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Navy Sees 'Flying Saucers' on Radar Screen

December, 16, 1954 - Goulburn, Australia

Navy pilot has reported seeing two "flying saucers" flash past him while he was flying over Goulburn, N.S.W. Radar officers at Nowra Fleet Air station picked up the objects on their screen.  View full report

Source: Daily Telegraph December 16th 1954   ID: 22
Case Type: PressReport    Features:  Radar, Pilot/Aircrew, Military

The 1954 Cennina Landing and Encounter with Humanoids Featured Case

November, 1, 1954 - Cennina, Italy

Rosa Lotti was walking into Cennina, when she perceived a big vertical spindle, "like 2 cones joined at their bases." From behind this craft emerged two little men 3 ft tall, who approached her with friendly expressions, the older one laughing. They were speaking a language that sounded like Chinese, 'liu, lai, loi." Approaching Lotti, they snatched from her the carnations and one of her stockings. Lotti ran away. A deep hole in the ground was later found at the site.  View full report

Source: Sergio Conti, excerpt from FSR (Sept/Oct 1972)   ID: 703
Case Type: StandardCase    Features:  Humanoid/Occupant, Landing, Physical Trace

Engineer observes lens-shaped disc in New York

October, 1954 - Cherry Valley, New York, United States

"It seemed to be a large disc or lens-shaped object, and in comparison with the objects below I estimated it to be perhaps 30 or 35 feet in diameter... It was moving like a wheel sliding sidewise and not rotating, and in perspective presented an elliptical appearance such as any circular object would when viewed from an anglel...The color was gray."  View full report

Source: Richard Hall, The UFO Evidence, 1964 (NICAP)   ID: 1096
Case Type: StandardCase    Features:  Silent, Scientist/Engineer

The 'Sea Fury' Incident

August, 31, 1954 - Nowra, Australia

One of the most controversial radar visual reports of the fifties occurred on August 31st, 1954. The story leaked out in December, 1954, and made front page headlines. The official navy file on the event remained classified until the Directorate of Naval Intelligence released a copy upon my request in 1982. During his 1973 visit to Australia, Dr. Hynek was able to interview the pilot involved in this famous incident.  View full report

Source: Bill Chalker   ID: 66
Case Type: MajorCase    Features:  Radar, Pilot/Aircrew, Military

Teenage Girls See Saucer

June, 6, 1954 - Dandenong, Melbourne outer suburb, Australia

Girls claim, a ‘flying saucer hovered less than 20 yards above their heads. A cylindrical shape, about 30ft. Long and 15ft. High, with a canopy and window on top and a window on each end  View full report

Source: Sunday Telegraph June 13th 1954 / Australian UFO Research Network   ID: 19
Case Type: PressReport    Features:  Children

'Human Figures Seen in Saucer'

June, 1954 - East Malvern and Carnegie , Australia

Witnesses said they thought they had seen human figures in a flying saucer. They saw the figures through portholes in the saucer they said. Six people reported having seen a pear-shaped, green object.  View full report

Source: Daily Telegraph JUNE 1954 / Australian UFO Research Network   ID: 20
Case Type: PressReport    Features:  Humanoid/Occupant, Portholes/Windows

Circular object, appearing as a flaming ring, seen by architect

April, 26, 1954 - Newburyport, Massachusetts, United States

Russell M. Peirce, architect, reported a circular object which made a right-angle turn. "I was standing at the rear of the local High School building talking with two friends... Suddenly we all heard a very loud deep roar as of many motors... The object as I first saw it appeared as a flaming ring. The color was a little on the whitish tone but also had some suggestion of the orange-yellow of the common flame of burning wood, say."  View full report

Source: NICAP / Richard Hall, 1964 (from NICAP case file)   ID: 646
Case Type: StandardCase    Features:  Sound, Witness Sketch

The Kinross Air Force Base Incident (jet disappears while chasing UFO)

November, 23, 1953 - Lake Superior, Michigan, United States

On the evening of 23 November 1953, an Air Force radar controller became alerted to an "unidentified target" over Lake Superior, and an F-89C Scorpion jet was scrambled from Kinross AFB. Radar controllers watched as the F-89 closed in on the UFO, and then sat stunned in amazement as the two blips merged on the screen, and the UFO left. The F-89 and it’s two man crew, pilot Felix Moncla and radar operator Robert Wilson, were never found, even after a thorough search of the area.  View full report

Source: Loy Lawhon, About.com   ID: 610
Case Type: MajorCase    Features:  Pilot/Aircrew, Military, Radar, Witness Photo

