ufo_data/bin/rr0/tran1967.md


- **January**

-   **January 3:** Drawing by Dorothy Lewis of the object she observed on January 3. See images/1967-01-03_Lewis_Sarnia_Ont.jpg.
    

-   **5 January:** An A-12 (#125) runs out of fuel 70 miles from [Groom Lake](Area51.html) and crashes. The pilot, Ray, ejects but fails to separate from his seat and is killed [\[McIninch\]]{.source}.

-   **January 6th, 11 PM:** The luminous spheres observed on June 15th 1966 return after 6 months to the same farm in Aveyron. The farmer, who had gone out to take care of the animals, suddenly sees a sphere 50 m away from him. He decides to go behind the thing to see what it was, having already assumed that there was one in front and one behind; but when he passes the door, the sphere is just there waiting for him, while it was still in the courtyard a moment earlier. The man then decides to take a small path through the fields to go around the object but the sphere follows him for 60 m before blocking the entrance of the path: This thing followed me for about 60 m, quite close to me... so there was a small path where I wanted to pass... to go around it from behind, then it followed me all the way... until I stopped there where I wanted to go around it, and the "machine" stops too, just at the entrance of the path. So I said, there, there's no arguing, I can't pass! The farmer then calls his son and both of them see 6 spheres that scare them so much that they immediately go back into the house. The large oblong object is also there and it emits a beam similar to that of a lighthouse: There was a lighthouse above, just at the end, to the right, and it was lighting up this window up there, it was lighting up the whole room... I had the window open in front. - Was it a diffuse beam, or rather concentrated? - Oh, concentrated, very concentrated. - And it was lighting up your room? - Yes, it was lighting up it... going and coming... it was turning... it was always turning. - Was it turning in a circle, like a lighthouse? - Yes, sometimes it was lighting up the window below... it kept turning in a circle... but it was there, at 11 PM already, maybe 11:15 or something like that. And then, all of a sudden, everything went out. Everything went out and I didn't see anything anymore. I don't know if it had left or if it was still there.


-   **January 10:** At [Groom Lake](Area51.html), it is decided to gradually replace the activity of the A-12 program in favor of the SR-71. The replacement must be completely finished by January 1968 [\[Peebles 1995\]]{.source}.


"-   **January 11**"


- In the car, the farmer's son sees the shell descend near the house. He approaches it in the car and notices that it is really very big. 2 of the small spheres enter it, then it becomes very bright. The witness hears a whistling. The shell inclines at 45° and leaves at a vertiginous speed. Another object arrives. It has the shape of a disc with 2 transparent domes at the top: Inside... it seemed to me that it was lit up like a green light... in the two domes... and I saw... note that I'm not sure... it was very dark, one could say that there was a kind of fog, inside or outside... I don't know... inside or outside of the 2 domes. In any case, I thought I saw 2... well, I saw 2 people like... human beings, you see?... astronauts. They were wearing green aviator suits with white stripes. The object itself oscillates back and forth: - Were the car doors closed during this time? - Yes, yes... I had to open the window, I think... Or maybe it was after, when it left, that I opened the window... and then I felt a wave of heat and I felt almost... I couldn't move my hands or feet as long as it lasted.


- Observation of the same flying creature as 2 months ago by [Mrs. McDaniel](temoins.html#McDaniel).


-   **January 12:** Photo taken in Baton Rouge on January 12. See images/1967-01-12_BatonRouge_Louisiane.jpg.
    

-   **January 15th, 10 PM:** American Airlines Flight 162 from San Francisco to Houston observed a bright UFO after taking off from El Paso.


-   Loftin finds a 1 m diameter disc which he gives to the *U. S. Testing Company* to be analyzed. This case is cited in *Identified Flying Saucers,* published in 1968 by David McKay publishers.


-   **January 25th, 7 PM:** In South Ashburnham (Massachusetts), [Betty Andreasson](temoins.html#AndreassonBetty) and her family are visited at home by lights, then by small creatures similar to [Gris](glossair.html#Gris). Betty is taken away, and will not remember anything else about this event until she undergoes hypnosis regression at the beginning of 1977 (see that year).

-   **January 27th, 6:30 PM:** At Cape Kennedy, fire on board the cockpit of [Apollo 1](Apollo.html#Apollo1). The temperature reaches 1400°C in a few seconds due to the flammability of pure oxygen, and the 3 astronauts (Gus Grissom, [Ed White](pilotes.html#WhiteEdward), and Roger Chaffee) are asphyxiated by carbon monoxide.

-   **January 28th, 1:45 PM:** The Blue Man, p. 115.

-   **February 5th:** In Sauvigny-le-Bois (Yonne), Mr. and Mrs. Monin and their granddaughter experience a [RR3](glossair.html#RR3): an object in the shape of a cigar illuminates the environment, silently approaches 25 m from the witnesses, oscillates and touches the ground. A small being in a suit descends from it. Then, back in their house, they see a red ball form, take off and move away in the sky. No trace is found.

-   **February 9:** Sighting in Odessa (Delaware) [[case [Blue Book](BlueBook.html) #11350 unsolved]]{.source}.

- **February 12**: Observation in Grand Rapids (Michigan) [\[case [Blue Book](BlueBook.html) #11355 unsolved\]]{.source}.

-   **February 16:** Sighting in Stoughton (Wisconsin) [[case [Blue Book](BlueBook.html) #11383 unsolved]]{.source}.

-   **February 20:** Sighting in Oxford (Wisconsin) [[case [Blue Book](BlueBook.html) #11394 unsolved]]{.source}.

-   **February 26:** Photo in Fargo (North Dakota). See images/1967-02-26.gif

-   **February 27:** Observation in Grand Haven (Michigan) [[case [Blue Book](BlueBook.html) #11419 unsolved]]{.source}.

- **Mars**

-   Disks photographed in March by Augusto Arranda. See images/1967-03.jpg.

-   **March 5:** A NORAD radar detects an echo descending 30 km towards the USAF base in Minot (Montana or North Dakota?), which missile silos are slowly overflown by the UFO followed by 3 trucks of armed soldiers with orders to capture it without damaging it. The object takes off vertically when a F-106 patrol receives orders to intercept it. An officer who stayed close to the incident site gets sick for 3 days, several tens of missiles are taken out of service, and the craft remains unidentified by the USAF.


