Saturday, 8 July 2017

UFO Article (Blog):
“Defence Science and Technology
Organisation records on UAP - part four”


By Keith Basterfield, 4 July 2017
(UFOs – scientific research, Campbelltown,
New South Wales, Australia)

Quote from the article:
Introduction

This post continues my report on the contents of a newly available Australian government UAP file. I am providing a folio by folio description, plus comments to place the documentation into context.”

http://ufos-scientificresearch.blogspot.com/2017/06/defence-science-and-technology_14.html














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UFO Article (Blog):
“Defence Science and Technology
Organisation records on UAP - part three”


By Keith Basterfield, 28 June 2017
(UFOs – scientific research, Campbelltown,
New South Wales, Australia)

Quote from the article:
Introduction

This post continues my report on the contents of a newly available Australian government UAP file. I am providing a folio by folio description, plus comments to place the documentation into context.”

http://ufos-scientificresearch.blogspot.com/2017/06/defence-science-and-technology_45.html

















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UFO Article (Blog):
“Defence Science and Technology
Organisation records on UAP - part two”


By Keith Basterfield, 28 June 2017
(UFOs – scientific research, Campbelltown,
New South Wales, Australia)

Quote from the article:
Introduction

This post continues my report on the contents of a newly available Australian government UAP file. I am providing a folio by folio description, plus comments to place the documentation into context.”












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UFO Article (Blog):
“Defence Science and Technology
Organisation records on UAP - Part one”


By Keith Basterfield, 28 June 2017
(UFOs – scientific research, Campbelltown,
New South Wales, Australia)

Quote from the article:
Introduction

In a blog post dated 14 June 2016, I advised that I had found a file in the National Archives of Australia (NAA), file series A4090, control symbol 529/1/16 Part 1, titled ‘DSTO records of unidentified aerial phenomena.’

The file had only been registered with the NAA on 30 September 2015, and originated with the Australian Department of Defence (DOD). The file was listed as ‘closed,’ with the reason given, being ‘withheld pending advice.’ This usually means that the file is still with the originating agency, being examined by them for ‘sensitivities’ before being opened.

I immediately asked the NAA to have the DOD complete their examination of the file; knowing that once the file status changed from ‘closed’ to ‘open,’ that I would be able to order a copy of the file.

While waiting for this process to be completed, I wrote to the DOD and asked an obvious question. If this was part one of the file, was there a part two? The DOD responded that there was no part two. In addition, I checked to see if the NAA RecordSearch had a part two, it did not.

In addition, also while waiting, I wrote a second blog post dated 20 June 2016, gathering together what I could find out about any DSTO involvement with UAP in Australia.

Time passed, until I was advised on 26 June 2017, that the file had been digitised for me. At this point, I wish to acknowledge UFO Research (NSW) Incorporated, who donated half the money needed to purchase a digital copy of this file. Many thanks for your generosity.”

http://ufos-scientificresearch.blogspot.com/2017/06/defence-science-and-technology.html






















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Friday, 7 July 2017

UFO News Article:
“Seis Óvnis aparecem na Baixada Fluminense”
(“Six UFOs appear in the Baixada Fluminense”)


19 July 2014
(Grupo Bandeirantes, São Paulo, Brazil)

The UFOs were photographed (at the end of June 2014) by a station (using a high-sensitivity camera) that specialises in meteor monitoring, according to the article.

The station’s research programme employees can not determine what the six objects (or lights) are, according to UFO researcher and amateur astronomer Wagner Vital de Lima, member of the Ufology Group of Baixada Fluminense (Gubf).

The article contains the UFO photo.


English translation:


Wikipedia article: “Baixada Fluminense”:


Quote from the Wikipedia article:
“The Baixada Fluminense (standard Brazilian Portuguese: [ˌbajˈʃadɐ flumiˈnjsi]; local pronounce: [ˌbɐ(j)ˈʃadɐ flumɪˈn(j)si] (literally ‘Fluminense Lowland’) is a region in the state of Rio de Janeiro, in southeastern Brazil. It is located on Guanabara Bay, between Rio de Janeiro to the south, and the Serra dos Órgãos range of hills to the north.”








