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Wednesday, 2 September 2020

U.S. Government UFO Document:
“PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD:
DATE: 2 February 1955/
LOCATION: Miramar NAS, California”


(Project Blue Book, U.S. Air Force, Washington, D.C.)

Source: NICAP.org

Quote from the document:
“Observer Navy Comdr, driving vehicle & noticed Navy a/c landing, sighted object below one of the a/c. Obj was falling & motion seemed erratic. However, object descended at a steady rate. White in color highly polished surface. Was definitely reflecting sunlight. Change from white to a reddish-brown color & suddenly accelerated to a tremendous speed. Object left a short brown vapor trail.”

Project Blue Book listed the case as “Unknown.”



Wikipedia article: “Marine Corps Air Station Miramar”:


Wikipedia article: “North American FJ-2/-3 Fury”:


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NAS Miramar in 1954 (Text: Wikipedia)
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An FJ-3M of VF-121 Peacemakers in 1957 (Text: Wikipedia)
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UFO Case Directory (Distant Encounters):
“Sphere Falls Then Accelerates
February 2, 1955
Miramar NAS, California”


(NICAP.org)

The whole UFO case report:
“Fran Ridge:
Feb. 2, 1955; Miramar NAS, Calif. (BBU 3416)
11:50 a.m. USN Cdr. J. L. Ingersoll was driving his vehicle and was observing two Navy FJ3 aircraft in a landing pattern. The trailing FJ3 appeared to have only one rear wheel extended. Sensing an emergency he continued to watch and was able to see that all landing gear were actually down, but he also noticed an object somewhat below and aft that caught his attention. His first thought was that it was a canopy that had been ejected. The [object] was falling, and its motion seemed erratic, however it descended at a steady rate. He described it as an as off-white in color but with a highly polished surface that was definitely reflecting sunlight. His best guess was that this object was at 10-20,000 feet at first. The object came to a complete stop for about 5 to 10 seconds after dropping 3-5000 feet, then suddenly changed from white to a reddish brown and instantly accelerated at tremendous speed, estimated at 1,000-1,500  mph on a heading of 170 degrees. Object left a short brown vapor trail. The witness believes the object was not less than 25-35 feet in diameter and could have been as [large] as 100'. [Brad Sparks: The total duration is found from the estimated descent rate, thus a minimum of about 15 to 27 seconds including the 5-10 secs hovering]. (Berliner)”

NICAP.org presents U.S. government (Project Blue Book, 
U.S. Air Force) documents that pertain to the UFO case.


Wikipedia article: “Marine Corps Air Station Miramar”:


Wikipedia article: “North American FJ-2/-3 Fury”:


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NAS Miramar in 1954 (Text: Wikipedia)
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An FJ-3M of VF-121 Peacemakers in 1957 (Text: Wikipedia)
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Friday, 7 August 2020

U.S. Government UFO Document:
“PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD:
DATE: 26 Feb 54/
LOCATION: Newburyport, Massachusetts”


(Project Blue Book, U.S. Air Force, Washington, D.C.)

Source: NICAP.org

Quote from the document:
“Disc type silver object, white trail – loud and intense roar like jet. 4 witnesses. See case file & sketch.

Reliable observers. Possible a/c. [No] aircraft reported.”

Project Blue Book listed the case as “UNIDENTIFIED.”



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Satellite photo of Newburyport, Massachusetts (tageo.com)
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UFO Case Directory (Distant Encounters):
“Silver Disc With White Trail
February 26, 1954
Newburyport, Mass.”


(NICAP.org)

The whole UFO case report:
“Brad Sparks:
Feb. 26, 1954; Newburyport, Mass (BBU 2913)
2:30 p.m. Architect R. M. Pierce, marine engineer George Avery and another, saw a silver disc, with a white trail, make a loud roar. (Berliner)”

NICAP.org presents U.S. government (Project Blue Book,
U.S. Air Force) documents that pertain to the UFO case.


