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1955 UFO
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Released: 15 December 2005, Updated 4 Dec. 2011 This is a 10-page report on an on-going project
involving a number of people. With the help of William
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 CoordinatorFor the record, we have four basic sources for reports. The first and foremost is the list of BB unknowns Brad provided. Next we have the NICAP site cases that we have selected throughout the years because of case value and interest. And then we have the old NICAP chronologies which have many cases pending details and documentation. The brief case descriptions of the latter group, giving the Cat (Category) number, name of some witness, and source in brackets (M=military), are noticeable NICAP UFO Evidence entries that haven't yet been processed in and some of those may turn out to be unknowns. Lastly, beginning with this year (1955) I have added a feature that will be incorporated in the upcoming years and retroactive with the previous years, sighting lists by month. Months can be accessed here or within the chronology. Francis Ridge The 1955 UFO Chronology 1955; Agrinion, Greece Cat. 3. Truck driver and hotel manager driving over mountain road saw luminous object fly overhead, truck engine stopped. 1955; Virginia, nr. Washington, D. C.
Navy pilot observed domed disc. [UFOE, IV] Jan, 1, 1955; 30 miles E [W?] of Cochise, New Mexico (BBU 3382) 6:44 a.m. PST. Instructor [Capt. D. F. Ritzdorf
?] and student pilot [F. W. Miller?] flying USAF B-25
bomber/trainer saw a metallic disc, shaped like two pie
pans face-to-face, 120-130 ft diameter, pace the B-25,
showing both its edge and its face. Only item in case
file was summary form. [See Feb. 1, 1955, incident.]
(Berliner; cf. NARCAP)
Jan. 2, 1955; Nr. Punta San Juan, Venezuela
Airliner en route to Maracaibo approached by luminous UFO. [UFOE, X] Jan. 14, 1955; Bet. Virginia and Kansas (BBU)
6 p.m. Airliner pilot saw a dark object leaving a
contrail. (Project 1947)
Jan. 19, 1955; Pacific Ocean (BBU)
8:10 a.m. U.S. military pilot saw a white-reddish
globular object flying level with the aircraft. (Project
1947)
Jan. 26, 1955; Lakeland, Florida (BBU 3401)
6:15 p.m. J. M. Holland saw a black smoke trail make
a circle. There was an explosion and some objects fell.
No further information in file. (Berliner)
Jan. 28, 1955; Fairbanks, Alaska Midnight. The man reporting said he was involved
in an 'occurrence' while a member of the Air Defense
Command stationed at Fairbanks, Alaska. He and his pilot
were on number one alert, when the scramble bell sounded
at 12:01. GCI radar had an unknown track with a heading
of 135 degrees. The target, at first report was
travelling at 2,800 knots; in the space of some ten
minutes the targets' speed had been recomputed as 3,200,
3,600, and finally 4,800 knots. The target crossed their
interception track while still out of range of the
airborne radar and out of sight visually. Another pilot
who was in the air at the time told him that he saw a
'blood red' glow in the sky in that part where the
unknown should have been. This object was above 30,000
feet altitude, climbing at that altitude and they were
still climbing when they gave up the chase. (Letter: To:
APRO. From: Herbert B. Johnson, Jr. Rt. 1, Box 244,
Grand Rapids, Minnesota. 55744. Date: 6 March 67. APRO
files. Photocopy in Loren Gross files).
9:07 p.m. (CST). Iowa Air National Guard pilots,
Major A. Packer and Lt. D. Myers with 132nd Fighter
Bomber Group flying a T-33A jet (s/n 52-9590) heading
30° at 290 knots (330 mph) saw a white light
flashing at a set rate, no trail, on a direct head on
collision course in level flight at 20,000 ft. At the
last instant the object rose and flew over the jet,
climbing rapidly to 35,000 ft. When the pilot tried to
chase the object it out climbed and out turned him,
seemingly using radar or similar means to track the
T-33A so as to employ highly maneuverable tactics at
"excess" speed and altitude. (Project 1947; NARCAP)
Jan. 31, 1955; Fuju [?], Japan (BBU)
1:33 p.m. U.S. military pilots saw a white circular
object, no trail, moving against the wind. (Project
1947)
Feb. 1, 1955; 20 miles E of Cochise, New Mexico
(BBU 3414)
7:55 [6:55?] p.m. Instructor Capt. D. F.
Ritzdorf and aviation cadet F. W. Miller flying TB-25
bomber/trainer (s/n 44-86894) at 13,000 ft and ground
speed 238 mph saw a very bright round object with red
and white hues approach then hover off the left wing
of the TB-25 for 5 mins about 5° above horizontal.