-   **March 6:** Observation at Bentor Harbor (Michigan) [[case [Blue Book](BlueBook.html) #11454 unsolved]]{.source}.


-   **6-11 March:** Observation in Galesburg, Moline (Illinois) [[case [Blue Book](BlueBook.html) #11460 unsolved]]{.source}.

-   **March 8, 1:05 AM**: In Leominster (Massachusetts), two witnesses observe a UFO for 4 minutes from their broken-down car. One of the witnesses feels an electric shock and then is paralyzed, his arm is violently thrown back. The object then suddenly climbs and moves away, and everything returns to normal. Excerpt from the investigation report: Having made a U-turn, he lowered the windows and, leaving the road, he drove along the cemetery, towards the light that was just above... He got out of the car, closed the door (the window remaining open) and raised his arm to point to the object. Several events then occurred simultaneously: all the lights, the radio and the engine stopped working; he felt an electric shock, felt numb and unable to move, the arm he had raised fell back violently against the roof of the car, with such force that it was imprinted in the glass that covered it... Mr. W. could not move a muscle, yet he could perfectly hear and his brain seemed to function normally. Then the radio and the car lights came back on while the object, which had not stopped swaying, suddenly climbed emitting a kind of buzzing and was lost above the fog blanket [\[Poher 2003\]]{.source}.

-   **March 8:** In the United States, a motorist is paralyzed by a UFO. As he drives along a cemetery, an unusual light appears. The investigator recounts: He got out of the car, closed the door and raised his arm to point to the object [\[a passenger is in the car\]]{.source}. Several events then happened simultaneously: all the lights, the radio and the engine stopped working; he felt an electric shock, felt numb and unable to move; the arm he had raised was suddenly thrown back against the roof of the car, with such force that it was imprinted in the glass that covered it\... Mr. W. could not move a muscle; yet he could hear perfectly and his brain seemed to be functioning normally. Then the radio and car lights came back on while the object, which had not stopped swaying, suddenly rose emitting a kind of buzzing and was lost above the blanket of fog [\[*UFOs, Myth or Reality?* p.156\]]{.source}.


-   **9 March:** Sighting at Onawa (Iowa) [[case [Blue Book](BlueBook.html) #11480 unsolved]]{.source}.


-   Photograph taken on March 12th near Picacho Peak (New Mexico). See images/1967-03-12_14-00_PicachoPeak.jpg. [\[Bettman\]]{.source}
    

-   Other intercontinental missile bases, located near the Canadian border, Great Falls (Montana), are visited by luminous objects that descend to very low altitude above the installations. At these two last strategic sites, several tens of missiles are taken out of service.

- The men of Detachment A of the 6947th Security Squadron (charged with monitoring Cuban Air Force communications) based at Key West Naval Air Station in Boca Chica Key, about 150 km from Cuba, suddenly heard Cuban radar controllers report the approach, at 10,000 m altitude and Mach 1 (a little over 1050 km/h) of an unidentified aircraft from the northeast. Immediately, 2 MIG-21 fighters were sent to intercept the intruder. The 2 pilots soon discovered a shiny metal sphere devoid of any identification marks. After exhausting radio contact attempts, the Cuban Air Defense Headquarters ordered the mission leader to destroy the UFO. He then confirmed that the target was being tracked by his firing radar and that he had armed his missiles. These were his last words. A few seconds later, the other pilot began to scream into his microphone that the MIG-21 had exploded, or rather, he specified a moment later, had suddenly disintegrated without fire or smoke. The Americans of Boca Chica Key then heard the Cuban radar controllers announce that, following an incredible acceleration, the UFO had suddenly risen to nearly 30,000 m and had disappeared in the direction of South America. The [NSA](NSA.html) under the operational control of which the Air Force Security Service units are located then demanded that all documents related to the accident be sent to it within the hour and that it be immediately recorded in the surveillance unit's archives as due to a mechanical malfunction. The case remained secret until 1978, when one of the witnesses of Boca Chica Key --- whose anonymity is protected --- revealed it to [Stanton Friedman](FriedmanStanton.html).


- A Red Cross car travelling through towns to collect blood from volunteer donors passes on Highway 2, near the Ohio River (USA). Suddenly, a kind of star quickly descends towards it and places itself just above the vehicle. It lowers two long tentacles, in the shape of arms, on each side of the car, even though the driver accelerates. The arms seem to want to grab the car. The machine finally retracts its arms, probably due to cars coming in the opposite direction. It then disappears into the sky at a prodigious speed.


-   **March 22:** Sighting in Wapello (Iowa) [[case [Blue Book](BlueBook.html) #11541 unsolved]]{.source}.


-   **March 24:** Sighting at Belt (Montana) [[case [Blue Book](BlueBook.html) #11551 unsolved]]{.source}.

- **March 26**


- In New Mexico, a witness observed this amazing thing: A small silver white disc of unknown diameter, at an unknown altitude, but with a definite material existence; while we watched, it first appeared stationary for about 10 minutes. Then it crossed the sky, seemed to pass under the clouds and finally disappeared into the white clouds. No sound was detected. [Les OVNI, mythe ou réalité ? op. cit. p.82]{.source}.


- 5 people saw a UFO in the sky of Ohio:
    The object was oval-shaped and was heading straight from the Southeast to the Northwest. The UFO, or whatever it was, passed over the road we were driving on. The sun, very bright, was reflecting off the object which was metal, but not aluminum-colored like airplanes - I would say it was more the color of yellow or red copper. What was propelling the object, we don't know, but we didn't hear any sound [\[Les OVNI, mythe ou réalité ? p. 92\]]{.source}.

- Observation in New Winchester (Ohio) = previous case? [[case [Blue Book](BlueBook.html) #11559 unsolved]{.source}.