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Satellite photo of Newburyport, Massachusetts (tageo.com) 
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UFO Case Report (E-mail):
“Subject: Photo of object below a/c;
Richmond, IN, May 24, 1954”


By Michael D. Swords, 22 July 2009
(NICAP.org)

The whole UFO case report:
“Mike Swords:

The date is May 24, 1954 and the location is [over] Richmond [IN]. The primary witness is a Major L. N. Brubaker, who was flying a B-17 [not a RB-whatever as usually listed--and the case isn’t ‘Dayton’ as often listed], which was specially fitted out for aerial survey---at least this is what a combo of the extensive Blue Book records say, plus McDonald’s files. Brubaker et al see an intense large ‘light’ fly under their plane at twice their speed. Because he’s out to take pictures, he doesn’t freeze and shoots some film. Wright-Pat has some trouble with this one and allegedly gets a whole team of scientists [unnamed] on this and explains it away as a very rare case of ice-crystal reflection a la sundogs. Ruppelt reports the case somewhat inaccurately [it was after he’d left] and confusion reigns. McDonald gets the scent and here’s what he says in a letter to his Navy Research buddy, Jim Hughes: ‘Concurrently I have been searching for and finally found the Air Force officer who took the photo aboard the B-17 in May 1954. He is a retired Lt. Colonel now working in the Defense Intelligence Agency in Washington. He had his own set of prints; he loaned them to me; and sent three pages of transcribed notes on the incident. I regret to say that between the analysis of the sun-angles and the rather clear-cut description of the high angular velocity of the luminous entity as it sped into the B-17, I cannot agree with the Air Force explanation in terms of the sundog that has been on the record for 14 years. The print that we are trying to get from Project Blue Book is one that shows the duty card to double-check the time. However, Lt. Colonel Brubaker, who took the photo, sent me a verbatim transcript of his notes and it checks the information I already have. That time will not support the sundog hypothesis, it turns out. Thus we may have in this photo one that is above reproach with respect to credentials and yet has no obvious explanation in the area of meteorological optics.’ Thus Mac feels that he has a winner here, and I’ll trust him on this. Plus, this cleans up a lot of inaccuracy about this one and [with the extensive BB record] creates an unusual photo that we might not have to be ashamed of.”


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Satellite photo of Richmond, Indiana (tageo.com)
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Tuesday, 4 August 2020

UFO Case Directory
(SIGHTINGS FROM AIRCRAFT):
“Naval Research A/c Encounters
6 Objects Nr Cosmic Ray Balloon
Feb. 1, 1954
Tuscaloosa, Alabama”


(NICAP.org)

The whole UFO case report:
“3:15 p.m. CST
Duration 5 mins
aircraft Naval Research airc
United States
Military
2 observers
No EMI
No radar contact

Brad Sparks:
Feb. 1, 1954; 35 miles SW of Tuscaloosa, Alabama (BBU)
3:15 [2?] p.m. Crew of USN Office of Naval Research aircraft heading E towards a cosmic-ray balloon at 90,000-100,000 ft and 15-30 miles away saw 6 objects fly over and around the balloon, hover then vertically ascend out of sight. (Hynek-CUFOS­ Willy Smith files)

Dan Wilson:

2:00 p.m. or 3:15 p.m. CST. According to the PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD, photos were taken of these objects. See 6779839 & 6779877. The pilot of the plane indicates the time was 3:15 p.m. CST and the passenger indicates the time was 2:00 p.m. CST.”

NICAP.org presents U.S. government (Project Blue Book,
U.S. Air Force) documents that pertain to the UFO case.


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Satellite photo of Tuscaloosa, Alabama (tageo.com)
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UFO Case Directory (RADCAT):
“Radar/Visual With Two Radars
Feb. 4, 1954
Carswell AFB, Fort Worth, Texas”


(NICAP.org)

The whole UFO case report:
“Brad Sparks:
Feb. 4, 1954; Carswell AFB, Ft. Worth, Texas (BBU)
11 p.m. (Shough)

Dan Wilson:
February 4, 1954; Carswell AFB, Ft. Worth, Texas
At 11:00 p.m. local time, an object was detected by the Carswell AFB Ground Control Approach (GCA) radar, an AN/CPN-4 radar, at a distance of 13 to 15 miles to the SW and was heading directly toward the base. Carswell Weather reported in and said they had the object sighted on radar at approx. same time and location. The object remained on a straight course and the GCA operator notified the Control Tower. Control Tower personnel sighted the object as it moved directly over the Control Tower at an estimated speed of 240 - 250 mph. The object was observed for approximately 6 minutes with standard binoculars during entire observation. The object was at an altitude of approximately 4,000 feet confirmed by GCA, according to the Control Tower operator.  The object was described as larger than a B-36, having a long fuselage, elliptical wings and stabilizer, gray in color, and no visible means of propulsion or exhaust. Nor did the object leave any trail and no sound was heard. The object passed out of sight to the NW. At 11:29 p.m., two targets were picked up on the Carswell GCA radar at 17 miles SW of Carswell. The targets were flying formation at an estimated 5,000 feet altitude at a speed of 200 mph. These two targets merged into one target and when 12 miles from Carswell they separated again and assumed a southerly heading. At approximately 14 miles from the base the target to the rear suddenly reversed its course, flew for two miles, then reversed course again and gradually overtook the lead target. Both targets departed [the] area flying in formation to the SSE. The INVESTIGATION OF UNIDENTIFIED FLYING OBJECTS report states that the reversal of course was for about two miles or 3.3 seconds. (Dan Wilson)”

