Monday, 11 November 2019

UFO Report:
“The 1992 UFO Chronology”


Created: 15 November 2008
(NICAP.org)

Quote from the UFO report:
“This is currently a 10-page chronology of UFO incidents and events for 1992. Our thanks for these chronologies must go to Richard Hall (the original 1992 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; Rebecca Wise (Project Blue Book Archive) and Brad Sparks (Comprehensive Catalog of Project Blue Book Unknowns). Bob Gribble’s entries are those filed with the National UFO Reporting Center in Seattle, Washington, now operated by Peter Davenport. Trace cases are now being entered with the help of Ted Phillips, Center for Physical Trace Research and retrofitted into previous chronologies as time permits. Since I was Indiana State Director (MUFON) at that time, some of our Indiana cases are listed here.

Francis Ridge
NICAP Site Coordinator

Jan. 4, 1992; Saga Prefecture, Japan
Late at night a farmer that had experienced strange cattle mutilations in the past was awakened by the sound of his dog barking. The farmer went to investigate and upon entering the cow shed saw a small white ‘object’ resembling a jellyfish with numerous tentacle-like protrusions coming out of its bottom. The ‘object’ was floating in the air; it then drifted outside where it vanished. A cow was discovered on the floor. It had a badly broken leg. (Source: Jenny Randles, Peter A. Hough, World Best True UFO Stories)

March 13, 1992; Bellevue, WS
10:00 AM. Mr. Hooker, the chief photographer for WFRV-TV, videotaped a cigar-shaped UFO in Bellevue, Wisconsin, which is a suburb of Green Bay. The UFO traveled from right to left in the frame, passing behind a windmill. Its estimated altitude was 25,000 feet, and it had a speed of 7,000 mph. (Source: Timothy Good, Alien Update, p. 257).

April 28, 1992; Lajas, Puerto Rico
A jet aircraft tentatively identified as a U.S. Air Force F-14 Tomcat was seen pursuing a domed disc-shaped UFO. The UFO would make multiple stops, and as the jet closed in the saucer split in half. The top half flew off toward the southwest and the other half flew off to the east. The F-14 jet remained circling in the area, and then flew off to the east. (Source: Timothy Good, Alien Update, 
p. 30).

June 5, 1992; near Wanaque Reservoir, NJ
10:50 PM. Strange lights were seen and videotaped. The lights maneuvered about the sky, and faded in and out. Wanaque Reservoir has been the scene of many repeated UFO sightings, especially in the 1960s. (Source: Paul Ferrughelli, Computer Catalogue of UFO Reports, 1988-1994).

June 10, 1992; Coatesville, PA
4:30 PM. Several workers at the Lukens Steel Company plant saw a disc-shaped UFO land on the factory grounds around quitting time. The security guard said that the object touched down briefly and then took off in the direction of the old Coatesville Hospital. The company, a defense contractor, refused to let UFO investigators talk with any of the witnesses or answer further questions about what they saw. Attempts to set up interviews outside of the plant were also unsuccessful. (Thomas Carey, MUFON; West Chester Daily Local News, June 12, 1992.)

Aug. 29, 1992; Mount Seymour, British Columbia
2:30 AM. Three cylinders were seen in the sky at close range after a home burglar alarm system and lights were effected. The policeman witness was unable to wake his wife, but their baby reacted to the close encounter, and their dog became sick. The incident lasted 30 minutes. (Sources: Lorne Goldfader, Alien Update, p. 280; Lumieres dans la Nuit, issue 318).

Sept. 17, 1992; north of Gardner, CO
1:30 PM. A 12-foot long metallic object with stubby wings, and a clear dome or cupola, buzzed UFO investigator Christopher O’Brien and his partner while driving seven miles north of Gardner. It made no sound. (Source: Christopher O’Brien, The Mysterious Valley, p. 54).