Object climbed rapidly on a parallel flight track to
disappearance in 3 mins. [See Jan. 1, 1955, incident.]
(Berliner; NARCAP)
Feb. 2, 1955; Miramar NAS, Calif. (BBU 3416)
11:50 a.m. USN Cdr. J. L. Ingersoll saw a highly
polished sphere, with reddish-brown coloring, fall,
then instantly accelerate to 1,000-1,500 mph.
(Berliner)
Feb. 2, 1955; Valera (near Merida), Venezula Cat. 3 and 11. Aeropost Airlines pilot, approached by top-shaped object, with "portholes" and central ring. Radio went dead both at Valera and Barq. as pilot started to report a UFO sighting. [UFOE, X] Feb. 7, 1955; Harrisburg, Penna. (BBU)
10:18 a.m. Flying Tiger pilot saw a brilliant
object flash off to the S. (Project 1947)
Feb. 7, 1955; Knights Landing, California (BB) 4:30 p.m. local. During observations of conventional jet aircraft the witness observed the antics of a winged UFO that reportedly executed a vertical climb and later, a steep dive. This incident was discovered in an OSI document to the FBI, found in the Blue Book file collection. If this actually occurred it would be an interesting, but distant encounter, worth posting in the Cat. 1 file. (Dan Wilson, BB files) Feb. 7, 1955; Ft. Wayne, Indiana (BBU) At 7:55 p.m. EST American Airline pilots of Flight 266 while flying over Fort Wayne, observed 5 star-like stationary objects due north at an estimated altitude of 30,000 to 40,000 feet. The objects then departed at terrific speed. Feb. 10, 1955; Bethesda, Maryland (BBU 3427)
10:03 p.m. E. J. Stein, model maker at U.S. Navy
ship design facility, saw an object, shaped like a
small portion of the bottom of the Moon, with a
radiant yellow color, hover for 30 seconds. The bottom
changed to a funnel shape. (Berliner)
Feb. 11, 1955; Ryukyu Islands, S Japan (BBU)
10:15 a.m. USAF MATS crew flying C-124 transport
saw a yellow or amber object shaped like a Jack o
lantern flying 1,000 mph. (Project 1947)
Feb. 11, 1955; Miama to New York Pan American Airways flight saw two reddish-green objects speed past under wing. [UFOE, V] Feb. 17, 1955; Blackstone, Virginia (BBU)
USAF pilot in flight saw an extremely large
light-blue object at 35,000 ft. (Project 1947)
March, 1955; Nr. Los Angeles,
California
Bt. 10:00 PM & Midnight. Duty officer in the radar van of an M-33 Radar/90 MM Antiaircraft Artillery battery site in Baldwin Hills reservoir area just southwest of Los Angeles and north of Inglewood. "During an alert for an unidentified aircraft in the SE area, a strong return was spotted at maximum range due west over the ocean, moving due east. Return moved within track radar acquisition range, and was locked on. Estimated speed of approach 2,000 mph, prior to lock-on. At estimated 10-15,000 yards, target made abrupt turn to port, breaking track lock-on, and moved rapidly north out of range. Intensity of the blip indicated a vehicle equal to a larger than the largest commercial aircraft. No known aircraft could perform the turn that the blip described on the PPI scope. The turn was made within a few seconds of track radar lock-on--- no time to verify speed. Speed estimated by travel between returns based on search radar sweep time. Calculations verified by radar operator on duty---he also saw return on scope. Sighting not reported te Area Control until after off-screen. Thought might be system failure. Heard nothing more from A.C." (Source: Schuessler, John F. "Unusual Radar Tracking Reported." Skylook. #39. Feburary 1971) March 2, 1955; Huntley, Illinois (BBU) 5:00 p.m. Car was followed by 3 elongated
"balloons," each showing 8 red lights and about 20 ft
long. (Vallée Magonia 362)
March 16 [17?], 1955; 35 miles N of Salton Sea [or
Ripley?], Calif. (BBU)
9:24 a.m. USAF SAC pilot flying B-47 saw a silver
circular object on a steady course S fading in the
distance. (Project 1947)
4:13 p.m. 2 U.S. military pilots flying 2 aircraft
tracked an unidentified target by airborne radar, and
tracked by ground radar. (Project 1947) The 5th Air
Force reported actual yellow alert due to this radar
sighting.
