WWII Soldier Testimony:
“WWII Mountain Memories: Home Front to the Frontline – Testimonies of WWII Veterans and
Civilians from Western North Carolina: Frank Hicks”
(D. H. Ramsey Library Special Collections & University Archives, UNC Asheville, Asheville, North Carolina)

Near the end of the interview, U.S. Navy sailor Frank Hicks talks about the UFO incidents he witnessed around New Guinea during World War II:

http://toto.lib.unca.edu/findingaids/oralhistory/WWII_/hicks_frank.htm

Some of the UFOs were also picked up on radar, according to Hicks.

Frank Hicks,
U.S. Navy Sailor
(toto.lib.unca.edu photo)

UFO News Article:
“UFO expert claims North Carolina at top in sightings”,
29 November 1978
(The Mount Airy News, North Carolina)

The Mount Airy News reports on a UFO lecture by UFO researcher George D. Fawcett at Lenoir-Rhyne College (now University) in Hickory, North Carolina:

http://news.google.com/newspapers?id=oY0_AAAAIBAJ&sjid=WFUMAAAAIBAJ&pg=7211,5690090

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

UFO News Article:
“UFO Sighting Reported Here”, 16 March 1978
(The Sylva Herald and Ruralite, North Carolina)

Two witnesses in Sylva, North Carolina observed a large, round UFO with blue and red glowing colours over the Jackson County Community Service Center on 10 March 1978, at around 10:18 p.m., according to article:

http://news.google.com/newspapers?id=UWZlAAAAIBAJ&sjid=_pMNAAAAIBAJ&pg=2187,326082

http://news.google.com/newspapers?id=UWZlAAAAIBAJ&sjid=_pMNAAAAIBAJ&pg=1050,338127

The UFO made sort of a humming noise, according to one of the witnesses.

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

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












Satellite photo of Sylva, North Carolina (city-data.com)
(city-data.com photo)

UFO Magazine Article:
“Em marco histórico, CEFAA e Cridovni
assinam acordo de cooperação”
(“A historic landmark, CEFAA and Cridovni
sign cooperation agreement”)
by Patrício Díaz Montecinos/Visión Ovni, 27 April 2012
(Revista UFO, Campo Grande, Brazil)

Revista UFO (Brazilian UFO Magazine) informs on the research agreement between the two government UFO research organisations, CEFAA (organisation within the Chilean Civil Aviation Department) and CRIDOVNI (organisation within the Uruguayan Air Force):

http://www.ufo.com.br/noticias/em-marco-historico-cefaa-e-cridovni-assinam-acordo-de-cooperacao/

English translation:

http://translate.google.com/translate?sl=pt&tl=en&js=n&prev=_t&hl=en&u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.ufo.com.br%2Fnoticias%2Fem-marco-historico-cefaa-e-cridovni-assinam-acordo-de-cooperacao%2F









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Chilean Government UFO Project:
“PROYECTO MAPING”
(“PROJECT MAPING”)
(Comité de Estudios de Fenómenos Aéreos Anómalos,
Dirección General de Aeronáutica Civil, Santiago, Chile)

The Committee for the Study of Aerial Anomalous Phenomena (CEFAA) reports on its official UFO project:

http://www.cefaa.gob.cl/web/casos%20corregidos%202.0/articulos/PROYECTO%20MAPING%20CORREGIDO.pdf

English translation:

http://translate.google.com/translate?sl=es&tl=en&js=n&prev=_t&hl=en&u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.cefaa.gob.cl%2Fweb%2Fcasos%2520corregidos%25202.0%2Farticulos%2FPROYECTO%2520MAPING%2520CORREGIDO.pdf












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Chilean Government UFO Project:
“PROYECTO BUHO”
(“PROJECT OWL”)
by Major Rodrigo Bravo, Chilean Army
(Comité de Estudios de Fenómenos Aéreos Anómalos,
Dirección General de Aeronáutica Civil, Santiago, Chile)

The Committee for the Study of Aerial Anomalous Phenomena (CEFAA) reports on its official UFO project:

http://www.cefaa.gob.cl/web/casos%20corregidos%202.0/articulos/PROYECTO%20INVESTIGACION%20BUHO%20CORREGIDO.doc2.0.pdf

Major Rodrigo Bravo is an official member of CEFAA.