Map of the municipalities in Baixada Fluminense (Brazil
(text by Wikipedia) (wikimedia.org image)

Thursday, 6 July 2017

UFO News Article:
“Militar da reserva diz ter visto
OVNI em rodovia no Pantanal”
(“Military reservist says he has seen
UFO on highway in the Pantanal”)


17 July 2011
(Correio do Estado, Campo Grande, Brazil)

Brazilian military reservist Waldir Padilha (the driver) and 15 other people driving in a van encountered a UFO at kilometer 584 of BR-262 (30 kilometres away from Miranda) on 25 March 2011, at 2:45 a.m.

The van lost speed a short time before the UFO was sighted, according to Padilha.

The large, oval shaped object slowly crossed the highway (flying south to north).

The UFO emitted a loud buzzing sound.





















Satellite photo of Miranda, Mato Grosso do Sul, Brazil (tageo.com)
(tageo.com photo)

Wednesday, 5 July 2017

U.S. Government UFO Document (FOIA):
“SUBJ: USSR, PRC SCIENTISTS
IN JOINT STUDY OF UFO’S”


Publication date: 23 May 1990
(Central Intelligence Agency, Washington, D.C.)

It is 1990 – and the Central Intelligence Agency is still interested in the UFO subject.



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Monday, 3 July 2017

U.S. Government UFO Document (FOIA):
“SUBJECT: Telephone Conversation
with Dr. John A. Wheeler”


Publication date: 6 January 1953
(Central Intelligence Agency, Washington, D.C.)

Quote from the document:
“1. At 1430 today I called Dr. Wheeler at Princeton, New Jersey (unintelligible) to thank him for his interest in possible affiliation as a consultant in the CIA attack on the ‘flying saucer’ problem (my emphasis). I told him we regretted that the urgency of his current work for AEC (MATTERHORN) prevented association at this time.”


https://www.cia.gov/library/readingroom/docs/DOC_0005515945.pdf

Related posts:

realtvufos.blogspot.com/search?q=U.S.+Government+UFO+Document:+Central+Intelligence+Agency













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Sunday, 2 July 2017

UFO Article:
“INCREIBLE MUTILACION EN TILISARAO,
SAN LUIS”
(“INCREDIBLE MUTILATION IN TILISARAO,
SAN LUIS”)


13 June 2017
(Visión OVNI, Victoria, Argentina)

The mutilated cow was found in the field of a neighbour on the morning of 10 June 2017. 

The farm (or ranch) is located a few kilometres outside of Tilisarao.

This (typical) mutilation case has a possible UFO connection. A UFO was sighted over a neighbouring farm (or ranch) on 9 June 2017, and on the night of 9 June – the electric current intensity dropped twice in the area, according to the article.


English translation:


Wikipedia article: “Tilisarao”:


Wikipedia article: “San Luis Province”:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/San_Luis_Province















Location of Tilisarao in San Luis Province, Argentina
(static.aastatic.com.ar image)

UFO News Article:
“Video: asombro entre los vecinos ante un desconocido y destellante objeto en el cielo”
(“Video: amazement among the neighbors before an unknown and flashing object in the sky”)


25 June 2017
(La Geceta Salta, Salta, Argentina)

The unknown object was sighted over the neighbourhood of El Carmen in Salta, Argentina, on 24 June 2017, at noon.




















Satellite photo of Salta, Argentina (tageo.com)
(tageo.com photo)

Saturday, 1 July 2017

UFO News Article:
“BRITAIN'S X-FILES: UFO files reveal Cold War spy plane crew’s horror as mysterious craft ‘covered in 20 flashing lights’ closed in at 35,000ft”


30 June 2017
(The Sun, London, UK)

The UFO incident occurred over the Mediterranean Sea on 
19 October 1982, according to the UK Ministry of Defence.

https://www.thesun.co.uk/tech/3919991/ufo-files-reveal-cold-war-spy-plane-crews-horror-as-ufo-covered-in-20-flashing-lights-closed-in-at-35000ft/








Map of the Mediterranean Basin (lib.utexas.edu)
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Friday, 30 June 2017

UFO Documentary Film Transcript (Excerpt):
“UFO også i Norge?”
(“UFO also in Norway?”)


