July 1947
(Contained in the Project Blue Book files)
Source: Fold3.com, Lindon, Utah
(ufocasebook.com image)
Friday, 24 June 2016
UFO News Article:
“Report ‘Saucer’ Over Atom Plant”
5 July 1952
(United Press article (contained in the Project Blue
Book files))
Source: Fold3.com, Lindon, Utah
The whole article:
“Four Florida pilots, three of them World War II
veterans, told today (5 July 1952) of seeing a ‘flying saucer’ hovering over
the Hanford atomic plant at Richlands, Wash.
Capt. John Baldwin of Coral Gables, Fla., an air force
pilot in the Pacific during World War II, who has 7,000 hours of air line pilot
experience, said the object he and his companions saw early today was a ‘perfectly
round disc, white in color and almost transparent with small vapor trails off
it like the tentacles of an octopus.’
He said he was flying at about 9,000 feet and saw the
object ‘just below a deck of wispy clouds about 10,000 to 15,000 feet directly
above us.
All of us have been flying a number of years and we’ve
seen all kinds of clouds and formations, bur none of us had ever seen anything
like this before,’ Baldwin said.”
I also reported about this case (news article) on 21 August 2010.
Related posts:
Wikipedia article: “Hanford Site”:
Aerial
view of the Hanford Site,
U.S. Government UFO Document:
“PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD:
DATE: 10 June 1954/
LOCATION: Estacado, Texas”
(Project Blue Book, U.S. Air Force, Washington, D.C.)
Source: Fold3.com, Lindon, Utah
Quote from the document (Page 1):
“Object white light, observed to come from very high
alt. and almost touched ground. Speed 500-600K. Blinked, then went out. Slowed
down, made two 360 deg turns.”
The UFO incident was witnessed by military pilots,
according to the book, UFOs and
Government: A Historical Inquiry.
The case is listed as “UNIDENTIFIED.”
Estacado is located in Crosby and Lubbock Counties,
North West Texas.
Wikipedia article: “Estacado, Texas”:
(ufocasebook.com image)
(lib.utexas.edu image)
Thursday, 23 June 2016
U.S. Government UFO Document:
“PROJECT 10073 RECORD (CARD):
DATE – TIME GROUP: 11 May 54 –
12/0445Z/
LOCATION: East side of Hanger [sic],
Washington National Airport, Wash DC”
(Project Blue Book, U.S. Air Force, Washington, D.C.)
Source: Fold3.com, Lindon, Utah
NOTE: The UFO incidents (witnessed by three Air Police officers, according to the book, UFOs and Government: A Historical Inquiry) occurred on 12 May 1954.
NOTE: The UFO incidents (witnessed by three Air Police officers, according to the book, UFOs and Government: A Historical Inquiry) occurred on 12 May 1954.
Quote from the document (Page 1):
“Objects flew in formation of two’s and included right
angle maneuver. Observed to disappear and reappear three times. Objects round
and were white in color, resembling a street light about 1 foot in diameter. 2/10
cloud at 10,000. Observed at 12/0445Z, 12/0515Z, and 12/0610Z maximum duration
for each sighting 45 seconds disappear by fading.”
The case is listed as “UNIDENTIFIED.”
Related post:
(ufocasebook.com image)
Ronald Reagan
Washington National Airport, Washington,
D.C.
(aopa.org photo)
Tuesday, 21 June 2016
UFO Article (Blog):
“ ‘OPREP-3’ – A Classified US Military
Reporting Channel For UFO Incidents? – Part 2”
By Paul Dean, 8 June 2016
(UFOs – Documenting The Evidence, Melbourne, Australia)
Quote from the article:
“In Part 1 of this series ‘OPREP-3 – A Classified US
Military Reporting Channel For UFO Incidents?’ I discussed a US military-wide reporting
channel known as the ‘Operational Reporting’ system, shortened often to ‘OPREP.’
I highlighted that one category of OPREP, namely category 3, is defined as a
serious ‘Event/Incident,’ and that UFO, or UFO-like events, had been reported
directly to the highest levels of command in the 1970’s. Those events included
the reporting of intrusive ‘unknown helicopters’ and ‘objects’ from nuclear-armed
United States Air Force (USAF) Strategic Air Command (SAC) bases including
Loring AFB, Wurtsmith AFB, Malmstrom AFB, and a host of others. Also, the
United States Navy’s (USN) Pinecastle Electronic Warfare Range suffered a
mysterious UFO event that was reported via the OPREP-3 system. Most importantly,
these cases are not hand-down-rumours, but are supported by hundreds of
officially release records obtained under the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA)
by researchers. I made specific efforts to image those records, especially for
the debunkers, and will continue to do so in this Part 2.
