The Filth Horseman of the Apocalypse

UFOs: A History 1956

August

1HE FIFIH HORSEMAN

OF TI-lE APOCALYPSE

UFOs: A HIS1DRY

1956: AUGUST

by Loren E. Gross Copyright © 1994

Fremont, CA

DEDICATION

Th1s history ser1es is ded1cated to the memory of Francis R. "Dick" Scobee of Cle Elt.un, Washington, Mission Commander of the space shuttle Challenger and a "shut tail" relat1ve on my Mother's side of the family.

Acknowledgements:

I would l1ke to thank p1oneer UFOlog1st VIncent Gaddis for the g1ft of h1s collect1on of UFO newspaper cl1pp1ngs cover1ng the early years of the UFO mystery, as well as George Earley who took the time and the trouble to copy cons1derable mater1al for my use from h1s UFO f1les, and Stanton Friedman, who was equally helpful by perm1tt1ng access to his extensive

l1brary dealing w1th aer1al pheonmena. Furthermore, Luc1us Farish has pro-Vlded some vital items, good adv1ce, and strong encouragement. Sim1larly, Dr. R1chard F. Ha1nes gave a lot of help, as did Lawrence Fawcett.

In add1t1on, Claude Mauge of France and Hilary Evans of England provided 1nformat1on and newspaper clipp1ngs from European sources.

Tom Benson of New Jersey was kind enough to share some rare UFO news-bulletlns which m1ght have been otherw1se unobtainable.

Cons1derable ass1stance was g1ven by ~~rv Taylor who has accumulated a large collection of UFO books and assorted UFO material and has made all of 1t ava1lable to researchers.

Richard D. Klo1an of Richmond, Cal1fornia, who conducted extens~e searches of back 1ssues of the New York Times deserved a ment1on, as does Edward Stewart of North Highlanas:-cal1fornia, who gave advice on the manuscript.

Ander Liljegren's Krkivet for UFO Forskning 1n Norrkoe1ng, ~weden, was happy to cooperate and came up w1th some critical data. The archive is one of the world's best sources of UFO data and 1s highly recommended to anyone who 1s ser1ously cons1der1ng research 1nto the UFO subject.

F1nally, I would l1ke to ~ress my gratitude to Barry J. Greenwood for prov1d1ng so much mater1al from h1s vast UFO collect1on, a collect1on which equals or even exceeds that of any major UFO organizat1on.

"UFOs are the Fifth Horseman of the Apocalypse."

-Dr. Lincoln La Paz

UFOs A HISfORY

1956: AUGUST

1 August. "Predicting a big flap."

French saucer expert Aime Michel experienced an "overwhelming thrill" when he examined American UFO data disrussed in E.J. Ruppelt's book ~rt On lhudentified f!ying Q!?jects. Michel's eyes settled on this line m tlie ex·BIDE BOOKchief's hterary work:'"lbere were two factors we could never resolve. the frequency of the sightings and their geographical dis-tribution." (1.) Fran ar. European standpoint ,Michel was very aware that the American military's UFO records were largely limited, ignoring any such activity outside the borders of the United States. Michel had ac-curately prognosticated the big outbreak of European UFO sightings in 1954, a prediction that was put on record by a headline in the Paris-Match which declared: "AIME MIOiEL: FLYING SAOCER RAIN FOR AUGUSf." Encouragea-Dy his earlier success, Michel felt that the apparent cyclical nature of UFO ap-pearances could be proved ... vnclusively by the occurrences of a new record high of sightings 26 months after the last peak. Why the figure "26?" It seems that Michel arrived at the m.mber "26" by selecting the elates of June 1952 and August 1954 as the "beginning" of both UFO waves. Lacking a true data bank, this was the best he could do but he felt an approximation was good enough. The next big wave, he figured, would begin sanetime in October 1956. (That would correlate sanewhat with the close approach of the planet Mars on September 7th ,but Michel did not take that into account.)

"Displacement of maximums,"

Sanething else was noticed by Michel. Scanning Ruppelt's book Michel de-tennined that there was a shift of each UFO wave fran the Western U.S. to the Eastern part of the U.S. It made sense to Michel,therefore, that the next big wave after the 1954 one should take place in Europe, indicating d Jisplacement of the wave's maximum eastward. He reasoned that this eastward movement would continue with his predicted 1956 wave, placing most of the UFO activity behind the Iron Curtain or in the Middle East. In sunmation, Michel peMed the following on August 1, 1956:

"In the Flying Saucer mystery, man is like a bewildered explorer in a virgin forest. To find his way he must place total confidence in the feeblest landmarks. If the road he gets on leads nowhere, he must go back. With us, the risk is doubled, since we seek a confir-mation of date and place. Perhaps neither.

''My goal in th1sarticle has been to open up to the reader the possibility of a new avenue of research. We will see in a short while where th1s avenue leads. And I don't want to anit even the last discouraging possibility: perhaps the Flying Saucers will dis-appear as they came, leaving without solution the greatest mystery of our century." (2.)

Sewton and G~uer blasted again.

True maga::ine published a second expose of the Frank Scully yam in its August 19~o issue. (See article)

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1 .;"--;-;;:, .. ~-~ Hc:nn:m Fl:nler at -ngtd up-an-~ial ~dFtm hu shop Fl:u.Jer't -.ho h.:ad lnm;n-~rkl tru-;ed ~ hu Stavput Cbmp and Couphng bcuwy. lh.u be feh wu ~~~ 10 1 number for yean. FbU.:r :.l.tn wpphul all lhe an •mPrcuive nuHtory Jtbu bnck. and ol ;ulmcnll ind'".h"l anhnus. He dnln t ap1al an the rump.-.m ulc IUUCturc on the etJ~ of DcnYa charwc anllhang for the UK of the DU· \II lhc mcnmc, hutt.eltr, -.:u tmmcili-Meeung bam wu qune a lbod... Frotn the dune, nor d1d he sohat :any bw.meu. attly Unwn out b' Gc~utt whn wu rocudl J'tl done 011 Flat.lcr-a m1lhon- NC'WtOn :md fladtt's convcn:uaon IC'd .alw:ayt 1 lm.lc lhun nn hiS plutnnu•• :urc who'd uncnted anti now manuf:lc· from one thmg lO anothn and finally ~y~nu or JUlllcthut;; rq\U:Uf u dlt-

tuftd a wtrr cbmp uk'd tu :~tuc.h hose wo\~::._denup ~-'•tJer'-,'noldu lt"N~toos ','-bou'', ,.. - porum to prpc-1 uptttnlthc 1~ 11 tn look some-- •n Tl.u .. - VC"" Nt\'l'tun "':un l p"ln nl lhe Cnlundn dun~; t1kc the Hollywood vcn1on of il B:~uer :and h11 mtr:'lculuns m.achuu:, Nrw- Geoph\Sial C..mtp:~m.....n.ttpt :as 1 lutd (\Coon. JnSlt'lU 1 fount.l 1 man wcarmg ton laughed In h11 vnn 10 du: ml fielth. of nnn-p;~.ymg t..llcuL He h.ul .,!Ilk l.nJC;Y. 011 st:uned suut:ans. 3 work sJun he'U seen lhouuntls of ml-dn mm~ m;~.- proputy up on Duunn Cn .. -c.k m \\ "~ ~nu 1 pasr of dloa the ~h"'Jotton Army chmcs. -\11 of thl'm wnh one nnnble mmg Uut he felt ":U pncuall'f' nun~ w11uiU b~'r thought twace ;~.bout ucc-p1- ~cepuon, were "nrthlcss dooUicbtl~ =th~~~~~U ~~~~ ~~ :~;: ~~~th~: m;: FbUCT Ll m hts l.ttc 60s: hiS a:r:t'f The ~~~pu~~ wu b• ml "rhaueh l':c','ton elen .~e•tun •-d 'r-m~ •••••-1 h~•r 11 cropped clos.c On I• 10 the lhrutl now .... u :1 u~ ICC ut 1 or tm )'f' :a u01 u .... n~ ... of bu ;~w w:IS there 3n)thtn:;: to ind1CI.C gTC":Il ph\SICISl 31. 3 Cnil of $800000' fl:~Ucr 1nJ :aJJm,ctJ (II pUt up !mnC' tint th~t m:~n wu the IJOU.. It \.-;un't long bc:fore Fl:ttler :mU New- aptt:al 1nd pm' ulc Unllm:t: rquapmrnL