Dec. 24, 1992; southwest of Monroe, LA
6:00 PM. Twenty civilian witnesses and police southwest of Monroe, Louisiana watched a silent, boomerang shaped UFO with bright beams of light pass over cars in a forested area and bounce up and down for six minutes. The object was videotaped by one of the witnesses, a 39-year-old man. (Source: W. L. Garner, Jr., MUFON UFO Journal, November 1993).”


Wikipedia article: “Saga Prefecture”:





















Satellite photo of Monroe, Louisiana (tageo.com)
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Location of Saga Prefecture [in Japan] (text by Wikipedia)
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UFO News Article:
“ ‘Tamal’-Type UFO Blamed for Blackout”


3 April 1992
(The Tico Times, Costa Rica)

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

The whole article (Page 13):
    “An unidentified flying object (UFO) using what officials describe as a ‘tractor beam’ sapped electrical energy from the Arenal hydroelectric plant early Thursday morning [2 April 1992], causing a nationwide blackout that lasted half an hour, officials said.
     ‘It was the most incredible thing I ever saw,’ said Arenal plant manager Ingenuo Tomapelo. ‘The thing just hovered there for several minutes shining this tractor beam down onto the main generator.’
     Tomapelo said he witnessed the event from the window of the plant’s control room where he watched helplessly as the gauges registered dropping energy output.
     ‘It looked like a tamal, just like the kind my grandmother used to make, except that it glowed,’ said Tomapelo. ‘They drained all our power in a matter of minutes.’

     NATIONAL Emergency Commission President Jorge Trejos said the commission received reports of UFO sightings from the Guanacaste provincial capital of Liberia to the small town of La Fortuna at the foot of the Arenal volcano.
     From these reports the Emergency Commission approximated the route of the UFO. It was first reported spotted over Liberia around 12:15 a.m., spotted over Canas at 12:16 and made its appearance at the Arenal plant only two minutes later.
     After several minutes of hovering over the plant, it sent down its tractor beam at 12:21. Three minutes later, the lights went out all over the country and the UFO immediately abandoned the Arenal plant.

     AT about 12:30, Ernesto de la Verdad, manager of the El Volcan restaurant in La Fortuna, reported seeing the UFO hover briefly over Arenal Volcano before disappearing inside the crater.
     ‘We were watching the volcano with some tourists, and all of a sudden we see this glowing object over the crater,’ de la Verdad told The Tico Times. ‘At first we thought it had something to do with an eruption, but then we saw we could make out its shape. It looked like a tamal, exactly like my grandmother used to make, except that it glowed.’
     One alert tourist, April Fuller, from Oshkosh, Wisconsin took a picture of the alien craft.

     MINISTER of Public Security Luis Fishman ordered Civil Guardsmen to the top of the volcano to investigate the strange occurrence and enlisted the assistance of tour operator Gabino Hidalgo, who offers a controversial crater tour that many believe to be dangerous (TT, March 20).
     President Rafael Angel Calderon told reporters that he had no knowledge of the UFO, but welcomed any positive contributions the aliens could make to the country.”

My comment: The newspaper presents April Fuller’s UFO photograph (shows a self-luminous (disk shaped?) object).


Wikipedia article: “Arenal Volcano”:


Wikipedia article: “Lake Arenal”:


Quote from the Wikipedia article:
Hydroelectricity

Lake Arenal was tripled in size with the construction of the Arenal dam in 1979, which exists at the eastern end of the lake. This hydroelectric project is hugely important to Costa Rica, initially generating 70% of the country’s electricity, now closer to 17%, and was also a driving force behind Costa Rica's green energy policy.[3]”

YouTube video:
“Save My Planet Series 05: Costa Rica, Lake Arenal Dam & Hydroelectric Plant” (VisitCostaRicaVideos (YouTube channel)) (Published: 21 August 2010):








[Lake Arenal, Costa Rica] A view from the southwest side looking across at the north depth 30–60 m (98–197 ft) (text by Wikipedia) (wikimedia.org) (wikimedia.og photo)























Map of Costa Rica (lib.utexas.edu)
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Sunday, 10 November 2019

UFO TV News Report:
“UFO’S: The Best Evidence – Part 3”


8 November 1989
(CBS KLAS-TV, Las Vegas, Nevada)

Source: Mystery Wire (YouTube channel)

Video text:
“This is Part 3 of UFO’s The Best Evidence. Reporter George Knapp discuses [sic] UFO issues and government reaction to them. This first aired Nov 8, 1989 on KLAS TV Las Vegas.”