March 24, 1955; Ryukyu Islands, S Japan (BBU)
2:30 [2:13?] p.m. Beechcraft pilot instructor and
student pilot saw a hat-shaped object with 3 windows
on top section, change color from white to orange, fly
under and around their plane. Instruments failed and
engine sputtered, pilot dove the plane to evade the
object but it kept pace. 2 jets scrambled from Kadena
AFB. (NARCAP; Project 1947)
March 29, 1955; Sonoma & Soledad, CA (BBU) 7:35/7:38 p.m. (PST) McGrath (GOC observer) and
Brown. (McDonald list) A round silvery
white object with red and green flashing lights
was seen to rise vertically at a 45 degree
angle . The 666th AC&W Squadron reported 8:15
p.m. (30/0415Z) that they had a slow moving
blip in that area, but for only a few sweeps of their
radar. The area was searched thoroughly by two
F-51 aircraft but without results. (Dan Wilson)
During the week of
April 3-9, five green fireballs were reported in New
Mexico and two in northern California. After a
number of sightings reported about mid-morning April
5, LaPaz said: "This is a record. We believe we have
it narrowed from the many reports to three.
But they were seen within a very few minutes of each
other."
April 6, 1955; Beaumont, Calif. (BBU)
7:45 p.m. (PST) Briggs. (Hynek UFO Rpt p. 44; FUFOR
Index)
April 8, 1955; Rockford, Illinois GOC members, on watch, witnessed a UFO near their post and sent in a report to the Filter Center in Chicago. Within minutes, jets were up on an intercept mission, and, according to them, fired on the mysterious object, causing it to explode. Before the explosion, however, GOC reported that a smaller round object shot out of the side of the parent device, then, in horizontal flight, passed up the jets, after which it was seen to turn on edge and disappear straight up into the sky. April 21, 1955; 3 miles NE of
Moisant Airport, New Orleans, Louisiana (BBU)
4:00 p.m. CST. Air National Guard pilot Ponticelli flying L-19 aircraft saw a bright silver delta-shaped object. (Project 1947; FUFOR Index) April 22, 1955; Tintinara, Australia Saturn-shaped UFO made sharp turn, ascended. [UFOE, XII] April 24, 1955;
AIbuquerque, N. Mex. April 23 (AP)
Dr. Lincoln Lapaz: "I'm sure the yellow-green
fireballs aren't ordinary meteorite falls. I've been
observing the skies since 1914, and I've never seen
any meteoric fireballs like them."1:20 p.m. (EST). Conlon. (McDonald list) At 1:20
p.m. (EST), AG1 David F. Robinson was tracking a pibal
with a ground theodolite when he came upon a UFOB. He
described the object as round, 20-30 feet in
diameter, silver metallic in color, and seemed to be
elongated at times. The object seemed to waver at
times. The object was 31.8 degrees elevation and 40
degrees relative bearing from Dahlgren
Operations, US Naval Proving Ground, Dahlgren,
Virginia, at 1:20 p.m. The object was at 19.8 degrees
elevation and 59 degrees true bearing at 2:40 p.m.
from same location. Other manner of observation was
air surveillance radar. (Dan Wilson, McDonald list,
Brad Sparks BBU listing).
April 30, 1955; Travis County, Texas (BBU 3517)
7:30 a.m. USAF Wing Intelligence Officer Maj. L. J.
Pagozalski saw 4 black objects in a cluster make a
whooshing sound like a zephyr. (Berliner)
May 4, 1955; Keflavik Airport, Iceland (BBU 3523)
12:38 p.m. USAF Lt. Col. E. J. Stealy and 1st Lt.
J. W. Burt saw about 10 round, white objects, one of
which left a brief smoke trail, flying in an irregular
formation, some of them making erratic movements.
(Berliner; FUFOR Index)
6:06 p.m. MST. Crew of American Airlines DC-7 saw
an object flying on a SE course at 20,000 ft. (Project
1947; FUFOR Index)
May 13, 1955; Duluth, MN (BBU)
8:30 PM. Two airmen flying in a F-89D at 26,000 feet on an air intercept mission locked onto an object on the RO's radar scope. The target was at 8 miles distance and move to 6 miles distance. The target moved to within 6000 yards and stopped dead. The object immediately began going out in range faster that it came in. The estimated speed at the time target indication was going out in range, according to scope interpretation and pilot's and RO's experience in running interception, would be over 1000 knots. Air-electronics: APG-40; APA-84 Observers were: 1/Lt. Charles M. Middleton, pilot, and 2/Lt. Donald. G. Fisher, radar observer, both of the 11th FIS, and both rated as completely reliable. (BB files, Dan Wilson) May 13, 1955; Duluth, Minn. (BBU) 8:30 p.m. (CST) (McDonald list)
May 23 [23-24?], 1955; Cheyenne, Wyoming (BBU 3565)
May 18, 1955: Niagara Falls AFB, New York (BB) 8:40
p.m. One spherical, white object,
approximately 10 feet in diameter
was observed by
the pilot of an F-86D
jet aircraft while flying over
Niagara Falls AFB. The object was observed for about 2-3 seconds. (Dan
Wilson)
May 20, 1955; Tokyo, Japan (BB) 4:45 p.m. (20/0745Z) . A military pilot made an air-visual sighting of a swept wing object at approximately 60,000 feet between Tokyo Radio and Daigo Homer. It was observed for approximately 14 minutes then the object disappeared leaving puffs of smoke. The observer pilot was very experienced. (Blue Book files, Dan Wilson) 12 midnight. USAF Airman/Basic I. J. Shapiro and E.