Hcnn:an Fl:adcr UTI\ 00 10 thiS country ton twere out tcsung Ne"' con's ntaclune, Dutton Creel e'en t u :a II y cmt han bt.forc \\'orld W:u 1 Hts utoru consltlcd :a RTC:ll Ale'lmtng Unl studded :arf;~ar tn Sll2,0UO of a mcc:h~ntal t:tlcm honlcnu~ on 3. h:tmL.nme .. m'lhn:::-tnv .. bo" \\'hen Cc- In the nudUic n( lhe Duuun Crttk .. cnws :tnU 21 ar of h.'lntb Wllh :an un- S..aucr 'lntl OIU Rc-uy '\~ turned up OpC'DU••n, i\'Cbtun \llllcl FJ:ulu 1n oal ,. .. - _E _____ - • • nne U.'l) cnmadLr:thle tecluuc.'\l du:unton lc:aJoC m-:u i\Cbhall, C:thfnm•:a. fur :a r:tnny balur \uth nnchmcn He C."lllt led to 21 field ''-"'t bctw«n the t\\n n1:a- paUdlm:; Sl.50U .and ~~~ hmttnJ: th:u Ius h:anUs hn 'mo~llcts chuh.'S Gc~uu .&nd MOld lkuv .. h:ul tunnl m

The m:alleu lcpt clenchm~ :mU ,un- In the course of thr tt'li.J, GeBauer re· on une uf the niost tnmcndou' 01l 6ckb clc:nclung \\hale he tolU me: :.btlut Ne'' , nled-

~·::r.. -• ....--~ ·- --\\(e went to s.ee U\e Denver D_-\ -Ben

lteaung He listened to Fbdcr's u.ory. and ch.lned il plan of :lctJOR W1D\C'Siel had to be looted :and the ~aw.l sue of fuder's lcues 10 the Mop.ve h:ad to be pinned down. fbdtt tud Re\.tt Stt:R U\e oper:auon that had cost bun nc:uly $50,000 1nd the D A 's office w~nted to know wh:u re:.Uv h~ppc:ncd out there. Since I 'A'lJ goang to ch«k an both Pboenu. and Mopve, I J!!Teed to do a liuJe uoof&a.2lleg work.. Tt; :uaagnmcnt W'U to pther ;as much IR(Onn.lUOR U powblc wnhout upptng Newton or c;c.. lbuer thu an '"' nt1~taon wu under ..,.,. Herm:an Conun, the m.1n "ho h:~d eel~ phoned me tD S:.n fnncisco. 1net mf: :at the Phoenax 1arpon Conun. the pro-pnetor of ~ -tehc.tcucn. 1ppuenclv \Y;J.J givm to u.mphnc; hu wucs. II~ sunds 6' .S"' and "etghs 28l At h1s plue. be· mcen mouthfuls of four-byer p.lstr:tmi undw1d1es, he told me hu story

h w1s the s;une old rouune-0) tng u.uccn 1nd super-JC'crel c;o'ernment tn· strumcnu con,erted to locuc otl. The onlr ddlerence \\:tS tltlt Cc83uC1' h3d conduCted tJus httl~ (or.~y on lm o" n. Conun ha.d onlv seen XC'\, ton once when Ce B:~uer h3d introduced ham u 3 muha· mtJitOn.Jtr~ 011 OIUOC:I.J.te

Conun pud CcD1uer S5 l30 for .1 nebulous oat lelSe n~u C.upcr \\"vo-aung For thtsan,esun~nt. Cell;~ucr g;t'c hu:o 3 couple of jUgs o£ 011. supposallv amplcs (roru the "ell. one n£ Ius s:a; uoUerground photo~plu.. ('a.lued for Conun's benefit :It Sl jOQ) :and ;a 1rap to Cuper dunng \\luch Cclhu~r ":netl ;a lordlY h:md u .111 n1l unr:tge tank :.nd I.Dnounttd gr:andh .• ,.hH t:mL "~oun. Hemunl"

Conun ne\cr tlul fine I nm \~hn own«l the unl Tlte only dung he, sure of now is thu 1t \\;J.SO t hn nr GcBa.uer s euh~r.

Conun ":loS btltlan~ m.Jd .lntl rC'ldY tn h:l\e hu 3UOrn~V t1lc .JCliOII .l:;;tiOU GeBauer \\ luch \\ .Js c"cdv '' h;:at t11e Derner D.\. "~s a.£n1d of The Dcmer cue, a( at "orlcd out, )tnnc.l:1 ::;:nod c.h:.nce of puttmg n'o con men nut n( c•rcula.· taoo. Conun'' c:uc nnly 10\ohed one. The Demcr cue Ill' oh cd ~noug:h monc:Y 10 it "oulrl be :ahnou ampo11..\lble £of Nnfton :~nd CcB::aucr to t31\C the Cl.lb to n-p:ay Fb:t.ler :tnd qu1'1.h the suaL Conun's CJ.5C in,ohcd only $1 550

One mmble out u( Cnnun wnuld. set Newton :~nd CcD;:aucr to insJJeCttng :all their rcncn. They \\nuld CCTllmlv find out "h:at "-:11 ~lllf:: on tn Den' cr If th;ac b..tppcncd bc(ur~ io..1.'1t1ng and hu office h3d all the m(omuuon they n~eded.. there wu ::1: 1;001.1 ch:~nce ~c-wton and CeB:auer rnuld so t11orou::;:hly co'er up thcar U':lck.s th~ D~n,er c::a~e nc' er would com~ rn tra31.

I :l'ked Conun a£ he w:u wtlhn:;: to postpone h11 compbant untal tJte DcnYU cue ":as K'L

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2 August. The Amarillo, Texas, UFO story. "Radiation glow?" "Objects

landing?" "Damn lie?"

(See OSI report of incident) (See news clipping)

As can be seen by the Dallas news clipping, the Ma.rillo case was pub-litiz.ed over a year after it was first reported. According to Kirby, it was 4ue to official censorship. The NICAP organization, at that time very active, pressed the military for an explanation. An Air Force spokesman, replying to a NICAP inqu1ry, issued a statement that: " ... branded as a 'danm lie' any UFO w1tness claims of having been silenced." (3.) BUJE BOJK records do not con· firm the claim of Kirby but paperwork in off1cial files do show that there was a strange delay by the BLUE BOOK field investigation unit, the 460Znd AISS, in forwarding the Amanllo report to higher headquarters. (See BLUE BOJK document) In a letter dated 16 May 1960 PIO Major Lawrence Tacker de-fended the military by stating: "The Air Force is not aware of any release date for the photograph taken by Mr. Kirby. The original was in the hands of the owner and he was free to do with it as he pleased." (4.) In other words, it was Kirby•s word against the Air Force•s.

The late date for the release of the Amarillo data was also due to the fact that the Air Force had trouble caning up with an acceptable solution to the incident.

"Explain that case!"

The Au Force tried hatd to explain away the Amarillo report. A message was dispatched to the Army Artillery and Guided Missile Center at Fort Sill, fishing for sanethmg that would at least approximate a solution to the puz-zle. (See BLUE BOOK document)

The only bit of informat1on that might help was a reference to some art1llery f1rmg that had been conducted between 6:00p.m. and midnight on July 31st by Fort Sill personnel. The Army people suggested that it might be poss1ble that a: '~!function of illuminating round could produce a brilliant falling light from altitudes as high as 6,000 feet, however, no high altitude trails ot jet exhausts would be produced." (S.) However, the Fort Sill spokesmen pointed out that no artillery firing was conducted between m1dnight and six o'clock the next morning(August 1st). Since the witness claimed to have photographed the UFO at 4:00 a.m. the morning of August lst, there was no chance the phenanenon was due to an artillery shell.

In a frantic attempt to label the case explained, the Air Force evaluators scnbbled other dates on the BLUE BOOK file card. (See card) · (11ris act· .1gnored the duration of the sighting which was 2 hours and 15 minutes) The evaluators threw in an assortment of suggest1ons which were not applicable be-cause a Fort Sill spokesman had disqualified them. The BLUE BOOK evaluator got away with this by saying the proposed alternatives to artillery firing "may have" acca.mted for the UFO.

2 August. Fiji Islands.

An unusual feature of a UFO sighting at Suva in the Fiji Island group was its length. For 8 hours(7 p.m. - 3 a.m.) a mysterious object hung in the sky. 1-i.lndreds of people observed the phena11en0n. According to a sc1ence professor at Marist Brothers' College, Mr. Hari Ram, the object resembled a gold-colored spindle. (6.)

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IWHC\'1 aeque~t ror UFO In.ronutlon (Mr Richard Levine) 2 9 AFR 1960

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1. Tl':e following are suggested answers to the questions permecl by ·rr Levine in the attached letter:

a. It INSt be ass\DIIItd t.h.at tne much publicized Washington radar sighti.J:Ig ot 19 Jul,y 19S2j is t.he one in question. Thi..:l case was deter-IT..ined to be targets caused b)" a temperature im'er:rt.on.

b. ·rhere is no record in t.he Air Force rues of a sighting at •tnross .lFB on 2) Noftlllber 19SJ. The Kinross case, as outlined in '>everal books and other publications on OFO•s, states t.bat an aircraft ..,as carried IIJI'&y by an unidentitied fiying object. There is no case ~n the rues which even closely parallels these circumstances.

