Wednesday, 10 October 2012

UFO News Article:
“UFO Watchers Mount Legal Drive To Get U.S. Files”,
6 November 1981 (Sarasota Herald-Tribune, Florida)

The Sarasota Herald-Tribune reports on the FOIA lawsuit by Citizens Against UFO Secrecy (CAUS) against the National Security Agency (NSA):


CAUS brought legal action against the NSA in an effort to get hold of the agency’s 131 secret UFO documents.

The Milwaukee Journal presented the first twelve paragraphs of this article on 5 November 1981:

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UFO News Article:
“Air Force Lacks UFO Evidence”,
13 July 1965 (St. Joseph Gazette, Missouri)

The article (contains a short interview with the UFO researcher Richard H. Hall) reports on the UFO incidents that occurred over Portugal, the South Pole, Japan and Latin America in mid 1965:


















The late Richard H. Hall, former NICAP Assistant Director,
UFO Author & Researcher (cache.boston.com photo)
UFO Mailing List Post:
“For The Record: Animal Mutilations”
by UFO UpDates, 11 July 2002
(UFO UpDates, Toronto, Canada)

UFO UpDates presents several animal mutilation news articles.

Quote from a The Cullman Times (Alabama) article 
(2 February 1989):
“Also a Cullman resident reported a huge orange ball UFO a few
weeks before the mutilation.”

Cullman, Alabama” (City-Data.com):

http://www.city-data.com/city/Cullman-Alabama.html






















Satellite photo of Cullman, Alabama (tageo.com)
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Tuesday, 9 October 2012

UFO News Article & Video:
“Ciudadano grabó un objeto volador 
no identificado en Chimbote
(“Citizen videotapes an unidentified 
flying object over Chimbote”),
17 October 2011 (El Comercio, Lima, Peru)

The school teacher Fernando Avalos filmed a cylindrical shaped 
UFO over Chimbote, Peru on 12 October 2011, at 5:45 p.m., 
El Comercio reports:


English translation:













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UFO Articles (Blog):
“The Washington National 
UFO Sighting Press Conference”
by Kevin D. Randle
(A Different Perspective, Cedar Rapids, Iowa)

U.S. Air Force Major General John A. Samford’s press conference dealt with the UFO incidents that occurred over Washington, D.C. on 19/20 and 26/27 (p.m. into a.m.) July 1952:











U.S. Air Force Captain Edward J. Ruppelt, director of Project Blue Book (1952-1953), also participated in the press conference.

The press conference was held at the Pentagon on 29 July 1952.

Wikipedia article: “1952 Washington D.C. UFO incident”:


Samford retired as a Lieutenant General.















Major General John A. Samford, U.S. Air Force
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UFO Book Reviews:
“UFOs: Generals, Pilots, and Government Officials
Go On the Record” by Leslie Kean
(UFOs: Generals, Pilots, and Government Officials
Go On the Record, New York City)

Leslie Kean is a U.S. investigative journalist and UFO researcher:

http://ufosontherecord.com/reviews/

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UFO News Article:
“UFO Research Badly Needed”, 5 September 1965
(The News and Courier, Charleston, South Carolina)

The article (contains an interview with the author) focuses on Jacques F. Vallee’s UFO book, “Anatomy of a Phenomenon”:


“Anatomy of a Phenomenon” (Jacques F. Vallee):


Dr. Jacques F. Vallee,
French Astronomer,
Venture Capitalist,
Computer Scientist,
Author & UFO Researcher (1.bp.blogspot.com photo)
UFO News Article:
“UFO Researcher To Lecture Here Tuesday”,
29 November 1982 (Ocala Star-Banner, Florida)

The Ocala Star-Banner presents an interview with UFO researcher Robert L. Hastings:


The lecture was held at the Central Florida Community College on 30 November 1982.

Robert L. Hastings,
U.S. UFO Author,
Lecturer & Researcher
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UFO Case Report:
“1952 – US Aircraft Carrier 
Tracked a UFO over Korea
by Dr. J. Allen Hynek
(UFO Casebook, Belton, Texas)

A radar operator aboard the aircraft carrier U.S.S. Philippine 
Sea picked up a high-speed UFO off the east coast of Korea on 
2 February 1952, according to Hynek:


The UFO was also sighted visually by three signal observers.

Wikipedia article: “USS Philippine Sea (CV-47)”:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/USS_Philippine_Sea_(CV-47)













U.S.S. Philippine Sea in 1955 (wikimedia.org)
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Sunday, 7 October 2012

UFO News Article:
“UFO Expert Makes Several Appearances”,
23 August 1974 (The Mount Airy News, North Carolina)

This is an article about the busy schedule of UFO researcher George D. Fawcett and the latest U.S. UFO sightings:


Quote from the article:
“Current UFO reports remain at their high activity level with reports on August 1 in Albemarle, N.C., on August 2 near Brazos River, Texas, on August 12 near Jackson, Mississippi, on August 12 at Sanborton, N.H. and on August 14 near Laconia, N.H. Witnesses included housewives, newspaper editors, Air Force officers, Police officers and State Troopers, and farmers, according to Fawcett.