OPREP-3 reporting instructions are laid out in a
variety of publications at different levels of the US military. Perhaps the
highest level doctrines to mention OPREP-3’s are those promulgated by the
Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff (CJCS). One recent example is a manual
titled ‘Joint Reporting System Situation Monitoring Manual,’ and was promulgated
on the 31st of January, 2011. It is coded ‘CJCSM 3150.05D’ and is unclassified
in entirety. Beneath the CJCS, all the Unified Combatant Command’s (UCC) and
Major Commands (MAJCOM) of the US Armed Forces publish their own versions of
OPREP-3 doctrine, each slightly different.”
(ufos-documenting-the-evidence.blogspot.com
image)
UFO News Article:
“Cargo pilot discusses encounter with UFO”
1 January 1987
(The Bulletin, Bend, Oregon)
The article reports on the Japan Airlines cargo jet
Flight 1628 UFO incident that occurred over North East Alaska on 17 November
1986:
https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=1243&dat=19870101&id=nvgoAAAAIBAJ&sjid=FYcDAAAAIBAJ&pg=6731,6229597
The UFO incident occurred on 17 November 1986, at 5:19 p.m. (18 November, at 2:19 UTC), according to a Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) document (files.afu.se).
The UFO incident occurred on 17 November 1986, at 5:19 p.m. (18 November, at 2:19 UTC), according to a Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) document (files.afu.se).
Captain Kenju (or Kenji) Terauchi, Japan Airlines,
with a drawing of one of the 3 UFOs
(4.bp.blogspot.com photo)
UFO Press Release:
“Theatrical Premiere of Robert Hastings’
UFOs and Nukes Film”
18 June 2016
(The UFO Chronicles)
Quote from the press release:
“Robert Hastings’ UFOs and Nukes: The Secret Link
Revealed will premiere at the KiMo Theatre in Albuquerque, NM, on Thursday,
June 23, 2016 at 7:00 p.m. Admission is $5.00.
Advance ticket purchase: www.kimotickets.com”
(2.bp.blogspot.com/theufochronicles.com
image)
Sunday, 19 June 2016
UFO Case Directory:
“Category 11, SIGHTINGS FROM AIRCRAFT
Three F-84 Pilots Encounter Manta-Ray,
Gun Camera Shots
March 3, 1953
Luke AFB, Phoenix, Ariz; Nr. Blyth, California”
(NICAP.org)
The whole UFO case report:
“Fran Ridge:
I had read about this SECRET case in Ruppelt's book,
but never gave it too much thought until I found the 11-page paper by Barry
Greenwood. Our thanks to Barry for mailing me a copy so I could scan it; and to
Wendy Connors for the great pictures. I supplied the Project Book Book Status
Report #11 pages and then dan Wilson found 38 footnotes.com documents. This is
also a Category 8 (photo) case besides being a Cat 11 (Sightings From
Aircraft), and is double-listed on the Global Sighting Information Database on
the NICAP site. This one even includes two videos from the gun camera shots.
Brad Sparks:
March 3, 1953; (130 miles W. of Luke AFB,
Phoenix, Arizona), nr. Blyth, California (BBU)
1:25-1:32 p.m. (MST). USAF Capt. Roderick D. Thompson,
3600th Fighter Training Group, Luke AFB, instructor pilot in an F-84 at 25,000 ft 500 mph TAS heading 305°
Mag spotted 300-500 ft
wide aircraft leaving contrail crossing his path at 2 [10?] o'clock high
position from left to right at about 35,000 to 45,000 ft and about 400 mph TAS, visible only
by condensation vapor emitted from manta-ray shape flat surface. Student pilots
of two F-84’s, Lt. Jack E. Brasher and Lt. Thomas W. Hale, saw the object but
did not follow the pursuit. When Thompson turned (right?) to pursue object
climbing at full power at about 560
mph , object made slight dipping turn to NW and began
climbing at about 20° angle and object appeared to be very thin, and
immediately began to form a heavy condensation trail behind it for roughly 1,000 ft and split in two
for about 1,000 ft
but which ended abruptly and moved with the object, the trail not being left
behind. Thompson reached 30,000
ft and closed to within roughly 5-10 miles of object to a
point over Colorado River N of Parker Dam, about 70 miles N of Blythe, when
he took 151 frames or about 30
ft [6 ft?] of gun camera film of object, 16 mm N-9 camera, apparently
at 16 fps 1/40 sec exposure setting. (BB Rpt 11; NICAP website; McDonald list;
Ruppelt pp. 229-230; FUFOR Index)”
NICAP.org presents U.S.
government (U.S. Air Force) documents that pertain to the UFO case.
Freeze-frame from 3 March 1953 U.S. Air Force UFO film
(filmed near Blyth, California) (thinkaboutitdocs.com)
(thinkaboutitdocs.com image)
(filmed near Blyth, California) (thinkaboutitdocs.com)
(thinkaboutitdocs.com image)
Google Searches:
Focus On U.S. Air Force Gun Camera
UFO Films/Photographs
(Search term: U.S.