C. Ingber saw 2 slender, vertical rectangles low on
the horizon, and two ovals with tops, dark, with dark
blue illumination, which flew higher. (Berliner; FUFOR
Index)
May 25, 1955; Alexandra Park, London, England
Circular, luminous object approached B-47, quickly reversed direction and shot away. [UFOE, II] June 4, 1955; Parker, Ariz. (BBU)
2:50 a.m. USAF pilot flying T-33 trainer saw a
yellow-white-red stationary object that abruptly
disappeared. (Project 1947)
June 4, 1955; Parker, Arizona (BB) At 6:50 p.m. PST, 1st Lt. B. E. Beecroft flying a T-33 in a westerly direction at an altitude of 20,000 feet observed what he believed to be an extremely large star when passing over the town of Vidal, California, 13 miles west of Parker, Arizona. The light appeared to be high and stationary in the sky. Lt. Beecroft observed the object for 3 minutes before it suddenly disappeared. At the time of the sighting Beecroft encountered extreme magnetic variations in his magnetic compass and slave gyro. There had been two other occasions of pilots experiencing extreme magnetic variation in this area. A Constellation, TWA 21, reported that there was an unusual, strange looking, cloud formation in the area. (Dan Wilson) June 5, 1955; Namur, Belgium Cat. 8. Photographic images. June 6, 1955; City not noted, New Mexico Cat 3. Three unusual green fireballs; heavy radio and TV disturbance reported. June 16, 1955; Eastern U.S.
UFOs observed over wide area, jets scrambled. [UFOE, III] June 17, 1955; Nr. Adelaide, Australia
Silver oblong UFO viewed through binoculars; hovered; moved away behind clouds as an aircraft neared. [UFOE, XII] June 23, 1955; Utica, NY / Boston, MA 12:15 p.m. A Mohawk Airlines DC-3 was cruising at 3000' in good daylight visibility below a 4000' overcast, about 15 miles E of Utica, N.Y., on a heading ESE to Albany, N.Y. at 160 knots. Both pilot and copilot saw an object come over the top of their aircraft from behind, an estimated 500' above their altitude, on a heading that made a 20-degree angle with the vertical as it crossed the windshield. They estimated the length of the object at about 150'. It was described as: "light gray, almost round, with a center line .... Beneath the line there were several (at least four) windows which emitted a bright blue-green light. It was not rotating but went straight. [The lights] seemed to change colour slightly from greenish to bluish or vice versa [as the object receded]. A few minutes after it went out of sight, two other aircraft (one, a Colonial DC-3, the other I did not catch the number) reported that they saw it and wondered if anyone else had seen it. The Albany control tower also reported that they had seen an object go by on Victor-2 [airway]. As we approached Albany, we overheard that Boston radar had also tracked an object along Victor-2, passing Boston. (NARCAP) June 26, 1955; Holt, Florida (BBU)
Civilian and military witnesses. (Hynek UFO Rpt p.