Ellsworth Air Force Base UFO Incident

August, 5, 1953 - Ellsworth AFB, South Dakota, United States

Shortly after dark on the night of twelfth [sic], the Air Defense Command radar station at Ellsworth AFB, just east of Rapid City, had received a call from the local Ground Observer Corps filter center. A lady spotter at Black Hawk, about 10 miles west of Ellsworth, had reported an extremely bright light low on the horizon, off to the northeast.  View full report

Source: Captain Edward J. Ruppelt, Former Director of Project Blue Book   ID: 41
Case Type: MajorCase    Features:  Radar, Pilot/Aircrew, Military

Round, metallic object near Livermore, California

1953 - Livermore, California, United States

John B. Bean was a flyer with 17 years experience. "it was perfectly round and had a metallic sheen somewhat similar to that of aluminum with a satin finish... It also began to climb at the most terrific rate of ascent that I have ever witnessed."  View full report

Source: Richard Hall, UFO Evidence, 1964 (NICAP)   ID: 1103
Case Type: StandardCase

Technician watches glowing white UFO near Larson AFB

December, 22, 1952 - Larson AFB, Moses Lake, Washington, United States

An instrument technician, while driving from a large city toward an Air Force base on December 22, 1952, saw an object from his car at 1930 hours. It suddenly moved up toward the zenith in spurts from right to left at an angle of about 45°. It then moved off in level flight at a high rate of speed, during which maneuver it appeared white most of the time, but apparently rolled three times showing a red side.  View full report

Source: U.S. Air Force Project Blue Book Special Report #14 (Battelle Institute Study), 1955   ID: 674
Case Type: SummaryReport

B-29 Radar Visual, Multiple Witness Observations

December, 6, 1952 - Gulf of Mexico, United States

When watching the radarscope, Coleman observed two UFOs which he tracked at a speed in excess of 5.000 miles per hour, quite impossible for planes of the day.  View full report

Source: UFOs at Close Sight (Patrick Gross)   ID: 16
Case Type: MajorCase    Features:  Pilot/Aircrew, Military, Radar

The Flatwoods Monster Featured Case

September, 12, 1952 - Flatwoods, West Virginia, United States

Just before dark on September 12, 1952, at Flatwoods, WV, some young school boys saw a fiery UFO streak across the sky and apparently land on a nearby hilltop. Rushing to the site, and gathering a few others along the way, they saw a pulsating red light, encountered a nauseating mist, and turned a flashlight on a pair of shining eyes, revealing a huge creature. As it hissed and glided at them, the group panicked and fled. The next day investigators discovered skid marks and an oil-like substance that presumably came from the UFO.  View full report

Source: Subversive Element   ID: 535
Case Type: MajorCase    Features:  Humanoid/Occupant, Children, Animal Reaction, Physical Trace, Landing, Group Sighting, Witness Photo

'Figures' seen through windows of oval-shaped object

August, 25, 1952 - Pittsburg, Kansas, United States

Among those cases declared Unidentified by the Air Force which are reported to involve alleged occupants is a sighting by William Squyres. He described the object as resembling two turtle shells placed edge to edge. Along the rim where the two halves joined he noticed a series of small propellers six to twelve inches in diameter projecting outward all the way around the object.  View full report

Source: NICAP (National Investigations Committee on Aerial Phenomenon),   ID: 556
Case Type: StandardCase    Features:  Humanoid/Occupant, Physical Trace, Portholes/Windows

Two disc-shaped UFOs seen by marine engineer in Holland

August, 7, 1952 - Kerkrade, Netherlands

On the night of August 6-7, 1952, Will Jansen, a marine engineer and designer, was visiting in Kerkrade, Holland. Just after midnight a disc-shaped craft with visible superstructure swooped down to low altitude, hovered, zigzagged and sped away. A second disc-shaped UFO, similar in outline, was then seen hovering farther away. Finally it tilted up vertically and shot up out of sight.  View full report

Source: NICAP / Richard Hall, 1964 (from letter to CSI of Los Angeles)   ID: 647
Case Type: SummaryReport    Features:  Scientist/Engineer, Multiple UFOs

The Haneda AFB case, Japan, 1952

August, 5, 1952 - Haneda US Air Force Base , Near Tokyo, Japan, Japan

This is one of the cases that the Colorado Project has considered "explained" - a star and an anomalous radar propagation. Not so. On the contrary, as a careful study of the records shows, it is a very interesting case of anomalous flying objects in the sky who fly under intelligent control and cannot be of human origin.  View full report

Source: UFOs at Close Sight (Patrick Gross)   ID: 10
Case Type: StandardCase    Features:  Radar, Military

UFO seen at close range with appearance of occupant aboard

August, 1952 - Seat Pleasant, Maryland, United States

Sometime in August, 1952 (the exact date cannot be recalled) during the major UFO sighting wave of that year, Mrs. Suzanne E. Knight, a young housewife and mother, saw a UFO at close range with what appeared to be an occupant aboard. The UFO appeared to Mrs. Knight to resemble the wingless fuselage of a plane and was dull silver in color.  View full report