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=azpPJvtXU34















John Olsen Lear, retired Airline Captain and UFO Researcher,
son of William Powell Lear, Founder of the Lear Jet Corporation
(George Knapp/CBS KLAS-TV/youtube.com image)

UFO TV News Report:
“UFO’S: The Best Evidence – Part 2”


7 November 1989
(CBS KLAS-TV, Las Vegas, Nevada)

Source: Mystery Wire (YouTube channel)

Video text:
This story first aired Nov. 7, 1989 on KLAS TV, Las Vegas. Investigative journalist George Knapp reports on UFO sightings from around the world, including new information about the Roswell, NM crash from 1947.”

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yPwJxGxDYfM















George Knapp
(George Knapp/CBS KLAS-TV/youtube.com image)

UFO TV News Report:
“UFO’S: The Best Evidence – Part 1”


6 November 1989
(CBS KLAS-TV, Las Vegas, Nevada)

Source: Mystery Wire (YouTube channel)

Video text:
“This story first aired on 8 News Now, Las Vegas Nov. 6, 1989. Veteran newsman George Knapp investigates UFO reports.”

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=npD12KK_RiQ















(George Knapp/CBS KLAS-TV/youtube.com image)

UFO Website (YouTube Channel):
“MYSTERY WIRE”


This is a George Knapp/KLAS-TV (Las Vegas, Nevada) run YouTube channel.


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UFO Website:
“MYSTERY WIRE”


The new George Knapp/KLAS-TV (Las Vegas, Nevada) website is not available to a large majority of people in Europe – thanks to the European Union’s April 2019 copyright directive, The European Union Directive on Copyright in the Digital Single Market. 

This is extremely annoying – based on the fact that Norway is not a member nation of the EU! Norway is a European Economic Area (EEA) member nation.


Wikipedia article: “George Knapp (journalist)”:


Wikipedia article: “KLAS-TV”:


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[George] Knapp at the 68th Annual Peabody Awards
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Thursday, 7 November 2019

U.S. Government UFO Document:
“PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD:
DATE - TIME GROUP: 28 Jan 53/
LOCATION: Corona, California”


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

Source: NICAP.org

Quote from the document:
“Airman [USAF T/Sgt. George Beyer, according to NICAP.org] [ground/visual case] [Source]

Five round green ball-like objects, each 25' in diameter traveled at an estimated speed of 150 mph at an altitude of approximately 2,000'.”

Project Blue Book listed the case as “UNKNOWN.”

Wikipedia article: Corona, California”:


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Corona, California (wikimedia.org)
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Satellite photo of Corona, California (tageo.com)
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UFO Case Directory (Distant Encounters):
“Five Green Spheres In V-Frmation [Formation]
Jan. 28, 1953
Corona, California”


(NICAP.org)

The whole UFO case report:
Brad Sparks:
Jan. 28, 1953. Corona, Calif. (BBU 2364)
6:05 p.m. USAF T/Sgt. George Beyer saw five 25 ft green spheres fly in V-formation, then change to trail formation at which time the end objects turned red. (Berliner)

Dan Wilson:
This case ground/visual was evaluated as UNIDENTIFIED by Project Blue Book and may tie into the pilot sighting and jet chase at El Toro Marine Air Base and Long Beach a few hours later.”

