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from: FRED AUSTIN
date: 1998-02-22 18:21:00
subject: Bluebook [08/17]

 >>> Part 8 of 17...
       Aug. 25, 1952; Holloman AFB, New Mexico. 3:40 p.m. Witnesses:
       civilian supervisor Fred Lee, foreman L.A. Aquilar. One round
       silver object flew south, turned and flew north, made a 360 turn
       and flew away vertically after 3-5 minutes.
       Aug. 26, 1952; Lathrop Wells, Nevada. 12:10 a.m. Witness:  USAF
       Capt. D.A. Woods. One large, round, very bright object with a
       V-shaped contrail having a dark cone in the center, flew very
       fast, hovered, made an instantaneous 90 turn, followed by a
       gentle climb and finally sudden acceleration.
       Aug. 28, 1952; Chickasaw and Brookley AFB, Alabama. 9:30 p.m.
       Witnesses:  USAF control tower operators, officer from USAF
       Office of Special Investigations, and others.  Six objects,
       varying from fiery red to sparkling diamond appearance, hovered,
       flew erratically up and down for 1 hour and l5minutes.
       Aug. 29, 1952; Colorado Springs, Colorado. 8:35 p.m. Witness:
       pilot C.A. Magruder. Three objects, 50' in diameter, 10' high,
       aluminum with red-yellow exhaust, flew in trail at estimated
       1,500 m.p.h.  for 4-5 seconds.
       Aug. 29, 1952; west of Thule, Greenland (77' N., 75* 15' W.)
       10:50 a.m.  Witnesses:  two U.S. Navy pilots flying a P4Y-2
       patrol plane.  Three white disc-shaped or spherical objects
       hovered, then flew very fast in a triangular formation, in 2-3
       minutes.
       Sept. l, 1952; Marietta, Georgia.  10:50 p.m.  Witness:  ex-AAF
       B-25 gunner. Two large white disc-shaped objects with green
       vapor trails flew in trail formation, merged, flew away very
       fast.
       Sept. 1, 1952; Marietta, Georgia.  10:30 p.m.  Witness:  one
       unidentified person using binoculars.  Two large objects shaped
       like spinning tops and displaying red, blue and green colors,
       flew side by side, leaving a sparkling trail for 30 minutes.
       Sept. 1, 1952; Atlanta, Georgia. 9:43 p.m.  Witnesses:  Mrs.
       William Davis and nine other persons.  One light, similar to the
       evening star, moved up and down for a long period of time.
       Sept. l, 1952; Marietta, Georgia.  10:30 p.m.  Witnesses:  Mr.
       Bowman (ex-artillery officer) and 24 others.  A red, white, and
       blue-green object which spun and shot off sparks for 15 minutes.
       Sept. 1, 1952; Yaak, Montana. 4:45 a.m.  Witnesses:  Visual
       sighting by two USAF enlisted men, radar tracking seen by three
       men using AN/FPS-3 radar set. Two small, varicolored lights
       became black silhouettes at dawn; flew erratically.  One hour.
       Sept. 2, 1952; Chicago, Illinois.  3 a.m.  Witness:  radar
       tracker Turason (ground controlled approach) at Midway Airport.
       40 targets flew in miscellaneous directions, up to 175 m.p.h.
       Two seemed to fly in formation with DC-6 airliner. Total of
       8 hours.
       Sept. 3, 1952; Tucson, Arizona. 99 a.m.  Witnesses:  civilian
       pilots McCraven and Thomas. One shiny, dark ellipse made three
       broad, curving sweeps in 1.5 minutes.
       Sept. 6, 1952; Lake Charles AFB, Louisiana. l:3O'a.m.
       Witnesses:  T/Sgt. J.E. Wilson and two enlisted men.  One bright
       star-like light moved about the sky for 2 hours.
       Sept. 6, 1952; Tucson, Arizona. 4:55 p.m.  Witnesses:  ex-
       Congresswoman Mrs. Isabella King and Bill McClain. One orange
       teardrop-shaped object whirled on its vertical axis, descended
       very fast, stopped, retraced its path upwards, while whirling in
       the opposite direction.  1.5 minutes.
       Sept. 7, 1952; San Antonio, Texas. 10:30 p.m. Witnesses:
       chemist J.W. Gibson and others. One orange object or light (the
       color of 2,000' F.) exploded into view.  Seen for from 3-20
       seconds by various observers.
       Sept. 9, 1952; Rabat, French Morocco. 9 p.m. Witness:  E.J.
       colisimo, a civilian illustrator with USAF Intelligence. One
       disc with lights along part of its circumference, flew twice as
       fast as a T-33 jet trainer, in a slightly curved path for 5
       seconds.
       Sept. 12, 1952; Allen, Maryland. 9:30 p.m.  Witnesses:  Mr. and
       Mrs. David Kolb, of the Ground Observer Corps, using binoculars.
       One white light with a red trim and streamers flew northeast for
       35 minutes.
       Sept. 13, 1952; Allentown, Pennsylvania.  7:40 p.m.  Witness:
       private pilot W.A. Hobler, flying a Beech Bonanza. One object,
       shaped like a fat football, flaming orange-red color, descended
       and then pulled up in front of the witness' airplane.  Seen for 2
       seconds.
       Sept. 14, 1952; Santa Barbara, California. 8:40 p.m. Witness:
       USAF C-54 transport pilot Tarbutton.  One blue-white light
       travelled straight and level, then went up.  Seen for 30 seconds.
