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July 26, 1952; Washington, D.C. 8 p.m. until after midnight.
Witnesses: radar operators at several airports, airline pilots.
Many unidentified blips tracked by radar all over Washington
area, at varying speeds. Pilots spotted unidentified lights.
July 26, 1952; Kansas City, Missouri. 12:15 a.m. Witnesses:
USAF Capt. H. A. Stone, men in control towers at Fairfax Field
and Municipal Airport. One greenish light with red-orange
flashes was seen for 1 hour as it descended in the northwest from
40* elevation to 10* elevation.
July 26, 1952; Andrews AFB, Maryland. This was a continuation of
the extensive sightings and radar tracking reports reported
throughout the Washington, D.C. area, all night long.
July 26, 1952; Kirtland AFB, New Mexico. 12:05 a.m. Witness:
Airman lst Class J.M. Donaldson. Eight to ten orange balls in a
triangular or V-formation flew very fast for 3-4 seconds.
July 26, 1952; Williams, California. Case missing from official
files.
July 27, 1952; Selfridge AFB, Michigan. 10:05 a.m. Witnesses:
three B-29 bomber crewmen on ground. Many round, white objects
flew straight and level, very fast. Two at 10:05, one at 10:10,
one at 10:15, one at 10:20. Each was seen for about 30 seconds.
July 27, 1952; Wichita Falls, Texas. 8:30 p.m. Witnesses: Mr.
and Mrs. Adrian Ellis. Two disc-shaped objects, illuminated by a
phosphorus light, flew at an estimated l,000 m.p.h. for 15
seconds.
July 28, 1952; Heidelberg, West Germany. 10:20 p.m. Witnesses:
Sgt. B.C. Grassmoen, WAC Pfc. A.P. Turner. One saucer-shaped
object having an appearance of light metal and giving off shafts
of white light, flew slow, made a 90^ turn and climbed away fast
after 4-5 minutes.
July 28, 1952; McGuire AFB, New Jersey. 6 a.m. Witness: Ground
Control Approach radar operator M/Sgt. W.F. Dees, and persons in
the base control tower. Radar tracked a large cluster of very
distinct blips. Visual observation was of oblong objects having
neither wings nor tail, which made a very fast turn and at one
time were in echelon formation. Entire episode lasted 55
minutes.
July 28, 1952; McChord AFB, Washington. 2:15 a.m. Witnesses:
T/Sgt. Walstead, S/Sgt. Calkins of the 635th AC&W Squadron. One
dull, glowing, blue-green ball,.the size of a dime at arms'
length, flew very fast, straight and level.
July 29, 1952; Osceola, Wisconsin. 1:30 a.m. Witnesses: radar
operators on ground, pilot of F-5l Mustang in flight. Several
clusters of up to 10 small radar targets and one large target.
Small targets moved from southwest to east at 50-60 kts. (60-70
m.p.h.), following each other. The large one moved at 600 kts.
(700 m.p.h.). One hour total time. Pilot confirmed one target.
July 29, 1952; Langley AFB, Virginia. 2:30 p.m. Witness: USAF
Capt D.G. Moore, of military air traffic control system. One
undescribed object flew at an estimated 2,600 m.p.h., below
5,000' altitude, toward the air base for about 2 minutes.
July 29, 1952; Langley AFB, Virginia. 2:50 p.m. Witnesses: Mr.
Moore, Gilfillan electronics representative W. Yhope. One radar
target tracked moving away, stopped for 2 minutes, again moved
very, very fast. Four minutes.
July 29, 1952; Merced, California. 3:44 or 4:35 p.m. Witnesses:
Herbert Mitchell and one employee. One dark, discus-shaped
object, trailed by a silvery light 2 lengths behind, tipped on
its side, dove, hesitated and then circled very fast during the 2
minute sighting.
July 29, 1952; Wichita, Kansas. 12:35 p.m. Witnesses: USAF
shop employees Douglas and Hess at Municipal Airport. One bright
white circular object with a flat bottom flew very fast, and then
hovered 10-15 seconds over the Cessna Aircraft Co. plant, during
the 5 minute sighting.
July 29, 1952; Ennis, Montana. 12:30 p.m. Witnesses: USAF
persons, alerted that UFOs were coming from the direction of
Seattle, Wash. Two to five flat disc-shaped objects: one
hovered 3-4 minutes, while the others circled it. Sighting
length of 30 minutes not explained further.
July 30, 1952; Albuquerque, New Mexico. 11:02 p.m. Witness:
USAF lst Lt. George Funk. One orange light remained stationary
for 10 minutes. No further details in files.
July 30, 1952; San Antonio, Texas. 10 a.m. Witnesses: E.E. Nye
and one other person. One round, white object flew slow and then
sped away after 20-30 minutes.
Aug. 1, 1952; Lancaster, California. 1:14 a.m. Witnesses:
sheriff's deputies and other persons, one named Mallette. Two
brilliant red lights hovered and maneuvered for 5 minutes.