Source: NICAP (National Investigations Committee on Aerial Phenomenon),   ID: 557
Case Type: StandardCase    Features:  Humanoid/Occupant, Portholes/Windows

Lac Chauvet UFO Photos Featured Case

July, 18, 1952 - Lac Chauvet, France

Andre Fregnale, an engineer and photographer, walked around France's Lake Chauvet taking pictures of a UFO that came out of the Northwest sky. The photographs have been scrutinized by many experts and all have found them to be real shots of a real UFO.  View full report

Source: STUDIOVNI   ID: 256
Case Type: StandardCase    Features:  Photo

The Nash-Fortenberry Sighting (aircraft encounter with formation of UFOs)

July, 14, 1952 - Virginia, United States

A Pan American World Airways DC-4 was on a routine flight from New York to Miami. The crew included Captain Koepke, First Officer William B. Nash and Second Officer William H. Fortenberry. Suddenly, they noticed six bright objects in echelon formation streaking toward them at tremendous speed. They had the fiery aspect of hot coals, but of much greater glow.  View full report

Source: Tom Tulien, Sign Historical Group   ID: 92
Case Type: MajorCase    Features:  Pilot/Aircrew, Witness Photo, Multiple UFOs

UFO with occupants encountered by former mayor in Hasselbach, Germany Featured Case

July, 9, 1952 - Hasselbach, Germany

Oscar Linke, former Wehrmacht major, and his daughter Gabrielle, 11, had to leave their motorcycle when they had a flat tire. Inside the woods the girl noticed two men in silvery suits examining the ground in a clearing near a pink disk-shaped object, 13-15 meters in diameter, showing a double row of openings around the rim and a black turret on top. One of the men had a flashing box. Both men went inside, and the disk vibrated, rose along the turretlike cylinder, then spun faster and rose out of sight.  View full report

Source: Kathimerini newspaper (Athens, Greece), 1952, found in declassfied CIA files   ID: 715
Case Type: StandardCase    Features:  Humanoid/Occupant, Landing, Portholes/Windows, Humming, Physical Trace

Engineer and others observe manuevering object in California

May, 13, 1952 - National City, California, United States

From the witness: "To the naked eye the object appeared as a sphere of about 1/16 inch diameter... Through the [6 power] telescope the object presented a larger disc but the brightness did not appreciably increase... In level flight the object seemed to dart from side to side in an oscillating motion without diminishing of forward speed...Its dive from an extreme altitude at possibly meteoric speed, its deceleration, leveling off, and circle of the city twice indicate that it arrived from interplanetary space and was under intelligent control."  View full report

Source: Richard Hall, UFO Evidence, 1964 (NICAP - National Investigations Committee on Aerial Phenomenon)   ID: 1097
Case Type: StandardCase    Features:  Group Sighting, Scientist/Engineer, Silent

Canadian Naval Officer Has Close Encounter In Hawaiian Waters, 1952

May, 1952 - Pearl Harbor, Hawaii, United States

From the witness: "Suddenly one of these objects appeared at close range on our port bow at a low elevation. It was disc shaped and consisted of a very bright light with black windows running around the whole side which was visible to us. It maintained perfect station on us for at least fifteen minutes. I scanned the object with binoculars attempting to see into the windows but saw nothing."  View full report

Source: Gavin McLeod, UFO*BC, 3-6-98 (credit: Rense.com)   ID: 1078
Case Type: StandardCase    Features:  Portholes/Windows, Military, Silent, Water-Related

Scientist Reports Sighting Disc

April, 25, 1952 - San Jose, California, United States

Directly over a building across the street was a small, metallic-looking disc, tilted at about a 20 degree angle and rotating around a vertical axis, wobbling "like the motion of a disc in a water meter". The distance was estimated to be about 50 ft, and the disc appeared to be 4-5 feet in diameter  View full report

Source: NICAP, Dr. James McDonald   ID: 34
Case Type: StandardCase    Features:  Scientist/Engineer

Several groups of UFOs fly over witnesses in Flint, Michigan

April, 20, 1952 - Flint, Michigan, United States

A naval aviation student, his wife, and several others were at a drive-in movie, during which time they saw several groups of objects fly over. There were from two to nine objects in a group and there were about 20 groups. The objects were shaped like conventional aircraft. The unaccountable feature of the objects was that each had a red glow surrounding it and was glowing itself, although it was a cloudless night.  View full report

Source: U.S. Air Force Project Blue Book Special Report #14 (Battelle Institute Study), 1955   ID: 671
Case Type: SummaryReport    Features:  Multiple UFOs, Group Sighting
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