-   **April 4**: CADILLAC (AP) - Police reported a rush of sightings of unidentified flying objects in a three-county area in northwest Michigan Friday night. A Cadillac police officer and others reported the sightings to Traverse City in Grand Traverse County, Reed City in Osceola County and Cadillac in Wexford County. Cadillac is roughly halfway between Traverse City and Reed City, a distance of about 100 miles. The reports came three days after similar reports in Grand Haven on Lake Michigan and hours after a Northwestern University investigator left Michigan after examining the Grand Haven reports. "I saw something, but I don't know what it was," said Cadillac patrolman Harry Hagstrom. Hagstrom said the object was bright white and appeared in a clear sky over Lake Cadillac. He said two other police officers verified the sighting. "It seemed to change directions," Hagstrom said. "Up, down, left, right and then it stayed stationary for a moment. It was bright white the first time I saw it, but the color faded to a duller white, then red, then green. It was a very clear night and all the stars were bright," he added, "But I'm sure it wasn't a star. Other than that, I don't know what it was." [William T. Powers](PowerWilliamT.html), a member of Dr. [J. Allen Hynek](HynekJosefAllen.html)'s team at Northwestern University, Evanston (Illinois), was in Grand Haven most of Friday investigating the Grand Haven sightings. Dr. [Hynek](HynekJosefAllen.html) was commissioned by the Air Force to conduct an independent investigation of such sightings [\[Ray Varner < Michigan UFOs\]]{.source}.

-   **April 17th, at night**: In Jefferson City (Missouri), a school principal was driving on a deserted road when he noticed a huge object: I was on my way home after an Association of Parents and Teachers meeting; it was night and I was driving through the countryside (...). Suddenly I noticed a light above the hill --- and I thought, hey, that's one of those old planes (a C-47) that has gone off course and is going to land in that cornfield (...). And then this incredible object - which had a bit of the shape of a WWI helmet --- went over the hill... So I slowed down... I couldn't understand how an airplane could follow a gliding trajectory --- when this huge object, which I estimate was over 90 m, detached itself from the hill and stayed above me for a fraction of a second like an aircraft changing course; then it headed towards the airport... It was a terribly strong light. The roof of the car didn't even seem to be a shield. It's incredible, a light so intense. When I looked at my hands, it was like an X-ray photo. Several teachers will witness the event. [[Reported case to Blue Book] [Hendry 1979, p. 10]]{.source}

-   **April 21, 9 PM:** In South Hill (Virginia), Mr. Crowder is driving home when he sees an object on the road 70 meters away: a 5 meter diameter vertical cylinder, supported by 4 legs, with a half-sphere at its top. The object is gray and its base is 1 meter above the pavement. When the witness turns on his headlights, the device emits a vertical light and disappears. The road burns for 15 minutes. Mr. Martin, who lives nearby, also sees the light. Holes, burn marks and charred matches are noted at the site [\[case [Blue Book](BlueBook.html) #11677 unsolved \< [Vallée](ValleeJacques.html) 1969\]]{.source}.

-   **April 22:** Statement from Dr. [MacDonald](scientifiques.html#MacDonaldJamesE) to the American Society of Newspaper Editors.

-   **April 24:** Cosmonaut Komarov disappears in the *Soyouz 1* accident.

-   **April 26, 9 PM**: In Kitchener (Canada), Brian Dorscht sees a dark
    object 1 m in diameter and 1.5 m high, with flashing green and
    white lights. At 1 m from the ground, 6 feet come out, and it lands
    on a lawn near the National Grocers company. The buzzing of the
    object stops, and the witness gets scared and runs away. The police
    find 6 footprints on the site [\[SS&S Summer, 67 \< [Vallée](ValleeJacques.html) 1969,
    177\]]{.source}.

- **April 27**


-   1st manned flight of *Soyouz 1*. Cosmonaut Kormarov perished upon landing.

- **22 h**: At a lake in Wisconsin, 4 boys with binoculars observe an object descending with oscillating movements, illuminating the woods at a distance of 1 km. It has a conch-like shape, with a blue underside, and a top that changes from red to orange to white [[[Blue Book](BlueBook.html) < [Vallée](ValleeJacques.html) 1969]]{.source}.

-   **May 5:** In a letter to Yuzuke J. Matsumura, [Roesmin Nurjadin](militaires.html#RoesminNurjadin), Commander-in-Chief of the Indonesian Air Force, indicates that UFOs sometimes pose a problem for them, and that they have shot at them once.

-   **May 6, 11am**: In Durango (Mexico), a mechanical engineer and his daughter see an object in the shape of a disk on the ground near a highway. They stop their car and take 3 photos of the object as it takes off. The first shows the object at the top of the trees, the second shows it in flight, and the third missed the object [\[Lor. III 65 \< [Vallée](ValleeJacques.html) 1969\]]{.source}.

-   **May 7, 2:00**: In Edmonton (Canada), Ricky Banyard, 14, sees a strange object in the sky and follows it with a friend, Glenn Coates, with binoculars. It hovers over a cemetery, emitting a muffled whistle and illuminating the ground with a vertical beam of light. The object suddenly departs with a roar like that of a jet, and a series of "bangs." Stones are found charred at the site [\[Vallée 1969, 178\]]{.source}.

-   **May 9**: At Marliens (France), in a field belonging to the mayor, Mr. Maillotte, a depression is discovered, and a blue powder is found in small radiating ditches from this area. A formidable pod seems to have rested there. No radioactivity [\[Vallée 1969, 179\]]{.source}.

-   **May 11, 2 AM**: In Saint George (Utah), Michael Campeadore, 25 years old, an employee of a hospital, was driving towards Salt Lake City when he heard a noise similar to that of a truck, but saw nothing. Then a yellow light became visible on the left, and thinking it was a jet about to crash, he got out and saw it stop at 30 m distance and 30 m altitude. It had the shape of an inverted bowl with a dome on top and seemed metallic. The witness got scared and emptied his Beretta .25 towards the craft. He heard the bullets hit the metal and the object took off at great speed. When he told his story to a nearby gas station, the attendant replied that about 20 reports had been made recently in the Saint George area [[Vallée 1969, 180]]{.source}.

- **May 16**: In Nieva-Segovia (Spain), Roman and Jose Arribas observe an object landing in a pine forest to the North of the city. They see people entering the dust-colored craft, which takes off straight away, at high speed [[[LDLN](LDLN.html) 89 < [Vallée](ValleeJacques.html) 1969]]{.source}.

-   **May 17:** Sighting in Rural Hall (North Carolina) [[case [Blue Book](BlueBook.html) #11744 unsolved]]{.source}.

-   **May 20:** Meeting of [Stephen Michalak](temoins.html#MichalakStephen) at Falcon Lake (Canada).


