Created: 15 November 2007
Updated: 6 December 2016
(NICAP.org)
Quote from the UFO report:
“Our thanks for these chronologies must go to Richard
Hall (the original 1980 chronology from UFOE II), Dan Wilson (archive
researcher), and Jean Waskiewicz (online NICAP DBase [NSID]). You will note the
many foreign reports that we are now being able to access. Our special thanks
to Dan Wilson for getting those to us. As more come in, this page will be
updated. Previous chronologies (1947 to 1969) involved the expertise of two
other team members: William Wise (Project Blue Book Archive) and Brad Sparks
(Comprehensive Catalog of Project Blue Book Unknowns).
NICAP Site Coordinator
Aug. 3, 1980; Norton AFB, San Bernardino , CA
9:00 PM. Three airmen and five civilians at separate
locations sighted an object that looked like a ‘metallic balloon’ with two flat
sides, according to a base spokesman. The airmen, who observed it through
binoculars, said it was a ‘highly reflective metallic color.’ It either landed
or hovered just above a grassy area near a taxiway on the base. Then it took
off and flew away at an estimated 30-40 m .p.h. A little later six residents of the
Highland area saw an object of the same description as it flew north and
eventually passed over the San Bernardino Mountains .
The witnesses called the sheriff’s department, and reported that the object was
flying on a straight course about 200-300 feet above the ground. About an hour
later a sheriff’s helicopter flew to the
area to investigate, but saw nothing. No radar tracking were reported.
(Riverside Enterprise, Aug. 6, 1980)”
Wikipedia article: “Norton Air Force Base”:
Quote from the Wikipedia article:
“Norton Air Force Base (IATA: SBD) (1942–1994) was a
United States Air Force facility 2 miles (3.2 km ) east of downtown San Bernardino,
California, in San Bernardino County.
Overview
For the majority of its operational lifetime, Norton
was a logistics depot and heavy-lift transport facility for a variety of
military aircraft, equipment and supplies as part of Air Materiel/Air Force
Logistics Command (1946–1966), then as part of Military Airlift/Air Mobility
Command (1966–1994).
Major secondary missions of Norton Air Force Base was
as Headquarters Air Defense Command for Southern
California , during the 1950s and 1960s. The Air Force Audio-Visual
Center produced air force films for training and public relations. The Air
Force Now film, shown at monthly commander’s calls at air force bases around
the world was produced at Norton. Norton hosted numerous Air Force Reserve
transport units. The Office of the Inspector General was located at Norton, as
was the Directorate of Aerospace Safety and the Air Force Audit Agency
Headquarters.
Norton AFB was closed in 1994 as a result of Base
Realignment and Closure action 1988.”
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Norton Air Force Base (was closed in 1994), San Bernardino