Created: 15 July 2007
Updated: 23 January 2017
(NICAP.org)
Quote from the UFO report:
“Our thanks for these chronologies must go to our
documentation team: Richard Hall (the original 1976 chronology from UFOE II),
William Wise (Project Blue Book Archive), Dan Wilson (archive researcher), Brad
Sparks (Comprehensive Catalog of Project Blue Book Unknowns), and Jean
Waskiewicz (online NICAP DBase [NSID]). The latest entries are courtesy of
A-Team member, Mike Swords.
Richard Hall was International Coordinator for MUFON
at this time and he has provided a number of cases besides those listed in the
UFOE II. Dan Wilson submitted the NICAP UFOI sightings. Some of the brief
entries are database listings from NIDS or CUFOS.
Francis Ridge
NICAP Site Coordinator
Jan. 21, 1976; Cannon AFB, NM
Sometime before 3:55 a.m. MST. NMCC Memo: The
following information was received from the Air Force Operations center at 0555
EST: ‘Two UFOs are reported near the flight line at Cannon AFB, New Mexico. Security
Police observing them reported the UFOs to be 25 yards in diameter, gold
or silver in color with blue light on top, hole in the middle and red light on
the bottom. Air Force is checking with radar. Additionally, checking weather
inversion data.’ (Actual FOIA document) Among other UFO researchers who arrived
in Clovis were
several members of the ‘UFO Study Group,’ which has about 40 members, mainly
employees of the Los Alamos Scientific Laboratories the facility where the
atomic bomb was developed in World War II. Police said scores of sightings were
reported between 6 p.m. and 10:30 p.m. Friday an hour before the Los Alamos observers arrived. (Las Cruces SUN NEWS,
Sunday Morning, Jan. 25, 1976)
Reports of the sightings have increased steadily since
the first night. Most of the reports have been of faraway objects, but Town
Marshal Willie Ronquillo of Texico said he followed a silent object about 300 yards over his car.
Ronquillo said the object, which had green, yellow and blue lights, sped away
at a high speed to the north. Lenore Hildebrand of the UFO center in Wisconsin said Jim Epps of Valley
Center, Calif., would arrive in Clovis. She said an Air
Force officer from Clovis
called the center Friday night and told them he ‘had a very close sighting and
was able to witness a type of vehicle that did maneuver
and that was unlike any type aircraft he has ever seen.’ (Las Cruces SUN News,
same as above)”
NOTE: The Port Austin, Michigan, UFO incident occurred
on Tuesday, 7 September 1976, according to the news article, “Objects Visible
Near Pt. Austin – AF Confirms ‘Radar Returns’ On Night Of UFO Sightings” (realtvufos.blogspot.com).
I also reported about this UFO report on 25 August
2013.
Wikipedia article: “Cannon Air Force Base”:
Quote from the Wikipedia article:
“Cannon Air Force Base is a United States Air Force
Base, located approximately 7
miles (11
km) southwest of Clovis,
New Mexico. It is under the
jurisdiction of Air Force Special Operations Command (AFSOC). The population of
the Cannon AFB CDP was 2,245 as of the 2010 census. The host unit at Cannon is
the 27th Special Operations Wing (27 SOW), which activated on 1 October 2007,
and is assigned to the Air Force Special Operations Command (AFSOC). The 27 SOW
plans and executes specialized and contingency operations using advanced
aircraft, tactics and air refueling techniques to infiltrate, exfiltrate and
resupply special operations forces (SOF) and provide intelligence, surveillance
and reconnaissance and close air support in support of SOF operations.
Cannon AFB was established in 1942 as Army Air Base, Clovis. The commander of
the 27th Special Operations Wing is Colonel Tony D. Bauernfeind.[3] The Command
Chief Master Sergeant is Paul J. Henderson II.[4]
A variety of special operations aircraft are stationed
at Cannon, including the AC-130W Stinger II, MQ-1 Predator, MQ-9 Reaper, CV-22
Osprey and several versions of light and medium transport aviation aircraft.
The AC-130W is assigned to the 73rd Special Operations Squadron, with all
twelve becoming operational in 2010.[5]”
Related posts:
realtvufos.blogspot.com/search?q=1976
Aerial view of Cannon Air
Force Base (near Clovis, New Mexico)
(3 March 1997 USGS Orthophoto/wikimedia.org
photo)
(tageo.com photo)
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