- **May 22**


-   The first A-12 departs [Groom Lake](Area51.html) for Kadena Air Base (Okinawa) for the start of Black Shield, their first operational deployment. Black Shield includes reconnaissance flights to North Vietnam [\[Peebles 1995\]]{.source}.

- **Evening**: In Evillers (France), Mr. Tyrode, a 45-year-old teacher, sees a light, then an object in the shape of an overturned plate emitting a greenish-blue light. It flies less than 20 m above his car, at 40 km/h [[[LDLN](LDLN.html) 94 < [Vallée](ValleeJacques.html) 1969]]{.source}.

-   **May 24th, 11 PM**: In Arbonne (France), Rémy Deneuville and his family see a white light on the side of the road, but it goes out when they drive within 150 m of the spot. Minutes later, they see a luminous spherical object flying away for several minutes [\[[GEPA](GEPA.html) Dec., 67 \< [Vallée](ValleeJacques.html) 1969\]]{.source}.

- **June**

- **June 1st**


        -   **20 h :** In San José de Valderas (Madrid), several
            witnesses reportedly observed and photographed (see below) a
            luminous disc (the [Ummo](Ummo.html) case).

-   **23 h 30** : In Richmond (Virginia), John Norton, 7 years old,
    had to be taken to the hospital after observing an object
    shaped like a disk, humming, the size of a Volkswagen,
    with green and red lights, which landed in a clearing
    and took off like a flash [\[[NICAP](NICAP.html)
    May 67 \< [Vallée](ValleeJacques.html) 1969\]]{.source}.


- Six-Day War.


-   Observation of June 10th in Woonsocket. See images/1967-06-10.jpg.
    

-   **June 10, 12 PM:** Observation (see below) in Woonsocket, Rhode Island.


-   **June 11, 8 PM**: In Price Hill (Ohio), two children see an object 1 m in diameter and 25 cm thick, making a metallic noise while hovering 10 m above them. They take a series of photos which only show something blurry [\[[Vallée](ValleeJacques.html) 1969, 181\]]{.source}.


-   Observation of June 16th in Rhode Island. See images/1967-06-16.jpg.
    

-   **June 16:** Observation (see below) in Rhode Island.

-   **June 20, 12 PM**: In Suomussalmi (Finland), farmer Arvi Juntunen hears a loud rumbling sound and sees a round, shiny object 50 cm above the ground, 6 m away. It has a dome-shaped top with a fin and is 75 cm in diameter. As he is about to grab it, the object rises with a gust, makes a turn and flies away [\[[FSR](FSR.html) 68, 3 \< [Vallée](ValleeJacques.html) 1969\]]{.source}.


-   **June 24:** Sighting in Austin (Texas) [[case [Blue Book](BlueBook.html) #11815 unsolved]]{.source}.


-   **June 27:** Observation of June 27th in Wichita. See images/1967-06-27.jpg.
    
-   **June 29:** Sighting at Scotch Plain (New Jersey) [[case [Blue Book](BlueBook.html) #11831 unsolved]]{.source}.

- **July**


-   [Robert Richardson](temoins.html#RichardsonRobert) strikes an unknown object on the road one night.


-   **18 h 30** : [3 witnesses photograph an unknown object in Alberta](1967-07-03_Alberta.html).


-   3 police officers see a circular object surrounded by an orange glow maneuvering above the New Forest in the south of England.


-   **July 7:** Observation of July 7th at Cumberland. See images/1967-07-07.jpg.
    

-   **July 5**: In Clifton (Great Britain), a hundred people reported seeing a silver, disc-shaped object, about 10 m long, land in the area [[[FSR](FSR.html) 67, 5 < [Valley](ValleeJacques.html) 1969]]{.source}.


-   **July 7th, 11:30 PM**: In Milan (Italy), Antonio Brambila and one other man see a light coming from a disk 6.5 m in diameter and 2.5 m high, with a dome on top and four telescopic feet, emitting a strange vibration [\[[LDLN](LDLN.html) 91 \< [Vallée](ValleeJacques.html) 1969\]]{.source}.


-   **July 10**: Sighting in Lizelia (Mississippi) [[case [Blue Book](BlueBook.html) #11869 unsolved]]{.source}.


-   **July 11, evening**: In Santa Clara del Mar (Argentina), 2 people see an object shaped like a cigar on the ground, 400 m away from the road, which takes off, rising quickly. It has openings similar to windows, emitting a bright light [[Vallée](ValleeJacques.html) 1969, 183]{.source}.


- **Monday 17 July**


        -   **16 to 17 h** : [Meeting of Arc-sous-Cicon (Doubs)](1967-07-17_ArcSousCicon.html).


-   **In the evening**: In Belfast (Northern Ireland), E. Browne is walking in a wood and sees an object shaped like a disk, matte grey-blue with a rough surface, hovering about 2 m from the ground. An opening becomes visible in the middle section and two silver-clad men emerge, walk in the woods, then enter the craft, which takes off and disappears from view [[[FSR](FSR.html) 67, 6 < [Vallée](ValleeJacques.html) 1969]]{.source}.

- **Tuesday 18th July**

-   **1:15:** Several people observe above France luminous phenomena, more or less bright, which causes a wave of phone calls to several official organizations. The phenomena appear to be moving towards the northeast. Specialists advance the thesis of [ball lightning](BallLighting.html) similar to those that occur when lightning strikes. A new statement, drawn from calculations of the US administration for aeronautics and space, transforms "the" fireballs into "one" single luminous ball, and identifies it as the last stage of the carrier rocket of the Soviet satellite Cosmos-169 which burned during its reentry into the atmosphere. The Soviet authorities do not respond to this statement.

- **1 h 30**: In Boardman (Ohio), a minister is woken up by a strange sound and has the "impulse" to go down the stairs and look outside. Between his house and the next one, he sees a figure wearing a luminous suit. He thinks someone is playing a prank, but the apparition is well defined and seems real. It turns into a shapeless light and vanishes [[[Keel](KeelJohnA.html) < Magonia / [Vallée](ValleeJacques.html) 1969]]{.source}.


-   **Wednesday 19th July** : *Le Soir* publishes an article about the observation of Arc-sous-Cicon on Monday [l\'observation d\'Arc-sous-Cicon](1967-07-17_ArcSousCicon.html).