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


Wikipedia article: Corona, California”:


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Corona, California (wikimedia.org)
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U.S. Government UFO Document:
“PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD:
DATE - TIME GROUP: 28 Jan 53/
LOCATION: Albany, Ga, Moody AFB, Ga,
Turner AFB, Ga, Dobbins, Ga”


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

Source: NICAP.org

Quote from the document:
“[Turner AFB] Control Tower Operators [Source]

Visual: Venus
Radar Unidentified. (No request for radar analysis made and no data got obtained). [Conclusion]

Circular obj changing colors from glowing orange to white was observed 15 deg above horizon 8 min before fading out. At approx 2210EST GCA unit called TAFB about 2 stationary objs appearing on radar scope. Visual obj at 250 degree. Radar targets at 300 degrees.”



Wikipedia article: “Moody Air Force Base”:


Wikipedia article: “Naval Air Station Albany”:


Wikipedia article: “Albany, Georgia”:


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Turner Army Airfield, about 1947 still in its World War II
configuration (text by Wikipedia) (wikimedia.org)
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UFO Case Directory (RADCAT):
“Several Radar Contacts
Jan. 28, 1953
Albany and Dobbins, Georgia”


(NICAP.org)

The whole UFO case report:
Brad Sparks:
Jan. 28, 1953; Turner AFB, Dobbins, Georgia (BBU 2365)
9:40-10:00 p.m. (EST). USAF senior pilot at Moody AFB, Major Hal W. Lamb, apparently saw the setting planet Venus changing color and shape (at 267°-270° azimuth 3° elevation  dropping below horizon, his estimates varying from 250° to 295°-310° azimuth) while flying a T-33, also seen by Turner AFB tower operators (with time errors of about 10 mins). At about 9:40-9:48 (reported as 9:50-9:58) two GCA radar maintenance men at Turner AFB radar tracked 3 moving targets and a stationary target (at due W 270° azimuth 26 miles?). At 10:00 (reported as 10:10), the GCA reported 2 stationary targets at 17 and 27 (or 23­ 27?) miles both 300° azimuth. No visual confirmation though binoculars used. (Jan Aldrich; FUFOR Index)

Dan Wilson:
Jan. 28, 1953; Albany, Georgia
At 9:50 p.m. EST, Albany radio called Turner AFB tower and asked the operators on duty to look west of the field and see if they observed any strange objects. A circular object changing colors from glowing orange to white was observed at 250 degrees azimuth 15 degrees above the horizon. The tower operators watched the object for a period of eight minutes until it disappeared. During this eight minute period GCA was contacted and two maintenance men were doing work on the radar and turned the set on and they reported that they picked up 3 or 4 objects on the scope, 3 moving and 1 stationary. These objects were at approximately 300 degrees at 27 miles. (Dan Wilson)

At 21:35 hours (9:35 p.m.) EST, a pilot flying a T-33 jet aircraft reported that he observed an unusually bright light NW of Albany, Georgia. At first the object appeared to be circular in shape and white in color. When the object was first sighted the T-33 was at 4000 feet and the object appeared to be slightly above the aircraft. At the end of the observation the aircraft was at 10,000 feet and the object appeared to be below the plane. The last 15 seconds of observation the object changed from circular in shape to triangular and then split in two triangles one above the other and then they disappeared suddenly. According to the sighting report radar contact was made with the object by Albany Airport. (Dan Wilson)”

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

http://www.nicap.org/530128georgia_dir.htm

Wikipedia article: “Moody Air Force Base”:


Quote from the above Wikipedia article:
Moody Air Force Base (AFB) (IATA: VAD, ICAO: KVAD, FAA LID: VAD) is a United States Air Force installation near Valdosta, Georgia.

History

The 29th Training Wing was established at Moody Field in 1941 for primary flight training.[2] On 1 May 1945 Moody was transferred to the First Air Force.[2]:351 On 1 November 1945 Moody was transferred to Army Air Forces Training Command.[2]:351 On 1 September 1947 Moody was transferred to Tactical Air Command.[2]:351 On 13 January 1948 the base was redesignated Moody Air Force Base.[2]:351 On 1 December 1948 the base was transferred to Continental Air Command.[2]:351 On 1 April 1951 Moody AFB was transferred to Strategic Air Command (SAC).”