Transcript of the interview with Major Espen Steffensen, Royal Norwegian Air Force.

Transcript in Norwegian:
Intervjuer: “Mange lurer på hvordan Det norske forsvaret stiller seg til UFO-meldingene. Kommer det inn slike meldinger til Forsvaret? Og i tilfelle, blir disse registreringene tatt på alvor?

Espen Steffensen er major. Han har i 10 år vært engasjert med UFO-jobbing som en del av tjenesten sin i Luftforsvaret – og har i denne perioden gransket ca. 20 UFO-saker.”

Espen Steffensen: “Ja da, jeg har stelt med dette i både Nord-Norge og i Sør-Norge, og har hatt dette som en bijobb. Forsvaret tar imot meldingene (UFO-meldingene) og behandler de og sender de videre til Forsvarets overkommando.”

Intervjuer: “Dere tar dette alvorlig?

Espen Steffensen: “Vi tar det absolutt alvorlig! Og det er ganske viktig at vi prøver å finne svar på de spørsmålene som stilles, og gjør en objektiv jobb på dette her – og gir en tilbakemelding til den personen som rapporterte til oss. Rapportene mottas da ved for eksempel Forsvarets overkommando. Og man går ut og prøver så å finne ut hva er det som er sett. Vi tar kontakt med Flykontrolltjenesten ved flyplassen og med våre egne radarstasjoner for å finne svar på dette.”

Intervjuer: “Og slik finner Forsvaret en naturlig forklaring på de fleste UFO-sakene – men det blir likevel noen igjen man ikke kan forklare – selv med Forsvarets avanserte utstyr til disposisjon.”

Espen Steffensen: “Det er blant annet et tilfelle over Vestfold (fylke) for noen år siden – hvor det ble observert en sigar-lignende gjenstand. Og vi kunne ikke finne ut noen ting via radar eller Luftkontrolltjenesten hva det var for noen ting som var over Vestfold i det unike området. Det var en episode over Sarpsborg for noen år siden hvor det også ble observert en UFO-lignende gjenstand som vi aldri fant ut hva det kunne være for noen ting.”

Intervjuer: “Hvordan tedde den seg?”

Espen Steffensen: “Den fløy over byen og var vel også sigar-lignende. Men våre radarer har ikke observert den. Og Flykontrolltjenesten hadde ikke kjennskap til den.”

Intervjuer: “Forsvarets blikk er altså også rettet mot UFO-fenomener. Hvorfor er dette så viktig for Forsvaret?”

Espen Steffensen: “Det er jo blant annet alvorlig på grunn av rikets sikkerhet. Og det er også veldig viktig på grunn av forhold til sivile.”

Intervjuer: “Hvorfor er det viktig i forhold til rikets sikkerhet?”

Espen Steffensen: “Det er jo klart at vi har våre radarer som ser hva som foregår i luftrommet over oss. Og vi vil jo helst ikke at ukjente ting skal komme inn over Norge uten at vi har identifisert det.”

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Transcript in English (translated by Google Translate):
Interviewer: “Many are wondering how the Norwegian Armed Forces react to UFO reports. Are there any such reports sent to the Armed Forces? And in the event, are these registrations taken seriously?

Espen Steffensen is Major. For 10 years he has been involved in UFO work as part of his service in the Air Force – and during this period he has examined approximately 20 UFO cases.”

Espen Steffensen: “Yes, I have been doing this in both Northern Norway and Southern Norway and have had this as an extra job. The Armed Forces receive the reports (UFO reports) and treat them and pass them on to the Armed Forces Command.”

Interviewer: “Do the Air Force take this seriously?”

Espen Steffensen: “We absolutely take it seriously! And it is quite important that we try to find answers to the questions asked and do an objective job on this – and provide feedback to the person who reported to us. The reports are then received by, for example, the Defense Command. And you go out and try to figure out what is seen. We will contact the Air Traffic Control at the airport and with our own radar stations to find answers to this.”