- ~ c. The objects on t.h8 til.la. taken at tremonton, Utah on 2 July 1952, ..,ere detersined to be birds, probably sea gulls.

r d. The Air Force tile carries no conclusion on the photograph taken

· .= a £8 near All.ari.llo, i'exas on 2 August 1956. Hot !mowing -.'lt. radiation vapor is, it. is the Air Force o!)inion t.h.at some spokes-~~~ dt the time speculated that the object was an irradiated vapor trial nd was !Me 1'bl; •• 3 I 1,. r.:is-quoted.

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- e. The Air Jorce is t aware of any release date for toe photo-ra;>h taken by :.r ... The original vu- in the hands of t.l:e o;.mer

":-:t! he was Cree to do w1. th it as he pleased.

f. Air Force exper...ence has been that there is no increase in •ad~a~ion due to unidenti!ied flying objects. It should be ~~erstood t.t-.at L"le nora:al. l:a.ckgrou.nd for arv area uy fluctuate a few hundredths c~ ~ :".!ll.iroentgen, th:!.s 1s considered nor:ul and constitutes no danger wnat.soner.

g. The Air Force is not ~:~~are or arv stat~J~~:ent, otr1c1al or other-Vise, ty a gavel"':ll!!ent. agenc7 to the effect that IJPO's are space ships.

h. The Air :'orce has no specitic .lcnovlec:lge ot in.Crared trac kin It or •.U'Itdent.itied Cl;ring objects. •

1. The .u.r Force tile 'contains 'no record ot a report. at darter• s Po!.nt.; Pearl :tarter on b August 19SJ, in tact, no report troo. iiawaii

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j. For the rcost part, Worrcation concerning U:O repol:'ts is avail-able to the public, but due to required clasaiCication, s~ are not. It. is the ..ur Fon:e opinion that t.he best answer is contained in the q•Jest1on iUe.Lt '• 1'hese s!ghtirtgs are l.l\telligence reports, and as such, tn cert.ain instances contai.nt other Wo.rllloiltion apart !r0111 t.he UFO por-tion which may require classi!ication.

k. The Air Force is open lldnded on the subject of' space travel, and a~n.re that space visitors are a possibility. The present Ur Fon:e posi-tion is not to deny tllis pouibility, but rather to state that to date no evidence b.a.s been d.ixOYered to substantiate that liFO• s are inter-planetary or interstellar space ahipa.

1. No lun.a.r exploration• telescopic or apace probe, has revealed a~ additional intormation concerning UlO•a.

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I. In reply to request, the followiag answers ar~ ~iveo to quest1on3 stated in par 7.b. basic DF:

a. QUestion 1. Object canaot be ideatified from ~hotograph. Cause of tbe apparent ··trail" is uokoowo. (UNCI..)

b. Questioa 2. No calculatioas of lengtb of ·•trail'' were made because of lack of refereace points. Description of size of phenomenon, dist3nces involved and relatioasbip of trajectories should be further clarified •. i.e., size of a grapefruit at arms leagth. at 10 feet, a definite distance. (UNCL)

c. QUestioa 3. The or1g1oal aegative should be obtained for physical 1aspectioa aad coatrolled deasity printiag. Additional prints may reVe3l details aot sbown on the siagle print. (UNCL)

d. Camera iaformatioD (focal leogtb, shutter s9tt1og, oegativ~ size) should be obtaiaed. Ouratioa of the exposure sbo d be koowo in order to determiae 1f."tra11 .. is the result of ao obj in motion or a defio1te trail. (UNCL)

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1. In rep:Q to your request ..\FOIN-4F3 sublllitts the foll.ov.ing in answer to queatioua 1, 2 am ), respectin:Q:

a. Question Ho. l

{1) At first appearaDCe the irdication on the photograph does resemble the characteristic "zig-zag" Yapor trall that is usually c.reated b,y a ballistic lllinile duril:lg ita ucerrt.. However 1 vapor trails oC this type appear rather audde~ ard appear anl,y in a speei.t.'ic strata \Gich depeais on the wather coaiition or the atmosphe1.e at that Ume. This strata 1laT lie bet wen 20,000 - 45,000 feet. This trall is dispersed 1rrt.o its cbaracterist.ic f'orm in a matter oC secoa:l s; vi thin lld.INtea it is d itf'wlled 1rrt.o an unrecogni:zahle f'orm.

(2) Ballistic lllisailes, am on sa. occaaioua surface-to-air missiles, are expected to c.reate vapor tral.ls INCh u described above. The time of' powered n.tght o£ theM llliuiles is IIIBa.sured in secoDds am 8l'l3 boveri.cg or rapid d7118l11ic gyrations are not to be expected •

{3) Cruise missiles 'Which ::d.ght be ·seen at the altitudes reported would 1 duril:lg the period ot obeervation, cover a range between 600 - 1a:JO nau.tical ililes ard could DOt be tracked by an observer for the entire pe:iod.

(4) The opi.nion oC t.h!.:r office is that the obJe.ct as described is not a lllissile or ar:r:r Meket propelled t,-pe d~. The object or phenolllel'l& cermot be ideatitied by AFOIR-Q)c. ·

b. Question No. 2

(1) There are no lllissile 1&UDCbiJ:tg sites in the area where the object vas observed. ··

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Thera is no lmovledge ot aD¥ missile tiriags which have departed f'rom the te't range area at the time described b.T source.

2. The cont_ents or this co~~~~~ant are c1us1C1ed COHP'IDDrriAL.

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Amar1.llo, Texas

On November 5th, the Uall.u :~?~nin~ News printed a photo~~:rlq)h, Utken /.u~n:Jt 2nrl, 1956, of a T.ig-zag tr;U.l lef~ by an otlject seen M/U' Amarillo, T~Uas by D;~lJ as rock :md geM collector J. G. ~~~ _and his f'acdl7. - ·

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• Hq Z3d Dist OSI, Carswell AFB, Texas, !Ue Z4-0-ZZ9, Subject: Utudenb.!:.able Flying O~jecu (UFOB)

T:te phenomenon appeared to be the size o£ a grapefru:.t and appeared in brilliance equal to the ign1t1on o£ phosphorus, giving a brilltant beam of light both above and below the phenomenon 1tself, but never both beams simultaneously. At various tunes, a £aint trace of red, varyw.g its pos1tion on the phenomenon, was observed. The object appeared to be extremely navigable, inasmuch as it appeared 1..1'1. vartous places in tho cloud !ormation. The object was observed ~.ntermittently by J [ and lus wife between Amarillo and Memphis, T-;~;.--related that they depar~rillo at 0400 hours and art'lVed in Memphis at 0615 hours. • F further related the second trajec~pea.red 10 to ZO feet from the first trajectory. Accord-ing to .... the cloud fO'ni!ation was moving rapidly and upo!l his arrival at Memphis, Tens, the formation had begun to disintegrate. As daylight approached, the phenomenon appeared to be ascending into the heaveD.S, where 1t was the approximate size of a star and no longer vuible through the clouds, but visible outside the cloud formation. purmg minutes that the phenomenon

-•LO.'"'-"'ed :hat as it move to the open spaces with~.n ~e cloud formation, its bn.l.l.ia.:lce would illuminate these portions with-:t the cloud structure. A:J it p~oceeded through the clouds to the op-

postte outer ex:tl."emities, DO illam.irlation was visible within the cloud st::-u:::ture. ] j a World Warn Bomber PUot, who flew B-17 type .:urcrait, with the Eighth Air Force, advised that in his exper1ence with aircra.It, weather conditions, etc, he ha.d never observed anything com-pa.::-a~le wtth this phenomenon..

A p;otogra.ph of i.:lstant phe~omenon ;e;;; F f with a. Koeak 6ZO Camera 1s attached a.s an inclosure. advised that he would retain the aega.tive of the photograph taken. Further, that he would cooperate with the USAF authorities in any ~-possible.

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5. Tbia letter is classified CONFIDENTIAL pursuant to the authority contained i.D. paragraph JOc(Z)(a), AFll Z05-1.

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1. At 1330 hours, 5 August 1956. Mr • ............ Dallas, Texas, Telephon~ reported

the following information to the 051 Detachment Office, Hensley Field, Cirand Prairie, Tesa.s, concerning the sighting of u.nconven-tlon.a.l type a.ircra!t:

••• ,advised that o:a. 1 Augu.t 1956 as he was returning to Dallas, Texas from Colorado Springs, Colorado, via Amarillo, Te:cas, he had departed A.D:IarUlo at approximately 0400 hours on Route US 2.81. He averred that approXimately ten (10) miles outside of Amarillo, he noted a bright green trajectory in the sky at about 10 :~'dock, from an object which appeared to have landed just east of Ama:-Ulo, Texas &."ld north of Highway 2.87. Shortly thereafter, he o:;,se:-ved. a:::otb.er trajectory, similar to. the first, which emanated. ~ {ror:t a bright aht Ul the sky, observed approx:im.a.tely J1) minutes ca:her. • .. c!vised that this light appeared. in a cloud formation, I the :u~1ght of which he estimated to be approximately 10, 000 to ZO, 000 fee:. Further. that this clond formation was approXimately 50 rn.il"es -...:..... l ---- ·- . . - --in le:~:;th !rom north. to south and a lesser dis&a.nc:e in width running /. , ./ east to west. Never did. the phenomenon appear to descend below the . --. ~ 1 I level of the cloud base and moved intermittently within the cloud. for- ' .- 1

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3 August.