English translation:

http://translate.google.com/translate?sl=es&tl=en&js=n&prev=_t&hl=en&u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.cefaa.gob.cl%2Fweb%2Fcasos%2520corregidos%25202.0%2Farticulos%2FPROYECTO%2520INVESTIGACION%2520BUHO%2520CORREGIDO.doc2.0.pdf

CEFAA is attached to the General Administration of Civil Aeronautics (DGAC).










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UFO News Article:
“Czech UFO Study Set”, 1 March 1969
(Sarasota Herald-Tribune, Florida)

The Sarasota Herald-Tribune reports about the formation of an official Czechoslovak government UFO institute:

http://news.google.com/newspapers?id=9d0eAAAAIBAJ&sjid=3WUEAAAAIBAJ&pg=4312,22883

The Spokesman-Review (Spokane, Washington) also reports on this story: “UFO Institute Begun”, 20 February 1969:

http://news.google.com/newspapers?id=cZApAAAAIBAJ&sjid=aekDAAAAIBAJ&pg=3624,1783639














Map of Czechoslovakia (porges.net)
(porges.net image)

UFO News Article:
“Soviet sightings”, 2 July 1989
(The Milwaukee Journal, Wisconsin)

This is an article on three UFO incidents that occurred in the Vologda (Oblast) region (Soviet Union) in 1989:

http://news.google.com/newspapers?id=SWkaAAAAIBAJ&sjid=6ysEAAAAIBAJ&pg=5879,174873

The UFO sightings were made in Cherepovets (not Cherepovetsk) (24 April), (near) Konantsevo (6 June) and Vologda (11 June).

The city of Vologda, Russia, is situated 409 kilometres (254 miles) north-east of Moscow. Cherepovets (city) is located 113 kilometres (70 miles) west of Vologda and Konantsevo (village)
is located ca. 127 kilometres (79 miles) south-east of Vologda.














Satellite photo of Vologda, Russia (tageo.com)
(tageo.com photo)

UFO Article (Blog):
“The Air Force Admits Again That
UFOs Are Real and Nobody’s Listening”
by Dr. Michael D. Swords, 20 September 2009
(The Big Study)

Michael D. Swords reports on the 18/19 September 1976 Tehran, Iran UFO incident:

http://thebiggeststudy.blogspot.com/2009/09/air-force-admits-again-that-ufos-are.html

General Parviz Jafari was one of the fighter pilots who chased the UFO. At the time of the incident, Jafari was a lieutenant.

General Parviz Jafari,
Iranian Air Force (Ret.)

UFO Report:
“IRANIAN JET CASE – September 19, 1976”
by Bruce Maccabee, 2006 (NICAP.org)

Bruce Maccabee presents a report on the 18/19 September 1976 Tehran, Iran UFO incident:

http://nicap.org/reports/760919iranianjetcase.pdf

Satellite photo of Tehran, Iran (tageo.com)

(tageo.com photo)

UFO Newsletter Issue:
“JUST CAUSE”, 
May 1978, Vol. 1 – No. 2
(Citizens Against UFO Secrecy (CAUS), Bronx, New York)
(Barry Greenwood UFO Archive,
Stoneham, Massachusetts)

The journal mentions a “UFO Investigator” (NICAP) article (called “UFOs Force Government Action”) that quotes extensively from U.S. State Department documents describing UFO incidents in Morocco on the same night as the 18/19 September 1976 Tehran, Iran, UFO incident occurred:

http://www.greenwoodufoarchive.com/Just_Cause_Zechel/Just_Cause_Zechel_v1_i2.pdf




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UFO Footage Presentation:
“VIDEO: UFO appears during Shenzhou-9’s launch”,
19 June 2012 (CNTV, CCTV News, Beijing, China)

A ground-based camera filmed an unknown object during the launch of the Shenzhou-9 spacecraft:

http://english.cntv.cn/program/newsupdate/20120619/109427.shtml

The spacecraft was launched from the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center, Ejin Banner of Inner Mongolia's Alxa League (near the city of Jiuquan, Gansu Province) on 16 June 2012.

