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from: FRED AUSTIN
date: 1998-02-22 18:21:00
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 >>> Part 11 of 17...
       Aug. 11, 1954; Yoron Jima, near Okinawa. 8:55 p.m. Witness:
       P.L. Percharde, electrical engineer and assistant manager of
       Moeller Shipwrecker Co., of Okinawa. A line of blue lights,
       underneath.  a blue circle with a black center.  Flew over ship
       and climbed, illuminating and agitating the clouds.
       Aug. 15, 1954; San Marcos, Texas.  10:20 p.m.  Witnesses:  USAF
       Maj. W.J. Davis, Capt. R.D. Sauers, flying a C-47 transport
       plane.  One dark blue oblong object paced the C-47, veered away,
       then crossed in front of it.  Five minute sighting.
       Aug. 24, 1954; Egilstadir, Iceland.  8:30 p.m.  Witness:  one
       unnamed farmer.  A cylinder, 2-2.5' long, 4-5' in diameter, made
       a loud whizzing sound, flew straight and level fast, then slow,
       then fell into sandbar.
       Aug. 26, 1954; Danville, Virginia.  6:15 a.m.  Witness:  Rev.
       W.L. Shelton. Two domed ellipses, 20' long, 8' thick, 10' at
       ends; glowing silver or orange.  Hovered, then climbed side-by-
        side while getting brighter.  Observed for 2 minutes.
        Aug. 27, 1954; Dorchester, Massachusetts.  1 p.m.  Witness:  E.A.
        Srazdes. Seven large, white, teardrop-shaped objects turned
        blue.  Flew in line formation and increased speed during the 2
        minute sighting.
        Aug. 29, 1954; Prince Christian, Greenland. 11:05 a.m.
        Witnesses:  lst Officer H.G. Gardner, engineer J.V.D. Whitisy,
        flying Royal Dutch Airlines DC-4 (PH-DBZ). Three or four dark,
        lens-shaped objects veered north and changed position in
        formation during the 10 minute sighting.
        Sept. 4, 1954; Butler, Missouri.  3 a.m.  Witness:  J.
        Faltemeier, CAA communications specialist.  Twenty-thirty lights,
        as if on a string, flew straight and level for 1.5 minutes.
        Sept. 5, 1954; Butler, Missouri.  12:23 a.m.  Witness:  J.
        Faltemeier, CAA communications specialist.  One silver or white
        object with a slightly swept-back leading edge and a following
        exhaust, flew straight and level, then veered southwest to south
        after 30 seconds.
        Sept. 18, 1954; Kimpo Air Base, Japan. 5:55 a.m. Witnesses:
        two control tower operators, a weather forecaster and a weather
        observer.  One round object, like polished aluminum, flew
        straight and level for 11-13 minutes.
        Sept. 21, 1954; Barstow, California.  1 a.m.  Witnesses:  two
        local policemen, four U.S. Marine Corps police, one highway
        patrolman.  One red-orange ball giving off sparks, and a smaller
        light, made a zigzag descent and then hovered.  Total of 20
        minutes.
        Sept. 21, 1954; Santa Maria, Azores Islands. 9:45 p.m. Witness:
        airport guard.  One 10'x5' light metallic blue, pecan-shaped
        object with a clear glass or plastic nose having a door, and with
        poles or aerials on the nose.  Humming or whining, it hovered,
        landed vertically, 50' away.  A blond man, 5' 10" 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 levelled off and
        climbed vertically.  Sighting lasted 2-3 minutes.
        Sept. 22, 1954; Marshfield, Missouri. 9 a.m. Witnesses:
        private pilot J.N. Williams, E.J. Ash. A thin, translucent tan
        asymmetrical boomerang-shaped object revolved, then tumbled down
        behind some trees.  Marks were found in the dirt.  Sighting
        lasted 15 minutes.
       Sept. 23, 1954; Gatlinburg, Tennessee. 9:45 a.m. Witness:  Dave
       Owenby. Two bright silver, wheel-shaped objects flew from north
       to south in trail for 2 minutes.
       Oct. 13, 1954; Nouasseur, French Morocco. 10:05 a.m. Witness:
       weather observer, following a balloon with his theodolite.  One
       round, flat, silver object flew straight and level for 30
       seconds.
       Oct. 15, 16 and 17, 1954; Kingfisher, Oklahoma. 8:45 p.m. Fifty
       objects with illuminated bottoms were seen flying in a
       V-formation, very fast, on successive nights.  Only data is on
       summary card.
       Oct. 28, 1954; Miho Air Base, Japan. 5:32 p.m. Witnesses:  USAF
       pilots Lt. Col. O.C. Cook and Lt. J.W. Brown, on ground using
       7x50 binoculars.  One brilliant white, round-oval object climbed
       in front of clouds, brightened, turned 90 to the north.  Seen
       for 45 seconds.
       Oct. 29, 1954; Terciera Islands, Azores. 9 p.m. Witnesses:
       four Portuguese nationals. One object, shaped like a stovepipe
       with a center bulge and short wings (10' long, 3' in diameter, 3'
       wings) having concave wingtips, and grey colored.  Made a
       gargling sound when hovering, then disappeared in the glare of
       airplane landing lights.  Sighting lasted 4-5 minutes.
       Nov. 15, 1954; Augusta, Maine. 44 p.m.  Witness:  N. Gallant,
       manager of radio station WFAV. Ten gold, circular objects flew
       in vertical V-formation, straight and level for 3 minutes.