"Dramatic news which could affect the lives of every man, woman, and child on this earth."

A radio broadcast by Ben Shirley, WSMB, New Orleans:

"This is Ben Shirley at News Headquarters of the Air Force Associ-at1on Convention in the Roosevelt Hotel. Dramatic news which could affect the lives of every man, wauan and child on this earth has been given exclusively to Ws.!B and this reporter. The basic story revolves around two of the most publicized events in the his-tory of this or any other nation:Flying Saucers and the Earth Satellite Program ... For years, hundreds and thousands of reports of so-called flying saucers have been studied, analyzed, and re-V1ewed by the U.S. Air Force, and by top scientists both in this country, and abroad. As you know, sane 30 or more countries are taking part in what is technically known as Project 'vanguard ••. That project is the launching of those 20-inch globes into outer space next year by this country, as a part of its participation in the Geophysical Year. Now, here is the meat of this exclusive re-port to New Orleans and the world:WSMB had been told by some of the highest ranking government officials in this country that the Air Force, in spite of claims to the contrary, is vitally concern-ed about flying saucers. Publicly, the Air Force has never denied that these flying saucers could be space ships frciii0clrerp1~ Next year, when those earth satellites are shot out beyond the earth's atmosphere, at least two, and possibly more of them, will be equipped with special electronic instruments which will be used to study flying saucers when they are observed. This has never before been told to the American people. But, the top scientists of this and other countries are convinced that flymg saucers are not merely the results of somebody's imaginauon, or having too many highballs. They are convinced, even though no public announce-ment has been made, that the earth is l.Ulder constant surveillance by these vessels from outer space, and it is for this reason that at least two of those multi-million dollar earth satellites will be especially equipped to study the so-called saucers. It all boils down to this: While this and other governments are officially ridiculing flying saucers, they are secretly doing everything pos-sible to study the spacesh.j.ps. This is Ben Shirley, returning you now to your studios ... " (7 .)

Miller scratches his head.

UFO researcher Max B. Miller was puzzled by Ben Shirley's "dramatic news." Just how, Miller wondered, could the small, simple satellites to be launched by project Vanguard in the caning year "study" UFOs? When contacted about de-tails, Shirley offered no technical information but insisted his sources were "reliable", having been aquainted with them for years, although he refused to name names. Shirley said he f1rst met the men a dozen years before when he was stationed in Washington D.C. as a reporter for United Press. (8.)

3 August. Shlbaura district, Tokyo, Japan. Persons hVlng m the Shibaura district of Tokyo reported a soundless, fast-

moVlng body passmg overhead fran north-east to southwest. The thing glowed dltcrnatcly fran orange to blue-white. (9.)

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5 August. Denver, Colorado. (0400)

''J'.Ieteors in fonnation."

A project BLUE BOOK file card says in brief: "Six round, orange-colored objects aporoximately the size nf a oea flying in a triangnlaT formation. Ten seconds in sight. Flight path straight[no direction givenl." (10.) (The reader is referTt}(i to a similar case on August llth1

BWE BOOK evaluation: "Meteors."

6 August. La Jolla, California.

Pinkish UFO. 90-degree turn?

An Air Force Special Agent Lnterviewed a witness who said: " ... he observed what appeared to be two jet aircraft flying

in a descending pattern with trailing jet vapor trails. Due to the apparent descent of the aircraft, ( ... deleted) could not determLne whether they were proceeding toward or away from him, such direction being either north-northwest, or south-southeast, as the case might be. While observing the aircraft, he noticed an unidentified object which crossed the vapor trail of one of aircraft. , Immediately thereafter the object made a 90 degree turn, heading approximately north at an exceptional rate of speed. The object, as described by ( ... deleted), was eliptical Ln shape and of a silvery metallic color. When making the 90 degree turn northward, the object appeared to take on a pinkish glow. ( ... deleted) could make no comnent as to the speed, altitude, or size of the object other than to say that when can-pared (relativelr) tc the siz~ of the jet aircraft which appear-~ as pinpoints, the object had the (relative) size of the head of a thunbtack. He further stated that the object appeared to be traveling !ID.Jch faster than the jet aircraft, and disappeared fran view almost instantaneously after making the 90 degree tum. ( ... deleted) added that upon seeing the object, he called h1s wife and sun who both observed the same incident. (11.)

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6 August. Southern Nepal.

Thousands of Nepalese living in the southern part of the cotmtry witnessed the passage of a bright object, changing color fran red to white. The object was in SJ.ght an estimated 90 seconds before clouds cloaked it fran further viewing. If the duration time was correct, lS was tmli.kely the object was a meteor. (lZ.)

6 August. Roseburg, Oregon.

"Ftmny lights circling 'IV tower."

The local Roseburg paper infonned its readers:

"State Police received reports of 'ftmny' green and red lights ... moving slowly around the tower of television station KPIC, located on Rose Mountain. The officer on duty said he could see three of the lights that •were even changing colors as they moved around the tower.'" (13.)

6 August. Los Angeles, california. (midnight)

"Red light fran outer space?"

J.W. Graham worked nights, leaving his place of employment at midnight when there was very little street traffic in the neighborhood. With the streets so quiet Mr. Graham could say the phenomenon he subsequently wit-nessed was silent since there was no noise to screen any sounds.

While walkJ.ng to his car, Mr. Graham looked up and spotted a slowly moving red light that blinked at regular intervals. The light got Mr. Graham's im-mediate attention because there was no green light paired with the red, re-quirement if the red light was on an aircraft. Watching carefully, Mr. Graham observed the red light fly straight north, make an abrupt 90 degree tum, fly--straight agaJ.D for some d1stance, and then come to a stop. After remaining stationary for about 5 seconds, the red light rose vertically for approximately 700 feet. At 700 feet the red light stopped and hovered again momentarily. The light's travels were not over. Dropping down to its prevJ.ous position at a lower altitude, the red light paused for a third time. It then flew over the witness on a straight course. Mr. Graham fol-lowed the light with his eyes and saw that after about 3 miles the red light made a gradual tum to the north, passing fran view behind the city skyline. Mr. Graham later remarked:"! had finally seen something that to my way of thinking, was from Outer Space." ( 14 . )

8 August. Hartford, Connecticut. (9;30-10:10 p.m.)

More flying lights f1ll the a1r.

It got a little crowded over East Hartford between 9:30 and 10:10 p.m. As many as hve strange, round-shaped, pinkish-glowing, objects passed over head. One was on a northern course, and another on a northeast course, and yet another on a southern course. Fmally, another pinkish UFO zoomed by goU'lg south. When the object speedJ.Dg west passed out of sight, a similar body flashing a 'White light followed in its wake. If this wasn't enough, a retired Hartford finman told authorities he had witnessed a zooming, ob-long-shaped, metallic·lookU'lg, object earlier in the evening, about 8 p.m. on August 8th. (lS.)

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8 August. !XIrango, Colorado.

"It wasn' t a natural phenanenon." ~

Certainly one of the more fascinating incidents of tlus period was the ob· servation of Malcolm Dayton, a Durango weatherman. For alJrost an hour Mr. Dayton followed the maneuvers of a bluish-red football-shaped object with "one s1de pushed in." Mr. Dayton was sure the object was not a "natural phenaoonon." The thing glowed and seemed to be obsOJred occasionally by a haze wh1ch Mr. Dayton characterized as "steam-like." After making a nun-her of turns, the glowing "football" left at incredible speed, going "can-pletel y out of range in four or five seconds." ( 16.)

According to the Rocky M:>untain News, a Mrs. Ethel !XInn saw a mysterious white body swinging l.ll the atmosphere "like a clock pendulum." She reckoned that the strange object was at a point high in the sky between the city of Hesperus and IAirango. The News quoted a local Air Force spokesman as say-ing:

"As far as we can discover, it [Mrs. !XInn' s UFO] was an unusually bright light reflected [?!] fran Mars --only a glow about the size of a grapfruit. There's just about the right distance between the earth and Mars now to produce such a glow." (17.)

9 August. Tarrytown, New York.

"Series of lights."

Just after midnight a mysterious light in the dark sky so impressed a Mr. halter Kocher of Tarrytown he telephoned authonties. Three members of the Tarrytown police force responded to the call. The light in the sky was a mystery to lawmen also. One of. them, Sgt. Fintan Maegerle, a wartime aviator and licensed comnercial pilot, couldn't explain the phenomenon which he es-tlmated was eight times brighter than the brightest star. The strange point of light moved to the southeast in a senes of jerks unul it passed out of Slght. (18.)

