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Oct. 17, 1952; Killeen, Texas. 10:15 p.m. Witnesses: Ministers
Greenwalt and Kluck. Ten lights, or a rectangle of lights, moved
more or less straight and level for 5 seconds.
Oct. 17, 1952; Tierra Amarilla, New Mexico. 11 p.m. Witness:
one military person (no detail). One white streamer moved at an
estimated 3,000 m.p.h. in an arc for 20 seconds. No further
details in files.
Oct. 19, 1952; San Antonio, Texas. 1:30 p.m. Witness: one
ex-USAF aircrewman Woolsey. Three circular aluminum objects, one
of which was olive-drab colored on the side, flew in a rough
V-formation. One object flipped slowly, another object stopped,
during the 3-4 minute sighting.
Oct. 19. 1952; 500 miles south of Hawaii. 6:58 p.m. Witnesses:
crew of USAF C-50 transport plane. One round yellow light, with
a red glowing edge, estimated at 100' in diameter, flew at
300-400 kts. (350-450 m.p.h.) for 20 seconds.
Oct. 21, 1952; Knoxville, Tennessee. No time given. Witnesses:
persons at airport weather station. Six white lights flew in a
loose formation for 1-2 minutes, and made a shallow dive at a
weather balloon.
Oct. 24, 1952; Elberton, Alabama. 8:26 p.m. Witnesses: USAF
Lt. Rau, Capt. Marcinko, flying a Beech T-ll trainer. One
object, shaped like a plate, with a brilliant front and vague
trail, flew with its concave surface forward for 5 seconds.
Oct. 29, 1952; Erding Air Depot, West Germany. 7:50 a.m.
Witnesses: USAF S/Sgt. Anderson, A/2c Max Handy. One round
object, silhouetted against a cloud, flew straight and level and
smooth at 400 m.p.h. for 20 seconds.
Oct. 31, 1952; Fayetteville, Georgia. 7:40 p.m. Witness: USAF
Lt. James Allen. One orange, blimp-shaped object, 80' long and
20' high, flew at treetop level, crossed over Allen's car (at
which time his radio stopped playing), then climbed out at 45'
and tremendous speed at the end of a 1 minute sighting.
Nov. 3, 1952; Laredo AFB, Texas. 66:29 p.m. Witnesses: two
control tower operators, including Lemaster. One long,
elliptical, white-grey light flew very fast, paused, and then
increased speed during a 3-4 second observation.
Nov. 4, 1952; Vineland, New Jersey. 5:40 p.m. Witness:
housewife Mrs. Sprague. Two groups of 2-3 whirling discs of
light flew toward the southeast over a period of 30 seconds.
Nov. 12, 1952; Los Alamos, New Mexico. 10:23 p.m. Witness:
security inspector. Four red-white-green lights flew slowly over
a prohibited area for 15 minutes.
Nov. 13, 1952; Opheim, Montana. 2:20 a.m. Witness: radar
tracking by USAF 779th AC&W station. An unexplained track was
followed for 1 hour, 28 minutes, at 158,000' altitude (30 miles)
and a speed of 240 m.p.h. Radar was FPS/3 (PPI).
Nov. 13, 1952; Glasgow, Montana. 2:43 a.m. Witness: U.S.
Weather Bureau observer Earl Oksendahl. Five oval-shaped
objects, with lights all around them, flew in a V-formation for
about 20 seconds. Each object seemed to be changing position
vertically by climbing or diving as if to hold formation.
Formation came from the northwest, made a 90* overhead, and flew
away to the southwest.
Nov. 15, 1952; Wichita, Kansas. 7:02 a.m. Witnesses: USAF Maj.
R.L. Wallander, Capt. Belleman, A/3c Phipps. One orange object
(a blue streak?) varied in shape, as it made jerky upward sweeps
with 10-15 second pauses during a 3-5 minute sighting.
Nov. 24, 1952; Annandale, Virginia. 6:30 p.m. Witness: L.L'
Brettner. One round, glowing object flew very fast, made right
angle turns and reversed course during a 1 hour sighting.
Nov. 27, 1952; Albuquerque, New Mexico. 12:10 p.m. Witnesses:
pilot and crew chief of UAAF B-26 bomber. A series of black
smoke bursts (4-3-3-4-3), similar to antiaircraft fire, was seen
over a 20 minute period.C. 12:30 a.m. Witnesses: radar
Nov. 30, 1952; Washington, D.C. l
operators at Washington National Airport. Radar trackings
similar to those of July 26, 1952.
Dec. 8, 1952; Ladd AFB, Alaska. 8:16 p.m. Witnesses: pilot lst
Lt. D. Dickman and radar operator lst Lt. T. Davies in USAF F-94
jet interceptor (s/n 49-2522). One white, oval light which
changed to red at higher altitude, flew straight and level for 2
minutes, then climbed at phenomenal speed on an erratic flight
path. Sighting lasted 10 minutes.
Dec. 9, 1952; Madison, Wisconsin. 5:45 p.m. Witnesses: Capt.
Bridges and lst Lt. Johneon in USAF T-33 jet trainer. Four
bright lights, in diamond formation, flew at 400 m.p.h. and were
passed by the T-33 at 450 m.p.h. during the 10 minute sighting.