45)
June 26, 1955; Washington, D. C. A brilliant round object with trail 4 or 5 times its own length approached National Airport, stopped, oscillated, and moved off at high speed. Ceiling lights at airport went out when object approached; returned to operation when UFO left. [UFOE, VIII, XII] July
1955;
S. Alabama
2:00-2:30 p.m. Colonel William Coleman (a few years later the AF PIO officer for Blue Book) was flying a B-25 out of Miami with a co-pilot, flight engineer, a Lockheed test engineer and a General Motors jet engine guy (names forgotten of the latter two). He got to Mariana, Florida, then [northward] into S Alabama when he spotted at 2 o'clock high what he called a "craze" in the windshield. After a while he called the others' attention to it. Eventually chased it at low altitude over farmland saw its shadow on the ground, saw two vortexes coming out of the shiny metallic disc which kicked up dust on the ground, and when he tried to cut it off at max speed of 300 knots the object was gone leaving behind the vortexes on the ground. Duration 10-11 minutes. (Brad Sparks) July 1, 1955; 50 miles SE of Sacramento, CA 11:10 AM. Silver object moving straight down from an estimated altitude of 32,000 feet. Observation made by air-visual and ground radar.(Dan Wilson) July 1, 1955; China Lake, Calif. (BBU) [Might be the same incident described above]
(McDonald list)
July
5, 1955; Newfoundland, Canada (BBU)
3:00-3:56 a.m. (AST). At 3:00 a.m., USAF
97th Air Refueling Sq pilot Lt. Homer H. Speer and
copilot Lt Paul Daily of KC-97 call sign Archie
29, and pilot Lt. Robert W. Schneck and copilot
Lt. David Cueldner (sp?) of KC-97 Archie 91, both
planes at 20,000 ft on a refueling mission out of
Harmon AFB (48°32.7'N, 58°33.0'W), saw 2
bright objects at 49°10' N, 59°50' W, at
20,000 ft appearing stationary. They
reported sighting to Harmon at 3:05, made contact
with radar site, 2nd Lt. Charles H. Denney, Senior
Director, USAF ADC site N-23 (Air Defense
Direction Center, 640th AC&W Sq, Harmon AFB,
Stephenville, Newf., CPS-6B search and
height-finder radar, TPS-502 backup height-finder,
at 48°35.3' N, 58°40' W). Radar
painted object at 3:07 with intermittent contact
till 3:56 (also 4-5 additional objects).
Archie 29 KC-97 in best position to close on
object ordered to do so by Harmon, position
290° from radar site at about 80 miles, 10
o'clock to KC-97 [inconsistent with lat-long
coords]. Objects started moving to NE at
50° true heading accelerating to 275 knots
(300 mph) faster than Archie 29 KC-97. After
object reversed course to S heading, pilot Lt.
Speer of Archie 29 reached closest approach to 18
miles distance, maintained visual contact with
object calling direction changes of object to
radar site by radio, changes correlated exactly
with those painted on scope by controller. Brief
height-finder radar contact at 35,000 ft.
Object began climbing at 3:38 a.m. and fighters
scrambled, no radar or visual contact made.
Speer lost sight of object at about 40,000-50,000
ft. Radar then tracked object accelerating
to 1,600 knots (1,800 mph) moving off to NE.
At same times radar also painted 5 smaller objects
at 5,000-10,000 ft (briefly detected on
height-finder) and thus below the KC-97's at
30° true [heading??], 60 miles from radar,
[inconsistent with other coords] moving very fast,
changing direction and azimuth, jumping on and off
scopes, forming circular pattern, changing to line
abreast, traveling 10-20 miles then changing
direction, speed 1,500+ knots (1,700+ mph).
Radar tracked about 4 objects at point of initial
sighting on 40° true heading, speed 300 knots
(350 mph). Objects at 3:40 a.m. at
50°10' N, 57°50' [?] W. One C-119
aircraft en route from Goose Bay passed within 5
miles of the objects, not known if seen.
Radar targets confirmed by 1st Lt. Anthony G.
Scarpace (sp?), Ground Electronics Officer of
670th ACW Sq, who found radar operating properly
and no inversion effects present.
Investigated by NEAC AFSSO (AF Special Security
Office), reported to AFSS (NSA subunit not to be
confused with AFSSO compartmented security
agency), NSA and CIA. (Sparks; CIA,
AF, NSA FOIA; Project 1947) 56 mins 11+
witnesses RV
July 8, 1955; Augusta, Maine At 9:00 p.m. EDT, one spherical object with a green hue and a trail 9 -10 miles long was seen. A loud humming sound was also noted. The object was observed air-visually, ground-visually and on GCI radar. The length observation was approximately one minute. (Dan Wilson) July 9, 1955; Santa Catalina Channel, Calif Family aboard boat saw a round cylinder, grayish and white, surrounded by a "haze of fumes." UFO zigzagged upward, then sped away. [UFOE, XII] July 11, 1955; Toulon, France (BBU)
Daytime. Military pilot of C-47 transport saw a
round reddish-orange light changing color to bright
white, no trail. (Project 1947)
July 11, 1955; China Lake NAS, California (12/0510Z;July 1955) At 9:10 p.m., a round orangish-red object, the size of a dime held at arm's lenght was observed from the tower with 60 power and 8 power binoculars. The object seemed to have a tail 4 times the length of the object. F-86D's were scrambled but failed to contact anything. Type of observation: Ground-Visual and Ground-Radar. The object was observed for 20-30 minutes. Charles P. Chitwood, control tower operator gave this description of the object. The object was in the northern sky at a 340 degree heading. The object moved on a heading of 240 degrees for 7 minutes, then suddenly reversed its course and sped away at an 80 degree heading. The object then reversed its course again and disappeared on a measured course of 277 degrees. At 9:06 p.m. (12/0506Z), the AC&W Squadron at Boron, Calif., had an object on their scopes. They made a call to Edwards AFB, who in turn notified China Lake NAS. (Dan Wilson, BB files, Footnotes.com) July 17, 1955; Canton, Ohio
Disc hovered, climbed away as airliner approached. [UFOE, XII] July 20, 1955; Portland, Oregon (BBU)
2 fighter pilots and GOC ground observers saw a
round object with a silver lower part climb when
fighters approached. (Weinstein; BB files??)
