UFO Article (Blog):

“UFOs & The Enigma of the United States Navy”

by Dr. Michael D. Swords, 24 April 2010

(The Big Study)

There are many hints that the U.S. Navy had interest in the UFO phenomenon, Michael D. Swords writes:

http://thebiggeststudy.blogspot.no/2010/04/ufos-enigma-of-united-states-navy.html

Wikipedia article: “United States Navy”:

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

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U.S. Government UFO Documents (FOIA):

“Unidentified Flying Objects (UFOs) Related Documents:

Department of the Army UFO Page”

(Office of the Secretary of Defense and Joint Staff,

FOIA Requester Service Center,

United States Department of Defense, Washington, D.C.)

The web page contains the following report: “ALLEGED ‘FLYING SAUCER’ TYPE AIRCRAFT” (Page 148):

https://www.rmda.army.mil/foia/FOIA_ReadingRoom/(a)(2)(D)%20-%20Records%20released%20to%20the%20public%20under%20t/ALL/ufo.pdf

Wikipedia article: “United States Army”:

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

The Seal of the United States Department of the Army

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UFO News Article:

“American Troops in Europe Ordered To Watch for

Flying Saucers [UFOs] | UFO CHRONICLE 4-26-1948”,

2 April 2013 (The UFO Chronicles)

“In a directive to soldiers, the army said that ‘unconventional aircraft,’ including ‘flying discs,’ should be reported promptly to headquarters.

No indication was given as to what caused the order,” the Times Herald article (titled “ ‘Flying Saucers’ Sought In Europe”) reads:

http://www.theufochronicles.com/2013/04/american-troops-in-europe-ordered-to.html

U.S. government article: “History timeline: Major events in USAREUR and European history” (eur.army.mil):

eur.army.mil/organization/timeline.htm

U.S. government article: “History of EUCOM” (eucom.mil):

eucom.mil/mission/background/history-of-eucom

Wikipedia article: “United States European Command”:

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_European_Command

Quote from the Wikipedia article, ‘United States European Command’:

“Prior to 1952, the title “European Command (EUCOM)” referred to a single-service, United States Army command.”

The logo of the U.S Army Europe

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UFO News Article:

“Scientific body turns attention to UFO mystery”

10 July 1975 (The Miami News, Florida)

The Miami News informs about the UFO research work of the 
J. Allen Hynek Center for UFO Studies:

http://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=2206&dat=19750710&id=tNszAAAAIBAJ&sjid=gusFAAAAIBAJ&pg=4838,4021952

Part of the article focuses on CUFOS’ research into UFO physical trace cases.

CUFOS had the active cooperation of police forces across the United States, including the FBI – and had received an expression of interest in such cooperation from the Defense Civil Preparedness Agency (DCPA), Department of Defense, according to the article.

Dr. J. Allen Hynek, U.S. Astronomer,
the U.S. Air Force's Scientific Consultant
on UFOs (1948-1969), UFO Author,
Lecturer & Researcher
(4.bp.blogspot.com photo)

UFO News Article:

“Illinois UFO Soars Away Unexplained”,

3 October 1967 (The Pittsburgh Press, Pennsylvania)

Everett Diamond, a Rockford, Illinois resident, David H. Winker, an Illinois state police officer and Bill Truempler, a Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) air traffic specialist, sighted a silver coloured, elliptical shaped UFO on 2 October 1967, The Pittsburgh Press reports:

http://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=1144&dat=19671003&id=yEgqAAAAIBAJ&sjid=j08EAAAAIBAJ&pg=5075,1657681

“Rockford, Illinois” (City-Data.com):

http://www.city-data.com/city/Rockford-Illinois.html

Map highlighting Rockford, Winnebago County, Illinois

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UFO Paper/Lecture:

“A SCIENTIFIC ANALYSIS OF THE VIDEOTAPE TAKEN BY SPACE SHUTTLE DISCOVERY ON SHUTTLE FLIGHT STS-48” by Jack Kasher, Ph.D.

(NICAP.org)

The STS-48 UFO incident occurred on 15 September 1991, at around 8:30 p.m. GMT:

http://www.nicap.org/muj_kasher_sts48.htm

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UFO Radio Interview:

Dr. Jack Kasher 

(Unknown Date)

(Dark Matters Radio, U.S.A.)

Host Don Ecker presents a UFOs Tonite! interview with Dr. Jack Kasher:

http://www.dqrm.com/shows/DMR/2013/wk01/dmr-04-w.mp3

Dr. Jack Kasher, U.S. Physicist & UFO Researcher

(ufoexhibition.com photo)

UFO News Article:

“20 years since Cosford UFO mystery”,

30 March 2013 (Shropshire Star, Ketley, UK)

The RAF Cosford, UK UFO incident occurred on 31 March 1993, 
at around 1:15 a.m.:

http://www.shropshirestar.com/news/2013/03/30/20-years-since-cosford-ufo-mystery/

A large, triangular shaped UFO manoeuvred over the Royal Air Force base.

The UFO was sighted over many locales in England on 30 and 
31 March 1993.