9 August. Northern Rhodesia.

"Pooh-poohing the flying sauce"ts ?"

Our source says:

·~r1ght and pulsating, a flying object was sighted by numbers of people over the Northern Rhodesia Copperbelt --Ndola, Kitwe, Chin-gala and Bancroff. The Rhodesian ~day Mail Callllented: 'They can pooh-pooh flyl.llg saucers to their eart•s-content. They can laugh, but without the faintest shadow of a doubt there was a mystery ob-ject in the sky of Northern Rhodesia this week."' (19.)

8-19 August. ~bre over New England. (See clippings)

10 August. Grand Mere, P.Q., Canada.

The unusual address on the letter shown here may be due to some confusion on the part of the letter writer. Apparently the letter wT1ter meant to ~end the ~ssive to Coral Lorenzen's civilian UFO group, the Aerial Phenanena Research Organization, which had moved to Hollanan, New ~xico in February. (:.iee letter) There might be sane connection with the UFO wave in New England dur1ng this period.

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October 16, 19,7. 'l'hia made me decide to meAt1ou the oue I saw about August 10, 19S6, in Terr clear weather at 1.30 p.~. Too bad I had no camera, ae it would have been wortk photogra~hing. It was quite Tie1ble at lll1 altitude ot about 3000 teet, au4 easily identifiable. It atopped iu oAe place tor about 20 aeoouds. It lett l1ke lightning iu a northerly 41rectiou. I Aever dared mentioA it tor tear no one would believe me. 'l'he w~ess who was with me can give you the same expluuationa.

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.. "Six to eight objects with a greenish glow in a 'V' fonnation.

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11 August. P1ttsburgh, Pennsylvan1a.

"Bnght steel-gray ship."

A P1ttsburgh paper published:

'Mrs. Florence Stauffer reported watching a 'bright steel-gray object for more than two hours on Saturday morning. She said, 'I don't imagine things. I really saw this thing.' Said Mrs. Stauffer, 'it apparently came from the direction of East Liberty, hovered for hours and then disappeared in a westerly direction. The object.was cucular and real."' (21.)

12 August. Denver, Colorado.

''Bigger than the largest airplane."

Colorado contributed another fascinating case on August 12th when a woman and her son in Denver caught sight of a huge object. Mrs. Mary McCaffrey and her boy could see a large part of the _sky from the Cosmopolitan Hotel where they occupied a room on the eighth floor. Coming out of the west, the object was a clearly defined saucer-shape displaying blazing white lights. Plainly v1sible, the object hovered for a several minutes before leaving the area. Mrs. Caffrey swore the object was. "bigger than the largest airplane."

Another Colorado city, Aurora, experienced a nlDilber of mysterious lights bobbing about in the sky the same night as the Denver incident. The strange lights were visible over a wide area. Phone calls jllllDlled the switchboards of the police, the local newspaper, and Lowry AFB. Sgt. Jim ~!ling of the Aurora pol1ce department said he counted at least three white-colored points of llght floating in the atmosphere to the northeast. (22.)

12 August. Willy Ley reviews some lJR) books for the New York Times. (See clipping) George Earley comments. (See clipping) - -- ---

12 August. Parkersburg, West Virginia. (9:30p.m.)

''We1rd, un-aircraft-like movements."

Commg out of the north a round, orange-silver, "thing " cut through the atmosphere over Parkersburg. As three residents of the city watched, the "thing" made ''we1rd, un-airc.raft-like" movements, finally dartmg to one side, leaving the sky over Parkersburg on an eastern course. Confirming reports were later filed in the towns of Belpre, Vienna, Williamstown, and Harris-ville. {23.)

13 August. Eccles, Lancashire, England.

''Mystenous machine over the Barton Power station."

A photographer named Porcher contacted authorities after a strange experi-ence on Monday afternoon:

"It was 5 p.m. I came out of the dark-room at work and glanced up. I saw the object framed between the slope of two roofs at Barton Power Stauon. "It was about 50 yards across and 250 to 300 feet up. It seemed to

have bevelled edges and was shaped like a cup upside down on a saucer. "It remained stationary for about 15 seconds and then moved very

fast towards Eccles. There was no noise and it was red in color." (24.)

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A possible explanation for the strange lights above Denver was supplied by a Lt. Davennort who investigated some odd objects during an interceotion or-dered by the Air Defense Conmand. Left t.manwererl wac; the identity of the per-son or persons who laLm.ched thP ballonns

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loons, at 19,$00 and 17,000 teet reapee t.ivel.7. 'l'be ba1l.ooruJ eppe.ared to be cOMeeted by a long cable with U[bta l:latlg:t:llg .1'rolll w1rts all along the cable. AlthOUGh this waa a rather l!m1IIU&l bGl;. loon aillbting, e'l'lll.llllt.ion or this head-qaarters 1a '"vu balloon. •

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12 August. East Danville, Illinois.

At 0600Z the 12th of Au~~t the civilian was said to have scotted: "One round bnght glowing object with red hue. the size of a baseball

at am's length. Object had a red liuht on one end and an in-tenc;e bPam nf light glnwing dnwnwarrl from it. Object was directlv overhead, seemed to hover and then move off on a westerlv direction. Object observed for period of 30 minutes." (25.)

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13 August. 10 m1les north of HennanVllle, Ml.ch1gan.

A BLUE BOOK record card states briefly: "Round object with flat bottom, s1lver, metallic and reported as 18-20 feet in slZe. Observed for 20 seconds, then d1sappeared to the south." (27.)

13/14 August. Bentwaters - Lakenheath, England.

A sensational message arrived at BLUE BOOK concerning UFO activity in the area of Bentwaters and Lakenheath air stations in England. Apparently there were s1mul taneous radar, ground and air observations of unidentified flying objects! Speeds up to 4,000 mph for radar targets were claimed, as well as an mterception of a UFO by a jet interceptor.

Headquarters USAF requested an exped1tious analysis of the data by Air Intelligence.

Ordinarily,project BLUE BOOK paid little attention to UFO reports outside the U.S. but when messages arrived from England the information was subject to immediate review because the data had been forwarded by American person-nel stationed at the British bases. (See pages xx to xx)

In late 1969 the American Watch Supervisor at Lakenheath at the time of the UFO visitations.contacted the Condon Comn1ttee to encourage re-investi-gation of the 1956 case. The letter is reproduced here so the reader can compare the 1969 account with 1956 records. (26.)

(See pages 29 to 38)

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13 August. Lakenheath, England.

This celebrated radar-visual case was once considered an excellent high-strangeness event. For awhile it enjoyed considerable fame as one of the few cases that mystified the Condon Committee. The Condon investigator said of the case: " ... this is the most puzzling and unusual case in the radar-visual files. The apparently rational intelligent behavior of the UFO suggests a mechanical device of unknown origin as the most probable explanation of this sighting." (28.)

With such an indorsement the case came under close scrutiny by both UFO believers and UFO agnostics. Inquiries into the evidence turned into an agitation of contrary opinions.

Briefly stated, the case had its beginning at 9:30 p.m. August 13, 1956, when a fast moving(4,000 mph) target was tracked by the short range MPN-lL\ Ground Control Approach radar at the RAF station at Brentwaters, England. Ex-cept for its high speed, the radar return appeared nonnal on the scope. A dozen or so blips were then noticed eight miles southwest of Bentwaters, moving slowly(lOO mph) from the southwest to the northeast. These blips merged into one large return and remained motionless for about ten minutes. Before moving off the scope at 9:55 p.m., this large echo group stopped a second time for a short period.

USAF pilots Lt. Charles V. Metz and Lt. Andrew C. Rowe, at the helm of T-33 jets, happened to be flying near Bentwaters and were asked by air traffic control to investigate. During a 45 m~ute search, the American pilots saw nothing worth reporting. Anomalous propagation was suspected of generating spurious targets.

Another strange blip was picked up at about 10:00 p.m. racing east to "'·est at "thousands of miles per hour." Again, except for the incredible speed, the blip on the radar screens appeared nonnal. ( 29.)

What triggered the excitement?

Up to this point the case lacked much in the way of credentials to warrent belief something extraordinary was happening. But then, there were some visual observations reported. Word was received that witnesses at Bentwaters air station had seen unexplained lights in the night sky. One observer claimed to have spotted a "zooming" point of light crossing the heavens. This light was said to have been viewed by the crew of a C-47 aircraft which was passing over Brentwaters at the time. The lighted object was moving at "terrific speed"and was supposed to have passed under the C-47, according to BLUE BOOK records. The sighting of the flying lights seemed to correlate with the strange radar targets. (30.)

At Lakenheath air station, some 45 miles from Bentwaters, the local GCI radar detected an unidentified target that stopped and remained stationary on the scope for five minutes. This greatly puzzled the controllers since their radar was equipped with a Moving Target Indicator device that was supposed to eliminate stationary returns.