July 25, 1955; Near Syracuse, New York (BBU)
5:22 a.m. [12:22 a.m. EST ?] Pilot flying F-86
fighter saw an orange object. (Project 1947; FUFOR
Index)
9:34 p.m. [3:34 p.m. CST ?] USAF pilot flying
B-47 bomber saw a round object, no trail. (Project
1947; FUFOR Index)
July 26, 1955--Lasham, Hants, England Members of British Gliding Association watched
boomerang-shaped object (or flattened triangle)
hover above glider then speed away. [UFOE, XII]
July 29, 1955; Cincinnati, Ohio
Zigzagging UFO made shrill sound. [UFOE, VIII] July 29, 1955; Columbus, Nebraska (BBU)
10:45 p.m. (CST) Morrice Raymond saw 4 orange
flashing lights and a white flashing light move up
and down like yoyos. (Berliner; FUFOR Index)
Sometime in August, 1955; Jedburgh, Scotland, UK Cat. 4. Dog bolts as cigar-shaped object flies by. August 6, 1955; Cincinnati, Ohio
Oval-shaped UFO observed ascending at high speed. [UFOE, XII] Aug. 11, 1955; Iceland (BBU 3699)
11:45 a.m. USAF 2nd Lt. E. J. Marlow saw 12 grey
objects, from cigar to egg shaped, vary
formation from elliptical to wavy line to scattered
to straight line to trail formation. Speed varied
from hovering to 1,000 mph. (Berliner)
August 21, 1955; Chalmette, La.
Glowing-white Saturn-shaped object hovered, rotating; turned sideways and shot away. [UFOE, XII] Aug. 21-22,
1955; Kelly, 7 miles N of Hopkinsville, Kentucky
(BBU)
7, 8-11 p.m., 2:30-4:45 a.m. At about 7 p.m.
Billy Ray Taylor went into the backyard of the
Sutton farmhouse and saw a bright object from the
SW [or actually about SSW about 210° azimuth
from the direction of Fort Campbell U.S. Army
base] then pass over and descend into a gully
about 500 [300-600?] ft N of the farmhouse and
about 35-40 ft lower elevation. Mrs. Glennie
Lankford and 6 other adults [most Sutton family],
plus 3 children (Charlton, Lonnie and Mary
Lankford), saw two or more 3 ft tall gremlin-like
creatures float down from trees and approach the
house from the dark, which were shot at by rifle
and shotgun fire without effect. At about 11 p.m.
the entire group fled in terror in their two cars
and drove at high speed into Hopkinsville to
report the incident to the Police Dept. State
police officer leaving the Shady Oaks restaurant 3
miles N of Hopkinsville in a car to respond to the
call heard several meteor-like objects streaking
over him sounding like artillery shells, and was
able to see 2 in a series looking like meteors
from the SW [or actually about S, from about
190° azimuth, headed towards Kelly from the
direction of Fort Campbell and the TOP SECRET
Armed Forces Special Weapons Project Site C,
Clarksville Base, 36.665° N, 87.487° W,
National Stockpile Site for nuclear weapons
storage apparently recently including
multi-megaton yield H bombs]. City, county,
state and military police and reporters drove out
to the Sutton farm to investigate from around
11:30 p.m. to 2 a.m. UFO entities returned at
about 2:30 a.m. and were again shot at without
effect, finally disappearing at about 4:45 a.m.
