., heading about 105°, saw a light flashing blue and white moving up and down directly in front at an unknown distance for 3-5 mins when it moved to the NE out of sight. (NARCAP; McDonald list; Mary Castner/CUFOS) Nov. 19, 1954; Corvallis, Oregon (BBU 3331) 4:15 p.m. P. J. Gunn, assistant professor of art at Oregon State University and ex-USN aviation cadet, saw a bright white light hover 8.5-9 mins, then cross 20° of sky in 3-3.5 mins. (Berliner) Nov. 21, 1954; Rio de Janeiro, Brazil 11:30 a.m. local. Crew, passenger of Brazilian airliner saw 19 glowing UFOs. [UFOE, X] Nov. 25, 1954; Cordoba, Argentina Meteorologist, control tower operator at airport watched two hovering luminous objects (official report from Argentine Embassy). [UFOE, X] Nov. 26, 1954; Matasquan, N. J. Formation of round objects. (Confidential report from college professor.) [UFOE, VII] Millville, N. J. Disc with four body lights. [UFOE, II] Nov. 28, 1954; Manila, Philippines (BBU 3341) 10:50 a.m. An anonymous medical doctor saw a flat-bottomed, domed object 65-70 ft across, 18-20 ft high, bright orange with yellow discs attached and an exhaust trail, which flew N, stopped, reversed its course. (Berliner) Dec. 2, 1954; Ceuta, Spanish Morocco (BBU) 2:10 p.m. local. A French military radar site at Ceuta tracked a target which was simultaneously observed visually by the crew of a fighter in the air. The speeds and altitudes of the target were recorded for a continuous period of about I hour from 1410 to 1510, during which time its altitude varied between ~ km (23.000') and 18 km (59,000') with variations in speed from 10 kph (6 mph) to 220 kph (137 mph). The altitude/speed diagram shows a rate-of-climb of >1500 rpm maintained for some 17 minutes (speed 100 mph slowing latterly to 40 mph) up to an altitude of nearly 59,000', levelling off with speed dropping briefly to near-zero, then accelerating steadily to 137 mph over about 12 minutes at the same altitude before suddenly dropping 20,000' in 1 minute down to 39,000' and again levelling off, still at 137 mph, for about 10 minutes, at which point the target dropped, with a simultaneous rapid deceleration, at a mean rate of about 5000 fpm for 3 minutes down to another level of 23,000' at <60 mph, maintaining this speed and level for some 10 minutes until contact was lost. Radar duration: 60 mins. approx. (Vallee CS 1966 186; NARCAP TR -6, Pg. 52, McDonald list) Dec. 3, 1954; Gulfport, Mississippi (BBU 3352) 12:12 p.m. Mr. and Mrs. S. P. Mellen saw a translucent grey, round, flat object rotating on its vertical axis at high rate. (Berliner) Dec. 3, 1954; Wilmington, N. C. Civil Aeronautics Administration personnel watched round, yellowish UFO through binoculars. [UFOE, V] Dec. 5, 1954; North East, Pa. Domed object with double row of square "ports" hovered low over Lake Erie. [UFOE, XII] Dec. 7, 1954; Cape Province, South Africa (BBU 3356) 1:15 p.m. Weather officer, using a theodolite, saw a white, semi-circular, flat object with a dome fly from W to E, then turned N. (Berliner; UFOE, X) Dec. 7, 1954; Edenton, North Carolina (BB) At 3:05 p.m. Capt. Dayton Robinson, Jr. was flying a Marine TV-2 aircraft near Norfolk, Va., with his passenger Cpl. Edwin G. Capone, when they observed a dull white balloon-shaped object. Robinson rolled the aircraft toward the object with the intention of circling the object. At this time the object appeared to accelerate rapidly and moved to the south in a slight climb at approximately 15,000 feet. The speed of the object was estimated to be 2,700 to 3,000 mph. The object was observed for approximately 20-23 seconds. (BB files). Dec. 19, 1954; Vienna, Austria High-speed UFOs reported. [UFOE, X] Dec. 20, 1954; Pontiac, Mich. Red-orange circular UFO, with white glow from "portholes" at front, sped overhead. [UFOE, XII] Dec. 23, 1954; NE of Nogales, Arizona (BBU) At 10:19 p.m. MST, an F-86D pilot had both radar and visual contact with an object described as a hazy glow of red and green flashes. The object remained 5,000 to 10,000 feet above the F-86 at all times. The length of the observation was approx. 40 minutes. Momentary interference was noted on radar scopes both in the F-86D and at the 684th AC&W Squadron at Davis-Monthan AFB. (Dan Wilson, Weinstein) Dec. 29, 1954; San Diego, Calif. (BBU) Daytime. Crew flying B-47 saw 2 objects pass the plane. (Weinstein; BB files??) |
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