Interviewer: “And so, the Armed Forces finds a natural explanation of most of the UFO cases – but there are still some things you can not explain – even with the military’s advanced equipment at their disposal.”

Espen Steffensen: “This is a case over Vestfold (County) a few years ago – where a cigar-like object was observed. And we could not figure out anything via the radar or the Air Traffic Service what was flying over Vestfold in this specific area. It was an episode in Sarpsborg a few years ago when a UFO-like object was observed, but we never figured out what the object was.”

Interviewer: “How did it fly?”

Espen Steffensen: “It flew over the city and was also cigar-like. But our radars has not observed it. And the Air Traffic Service did not know about it.”

Interviewer: “The view of the Armed Forces is thus also directed at UFO phenomena. Why is this so important to the Armed Forces?”

Espen Steffensen: “It is, among other things, serious because of the security of the nation. And it's also very important because of relationships with civilians.”

Interviewer: “Why is it important in relation to the security of the nation?”

Espen Steffensen: “It is clear that we have our radars that surveilles what is going on in the airspace above us. And we prefer to identify what objects fly over Norway.”

The interview with Major Espen Steffensen starts at 15:01 minutes into the documentary.

(Source: serpentineufo (YouTube channel)

Wikipedia article: “Royal Norwegian Air Force”:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Royal_Norwegian_Air_Force

Wikipedia article: “Vestfold”:


Wikipedia article: “Sarpsborg”:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sarpsborg













The logo of the Royal Norwegian Air Force
(wikimedia.org image)























Map of Norway (mapsharing.org)
(mapsharing.org image)

Wednesday, 28 June 2017

UFO Paper:
“A REVIEW OF SELECTED AERIAL
PHENOMENON SIGHTINGS FROM
AIRCRAFT FROM 1942 TO 1952”


By Richard F. Haines, Ph.D., 1985
(NICAP.org)

One of the cases Haines focuses on is the 24 March 1952 B-29 radar case.

The B-29 flew 60 miles west of Point Conception, California, when the UFO was painted on the radar screen.

The radar return (calculated to be moving at about 3,000 mph) was viewed by a U.S. Air Force B-29 navigator and a radar operator, according to Haines.










Dr. Richard F. Haines, former NASA Senior Research Scientist, NARCAP Chief Scientist and UFO Researcher (gstatic.com photo)

U.S. Government UFO Document:
“PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD:
DATE: 24 Mar 52/LOCATION: 60 miles west
Point Conception, California”


(Project Blue Book, U.S. Air Force, Washington, D.C.)

Source: Fold3.com, Lindon, Utah

The UFO was registered by B-29 (U.S. Air Force) radar (source).

Project Blue Book listed the case as “Unknown.”

Wikipedia article: “Boeing B-29 Superfortress”:


Wikipedia article: “Point Conception”:


Related posts:




realtvufos.blogspot.com/search?q=1952

















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A USAAF B-29 Superfortress (text by Wikipedia)
(wikimedia.org) (wikimedia.org photo)



Point Conception and the Gaviota Coast from the air, looking SW. Lighthouse is visible in blowup (click) at top left center. To left (west) is Government Point, which partly encloses Cojo Bay. The Santa Ynez Mountains extend east (left) towards Santa Barbara. (text by Wikipedia) (wikimedia.org(wikimedia.org photo)

UFO News Article:
“ ‘Britain’s X-Files’ reveal a UFO was spotted floating above Skegness for seven hours but
RAF officials were told to IGNORE it”


27 June 2017
(Daily Mail, London, UK)

The Skegness, UK, UFO incident occurred on 5 October 1996.

The article contains an interview with Nick Pope.



















Satellite photo of Skegness, UK (tageo.com)
(tageo.com photo)

Monday, 26 June 2017

U.S. Government UFO Document:
The Project Blue Book Cases List


(Project Blue Book, U.S. Air Force, Washington, D.C.)

Source: Fold3.com, Lindon, Utah

The list can be found on Pages 12-476.

https://www.fold3.com/image/9668019

















(ufocasebook.com image)