NICAP.org presents U.S. government (Project Blue Book,
U.S. Air Force) documents that pertain to the UFO case.


Wikipedia article: “Carswell Air Force Base”:


Quote from the Wikipedia article:
“Carswell Air Force Base is a former United States Air Force (USAF) base, located northwest of Fort Worth, Texas. For most of its operational lifetime, the base’s mission was to train and support heavy strategic bombing groups and wings.

Carswell was a major Strategic Air Command (SAC) base during the Cold War. It was the headquarters of several SAC intercontinental bombardment wings, equipped with the latest heavy bombers from B-29 Superfortresses; B-36 Peacemakers and B-52 Stratofortresses. The west side of the airfield was home to Air Force Plant 4, a 602-acre (2.44 km2) industrial complex occupied over the decades by Convair, General Dynamics, and now by Lockheed Martin. The bulk of the Air Force Convair B-36, B-58 Hustler, F-111 Aardvark, EF-111 Raven and F-16 Fighting Falcon fleets were built there.

With the end of the Cold War, and the subsequent downsizing of the American military, the 1991 Base Realignment and Closure (BRAC) Commission recommended that Carswell AFB be closed by 1994. Today, the facility is known as Naval Air Station Fort Worth Joint Reserve Base. It retains an Air Force Reserve presence as well as a Navy Reserve, Marine Corps Reserve and Air National Guard flying units where were formerly located at Naval Air Station Dallas.”

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Carswell Air Force Base, located north west of Fort Worth, Texas
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Satellite photo of Fort Worth, Texas (tageo.com)
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Sunday, 2 August 2020

UFO News Article:
“Do We Shoot or Salute, Sir?”


2 July 1954
(Long Beach Independent, California)

Source: NICAP.org

The whole article:
“Brookley Air Force base reported Thursday that an ‘unidentified flying object, brilliant and silver colored’ was tracked by radar over Mobile and the Alabama-Mississippi gulf coast Wednesday night [30 June 1954].

Major James Zicherali, public information officer at Brookley, said the object ‘appeared to be a jet-type aircraft of new design with short stubby wings.’

Five other residents of Alabama and Mississippi also reported sighting the object.

Zicherali said the object appeared on the base control tower radar screen at 6:50 p.m. CST. He said radar operators reported it ‘made no sound and left no trail.’ ”


Wikipedia article: “Brookley Air Force Base”:


Quote from the Wikipedia article:
“Brookley Air Force Base is a former United States Air Force base located in Mobile, Alabama. After it closed in 1969, it became what is now known as the Mobile Aeroplex at Brookley.

Postwar use
Following World War II and the creation of an independent United States Air Force, the installation became Brookley Air Force Base. In 1947 with the closure of Morrison Field, Florida, the C-74 Globemaster project was moved to Brookley. The C-74 was, at the time, the largest military transport aircraft in the world. It was developed by Douglas Aircraft after the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor. The long distances across the Atlantic, and especially the Pacific Ocean to the combat areas indicated a need for a transoceanic heavy-lift military transport aircraft.

The ‘C-74 squadron’ (later 521st Air Transport Group, 1701st Air Transport Wing), Air Transport Command operated two squadrons of C-74 Globemasters from Brookley from 1947 until their retirement in 1955. The eleven aircraft were used extensively for worldwide transport of personnel and equipment, supporting United States military missions.”