Albemarle, North Carolina” (City-Data.com):

http://www.city-data.com/city/Albemarle-North-Carolina.html



















Map of Albemarle, North Carolina (city-data.com)
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UFO News Article:
“Fawcett Continues UFO Investigations”,
19 May 1977 (The Mount Airy News, North Carolina)

The Mount Airy News reports on the UFO research work of George D. Fawcett:


George D. Fawcett,
U.S. UFO Author,
Lecturer & Researcher

UFO Book (Preview):
“HUMAN REACTIONS TO UFOs WORLDWIDE 
(1940-1983); WHAT WE HAVE LEARNED FROM 
UFO REPETITIONS” by George D. Fawcett
(NOUFORS, Sudbury, Canada)

The book was first published (self-published) in 1986. 
In 2005, Fawcett published a revised and enlarged edition:


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Saturday, 6 October 2012

UFO Article (Blog):
“Australian naval vessel reports UFO”
by Keith Basterfield, 23 June 2012
(UFOs – scientific research, Campbelltown,
New South Wales, Australia)

Keith Basterfield informs about a Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF) Base Darwin, Northern Territory file (file series E1327 control symbol 5/4/Air Part 6) called “Unusual sightings and incidents”:


Crew members on board the naval ship, HMAS Adroit (operating out of Darwin) made two UFO observations on 11 April 1978, according to the file.

The sighting location is given as 12°5'S 129°54'E.














HMAS Adroit (at right) with three other Attack class patrol boats (wikimedia.org) (wikimedia.org photo)
U.S. Government UFO Documents:
“SUBJECT: Unidentified Radar Contacts, Newfoundland
(U.S. Air Force, Washington, D.C.)
(NICAP.org)

NICAP.org presents two U.S. Air Force documents pertaining to the 30 August 1950 Ernest Harmon Air Force Base UFO case:


1) “PROJECT 10073 RECORD”:


2 “AIR INTELLIGENCE INFORMATION REPORT”:


Wikipedia article: “Ernest Harmon Air Force Base”:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ernest_Harmon_Air_Force_Base



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Aerial view of Stephenville Airport 
(formerly Ernest Harmon Air Force Base), 
StephenvilleNewfoundland and Labrador, Canada 
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Friday, 5 October 2012

UFO News Article:
“Book Links UFOs to Nukes”, 25 August 2008
(Albuquerque Journal, New Mexico)

The Albuquerque Journal reports on Robert L. Hastings’ research into the UFO/nuclear weapons connection:

http://www.abqjournal.com/news/state/25106367157newsstate08-25-08.htm

Robert L. Hastings,
U.S. UFO Author,
Lecturer & Researcher
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UFO Article:
“UFO Activity at Nuclear Weapons Sites: An Overview”
by Robert L. Hastings, 5 October 2012
(The UFO Chronicles)

The article contains a sampling of nuclear weapons-related UFO incidents:


Quote from the article:
“September 15, 1964: A UFO was inadvertently filmed during an ICBM test flight at Vandenberg AFB, California.”

Website: “Vandenberg Air Force Base” (U.S. Air Force):


Wikipedia article: “Vandenberg Air Force Base”:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vandenberg_Air_Force_Base















Aerial view of Space Launch Complex 6 (1985), 
Vandenberg Air Force Base, California 
(wikimedia.org) (wikimedia.org photo)

Thursday, 4 October 2012

UFO Magazine Article:
The 1996 FAB Tucano Case 
(Revista UFO, Campo Grande, Brazil)

The article is written by the Brazilian UFO researcher Reginaldo 
de Athayde:


An unknown object was filmed while it seemingly knocked a 
Brazilian Air Force (FAB) Tucano airplane out of the sky during 
an air show in Santos, Sao Paulo, Brazil on 16 November 1996.

English translation:


I also reported on this case on 27 December 2008:

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UFO Article (Blog):
“DATA-NET & Others: 
1970 was a very bad UFO year ... or WAS it??”
by Dr. Michael D. Swords, 26 October 2011 
(The Big Study)

In this article, Michael D. Swords reports on the Lake Anten, Sweden CE2 case (that also involved physical traces) and several of the best documented worldwide UFO incidents that occurred in 1970:


The Lake Anten UFO incident occurred on the night of 29/30 August 1970.

Lake Anten is located 42 kilometres (26 miles) north-east of Gothenburg.
















Lake Anten, Sweden (google.com/mw-panoramio)
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UFO News Article:
“UFO Sighted by Three – 
It Blinked, Rocked, Then Glowed Red”,
12 October 1976 
(The Daily Union Democrat, Sonora, California)

Three Tuolumne County residents sighted a UFO near Highway 4 and Lake Tulloch on 3 October 1976, at 8:30 p.m., according to the article:

Lake Tulloch is located 19 kilometres (12 miles) south-west of Sonora, California.

NOTE: The newspaper date is 12 October 1976.















Lake Tulloch, California (1.bp.blogspot.com)
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Tuesday, 2 October 2012

UFO Journal Issues:
“MUFON UFO Journal” 
(Scribd, San Francisco, California)

The MUFON UFO Journal is published monthly by the Mutual UFO Network:


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