-   **Friday, July 21st, 2:30 AM**: In Jewish Creek, Florida, Barbara Fawcett, 18, and her sister witness a "shredded" yellow object rise above a swamp and land on a hill. Air Force investigators find a large scorched area at the site [\[[APRO](APRO.html) July 67 \< [Valley](ValleeJacques.html) 1969\]]{.source}.

-   **Monday, July 24th, 10 PM**: Between Mareuil (France) and Sainte-Hermine, Daniel Bonifait and his family saw a red disc, the size of a building, fall 300 meters away behind a hill. Dark shapes were observed on the surface of the discs, and the forest seemed to be on fire as the frightened witnesses fled by driving [ \[[GEPA](GEPA.html) Dec., 68 \< [Vallée](ValleeJacques.html) 1969\]]{.source}.
 - **July 31, 10:15 PM**: In Churchville (New York), a guard, Sidney Zipkin, 50 years old, is driving in a large parking lot when he observes an object in the shape of a cigar, 16 m long, with green lights underneath, landing on the pavement. He stops his truck less than 30 m from the object, headlights pointed at it, and is surprised to see two dwarves dressed in shiny black uniforms rush next to the vehicle and enter the apparatus, which takes off straight away [[Vallée 1969, 184]]{.source}."


- **August 3**


-   **20 h**: Conrado (Brazil), J. Vieira, a lawyer, and his driver, at km 15 on the Miguel Peraira highway, see 2 yellowish lights, then many others, about 500 m to the left. They blink and fade. Similar lights are seen again in Conrado. When the driver flashes the car headlights, the objects seem to respond. An object that illuminates the entire area is seen resting in the woods. [[Lor. III 17 < [Vallée](ValleeJacques.html) 1969]]{.source}

-   **23:30**: In Caracas (Venezuela), two people see a whitish luminous object 10 m in diameter, resembling two plates stuck together. The whole garden is illuminated and a rumbling sound is heard. A door opens at the base of the device, and something similar to an electric bulb lowers to the ground level. This thing also has an opening, from which a small man in luminous silver clothes, his head surrounded by vapor, emerges. He is about 5 m from the witnesses, and is observed picking up stones, examining them, looking up and seeming to communicate with the main object. He then drops the stones and enters the "bulb" which enters the device, which takes off [[Lor. III 44 < [Vallée](ValleeJacques.html) 1969]]{.source}

-   **August 4th, early**: In Recife (Venezuela), engineer Hugo S. Yepes is on a beach to the North of Recife when he sees a 6 m diameter disc emerge from the water. It is gray, appears to be metallic, stays stationary for a few seconds at 1 m altitude, then slowly rises to the East and disappears [[[NICAP](NICAP.html) March 68 < [Vallée](ValleeJacques.html) 1969]]{.source}.

-   **August 5, 11:30 PM**: At Sawyer (North Dakota), Ronald Sherven and Robert Bodine see a white, shining object on a West-East trajectory north of the town. The object is first masked by a hill but suddenly appears again above a cemetery, arrives at ground level, and quickly flies away to the North [[[NICAP](NICAP.html) October 67 < [Vallée](ValleeJacques.html) 1969]]{.source}.

-   **August 6** : In Hidalgo (Mexico), Antonio Neri Perez and several
    other people see 3 shining red discs take off from a field near
    the house [\[Lor. III 65 \<
    [Vallée](ValleeJacques.html) 1969\]]{.source}.

-   **August 7th, 2am**: In San Bernardino, Caracas (Venezuela), Pedro Riera, from Avila Ave., is woken up by the shaking of his bed and sees a creature in his room that "flies" out through the open window. Lights on the ground blind the witness when he steps out onto the balcony. Other people see a strange vehicle parked in the street. This afternoon, a strange dwarf enters the office of Dr. S. Vegas, who examines it. The being speaks perfect Spanish, has particular heart sounds, and does not understand the notion of "age" [[Lor. III 74 < [Vallée](ValleeJacques.html) 1969]{.source}].


- **August 8**


-   A large UFO flies over the Institute of Astrophysics of Kislovodsk (USSR) in front of a dozen members of the Academy of Sciences.

- **Evening**: At Salina (Venezuela), Evangelic Pastor Estanislao Lugo Contreras is on the coast when he sees an object in the shape of a disk with a very bright orange glow emitting a humming sound, rising out to sea, staying for a few seconds then rising obliquely [[Lor. III 55 < [Vallée](ValleeJacques.html) 1969]{.source}.

- In the USSR, a communication from the Academy of Sciences indicated that the [Tunguska disaster](1908-06-30_Tunguska.html) in 1908 had all the characteristics of a nuclear explosion.
At the Conference of Space Civilizations, Armenian astronomer V. Ambartsymyan argues that, the existence of an extraterrestrial civilization in our galaxy being almost certain, it is time to address the scientific and technical issues that will arise from relations with these unknown worlds.

-   **August 12, 2:30 AM**: In Ogema (Wisconsin), Mr. and Mrs. Miedtke,
    awakened by their dog's barking, see a large hemispherical object
    with a fluorescent glow and a short flash of light. Too terrified to
    go outside, they hear heavy footsteps around their trailer. At
    dawn there is a sound like that of a generator, and seconds later
    the object is gone [\[Lor. III 27 \< [Vallée](ValleeJacques.html)
    1969\]]{.source}.

-   **August 13th, 4 PM (8 PM?):** Meeting with [Inacio De
    Souza](DeSouzaInacio.html) near Brasilia.


- **August 23**

-   **Early**: At Joyceville (Canada), Stanley Moxon, from Toronto, driving green to Montreal, between Joyceville and Glen Grove Rd when he meets a large disk-shaped craft and 2 creatures 1.20 m tall, wearing helmets and white clothing. At one point they fly back into the object, which silently takes off at high speed [[Lor. III 32 < [Vallée](ValleeJacques.html) 1969]{.source}.

-   **20 h** : In Kolmarden (Sweden), a boy and a girl (both 15 years
    old) noticed a red glow descending into the woods. Later they saw
    a large source of light in the open air and heard piercing
    whistles, then footsteps, and saw a bounding creature, at 10 m
    distance. It was about 1.30 m tall, had a head larger than
    normal, made jerky movements, lifted a tube in its arms, and had
    a \"shimmering\" appearance [[[APRO](APRO.html) Sep., 67 <
    [Vallée](ValleeJacques.html) 1969]]{.source}.