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all radars Lnvolved in the case and giving himself a pat on the hack for being so dilioent, learned that 1t was not unusual for the early version of the MTI device. used 1n the 1950s to fail. (31.) He felt comfortable with the po~sih1lity that is exactly what happened, however Klass didn't mPntion the fact that thP. MTI device could be foiled if the tar11:et was ''vibratinl!:," ''pul-sating," or "rotating." (32.)

AftPr stopping for some time and remaining visible in spite of the MTI de-VlCe, the puzzling target took off toward the northwest where it halted at a point some two mlles from Lakenheath. At the same time, four additional tar-gets suddenly popped up near the first one. Were these all real targets?

It would be v1tal to verify the visual reports of "objects" in the air dur-ing this period, as it would be, of course, to confirm any simultaneous track-ing of radar targets by the long-range radars at Lankenheath and Brentwaters au stations. Both could only be accomplished by a thorough questioning of everyone involved and that was never aone. The investigator for the Condon Committee, Cordon Thayer, relied heavily on 12-year-old American BLUE BOOK records which he found incoherent. (33.)

RegardLng radar, Thayer felt that the GCI sites at Lankenheath and Bent-waters were both tracking the same mysterious target in one particular in-stance, in that controllers at both sites believed they alon~ were coordinat-L

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of the current crop of tl)1na • saucer myaterta here. The an-' ner Ia Mars.

A local aclentlat aaya It Ia the ' red planet. closer to earth than ' It hu been ·m a hundred yean, f that haa been puzzllne members

of the Annapolla Ground Ob-' ae"cr Corps. 1 A reporter for the Annapolla l Evenlnr C a p I t a I Jut week ! s checked out t.a.les of unldentltl~ 1 • 117lni object.& .seen by the plane 1 ~ IPOtters. I

The reporter verlt!ed "& tlnJ of red point emerrtn11 out of a · e misty horlaon In the aouthern t, lkl.ea." A report to the Air Force I broUKht DO omc:lal expl&natlon, • and t.he tljtDI aaucer rumor .. lll'ft', - • 0 Then came a local aclentlat D wtth aatronomlcal recorde to ~ ahow the obJect wu not a apace • !' ah!p' trom Man. It wu the • planet lta.elt.

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who was monitoring the intercept and should know, would later deny the pilot ever saw anything visually dun.ng the entire flight. (39.) (40.)

As GCI controllers gu1ded the Venom jet to the area of the target, the jet's forward-looldng auborne radar, a Westinghouse Electric APS-57, picked up a target dead ahead. When the return was centered squarely on the jet's radar screen, the pilot radioed the code word "Judy" to ground control, alerting the GCI people no further directional information was needed to complete the interception. Within seconds the target vanished from the Venan's radar to the astonishment of the pilot (Isn't it strange how "natural phenomena" pro-duce such timely antics?) At a loss at what to do, the pilot quickly radioed ground control for assistance. The GCI people radioed back that their radar showed an unidentified blip to the rear of the jet apparently following the Venom! (Another one of those strange "natural phenomenon" coincidents we must assume.) The controllers on the ground believed the UFO perfonned a "fast circh.ng motion" to get behind the jet. Wimbledon thought the UFO probably "flew a loop," a c01m11on aerial combat maneuver to get on the enemy's tail. The big problem to offering suggestions was that the site's long range search antenna took 15 seconds to sweep 360 degrees and the UFO "repositioned" it-self in that interval, thus no one could be sure of the motions of the UFO.

Since the speeds involved were within normal parameters for known aircratt, Wimbledon considered the possibility a Russian intruder might be in English airspace although it was unlikely because of the operational range required for such a mission. (41.)

It would be l.lllportant to learn to what extent the UFO "followed" the Venom Jet. Just how many sweeps of the radar beam showed the UFO on course behind the interceptor and at what speed. This is not given in any satisfactory de-tail in accounts published.

Klassic error.

No doubt to Phil Klass's embarrassment, Wimbledon has made known a big error by the famous UFO skeptic. Klass assumed there was no radar operator aboard the Vendom jet because there was no referrence to one in official records of air-to-ground radio transmissions, therefore Klass expressed disbelief the pilot, by himself, could both fly the plane and operate the airborne radar set well enough to achieve a "Judy." Wimbledon pointed out that the lack of re-ference to the radar operator during an interception was standard operational procedure. (42.) (43.}

If anyone knows what happened that night in England, it would probably would be Chief Controller Wimbledon , however he says he is open to suggestions. He is certain that the BLUE BOOK file on the case is ''heavily embroidered" and that fact compromises the high-strangeness rating of the incident. (44.}

14 August. Boston, Massachusetts.

"Where are the wings? It's funny. What is it, M:>ther?" --Boy, age Sl.

A letter was sent to military authorities detailing an event that took place in mid August. (See letter} (45.)

14 August. Oadby, England.

"Rendezvous of the some things."

The evening of August 14th Miss Brenda Wagstaff left her home on London Road and walked to a nearby bus stop. There she joined David Hester who lived on G1psy Lane. Both wa1ted for transportation downtown. Glancing a:ound, the man and woman spotted a circular, orange-colored, glowing blob h1gh above them, readily visible in the clear dark sky.

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As the round dot of orange l1ght coasted along, three 1dent1cal bod1es (w1th the exceptlon of one wh1ch was much b1gger than the rest) converged on the f1rst from d1fferent po1nts of the compass When al1 four met 1n some sort of rendezvous, a green flash ill that part of the sky was not1ced No sound of any killd was heard durillg the ent1re two millute observat1on The quartet of UFOs left the scene ill a group, goillg ill the duectlon of London (46 )

14 August Near Kelly AFB, Texas A "square" and a "L "

A 49-year-old b1ll collector that l1ved on La Rosa Street ill San Anton1o, Texas, was waterillg h1s lawn when he happened to glance skyward At about 45 degrees elevat10n the man's eyes rested on four round, wh1te-colored, pea-s1zed(at arm's length) obJects The Alr Intell1gence report on the case sa1d

·~en the obJects were f1rst s1ghted they formed a square w1th one obJect ill each corner, next the obJeCt ill the upper left hand cor-ner moved down ill lille w1th the bottom two obJects formillg a 45 de-gree angle, next the obJect that moved went back to 1ts orlgillal pos1t1on, then the obJect ill the upper r1ght hand corner moved across m lille w1th the obJects on the left formillg the letter "L," these two maneuvers were repeated approx1mately two t1mes each, then the obJects moved illto a stra1ght, level and evenly spaced fl1ght path toward the East North-East unt1l they d1sappeared " (47 )

15 August W1llsboro, New York

"Glowill~ basketball over Lake Champlaill " Accordillg to our source

"At least a score of Essex Court res1dents contend they have seen a UFO hoverillg over Lake Champlaill Mark Berman, one of the Wlt-nesses, descnbes what he saw ' It was a round, basket ball-llke obJect that glowed w1th an orange color It appeared to bob around ill the sky w1th a weavillg mot10n ' He sa1d he had s1ghted the ob-Ject three t1mes at about 10 p m , the most recent observat1on on August 15 Other summert1me res1dents sa1d they had seen the "round glow" four t1mes earl1er ill the month, three of them on consecut1ve ~ghts One w1tness sa1d the l1ght cast from the obJect was br1ght enough to form a golden-hued path on the surface of the lake " (48 ) 1:> August Cillcwnatl, Oh10 ( 6 00 p m )

Strillgf1eld's newsletter Orb1t stated ·~eather cond1t1ons VlS1b1l1ty unl1m1ted About 6 p m on

August 15th Blll Jones was flshwg on a lake near Cillcwnatl, Oh1o,when he not1ced two strange obJects cross the sky Although movillg ill d1fferent d1rect1ons, both had an odd appearance l1ke an 'arc welder's torch, almost blu1sh wh1te ' A s1m1lar blob passed over Cold Sprillgs, Kentucky " (49 ) Ml.d-August Boulder C1ty, Nevada (10 15 p m PUT)

"Lubbock phenomenon "

In tne~~ Ed1son F Carpenter, cmplo) ce of the U S Bureau of ~lmcs 'lr Carpenter was quoted as say1ng

·~ ~1fe and 1 were Slttmg on the back step of our home It was a clear n~ght, not a cloud m s1ght and a slight breeze fran the southwest ~e were facmg due south Suddenly from d~rectly over-head, they had cane over the house fran the north, we both became aware of a group of sllghtly glowlllg obJects as they flew to the south The group numbered f1ve and was m roughly th~s fonnat~on

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Then shape l-as perfectly round as v1ewed from below and they had a sort of phosphorescent glo~ (p~~sh l1l color) The general shape must have been round and flat rather than round l1ke a ball because as they drew away the shape was hke th~s rather than th~s as a ball would appear from any angle '1bey held format~on ~llustrated wh~le l1l v~ew and ma1nta1ned a

spacl.1lg of approx~ately one d1ameter between sh1p Th1s d1ameter was about the d1ameter of a c~garette cross-sect1on held at arm's length They crossed approXlmately 60 degrees of sky, from the t~e they came mto Vlew over our roof untll I lost s1ght of them, m about 6 seconds I'm qulte sure of the tlme element because p1Stol shootlllg ~s a hobby of mme and I've become accustaned to count1ng off 10 to 20 seconds for rap1d and t1med fue " (SO )

16 August New Rochelle, New York

"A balloon?"