(Davis-Bloecher 1978; Hynek UFO Rpt pp. 212-6;
Vallée Magonia 372; FUFOR Index)
Aug. 23, 1955; Cincinnati, Ohio
(BBU)
11:50 p.m. Several SAC USAF fighter pilots saw 3 round disc-shaped objects making evasive maneuvers. "Dogfight" with UFOs, first detected by radar. (Weinstein; BB files??) Aug. 23, 1955; Arlington, Virginia (BBU 3720)
10:45 a.m. G. M. Park, using a 400x telescope
saw several (6+) orange lights moving singly or in
groups, circling and stopping. (Berliner; FUFOR
Index)
Aug. 25, 1955; Bedford, Indiana Cat. 3. House lights dimmed and brightened as hovering UFO pulsated. Aug. 25, 1955; Fordland, Missouri (BBU) 7:56 p.m. (CST) (26/0156Z) A blip appeared on a ground radar scope moving at about 1000 mph. After a few minutes the target began to slow down perceptibly to around 320 mph. A fighter plane, "Dropkick 17" was scrambled and was directed toward the target. When the fighter approached to within 5 miles of the target it faded. The target then popped up dead ahead 20 miles away. As the fighter DK 17 approached to 1/2 mile of target it faded away. From then on it was like a game, the target would pop up about 20 miles away and when the fighter would head toward it the target would fade away. This happened 10 to 15 times until DK 17 reported he was low on fuel. When DK 17 was about 50 miles away the UFOB began painting like a B-52 and was not moving. Radar personnel at the Fordland AFS were: 1st Lt.John N. Oliver, Director; A/2C J.L.Bossom, Radar operator; A/2C Issac N. Young, Radar operator. (Dan Wilson, Brad Sparks, footnotes.com, BB files). August 28, 1955; Yonkers, N. Y. Board of
Education official and others saw a white
Saturn-shaped object through a telescope. [UFOE,
XII]
Sept. 3, 1955; Bellingham, Wash. (BBU 3743)
9:30 p.m. (PST) GOC observer Saunders saw white
pinpoint move slowly across 30° of sky. No
further information. (Berliner)
Sept. 7, 1955; Washington, D.C. (BBU 3750)
6:30 a.m. (EST) 2 photographers, one plate
maker for the Army Map Service, one named Smith,
saw a glowing round object fly an arc.
(Berliner)
Sept. 9, 1955; Near Alcoa [Rock Garden?],
Tenn. (BBU 3757)
12 noon. M. N. Dawkins, using binoculars, saw
a brown, almost square object fly with a
circular motion. (Berliner)
October 2, 1955; Akron and Alliance, Ohio Hovering disc- like UFO observed over wide area. [UFOE, VII] Oct. 2, 1955: Poughkeepsie, New York (BB) At 6:16 p.m. EST, (2/2316Z). Colonial Airline Captain Edson Wood was flying at an altitude of 6,000 feet when he observed a round blue-white object that passed abeam to the port side of the aircraft and then it appeared to hover for 10 to 15 seconds. The object appeared as large as a baseball held at arm's length. It then departed on a southeasterly heading at an extreme rate of speed. As the object faded in the distance it appeared to gain altitude. The object was also observed by the co-pilot. The total length of observation was 30 seconds. Captain Wood tried unsuccessfully to contact Air Defense Radar in hopes they might track this object. (Blue Book files, Dan Wilson) 4:38 [5:38?] p.m. R. D. Prather and H. Ahern
saw a round, silver or white object fly straight
and level at more than 1,000 mph. (BB docs
submitted by Dan Wilson. Berliner; FUFOR Index)
Oct. 11, 1955; Pt. Lookout, Maryland (BBU
3810)
4 p.m. B. Hale and A. Ostrom saw round
object, white in daylight and turning red with
sparks near end of sighting, with a deep roar
unlike an aircraft. (Berliner)
Senator Richard B. Russell, Jr. (D-GA)—then
chairman of the Armed Services Committee—was
on a Soviet train when he spotted a
disc-shaped craft taking off near the tracks.
8:30 p.m. (EST). An Air Force pilot flying in
an F-86D at 25,000 feet observed a round, orange
object flying straight and level at about
10 to 20 thousand feet above him to the east at
20 NM. After the visual observation, contact was
made with the object on airborne radar (E-4) and
a chase was attempted. The pilot was unable to
close on the object. Total time of observation
was two to three minutes. (Dan Wilson, Brad
Sparks, McDonald list, FUFOR Index)
Oct.
20
[21? 26?], 1955; Minneapolis, Minn. (BBU)
7:40 CST. USAF pilot, 1st Lt William
F. Steck, 432nd FIS, while flying an
F-89D at 25,000 feet was making a turn into
the glide path when he saw a white glowing,
oblong-shaped object 45 degrees to the right
of his aircraft. The object was moving in
a straight line very fast. The
object then made a sharp 90 degree turn
to the right. The object was picked up on
radar by fighter pilot of the same
organization. Airborne radar paint observed at
7 miles distance on scope. In 15-20 seconds
the object was at 15 miles distance. (Dan
Wilson, Brad Sparks, Weinstein; FUFOR Index)
Oct. 26 [30? 21?], 1955; Minneapolis, Minn.