-   **August 24, 5 PM**: On Sydney-Melbourne Road (Australia), a motorcyclist is suddenly engulfed in a bright blue-white light, forcing him to stop. He then sees a metallic object, 30 m away, shaped like two saucers stacked on top of each other, with a dome on top, silver in color, the lower half dark grey, about 10 m in diameter, and bearing a black mark or insignia. Next to it appear two figures about 1.5 m tall, wearing silver suits and opaque helmets. One of their gestures frightens the witness, who drives away but is followed by the object [[[FSR](FSR.html) 68, 2 < [Vallée](ValleeJacques.html) 1969]]{.source}.

-   **August 25, 5 PM** : At Catia la Mar (Venezuela), Ruben Norato saw in the sea a precipitous movement of the water, then 3 large discs emerged [\[[NICAP](NICAP.html) Mar., 68 \< [Vallée](ValleeJacques.html) 1969\]]{.source}.


- **August 26**

- **2 h**: At Maiquetia Airport, Esteban D. Cova, a soldier in the Marines, is relieved of his duty and returns to his quarters. He then meets a horrible dwarf, 1 m tall, with an enormous head, globular eyes, and a body covered with something hairy or wire-like. It makes a deep whistling sound, and Cova feels tingling in his body. In perfect Spanish, the creature says: Wouldn't you like to come with me? We need a human being. Cova faints [\[Lor. III 79 \< [Vallée](ValleeJacques.html) 1969\]]{.source}.

- In Maturin (Venezuela), Saki Macharechi spots an object flying, which he thinks is a heron, landing near a bridge. He then sees that it is a dwarf about 1 m tall, with huge eyes [\[Lor. III 78 \< [Vallée](ValleeJacques.html) 1969\]]{.source}.

-   **August 29, 10:30:** [Cussac Meeting](1967-08-29_Cussac.html)
    (Cantal).

-   **September 2**: At Hato Viejo Farm (Venezuela), Nelson Gutierrez, a night vendor, sees an object on the Plains highway, and a creature, which he takes several photographs of [\[Lor. III 78, [Vallée](ValleeJacques.html) 1969\]]{.source}.

-   **September 3**: In Caracas (Venezuela), Paula Valdez, suffering from a headache, is suddenly awakened by a whistling and sees a small man, with a large head and prominent eyes, saying: I want you to come with us, so you will know other worlds, and you will realize how small your world is. The witness screams with all his might, and the apparition flees [\[Lor. III 80, [Vallée](ValleeJacques.html) 1969\]]{.source}.

-   **September 4th, 5:10am:** In Valencia (Venezuela), police officer P. A. Andrade is on duty at City Hall when he hears a rumbling sound and footsteps in a garage. He encounters a one-meter-tall dwarf with a large head and glowing, globular, reddish eyes wearing a silver, metallic-looking jumpsuit. Andrade points his machine gun at the creature, but a voice from a parked disc in Spanish says he should not hurt the creature. The dwarf then tries to convince Andrade to come to their world, adding that it is very far away and much bigger than Earth, and with many advantages for Earthlings. When Andrade refuses, the creature flies back into the object, which departs [\[Lor. III 82 \< [Vallée](ValleeJacques.html) 1969\]]{.source}.


- **September 8**


-   1st analysis of the [lunar](Lune.html) soil by *Surveyor 5.*

-   **2:30**: In Caracas (Venezuela), A. Aguilar, 23 years old, sees a creature through the window of his room and screams. His parents rush into the room in time to see it climbing over the roofs of the houses, surrounded by a bluish-yellow light. It moves as if it were suspended from a balloon. A strong smell of "molten iron" is detected by all [\[Lor. III 81 \< [Vallée](ValleeJacques.html) 1969\]]{.source}.

- **End of September:** Photo of the observed being. See images/DESSINSANFELU.jpg.
    
-   **September 14th, 11am**: At La Baleia (Brazil), Fabio J. Diniz, 16, was walking near a hospital when he saw a mushroom-shaped device on a playground. It had a dome on top, and a door like a guillotine that slid up. The boy ran away, but a voice in Portuguese said to him: Don't run away. He then saw two 2m tall men, dressed in tight green clothing, telling him not to be afraid and to come back the next day. Otherwise we will take your family. They had a greenish skin and very widely spaced round eyes [[[FSR](FSR.html) 68, 6 < [Vallée](ValleeJacques.html) 1969]]{.source}.

- **September 15**


- In Alamosa (Colorado), the carcass of a horse named Snippy is discovered. Unusual radioactivity and strange traces were reportedly found at the site [[[Condon](Documents/Officiels/condon/case32.htm) 344; Magonia < [Vallée](ValleeJacques.html) 1969]]{.source}.

 - **8:45 PM**: In Winsted (Connecticut), two teenagers observe a large, shiny object, and three small figures about 1.25 m tall, with large heads, running near a barn. From the object comes a sound like a combine when it starts but fails to start. The object blacked out, and the figures were hidden when a car passed, after which the object pulsed between a very bright white and a dull red, and moved diagonally several times [[Lor. III 166; Condon 347 < [Vallée](ValleeJacques.html) 1969]{.source}.

-   **September 18, 1 AM** : In Nanton (Canada), forest employee Russell Hill hears a strange pulsing sound and sees an object emitting a green glow hovering near his cabin. Radio interference [\[Lor. III 34 \< [Vallée](ValleeJacques.html) 1969\]]{.source}.

-   **September 22, Night**: Near Caracas (Venezuela), a race car employee is attacked by a very strong creature that surprises him, but runs away when a horse is heard whinnying frantically in the stable. 30 minutes later, a horse is attacked, and an employee sees a dwarf 1 m tall, diminishing as if it was moving away from the building [[Lor. III 84 < [Vallée](ValleeJacques.html) 1969]{.source}.