Dec. 28, 1952; Marysville, California. Case missing from
official files.
Jan. 1, 1953; Craig, Montana. 8:45 p.m. Witnesses: Warner
Anderson and two women. A silver, saucer-shaped object with a
red glowing bottom, flew low over a river and then climbed fast
in a horizontal attitude. Ten second sighting.
Jan. 8, 1953; Larson AFB, Washington. 7:15 a.m. Witnesses: men
from the 82nd Fighter-Interceptor Squadron, including the
squadron commander; all were on the ground. One green, disc-
shaped or round object flew southwest for 15 minutes, with a
vertically bobbing motion and sideways movements, below clouds.
Jan. 10, 1953; Sonoma, California. 3:45 p.m. or 4 p.m.
Witnesses: retired Col. Robert McNab, and Mr. Hunter of the
Federal Security Agency. One flat object, like a pinhead, made
three 360* right turns in 9 seconds, made abrupt 90* turns to the
right and left, stopped, accelerated to original speed and
finally flew out of sight vertically after 60-75 seconds.
Jan. 17, 1953; near Guatemala City, Guatemala. 3:55 p.m.
Witness: geologist/salesman J.J. Sackett. One brilliant
green-gold object, shaped like the Goodyear blimp with its length
twice its height, flew 400 m.p.h. straight and level, stopped,
then went straight up with one stop. Sighting lasted 22 seconds.
Jan. 28, 1953; Pt. Mugu, California. 1 p.m. Witness: R.W.
Love, owner of Love Diving Co., engaged in retrieving radio-
controlled drones. An 18-20' white, flat disc flew straight and
level, overhead, for 6 minutes.
Jan. 28, 1953; Corona, California. 6:05 p.m. Witness: USAF
T/Sgt. George Beyer. Five 25' green spheres flew in V-formation,
then changed to trail formation at which time the end objects
turned red. Sighting lasted 12 minutes.
Jan. 28, 1953; Albany, Georgia. No time given. Witnesses:
radar maintenance personnel. Radar tracked one stationary target
for 20 minutes. A visual sighting about the same time was
explained. No further information in the files.
Feb. 3, 1953; Keflavik, Iceland. 5:25 p.m. Witnesses: radar
operators. Four unidentified targets were tracked for 24
minutes. No further data.
Feb. 4, 1953; Yuma, Arizona. 1:50 p.m. Witness: U.S. Weather
Bureau observer Stanley Brown, using a theodolite. One white,
oblong object was tracked flying straight up, leveling off and
being joined by a second, similar, object. The second twice flew
away and returned to the first. After 5 minutes, both were lost
to sight behind clouds.
Feb. 17, 1953; Port Austin. Michigan. 10:04 p.m. Witnesses:
two officers and three airmen of USAF AC&W squadron, visually and
by radar. Visual object appeared to larger and brighter than a
star and changed color; it was seen to move slowly for 5 minutes
until 10:09 p.m. Radar picked up a target at 10:08 p.m. moving
in a similar direction for 17 minutes, at similar speed.
Feb. 20, 1953; Pittsburg-Stockton, California. #1 time unknown;
#2, 10:30 p.m. Witnesses: USAF B-25 bomber pilots. #1 was a
bright yellow light seen for 8 minutes. #2 was a bright light
which flew on a collision course, dimmed and climbed away fast.
Feb. 24, 1953; Sherman, Texas. 7:43 p.m. Witnesses: Warrant
Officer and Mrs. Alden. Two bright red, round objects with big
halos flew in small circles, climbed and faded during a 3-7
second sighting.
Feb. 27, 1953; Shreveport, Louisiana. 11:58 a.m. Witness: USAF
airman/private pilot. Five yellow discs made circular turns,
fluttered, three of them vanished, the other two flew erratic
square turns for a total of 4 minutes.
March 11, 1953; Hackettstown, New Jersey. 4 a.m. Witness: Mrs.
Nina Cook, an experienced private pilot and wife of a Pan Am
flight engineer. A large light, blinking at 10-15 times per
minute, moved up and down along a mountain range.
March 14, 1953; north of Hiroshima, Japan. 11:45 p.m.
Witnesses: radar and visual observation by 10 crew members of
U.S. Navy P2V-5 patrol plane. Groups of 5-10 colored lights,
totalling 90-100, slowly moved aft off the left side of the
airplane, as detected visually and by airborne radar for 5
minutes.
March 21, 1953; Elmira, New York. 3:05 p.m. Witness: Ground
Observer Corps observation post. Six discs in a group flew high
and fast for a few seconds.
March 25, 1953; San Antonio, Texas. 3:05 p.m. Witnesses: USAF
Capt. and Mrs. D.E. Cox. Several lights, some of which moved
straight, others which made 360^ turns for 1.5 hours.
March 27, 1953; Mt. Taylor, New Mexico. 7:25 p.m. Witness:
pilot of USAF F-86 jet fighter at 600 kts. (700 m.p.h.). One
bright orange circle flew at 800 kts. (900 m.p.h.), and executed
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