       Sept. 14, 1952; North Atlantic, between Ireland and Iceland.
       Witnesses:  military persons from several countries aboard ships
       in the NATO "Operation Mainbrace" exercise.  Among the sightings:
       one blue-green triangle was observed flying 1,500 m.p.h; three
       objects in a triangular formation gave off white light exhaust at
       1,500 m.p.h.
       Sept. 14, 1952; White Lake, South Dakota. 7 p.m. Witness:
       Ground Observer Corps observer L.W. Barnes, using binoculars.
       One red, cigar-shaped object, with three puffs behind it, flew
       west, then south, and then was gone.  Seen 30-40 minutes.
       Sept. 14, 1952; Ciudad Jaurez, Mexico. 11:30 p.m. to 1:20 a.m.,
       Sept. 15. Witnesses:  consulting engineer R. J. Portis and three
       others.  Six groups of 12-15 luminous spheres or discs, which
       flew in formations varying from arcs to inverted-Y's, very fast.
       Sept. 14, 1952; Olmstead AFB, Pennsylvania. Time not known.
       Witness:  pilot of Flying Tiger Airlines airplane N67977. One
       blue light flew very fast on a collision course with the
       airliner.  Note:  the summary card attached to the file showed
       completely different information.
       Sept. 16, 1952; Portland, Maine. 6:22 p.m.  Witnesses:  crew of
       U.S. Navy P2V Neptune patrol plane, visually and via radar.  A
       group of five lights was seen at the same time a long, thin blip
       was being tracked on radar.  Note:  consideration was given to
       this being USAF KC-97 airplanes involved in a refueling
       operation.  The sighting involved 20 minutes.
       Sept. 16, 1952; Warner-Robbins AFB, Georgia. 7:30 p.m.
       Witnesses:  three USAF officers, two civilians.  Two white lights
       flew abreast, at 100 m.p.h., for 15 minutes.
       Sept. 17, 1952; Tucson, Arizona. 11:40 a.m.  Witnesses:  Mr. and
       Mrs. Ted Hollingsworth. Two groups of three large, flat, shiny
       objects flew in tight formations:  the first group slow, the
       second faster.  Seen for 2 minutes.
       Sept. 23, 1952; Gander Lake, Newfoundland, Canada. No time
       shown.  Witnesses:  Pepperell AFB operations officer and seven
       other campers.  One bright white light, which reflected on the
       lake, flew straight and level at 100 m.p.h.  for 10 minutes.
       Sept. 24, 1952; Charleston, West Virginia. 3:30 p.m. Witnesses:
       crew of USAF B-29 bomber. A lot of bright, metallic particles or
       flashes, up to 3' in length, streamed past the B-29 for 15
       minutes.
       Sept. 26, 1952; 400 miles NNW of Azores Islands. 11:16 p.m.
       Witnesses:  pilot, copilot, engineer and aircraft commander of
       USAF C-124 transport plane. Two distinct green lights were seen
       to the right and slightly above the C-124, and at one time seemed
       to turn toward it.  The lights alternated leading each other
       during more than 1 hour of observation.
       Sept. 27, 1952; Inyokern, California.  10 p.m.  Witnesses:  two
       couples, using a 5x telescope.  One large, round object, which
       went through the color spectrum every 2 seconds, was seen to fly
       straight and level for 15 minutes.
       Sept. 29, 1952; Rochester, England.  3:55 p.m.  Witnesses
       unknown, but report came via the Rochester Police Dept. Two flat
       objects hovered for 3 minutes, and then sped away.
      Sept. 29, 1952; Southern Pines, North Carolina. 8:15 p.m.
       Witnesses:  U.S. Army Res. lst Lt. C.H. Stevens and two others.
       One green ellipse with a long tail orbited for 15 minutes.
       Sept. 29, 1952; Aurora, Colorado.  3:15 p.m.  Witness:  USAF
       T/Sgt. B.R. Hughes. Five or six circular objects, bright white
       but not shiny, circled in trail formation for 5-6 minutes.
       Oct. 1, 1952; Shaw AFB, South Carolina. 6:57 p.m. Witness:
       USAF lst Lt. T.J. Pointek, pilot of RF-8O reconnaissance jet. One
       bright white light flew straight, then vertical, then hovered,
       and then made an abrupt turn during a 23 minute attempted
       intercept.
       Oct. 1, 1952; Pascagoula, Mississippi.  7:40 p.m.  Witnesses:
       Mr. and Mrs. C.C. McLean and one other person.  One round,
       milky-white object, shaped like a powder puff, hovered for 5-10
       minutes then flew away very fast in an arc.  A loud blast was
       heard at the start of the 22 minute sighting.
       Oct. 7, 1952; Alamagordo, New Mexico. 8:30 p.m. Witness:  USAF
       Lt. Bagnell. One pale blue oval, with its long axis vertical,
       flew straight and level for 4-5 seconds, covering 30 in that
       time.
       Oct. 10, 1952; Otis AFB, Massachusetts.  6:30 p.m.  Witnesses:
       USAF S/Sgt., two other enlisted men.  One blinking white light
       moved like a pendulum for 20 minutes, and then shot straight up.
       Oct. 17, 1952; Taos, New Mexico.  9:15 p.m.  Witnesses:  Four
       USAF officers One round, bright blue light moved from north to
       northeast at an elevation of 45* for 2-3 seconds and then burned
       out.
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