-   **Late September, 9:30 PM**: Between San Quirze Safaja and San Félu de Codines (Spain), on the regional road 1413, witnesses in a vehicle saw at 120 m a small figure 70 cm tall, of bright greenish color, crossing the road. Its egg-shaped head is proportionate to its body but no neck is visible. It has disproportionate arms ending in large hands. It walks slowly then accelerates while deviating its course obliquely. Its belly is very developed and the buttocks prominent. A play of elbow and knee accentuated is noticed during the displacement of the small being. The surface of the body is satin, shiny neon green, phosphorescent. The observation lasts about 8 s. No UFO is seen [[LDLN](LDLN.html), readers contact n° 4, pp.15-16, November 1971]{.source}.

-   **October 9, 5:40 PM**: East of Tucson (Arizona), a boy on his bicycle sees an aluminum cylinder, 3 m tall, 80 cm wide, supported by two feet ending in round pads joined by a bar. He gets within 12 m of the object before it rises vertically with a deep and low humming sound, but without smoke, flame or mist. It leaves two footprints [\[Lor. III 119 \< [Vallée](ValleeJacques.html) 1969\]]{.source}.

- **October 11**


-   **0 h 10**: At Oberhrendingen (Switzerland), Othmar Willi, 37, observed 3 cylinders 10 m high, 5 m in diameter, with 2 rows of square windows and a small cone at the top, stationary at 50 m distance and 5 m above a cornfield, making a sound resembling a swarm of bees. A small object was briefly dropped [\[[FSR](FSR.html) 68, 4 \< [Vallée](ValleeJacques.html) 1969\]]{.source}.


- Death of [Inacio De Souza](temoins.html#DeSouzaInacio).

-   [Feliks Ziegel](ZiegelFelixY.html) passes to the Central Television of Moscow.


- **October 18**


- After the Tass agency announced that, according to astronomer Kardatchev, the radio signals of CTA 102 detected in the Pegasus constellation are artificial and can only have an extraterrestrial origin (later it will be discovered that it was a pulsar), a meeting of cosmonauts and 400 scientists takes place.


- Creation of the [Stolyarof Committee](projets.html#Stolyarof) in the USSR.

-   First *in situ* measurements of the atmosphere of [Venus](Venus.html) by *Venera 4.*

-   **October 19:** *Mariner 5* flies over [Venus](Venus.html) at 4094 km.

-   **October 21, 10 PM**: In Duncan (Oklahoma), 4 boys are driving East on State Route 7 when they see on the road 3 men, about 1.20 m tall, wearing shiny blue-green clothes, their faces seeming human but with very large ears, who almost fly away and disappear. The next day a small footprint showing 4 toes is found in the mud [ \[Lor. III 84 \< [Vallée](ValleeJacques.html) 1969\]]{.source}.
 - **October 24, 9:30 PM**: In Newfield (New York), Donald Chiszar (13 years old) and Pat Crozier (10 years old) see a bright object in the sky. It inclines towards them, and they can see two large square windows separated by a bar, beneath which is strange lettering. They report having seen inside two extraterrestrials, and control panels with lights and buttons. The object disappears from the site [\[Lor. III, 180 \< [Vallée](ValleeJacques.html) 1969\]]{.source}.

- **October 25th, 8:45 PM**: In Malvern (Great Britain), Clive Robinson, Richard Corben (14 years old) and a third boy report the landing of an object in the shape of a dome with a smaller bump on top, 200 meters away. It takes off diagonally, leaving traces [[[FSR](FSR.html) 68 < [Vallée](ValleeJacques.html) 1969]]{.source}.

-   **October 26, 4:30**: A businessman driving north between Hook and Reading (Great Britain) is intrigued when the electrical system of his car fails. He then observes at a distance of 100 m an object of 20 m in diameter, at an altitude of about 15 m. He completes the rest of his journey in a trance-like state [\[[FSR](FSR.html) 67, 6 \< [Vallée](ValleeJacques.html) 1969, 891\]]{.source}.

- **October 27**

-   **3 h**: A Parshall (North Dakota), close observation, distance less than 150 m, by 2 independent witnesses, one of them a police officer. The observers were far apart, which allowed for triangulation and the calculation of the distance afterwards. Duration of observation 5 minutes. The observed object first moved horizontally, then made a stationary flight with yo-yo movements, and finally a sudden final ascent. Excerpt from the policeman's account: I had to sit and watch it for 5 good minutes. It bounced like a ball that would jump to a musical rhythm, but when it left - bang - it disappeared in less than 5 seconds. It went straight up, without deviating... I thought it was guided by someone or something, because a balloon floating in the air would not move like that [[[Poher](PoherClaude.html) 2003]]{.source}.

- At Dympep (India), a 7.5 m diameter rotating object, emitting red and green lights, descended over a river causing a tumultuous agitation of the water, and took off over a forest, with a wave of heat [[[LDLN](LDLN.html) 92, [Vallée](ValleeJacques.html) 1969, 892]]{.source}.

-   **October 30, 9 PM**: In Boyup Brook (Australia), a businessman is driving towards Boyup Brook when his car suddenly stops completely (although he doesn't remember feeling any deceleration). He sees a strong beam of light pointed at him from a mushroom-shaped object, 10 m in diameter. He won't remember restarting the car again after the object left [\[[FSR](FSR.html) 68, 4 \< [Vallée](ValleeJacques.html) 1969, 893\]]{.source}.

-   **November 1st, 4 PM:** Observation of [Doctor X](temoins.html#X).

- **November 2, Night**: In Ririe, Idaho, Will Begay and Clyde Soccie (both in their twenties) reported that an object landed on the top of their car, forcing them to stop. Two dwarves spoke to them, but without being understood, then the object left [[[FSR](FSR.html) 68, 1 < [Vallée](ValleeJacques.html) 1969, 894]]{.source}.

-   **November 3**: In San Jeronimo (Argentina), Carlos Spini and one other man were examining cows when they saw a circular, luminous blue object land not far from them. They approached and the object took off [\[[Vallée](ValleeJacques.html) 1969, 895\]]{.source}.

-   **November 5, 11:30 PM**: In Fordingbridge (Great Britain), truck driver Karl Farlow told police that while his headlights and radio had stopped working, his diesel engine kept running, he saw an egg-shaped object 3 m long at 15 m distance. A few moments later, a white Jaguar coming in the opposite direction also stopped. The object, emitting a green light and showing a whitish dome on its lower surface, hovered between the two vehicles for 2 minutes and then sped away [[FSR 67, 6; 68, 3 < Vallée 1969, 896]]{.source}.