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Brookley Air Force Base, Mobile, Alabama (7 April 1952)
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Satellite photo of Mobile, Alabama (tageo.com)
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Friday, 24 July 2020

UFO Case Directory
(SIGHTINGS FROM AIRCRAFT):
“Air Force Jet Climbs To Identify Object
July 21, 1954
Boise, Idaho”


(NICAP.org)

The whole UFO case reports:
“Dan Wilson:
July 21, 1954: Boise, Idaho
A USAF jet interceptor climbed to 20,000 feet to try and identify an unidentified flying object high above. The CAA said the jet was unable to get close enough to see the object clearly. The object appeared to be drifting slowly against prevailing winds at that altitude. (Reference: Daily Herald, Utah County, Utah, July 22, 1954, Page 2)”


Wikipedia article: “Mountain Home Air Force Base”:


Quote from the Wikipedia article:
“Mountain Home Air Force Base (IATA: MUO, ICAO: KMUO, FAA LID: MUO) is a United States Air Force installation in the western United States. Located in southwestern Idaho in Elmore County, the base is twelve miles (20 km) southwest of Mountain Home, which is forty miles (65 km) southeast of Boise via Interstate 84. The base is also used by the Republic of Singapore Air Force, which has a detachment of F-15SG fighters on long term assignment to the base. They undergo training in combat tactics by U.S. airmen.

The host unit at Mountain Home since 1972 has been the 366th Fighter Wing (366 FW) of the Air Combat Command (ACC), nicknamed the ‘Gunfighters.’ The base’s primary mission is to provide combat airpower and combat support capabilities to respond to and sustain worldwide contingency operations.

Constructed in the early 1940s during World War II as a training base for bombers, after the war it briefly had transports, then was a bomber and missile base. It became a fighter base 54 years ago in 1966.”

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Oblique aerial photo in June 1945 of Mountain Home Army Air Field (Text: Wikipedia) (wikimedia.org) (Photo: wikimedia.org)

UFO News Article:
“Mystery Object Above Boise Pursued By Plane”


22 July 1954
(Daily Herald, Utah County, Utah)

Source: NICAP.org

The whole article:
“An Air Force jet interceptor climbed to 20,000 feet yesterday [21 July 1954] in pursuit of an unidentified flying object sighted in the sky between here and Boise, 50 miles away.

The Civil Aeronautics Administration here said the jet was unable to get close enough to the object to see it clearly. The plane was from the airbase at Boise.

The CAA said the object might have been a weather balloon, but it appeared to be drifting slowly against prevailing winds at that altitude.”


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Oblique aerial photo in June 1945 of Mountain Home Army Air Field (Text: Wikipedia) (wikimedia.org) (Photo: wikimedia.org)

Tuesday, 23 June 2020

UFO Case Report (E-mail):
“Subject: Formation of Discs Passes
Below Brazilian Airliner; Nov. 21, 1954”


By Richard H. Hall, April 2009
“From: Journal of UFO History; March/April 2009; Vol. VI, No. 1”
(NICAP.org)

The whole UFO case report:
“FORMATION OF DISCS PASSES BELOW BRAZILIAN AIRLINER

By Dr. Olavo Fontes

The date was November 21, 1954. The Douglas PP-ANM from National Airlines was flying from Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais State, toward Rio de Janeiro. Good visibility. Blue sky above the airliner and some clouds below.

The plane was at 9,000 feet, flying over the Paraiba Valley near the town of Paraiba do Sul, when the copilot saw the UFOs. The time was 11:30 a.m. Commander Armando Braulino (copilot), Commander Pedro Luiz Teixeira (pilot), Mr. Vicente B. Marques (steward) and Jose E. Caldeira (radio-operator) were the chief witnesses.

The UFO formation came from the northeast flying at 7,200 feet, passed just below the airliner at high speed, and disappeared toward the southwest. ...The plane was moving [in a North-South] direction and the UFO formation crossed just under it.

The objects did not rotate, seemed to be of aluminum (or a similar metal) and ­ under the sunlight ­ showed a bright, polished surface. They were shaped like disks with a kind of cupola (or dome) on top. They might be compared (in shape) to a soldier helmet with a large rim around the convex part.

There was a larger one at the center of the formation ­ - the ‘squadron chief’ ­ - and the others were grouped around it at close distance. The whole formation was about 120 feet in diameter and each object measured about 15 feet in diameter. There was a strange bluish glow around each UFO and around the whole formation. .

The UFOs showed no propellers, jet-tubes, wings, tails or protruding fins. ... Some passengers came to the airliner windows still in time to watch the fleet of 15 disk-shaped objects, but others came too late and saw nothing. The sighting lasted about 40 or 50 seconds.

It was said that the passengers panicked, but the pilot (talking to the press) dismissed this version as false. ... there was no hysteria.

(From a letter to Alexander D. Mebane, Nov. 23, 1958)”

My comment:
The late Dr. Olavo Fontes was one of Brazil’s most prominent UFO researchers.


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Map of Brazil (lib.utexas.edu)
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