A c1v1l1an watched a strange obJect for 25 ml1lutes accord1ng to mfor-matlon bnefly stated on a BWE BOOk record card ''One round orange and wh1te obJect, the slZe of a dme at arm's length The obJect appeared as a bnlhant bobbmg hght moVlng across the sky The obJect d1Ved, cl~bed and cucled " (51 )

nus repon caught the attent1on of h1gher authon t1es A request came down fran ADC, Ent AFB, Colorado and D/1, ~ USAF, Washmgton D C , to l1l-vestlgate further BLUE BOOK was asked to contact General M1lls, Inc to determme 1f any balloon of that canpany was launched and tracked to the area where the UFO was encountered (52 )

General ~lls author1t1es told BLUE BOOK no balloons of the1r company could have been respons1ble (53 )

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lb August NICAP, the gcnes1s

f.leetmg of Clara John's "Saucer D1scuss1on Group "

The mam order of busmess for Clara John's monthly meetmg was Townserd Brown's presentat1on of a ''Tentat1ve Prospectus" for the estabhshment of a new, powerful, UFO orgamzatlon to be called the "National Invest1gat1ons Cam11ttee on Aenal Phenanena " The prospectus was ll!lpress1ve, and w1th a new wave of UFO s1ghtmgs l.ll progress, the dlSCUSSlOn group of Clara's was enthus1ast1c about the future By a vote of those present, Brown ~as g1ven author1zat1on to f1le mcorporat1on papers ~1th the D1str1ct of Columb1a (54 )

(See the foll~mg pages)

16 August Sonnmg, England

Strange thl.llgs above Sonn1ng

Spooky domg cantmued l.ll F.nghsh skles Early Thursday "somethmg" took place rn the heavens above Sonnmg The "somethmg" was spotted by Mr H Wheeler, who hved on Abbey Street l.ll Readmg, a town near Sonnmg Mr \\heeler's bedroan faced m the d1rect10n of Sonnmg and about 1 30 a m a "bnght red star" caught h1s attention The llght was so unusual f.lr Wheeler stared at 1t for two mmutes

Meanwh1le, a man and a wanan out on a date sa~ "somethmg l.ll the sky " W1.thm the c1ty hn11ts of Sonnmg the couple spotted an odd cval-shaped mass to the northwest of them The woman, M1ss Susan Hoyle, beheved at f1rst the thmg was JUSt a break l.ll the clouds wh1ch allowed some moonl1.ght to emerge, but the l1.ght had a sl.lver glow to 1.t ~hss Hoyle's boyfr1.end, Dav1d Summers, agreed the phenanenon had a defml.te s1lvery glow unll.ke a moonbean More-over, the thmg was much larger than the lunar orb and was movmg, crossmg the sky slowly One deta1l not1ced was a number of small, dark c1.rcles on the surface of the UFO, c1rcles that appeared to be "contmually mergmg w1th one another " (?) Perhaps the v1.s1.on was a rare natural phenomenon, but such a theory would be comphcated by the appearance of an 1.dent1cal thmg winch came l.llto v1ew follow1.ng the f1.rst one And then a th1.rd appeared b1gger than 1.ts two canpan1.ons and hav1.ng a d1.fferent overall look to 1.t, resembl1.ng a b1g c1.rcle revolv1.ng at low speed It took fl.ve m1.nutes for the three obJects to travel completely across the sky They were fmally screened from further observat1.on by clouds and the branches of a tree (55 )

.August, 1956 Foundmg of the Aethenus Soc1ety

NICAP was not the only organnatlon to get 1ts start 1.n the latter half of 1956 In Eng1and,George K:Lng, self-styled ''planetary metaphys1.c1.an," es-tabhshed what he called the "Aethenus (One Who Comes From Space) Soc1.ety " The F.nghshman charged two pounds ten shlll1.ngs a year for a membersh1.p H1s group ach1.eved enduri.ng success l.ll sp1.te of 1ts odd doctrme of prop-agatl.llg the so-called "w1sdom of the Cosm1.c Masters " Eventually the Soc1.ety would boast of bei.ng the "largest Metaphys1.cal Soc1.ety of 1.ts kl.nd 1.n the world," whlch may have been true 1.f anyone really keeps track of such thl.ll&S No doubt the Aethenus group perSl.sted when other such organ1.za-t1.ons faded away because K1ng reahzed the value of ntual to keep the mem-bershlp happy and 1.nvolved Elaborate formal serv1.ces were held where every-

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FOUNDING POLICIES

Tho NATIONALINVUJIGATIONS COMMin££ ON AUIALI'HfNOMfNA lo llotlne c,.at.d In Waahlnc~ton, 0 C to mtht In tGIIa'7lng the de_,.f of '"" Amoorlc.., ......... lor lnlor-tlon conumlnc~ tlghllnc~t of UNIDENJIFI£0 flYING OIJECTS

Conulwd "' • _,..pn>flt natl-1 orvanlmtion of -...a..,. lind oloctod delogatea, It thoU llot chonontd to l01plo .. nl ond direct a .... lt.d Kl-tlflc U\Yfttlgatlon of .,.,haf phe-ne ond, If poalblo to correlate tf.o flndl'9 -.1 • broader underatl!ndlne of tho poulbrlltlot ond tochnlcal problo .. of spoca fhght

Tho Natl-1 eo.-111oo, """"" tt.o policy control of • loard of niM Gow-, ....,,

e :S.""' the -·-1 f'"bllc Into,..! • on .d....,tlonall!nd tclontlllc organl&otlon,

e lo prrvotoly ._rt.c~, In tf.o _,, ,_ -..MN>lpo, gifts and .... IIi

e lo Ncot"l:uod by tho T_,. Dos-to-nt • 1-hu! • ......,

• Aao..blo all poooll>lo ln""-lon on •rlol .,.._.,.., ond r,_ all owllable-e :S.rw m a or.l-lng '-• llbtwr)o and -lytlcol _.. .. ,

,.,. .. ,...m or olghtl,., bott. to..lgn ond donontlc,

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e l'lllolloh Ita llndlnga In focr .. l, oclontlflc _,, without 1>1• o< opeculatlon

Flndlnga oholl ""' _. ...... to "'" Gow-' of .... U.ltod s- ... oil ,,_ ..... c..-1-, In ..,..., ... tf.o -lonol lntoroot, tholl -" to -"' and .....,,_, ....,,._ ,....... .. lblo, ""' _....off- of""' Oopo..-nl of Do,._

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TAIL( Of CONTENTS

lnlhol o.,a..!Jallonal c..-!ltH1 lnco~,. Cod. of ie;ulohON, Provtltono of "'- Chomor SECTIONS Lltl of

Scopoo of Adrntnbkotiva ln-ll;otlw T..:Jwncol lntatpt111atl-

l'hl"lt.a, f ............ l'hru.. Apploed lna•-•lng, cht ..... tty •·•loer

Ahotroct lnl...,....tat•ono L•.....,. & Slat111!a lteconl&, Ma1n1~, Re-d. ... u--

• Proi- Skrhr•· • Spou fhght" Mt ..... u..._ l'la>J.coh""'

Pl4loc t.loll_, o.-...1, ""'" TV lndwlrlol C.,......,rctol Go-..-tt.lahOIW t.l'll- ..,J l'hol_,.t.lcol C....ode1011ono .... .._. ........ c-..t ..... lon

SUICOMMITTEES IIOARO Of GOVIRNOU OffiCfiS llcddn11 f•-, A.oco-long lteMorch Gronh c...h A......t. LEGAL STAFF MfMIIUSIg Rtghh Honorory Rcvulor A.aooctole Dttctphnory Achon of

LOCAL CLUB RfGISTAAliON NICAP INCOME Where Oertwd TAX EXEMPTION RIGHTS BOARD OF SPONSORS FUND RAISING

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INITIAL ORGANIZATION COMMITTEE

INCORPORATORS

IA;ol FtRIII>Ciol Mloc Relol!ons Sclentlf" Government lloiiQIR

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6) The dtJH:mmot •on of lr.nowled!)e U\ tctcnce •ngnwerlng ph1l010phy en:! lUCh other tvbt«

VI Publlca!lonJ VII Public llolallon~

VIII Go"""""""' llolotrono IX llolrgl- and flulo.cphrcal Conr.liJerahON X lnlemotlanal Caordrnohon

The ten S.ctron Heod1 ..... 11 .-rltute the Senior Staff of tho Convnl"- Soctron Hood. oro oppornt•d by and en rotpoNrble dtroctly to the Char,_, or the Encutr,.. ViC40 o.a.,.._ rn the obiCnce of tho Chon-.

