Friday 15 February 2019

UFO Journal Article:
“MEET FRED AND EVA SVIHUS”


By Walt Andrus, Director of MUFON
MUFON UFO Journal, Number 119, October 1977
(Mutual UFO Network, Seguin, Texas)

Source: NOUFORS.com

Fred and Eva Svihus sighted four UFOs (over Vandenberg Air Force Base, California) while travelling on board a Pan Am Boeing 747 airliner on 11 April 1977, at about 8:40 a.m (according to the Redwood City Tribune (realtvufos.blogspot.com)).

The UFO sighting occurred over Lompoc (located close to Vandenberg AFB), according to the Mutual UFO Network.

Fred Svihus, a professional photographer, managed to film the unknown objects. He caught the UFOs on 32 consecutive frames.

Svihus presented his UFO film at the 1977 MUFON UFO SYMPOSIUM in Scottsdale, Arizona, on 16 July.

The article can be found on Page 7.


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Aerial view of Space Launch Complex 6 (1985), 
Vandenberg Air Force Base, California 
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Satellite photo of Lompoc, California (tageo.com)
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UFO Journal Article:
“CALIFORNIA AIRLINE
SIGHTING AND MOVIE FILM”


By Paul Cerny, MUFON Western Regional Director
MUFON UFO Journal, Number 119, October 1977
(Mutual UFO Network, Seguin, Texas)

Source: NOUFORS.com

The article (Page 3) reports on the UFO sighting Fred and Eva Svihus had while flying from Los Angeles to San Francisco, California.

They sighted four UFOs (over Vandenberg Air Force Base, California) while travelling on board a Pan Am Boeing 747 airliner on 11 April 1977, at about 8:40 a.m (according to the Redwood City Tribune (realtvufos.blogspot.com)). Paul Cerny reports that the UFO sighting occurred at 8:00 a.m.

The UFO sighting occurred over Lompoc (located close to Vandenberg AFB), according to the Mutual UFO Network.

Fred Svihus, a professional photographer, managed to film the unknown objects. He caught the UFOs on 32 consecutive frames.


Wikipedia article: “Vandenberg Air Force Base”:


Wikipedia article: “Vandenberg AFB Space Launch Complex 4”:


Wikipedia article: “List of Vandenberg Air Force Base Launch Facilities”:


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Vandenberg Air Force Base, California (15 September 1994)
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Satellite photo of Lompoc, California (tageo.com)
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UFO News Article:
“Flight they’ll remember”


4 January 1978
(Redwood City Tribune, California)

Sources: U.F.O. Newsclipping Service, Plumerville, Arkansas and AFU.se

The whole article (Page 1):
“Eva and Fred Svihus of Belmont were on the final leg of a flight back from the South Pacific a short time ago (on 11 April 1977, according to an article (Page 3) about the case in the MUFON UFO Journal (noufors.com)) when they saw something that has changed their lives.

The two were aboard a Pan Am flight from Los Angeles to San Francisco. It was about 8:40 a.m. and the aircraft was above Vandenburg [sic] Air Force base at the time. It was a bright, clear day, and the 747 was flying at an altitude of about 20,000 feet.

Suddenly, Mrs. Svihus cried out, ‘Oh my God! What’s out there? Fred, do you see them?’

Yes, he saw them, and his movie camera was busy clicking off what the Svihuses were seeing out the left side of the ship.

What they saw were four objects, seemingly flying in formation at approximately the same height as their airplane. These four (whatever they may be) are illustrated in the picture at left that Fred Svihus is holding.

The enlargement was made from his original motion picture film, and the four specks have been enlarged so they could be rephotographed by the Tribune.

How did that episode, which only lasted a few seconds, change the Svihuses life?

Fred suddenly has found himself in the company of some of the top experts (if, in fact, there are experts in this field) in unidentified flying objects.

His film has been presented to Walter H. Andrus Jr., international director for Mutual Unidentified Flying Objects; Paul C. Cerny, regional director for Mutual UFO Network, Inc. (MUFON); Thomas M. Gates, director of the space science center at Foothill College, and James M. McCampbell, author of books on UFOlogy and MUFON research director. He has been flown all over the country.

Svihus, a professional photographer, had his Bolex working even before the UFO shocker. He had been impressed with the flap action on the 747 wings and was filming that when the squadron of UFOs appeared out the window.

Shooting at 18 frames a second he managed to catch the four objects on 32 consecutive frames before they disappeared from view heading in a southerly direction.

Actually, the four objects appeared as not much more than specks on the movie film, but Svihus had a professional film processor enlarge them to the size of pinheads. The picture at left was copyrighted by Svihus and remains in his sole possession.

The best description that the Svihuses could give of the objects was that they appeared to be oval in shape, flying in echelon formation and moving from upper right to lower left out the portside window. The Svihuses had both taken window seats, one behind the other, in the only partially filled aircraft.

How has that experience affected Fred Svihus? Let him tell you as he told me: ‘How did it change me, my philosophy, my belief in God or the Bible and life on earth? Until that moment I hadn’t given these things more than a fleeting thought; I was too busy.

‘Then my whole thought process was awakened and alerted to the world around me like never before. It’s like being born again. My life now has new priorities and meaning.

‘I’m still not certain that I believe in UFOs, but I know from talking with others who have seen things we’ve seen that they experienced changes. There is a new fresh look about them.

‘My experience that morning has put me in contact with some brilliant scientists. These men and women aren’t crazy; they’re dead serious, and they believe there’s a remarkable story in them.’

Meanwhile, Svihus, who once earned a Redwood City Chamber of Commerce ‘Newsmaker Award’ for his efforts in producing a championship bike race here, is plotting new trips, new adventures.

And he promises to always keep his camera ready. He shouldn’t have any trouble, either, because he has possibly the best private camera collection of anyone on the Peninsula.”

The UFO sighting occurred over Lompoc (located close to Vandenberg AFB), according to the Mutual UFO Network.


Wikipedia article: “Vandenberg Air Force Base”:


Wikipedia article: “Vandenberg AFB Space Launch Complex 4”:


Wikipedia article: “List of Vandenberg Air Force Base Launch Facilities”:


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Falcon 9 with ten Iridium NEXT communications satellites at Space Launch Complex 4E at Vandenberg Air Force Base, California (January 2017). (text by Wikipedia) (wikimedia.org) (wikimedia.org photo)



















Satellite photo of Lompoc, California (tageo.com)
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