       Nov. 19, 1954; Corvallis, Oregon.  4:15 p.m.  Witness:  P.J.
       Gunn, assistant professor of art at Oregon State University and
       ex-U.S. Navy aviation cadet. One bright white light hovered
       8.5-9 minutes, then crossed 20 of sky in 3-3.5 minutes.
       Nov. 28, 1954; Manilla, Phillipine Islands. 10:50 a.m. Witness:
       one anonymous medical doctor.  One flat-bottomed, domed object
       (65-70' across, 18-20' high), bright orange with yellow discs
       attached and an exhaust trail.  Flew north, stopped, reversed its
       course during 4 minute sighting.
       Dec. 3, 1954; Gulfport, Mississippi  12:12 p.m.  Witnesses:  Mr.
       and Mrs. S.P. Mellen. One translucent grey, round, flat object
       rotated on its vertical axis at high r.p.m.  for 30 seconds.
       Dec. 7, 1954; Cape Province, South Africa. 1:15 p.m. Witness:
       weather officer, using a theodolite.  One white, semi-circular,
       flat object with a dome flew from west to east, then turned
       north.  Sighting lasted 7 minutes.
       Jan, 1, 1955; Cochise, New Mexico.  6:44 a.m.  Witnesses:
       instructor and student pilot in USAF B-25 bomber/trainer. A
       metallic disc, shaped like two pie pans face-to-face, and 120-
       130' in diameter, paced the B-25, showing both its edge and its
       face, for 5-7 minutes.  Only item in case file was summary form.
       Jan. 26, 1955; Lakeland, Florida.  6:15 p.m.  Witness:  J.M.
       Holland. A black smoke trail made a circle.  There was an
       explosion and some objects fell.  No further information in file.
       Feb.l, 1955; 20 miles east of Cochise, New Mexico. 7:55 p.m.
       Witnesses:  Instructor Capt. D.F. Ritzdorf, aviation cadet F.W.
       Miller in TB-25 bomber/trainer.  One red and white ball hovered
       off the left wing of the TB-25 for 5 minutes, then made a very
       fast climb.  Total time of sighting was 8 minutes.
       Feb. 2, 1955; Miramar Naval Air Station, California. 11:50 a.m.
       Witness:  USN Cmdr. J.L. Ingersoll.  One highly polished sphere,
       with reddish-brown coloring, fell, then instantly accelerated to
       1,000-1,500 m.p.h.
       Feb. 10, 1955; Bethesda, Maryland.  10:03 p.m.  Witness:  E.J.
       Stein, model maker at U.S. Navy ship design facility. One
       object, shaped like a small portion of the bottom of the Moon,
       with a radiant yellow color, hovered for 30 seconds.  Its bottom
       changed to a funnel shape.  Total sighting lasted 1.5-2 minutes.
       April 30, 1955; Travis County, Texas. 7:30 a.m. Witness   USAF
       Wing Intelligence Officer Maj. L..J. Pagozalski. Four black
       objects in a cluster made a whooshing sound like a zephyr.
       Sighting lasted 2-3 seconds.
       May 4, 1955; Keflavik, Iceland. 12:38 p.m.  Witnesses:  Lt. Col.
       E.J. Stealy, lst Lt. J.W. Burt. About 10 round, white objects,
       one of which left a brief smoke trail, flew in an irregular
       formation, some of them making erratic movements during the 5-8
       second sighting.
       May 23, 1955; Cheyenne, Wyoming.  Midnight. Witnesses:  USAF
       Airman/Basic I.J. Shapiro and E.C. Ingber. During a 5 minute
       period, two slender, vertical rectangles were seen low on the
       horizon, and two ovals with tops (dark, with dark blue
       illumination) flew higher.
       July 29, 1955; Columbus, Nebraska.  10:45 p.m.  Witness:  Morrice
       Raymond. Four orange flashing lights and one whIte flashing
       light moved up and down like yo-yos for 5-6 minutes.
       Aug. 11, 1955; Iceland. 11:45 a.m.  Witness:  2nd Lt. E.J.
       Marlow. Twelve grey objects, from cigar to egg-shaped, varied
       their formation from elliptical to wavy line to scattered to
       straight line to trail formation.  Speed varied from hover to
       1,000 m.p.h.  Sighting lasted 3-4 minutes.
       Aug. 23, 1955; Arlington, Virginia.  10:45 a.m.  Witness:  G.M.
       Park, using a 400x telescope. Several orange lights moved singly
       or in groups, circling and stopping during 30 minute sighting.
       Sept. 3, 1955; Bellingham, Washington.  Witness:  observer
       Saunders for Ground Observer Corps. One white pinhead moved
       slowly across 30^ of sky in 15 minutes.  No further information.
       Sept. 7, 1955; Washington, D.C. Witnesses:  two photographers,
       one plate maker for the Army Map Service (one named Smith). One
       glowing round object flew an arc for 1 minute.
       Sept. 9, 1955; near Alcoa, Tennessee.  12 noon.  Witness:  M.N.
       Dawkins, using binoculars. One brown, almost square object flew
       with a circular motion for 10-15 minutes.
       Oct. 8, 1955; Loogootee, Indiana.  4:38 p.m.  Witnesses:  R.D.
       Prather, H. Ahern. One round, silver or white object flew
       straight and level at more than 1,000 m.p.h.  for an unstated
       length of time.
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