Created: 15 October 2007
Updated: 6 December 2016
(NICAP.org)
Quote from the UFO report:
“This is currently a 14-page chronology of UFO incidents and events for
1979. Our thanks for these chronologies must go to Richard Hall (the original
1979 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:
William Wise (Project Blue Book Archive) and Brad Sparks (Comprehensive Catalog
of Project Blue Book Unknowns).
This year was the second and final season for Project UFO which was an
NBC television series. Based loosely on the real-life Project Blue Book, the
show was created by Dragnet veteran Jack Webb, who pored through Air Force
files looking for episode ideas. The show was produced by Col. William Coleman who
had had his own spectacular UFO sighting while in the Air Force.
Francis Ridge
NICAP Site Coordinator
Feb. 3, 1979, Camp New Amsterdam, Netherlands
Night? An object with three very bright white lights and one red light
flew at an altitude of 150 to 200 meters (about 500 to 650 feet) and an average
speed of 50 to 100
kilometers per hour (about 30 to 60 miles per hour) over
the flight line of the Soesterberg base. At times it was seen to emit a beam of
light to the ground. The object did not make a sound and was seen by many
airmen at the base. The object twice flew along the flight line before
departing at a high rate of speed. This was the summary of an investigative
report by three members of the working group NOBOVO, including Dr. W. deGraaff,
who worked at the (Harmons) Astronomical Institute. (Unidentified: The UFO
Phenomenon, 144, Robert Salas)
April 19, 1979; Talisay,
Philippines
Police witnesses reported seeing a mother ship which later spewed out
smaller UFOs, all of which landed in a valley. Military authorities were
investigating. [Manila, Philippines (UPI), May 1, 1979.]
Aug. 27, 1979; Warren,
MN
1:40 a.m. Frightening UFO case which involved physical trace elements.
Deputy Sheriff Val Johnson was patrolling near the North
Dakota border when he noticed a bright light coming through his
side window. Johnson knew it was not typical vehicle lights. He thought it
might be a small plane in trouble and about to crash.
Sept.17, 1979; Eichstatt,
Germany
12:15 AM. In the Bavarian town of Eichstatt
three pentagon-shaped UFOs were seen by many, including 10 police officers. One
object hovered at 500
meters, then shot away. (Sources: MUFON UFO Journal,
October 1981; Larry Hatch, U computer database, case 13306, citing MUFON).
Oct.15, 1979; Dover,
DE
G,V, AF radar & 2
UFOs, state police vis.
Dec. 29, 1979; N. Illinois
11:00 PM. ‘We had a call from the sheriff’s department at 11:00 PM, and
they said they were looking at a UFO. We looked on the radar and observed the
target in the area westbound, very fast. There were three controllers and
myself. We watched the target and it stopped, changed direction to a north
heading, went north for about three miles, stopped again, went southwest for
five miles, stopped again, went westbound right up to the Mississippi River,
stopped there, then continued westbound. It covered 54 miles in three-and-one
half minutes, plus it stopped four times. We were receiving a strong return.
There were no known aircraft in the area. I have never seen an aircraft at that
speed turn that fast. The stops were very abrupt and the turns were very
abrupt. I don’t know of any airplane that can turn that fast. We picked up a
second object at 11:04 PM and it proceeded southwest until it was directly over
the Mississippi River at which time it turned southbound and paralleled right
over the river for about half-a-mile and moved away to the west-southwest.
After we picked up the second object, I checked back with the sheriff’s
department and was advised that they had observed another object. The position
the sheriff gave me correlated with the targets we saw.’ (MUJ-186,13)”
Wikipedia article: “Soesterberg
Air Base”:
Quote from the Wikipedia article:
“Soesterberg Air Base (IATA: UTC, ICAO: EHSB) was a
Royal Netherlands Air Force military air base located in Soesterberg, 14 kilometres (8.7 mi) east-northeast of
Utrecht. It was first established as an airfield in 1911, and in 1913, the
Dutch Army bought the field and established the Army Aviation Division.
For almost 40 years, United States Air Force facilities at Soesterberg,
named Camp
New Amsterdam was a
major front line USAFE air base during the Cold War. The base was closed on 31
December 2008, due to budget cuts in the Dutch Army. The air base ceased flying
operations on 12 November 2008, when the command was transferred from the Dutch
Air Force to Dutch Defense who will take care of the base until it will be
given back to nature. The last fighter ever to depart, delayed due bad weather
at Aviano AB,
was a Greek F-4E Phantom II. The former USAFE part stays in military hands, and
will now officially be called Camp
New Amsterdam.”
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Soesterberg Air Base, Soesterberg, The
Netherlands
(Photo: schlijper.nl)
Satellite photo of
Soesterberg, The Netherlands
(tageo.com)
(Photo: tageo.com)