Wikipedia article: “Naval Air Station Albany”:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Naval_Air_Station_Albany

Quote from the Wikipedia article:
Naval Air Station Albany (formerly Turner Air Force Base and Turner Field) is a former United States Air Force and United States Navy military airfield located in Albany, Georgia.

History

Turner Field (1941-1946)

In mid-1940 the U.S. Army Air Corps approached the city of Albany about the possibility of building a training base near Albany. The city raised the necessary money and purchased 4,900 acres of land which was then leased to the Army for $51 a year. Construction of the base and airfield, named Air Corps Advanced Flying School, Albany by the United States Army Corps of Engineers began on 25 March 1941.[1] On 21 July 1941, the field was named Turner Field in honor of Lt. Sullivan Turner, a Georgia native killed in a midair collision.[2]

Once operational, Turner Field was used for acclimatization training (for foreign trainees) and advanced flight training as part of the 30th Flying Training Wing. Primary flight training in the Boeing-Stearman PT-17 Kaydet was done at Darr Aero Tech also in Albany.[3] Under the Arnold Scheme some 5,000 Royal Air Force trainees were trained at Turner Field and Darr Aero Tech between 1941 and 1943.[4] In 1944 Turner Field began training Free French Air Forces pilots to fly the North American B-25 Mitchell of which more than 100 were based at Turner Field.[5]

Turner Field was deactivated on 15 August 1946 and maintained in caretaker status.[2]

Turner Air Force Base (1947-1966)

On 1 April 1947, the airfield was reactivated.[2] On 13 January 1948, it was renamed Turner Air Force Base.

On 20 November 1947 the 31st Tactical Fighter Wing equipped with North American F-51 Mustangs moved there from Langley Field and would remain there until 25 August 1948.[6]

In 1950 the base was transferred from Continental Air Command (CAC) to Strategic Air Command (SAC).[7]

The 40th Air Division was based at Turner from 14 March 1951 to 1 April 1957.[8]

The 508th Fighter-Escort Wing (later renamed the 508th Strategic Fighter Wing) was based at Turner from July 1952 until 11 May 1956.[6]:275

The 4080th Strategic Reconnaissance Wing was established at Turner in May 1956 and based there until 1 April 1957.

The base was transferred from SAC to Tactical Air Command (TAC) in 1957 when SAC gave up its escort mission, however, the base would be returned to SAC on 1 January 1959 when the 822d Air Division was established there on 1 January 1959.[7]:74–5 The 822nd Air Division would remain at Turner until it was inactivated on 2 September 1966.[9] One of the component units of the 822nd Air Division was the 4138th Strategic Wing which was activated at Turner and received its first combat aircraft when the 336th Bombardment Squadron, equipped with 15 B-52 Stratofortresses moved to Turner from Biggs AFB, Texas. In February 1963, the 4138th Strategic Wing and 336th Bombardment Squadron were inactivated and the 484th Bombardment Wing was activated at Turner to assume the mission, aircraft, personnel and equipment of the 4138th wing.[6]:270–1

In December 1965 it was announced that Turner Air Force Base would be closed.[7]:111

Naval Air Station Albany (1967-1974)

RVAH-14 RA-5C Vigilante over NAS Albany in 1969
The base was recommissioned as Naval Air Station Albany on 1 July 1967.[10]

With the impending closure of Naval Air Station Sanford, Reconnaissance Attack Wing One moved to NAS Albany and it became the main operational base for the Navy's North American RA-5C Vigilante until 1974 when operations were moved to NAS Key West, Florida.”

Wikipedia article: “Albany, Georgia”:





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Turner Army Airfield, about 1947 still in its World War II
configuration (text by Wikipedia) (wikimedia.org)
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Location [of Albany] in Dougherty County and Georgia
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