WWII Soldier Testimony:
“WWII Mountain Memories: Home Front to the Frontline – Testimonies of WWII Veterans and
Civilians from Western North Carolina: Frank Hicks”
(D. H. Ramsey Library Special Collections & University Archives, UNC Asheville, Asheville, North Carolina)

Near the end of the interview, U.S. Navy sailor Frank Hicks talks about the UFO incidents he witnessed around New Guinea during World War II:

http://toto.lib.unca.edu/findingaids/oralhistory/WWII_/hicks_frank.htm

Some of the UFOs were also picked up on radar, according to Hicks.

Frank Hicks,
U.S. Navy Sailor
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UFO News Article:
“UFO expert claims North Carolina at top in sightings”,
29 November 1978
(The Mount Airy News, North Carolina)

The Mount Airy News reports on a UFO lecture by UFO researcher George D. Fawcett at Lenoir-Rhyne College (now University) in Hickory, North Carolina:

http://news.google.com/newspapers?id=oY0_AAAAIBAJ&sjid=WFUMAAAAIBAJ&pg=7211,5690090

George D. Fawcett,
U.S. UFO Author,
Lecturer & Researcher

UFO News Article:
“UFO Sighting Reported Here”, 16 March 1978
(The Sylva Herald and Ruralite, North Carolina)

Two witnesses in Sylva, North Carolina observed a large, round UFO with blue and red glowing colours over the Jackson County Community Service Center on 10 March 1978, at around 10:18 p.m., according to article:

http://news.google.com/newspapers?id=UWZlAAAAIBAJ&sjid=_pMNAAAAIBAJ&pg=2187,326082

http://news.google.com/newspapers?id=UWZlAAAAIBAJ&sjid=_pMNAAAAIBAJ&pg=1050,338127

The UFO made sort of a humming noise, according to one of the witnesses.

“Sylva, North Carolina” (City-Data.com):

http://www.city-data.com/city/Sylva-North-Carolina.html












Satellite photo of Sylva, North Carolina (city-data.com)
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UFO Magazine Article:
“Em marco histórico, CEFAA e Cridovni
assinam acordo de cooperação”
(“A historic landmark, CEFAA and Cridovni
sign cooperation agreement”)
by Patrício Díaz Montecinos/Visión Ovni, 27 April 2012
(Revista UFO, Campo Grande, Brazil)

Revista UFO (Brazilian UFO Magazine) informs on the research agreement between the two government UFO research organisations, CEFAA (organisation within the Chilean Civil Aviation Department) and CRIDOVNI (organisation within the Uruguayan Air Force):

http://www.ufo.com.br/noticias/em-marco-historico-cefaa-e-cridovni-assinam-acordo-de-cooperacao/

English translation:

http://translate.google.com/translate?sl=pt&tl=en&js=n&prev=_t&hl=en&u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.ufo.com.br%2Fnoticias%2Fem-marco-historico-cefaa-e-cridovni-assinam-acordo-de-cooperacao%2F









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Chilean Government UFO Project:
“PROYECTO MAPING”
(“PROJECT MAPING”)
(Comité de Estudios de Fenómenos Aéreos Anómalos,
Dirección General de Aeronáutica Civil, Santiago, Chile)

The Committee for the Study of Aerial Anomalous Phenomena (CEFAA) reports on its official UFO project:

http://www.cefaa.gob.cl/web/casos%20corregidos%202.0/articulos/PROYECTO%20MAPING%20CORREGIDO.pdf

English translation:

http://translate.google.com/translate?sl=es&tl=en&js=n&prev=_t&hl=en&u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.cefaa.gob.cl%2Fweb%2Fcasos%2520corregidos%25202.0%2Farticulos%2FPROYECTO%2520MAPING%2520CORREGIDO.pdf












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Chilean Government UFO Project:
“PROYECTO BUHO”
(“PROJECT OWL”)
by Major Rodrigo Bravo, Chilean Army
(Comité de Estudios de Fenómenos Aéreos Anómalos,
Dirección General de Aeronáutica Civil, Santiago, Chile)

The Committee for the Study of Aerial Anomalous Phenomena (CEFAA) reports on its official UFO project:

http://www.cefaa.gob.cl/web/casos%20corregidos%202.0/articulos/PROYECTO%20INVESTIGACION%20BUHO%20CORREGIDO.doc2.0.pdf

Major Rodrigo Bravo is an official member of CEFAA.

English translation:

http://translate.google.com/translate?sl=es&tl=en&js=n&prev=_t&hl=en&u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.cefaa.gob.cl%2Fweb%2Fcasos%2520corregidos%25202.0%2Farticulos%2FPROYECTO%2520INVESTIGACION%2520BUHO%2520CORREGIDO.doc2.0.pdf

CEFAA is attached to the General Administration of Civil Aeronautics (DGAC).










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