(Footage+site:org) (All)
(Footage+site:net) (All)
https://www.google.com/search?num=100&q=U.S.+Air+Force+Gun+Camera+UFO+Footage+site:info
(Footage+site:info) (All)
(Footage+site:info) (All)
(Footage+site:tv) (All)
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(Film+site:net) (All)
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https://www.google.com/search?num=100&q=U.S.+Air+Force+Gun+Camera+UFO+Photo+site:org
(Photo+site:org) (All)
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https://www.google.com/search?num=100&q=U.S.+Air+Force+Gun+Camera+UFO+Photo+site:info
(Photo+site:info) (All)
(Photo+site:info) (All)
(wikimedia.org image)
Saturday, 18 June 2016
UFO Article & Radio Interview:
“Nick Pope – Government UFO Matters –
March 7, 2016”
By Alejandro Rojas
(OpenMinds.tv/Open Minds UFO Radio, Tempe, Arizona)
UFO author, lecturer and researcher Nick Pope was the UK
Ministry of Defence’s UFO desk officer from 1991 to 1994.
(openminds.tv image)
UFO Article & Radio Interview:
“Paul Dean – Uncovering U.S. Military
UFO Secrets – June 7, 2016”
By Alejandro Rojas
(OpenMinds.tv/Open Minds UFO Radio, Tempe, Arizona)
Paul Dean runs the blog, UFOs – Documenting The
Evidence (Melbourne, Australia).
(openminds.tv image)
UFO Article & Radio Interview:
Kevin D. Randle:
“UFO Dossier: 100 Years of Government
Secrets and Conspiracies”
24 March 2016
(Mysterious Matters, U.S.A.)
Host Bob Bain interviews Kevin D. Randle about his
latest book.
Among other topics, Randle talks about U.S. government
disinformation regarding UFOs.
(amazon.com image)
Friday, 17 June 2016
UFO Case Directory (RADCAT):
“Category 9, RADAR
The Rapid City / Ellsworth AFB Incident (RV)
August 5, 1953
East of Rapid City, SD”
(NICAP.org)
The whole UFO case report:
“Francis Ridge:
There was a date discrepancy on this case. Ruppelt
said it was the 12th and subsequently NICAP listed that date in The UFO
Evidence. Project Blue Book, which didn’t list this as an ‘Unknown,’ showed it
clearly as August 5, 6, and the documents (see below) show that this case as ‘unsolved.’
This incident always impressed me, and apparently it impressed a lot of others,
too. For the die-hard skeptics at Project Blue Book this was the one they had
always asked for. Here was a good UFO sighting. ‘This was an unknown, one of
the best,’ a ground witnessed visual, with a ground radar tracking, and the
pursuit of the object by a jet interceptor that also locked on with its radar,
with all the maneuvers independently verified. The UFO was playing a cat &
mouse game with an F-84 ‘Thunderjet,’
the first USAF jet fighter able to carry a tactical atomic weapon. Major
Lawrence Tacker not only confirmed this case, but he wrote one NICAP member and
told him the Air Force had gun-camera photos of the object and radarscope
photos. (FSTS,243). Ellsworth AFB is located about 12 miles from Rapid City,
and in 1947, the base hosted the 28th Bombardment Wing (BMW), flying the B-29. In July 1949, the 28th
began conversion to the gigantic B-36 bomber. Ellsworth was one of the original
five Air Force Operational Storage Sites for nuclear weapons, and first
received its atomic bombs in 1952.
Joel Carpenter:
I've been checking on the model of F-84 assigned to
SAC, and it turns out that the F-84G was the one based at Rapid City at the
time. This was a tactical-nuclear-capable day fighter-bomber with straight
wings and gun ranging radar.
NICAP.org presents U.S.
government (U.S. Air Force) documents that pertain to the UFO case.
Wikipedia article: “Ellsworth Air Force Base”:
Related post:
Aerial view of Ellsworth Air Force Base (circa 1990)
(located near Box Elder, South Dakota) (wikimedia.org)
(wikimedia.org photo)
(tageo.com photo)
U.S. Government UFO Document:
“PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD:
DATE – TIME GROUP: 5 August 53/
LOCATION: Rapid City, Blackhawk,
South Dakota Area”
(Project Blue Book, U.S. Air Force, Washington, D.C.)