-   **November 6, 1 or 2 AM:** On the A338 road connecting the villages of Sopley and Avon, in Hampshire (England), [Carl Farlow](temoins.html#FarlowCarl) is driving a truck when his headlights go out. He then sees a large magenta and white craft cross his path and disappear. In front of him, another witness coming in the opposite direction is also stopped and his passenger is in shock. The road seems to have melted. Both of them phone the police, who arrive and take them away for questioning. They are also questioned by an official from the Ministry of Defense.

-   **November 7:** [Farlow](temoins.html#FarlowCarl) returns to his truck. A bulldozer levels the road, the telephone booth is repainted and other individuals seem to be examining the place with instruments. About a week later, on the same road, Farlow will notice that about 70 m of this stretch of road have been given a new coating.

-   **November 9:** Launch of the [Apollo 4](Apollo.html#Apollo4) mission using a *Saturn V* rocket.

-   **November 10:** [Felix Zigel](ZiegelFelixY.html), Vice President of the [Stolyarof Committee](projets.html#Stolyarof) shows on television drawings of UFOs observed in the Caucasus and photos of unknown flying objects and declares that unidentified flying objects are a very serious subject that must be studied completely. He then calls for the help, in the form of testimonies, of all Soviet citizens for this study which constitutes a real challenge to science. Foreign press correspondents can't believe their ears. They are unaware that the authorities have refused to transmit the enormous mass of top-secret documents on UFOs to General Stolyarov because it was too important for him.

-   **November 14**: In Barinas (Venezuela), Orlando Gonzales and 2 other people saw an oval object 1.5 m high, staying in the middle of a highway at 80 m distance. It suddenly flew up [[APRO](APRO.html) Nov., 67 < [Vallée](ValleeJacques.html) 1969, 897]{.source}.


- **November 16**

- **17 h**: In Storrington (Great Britain), Miss Quick and one other woman see a flashing light and a deep red, shiny object at ground level, with a dark figure, slightly larger than a normal man, approaching it. The object suddenly disappears [[[FSR](FSR.html) 68, 2 < [Vallée](ValleeJacques.html) 1969, 898]]{.source}.

-   **18:30**: In Yerecoin (Australia), farm manager Alan Pool (43 years old) sees an object 6 m in diameter and 1.5 m high, with round and square windows, land in a field with a sound of "whimpering". It takes off and disappears, leaving no trace [[[FSR](FSR.html) 68, 1 < [Vallée](ValleeJacques.html) 1969, 899]]{.source}.

-   **November 24, 2:30 PM**: In Rio de Janeiro (Brazil), technician Ugo Battaglia (39 years old) and 1 boy heard a loud sound and saw a shiny, metallic, disc-shaped object descend, touch a tree and stay, with 3 tall men in white suits walking around. The boy would later suffer from severe headaches. Traces [[[APRO](APRO.html) Nov., 67 < [Vallée](ValleeJacques.html) 1969, 900]]{.source}

-   **November 29, 2:00**: In Yarmouth (Canada), Percy McBride sees a flashing object, the size of a wagon, with 2 antennas, coming from the East and landing in the woods for 15 minutes. It makes a clicking sound and a noise like 6 radio receivers placed on different stations. It has a square protuberance, like a box supported by a tube underneath [[APRO](APRO.html) Jan., 68 < [Vallée](ValleeJacques.html) 1969, 901]{.source}

-   **December 3rd, shortly after midnight:** Police officer and patrolman [Herbert Schirmer](SchirmerHebert.html) encounters creatures outside of Ashland (Nebraska).

-   **December 10** : The *New York Times* announces that the USSR establishes a government project to study UFOs (the [Stolyarov Committee](Stolyarov.html)).

- Two Soviet magazines in English, *Soviet Weekly* and *Sputnik*, published translations of a Russian article reporting an astonishing story originally published in a German vegetarian magazine called Das Vegetarische Universum (with no bibliographical reference) as well as in another UFO magazine from Germany, *UFO Nachrichten.* This was the discovery of Chinese archaeologist Tschi Pu-tei in 1938.

- The [DIA](DIA.html) obtains a MIG 21 which it supplies to [Groom Lake](Area51.html) for testing and names the program Have Doughnut. This marks the beginning of a MIG testing program which likely continues to this day [\[Peebles 1995\]]{.source}.

- The magazine [*True*](TrueMagazine.html) publishes [*The True Report on Flying Saucers*](Documents/Articles/true/index.html) under the guidance of prominent figures in ufology, including [Donald Keyhoe](KeyhoeDonaldEdward.html), and containing exclusive photos collected by the [Blue Book](BlueBook.html) project, after 17 years of study on the subject.

- The [Ummites](Ummo.html) begin their first long telephone dialogues. Most of the contacted, including the majority of the Madrid group, literally flee, including Dominguez, Aguire and many others. In Barcelona, Barranechea drops his old companion [Farriols](FarriolsRafael.html) [\[Petit 1991\]]{.source} [\[Petit 1995\]]{.source}.

-   **9:45 PM**: In a village (France), observation by 3 very close witnesses (35 m), with confirmation by 3 other observers for the arrival phase, of an ellipsoidal object of 10 to 12 m approximately of large axis, and 5 to 6 m of height, which brightly illuminates the ground with a white beam along its descent trajectory, during 1 minute, at a reconstructed speed of the order of 200 km/h during the descent, then 10 km/h during the village flyover, before making 4 to 5 oscillations in "dead leaf" at very low altitude, then landing in the garden of the main witness. The craft is orange-red luminous, it emits "flames" briefly by one end with a crackling noise while the rest of the 2 to 3 minutes of the total observation takes place in silence. One of the witnesses believes to have observed briefly a small character next to the UFO during the brief landing, then the device takes off slowly, inclines and is then seen as a very luminous red ball of 10 to 15 m in diameter which then suddenly leaves towards the starry sky where it disappears as a luminous point. The reconstructed duration of this sudden rise is 4 to 5 s. No trace was found on the ground [[Report CNES/CT/[GEPAN](GEPAN.html) No. 140, June 1978 < [Poher](PoherClaude.html) 2003]{.source}.