(BBU)
Same as Oct. 21, 1955, case?] (McDonald
list)
October 28, 1955; Galloway, England
Disc with row of blue lights on rim, maneuvered slowly over car on lonely road. [UFOE, XII] October 31, 1955; Nr. Auckland, N.Z.
Bright object passed National Airlines DC-3. [UFOE, X] November 1, 1955; Mojave Desert, Calif.
Astronomer observed cigar-shaped UFO and smaller disc. [UFOE, VI] November 2, 1955; Williston, Fla.
Police, others saw as many as six oval-shaped objects in formation. [UFOE, VIII] November 5, 1955; Cleveland, Ohio
Minister observed elliptical UFO with square "windows". [UFOE, VIl] November 9, 1955; Philadelphia, Pa.
Newspaper photographers and others saw 12 silvery-white round objects in formation. [UFOE, VII] Nov. 14, 1955; Deming, New Mexico (BBU)
1 a.m. Commercial airline pilot in flight
saw a fast moving object, with a light on the
rear, come from the SW. (Project 1947)
November 14, 1955; San Bernardino Mts.,
Calif.
Pilot saw a globe of white light approach plane, blinked landing lights; object blinked in seeming response, reversed course. [UFOE, V] Nov. 17, 1955; St. Louis, Missouri (BBU
3860)
6:10 a.m. J. A. Mapes saw 12 round, flat
objects, silver on top and dark on the bottom,
fly in 4-deep formation, tipping in pitch and
roll angles. (Berliner)
Nov. 20, 1955; Lake City, Tenn. (BBU 3862)
5:20 p.m. Operations Officer Capt. B. G. Denkler
and 5 men of the USAF 663rd AC&W Sq saw 2
oblong, bright orange, semi-transparent objects
fly at terrific speed and erratically, toward
and away from each other. (Berliner, UFOE, IX )November 23, 1955; Spirit Lake, Iowa
Ground Observer Corps spotters reported a brilliant object which changed color, moved erratically. [UFOE, VII] Nov. 25, 1955. LaVeta, Colo. (BBU 3869) 10:30 a.m. State Senator S. T. Taylor saw a
dirigible-shaped object, fat front, tapered
toward the tail, luminous green blue and
jellylike, appear overhead diving at a 45°
angle, reducing to 30°. (Berliner)
6 [1?] a.m. USAF pilot flying MATS
transport radar tracked unidentified target.
(Dan Wilson, Brad Sparks, Project 1947; FUFOR
Index)
December 6, 1955; Ashfield &
Greenfield, Mass.
Several people watched a cigar-shaped object with long rows of brilliant, reddish body lights, moving slowly south. [UFOE, XII] Dec. 11, 1955; Near Jacksonville, Florida
(BBU)
9 p.m. 2 airliner pilots [and crews?] and
ground observers saw fast maneuvering
orange-red round object, with ground radar
tracking. 2 USN jets on a practice
night-flying mission were vectored to the
object by a Jacksonville NAS controller, on
approach the object suddenly rose up to 30,000
ft then dove back down in a circle, buzzing
the jets. (Weinstein; NARCAP; BB
files??; UFOE, XIII)
Dec. 13, 1955; Caddo Lake, Louisiana (BBU) 8:45 p.m. CST. USAF pilot flying B-47 in 513th Bomber Sq saw and radar tracked oblong object. (Project 1947) Dec. 17, 1955; Laguna [Mt. Laguna ?], Calif. (BBU) At 9:45 p.m. PST, three USAF radar
operators tracked one target for 13 minutes at
speeds estimated as fast as 3000 knots on an
AN/FPS-3 radar. The target was inbound from
Prescott Radio toward Thermal Radio, seemed to
check 20 NM north of Thermal, then turned
outbound toward Telescopepeak. According to
the report, the object appeared to be using
radio aids at Blythe, Thermal, Dagget
and Inyokern. Maintenance
said there was no internal interference on the
radar equipment and the target did not
resemble any previously know interference. The
track passed out of radar
limits. (McDonald, Dan Wilson)
Dec. 17, 1955; Laguna [Mt. Laguna ?], Calif. (BBU) 9:45 a.m. (PST) (McDonald list)
Dec. 21, 1955; Caribou, Maine (BBU 3893)
11 p.m. Roberta V. Jacobs saw a round, very
bright gold, domed disc in a short climb, then
rotate, hover and accelerate. (Berliner)
December 29, 1955; New Britain, Conn.
Shiny object hovered, sped away. [UFOE, XII] |
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