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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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(ufocasebook.com image)
NAS Miramar in 1954 (Text: Wikipedia)
(wikimedia.org) (Photo: wikimedia.org)
An FJ-3M of VF-121
Peacemakers in 1957 (Text: Wikipedia)
(wikimedia.org) (Photo: wikimedia.org)
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.
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
(wikimedia.org)
(Photo: wikimedia.org)
An FJ-3M of VF-121 Peacemakers in 1957 (Text: Wikipedia)
(wikimedia.org)
(Photo: wikimedia.org)
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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(ufocasebook.com image)
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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.
U.S. Air Force) documents that pertain to the UFO case.
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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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(Photo: tageo.com)
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
|
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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(Photo: tageo.com)
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.
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
(wikimedia.org)
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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,
(wikimedia.org)
(Photo: wikimedia.org)
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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 )
(Daily Herald,
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
“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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