Created: 15 March 2007
Updated: 5 April 2012
(NICAP.org)
Quote from the UFO report:
“This is a 7-page chronology of UFO incidents and
events for 1972. I had taken a job transfer in 1971 which took me away from my
NICAP subcommittee team at Vincennes , Indiana , and was now in contact with Walt Andrus working
as a State Section Director for MUFON at Hillsboro ,
Illinois . By now the Air Force
UFO project Blue Book had been closed down for two years, but rumors shown to
be true indicate they were still collecting reports (those which could affect
national security) under a different system (see Bolender memo), one that had
been in place long before the official closing. The effect of the media hype,
which was the planned result of the Air Force officially ducking out of the UFO
business, may have taken a toll on reporting by civilian sources. But this
printout shows something was still going on. One of the most impressive
incidents I was directly involved in was one by my younger brother who was somewhat
of a skeptic at the time. (See October 9).
Our thanks for all these chronologies must go to our
documentation team: Richard Hall (the original 1972 chronology from UFOE II),
William Wise (Project Blue Book Archive), Dan Wilson (archive researcher), Brad
Sparks (Comprehensive Catalog of Project Blue Book Unknowns), and Jean
Waskiewicz (online NICAP DBase [NSID]).
NICAP Site Coordinator
March 8, 1972; Muskegon ,
MI
A large number of witnesses, including police
officers, FAA officials, U.S. Coast Guard personnel and numerous other Muskegon citizens observed a brightly colored UFO around
9:15 P.M., in the sky above this Michigan
township. The object, according to most witnesses, appeared to give off a
bright yellowish-white light and it traveled slowly across the sky. Witnesses
stated the object seemed to stop and slowly change colors at various times
during the period of observation The Coast Guard, which indicated many of its
own personnel had witnessed the UFO, also indicated that channel 16, a UHF band used by Coast
Guard, was filled with a strong code signal that could not be deciphered.
Government officials later said that an investigation would be conducted and
that they were under orders not to comment on the case until it was completed.
The Air Force was contacted by the Michigan States Police at the time of the
sighting. (Reference: UFO INVESTIGATOR, May 1972, page 3)”
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