(google.no freeze-frame)

UFO Article (Blog):
“The VALENTICH File revealed”
by Bill Chalker, 28 June 2012
(The OZ Files, Sydney, Australia)

Thanks to the efforts of Australian UFO researcher Keith Basterfield, the previously restricted Department of Transport file (on the 21 October 1978 Frederick Valentich incident) V116/783/1047 has been made available in digital form at the National Archives of Australia website, Bill Chalker informs:

http://theozfiles.blogspot.com/2012/06/valentich-file-revealed.html

Keith Basterfield,
Australian UFO Researcher
(noufors.com photo)

UFO News Article:
“Des OVNI observés au-dessus de Rouen?”
(“UFOs seen over Rouen?”),
2 July 2012 (Tendance Ouest Rouen, Rouen, France)

A resident in Petit-Couronne, France sighted and photographed
5 unknown objects on 28 June 2012, at around 3:15 p.m., according to the article:

http://www.tendanceouestrouen.com/actualite-5197-des-ovni-observes-au-dessus-rouen-.html

One of the unknown objects was larger than the others and, judging by the photos, appears to be oval shaped.

English translation:

http://translate.google.com/translate?sl=fr&tl=en&js=n&prev=_t&hl=en&u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.tendanceouestrouen.com%2Factualite-5197-des-ovni-observes-au-dessus-rouen-.html














Map of Petit-Couronne, France (map-france.com)
(map-france.com photo)

UFO Article (Blog):
“Inside an Australian UFO "HOT ZONE" –
the Tyringham Experience”
by Bill Chalker, 7 December 2010
(The OZ Files, Sydney, Australia)

Bill Chalker reports on the 1973 Tyringham/Dundurrabin (New South Wales, Australia) UFO flap, among other things:

http://theozfiles.blogspot.com/2010/12/inside-australian-ufo-hot-zone.html

Bill Chalker,
Australian Industrial Chemist,
UFO Author & Researcher
(flickr.com photo)

UFO Article (Blog):
“Close Encounters of the Second Kind,
physiological effects part seven-b”
by Dr. Michael D. Swords, 28 February 2011
(The Big Study)

This is an article on the 1973 Tyringham/Dundurrabin (New South Wales, Australia) UFO flap and two other cases (Cape Girardeau, Missouri and Doucier, France):

http://thebiggeststudy.blogspot.com/2011/02/close-encounters-of-second-kind_28.html













Satellite photo of Dundurrabin, New South Wales, Australia
(tageo.com) (tageo.com photo)

UFO News Article:
“Unexplained flying objects”,
6 April 2010 (The Canberra Times, Australia)

(Scribd, San Francisco, California)

The Canberra Times presents an interview with UFO researcher Shane Ryan regarding the 1966 Westall UFO case:

http://www.scribd.com/doc/43115577/UFOs-at-Westall

Shane Ryan, English Lecturer
at the University of Canberra &
UFO Researcher
(ABC Melbourne photo)

UFO Magazine Issue:
“UFOLOGIST Magazine (Australia), Vol. 11, No. 1, 2007”

(Scribd, San Francisco, California)

The issue’s main articles: “UFO Sighted by Air Traffic Controller” (by Graeme Opie and Suzanne Hansen), “The New South Wales (NSW) Spotlight On UFOs” (by Bill Chalker) and “UFO Files Located In the Australian Government Records System … Part 1” (by Keith Basterfield):

http://www.scribd.com/doc/101329819/Australian-UFO-Magazine-76p

The UFOLOGIST Magazine also presents an article by Frank Warren (U.S. UFO researcher).

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UFO Article (Blog):
“DATA-NET: Marks in New Zealand, 1969”
by Dr. Michael D. Swords, 10 September 2011
(The Big Study)

An alleged UFO landing trace (the “Ngatea Circle”) was discovered in New Zealand on 4 September 1969, the same day that an “in air” case was reported by two pilots and a radar detection, according to Michael D. Swords:

http://thebiggeststudy.blogspot.com/2011/09/data-net-marks-in-new-zealand-1969.html

Ngatea is situated 80 kilometres (50 miles) south-east of Auckland.













Satellite photo of Ngatea, New Zealand (tageo.com)
(tageo.com photo)

UFO Paper:
“ESTADO ACTUAL DE LA DESCLASIFICACIÓN
DEINFORMACIÓN OVNI EN EL MUNDO”
(“CURRENT STATUS OF THE DISCLOSURE
OF UFO INFORMATION IN THE WORLD”)
by Vicente-Juan Ballester Olmos, May 2009
(Fundación Anomalía, Santander, Spain)

The paper contains individual country chronologies of declassified government UFO documents:

http://www.anomalia.org/estdesclas.pdf

English translation:

http://translate.google.com/translate?sl=es&tl=en&js=n&prev=_t&hl=en&u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.anomalia.org%2Festdesclas.pdf

Vicente-Juan Ballester Olmos,
Spanish UFO Researcher