Source: Fold3.com, Lindon, Utah
Quote from the document (Page 1):
“Numerous military & civilian observed an unusual
red object which traveled in various direction in the general vicinity of Rapid
City, S. D.”
https://www.fold3.com/image/6979324
ufo-case-directory-radcat-category-9_17.html
https://www.fold3.com/image/6979324
Related post:
(ufocasebook.com image)
(tageo.com photo)
Google Website Searches:
Focus On Project Blue Book Documents
Mentioning Military Witnesses/
Observer/Observers
Website: Fold3.com (Lindon, Utah):
(Search term: “Military Witnesses”)
(“Military Observer”)
(“Military Observers”)
(ufocasebook.com image)
UFO Case Directory (RADCAT):
“Category 9, RADAR
Eight Huge Objects Observed
By 8 Witnesses & Radar
Aug. 3, 1952
Hamilton AFB, California”
(NICAP.org)
The whole UFO case report:
“Fran Ridge:
This is apparently case #15 of Major Dewey Fournet’s ‘motions
study’ UFOs cases as presented to the Robertson Panel in January of 1953,
whereby he deduced that UFOs were guided by intelligence and the flight
characteristics indicated that the intelligence was beyond ‘us.’ It is also
case #33, on the official clearance list. of 41 formerly classified Air
Technical Intelligence UFO reports cleared for Maj. Donald E. Keyhoe by Albert
M. Chop, Air Force Press Desk.
Brad Sparks:
Aug. 3, 1952.
Hamilton AFB, CA (BBU)
4:15-5:30 p.m. (PDT).
2 AF pilots Capt. L. R. Hadley and Lt. D. A. Swimley, and AF Capt. W. T.
Perske, saw visually and with binoculars 2 circular or spherical silvery
objects 60-100 ft
diameter at 12,000 and 18,000
ft drifting E to W on a 15-mile track passing overhead,
darting and dogfighting at estimated 400-450 mph , the upper object
dropping from 18,000 to 12,000
ft , at the end replaced by 8 more similar objects
appearing in pairs in the W about 15-20 miles distant. No sound.
(BB Microfilm Misc Roll 1, pp. 538-541) 1 hr 15 mins + ? 3 witnesses 1/3
to 1 Full Moon binocs
Dan Wilson:
At 3:13 p.m. eight military witnesses and radar
confirmed the presence of two silver colored discs, estimated at 80' across, in the sky over
Hamilton AFB in Marin County, California . The discs appeared to be
dogfighting. They were joined by six other discs and formed a diamond
formation. They sped away as USAF F-86 fighter jets were scrambled. The sighting
lasted 75 minutes. This case is listed in the 1964 UFO Evidence, Section 11.”
NICAP.org presents U.S.
government (U.S. Air Force) documents that pertain to the UFO case.
Wikipedia
article: “Hamilton Army Airfield”:
Aerial view of Hamilton Army
Airfield, Novato, California
(wikimedia.org) (wikimedia.org photo)
(tageo.com photo)
Thursday, 16 June 2016
Google Website Searches:
Focus On UFO Incidents
Witnessed by Military Witnesses
Website: J. Allen Hynek Center for UFO Studies (CUFOS.org):
(Search term: “Military Witness”)
https://www.google.com/search?num=100&q=“Military+Witnesses”+site:cufos.org
https://www.google.com/search?num=100&q=“Military+Witnesses”+site:cufos.org
(“Military Witnesses”)
Website: National Investigations Committee on Aerial
Phenomena (NICAP.org):
(“Military Witness”)
(“Military Witnesses”)
(“Military Observer”)
(“Military Observers”)
Website: National UFO Reporting Center (NUFORC.org):
(“Military Witness”)
(“Military Observer”)
Website: UFO Casebook (ufocasebook.com):
(“Military Witness”)
(“Military Witnesses”)
(“Military Observer”)
(“Military Observers”)
Website: UFOINFO.com:
(“Military Witness”)
(“Military Witnesses”)
(“Military Observer”)
(“Military Observers”)
Website: UFO DNA (thecid.com/ufo):
(“Military Witness”)
(“Military Witnesses”)
(“Military Observer”)
(“Military Observers”)
NICAP.org UFO case directory:
“Category 9, RADAR
ADC Tracks Object At 4,000 MPH
Aug. 20, 1952
Congaree AFB, South Carolina”
The whole UFO case report:
http://www.nicap.org/520820congaree_dir.htm
The Congaree base (located near Eastover, South Carolina) is now named McEntire Joint National Guard Base.
The whole UFO case report:
“Fran Ridge:
Aug. 20, 1952; Congaree AFB, S. Carolina
10:00 p.m. Air Defense Command radar tracked UFO 60 miles from base, speed 4000 mph . One ‘ball’ was
observed by military witnesses at an airfield. [UFOE, VIII].
Dan Wilson:
This case is listed on the Project Blue Book Master
Index as an Additional Reported Sighting (Not Cases). The source is listed as
Military.”
The Congaree base (located near Eastover, South Carolina) is now named McEntire Joint National Guard Base.
Wikipedia article: “McEntire Joint National Guard Base”:
(wikimedia.org photo)
(tageo.com photo)
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