Aug. 2, 1952; Lake Charles, Louisiana. 3 a.m. Witnesses: USAF
lst Lt. W.A. Theil, one enlisted man. One red ball with a blue
flame tail flew straight and level for 3-4 seconds.
Aug. 4, 1952; Phoenix, Arizona. 2:20 a.m. Witness: USAF
A/3c W.F. Vain. One yellow ball which lengthened and narrowed to
plate shape, flew straight and level for 5 minutes.
Aug. 4, 1952; Mt. Vernon, New York. 11:37 a.m. Witnesses: one
woman, two children. One object, shaped like a lifesaver or
donut, emitted black smoke from its top and made a 15' arc in 1.5
minutes. Observed for 2 hours.
Aug 5. 1952; Haneda AFB, Japan. 11:30 p.m. Witnesses: USAF
F-94 jet interceptor pilots lst Lt. W.R. Holder and lst Lt. A.M.
Jones, and Haneda control tower operators. Airborne radar
tracked a target for 90 seconds. Control tower operators watched
50-60 minutes while a dark shape with a light flew as fast as 330
kts. (380 m.p.h.), hovered, flew curves and performed a variety
of maneuvers.
Aug. 6, 1952; Tokyo, Japan. This is a continuation of the Haneda
AFB sightings.
Aug. 6, 1952; Port Austin, Michigan. Case missing from official
files.
Aug. 7. 1952; San Antonio, Texas. 9:08 a.m. Witness: Mrs.
Susan Pfuhl. Four glowing white discs: one made a 180* turn,
one flew straight and level, one veered off, and one circled
during the 70 minute sighting.
Aug. 9, 1952; Lake Charles, Louisiana. 10:50 a.m. Witness:
USAF A/3c J.P. Raley. One disc-shaped object flew very fast and
then hovered for 2 seconds during a 5-6 minute sighting.
Aug. 13, 1952; Tokyo, Japan. 9:45 p.m. Witness: USAF Marine
Corps pilot Maj. D. McGough. One orange light flew a left orbit
at 8,000' and 230 m.p.h., spiralled down to no more than 1,500',
remained stationary for 2-3 minutes and went out. An attempted
interception was unsuccessful.
Aug. 18, 1952; Fairfield, California. 12:50 a.m. Witnesses:
three policemen. One object changed color like a diamond, and
changed directions during the 30 minute sighting.
Aug. 19, 1952; Red Bluff, California. 2:38 p.m. Witness:
Ground Observer Corps observer Albert Lathrop. Two objects,
shaped like fat bullets, flew straight and level, very fast for
25 seconds.
Aug. 20, 1952; Neffesville, Pennsylvania. 3:10 a.m. Witnesses:
Bill Ford and two others. An undescribed object flew at 500'
altitude for several minutes. No further data in files.
Aug. 21, 1952; Dallas, Texas. 11:54 p.m. Witness: Jack Rossen,
ex-artillery observer. Three blue-white lights hovered then
descended; 1.5 minutes later, one of them descended more.
Aug. 23, 1952; Akron, Ohio. 4:10 a.m. Witnesses: USAF 2nd Lt.
H.K. Funseth, a ground radar observer, and two U.S. Navy men.
One pulsing amber light was seen to fly straight and level for 7
minutes.
Aug. 24, 1952; Hermanas, Mexico. 10:15 a.m. Witness: Georgia
Air National Guard F-84G jet fighter pilot Col. G.W. Johnson.
Two 6' silver balls in abreast formation, one turned grey
rapidly, the other slowly. One changed to long grey shape during
a turn. Sighting lasted about 10 minutes.
Aug. 24, 1952; Tucson, Arizona. 5:40 p.m. Witnesses: Mr. and
Mrs. George White. One large round, metallic, white light with a
vague lower surface, flew slowly, then fast With a dancing,
wavering motion, for about 1 minute.
Aug. 24, 1952; Levelland, Texas. 9:30 p.m., 10:30 p.m.
Witnesses: Mr. and Mrs. Elmer Sharp. One object, shaped like a
spinning top, changing color from red to yellow to blue, and with
a fiery tail, hovered for 20 minutes, whistling, then flew away.
It, or another like it, returned an hour later.
Aug. 25, 1952; Pittsburg, Kansas. 5:35 a.m. Witness: radio
station musician William Squyres. One dull aluminum object,
shaped like two meat platters, face to face, estimated at 75'
long, 45' wide, and 15' thick. Through a window in the front
section shone a blue light; the head and shoulders of a man could
be seen. The mid section had numerous windows through which
could be seen some kind of regular movement. A series of small
propellers were spaced close together along the outer edge of the
object, revolving at high speed. The object was hovering about
10' above the ground, 100 yards off the road, with a slight
rocking motion. It then ascended vertically with a sound like a
large covey of quail starting to fly at the same time.
Vegetation showed signs of having been disturbed under the
object.
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