II the -"' load of the S.ch- ""'"''"'II Section Hood• ......1 their mmtanh rnoy ,.,.... ao pard *"""oy••• of the c:o..-lttoo on o fullw port-h- ba111 Solartft""' dotermlned by the Frnonce Sub.,_rr1 .. and a,.,..,..... by tho -rd of Gove..-s

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SCOI'£ OF INTEREST Of SECTIONS

AOMINISTIIATIVE

I) Olfiu """""''"menl 2) laolung, fr- OtofllhQ (cl-tng .... _ f"""'tiano) o NotrflcohON (rncoorung) b llogblnotron c lnt.rpretattam (•n,..r-Mctu;wt roudng)

2) Volldotrcw a Docc.-ntallan b l'hotagn>plu c c-.-checking d T•chnlcol lro•-

3) Special lnvelllgoltons a Hrgh-prtwtly ""'"""' b lavtlne trawl, JCI

31 Mtthodo of com....,.,lcahon 4) l..,.,_ .. 5) Spou ,....,., "Iii ond c;ontn>l 6) Fcwcaa of propul11on

o Reoctton ................... c Other

7) Mo-.. ll .. bolh""" ,., _ _, .. , 8) c-lc n•hohon

' I Applied l'hyuco....., ~o...,nng

I) Rodeo! propul..on o Fweb (~ocol) b. A-oc NOCtot .. _

2) llec:~rtcpropuboon o ...,_ -.lt.et ............. t c.. flote..__Otoc

3) M:rtwnol1 ol ..,..nvctoon o. c..m-.toonol ollo)'t L Super-lotht ollo)'t

4) Stato..-bory 5) l,..rtoal p..tc..c:.: .,..._ 6) Fhght ._.... Clll\tJQI

c. O...!otry ....., .... logy

I) O.oncol ....., -tallurgocol onolywn 2) &oologocol ....,.,rJerotoora 3) Adoptobohh•

4) Eoc--··· "''"I'O"''rll""""" 5) ll.odoo~ ..... ....., ., • ..,,.,.,..,. 6) l'n>bl- of zerv "11

• Method. or "'"'"" L l'lychoc d,.turbconcea on t...,...n bot"91 ond Ofllmoh 7) "'-""'"""of food ond apoc.e-petothable -••roab

IV ABSTRACT INTUPRflATIONS

I) Mottoph)'ttCOI 01pccls 2) btrvtfiTe•tr•ol tntervent•on 3) Mulh-•11-n .. onol concopl1

o E~M'a•nc•• b •Ditcarnote• enhtteto c Other

4) "'f\t• conc•pu ~) Spoc• c:rwohw••

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V liBRARY AND STATISTICS

I) Rot_.!o of on..,.h9ohon> 0 a.,.f.cahonl b C.,cl ... oons

2) M:ronte_,.,• ol lobnary o Croa,...ondexo"9 b Foreogn IO"'ii- ..,chON

3) Lobnary ......,rch .,..,.,...,.,. o y...,..Jatlono

VI PUIIUCATIONS

b eo ...... , lo authon c Copyrlghh

I) "l'raject SKYLIGHT o rwcord or tloe lnvethgohON ....., concloaoON of the Commottoo, lnclud•"'ii

o Rotporta of -•""~~' L Controbutod ortoclet

2) •SPACE FLIGHT" o Edotoroola contn:>l

b lua•-•""""'''C""'"t c Cttculatton ond dutr~buttot'l rJ ArJ ... rt ... "'l

3) Moocell-ut books """"""'"'' onrJ repnnh In "'" ....., rwlotorJ foeldo ..--rwrJ by the e-m ..

VII PUBLIC RflA liONS

A General I) Ptobleml rw the general publoc 2) ~.. TV ond rodoo releo••• 3) Educotoonolpn111fCH1111

a Lectures. ond toun b Vuuol ooch mohon plch""' c ""'porollon eoordonoh"" and do .... monohon of yourh 1..ror-uon

4) Cooperation - outhon for bat overoll effect 5) l.o"'ii ranee plonnlng 6) Co~~~pdohon of •Who • Who" In generol foeld ollnlereU

a lnd .. trool ond eor-rcool Rotlallonl I) Allntonce of lnrJ,.try generally 2) Auutcanc. of o1rc:raft •••c.uh\11111!:1 3) l'ublo ...... molerool In node -vo•lnft 4) Coroulh"9 ...... , •• .., lndu>try

o led"ucol Mtvteti b Non-techmcol WtYtceJ

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I) Congrcuu)nal auntonce 2) Att1t...:le and pol•cloa of Oefenae Oepo•tment 3) Attarudo of forwtgn gavemmenh 4) U 5 m1hto

e.....n tn ~r elected by rhe &oord of Go'~~'Wmon ot flnt Go vernon meettng eochywor

Chao,_. b:ecllfe.,. Vtca Chou,.... ler>eo S..bcommottoo, shall be -oblo loc all recooph ..-.1 do"--nta Tho Trwaa ... er 11 tho only offocer who o'- '- DUtt-ory "' aogn chocka af rlw corparotoon In tho ab..rgo of tho TreCIOO ... or choda _., be togned loontly by the Ooao"""n (or bocutow Vice Chao......., on the obsoeoco of rlw Ooal"""") and the Aaau-t Trwaa ... er

A .-gular CD~"pWollon ch.c.lunw occ:o""t In th. norM of •Nottonol lnve•hgottona Com-mol- on Ao

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ANNUAL DUES

The follow•ng claues of membenhapa ore ••empt from payment of duet

Founder 1 Endowment

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All othe-r doue1 ore for one yeot only or ore aub1ect to the pay .. nt of annual dUC'1 cn may be determined by tho Subc~nnuHee on Momber~h•po

NUMBU OF MEMBERS IN EACH CLASS

There shall be 111ued only ten (10) Founder 1 Endowment member~h•po In all other cJa1101 the nunmor &hall be unJuoated

0UALIFICA110NS AND VOTING RIGHTS

Founder 1 Endowment 100 Votea

Sustaining

O.logato

penon, au•at1ng tn the 1n1hol orgonlz.otlon ond f1~c•ol aupport of the program of the progra"' of tho Ca"""lttee by ccnh contrlb-utlono of $1000 00 or more

50 Votoo Penons corporotloru or groupa ~ntubvttng $500 00 to the support of the program ofthe COtMliH ..

10 Votes Delegate member~hapo are avaalable to penoN who are the duly elected repteMnt-otlws ollocol orgomzoharu or club. Infer-eo ted an tho octlvlheo oftho Nahona)Ca..,... 11111ttee ond en the advantages whach auch a CDIMUHH provtdel

Eoch dologote automatically reprnenb ten (10) canohtuenb and 11 entailed to ten (10) votes ot all awetmgs of the ~n~lftben Local orgon1zat1ons ore permuted 10 elect and Mnd to Waoh1ngton one (I) National CaiMialloe delogote fa< each ten (10) rog11tered _mbe,. ma~ing up tho local gruup Th11 provadeo through delogoteo full ""hng prlv•legn to oil reg11tored local -mba,. at o group prace conoaderably bel- tho Regular lo•nglo) MembeMip rote

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Example a local Group Delegotoo Voting Total Re211tered tkmbenhte Authortz.ed Power Cent

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Delegates recotve for each reghtered con~ht.-nt, one COPf of •rro1ect SKYLIGHT .. and all other publtcohont d .. tr.buted to mornbcn as o port of theu regular .....benhJp

No Vote

A clou of member~hap conferred upon a penon by tho unana-uo ocllon of tho 8Don:l of Governon for Oubtonchng Mrvlce tv the Co,.,.1H .. or 1ft rec.ognthon of dtJflnsJUiafwd contnbuhoru en acience or pfulowphy

One (I) Voto

Tho backbone of tho voting mo...beM•P r.or.u,onal otudont 01 lay po.._.. cleolnng full pravalogoo of mombeMap lncludang all publ1coh""' and UM of focllltia

NaVote

Tho penon who w11hoo to rocelvo tho pubhCGtioreonly

DISCIPLINARY ACTION

The membeMap oubcamnuHoo ,....,... tho fight to ref- or concel -mbenhlp ar"tD br~ng about d11clpllnory ochon hw - .. , fo

PUBLICATIONS OF THE COMMtnEE

"l'roja~t SKYLIGHT

A ,.port on the flndtniJI ond ~'"'I' of the Nattonol lnw•h~~Ghont Co .... lttec an Aerioll'he-na

A _,lhly oclonhftc I-I conlolntniJ nat only a record of -•""'I' ond molten of ln .. ,..t to the ~~~~~Jn•btnfup but olao atohtt1ca ottd tUIM'JCir••• of Important .,,vt,hgohom cond.,.ted by the Commttl" Th11 publiuhon