Related post:

ufo-article-cosford-incident-by-nick_25.html

Wikipedia article: “RAF Cosford”:

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

Runway 24 at RAF Cosford, Albrighton, UK (wikimedia.org)

(wikimedia.org photo) 

UFO Article (Blog):

“Digitised Bureau of Meteorology file 
includes some reports of UAP”

by Keith Basterfield, 29 March 2013

(UFOs – scientific research, Campbelltown,

New South Wales, Australia)

The file (file series PP956/1, control symbol 45/38, titled “Observations – General by outside authorities (includes UFO)”, date range 1972-1981, barcode 1854167) is located in the Perth office of the NAA, Keith Basterfield informs:

http://ufos-scientificresearch.blogspot.com/2013/03/digitised-bureau-of-meteorology-file.html

Wikipedia article: “Bureau of Meteorology”:

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

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UFO Video Report:

“Your Need to Know – The RAND Corporation and UFOs”,

28 March 2013

(OpenMinds.tv, Tempe, Arizona)

The video report is presented by J. Antonio Huneeus:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=daAcBu9xBi4

(OpenMinds.tv image)

UFO Journal Supplement:

“FLYING SAUCER REVIEW CASE HISTORIES”,

Supplement No. 17 – December 1973

(Flying Saucer Review, London, UK)

The journal supplement contains two 1973 UFO articles, “UFOs PICTURED OVER JAPAN” (UFO sightings over Toyama (city) and Nagai (city)) and “DID A UFO LAND IN THEIR FRONT GARDEN” (possible UFO incident in Queenstown, South Africa):

http://www.ignaciodarnaude.com/ufologia/FSR-CH%201973%20N%2017.pdf

Nagai is situated 91 kilometres (56 miles) north-east of Niigata (city).

Map of Japan (vidiani.com)
(vidiani.com image)

UFO Book Chapter:

“REGIONAL ENCOUNTERS: The FC Files:

CHAPTER 4: THE WAVE OF 1973”

by Francis L. Ridge, 1994 
(NICAP.org)

Francis L. Ridge was the MUFON State Section Director for Posey, Vanderburgh and Gibson Counties, Indiana in 1973:

http://www.nicap.org/regenc/RegEnc.pdf

Chapter 4 starts on page 41.

Francis L. Ridge,
NICAP Site Coordinator
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UFO Journal Issue:
“UFO INVESTIGATOR”, 

November 1973 

(National Investigations Committee

on Aerial Phenomena, Washington, D.C.)

Source: CUFOS.org

The journal (published in Kensington, Maryland) contains articles on the 11 October 1973 Pascagoula, Mississippi, UFO case and the 18 October 1973 U.S. Army helicopter UFO incident (the Coyne case) over Mansfield, Ohio:

http://cufos.org/UFOI_and_Selected_Documents/UFOI/092%20NOVEMBER%201973.pdf

Lieutenant Colonel Lawrence J. Coyne,
U.S. Army (youtube.com image)

Australian Government UFO E-Magazine Article:

“What a gem! Flying saucers and other aerial objects”

(Your Memento, 2 March 2011)

(National Archives of Australia, Canberra,

Australian Capital Territory)

The article presents a Department of Air diagram of a 1955 Australian UFO sighting:

http://yourmemento.naa.gov.au/2011/03/what-a-gem-flying-saucers-and-other-aerial-objects/

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UFO News Articles & Reports:

“UFO REPORTS – 1945” 

(PROJECT 1947, Canterbury, Connecticut)

PROJECT 1947 presents news articles and reports about World War II foo fighter incidents:

http://www.project1947.com/fig/1945a.htm





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UFO Calendar:

THE YEAR OF THE UFO – 
A SPECIAL CALENDAR OF HISTORICAL HIGHLIGHTS

(National Investigations Committee

on Aerial Phenomena, Washington, D.C.)

(ufodocarchive.org)

The calendar was copyrighted in 1972:

http://www.ufodocarchive.org/nicap/UFO%20Historical%20Calendar.pdf

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UFO Article:

“An Interview with John F. Schuessler,

Executive Director of MUFON (Mutual UFO Network)”

by Richard Thieme, 4 November 2000

(Thiemeworks, Milwaukee, Wisconsin)

John F. Schuessler is a former McDonnell Douglas/NASA engineer:

http://www.thiemeworks.com/an-interview-with-john-f-schuessler-executive-director-of-mufon-mutual-ufo-network/

John F. Schuessler, MUFON International Director (2000-2006)
(jerrypippin.com photo)

UFO News Article:

“Just what was that mysterious flying 
object over Amherst? UFO or C-5”,

18 March 2013 
(MassLive.com, Springfield, Massachusetts)

The UFO incident occurred on 8 January 2013, between 5:00 p.m. and 7:00 p.m.:

http://www.masslive.com/opinion/index.ssf/2013/03/just_what_was_that_mysterious.html

Related posts:

ufo-tv-news-report-ufo-sighting-has.html

ufo-news-article-faa-explains-amherst.html

“Amherst, Massachusetts” (City-Data.com):

http://www.city-data.com/city/Amherst-Massachusetts.html

Map of Hampshire County, Massachusetts, highlighting Amherst
(wikimedia.org image)

UFO Radio Interview:

“WEOK 1966 Radio Program” 

(Kaeser Konsulting)

Quote from the web page, konsulting.com/audio_clips.htm:

“On February 19, 1966 WEOK radio aired an interview with W. D. ‘Bill’ Donovan, who was then the Chairman of the NICAP Sub-Committee in New York City.”

http://konsulting.com/WEOK-L3.wav






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UFO Radio Interview:

“WLEE 1965 Radio Program ‘Impact’ ”

(Kaeser Konsulting)

Quote from the web page, konsulting.com/audio_clips.htm:

“On March 7, 1965 the program ‘Impact’ was aired on WLEE in Richmond, VA. This program focuses on the role of NICAP in the investigation of Unidentified Flying Objects and features (then) Acting-Director Richard Hall.”

http://konsulting.com/wlee1L3.wav

http://konsulting.com/wlee2L3.wav

















The late Richard H. Hall, former NICAP Assistant Director,
UFO Author & Researcher (cache.boston.com photo)