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|  Encounters with Aliens on this Day                                   |
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|  April 29                                                             |
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| 1947 - On this day two women, Mrs. Olavick and Mrs. Down of Tucson,   |
| Arizona watched nine white discs and another object behind a steamy   |
| cloud in a completely clear sky, arranged in a V-shaped formation.    |
| The ten objects moved up and down in an erratic manner, and in and    |
| out of the unnatural cloud for 5-6 minutes. (Sources: Ted Bloecher,   |
| Report on the UFO Wave of 1947, case 9; George Kocher, Rand           |
| Corporation: UFO's: What to Do?, p. 15; Kenneth Larson, Flying        |
| Saucers, October 1968, p. 40; UNICAT database, case 819, citing James |
| E. McDonald).                                                         |
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| 1952 - While flying over Goodland, Kansas at one o'clock in the       |
| afternoon, B-29 bombardier Lt. R. H. Bauer sighted a white fan-shaped |
| light that pulsed 8 times per second for four seconds. (Source: U.S.  |
| Air Force Project Blue Book files counted in official statistics,     |
| case 1167; Don Berliner, Project Bluebook UFO Unknowns).              |
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| 1952 - At 3:30 p.m. on this same day in Marshall, Texas private pilot |
| R. R. Weidman sighted a round, white object that flew straight and    |
| low but with a side-to-side oscillation for 1.5 minutes. (Source:     |
| U.S. Air Force Project Blue Book files counted in official            |
| statistics, case 1167; Don Berliner, Project Bluebook UFO Unknowns).  |
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| 1957 - Two men, Lerdahl and Ellison, reported that three dozen UFOs   |
| flew over Virginia, Minnesota in groups of 6-8 for 40 minutes         |
| beginning at 10:15 p.m. The UFOs were greenish, disc-shaped objects   |
| flying in crescent formations, and were viewed through binoculars.    |
| They went from east to west, and each group flew from horizon to      |
| horizon in eight seconds. (Sources: NICAP UFO Investigator, August    |
| 1960, p. 7; Jay Rath, The M-Files: True Reports of Minnesota's        |
| Unexplained Phenomena, p. 50).                                        |
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| 1959 - At 7:30 p.m. Rod Lightfoot and another man in Blackwood Park,  |
| a suburb of Adelaide, South Australia took a photograph of a          |
| saucer-shaped object. The main body of the UFO appeared to be         |
| rotating on its vertical axis, but the row of lights remained steady. |
| (Sources: Adelaide Advertiser, April 30, 1959; Michael Hervey, UFOs   |
| Over the Southern Hemisphere, p. 165; J. Bernard Delair, UFO Register |
| (Volume 7), p. 49; Keith Basterfield, UFO Research South Australia,   |
| case # SA59001).                                                      |
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| 1961 - Mr. Gallagher was at Bailey's Beach, Newport County, Rhode     |
| Island at around four o'clock in the afternoon when he noticed a red  |
| ball floating about 600 feet offshore. It then ascended to 60 feet    |
| altitude, and flew away to the south at 100 mph. (Sources: APRO       |
| Bulletin, July-August 1961, p. 4; Ivan T. Sanderson, Invisible        |
| Residents, p. 40, citing Flying Saucer Review).                       |
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| 1962 - Between Mud Lake, Nevada and Edwards AFB in California two     |
| disc-shaped craft are filmed passing a USAF X-15 rocket plane being   |
| commanded by test pilot Walker during a record flight to 200,000 feet |
| altitude. Note: most civilian sources list this case as occurring on  |
| April 30, but the Air Force lists the flight as occurring on this     |
| date. (Sources: Frank Edwards, Flying Saucers--Serious Business, p.   |
| 121; Richard F. Haines, Project Delta: A Study of Multiple UFO, p.    |
| 75; Larry Hatch, U computer database, case 6179).                     |
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| 1964 - Several adults saw an elongated glowing object fly over Canyon |
| Ferry, Montana, and two children saw a lighted craft land and take    |
| off. Four rectangular indentations were found at the landing site.    |
| (Sources: NICAP UFO Investigator, August 1964, p. 5; George D.        |
| Fawcett, Flying Saucers, October 1966, p. 30).                        |
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| 1966 - At 3:55 p.m. a disc-shaped object with portholes and exhaust   |
| pipes circled a Beechcraft Bonanza aircraft flown by a single private |
| pilot at 10,000 feet altitude. According to the witness, who was      |
| flying between Asuncion, Paraguay to Posadas, Argentina, the UFO      |
| moved extremely fast. (Source: Dominique Weinstein, Aircraft UFO      |
| Encounters, p. 34).                                                   |
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| 1977 - A car being driven by a 47-year-old woman and accompained by   |
| another female passenger was paced by a white glowing objectin        |
| Oxford, Ohio for three minutes. The description of the shape          |
| differed, but one of the women described it as a disc-shaped object.  |
| The incident occurred near a Nike missile base. (Source: Allan        |
| Hendry, International UFO Reporter, June 1977, p. 3).                 |
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| 1979 - An airline stewardess was at the shore in Makapu'u, Hawaii at  |
| 10:45 p.m. when she sighted a huge triangular UFO with many lights.   |
| It moved at an estimated 100 mph and made a humming sound. It         |
| maneuvered in the sky and flew away out to sea. (Source: Larry Hatch, |
| U computer database, case 13689, citing APRO Bulletin, May 1979).     |
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| 1982 - A woman named Mary E. Boule saw a silent dome-shaped object    |
| near Plattsburgh Air Force Base, New York at 11:40 p.m. The object    |
| had a turquoise blue light on top and portholes. It flew low at       |
| 400-500 feet altitude, and definitely entered the air base's          |
| restricted air space. (Source: CUFOS files, letter from witness).     |
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| 1993 - A sonar-like ping sound was heard, then a silent triangle UFO  |
| was seen hovering above Lasgraisses, Tarn, France. It had white       |
| "running lights." (Source: Lumieres dans la Nuit, issue # 318).       |
| 1995 - On this night two witnesses in Spokane, Washington reported    |
| seeing bright lights apparently on the ground near the river. A       |
| strange undescribed "creature" or humanoid was seen standing near the |
| lights. (Sources: Peter Davenport, National UFO Reporting Center,     |
| Seattle; UFO Intelligence Newsletter, October 1995).                  |
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| Written by Donald A. Johnson, Ph.D. (Revised 9 March 2007)            |
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| Compiled from the UFOCAT computer database.                           |
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| Themes: aircraft UFO encounters, cloud u                              |
| sed as camouflage by UFOs, disc-shaped UFOs, fan-shaped UFO, landings |
| , oscillating UFOs, procession of objects, triangle UFOs, white UFOs. |
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